WEDDING-NIGHT JITTERS by flori-dono

Disclaimer: This is a Rurouni Kenshin-inspired fan fiction. The author is not 
making any money out of this. The characters of Rurouni Kenshin belong to 
Watsuki Nobuhiro, Shounen Jump, and Sony and others that should be mentioned but 
weren't.

WARNING: This is a lemon-fanfic. Those who feel uncomfortable reading 
descriptions of intimacy or sex should not read this. This is the author's first 
fan fiction (lemon or otherwise), please be gentle. 

Kaoru was scared. Her knees had never felt so weak that they threatened to 
collapse at any moment. Her hands were trembling as she tried to brush her long, 
raven hair. Actually, she had been brushing it for the past ten minutes and now 
her scalp was slightly tingling. 

She put her brush down on her lap and stared at her reflection on the mirror. 
Her eyes were bright and her face was flushed. She put her cold hands on her 
cheeks to warm them. She felt really cold all over. Shivers were running up and 
down her spine which she knew must be from sheer nervousness and 
probably...excitement?

She gulped. Any minute now, Kenshin will be coming in. And... And...

She shook her head trying hard not to thing about IT. Instead, she tried 
focusing on the things Megumi told her the day before.
					***
"Kaoru, I think we need to talk," Megumi told her, as they were both walking 
back to the dojo, having gone to the market to buy food for the celebration. 

"About what, Megumi?" she asked, slightly surprised by the sudden seriousness in 
the other girl's voice.

"Come, let's stop by at the clinic first. This matter cannot wait," she answered 
as she led Kaoru to the direction of the clinic. Thankfully, there were no 
patients in the building and Dr. Gensei had left for a few housecalls.

Once seated inside and the baskets of food put aside, Megumi began her talk.

"This is about tomorrow night," she said.

Kaoru blushed and said meekly, "What about?"

Megumi smiled gently. She was going to enjoy this, not because she liked 
torturing the other girl. In fact, she liked Kaoru and loved her as a sister. 
And as a surrogate older sister, she felt it was her responsibility to inform 
her about the goings-on in the marriage bed.

 "It's not that I think you innocent but, I don't want you to get shocked," she 
continued. "Are you ready?" 

Kaoru nodded. She knew she was going to need this. In fact, she had wanted to 
talk to Megumi about the matter weeks ago but embarrassment just got the better 
of her. 

Megumi started to talk about sex and what husbands and wives do in bed. Some, 
Kaoru had already heard and some were downright disgusting. Kaoru tried not to 
wince at the things the doctor was telling her but she couldn't help it.  She 
could feel the warmth on her face the whole time. Does she and Kenshin have to 
do that? 
 
"Sex is pleasurable," Megumi said. "Despite all the things I've been telling 
you."

Kaoru raised an eyebrow at that. How did she know?

 "I'm not going to deny it, I am a virgin no longer," she stated matter-of-
factly. 

 "What? I.. I mean to.. to whom  did you lose it?" she blurted out, unable to 
contain herself. Realizing her mistake, she then added,  "Sumanu, demo... you 
don't have to answer if you don't like to." 

Megumi laughed at that. "No tanuki-girl, you don't have to apologize. It was 
Sano."

 "Sano?" Kaoru knew that the gangster and Megumi were already an item. They've 
gotten together almost immediately after she and Kenshin announced their 
engagement, but she never realized that they were doing IT already.		
	 

"How did it happen?" Kaoru asked, her curiosity pushing her to be frank.  

 "Well, it was the time of the picnic. All of you have gone home and we were 
still there by the river. We quarreled about some petty things, as usual. He got 
me all riled up so I pushed him in the water. He was so angry that he pulled me 
into the water with him. When we were able to drag ourselves to the bank, we 
were both laughing and sputtering. Suddenly, our eyes met and that was that. We 
knew we had to do it. I felt my body on fire and I desperately wanted to touch 
him and for him to touch me. He winked at me and dared me to race him back to 
the clinic. Who was I to refuse? We ran all the way and inside, well, we made 
love."

 "How was it? Your first time I mean, was it painful?" Kaoru asked. She needed 
to know if it was true. That was the thing she was really afraid of.

 "Yes, it was." Megumi answered. "But it happened only for a few seconds. 
Actually, I was so tuned in to the pleasure that I didn't notice the pain."

 "Ple...pleasure?" Kaoru stammered.

 "Yes," Megumi explained. "How can it not be pleasurable? When your body is 
ready, it craves for physical contact and of course, the only thing to satisfy 
that hunger is for you to follow what your body wants!"

 "How do I know when my body is ready for it?"

 "You will feel it. Your body will become hot and sensitive. Every nerve in your 
body will be screaming to be touched. You'll know it when you get there. And 
before I forget, don't get intimidated with HIS member."

Kaoru flushed harder at hearing that but Megumi only continued.

 "It changes. At first it will be limp but when he gets aroused, it will grow 
hard and long. When he puts it inside you, don't panic. Your sex organ will be 
ready for it by then. You will feel a sort of...uh, liquid building inside. It 
will help his member to enter easily."

She was a little confused, "But you said it was long. How long... and how can it 
fit inside me?"

Megumi grinned, "Kaoru, I haven't seen Kenshin's so I can't tell you how long it 
is. Every man has a different sized penis. Like feet, some are bigger and some 
are smaller than others. It's like that. But clinically speaking, the standard 
size should be six to eight inches. But if you want to know Kenshin's, I can 
find out!"

 "Megumi!"

The doctor chuckled at the expression on Kaoru's face. 

 "I was just joking, tanuki-chan," she said. "Well, for the fitting part... 
let's see. The girl's womb is like elastic. It can stretch and expand to 
accommodate the baby. It's just like that. It also stretches and expand to 
accommodate the member."

 "About the things you said at the beginning, uh, do couples really do that?" 
she asked wringing her hands.

 "Oh, about foreplay? Well the kissing and the touching can't be helped, it's 
mandatory. The other stuff, well, if your body doesn't want to do those, then 
you won't be able to. And knowing YOUR husband-to-be, he's the type who'll not 
do anything you don't like."

 "I see," Kaoru said seeing some light on the matter. "Is that it?"

Megumi nodded then added, "Yes, but don't worry about it okay? It will be all 
right. And one more thing, sex itself can be fun on the physical level, but if 
you make love also with your mind and especially your heart, it will be a 
hundred times more satisfying."

 "Thanks Megumi for everything," she said gently and hugged her.

Megumi smiled and returned the girl's hug. 

 "Excuse me," a woman carrying a child in her arms, said from outside the door. 
"Megumi-san, could you please check on my son? I think he caught something."

Megumi let the woman in. She apologized to Kaoru for not being able to help her 
carry the things home.

 "Oh, don't worry about it," Kaoru waved her apology off. "You've helped me more 
than you think you did. " Then she proceeded to get the food baskets.

 "I'll go over later," Megumi called.
	
And Kaoru walked home with a smile on her face.
					***

But she wasn't smiling anymore. Right after the ceremony and reception, Kaoru 
started to feel anxious and agitated. Hundreds of " what-ifs" were barraging in 
her head.

Suddenly, the soft sound of the door being slid open was heard.

She turned around with a hand clutched at her chest and saw who had just came 
in. She gasped. It was Kenshin.	
					***

Kenshin felt Kaoru's nervousness even before he came inside the room. Who could 
blame her? He was feeling nervous himself. It had been a long time since he made 
love with anybody. And he was being assuaged with panic for a week now. 

He saw her with her back facing him. Her hand clutching a hairbrush so tightly 
on her lap, her fist was already white. Her long, black hair was loose and 
flowed down her graceful back. When she turned, he couldn't help but stare at 
her. Her cheeks were a delightful pink and the black depths of her eyes were 
like black pools of water, glittering in the moonlight, beckoning him. He took a 
step forward.
	
He heard her gasped, "Kenshin!" And he was back to his uncertainty. He groaned 
inside and remembered Sano's encouragement earlier.
					***
	
"Hey, Kenshin," Sano called to him. "Have some sake!"
	
Kenshin who excused himself from inside walked towards the two men on a drinking 
binge. Sano was one and Katsu was the other. He sat down and accepted the 
offered cup.
	
"So," Katsu said. "Are you excited about tonight?" 
	
Kenshin didn't know if it was that remark or the sake which made his throat 
burn. It must be the sake.
	
Sano laughed and clapped him at the back, making the poor man choke on his 
drink.
	
"Heh, why are you so embarrassed? You must have done IT before," said Sano in 
between gulps. 
	
Kenshin put his cup down and stared at the two. 
	
"I did," he muttered, his head lowered. "But I'm not sure I still know how to do 
it."
	
Katsu and Sano spluttered, looked at each other and laughed so hard Kenshin 
began to feel embarrassed.
	
"Kuso, Kenshin!" Sano said, trying hard to control his laughter. "It's not 
something that can be forgotten!"
	
"And besides," interjected Katsu. "What's so hard with remembering how to pump? 
It's just up and down and..."
	
"Hey, you're embarrassing the groom!" Sano reprimanded his friend.
	
Kenshin sighed. It was hard not to have doubts. His time with Tomoe was short 
and he was always not home, being hitokiri and all. Any intimacy he shared with 
her was few and far between. And he knew making love with Kaoru would be 
different from what he had shared with Tomoe. With Tomoe, it was always gentle; 
there was no need to prolong the act. And he doubted it would be the same with 
his bride.
	
Sano suddenly became serious. "Hey, don't mind us. Don't worry it will all come 
back to you when you get there," he said with a wink.
	
Kenshin smiled, and thanked the two. 

	
"Kenshin," Kaoru yelled from the house. "Aoshi-san and Misao-chan will be 
leaving soon!"
	
"Well, I guess I have to go," Kenshin excused himself from the little party. And 
as he walked back, Sano yelled, "And Kenshin, good luck!"
					***
	
Kenshin sighed and walked towards Kaoru. He knelt down beside her and cupped her 
face with his hands, and leaned his forehead against hers, kissing her nose.
	
"We don't have to do it right now if you're not yet ready, koishii," he said 
gently.
	
Kaoru's lids lowered. He was so considerate. Even now, he was still thinking of 
her feelings before him, and that was one of the things that she loved about 
him. He deserved so much more. No, she had to do it now. She wanted him to be 
happy for a change, not the other way around. Gathering all her courage and 
determination, she let her arms slid around his neck to pull him closer. And 
gently, she tilted her chin so that their lips met in a kiss.
	
"Kaoru?" he asked, confused at the sudden change in the woman in his arms. Not 
that he was complaining, he was just surprised by her move. The feel of her lips 
on his made him think of heaven. He wanted more. Hesitantly, he deepened the 
kiss, pushing his tongue between her lips and inside her mouth to entwine with 
hers. She tasted so sweet, like honey. 

Kaoru gasped, then moaned. She didn't expect her body to react much with just 
one kiss. She felt warm yet there were slight tremors creeping all over her. 	

He broke the kiss and he heard her made a sound of complaint. He brought his 
fingers to caress the smoothness of her cheeks and gazed intently at her eyes.
	

"Are you sure about this?" he asked.
 
Kaoru nodded. She had never been so sure about anything in her life. Yes, she 
wanted him.

"Yes, Kenshin. I want this," she said huskily and she traced his face with her 
lips. "I want you."

Kenshin shuddered. He wanted to taste her again so badly. He gave in to that 
desire. He kissed her as if there was no tomorrow, drinking her sweetness in. 
With his tongue, he explored the hidden recesses of her mouth, and with his 
teeth, he bit her lower lip until it was swollen. 

Kaoru felt she was on fire. All her shyness and her nervousness were gone from 
the moment he kissed her. 

"Megumi was right," she thought. "It is easy to forget everything except for 
this moment."

Feeling smug and confident, she pulled at the collar of Kenshin's gi and slid 
her hand inside, feeling the solid wall of his chest. With a soft fleeting 
movement, she took the gi off so that Kenshin was bare chested in front of her.

Kenshin's answer was to gather her closer and to lift her up so she could sit on 
his lap. 

"Naughty, naughty," Kenshin warned as he caught Kaoru's hand, which was about to 
untie the cloth that bound his hakama. "I want to see you first."

With that, he parted her hair so that he could bite her now exposed neck. She 
shivered at the emotions that little bite was bringing her. A gasp escaped her 
lips as she felt her kimono being dragged away from her body. Kenshin was able 
to untie her obi in so quick a movement that she didn't feel it. 

"So," Kaoru said in Kenshin's neck. "Is this one of the advantages of being a 
Hiten-Mitsurugi Master?"

He chuckled at that and answered, "Maybe, but that is only one of the many."

"And what are those other many?" Kaoru countered playfully.

"You'll see later, koishii," he said. "For now..."

For now, he cupped one of her breasts, his thumb grazing at her nipple which was 
already taut and hard. With his free hand, he caressed her soft silken body 
while his lips traced her neck and shoulders, biting occasionally.

"Ken...shin," Kaoru called out his name. Her body was craving for more of his 
touch and his kisses. "Onegai..."

He turned her around, still on his lap, so she was facing him. He saw her eyes 
glazed with passion and her lips swollen-red with his kisses. Her alabaster skin 
was slightly damp with perspiration and was glowing in the soft light of the 
lamp. She looked utterly irresistible and so very seductive.

"Kirei," he whispered. He bent his head, letting his lips travel down the valley 
between her breasts, 

She could not take it anymore. Kaoru dragged his head and pulled it over one 
breast impatiently. Kenshin obligingly engulfed one rosy peak with his mouth, 
his tongue toying with it and his teeth grazing until it was tender. Then, he 
focused his attention on its twin, repeating the same ministrations he had done 
with the other. 

Kaoru couldn't help but moan. She threaded her fingers through Kenshin's hair, 
which was now loose, its red strands flowing down his back and covering them 
both.

"It's unfair," she thought. "I want to touch him too!"

She tried to untie his hakama till it was loose. She let her impatient hands 
slid down and took hold of his arousal.

He gasped then shuddered, feeling her butterfly touch on his member. He felt her 
strokes grew bolder. If he was hard before, he had grown harder now, making it 
painful for him.

She brought her lips to his ear, flicking her tongue outside his lobe.

"Onegai...Kenshin, I want to see all of you," she pleaded.

Hearing her voice as sensual as silk was his almost undoing. He stilled her 
hands and took them out of his gi. He lowered her down on the futon, taking time 
only to divest his clothes before joining her.

Kaoru gazed at him as he did so. Her eyes widened as they travel down his body. 
She could see that he was strong and muscular without the confinement of his 
clothes. He was a man through and through. Her eyes lighted on his member, which 
was jutting boldly out of his lower body. Funny, Megumi said not to panic. Kaoru 
was not panicking, she was getting excited. She wanted to feel it inside her.

Kenshin observed her as she observed him. How could she make him feel so 
handsome, so beautiful, so cherished with just a mere gaze? 

Again, he kissed her mouth hungrily, until they were both out of breath. He then 
explored her body with his hands, then his lips, tracing a path from her breasts 
and down to her stomach and lower still to her thigh. He lightly stroked its 
silken smoothness with his hand, moving upward.  

She whimpered at his caress. He was getting close to that part of her which was 
screaming to be touched.

"Tell me," he said. "Tell me where you want me to touch you."

She moaned, unable to speak. She was too overcome with passion to even utter a 
single word, but Kenshin understood. He looked intently at her eyes.

"Alright, show me instead. Guide my hand, koishii."

She hesitated but the encouragement in his violet eyes dispelled all her 
inhibitions. Shyly, she took his hand which was resting in the inside of her 
thigh and guided it upwards until his fingers brushed her dark nest of down. 

"Maybe," she said. "You can find your way from there."

Kenshin chuckled at that. How he loved this woman!

Taking her cue, he teased her womanhood with his fingers, brushing here and 
there. His thumb rubbed at her pleasure point, making her moan. Kaoru raised her 
hips under his ministrations, clamping her thighs together when he cupped her 
fully.

He was surrounded with the strong scent of her feminine arousal. It was like 
jasmine and her own unique scent.

"Oh! Oh!" He could hear her cries, but he was not finished with her yet. In 
agonizing slowness, he lowered his head to the place where his hand had been, 
his lips and tongue replacing his fingers. She tasted so good, so sweet.

Kaoru was losing it. A faint tremor had started and was now building up inside 
her body. 

"Kenshin...Kenshin...Kenshin!" She kept on screaming his name as waves and waves 
of pleasure drowned her, making her surrender in ecstasy. 

Kenshin had stopped when he felt her climaxed. He slid up once again and put his 
arms around her, kissed her as her body shook over and over.

"Kenshin no baka!" Kaoru scolded after her trembling had finally abated.

"Oro?" Kenshin asked through her hair, drinking in her jasmine scent. What had 
he done now?

Kaoru disentangled herself from his embrace and knelt down beside him.

"That was unfair, anata," she said with a mysterious smile on her face. 

"Now, it's your turn!" 

In a swift motion, she bent towards him and imitated the way Kenshin made her 
lose control. Her hands, followed by her lips, roamed freely all over his body. 
She caressed and tasted his chest, his male nipples, his taut abdomen and 
down...

Kenshin felt her mouth on his member, teasing. Her tongue stroking him, sucking 
him. Gods, he couldn't take anymore of this! He was already covered with a thin 
sheet of perspiration; his body hot with passion.

Kaoru had wondered what Kenshin would taste like and now, she knew. He had a 
taste of his own, not bad but unique. Like a man, she had decided.

Kenshin's head was rolling from side to side. He had never known that behind 
Kaoru's innocence was a woman of intense passion and he was glad it was he who 
unleashed it in her. 

She felt his hands closed in her shoulders, sliding her up so he could kiss her 
mouth.

"Fair enough?" he asked. 

She nodded then gasped as Kenshin rolled over so he could be on top.

"Kaoru," he said gently. "This may hurt for a moment..."

She placed a finger on his lips to shush him. 

"I know," she said. "But I want you so much, it wouldn't matter."

Kenshin smiled. Taking that as his signal, he gently nudged her thighs open with 
his knee. Then, he positioned himself over her and slowly, gently, began to 
enter her. She was so wet and so tight that he had to control himself from 
plunging deeply into her.

She sighed as she felt his member brushed the entrance to her womanhood, then 
gasped as it slid inside her. She was too preoccupied with pleasure that she 
barely felt the pain as her barrier tore.

Kenshin stilled as he pushed past her maidenhead. He had to wait until Kaoru was 
ready, but then, she wrapped her legs around his waist and raised her hips, 
encouraging him to move. He was only too happy to comply.

Again and again, they moved rhythmically together, their bodies pumping, 
meeting, melding together like one.

Kaoru's mewlings and Kenshin's groans of pleasure grew louder as they built up 
towards climax. She was near it again. Kaoru's body was once more thrown over 
the abyss of ecstasy, but this time, Kenshin was there to follow her. They lay 
there kissing each other, shaking and trembling, letting the sense of completion 
overcome them both.

Later, Kaoru was lying close to her beloved, her head pillowed on his chest and 
his arm wrapped around her. This told her that she was his and his alone. She 
sighed happily. She had never been so contented in her whole life. At last, her 
dream was almost complete. Almost, because she had pictured herself and Kenshin 
in a warm home with lots of children around them. She already had Kenshin and 
she already had a home. The only thing missing was the children, but that was a 
problem easily remedied. That is, if Kenshin would comply. 

"I will see that he does," Kaoru mused. "I'll even ask help from Megumi if I 
have to." And with that thought in mind, she giggled.

"What's so funny, Himura Kaoru?" Kenshin asked, surprised.

Kaoru kissed him before telling what she was thinking. She told her about her 
contentment, her dreams about their children, and then about Megumi. 

Kenshin chuckled despite himself and told her about his talk with Katsu and 
Sano. They both laughed at that.

"I don't think we need their help anymore," she said.

"Uh-huh, I think we can manage all by ourselves," he teased. "So, how many 
children were you planning to have?"

"Ten?" Kaoru replied with a sly smile on her lips.

Kenshin kissed that smile off, then rolled her on top of him, making her squeal 
in surprise.

"Maybe," he said huskily. "If we start practicing now, we can have twenty!"

And they proceeded to practice.

*OWARI*