~Timing.

Mio stood in the rain completely drenched. It was gloomy, the atmosphere along with her livelihood nowadays. It all fit perfect with the hell her life had grown. One awful situation after another.

The remnants of the old shrine remained through destruction, it's torn apart roof and partial walls silent. It was all they once had. The only memory of the children left even if this was a pathetic place to call home.

Slowly she forced herself up the wooden steps. It's creeks heard in the quiet rain.

The droplets leaked off of her as she stood alone and soaked in the main part of the home now covered from the weather. The darkened entry and half done rooms were empty aside from her presence. Their laughter uttered through her mind in echoes. Mio was alone in the world.

Her eyes caught the dirty, used bandage lying on the ground near the wall. Memories of his face, the small smile crossed her mind. Without thinking, she walked over to it. Dropping to her knees and grabbing it, caressing it to her chest. Tears spilled out of her eyes as she clenched them tight, calling out his name.

"H-Hyakkimaru..," She muttered through tears.

Why did he have to leave her behind? The man, whatever he was, was the first man to make her feel anything. No fear. No worry. He became her everything over night and left in what seemed like the same time frame. The hold he had on her remained ever since, and now that the children were dead and gone, just what did she have to live for? There was nothing. Their home half burned to the ground, barely any bits of it were left. Their bodies gone and buried. She remained. An undeserving whore.

"I thought I was n-never going t-to cry over a samurai ever a-again..," She muttered.

The rain increased outside, dripping inside on parts from the cracks and holes in the ceiling. From the sound of nature she did not hear the footsteps approaching. The creeps of the steps as he walked up them. The nearby village had told him he'd find her here. The young girl in red, unwilling to let go of her past. Visiting it nearly all day.

Upon entering, he stopped in the doorway. Her shoulders shuddering from sobs as she kneeled, back turned to him.

He took small steps to her weeping form. His shadow cast over, catching her attention. Mio whipped around fast to see who the intruder was. Her face of sadness and anger cleared instantly, to be replaced with shock. He actually came back to her.

"Hyakkimaru.. You.. You came back," She whispered, hesitantly rising.

"I came back for you, Mio," He said with a worried smile. He was hoping that she'd be in better spirits in times passing from his departure. Everyday he had felt guilty leaving her behind without saying goodbye. Especially so soon after the death of all the children. He had gotten revenge and saved her life, carrying her to the nearby village and giving any money he had for her care. The last he saw her, Dororo said she was bandaged all over, unconscious.

"You left without me," She whispered. The tears still flowing out of her face in not only angst but a tad anger now, frustration glowing.

"I wanted you safe. Forgive me for not staying to say goodbye."

Hyakkimaru slowly walked up to her. His eyes staring hard. For the first time seeing her, this was a hard sight. Her tear stained face.

Mio looked at him in a small bit of panic etched. She hadn't noticed his changed appearance from blurry vision but she could see now. He was fully human. Flesh hands came up to caress her face as she looked up at him. Her lips parted at seeing his beautiful light brown eyes contrasted to his near black hair pooling past his shoulders, nearly matching hers in length. He was stunning.

"Mio.," He said, "I have a full body. I came straight here alone for you not long after gaining it."

"I thought you forgot about me.. That-that you didn't c-care about me..," She cried, sobs racking her body.

He smiled softly. "I have never forgotten about the woman I love."

She gaped up at him hearing those words. How could a man of his stature ever love a woman like her? It was unfathomable, a tainted soul with a pure one like him. Hyakkimaru was all she ever wished for and now that he was real, she felt like the monster in a fairytale.

"I am.. So happy to be able to gaze at you. You are very beautiful Mio," He said. "I cannot wait to feel you."

He bent slightly to pick her up. His strong arms lifting the back of her thighs and wrapping them around his waist. Hyakkimaru had dreamt of her for a long time now. And this was an experience he hoped to share with only her, praying that she had been well for his return. She was thinner and lighter than he remembered.

Mio gasped as he picked her up so boldy. Feeling as he gently placed her back against the nearby wall. She blushed madly in his arms, hers snaking around his neck. Legs tightening around him. Her tears drying from the distraction.

Hyakkimaru brought his face to hers, rubbing her cheeks with his. Wiping her tears away.

"I'm a filthy woman for a man of your kind," She whispered.

He pulled back, scowling slightly hearing she put herself down. "You do not know what I have in my arms. You are everything that I imagined."

He closed his eyes and kissed her tenderly, not wanting to hear anymore talk so negatively about herself. He loved Mio. She deserved the world. And he was determined to show her how much he loved her.

She protested through touch at first. Feeling unworthy. But her body was very quickly betraying her. For so long her dreams consisted of his perfect face and body. Any man that had entered her before, she'd lay there. Pretending it was him laying with her for the night.

She closed her eyes and opened her mouth for him. Their tongues immediately meeting. Their lips moved romantically together and he would be sure to be extra gentle to her than what other men had been. Mio would never have to do so again.

She moaned a little as he grinded against her a little. Wanting to give her time to tell him No if she did not want to continue.

Though her behavior seemed to be approving. One hand gripped his shoulder with a little pressure while the other danced through his hair. Feeling the silky strands twirl in her fingers.

Hyakkimaru moved from her lips to kiss the corner of her mouth, trailing soft and slow kisses across her cheeks. Picking off the tears, going to her jawline. She closed her eyes, moving her head back to give him access. Feeling his kind lips massage her neck. Pecking behind her ear to go lower and lower. Mio moaned a little as he reached her collarbone. The hold on her milky thighs getting tighter in his hands as their lust for each other mixed.

"Do you want this?," He asked through his assaults.

She nodded her head very quickly, "Yes please."

It was all Hyakkimaru needed to hear as he brought one hand up to hold her waist. The other remaining on her thigh as he bent with her to lay her down on her back very carefully. He looked up at her, their eyes meeting briefly before he continued to kiss down into the valley of her breast. Mio moaned out as she buried a hand in his hair, the other arm searching for anything to grab onto, trying to keep composure. The heat pooling in her lower abdomen already, her legs rubbing together.

Hyakkimaru had undone her kimono along the way, the edges of her top just barely covering her nipples making her look more seductive as he kissed her stomach. His hands carefully holding her ribcage, creeping down her skin leaving goosebumps in their wake as they followed his mouth.

With her legs in the way, he grabbed them a little roughly to force them apart, making her gasp. Mio looked at him with lust filled eyes, one arm raised above her head while she chewed the back of her hand with the other. He stared back at her, both hands on each inner thigh. He teasingly kissed next to his thumb on her tender skin sending it ablaze. His torture making it's way to her soaked core.

Mio panted trying to keep herself contained. He hadn't even touched her yet but she could feel it these sensations so heavily already. His lips inching closer, eyes never ripping away from hers. But she felt even more exposed from that than being bare to him.

Before his mouth had gotten too close, she cried out. Feeling a finger catching her off guard as he slid it into her. The slick folds taking it eagerly. Her eyes clenched tight, the stars already flooding her vision.

"Hyakkimaru p-please i-i~," She blurted out but he pumped in and out of her increasingly at the pleas. His lips finally meeting her lower ones to join.

Mio panted hard, struggling to catch her breath. Hyakkimaru watched her closely, knowing she was too embarrassed to even look at him. He felt prideful in making her feel good, knowing that she had probably never been pleasured before. Only horribly raped by monsters.

He licked her tenderly as his speed increased. Kissing between her thigh closely, back to her clit to take it into his mouth. She was trembling in his hands. Feeling her body struggle to keep calm under his hold with his other hand, holding her legs open for him to conquer. His devilish eyes enjoyed the view. Her walls clamped around his fingers very soon, listening intently to the mules she gave off changing tone. Her loud echoes told him she was close.

Mio had no thoughts at the moment. Men simply took her. They gave absolutely nothing, so in a sense no. Sex was Never pleasurable for her. No one had ever been so tender and seductive like this before. It was newfound as she began to lose the battle with herself. Her breathing hitched.

"Hyakkimaru i-i… mph!," She tried to utter but with a deep plunge of two fingers instantly along with his tongue, she came hard for him. Unable to hold herself back. Her legs quivered as his pace slowed before exiting her. Kissing her inner thigh harshly before kneeling up.

Mio panted hard beneath him, her skin clammy from the rain and partly sweating. A hand rested on her forehead, her glossy eyes looked up at the ceiling, chewing on her bottom lip. She felt a haze of dizziness.

But soon his face came into view, smiling with a hint of smugness. Hyakkimaru grabbed her hand and kissed it, their eyes staying locked with his weight being held on his elbow near her head. She hadn't minded this at all and she knew that gesture meant he was asking further permission. Mio smiled through her pants.

His eyes squinted for a second as he entered her. Going about half way as she gasped and writhed under him. Throwing her head back and moaning out, fisting his shirt with both hands. He watched her closely for any sign of pain but saw nothing but bliss. So he pulled back, only to enter her all the way. Causing her legs to wrap around him firmly to hold him. Not wanting him to leave at all.

He buried his face in the crook of her neck and pumped into her slowly at first. Feeling one of her hands curl into his hair. Mio cried out. Her beautiful voice mixed in with the sound of rain outside, washing away any sadness she had for the time being.

Her slick folds allowed easy movement, ensuring she was ready to take him beforehand. He was sure of that. This beauty underneath him seemed to be in bliss, her body wrapped around him so tightly.

"..I love you..Mio..," He grunted in her ear. His loose arm going down to grab her leg and part them further for better access. Hyakkimarus pace quickened at that, pushing himself deeper inside of her.

His confession barely heard through heaven and it caught her attention. Tears of happiness stung the corner of her eyes now feeling him assault her harder. The stars began to come back as the second wave was close to hitting.

"I.. I love you H-Hyakkimaru," She cried out.

Her walls tightened around him immediately, she was ready. Extremely close. He could feel himself coming as well, waiting for her to be so that he may join her.

So his thrust grew rougher, the hold on her thigh tensed to match her body. He grunted out loudly as he came inside of her.

Mio threw her head back and screamed out as she came, feeling his hot seed filling her deep inside. Their essence mixing together. Hyakkimaru stilled, holding himself above her body. The sounds of their breaths matching with the same intensity, the rain that had begun to die out.

Her heart was pounding with clarity returning. Would he stay with her this time? Or was he simply using her like other men had done all along? He hadn't needed to tell her words of love. But it was not easy to trust anyone after all she had went through.

Hyakkimaru kissed behind her ear, just a peck before slowly moving to look at her face. His smile immediately vanishing to concern upon seeing her. Feeling the sobs.

Mio looked at him. Small tears leaked down her temples.

"Are you going to leave me again after getting what you wanted?," She whispered.

He could not believe his ears. She dare make such a horrible accusation. He felt no anger and knew he had done her wrong in the past by leaving. But he would hope that after this she'd trust him. No matter what Hyakkimaru would have patience with her. And work hard to gain it if needed.

"Mio. You are what I want. A life.. A life to be shared. Together.," He said as he slide out of her and rising to his knees. Adjusting his clothes and bending to close hers. He then grabbed both wrist and forced her up with him into his arms for a deep embrace.

Mio wrapped her arms around his torso and cried hard. Allowing any tears she had to fall into him. He held her tightly. They would have a wonderful life together. From this day forward he was not leaving her side. Dororo would remain taken care of back in the village that he had left her in. Hyakkimaru wanted his place to be here. With the girl that he loved.

Rays of sunlight seeped down in blotches from the cloud coverage.

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So I love this couple very much. I was sad to see them not have much time together in the show and would have Loved to have seen more moments of them together. This could be a oneshot but I'm opening to continuing if anyone wants to see their life together. May do so anyways idk yet lol