Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Choice of Roads ❯ Down the Garden Path ( Chapter 9 )

Author's Note: I'm really sorry to inconvenience anybody but I have to take a health-related trip next week and I don't know how long I'll be gone for. I promise that I'll update again as soon as I can- I'm just not sure when that will be. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to read my story!

For all the lovely folks at MediaMiner: I'm a fundamentally lazy person. Even though I know that I could write a more detailed scene for this site, I'm just posting the version that I have on FFnet. Sorry guys, but no rabid hentai bunnies here.

Chapter Summary: Kenshin gets lucky.

Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin. I don't own Inuyasha. On the plus side, I don't have to pay very much income tax.

Warning: Rated R for language and adult situations. This chapter- sex. More arty than graphic.

/Chapter 9: Down the Garden Path/

*Sex may not be the meaning of life, but it's a great way to pass the time until we figure out what is.*

When Kenshin arrived, Kagome was shifting back and forth, fiddling with her hands. It was one of her signs of deep embarrassment. Kenshin noted idly that it was also a rather endearing habit. A light blush spread across her cheek that seemed to expand as she started talking- talking that rapidly degenerated into babbling. "We won't need to worry about children. Because of the demons in this time I take something that controls um… fertility. And I won't have a virgin barrier because of what I use to contain my monthly bleeding so it hopefully shouldn't hurt too much. But please be patient with me- I know you have experience, I mean you seemed to be in a lot of teahouses, but um, I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing." Kenshin noted with interest that the blush now seemed to disappear deep inside her neckline. He barked out a laugh of frustration.

"Kagome, I was in an unconsummated relationship with a woman who was trying to kill me. When I was fifteen. The rest of my time I've been very busy killing people."

Kagome now looked curious. "How on earth did you manage to keep your sex drive under control?"

But Kenshin, both Battousai and something that may have been a remnant of Shinta, didn't want to talk anymore. With a startlingly feral growl, Kenshin pulled Kagome up against him. Hard. The light in her eyes quickly changed from something curious to something far older and more knowing than her blush would have suggested. But then she started touching him and nothing else mattered.

He was burning as he kissed her, as he ran his hands over her body. He had never felt like this with Tomoe. Of course he had never been completely naked with Tomoe, never laid over top of Tomoe spread-eagled on the grass, moaning his name. Tomoe had never been as beautiful, as passionate as the woman under him, pulling him towards her with her heart in her eyes. Then she touched him -there- and Tomoe was forever banished from his mind.

It was awkward and it took a few tries to make things fit right. But oh god, oh god it was like nothing he had ever felt and killing never ever made him feel like this and he couldn't move because if he moved he would fall apart and he may have said something but the pounding in his head was too loud and then she moved and he couldn't think and it was nothing like being by himself and he looked in her eyes as he tried to touch her even though his hands were shaking but it seemed to work because her eyes went that clear, clear blue that made him so happy and that made him shake even more and then his world exploded.

Afterwards, he held her so close that she became an extension of his arms, his legs, his stomach. He hadn't noticed the tears until she traced their tracks down his cheeks. She looked at him then, her eyes so full of compassion and love that something inside of him snapped. He realized dimly as he wept on her shoulder that he was hers now, utterly and completely. The tears washed away the last of his ties to Katsura, to Tomoe, to Hiko. Kenshin had never slept as well as he did that night in Kagome's arms.

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In the aftermath he was dizzily, deliriously happy and the world seemed to float past him as he moved. "Fuck-drunk", he could hear Hiko scoff in his head. But it wasn't even the sex really that had set him spinning. Suddenly, the bloody Hitokiri Battousai had a future. That is, he had a future that didn't involve showers of body parts. He dreamed now of an inn, with a small farm and laughing children that looked like Kagome. He dreamt of home and family. And he was more than willing to admit that the sex was also very good. Aw, fuck it. The sex blew his mind. But he still wasn't fuck-drunk. He was just making up for a lot of wasted time spent killing people.

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/Reviewer Responses/

Kage Hogosha: I'm really happy that you liked the story! I hope you continue to enjoy the rest of the fic.

Somnambulicious: See! I'm not intimidated! I'm not! About the youkai/human thing, -sheepishly rubs neck- I can't seem to help myself from getting philosophical once in a while. I think that there's a support group for it somewhere.... Eighteen, lonely and horny? Been there. Done that. Have the pictures. *Shudders* Sorry, I decided to go the lazy route and just use the sex scene that I posted on FFNet. I will do a graphic hentai scene at some point, but I suspect that it's not going to be for this story :( Although I am evil, apparently I am not quite as evil as you- so no interruptions, although the fallout should be interesting.... Thanks for all your wonderful encouragement!

mysterylady_tx: Thank you for your compliments on the story! Well, I guess this chapter cleared up what they were going to do next :) The group reactions should be interesting and I agree that Inuyasha may ultimately regret making that comment :) But I guess we'll have to see what happens next chapter....

mybyrdy: I'm very happy that you're enjoying the story and it's never too late to join the party! You make an excellent point in your review and I was delighted to receive such a thoughtful critique. What I think that you've picked up on is the fact that I am really, really speeding up the timeline in the new chapters, so often it is a space of several weeks or even months between viewpoints and you therefore get a bit of a timeline summary in the chapter. Strangely enough, I was debating about whether or not to write the story more as a fable than a really personal tale, and it's interesting that it comes across as a fable anyways:) *Sigh* It looks like I'm going to have to leave my unfiltered hentai thoughts until I have the time to write two separate versions of my stories for FFNet and MediaMiner. I'm sorry to hear that your account was deleted though and -fingers crossed- I'm hoping that this sex scene is vague enough that they'll leave me alone.

lizardbreth: Don't worry about not being able to review all the time! I'm just happy that you're enjoying the story and that you went out of your way to let me know about it. I hope that you enjoy the rest of the story as well :)

Ice Vixen X: Ah yes, I pride myself on being evil. Funny thing is that it bears a startling resemblance to being lazy :) Glad you're continuing to enjoy the story!

ashn: Thank you! I hope that you enjoy this chapter as well, although it might be awhile before the next one comes out.

hana megami: Yay! You're the second person who picked up on the whole Kenji thing! And I'm not saying any more. I'm glad that you decided to give the story a chance despite the fact that it is a crossover- I think that there are some interesting ideas that I've seen in crossover stories that can complement both series. Of course, I'm a little bit biased :) I'm really flattered that you added the story to your favorites- I've enjoyed writing it and I'm always happy if someone else enjoys it as well. If you don't mind, I'll e-mail you when I hit what I fondly refer to as the "Kenshin Canon" chapter and maybe you can let me know if I've messed up too badly:)