Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Come What May ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Come What May--A Sailor Moon/Rurouni Kenshin Crossover Fanfiction

DISCLAIMER: Characters do not belong to me; they belong to Takeuchi Naoko-sama and Nobuhiro Watsuki-sama (Aren't those two just wonderful).

*I'm setting this story in the Sailor Moon anime continuity, one year after the Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Season. Usagi and the Inner Senshi are 17 year olds and Mamoru is 23 years old. There are references to events that happen in the Sailor Moon anime and I give notes on them at the end of the chapter if you are confused. For the Rurouni Kenshin part of the story, I am using the anime up till the "Kyoto arc" and then I switch to the manga for the "Revenge arc". Explanations of the RK events are also explained at the bottom. If you don't know much about Sailor Moon or Rurouni Kenshin, be prepared for some spoilage.*

Chapter 1

By: Hime

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"Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever."

-Unknown

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Being an intern sucks.

When the Juuban Medical Hospital offered to let a number of promising Medical Students intern earlier then they originally were suppose too, Mamoru had jumped at the chance even though he wouldn't get paid, still had to go to his classes and would also have to work at his part-time job. He figured the internship would be a great experience for him and help him achieve his goal of becoming a doctor. But he never figured he would be so busy or that he wouldn't have any time to sleep, let alone to spend with his Usako. Mamoru sighed as he pulled off the top of his medical uniform and reached inside his locker for his shirt. He lot out a yelp as cool feminine hands touched his naked back.

"Fufufu, did I scare you, Mamoru-kun?"

Mamoru whirled in surprise, his shirt held in front of him like a shield as he stared at the girl in front of him. Hayashi Yanagi was another student intern at the hospital. She was good, dedicated to her work but she was also known to be a flirt, especially with guys that were committed to someone else.

"Ah, you just startled me, Hayashi-san."

"No, no, call me Yanagi-san. We work to well together to call each other by our last names."

Mamoru just gave her a quick smile and nodded his head before turning around from her to pull his shirt on.

Yanagi narrowed her eyes at his back. She watched as the muscles played along his back as he pulled his shirt over his head and almost sighed in appreciation. Yanagi had always been drawn to strong men, maybe because she was so strong herself. She had to be to have made it so far in medical school. Even in this 21st century, Japan still had its reservation of women in the professional fields. Yanagi watched as Mamoru started to untie the drawstring that held his uniform pants up. She waited with baited breath as his hands came to his waist when he sighed.

"Yanagi-san, could you please go away? I'm trying to change here."

"Ohohoho, I didn't know you were so shy." Mamoru could almost see fox-ears pop-up on her head. But after her last remark, she did what he asked and left the locker room. Mamoru hurriedly finished dressing and grabbed his stuff. Hopefully, Usagi was late and wouldn't be waiting for him long at the park.

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"Usagi! Where are you going?" Minako asked accusingly.

Usagi cringed as all the Inner Senshi's heads turn toward her.

"Umm, Mamo-chan said he would have time to meet me in the park after working at the hospital."

Everyone's eyes turned to Rei to see her explode. Even Usagi paled, looking at her fiery friend. To everyone's surprise, Rei just smiled and said, "Okay Usagi, have fun."

Usagi was stunned but still managed to stutter out a quick "goodbye" before running out the door.

"What?" Rei asked defensively as the other girls continued to stare at her as if they couldn't understand what had just happened.

"You were nice to Usagi." Was all Minako could manage to say before once more staring at Rei.

"What's so shocking about me being nice to Usagi? I'm always nice to Usagi!" At more disbelieving stares, Rei said, "Stop looking at me!" Fire seemed to loom up from behind her.

"Calm down, calm down." Makoto said, trying to placate Rei. "She didn't mean to sound that way. She just meant that usually, you're a bit…a bit harsh to her, that's all. Not that you mean to be, that's just how you are." Makoto tried to smile, but it came out more as a grimace.

"Actually, Rei's been quite nice to Usagi. Ever since last year, in fact." Ami's voice spoke out suddenly. All the girls looked at her as she stared calmly back.

"Usagi has grown up." Rei shrugged at Ami's unasked question. "And I let her go today because she's hardly got to see Mamoru-san since he came back to her." After the battle with Galaxia, Mamoru went back to the Azabu Institute of Technology and then two months after began internship at the Juuban Hospital and has been working there ever since.

Ami nodded before saying, "Well enough talking, there's still a lot more studying to do to prepare for our college exams. We don't want to be 'ronins' now, ne?" She patted the stack of books in front of her lovingly. When no one moved, she glared from behind the lenses of her glasses.

"Scary." Minako shivered behind Makoto's form.

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"You stupid Rooster Head! How dare you gamble our bus money like that? You suck at gambling!" Spiky hair adorned the head of the young boy yelling at his older companion. He looked about ten or eleven. Around him was another young boy, around the same age with a similar look to him, though he didn't have the same hair as the first boy.

"I don't suck you little brat! I'm just on a losing streak, that's all." The older guy said. He wore the normal clothing of a nineteen year old-old black jean, a plain white shirt, and a black leather jacket that had seen better times.

"If you're a loser all your life, does that count as a streak?"

"Why you little…" He's hand clenched into a fist. The younger boy didn't seem afraid. In fact, he swung back his foot and let it fly right into the man's shin. As the older guy went to pound the kicker, the other boy stepped into the middle.

"Guy's, stop it. Dad's not going to like us getting into trouble by brawling in public."

The other two made a face, but relaxed their aggressive stances. "Then how do we get home?"

"Walk you spoiled punk ass kid." A fist came down on the boy's spiky head.

"Owww!" The boy grabbed his head and bared his teeth. "That's not fair! You spent our bus money. You stupid Tori-atama!" And the two were off again, circling though their argument once more.

Usagi couldn't help but wonder if that's how she and Rei looked like when they argued. 'I hope not.' She thought to herself. She had been watching them for the past two minutes, their loud voices catching her attention for some reason. Looking at them, the three looked so familiar. Finally without thought she went up to the three.

"Um, excuse me." The three looked at her and Usagi could feel her cheeks turn a light pink. "I could hear you three arguing about bus fare. Here." Usagi held out her hand with a single bill.

"You're giving us you're money?" asked the boy who had stopped the fight earlier. "Oh, we couldn't take your money." But he was shoved aside as the spiky haired boy grabbed the cash from Usagi's hand and crowed in delight. Then the one who got pushed aside, whacked what had to be his brother across the head. "That was rude! Give her back her money!"

"She offered it to us and it would be rude not to accept." was the answer he got. The spiky boy quickly shoved the bill in his pocket.

"Thank you very much." The boy bowed. "We can pay you back if you like."

Usagi bent over until her face was level with the two boys. "No, no. It's okay. Just help out someone else if you see them in the same trouble." She gave them her happiest smile and didn't notice when the two stared straight into her eyes with a somewhat dazed expression.

The older boy snorted and at that harsh sound the boys looked away.

"Go wait for the bus." The older boy told the two. The two bowed shyly to Usagi before going off, the calmer one went without comment, and the other went with a sneer toward the "Rooster Head".

As Usagi watched the two boys walk off, the older boy studied her with some curiosity. Her hair was the most unusual feature of her. Made her look like a rabbit. He smirked at the thought. Then she turned to look straight at him and he knew why the twins had stared so. It was her eyes, those blue crystalline pools. If the eyes were the windows to the soul then her soul was beautiful and pure. Her eyes seemed so familiar, like eyes he had seen in some dream he had when he was younger. "Jou-chan?" The phrase slipped out from nowhere and he shook his head in slight confusion.

Usagi's cocked her head to the side. What had he just said?

Shaken, he offered a small smile to the girl and nodded his head in thanks. He wanted to get away from her before he did something stupid like ask her if they had meet before or something else along those lines. He ambled off, with pride in his stance. He knew she was watching him walk off and he wanted her to have something to remember.

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'Why did I do that?' Usagi asked herself. She wasn't one to just give away her money, let alone to complete strangers. But they weren't exactly strangers were they? They seemed so familiar but she just couldn't place them. She continued to watch the older guy saunter up to the two boys. He was cute, not as cute as Mamo-chan, but there was no denying his good looks. But for the life of her, Usagi couldn't understand why anyone would want to wear the kanji "Aku" on their back. Usagi shrugged, 'No use thinking about them. It's not like I'm ever going to see them again.' She glanced down at her watch and gave out a cry. This detour was going to make her late. As she started her run toward the park, she thought to herself, 'Hopefully Mamo-chan will be late and won't be waiting for me long.'

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Side Notes:

ronin: In Japan, students who fail to get into college are know as 'ronins'.

Tori-atama: "Rooster Head". Sanosuke's nickname in RK. He keeps it even in this lifetime.

…wear the kanji "Aku" on their back: In RK, Sanosuke always has the kanji for bad (Aku) on his back.

Author's Notes:

I'm such a liar. I said I wouldn't work on this fic until I finished Children of the Night, but I couldn't help myself. *sigh* I'm hopeless. Anyway, already four of the RK cast appeared in this chapter. You wanna know why I named Megumi, Hayashi Yanagi? Hayashi Yanagi translates into Willow Grove. In the past, doctors or anyone with this knowledge really, would boil willow tree bark into a tea. The tea was their version of aspirin as it could reduce fevers and help with aches and pain. Also, the healer character in "Flame of Recca" is named Yanagi so I thought it would be nice to acknowledge the link.

As for the three boys, you must know who two of them are at least. As for the other boy, see if you can figure who he's suppose to be. Also, I hope no one was confused by the relationship between the three of them. The two younger boys are fraternal twins. The older boy is not their brother, more like a family friend.

revised 4/23/2002