Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ How the Past Can Change ❯ Going Back ( Chapter 13 )

How the Past can Change

A K&K Rurouni Kenshin Romance FanFiction by: bunny ;D

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Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin is the creation of Nobuhiro Watsuki, with the manga and anime rights belonging to Jump Comics and Sony Entertainment, respectively. I do not own and did not create the series or its characters...I'm just a fan, and I have no money anyways, so NO SUING ME!! :D

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AN: This story is altering the original story of Rurouni Kenshin / Samurai X. It also has some OOCness, (especially with Battousai.) If you don't like that idea, or can't handle it…I would advise you not to read this fic. If you are a hard core Tomoe and Kenshin forever kind of person, I would advise you to not read this fic. Don't get me wrong, I like Tomoe, this is just a different story ok?

Ja ne,

Bunny ;D

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"Hey beautiful," Kenshin whispered to her.

Kaoru sleepily smiled. "Hey yourself." She replied.

Kenshin leaned over and kissed her. "I missed you." He said afterwards.

"I missed you more. It's so boring around here without you." She said.

Kenshin frowned, and his eyes darkened.

Instantly, Kaoru knew something was wrong. Although it had been rare for her to see her husband's eyes darken, she knew all too well what yellow eyes meant from her experiences with a certain look-a-like rurouni. "Kenshin…what's wrong?" Kaoru asked, alarms going off everywhere inside of her head. She did not sense any ki nearby other than that of her husband, so she knew that there was no outside threat, there was something that was bothering him. Something was definitely NOT right, and she was afraid. Afraid of loosing Kenshin.

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Chapter Thirteen

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"Kaoru," Kenshin began and then took a deep sigh. "I don't know how to tell you this, but…I have to go back soon."

"What do you mean 'you have to go back?' Go back where Kenshin?" Kaoru asked, quite puzzled.

Kenshin could hear the panic in her voice. 'This is not going very well…' he thought to himself. "Kaoru, sweetheart, calm down," he soothed petting her hair once again.

Suddenly, Kaoru grabbed both of his hands in an iron-like grip. "Kenshin…" she began, her eyes wide as saucers, tears beginning to cascade out the bottoms, "do you mean," she choked for a second and began again. "Kenshin, do you mean that you have to go back to war? Do you mean that you have to go back to fight with the Inshinshishi?" She asked, her voice low, barely above a whisper.

Kenshin broke his eye contact with his wife and looked to the floor. "Yes…Katsura-sama has regrouped the Inshinshishi and it's time for their assassin to return to his work." He answered just as quietly. "When I was in town, I ran into the informant, he had been looking for me, and gave me the news. They will be coming to get me at the end of the week."

When he looked up again, he noticed that Kaoru had started crying, silently. Very much unlike the other times Kenshin had seen her in tears, usually she wailed, and this disturbed him to his very core. "Kaoru…" he choked out, gathering her up in his arms.

Kaoru just continued to silently cry for what seemed like hours. "Do…do we have to go?" she finally stuttered out.

Kenshin's eyes thinned into slits. "What do you mean by 'we,' Kaoru?" he demanded, pulling her away far enough to look into her eyes, hoping that she didn't mean what he thought she did.

"I mean do WE have to go…what do you think I meant?" she replied heatedly.

Kenshin released her and stood. "NO! You aren't coming with me - its way to dangerous, I won't allow anything to happen to you!" he said, raising his voice.

Kaoru stood to. "What are you talking about?!?" she exclaimed in hysterics. "You most definitely are NOT going without me!! There is no way that I'm staying here Himura Kenshin, while you're off splitting people in half and chopping off their heads do you understand me!!" she yelled.

Kenshin growled in frustration. "You are so frustrating sometimes!!" he yelled to her throwing his arms up in the air.

"Kenshin! Why do you think I've been training so hard for the past 9 months!??! I needed to get stronger, and I'm ready!! I can take care of myself!!" she said, trying to go about it from a different angle.

"WHAT!" Kenshin yelled even more upset than before. "You're training is NOT even close to being completed!! You won't even KILL anybody!! That's way to dangerous! You are not ready for combat Kaoru, forget it." He finished.

Kaoru stamped her foot, her anger getting the better of her and blew up. "Well YOUR TRAINING ISN'T COMPLETE EITHER YOU BAKA!!" she yelled.

Kenshin's eyes returned to their usual purple hue, his anger abating, as he was taken aback at her knowledge of his training. "How-how do you know that?" he asked, suddenly uncertain of himself.

Kaoru rolled her eyes. "As always, you are forgetting that I know you VERY WELL in the future."

Kenshin paused to digest what she had just said. "So, I never finished my training huh? I didn't think Hiko-sensei would take me back…" he mumbled to himself, lost in thoughts of his own past.

"No, Kenshin, you do finish your training." Kaoru answered lowering her voice back to normal decibels. "You go back, even after knowing me." She added. 'Can't have Kenshin never going back to see Hiko-sama' she said to herself.

"Really?" he asked, his voice taking on much hope. Kaoru nodded. "That's wonderful!" he exclaimed.

Kaoru couldn't help but smile at his happiness, despite their arguing. She turned around and made her way to the door of their bedroom, figuring they could discuss the matter further in the morning, she was tired, she wanted to go to bed. When she reached the door, she turned back to her husband who was still grinning over the news. "Kenshin…" she called to him.

Kenshin looked up at her smiling form in the doorway, and smiled back. "I love you." He said. Kaoru smiled. Kenshin's eyes suddenly widened. He gulped. "Um…Kaoru…" he began.

"Yes?" she asked.

Kenshin started taking quick strides across the room towards her. "When you first came here you said a bright white light took you right?!?!?" he asked hurriedly.

Kaoru's own eyes began to widen in realization. 'Oh God!! I'm standing at a door!!' she exclaimed to herself as Kenshin reached her, she saw the light enveloping her body.

"NO!!!" They both screamed out at the same time.

"I want to stay with YOU!!" Kaoru yelled to him, grabbing out for his arms, hoping they would keep her with her beloved.

"Kaoru!! I promise, you can come with me, just stay please!!" Kenshin yelled also reaching out to her, and already contacting with nothing.

Kaoru smiled at him, as she began to fade into the light. "I love you!" she exclaimed, her eyes shining all her love for him, her arms still outstretched towards him, wishing she could stay.

"NO! Kaoru, don't leave me!!" Kenshin yelled, but when he finished, there was nothing, just the paper screen door, and the faint scent of…jasmine.

"You can't go," he whispered to the door, a lone tear falling from his violet eyes "you - you - you haven't finished your training yet." He choked out and fell on the floor sobbing.

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When the bright light disappeared, Kaoru found herself in her bedroom again, standing in front of her door. She blinked a couple of times, her eyes adjusting to the contrast of the night from the bright light she had been enveloped in. It was the same time of day as it had been in the past she noted, and that frightened her greatly, knowing that meant that she might have been gone from her present day for the full 9 and a half months she had been in the past. She reached out towards the door, deciding to head towards Kenshin's room, in hopes of finding him still alive and well, and most importantly, there.

"Kaoru, is that really you?" an unbelieving voice called out softly. Kaoru stopped dead in her tracks. It was Kenshin!! 'Oh God!! He's still here and alive!!' she exclaimed in her head as she quickly whirled around to find him laying on her bed, a look of disbelief on his face, as if he thought he was dreaming.

She noticed him slapping himself as she rushed over to hug him. She reached the bed and jumped on him, throwing her arms around him, tears of joy escaping from her eyes. "Oh Kenshin!" she exclaimed. "I was so afraid that I wouldn't ever see you ever again!"

Kenshin, also crying by now, said, "Kaoru - my Kaoru - Please tell me this isn't a dream."

Kaoru pulled back slightly, pinched him and said, "This isn't a dream, and I'm really home."

Kenshin pulled her close to him again. "It seems like you have been gone forever, what happened to you, Kaoru? Why did you just appear in a bright light?"

Kaoru pulled away again, so she could see him while she talked. "First, tell me, how long have I been gone?"

Kenshin sniffed. "About…um…9 and a half days."

Kaoru smiled, relieved. "Kaoru…why are you smiling? I've been in living hell for 9 days and all you do is smile?" Kenshin exclaimed frowning.

Kaoru frowned and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry, Kenshin, I'm just happy that I wasn't gone as long here as I actually was gone."

"What?" Kenshin asked, startled by her answer. "How long were you really gone?"

"About 9 and a half months," she replied.

Kenshin grinned. "So, that makes you 20 now right?"

Kaoru giggled. "Yes, I'm 20 now, but that's besides the point." She said, trying to get back to the subject at hand, what had happened to her.

Kenshin laughed with her, but after remembering their situation, he sobered. "So, where were you for all that time? I hope you weren't as miserable as I was these past few days."

Kaoru frowned. "Well, it's a long story, but…" Kaoru paused "…I was in the past." She finished in a whisper.

"What?!!???" Kenshin exclaimed.

"You're past, to be exact." Kaoru added, still whispering.

"ORO!!!" Kenshin exclaimed and passed out in shock.

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A/N: Well, that's it for chapter 13. I hope everyone still likes the story. I bet this chapter answered A LOT of people's questions ne? :D Don't even think for one second that this ficcy is over though, there is still a lot more!! Like…what happens to Kenshin in the past? What changes happened in Kaoru's real time? And what is the meeting between the Kenshin who's already been w/ the future Kaoru going to be like with his real Kaoru?

They will all be answered…in chapters to come.

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