Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ How the Past Can Change ❯ Back to old Tricks with a Twist ( Chapter 14 )

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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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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Chapter Fourteen

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Kaoru giggled at Kenshin's antics. It was funny, but she really missed the older Kenshin's odd, yet cute mannerisms…like his Oro's, she just hadn't realized it until just now. Kaoru shrugged to herself, figuring she never had the time to miss her real Kenshin after she started to form a relationship with his past self, there was too much new stuff for her to learn. And Kaoru well knew that she would never have been able to learn those things about Kenshin if she hadn't gone to the past. So since she was given the opportunity to learn about his "other half, "the part of him that was once known as Battousai, and so she had hung on his every word and action. Her Kenshin would never open up that part of himself to her…or would he? Well, maybe now he would that things had changed…or had they? He didn't seem to remember his new past with her. Was there some sort of delay on these things or something? Kaoru sighed. Only God knows…with that thought, Kaoru leaned over and gave the still unconscious rurouni half of her, well, whatever he is to her, a kiss and decided to go hunt down Yahiko and the others to let them know she was back home. Kenshin would come around soon enough.

Upon exiting her bedroom, Kaoru noticed the sun just about to set outside. It was getting dark and she needed to tell the others quickly and head back to Kenshin before he woke and worried about her, or worse, thought she hadn't really come back and run off over the craziness of it all. To Kaoru's good fortune, Yahiko was right outside her door.

"Kaoru!!" he exclaimed upon seeing her coming out of her bedroom. 'Kaoru's back!! Oh My God!! How did she get in her bedroom without me seeing her?' Yahiko wondered to himself.

"Yahiko-chan!!" Kaoru exclaimed, and quickly pulled Yahiko into a big bear hug.

Yahiko didn't even mind Kaoru calling him a -chan….well, just this once, only because he had missed his sensei. He also let it slip that she had just hugged him…actually, no, forget that, this old hag was cutting off his life's breath.

"Kaoru!! Let go of me!! I can't breathe you old hag!" Yahiko exclaimed.

Kaoru stopped hugging Yahiko and laughed. "It's good to see some things never change, Yahiko-chan" Kaoru happily replied, this time, egging him on.

"UGLY!!" Yahiko yelled to her, only too happy to comply with her taunts at a good run around the property, and possibly a whack on the head at the end of it all.

"What was that you said?!?!?" Kaoru yelled to him d-eyed, only too happy to continue.

"I said UGLY, because you are an ugly old HAG!" Yahiko chanted, already starting to run away from her.

Kaoru was only too happy to chase her only student around the dojo like a mad woman.

What threw Yahiko was the speed at which Kaoru was moving. 'What in the world happened to HER?' he asked himself as Kaoru effortlessly caught up with him. In no time, Yahiko found himself turning back to her and bracing for impact, only to look up to see Kaoru flying at him in the air while drawing what strangely looked like a SAKABATOU?!?!? "RYU TSUI SEN!!!" Kaoru belted out delivering the blow to Yahiko's unsuspecting head.

Kaoru was shocked to see the body of her student crumple to the ground. Blink. Blink. 'That never happens to Kenshin,' she thought to herself. Then reason caught up with her. 'KAORU NO BAKA!!! That's because Kenshin knows what's coming, and he's almost a master of Hiten Mitsurugi!!' her mind screamed at her. "Oh, God!!" Kaoru exclaimed as she threw her sword to the side and collapsed next to Yahiko, cradling his head in her lap.

~ Meanwhile ~

Kenshin came to, in Kaoru's bedroom, finally getting over the initial shock of not only seeing Kaoru for the first time in 9 days, but her telling him that she had been in his past. 'How in the world did that woman end up in my past?' he wondered to himself. 'And if she did go to my past, then why don't I remember it?' he wondered. "UGLY!! HAG!!" Kenshin heard Yahiko chanting from what sounded like outside, in the yard, jarring him out of his thoughts. Kenshin grinned and stepped outside to enjoy the antics of teacher and student that he hadn't had the privilege of witnessing for what seemed like way to long. Upon stepping outside, Kenshin saw Kaoru flying through the air, and with "god-like" speed seeming quite like his own, draw a sakabatou, wait…what is Kaoru doing with a sakabatou? Kenshin quickly confirmed that his own sword was in fact at his side by feeling for it, not taking his eyes off of his fiancée. "RYU TSUI SEN!!" Kenshin heard Kaoru cry out while perfectly completing the attack on Yahiko.

To say that Kenshin was shocked would be an understatement. Not in 10 lifetimes would he have ever pictured seeing his wife using his own swordsman technique. 'How did Kaoru learn my technique?' he wondered. He watched silently as Kaoru, who seemed to be in less shock than him quickly screamed out something and dropped next to her student, immediately feeling for a pulse to ensure that he was still alive. Kaoru was still cradling Yahiko's head, her back to him when she furiously yelled out, "Kenshin!! Get over here and help me already!!"

He blinked a couple of times at Kaoru and then walked down towards the front gate where they were on the ground. Kenshin knelt down next to Kaoru and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. She looked up at Kenshin and blinked a couple of times at him.

"He will be fine, heaven knows I've been knocked out by that very attack by Hiko-sama more than enough times to know," he paused "how did you know I was there?" he asked quietly, as if he was almost afraid of what her answer would be.

Kaoru grinned through her slightly watery eyes. "You taught me how to sense ki's too. And of course, I'm very familiar with yours, although…it has changed a little over the years." She replied with a smirk.

Once again in the short period of time that Kaoru had returned, Kenshin found his eyes bugging out. "ORO!" he couldn't help but exclaim when he found his voice.

Kaoru giggled. "I have a lot of things to tell you I guess. I had been hoping that you would remember," Kaoru trailed off, a frown forming on her beautiful face as she began to hoist up Yahiko to carry him back to his room.

"Remember teaching you how to sense ki's?" Kenshin questioned with a tone of how ridiculous it must have all seemed to him as he grabbed Yahiko's feet to help Kaoru carry him.

"Well, yeah…that…and uh, everything else." Kaoru mumbled to him, and then began to blush profusely.

Kenshin couldn't help but quirk an eyebrow up at her tone of voice and redness of face. Kaoru looked up and caught Kenshin's expression, and looked down at Yahiko again, unable to stop herself from blushing even harder. They stepped into Yahiko's room and gently placed him on his futon.

"Ok Kaoru, time to tell me exactly what you have been up to while you were gone." Kenshin said as they exited Yahiko's bedroom and began to walk back to Kaoru's room.

Kaoru got a sly smile on her face. "Well, you see Kenshin," she began, and then paused. "Oh, I forgot my sakabatou out by the front." She said. "I'll be right back, I want to go fetch it." She began to quickly jog out towards the front to get it.

Kenshin followed her, and noticed that the sun had finally set, making it difficult to make Kaoru out through the slight darkness. Then he heard it, she gasped. He felt the rise in her ki and instinctively he ran towards her and stopped right behind her as she stared at the front gate. Following to where her eyes were looking, only a foot in front of her, Kenshin saw what had made her gasp so loudly. Kenshin had to pause himself for a moment…'ARE MY EYES PLAYING TRICKS ON ME?!?!?' his mind screamed at him…

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A/N:

Ok, I hope everybody hates me now ::wink::

I'm wanted to continue…but…this was just too good of a place to stop…::heheh::

Anyhow…I'm think that if you loved this chapter…just you wait, cuz what I have in store for you will knock your socks off. (ok, that's a corny expression O.o) Those of you who are also reading "Always There for Me" my very first RK fic. Yes, I AM working on Chapter 14, and it's going to be great, I'm just so stuck in this story right now that I can't get it quite the way I want it yet, but I will be updating it soon okies?

Thankies again to minna-chan who have reviewed my story on ff.net, mediaminer.org and on my own humble RK webbie. It's the comments that really keep me writing and going on with this totally insane out of control fanfiction.

Yes, I know that most everyone is OOC, but hey - people change and stuff ya know? ^_^;; I'm doing this all on purpose, it adds to the greater good - my storyline O.o;;

Ok, ok, enough rambling. Lesly - I'm still waiting on that next chapter…and can I please post your ficcy on my website?

Till next time minna-chan,

Bunny ;D

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