Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ How the Past Can Change ❯ There are a lot of Things about Me You Don't Know ( Chapter 27 )

How the Past can Change

A K&K Rurouni Kenshin Romance FanFiction

by: bunny ;D

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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A/N: 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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Kaoru brought her knees up to her chest to warm herself on the cool night, and let out a deep sigh. 'So where exactly does that leave us now? What if he was being serious with me tonight? I don't think I can bear to see him showing an interest in anyone besides me. I've always known we were meant to be together. It was never a silly girl crush. Why did I have to say that to him?' she wondered. 'Because, I was embarrassed.' She admitted to herself.

She gazed up at the stars and a lone tear slide down her face. 'Did I just blow something that I have been waiting almost 10 years for?' she asked herself, becoming more depressed. She let out another long sigh.

"Are you ok Kaoru?" Kenshin asked as he jumped up onto the roof to join her.

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Chapter Twenty-Seven

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Kaoru hastily wiped away the wetness in her eyes as Kenshin lowered himself to sit down next to her. "I'm ok. I was just thinking about" she paused knowing she didn't want to share with him what she was REALLY thinking about, "…stuff." She finished lamely before adding,"I couldn't sleep and so I decided to spend sometime stargazing." She replied.

"Yes, the stars are very pretty tonight aren't they Kaoru?" Kenshin replied. 'So are you…' he added in his head.

"They are." Kaoru whispered back. She gazed up at the stars again for a moment and then chanced a side glance at Kenshin, and let out a small gasp as she discovered that he was in fact, facing her.

"What were you thinking about?" Kenshin's asked as Kaoru quickly reverted her eyes back up at the stars.

Kaoru let out a long sigh. "Oh, you know…anything and everything. I was remembering…things." She offered, half hoping he would guess what she was referring to, and half begging him to not understand what she really meant.

"Well, that's only normal; to remember things when you feel like someone has been taken out of your life suddenly." Kenshin replied sadly.

Noting the tone in Kenshin's voice, Kaoru turned to face him. "What do you mean? You sound as if you are talking from experience." She asked.

Kenshin smiled and placed one of his hands behind his head. He let out a nervous chuckle. "Yeah, I am. It's all in the past though." He replied trying to drop the topic he had accidentally brought up. 'I hope she doesn't press this. I can't tell her about traveling to the past to meet me.' He worried to himself.

'I wonder who he is talking about? His family perhaps? Did Kenshin have a romance during the war he never told me about?' she began to worry. 'Well, I shouldn't press it; he seems to want to drop the subject…' she reasoned. Instead of holding her tongue though, she said, "Oh really? I had no idea you had someone taken out of her life suddenly. Who was it?" Kaoru asked, her curiosity getting the better of her.

Kenshin momentarily frowned, but then catching himself, pasted on an innocent smile. "Oh you know, my family." He replied and then smiled again.

"Oh. It sounded to me as if you meant someone other than your family." Kaoru replied dejectedly.

Kenshin turned to the side and leaned back on his elbows and gazed up at the stars. "Well, Kaoru…there are a lot of things about me that I need to tell you. I don't think that right now is the proper time though, you know…with Dad just leaving us behind to fight in the unrest down south and everything. You don't need to here about all my old problems. They're all in the past anyways." He said.

Kaoru mimicked Kenshin and leaned back on her elbows next to him. "I guess your right." She said. "Someday you will have to tell me everything about you though, you know. Even though you are my best friend, you have so many secrets from me." She added.

Kenshin's breath caught in his throat and he put his head down so his bangs would cover the tears that pricked his eyes at her words. 'She said you were her best friend,' he repeated to himself in his head, his heart swelling in over-whelming happiness. 'I've been waiting so long for Kaoru to say that to me.' He thought as he remembered when he had traveled to the future and seen his future self with the Kaoru who saved him from the war and the special relationship that they shared. 'I have that now.' He said to himself in complete bliss. He quickly blinked the wetness out of his eyes and then scooted over closer to Kaoru so that they were shoulder-to-shoulder, elbow-to-elbow, hip-to-hip and foot-to-foot. "You're my best friend too." He said as he tilted his head back to look at the stars. "In fact, you are my favorite person in the whole world." He added lovingly.

Kaoru had watched as Kenshin scooted closer to her, and now she stared at him with a large grin on her face at his words. "Really?" she questioned.

Kenshin finally turned to look at her and met her blue eyes with his own and said, "Really."

"Even more than Dad?" she probed.

"Even more than Dad." He affirmed.

Kaoru smiled even bigger and then dropped her head to rest on his shoulder. "You're my favorite person too. You always have been." She said.

Kenshin pulled Kaoru into his arms and hugged her tightly to him. Kaoru hugged back; thrilled at how much attention he was giving her after all the years of wondering what had happened. 'I'm happy that I have Kenshin. Regardless of what our future holds, together or not, I will always be happy that he is a part of my life.' She thought to herself as she closed her eyes and began to doze off.

After only a minute or two of hugging Kaoru, Kenshin pulled back slightly and noticed right away that Kaoru had fallen asleep. He brushed her bangs away from her drooped down head and then pulled her back into his arms and stood up, carrying her with him. He stepped over to the edge of the roof, and then silently jumped down onto the porch and walked to her room. He slid open her door, and gently lowered her into her futon and pulled the covers up over her sleeping form.

As he began to pull away from her to return to his own bedroom, Kaoru suddenly grabbed onto his wrist, he eyes flying open.

"What's wrong?" he asked, alarmed at her sudden change.

"Stay here." She requested in barely more than a soft whisper.

Kenshin's eyes widened. He opened his mouth to reply, but Kaoru stopped him. "Kenshin, please stay with me. Don't leave me alone. I don't want to be alone, stay with me like you used to when I was little." She begged.

Once again Kenshin hesitated and opened his mouth to protest, but his protest died as she continued, "Dad isn't here to get mad at you for sleeping with me now." She began to gently tug on his arm that she held at his wrist, and Kenshin felt his resolve melting as he slowly slipped under the covers with her and wrapped his arms around her.

"Thank you." Kaoru said sweetly before yawning and once again falling into a deep sleep.

Kenshin wanted to feel like this was wrong in every way, but it felt too right, and he was too tired to think much about it. It had been one of the longest days of his life, and he had been up all of the previous night. Wrong or not, now was the time to sleep. So he closed his eyes and pulled Kaoru closer, hoping that they would be able to work everything out between them, and sooner, rather than later, because he patience was running out.

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Well, that's about it for chapter 27. Did you like it? I've been mulling all the things I wanted to happen in this chapter (and the upcoming chapters) over in my head for the past couple of weeks, and I'm hoping it turned out for the best. Anyhow, lemme know.

Sorry for getting your hopes up for an update when I uploaded the party (to those of you who complained) but the parties come and I did put on the summary that it was the 500 review party, and not a new chapter. In any case, I was able to whip this chapter up real quick once I finished the party ne?

Thanks Again Everybody for all your Support and Feedback, it's much appreciated. J

Till the Next WAFFy K&K Chapter,

Bunny ;D