Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Into the Waves of Time ❯ Into the Meiji ( Chapter 1 )

I got rid of my other Inuyasha fic, so I decided to do a RK crossover! Please R&R!!

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What a beautiful morning!

Kenshin walked down the street, wind whipping at his burgundy hair and blowing it gently over his purple eyes. Sunlight filtered through the sakura trees, chasing away the night mist. What was left fled before the rurouni's careful steps as he parted it.

I wish Miss Kaoru would have come along. But lord knows she has her hands full, what with all the new students! He chuckled to himself. Yes, she'll be quite busy all day. I wonder what Sanosuke's doing?

BONG

"Oro?!" Kenshin skipped a step forward, nearly falling flat on his face. The rock bounced away and fell to the dirt road.

"Oh good, you noticed. I was beginning to think that I would need a boulder." Sanosuke stood at the edge of the forest, another rock at the ready.

Kenshin rubbed the spot where the rock had struck. "Hello, Sanosuke. I'm sorry, I didn't see you."

"Damn right you didn't," the fighter for hire muttered. "I could have sworn a bird came down and plucked your brain out of your ear. Then again, he wouldn't have found much, now would he?"

"I'll ignore that last comment. So what brings you here?" Kenshin asked.

"I found this awesome old well in the woods!" Sanosuke exclaimed. "It's got all kinds of bones in it. Wanna see?"

"Um, Sano, that's private property! This one cannot violate that!"

"Oh come off it, you goody two shoes!" The man scoffed. "It's no wonder no one can believe you were Hitokiri Battousai unless they see you in action."

Kenshin nodded absently, trying to figure out how he could edge away without being dragged into the forest. "Sanosuke, I'm sure the well is very nice, but this one must be getting to the store. Miss Kaoru asked me to pick up some-"

"Aw, come off it Kenshin!" The lanky man grabbed the wanderer's arm before he could blink. "It'll only take a minute."

"Oro?"

"Don't oro me. Let's go." Sanosuke dragged his friend into the trees.

After a time Kenshin gave up and walked on his own, knowing that Sanosuke wouldn't let go no matter how much he struggled. If he DID get away, he would only be hunted down and hauled back to the old well.

"Here it is!" Sano announced. They stood at the edge of a long-forgotten and overgrown well no more than four feet wide. The ground rustled as the fighter jumped down inside. "See? Bones!" He waved a particularly large thigh bone in the air.

Kenshin sighed and shook his head. "Sanosuke, it's a bone. You have enough fish bones at home to last you a lifetime. Now this one must be getting to the store before Miss Kaoru decides to come looking for me."

"Aw come on, Kenshin! These things are huge! It must be from some kind of demon or something," he said with a laugh. "Catch!" A rib bone came hurdling up toward the rurouni, who struggled to catch it and nearly lost his balance in the process."

"Sanosuke!!! Why do we need to take these home?" Kenshin stretched and caught another flying bone, adding it to the growing pile. "It's rather…disgusting."

"I could sell them to those archeologists for a lot of money!" The fighter said happily. I heard they're paying big bucks for bones of unidentified creatures. And this shit is definitely nothin' I'VE ever seen."

Kenshin smiled sheepishly. "Is money all you ever think about?"

Sanosuke didn't answer.

"Sano?" Kenshin warily laid the bones down on the ground and peered over the edge into the well. "Huh?!"

Sanosuke was sitting on his knees, staring up at a tall brunette wearing a very short green miniskirt.

"Who the heck are you?!" She demanded. "And why are you dressed like that? And what are you doing in my family shrine?!" When the man kneeling before her didn't say anything, she knocked on his head. "Hello! What are you-" Then she realized the direction of his gaze. "AND WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE LOOKING?!"

SMACK.

Kenshin flinched, then decided to spare his friend a brutal beating. "Ah, miss, what are you doing down in that well?"

The girl looked up. "Why wouldn't I be allowed in my own well? And why are you guys dressed so weird?"

"You're the only one that's dressed strange around here." Sanosuke rubbed at the handprint that now decorated his face. "I mean, green kimono with a white top? What century are you from?"

She gave him a weird look. Then she laughed nervously. "Same one as you, of course! 1995?"

"Miss, this is 1864," Kenshin said slowly.

Her eyes went wide. "18...64? Oh shit…"

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Thanks for reading!! It'll get better in future chapters…especially when Inuyasha comes looking for her! R&R!!