by
Anaphalis
Summary: A journey of a thousand miles may start with a single step- but what happens if someone walks into you? Battousai the assassin gets transported to feudal Japan. The rest of his year isn't looking very good either. Rurouni Kenshin X Inuyasha crossover. Romance/Drama.
Chapter Summary: Kagome finally figures out Kenshin's problem. She couldn't be more delighted.
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If you want something done right, make it someone else's problem too.
Technically, the complete revelation of their pasts to one another should have made them closer. Of course, technically the revelation of their pasts shouldn't have made Kagome realize how very much Kenshin had in common with Inuyasha (not another fucking ghost woman) or made her feel like a gutted trout on display. Gods only knew what Kenshin had thought of the revelations. Based on the fact that he now put another group member between them at all times and used god-like speed to disappear when they were accidentally left alone, she guessed that he was feeling a little vulnerable.
She idly wondered how someone as dark and guilt-stricken as Kenshin had managed not to kill her, much less to open up to her. Then she realized it was ridiculously obvious. In spite of everything he'd seen and done, part of Kenshin was still an eighteen-year-old boy. He may have killed hundreds of men, been through hell and back with Tomoe, but when he met her he had been lonely, purposeless and horny. Based on some of his comments and the way he looked at her, what had happened was pretty straightforward.
She had been nice to him and he had thought she was hot. Both of his heads had been taken completely off guard. By the time the cautious assassin had re-emerged it had been far too late. This realization gave Kagome new purpose. She was also eighteen, lonely and horny. She would be damned if she let Kenshin shut himself off from her when it was so very obvious that they could help solve each other's problems.
When Kenshin passed her as they set up camp, she grabbed his arm and told him in no uncertain terms that they needed to go get firewood.
Kenshin didn't say anything until they were well out of hearing range of the group. "You heard my life- you know what I am. Inuyasha may be a half-demon, but I am at least half-monster."
So that was the problem.
"Kenshin, we're all monsters here. I've probably killed easily as many as you have. Maybe they weren't humans, but youkai still scream when you burn them from the inside out. Maybe in your time and the time that I come from, we would both be monsters. Here, in the Warring States, we're heroes. Besides I like all of you: monster, warrior and man. I'm not Tomoe- I don't want you to destroy any part of yourself. All of those parts make you the Kenshin that I care about."
Just like that, she could see the last of the objections fade. It didn't surprise her at all when he pulled her to him and held her against him. She could hear his heart beating frantically- not that hers was doing any better. He raised a hand to her face and Kagome arched into his touch as he softly stroked her cheek, her neck, the shell of her ear. She felt dizzy, disoriented and oh gods! Was he licking her ear? And when had she started whimpering?
She couldn't take this anymore- she had to see him. She wriggled out of his grasp and looked into his eyes. The intensity and emotion in them hit her like a physical blow. It was overwhelming, pushing Kagome far too close to the edge of something that she wasn't quite ready to face. It was too late though. She was already reaching towards him, hands shaking, pulling his head to hers.
Their lips brushed. Then they moved again deliberately and she shivered as he opened his mouth, ran the tip of his tongue along her parting lips. Then his tongue was in her mouth and oh, that had to be illegal. What was left of her brain quickly decided that thinking was over-rated. When they finally broke apart, there was a new understanding in Kenshin's eyes.
"We passed an open meadow just before we set up camp. I'll meet you there tonight when everyone is asleep."
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