Hello everyone! welcome to this one's first Inuyasha/Rurouni Kenshin fanfic cross over! ^w^
in celebration of the movie 'Beastly' being released, this one is posting this fanfic and one hopes that you'll like it and will stay tuned for the next chapter!

DISCLAIMER: do i have to say it?

CHASING TIME- a Rurouni Kenshin and Inuyasha fanfiction.

"Bye Mom!" I say, slinging my bag over my shoulder, no longer bothered by how heavy it is.

"Kagome! Aren't you forgetting something?" she asks holding out a bag to me. I take it and peek inside.

"What's this?" inside there are several packages of candy, and other sweets, plus some other snacks including some instant noodle packages.

"Don't you remember what day t is Kagome? Today's your birthday." She smiles, kissing my forehead.

"No way!" I exclaim, dashing towards the calendar, but the date's right there. May 14th. Ugh. This is what staying in the Feudal Era does to my track of time.

"Happy sixteenth birthday Kagome!" she says, pulling out a present out from under the counter.

"Arigato!" I squeal, hugging her tightly. I take the little box, and unwrap it carefully. Inside there's an old, slightly battered golden locket. It's beautifully decorated with a tiny hourglass embedded in it, complete with sand. "Wow. It's beautiful." I breath.

Mom smiles and takes it from me, and goes to hand it around my neck.

"This locket has been passed down since the Feudal Era. It seems only right that it should travel back with you." She explains.

"I love it mom." I say, looking around. "By the way, where's Sota and Grandpa?"

"Sill asleep." She winks at me. "I figured that you wouldn't want that 'Kitsune' fir charm that he was supposed to give you. I shudder in mock horror.

"I don't think that Shippo would take that very well.

She laughs with me. "Promise that you'll be careful?"

I give her one last hug. "Always." And I slip out the door and head to the well.

"I'm back!" I shout as I approach Kaede's hut. There's no one outside, which is weird, because whenever I leave, Shippo is usually waiting for me at the well. "Shippo! Sango! Miroku! Kaede! Kirara? Where is everyone?"

"Mew!"

"Kirara!" I cry happily, as she bounces into my arms, and I giggle as she licks my cheek playfully. "Where is everyone?"

"Mew." She hops out of my arms, and begins running towards the woods, turning back to see if I'm following.

"Where are you going Kirara? I ask Following her.

"Mew." She bounds ahead of me, but always in sight. We're almost at the God-tree when I finally lose sight of her. "Kira-?"

"Happy Birthday!"

I squeal in surprise.

Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kaede all gather around a blanket that they had places on the ground. There's all sorts of food there too, like rice, fish, soba, sushi and some rice balls. Inuyasha's there too, leaning against the tree with his usual cocky attitude, but he's smiling.

"I didn't know that you guys knew when my birthday was!" I say hugging Sango.

"We didn't." she laughs, hugging me back. "Inuyasha did." She whispers. My eyes widen as I stare over he shoulder. He glares off into the distance, but I can tell that he heard us.

"Oh! I just remembered." I turn and open the bag that mom sent with me. "I have some stuff for you all."

"Yea! Ninja food!" cries Shippo running up to my bag.

"Here, you hand them all out." I say, giving the bag of sweets to him. He sticks a lollypop in his mouth, but hands out the candy to everyone.

We talk and laugh, as we eat, enjoying ourselves, relaxing for once. Shippo decides to show off his gadgets, and we watch him show off for us.

"Kagome?" I feel someone link fingers with me. I look up to see Inuyasha. "Can you come with me for a sec?" he asks softly. I smile and follow him.

He takes me up into the branches of the tree where I can usually find him deep in thought.

"What's up?" I ask, closing my eyes, letting the breeze tousle and play with my hair.

"Nothing." He says grouchily, suddenly sounding like his usual self, but he sighs and I open one eye and peek at him.

"So…sixteen…is that an important age in your time period?" he asks, not meeting my gaze.

"I suppose so, I mean, it's call Sweet Sixteen." I say, after thinking about it for a minute.

He turns to me with this hesitant look on his face. "Did you know that demons come of age at sixteen?" he leans a little closer.

I shake my head. "No." I admit, leaning into his shoulder a bit, looking up at him.

"Hm…" he sighs, his face, inches from mine. His lips, a breath away now-

"Kagome? Where are you?" we hear Shippo shout. But we're still connected, still not breaking away.

"Hold on Shippo." I murmur, closing my eyes. "Just wait and sit."

"GAAHH!"

-THUD!-

I wince, and peek downwards. "Ops…" Inuyasha's face planted into the ground, in one of the biggest craters that I've seen yet.

"KAGOME? WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"

"Sorry!"