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Summary: "Your journey in time is not yet over." Of course it's not. How could she ever think that it was that simple? Kagome's new mission was to save a man from the Meji Era. Save him from what? His own guilt. And she was frozen in time by the powers of the Shikon, to wait around for...whoever he is, to show up. What was so important about this guy? Little did she know that, while she was saving him, he would be saving her.

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Kaoru knew that it was ridiculous, but she couldn't help herself. She was jealous of an unconscious girl! The situation would be utterly laughable had it been any other young woman's problem, but it was her problem! Kenshin was by her bedside 24/7 and he wasn't paying any attention to her!!! Kaoru obsessed over this, walking past the open room as often as possible and occasionally sending glares in the direction of the other woman. It seemed that Kenshin never noticed.

Looking into the room for the millionth time, Kaoru noted that Kenshin seemed to have fallen asleep up against the wall. With a huff and a stamp of her foot, Kaoru stormed off and Kenshin peeked an eye open.

Kenshin wasn't quite sure why, but he was certain that he should walk on eggshells around Miss Kaoru today. It seemed that she was on the warpath and he didn't want to be in her way at any moment. She was particularly scary today. Besides, he wanted to look after their new, sleeping guest. She had quite piqued his interest.

"What were you doing in that well, I wonder?" Kenshin muttered to himself, glancing over at the girl he had brought home.

She had been sleeping for four days…which was quite unusual, indeed. And there was something different about her, not just her clothes, but a feeling that radiated from her that had Kenshin slightly on edge. His warrior's intuition had him keep his guard up, though he had a feeling that she wouldn't be threatening. Actually…she was probably quite the opposite and would, most likely, need protecting.

Kenshin's ear gave a twitch as he caught the sound of someone shuffling through the hall. Quickly, he feigned sleep, believing it to be Kaoru again and not wanting to face her wrath. He gave an involuntary shudder at the violence that Miss Kaoru was privy to. Unfortunately for him, it was indeed Kaoru and she had caught his shudder.

"KENSHIN! Stop sitting around in the bedroom and put yourself to use!" Kaoru shouted, taking off her slipper and flinging it at him.

Kenshin managed to dodge the slipper, but gave a sigh. Today would not be a good day; he could feel it in his bones.

"What if our guest happens to wake up with no one here? Surely she would panic, and we shouldn't have that, no we shouldn't." He said calmly, trying to reason with the somewhat fuming young lady in the doorway.

Kaoru opened her mouth to protest, and then closed it. Taking a deep breath through her nose, she sighed. She knew that he was right. Buttt…

"I suppose you're right, but don't you think it would be easier for our guest to wake up to another woman instead of a man with a sword?"

Some part of Kaoru knew that manipulating Kenshin out of sitting by the side of another woman was wrong, but she was too jealous to really give a damn. She watched as his face dropped a smidge, and she knew that she had won. After all, he knew just how frightening he seemed to be at times, all she had to do was remind him of how he appeared to others.

Kenshin sighed and rose to his feet, "I guess you are right Miss Kaoru. I have to get to my chores now, excuse me Miss."

Taking up the spot previously occupied by her housemate, Kaoru began to study the comatose woman that she was so crazily jealous of. She was lovely, even in her unkempt, unclean, unconscious state, which totally irked Kaoru to no end. She ran her eyes along her figure, stopping when she saw the bow in her hand. Reaching out, Kaoru gave it a light tug, frowning when it didn't come loose. Pulling a little harder, she felt it give a bit. Wrapping her other hand around the bow, she used both hands to jerk it out of Kagome's death grip.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Kagome sat up and screamed, eyes snapping open in a fright. Her aura flared, though no one noticed because everyone was human.

Seeing Kaoru sprawled on the floor, bow in hand, looking at her with wide, frightened eyes, calmed Kagome down a little.

"Who the Hell do you think you are? Screaming for no good reason, after we took you in and took care of you? Ungrateful, good-for-nothing…" Kaoru snapped, grumbling as she glared at Kagome.

Kagome's eyes narrowed, both in confusion and in annoyance. She woke up to a woman with a bow in her hand, leering over her, her body ached all over, and she was being scolded? Who taught this woman her manners, anyway? Just as she opened her mouth, to give her a piece of her mind, she was interrupted as a teenage boy appeared in the doorway.

"What happened? I heard somebody scream. Hey!" Yahiko's eyes widened as he took not of Kagomes figure, sitting upward on the bedroll, "You're awake!"

He smiled and Kagome managed a weak smile back. The boy reminded her of Shippo, he seemed to have the same sort of energy that he did and, no matter how confused (or annoyed) she felt, she always had time to return a smile. As she smiled, she felt her spirits lift, only to crash down once more when she noticed just whose bow was being clenched in the hands of Kaoru.

"H-hey! That's-" Kagome's voice cracked from lack of use and she cleared her throat, "That's MY bow! Give it to me!"

Kaoru moved to hand it over when, suddenly, she pulled it back, "Wait! How do we know that you won't use it against us, huh?" She shot her a suspicious look.

"Does it look like I'm in any condition to fire a bow? And do you see any arrows around?" Kagome asked, eyebrow twitching as she tried to keep her cool.

"Well…uh…no." Kagome nearly fell over.

Kaoru reluctantly handed the bow over to Kagome, who clutched it to her chest as if it were a security blanket.

"Uhm…how long have I been here?" Kagome asked, looking to Yahiko for an answer.

"Just about five days. Yeah, it's almost been five days." He answered, kneeling beside her. He seemed quite curious.

"Five days?" Kagome screeched, "I've been asleep for five days?!?"

"Actually," Yahiko cut in, "Four days. I said almost five days."

Kagome shot him a half-hearted glare and then mumbled something about smart-ass kids.

"Well? Who are you?" Yahiko asked with eyes practically bugging out of his head as he squirmed in anticipation.

"I'm-"

"Miss Kaoru? Yahiko? Is everything alright? I heard a scream and came as fast as I…could…" Kenshin's sentence died off as he locked eyes with the woman that he had been watching over for the past few days.

Kagome's eyes widened, "It's you!" She said in a loud whisper.

"You are awake!" Kenshin announced, smiling a little.

"Ah-hem!" Kaoru cleared her throat loudly to catch everyone's attention. "You were saying…?"

"Oh! I apologize! I'm Higurashi, Kagome and I was sent here to rescue you, Battosai." Kagome locked eyes with Kenshin, feeling the trepidation and shock in his aura and reading it in his eyes.

"WHAAAT???"