Otay, there is a very confusing scene here so I hope you get it! And the place, well here in FF.net I guess we RK authors have named the river as K&K's favorite spot, well… THAT'S NOT WHERE THEY'RE GOING!!! ¬¬ at least not yet…

Chapter 8

Kaoru toyed with a stray hair that had fallen during all the action back at the bad road.

"Are we almost there Kenshin?" she asked him

"Hai, just around this corner and you'll see"

"Well let's hurry up then!" she said her eyes lighting up and a wonderful smile decorating her face.

She pulled Kenshin hurrying along the empty street. She didn't know what it was but something about this neighbourhood made her feel giddy. She somehow remembered it. There was something familiar in it. Increasing her speed to almost a jog she turned the corner dragging Kenshin from behind. Stopping so suddenly Kenshin almost ran into her.

"this street… I…" she started

her brows knotted in thought. She pressed her lips together and looked the street over again and again.

"Come Kaoru, let's walk." Kenshin said smiling

"Um, hai." She responded not really looking at Kenshin.

Why is there something about this place? She asked herself. Looking at every building she passed, she stopped coming upon a small hut. Something drew her attention to it, a stack of boxes piled one on top of another. And on the very top, a bouquet of jasmines. Kaoru's eyes widened.

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"Matte" "Stop right there Hitokiri Battousai"

"Huh?

"You are a very courageous man Battousai!"

"Oro?!"

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"Are you really the Hitokiri Battousai? I heard you killed 3 people at a time."

"a rurouni. Sessha wa rurouni. Do you really think I could kill somebody with this sword."

"What's this? The edge is reversed."

"It's a sakabatou."

"sakabatou?"

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"Oh Kenshin…" whispered Kaoru

"You remembered…" he stated picking up the flowers and handing them to her.

Kaoru turned to him with teary eyes but a genuine smile, taking the jasmines. To which he also smiled back. without thinking Kaoru leapt into his arms and hugged him with a deeper feeling than she ever had. Kenshin didn't doubt in hugging her back when she pulled away, her face glowing.

"Come here!" she said taking his hand and leading him down the street.

"Oro? Where are we going?"

"You'll see!" she said increasing her speed.

Turning a corner she came upon and old abandoned store. It was rackety and looked dirty, and in the middle of the central wall there was a long vertical streak. Kaoru looked back at Kenshin. He was stumped.

"Mou! Kenshin!" she whined because he didn't remember.

Kaoru went over to the wall and put her back against it. She separated her legs and stretched out her hands that were partly open, as if holding something long and thin.

'Duh! You dumb ass! This is the place where you first

saved her life…'

Kenshin smiled. Kaoru stepped back as if someone had just cut her bokken, and shut her eyes tight.

'that's your cue my man'

When Kaoru looked up again she was looking up at big lavender eyes and a small but meaningful smile. She gasped and blushed, they were so close.

"What the hell are they doing?"

"I don't know but Kenshin has Jou-chan in his arms so it can't be bad."

"How romantic of Himura-san!"

"Yeah but why are they just starring at each other, do something Tanuki! Take some action!"

*blush*

Of course the rest of the Kenshin-gumi could not miss out on this date. Sano, Megumi and Yahiko had waited five minutes for Tae and Tsubame to come to the house and then they were off to follow the couple. At the current moment they were on top of a very large stack of wooden boxes.

"Ew! Is Kenshin gonna kiss busu?!" asked Yahiko cranking his head to get a better look.

"Feh! Shut up gaki! Hmmm, how would you feel about kissing Tsubame eh? Not so 'ew' I would think."

This of course caused Yahiko and Tsubame to glow a very lovely cherry colour. Megumi and Tae giggled. After the initial shock of what Sano had said, Yahiko recovered very angry. Squeezing himself with all his might between Sanosuke and Megumi he locked his legs in Sano's neck and grabbed his head beginning with a punch, after that he decided to stick with chewing on him.

"Ahhhh! Get of me gaki-CHAN!"

Yahiko as if making a fit pulled Sano's hair with everything he had. Unfortunately for the rest of them, they were not in a very good position. Yahiko and Sano were at the bottom of what looked like a human pyramid. Megumi on top of Sano and Tsubame on top of Yahiko, Tae at the very top. The movement Yahiko did caused Tsubame to slip and fall, Tae feeling the loss of Tsubame's body for support quickly rolled over on top of Megumi, who was hit in the face after Yahiko began to pull Sano's hair, which of course caused her to loose her balance and sway. in a desperate move Tsubame grabbed Sano's shirt to try not to fall off the boxes making the balance of Sano, Yahiko, Megumi and Tae even worse. 'She's gonna rip my shirt!' thought Sano. Grabbing her with his hand which hit Yahiko in the face, he pulled Tsubame up in the air. Yahiko fell next to Sano on the rattling boxes causing Megumi to fall hard on Sano and Tae to roll over again and fall on top of Yahiko. Right after Tsubame fell on all of them, sending them all falling forward and the boxes right on top of them. (A/N: °.° ORO! I hope you got that!)

Meanwhile Kenshin and Kaoru had not moved an inch, Kaoru's breathes were hard and short, and Kenshin's heart felt like it would jump out of his chest. They were so very close.

'Oro! Panic! What do I do?!

*#*$%&+°!!!!!! *&+$#*+$*#$#|¬° RUROUNI!!!!!!! YOU HAVE HER TWO INCHES AWAY FROM YOUR FACE YOU DUMB ASS!!!! AND YOU'RE STILL ASKING ME WHAT TO DO?!?!?!?! HOW CAN YOU BE SO FUCKING STUPID!!!???

Oro! No need to be rude de gozaru…

WELL THEN KISS HER YOU *&#$%° MORON!!!'

The baka rurouni did as he was told and began to loom in, taking him all of his self control to not freak out and drop her. Kaoru on the other end was freaking out on her own, without warning she got goose bumps all over her body and gave a slight shiver. But that didn't stop her from advancing towards Kenshin as well.

closer… keep going… a little more… almost…! Kenshin could feel Kaoru's light breath on his lips DAMMIT JUST GO!!!!

Kaoru's eyelids went down not being able to contain the emotion. Kenshin realising the kiss was eminent did the same. Now all he had to do was keep advancing and wait for the sweet contact.

"KUSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" "ITAIIIIIIIII" "EEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!" "OH NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"

*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*¡¡¡¡¡¡CRASH!!!!!!*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*

Kenshin's and Kaoru's eyes flew open with a gasp and they immediately pulled away blushing like never in their lives. Kenshin stuttering didn't know what else to do but put Kaoru back on the ground…

'NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

ORO!!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!?!?!?

IT'S THE SOUND OF FUCKING FAILURE!!!!!!!! WE WERE SO VERY DAMN CLOSE!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!!!!! *breathes heavily* Not Fair! *whimpers* we were… so close…

maa, maa Battousai… who says we won't get another shot later on ne?

*whines* but I wanted it now!!!!!'

"u..uh.. mmm, what...? What was that?" asked a very shaky Kaoru

"ahh, um, I don't know… it sounded like boxes being thrown down de gozaru."

'nooo! *cries* it was the sound of a ruined pathetic attempt to kiss the woman we love! *sobs*'

Kenshin sweat dropped.

"Um… we should get going Kaoru, dinner is still waiting de gozaru yo." Said Kenshin signalling to the road again.

"Um, hai… ikimashou…" Kaoru said taking Kenshin's hand unconsciously and looking back at the place where they had heard the terrible noise.

She saw a piece of wood come jumping to where they were followed by a deep cloud of dust and debree. She looked into the darkness of the ally. Something strange was definitely up. She didn't know what but there was something weird about that whole scene.

In her mind she had cursed the awful racket worse than Sano would the betting dice when he lost, but somehow, the crash made her feel better, she felt calmer and with more privacy. 'What the hell does that have to do with it?' she though scanning the area one last time. not hearing anything, or knowing the answer to her question she shrugged.

'*whine* I wanted to kiss her!!!!

will you knock it off?! Che! What's done is done and that's that!  We'll get another chance! And you're still holding her hand… that's a pro…

*sob* but it's not the same!!!!!

*sigh*  look, I'll tell you what: I will get the chance to kiss her again, and when I do… I'll let you take over.

*gasp* REALLY?!?!?!?!?

hai.*

are you sure you can do it?

sure, all I have to do is relax, then you surface, like this see…

Kenshin closed his eyes and allowed himself to be pulled in by the calm. Battousai eagerly took his role and surfaced full force. He smiled a wicked smile.

'see? Now let me get back up again.

*snicker*

Battousai…

yes?

let me out of here!!!!!!

………

Aaaaaah!! You can't do this to me!!!!!!'

Kenshin tried with all his might to gain control again. Kaoru felt his hand jerk and looked back at him. Battousai put on Kenshin's best rurouni grin, one heck of an actor the guy. Kaoru smiled back and continued their walk.

'BATTOUSAI!!!!!!!!!!!!'

The rurouni grin and his sweet expression disappeared from his face replaced by narrowed eyes and an evil smile.

'excellent…

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A/N: omigosh! Battousai's loose!!! What will cute oro-chan do? ¬¬(keep his mouth shut if he's smart! ^-^) several people asked me to put Battousai into action… well actually 2, but come on!!! Don't the rest of you tell me you don't love him!!!  I wasn't gonna put him in until dinner but I granted the wish, cuz I love you all!!! Lookie! Thanks to you I have almost 80 reviews!!!! ARIGATOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!! GRACIAS!!!