Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin. But I do own a cold. But nobody
wants that.
AN: I have anime channel on demand!
SCORE!
Anyways, here goes.
Fear of Heights
Kenshin crept nervously around the corner. The moose sat, waiting.
It had taken the rest of the afternoon, and then the beginning of the morning to find the moose. It was an awfully big forest.
Kenshin swallowed loudly. For those who have never seen a disgruntled moose before, it is one of the most terrifying sights a human can ever behold.
They're just so. moosey.
Sure enough, there was another shape slumped besides the moose. It had to be Kaoru.
Kenshin tightened his grip on the large stick that he was holding.
It was now or never.
That moose was going down.
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Megumi awakened slowly, and without opening her eyes rolled sideways into a tree.
Except it was a horizontal tree.
And a very muscular tree.
Her eyes shot open, only to find a very familiar spiky-haired teen sleeping behind her.
She let out a little yelp, waking Sanosuke with a start, then started to back away from him.
Into. air.
He caught her wrist just before she fell off the small platform that they had both mysteriously been placed on. He dragged a wide eyed Megumi up slowly.
"Soo." Sanosuke mused.. "exactly HOW did we get up here anyways?"
Megumi just stared, her breaths quick and terrified. The distance to the ground seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. She abruptly flung her arms around the nearest upright object, which just happened to be Sanosuke.
As she clung to him, her breathes slowed and became more relaxed. She nestled her head into his chest, listened to his heart beat. It sounded a little faster than normal.
And then she realized WHAT she was doing.
She took a quick step back, then realized where she was.
She was trapped between an extremely pink Sanosuke and an extremely high edge.
So it was akwardness or.
She looked over her shoulder, swallowed, and then grabbed Sanosuke again.
"."
" I'm guessing your afraid of heights then?" Sanouske asked, his face warm. She was so close.
And the weird thing was that he was kind of enjoying it.
There were those bad thoughts again.
And the nearest tree was a long branch crawl away.
"Y-you saved me." She whispered into his chest.
Sanosuke didn't reply, but realized that it was true. A fall from this kind of height would have broken her neck. Hesitantly he wrapped his arms around her. He didn't want her to get hurt, and in her unstable state it seemed kind of likely.
Her eyes widened as she felt muscular arms warp around her trembling body.
This was. unexpected.
But not entirely bad.
Actually, apart from the nauseating heights without a harness, it was actually kind of enjoyable.
Sanosuke surveyed the surroundings. There were two harnesses attached to the trees, and it looked as if they were set up for someone to repel down.
The problem was getting there.
"Megumi? Do you want to get down from here?" Sanosuke whispered into her ear.
Megumi nodded into his chest.
"You have to be brave, okay?" He said, "We're going to have to cross this branch."
Megumi nodded again, slowly. With his arms wrapped around her, nothing sounded too bad.
Sanosuke pried her off from him. He got down on all fours, then started crawling across the branch.
After he had crossed the whole branch, he wrapped one arm around the tree and motioned with the other for Megumi to come.
Very slowly, with a look of pure horror on her face, she started to crawl across the branch.
She was almost there. Almost to safety. Then she would be at the tree, and then she would be down on the ground.
Then she looked down, and froze.
Whatever sicko that put them up there just HAD to pick one of the tallest tree in the forest.
"Megumi!" Sanosuke called, his hand outstretched.
She looked up into chocolate brown eyes, and then suddenly forgot the ground.
If this had been an anime, it would have been on of those moment where there was a rosy pink back round and sakura blossoms floating in the back round.
She took his hand, and he pulled her in. She threw her arms around his shoulders, glad to be holding on to anything solid.
And in a strange way, glad that it happened to be him.
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Luckily, they both knew how to repel from wilderness teen training.
Megumi's heaved a large sigh when her feet hit the ground.
Sanosuke was already there, unbuckling his harness.
"It looks like the way that Monigue does harnesses. You think she has anything to do with this?" Sanosuke asked, trying to forget what had happened, and failing.
Megumi shrugged. "Probably."
The stream trickled somewhere to their right. They both walked silently towards it.
Just before they were back at the camp, Megumi paused. Sanosuke stopped behind her.
"Uh. Sano?" She asked.
"Yeah?" He replied, glad that the silence had been broken.
Before he could do anything in response, her arms were around him.
"Thanks." She said into his chest.
She walked away, leaving a blushing Sanosuke standing in the afternoon
sunlight.
AN:Woah. FLUFFY!
Kinda scary, nee?
I'll go back to the humor in the next chapter. (Fighting with moose.)
I'm cruel and unusual, am I not? Comes from a week of mulling over it.
AN: I have anime channel on demand!
SCORE!
Anyways, here goes.
Fear of Heights
Kenshin crept nervously around the corner. The moose sat, waiting.
It had taken the rest of the afternoon, and then the beginning of the morning to find the moose. It was an awfully big forest.
Kenshin swallowed loudly. For those who have never seen a disgruntled moose before, it is one of the most terrifying sights a human can ever behold.
They're just so. moosey.
Sure enough, there was another shape slumped besides the moose. It had to be Kaoru.
Kenshin tightened his grip on the large stick that he was holding.
It was now or never.
That moose was going down.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Megumi awakened slowly, and without opening her eyes rolled sideways into a tree.
Except it was a horizontal tree.
And a very muscular tree.
Her eyes shot open, only to find a very familiar spiky-haired teen sleeping behind her.
She let out a little yelp, waking Sanosuke with a start, then started to back away from him.
Into. air.
He caught her wrist just before she fell off the small platform that they had both mysteriously been placed on. He dragged a wide eyed Megumi up slowly.
"Soo." Sanosuke mused.. "exactly HOW did we get up here anyways?"
Megumi just stared, her breaths quick and terrified. The distance to the ground seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. She abruptly flung her arms around the nearest upright object, which just happened to be Sanosuke.
As she clung to him, her breathes slowed and became more relaxed. She nestled her head into his chest, listened to his heart beat. It sounded a little faster than normal.
And then she realized WHAT she was doing.
She took a quick step back, then realized where she was.
She was trapped between an extremely pink Sanosuke and an extremely high edge.
So it was akwardness or.
She looked over her shoulder, swallowed, and then grabbed Sanosuke again.
"."
" I'm guessing your afraid of heights then?" Sanouske asked, his face warm. She was so close.
And the weird thing was that he was kind of enjoying it.
There were those bad thoughts again.
And the nearest tree was a long branch crawl away.
"Y-you saved me." She whispered into his chest.
Sanosuke didn't reply, but realized that it was true. A fall from this kind of height would have broken her neck. Hesitantly he wrapped his arms around her. He didn't want her to get hurt, and in her unstable state it seemed kind of likely.
Her eyes widened as she felt muscular arms warp around her trembling body.
This was. unexpected.
But not entirely bad.
Actually, apart from the nauseating heights without a harness, it was actually kind of enjoyable.
Sanosuke surveyed the surroundings. There were two harnesses attached to the trees, and it looked as if they were set up for someone to repel down.
The problem was getting there.
"Megumi? Do you want to get down from here?" Sanosuke whispered into her ear.
Megumi nodded into his chest.
"You have to be brave, okay?" He said, "We're going to have to cross this branch."
Megumi nodded again, slowly. With his arms wrapped around her, nothing sounded too bad.
Sanosuke pried her off from him. He got down on all fours, then started crawling across the branch.
After he had crossed the whole branch, he wrapped one arm around the tree and motioned with the other for Megumi to come.
Very slowly, with a look of pure horror on her face, she started to crawl across the branch.
She was almost there. Almost to safety. Then she would be at the tree, and then she would be down on the ground.
Then she looked down, and froze.
Whatever sicko that put them up there just HAD to pick one of the tallest tree in the forest.
"Megumi!" Sanosuke called, his hand outstretched.
She looked up into chocolate brown eyes, and then suddenly forgot the ground.
If this had been an anime, it would have been on of those moment where there was a rosy pink back round and sakura blossoms floating in the back round.
She took his hand, and he pulled her in. She threw her arms around his shoulders, glad to be holding on to anything solid.
And in a strange way, glad that it happened to be him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Luckily, they both knew how to repel from wilderness teen training.
Megumi's heaved a large sigh when her feet hit the ground.
Sanosuke was already there, unbuckling his harness.
"It looks like the way that Monigue does harnesses. You think she has anything to do with this?" Sanosuke asked, trying to forget what had happened, and failing.
Megumi shrugged. "Probably."
The stream trickled somewhere to their right. They both walked silently towards it.
Just before they were back at the camp, Megumi paused. Sanosuke stopped behind her.
"Uh. Sano?" She asked.
"Yeah?" He replied, glad that the silence had been broken.
Before he could do anything in response, her arms were around him.
"Thanks." She said into his chest.
She walked away, leaving a blushing Sanosuke standing in the afternoon
sunlight.
AN:Woah. FLUFFY!
Kinda scary, nee?
I'll go back to the humor in the next chapter. (Fighting with moose.)
I'm cruel and unusual, am I not? Comes from a week of mulling over it.