A/N: Chapter 5, the long awaited chapter, will be typed shortly, enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or Ruroni Kenshin.
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The Final Showdown, Chapter Five
As InuYasha and Kenshin make their way back to the middle of the field, they think of what they were talking about and they both sigh. They shake each other's hand and get back to the fight. They are both worn out and tired from the start and, though that they have gotten much needed rest, they struggle to begin fighting. Again Kenshin and InuYasha pull out their swords, and take a fighter's look into each others eyes, waiting to see what the other will do. Kenshin is having a problem reading InuYasha (Kenshin can read people's emotions, but InuYasha seems to be stronger and unreadable, though he has strong emotions of anger and hate, but also of love) and Kenshin is having a problem with this; he needs to read his opponent's emotions to know what they are going to attack with, so that he can defend against them. Finding his opponent's weakest point of attack is vital to Kenshin.
InuYasha, on the other hand, is fighting, as always to kill unmercifully and as quickly as possible. InuYasha sometimes acts like an idiot when he is fighting, but he can make up for it easily and with power and strength (with power of... mind, and with strength of body). Seeing as InuYasha has his father's fangs in his sword, as well as some of his own, he fights with his father, though his father is long dead. InuYasha is slowing down his attacks though, because he has respect for Kenshin now (remember he did TRY to kill him illegally earlier in the story), and Kenshin has the same for InuYasha.
They are fighting... Kenshin using his various moves... and InuYasha blocking them and attacking back. They are striking each other, though neither one is getting hit very hard (InuYasha and Kenshin both are trying to use restraint, as not to hurt each other); with all their might they are fighting, both blocking, attacking, and straining to just breathe now. They have been fighting for hours on end, never stopping, never ceasing to urge the senses within each of them for glory and honor that they are due from this fight.
Then out of the silence InuYasha yells out, "Hey skinn..., Kenshin, do you want to stop for a little while, you look tired." Kenshin then says, "I should say the same to you InuYasha, that I should." With tired eyes the fighters take a rest, they have been fighting since lunch and are very hungry... and they are welcomed with food... but they, Kaoru, Kenshin, Kagome, and InuYasha, all walk into the middle and eat lunch together. They are enjoying very casual conversation. Then InuYasha surprises them all... "Kenshin, you are a very admirable fighter, I am glad to have met you and fought you, and soon I must continue to fight you, though I think we are equals." Then Kagome, and under his breath, Kenshin, say, "WOW InuYasha, I thought you did not know how to give compliments, I am very surprised at this.... When did you learn?" InuYasha, now half way pissed off at them (because he heard Kenshin say it, the Hanyou thing remember), and half says and yells, "Very funny, I am sorry that I try to be sincere sometimes, next time I will say he is a jerk and I will kill him; would you like that better?" Kagome says, surprised, "I am sorry that I offended you InuYasha, I will try to tell when you are being sincere to the times you are a jerk." She thinks to herself (she does NOT say this aloud), 'He is almost always a jerk, so I thought that this time was no different from those other hundred million times that he was a jerk when he said he was "sincere."' Kenshin then says, which is neither surprising to Kagome, who barely knows Kenshin but can tell Kenshin's character, and Kaoru, who he has known for many, many years now, "You too, InuYasha, are a great fighter with great abilities and skills and it is an honor on my part to battle with you with all my strength; though you do lash out a little bit sometimes." Then they eat pleasantly for a little while talking small talk and just having a wonderful time; then, this time Kaoru breaks the silence, "InuYasha, I have not formally met you, my name is Kaoru, Kagome should have already told you that, but I wanted to properly introduce myself." "Well Kaoru, it is a pleasure to meet you, your husband is a great fighter and you should be very proud of him," InuYasha says in a very high respecting voice about Kenshin. "Well InuYasha," Kaoru says to him, also in a highly respectful voice, "I have never seen anyone last this long against Kenshin; either he is losing his touch, or... you are a great fighter (after saying this she giggles and chuckles a little bit)." Sensing the humor in Kaoru's voice Kenshin looks surprised at what she said, though he says nothing in his defense; he merely sits there smiling and gazing deep within himself for some secret that he seems to want to find, but can not seem to find or get its own way out of the fabric of his very soul. Kaoru senses that Kenshin is distressed and starts to worry for him, but she dare not say it aloud because Kenshin may not want other people to know. So, Kaoru politely excuses Kenshin and herself from the nice dinner with their new friends; she says, "Let's call the fight for the night, so that Kenshin and InuYasha can rest; they need it a lot, fatigue shows heavily on their bodies." She then thinks to herself, "And in Kenshin's mind, but he need not know that I can sense the pain or whatever he feels inside of him." Kagome then says, "You two are excused, but Kaoru may I just have a short word with you."
Aside from Kenshin and InuYasha, Kagome says this to Kaoru in a sweet voice as not to disturb her mind from the thoughts that are rummaging their way through it; Kagome says, "Kaoru, I can tell there is something bothering Kenshin, and though I need not know what exactly it is I just wanted you to know so that you could speak to him about it (directly after saying this she smiles a nice, pleasant smile that says, "just wanted you to know")." Kaoru says, with a questionable voice and attitude, "How could you tell... I mean I could tell that too, but I thought that was just because I am married to him and no one else could sense it, or it was my innate ability. But, thank you for wanting me to know that, you are a good friend Kagome and I have had the greatest pleasure in talking to you." After she says this she grabs Kenshin and they walk off the field and find a different one where they set up their camp for the night. InuYasha and Kagome do the same, but they go in the other direction, to their side of the field. Kenshin and InuYasha talked small talk and nothing important to the story while Kagome and Kaoru were talking. (Now we know that Kenshin and InuYasha hold each other in high regard and though they are fighting currently, and I have a strange feeling that something interesting might happen soon).
InuYasha and Kagome are in their camp and InuYasha is getting firewood, which to him means he cut down a whole tree to light the fire, and starting to light a fire; where Kagome, on the other hand, is just casually setting up the tent, lollygagging about where InuYasha is clearly working. InuYasha then yells out, "Kagome, you lazy arce, get working quicker on that tent so we have somewhere to sleep tonight, OKAY!" Kagome then says in a nonchalant (which means having an air of easy unconcern or indifference) voice, "I am working as hard as I possibly can InuYasha. Can you not see that since I am a woman I can not work faster than you can?" InuYasha then yells out, loud enough for the whole forest to hear, "BULL SHIT!!!" "You are telling me that you are working as hard as you can, you have been working for nearly an hour and you barely have the tent set up. GOSH woman, work faster than that if you want to keep up with me." (I am sorry but I have to get back to my second favorite joke here). BOOM!!!! And InuYasha is on the ground and he is in agonizing pain. "Kagome," InuYasha says in an interesting voice that sounds like a dog whimpering and a human yelling at the same time nonetheless, "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" "You were extremely rude to me InuYasha, and I will just not take that; did you get that through that thick skull of yours?" Kagome asks ever wondering why he always asks that, though most of the time he does know what he did but just does not want to account for it, and partly seeing through his tough man facade to the sweet hearted person underneath that hard exterior shell that is nearly impenetrable, but Kagome, being InuYasha's life mate, is the only one who knows how to or can break through it (this is because Kikyou is long dead after she tried to kill Kagome but InuYasha got over the feelings of love for Kikyou to protect Kagome, and this is why Kagome fell madly in love for InuYasha alone). "Sorry Kagome... but whenever you force me to the ground like that I forget about what I said to be a little perturbed at you for doing such a thing to me. And seeing as that I am hard headed,... yet 'sincere',... I apologize fully for what I did (is it just me or is InuYasha apologizing a lot, do I force him to, or is it just that Kagome is right and InuYasha needs to apologize or he probably will not get anything tonight... and InuYasha does not like that prospect at all)." "InuYasha, thank you for apologizing," Kagome said in a very pompous voice, not asking for but demanding respect from InuYasha, "OH, but the tent is set up now, though I see no fire burning bright. HMM... I wonder why that is?" "I THINK IT IS BECAUSE YOU HIT ME TO THE GROUND WHILE I WAS HOLDING THAT HEAVY LOG!" InuYasha yells and sighs at the same time during this; hoping that he will not hit the ground because of it, "But, I will have it started before you can blink your eye." Then InuYasha, in a split second, sets the giant log ablaze and Kagome is astounded. "WOW!" she says in wonder and awe, "How did you do that?" InuYasha, with a smug look on his grimacing face, "It is a little bit of magic my dear Kagome. What did you enjoy seeing that grand display of light, magic, and speed. I find that I work best when my back is in agonizing pain." "InuYasha," Kagome says, still in a pompous voice, "You brought that upon yourself by being rude to me, sigh. You never realize what you are saying you just say it and hope that you do not get slammed to the ground. GOSH, what a hard headed person you are." At this point, InuYasha, who is getting major negative vibes from Kagome is trying to reconcile what he can so he can "get some" tonight. "Kagome, why are you punishing me for something I have apologized for with all the sincerity in my heart?" InuYasha says puzzled is the best word for it. "What all of the little bit of it, gosh, that is such a bad plea for it InuYasha," Kagome realizes what InuYasha wants (The Hanyou thing and super sensitive smelling and all. She smells the chemo receptors in InuYasha's brain that tell her, "I WANT TO GET SOME"). "InuYasha, I know what you want, so let's see what can I make you do so you can get what you want..." She sits and ponders this topic for a while. "Eureka (incase you are not a Greek scholar, Eureka means I found it), I figured it out. You will let me have one wish that I can ask you for anytime I want, and it can be anything I want." InuYasha does not like this proposition, anything she wants... at anytime she wants, this could be a good thing for InuYasha, or a horrible thing that could hurt him a lot. He quickly snaps back at her, "Okay, deal, but we go until I say we stop." "NO DICE (sorry Simpsons quote)!" Kagome got what she wanted so why back out now. "Okay, you win let's go," InuYasha says with a very defeated look on his face. Kagome likes this; she rarely ever sees that look on his face.
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A/N: How bout dem apples. Nice cliffhanger ehh... I am sure you want to know what is on Kenshin's mind... But that is for next chapter. SO in the mean time R&R, enjoy. P.S.: The reason I am not continuing this story currently is because I have no clue in my mind what Kenshin's problem is.
Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or Ruroni Kenshin.
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The Final Showdown, Chapter Five
As InuYasha and Kenshin make their way back to the middle of the field, they think of what they were talking about and they both sigh. They shake each other's hand and get back to the fight. They are both worn out and tired from the start and, though that they have gotten much needed rest, they struggle to begin fighting. Again Kenshin and InuYasha pull out their swords, and take a fighter's look into each others eyes, waiting to see what the other will do. Kenshin is having a problem reading InuYasha (Kenshin can read people's emotions, but InuYasha seems to be stronger and unreadable, though he has strong emotions of anger and hate, but also of love) and Kenshin is having a problem with this; he needs to read his opponent's emotions to know what they are going to attack with, so that he can defend against them. Finding his opponent's weakest point of attack is vital to Kenshin.
InuYasha, on the other hand, is fighting, as always to kill unmercifully and as quickly as possible. InuYasha sometimes acts like an idiot when he is fighting, but he can make up for it easily and with power and strength (with power of... mind, and with strength of body). Seeing as InuYasha has his father's fangs in his sword, as well as some of his own, he fights with his father, though his father is long dead. InuYasha is slowing down his attacks though, because he has respect for Kenshin now (remember he did TRY to kill him illegally earlier in the story), and Kenshin has the same for InuYasha.
They are fighting... Kenshin using his various moves... and InuYasha blocking them and attacking back. They are striking each other, though neither one is getting hit very hard (InuYasha and Kenshin both are trying to use restraint, as not to hurt each other); with all their might they are fighting, both blocking, attacking, and straining to just breathe now. They have been fighting for hours on end, never stopping, never ceasing to urge the senses within each of them for glory and honor that they are due from this fight.
Then out of the silence InuYasha yells out, "Hey skinn..., Kenshin, do you want to stop for a little while, you look tired." Kenshin then says, "I should say the same to you InuYasha, that I should." With tired eyes the fighters take a rest, they have been fighting since lunch and are very hungry... and they are welcomed with food... but they, Kaoru, Kenshin, Kagome, and InuYasha, all walk into the middle and eat lunch together. They are enjoying very casual conversation. Then InuYasha surprises them all... "Kenshin, you are a very admirable fighter, I am glad to have met you and fought you, and soon I must continue to fight you, though I think we are equals." Then Kagome, and under his breath, Kenshin, say, "WOW InuYasha, I thought you did not know how to give compliments, I am very surprised at this.... When did you learn?" InuYasha, now half way pissed off at them (because he heard Kenshin say it, the Hanyou thing remember), and half says and yells, "Very funny, I am sorry that I try to be sincere sometimes, next time I will say he is a jerk and I will kill him; would you like that better?" Kagome says, surprised, "I am sorry that I offended you InuYasha, I will try to tell when you are being sincere to the times you are a jerk." She thinks to herself (she does NOT say this aloud), 'He is almost always a jerk, so I thought that this time was no different from those other hundred million times that he was a jerk when he said he was "sincere."' Kenshin then says, which is neither surprising to Kagome, who barely knows Kenshin but can tell Kenshin's character, and Kaoru, who he has known for many, many years now, "You too, InuYasha, are a great fighter with great abilities and skills and it is an honor on my part to battle with you with all my strength; though you do lash out a little bit sometimes." Then they eat pleasantly for a little while talking small talk and just having a wonderful time; then, this time Kaoru breaks the silence, "InuYasha, I have not formally met you, my name is Kaoru, Kagome should have already told you that, but I wanted to properly introduce myself." "Well Kaoru, it is a pleasure to meet you, your husband is a great fighter and you should be very proud of him," InuYasha says in a very high respecting voice about Kenshin. "Well InuYasha," Kaoru says to him, also in a highly respectful voice, "I have never seen anyone last this long against Kenshin; either he is losing his touch, or... you are a great fighter (after saying this she giggles and chuckles a little bit)." Sensing the humor in Kaoru's voice Kenshin looks surprised at what she said, though he says nothing in his defense; he merely sits there smiling and gazing deep within himself for some secret that he seems to want to find, but can not seem to find or get its own way out of the fabric of his very soul. Kaoru senses that Kenshin is distressed and starts to worry for him, but she dare not say it aloud because Kenshin may not want other people to know. So, Kaoru politely excuses Kenshin and herself from the nice dinner with their new friends; she says, "Let's call the fight for the night, so that Kenshin and InuYasha can rest; they need it a lot, fatigue shows heavily on their bodies." She then thinks to herself, "And in Kenshin's mind, but he need not know that I can sense the pain or whatever he feels inside of him." Kagome then says, "You two are excused, but Kaoru may I just have a short word with you."
Aside from Kenshin and InuYasha, Kagome says this to Kaoru in a sweet voice as not to disturb her mind from the thoughts that are rummaging their way through it; Kagome says, "Kaoru, I can tell there is something bothering Kenshin, and though I need not know what exactly it is I just wanted you to know so that you could speak to him about it (directly after saying this she smiles a nice, pleasant smile that says, "just wanted you to know")." Kaoru says, with a questionable voice and attitude, "How could you tell... I mean I could tell that too, but I thought that was just because I am married to him and no one else could sense it, or it was my innate ability. But, thank you for wanting me to know that, you are a good friend Kagome and I have had the greatest pleasure in talking to you." After she says this she grabs Kenshin and they walk off the field and find a different one where they set up their camp for the night. InuYasha and Kagome do the same, but they go in the other direction, to their side of the field. Kenshin and InuYasha talked small talk and nothing important to the story while Kagome and Kaoru were talking. (Now we know that Kenshin and InuYasha hold each other in high regard and though they are fighting currently, and I have a strange feeling that something interesting might happen soon).
InuYasha and Kagome are in their camp and InuYasha is getting firewood, which to him means he cut down a whole tree to light the fire, and starting to light a fire; where Kagome, on the other hand, is just casually setting up the tent, lollygagging about where InuYasha is clearly working. InuYasha then yells out, "Kagome, you lazy arce, get working quicker on that tent so we have somewhere to sleep tonight, OKAY!" Kagome then says in a nonchalant (which means having an air of easy unconcern or indifference) voice, "I am working as hard as I possibly can InuYasha. Can you not see that since I am a woman I can not work faster than you can?" InuYasha then yells out, loud enough for the whole forest to hear, "BULL SHIT!!!" "You are telling me that you are working as hard as you can, you have been working for nearly an hour and you barely have the tent set up. GOSH woman, work faster than that if you want to keep up with me." (I am sorry but I have to get back to my second favorite joke here). BOOM!!!! And InuYasha is on the ground and he is in agonizing pain. "Kagome," InuYasha says in an interesting voice that sounds like a dog whimpering and a human yelling at the same time nonetheless, "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" "You were extremely rude to me InuYasha, and I will just not take that; did you get that through that thick skull of yours?" Kagome asks ever wondering why he always asks that, though most of the time he does know what he did but just does not want to account for it, and partly seeing through his tough man facade to the sweet hearted person underneath that hard exterior shell that is nearly impenetrable, but Kagome, being InuYasha's life mate, is the only one who knows how to or can break through it (this is because Kikyou is long dead after she tried to kill Kagome but InuYasha got over the feelings of love for Kikyou to protect Kagome, and this is why Kagome fell madly in love for InuYasha alone). "Sorry Kagome... but whenever you force me to the ground like that I forget about what I said to be a little perturbed at you for doing such a thing to me. And seeing as that I am hard headed,... yet 'sincere',... I apologize fully for what I did (is it just me or is InuYasha apologizing a lot, do I force him to, or is it just that Kagome is right and InuYasha needs to apologize or he probably will not get anything tonight... and InuYasha does not like that prospect at all)." "InuYasha, thank you for apologizing," Kagome said in a very pompous voice, not asking for but demanding respect from InuYasha, "OH, but the tent is set up now, though I see no fire burning bright. HMM... I wonder why that is?" "I THINK IT IS BECAUSE YOU HIT ME TO THE GROUND WHILE I WAS HOLDING THAT HEAVY LOG!" InuYasha yells and sighs at the same time during this; hoping that he will not hit the ground because of it, "But, I will have it started before you can blink your eye." Then InuYasha, in a split second, sets the giant log ablaze and Kagome is astounded. "WOW!" she says in wonder and awe, "How did you do that?" InuYasha, with a smug look on his grimacing face, "It is a little bit of magic my dear Kagome. What did you enjoy seeing that grand display of light, magic, and speed. I find that I work best when my back is in agonizing pain." "InuYasha," Kagome says, still in a pompous voice, "You brought that upon yourself by being rude to me, sigh. You never realize what you are saying you just say it and hope that you do not get slammed to the ground. GOSH, what a hard headed person you are." At this point, InuYasha, who is getting major negative vibes from Kagome is trying to reconcile what he can so he can "get some" tonight. "Kagome, why are you punishing me for something I have apologized for with all the sincerity in my heart?" InuYasha says puzzled is the best word for it. "What all of the little bit of it, gosh, that is such a bad plea for it InuYasha," Kagome realizes what InuYasha wants (The Hanyou thing and super sensitive smelling and all. She smells the chemo receptors in InuYasha's brain that tell her, "I WANT TO GET SOME"). "InuYasha, I know what you want, so let's see what can I make you do so you can get what you want..." She sits and ponders this topic for a while. "Eureka (incase you are not a Greek scholar, Eureka means I found it), I figured it out. You will let me have one wish that I can ask you for anytime I want, and it can be anything I want." InuYasha does not like this proposition, anything she wants... at anytime she wants, this could be a good thing for InuYasha, or a horrible thing that could hurt him a lot. He quickly snaps back at her, "Okay, deal, but we go until I say we stop." "NO DICE (sorry Simpsons quote)!" Kagome got what she wanted so why back out now. "Okay, you win let's go," InuYasha says with a very defeated look on his face. Kagome likes this; she rarely ever sees that look on his face.
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A/N: How bout dem apples. Nice cliffhanger ehh... I am sure you want to know what is on Kenshin's mind... But that is for next chapter. SO in the mean time R&R, enjoy. P.S.: The reason I am not continuing this story currently is because I have no clue in my mind what Kenshin's problem is.