Chapter 24: Old Aquaintances
"Kagome?"Kagome stopped in mid-grab of Jaken, who had tripped and was now at the mercy of Rin. She had obviously not noticed the group before and now that she did, she smiled beautifully toward Kurama and blushed a little. She hadn't had time to "beautify" herself earlier because Rin had wanted to play so much. And she couldn't miss the opportunity to "play" with Jaken while she had the taiyoukai's permission to do so. Getting over her embarrassment, she ran over to Kurama to give him a big hug.
Kurama was just relieved as he looked over her to find that she was uninjured and actually seemed to be rather comfortable where she was. But something was nagging him in the back of his head. This place seemed familiar somehow, but Youko refused to tell him anything.
But his train of thought was soon cut off as Kagome launched herself toward him and Youko did a little victory dance in his head, while in the outside world, Inuyasha brandished his sword, calling out in his usual gruff, blunt manner, "Sesshoumaru, you coward, get your ass out here and face me!"
"Um, I don't think that's a very good idea, that I-"
Unfortunately, Kenshin's reprimand was cut off when Sesshoumaru appeared faster than the speed of light (corny, I know) in front of Inuyasha and punched him, sending him flying through the nearest wall.
'Great, I'm going to have to fix that one too. That hanyou is going to ruin my castle.' He glared at said hanyou, whom even Kori didn't dare trying to help for fear of attracting Sesshoumaru's attention. "Do not curse in front of Rin, Inuyasha," he spat out.
Unfortunately, our little Inu never could be smart about this sort of thing, so he yelled the first thing that came to mind. "Feh! Don't tell me what to do you ba-"But he never got to finish because Sesshoumaru had knocked him unconscious.
Rin looked both ways to make sure it was safe to cross the hall before skipping over to Kenshin. "Mr. Kenshin, where are Ayame and Suzume? Jaken's no fun and Rin is bored!"
"You can come to visit us whenever Lord Sesshoumaru says you may."
Surprised looks were exchanged amongst the shard hunting group. "You mean Sesshoumaru actually lets you take care of Rin?"
"Well, yes, that is our agreement, that it is. We take care of Rin while Lord Sesshoumaru is patrolling his lands and he makes sure that our village isn't decimated by vengeful demons."
"Vengeful demons?" asked Sango.
Kaoru laughed a little nervously. "Well, you see, Kenshin is quite the swordsman when he puts his mind to it."
At this point, Kurama wasn't really listening to the conversation. After all, having the complete attention of a certain not-so-completely-cold- hearted-anymore-but-still-more-than-the-average-taiyoukai on him since Inu was thrown through the wall unnerved him. "Is there something wrong, Lord Sesshoumaru?"
"You have changed greatly since I last saw you...Youko Kurama. I never thought you would be one to take refuge in a weak ningen body."
As he said this, realization turned the light bulb on in Kurama's head. His body shifted and glowed until he finally transformed into the gorgeous silver kitsune fangirls all over the world fawn over. He smirked. "So. We meet again...Fluffy."
AN: Wow, I'm doing pretty well. Three (?) cliffhangers in a row. I was going to go on, but the only reason I actually wrote this chapter so soon is because there were a couple people who asked questions and I felt like being nice and answering.
REVIEWer Responses:
Digger: How I managed to get the two series to crossover was creative authority over the story. Kenshin was simply the only series other than Inuyasha that is not in modern day that I am comfortable enough to write about and won't make the characters completely stray from their given personalities. For example, you wouldn't want me to turn something like Gundam characters into a feudal setting, would ya? The other thing is, I'm trying to keep OC down to a minimum. Besides, the three girls (Rin, Ayame, and Suzume) are around the same age, so I thought they would make good playmates. If this all annoys you still, don't worry, they won't be here for much longer. And if anything I just said sounded kind of mean, I didn't mean it to be because I'm glad that was the only complaint you had. Love and Peace!
SilentDark: I don't know if you get the dagger after you throw it. It's just gonna be for every reader to decide for his or herself. And no, it doesn't bother me that you're gonna try to IM me. I'm so honored that someone likes my fic enough to want to get to know me better – sheds tears of happiness - I'm not sure if I put up on my profile or somewhere else that I changed it though. Well, I'll go ahead and put my AIM name up into my profile after I post this. Love and Peace!
Sango132004: I think I might have him in control if I can fit it in. I have a good idea but I'm not sure where to put it. And now the characters that actually matter have seen his Youko form. Thanks for reviewing!