To The Rescue

Disclaimer: Watsuki-sama, you my friend, own my existence. =D

Author's Note: As I'm well aware, most of you want to kick my sorry ass. My short-term hiatus turned suddenly to an anti-writing coma. However, I was inspired when I saw Saku-Yume update The Concubine, which has to be one of my favorite fanfics of all time, after a rather long pause as well. So if anything, thank her and go read The Concubine. My writing is horrendous. I'm out of practice and well, just go easy on me. If my grammar and originality seems off, well… that's that. You should be happy that I'm back in the first place.

Wiping the tears from her eyes she asked, "Oh Kenshin, haha, were you trying to seduce me?"

Nope, no god at all. Kenshin was, however, pulled from his conjecturing when he noticed Kaoru was pushing his bangs out of his eyes. She stroked his cheek down to his jaw line. Kenshin remembered the cover of the romance novel again. Ok, so it wasn't exactly the same. Kaoru had assumed the Fabio role and he the shirtless and scantily clad female. What a spaz. Well, you know what they say… when life throws you lemons…

Kenshin sat up wrapped his arm around her waist and brought her to him.

Kenshin and Kaoru kissed that night. They kissed and they kissed and then they kissed some more. There was no white horse, no swimming in the ocean, no words of lust, just two young players in the game of life, very much in love.

Chapter 6: Island Insanity

Misao's eyes fluttered open. It's like some strange dream she thought to herself. There Aoshi was with his arms around her and she, lying on his prostrate form. A small smile slowly crept its way onto her face. I'm in heaven Misao silently sang to herself. However, her moment was ruined when her stomach rumbled. It wasn't your normal stomach rumbling. She knew for sure she wasn't hungry.

Actually, thinking back on that, she was positive she wasn't hungry. She and Aoshi had been eating so much fruit during their exploration; they could have consumed enough to feed a third world country at the rate they were going.

Which can only mean… ::rumble rumble:: Oh someone just shoot me. Misao's fantasy had suddenly turned awry. Aoshi was at her mercy, powerless to any advances she could have been making by now and she just so happened to have a gastrointestinal problem. Aoshi stirred in his sleep and fortunately for Misao, without waking. Must get away from Aoshi before the unspeakable happens. Misao tiptoed away from Aoshi's lazy form. When out of reach, she ran for the bloody hills hoping to find a deep cave to put her problem to rest.

A cool breeze lightly tickled his body. He awoke with a start to find no one there. Aoshi's eyes darted around to survey the scene. He was half naked, lying against a tree… and there was no Misao. NO MISAO?! Aoshi jumped up with unsurpassed speed. This situation was definitely not right. Aoshi knew Misao better than this, dammit! If she had seen me in the state I'm in, well, let's just say neither one of us would be sleeping. The thought had snuck into Aoshi's head so fast that he just had to stop and really think about it. Where had that come from? Indeed, where had it come from? Aoshi had always harbored feelings for Misao, which under normal circumstances, he kept at bay. Of course, he wasn't in a normal circumstance, now was he? I'm on a damned deserted island. No, I'd say this isn't normal. (AN: well thank you, Aoshi) This rather unfortunate turn of events had actually been a blessing in disguise. If not for our surreal situation, I might have never started showing my feelings for Misao.

But again, Aoshi knew Misao far too well. At the snail's pace he was going, they'd be together by the time they were old and gray… and Aoshi predicted that that was something Misao wouldn't wait for. Misao loved Aoshi, he knew that, and somewhere deep inside Aoshi recognized that his feelings for her were just as strong. Yes, I love her. Of course, Aoshi hadn't been thinking about love since they'd gotten on this island. No way. He's been thinking about his lust for Misao.

Who can blame me? With this hot, sticky weather, Misao was always looking flushed and the little beads of sweat that formed on her body did nothing but make Aoshi aware of his ever-growing libido for her. Plus, with all their walking around in untouched vegetation, Misao's clothes would get a rip here and a tear there, leaving little to Aoshi's excited imagination. Ugh, any more thoughts like this and I'll give myself a nosebleed. Aoshi's hand instinctively went to his nose to check for bleeding.

In any event, I'd better go find Misao.

Meanwhile…

Misao was crouched down in a cave trying to fix her problemo. She heard a twig break and looked toward the light. Ack! Someone's coming her mind screamed as she looked toward the figure coming closer.

The great Hiko-sama appeared before Misao still as drunk as before with his bottle in hand.

"Hey thrrrre. Arrrre you taking a duuuhhmp?"

Misao's face went beet red and she darted out of the cave. Hiko, at this point fell to the floor, exhausted.

One thought struck him before he slipped out of consciousness. I gotta get out of here before the toxic fumes kill me.

To be continued…

AN: Ok, so it's short. So sue me. Or actually no don't. And haha, I apologize for this chapter's 'humor' content. I'd thought of it after recalling a certain passage from Lord of the Flies. The boys had been consuming so much fruit that they had some issues, if you know what I mean.

In any case, here's what the next chapter is going to be about. Aoshi doesn't find Misao, but instead a 'post-fighting with the fox' Sanosuke. The two decide it's time to take matters into their own hands and put some meat on the table. Uhhh… Aoshi and Sanosuke… hunting? With sharp objects? Together?

To my reviewers: I feel greatly indebted to all of you. You write such lovely things and how do I repay you? By not writing. I really do apologize. I'm not a writer who has chapters set aside for update. When I finish writing a chapter, that's when it gets updated. I also never seem to have any good ideas for my chapters to come, which always leads to some serious writers block. I hope that all this will change, especially since I have my general plot for the next chappie. Thanks for loving me and sticking with me.