A Curse Can Also Be A Gift

A/N: Hiya! I liked writing that prologue cuz of the battle! 0.0' I seem to like action a bit too much... 0.0'' Heh. Read and review!

Disclaimer: I don't own Kagome, Shippo, or Rurouni Kenshin characters.

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Chapter 1:

Kenshin sighed as he remembered what happened eleven years ago during the battle that chose the fate of Japan. He fingered the necklace Kagome-san gave him and blushed. He still liked her. He sighed again and got back to washing the clothes. He hasn't seen Kagome-san since and he still hasn't given up hope. The sun was shining and birds were chirping. A slight breeze blew through the hot air on this summer day. Sanosuke was probably at a bar or sleeping or gambling.

"BRRAAAAAATT!" Kenshin fell into the soapy wash bucket-thing.

"Oro?" A swirly eyed Kenshin asked as he got his face out of the bucket and wiped soap off his face. He looked up and saw Yahiko run by snickering and, a few seconds later, a soaking wet Kaoru ran after him. He blinked.

"KENSHIN!" Kenshin froze in utter horror as Kaoru yelled his name. "GO GET SOME MISO AND RICE FROM THE SUPERMARKET!"

"But I'm wa-"

"NOW!"

"Yes, Ma'am!" Kenshin got some of his money from his room and ran out of the dojo in record time. He sighed with relief when he got four or five buildings away. He walked further for a few minutes and went into a shop. Five minutes later, he came out carrying some miso and a pound of rice. He walked home slowly, deep in thought. Some children's laughter brought him back to reality. He walked over to where the children were and almost dropped the the items he bought. Someone in a tattered crimson cloak was lying in a pool of their own blood face down on the ground.

"Kagome-san " He mumbled. "Hirue?" He asked quickly. A boy around nine with messy, black hair looked up at him and smiled. "Will you take this food back to Miss Kaoru?"

"Hai!" Hirue exclaimed as he was handed the things. He walked carefully to the dojo. Kenshin picked up the cloaked person and hurried back to the dojo to heal the person.

When he got to the dojo, there was no one in front. He ran to the back where he was washing clothes, there was no one there either. Suddenly, he heard wooden katanas meet inside the dojo and ran into the building.

"Miss Kaoru!" He exclaimed. "This one's hurt badly!"

He heard wooden katanas fall and feet running over to where he is. Kaoru, Yahiko, and Sanosuke stopped when they saw him holding someone wearing a cloak. Kaoru quickly led them down a hallway and into a room. She took off the crimson cloak, gasped, and shooed all of the boys out of the room. She picked up a cloth and started cleaning some wounds on her arms and legs. Five minutes later, she still looked the same. Kaoru peeked her head out of the door and looked at the three boys waiting to see how the girl was doing.

"GO GET MEGUMI!" She screamed at them. In a flash, they all were gone. Sighing, she turned back to the girl around her age and gasped. Her body was glowing! Suddenly, her wounds healed and the soft, green light around her faded. Kaoru would have fainted, but something stopped her from doing so. The door burt open and Megumi ran in followed by Kenshin. They both stopped when they saw the girl in the cloak open her eyes, mumble an 'Arigato,' and walk out. Kenshin, the first one to snap out of shock, ran after her and blocked the door leading out of the dojo.

"Onegai," The figure stated. Her cloak was back on and the hood over her head. "Move out of me way."

"Iie." Kenshin said. The figure summoned Hiraikotsu from her charm bracelet, which they couldn't see, and held it in a fighting position.

"Onegai?" The figue asked. Kenshin took out his katana and attacked her. The figure turned her head at Kaoru's gasp and Yahiko's cheer for Kenshin. The said person took this time to cut off thye hood. No one moved or made a sound as the hood fell to the ground. Kagome looked down and picked up the hood.

"Kagome-san?" Kenshin asked. Kagome's spun around and looked at him. She gasped.

"K-Kenshin-san?" She asked as she took a step forward. He nodded. Kagome gave him a hug. Everyone that was looking on from the dojo stared in shock. Kaoru got over her senses, ran to the two, and pulled them apart. She was seething with jealousy and didn't know why.

"Who are you?" She asked angrily. Kagome bowed.

"Gomen nasai," She said as she brought her head back up. "Higurashi Kagome."

"Kamiya Kaoru," Kaoru said and bowed, too. Kenshin got off the ground from Kaoru throwing him away form Kagome and smiled.

"Nice to see you after eleven years, Kagome-san," He said. Kagome looked suprised slightly.

"Eleven years," She said slowly. "It's been that long."

"Mind explaining why you look the same?" Kenshin asked Kagome froze for a mili-second but no one saw it except Kenshin. He didn't say anything though.

"Just lucky. You look almost the same." Kagome complimented. Kaoru looked mad for a moment before Sano wrapped an arm around her waist and led her into the dojo. Yahiko left to the other side of the property and that just left Kagome and Kenshin standing there.

"So," Kagome started. Kenshin looked at her. "How'd you end up here?"

"Well," Kenshin started not knowing where to start. So, he settled for after the final battle. "After we went our separate ways, I became a rurouni and traveled around helping people to make up for the deaths I caused. One day, I was resting from a long walk on the side of a building here and a woman scared the daylights out of me by yelling at me."

"Kaoru." Kagome stated. Kenshin nodded as they sat down underneath a sakura tree and leaned their backs against the trunk.

"She was yelling at me for having a katana when they were banned eleven years ago. I told her to take a look at my katana and she pretty much laughed at me when she saw my katana was a sakabato." Kagome scoffed. "I know. A whistled blew and she tossed my sword up in the air and left. I followed and we met someone who called himself Hitokiri Battosai." Kagome listened with her eyes wide. "I defeated him when he was hurting Miss Kaoru-dono in the dojo..."

Kagome listened intently to the rest of the story of how Kenshin and Kaoru met Sanosuke and Yahiko and Megumi.

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A/N: Hiya! Wows. All the characters are gonna be OOC so gomen nasai for Making Sanosuke and Kaoru OOC if people don't like it. I write a LOT! This is the third chapter I've written today. Tomorrow, I'm going to Atlanta, Georgia and I'm gonna be in the car with my Pokemon Emerald and a notebook with a pencil and my sibling and grandparents... A lotta people, ne? I live here in Virginia so it's a pretty long ways away... PLEASE REVIEW FOR THIS CHAPTER!

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