Hello! TureníAraucaserë here with my first story, The Tanning Salon! I put it under Rurouni Kenshin, even though it's a crossover, because, well, I rather like Kenshin better. XD.I sure hope I'm doing all of this right...Well, here's a short story my friends and I wrote to pass the time during school. So, the chapters will be pretty short compared to some others that I've read, sorry! Swearing and slight suggestive humor's all. I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, The Legend of Zelda, Yu Yu Hakusho, Inu-Yasha, or anything else alluded to in this work of randomness. I only wish I were that lucky.


Chapter 1: Why Link Always Wears A Hat

This story begins the same way every summer day does, with boredom. Kenshin, Link, and Yoko had moved from the amazing sport of grass-growing races to the refined art of paint-drying races, and, having mastered that, had set out on the daunting task of recording how many dots are on the ceiling in each of their houses. We join the three lying on the floor of Kenshin's house, where they have chosen to start their conquest.

Link stared intently at the ceiling pointing with his finger at the minuscule dots. "Two, seven, four,...uh, Yoko? What comes next?"

The fox demon's face contorted in anger. "Link, you imbecile! Your inability to count has caused me to lose my place! Now I must start from the beginning! 1, 2, 4, 5, 7."

Link shouted, "Ha! All those big words and you can't count either!" He jumped up in glee, then ran around the room, chanting, "Yoko can't count, Yoko can't count, Yoko can't cou-Oof!" He looked down in anger at the offending item, then paled when he saw Yoko's fluffy white tail, now with stuff from Link's boots on it

Yoko slowly turned toward Link, growling. "I just finished cleaning my tail for THREE HOURS after you got mud all over it! You're going to pay!" He snarled and began to chase the green-clad Hylian around the room.

Kenshin, oblivious to the world around him, sighed and said wistfully, "I wonder what Kaoru and I are going to name our kid."

The pair running around froze in mid-step, then asked, "KID!"

Kenshin sat up in surprise. "Whoops! Did I say that out loud?"

Yoko saw his chance, and while Link was still distracted by the idea of the swordsman being a father, he ripped Link's green hat off of its permanent place on his head. Kenshin and Yoko gasped in shock, then stuttered, "You-you-Holy crap! You're bald!"

Link snatched his hat back, "Gimme that!" and muttered, "Stupid fox, grabbing my hat while I'm not looking..." while shoving it firmly back into place. "Ah, hell." Kenshin and Yoko followed his gaze to where Inu-Yasha stood leaning against the doorframe, smirking, then burst out laughing.

Inu-Yasha walked into the room shaking his head. "I always wondered why you had that hat. Anyway, I'm sure you're all wondering why I'm here."

"Not really, I was wondering why you haven't left yet," Link muttered under his breath.A well placed kick from the half-demon sent him flying out the door.

Completely unfazed, Inu-Yasha resumed, "While you're all so quiet, I'll tell you the good news. Since you guys are always so bored, I got you all jobs at the tanning salon I work at!"

Link dashed back in the door to join Kenshin and Yoko in exchanging looks of horror while yelling, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"


Looks like their bubble of boredom has been burst. realized that it all started with the same letter Aah! Alliteration! realized that I knew what that meant Aah! English class! The pain! gasp, gasp Well, now that my episode of terror is over...I hope you enjoyed it, please review if you want more!