Love... Hate... and Then There's You
Written by: JadeFoxxx (AKA: Devil-Babe-911)
Summary – She had been betrayed by everyone she had ever let close to her heart, never trusting them or anyone else again...until she met him. Battousai the Manslayer...Can she find the trust and love that she's longed for...in an assassin sent to kill her? Kagome/Kenshin RKIY
Anime – Rurouni Kenshin/InuYasha
Main Couple – Kagome/Kenshin
Genre – Romance / Action / Adventure
Rated – M (Medium Violence) (Medium Sexual Themes) (Excessive Blood and Gore) (Attempted Rape) (Excessive Language)
Training Under Seijuro-Sensei!
The great end of education,
is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind;
to train it to the use of its own powers,
rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.
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-Dreamscape-
"InuYasha, leave Shippou alone. He didn't do anything to deserve you pulling on his ears."
"Heh, be quiet Kagome. I'll pull his ears all I want!"
"WAHAHHH~!"
"InuYasha~!"
"Eh...?" His ears perked and suddenly Kagome was standing behind him, her eyes shadowed by her bangs. Her fingers gripped his ears and with one yank down he yipped, releasing Shippou.
"It doesn't feel good, does it?"
"Grr, what do you care anyways?" He pulled away from her grip.
"InuYasha, Kagome is right. If you don't want that same treatment then don't treat others that way."
"Shut up Monk!" He knocked his knuckles into Shippou's head who cried out.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" Shippou scampered away from InuYasha and hid behind Kagome. A boomerang landed on his skull. His eyes bugged and he stared straight ahead of himself.
"Sango...that...hurt..."
"It's supposed to."
Kagome laughed at her friends.
"Kagome..."
'Hm?' She glanced around, no one was calling her.
"Kagome, wake up."
'Wake up...?' Her world started spinning in a blend of colors.
-End-Dreamscape-
"Kagome, come on. Wake up now."
"Mmm," Her eyes fluttered open, tears falling from her lashes. "A dream..." She ran a hand through her hair and looked up. Black eyes looked into her blue; no emotion, just looking.
"You sure do talk a lot in your sleep."
She blushed and moved away from him before standing against the tree she had previously been sleeping under.
"Heh, I enjoy the sight of a beautiful body in the morning," Her eyes moved down her body and she suddenly noticed that she was still dressed in his long white and red robe. Her hands pulled together the opened robe and she crouched down embarrassed. "Come now, stand. Your clothes are dry, you need to change and then...I will start your training."
"You mean..." Her eyes widened, she hadn't thought he'd really take her in. "I promise, I won't let you down!"
"I hope not," He turned around and walked off, leaning against a tree still facing away.
Kagome stripped his robe from her body and let it fall in a gentle shuffle of silk to the forest ground. Taking her now clean bra and crop top, she pulled them on. Her underwear and black Hakama's followed shortly after. She pulled on her tabi and sandals before tying her swords sash around her waist. She flicked the bag of coins that she had long ago received from her brother and prior master. Pulling on her own black cloak, she turned to him and walked towards her new master.
"I'm ready."
He glanced at her before nodding, turning back; he walked off with her following close behind, his cloak held tightly in her hands.
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'Days passed into weeks, and weeks turned to months. The war wasn't close to ending and I could only watch as the earth was painted a deep crimson, stained and tainted by the hands of humans...humans who were more demonic then the demons I had met in my past. This war would end, but when it did, I'd remain by Hiko-Sensei, learning all he was willing to teach.'
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(10 years later)
"HA!" Kagome charged forward; Hiko brought his sword up just in time to block her's, jumping into the air at the same time as her master, she twisted her body at a fast velocity, her sword turning until it looked like a pointed cylinder. Her master dodged the attack and moved his blade to the side of her head just when she vanished.
"KAGOME!"
"Hehe, I know, I'm sorry. I forgot."
"Sure you did. You have a knack for forgetting the things I tell you."
"Not completely true! Well...maybe..." She glanced to the side. 'Master really is impressive. Despite my demon speed, he still finds me so easily. Keeping up with me, or perhaps, I am the one who keeps up with him.'
Kagome jumped before her master and placed her blade back in its sheath. Her outfit was similar to her old miko garbs, only her top was cerulean and her bottoms were black with cerulean petals and lotus blossoms at the hem and corner edge of the right leg. It was the same design on her left Haori sleeve in black. The sash was white and wrapped around her Tsukihime's sash, holding it in place. Her foot wear remained the same.
"Kagome," Hiko looked at her. "You are 28 now, you have been loyal and with that loyalty...you have learned everything except―"
"I'll stop you there. I have no intention of learning your great technique. I can't, just like my previous master; I refused to learn a technique that would force me to take his life. I will refuse the same to you."
"...heh, haha. How about some Saki then, before you leave to continue your journey."
"Leave to continue my journey?"
"You are done with my teachings. If you refuse to learn that technique, then there's no more I can teach."
"Thank you Seijuro-Sensei, but I'll have to decline on Saki. I don't think that I have earned it yet."
"Earned it, and when do you think that'll be?"
"When...when I defeat Kenshin Himura in a battle, then I will have earned it!" She told him, determination strong in her tone.
"I see, then, good luck."
She bowed to her master before turning around. "Do you have any idea where I should start?"
"I hear Tokyo has a new hero samurai, perhaps there is a good place to start. Do you know how to get there?"
She smiled, "I have a pretty good idea," With a small laugh she started on her way. 'History, World Geography, traveling through the Sengoku Era...I had better know where I'm going.'
Kagome continued down a dirt road, day after day after day...rain fell, lightning struck, thunder clashed and the sun shined, but with each faze of whether, she continued forward.
'Tokyo Japan...I wonder what's where I used to live...' Kagome felt her eyes widen, the sight before her, seeing her old city, 100+ years ago, from when you were born... 'Just think, what would they do if they knew that in a couple 100 more years, shopping malls, and skyscrapers, buildings that touched the skies and 50 floor hotels would exist...they would think I'm nuts if I told them. Wait till they invent the TV...haha.'
She walked through the bustling town, weaving her way between people as she avoided bumping shoulders and such. Suddenly she felt a hand brush against her and turned in time to see a man run off with her money bag. "Damn..."
She was about to run after him, when a boy in a yellow Haori and green Hakama's with black hair spiking out and brown eyes went running past her and after the thief.
"HEY! GET BACK HERE!"
'...guess...I should follow them.' With that thought in mind, Kagome turned and followed after the boy and thief.
"GOT YA!" She watched the boy tackle the man and hit him with a bamboo sword on the head before taking her money back. He turned and jumped at the sight of her right behind him. "Wah, your fast!" He said, looking her over from head to toe and back. "I was sure I'd have to go find you. Well, here you go miss."
Kagome smiled, 'He...reminds me of Souta...' She chuckled at the thought. "Thank you," She overlooked the money and bent forward so that she was at eye level with the small boy. "You are very brave, those close to you...must be very proud." She refrained from saying family, knowing full well that the boy could have lost them; she had no intention of bringing painful memories upon anyone. With a smile, she kissed him on the cheek before walking away, her money clutched in her hand as the boy stared at her retreating back.
"Ah! Hey, wait up!" He ran after her and she slowed a bit to allow him to catch up. "What's your name? Are you new here?"
"Yep, actually, I'm looking for an old friend."
"Really, maybe I know her!"
"Him, actually."
"Oh? What's his name?"
"It's Kenshin...Kenshin Himura."
"You know Kenshin! I live with him. Follow me, I'll take you there."
"Really? Thank you. Oh, your other question, I am Kagome Higurashi, you?"
"Yahiko Myojin. Call me Yahiko, Miss. Kagome."
"Oh my, Miss Kagome? Well, I will gladly call you Yahiko, but please, call me Kagome."
He blushed and smiled, "Right! This way Kagome!"
Kagome followed after, her long black braid with silver weaving through it, waved back and forth as she walked, her black cloak, though billowing in the wind, still managed to cover her blade.
'This was rather, easy...' She smiled, following the boy before her. 'Finally, a battle worth the wait.'
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