How the Past can Change
A K&K Rurouni Kenshin Romance FanFiction
by: bunny ;D
Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin is the creation of Nobuhiro Watsuki, with the manga and anime rights belonging to Jump Comics and Sony Entertainment, respectively. I do not own and did not create the series or its characters...I'm just a fan, and I have no money anyways, so NO SUING ME!! :D
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A/N: This story is altering the original story of Rurouni Kenshin / Samurai X. It also has some OOCness, (especially with Battousai.) If you don't like that idea, or can't handle it…I would advise you not to read this fic. If you are a hard-core Tomoe and Kenshin forever kind of person, I would advise you to not read this fic. Don't get me wrong, I like Tomoe, this is just a different story ok?
Ja ne,
Bunny ;D
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The sight that greeted Kaoru after exiting her room made her want to dig a hole in the ground and lay there till she died. There was a beautiful woman in Kenshin's arms and he was caressing the side of her face with his hand. A moment later the woman moved forward and kissed him affectionately. Kaoru gasped in shock that Kenshin allowed her to kiss him like that and before she could stop herself, she yelled across the yard, "KENSHIN! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!?"
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Chapter Thirty-Eight - Kaoru x 2
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Kaoru and Kenshin turned startled gazes at the younger Kaoru as she flew across the yard towards them - which was quite a display of grace and skill being that she was in a constricting kimono.
'NICE!' the older Kaoru thought to herself, pleased with the skill level of her past self.
"This. Is not going to be pretty." Kenshin mumbled to himself, only to cause his first wife to giggle.
"HI!" the older Kaoru said as the younger stopped in front of them.
The younger Kaoru met eyes with her future self and froze. "Uh…" she replied as she stood there blinking repeatedly. "Who…" she finally said in a confused daze.
"I'm Kaoru…well, Kaoru from the future anyways." The older Kaoru explained with an embarrased smile.
Adding to the introduction, Kenshin placed an arm around the older Kaoru and said, "Kaoru, meet Kaoru…my wife."
Future Kaoru glared at Kenshin and said, "That's no way to introduce me you idiot! She's going to get the wrong idea."
A few awkward moments passed after Kaoru's exclamation before the younger Kaoru shook her head as if to clear her thoughts and then glared at Kenshin. "YOUR WIFE?!" She yelled in disbelief before she took the step separating them and began pounding on his chest in uncontrolled anger. "YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE MARRIED! HOW DARE YOU KISS ME AND SLEEP IN MY BED AND PROMISE TO MARRY ME WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY MARRIED! YOU-YOU-YOU-" she sputtered a moment trying to find the right words before in a great explosion she finished with "YOU LADY KILLER!"
Future Kaoru stepped in and pulled the raging girl off of her husband. "Now, now…it's not like that." She said soothingly to her past self. "I'm Himura Kaoru. I'm from the future. You're future self to be exact." Kaoru explained calmly.
As her older self's words sank in, Kaoru stopped squirming in her older self's arms and questioned rather timidly, "you mean…you're me and I'm you?"
At the confirming nods from both Kaoru and Kenshin, the younger Kaoru's jaw dropped in shock and disbelief. "How?" she asked.
Future Kaoru shrugged, showing that it was as much of a mystery to her as it was to her past self.
Kenshin snickered and reached over to the younger Kaoru and gently closed her mouth. "You can close your mouth now." He said.
The younger Kaoru jerked her head away from his touch and yelled, "Don't touch me!"
Kenshin recoiled from his contact with a pained look on his face.
At her younger self's violent reaction, Kaoru glared at Kenshin and said, "Battousai. What did you do to me?"
"Why do you automatically assume it was something I did?" Kenshin asked defensively. "And don't call me that." He added.
Future Kaoru grinned evilly at Kenshin and hooked arms with her counterpart. "Why, because I know me, and I know you. You definitely did something." She replied.
He sighed. "It's more complicated than that, but…" he took a deep breath before continuing, "very well, Kaoru. I'll tell you. Let me start from the beginning and fill you in on your new past. I've been living here for the past ten years."
"No way!" The elder Kaoru exclaimed cutting him off before he could barely even begin.
Kenshin glared at her for interrupting.
"Sorry!" she apologized, looking a bit sheepish. "I can't believe it. He was right, he did track me down right away…silly Kenshin…I should have known." She mumbled to herself under her breath.
As Kenshin opened his mouth to continue he was interrupted again by the younger Kaoru as she latched herself onto the arm of her future self and asked, "Are you really me? Are you really married to Kenshin? Did he tell you he was the Hitokiri Battousai?"
The elder Kaoru looked into the eyes of her younger counterpart and simply answered "yes, of course I am, and of course he did."
Younger Kaoru pouted. "He didn't tell me," she confided to her future half.
The future Kaoru's eyes narrowed as she asked, "didn't tell you what?"
"He didn't tell me about being the Hitokiri Battousai, and we've been engaged since I was 7!" she informed her older self, almost in a way a young girl would tell on a sibling to their mother.
The elder Kaoru's eyes turned to glare at Kenshin as she screamed "You DID THAT!?!" She then proceeded to beat Kenshin over the head repeatedly with a bokken that appeared out of nowhere. "Kenshin you IDIOT! What were you thinking keeping something so important from your WIFE!" she continued as she kept beating him into the ground.
Kenshin raised his arms over his head defending himself from Kaoru's blows as he said, "No, no. It wasn't like that Kaoru! You have to listen to me!" He pleaded. At Kaoru's insistent beating on him, he finally yelled out in desperation, "Your Dad made me do it!"
Future Kaoru paused in her beating and both Kaorus said, "What?" in disbelief.
"Koshijiro made me keep it from her. I didn't want to. He made me promise when I first came here that I wouldn't tell her and that I wouldn't leave and go wandering." Kenshin confessed.
The elder Kaoru chewed on her lower lip in thought while the younger Kaoru once again burst into tears onto her older self's shoulder. Future Kaoru put her arms around herself consolingly and patted her back as she shot another glare at Kenshin. "We're going to my room." She informed him as she began to pull her younger self towards their bedroom door.
"But Kaoru-" Kenshin pleaded as they walked away from him.
Future Kaoru paused at his plead, halting her younger self as well before she exclaimed, "You are so STUPID sometimes Kenshin!" She waited a moment to let her words sink in before saying, "At least now I know why I'm here, we can discuss this later when I'm not so upset" before she continued on towards her room.
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A/N: Wheew!! That was a lot of work! Ok…well that's it for this totally insane chapter. I hope nobody got lost on which Kaoru was saying what. I tried to be specific enough to keep you informed of who was doing and saying what.
So…four chapters in a week…am I a super star goddess first class with no restrictions or what?!! ::pats self on back:: I'm quite proud of myself considering my track record of infrequent updates. O_o;; LOL.
Kenji - he didn't travel with Kaoru - neither did Kenshin, its just Kaoru who's in the past. (At least for the time being.) Kaoru was looking for her son when she was transported to the past and that's why she was asking Kenshin where he was when she first arrived. She didn't realize that it wasn't her Kenshin she was talking to. Now that Kenshin is all grown up and living at the dojo, Kaoru couldn't tell the difference as easily as she could when Kenshin was still Battousai. I hope this clears it up for those of you who asked. ;D
Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please leave me a review if you did to let me know. It's all the encouraging comments that keep me going, I'm very grateful to those of you who make it a point to take the time to leave me feedback, even if it's a simple "that's good" or "please update" because I know that people are reading it, and enjoying it.
Till the next chapter!
Bunny ;D