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A/N: Sorry to everyone for the delay. My family and I moved from our house of 27 years and it has been psychotic around here. Along with the move, my muse somehow escaped the locked cage I put it in after it escaped the first few times.

Kenshin's POV

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was Saito's face about three inches from mine. He had turned on his side sometime while we were sleeping and his left hand was clutching some of my hair. I smiled. Saito looked almost peaceful when he was asleep. I touched his left hand gently, trying to get him to release my hair. The gentle touch had just the opposite effect; he tightened his grip and moved his hand closer to his body. I let out a small hiss, moving closer to him to relieve the pressure on my scalp. I blushed when I realized just how close our faces were. We were barely an inch apart.

Saito murmured something in his sleep and moved closer; rubbing his nose against mine softly. Before I could move, Saito's lips brushed against mine. I jerked back with a yelp. Saito's eyes flew open and he sat up quickly; hissing in pain and unwittingly pulling my hair hard.

"Ow! LET GO!" I snapped slapping his hand. He let go of my hair hastily, his cheeks turning almost as red as my hair. I sat up and held my broken arm close to me, glaring at Saito.

"What the hell were you doing?!" Saito snarled back at me, holding onto his ribs while sitting up straighter. I could see the rage building up behind his eyes again.

"What was I doing? I was sleeping when you started pulling my hair." I basically growled. "Then, I open my eyes, you are practically on top of me. I was about to move when you kissed me!"

Saito's blush became even darker and he lowered his eyes to the ground; clearly embarrassed. He turned his head and stared at what was left of the fire. I stood up and grabbed the sling, which had dried out while we slept. I grabbed the bandages and threw them at Saito.

"Let's re-bandage our wounds, get dressed and get going." I said after sitting back down near Saito. He nodded, still avoiding eye contact.

Saito's POV

I stood up slowly and went to grab my clothes. They were still a little damp, but at least the blood was washed out of them. I picked up the bandages and wrapped them around my chest and then around the puncture wounds on my calf. My face was beginning to cool down, but I was still a bit embarrassed. I glanced over at the Battousai; he was trying to bandage his chest and failing miserably. I reached over and took the free end of the bandage; wrapping it around his back.

"I don't know what to tell you Battousai." I said quietly as he lifted his arm so I could finish tying off the bandage. I still couldn't look him in the eye as I spoke. "The…..kiss….was not intentional."

The Battousai arched an eyebrow at me and shrugged his good shoulder slightly. We pulled our clothes on and the Battousai wrapped his arm in his sling; handing me the ends to tie around his neck. I ran my fingers through my hair to get as many of the knots out of it that I could and pulled my hair up into a top knot. The Battousai ran his fingers through his hair and without looking at me, handed me the leather tie for his hair. I tugged his hair into a top knot and backed away from him.

"We should eat a little before we start for the next cave." I said taking what was left of the hard tack out and handing half of it to the Battousai. I took a bite and made a small face at how stale it had become. The Battousai made a face after his first bite was well. We finished the little hard tack that was left in a few minutes.

"Do you think there will be any more supplies in the next cave?" He asked starting one of the torches before scattering the remains of the fire. I relit the torch that we had been using and grabbed the supply sack. I started back along the path to the main path; avoiding the patch of ice the Battousai had slipped on earlier. The Battousai followed close behind me.

"There might be some supplies, but I doubt it." I answered glancing behind me to see the Battousai stepping very carefully across the patch of ice. "We were lucky to find the supplies we found by the springs and at the first cave."

Kenshin's POV

I carefully stepped across the patch of ice, rolling my eyes when I noticed Saito glancing back at me. I rotated my left shoulder slowly to try to work some of the stiffness out of it and watched the path closely. The path was becoming even rougher that before. The torchlight started to reflect off the walls on the right side, distracting me a little.

"Battousai watch your…" Saito started to say before I stepped into a deep divot in the path. I fell forward, right into Saito, who had turned to warn me about the divot. Saito's heel caught another small divot and we went down hard. We both cried out in pain as my shoulder dug into his ribs and my left arm was crushed between us. I dropped the torch and it rolled out of reach onto the razor sharp rocks on the right side of the path. Saito's torch had luckily been dropped above his head and out of the way.

When I was able to catch my breath, I sat up slowly; trying not to put any more pressure on Saito's ribs. Saito groaned and stared at me through hazy eyes. That's when I noticed the blood pooling beneath his head.

"Shit! Don't move Saito." I said leaning over him and sliding my hand down his cheek to the back of his head. I could feel a gash through his hair and it was bleeding badly. Saito made a quiet noise and pulled back to look at him. He had a light blush on his face again and then I realized the position we were in. I was straddling his waist and our faces were inches apart again. I took a deep breath to calm myself down and took my hand away from his wound. "We need to get that bandaged. Do you think you can sit up?"

"Get off me and we'll see." Saito mumbled tapping my right knee. I stood up and Saito eased himself into a sitting position. He touched the back of his head and let out a hiss. I took the supply sack and took the last of the bandages out. Saito held out his left hand and he started to bandage his head. He looked up at me when he finished. "You are not this clumsy in battle, so why are you this clumsy walking on a path? And how do you always manage to fall on top of me?"

"I…uh….." I stammered turning red again. Saito let out a small huff and used the cave wall to climb to his feet. Saito motioned to my arm and I let him check on it. I winced as he put pressure right on the break but held still. "I don't think it's any worse than before. Are you sure that you're alright?"

"A little dizzy, but I'm fine. We should keep going." Saito answered bending down to pick up the torch. "The next cave is about fifty feet from here and hopefully we'll be able to get out of these caves."

I nodded and we continued forward. I made sure to watch where I was going, but I couldn't help but think about the last few minutes. We were defiantly going to have to talk about it when we stopped at the next cave.

TBC…

Again, thank you for everyone's patience. Reviews are welcome as usual.