Canon (anime-verse, anyway) can truly be so annoying inconsistent, can't it? *le sigh* As a result, I always appreciate "missing scene" fics like this one. InuKag DO have genuinely intimate conversations, in both the manga and the anime (even if the anime likes to pretend that they don't), and I love authors who dig deeper into that to clear the air, as it were. This was a sweet little oneshot and definitely one needed between our two idiotic lovers after that confusing arc XD

This is such a great follow up to that arc. Thank you for the awesome read!

Awwww, this was cute.

I know what you mean, there was some stuff in those episodes that I adored and others that made me go "really? What a wasted opportunity". I enjoyed your explanation!

I will always smile when I read this story! Thank you!

filler episodes are interesting but not very consistent. this was sweet and it did give something lacking in that storyline. any time that they hint at something more than just friendship is always great.

an anime/manga recommendation:
if you've never seen/read/heard of 'rurouni kenshin' i would like to recommend it. they've made a trilogy of new live action movies that have been released internationally that are really great (a live action adaptations of an anime series done right) the dvds are out already... they've released a new OVA series and a brand new/different manga story that the movie is partially based on and recently they've started a back story for the main bad guy... hopefully they'll film the next two arcs of the original manga shortly since the trilogy did so great at the box office.

if you copy/paste the following codes in the youtube search engine you can see a few of the trailers :

90ubrsSxrKc -subbed trailer.

yaLOPVAuJs4 -raw character profile trailers.

A2o4PR2MctA -subbed first episode of the anime because they (the whole series is at youtube and elsewhere, i prefer watching subs but dubs can be found at youtube also at crunchyroll and at a few other places you can watch anime on line).

8qRFhP5PhMk -live action depiction of the dojo fight scene in the above episode (subbed, but it must be a fan sub as the subtitles aren't the same as the official movie subs).

bAgmfGZbVrQ -the first official trailer for the sequel movies (subbed)

NCei4Vm1ZP8 -the latest trailers (subbed)
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the movies can be watched online... google 'gooddrama rurouni kenshin' and the movies' links are listed as follows:
Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)

there are a few parallels in 'inuyasha' and 'rurouni kenshin'. in the author's note for 'Rain' written by Fenikkusuken (an inuyasha author) she said, "I've found another conflicted swordsman with an inner demon, exotically coloured long hair and a dead 'ex' issue. At least Kenshin's 'ex' stays dead, and Kaoru ends up more than just kissed!"

kenshin's even got some extraordinary strength, speed and skill. ;-)
enjoy!

Oh my gosh, I loved this! It's so precious and adorable! I love how in character these two were throughout the fic! It was so frikkin amazing! :D I kinda wish this was canon now...

I had to go re-watch the arc because it's been years since I saw it. XD

-KW13

Great.

Thank god for fanfictions.:)

This was a great read.

Short. But sweet! This is going on my list of favorites! Good job :)

Isn't the Hojo from Kagome's era Akitoki's descendant.

This is so cute I haven't watched those episodes in a while I'll have to go back and do so. Thank-you for sharing. Cheers for now!

This is so good! I'll be reading more of your work. Thank you for your insightful and well-done work!