History Fanfic / FrozenMoonlight

* StockYuck: Sano likes anchovies. Everyone hates him for it.

* GenreBlindness: With the way Kaoru practically runs, it sticks out that she can't pin down Saitoh's involvement, especially when he starts [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld bailing on work to go to “conferences.”]]

* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Saitoh, except he's a teacher instead of a student. Later in the story, as the enemy becomes more of a threat, he begins to have Kaoru run the class herself while he goes to "emergency teacher conferences." Weirdly, she buys this.

* MoodRingEyes: Kenshin's eyes are violet when he's relaxed and/or happy, but will switch to amber, typically when he's angry and/or upset.

* BadDreams: Kaoru has nightmares from some of her experiences, as would be expected from just about anyone, though one nightmare seems to indicate that she [[spoiler:feels guilty about killing Kenshin]].

* SleepCute: At one point, Kaoru and Kenshin fall asleep together on her couch. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming And it's adorable]].

* CatScare: When [[BadassCrew Kenshin, Saitoh, and Aoshi]] are going over a crime scene, they all jump when they hear something. And it was...Aoshi's cellphone. His girlfriend was calling. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny The ringtone was the Macarena]].

* JustInTime: [[spoiler: Kenshin just manages to block the strike Jineh made that would have killed Kaoru]].
* KaleidoscopeEyes: Kenshin's eyes are violet when he's relaxed and/or happy, but will switch to amber, typically when he's angry and/or upset.

Notably, the plot is told from the perspective of the person who would normally be the LoveInterest, [[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]] are hung everywhere, and the characters run on being GenreSavvy.

* DontTouchItYouIdiot: Kaoru, [[GenreSavvy fully aware of this trope]], picks up a demonic sword off a dead body all the while worrying about getting possessed or something, though in the end nothing happens. The alternative, though, was leaving it lying around where anyone could run across it. Kenshin does later ask her to not do it again, as it usually ends with him getting more work to do.

* GenreBlindness: With the way Kaoru practically runs on being GenreSavvy, it sticks out that she can't pin down Saitoh's involvement, especially when he starts [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld bailing on work to go to “conferences.”]]
* GenreSavvy: Just about every character shows this to some degree, though Kaoru displays it most extensively (being the main character helps). It's practically a driving force of the story all by itself.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Sano and Megumi's relationship fell under this in the past, though they seemed to have worked out most of the kinks.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Yahiko is Kaoru's younger brother. That they're

* TheBechdelTest: More than one conversation allows the fic to pass this.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2247580/1/Frozen_Moonlight Frozen Moonlight]] by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/579516/JaneDrew JaneDrew]] is a Modern Day [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''RurouniKenshin'' fanfiction started in 2005.

* LeastCommonPizzaTopping: Sano likes anchovies. Everyone hates him for it.

This concludes Chapter Three. Of Thirty-Four.

* DeadFic

* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Kenshin's affection for Kaoru has shades of this. Even though he is shown to easily to get the [[InWithTheInCrowd attentions of popular students]], the person he likes is the one who [[Tsundere insults him without reservation]] and [[ActionGirl defeats him in battle]].

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2247580/1/Frozen_Moonlight Frozen Moonlight]] by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/579516/JaneDrew JaneDrew]] is a Modern Day [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''RurouniKenshin'' fanfiction started in 2005, [[DeadFic though it sadly hasn't been updated since 2007]]... [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Until January 21, 2014 that is.]]

* [[spoiler:AlreadyMetEveryone: See also OneDegreeOfSeparation]].

* [[BillBillJunkBill Bill... Bill... Junk... Bill...]]:
-->'''Kaoru''': ''Mail, mail, junk, take-out menu, take-out menu, take-out menu, take-out menu... if Yahiko's been putting take-out menus in my mailbox again, I'm gonna... junk, junk, bill.''

* [[spoiler:OneDegreeOfSeparation: Most of the cast has met before, or at least become involved with everything happening due to completely independent events. If everyone was honest, every introduction would be followed by "Hey! I remember you from..."]].

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2247580/1/Frozen_Moonlight Frozen Moonlight]] by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/579516/JaneDrew JaneDrew]] is a Modern Day [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''RurouniKenshin'' fanfiction started in 2005, [[DeadFic though it sadly hasn't been updated since 2007]].

* DidMomJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Kaoru has this reaction when she find out Sano's old friend Kenshin is actually that Battousai guy she killed in high school.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Kaoru's is [[EverythingsBetterWithChocolate chocolate]] and [[MustHaveCaffeine coffee]].

* EverythingsBetterWithChocolate

* ChekhovsExhibit: A museum has a special exhibit displaying swords. Naturally, it was [[spoiler:involved in the XanatosRoulette, as one of the not-so-valuable swords was [[BigBad Shishio's]] [[AmplifierArtifact Mugenjin]]. Predictably, it was quickly stolen]].
* CombatPragmatist: Kaoru, as she's quite willing to let her opponents think she's helpless while having a knife taped to her wrist.

* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Kenshin's affection for Kaoru has shades of this. Even though he is shown as able to easily to get the [[InWithTheInCrowd attentions of popular students]], the person he actually likes is the one who [[Tsundere insults him without reservation]] and [[ActionGirl defeats him in battle]].

* ItCameFromTheFridge: Kenshin refused to use the milk out of Kaoru's fridge and was rather dumbfounded as to how it was so bad since it couldn't be more than a few weeks old. Meanwhile, Megumi won't eat anything whatsoever that resided in Sano's fridge. Since he thinks it's normal to take ice cream from god knows when, chip off the ice crystals, and add alcohol, she has good reasons for this stance.
* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Subverted. Kenshin really doesn't mind that Kaoru killed him. [[AmazonChaser It makes her all the more attractive, actually]]. But he would appreciate it if everyone would stop rubbing it in (making this more of a case of "You Were Beaten By A Girl").

* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: The room Kaoru is locked in by Jineh has [[ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing glass which she cuts her ropes with]]. [[MasterOfUnlocking And wire to pick the lock on the door]]. [[ImprovisedWeapon And sharp bits of trash that she puts in her sock and uses to rip off half his face]].

* LoveEpiphany: Kaoru is stunned, STUNNED, when she realizes [[spoiler: she might actually like Kenshin back. Maybe. Possibly]].

* RealMenWearPink: When he ends up needing a change of clothes, Kaoru gives Kenshin a very, very pink sweatshirt to wear. He puts it on without a word of complaint and a month later is still using it.
* RedBaron: Unlike the series, Kenshin doesn't have any particular aversion to his alias 'Battousai,' and actually uses it while he's going to Kaoru's high school. If any of the students knew what it meant, though, [[TheButcher they probably would have had a different reaction to it]].

* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Shishio was trapped in {{Hell}} some time ago. The heroes are worried since, well, [[OhCrap he kinda got out]]]].

* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Kaoru often tries to tell people this, but [[EveryoneCanSeeIt the tension is so obvious that no one really listens to her]]. This reaction is so ingrained that it's one of the first things she thinks about after being kidnapped.
-->'''Jineh''': I see! I see that this girl is your woman, Battousai!
-->'''Kaoru''': ''His WHAT? That... that... maniac thought... thinks...he took me because he thinks that I'm...Oh, I'm going to absolutely KILL him...''

* WackyMarriageProposal: [[spoiler:Sano opts to propose to Megumi during his bar's Halloween party on stage while she's dresses as a street urchin. But not before going over with the audience how exactly they met]].
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Inverted by Saitoh by being a teacher instead of a student. Later in the story, as the enemy becomes more of a threat, he begins to have Kaoru run the class herself while he goes to "emergency teacher conferences." Weirdly, she buys this.

* XanatosRoulette: The bad guys implement a plan to [[spoiler:steal back [[BigBad Shishio's]] sword which took decades of waiting, predicting exactly how a shrine will react in that time due to their financial difficulties, and killing two people in a staged car crash which all lead to the sword being in a museum in a different country, and thus easier to swipe]]. One of the heroes gets sent to the other side of the planet just to figure out how they did it.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Misao tells this to Kaoru, and everyone seems to be in agreement.

* EyeScream: When Kaoru attacks Jineh, he loses an eye, which then [[NightmareFuel stitches itself back together]]...

* DoubleSpeak: [[DontExplainTheJoke They're not talking about boots]].

* DeadFic: Just because it hasn't been updated since 2007 doesn't mean anything. Really. Denial? What denial? [[SelectiveObliviousness I have no idea what your talking about]].

* EyesOfGold: Kenshin's eyes are violet when he's relaxed and/or happy, but will switch to amber, typically when he's angry and/or upset.

* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Subverted. Kenshin really doesn't mind that Kaoru killed him. [[HotAmazon It makes her all the more attractive, actually]]. But he would appreciate it if everyone would stop rubbing it in (making this more of a case of "You Were Beaten By A Girl").

* LoveAtFirstPunch: Kenshin starts to like Kaoru when she yells at him after [[CrashIntoHello she runs into him in a hallway]]. He REALLY falls for her after she stabs him to death, steals his sword, and [[KillItWithFire sets the building on fire]]. HeGetsBetter, so it's not permanent or anything, but damn.

* TheCombatPragmatist: Kaoru, as she's quite willing to let her opponents think she's helpless while having a knife taped to her wrist.