Kenshin slowly walked out of the Kamiya Dojo, his sakaba over his shoulder, he quietly opened the front doors and crept out, closing it over behind himself. "KENSHIN!!" a loud voice screamed just as the doors closed. Kenshin's eyes narrowed and he started to run down the street as fast as he could. Koaru quickly opened the doors and stepped outside, looking up and down the street "WHERE ARE YOU?!?!" Yahiko slowly walked up behind Kaoru, rubbing his eyes "What the hell are you doing?!" Kaoru turned round; water pouring from her eyes "Kenshin forgot to take the tofu bowl with him..!" Yahiko fell anime style, dropping his wooden sword. "THAT'S IT?!?! I thought we were being robbed... But I guess your face would scare away anyone that tries it!" Kaoru turned looked down at Yahiko, her eyes flaming red "Ya... Hi... Ko..!" Yahiko slowly stepped back picking his wooden sword back up "Heh eh... I got training to do!!" He quickly ran back into the dojo, swinging his sword rather quickly, trying to avoid eye contact with Kaoru. Kaoru walked back in, closing the door again, hearing it slowly open just as she took a step. She quickly turned round and jumped on the person, open arms "KENSHIN!!" "What do you want Jo-Chan?" Sanosuke said, with a slightly annoyed face on him. "Umm… I thought you were... Oh never mind!" Replied Kaoru, turning round in embarrassment "Anyway, what are you doing here Sanosuke?" Sanosuke rubbed the back of his head "Well… I'm kinda hungry and I thought I'd come over for lunch!"

After a long argument between Sanosuke and Kaoru they finally walked to town with Yahiko for some lunch at Tae-San's restaurant. Sano, Kaoru and Yahiko walked into the restaurant together, Tae walking up to them "Hi, Kaoru, Yahiko, Sano… Have you got my money yet, Sano?" Sanosuke slowly grinned and shook his head, taking a few steps backwards and ran out the door. Tae blinked "I was joking about it… For the first time EVER he's actually not in debt!" Yahiko slowly looked at Kaoru then to Tae, his stomach rumbling "Can we get a place to sit, please?" Tae nodded and walked toward their usual place "Sure, follow me!" Kaoru and Yahiko sat down, Yahiko putting his wooden sword against the wall. "We'll have our usual, please Tae-San!" Kaoru said, sitting down. Tae nodded an 'OK' and walked into the kitchen to tell the cooks the order. The door slowly slid open and Sano looked inside and Kaoru and Yahiko, creeping to where they were sitting "That was close, I don't have no money to pay Tae with!" Kaoru and Yahiko laugh, making Sanosuke raise an eyebrow in question "What?!" Kaoru slowly shook her head "It doesn't matter…" Yahiko sniffed the air "Fooooooooood…!" Sano quickly looked at Yahiko then to the person carrying the food over "YES!!" Almost as soon as it was put down, Sano and Yahiko fought over the entire meal. "THAT'S MINE!!!" Shouted Yahiko as he went to grab it from Sano's bowl "I got it fair and square like…" Sano used his chopsticks to grab a big piece of fish from Yahiko's bowl "… THAT!" Yahiko looked at Sanosuke down the fish. "SANO!!!" yelled Yahiko again "Oi... OI!!" shouted Sanosuke as he put his foot in Yahiko's face, pushing him against the wall. During the whole episode, Kaoru just sat blankly, worried about something. "Kenshin…"

Meanwhile, Kenshin slowly walked back into the Kamiya Dojo, making sure the coast was clear. As he walked inside his footsteps were cut short by a sound inside the building. Kenshin slowly walked toward the door and opened it, slightly looking inside. He quickly opened the door all the way and ran inside, swinging the blunt side of his Sakaba sword. The man inside ducked the swing, jumping out the way. Kenshin quickly turned round to look at the man. "Who are you and what do you want?" He questioned. The man slowly stood up from a crouch and smirked under his hat "You, Battousai…" The hooded man slowly took a step toward Kenshin. The cross scarred hitokiri quickly lifted his Sakaba. "Answer my question!" The person slowly looked up from under his hat and smiled slightly. "I wanted to see how you had been doing since the Bakumatsu in Kyoto." Kenshin slowly blinked, looking into the face of the man.

After a talk with the man, Kenshin finally remembered who the person was, it was one of the Shinshin Gumi, Hayate. "I thought you had been killed by Saitoh Hajime when we first fought them!" Hayate slowly took the hat off and smiled "No, I managed to get away at the last minute." Kenshin's eyes glanced at Hayate's hair colour, then back to his face. "How did you escape, again?" Hayate slowly blinked "Well... Using the Hiten Mitsurugi I..." Kenshin quickly butted in "Hayate never learnt Hiten Mitsurugi! Who are you and what are you doing impersonating Hayate?!" The person slowly stood up and smirked "What gave it away… Was it the black hair?" Kenshin jumped to his feet, slowly grasping the hilt of his Sakaba "Correct. Hayate had blue hair, I'll always remember it." The person slowly grinned putting his hat back on "In that case…" He slowly reached down his back and grabbed a small wooden staff, holding it out in front of himself, pushing Kenshin's chin to the side with one end. Kenshin quickly hit the staff aside and ran outside where he had more room to use his Sakaba. The person followed him, standing about 2 foot or so before him, tightening his grip on the staff, still grinning "You stand no chance, Battousai!!" Kenshin slowly sheathed his blade, getting into a Kenjutsu stance "We will see…"

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I know, I know.. Annoyingly bad ending.. But I've gotta leave some reason for you to read the next chapter. Please give me praise to boost my confidence and make mewrite more often. Also give some constructive criticism to help with the next chapter, cos i know there is a lot that i can do to improve.. So dont just flame me.. Give reasons.