Till Death (or bad cooking) Do Us Part

Chapter I: The morning after

Sunlight filtered through the rice paper window shades and shone down on the small futon with two lumps in the middle of it. Suddenly one of the lumps moved. Kaoru lifted her head from under the covers and blinked sleepily. "Morning already?" she mumbled sleepily and stretched her arms. Her arm hit something hard. She slowly turned her head around to see what it was. "Wha-?" Kenshin smiled sleepily at her. "Good morning!" He said. Kaoru's eyes widened. "K-Kenshin? KYAAAAAAA!" She grabbed her pillow and started hitting him with it. "Ken whack shin whack you whack HENTAI!!! whack".

"ORO, Kaoru, we're MARRIED!" Kaoru abruptedly stopped smashing her pillow into his face and froze. 'Oh Kami! I can't believe I forgot! It was our wedding yesterday!' She smiled sheepishly at him. "Oops?" Kenshin laughed. "You are so cute when you're guilty." She laughed. "Well, good morning to you too!" He smiled and leaned in to kiss her. Their faces got closer and closer. "WOOHOO!!! YEAH KENSHIN, YOU GOT IT MAN!!!" Sano yelled from their doorway. He had been passing by, on his way to the kitchen, and had happened to glance in and see Kenshin and Kaoru about to kiss. 'Might as well have a bit of fun with the newlyweds before I get something to eat.' Kenshin and Kaoru jumped apart and blushed furiously. "Saaaannnnoooo." Kenshin said, eyes turning slowly turning amber. Kaoru giggled and whispered in his ear. "Go get him." Kenshin smiled evilly and jumped out of the bed. "Shit!" Sano yelled and bolted down the hallway, Kenshin hot on his heels. Kaoru smiled and fell back onto the bed. 'Last night was a dream come true! Kenshin looked so handsome in his white gi....... Kaoru alternately laughed and sighed as she reminisced the night before. As she was laying there who sauntered into the room but the infamous fox lady, Megumi. "Whatcha thinking about?" she said with a sly smile on her face. "Huh? Oh, hi Megumi. I was just thinking about last night. Wasn't the wedding beautiful?"

"Oh yeah I had a great time." Kaoru looked suspiciously at Megumi, whose sneaky smile was getting bigger and bigger. "So Kaoru, how was the wedding night?"

"Oh, it was perfect! Kenshin-MEGUMI!!!" Kaoru yelled, stopping herself just in time. "YOU'RE A BIGGER HENTAI THAN SANO!"

"Awwwww, c'mon Kaoru, just tell me one thing." she pleaded.

"What do you want to know?" Megumi leaned over and whispered something into Kaoru's ear. Kaoru's eyes widened and her face got redder than a tomato. Megumi chuckled. "I wouldn't be surprised if your face matched Kenshin hair right now."

"Megumi! I am NOT going to answer that question."

"Pleeease???"

"GET OUT!!!"

"Fine, you don't have to be so bitchy about it." Megumi left the room, grumbling about stupid girls who wouldn't answer just one little innocent question. She didn't even notice Kenshin standing in the doorway. He walked into the room. "Just out of curiosity, what did Megumi want to know?" he asked Kaoru. "Huh? Oh, uh, nothing important." she replied hastily. "Awww, please Kaoru? Tell me?"

"NO." Kenshin gave her a puppy-dog look. "Kenshin! You meanie. You know I can't refuse the adorable puppy-dog eyes!"

"Please tell me Koishii?"

"FINE! Megumi wanted to know.........well......uh"

"Go on."

"Well.......she asked me........"

"Kauuuroooo"

"OK! Sheaskedmehowbigyouwere." Kaoru said all in one syllable, face turning a shade of red that rivaled Kenshin's hair. His jaw dropped. "Oroooooo! That Miss Megumi. One never knows what she'll say next." He sidled up closer to Kaoru. "So..............what did you tell her?"

"KENSHIN NO HENTAI!!!" whack whack whack

And so begins this couples journey into married life.................