The rain softly tapped on the rooftop of the Kamiya Dojo. Silence crept at each corner of the training-house home with the exception of Kenshin's mouse-like footsteps.

He crept past snoring Sano and Yahiko, but stopped intentionally at the door of a special lady-friend. Kenshin slid the shoji door open to a mere crack. Just enough to reassure himself that she was sleeping peacefully.

Continuing his midnight stroll, Kenshin walked to a nearby pillar and leaned against it as he would, so casually, if it was mid-day. Starring up to the pouring sky. He says quietly to himself, "Not a wink… something's different."

At that very moment the hinge door to the back gate swung furiously open and then creaked back to a close. Kenshin's eyes processed nothing but a whirl of energetic leaves in front of the now shut gate door. As he was still wondering about the strange phenomenon, Kenshin was taken by surprise by a gust of ice cold wind, blowing hard, directly onto him. Kenshin, resisting the chill, further closed his gi and began to rub his hands along his arms to keep too many goose bumps from surfacing. The branches scratched against each other, and the wind howled in unison. In the mist of all the noise Kenshin heard his name being called. He lapsed around, frantically searching for a source. There was none.

"This is what I get for not sleeping, I become delusional…"

Kenshin returned to his room relentlessly, only to find that the door was wide open. It grew silent. Alarmed, Kenshin felt his side for his sakabatou. Feeling it was there, he proceeded to searching the house. Something wasn't right here. Kenshin paced himself to a stealthful stride all over the surrounding area of the rooms. Nothing. No wet foot trails; No drops of water on any surface. Nothing that signified anyone had been or was there. But there most definitely was…

He called it quits after a few more searches around the dojo and rested himself on the floor against a pillar in front of the Kamiya girl's room, leaning the sword on his left shoulder. Tired, he started to doze off, but forcefully kept his eyes as open as they would go. He felt cold air float around on top of his shoulders and across his chest as if in a protective, loving embrace. But, no one was around. Kenshin hadn't felt this feeling since his past wife was murdered. The wind still blew, softly…

"…guess it comes with age," he sighed, and closed his eyes in submission.

"My love, I've found you. At long last we will be together again. There is only one thing left to do…"

Sano sat up, stretching out his arms and heaving a loud yawn. He lazily staggered to his feet and proceeded to the door of his room, scratching his butt a good time before he even entered the light of the outside world. Only half awake, Sano dragged himself to the bathroom, where he was to perform his morning duties. Somehow, as he stepped inside the restroom, he miraculously remembered to close the door behind him.

Sano pulled down the front part of his pants and held his mini-me out to pee. But the colored stream of liquid wasn't coming. And he really had to go, too.

"Shit," he said as he began to shake it and jump up and down.

"Ooooh….," Sano exhaled as it flowed a little just as he was getting ready to jump higher. He stood up erect with a triumphant smirk.

"Yea, that's right, baby!" It stopped.

"Fuck!" Sano started squatting and standing and the fluid ran and stopped. Sano began to notice it came out a bit only when he was in the squat position.

"Wait a minute, you mean…"Sano sat hesitantly.

"Oh man the is gonna hurt my manliness. Good thing no one can see me in here…keep the shame to myselfaaaahhh."

Yahiko walked up to the bathroom door like a zombie and opened it almost unconsciously. He rubbed his eyes as he made out a figure on the seat. Brown eyes shot wide open as his vision cleared and he held his breath, turning blue in the process as he witnessed Sano sitting down on the job. Something Sano said only a woman did.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!," They both screamed as loud as they could. Sano covered his middle and Yahiko, regaining the fleeing ability, just ran for his life. Yahiko slammed the door shut before Sano finished screaming and came out. He remembered what happened the last time he saw something he wasn't supposed to.

"YOU LITTLE BRAT! DON'T YOU KNOW HOW TO KNOCK?! I'M GONNA KNOCK ON YOU ONCE I GET OUTTA HERE! OH, YOUR GONNA GET IT YAHIKO! JUST YOU WAAAIIIT!!!…"

Yahiko stopped to catch his breath. Then he looked down and saw that his pants were wet in a particular spot, "O'man…"

Breakfast was a lot calmer; Except for the starring-at-everyone-nervously part. Sano couldn't figure out what was wrong with himself. He had already beaten up Yahiko for his previous intrusion on morning duties, but it wasn't the same revenge as he usually would've taken. Yahiko had a red mark on his cheek instead of a bump. And he wasn't even eating like he usually did. "I think I'm sick…," he thought. He couldn't keep his eyes to himself. They were weirdly on a certain red head most of the time.

"Am I turning gay? NO! I'm not gay! No way am I turning into some fruit! I'm just not feeling good that's all…"

Kaoru, noticing Sano's quiet babble, hesitantly asked, "Um.. are you ok Sano?"

"I'M NOT GAY!!"

Everyone looked at him in dead silence. Sano, not knowing what to do, stuffed his face with food. None wanted to interrogate any further. Willingly, they continued eating as well. Or at least two of them did.

Yahiko was trying to hold in his laughter. Sano just made a fist at the now frightened boy and quickly returned to concentrating on his own food that he so desperately wanted to eat, but felt as if it wouldn't go down. Each time a morsel was consumed it was hard-swallowed. Sanosuke, frustrated, got up with an annoyed look on his face and excused himself from the table. "Sano…," Kenshin said watching his best friend walk out all of a sudden. He had hardly touched his food, which wasn't one of the things Kenshin thought he'd see at any particular time of his life. Even if it was Kaoru's cooking.

After the shouted reassurance that Sano wasn't gay, Yahiko went with Kaoru to go give some lessons at another dojo. Kenshin was already on to the cleaning part of his day. Everyone occupied. Sano, not surprisingly, decided to lay on his futon in his room. Doing nothing but staring at the ceiling.

"Maybe if I take a nap I'll be fine."

Then he heard the door slide open. Sano turned his head to see Kenshin coming in with a tray of something steaming hot.

"Hello Sano, Sessha brought you something to make you feel better," Kenshin said with a smile as he knelt down and set the food-filled tray by Sano.

"Thanks Kenshin, you're such a gentleman," Sano replied touching Kenshin's hand lightly.

""Oro!…uh…you're welcome Sano-san. But Sessha really thinks you should get your rest now de gozaru yo. Besides…there are much chores that have yet to be finished," Kenshin said nervously pulling his hand back and getting up to head towards the door.

"Wail Kenshin! Don't leave me here by myself!"

"mm? ..ORO!! Sano-san?" Sano had his arms wrapped around Kenshin.

After a moment, Sano suddenly came back to reality, "What the…NO!!!"

Sano freaked out and ran out of the room like he would if he skipped a tab, "I can't believe I just did that! That wasn't me! Someone must be doing voodoo on me or something! And why the HELL do I feel so dainty?!"

At that moment of realization Sano felt as if he had a bit too much too eat at breakfast. One way to get it out. Involuntarily of him of course. Trying to force the little bit if food he had back down Sano came to a complete stop and decided to trudge to a nearby tree. Regrettably, he had to let the food escape.

"Are you ok, Sano?"

"I'M NOT A FRUIT!"

Sano turned round to see whom it was that, at the worst of times, was talking to him. What a coincidence it was that his buddy Tomo was at the same spot Sano decided to stop and barf at. And with the most weirded-out look on his face, too.

"Fucking great…" Sano mumbled.

Oh, boy. I'll admit my writting wasn't very good. But cut me some slack this was an early work of mine.

I haven't updated in a while, I know. Decided to do a runthrough and fix some grammer stuff (and some sentences). Everything's pretty much the same. Just so I don't confuse the readers...if you are reading this story, though, let me know. An author likes to know when they're being acknowledged.

Well...If you like the story, I'll be updating by this Sunday. And I promise the next chapter will be much more...interesting. *evil laugh* No, Sanosuke is not gay. Or maybe he is... no he's not. Or maybe he is...IF YOU ARE A FAN OF SANO'S...review and tell me what you think^^ To be gay, or not to be?