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Okay, for those who were waiting, here's the next story in the two-part series! I couldn't just leave it how I did...
Reincarnation
Sakura and Kyo were surprised to find out one day that Kaoru had given birth to a boy. The demoness rushed over, her little girl a year old now. Haruko could walk pretty good now and didn't seem to talk as of yet.
Kaoru was in the clinic, looking tired but happy, Kenshin at her bedside. Megumi was checking over the baby for any problems, when Sakura came in.
"Kaoru-ne, are you all right?"
Tired sapphire eyes had a smile in them as their owner crooned, "Of course I am. He's so beautiful, Sakura-chan. I suppose you felt like I do now when you had…your son."
Kenshin smiled at his sister, as she sat down next to him. "Sakura-ne, we called him Kenji."
Megumi came over with a bundle and handed it to Kaoru, who cooed down at it. Sakura leaned over and smiled. "You're right, Kaoru-ne. He is beautiful. A perfect little boy."
He had brown hair and Kaoru's blue eyes, which rapidly closed as he fell asleep. Haruko blinked her eyes in curiosity, since she'd never seen a baby before. Kyo had told Sakura that their daughter wouldn't start talking until she wanted to, which could be another year or so. But Kyo hinted that if Sakura talked to her, she might say things a little quicker.
"That's Kenji, your cousin," Sakura whispered to her child, who was reaching out a little hand towards the newborn boy. "Be careful, he's sleeping."
Haruko pointed and said, "Baby."
Kaoru and Kenshin, who had been told that Haruko would be silent until she decided to talk, were surprised by the word. Kaoru praised, "Yes, Haruko-chan, Kenji's a baby."
Kenshin rumpled her short crimson tresses, smiling. "Good, Haruko-chan. Your first word. This one is proud of you, that he is."
Haruko blinked as she listened to the words.
Sakura pointed to Kenji. "Kenji-kun. Can you say that?"
"Baby…Kenji-chan!" Haruko chirped, giggling.
Kaoru snorted and sighed. "I think that's what she's going to stick with until she knows the differences between honorifics."
"Kyo says that once she starts talking, she'll start saying phrases within the week and within a month, talk like a child many years her senior," Sakura explained, kissing her little girl on the forehead.
"That's good for her, but how fast will she mature after that?" Kenshin asked.
"I'm thinking she's maturing much faster than a human child would, Kenshin-nii. She already looks like she's two. By the time that Kenji-kun is old enough to play with her, she may be much older-looking."
Yay! New fanfic for me!
As you can tell, my new schedule is once a week on all my stories, unless they were large like my first two Kenshin fics! These ones aren't all that long, especially this one, so don't expect a huge story! I would think of it as more of a series of snapshots, if that makes more sense.
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