Hey all this is my second fan fic, (yes i will get around to finishing my first sometime!) and this time a Rorouni Kenshin Fic!!

I've had this idea for a while, so I hope you enjoy it, I will definatly post the next chapter soon!!! hehe

This is set towards the end of the series, you know, after the whole busness with Shishio, around the last 20 episodes!

Please Review! No Flames please bows and goes away

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Facing the Past

Bright light penetrated the eyelids of a young boy who was sleeping, he turned over to shield them from the newly risen sun and started to drift back to sleep.

As soon as his mind went blank, a loud, annoying voice reached his ears.

"Yahiko! Yahiko get up now!"

'Oh no' he thought 'it's ugly.'

"Yahiko! You said you'd get up early today to get the shopping!"

Suddenly the paper door opened and Kaoru Kamiya burst through into his room.

"Hey!" Yahiko shouted and sat up, as he did he pulled the cover over himself so only his head was visible "Ugly! Do you mind not barging in here while I'm still like this!"

"I don't care! You said you'd go shopping this morning and you overslept AGAIN!" she replied.

"Huh?" (Time Passes)

"Oh yeah," he clicked his fingers as he just remembered what he had promised yesterday.

"Oh now he remembers" she said sarcastically, she turned and walked off, "hurry up and get dressed!"

'Girls' he thought, he rubbed his eyes with his hands and with a funny jolt in his stomach he realised the other promise he had made last night.

He slowly removed his hands from his face and stared at them for a long time.

He was finally bought back down to earth with a distant bang which told him that Kenshin had fallen over again from carrying the clean laundry into the house.

He quickly ran to door and slammed it shut, gave one look around his room and started to get dressed.

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That day was one of the longest Yahiko had ever experienced, it was almost as long as the day where they had waited for Kenshin and Sanosuke to return from fighting Shishio.

He was distracted all day, when he finally went to get the shopping he continuously bumped into people; and although he got called a lot of things he didn't take any notice of them, which was not like him.

Later in the day he sat outside the house leaning on a pillar gazing into the clear, endless, blue sky while Kenshin was doing the laundry; helped by Ayame and Suzame. (can't spell sorry!)

"Nice and clean" Kenshin stated.

"Nice and clean, nice and clean!" the two girls said in unison clapping and laughing. Kenshin started to laugh also.

He turned to see Yahiko deep in thought.

He stopped laughing. "Are you all right, Yahiko?" he asked.

Yahiko didn't answer.

"Yahiko?

Yahiko snapped his head around to face him, "What?"

"You looked a bit distracted, that you did." Kenshin said softly.

"Wha- Oh no!" he said laughing shaking his hands, "No no no, I'm fine! Just wondering what…what we…what we are going to have for dinner tonight, that's all, heh."

"Well…" Kenshin started, Yahiko gulped, he didn't want anyone prying into his personal busness, especially not today "…I think we'll have good old leek soup tonight, what you think?"

Yahiko sighed, "Yeah, that's sounds great" he said turning and went inside.

'That confirmed it. Something's on his mind.' Kenshin thought staring after Yahiko, 'He hates leek soup, that he does-'

"Uncle Ken! Uncle Ken!" Ayame shouted "We've got more laundry to do!"

"More laundry, more laundry" Suzame repeated.

Kenshin turned and smiled to the girls and with false enthusiasm said "That we do"

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Hope it was ok! Please Review!!! Helps out loads!