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It was raining hard outside of the Kamiya dojo. Himura Kenshin stood in the doorway of his room breathing in deeply as he looked out into the rain, his lilac eyes missing nothing. It was the early morning that day and the rurouni was fully dressed as he fastened his sakabato to his waist. However, the spell of peace was as quickly broken as it was made. "Yahiko!" Kenshin sighed, they had just come back from Kyoto only last week and the world had carried on as if nothing had happened, but a few knew better.

"What do you want ugly?" Kenshin rolled his eyes good-naturedly and walked out of his room.

"What did you call me?!" Kenshin's pace quickened, hoping to avoid the confrontation.

"Ugly! I called you ugly!" No more than a few seconds later a blur of yellow past by shortly followed by a blur of black. Kenshin quickly grabbed Yahiko by his collar and held him back.

"It's a hazard to be running around a place while it is raining hard outside, that it is Yahiko," Yahiko put on a grim face and looked at Kaoru who was now standing only a few short feet away.

"It's not my fault Kenshin! It's ugly's! She wanted me to start training early again this morning but yesterday she said that today would be a day off!" Kaoru's face suddenly possessed a sense of realization.

"I this true Kaoru-dono?" Kaoru put a smile on her face.

"I'm afraid so Kenshin, it must have slipped my mind this morning, sorry Yahiko."

"Well you should be!" Yahiko wriggled from Kenshin's grip.

"I think," Kenshin wiped his hands together, "that both of you are at fault here, that you are."

"Hey! How is it my fault?!" Yahiko stared up at Kenshin.

"You didn't show proper respect to your sensei, that you didn't Yahiko, if you had simply reminded Kaoru-dono that today was a day off, we wouldn't have made such of a big fuss, that we wouldn't." Yahiko looked down and grumbled recognizing that Kenshin was right. "Well now, since that's settled, Kaoru-dono, may I use your dojo without being disturbed today?"

"Of course Kenshin, your always welcome to it, all you need to do is ask." Kaoru motioned in the direction of the dojo.

"Thank you," he gave a good natured smile, "please don't disturb me unless absolutely necessary,"

"Of course Kenshin,"

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"Aw! I'm hungry missy! What am I going to do?!" It was later in the day and Sano had finally woken up and immediately began whining loudly to Kaoru about food while Kenshin remained in the Kamiya dojo.

"It's raining too hard to go to the Akabeko and Kenshin's still in the dojo. I suppose you'll just have to wait until he's done with whatever he's doing." Sano's mouth dropped wide open.

"Whaaaa?"

"You heard right mister, it was your fault you woke up late and missed breakfast and now you expect to be fed. It's not going to happen anytime soon. Now, why don't you do something helpful for a change instead of just eating, complaining, and bragging all the time." A soft thud was heard at the door. Kaoru spoke to herself quietly, "I wonder who it could be in this rain. Sano, here's your big chance, go see who's at the door."

Sano grumbled and trudged his way toward the door.

"Uh missy?" Sano yelled from the door.

"What is it now? Don't tell me your having trouble figuring out how to open a door!"

"Um, well, sort of, there's this girl, with a sword I might add, who kind of said, um, 'help' and then collapsed." Kaoru walked toward the sound of Sano's voice.

"Sano, what on earth are you talking blabbering on about now?" Kaoru gasped as soon as Sano came into her sight. There was an unconscious woman in Sano's arms dripping wet. She quickly shook her head. "Hurry up and get her inside, we can take her to Kenshin's room." Sano began to carry the stranger to Kenshin's room and Kaoru soon followed after closing the door.

"Whatever you say missy," they made their way to Kenshin's room and Sano laid the stranger out on Kenshin's futon.

"Sano, go get Kenshin in the dojo and tell him to come in here immediately, then go to Dr. Gensai's and bring back Megumi-san, she'll know what to do," Sano nodded his head.

"Right, I'll be back before you know it." Sano raced out of the room as Kaoru sat down by the stranger looking at her quite wonderingly. The stranger had her hair in what was once a high ponytail and was wearing what seemed like a worn out black gi. What Kaoru found most curios of all that this stranger, had a sword fastened to her waist. Not to mention she seemed to have one particular sword wound on left hand.

"Kaoru-dono, what' s going on? Sano said you needed my help right away," Kenshin quickly glanced down at the floor where the stranger laid and did not hide his astonishment.

Little bit revised, kind of a mix between the manga and the anime with the whole greeting and everything.