DISCLAIMER: Simple. Me no own, you no sue.

FOUND

Kaoru stared down at the small creature that curled up in her lap. Panic and horror and what she felt to be an incredibly inappropriate warm feeling of fuzzies warred for control of her mind. The baby dragon yawned, giving a squeaking moan as it stretched and her mind fizzled as the incredibly inappropriate warm feeling of fuzzies won out. "I'm so screwed," she mumbled and glanced to her palm, the scrolling, tattoo-like mark nearly glowing. "Yep, screwed."

Golden eyes peered up at her as the dragon stretched out over her lap, presenting her its belly for a rub, which she obliged. The damn thing was cute, for now, she was sure once it got bigger it wouldn't be.

"So what do I call your scaly butt?" she asked it.

My name is Kenshin.

Kaoru froze, staring wide eyed down at the dragon. "What?"

My name is Kenshin.

"Oh, no, no, no, no! I am not hearing- no! Okay, this is too much. Dragons don't talk, dammit!"

The dragonet yawned and rolled out of her lap, sitting across from her with its head tilted a bit to the side. Why not?

Kaoru's eyes narrowed. "This is unbelievable and I am in so much trouble."

Why? You are my chosen; I've waited long for you.

Kaoru dropped her face into her hands. "Gods, you don't get it, do you? I'm not a Rider. I've not been trained for it. Actually, when I applied for it, I was told that I wasn't compatible as a Rider. They can't really do anything about it since we've bonded, but this is a huge breach of protocol. And the fact that I just found your egg on a hike in the mountains? Nobody is going to believe that, they'll think that I stole you or something."

The dragonet actually shrugged. So? You are not a Rider, you are my Chosen, he said simply.

"You make it sound so simple. If they don't try to separate us, I'd be surprised," she muttered.

The dragonet let out a hissing growl. They will not take you from me. You are mine.

Kaoru let out an amused snort at the way the baby – Kenshin – the way Kenshin snarled and actually paced in front of her. "Kid, that's more cute than terrifying."

I am not a child, he grumbled at her indignantly.

"Of course not, you're all of twenty minutes old, which makes you an infant."

Kenshin's eyes narrowed. I've lived many cycles, this is my seventh rebirth, and I am thousands of years older than you.

"Okay, that's great, but right now, you look like you're all of twenty minutes old; you aren't scary, you're cute. In fact, I have this ridiculous urge to wrap you in something fluffy and do baby speak." Kaoru shook her head. "If the Rider's Council tries to separate us, you can't do jack crap about it and neither can I."

Kenshin snorted, producing thin wisps of smoke from his nostrils. In a matter of months I will have grown to my full size. The Rider's Council has no authority, you are not a Rider.

Kaoru sighed.

I am hungry.

"Of course and what do you eat?" she said after a moment.

He gave her look that could be translated as "please, don't be stupid."

She sighed again. "I suppose now is a terrible time to mention I'm a vegetarian?" She burst into laughter at the outraged look on his face. "Joking, joking!"

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