The Kenshin-gumi were sitting in Kaoru's bedroom, which was a pretty rare situation, but Kaoru had insisted on telling everyone this unusual bedtime story about a Crescent Moon Kingdom and her room was more comfortable for the occasion.

"What happened after that Kaoru?" asked Yahiko. At first, the young boy did not wish to here the fairy tale, passing it of as 'cliche, happy go-lucky, shit' (saying Kaoru was offended is an understatement). After Kenshin had persuaded Yahiko to listen, the boy reluctantly sat on the side of Kaoru's sleeping mat and listened. Sano also agreed to listen for a while (but ended up staying the entire time). All three young men looked at Kaoru earnestly waiting for her answer. She sheepishly scratched the back of her head and looked at them apologetically.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what happened after that. I suppose the answer will come with my next dream." she answered.

"What do you mean 'with your next dream' " Sano asked curiously.

"I've been having strange dreams of the Crescent Moon Kingdom every night for about two weeks. The dreams don't seem very normal though, because I can remember many different aspects of each one. In fact, I could probably give you more information on the Crescent Moon Kingdom if you want to hear it."

"This sounds like it's important, Kaoru-dono. I think maybe you should tell us about you're next dream."

"Why would it be important Kenshin? Kaoru just has an overactive imagination." said Yahiko. Kaoru hit his head.

"Dreams can sometimes show signs of what my come in the future, that they do." replied Kenshin.

"Well, if there's nothing more to say, I'm gonna go hit the sack. See you in the morning." said Sano. He let out a small yawn, then slowly strode out out of Kaoru's room. Yahiko followed suit and said goodnight to Kenshin and Kaoru. Then he walked to his room.

"Well, goodnight Kaoru-dono" Kenshin smiled softly at her.

"Goodnight Kenshin." said Kaoru. Kenshin walked slowly to the door and with one last glance at Kaoru, he went to his bed for a goodnight's sleep.

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Kaoru awoke to the smell of Kenshin's food, bright sunlight, and Ayame and Suzume's shrieks of laughter. She stretched her arms and stood up.

After cleaning herself up, Kaoru made her way into the living room to find breakfast already on the table. Dr. Genzai, his granddaughters, Sano, Yahiko and Kenshin were seated around the table.

"Ohayou Kaoru-dono." Kenshin greeted.

"Ohayou Kenshin." replied Kaoru.

Everyone greeted her and continued eating. Kaoru was not paying much attention to her food because she had another strange dream last night. She was having a hard time figuring out why the princess in her dreams looked exactly like her. Kaoru did not bother to tell the of the Kenshin-gumi. She knew it would be troublesome, because Sano and Yahiko would tease her and it would make Kenshin unnecessarily worried. She decided to push her thoughts away and relax by sparring with Yahiko.

"Do you want to train and try sparring today Yahiko?"

"Hell Yeah!" Kaoru bopped him on the head.

"Don't use unnecessary, bad language Yahiko." Kaoru said through clenched teeth.

"Fine" Yahiko gave in with a pout.

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Three hour later, Yahiko and Kaoru went into the dojo to start sparring. Kenshin and Sano decided to stay and watch. Dr. Genzai and his granddaughters went home. The two men watched intently as Yahiko and Kaoru sparred. Yahiko had the upper hand.

Yahiko swung down with his bokken at Kaoru who could only use self defense. 'Why is this happening? He's getting better. Maybe I'm just getting weaker'.

Kaoru scowled at this thought and attempted to attack Yahiko, but she failed miserably as Yahiko hit her hard in on the stomach. Kaoru grimaced and held her bruised stomach.

"That's enough Yahiko. I think you hurt Kaoru-dono." said Kenshin worriedly.

A sudden feeling of anger passed through Kaoru. The symbol of a golden crescent moon began to glow faintly on her forehead. A golden light emitted from the bokken (wooden sword) she was holding.

"Shut up Kenshin-baka!" shouted Kaoru.

Her eyes flashed angrily at Yahiko and she swung her bokken at him. A burst of golden energy connected with Yahiko's body and he was sent lying across the room. His body hit the wall with hard force, leaving a dent in the wall. Poor Yahiko fainted.

The crescent moon symbol on Kaoru's forehead and the bright light emitting from her bokken began to fade until it disappeared altogether. Kenshin and Sano could only stare at her in shock. Her body felt weak.

"What did I just do?" The horror in Kaoru's eyes did not subside.

A/N: The bedtime story Kaoru told was the first chapter. I don't know if I'm very good at writing fighting scenes so forgive me if I've made mistakes. I think this chapter went pretty well even though the story is moving fast, but I'm not really someone to make long chapters. Thank you for reading! Reviews are greatly appreciated. Thanks to Illico and Lazy reader for reviewing. I was a big fan of Sailor Moon when I was younger too.