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It had been two months since the second Logan incident. Life had basically proceeded as usually. Kaoru had continued training Yahiko and Sano was still the biggest freeloader in Tokyo. And Kenshin had been the sweetest thing to her too. Ahh, life is good, wouldn't you say? Guess what? Kaoru was hating it.

Sure everything continued normally in their daily routine, but everyone had changed. Yahiko wasn't practicing as hard as he usually did. He just told her because he had been tired lately but they both knew it was because Yahiko was afraid of hurting Kaoru. Actually, it wasn't Kaoru he was afraid of hurting. It was her baby. A few weeks before, Kenshin and Kaoru had announced the arrival of the baby.

Next there was Sano. Sano was acting very strange. He was still the biggest freeloader alright but now he asked if he could eat something. Not only that but he offered Kaoru some of his food as well. And he never started eating unless Kaoru finished her meal or unless she smacked him upside the head with her bokken and told him to quite worrying about her. But that wasn't even half of it. Out of the last four trips to the Akebeko, Sano had actually offered to pay for it. Yes, he offered. Half the time he didn't even have the money. He stopped offering though when Kaoru told him if he asked one more time, he'd be eating her fist for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner.

But the worst one yet was Kenshin by a long shot. He never let her go anywhere by herself, not even to bathroom. He stood outside the outhouse until she was finished. Heck, she couldn't even walk to the market by herself. If a man so much as glanced Kaoru's way, Kenshin would give them a cold amber glare. His eyes were amber all the time now when they left the dojo.

She was a prisoner in her own home. About the only people who acted normally now were Megumi, Tsubame, Tae, and Dr. Genzei and his grandchildren. Sometimes, not even Megumi. She was at the dojo 24/7. Every time Kaoru went to her room to lay down in her room, whether she was tired, stomache, or just wanted to rest, Megumi zipped right in after her.

"Kaoru, are you sick? Are you feeling okay? Is something wrong?" she would ask. Next came Kenshin the room.

"Miss Megumi, whats wrong with her? Is she ill? Did she catch something?" the worry wart said. Then everyone and their grandma filed into the room, one by one. She couldn't take it anymore. Now Kaoru actually tried to find a place where no could find her. A couple of times, she stayed with Tae at the Akebeko just to be alone. Tae wasn't to bad, although she sent Tsubame to her about 50 times a day offering tea.

Now, she was training Yahiko and she kept telling him to attack.

"Yahiko, c'mon! Get your fat head back in the game!" Kaoru yelled, extremely irritated.

"Kaoru, I'm tired! Can't we continue this in . . . oh, say . . . 7 months maybe?" he asked. Kaoru was now crossing over the border line from irritation to anger.

"Yahiko, you'll be all rusty by then! Hurry up and attack!" she pleaded and yelled at the same time. Yahiko simply looked away. Kaoru left the training hall to go change. No use wasting her own energy on something this pointless. If Yahiko didn't want to train, then fine. Let him become a frail old samurai. She no longer cared.

She slid open the door that now belonged to both her and Kenshin's room. Angrily, Kaoru slammed the door and snatched down a red kimono and her blue obi. She didn't even bother to tie her hair up into a ponytail. She knew if she did, she'd probably yank it to hard and half of it would come out.

*Don't be angry, Kaoru* she told herself, *He just doesn't want you to get hurt, that's all. * She sighed and slid open the door. Walking towards the kitchen, she began to smell some Mongolian Beef. One of her favorite dishes. She wondered into the kitchen to see Kenshin standing there over the pan the food was cooking in. Slowly, Kaoru crept behind him.

"HEY KENSHIN! WHATCHA MAKE'N?!" she yelled in his ear.

"ORO!" he cried, sending some vegetables everyone where. Kaoru covered her mouth and began to giggle.

"Oh, Kenshin, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to . . ." she laughed, trying to apologize. Kenshin immediately picked her up and carried her outside, where he set her back down on the ground.

Looking up at him with curiosity, she asked, " Kenshin . . . why am I outside?"

"You could've gotten burned Kaoru. It's much safer out here de gozaru yo," he replied. Kenshin began walking back in, Kaoru behind him.

"Quit following me. I don't want you in the kitchen while the foods cooking," he said firmly. Little did this poor red head know, Kaoru had a bokken behind her back, ready to send him flying across Japan.

"I won't get killed by something that's burning Kenshin. I can take care of myself," she said with much anger.

"Fine, just . . . don't go near the stove. You'll get burned," he said, continuing towards the kitchen. Kaoru's hand immediately went up, ready to smack him around with her bokken, but the other hand came up as well to stop the vicious attack on the rurouni. Trying, to calm down, she headed towards the gates just when Sano came by for his daily freeloaded food.

"Oye, Jou-chan, you look angry," Sano said. Then he thought for a moment and sighed. "What did that big head do this time?"

"It's everyone! Yahiko refuses to train with me because he thinks he might accidently hit me in the wrong place and injure our child. Then there's Kenshin who won't even let me in the kitchen when something's cooking! Not mention you giving me your food! I may be pregnant Sano, but my stomache's not the size of a boulder just yet! Can it get much worse!" she yelled furiously, putting her hand to her head.

"Actually Jou-chan . . . it could get worse . . . much worse . . ." Sano said, looking back at the market place.

" Hell no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Not now. Don't you tell me now! I can not take it anymore!" Kaoru murmured.

"LUNCH!" came Kenshin's voice from the kitchen.

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"Um. . . Sano, your not eating much. What's wrong" Kaoru asked a little concerned. They had just sat down to eat and everyone was finished, except Sano.

"Um. . ., I'm not all that hungry . . ." he said. Everyone practically choked down their last fork full.

"You?! Not hungry? Yeah right, Sano, that'll be day! HA!" Yahiko laughed putting more food in his mouth. Sano slapped him on the back of his head, causing Yahiko to choke on his food.

"This is a bit serious you guys. Real serious and it's about the baby," he said. Everyone stopped and looked straight at him.

"What do you mean there's something wrong with the baby?" Kenshin asked him curiously. Kaoru's hand immediately went to her stomach.

"Now, Kenshin, I didn't say that. Nothing's wrong with your kid. It's actually you two . . . and the problem is the baby," he said mysteriously.

"What?"

"Well, everyone in towns beginning to notice Kaoru's bigger than a barrel belly," he began, receiving an annoyed glare from Kaoru.

"So?" they asked again.

"Well, you better get them to stop talking so negatively about you," Sano said again.

"GET TO THE DAMN POINT!" they cried in usion.

"Fine, I'll put in pure, written out form. YOU'RE NOT MARRIED!" he said. (A/N Haha! You thought I forgot, didn't you? Actually I did . . .)

"AH! WE FORGOT!" Kenshin and Kaoru cried, looking at each other.

"You guys can't even afford a wedding ring, much less the whole inchalada!" Yahiko chimed in. Both Kenshin and Kaoru took this as an insult but then realized what Yahiko was saying. The only one providing money right now was Kaoru and that money was coming in pretty slowly as well.

"How could you guys forget this? I suggest you remember it fast and start taking up a collection for your wedding!"

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