A/N: You know the disclaimer, etc. **yawn** I hope this doesn't sound as stupid to you as it sounds to me. Reviews are lovely *hint, hint*
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Megumi led them all into what looked like a store. It had clothes and large glass windows and swinging doors that were all very alien to them. Kenshin had to walk very close to Kaoru for fear that she would faint. She looked pale and weak and was in the most shock. People paid them very little attention, except for a few who would give them funny looks when they walked past. Megumi walked up to the counter and asked the nice man what day it was, and he replied with the correct date. She looked at the calender, though, and was suprised to see the year as a very large number. Over 2000 in fact. She felt as dizzy as Kaoru looked, and turned around to explain the whole situation to them. At that moment Yahiko ran back into the store. No one had even noticed he was gone.
"You guys, look what I found on the ground outside," he said, holding up a wallet with a large amount of money in it. "I went to return it, honest, but there was no one looking and no way to find the guy."
Kenshin looked at the amount of money in it, and felt doubly dizzy with the weight of everything. Especially as Megumi told him what year it was. At this point, Kaoru did faint, and Kenshin caught her and picked her up gently. "Let's buy some clothes later, we need to fit in. But first, let's find a place for Kaoru-dono."
They walked down the busy street and found a hotel, and figured out the whole idea of electric card keys after paying. Sano and Yahiko tried the card key thing several times before they actually came in and sat down. Megumi immediately handed Sano some money.
"Go find yourselves and Kenshin some clothes. . . he needs to stay here with Kaoru. She's still very confused. I will go find some clothes for myself and her. Go, now!"
Several hours later, Megumi returned to the hotel room to find Kaoru lying on the floor, and Kenshin sitting on the bed, looking down at her. Megumi set the bags in her hands down the other bed and looked at Kenshin questioningly.
"I told her not to lay down there, Megumi-dono. But she said it was too high on the bed, and laid on the floor instead." She nodded and smiled. Kaoru flicked her eyes open. She still looked frighteningly pale, and as she saw Megumi wearing pants she went paler. "Megumi-san, what are you wearing?"
Megumi looked down at her tanktop and jeans and blushed at the fact that she was showing so much skin without realizing how shocking it would be. "This is what they wear here. But don't worry, I didn't think you'd be ready for them, so I picked you out some skirts. I don't know how this is ever going to work. . . ." She sighed deeply, and sat at the foot of the bed not occupied by Kenshin. At this point, Yahiko and Sano burst into the room, wearing some of the most ridiculous things they had ever seen. However, they did blend well.
Yahiko was wearing shorts that went just below his knee, with an oversized white t-shirt and red vest. Sano was wearing khaki pants with fifty too many pockets, accompanied by a white tank-top thingy that ALL guys seem to wear, and a tropical-patterned button-down shirt that he wore open. Both were wearing blue skate shoes.
Kenshin looked them over and swallowed hard, wondering what was in store for him. But Kaoru still looked sick and hungry, so they decided to leave the new looks for the next day, when perhaps both were feeling a little better.