Time Machine II

"Eeiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" Kaoru screamed.

And in a flash of blinding white light, they appeared in a room full of metal and polished white walls.

"Ano… where are we?" Yahiko groaned, rubbing his dizzy head.

"Kenshin… Kenshin… daijubou?" Kaoru patted his back.

"Orororororo…."

"Chikuso… my life span is shortening because of you, tester-san…" sano grumbled while holding his head, standing up. "Tester-san?" he looked up, and saw her sprawled on the floor, spiral eyed, and with many male officers surrounding her, speaking to her in alien language.

"Kuso!! Tester-san!!" Sano yelled standing up straight, preparing for his famed punch.

"I'm all right…" she finally snapped out of it, speaking in english… before seeeing sano preparing for his punch.

"Dame!!! Sano!! Watashi wa daijubou desu ka!!" she flung her arm around his arm. "Dame!! They're my friends!!"

"Honto? Che… don't look like decent people…" sano lowered his hand and ran through his head.

"Well, you don't look like on yourself…" tester muttered.

"Nani?!"

"Maa…maa…" Kenshin stood in between them, with Kaoru now attending to Yahiko.

"Humphm… anyway…" she turned back to her officers, whom all treated her with respect, and saluted to her when she finished giving them instructions in gibbish language.

Turning to the revived kenshin-gumi, she clapped her hands.

"First stop, the park!!!" she said cheerfully. "Let's get into the car!!"

"Car?!" Kaoru asked, while helping Yahiko up.

"You'll see… c'mon!" and she ran towards a metal door which opened without her touching it.

"Magic!" Yahiko whispered.

"Hayaku!" She cried.

"Hai!!!" and they ran after her.



"I am NOT getting into this MONSTER!" Sano cried for the hundredth time.

Tester started dragging him in it, and then pushing him in beside kenshin. "It's TOTALLY safe… unless you count driving with a lousy chauffeur… but this is one of the best, ne, Tom?

"Aa." Said the man behind the wheel.

"Sou desu ka… tester-dono…"

"What's a park?" Kaoru asked as tester slid into the seat up front and slamming the door shut.

"You'll see…" as she snapped the safety belt up. "And Sano… relax!"

"HOW CAN I RELAX WHEN I'M INSIDE SOMETHING THAT IS DANGEROUS AND I CAN DO NOTHING TO IT?!" Sano bellowed from behind, clutching the handle tightly.

"There is." Kenshin replied quietly.

"What?"

"I can knock you unconscious, or worse…" he said.

And that shut Sano up.

Throughout the journey, Yahiko banged on the glass windows while Kaoru and Kenshin gaped at the scenery before them. Tall skyscrapers and multiples of cars zooming past them, but also with some greenery to add. Sano? Well, he was praying non-stop.

When they finally reached the park, Kaoru breathed.

"It is so beautiful!!" she exclaimed, looking at the surroundings.

"Aa…" Kenshin agreed.

"You can look, Sano." Yahiko nudged the pale street fighter.

And he instantly got out of the car.

Tester got out, made arrangements with the driver, before annoucing to them.

"I am going to teach all of you how to ride a bicycle. Wait here." And she trounced off to a nearby shop renting (at least to the kenshin-gumi) strange two wheel's things.

Then, tester came back, struggling to push two two-rider bicycles and one single bicycle.

"Ano… this is safe?" Kenshin prodded it.

"It's okay once you know how to ride it…" tester slung her leg over the stump and rode on it with ease.

"I'll test it to make sure it's safe for Kaoru-dono…" Then he imitated her style and rode on it.

"Ganbatte! Kenshin!" Kaoru screamed from the sidelines.

"Yeah Kenshin!" Yahiko yelled.

"Kuso, kenshin… you're not scared?" Sano muttered, which earned him a nudge in his ribs from tester.

"Kenshin, just keep the wheels of the cycle moving. It'll stop you from falling and the bicycle will go on moving." Tester called out.

"That's it?" He called back. And within seconds, he literally flew round the park on the cycle.

"Kenshin!!!"

"Daijubou, daijubou… kaoru-don, it's safe, climb on to the back…" kenshin smiled.

"Hai!!" and the both of them sped round.

"That means, it leaves the both of you." Tester turned to the remaining two boys.

"Alright! Sano, let's go!!" Yahiko said with child-like enthusiasm

"Sumanu… I'm not feeling very well…." He edged backwards slowly.

"Ah, don't be a coward, Sano… let's go!" And Yahiko dragged him towards the bike.

"I'll treat you to a special lunch later on if you ride with Yahiko-kun!" she called.

Sano perked up immediately. "Okay… let's boogie!!!" he said happily, clambering on and soon cycled behind Kenshin and Kaoru.

Tesre joined them soon and went round the park a few times before all of their butts were sore.

"That. Is soooo great!!" yahiko cried.

"Fine. Now, for lunch?" sano looked expectingly at tester.

"Soon." Tester said absently while looking at the mushy red-head and raven haired girl. "Anyway, guys! Tom is here!" And they boarded up the car and set off for the nearest food court, which, though sano complained the food was strange to eat and taste, burnt a hole in tester's pocket.

And worse to come, when they entered a supermarket, Kaoru acted up a big fussed over which chocolate to purchase, and Sano looking for more food, eg. TV dinners, Yahiko looking hungrily at the beautiful sweets and wondering which Tsubame would like, and Kenshin scruntizing over packed up sushi and wasabi, and canned Japanese food. Tester was busy hiding herself from all the looks people gave the kenshin-gumi.

"Are you done?" she asked from a dark corner.

"Done!" Sano cried, carryiong a whole lot of chips and others in his arms.

"Done!" Yahiko cried, clutching a bag a sushi like sweets.

"Done!" Kaoru said, cluthcing several packets of chocolate.

"Oro!! Sessha isn't done yet!! Sessha don't understand…" Kenshin still stood in front of those packets, deep in concentration.

"Ah… Kenshin… you can cook any type of dishes for us back later… don't need these…" Sano gestured at the neatly packed stuff.

"Aa, you're right. Let's go…"Kenshin nodded. Taking one final look at the shelves, he followed tester who was up front grumbling.

Finally, she paid for everything, and went off to the car, the boot filled up mostly with Sano's stuff.

"Sano, you only cared about FOOD…" tester grumbled. "I'm GLAD that you're going back…" True, the day's going to end, and thus, their visit is going to end.

"Che, tester… can't you see I need food to fill my immense stomach?" sano grunted.

"Hai hai… Tom? Back to the lab please." She told the driver. He nodded silently, and sped off.

Arriving at the lab, tester told them. "Well, our visit ends here… hope you all have a good time… and it's a good thing you didn't bring your sakabatou along, kenshin… we'll surely get into trouble if you bring that…"

"I figured, tester-dono…"

"Ano, kenshin, you want one?" Kaoru offered him a chocolate.

"Arigato…" their hands brushed, they flushed, and stood there, lost in their world again.

"Humph… but I'm glad I can get those two together…" tester looked at them wistfully.

"Hey… guess you won't have anything to keep as a sovenier of our arrival… here…" Sano said gruffly. Putting down his stuff, he untied his head band and gave it to her.

"Honto ni?" tester said softly, her fingers playing on the ends. "Arigato…" and tied it on her forehead.

Sano looked away, but apparently pleased with himself.

"You too, Yahiko-kun… you must tell your Tsubame about it, ne?" tester ruffled his hair.

"Tester!!" Yahiko growled, blushing. "Not MY Tsubame! She's not mine!!"

"Hai… hai… in a few years' it will…" tester smiled wickedly, recovering from her sadness.

"TESTER!!!" Yahiko bounced up with his bokken ready, but was punched to the ground by tester.

"Heh. Work on your temper when you get back." Tester said, then turn suddenly to Sano. "You too. Get a new headband and tell Megumi about it, ne?"

"I will." Sano replied.

"Kenshin? Kaoru? Ready to go?" she asked the couple.

"Hai!"

"Okay."

Tester took the device from an officer, and then pointed at them.

"Sayonara! I really had a good time!!"

"Us too, tester-san…"

"Iie.. throughout, I'd never told you my real name. Please remember it! I am kyoko saiki, please remember!!" she called, her eyes misting up. "And take your new future clothes as a memory of me!!"

"We will, now let's get going. I'm hungry." Sano called, rubbing his stomach.

"Bye!!" Kaoru asid, but not before giving tester, no, kyoko a bone crushing hug. She whispered into kyoko's ear. "Arigato, saiki-san, for giving Kenshin and me get together…"

"My pleasure, Kaoru…" and returned her hug.

Then, they huddled together, and click! The device went off, and they were back at the kamiya dojo, where kenshin landed near the well beside the laundry, Kaoru and Yahiko in the dojo, while Sano on the porch.

"We defintely had a good time, ne?"

"Hai…"

~*Owari*~

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I will give credit to those who beta read for me… ^.^ anyway, how it is? R and R pelase!

Saiki-san