Kaoru sighed and looked over the letter once more.
"Hey,guys.Gensai sent a letter saying that she was lonely and since it was the best time for the hotsprings,she thinks we should all come over."
Kira looked up.
"Who?"
"She's Dr.Gensai's little sister."
"Last time you couldn't even pass the bridge,remember Missy?"
Kaoru gowled.Kira let out a small giggle.
"You've been around these girls for to long Kir."
"What's wrong with with that,Sano?"
"You're starting act like them."
"Well,wouldn't you rather be with some people your own gender every now and then Sanosuke?"
He flinched,it was rare for her to call him by his name instead 'Sano'or 'San-chan',and it usually ment she was upset with him or something.
"What's going on?"
Misao asked,walking in,Yahiko not far behind.
"We got a letter from Gensai saying she thinks we should come up."
She cocked her head slightly.
"Dr.Gensai's little sister."
Yahiko said,coming around her just as Nakira went out to the porch.
"What's wrong with her?"
"She's mad at Sanosuke ."
Kaoru frowned as Sanosuke passed her and walked out to the porch.
"What did I do?"
"From the looks of it you insutled me."
"You know I didn't mean it like that."
She bit her lip and looked up at him.
"You know,your still a head taller than me."
"Yeah.And your still as thin as ever."
"You wanted to know about the scars,right?"
"Yeah."
He sat down next to her.
"I got caught in a fight between some old manslayers and imperilists.Unfortunately,they reconized the head band and jacket.Mistook me for my father.They attacked togather.That's how,the one from my kidne to my second rib was from a bandit when I was 14."
"You were in Kyoto then."
"Yeah,it was a few days before I ran into Misao,well the guy really wasn't a bandit,he was more of a sword collecter,called himself Cho the Sword Hunter."
"That broom head?"
"You know him?"
"Met him in Kyoto."
She sighed and leaned against him.Her hand on her bare forhead,a small scar was underneth her bangs,not that anyone could see it.
"You know,you two are cute togather."
The two glared up at Yaime.Who just laughed and proceeded on her way to the kitchen.
"Please tell me she's not cooking."
"I'm not sure if she is or not."
The two quitely crept into the the dojo and went straight to Sanosuke's room.
Yahiko sweetdroped as his sister came out of the kitchen,she had volenterred to cook tonight,since they'd all be leaving for Gensai's place.
"Hey,you in there?"
Yahiko jumped as he came back to the real world,Yaime's maroon eyes stared into her brother's brown ones.
"Yeah."
He looked up as Sanosuke and Nakira walked in,Nakira looking a bit tried and Sanosuke just grinning.Kenshin smirked as Nakira blushed.
"I was wondering where you two had wandered off to."
Kaoru said,snickering.Yaime joined as well as Misao.
"We're leaving tomorrow,hopefully you to can get your bag packed in the next 12 hours."
Kenshin said,turning his attention to the food on his plate,they all had to admit,Yaime's cooking wasn't much better than Kaoru's.
After dinner Megumi pulled Nakira outside.
"What is it Megumi?"
The younger girl asked,looking out into the cold crisp night.
"Do you turely have feeling for Sano?"
Nakira bit her lip and blushed.
"Yes,I love him.More than I can put into words."
"I could tell,from the moment I saw you two togather that you've always been close to him."
Kira looked at her,chewing her bottem lip.
"That you had known your feelings for eachother before then."
"Megumi..... we did,he admitted it the night the sekihottai was killed."
"And you said the same?"
"Yeah.My dad could tell how we felt the first time he was hurt in a fight that broke out in the village.I had snuck into his room with his jacket around me,come to think of it,we've always had a strange bond,and I could always feel his pain."
"Was it a onesided thing?"
"Not excatly.You see.The same thing would pretty much happen to him if I was hurt."
"That's all I wanted to know."
Kira watched her as she walked back inside just as it started to rain.
"You should come inside Kir."
She didn't have to turn around to know who it was,the nickname was something only Sanosuke would call her by.She smiled as she stood up.
"Kira,come on."
Ayame said,pulling on her pant leg as Suzume ecohed but stayed with her hands fisting Sanosuke's pant leg.
"Alright,alright."
She said,picking the two up and walking pass Sanosuke and into the hall.
"What did Megumi want to talk to you about?"
"Nothing for you to worry about,Sano."
She said and set the girls down in their room,the two kids had used up most of their energy packing for the trip.
"You sure?"
"Yes,I'm sure."
She turned around in his grasp,she placed her hand on his and kissed him.
"We should start packing,they say how long we were going to stay?"
"About 3 weeks."
"Good,I could hardly take another full month."
She grinned and pulled him down the hall.
Yaime yawned and walked out into the hall,she pulled her hair into a pony tail swung her bag over her shoulder.The blue purple kimono/hamatchi's sash a bit lose.
"Morning."
She looked up at Nakira,who was working on trieing her sash and treing to stay awake.
"Why do we have to get up before dawn?"
"No clue,but whoever's gonna ry to wake Sano up's gonna have a hard time."
"Kira."
The nineteen year old looked down to see Ayame and Suzume.
"Hm?"
"We had a nightmare."
Yaime walked down the hall.
"About what?"
"We were in a grave yard looking place and the people started to come out of the ground."
Ayame said,looking around the dark hallway.
"Zombies?"
"Uh huh."
Nakira bit her lip,that dream was always scary.
"Why don't you two go and lay down Sano?"
The girls seemed to lighten up at the thought,but didn't move.
"How about I come with you,I could use a few extra hours,anyway."
The two nodded and pulled into the room.
Kenshin smiled at the 'family' screen infront of him,the four were suggled togather.Ayame and Suzume were laying between Sanosuke and Nakira.It really did look like they were all a family,both Ayame and Suzume looked like Sanosuke,but they had that liqued glitter in their eyes that Nakira had. He crept up and shook Sanosuke.
"Sano,you should wake them up,we're leaving soon."
"Fine."
Kenshin sighed and stood up,only Yahiko and Misao were left to wake up.
"Kir,get up."
He nodded to the two girls who had just woken up.
"Kira,wake up."
Ayame said,shaking the black haired girl.
"Fine,I'm up I'm-"
She yawned and stood picking up the two girls and walking out of the room.Sanosuke sighed and pulled on his jacket and snatched up the bags and his headband.
Kaoru looked over at the rest of the group,Aoshi and Megumi had decided to stay at the dojo.
"Sweety,you push it down any farther I won't be able to see."
Suzume giggled and took the straw hat off Nakira's head and put it on her own.
"Looks better on you anyway."
Ayame laughed and leaned over Sanosuke's head,her brown hair stopping right above the red piece of cloth.
"Hey."
"Sorry."
"We're coming up to the bridge."
Kaoru annonced with a shiver.
"Don't look down and you'll be fine."
Kaoru looked over at Nakira.
"Easy for you to say."
She mumbeled and closed her eyes as Yahiko pushed her onto the rickity bridge,she managed to make it over before passing out. Nakira snickered and walked across,the little girl still on her shoulders.Sanosuke followed along with Yaime,Yahiko,Misao,and Kenshin.
"Kira,You think you could slow down???"
"Sorry Sano."
She said,falling instep with him.
Kaoru sighed and sunk deeper into the hot water.
"First day of winter's coming up."
"Kaoru,does it matter?"
Nakira snickered at the two,Gensai had all of them working on the house.
"Gensai-san,do you know who Ayame and Suzume's parents were?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"It's been bugging me for awhile,I'mean,I've never heard Dr.Gensai say anything about a daughter or son."
"To tell you infront of the girls would be painful,so I'll tell you later."
"Alright."
"So,what's the story behind the girl's parents?"
"Ayame and Suzume are not blood related,as my brother said,a girl about seventeen dropped them off on his doorsteap when Suzume was a new born."
"What did she look like?"
Sanosuke asked,this really caught his attention.
"We don't know,she left a note,all it said was their names,her age,and that she want my brother to treat her children like they were his own grandchildren."
Nakira looked down,her teeth digging into the fleash of her bottem lip.
"Please,don't tell them this,Ayame had little memory of her mother at the age of two."
"We wont."
"Thank you."
Gensai stood and retreated to her room.
"Sano."
"Yeah?"
"You remember when we met up in Kyoto five years ago?"
"Yeah,hard to forget that."
A drop of blood hit the wooden floor as she looked up at him.
"You remember how I told you I was pregnet??"
"Hey,guys.Gensai sent a letter saying that she was lonely and since it was the best time for the hotsprings,she thinks we should all come over."
Kira looked up.
"Who?"
"She's Dr.Gensai's little sister."
"Last time you couldn't even pass the bridge,remember Missy?"
Kaoru gowled.Kira let out a small giggle.
"You've been around these girls for to long Kir."
"What's wrong with with that,Sano?"
"You're starting act like them."
"Well,wouldn't you rather be with some people your own gender every now and then Sanosuke?"
He flinched,it was rare for her to call him by his name instead 'Sano'or 'San-chan',and it usually ment she was upset with him or something.
"What's going on?"
Misao asked,walking in,Yahiko not far behind.
"We got a letter from Gensai saying she thinks we should come up."
She cocked her head slightly.
"Dr.Gensai's little sister."
Yahiko said,coming around her just as Nakira went out to the porch.
"What's wrong with her?"
"She's mad at Sanosuke ."
Kaoru frowned as Sanosuke passed her and walked out to the porch.
"What did I do?"
"From the looks of it you insutled me."
"You know I didn't mean it like that."
She bit her lip and looked up at him.
"You know,your still a head taller than me."
"Yeah.And your still as thin as ever."
"You wanted to know about the scars,right?"
"Yeah."
He sat down next to her.
"I got caught in a fight between some old manslayers and imperilists.Unfortunately,they reconized the head band and jacket.Mistook me for my father.They attacked togather.That's how,the one from my kidne to my second rib was from a bandit when I was 14."
"You were in Kyoto then."
"Yeah,it was a few days before I ran into Misao,well the guy really wasn't a bandit,he was more of a sword collecter,called himself Cho the Sword Hunter."
"That broom head?"
"You know him?"
"Met him in Kyoto."
She sighed and leaned against him.Her hand on her bare forhead,a small scar was underneth her bangs,not that anyone could see it.
"You know,you two are cute togather."
The two glared up at Yaime.Who just laughed and proceeded on her way to the kitchen.
"Please tell me she's not cooking."
"I'm not sure if she is or not."
The two quitely crept into the the dojo and went straight to Sanosuke's room.
Yahiko sweetdroped as his sister came out of the kitchen,she had volenterred to cook tonight,since they'd all be leaving for Gensai's place.
"Hey,you in there?"
Yahiko jumped as he came back to the real world,Yaime's maroon eyes stared into her brother's brown ones.
"Yeah."
He looked up as Sanosuke and Nakira walked in,Nakira looking a bit tried and Sanosuke just grinning.Kenshin smirked as Nakira blushed.
"I was wondering where you two had wandered off to."
Kaoru said,snickering.Yaime joined as well as Misao.
"We're leaving tomorrow,hopefully you to can get your bag packed in the next 12 hours."
Kenshin said,turning his attention to the food on his plate,they all had to admit,Yaime's cooking wasn't much better than Kaoru's.
After dinner Megumi pulled Nakira outside.
"What is it Megumi?"
The younger girl asked,looking out into the cold crisp night.
"Do you turely have feeling for Sano?"
Nakira bit her lip and blushed.
"Yes,I love him.More than I can put into words."
"I could tell,from the moment I saw you two togather that you've always been close to him."
Kira looked at her,chewing her bottem lip.
"That you had known your feelings for eachother before then."
"Megumi..... we did,he admitted it the night the sekihottai was killed."
"And you said the same?"
"Yeah.My dad could tell how we felt the first time he was hurt in a fight that broke out in the village.I had snuck into his room with his jacket around me,come to think of it,we've always had a strange bond,and I could always feel his pain."
"Was it a onesided thing?"
"Not excatly.You see.The same thing would pretty much happen to him if I was hurt."
"That's all I wanted to know."
Kira watched her as she walked back inside just as it started to rain.
"You should come inside Kir."
She didn't have to turn around to know who it was,the nickname was something only Sanosuke would call her by.She smiled as she stood up.
"Kira,come on."
Ayame said,pulling on her pant leg as Suzume ecohed but stayed with her hands fisting Sanosuke's pant leg.
"Alright,alright."
She said,picking the two up and walking pass Sanosuke and into the hall.
"What did Megumi want to talk to you about?"
"Nothing for you to worry about,Sano."
She said and set the girls down in their room,the two kids had used up most of their energy packing for the trip.
"You sure?"
"Yes,I'm sure."
She turned around in his grasp,she placed her hand on his and kissed him.
"We should start packing,they say how long we were going to stay?"
"About 3 weeks."
"Good,I could hardly take another full month."
She grinned and pulled him down the hall.
Yaime yawned and walked out into the hall,she pulled her hair into a pony tail swung her bag over her shoulder.The blue purple kimono/hamatchi's sash a bit lose.
"Morning."
She looked up at Nakira,who was working on trieing her sash and treing to stay awake.
"Why do we have to get up before dawn?"
"No clue,but whoever's gonna ry to wake Sano up's gonna have a hard time."
"Kira."
The nineteen year old looked down to see Ayame and Suzume.
"Hm?"
"We had a nightmare."
Yaime walked down the hall.
"About what?"
"We were in a grave yard looking place and the people started to come out of the ground."
Ayame said,looking around the dark hallway.
"Zombies?"
"Uh huh."
Nakira bit her lip,that dream was always scary.
"Why don't you two go and lay down Sano?"
The girls seemed to lighten up at the thought,but didn't move.
"How about I come with you,I could use a few extra hours,anyway."
The two nodded and pulled into the room.
Kenshin smiled at the 'family' screen infront of him,the four were suggled togather.Ayame and Suzume were laying between Sanosuke and Nakira.It really did look like they were all a family,both Ayame and Suzume looked like Sanosuke,but they had that liqued glitter in their eyes that Nakira had. He crept up and shook Sanosuke.
"Sano,you should wake them up,we're leaving soon."
"Fine."
Kenshin sighed and stood up,only Yahiko and Misao were left to wake up.
"Kir,get up."
He nodded to the two girls who had just woken up.
"Kira,wake up."
Ayame said,shaking the black haired girl.
"Fine,I'm up I'm-"
She yawned and stood picking up the two girls and walking out of the room.Sanosuke sighed and pulled on his jacket and snatched up the bags and his headband.
Kaoru looked over at the rest of the group,Aoshi and Megumi had decided to stay at the dojo.
"Sweety,you push it down any farther I won't be able to see."
Suzume giggled and took the straw hat off Nakira's head and put it on her own.
"Looks better on you anyway."
Ayame laughed and leaned over Sanosuke's head,her brown hair stopping right above the red piece of cloth.
"Hey."
"Sorry."
"We're coming up to the bridge."
Kaoru annonced with a shiver.
"Don't look down and you'll be fine."
Kaoru looked over at Nakira.
"Easy for you to say."
She mumbeled and closed her eyes as Yahiko pushed her onto the rickity bridge,she managed to make it over before passing out. Nakira snickered and walked across,the little girl still on her shoulders.Sanosuke followed along with Yaime,Yahiko,Misao,and Kenshin.
"Kira,You think you could slow down???"
"Sorry Sano."
She said,falling instep with him.
Kaoru sighed and sunk deeper into the hot water.
"First day of winter's coming up."
"Kaoru,does it matter?"
Nakira snickered at the two,Gensai had all of them working on the house.
"Gensai-san,do you know who Ayame and Suzume's parents were?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"It's been bugging me for awhile,I'mean,I've never heard Dr.Gensai say anything about a daughter or son."
"To tell you infront of the girls would be painful,so I'll tell you later."
"Alright."
"So,what's the story behind the girl's parents?"
"Ayame and Suzume are not blood related,as my brother said,a girl about seventeen dropped them off on his doorsteap when Suzume was a new born."
"What did she look like?"
Sanosuke asked,this really caught his attention.
"We don't know,she left a note,all it said was their names,her age,and that she want my brother to treat her children like they were his own grandchildren."
Nakira looked down,her teeth digging into the fleash of her bottem lip.
"Please,don't tell them this,Ayame had little memory of her mother at the age of two."
"We wont."
"Thank you."
Gensai stood and retreated to her room.
"Sano."
"Yeah?"
"You remember when we met up in Kyoto five years ago?"
"Yeah,hard to forget that."
A drop of blood hit the wooden floor as she looked up at him.
"You remember how I told you I was pregnet??"
