Note: This is a SEQUAL!!! WHICH MEANS YOU MUST READ THE FIRST ONE TO UNDERSTAND! SEE MY OTHER WORK TO FIND THE FIRST ONE CALLED: The New Battousai!

Chapter 1: Gone to Kyoto

Kaoru sat on the porch happily watching as Yahiko and Sano were yelling at each other. She felt much better and her scar was disappearing. It had been one month now since Kenshin left and Kaoru hated thinking about it. Sano and Megumi were the only ones who knew where he went and they wouldn't tell her fearing she may go after him. And that's exactly what she planned to do. She had two choices: 1. Head for Kyoto or 2. Head for the newly found America. He said once if he ever could go somewhere of his choice, that's where he would be. But she wasn't sure if that was where he went.

"Yo ugly!" Yahiko called, "Are you still thinking about Kenshin? Well get your pea-sized brain off him cuz he's never coming back!" Yahiko had instantly started hating him after he left them and refused to even think about him. Yahiko had seen Kenshin as a role model and now that Yahiko knew the truth (he thought Kenshin attacked her on purpose and won't listne when Sano or Megumi try and correct him) and wasn't able to fight him when he got older, was gone there was no point in getting stronger. Yahiko's dream had always been to be able to defeat Kenshin. The same as Sano's. After he left Sano stopped coming over and the only reason he was here now was because Megumi had forced him to come. She was going away and she said that he needed someone to talk to so she convinced him to come over for a while.

Kaoru sat there thinking all of this over when she realized that Yahiko had insulted her and Kenshin. Even though he wasn't here, Kaoru still had fun beating up Yahiko for making fun of him.

"Yahiko! Get back here!" she cried as she picked up her wooden sword and started chasing him around Sano. Sano stuck his arm down and grabbed Yahiko by his gi and started running with him.

"Thanks rooster-head!" Yahiko said as Sano rushed out of the gate.

"Who ya calling rooster-head ya baby?" He replied as he jumped over a cart full of fruits and bread.

"What!" yelled Yahiko as he started struggling, "I'll make you cry like a baby you big jerk!"

"Get back here Sano! I'm not finished with him yet!" called Kaoru as she brought up the rear.

"You want little missy back there to get ahold of ya?" Sano asked Yahiko. Yahiko immedeatly stopped squrming and let Sano carry him to the river and over the bridge.

"I'll get you Yahiko! And you too Sano!" Kaoru cried as she chased them both.

'Everything's just like it used to be,' thought Megumi back at the dojo, 'Everything except Kenshin isn't here. Maybe...maybe I should tell Kaoru....he's in Kyoto...he's in Kyoto'

To be continued......