Gomen minna, demo this first part is about the Kenshin-gumi... the second part won't be though.. please bear with me??

Forgotten Memories

Disclaimer: RKenshin isn't mine. I'm borrowing!^-^



"Okaasan!!!!" a chibi red-haired, blue-eyed 3 year old called out running through the dojo.

Kaoru looked up just in time to catch the enthusiastic child.

"Now Kenji, how many times should I remind you, never to run around the house?" she smiled, knowing what the answer would be.

Kenji piped down for a moment and thought. After a few seconds, he replied happily, "157 times okaasan!!!"

"157 times?! Oh my! I didn't remember that!" Kaoru said in mock suprise earning bubbly laughter from the little toddler. (rhyme?)

"Tadaima!" They heard Kenshin's call at the gate and Kaoru rushed to greet him. "Okaerinsasai anata!" Kaoru kissed him.

"I'm glad to be home koishii." Kenshin smiled.

"'Tousan!!!!! Aren't you glad to see me 'tousan?" Kenji interrupted.

Kenshin chuckled. "Now I would never forget you chibi-chan!" he lifted the child from Kaoru's arms and wrapped him in a hug.

"Where's Yahiko?" Kenshin asked.

"Oh he's in the dojo practicing." Kaoru replied as they walked back in the house.

Kenji ran around the garden chasing a yellow butterfly while Kenshin and Kaoru were sitting on the porch.

"Kenshin?"

"Hai?"

"I received a letter from Misao-chan. She wants us to visit her at Kyoto. Would that be ok?"

Kenshin thought for a while. "Hai, Kaoru. We should go." he smiled.

Kaoru was relieved. "Yey! We'll bring Sanosuke and Yahiko. We'll leave the day after tomorrow, Kenshin?"

"Aa.. I wanted to talk to Aoshi for a while now."


During dinner that night.....

"Minna, how about we take a vacation for a while ne?" Kaoru asked the Kenshin-gumi all eating and chatting.

"Yeah, I could use the vacation from the busu here." Yahiko muttered. He was hit with his own shinai. "I heard that!" Kaoru fumed.

"That's a great idea Kaoru-chan. I needed to check out some herbs for Dr. Genzai at Kyoto." Megumi commented.

"Yeah! The weasel must've missed me now." Sanosuke muttered to himself.

"We'll all be staying at the Aioya when we get there." Kenshin reported. "We just received a letter from Misao this afternoon inviting us to stay for a while."

"That's settled then. When do we leave?" Yahiko asked. Kaoru thought for a minute then answered "The day after tomorrow."

The next day was pretty hectic. People zooming by packing their things, a lot of "Where's my kimono?" "Where's my gi?". Sanosuke didn't even come by for dinner that evening. And he came by the dojo at the crack of dawn waking everybody up.

"Wake up Kenshin!!! Ey Yahiko-chan we better get up now!!!! Jo-chan!! Get up!!! No time to waste!!!" Sano was flying here and there waking up the residents of the Kamiya dojo.

He rushed inside Kenshin and Kaoru's room and was making a lot of noise. "Kenshin!! Jo-chan!!! Get up now!!!!"

Yahiko poked his head out of his room, noticing that it had all gone quiet. Wonder what happened.. He didn't have to wait long.... Sano literally flew through the shoji to the couple's room. He sweatdropped He knew better than to wake her up early... He looked over to the couple's room and saw Kaoru's sleepy head poke out the door saying "That ought to teach you to disturb our sleep!", then went back inside.

Yahiko sweatdropped again as he found Sanosuke trapped and unconcious in a tree 50 meters from the Kamiya Dojo.

"Daijoubu chicken head, I'll get ya outta there."

He tugged and tugged. Finally Sano's head came out of the trunk.

He was knocked silly...

"Mommy!!!!" Sano gurgled.

"Hey! Watch it chicken head!!! I'm not your mommy!!!" Yahiko growled.

"Mommy??" Sano gurgled again.

"I'm not your mommy!!!! Come on let's get back to the dojo before busu comes and looks for us!"

Sano just gurgles and allowed to be dragged by a really pissed off Yahiko.