Back at the dojo, Yahiko was still very pissed while Sanosuke was still...

"Knocked silly?!" Megumi gasped.

Yahiko nodded. "He got thrown out of the dojo by a sleepy busu 'coz he woke her up."

Fox ears appear on the lady doctor's head. "Ohohohoho!" was all Yahiko heard before she rushed out of the room they were talking in.

"Uh-oh..." he sweatdropped. "I shouldnt've told her about him turning into a baby... Oh well..." the Tokyo samurai sat outside and put his hands behind his head. "She'll know about it sooner or later anyway."


At the other end of the dojo....

Kaoru and Kenshin both sweatdropped as they found Megumi feeding a big baby Sano with porridge. (?!)

"Open up Sano-chan!" *twitch* *twitch* "The choo-choo is coming!" Megumi coaxed.

"Goo goo! Iie! *gurgle* Me no wango eat!" Chibi-Sano argued.

"Ok then.. I'll take your weasel away!" Megumi teased, fox ears twitching.

Sano quirked up. "Weezel?! Iie! Me want weezel! Me want weeeeezzzeelll!!!"

Megumi smirked. "Hai, hai! Sano-chan can get his weasel if he eats his porridge!!" *twitch* *twitch*

Poor Sanosuke-chan was so confused, sad, and angry at the same time. So he had nothing else to do but to...

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Sano-chan cried, and cried...

and cried..

Kaoru and Kenshin rushed to rescue poor Megumi who was covering her ears from the ear-splitting racket that was Sanosuke's temper tantrum.

Kaoru got Sano to calm down a little after a few persuasions and promises to scold Megumi-neesan and not make her steal his 'weezel'.

"Shhh.. it's ok now Sano-chan.. Hush now.. that mean old kitsune-sensei won't bother you while I'm here.. she won't take your weasel away... I've got it tucked away, safe from her..." Kaoru comforted Chibi-Sano.

Sano gurgled and then fell asleep on Kaoru's lap.

Kaoru giggled silently then carefully rose from her position, placing Sano on the wooden floor of the porch.

Kenshin looked up when Kaoru entered the dining area.

"Is he asleep?" Megumi asked.

Kaoru nodded. "Kenshin, how are we gonna get Sano to Kyoto?"

Kenshin stopped and thought for a moment. "I don't know" he finally replied. "He's too big to carry... "

"How bout if we wake him up after ten minutes? That'll give us enough time to pack up and get ready to leave." Yahiko added thoughtfully. (?!)

The adults agreed to the youth's suggestion. (What? Do you have any ideas? ;))

Later During the Boatride to Kyoto....

Sano-chan held on to Kenshin's pants leg tightly as if letting go would kill him...

"Orororororooooo!! Sano-chan my hakama is going to get ---" A big, loud rip could be heard within the dock.

Kaoru looked up from the news paper she was reading when she heard someone's footsteps. She found Sano holding a beige cloth that was rough on the edges... and vaguely smelt like laundry soap.

"Kaoru-neesan! Kaoru-neesan!!! Kenshin-niisan's clothes ripped!!!" Sano-chan reported.

Kaoru had a hard time trying to keep a straight face at Kenshin's predicament.

The cloth Sano clutched in his hand was the other half of Kenshin's hakama. So Kenshin's whole left leg was naked from the waist down.

"Orororororoooo!!!!! Kaoru! Onegai! Help sessha!!" Kenshin pleaded. He was blushing profusely and was crouching to hide his bare leg.

"Hey what's all this screamin'?" Yahiko asked, joining the three adults. (err... Sano's still an adult ne?) "You guys better keep it down or---" he stopped talking and stared at a crying Kenshin wearing a yukata, a cheerful Sano-chan watching Megumi sow something that resembles a hakama, and a laughing Kaoru, who was patting Kenshin on the back whispering futile reassurances. Yahiko sweatdropped, What the hell is going on??"OI! What happened here?" he finally asked after a few moments of gawking.

Kenshin only cried harder upon hearing Yahiko's question and Kaoru had to pat him again. Megumi was busy sowing and didn't answer his question. Sano-chan looked up and said "Kenshin-niisan's weft pampsweg was bwoken and Kitsune-neesan had to show it back togever..!"

Yahiko sweatdropped again. Sheesh! I can't understand a word he's saying! Hell.. "Uhh... ok.."

Sano crawled to the boy's side. "Ne, Yahiko-chan! Can we play??" he asked excitedly.

Lucky for Sano-chan he wasn't being bitten on the head.

"GRRRRRR!!!!! Would ya stop callin' me '-chan'??!?!?!" Yahiko bellowed.

He just blinked as Sano fell asleep. Weird.... First he's as vibrant as can be and next thing, you know he's sound asleep! Wonder if--- EEEEEEEEEWWW HE'S DROOLING ON MY HAKAMA!!!! He took his favorite hakama out of harm's way but it was too late...

It was stained with stinky, sticky drool... (Think Beethoven's drool!!!^-^)

Kenshin's sobs subsided and blushed beet red when he realized he had been sobbing on Kaoru... with his friends looking at him, minus Yahiko and Sano-chan, out in the open. He sweatdropped.

"A-ano.. ehehehe!! Gomen koishii.." Kenshin stuttered.

"Shh.. it's ok anata..."

"Demo, your kimono..."

"Hai hai, my kimono.. it's fine Kenshin..." Kaoru reassured him with a soft kiss on his lips.

Kenshin embraced Kaoru and they went around the huge ship for a walk.

Megumi sighed, but was happy with her accomplishment. "There! He wouln't notice it was there at all!"

Indeed it was perfectly mended. (Afterall, Megumi IS a doctor ne?)

"Hey! There's Kyoto!!!" Yahiko piped up as he spotted land. He paused...

"And... Hey!! Is that Misao???!?!"