Yahiko and the Spirit of Truth.

Yahiko walked inch-by-inch dreading what he has to do. When he finally reached the room, Kenshin had finally calmed her down, and putting her to sleep. "Kenshin, I need to talk to you." "Okay, Yahiko." "Not here. Outside?" "Sure."

It was dark now, probably around 7:30. Yahiko sat down with his face in his hands. Kenshin sat next to him. "What is wrong, Yahiko." "I don't think Mishiru really shouldn't have any blame." "Neither do I, that I don't." Yahiko squeezed out tears of his sad face. "Is that all you wanted to tell me, Yahiko?" "No! I wanted to tell you . it was my fault." "What do you mean?" "I took the picture, I took the picture so I could show you. It must have fallen. I didn't know it meant so much to him." "Yahiko, if what you have told me is true, you know what you have to do." "You mean tell Sanosuke?" "Yep that you should. Well Yahiko I have to go to sleep so when Ms. Ru wakes up she'll have someone to open up to. ~ "Great it was hard enough telling Kenshin, but Sanosuke?"

Sanosuke had forbidden anyone to enter his room, but Yahiko had a job to do. "Sanosuke?" Yahiko said softly. "Go away!" Sanosuke yelled. "Sanosuke.I" "Get lost Yahiko!" he yelled again. "Saonsuke I need to talk to you!" "What is it?" "Maybe you should sit down" They sat at the end of the room, backs straight, lots of tension. "Your hear to tell me I'm terrible aren't you, then hold your breath, I know what I did and I regret it ok?" "Well actually, It was wasn't Mishiru's fault!" "What?" "I.I.I.I took the picture." Sanosuke looked at him. "I knew it was wrong, but I really wanted to show Kenshin. I wasn't thinking." He looked down and held back tears. "Your right, you weren't thinking!" Sanosuke picked up Yahiko by the shirt and kicked his bottom out of the room. Then he slammed the door and sat back down. "I can't live knowing I hit her for no reason. I have to leave tonight and never come back. Even if it means leaving my friends."

Yahiko didn't hear any of this, he was too busy rubbing his bottom and sniveling. It wasn't the pain in his backside; it was knowing what he had to live with. Then an idea struck his thick head. "I'll make it up to Mishiru!" His plan was this:

Take Mishiru to a great area by the river in the early morning, spend the whole day with her doing stuff, and sleep outside. By morning, no one would remember today.

Yahiko went back outside planning still, when Sanosuke came out too. "Sanosuke?" he said very quietly. "How could this happen so fast. I was doing so good." Yahiko looked down shamefully. Sanosuke sat down and told Yahiko days with Mishiru, soon Yahiko fell asleep right on Sanosuke. Sanosuke put his arm around the sleepy Yahiko.

"I can't leave now, I'll just have to make it up to all of them."