New Beginnings

Disclaimer: I do not own this, and I think this is a waste of time.I mean if I didn't own it for the last chapter then why would I own it for this chapter???

Notes: Wow, I finally started to want to write for this story again, so here it goes. I actually did it because I told my cousin I did update the fourth chapter, and then I got home and I was like.um, I didn't.

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Kenshin sat on the porch in deep thought, Hina's life was in danger and there was nothing he could do about it. Kaoru came out of Hina's room and sat down next to Kenshin.

"How is she Miss. Kaoru?" Kenshin asked not moving his head to meet her gaze.

"Her fever is still too high and it hasn't broken yet," Kaoru said not even noticing he called her Miss. Kaoru again.

"So should get some sleep, that you should. I will watch her tonight," Kenshin said as he ushered her towards her room.

"But Kenshin," she went to protest but Kenshin silenced her with a wave of his hand.

"I will care for her tonight, you can resume in the morning after you get some rest," Kenshin said, if Kaoru wasn't careful she would end up in the same position.

Kenshin pulled open the shoji and entered Hina's room. Hina's face was tainted pink with fever and her breathing came out in ragged gasps.

Kenshin took a seat next to her stressed body and rewet the cloth before placing it back on her head.

"You need to get better, that you do Miss. Hina," Kenshin said as he sighed. "You have made Miss. Kaoru worry, that you have."

Kenshin stayed awake all night watching over Hina, no changes in her condition however.

In the morning Kaoru walked into Hina's room to see Kenshin swaying under the exhaustion.

"You need to get some sleep too Kenshin," Kaoru said, silently scolding Kenshin for putting everyone above his own health.

"I will get some rest later, I need to do some laundry," Kenshin said as he rose, he gave Kaoru a weary smile as he left the room, quietly closing the shoji.

Kenshin was just hanging the last thing out to dry and Kaoru came running out of Hina's room in a fit of hysterics.

"Kenshin, come quick, it's Hina," she called out, tears in her eyes.

"Oh no," Kenshin whispered as he ran into the room, he was worried that she had taken a turn for the worst, or worse. What he was not thinking about seeing was her getting up and rubbing her eyes.

"See Kenshin, she woke up, her fever broke!" Kaoru called from behind him before giving him a hug.

"I am glad to see you up again Miss. Hina, that I most certainly am," Kenshin said.

"How are you feeling Hina?" Kaoru asked as she sat down next to the young girl.

"I am feeling a lot better Miss. Kaoru, how long was I out?" Hina asked as she looked around. It was daytime, and by the exhausted look on Kenshin's face he seemed to have been up all night worrying about something. 'Was he worried about me? Why?' Hina thought to herself.

"About a day, you surely gave us a scare," Kaoru said as she helped Hina stand, they were going to the kitchen for some food.

"Kenshin, I know that you just finished the laundry but could you cook some lunch for Hina, I don't want to make her sick all over again," Kaoru said, she was obviously embarrassed that she might make Hina sick with her cooking.

"You are too hard on yourself, that you are," Kenshin said as Kaoru helped Hina take a seat.

"No, really Kenshin, we all know how well my cooking tastes and I want her to have something good in her stomach," Kaoru said almost pleading.

"Yea, that's right, we all know how you're cooking tastes, if you can even call it cooking," Yahiko said as he entered the room, just done with practicing. Both Hina and Kaoru hit him at the same time.

"Um, Miss. Kaoru will you please help me with the lunch then," Kenshin said, Kaoru turned her back to him refusing to answer his question.

"Um, Miss. Kaoru, did you hear me?" Kenshin said getting a little closer, she still didn't move. Kenshin all of a sudden had an idea.

"Kaoru, would you mind helping me prepare lunch?" he said with an odd grin, he liked the way that rolled off his tongue.

"Sure Kenshin, lets get cooking," Kaoru said turning her full attention to him, happy that he had called her Kaoru.

Hina and Yahiko were stuck together at the table, Hina decided to strike up a conversation, as much as she didn't like to talk to people she didn't know well, she also didn't like this weird silence.

"So Yahiko, why are you so disrespectful to your master?" she asked, it was an innocent enough question.

"What, I am, well, I am because, just because!" Yahiko said crossing his arms. Hina laughed, so he just liked giving her a hard time.

"I see, um, how long have you lived here with Kenshin and Kaoru, and are they married?" Hina asked, she really didn't know all that much about the people she was living with except that she could trust them with her life for now.

"Well, I have lived hear for almost six months now, and Kenshin and Kaoru, well everyone knows they should be together except them that it," Yahiko said, he had to smile; she hardly knew the two and thought they were a couple.

"Oh, they would make a cute couple," she said offhand, and Yahiko had to nod in agreement. "So you practice swordsmanship here huh, what's that like?" she asked.

"It's okay, I would rather learn from Kenshin, but Kaoru's pretty good I have to admit. Here you want to see?" he asked excited.

"Okay," she said, she steadied herself and walked outside to watch him practice. She found a nice shady spot and sat down. Yahiko started explaining what he was doing and why as she showed her.

Kenshin and Kaoru watched from the window, it was funny how excited Yahiko was that someone had taken an interest in his swordsmanship.

Kenshin and Kaoru called them back in for lunch and they were both laughing as they re-entered.

They set the food out and started to eat. Kenshin, Kaoru, and Hina, like a human, and Yahiko, like the missing link.

"Wow Kenshin this is better then usual," Yahiko said in between stuffing his face. Kenshin smiled at Kaoru and decided to let her tell him the news.

"Well actually Yahiko, I made that, with Kenshin's supervision and advice of course," she said as she watched Yahiko's expressions carefully.

"Well, then it's very good Kaoru," Hina said she knew Yahiko was too proud to admit it.

"It's edible for once ugly," Yahiko said and was rewarded by a bowl in the face courtesy to Kaoru. Kenshin and Hina watched with a nervous laugh.

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sorry it's so short, but you all deserved an update and my life is really hectic, so maybe the next one will be longer