Soon the gang had arrived at the Akabeko. Unbeknownst to them was the impending danger; this visit to the cozy restaurant was not going to be a normal one. . .

Everyone sat at their designated positions as they awaited their food.

"Oh, thank you so much!" Kaoru smiled in appreciation at the tall waitress that served them.

"By the way, miss, haven't seen you around here before." Sanosuke eyed the waitress inquisitively.

"Uh, ah, umm, yeah, I'm new here. Miss Tae hired me yesterday, yeah that's it, she hired me yesterday." G Dude spoke in the girliest voice he could muster which sounded more like a crow cawing, feeling proud of himself as he came up with such a believable lie and his good work with the disguise. 'I'm really good at acting, aren't I? I should join a theater group or something!' He thought to himself.

"I'm glad she hired such a pretty lady like you." Sanosuke said, adding a wink.

"Oh thank you." G Dude blushed a bright shade of crimson at the compliment and proceeded to feel all girly inside. (Rheyne is thoroughly confused at what made her write this)

"Ah, I almost forgot! CONGRATULATIONS! You're our 100th customer this week! As a token of our gratitude, we offer you a free bottle of sake." G Dude exclaimed pouring the green potion into Kenshin's cup.

"Oh gee, thanks. That sure is very nice of you, that it is." Kenshin gulps down all of the liquid substance at once.

"Hey, no fair! I want special treatment too!" Yahiko started whining as he witnessed Kenshin's good fortune.

"I'm afraid it's only offered to one customer. Now I'll be off to do some work if you'll excuse me." With that, G Dude took his leave, satisfied with his success at making the 'real' battousai drink the potion. Now he could have his revenge!

"Well anyway guys eat up 'cause we haven't got all day you know, we have to get back to the dojo and Kenshin has to do that laundry." Kaoru said, eating her food like a mad man.

"Now, now raccoon girl... that is no way a lady should eat. Right Sir Ken?" Megumi said, batting her eyelashes at Kenshin.

"You take that filthy hand off him u little fox!" Kaoru screamed in Megumi's ear as she swung her arms around Kenshin's neck.

"How much do you wanna bet that Megumi is going to win this one?" Sanosuke asked Yahiko, incredulously.

"I don't know, they both look kind of scary if ya ask me" little Yahiko replied, still miffed about the special treatment thing.

"Ahhhh, now, now ladies you should calm down now, that you should, this is no place to be acting up." Kenshin said, in an attempt to get the situation under control.

"... Kenshin... can't you let me make a little money?" said Sanosuke with a frown, as a vision of people gathering up to watch the girls fight over Kenshin, swarming him with money appeared in his head.

"Hehe, Sano, a little help here!" Kenshin screamed as he struggled with the girls pulling his arms from opposite directions.

"Sir Ken! Say that you rather have me as your wife! Not this sweaty little raccoon girl!" Megumi exclaimed with a mischievous look on her face.

"Can't you two stop arguing for a second? I'm trying to make an impression on that cute new waitress over there..." Sanosuke said while eyeing *cough* *cough* his little canary.

"Hey lets not forget who's treating who here." Kaoru spoke in a matter of fact voice "Lets head back to the dojo, this is no way of wasting as grand a day as today."

"Oh all right!" everybody said in unison as they gathered their things and paid the waitress and head back to the Kamiya dojo. Soon everyone dispersed on their own business and night falls gradually. So they all go off to bed.

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The next day. . .

It was 9 am, but unlike any other day, Kenshin had not woken up early to do his daily chores.

'I wonder what is up with Kenshin today....' Kaoru thought to herself. 'Maybe I should send Sanosuke to check.'

"Sanosuke! Do me a favor and get off your lazy ass to check to see if Kenshin is ok?", she asked Sanosuke in her sweetest tone possible.

"Oh, all right! Not like I have anything better to do..." Sanosuke muttered as he walked through the house up to Kenshin's room.

"Kenshin! Are you in there? Well, if you are! Wake your ass up!", Sanosuke yelled as he slid open the door to his room. He definitely was not expecting what was coming...

There Kenshin was.. sprawled out on his futon... with his shirt fully open to reveal something men usually don't have (and no, I'm not talking about shaved legs...) but a pair of breasts situated on the middle of Kenshin's used to be masculine chest.

"Whaaaaaa???" Sanosuke yelled out as a blood rushed out of his nose in a rapid stream, flying everywhere...not a pretty sight.

He analyzed the sight he saw. This person looked like Kenshin... but with a more curvy body. An hourglass complexion, and his attempts to anything but stare and nose bleed away were futile.

Kaoru, getting frustrated at Sanosuke for not returning yet, sent Yahiko to go check up on Kenshin. Mumbling to himself the sleepy Yahiko trudged over to Kenshin's room. What he saw woke him up fully. Instead of Kenshin, a beautiful lady was lying there, and for his viewing pleasures, she looked like one of those ladies in the "adult" ink paintings that he'd sneaked out of a shop earlier that week. And not too conveniently, he too started to nose bleed, just noticing the river of red Sanosuke had already produced. Both stood there, staring at the sleeping form, their tasks forgotten, bleeding away.

Kaoru lost the last bit of her patience and made her way over to Kenshin's room and the sight she beheld made her scream. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

At the sound of that, the sleeping form finally woke up, bewildered.

"What time is it? Can you tell me why you are staring at me? Do I have something on my face?" Kenshin asked rapidly noticing the change in the pitch of his voice. "Huh? This is strange. That it is..." He said as he started wondering why his chest felt heavier than usual.

"OH MY GOD!!! WHO ARE YOU???? AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH KENSHIN?????" Kaoru yelled into Kenshin's face, examining the new person.

"What are you talking about Miss Kaoru? I am Kenshin!" Kenshin replied with a worried look on his face.

"Man are those real!" Sano couldn't hold back the mind-boggling question.

"Can I poke them?" Yahiko joined in while still attempting control his growing junior.

"Oro?"

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Author's Notes: Another byproduct of our lacking sanity. Think the chapter turned out ok? Reviews and suggestions will be much appreciated. We'd be eager to learn of what you think about the latest development!