Key: "…"- speaking

'…'- thinking

*…*- action taking place/onomotopia

~…~- singing

AN:- author's note

Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin doesn't belong to me, it belongs to whoever created it.

"Aoishi-chan?" Aoishi's mother called, "Where are you. Are you in your room?" At that moment, the most adorable little kid came running through the paper sliding door. *SLAM* "Ahh, Aoishi-chan. You shouldn't run in the house!"

"Hahmm... Sumimasen, Hahawei!" said the five year old Shinomori Aoishi. " I didn't mean to, it was Inu-Inu's fault! He was chasing me!" Two seconds after the child said to whom the blame belonged, a gigantic border collie ran out of the room and as soon as his eyes saw the angered mother, he drooped his ears down, obviously knowing he was guilty, and slowly backed into the room again. "Don't make him go away! I love Inu-Inu! We were just having fun!" Aoishi-chan said while hugging the dog and crying.

"I'm not going to make him go away, Sweetheart. I'm just going to make you take him for a walk around the yard. Make sure you stay out of the flower garden that Okina-sama planted. You know he doesn't get much time to do that anymore."

"Hai! C'mon Inu-Inu! Let's go for a walk. You better not try to run away or I'll have to use my ninja skills. I'll give you this and this and that and oh yea, one of those!" As he said what he'd do, he showed the dog. When he did a high kick, he lost his balance and fell backward. *Plop* "Owww...." The dog immediately ran to the boy's head and licked it. He then got up and said, "Kissy make ALL better. But I'm a strong Oniwa Banshu in training! Soon, when I fall, it won't even hurt at all. I hope this happens really soon because my butt hurts," he said rubbing his butt. The dog, of course, went to Aoishi's little baby butt and licked it. "Ewww... That's gross. You should even sniff there! Eww..." The two of them hurried on outside as soon as Aoishi's mother said, "Haiyaku!"

Aoishi's mother watched her boy run happily with his dog outside. 'He's so happy now. He'll have a hard time adjusting when the others get back. The things that will happen will affect his life forever.' Her smile slowly turned upside down into a frown. You could tell she was worried about her son. ' He'll have to get strong, for all of our sakes. She continued to watch her son and ran after the dog when it was about to take a wizz on the tigerlillies Okina-sama had planted with Aoishi-chan a year ago. When Aoishi-chan noticed what he had almost done, he ran after Inu-Inu as well. "Come back here you little… little… BIG MUTT!" called the two together. Then they started laughing trying to catch the happy doggy.