Author's Notes: Hello and welcome to chapter ten! ^_^ REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!! I've got the opening theme song in my head. . . lalala. . .

Disclaimer: I don't own my muses, I just play with them. Meow.

On with the story. . .

Chapter Ten

The next morning, Kenshin woke to the sound of the doorbell ringing. Angrily, he got out of his futon and stormed down the stairs. He opened the door. "What do you want?" he asked, amber eyes flashing dangerously.

The mailman took one look at him and gasped. He started to back away in fear and stuttered, "A. . .A. . .L. . .Letter for you. . . sir. . ." with that, the mailman shoved the letter into Kenshin's hands and ran off.

Kenshin raised an eyebrow and looked down at the letter. 'I am NOT in the mood right now. . .' he told himself when he saw Katsura's name on it. Kenshin walked back into the house to see Kaoru making some breakfast.

He sat down at the table, moving his katana around on his left hip in order to sit comfortably. He opened the envelope and began to read. When he was done, he looked up at Kaoru's questioning gaze.

"Well? Read it aloud!" Kaoru told him.

Kenshin mumbled something under his breath about stupid women who don't care anything about whither or not the stupid letter has good or bad news.

       "Hello there, it is I, Katsura. You might be wondering what in the world I have to say. Well, we didn't make that house so big for only two people, and you're nuts if that's what you think. No no, you're going to have three roommates. Sorry, Himura, I know what you're thinking. One of them is an ex- fighter-for-hire, another is a doctor, and the third is a growing little swordsman. You'll understand what I mean when they knock on your door around breakfast time this morning. I think they may be a little help to you. . ."

        As if on cue, there was a knock on the door. Kaoru got up and opened the door. There stood a very tall man wearing a white suit with a red bandana, apparently the ex-fighter-for-hire, next to him stood a woman wearing a nurse outfit like clothing with long raven hair, apparently the doctor, and in front of the tall man stood a small boy around the age of ten with a bokken strapped to his back, and could be no other then the growing-little- swordsman.

       The tall man smiled. "Oi, what's your name? We're going to be roommates!" he said. He watched as Kenshin came speeding over to him, amber eyes flashing.

      "Roommates?" Kenshin asked dangerously. He didn't relax when Kaoru told him to hush.

      "Yes, Kenshin. These are our roommates! Please! Come in!" Kaoru led the three into the living room where they all sat down on the couches. 'Whoever they are, I don't like the look that doctor gave me. . .' she thought, deciding to give them a chance at least.

       The doctor sat next to Kenshin with a giddy smile on those bright red painted lips. "Hello there! What's your name? My name is Megumi Takani!" she said, sitting dangerously close to Kenshin.

       Kenshin glared daggers at her. "Kenshin Himura, is my name, and if you don't mind I'd prefer it if you sat a bit farther away from me," he said coldly. He watched as Megumi pouted and thought she had given up, but Megumi didn't.

     "Ohhhh. . .why so cold, Ken-san? Do you mind if I call you Ken-san?" Megumi didn't give him any time to respond. "Oh Ken-san! Thank you! I'm sure we're going to be the best of friends!" she said, with a tight hug on his arm.

      Kenshin glared at her as if he was trying to punch holes into her with his eyes. "Get away from me. . ." he hissed. He stood up and walked over to the wall where he leaned against it.

      Kaoru watched in jealousy as Megumi stood up and walked over to Kenshin and leaned against the wall. Kenshin hissed at her again and walked back over to the couch, only to find Megumi following him. "Would you stop that?" he asked.

      Megumi purred. "Ohhh. . .Ken-san is SO mean to me!!!" she cried, but didn't let up and just sat quietly next to Kenshin.

Kenshin turned to the ex-fighter-for-hire. "So. . .who are you? And do I even want to know?" he asked. He was really not in the mood today.

The extremely tall man sitting on the large chair across the couch grinned evilly, a fish bone in his mouth. "Sanosuke Sagara, but you can call me Sano. They used to call me Zanza, Fighter For Hire, but I've quite that name and went back to regular Sano," he said.

Kenshin bowed his head, though inside he didn't really mean it. He turned to the ten year old kid. "And you?" he asked, with a bit of sarcasm.

The kid looked up at him. "Yahiko Miogii, the world's greatest swordsman!" he cried, pulling out his bokken and standing up in front of them. He did a few strikes and pointed his bokken down at Sano's throat.

"The world's greatest swordsman? A child? No way!" Kaoru shouted, feeling a bit pesky with these people. 'How dare they ruin Kenshin and mine relationship!!!! That Megumi girl is gonna get it!!!'

"Yeah, only an ugly girl like you would never understand such a thing!" Yahiko shouted back. He watched with a raised eyebrow when Kaoru got up and looked down at him.

"Ugly girl??? I'll have you know, Yahiko-chan, that I am very pretty for my age!!!" Kaoru shouted back, her temper rising up higher and higher.

"For your age? Then all the other girls who are eighteen years old are REALLY UGLY! And don't call me chan!!!" Yahiko shouted, his bokken in ready position.

"Oho! We've struck a nerve haven't we, Yahiko-CHAN??? Well take this!" Kaoru took the bokken away from Yahiko and started pounding him on the head. When Yahiko started to run away for his life, she ran after him. This lead into a wild goose chase all over the large building.

Kenshin just watched them run around while Megumi and Sano laughed. A part of him wanted to shout out, 'ORO!' but another told him 'fat-chance!' Kenshin hated it when he had to battle with himself.

Suddenly, there was another knock on the door. Everybody stopped laughing and looked at the door. Kenshin got up and opened it. He rolled his eyes when he saw what stood in front of him.

"I take it that this man is your responsibility?" the police officer asked, his reddish amber eyes starring down at Kenshin, his voice with no emotion, maybe a hint of humor. He held onto another man who was drooping on the floor.

Kenshin took in a deep breath. "What happened 'this' time and what is your name?" he asked, dangerously. He watched, as the police officer didn't even flinch. In fact the tall man didn't change his expression of nothingness.

"My name? Saitoh Hajime, head of the police. What happened? This man was found driving drunk," the tall man said, lifting the drooping man up a bit more so Kenshin could get a good look at him.

Kenshin rolled his eyes at the sight. "Noyu, what have you done now?" he murmured.



After Noyu was sent to the hospital for a few checks in case he hurt himself in the car crash, the rest of the day was spent with Kaoru trying her best to get to know these people better while Kenshin tried to just stay away.

It turned out Megumi had a 'thing' for Kenshin and that Kaoru didn't like her very much, Sano was in debt big time and ate her food like a pig, and then saying it was horrible, and Yahiko-'chan' was the biggest brat in the world, calling her very bad names.

Kenshin watched all of this but didn't budge from his perch on top of the railway where he sat meditating. These people were going to get killed if they didn't watch out. He sat with his arms crossed and his eyes complete amber, trying to zone out everybody.

Around three in the afternoon, Kaoru came over to Kenshin, a frown on her face. She put her hands on her hips and huffed, "Kenshin! Sano and Yahiko got into another fight and Sano's clothes are stained in blood! I don't have time to wash it because I have to go to the market and Megumi is too busy tending to the patients at her little hospital stand outside. I wouldn't even TRUST Sano or Yahiko to wash it, they'll turn it green or something! So could you please wash it?" she didn't realize she was shouting.

Kenshin looked up at her. 'Oro? Washing?' asked Rurouni.

'I'm not doing no stupid laundry. NO FREAKIN WAY!!!' screamed Battousai.

'Well. . . it seems that Kaoru-dono is very busy and I'm sure she's right, Sano and Yahiko would never be able to do it. Besides, I have some experience with it when I used to wash Master Hiko and mine clothes, de gozaru yo. . .' Rurouni responded.

Battousai put his hands on his hips and snorted.

'For Kaoru-dono?' Rurouni asked with a weak smile.

'For Kaoru. . .yah yah whatever. . .'

Rurouni bounced up and down with glee. 'ALLRIGHT!' he cried. 'I'm going to make Kaoru-dono proud of me!!!'

Kaoru watched in amazement as Kenshin went speeding down the railway, still sitting on it, crying out, "ORO!" when he hit the bottom of the rail where a large round handle was, fall down over the side of the rail and onto the ground bellow, face first, stay down for a couple seconds, then get back up and whizzed outside to where Sano's clothes was inside a bucket of water with soup.

Kaoru raised an eyebrow, whispering, "Oro?"

        To Be Continued. . .

Author's Notes: YAY! Chapter ten! Thank you minna-sama! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! Please review! Chibi is lonely! * whimper *