Author's Notes: Hello and welcome to the fifteenth chapter. ^_^ REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!! Thank you minna-sama!


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Chapter Fifteen

Kaoru closed her eyes and waited for the pain to come. Only thing is, it never came. Kaoru opened her eyes and didn't budge when she saw the sword right there in front of her face, being held by an extremely shocked and ticked Kenshin.

Kenshin looked at her with amber eyes. 'Why?? Why did she do that????' Kenshin remembered back to when Kaoru told him he shouldn't kill anybody. 'I nearly killed her. . . What to do???'

Enishi looked up to see Kaoru standing before him. He nearly smiled giddily if it hadn't been the horrible pain coming from his right arm. What scared him the most, was the sound of four people rushing in from the hole.

Enishi turned to see Sanosuke, Yahiko, Saitoh and Megumi all standing there, shocked faces on everyone of them, all excluding Saitoh. But he paid special attention to the uniform Saitoh was wearing.

"Oh crap!" Enishi got up and ran as if his life depended on it, only to be caught by Saitoh.

Saitoh puffed on his cigarette. "You, Enishi Yukishiro!! We've found you harassing innocent citizens, picking fights with people,"-he pointed to kenshin-"Stealing sake, and. . . working with that fiend Katsura."

Enishi smiled weakly. "Eh. . .heheh. . ." He cursed under his breath.

        Kenshin frowned. 'Fiend Katsura?' he wondered. He shook it off.

Saitoh pulled Enishi out of the den, but not before he shot one skeptical look to Kenshin. His eyes burned fire and Kenshin got the message as clear and crystal. Something like, 'We'll meet again, and I'll kick your ass.'

Kenshin nodded, eyes still amber. He turned to see Megumi rushing for him screaming, "Oh Ken-san!!! You're hurt, let me tend to those wounds!!!!" Kenshin just rolled his eyes.

Something unexpected happened just then. Kaoru leaped in front of Kenshin and yelled at Megumi, "Can't you save that for later???? EH??? FOX???"

Megumi looked shocked for only a moment, but then her face turned very arrogant-like. "Fine, whatever you say, Tanuki! Ahhh. . ." Megumi looked down at Kaoru's stomach. "What's in there?" she mocked.

Kaoru growled. "It's a child if you must know!!!" then under her breath, "I just don't know who's the father. . . ." she sighed and looked over at Kenshin. 'Man I hope it's his!!!'



Once all the commotion was over, the Kenshin-gumi got back home. Kenshin wasn't too happy about it, but Megumi DID tend to his wounds. Megumi 'also' looked at Kaoru.

Things seemed to be going fine, Kenshin getting better by the day, Kaoru getting bigger by the day, Megumi teasing them both, trying to figure out who the father was, Sano started calling Kaoru "Jou-chan" and even though Kaoru was pregnant, Yahiko would still bug the heck out of her just for old times.

Months went by, and inside Kaoru, the baby got bigger and bigger. Finally, her nine months were over and one day Kaoru went into labor.

Out and about, Kenshin was walking around, trying to figure out what was all the commotion. Out in the streets in front of Katsura's house, many people were coming to him. He raised an eyebrow.

Katsura was smiling, greedily at that so this had to be a good thing, Kenshin supposed. He walked over to Katsura. Katsura turned to him. "Ahhh. . . Himura! There you are!!! Guess what? I just signed a contract and now everybody loves me because I set the taxes down!!!"

Kenshin raised an eyebrow. "Uhh. . . huh," he murmured.

Katsura nodded, apparently extremely happy of his popularity. Kenshin just walked away, going unnoticed by everybody like a snake. He slithered over to the shopping stalls and saw a sword shop.

Kenshin nearly smiled, but his pride wouldn't let him. He walked over to it. He looked at all the swords, Kaoru's words ringing in his ears. He realized that he should follow her idea and never kill again. . . Atone for his sins!

Kenshin didn't find the sword he wanted, so he walked home, and began to make his own. Some hours went by and finally Kenshin finished it. He smiled, eyes completely violet.

The sword was a reverse blade sword, so that when Kenshin strikes it won't cut and kill somebody. Suddenly, Megumi rushed into the room.

Kenshin looked up. "Yes Megumi-dono?" he asked.

'I swear I'm going to KILL YOU!!!!' Battousai screamed.

Rurouni just smiled.

Megumi was a bit taken back at the 'dono' but decided to forget about it. "Kenshin! Kaoru had the baby!!!" Megumi suddenly smiled, and brightly. "You've GOT to see him!"

Kenshin raised an eyebrow. ". . .Him?" he asked.

Megumi nodded. "Yes Kenshin! It's a beautiful baby boy!" she ran back to the room where Kaoru was. Kenshin followed her and the sight that greeted him was so shocking, Kenshin could've broke out into hysterical laughter and tears at the same time.

Of course, Kenshin's pride would never allow him to act so foolishly.

Kaoru sat there, smiling with tears in her eyes, holding a little baby boy who had a blanket around him. The part that surprised Kenshin the most was that the little boy had bright red hair.

Kenshin slowly walked over to Kaoru. He looked down at the baby. Suddenly, the baby opened its eyes to reveal a beautiful violet. Kenshin smiled and looked at Kaoru. "I. . . ." he stuttered. "I'm the father?"

Kaoru looked up at Kenshin. "What should we name him?" she asked, in a mere whisper.

Kenshin thought this over a bit. He was thinking about naming him Shinta, but then that would be too babyish, like Hiko said, and so Kenshin thought up another one. Suddenly, it came to him.

Kenshin looked down at Kaoru and got down real close to her. He told her, also in a mere whisper, "Kenji."



It was a few days later when Kaoru was walking around in the park and Kenshin caught up to her to ask her a question.

Yahiko and Sano sat atop a tree, just above them and watched giddily as the scene unfolded, and Kenshin proposed to Kaoru. Yahiko almost burst out in laughter. But Sano gagged him. Then Sano almost burst out in laughter and Yahiko gagged HIM.

'What a wedding this was going to be' the same thought echoed through both of their heads. They smiled at just the thought of it.

Kaoru smiled in happiness, as Kenshin smiled back at her. 'I swear, this is WAY too sappy for me!' Battousai screamed.

Rurouni just smiled. 'Ohhh. . . come on now! Don't you like happy endings?'

Battousai grumbled something under his breath about a certain stupid Rurouni always taking over his body.

Rurouni just smiled more brightly. 'That's what I thought.'

To Be Continued. . .

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