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SANO'S PAST

Last time

"You're mistaken. Saito's not just a man living with me. In fact, he's not living with me at all. This is my dojo and he's…he's my father."

Present

Bad day. That was the best that she could explain this day to be.

It sounded so much better in her head, yet as she spoke those dreaded words, Kaoru could tell she shouldn't have. First of all, how would the others react? And worst, what would Saito's reaction be? After all, his answer determined if this trickery would work or not. At least Yara was quiet.

Kaoru cautiously turned towards Saito. Wondering if it was just her, or did the policeman, former Mibu Wolf, looked more ominous than usual. Strange though, the wolf had yet to say a word, so when he didn't object she decided to continue.

"Yes, he is my father, and this woman here, Megumi, is my sister, with our cousin Yahiko." Kaoru gestured to the silent individuals who were obviously shocked. "Yahiko is staying with me. He is one of the 'men' that you heard about."

Saito raised his eyebrow, yet still remained silent. On most occasions he would deny all that she said, and call her foolish tanuki. Yet, for some reason he really wanted to know what was going on, and hey, if he could make the Battousai suffer, all the better.

Saito was not deaf after all, and he did hear the woman's jealous tone over the tori-atama. He also caught the dangerous aura that Kenshin held for that ahou, before he stepped through the gates. Wanting to know more, a smirk came to his lips, making Kaoru sweat with uneasiness.

"What is this all about, Kaoru…chan?" Saito more demanded than asked. Her face went stark white.

Kaoru looked to the others, seeing that they were equally shocked, which was a good thing. They were too shocked to speak; therefore, she could explain the situation to them, without letting Yara know that this was just a ruse.

"Well, Otousan," Kaoru had to pause and clear her throat to regain her voice. "Yara is the twin sister to Yoru. They knew Sano in the past, and Yara was to marry him, but they just recently found out that I am his betrothed."

"WHAT?!" outburst Megumi. Apparently the sly kitsune was the fastest to recover, and was a bit embarrassed over her out burst. "I mean what?" she asked casually as she pretended to clean her nails.

"Well, oneesan," stressed Kaoru on the sister part, "I think that it would be best to tell everyone at once. So Yara-san, could you please bring your brother here, so that formal introductions will be done?" asked Kaoru as she bowed.

Yara nodded in agreement. "That would be best…but who is he?" Yara asked as she pointed to the handsome redhead named Kenshin, who stepped out of the kitchen after hearing Megumi's outburst.

That was it, Kaoru's mind became a blank. She couldn't, well, say that Kenshin was the love of her life, could she? Nope, that would not be good. Thankfully Saito was fast at thinking on his feet. His smirk turned into an evil grin.

"That is Himura Kenshin, he works for me. After all, my daughter is living alone, and I couldn't allow her unprotected, especially with her being engaged to Sagara." Saito turned towards Kenshin, just daring him to argue with what he had said. Kenshin clenched his fists, yet made no move to disagree.

"Though I must ask Himura, why are you out of uniform?" came Saito's authorative voice.

"It got dirty, sir." Kenshin nearly growled.

"Well then, we must get you a new one. Come officer." Saito turned and started to walk away. "We'll be back later." He exited, knowing full well that Kenshin would follow.

Kaoru watched helplessly as Kenshin left. This was not looking good. Oh, how she hoped the twins would leave soon, she wanted her Kenshin back. Shuttering, she thought on what Saito would do to her rurouni. She couldn't help but worry. Kenshin silently promised her that he would support her, and one could only guess what torture Saito would put his nemesis/ally through. What a bad day indeed.

Yara left soon after, as the silent remaining individuals heard Sano's snores.

Kaoru sighed. "I guess I should explain everything to you both, and even the roles that you will play." Megumi and Yahiko followed a solemn Kaoru into the dojo, where the story would be retold.

Saito thought that the story was amusing, and foolish. Going through all of this trouble to help a friend instead of telling the truth was a bit puzzling. Yet, this was the tori-atama they were talking about, so he guessed that it did make some sense. That ahou really was an ahou. But he was not one to complain. At least through this foolish plan he could see the Battousai suffer a bit. Ah, what one does for love (Saito is thinking about Kenshin and Kaoru).

Kenshin growled once again. Here the policeman strolled casually with his kitana at his side. Yet, not once did Kenshin relax after Saito made that announcement at the dojo. 'What is he planning? What does that monotone, jealous…yes jealous! IF he had the skills that I have, anyone would be jealous.' Saito made a coughing noise interrupting Kenshin's thought. 'Anyways, what is that man planning.' Saito stole a glance at Kenshin. He found that his aura was interesting. First it was anger, turned to arrogant, and now back to anger.

"You really don't expect me to wear a uniform do you?" Kenshin asked through clenched teeth.

"Of course I do. But I'm not sure that we have one that will fit your stature." Kenshin paused in step. Saito had hit a nerve.

"Relax Battousai, I will allow you to stay at the dojo, just as long as you will follow my orders as a good police officer should do towards his superior."

"You are enjoying this too much, Saito," Kenshin all but hissed.

"Yes, yes, I am." Saito casually lit a cigarette, and took in a deep breath. He let out a big huff of smoke from his lungs. "Opportunities such as this, do not arrive often." He gave one last glance at Kenshin and began walking again. Kenshin had no choice but to continue also. The rest of the walk to the station was done in silence.

Kenshin would not let this get him down. In fact, he would use it to his advantage. The Battousai was nothing if not adaptable. If he could adapt to a battle, he could most definitely adapted to this.

Saito casually watched as amber once again started to take over the Battousai's eyes. However, Kenshin's aura was not one of someone who wanted to cause pain and death anymore, but more of one that was full of mischief. Saito smirked, 'Yes this will be interesting indeed.' He thought to himself.

Kaoru faced the two rather upset faces in front of her. Silence was her only reply after she told them what happened just a day ago. Megumi seemed to take it the hardest, after all, she did have feelings for Sano. Kaoru couldn't help but feel guilty.

"So, now what?" asked Megumi once she found her voice.

"Well, I was hoping that you and Yahiko could play along, and then hopefully they would leave."

"Why should we?" Kaoru let out a tired sigh.

"Look, Megumi, Yahiko. I did this only because Sano is my friend, and for once he wanted to avoid a fight. There was no way that we thought it would go this far. Onegai, help." Megumi let out a breath of air.

"All right, tanuki, I'll help."

"Me too. Besides I want to know what Saito has planned." Yahiko spoke up.

Kaoru gave out a smile. "Domo arigatou."

"So, tanuki, who will we be?" Kaoru's smile grew, and with a few suggestions of the others, their family history was explained.

All that they had left to do was to explain everything to Sano.

Sano laid on the futon, as a dribble of spittle oozed down his chin. For some reason, Kaoru wanted to throw-up at this picture (I know that I would, I hate spit!).

It was time to wake the man up. So Megumi kicked his side as she crossed her arms.

"Hey, tori-atama, time to wake-up." Sano opened his sleep heavy eyes and looked towards Megumi. The facial expression told him that this was not good news, and Kaoru's meek expression confirmed it.

"What did you tell them?" he asked Kaoru.

Kenshin hated his new uniform. Though the dark blue color looked good on him, really good, and the tailoring accentuated his physique, the collar was killing him! He realized why Saito had always had the top button undone. So once he stepped through the dojo gates, guess what he did. He quickly unfastened the cursed thing, leaving the viewer to see a nice low cut black shirt underneath extenuating his neck. After all, he was twenty-eight-years-old. The war was over, and he was no longer a manslayer, so he didn't have to show discipline like he did in the old days. No, he was Himura Kenshin, the man. He could wear the uniform anyway he liked. He was just glad that Saito was not here. If he was, Kenshin knew that Saito would reprimand him.

Kaoru thought that she had died and gone to heaven. She never knew that anyone could look that good and tempting in a police uniform. The uniform was just tight enough to show off his chiseled body, yet not enough to hinder him in a fight. It was rare a occasion that Kaoru got to see him like this, after all the baggy gi and hakama left much to the imagination. At his side was his sakabatou, thankfully Saito allowed him to keep that. Kenshin's hair, like always was held back low by his neck, yet for some reason it seemed darker. 'Must be the uniform.' Kaoru thought.

Kenshin saw Kaoru freeze, looking at him. A pink tint came to her face, and her hand shot up to her heart. At first he was confused by her reaction, till he looked down at himself and smirked.

'Oh, you're right, Saito, this will be interesting.'

It was mid-afternoon when the twin showed up. Sano had to laugh at Yoru. It appeared that he had not recovered from his hangover. Sano, was still in slight pain when Megumi chased him around with on of Kaoru's bokkens hitting him. All he did was act his usual self, and didn't care that Kaoru was pretending to be his betrothed. 'Women,' he would never understand them.

'Men,' Megumi thought angrily. She was still ticked off that Sano showed no remorse for what he put her and the others through due to his little scheme. She could no longer sulk to herself however, for the famous twins had arrived.

They all met in the dojo. The family plus Kenshin faced the intruders in their lives.

"Let me introduce you to my family. As you know, Saito is my father. He is a very busy man, so he could not be here. Megumi is my stepsister, and Yahiko is my cousin from her side of the family. This officer behind me is Ken.. Himura-san."

"But the name of the dojo is the Kamiya Dojo," Yara had a curious note in her voice.

"Yes, see Saito married my mother, a Kamiya. In honor of her, we kept the dojo's name, and for my safety also. It is not easy being a police officer's daughter, especially one as powerful as Saito."

"What about your stepsister?" inquired Yoru.

"She was my mother's daughter from her first marriage. Her father died when she was still young. And I am Saito's daughter from his first marriage."

"But what is her last name?"

"Takani."

"…"

"See that was my father's last name. He and my mother thought that it would be best to keep the dojo's last name," Megumi responded.

Sano cringed inside. 'How can anyone believe any of this?! That was the most farfetched story that I have ever seen. They are worse at lying than I am.'

"I understand. That is very admirable," Yoru started.

Kenshin knew that the twins believed this story, and would leave soon. So he did the only thing that he could think of doing. Kenshin smiled and sat down a little behind Kaoru. As he did so, he made sure that his hand brushed up against her arm. He smiled innocently when Yara notice and Kaoru stiffened up slightly.

'I think I'll have them stay a little longer. After all, I owe Sano.'

T.B.C.

I'm so sorry that it has taken such a long time to write this.

I need HELP!! Ideas please! What do you want Kenshin to do?

Once again, any mistakes, please tell me. I still hope that you have enjoyed it. Oh man, the snow is everywhere! It is about two feet almost three at where I live. There were even a few people skiing down the street! I don't even live in the mountains. Thankfully our power was not out for long. To those who are wondering, I live in Colorado.