Ikken...

Chapter 1- Problems

Disclaimer- I dont own Rurouni Kenshin

Shi- enjoy...but it may be OOC...

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Kaoru was walking down the road to the dojo courtyard, like she always did when she was agitated. 'Oh, that Kenshin! Can't he see that I care for him. Then again, hardly anything gets through that thick-headed rurouni skull!' She scowled as she entered the gates. 'Then there is the kitsune.. Oi! I wish she would just go marry Sano and get it over with. Oh well, there is nothing I can do about it right now...' Her thoughts stopped as Kenshin came up to her with his rurouni smile on.

"Hello, Kaoru-dono." He said happily as ever. "Hi Kenshin..." She trailed off, brushing past him.This really was not her day. Esspecially when Megumi could show up at any time now. "Hey, busu! Where have ya been all day!? You forgot about my lessons!" Yahiko yelled from kitchen. "Yahiko-chan..." "Don't call me chan!" Kaoru smirked at that. "Fine, what should I call you? Chibi-Yahiko? Oh well, back to the point...I was walking around thinking, okay?"

Then right on cue..."Ohohohohohohohhohohohoh!"'s went down the hallway. "Oh great...ANOTHER freeloader." She mummbled angrily. Megumi watched Kaoru go past her so she did another mocking laugh and said," Well, good day to you tanuki!" Kaoru then ran outside and climbed on the dojo roof where she sat for and hour.

'Why...' She thought bitterly,'Why did the fates choose to mock me...' Her thoughts stopped once again as Kenshin came up and sat by her. "Kaoru-dono, what's wrong? You seem dissheveled about something." She sighed deeply wondering if she should tell him of her thoughts, but instead she just got up and climbed down off of the roof. Sano then chose this time to climb up where Kaoru climbed down. "I heard what you asked her, Kenshin." He said in a non-Sano like tone...it just dripped with seriousness. "She's like that because she..well just to put it simply...cares about you. Actually it seems she loves you and shes annouyed that YOU have not noticed that when everyone else has."

"But Sessha is TOO unworthy to be the one she cares about." Kenshin paused for a second. "My hands have been stained with so much blood in the past..." He trailed off. "Yeah, but Jou doesnt care about that. She cares about who you are, not your past." Kaoru then came up, you could clearly tell she was crying because of her tear-stained face. "We're going to the Akebeko for lunch today. Sano, you want to come to, I suppose?" Sanoske's face just lit up as soon as she asked,"You didn't even need to ask!"

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Shi- Okay, this is my first Kenshin ficcy. So review, if ya wanna flame go ahead..it's you opinion..and i like fire ^ ^;;;!

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~Shisori~