Disclaimer: This is the second chapter to the one before this... So you get the point. I own nothing, and if you sue me, you'll only get a lava lamp that doesn't work. The computer I'm typing on does not belong to me, so you can't have it. Sorry. Anyway, I'm continuing the first chapter. So here it goes.

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The spring air was blowing lightly against the couple walking through the market. Every step Kaoru took was guarded carefully by her husband. She sighed as he watched her and everything around them to make sure she would be okay. She was, after all, pregnant. A smile spread across her face and she latched onto Kenshin for all she was worth. He looked down at her and smiled. She was so beautiful, and now would be having his child. There was not one more thing in the world he could ask for. He led her tightly as they walked through town. He would need to let go of her to get the tofu. He knew it, but hated to admit it. Kaoru had changed him for the better. The Battosai within him no longer threatened to destroy him. She had given him the incentive to keep that part of himself restrained. Now especially with their child on the way.

Kenshin looked down at her rounded belly and let out a small laugh. She was so self-conscious of her stomach, yet she showed it off o anyone willing to look. It really was amazing how different she was now. Even Yahiko could not get her riled up. She would just smile and pat her stomach. It really amazed the poor rurouni. Yet, he was no longer rurouni. He was married, and settled. There was no need to wander now. He had everything he needed here, and was not going to give it up for anything.

The sun started to heat up the streets and Kenshin began to worry. He walked faster in order to get Kaoru back to the dojo before the heat soaked through her sandals. She noticed this and deliberately slowed her pace. She looked him in the eye and stopped.

"Kaoru, you're going to get sick if you stay out here." He pleaded with her to begin walking again, but she would not.

"Kenshin, stop fussing over me. I'll be perfectly fine." She started to walk at her normal pace again. Kenshin started to worry.

"What if the heat melts your sandals? What if you get dehydrated?" He held fast to her hand and started to walk faster than he did before. There was no way he would let her get sick out in the heat, when she could be at the dojo in the shade. Kaoru was dragged along for some distance until they reached the dojo gates. Kenshin smiled again and led his young wife into the yard.

"There now, you're safe, that you are." He said as she sat on the porch to rest.

"Maybe you were right about the heat Kenshin, I don't feel so well." She put her hand to her forehead dramatically and pretended to faint. Kenshin didn't notice her acting and ran to her side.

"Kaoru? Oh dear, I'm never letting you leave the dojo in this kind of weather again. What have I done?"

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Will Kenshin ever realize that Kaoru is faking? What if she isn't? Stay tuned for another chapter! See you all later! Ja. R&R for me, it makes me smile a lot! ^^