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Gara: Is their Kenshin?

Kenshin: oro Gara-dono?

Gara: pay attention! Hits *Kenshin over the head with a fan that says 'Baka' in Kanji *

Kenshin: oro! @.@x *falls over *

Gara: hee hee well on with the story! *Bows *

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Chapter 2 "He came"

The soft morning sunlight lit Kenshin's sleeping face, his eyelashes fluttered slightly till they where fully open. He waited till his eyes had adjusted to the light before he looked around. Kenshin's eyes fell upon a sleeping Megumi who only lay a couple of feet away from him.

"Megumi-dono?" His eyes widened slightly, then he looked at the two others a young man who was Sano and a young boy who was Yahiko. He touched his side for his katana but a sharp pain kept him from moving so fast so instead he looked but to his dismay it was not there.

"Kuso." he muttered softly not liking the idea of being somewhere without his katana, but Megumi was here so it shouldn't be so bad.

'That is Megumi-dono.right? It doesn't look like she hasn't changed at all.' He pondered the thought for a while.

"Kenshin. you're awake." A female voice came into his thoughts and he lifted his head to look into a pare of dark eyes, Megumi had waken up.

"Hai." Kenshin softly replied as he looked down at the bandages.

"Well finally! Its good Sano and Yahiko found you." As she said that she moved her head to the side to indicate the two who where still sleeping.

"They are your friends?" Kenshin just asked more for the hell of it instead of really needing to know.

"Yes, there the closest thing I have to a family before you left and even though Kaoru-chan wasn't around for to long she felt like a sister." Megumi smiled at Kenshin but suddenly she regretted bringing up Kaoru, for Kenshin looked at her with such weird eyes.

"Do you know anything else about her at the moment." Kenshin's was calm but it seemed as if it had a edge to it just like his blade. "I'm sorry Kenshin. I wish I did. all I know is." Then it hit Megumi. "She's in Tokyo! That's what she said the last time I saw her!" Megumi nodded.

Before the two could go on a voice interrupted. "Megumi where's break-hey he's awake!" Yahiko jumped up and over to Megumi.

"Hai Yahiko-kun. This is Kenshin." She smiles as she introduced the young eager boy to Kenshin.

Yahiko tackled the poor Samurai with question after question.

"How do you know Megumi? Who are you really? Do you really know how to fight? Are you trying to steal Megumi? Sano wont like that!" before Yahiko could go on Yahiko was punched to the floor.

"BAKA! THAT'S NOT TRUE!" A half-awake angry flustered Sano stud in front of the small group. Yahiko was rubbing his head and growling Megumi was trying to calm down the over heated Sano. Kenshin started to laugh, everyone stopped almost as if time stopped. Kenshin started to laugh harder.

Megumi almost had a heart attack she KNEW Kenshin as a silent type not a big laugh ether but here he was laughing not as much as she wished or was normal but it was something.

They all stopped doing what they where doing after Megumi had introduced Sano to Kenshin and like wise. And Megumi had told them about how Megumi and him where friends.

"Sano.Yahiko I want you guys to do me a favor.Help Kenshin and I find a girl named Kaoru." Megumi looked at the tow never looking at Kenshin. She looked so serious and Sano and Yahiko knew this. They both nodded in agreement, not even knowing this man they decided to help him 'hey if Megumi said so then it was alright right?' was the thought going to the two's heads.

"Will you be able to walk Kenshin?" Sano looked over at Kenshin.

"Hai, I've had worse." Kenshin stud up a slight pain flickered in his eyes but it went away and was replaced with something else but Megumi couldn't place her finger on it.

"BUT! After breakfast ok!" Sano said and ruffled Yahiko's hair knowing that, that is what he was thinking.

"I AGREE!" The two went happily to another room and turned and waved at Kenshin.

"COME ON MEGUMI MAKES THE BEST FOOD!!!" Yahiko seemed happy he hadn't eaten since yesterday afternoon.

"Hai." Kenshin fallow.

They all sat at the table waiting for Megumi to make breakfast.

||* (Tokyo) *||

Kaoru had waken up early today and had already gotten herself to the shower. She had wished she could have just stayed in that warm water but the maids would just not allow her to saying 'you will end up like a prune.' Kaoru laughed at the thought of being a large prune walking around in her Kimono.

She had just gotten out of the show and picked a kimono she wished to wear. It was a soft pink with Sakura blossoms falling on it. She had gotten her hair up into a high ponytail with her long blue ribbon holding it up and with the two peaces' of loose placed hair, one hanging in front of each ear. She slipped on her sandals that where black with sakura blossoms as well on them.

It was a lovely day today and she was finally aloud to take a walk being that her husband to be did not like this idea of her wandering around.

'Why does everyone think I should not be able to leave the house and go around. it was way much worse when I started to fight.I wish they would stop looking at me like I was some child.' She wishes she could just say it aloud but she did not feel like starting something today.

She picked up her small bag that held some belongings and looked around the room for anything else that she might have forgotten. Once she was finished she exited out of he room she had been staying in for about two weeks already.

Kaoru walked along the long hallways that held paintings that almost seemed to watch her. Unlike Shisho, Shi had more of a taste for western things and that is what the house had been modeled after. Once she walked along the home, which seemed like a labyrinth she reached the main door.

Kaoru ran a finger over the gold handle it was shaped like a dragon very weird for this home but she decided to ignore it and pushed the heavy doors open slipping out. She moved her hand up to shade her eyes that where not use to the suns rays. Once she was finally able to see she looked down the steps and right in front of her was a young man about a couple inches taller then her but not by very much.

"Good Morning Kaoru-san." He smiled making him seem younger then he was but his blue eyes told of his age even though his smile seemed like a child's. His short black hair shown in the sun and he had a shirt that was white and a blue gi that for the long caller it was a darker shade of blue, His Hakama was the same shade of blue as his gi what seemed like socks made of cloth covered from his feet to his knees which covered the hakama from the knee down. A pare of thin sandals where on his feet and laced around his ankles to keep them on. A Katana was held to his side.

Once Kaoru looked him over she recognized him. He was Seta Soujiro. Kaoru had seen him before with Shi, Soujiro was said to be a excellent fighter and one of the families best fighters. Soujiro was not related to the family but Shishio decided to take him in when his foster family was killed at a very young age. Since then he has been loyal to the family.

Kaoru did not trust any of those that where related or servants under the Makoto father and son. She walked down the stairs gracefully with her head up. She past Soujiro with out a word till she felt a hand grab her arm and she spin to face the smiling Soujiro.

"Kaoru-san where are you heading off to?" He said with a surprisingly cheerful voice something Kaoru wasn't really suspecting of happening.

"Out." she turned to leave but Soujiro still had her arm.

"Kaoru-san you shouldn't go by yourself I will fallow you." He let go off her arm softly.

Kaoru couldn't be to mean to him. He acted way to. cute. She wanted to hit herself but she HAD to be mean right? If she became nice to him and talked to him he would tell Shi about what she was talking about.

"Don't you have to do something else?" She tried her best to sound cold but the smile never left.

"Nope Kaoru-san! And anyway Shi-sama said to watch over you." He pointed to his eyes then you her.

She couldn't help it a small laugh came out of her then she nodded. She couldn't believe he was the same age as her.

'Fine it wont be that bad. I hope.' She nodded and started to walk while Soujiro walked silently behind her.

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"That was good! Megumi!." Yahiko said as him and Sano looked happy there plates cleared of any food that was once there. Kenshin looked at the two surprised looking down at his plate that still had some food left over he blinked a couple of times then shuck his head.

"So Megumi-dono." Kenshin looked over to Megumi. "Will you come with us?" Kenshin knew that Megumi to wanted to see Kaoru and he did not want to wish to displease that wish.

"Hai." she said in a serious voice as she made a sharp nod.

"Then that's it.we will all go to go find this Kaoru girl." Sano said looking around for any objections but there where none so he stud up.

Megumi picked up the plates and Kenshin helped once everything was done they got prepared to leave Kenshin's cutes and all where no more of a pain to him so there was no need for him to be looked after for a sign of falling over or so on.

They all left the house and Yahiko seemed too great the new day with a stretch.

"Its nice out today. and the cherry blossoms are in season which makes it even lovelier." Megumi smiled and they all walked very little talk was conducted in the group each wondering about what would happen. Sano and Yahiko had never met this girl before I their lives but they did know that Megumi and Kenshin had a link with this girl.

Megumi decided to tell the two some of the story to Kenshins dismay. A slight blush phased the samurai's cheeks.

Megumi watched Kenshin slightly surprised, he was trying to change himself. why was this she wondered. Kenshin was always form what she knew of him at the time a very distant cold person but know he was starting to act more.human. was it the thought of the young women that he would once again see.that is if they did find her. Megumi shivered slightly but the others did not notice this.

'What if Kaoru died in the war? Could the girl ever die?' Megumi smiled. 'No.she is to strong for that her will is to strong she wouldn't go down easily.

With that they kept going after such a long time of walking they found them right outside of the towns entrance.

They're where men, women, and children all smiling walking mothers holding baby a father buying a doll for his little girl. It was peaceful, Kenshin looked around no more fear for your lives.

"There are so many people." Yahiko went ahead of them. "I want to look around!" Yahiko yield behind him as he ran off.

"Sano go watch over him." Megumi slightly laughed when Sano gave her 'why me?' face and then ran after him cursing as he went.

Megumi looked over at Kenshin who looked around his eyes seemed so peaceful. "Kenshin. we should go look for her." Kenshin nodded at that after coming back from his thoughts.

"Hai Megumi-dono."

Megumi and Kenshin walked along past some stores asking about Kaoru. As the two searched around the front of the stores on the other side Kaoru and Soujiro walked.

"Soujiro." It was the first time she had said his name so he looked a little surprised.

"Hai Kaoru-san?"

"Could you please not walk behind me." He looked at her confused. She noticed his confusion and sighed softly.

"Walk beside me." As she said so he did it. She felt a little more conferrable at least now she could see him.

"Did Kaoru-san come out today to buy something?"

"Nope." She answered not fully paying attention just watching others walk by.

"Really? Oh I see you don't like staying inside." He nodded. " I don't blame you I like it outside to and not always shut in."

How could such a person work for such others she wondered. The thing was something in him made her a little edgy he was so unreadable it was amazing.

Something caught her eyes. She turned to look and stopped dead in her tracks.

Across from her on the other side of the street stud someone from her past.

"Kenshin?" she whispered aloud. Not paying any attention now to Soujiro who was asking her what was wrong she couldn't hear him anymore.

"Kenshin." She said a little louder but she couldn't yell it. She looked at him with her blue orbs. He was almost exactly how she remembered him. The wind picked up moving his hair so look sort of like flames but his hair was no longer in a high ponytail but a low one. His eyes felt like they could see inside and she was trapped. She could see his cross-shaped scar. She knew it was him she almost felt like she was going to faint. Megumi was now next to him looking at Kaoru with wide eyes.

"He came."

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Hello I will try to get chapters up soon but I have schoolwork *kicks high school. * so not as much time.

Kenshin: *sniff * oro! Gara: what's wrong Kenshin! Kenshin: Kaoru-dono. Gara: *hugs Kenshin * its ok Kenshin while get her for you ok! Kenshin: *nods sniff nods * Well you guys please review I can't write unless you people tell me you like it or if I should change stuff or what ok! Well that's it for today and I will try to get the next chappie up as soon as I can! Love you all and keep reading and reviewing!!!!