A/N: this chapter is kind of just for fun at the end of it. but the beginning's the serious part. I felt like having a little fun with the characters. you'll see what I mean when you reach the end of the story.

An hour passed by and everyone became more worried about Kaoru. Each person (except Kenshin) took turns pacing about the room.

Kenshin felt Kaoru begin to shift in his arms. His hopes lifted. "She's moving! I think she's going to wake up!"

Everyone stopped moving and stared at Kaoru.

Just as Kenshin had predicted, Kaoru slowly opened her eyes.

"K-Kenshin?" She stared at him. When she noticed that he had rapped himself around her, she blushed deeply. "What's going on?" She asked weekly.

Kenshin, making no effort to let her go (despite her blushing), told her what had happened to her. When he finished, she looked around at everyone else.

"So I was really going to die Megumi?"

Megumi nodded. "Yes, you almost did, but luckily Misao came up with the idea to have someone get in with you to help warm you. And thanks to Sir-Ken (A/N: That is what she calls him isn't it? If it's not let me know!) for being the one to get in."

"Thank you Misao."

"No problem, it was my fault you passed out anyway."

Kaoru laughed and looked up at Kenshin. "Thank you too."

Kenshin nodded, and opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off by Yahiko.

"What about me?!"

"Yeah, how come Yahiko and I don't get any thanks?!"

"Because you two didn't do anything!" Megumi answered coldly.

"But we stayed her the whole time & almost worried to death!" Yahiko yelled back.

Kaoru smiled to them and said, "Thank you two for worrying about me."

"Any time Missy, any time."

Kaoru (still in Kenshin's arms) noticed that she was only in a towel and blushed. "Kenshin, could you let go, I need to go change."

Kenshin, not wanting to, slowly released her from his arms. She stood up and walked out of the room. A few minutes later she came back in wearing a blue and red kimono. Kenshin had gotten out of the bath, with his clothes clinging to him. He left the room and changed to a new pair of clothes. When he came back in, everyone was talking to each other. He sighed in relief, so glad that Kaoru was alright. He had almost fallen apart when he thought she wouldn't make it.

Something was bugging Kenshin, so he decided that he'd ask about it. "Kaoru."

"Yes?"

"What was your brother like?" Everyone fell silent at his words.

"You had a brother?!" they all shouted.

"Yes. he died when I was 14."

"Will you tell us about him?" Kenshin asked.

"If you really want to know." Kaoru looked to the ground. Everyone nodded and Kenshin put his hand around hers and squeezed it just a bit. She smiled at his comfort and began. "My brother's name was Rei. He's my twin, and he was a lot like me. He had dark hair; he was really tall, and muscular. He used to make fun of how short I was compared to him. We were really close, and he was more than a brother to me, he was my best friend. We did every thing together, and didn't let anything separate us. but one day, he went out to buy something for his friends birthday, and he never came back. there was blood at the store he went to, his blood, yet we never found his body. I miss him a lot." She let a few tears drop from her eyes. Kenshin saw this and gently whipped the tears away from her cheek.

The door to the dojo opened. A man around the age of 18 walked in. His hair was black and messy; he was just a little shorter than Sano and had blue eyes. Kaoru's eyes widened at the sight.

"Do you always believe what you hear and see Kaoru? Well, I guess so. You always were a little naïve." The man stated.

"R-Rei?!" Kaoru stuttered.

"Yeah, it's me. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, I got a little side tracked." He laughed.

Kaoru let go of Kenshin's hand and ran to the man and hugged him. They embraced for a good long minute. Kaoru laughed as he spun her around once. Her smile then turned to a frown. "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? You had me thinking you were dead for four years!! Why didn't you come back?! What happen?!"

"Calm down Missy, let him explain before you yell his head off!" Sano laughed.

"Yeah, you wouldn't want 2 kill him with your loudness would you?" Yahiko smirked.

"Oh, leave her alone!" Misao & Megumi yelled in unison.

Kenshin walked up to Kaoru and put his arm around her. She blushed and calmed down.

"Rei, will you please answer me?"

"Alright, you see, I was at the store 4 years ago, and this man came up behind me & slashed me with his sword. He managed to get a lot of blood out of me, but I was still alright. I tried to run from the man, but he knocked me unconscious. He escaped with me before anyone knew what had happen. He took me to this hideout and forced me to work for him stealing stuff for all these years. Behind his back at night, I trained myself to get stronger, and finally last week I escaped. It took me this long, but I finally escaped." Everyone was silent, but then Rei spoke again. "So Kaoru, I see you've managed to become shorter." He smiled, as he touched her head.

"Hey! I have not!! You're just taller!" She yelled.

"Anyway, it seems like you've got a lot of friends here, is there a party for some reason? And would you care to introduce them to me?"

"No there's no party. Three of them live here with me."

"Huh?! But there's only two girls! You mean you live with one guy too? Is it the little kid?"

"I'm not little!!"

".Not exactly. actually, the three guys, well two guys, one kid, live here, and the two girls don't."

"WHAT?! You let three guys live with you?!!?!?"

"Rei calm down! Do you want to be introduced to them or not?!"

"Fine." He was still protective over his sister and wished that the two men (and the kid) before him didn't live there.

"This is Megumi, she's a doctor. This is Misao,"

"Weasel girl!" Yahiko interrupted.

"I am not a weasel!!!" Misao shouted.

"This is Yahiko; I'm teaching him to use the bokken (is that how it's spelled?). This is Sano, though he's a freeloader and doesn't do his work around the house; he's still a great guy. And this is Kenshin, he, unlike Sano, does his share around the house & he's a really good cook, and-" She was about to say more, but Rei interrupted her.

"I am so glad there's at least someone who lives here better at cooking then my sister!"

"Hey!" She hit him.

"He's right! You are a bad cook!" Yahiko agreed.

"Yahiko-chan!"

"DON'T CALL ME CHAN!! You burn everything!"

"Yahiko!!!" Kaoru began to run at him, but Kenshin grabbed her arm.

"Calm down Kaoru." He sighed.

"Kenshin!! Let me go!!" she pulled out of his grasp, but he just grabbed her around the waist. She sighed in defeat. "Alright, alright, I won't go after Yahiko."

Kenshin let go of her and sat down. Kaoru stood there for a minute, and then said, "Just kidding." She ran after Yahiko.

"Ahh! Kenshin, Rooster head, help me!"

"I'm not a Rooster head!" Sano yelled.

"Fine, Sano help me!"

"Get him Kaoru!" Misao shouted. "He called me a weasel!"

"Misao, why didn't Aoshi come?" Megumi asked.

"Oh, Aoshi! I totally forgot I was supposed to be back for dinner! Gotta go!" She waved to everyone and left.

"I've got to go too; I've got some patients to take care of." Megumi said following Misao out the door.

"Yahiko! Get back here!" Kaoru screamed. Yahiko ran as fast as he could as Kaoru began to catch up to him. Sano got up and tripped Yahiko.

"That's for calling me a Rooster head."

Kaoru stopped running and picked up her bokken. She was about to hit Yahiko with it, but Kenshin took it from her. She turned to him. "Kenshin! Give it back!" She tried to take it from him, but he kept moving it to a different place.

Yahiko started running again.

"Kenshin! You let Yahiko get away!" she wined, but then thought of something. "Kenshin, is the food burning?"

"Food?!" Kenshin turned around, and she took the bokken from him.

"There is no food!" She said as she ran after Yahiko again.

"Kaoru!" Kenshin ran back after her.

Rei just stood there staring at them. Sano walked up to him.

"Does this always happen?"

"You'll get used to it. Anyway, do you know how to play poker?" (A/N: Did they know how to play poker back then? Well if they don't, they do now.)

"Yeah, I'll play you."

They set up the cards and started playing. Yahiko jumped over the table to keep away from Kaoru. His foot grazed the top of Sano's cards and knocked them over.

Rei looked at them and said "You loose." And reviled his cards.

"Darn. another hand?"

"Why not?"

Kaoru dashed over to the table and jumped it too, but she didn't hit anything. Yahiko began running in the other direction as Kenshin just caught up. He ran around the table and in front of Kaoru. She didn't see him until she had already started running again. She collided with him and they both fell to the floor.

"Oh, sorry Kenshin." She said as she began to get up, glaring at Yahiko who was calling her ugly and other names. She was about to run again, but Kenshin pulled her down on top of him. "Ah! Kenshin! Let go!" She tried to pull away.

He swiftly moved so that now he was on top of her, pinning her down by the arms. He took the bokken from her and tossed it to the side. He started laughing and she blushed, but then joined him in laughing.

"Ahem!" Rei looked at them suspiciously. Kenshin and Kaoru blushed and they both got up off the ground.

Kaoru quickly looked around, but didn't see Yahiko. "It's alright Yahiko, I'm not going to do anything to you." She called out.

He came out of the other room. "You sure?"

"Yes, I promise."

"Kaoru." Rei raised an eyebrow at her.

"What is it?"

"You like him don't you?" He asked pointing to Kenshin. Kaoru blushed deeply.

"Ha! After just a little time, I can already tell! You are so obvious!"

"Oh be quiet." She hit him.

"Oww!" He rubbed his sore head. "Kenshin, do you like my sister?"

"Yes."

"Well, that's a good thing. Kaoru, I will permit you to marry him. He's a nice guy." Kaoru fell over at his words.

"I don't need your permission to marry someone! If I wanted to, I'd do it weather you liked it or not."

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So, how was this chapter? I was in a weird mood tonight, so it's kind of childish. PLEASE R&R!!!