Promising herself only a slight peek, she crept silently toward the noise, not expecting the scene that she was about to see.

She walked up silently to the door.

That was only the beginning of her mistakes.

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Chapter 2 – Kenshin vs. Enishi. Bring it on! Or not...

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It was a blur. The metal was hitting metal, and there were sparks everywhere. In fact, just from sheer force of the swords, there were real sparks of flame, which had caught on a curtain. The room was beginning to ignite on fire.

The flame rose higher, climbing with the curtain. It licked at their feet but neither hitokiri paid any attention. There was fire... not just in the room, but also in their eyes.

Their ki, or aura, swirled around the room, both trying to push each other. God... Kaoru had never felt this kind of energy before. The two men standing before her, not only with grace, but with powerful stances, got ready to attack. Kaoru coughed slightly, the smoke burning her eyes. She slowly crawled, getting ready to leave.

"Where do you think you're going?" a voice hissed in her ear.

She squeaked loudly, turning to face the person, and loudly exclaimed, "Rooster man! You scared the hell out of me!"

The two hitokiri, one flame haired, one silver haired, turned to them, shock written in both their eyes. Then, the Battousai seemed to realize that Sanosuke was not by his side, but next to the girl.

"Were Makimachi and Takani not responsible for that girl?" Aoshi asked, his cool façade never slipping.

"AHH!! I found her Megumi!! She's with Sano!!" Misao's distant voice sounded.

"Speak of the devil," Kenshin murmured.

"This seems to be getting quite interesting... isn't it?" the silver-haired man spoke, a humorous glint in his eyes.

"Dammit, rooster! Lemme go!!" Kaoru shouted, finally stomping on his toes and yanking her arm away from Sanosuke.

She backed against a wall, (which was both stupid and smart in Kenshin's point of view), and held her broom handle tightly in her grip.

"I admire you people for trying what you had to try, but-" She said as she got into a fighting stance, "-I refuse to be a little dolly in your game. I'd rather die like an honorable soldier, if I don't mind."

Then she pointed her stick to the silver haired man, shouting, "Your name!?"

The man, both in bewilderment and shock that she would order him so, stuttered, "E-Enishi."

"Enishi, huh..." Kaoru murmured, then, continuing in a louder voice, "What gave you the balls to try and kiss me?! And what the hell does first kiss mean? You mean you try and take girls' first kisses?"

Everyone stood in shock, jaws dropping... (Except Aoshi, Misao was disappointed to see...)

"I... I, umm..." Enishi mumbled, unable to respond.

"Whoa, Jou-chan. No need to bite our heads off... With you being narrow-eyes' daughter and-"

"SANO!" Voices simultaneously yelled at him.

"Narrow-eyes...?" Kaoru asked, confused. Then it clicked for both her and Enishi.

"SAITOU!?" They both yelled, in unison.

"Hell no! I'm not Saitou's daughter, rooster guy! ("Hey!") You can bet your ass on that!" Kaoru fumed. What was wrong with these people?

The fire got worse. Everyone seemed to remember that they were in a dangerous position with the room threatening to burn down.

"Hey fox-lady!" Enishi called.

Megumi blinked a bit before answering, "Who me!?"

"No... the kid next to you. Of course I mean you! What floor are we on? I seemed to have forgotten."

"Ehh... if my memory serves me correct... we're only on the second floor." Megumi nodded to herself. "Yes... the second floor."

"Ah. Thank you. And for you, my dear brother-in-law, I'll be back. And take care of yourself Raccoon girl, all the answers will come pretty soon."

And with that, Enishi jumped through the window.

Kaoru could only see concerned violet eyes before she began to cough violently and fall to the ground, fainting. The last coherent thought was, 'Brother-in-law!?'

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"Oh good. You're awake. You slept through all the pain, I'm afraid. My goodness, the way you had the galls to yell at them, painfully aware who they were, seemed like you enjoyed pain!! Looking forward to your own death!"

Kaoru got up, coughing nervously.

"Hey, Jou-chan. Nice to see you awake!" Sanosuke walked in.

"Nice to see you to, rooster man."

"I have a name you know... It's Sagara Sanosuke. Y'can call me Sano." Sanosuke grinned at her.

"Did you say... Sagara?"

"Yes. And contrary to popular belief, I have to relationship to the one in the Shinsengumi. The only Sagara that I am related to is, Captain Sagara of the Sekihoutai."

"Ahh... the liars you mean?" Kaoru said, her head still dizzying.

There was a moment of silence, in which Kaoru took that her ears were not working properly. Then, Megumi's callused hand landed on her arm, and there was the sound of a door slamming.

Then, after a moment, Megumi said softly, "I'll leave you to your thoughts. Hope you feel better. But before I go-" Megumi wrapped a bandage around Kaoru's eyes. Kaoru protested but gave up. She did not have much energy left in her to fight.

"Your eyes are still injured," Megumi said, as a way of an explanation, as she walked out the door.

Kaoru sat up a bit more straight, and got used to the scent of the room.

It smells like... like..."LIKE BATTOUSAI!!"

"I'm glad you can smell again. Although... you don't seem to be too happy in this room... why?"

"Because... because!! Just because I said so!" Kaoru pouted slightly. She shifted a little, just to se wear she was. She was on a western bed, and not on a futon, like she expected to be. Around her head had to be at least ten pillows.  She wiggled around a bit more to get comfortable in her new place and then sighed, content at last.

"You're a funny girl. Do you know that?"

Kaoru snorted.

"You are..." the man seemed to murmur, as there was a slight squeak to the bed, as new weight added upon it. "different."

"What the hell are you doing Battousai!?" Kaoru squeaked hysterically, as the man's arms surrounded her waist.

"First, you don't know that I'm Battousai. We're in his room, but you can't prove I'm him.  Second, when a man and a woman are on a bed, or even a futon, they usually-" he said, but grinned wickedly when Kaoru groped wildly at his face, trying to search for his mouth.

"You hentai! I'm going to stick my fist in your mouth!" Kaoru screamed, pulling away from his embrace.

She then, finding her task impossible with it, she tried to yank her bandage from her eye. But before she could, much quicker hands, grabbing her own, brought them down.

"No... no, no, no. That wouldn't do at all! That would just ruin the fun!"

The voice was much deeper now. More... sensual. With each word, he breathed against her cheeks, puffing little clouds of air into her own shocked mouth.

A/N: Okay... I don't know. Was this chapter better then the last? Okay, the ratings gonna go up pretty soon!! PLEASE REVIEW!