Hope you enjoied the first two! (OMG I hate that number!) Anyway, please read and review this one too! (OMG I hate that homophone) Hope the Raine name wasn't a little too obvious that I wrote this when it was raining! Heheheheh... Ohhhh... I just remebered! I forgot to say that Soujiro is armed, but Raine doesn't care. hey niether would I....

As Soujiro slipped off his sandals he stepped gracefully through the doorway of the small homely little cottage, a strong smell of inscence burners ( sorry did I spell that right?) slid upon his face and sneaked up his nose. ( geez that didn't sound right...) He felt light-headed at his first few steps but regained his consciousness after a short while.

Raine: My grandmother is weak and can barely walk due to this sickness. So please help me with holding this medicine.

Soujiro: Of course. While putting on a little smile.

Raine pushed aside a red patterned pair curtains to a little room and a small futon. And in that small futon was a fragile looking old lady who was coughing and sputtering.

Old lady: Ah, Raine, my dear. I see that you are home.

Raine: Yes grandmother, and I brought you home some medicine as well as a guest. His name is Soujiro.

Soujiro: Konnichiwa (amazingly the horse ride took like 3 hrs!), dear elder.

Old lady: Please sit down and tell me of your travels. And please do call me Yumigachi.

Soujiro: Hai, Yumigachi-san

Raine: Well, I went to Hiko-san for the medicine then, I headed back home when I- happened, to meet Soujiro-san here. Guesturing her hand towards Seta.

Yumigachi: Ah. Then, you just walked all the way back with this young man?

Raine: Iie, Soujiro-san has this strong, yet beautiful black horse and gave me a ride to you grandmother.

Yumigachi: hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe..... That was the exact same way me and your grandfather met!

Raine: Grandmother!

Athe the sound of this, both Seta and Raine blushed. And with every word the old coot said, they blushed deeper.

Yumigachi: Well, there is nothing to be ashamed of! kuff, kuff I just want you to be happy my dear snowy!

Raine: Ah, grandma, you know as much as I that it was an accident Soujiro- san and I met. Now please drink your medicine.

So Soujiro handed over the bottle of medicine and Raine carefully poured it into a bowl for her grandmother to slurp. Once they were finished, Raine made dinner, and Soujiro helped. As they were going to bring the food to a table they heard a muffled scream and the deadly sound of a blade being withdrawn from it's scabbard.

Raine: No, GRANDMA!!!!

Raine's attempt to reach her granmother knocked over all the food as she scrambled to the living room. Soujiro somehow felt much worry in that small instance when she ran to the living room. He held her back. Wrapping his arms around her waist, face going serious like Kenshin's.

Raine: Let me go! She flailed and screamed, tears scattered down her cheeks and throat.

Soujiro: No, you must wait here.

Raine: Why?!?

Soujiro had no answer but had let her go and placed a his right hand upon the hilt of his sword. He wiped the seious look off his face, replaced it with his famous false cheery one and entered the living room.

What Soujiro did not know was that Raine followed. Soujiro liffted the curtain, which was a gateway to hell for Raine, for what they saw was just too horrible for words. Soujiro did not flinch but for Raine tears just kept pouring...

Hope you liked. Rand R, sorry so short since somebody is nagging me! hem hem