Disclaimer: still don't own the series or the characters.*sniffle*
AN: hey guys am I that transparent? ^.^; just kidding, thanks for reviewing keep it up!!
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Kaoru's POV:
They walked for what seemed like a while before Kaoru stopped under a Sakura tree.
"Has Yahiko talked to you yet?" Kenshin asked.
"Talked to me? No, why?" she asked curiously
"When he does go easy on him ok?"
"What are you talking about?" She eyed him suspiciously.
"Nothing"
"Kenshin..." but something caught her eye as she looked around, and then she smiled. "Look around, what do you notice?"
Kenshin looked around "uh..." he stared at the fallen petals that littered the ground at their feet. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed a soft glimmer; Fireflies. "Kaoru-" He understood, it seemed just like that night which seemed so long ago.
"A lot has changed since then hasn't it?" Kaoru said as she leaned against the tree.
"Yes" then a thought had crossed his mind 'but then again a lot hasn't changed...'
"Kenshin?"
"Hmm?"
"What- what would you say if umm-" she stammered trying to find the right words.
"Kaoru?"
"Umm you know how I spent a few days in Aizu?" Kenshin just nodded as she went on. "You remember how you asked to come with me?"
Kenshin was getting a little confused but he nodded and went along with it anyway.
"Well you see, it's because I wanted to ask Megumi to help me with something..."
Kenshin looked at her a little concernedly "Help you-"
She interrupted him if she was ever going to tell him she couldn't let him interrupt "I umm well, you see she just sent me a letter and well I-"
Kenshin worriedly put his arms around her "Kaoru is something wrong? Are you-"
"No-no-" she blushed "It's nothing, nothing like that" 'what could he be thinking?' she thought. "You see I have been feeling a little strange lately, and I guess I wanted to know why so I asked Megumi to examine me while I was visiting..." She paused but Kenshin interrupted her again.
"I don't understand" he looked at her a little more confused, 'if it wasn't "like that" then why did she need Megumi to examine her?' his mind was racing with possibilities, as he became a little more apprehensive.
'It's now or never.' Kaoru thought, she took a deep breath, "Kenshin I'm Pregnant..."
The words echoed in his head 'pregnant' out of all the things he was expecting her to say this wasn't it, "How?" He asked dumbfounded.
"I think you know how," Kaoru blushed, "Kenshin, are you alright?"
"Pregnant-" Kenshin looked pail and off balanced, "With a baby?" he said.
Kaoru laughed, "With a baby," he was a little more shocked than she would have guessed but over all he was taking this quite well.
"A baby?" he said still trying to grasp the concept.
Kaoru pulled him close to her, "Yes, a baby."
Kenshin looked at Kaoru, "So Kenji knows?"
"Yes he-" Kaoru shot him a cold look, "Wait, how'd you know about- you were spying on us!" She flicked his nose, "how much did you hear?"
"Well... your brother still wants to kill me." He said rubbing his nose.
"Still?" she said inquisitively. 'What does he mean still?'
"Nothing" then a thought crossed his mind, "Why did you think that I would ever leave you?"
'So he heard that-' She looked away feeling a little ashamed of herself. "I'm such a fool, I was afraid that- I don't know, that you would leave and I would be alone again, I've been out of my mind ever since my brother came back I couldn't help thinking that-" She laughed at herself. "But how stupid of me, you know, always jumping ahead of myself" she blushed and put on a false smile.
Kenshin couldn't help but laugh inside. 'Out of her mind would be an understatement.' Kenshin smiled at her, "I'm not going to leave, I am staying right here, with you." He brushed away a stray hair that had fallen in her face.
'Damn you Kenshin stop saying the right thing!' she shook her head. "I'm such a fool- I just don't know what is going on in my head anymore."
Kenshin kissed her forehead, "You're not a fool. Would I marry a fool?"
"Yes you would- wait, what?!" she looked at him, 'did he just say what I think he just said?'
"Would I marry a fool?" he said again, smiling at her pure shock
"Kenshin..."
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A dark leering figure stood not to far away listening to the private conversation.
"My trump card" the figure whispered. "Kenji your secrets out, now you and that girl are mine." The figure laughed as he disappeared into the darkness.
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Kenshin's POV:
A few days after Kaoru had told Kenshin she was pregnant, and a few days after Kenshin proposed to Kaoru, things seemed almost normal at the Kamiya dojo, or at least as normal as things would ever get.
"YAHIKO!!!" Kaoru screamed looking for him; she had become irritable lately (but that was no doubt an effect of being pregnant). Her face was getting redder as she marched around the training hall waiting impatiently for him to show up.
Yahiko had been sleeping on the roof, hoping that Kaoru wouldn't spot him up there.
"Yahiko." A voice whispered into his ear.
"Yay waddya want?" he grumbled as he opened one eye to see Kenshin staring at him.
"If you don't get down for practice Kaoru is going to beat you up and then make you clean the dojo again." Kenshin smiled his innocent smile and then he said; "You haven't told Kaoru yet have you?" Kenshin was referring to Yahiko's night patrols at the Akabeko.
"No, I haven't I will though, Miss Tae's paying me tonight and I am going to tell Kaoru when I give her the money." Yahiko sat up and sighed, "Hey Kenshin why is she so moody lately anyway?"
Kenshin laughed nervously remembering that no one had told Yahiko yet that Kaoru was pregnant (not to mention Kaoru threatened to kill him if he told anyone). "Umm it's nothing she just has a few issues at the moment."
Yahiko eyed Kenshin "Yay, well she doesn't have to take her anger out on me, besides it's probably your fault anyway." Yahiko joked as he walked off towards the training hall where Kaoru was waiting impatiently for him.
'You have no idea.' Kenshin thought as he watched Yahiko's retreating back.
To be continued...
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AN: I feel sorry for Yahiko, he never gets to know anything and he gets beat up by Kaoru all the time.
Yahiko: Yay why doesn't any one tell me anything? And why does ugly beat me up?
Kaoru: Maybe it's because you're so cocky all the time
Yahiko: *sticks out tongue* Bite me ugly!
Battosaichick: *holds Kaoru back with one hand and waves with other* well anyway until next time!
AN: hey guys am I that transparent? ^.^; just kidding, thanks for reviewing keep it up!!
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Kaoru's POV:
They walked for what seemed like a while before Kaoru stopped under a Sakura tree.
"Has Yahiko talked to you yet?" Kenshin asked.
"Talked to me? No, why?" she asked curiously
"When he does go easy on him ok?"
"What are you talking about?" She eyed him suspiciously.
"Nothing"
"Kenshin..." but something caught her eye as she looked around, and then she smiled. "Look around, what do you notice?"
Kenshin looked around "uh..." he stared at the fallen petals that littered the ground at their feet. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed a soft glimmer; Fireflies. "Kaoru-" He understood, it seemed just like that night which seemed so long ago.
"A lot has changed since then hasn't it?" Kaoru said as she leaned against the tree.
"Yes" then a thought had crossed his mind 'but then again a lot hasn't changed...'
"Kenshin?"
"Hmm?"
"What- what would you say if umm-" she stammered trying to find the right words.
"Kaoru?"
"Umm you know how I spent a few days in Aizu?" Kenshin just nodded as she went on. "You remember how you asked to come with me?"
Kenshin was getting a little confused but he nodded and went along with it anyway.
"Well you see, it's because I wanted to ask Megumi to help me with something..."
Kenshin looked at her a little concernedly "Help you-"
She interrupted him if she was ever going to tell him she couldn't let him interrupt "I umm well, you see she just sent me a letter and well I-"
Kenshin worriedly put his arms around her "Kaoru is something wrong? Are you-"
"No-no-" she blushed "It's nothing, nothing like that" 'what could he be thinking?' she thought. "You see I have been feeling a little strange lately, and I guess I wanted to know why so I asked Megumi to examine me while I was visiting..." She paused but Kenshin interrupted her again.
"I don't understand" he looked at her a little more confused, 'if it wasn't "like that" then why did she need Megumi to examine her?' his mind was racing with possibilities, as he became a little more apprehensive.
'It's now or never.' Kaoru thought, she took a deep breath, "Kenshin I'm Pregnant..."
The words echoed in his head 'pregnant' out of all the things he was expecting her to say this wasn't it, "How?" He asked dumbfounded.
"I think you know how," Kaoru blushed, "Kenshin, are you alright?"
"Pregnant-" Kenshin looked pail and off balanced, "With a baby?" he said.
Kaoru laughed, "With a baby," he was a little more shocked than she would have guessed but over all he was taking this quite well.
"A baby?" he said still trying to grasp the concept.
Kaoru pulled him close to her, "Yes, a baby."
Kenshin looked at Kaoru, "So Kenji knows?"
"Yes he-" Kaoru shot him a cold look, "Wait, how'd you know about- you were spying on us!" She flicked his nose, "how much did you hear?"
"Well... your brother still wants to kill me." He said rubbing his nose.
"Still?" she said inquisitively. 'What does he mean still?'
"Nothing" then a thought crossed his mind, "Why did you think that I would ever leave you?"
'So he heard that-' She looked away feeling a little ashamed of herself. "I'm such a fool, I was afraid that- I don't know, that you would leave and I would be alone again, I've been out of my mind ever since my brother came back I couldn't help thinking that-" She laughed at herself. "But how stupid of me, you know, always jumping ahead of myself" she blushed and put on a false smile.
Kenshin couldn't help but laugh inside. 'Out of her mind would be an understatement.' Kenshin smiled at her, "I'm not going to leave, I am staying right here, with you." He brushed away a stray hair that had fallen in her face.
'Damn you Kenshin stop saying the right thing!' she shook her head. "I'm such a fool- I just don't know what is going on in my head anymore."
Kenshin kissed her forehead, "You're not a fool. Would I marry a fool?"
"Yes you would- wait, what?!" she looked at him, 'did he just say what I think he just said?'
"Would I marry a fool?" he said again, smiling at her pure shock
"Kenshin..."
* * *
A dark leering figure stood not to far away listening to the private conversation.
"My trump card" the figure whispered. "Kenji your secrets out, now you and that girl are mine." The figure laughed as he disappeared into the darkness.
* * *
Kenshin's POV:
A few days after Kaoru had told Kenshin she was pregnant, and a few days after Kenshin proposed to Kaoru, things seemed almost normal at the Kamiya dojo, or at least as normal as things would ever get.
"YAHIKO!!!" Kaoru screamed looking for him; she had become irritable lately (but that was no doubt an effect of being pregnant). Her face was getting redder as she marched around the training hall waiting impatiently for him to show up.
Yahiko had been sleeping on the roof, hoping that Kaoru wouldn't spot him up there.
"Yahiko." A voice whispered into his ear.
"Yay waddya want?" he grumbled as he opened one eye to see Kenshin staring at him.
"If you don't get down for practice Kaoru is going to beat you up and then make you clean the dojo again." Kenshin smiled his innocent smile and then he said; "You haven't told Kaoru yet have you?" Kenshin was referring to Yahiko's night patrols at the Akabeko.
"No, I haven't I will though, Miss Tae's paying me tonight and I am going to tell Kaoru when I give her the money." Yahiko sat up and sighed, "Hey Kenshin why is she so moody lately anyway?"
Kenshin laughed nervously remembering that no one had told Yahiko yet that Kaoru was pregnant (not to mention Kaoru threatened to kill him if he told anyone). "Umm it's nothing she just has a few issues at the moment."
Yahiko eyed Kenshin "Yay, well she doesn't have to take her anger out on me, besides it's probably your fault anyway." Yahiko joked as he walked off towards the training hall where Kaoru was waiting impatiently for him.
'You have no idea.' Kenshin thought as he watched Yahiko's retreating back.
To be continued...
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AN: I feel sorry for Yahiko, he never gets to know anything and he gets beat up by Kaoru all the time.
Yahiko: Yay why doesn't any one tell me anything? And why does ugly beat me up?
Kaoru: Maybe it's because you're so cocky all the time
Yahiko: *sticks out tongue* Bite me ugly!
Battosaichick: *holds Kaoru back with one hand and waves with other* well anyway until next time!