Disclaimer: I own nothing… Blah blah blah… None of it is mine, I tell you! I swear! But if you want to give it to me, I'd be a very happy girl…
Ok, I lied on my Bio. I know I said I probably wouldn't get this up until after I get back, I thought I would give you all a little treat before I leave for Japan! You're welcome… So enjoy!
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Kenshin smiled as he hung the last bit of laundry up to dry. It was a wonderful day, and Kaoru had only lost her temper twice. He stood, watching the laundry wave in the gentle breeze and thought about her. She was so beautiful, so kind and happy.
"She disserves so much better than me." He whispered.
"Hmm. Really?" Sanosuke mused. He saw Kenshin's cheeks redden and he laughed.
"Sano, what are you doing here? I thought you were helping Megumi down at the clinic!" Kenshin said with a hint of anger in his voice.
Sano nodded. "Yeah, but she told me I was getting in the way and sent me home. Don't worry. Kaoru is still with Yahiko down at the market." Kenshin sighed. "Why don't you just tell her, Kenshin? It would make-"
"Sano, isn't there something you should be doing?"
"Stop avoiding it! Why don't you just sit down and tell her? Are you afraid of letting her know, that maybe she won't return your feelings?"
"Sano, we've gone over this. I don't disserve her, even if she did love me."
"Well, what would you do if she met another man?"
"Sano, Miss Kaoru has been very kind to me. If she was to meet some one that made her happy, I could never take that away from her."
Sano slapped his forehead and walked away muttering about how foolish Kenshin was.
"Sano my friend, I'm sorry. But it will not kill her to never know I love her." Kenshin whispered softly.
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"Wow, would you look at that?" Kaoru stared at the beautiful blue hair ribbon for sale. "I wish I had the money for it." She whispered.
"Oh, come on Kaoru! I thought you wanted some diakon radishes for dinner tonight. If you do, we had better hurry, Kenshin is gonna get worried about us if we don't go now."
"Oh, all right!" The girl sighed. "You're right, let's go." They walked down the crowed streets and made their way to a small booth selling vegetables.
Kaoru looked at the prices and began to choose two daikon radishes.
"Hello, Missy." A man came up next to her and smiled as he searched for a radish of his own. His tone and face looked kind enough, although his attire looked too fancy to be walking around on the dusty streets of Tokyo, but Kaoru didn't like something about him.
She quickly picked two of the best radishes and paid the man behind the counter. "Thank you, have a nice day now!" He called after them.
"Come on, Yahiko, let's hurry home." She said worriedly.
The boy looked up at her just in time to see the man with the fancy clothes slipped his right hand over her mouth and picked her up with the other.
"Hey! You get back here with Kaoru!" Yahiko ran after them, pushing his way through the crowds of people. When he finally caught up with the man, he slammed his bokken down on his head.
"Foolish little boy." The man sneered as he turned around.
He set Kaoru down without taking his right hand off her mouth, and punched Yahiko hard in the face with his left, causing the boy to fly backwards.
As Yahiko got up, he was slightly amazed no one had stopped to look at the man punch him. He searched desperately for the man, only finding a small bit of paper saying: Tell Himura Kenshin to stop by the Ryuu Inn tomorrow. Try not to worry, however, this should be a nice, sophisticated visit, and no harm will come to his woman. I should think… He read the note quickly, wiping a small bit of blood off the paper that now flowed freely from his nose.
"The Ryuu Inn? That's on the other side of Tokyo! Kaoru…" He whispered softly and ran as fast as his legs would carry him back to the Dojo.
"Kenshin!" Yahiko called. "Kenshin, help quick!" The boy nearly ran into the red haired man as he raced about.
"Slow down, Yahiko. Clam down and tell me what is going on." He said gently, noticing Yahiko's bloody nose. "Where is Miss Kaoru, and why is your nose bleeding?"
The boy puffed for a moment before explaining. "We were down shopping and some guy came up behind us and grabbed Kaoru. I tried to help her, but he pushed me on the ground and by the time I got up, they had disappeared! We gotta help her, Kenshin!" He handed the man the note, and Kenshin read it quickly.
Kenshin's eyes blazed and he put one hand on his sword, crumpling the paper in the other. "Yahiko, go get Sano." His tone was harsher than he intended. "Tell him to hurry."
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Ok, I know you said longer chapter, and I did the best I could this time, but I promise, next chapter will be longer! Also, I think that's how daikon is spelled, but I could be wrong, and Yahiko does have a bokken, right? Just wanna make sure…
All right, I need a few suggestions… What should happen to Kaoru? I already have an idea, but I won't tell you incase I decide to use it. But please review and I'll try to get the next chapter up by the time I come home. Thanks so much!! ^_^