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"Okay, this is where you can sleep. It's not huge, but it's the
only size we have."

"It's fine. Are you still sure you want me to stay here?"

"Yes, and I'm Kaoru. Sorry I forgot that part earlier. I
asked for yours but didn't tell you mine! There's a futon rolled
up in the corner. I'll shake it out for you. It's probably
dusty." She took the futon and walked towards the door. "You can
make yourself comfortable. I'll be right back."

Kenshin was amazed at how this young women just welcomed
him into her home. She didn't even know anything about him,
except his name. He suddenly realized that he didn't have any
money to pay her with. He couldn't do that. He was going to have
to talk to her. There had to be some way he could repay her.

Kaoru was outside shaking out the futon. She was right. It
was horribly dusty. She had already sneezed six times and
counting.She was surprised when she heard Shinji yelling her
name, and then bursting through the dojo gate.

"Kaoru, are you all right? Where are you?!"

"Shinji, I'm right here. What's wrong?"

"Where's Himura?"

"He's inside."

Shinji ran inside. His eyes looked angry. He nearly ripped
the door off the wall.

"Shinji?! What are you doing?!"
Kenshin could hear the voices. Kaoru sounded panicked. He
knew that Shinji was coming to him, so he didn't bother to leave
the room. He was right, and soon, the door slid open.

"You. You frickin' liar!(No! I'm not a cuss word person.
Some of my friends are, but not me!)

Kenshin was confused. What had he even said to this man?

"I know who you are!"

Kenshin suddenly realized what he was talking about. He
could understand the man's rage.
"Answer me!"
"Shinji, what are you talking about?" Kaoru was behind
him. He wouldn't let her pass.

"Kaoru, you don't know who this man is." He was still
looking at Kenshin, who was at a loss for words. "Why won't you
answer me?!" Shinji stormed over to Kenshin, who didn't budge.
He deserved whatever was coming. Shinji was a much bigger man
than Kenshin was. At least 3" taller, and he could easily pick
Kenshin up by his collar and look into his gentle violet eyes.

"Shinji! Put him down!"

"Kaoru, you want your chance to beat up Battousai the
Manslayer? Here!" He threw Kenshin down on the ground who rolled
out of the way before Shinji could kick him like he was trying
to do. He was up on his feet again before Shinji could protest.

"Kenshin, it's not true, is it?" Kaoru looked at him with
disbelieving eyes.

Kenshin just hung his head. "I'm sorry Kaoru. I was going
to tell you."

"You were not! You lied again!" Shinji was yelling at him.

"Yes, I was. I haven't killed in 10 years, so I'm not
Battousai anymore, but if you'd feel better, I'll leave."

"Good, and if I ever see you near Kaoru, I'll kill you."

'I don't think so. I could kill you with my bare hands.'
The voice inside his head surprised him. No, he didn't think
like that. He was a Rurouni, not a killer.

Kenshin walked out the door and Kaoru watched him leave.
All of that night, she couldn't sleep.
The next morning, Kaoru went shopping. She was absent
mindedly looking at the kimono's. She knew she couldn't afford
to buy one. She envied the women that walked in to the store,
and came out, carrying a brand new kimono. Occasionally, she
would go into the store talk with the woman in charge, and she
was often allowed to try the kimonos on.

She walked back down the street, and she spotted Kenshin.
At first, she was happy to see him, but then she remembered what
happened. She took in the scene in front of her. Two large
police officers were standing in front of him. He almost had to
tilt his head back to see them, but he kept his eyes down. They
were pretending to be angry, but they looked happy.

"You see these uniforms?" The first one that spoke was the
largest, and the stupider looking of the pair.

"Yeah, that means we have the right to carry a sword.
Where's yours," the second one asked while poking Kenshin in the
shoulder.

"In case your blind, I don't have one," Kenshin answered.

The first man that spoke looked shocked. "How dare you
speak to us like that?"

"It doesn't take much. You two don't look like you have
the intelligence of a chicken with half a brain."

"Why you little punk. I'll teach you a lesson." The larger
man drew his sword and charged at Kenshin.

Kenshin easily side stepped the attack, and faced him
again. The man got angry and ran at him again, this time faster,
and with more anger. Once again, Kenshin stepped to the side.

"Hey, come help me!" The second officer drew his sword and
was hesitant to attack Kenshin. When he finally did, the first
officer, who was opposite him, also ran. To Kaoru, and the crowd
that had already formed, it looked pretty bad for Kenshin. A
huge man was coming up on either side of him. If he turned to
fight one, the other would easily stick a sword in his back.
Kenshin was standing perfectly still, blade not even drawn, when
they got so close, they ran into each other. When they
separated, Kenshin was gone. Murmurs were heard all throughout
the crowd.

Kenshin landed on a nearby rooftop. He didn't want to go
back. He wasn't afraid, he was trying to prevent a fight. He
silently jumped down from the roof, and walked the other way
from the fight. He could still hear the two idiots yelling like
mad.

"Hey! You to scared to fight?"

"Yeah, just stay away if you want to live! Hey, shut up
and go about your business." He was yelling at the crowd now.

Kaoru had seen his last minute jump. She had to watch very
closely. How could he jump that high? She didn't know which
direction he went though. She had to find him. She wanted to
apologize.

Kenshin was walking away from town when he sensed a Ki
nearby. It wasn't to strong, but it seemed angry. Shinji?

"Shinji? Is that you?"

"How did you know?" His head popped up from some grass not
to far ahead.

"You need to work on hiding your Ki, and just plain
sneaking."

"Hmm, yeah I guess. I saw you fight back there."

"That wasn't a fight. That was dodging some poor attacks."

"Yeah, but it looked cool. I wanted to say sorry for
earlier at the dojo. I hadn't even thought that you weren't
Battousai anymore."

"It's okay."

"Do you still want to stay with us?"

"Nah, I'll sleep outside."

"Come on, just stay with us. I really won't mind."

Kenshin could see some distrust in his eyes. He was trying
to trust him though. "You don't trust me."

This surprised Shinji. There was no point in lying to him.
"Prove to me that I can, but to do that, you have to come back
to our dojo."
"Fine, but only if I can do your laundry."

"What?"

A/N: Okay, there is a reason for him saying that! You'll
find out next chappie! See ya then! I also realize that Kenshin
may have been a little OOC in this chapter, but yeah. Sorry!
Please review!

OMG! I'm really sorry about the format! I really don't know what happened. I'm trying to fix it and if I can, I'll replace it! I found it while editing, and I've already tried a lot of things before I posted this! I'm so sorry!