Wow, Before I couldn't even post ONE story here, and

to think...I'M ON CHAPTER 3!!! Well, here It is...I

don't own RK...No Law Suits...

Ch. 3: Misao's POV

Misao had never run so fast in her life. Kaoru's

green shirt was easy to spot in the crowd, and Misao

nearly tackled the her friend in desperation!



"I.DID.IT.I.DID.IT.I.DID.IT.I.DID.IT.I.DID.IT!!!!"

Kaoru's eyes widened in surprise. Misao's hands

gripped at her friends shirt for dear life so that Kenshin had to

release Kaoru from his protective embrace.

"MISAO! DID YOU---"

"YEP...I MADE OUT WITH THAT HOT GUY FROM BEFORE!

WELL, IT WAS MORE LIKE HE MADE OUT WITH ME, BUT I

KISSED HIM FIRST, AND THEN HE STUCK HIS TONGUE IN MY

MOUTH AND---"

"WOAH! WAIT, YOU ACTUALLY DID IT????" Misao

nodded and Kaoru threw her arms around the girl before

they started to scream in excitement.

"KAORU, I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING REMOTELY CLOSE

TO THAT! THAT HAD TO BE THE GREATEST THING I HAVE

EVER DONE!!!" Kaoru giggled and pinched Misao's arm.

"I'M SO JEALOUS, I WISH I COULD DO SOMETHING THAT

SPONTANEOUS! I COULD NEVER KISS A STRANGER...JUST

LIKE THAT!" Misao shrugged and looked past Kaoru to

Kenshin.

"Ya KNOW..."HE'S" NOT A STRANGER!!!" Kenshin

looked away and pretended that he hadn't heard that as

Kaoru threw her hand over her friends face to silence

her. Kaoru's face was COMPLETELY red.

For the rest of the concert, Misao stayed a safe

distance away from her "victim". Every so often,

Misao was tempted to run back to him and ask him what

his name was, but she was too embarassed and didn't

want to ruin the moment she had just created between

the two of them. Kaoru started to spread Misao's

story like a disease. As soon as Soujiro and Sano had

found out, Misao was bombarded with hugs and "I'm so

proud of you"'s! Misao's heart NEVER stopped racing

throughout the night. Soon, the concert was over and

the four jumped into Sano's jeep and headed home.

While everyone slept (seeing as though it was 2 in the

morning), Misao sat in silence and prayed that her

body would just "relax". Sano looked back at her in

his mirror and smiled.

"Way to go weasel! I never thought that you

could do something like THAT!" Misao smirked and

tried to contain herself from screaming at him, the

LAST thing she wanted was to wake up Kaoru. Though

Soujiro always LOOKED happy, Misao was sure that if he

were awakened from his slumber, someone would lose a

vital organ...

"What are you TALKIN' about? What do you mean

when you say THAT???" Sano smirked and threw his arm

backwards into the back seat to slap her knee

playfully.

"Nothin' WEASEL! Now get some sleep!" Misao

smiled and leaned into Kaoru's shoulder. She shut her

eyes, but never did fall asleep...

(The Next Day): AOSHI'S POV

Aoshi sat in his homeroom and rubbed his eyes.

For some reason, he found it really hard to sleep the

night before. Aoshi knew JUST what that reason was

too. The girl. Part of him kept telling him that it

was ONLY A DREAM, but the larger part of him could

recall every motion the girl had made. He sighed and

ran his hands through his hair.

"Okashira, are you alright?" Aoshi nodded and

turned to face his companion.

"Hannya, this was supposed to be the worst week

of my life." As though he understood, Hannya nodded

his head, motioning for Aoshi to continue. Aoshi

sighed again.

"Did you know that I'll be moving this weekend?"

Hannya nodded and Aoshi bowed his head. "Well, last

night, I had to 'babysit' my sisters at a rock

concert. I didn't know what else to do, my entire day

was ruined because of the news, but I think I fell---"

"Okashira?" Aoshi shook his head and tried to

continue.

"A girl kissed me at the concert." Hannya's eyes

widened in surprise and he leaned in closer to his

leader to gather more details without their teacher

noticing.

"Did you KNOW her Okashira-san???" Aoshi leaned

forward too and shook his head.

"No, and I didn't even get her name. There was

just something about her Hannya..." Hannya nodded and

smiled inwardly. Hannya hesitated for a moment and

finally built up the courage to ask...

"What did she look like?" Aoshi's eyes glazed

over and Hannya was taken aback in shock. NEVER had

he seen his Okashira so mistified...by a GIRL none the

less!

"She was really small, not in a 'kid' sort of

way, but...what's the word--?"

"PETITE?"

"YES! She had these ocean green eyes that I

could see sparkling from across the room, and she had

a long braid of silky black hair. She was wearing the

cutest shirt, and she had on a REALLY tight pair of

jeans and---" Aoshi stopped himself. 'What am I

doing? I'm ranting like a mad-man! I sound like a

woman...going ON and ON and ON!' Aoshi shook his head

and leaned back in his chair.

"Okashira-san?" Aoshi looked at his friend and

Hannya could have sworn he saw his face soften

slightly. "I just think that you should know that

THIS girl might just be different from the REST of the

girls that you know...not like Taruko-san---"

"HANNYA...that is enough." Hannya looked away

and was tempted to roll his eyes at his leader's

ignorance. For once, Hannya decided that it would be

best to get what he had to say in the open.

"Okashira-san, I can tell by the look in your

eyes when you were describing this young woman that

you two held a special connection! Obviously, this

girl didn't kiss you because of your "family name" or

amount of money you have in your wallet. Different

isn't always so bad, Okashira."

The bell rang and Hannya gathered his things

quickly before rushing out the door. Aoshi leaned

back in his chair and thought to himself.

"Well, it looks like it won't matter now. I'll

never get the chance to know her name."

Misao's POV

"MISAO-SAN! LOOK OUT!" With Misao's cat-like

reflexes, she ducked and rolled away from the place

she was standing. She always had a knack at making

Dodgeball look like child's play...

"NICE TRY KAORU! BUT YOU WILL NEVER HIT THE

GREAT MAKIMACHI!!!" The school day was almost over,

and with Kaoru, Soujiro, and Sano working together,

EVERYONE at the school knew JUST what Misao had done

at the concert. Misao had never seen so many girls

try to be her friend and so many boys hitting on her.

Part of her LIKED all of the attention. Soon the bell

rang and all of the students poured out of their

classrooms.

"Hey Misao, do you wanna come over to my place

today? Yahiko's having a friend...A FEMALE FRIEND

over, and I don't know who else would enjoy

embarassing him as much as you would!!!" Misao shook

her head and handed Kaoru a CD of hers that she had

borrowed.

"I can't, Jiya needs all the help he can get

working at the Aoiya." Kaoru nodded and stared at her

feet. This was the USUAL response she got from Misao

whenever she invited Misao to go somewhere with her.

Misao saw her friend's dejected look.

"But HEY! Ya know, Jiya said that we're supposed

to be getting THREE new workers next week, so MAYBE

I'll have a chance to spend more time with you now!!!"

Kaoru smiled and nodded in agreement. "OH CRAP!

Speaking of which, I'M SUPPOSED TO BE CLEANING UP

THEIR ROOMS RIGHT NOW!!!" Misao waved a hasty goodbye

and took off running down the street, and then into an

alley (the shortcut she had found that brought her to

the Aoiya in now time flat).

"MY PRETTY MISAAAAAAOOOOOOOO!!!" Okina wrapped

Misao in a huge bear hug and she struggled to breathe.

"JIIIYAAAAA!!!" He let her go and Misao crashed

onto the floor. She stood up quickly and dusted

herself off.

"HOW WAS THE TRIP? DID YOU WIN ANYTHING MISAO?"

Misao had completely forgot about creating a

fool-proof scheme/lie. A sweatdrop appeared by her

head and she clasped her hands behind her back.

"H-hai! Uh, it was fine, but no one really one

anything because it was a....CONFERENCE!" Jiya nodded

and handed Misao a bucket and mop. "Jiya?"

"Misao-chan! DIDN'T I TELL YOU??? We're going

to have THREE new workers coming here! You need to

clean up their rooms RIGHT AWAY! Now GO!" Okina gave

Misao a slight nudge forward. Grumbling under her

breath, Misao trudged up the stairs. Halfway up, she

ran into Kuro and Shiro (Jiya's Nephews)

"So Misao-chan...how was the CONFERENCE???"

Misao's eyes widened slowly.

"Did you MEET any exciting new PEOPLE???" Misao

glared evilly at the two and they started to laugh in

unison.

"K-Kuro? Shiro? You won't SAY anything...now

WILL YOU???" Shiro laughed once more and put a hand

on her shoulder. Misao sneered and twirled the mop in

her hands and thrust it THREATENINGLY close to Shiro's

ear. Frightened at first, he took a step back and

tripped over a stair step. Ungracefully, Shiro landed

on his butt which sent Kuro into fits of laughter.

Misao couldn't help but giggle herself. She rolled

her eyes first and walked past the two, and up the

stairs. She HAD to bite her lip to keep from laughing

any MORE. She could already picture Jiya questioning

the two afterwards, and everyone knows how THAT would

play out...

Sunday: Aoshi's POV

Aoshi sat on the tatami mat and faced his closest

friends. Shikijo, Hyottoko, Beshimi, and of course,

Hannya. To tell the truth, Aoshi couldn't quite look

them in the eye. But this would probably be the last

he'd see of his fellow fighting squad. He let out a

deep breath and popped his knuckles.

"You all must know that I'll be leaving---"

"Hai." Aoshi was tempted to smile when he heard

them all answer him at the same time. He blinked back

a couple tears that he would NEVER admit he had, and

continued.

"I don't believe I should be leaving you all.

It's starting to feel as though I'm failing you once

more as a leader..."

"Okashira, you can't---" Aoshi put his hand into

the air to silence Beshimi. The man bowed his head,

but he was the ONLY one. The other four started to

scream out protests, but Hannya's words were the only

ones that Aoshi heard clearly.

"OKASHIRA! You have NEVER failed us...in ANY

way. If we could do everything over again, we

wouldn't have done it any other way! Forever, you

have our allegiance, and our friendship..." Aoshi

almost gasped and the others nodded and smiled in

accord to what Hannya had said. Aoshi stood up and

let his barriers down for them, just once. Each of

them were given hugs, in the "manliest" form a hug

could come in, and everyone in the room was ALMOST

moved to tears.

The Next Day...

"Aoshi-sama? I don't see why we can't take THIS

box too! I mean, we're going to NEED all of THIS

stuff!" Aoshi shook his head. Luckily, OKON stepped

in to "explain" things.

"OMASU! That's the THIRD box of cosmetics you've

PACKED! Honestly, you're not really going to NEED all

of that!" Omasu threw the box back onto the floor and

jumped inside of the U-hual to pout. Okon and Aoshi

finished packing up the small truck AND Aoshi's

Mustang.

"Don't worry Aoshi, Omasu's probably just tired.

It's like 4 in the morning! What can you expect?"

Okon skipped over to the Mustang and Aoshi couldn't

help but cringe as she started it up. NEVER had he

let either of his sisters drive HIS car... He jumped

into the driver's seat of the U-hual and patted

Omasu's knee to comfort her.

"Omasu, you need to understand that things aren't

ever going to be the same anymore. From what I CAN

remember, the Aoiya was a really...simple...sort of

place. You're not going to have butlers or chauffeurs

anymore...we're all going to have to work. Don't

worry, we can make this work, I promise." Tears

filled Omasu's eyes and she looked away from Aoshi.

"That's not the REAL reason why I'm upset." She

paused and glanced at her older brother. Taking in a

deep breath, she continued. "It's just that...Mom and

Dad aren't here to say goodbye to us." Tears started

to slide down her cheeks. Aoshi understood and threw

his arm around her shoulders.

"Hey, no crying in the U-hual!" Omasu chuckled a

bit and sniffled some more. "Listen, you have

Okon...and me. That's all the family you need. Don't

forget that." Omasu nodded and playfully swatted

Aoshi off of her. In no time, they had set off.

BACK AT THE AOIYA

"JIIIIYAAAA!!!" Misao bounded down the stairs

and looked under all of the tables for her shoes.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME UP???" The old man stepped

out from the kitchen with a playful smile covering his

face.

"Misao, you can't go to school just yet! You

have to help the three get fixuated!" Misao grunted

and finished buttoning up her shirt. She had just

gotten out of the shower and everything was array.

Most of her hair was out, but the top half was

braided. Angrily, she leapt over a kitchen counter in

search of her misplaced hairbrush. Misao jumped up in

victory once it was recovered, but her excitement was

quickly squashed as she watched Kuro and Shiro run out

the door before Jiya could notice.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!!!" Misao chased the two out to

the front gate, but she wasn't quick enough. The two

had already disappeared down the back alley. "YOU

BETTER RUN YOU...YOU...YOU BIG POO HEADS!!!" Misao

scufffed at the dirt below her and spun around in an

angry rage. THAT was when she saw him. She almost

peed her pants.

AOSHI'S POV

"Is this the place Aoshi-sama?" He nodded and

carried a small box under one of his arms. The Aoiya

looked a lot more familiar now. He ran his free hand

through his hair and sighed. He knew that from this

moment on, life was going to change... As the three

neared the entrance gate, two large men...well...ONE

extremely large man, and a rather skinny man...nearly

ran them over. Aoshi could tell that the two were

running for their lives, so he prepared himself for

the worst of battles...........THAT was when he saw

her.

"YOU BETTER RUN YOU...YOU...YOU BIG POO HEADS!!!"

She had to be the most beautiful thing Aoshi had EVER

laid eyes on. She only had one sandal on, her jeans

(that were fairly tight) were zipped up, but not

buttoned yet, her light blue shirt was wrinkled and

unbuttoned from her bellybutton down. Most of her

soaking wet hair was cascading down her shoulders...

"Uh...Hi?"

"Hi..."

Sorry.....this was written

kinda............sloppily....i just wanted to get Ch.

3 out of the way before exams later this week........

All comments are welcome!!!!

Leah~