A/N: hiyee again!!! Toko-chan here!! So far.my fan fic isnt turning out the way I wanted it too..I'll try to make him less OOC here oki? ^_^

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The Nightmare Begins

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Run....must...run...* The little boy thought. He scrambled into his little hiding place. "Oi! Soujiro!! Doko???? (where are you??)We need to talk to you...." Voices called out. *Tired....so tired...so scared....* the seven or eight year old Soujiro thought crazily. (A/N: i always thought Soujiro was eight when he killed his family..but he was 17 when he killed Okuba...and he spent ten years with Shishio..so i guess he was seven...but..grr...so confusing!! .)

"There you are Soujiro!! We were looking for you!!" A man said as he found Soujiro. *Where...is...my sword!! My wakizashi!!(sword..something like that.......teh sword Shishio gave him) I....need....my sword.* Soujiro's eyes scanned the ground. *Where did my sword go????* "Soujiro...." The man, Soujiro's adopted brother, said again... Soujiro's eyes widened in sudden fear as his brother's head slid off, blood gushing from his neck. "Soujiro...." His brother's head now lay on the floor, but he was still speaking...even as his body slumped down. The man's head gazed at him with a taunting gaze.

"Soujiro........" He said again... Suddenly...Soujiro was not under the house anymore...he was outside... He heard screams, screams for mercy...screams of fright. Blood splattered on his face as he saw head roll to the floor, limbs break.

He saw Shishio "The strong survive....and the weak die" He heard Shishio say. The little boy gazed at the blood around him....the smell invading his senses....The sight of death corrupting his young mind......

"IIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!(NOOO)" The young boy screamed. He clawed at his face...banging his head on the ground, "get...these...visions out of my head!!!!!!!!" He snarled. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Toko woke up with a start. Looking next to her...she saw Soujiro clawing at his face, yelling anguished cries. "Soujiro-san!! Daijobu?? Wake up!!!" She yelled desperately as she shook his shoulders. "Soujiro-san!!" she cried again. "THE BLOOD!!! NNOOOO!!! NO DONT KILL ME!! TOO MUCH BLOOD!!!" Soujiro shrieked as he curled up and clutched his head.

"Soujiro-san!!! Wake up!! What blood?? Soujiro-san!!!" Toko kept shaking Soujiro, trying to get him to wake up. Seeing that she couldn't do anything to wake him up, she did the only thing she knew. She slapped him.

Soujiro's eyes slowly opened, his eyes were glazed and his face showed terror. Suddenly he grabbed Toko and buried his head into her shoulder, crying. "Shishio-san....strong...survive...weak die....." He kept mumbling. Toko, surprised by his sudden crying, stroked his back absentmindly as he cried. *He's almost like a young child, even if he is older than me* She thought to herself.

A while later, Soujiro managed to doze off on Toko's shoulder, but he was trembling and muttering "Too much blood, someone help, anybody, anybody! Help!! (i think the "help" part is from episode 55 or 56....)"

Seeing that Soujiro probably wouldnt start yelling or clawing at his face anymore, she slowly tried to get him off her and tuck him in. One problem. He refused to budge. *Kuso!! What have i gotten myself into this time...Why won't he get off me already!!! * She thought with an annoyed look, *You'd think his hands were stuck with tar...*

Pushing harder this time, she managed to tilt Soujiro so he flopped back on the bed.....but he still didnt let go of Toko. Now she was blushing madly as she landed on top of him. *I am going to kill this guy when he wakes up* She muttered angrily. Soujiro's grip on her tightened. "Kaa-san, Tou-san....a real family...." He mumbled. *Real family?* She thought with confusion. *What is disturbing him so badly? Why won't he tell me?* Toko then fell asleep on Soujiro.

~Next Morning~

Soujiro woke up. *Another nightmare* he thought to himself. He has been having them for as long as he remembered. *It felt so real* He thought to himself. He then looked down, and froze when he saw Toko sleeping on him. *She...She was trying to seduce me!! * He thought with fright. But then he noticed he had his arms around her, whereas her arms were at her sides. *She couldnt have seduced me...does that mean...i ...seduced her??!?!?!?!?! * He thought as panic creeped into his mind. *I must really be turning into a hentai!!* He thought again. "Oi, Soujiro-san...let go of me already will ya?" Toko said sleepily. Blushing, Soujiro immediately let go of her. She rolled back to her side of the bed.

"Had nightmares" She asked, her eyes still closed. "How did you know?" Soujiro asked. He was very surprised. "I don't know..i think i started thinking you had a nightmare when you started screaming and clawing yourself....or maybe it was when you started crying on me..." Toko opened her eyes. "Im gonna get you for that." Soujiro was confused. "For what?"

"I was trying to wake you up and all of the sudden you just grabbed me and started sobbing!!" She muttered. A sweatdrop went on Soujiro's head as dozens of spiked disc flew at him at alarming speed, pinning him into the wall. "Ano...Toko-san...can you let me down now?" He asked while pasting a smile on his face. His feet dangled in 5 feet from the ground.

Toko stood up. "What were you dreaming about??" She asked. "What do you mean?" Soujiro said. "Well you were talking about blood and this Shishio guy and strong killing weak people and everything." She answered.

Soujiro froze. *The strong survive and the weak die, basically the weak is food for the strong.* He remembered Shishio branding those words into his mind, and how quickly Kenshin destroyed those thoughts by defeating him. *The strong...protect the weak* Kenshin said to him.

Toko just looked at him. "You're daydreaming again?!" She said angrily. Soujiro snapped out of his daze. "Huh?" He said with a grin. Toko smiled. "I think I'll leave you there until you drop down..." She said with an amused twinkle in her eyes. "T-Toko-san you can't leave me here!!" Soujiro said as he started struggling to get down. CRASH! Soujiro managed to fall, but the spiked disc still clung on to him.

Laughing, Toko walked over to him and helped him get the discs out. "That was very entertaining" She said. Soujiro just sweatdropped.

They walked out of the inn. "So...where are we going?" Toko asked Soujiro. "Im going to take you back to your home" He replied. Her eyes grew wide. "You can't do that! They'll just chase after me again!!" She told him. *Oo...i forgot she was chased out of her house...* He thought to himself. "Then...I guess we'll part ways..." He said. "WHAT?! You're leaving me here?!?! No way!! Im coming with you!!" The hyper smiling girl said. Soujiro sweatdropped again. "Fine, fine...." He said and they both went out of the village and into the forest.

They were halfway out of the forest when they heard someone yell "Stop right there." They turned around and met ten men. The biggest one stepped forward. "Hand me all your valuables or else we'll kill you." The man snarled. "We don't have any valuables" Soujiro said.

The robbers stared at the two grinning people *Why do they keep smiling? Are they insane?* The wondered. "Then hand over the girl" The man said. "I can't do that" Soujiro replied with a smile. "Then shine!!(die! Shine is pronounced as shee-neh) Get them!" The man yelled.

Soujiro and Toko sprung into action. Soujiro easily dodged the men's attacks and with a few slashes, the four men that surrounded him collapsed into a pile of limbs, bones, and organs, with blood gushing out.

Three other men find their eyes, faces, and throats pierced by the spiky discs and they fell, not dead, but writhing in pain. Soujiro calmly walked up to them and put them out of their misery.

Two other men were crowding around Toko. Their eyes full of lust for blood. They both attacked Toko at the same time. Dodging and blocking their attacks, Toko managed to knock one in the throat, making him throw up blood and faint, and she slammed her dagger into the other's side, making him fall to the floor.

Then the last man. Obviously the leader of the group, carried her high above his head and was about to throw her down, when a flash of blue and Toko felt the wind ruffle her hair as Soujiro grabbed Toko out of the man's grasp and carried her to safety. When Toko looked back, the mans head was gone. Goggle eyed, she stared at the smiling boy. *I...I never even saw him attack...Soujiro-san must be much more skilled then i imagined.....*

"Daijobou?" Soujiro asked softly. "Aa" She answered. She stood up and the two continued walking. "Eto....where are we going?" Toko asked. "To the next village." Soujiro replied. "D-Demo...thats the village i used to live in!! They'll kill me for sure!!!" Toko yelled. "They won't." "What makes you so sure?" "I'll protect you." Toko looked up in surprise. "Yaksoku? (eh...i dink i spelled it wrong...its supposed to be 'promise?')" Toko said. "Yaksoku. (Promise)." Soujiro replied.

They entered the village. The first thing Soujiro noticed were the many glares the villagers gave Toko. "Why is she back?" "What is she doing here?" They all muttered angrily to each other. Toko walked closer to Soujiro, but she had an even bigger smile then she had before. *Her emotions...are so blocked through her smile I can't even tell what she's thinking....* Soujiro thought amazedly.

They walked into an inn. "One room please" Soujiro said. As the inn keeper gave them their room, Soujiro couldn't help but notice the children and teenagers of the village follow them and stare at him with angry eyes.

As they reached the room. Toko sat on the bed, emotionless except for the smile. "Toko-san...im going to buy some food, would you like to come with me?" He asked politely. "Iie, I'll stay here..." Toko said.

Soujiro walked through the market, but everywhere he looked, he got angry glares. Then, someone around the age of 17 walked up to him. "What are you doing with her? Why are you here?" He demanded. Soujiro was surprised. "What do you mean?" He asked in his cheerful manner. "Why couldn't you two just leave this village and never come back." He gritted his teeth. "I dont understand" Soujiro said. "You two smiling freaks....I can't believe you even like that bastard child." The kid said again. "You mean Toko-san?" Soujiro blinked. "You know what I mean. What do you see in her? She's a bastard child, not worthy of anyone. She's not pure because she was never part of a real family, dont you understand?!" The boy screamed out. Soujiro began to hate this boy very much. *Does that mean I'm tainted because i was not part of a real family?* He thought bitterly.

"So just because she's a bastard child means she's tainted?" Soujiro asked again, his smile faltering a little. "Exactly. I'm glad you finally understand." The boy nodded approvingly.

Soujiro suddenly had the urge to decapitate the boy's head from is body. "Just so you know, Toko-san is a very good friend of mine, and i refuse to have you insulting her." Soujiro glared at the boy. Then realizing he had let his smile down, he immediately grinned at the boy again. "Well, Ja (bye)" Soujiro said as he brushed past the boy.

*No wonder Toko-san was so hurt...* He thought to himself, *no wonder she didn't have any friends.*

Toko sat in the room. She wasn't smiling anymore. She thought to herself *Im back at this village, and all the people start glaring at me.....and Soujiro-san...I wonder if he hates me now...i just made the entire village hate him too.....Gomen(sorry) Soujiro-san...* A tear slipped from her eye.

Just then, the door opened. Toko quickly wiped away her tears and put a smile on her face. "I brought food" Soujiro smiled. "Arigatou...(thank you)..did any of the villagers make fun of you?" She asked. "Iie" Soujiro lied, to make Toko feel better. The truth was, he had to dodge several fruits and vegetables and smile at many people as they insulted him.

"You don't have to lie...i know they did..." She said sullenly, but still a with a slight smile. "We'll leave early tommorow morning ok?" Soujiro said, trying to change the subject. "Hai.." Silence came.

The two ate their dinner and they prepared to sleep. Soujiro, taking his side of the bed, said "Daijobu?" "Eh? " Toko said. "Are you hurt?" "What do you mean?" "I mean emotionally" ".............Im fine" Toko said, with a bit of effort. *For the truth...i feel terrible....* She thought to herself.

More silence.

"Soujiro-san?" "Nani? (what)" "Arigatou..." "What did i do?" Soujiro asked, he was surprised. "For being my tomodachi (friend) and for once, Im not alone." Toko said. Soujiro just smiled. "Oyasumi, Toko-san" "Oyasumi."





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The little boy ran, he ran as fast as he could, and crawled under the house. *Dont let them find me dont let them find me* He thought frantically. "Soujiro!! Oi!! Temme...(You bastard) where are you??" A voice yelled. A head poked into the boy's hiding place. "So there you are...." Soujiro's adopted brother said as Soujiro gasped in fear. Suddenly, Soujiro's brother's features melted, his nose getting bigger, his eyes dilating. Soon, Soujiro's former adopted brother now became the robbers' leader he killed today. "Hello again." The leader smirked. "Any valuables today?" *My sword....the sword Shishio-san gave me...where is it?? I know i hid it here...* He grasped desperately for the wakizashi) he hid...but it was gone. The scenery changed. Soujiro stood up. He was in a cold desolate place, with dry, cracked dirt. A hand reached up from the earth and grabbed on to his legs. Suddenly, thousands and thousands of hands reached up, grabbing at Soujiro. Several bodies got up from the ground. Soujiro now knew where he was, he was in a vast graveyard filled with everyone he had killed. He saw a the rotting corpse of Okuba, and other government officials as well as some other villagers. They cried "Revenge!!" as they stumbled toward Soujiro. Soujiro tried to run, but his legs were held down by the hands... "LET ME GO!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed in terror. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Toko woke up again. The screaming she then heard sent chills up her spine. Soujiro was having nightmares again. He waved his arms wildly, as if trying to brush something away, and he kept screaming "They're gonna kill me!! Save me! Shishio-san!! (A/N: thats from episode 55) Help me! Anybody please!! Anybody!! Anybody!! Someone help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!(A/N: also from episode 55 ...*shniff* when he said that it was sooo sad...wah...)"

Toko leaned down to him and whispered in his ear "Soujiro-san...noone is going to kill you...I'll help you...Soujiro- san..I'll help you..." She repeated this over and over.... *It used to help me when Tou-san was here...he used to do this to me whenever i had nightmares until he died....* She thought.

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The rotting corpses came at him, yelling revenge...Soujiro shrieked for help.....then....relaxing wind blew around him, chasing the ghouls away. "Soujiro-san...I'll help you..." He heard the wind whisper. The smell of Lilacs and Chamomile flooded into his senses, making him relaxed.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Toko watched as Soujiro's face get more peaceful and soon she could tell Soujiro was having a now dreamless sleep. *Thank you Otou-san...i knew it would work...* She thought to herself. She stared at Soujiro for a moment. *He's not smiling anymore....his emotions are revealed...* She mused. *Even though i dont know his past, I'm pretty sure it was bad. His nightmares must reflect off of his past...poor Soujiro...* She thought to herself.....without giving him the ending suffix 'san'. She then later fell asleep, with Soujiro's peaceful face in her mind.

~Early in the Morning~

Soujiro woke up. *It has been a long time since i slept that well....a dreamless sleep....* He thought. He turned his head, only to notice that Toko was sleeping near his shoulder. *The smell of lilacs...and chamomile....* He thought. He remembered the wind chasing off his nightmare. *Could she have done something to help me?* He wondered. He looked at the sky. *We better get moving and get out this village*

"Toko-san....wake up..Toko-san...." He said gently, prodding her to get her awake. Grumbling, Toko managed to get up. As they got dressed...(A/N: er...i mean...Soujiro got dressed....all he did was put back on his western style shirt....^_^0 iono if you would call that getting dressed.....) They went out and was ready to go on their way when they confronted Toko's step brothers, along with several villagers.

"Tenken...." Teruno sneered. Soujiro looked up, surprised. "Yea, Tenken no Soujiro, we know who you are. That fugitive from Kyoto." Shiku said with disgust. *Fugitive? What did he do?* Toko wondered as she looked at him.

"Yup, you found me...what do you want?" He asked, his voice dangerous and cold, unlike his smiling face. "You killed our uncle, and you're going to pay for that!" Hajita declared. Soujiro lowered into his fighting stance, hand on the hilt of his nihontou. "Try me" He stated. The fight was over as quickly as it was started. Before the three brothers even got a chance to yell out their battle cries, their heads rolled onto the floor. They probably didnt even know what hit them.

"Shun ten Satsu" Soujiro said as Toko looked up to question what he just did.

The kid that had yelled at Soujiro earlier now stared at the headless bodies. "You...killed them." The kid quietly said. "YOU KILLED THEM!! MURDERER!!" he then shouted.

"Juro!! Stop it!!" Toko yelled, "they were going to kill him, what did you expect? That Soujiro-san was going to stay there and let them butcher him to pieces?!"

Juro looked up at Soujiro. "Tenken...you will pay for what you did....you and your tainted woman!!" He snarled. Soujiro just smiled and said "First of all, Toko-san isnt tainted...second...she isnt my woman ::Toko blushes::...and third you will pay for insulting her" With another blur of blue, Soujiro then sheath his sword.

"What did you do? Tickle me?" Juro sneered. Suddenly, blood pooled under him. Juro looked down and his expression was one that has seen a ghost. His body was sliced in two and slowly, as it topple over, Juro died, his expression staying with him even until death.

"Toko-san, iku (lets go)" Soujiro said solemnly, once again contradicting the smile on his face. He took Toko's hand and he lead her out of the village, walking in a defiant way almost as if he was daring someone to come challenge him.

They walked into the forest and once Soujiro knew she'd be safe, he said "Toko-san, I..have to go somewhere really quick..I'll be right back..." "Hai" Toko nodded.

Soujiro walked till he was out of hearing distance from Toko. There he tucked sat down and folded his arms around his knees and cried.

Toko just sat on a rock and wondered. *Tenken no Soujiro....Fugitive of Kyoto.....what does that mean? What did he do? He killed so many people.....he killed at least 7 while i was with him...and he probably had killed more in his past....and yet....he seems so kind.....*

~Half an hour later~ Soujiro came back, his smile stamped on his face (A/N: as usual ^_^) "We can go now" He said. "So...where are we going now? The next village?" Toko asked. Soujiro nodded. "Aa...but we have a problem..." "Eh?" Toko looked at him. "I dont have any money left" Soujiro said as Toko fell down (anime style!!) on the ground, twitching. "And it would take weeks until we reach Tokyo...so hopefully we won't starve..." Soujiro continued. Toko stayed on the ground, twitching with a big sweatdrop.

The two tired travelers had found a spot to rest for the night. It was a pretty place near the river. The ground didnt have that many rocks and the trees made an almost perfect circle. "Toko-san, are you hungry?" Soujiro asked. "A little" Toko admitted, "you?" Before Soujiro answered, his stomach grumbled. "Aa" Soujiro laughed, his face turning a slight shade of pink. "I'll go find food" Toko declared. "I'll fish" Soujiro said. So the two parted ways.

~An hour later~ The two came back . Soujiro managed to get two decent sized fish, and Toko got some water and some dried jasmine. "Eto...where did you get the bowl?" Soujiro pointed to the round piece of pottery filled with water. "I fished it out of your little bag." Toko said. "Eh...no wonder it looked so familiar" Soujiro said as he sweatdropped. "Whats the dried jasmine for?" Soujiro asked again. "It's to make jasmine tea!" Toko said. So the two managed to get a decent meal.

The two tried to make themselves comfortable and go to sleep. Soujiro sat against a tree, while Toko tried to sleep on the ground. "Itai.." Toko complained, "the ground is so hard...and my back hurts when i sleep sitting up..." Soujiro didnt answer. Toko got an idea. "Soujiro...do you mind if i sleep on you?" She asked innocently.

She began to have hallucinations...imagining Soujiro as a big blue pillow. She shook her head. *Stupid hallucinations...still Soujiro does seem like a nice pillow...* She thought sleepily. And before Soujiro answered her question, Toko was dozing off on Soujiro's shoulder.

The night was cold. The breeze blew past Toko making her shiver. Soujiro took off his gi (A/N: He didnt take off his Western style shirt this time cuz it was cold so stop drooling you hentai Soujiro fans!!! ::Hentai Soujiro fans walk away grumbling:: Now where was i.....)

Soujiro took off his gi and covered him and Toko with it, like a blanket. A bit warmer, the two managed to sleep for a while.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He was drowning. Soujiro was drowning. He was lost in the ocean, crying for help. Suddenly, he saw a piece of driftwood floating towards him, he reached towards it, then recoiled in horror. The thing he reached for wasn't driftwood, it was the upper body of Juro. Suddenly, the waves turned crimson and it splashed upon him with vengeance. Soujiro was drowning in an ocean of blood. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Toko was awakened by the shivering and trembling of Soujiro. *Does he have nightmares EVERY night?! O well..at least he isnt screaming and clawing himself this time....* Toko thought worriedly. She wrapped her arms around Soujiro and held him while he dipped his head onto her shoulder and wrapped his arms around her. His arms tightened more and more around her till Toko could barely breath. He was obvously terrified of this nightmare.

*He smells like pine and running streams and everything wonderful in nature...* Toko thought. *Then again...he was a rurouni wandering around in the forests most of his time so that would probably explain why* She thought again.

Meanwhile, Soujiro was burying his face into her hair.

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Soujiro was about to give up and drown when suddenly, the smell of Lilacs and Chamomile came again. The sweet smell made him relax and the ocean slowly turned back into water and calmed down. The ocean then solidified and Soujiro found himself looking at........

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*Toko-chan's shirt...er......Toko-san I mean.....* Soujiro thought. Toko felt him stir. "Finally awake?? I thought you were going to squash me for sure..." She joked.

Neither of them felt like sleeping again, and since it was almost dawn, they decided to keep walking.

They walked in silence, until........ "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" screech Toko, jumping behing Soujiro.

"Nani? Nani ka??" Soujiro asked her with concern. "S-Sn-Snake!!!!" Toko said as she pointed to a tree on top of them. It was a green garden snake. Totally harmless. "Toko-san..... the snake is harmless...and from what i heard...a snake is a rare delicacy in some foreign places." Soujiro said with a small sweatdrop and a grin. "Eew....Soujiro-san.....would you eat one?" She asked, eyeing the snake suspiciously. Soujiro thought for a moment. "Iie....well...not unless it was a life or death matter..." Soujiro said. Toko was relieved to hear that, although she clung to Soujiro's back for most of the day afterwards.

After finding the spot they'll be sleeping at, Toko went off to the river to take a bath. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" screamed Toko. Soujiro rushed off to find her and see what was happening. "AAAAAAH!!!!!!!!! COLD!! The water is so cold!!!!!" She cried out. Soujiro froze.....and...his jaw stretched down to the floor. Toko was undressed and in water. Noticing Soujiro...she blushed 20 shades of red and screamed

"SOUJIRO-SAN no HENTAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" And then she threw dozens of spiked discs at him again. Soujiro just ran and tried to dodge the discs. He reached their resting spot again and amusedly thought *I guess she thinks im a total hentai now...* He sighed. *Sometimes i think she is right*

When Toko came back, she glared at Soujiro enough to make him feel very nervous. He could just picture her thinking 'hentai' at him. He went off to take his bath. (A/N: *author struggles to keep hentai soujiro fans from peeping at him taking a bath*) Eventually, Toko forgave him and stopped glaring. (Much to Soujiro's relief)

It was night again. Luckily, the day wasn't as cold as the night before, but Toko still shivered. (A/N: of course she would be cold...after all...she was wearing something close to a tanktop while Soujiro was wearing long sleeves!!) So, Soujiro took off his gi and let her wear it.

As they ate fish and had tea again, Toko asked "How long have you been a rurouni?" "About a year" Soujiro said absentmindly. "O...what did you do before that?" Toko asked again. "..........." Soujiro just gave her a grin and looked away. *He's still not telling me anything* Toko said with a sigh.

"Lets go to sleep" Soujiro announced. Soujiro leaned on a tree again, and Toko put her head on his lap. "You make a nice pillow" Toko commented. Soujiro just blushed. *A .....pillow?* he thought amusedly.

This night was one of Soujiro's best nights ever. For once he had no nightmares at all, jus a nice dreamless sleep with the scent of Lilacs and Chamomile in his mind.

~Two weeks later~

"Finally! Tokyo!" Toko said. "Aa" Soujiro said with a grin.

They walked into the market place. "Ano.....Oji-san (old man)......is there a nearby inn?" Soujiro politely asked an old man. "Im sorry...there's no inn around this part of the city, but you can ask that nice lady who works at the Kamiya Dojo." The man said. "Arigatou" Toko said.

After a few minutes of asking people for directions to the dojo, they had found the right place. "Let's hope the people there are nice enough to let us stay in a room....we dont have any money left" Soujiro said. "Aa" Toko said. And so.....the two knocked on the Kamiya door and waited for someone to open it.....

The door opened and there stood a young woman, most likely 19 or 20. "May i help you?" She asked.

A/N: finally....my wrist hurts again....i type too much......O.o Hopefully this chappie is a bit better than the other one......wah...

More to come: so Soujiro and Toko are staying at the dojo...what happens then?

Review PLEASE?????????

Just...no flames....-_-#