1This is my first ever attempt at a Rurouni Kenshin fic! I was inspired by a book or something I read (you see I read so much I tend to mix some- well lots of things up!) I would give the author(s) full credit for the original idea, but as of now I don't know who they are. If I remember it later, I will be sure to put it up ASAP.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Rurouni Kenshin.. anime or manga, etc, etc...

Stuck on You

Chapter 1- The Meeting

It had been a fairly normal day, and now dusk was slowly settling upon the home of Kamiya Kaoru. She had just finished cleaning up from dinner and a couple of other things. Sano and Megumi, who had spent the day arguing as usual had headed out a couple of hours ago. It was amazing to think that they were in actual relationship at all. Unfortunately he had not yet proposed to her. This is why Megumi was always still so testy with him. Kaoru recalled her words clearly:

"That baka sure is taking his sweet time, and it's not like I'm getting any younger!" Megumi's eye were aflame.

A semi-sad smile appeared across Kaoru's face now. Kenshin had yet to, to put it bluntly, made a move on her, not really anyway. Oh sure, they had their moments, but they were just that. Moments in an endless stream of days. She sighed, Megumi was right, none of them were getting any younger, and it was seriously frustrating her.

Another thing, a more prominent thing was currently grating her nerves. Yahiko had gone off shortly after Sano and Megumi and he still hadn't returned. He had said he was just dropping something off with Tsubame. Puppy love, she could understand that, but he should have been back long ago. Perhaps he was somewhere outside? She decided to go look.

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"Yahiko! Hey, Yahiko! Where are you? You know you still have to chores to do!!" Kaoru sighed, the kid was impossible. If he thought he could get away without doing his chores, he had another thing coming.

She wandered into the yard in search of Kenshin. The house was just too quiet, where had everyone gone to anyway? Megumi was supposed to be staying a couple of weeks now that she thought about it. What was going on? She turned a corner, momentarily forgetting her search as her mind had begun to wander. "Ooof!" Kaoru bounced back after having walked into a very solid object. She looked up only to see Kenshin carrying a large pile of clean and folded laundry, looking a little thrown off.

"Pardon me, daijabu ka Kaoru-dono?"

She nodded in response. "I'm fine."

"You should really be more careful, de gozaru. I'll have your bath ready in a couple of minutes." He said before he began to walk off again.

"Hey Kenshin." she called after him.

He turned around, "Yes Kaoru-dono?"

"Have you seen Yahiko? He was supposed to have finished his chores by now, but he hasn't come back ome yet, and it looks like he never even attempted to do them." Kaoru frowned, she was just beginning to think that kid could handle some responsibility. He hadn't done anything like this in the longest time.

"Oh don't worry Kaoru-dono, he's probably out somewhere. If you wish, I could take care of his chores for today." It was getting dark out, and it was odd, Yahiko was usually home way before it even began to get dark when he went out. Odd but no reason to jump to conclusions. Kenshin decided it was best not to alert Kaoru to this, she would definitely jump the gun.

"No Kenshin, he will have to do them himself, no matter how late he shows up. He has to learn to take responsibility for his actions. In fact, I think I'll have him do twice the work!" Kaoru smirked in satisfaction at her decree. So she was taking out some of her frustration on the kid, he deserved it in her minds eye.

"Isn't that a little harsh? I'm sure he just got sidetracked in a conversation and has forgotten the time."

Kaoru sighed, maybe Kenshin was right. Yahiko was still going to have to do his chores though, come hell or high water. Kenshin was turning to walk inside when she remembered the other thing that had been bothering her. "Do you know what's up with Megumi? She said she was staying here?"

Kenshin looked back at her, a gave a slight smile, "Don't worry, I'm sure Megumi-san is fine. She may stay with Sano." He left it at that. The relationship of the two was just that, solely between them.

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Little did either Kenshin or Kaoru know that they (Megumi, Sano, Yahiko, Tae and Tsubame) were all in on one hell of a conspiracy.

"So basically, you're saying this will physically bind them?"

"Yep, that's what I'm saying, it starts gradual, at ten feet, until they can only be about three feet from one another. The effect only wears off once their relationship status is remedied."

Sano slammed a fist down on the low table. "I can't take this crap, I thought we were gonna come up with something realistic! I don't believe in all this crazy voodoo stuff. And to be frank it creeps me out!"

Megumi rolled her eyes, "You just don't like it cause it scares you. I think it's a great idea. The worst that can happen is that it won't work."

"Sorry but I'm with Sano on this, it's just to weird. I can't believe you women actually do this kind of weird stuff. How are we supposed to know you're not all casting some crazy magic on us???" Yahiko raised a brow but he looked more concerned than anything.

Tae just smiled at him. "Don't worry hun, we'd do no such thing. Besides, this is for a greater good, and it's been passed down in my family from generation to generation to help along reluctant couples."

Everyone looked at her quizzically, "I thought you said-"

"Oh never mind what I had said. I guarantee one thing, no one will get hurt. Yahiko, did you bring what I asked?" Tae said getting the stunned kid to answer.

"Uh, yea sure," he handed her the combs, "but why did you need these?"

"For the hair of course."

When Megumi raised a brow, Sano shivered, Yahiko gaped and Tsubame looked genuinely horrified she decided to continue.

"Well see, here's how this work. We will need to mix a hair from each of them with some special herbs. I don't have access to any of them and even if i did I probably wouldn't know how exactly to use them. That's why I need you Megumi, You'll have to do the mixing. Then-"

"So what the heck did you call ALL of us for?" Sano began, "To get our souls condemed to hell???" He shuddered again.

"Shut up you baka and let her finish." Megumi glared at him. He could be so abnoxious at times. He grumbled but stayed put.

"Well Sano, we all need to work together, by giving the space, time, some privacy, and most important of all, I need this, potion of sorts to be put in their tea. That's where you and Yahiko come in."

"What about me?" Tsubame's shy voice came.

"Well you needed to be in on it because you will be Yahiko's excuse to leaving the dojo. I'm sure Megumi and Sano can find their own excuses..." Megumi blushed and Sano suddenly looked quite uncomfortable.

In order to break the awkward silence Megumi spoke, "Well, I'm in. What do I have to do...?"

This conversation carried on for a long while still, it was a little past dusk when Yahiko suddenly leapt up and made a dash for the Kamiya residence. Kaoru would have his head for sure!

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Well that's it for chapter one. Chapter two is coming soon. R&R please!