The Things You Do

by Chibilover2000

How do you say no to a person's feelings without breaking their hearts? Simple...you can't.

8. For Just One Girl

Author's Point: Hello!!! So in this chapter we introduce a new person, a new love, and a whole lot of new craziness, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Rk! Are you happy? Now...take these handcuffs off.

The Things You Do

By: Chibilover2000

For Just One Girl

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Kaoru's eyes opened a bit.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

She groaned, and then she took her clock to see the time. It read 7'o clock.

'Seven in the morning? Why is it ringing at this time?'

Kaoru saw this note on the clock.

Today everyone is going to the pool, don't over-sleep!

'Tch, I wouldn't wake up at this time for no stinkin' pool.'

Kaoru put back her clock and then went back to sleep.

Good morning everybody! Today's a new day ready to be spent! The temperature is very nice as it is in the high 90's and it's expected to be sunny all day. A nice day to hit amusement parks, beaches, or swimming pools.

Kaoru's eyes opened a bit.

And now a requested song, 'Just a bit more'

soshite kizuite toki niBy the time I noticed

'kangaeteiru no wa kimi no koto de I was already thinking about you' Kaoru mumbled.

She stood up and walked to her radio, when she looked at it she saw that someone programmed it to turn on, she turned it off.

Back in her bed, she fell asleep.

Ring. Ring. Ring.

Kaoru eyes opened and she was pissed.

She got out of bed and stomped to her phone.

"What?!" She shouted.

"Damn, what happened to you?" Misao said.

"You just woke me up!"

"Don't shout at me, you're the one who told me to call you at this time!"

"Why the hell would I tell you that!?"

"Because today we're going to the pool with Megumi and Kenshin."

"Why would I wake up early to go to...a..." Kaoru stopped talking.

'Kenshin?'

Kaoru's eyes widened.

"Holy crap! Misao I'll pass through your house, I gotta go now!"

Kaoru came running down the stairs, went into the kitchen got a glass of water and was about to leave when her mother stopped her.

"Kaoru?"

She turned around and found her mother.

"Where are you going with your bathing suit?"

Kaoru was wearing her bathing suit then a white t-shirt and some shorts on top.

"To the pool," she responded.

"With who?"

"Misao, Megumi...and her little brother," Kaoru said.

"You know..." Her mother said while getting some water herself, "you never did present me to them."

"There was never a chance."

"Is that so?"

Kaoru sighed.

"Look, if you don't trust me...it's your day off, you can come along if you want..." Kaoru said.

Her mother looked at her. While Kaoru was looking at her mother with a serious face she chanted in her head:

'Don't say yes, Don't say yes, Don't say yes, Don't say yes, Don't say yes, Don't say yes...'

"Luckily for you I don't want to go to the pool," her mother said.

"Then...I'll be going now..." Kaoru said while walking out of the house.

"Have a safe trip."

When Kaoru was about a block away from her house, she sighed.

'That was close.'

Misao walked out of her house.

"I'm leaving!" She yelled.

"Have a nice time," someone yelled back.

While Misao closed the door she spotted Kaoru a block from her house.

"Kaoru!!!!!!!!" She yelled and at the same time she waved her hand.

When Kaoru saw Misao she smiled and picked up her pace.

"Good morning," Kaoru said.

"Good morning," Misao said.

"Did your mother ask you questions about the pool?" Kaoru asked

"Who I was going with...I told her you and Megumi,"

"What about Kenshin?"

"If I tell her a boy is gonna be there she wouldn't let me go."

"I told my mom I was going with you, Megumi and her little brother. Technically I wasn't lying."

"Yeah well, Kenshin isn't that little,"

"Yeah well...forget about that...more importantly, let me hear about your bathing suit," Kaoru said.

"My bathing suit is the best!!!!!!!!" Misao said spinning around, "...it's two pieces, and the top one is strapless."

"Does it have any design?"

"A bold color of blue."

"Mine is one piece but it doesn't have any straps, it has some strings that I have to tie in the back of my neck and a hole in the chest area, it doesn't have any design, I bought especially because it matched my eyes."

"I wonder who's gonna be looking in that hole?" Misao said slyly.

Kaoru blushed a little.

"D-don't say stupid things...I'll punch whoever looks there," Kaoru said putting up her fists.

"We'll see..." Misao said while smirking.

Kaoru looked up at the sky as they walked.

'Actually...I got it because I wanted to impress Kenshin...he's got me a little nervous since he told me about my body not being feminine...even though he says I'm alright...' Kaoru turned a little red, "it's a little embarrassing thinking that he said that to me...'

"Kaoru we're at Megumi's house." Misao said.

Kaoru looked at the building in front of her.

'That was quick...' she thought.

"Come on!" Misao said while pulling Kaoru inside.

"Megumi! Megumi!!!!! Where are my bathing suits?" Kenshin yelled.

"How should I know?" She yelled back.

Kenshin went through his drawers.

'How do you loose five pairs of trunks?' Kenshin asked himself.

He continued going through his drawer when Megumi came in.

"I found this..." she said.

Kenshin turned his head expecting to see one of his bathing suits but when he saw what she had he was about to fall back.

"Megumi I am not wearing that!"

"What's wrong with it? It's just a Speedo."

"When the hell have you seen me wear that!?"

"Come on, it can't be that bad...just think of it like wearing your underpants in public...wait-that's a bad example," Megumi said.

"I'm not wearing it!"

"You don't have anything else to wear, anyways don't you think Kaoru would like seeing you in these," Megumi said mischievously.

Kenshin turned a tinge red.

"Why does something tell me you're the one who hid my trunks so I would have to wear that?"

"Now, why would I do something like that?" Megumi said slyly.

The door rang.

Megumi threw the speedo to Kenshin and it landed in his face. Then she left to answer the door.

"Megumi are you guys ready to go?" Kaoru asked as she walked in.

"I'm only waiting for Kenshin," she said.

"What is he doing?" Misao asked.

"Trying to look for his bathing suit," Megumi answered.

"Megumi! Where did you out my trunks!?" Kenshin yelled from his room.

"I told you I don't know! Wear what I gave you." Megumi yelled back.

"I am not wearing a speedo!"

"Speedo?" Kaoru and Misao asked at the same time. They started to imagine it. Kenshin with a speedo on.............Misao and Kaoru turned green.

Kenshin came out of his room, when he saw Misao and Kaoru there he was surprised.

"Kenshin stop holding everyone up," Megumi said, ''put on something!"

"Since I have nothing to wear I'm not going," Kenshin said walking to the couch, sitting down and turning on the television.

'Not going?' Kaoru thought, 'then...what was the point of me buying this bathing suit...' she thought sadly.

"Tch, fine...don't come, better for me, now that idiot doesn't have to come either." Megumi said.

"Idiot?" Misao asked.

"Oh yeah...I invited Sano," Kenshin remembered.

"You know, it's rude to invite someone and then tell him he's not going," Megumi said, "if you look at it that way, you have to go."

Kenshin looked at his sister.

"Fine I'll go..." Kenshin said and Megumi smiled evilly, "but don't think you won...I'll just ask Sano to lend me one of his trunks...that he washed."

Megumi was still smirking.

"Fine," Megumi said going to her room to get her stuff.

'There are other ways to mess with you Kenshin...' Megumi thought, 'don't think you won.'

"Wait, SANOSUKE is going?" Misao said like if she didn't believe it, "awww...that just ruined my mood."

"I invited someone else too," Megumi said when she came out.

"Who?" Kaoru asked.

Megumi smiled, "Aoshi."
Misao's eyes widened and she smiled broadly.

"WHAT!!!!!!!!! LORD AOSHI!???????????!!!!" Misao squealed.

"Why?" Kenshin whined.

"I thought I told you I would invite everyone," Megumi said.

"He doesn't include in 'everyone'" Kenshin said

"Well guess what...he does."

Kenshin opened his mouth to say something else, but then something hit him. He looked at Kaoru who was smiling happily because Misao was so happy.

'Actually...this can work out just fine.' Kenshin thought.

Kaoru, Misao, and Megumi were in the changing rooms. Misao had her bathing suit on and was looking at herself in the mirror, disapprovingly.

"What's wrong?" Kaoru asked Misao when she took off her t-shirt and shorts.

"If I knew that Lord Aoshi was coming I would've chosen a different bathing suit...this one makes me look more childish than I am already, I took it 'cause I thought it was gonna be me, you, Megumi, and Kenshin."

"You look real nice in it Misao, you have nothing to worry about."

Misao turned to face her.

"Says you, look at yourself!" Misao said grabbing her chest.

"M-Misao! Don't grab me!" Kaoru said turning a bit red.

"Hey, stop playing around...let's get to the swimming pool," Megumi said.

Kaoru's and Misao's jaws opened when they saw Megumi.

'She wears a regular black one piece swimsuit and yet her body makes it look special and fabulous,' Kaoru smiled, "I'm a bit jealous.'

"Kaoru!" Megumi said surprised looking at her.

Kaoru looked at herself in the mirror.

"My bathing suit is nice right? It matches my eyes," Kaoru said.

"Actually I was going to say that your hair looks mistreated and to take care of it, but yeah I was gonna comment your bathing suit...so tell me did you buy it for...a...special reason or person?" Megumi asked.

"N-no," Kaoru said starting to feel embarrassed, "I bought it because the lady that sold it to me said it looked good...on me..."

'This can work out well...' Megumi thought evilly.

"I'll see if the boys are already there, you guys stay here, okay?" Megumi said taking her towel and walking out.

Kaoru nodded and continued looking at herself.

'I hope...he says...something,' she thought.

Kenshin was waiting at the gate for Sanosuke to come.

"Hey! Did I make you wait long?" Sanosuke said when he got there.

"Yes," Kenshin said irritated.

"Oh, sorry...oh, here's what you wanted," Sano said passing him a trunk.

"You did wash it, right?"

"That's an offense, I wash my bathing suits right after each time I use it," Sano said with pride.

"I sure hope so, for your sake."

"So...where's your sister?"

"Changing with the others," Kenshin said while he started to walk.

"Others? Isn't it just me you and her?"

"No, Misao and Kaoru are here too, not to mention Aoshi."

"Aoshi?"

"Megumi invited him."

"Oh, is that so?"

Kenshin and Sano continued walking when they saw Megumi walking towards them with a towel wrapped around her.

"You didn't change yet?" She asked.

"Sano came just right now," Kenshin said.

"Yo!" Sanosuke said with a goofy face.

Megumi looked at him.

"You still look like an idiot." She said.

"Ohhh, how cold," he said.

"I'll be done in five minutes," Kenshin said.

"Fine," Megumi said walking back.

Sanosuke sighed.

"She really doesn't like me..." he said.

"Forget about her, come on let's go."

After they got some lockers, changed into their bathing suits and put their clothing in their locker, Kenshin and Sanosuke went to the pool.

"Um...Kenshin?" Sanosuke said.

"Yeah?"

"What would you do...if...I...told you that...um...I..."

"Kenshin!" Someone cut Sanosuke off.

Kenshin looked to see who called him, and Megumi was running to him in her bathing ...

When Megumi got to them Kenshin turned a little red and turned the other way.

"I forgot to tell you something really important," she said.

"W-what?"

"When Kaoru comes out don't compliment her bathing suit, don't look like you like it...if you do she'll get mad and call you a sick pervert."

"What...?" Kenshin asked confused.

"She was just complaining about it in the changing rooms and I just had to tell you so you guys won't fight and break up and then I can't tease you anymore."

"Okay?"

Megumi looked to the back of Kenshin and became irritated.

"What are you drooling at?" she asked the idiot-I mean-Sanosuke.

Sanosuke wiped his mouth.

"N-nothing..." he said.

Kenshin began to walk with his head turned so he wasn't looking ahead of him.

"It doesn't matter," Kenshin said, "Kaoru can't possibly be wearing anything I would like."

And because his head was turned around Kenshin wasn't seeing in front of him he bumped into someone and fell backwards.

When he landed on the floor he heard some noise from the person he bumped into and recognized it as a girl.

'Ow...' he thought.

Then he opened his eyes to find Kaoru on top of him. She was on the floor on four-legs with Kenshin beneath her.

"Ow..." she said.

When she opened her eyes and found a surprised Kenshin looking at her she blinked a few times. For a while they were there staring at each other when Kenshin's eyes lowered and saw her chest, he turned red.

"I don't see any punching..." Misao said

Kaoru turned a little red and got off of Kenshin and stood there nervously.

"S-sorry..." She said.

"No..." Kenshin stood up, "I should've been looking where I was going..."

Kenshin looked at her bathing suit, and then turned his head the other way.

"...I should be sorry," he said.

They just stood there.

"You know...we're watching..." Sanosuke said.

Kenshin started to walk towards the chairs, "Are we gonna get in the pool or what?" he asked while sitting down.

"You're the one who's on the chair," Megumi said.

"Um..."

Everyone turned around to see Aoshi there standing...and waiting.

"LORD AOSHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Aoshi looked at Misao who just screamed like a freak. She ran towards him.

"I'm so glad I can see you!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Aoshi looked at her.

"Do I...know you?"

"Don't you remember? From the Cinderella audition?"

"There were a lot of girls at the audition."

"I'm Misao!"

Aoshi just looked at Megumi.

"Did I come late?"

"No you came just on time," Misao said.

'This is taking too long...' Megumi thought. She looked at the pool and then smiled. She walked a little bit closer to the pool and dived in. She came up and waved her hand screaming:

"Hey!!!!! The waters great come on in!!!!!!"

Misao got real excited and ran into the pool dragging Aoshi with her. Sanosuke left to get something to drink.

Kaoru was the only and standing so she just walked towards Kenshin.

"Um...Kenshin?" Kaoru asked.

Kenshin looked at her.

"Yeah?"

"Do...you..." Kaoru started, "...do you...like...do you like my bathing suit?" She asked nervously.

Kenshin looked at her.

"If you say anything she'll call you a sick pervert."

"It is a nice day out..." Kenshin said and he looked at the clouds.

Kaoru looked at him strangely.

"W-what?"

"A nice day to come to the pool."

Kaoru just continued staring at him up till she finally walked away from him.

Kenshin sighed.

"Problems?" Sanosuke asked passing him a drink.

"When aren't there any?"

"Anything I can do to help?"

"Do you have any way to make a person's feelings go away?"

"What?"

"Forget it"

They both sat there drinking.

Kenshin, after taking a few sips, started to look around. The sky was blue as always, the air smelled like chlorine which made him sick...Then he glanced at Sanosuke who he found staring at someone, Kenshin followed his gaze and saw Megumi. He elbowed Sanosuke.

"Hey, stop staring at Megumi so much, people will think you like her or you stalk her..." Kenshin said jokingly.

"Kenshin..." Sanosuke started.

"Hmm...?"

"I...um...need a favor from...you..."

"What?"

"What would you do...if...I...told you that...um...I..."

"Come on Sanosuke...you're making it sound serious," Kenshin said.

"Right now...I like someone but that person doesn't like me, and so I wanted to ask you if you can help me."

Kenshin started to smile slyly.

"So Sanosuke finally fell for a girl..." he started to sniffle, "the little boy is growing up..."

Sanosuke elbowed him.

"Stop joking around...besides, I'm older than you."

"Anyways...how can I help you with that? It's not like I know what that person likes or can communicate with them easily."

"If you're not gonna help then its fine," Sanosuke said sitting back.

"You could at least tell me who it is." Kenshin said as he started to finish his drink.

"Well...I...I like...M...Mi...Misao."

Kenshin spit out what he was drinking.

"What?!"

"Nah, I'm just messing with you...I like Megumi."

"Oh, ok..." Kenshin said relieved.

'W-wait...a second...' he thought.

"WHAT?!" He screamed while he stood up.

Everyone at the pool stared at Kenshin like if he was a freak.

Kenshin saw everyone's eyes on him so he sat down embarrassed.

When everyone went back to their business Kenshin faced his friend.

"What?!" He screamed in a whisper.

"What you heard man," he responded.

"But...but...why?!"

Sanosuke looked at Megumi.

"Isn't she great? She's pretty, smart, decent..."

"...evil, lazy, bossy and to top it off she is older than you!"

"I'll admit she has her defects..."

"I don't get it...every since you guys met she treats you like trash...why the hell do you like her?"

Sanosuke shrugged.

"Why do you like Kaoru?" he asked.

Kenshin turned the other way.

"That's a totally different story!"

"How is it Kenshin? How? You like Kaoru...right?"

"I feel so embarrassed!" Kaoru said while she was sitting down in the edge of the pool.

"I'm telling you Kaoru if he didn't say anything, then that guy is gay!" Misao said.

"I mean...I ask him how my bathing suit is and he tells me it's a nice day out!"

Megumi was dying to crack up but she had to hold it in.

"No one insults my best friend and gets away with it without dealing with me!" Misao said and got out of the pool and walked towards Kenshin.

She was almost there when she glanced to her side and saw Aoshi.

'Lord Aoshi!' She thought while smiling, she changed her course and walked towards Aoshi.

"Lord Aoshi! What are you doing there all by your self?"

"Hmm?" Aoshi looked to see who interrupted him from his tan.

"Why don't you come into the pool?"

Aoshi ignored her.

"Oh, I'm sorry, am I interrupting you from something?"

No response.

"Um...you look kinds hot would you like me to get you something to eat?"

Aoshi shook his head.

"Oh, ok." Misao said and went back to Kaoru.

"What did you do Misao?" She asked.

"About what?"

"About Kenshin."

"Oh sorry, I was talking with Lord Aoshi, we really hit it off, and it won't be long until he falls in love with my beauty."

Kaoru rolled her eyes and she started to look around and she saw Kenshin and Sanosuke talking or it looked like...arguing?

"Misao, I'll come back...let me check something out..."
Kaoru sneaked her way towards them without letting them see her, she hid near enough to hear them but far enough so that they don't see her.

"What are you trying to imply Sanosuke?"

"Nothing, I was just..." Kenshin interrupted him.

"You were what Sanosuke? What?"

"Maybe if you didn't interrupt me I would've told you what!"
Kenshin stood up.

"You know what? Forget about it, and for your information I do like Kaoru!" Kenshin said pissed, "You might even say I love her!"

Kaoru's eyes widened and she let out a little gasp.

Kenshin walked away from Sanosuke to the pool.

"O-okay..." Sanosuke said.

Kaoru sat there surprised.

"...I love her!"

For a while she was stunned when she put her hand on her chest.

"...I love her!"

'Love? Is that what he feels?'

Her heart skipped a beat.

'What...what do I feel?'

Her heart throbbed.

'I don't know what love feels like...I wouldn't know if that's how I feel...'

She started to shake.

'My heart ponds and throbs, I shake and get nervous, I feel this warm feeling...I get this need to hold him...this feeling...'

'I wouldn't know...I don't know...but...'

She smiled.

'I know...I feel...so very...happy...with whatever I'm feeling...'

Kenshin sighed.

'What got into me? I got so scared when he asked me that...'

"You know what? Forget about it, and for your information I do like Kaoru!" Kenshin said pissed, "You might even say I love her!"

'Sanosuke would probably tell me what a dumb ass I am for doing this if he found out...I don't want him to find out...I don't want anyone to find out.'

Then Kenshin felt two arms wrap around him and two soft things being pressed on his back. He turned around to find Kaoru smiling a little bit red.

'What the...?' he thought.

"I like you soooooooooo much...!" She said really loud.

Kenshin started to feel embarrassed when she said that and then he turned red when he saw everyone staring at them, pointing and smiling.

"K-Kaoru...what are you doing?"

"...soooooooo much!"

Kaoru tried to hug him tighter but instead ended up pushing them both into the pool. They entered with a huge splash.

When they came up from underwater Kaoru was still holding him.

"K-Kaoru, let me go...everyone is looking at us."

"I don't care!"

Kenshin tried to get her off him by pulling off her arms but she just moved her arms and wrapped them around his neck and pulled him closer.

Megumi made her way to Misao.

"Misao! Misao!"

Misao looked at her.

"Look at that." She said pointing at Kaoru and Kenshin.

When Misao saw them she started to laugh.

"Awwww...isn't that cute?" Misao said.

"I wish I had a camera!" Megumi said.

Sanosuke walked to Kenshin and Kaoru.

"Hey! Do you guys know you're in public?"

"I don't care!" Kaoru said.

"I can't get her off..." Kenshin said.

"Kenshin don't be shy!!!!" Kaoru said.

"Oh god..." Sanosuke said.

While they were all having fun they did not realize that they were being watched. Somewhere near the pool someone was watching them through binoculars and when I say them I mean Kaoru and Kenshin.

The person was frowning when Kaoru and Kenshin were playing around and scowled.

'Idiot...'

The person took a sling shot pulled back the string/rubber band and put a rock there. The rock was aimed at Sanosuke, then Kaoru, and then at Kenshin's head they smiled.

"Target locked."

"Kaoru let go of me! Everyone is looking!"

"I don't wanna!"

"Really..." Sanosuke said shaking his head while Megumi and Misao were still cracking up.

"Kaoru I'm serious! This is very embara---" Kenshin was cut off when he felt this pain in the back of his head.

"Kenshin?" Kaoru asked because he went quiet, she let go of him and he sunk down into the water. After about a minute Kaoru started to get worried.

"Kenshin?"

She put on her goggles and went underwater to look Kenshin, when she found him Kaoru panicked, he fainted underwater!

'Kenshin!'

She brought him up and out of the pool.

"Hurry! He fainted underwater!" Kaoru shouted.

Aoshi from his seat looked towards the right direction like if he saw something coming from there; he stood up and walked in that direction

"Oh, he did?" Sanosuke said.

Kaoru got a little mad.

"Hey! Could you worry a little since your friend almost died drowning!"

"And I thought this wouldn't happen any more..." Megumi said, "Move Kaoru."

"What?"

"I said move!"

Kaoru moved over and let the Megumi sit near Kenshin.

"I'm gonna perform CPR here so..."

"CPR?!" Kaoru shouted she started to imagine Megumi giving Kenshin mouth-to-mouth...

'NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

"Don't think weird things..." Megumi said to Kaoru.

"Huh?"

Megumi put both hands on Kenshin's chest and started push down. She did this for a few seconds when Kenshin spit out the water and started to cough.

"Kenshin!" Kaoru shouted and hugged him.

"Why?" Kaoru asked, "Why do you guys act like if it was nothing when Kenshin was on the verge of death?"

"Um...don't you think you're exaggerating Kaoru?" Misao asked.

"Well...funny story really..." Sanosuke said.

When I first started hanging out with Kenshin and we were at the beach Kenshin almost drowned. He wanted to go to deeper water saying he knew how to swim...and he didn't.

"Help! Help! My friend is drowning!" Little Sanosuke said screaming like a maniac.

Megumi was walking towards Sanosuke and when Sanosuke saw her he ran to her

"Oh, Megumi! Thank god, Kenshin's drowning!" He said putting his hands on her shoulders.

Megumi slapped his hands off of her.

"Get out of my way...idiot."

"Huh?"

Megumi went in and got Kenshin out and put both of her hands on his chest and pushed down up till Kenshin spit out the water and started to cough.

"This happened a lot before so I'm kind of used him drowning as well as I'm prepared...." Megumi explained, "Anyways next time when something happens do something about it instead of running around, act like a man... moron."

"He almost drowned a bunch of times after that, too." Sanosuke concluded.

Kenshin coughed again.

Kaoru laid his head on her lap.

"W-wait," Kenshin said and then coughed, "this time it was different..."

"What do you mean 'different'?" Misao asked.

"I felt this huge pain...in the back of my head and I went black."

"So you're saying you got hit with something? Where is it now?" Sanosuke asked

"I don't know...the pool?" Kaoru answered.

Sanosuke dived into the pool in the section where Kenshin was at, and Megumi inspected the back of Kenshin's head.

"You know...it does seem like you were hit with a small object..." Megumi said.

Sanosuke was walked around in the pool when he felt this pain in his feet.

"OW!" He shouted.

"What happened Sanosuke?" Misao asked.

He went underwater and picked up what he stepped on.

"Lookie what I found."

Megumi walked over to him and took it from his hand.

"A rock..." she said, "it could've been this..."

"It did feel real hard and rough...." Kenshin said.

"For it to have hurt so much to knock you out..." Megumi said, "It needs to be thrown at a fast speed or really hard..."

"So what you're saying is that someone threw it at Kenshin..." Misao said.

"Who would do that?" Kaoru said really pissed.

"I can answer that."

Everyone looked at Aoshi who was in back of them and was holding someone.

"I saw something coming from the right direction at an alarming speed, I thought it had something to do with the incident so I went to check it out and found this guy..." Aoshi said throwing someone on the floor in front of them but that person just smirked.

"You haven't changed a bit...Kaoru."

Kaoru's eyes widened.

Kenshin looked at her from her lap since his head was on her lap...

"You...came back...." Kaoru said smiling a bit.

'You came back?' Kenshin repeated in his head.

Kaoru grinned and then stood up letting Kenshin's head falling on the concrete knocking him out again.

"You came back!" Kaoru said running to him and hugging him.

"H-hey...let go of me..." he said.

"I missed you so much, Yahiko!" Kaoru said.

Everyone was back at Kenshin's and Megumi's place in their living room, except Kenshin was in the kitchen getting an ice pack. He was muttering stuff like 'why the hell did she let my head drop like that' and 'they want to kill me...'

"Kenshin hurry up and get over here!" Megumi hollered.

Kenshin winced.

'Don't scream like that, my head aches a lot.' Kenshin thought.

He walked to the living room where they were in a circle with Kaoru and what he saw a short, tanned, 10-year old boy in the middle.

'Who the hell is he?' Kenshin thought.

"So...let me get this straight," Sanosuke said, "you have a brother?"

"Yeah," Kaoru said.

"And...you never told us because...?" Sanosuke asked again.

"You never asked..."

"Kaoru...those kinds of things you don't have to ask, it's like me not telling you Kenshin is my brother."

"I guess..." Kaoru said.

"Misao, did you know?" Megumi asked.

"Of course, I've known Kaoru for a long time." She responded.

"Why haven't we ever seen him?" Sanosuke asked.

"I've been in boot camp have a problem with that?" Yahiko said.

"That does explain how he was able to knock out Kenshin with just a rock..." Aoshi said.

"Hah!" Yahiko said, "A baby can knock out that weird weak red-head!"

Kenshin's eye twitched and opened his mouth to say something but then he bit his tongue.

'Don't get mad over a brat...' He thought.

"I bet he doesn't take kendo!" Yahiko said.

"Yahiko likes kendo very much..." Misao explained to Megumi, Aoshi, and Sanosuke.

"He used to," Kaoru said.

"Bet he couldn't handle it!"

"No...it's just that---" Kenshin interrupted Kaoru.

"I don't have to give a little kid reasons for what I do in my life."

Yahiko scowled.

"Who're you calling a little kid?!"

"The short-ass with the loud mouth!"

"Kenshin...arguing him is just stooping to his level." Megumi said.

"I can't believe you're going out with such a loser Kaoru." Yahiko said.

Kenshin started to get red of anger.

"Who I go out with is none of your business." Kaoru said as-a-matter-of-fact.

"I bet mom doesn't know right?"

"Um..."

"I thought so!" Yahiko said dashing through the exit of the apartment.

"W-wait, Yahiko!" Kaoru said running after him.

"Just give me five minutes with him and I'll teach him some manners." Kenshin muttered.

"Why was Kaoru's brother in boot camp though?" Sanosuke asked.

"If anyone knows it would be Misao," Megumi said. Everyone looked at Misao and Misao shook her head.

"I ain't telling you! It isn't my place to do so."

Megumi looked at Aoshi and he sighed.

"You know...I am a little curious..."

"Well you see...I don't know the details but I think he was found with drugs or something like that..."

"Drugs?" Megumi asked surprised.

"I'm not surprised...he's a good for nothing!" Kenshin said.

"Well...I'm surprised," Sanosuke said.

"Yeah...well...all I know is that he better stay out of my way." Kenshin said.

Yahiko was in his old room unpacking his stuff, when he was done he washed up and was getting ready for bed.

A full moon was out and he was watching it, then he was remembering things from the past.

"Leave Kaoru alone! She doesn't have to be involved in your dirty business!" An elementary school Yahiko cried to a high school boy.

The boy started to laugh.

"Take a look at this...a kid giving me an order, how stupid is that?" The boy picked Yahiko up by his collar, "kid...I'm feeling nice today...but if I was normal you would be dead right now. But I guess it's not totally because I'm happy but because I want you to see how I mess around with your sister, ha ha ha ha ha." And he threw him on the floor.

"I-I am not a kid! I'll make you sorry if you hurt Kaoru!" Yahiko shouted.

The boy laughed some more.

"Oh yeah? Say that to my face why don't you, that is if you have the balls."

Yahiko didn't move, he felt frozen.

'Move dammit move!' He screamed in his head

"I didn't think so...well kid; I have other things to do than to waste my time here so I'll be seeing you."

'Back then...when Kaoru was with that guy...she was in real danger, Kaoru...she really liked the guy, but he was just playing with her. If she ever found out it would totally break her, luckily she never found out and just thought that he disappeared...I promised myself that I would never let a guy hurt Kaoru again and that the guy she stays with is a strong guy, who has courage and not a sissy like that red-head.'

Yahiko clenched his fists.

'That guy isn't for you Kaoru...and I won't rest until I separate both of you...permanently.'

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Kenshin's eye slowly opened.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

He turned off his clock and then laid there in his bed. He scowled.

'Stupid brat! He pissed me off so much!'

"Kenshin! Wake up; we have to go to that meeting!" Megumi screamed.

'Meeting?' Kenshin thought, 'Oh yeah...we meet with our parents today.'

Kenshin stood up from his bed and went to the bathroom.

Megumi was in her room looking at herself in the mirror, she had a white blouse, a gray business suit, a gray mini skirt, white shoes. She walked towards her jewel box and took out a pearl necklace and pearl earrings.

After putting on her jewelry she walked outside.

"Kenshin are you awake?!" She hollered.

"Yes!" He shouted back.

The door-bell rang.

"I wonder who that could be?" Megumi asked, "Oh wait, it must be Kaoru."

She walked to the door and opened the door for Kaoru, who had a bag of food in her hand, and a mad Yahiko. Kaoru's eyes widened when she saw Megumi.

"Are...you going somewhere...?"

"Who is it Megumi?" Kenshin asked.

Kenshin had a black tuxedo with a white shirt and black pants and shoes.

Kaoru let her bag fall.

"Where are you going dressed like that?" Kaoru asked.

"A meeting with our parents," Megumi said.

"Meeting?"

"It was one of the conditions of letting us live alone, we have to meet them at least once a year," Kenshin explained.

"Why do you guys go dressed like that if your just gonna meet your parents?" Kaoru asked.

"Because when we're around them we have to look...um...like this," Kenshin said.

"Oh..."

"We're gonna be late so..." Megumi said.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Kaoru said, "We'll leave right now."

Kenshin left to the kitchen.

"Kaoru?" Megumi whispered.

"Hmm?"

"Did the little boy tell your mom?" She asked.

"Who are you calling a little boy?!" Yahiko shouted.

Kaoru shook her head.

"I convinced him," she said winking.

"Oh, okay. Bye!"

"Bye!"

"Megumi, who's gonna drive the car they gave us?" Kenshin said.

"The one with the driver's license of course." Megumi said with a wink.

Megumi and Kenshin were about to go into a huge office building when something struck Kenshin.

"I forgot my report card!"

Megumi sighed.

"You idiot...go back and get it I'll go inside and stall them for a while."
Kenshin nodded his head.

He got in the car and drove back to his house.

'I hope no one stops me, 'cause I don't have a driver's license...but oh well I know how to drive pretty well.'

When he go to the building he came out of his car and went up to his apartment, there he saw a note taped to his door.

Hey Kenshin!

It's me Kaoru, I just wanted to tell you that I'll be waiting for you in the back of the park, you know where there's nobody...When you come back please go by there I'll be waiting for you for the whole day.

Kaoru

'Is she crazy?! Waiting there for a whole day...who knows when I'm gonna be back.'

Kenshin entered his apartment, got his report card, and went out again.

'Let me pass through the park to tell Kaoru to leave, I can't let her stay there all day, that's torture and anyways it's dangerous back there.'

So Kenshin got in the car and drove to the park and went to the back of the park.

"Kaoru! Kaoru! Where are you?" He shouted.

'Where could she be, I don't have that much time...'

Up on a rock Yahiko was standing watching Kenshin with binoculars, he was smirking.

"Kaoru?! Kaoru?! Come on, come out!"

'Could it be she got tired and left? Or maybe...or maybe she was kidnapped!' Kenshin shook his head, 'I have been watching too much TV...'

Yahiko picked up some rocks and he changed his view to the two vicious dogs that always wander through those parts, he threw the rocks and them in an alarming speed so it would hurt them. It did hit them, it did hurt them, and now they are extremely pissed vicious dogs.

Kenshin walked around seeing if he saw anything that would lead him to Kaoru.

'Maybe I should just leave...but...what if she's really here?'

Kenshin heard bushes moving. He turned around.

'Is that her?'

He walked closer to the bushes.

"Kaoru?"

He walked closer...he looked to see what was in back of those bushes, when he saw what they were his face went pale.

Out came the two vicious dogs that Yahiko pissed off.

Kenshin froze, he couldn't move a muscle, he could barely breathe.

The dogs growled menacingly.

Kenshin's eyes lost color.

When the dog barked Kenshin came back to his senses and he started to shake violently.

The dogs took a step towards him and he took a step back, they took a step forward and he took one back.

'I have to run! I have to run!'

Kenshin turned around real slowly and then ran for his life. The dogs followed him barking.

'If these dogs catch up...they'll kill me!'

Kenshin closed his eyes and picked up his speed, he ran faster than he usually does.

While he was running something hit him.

'What if...Kaoru ran into these dogs?'

He turned his head to look at the dogs and they had eyes that read 'kill'

'What if they really hurt her? Or worse...what if they killed her?!'

Kenshin hit himself on the head.

'Don't think stupid things! Kaoru couldn't have died...'

Kenshin ran a little faster when he saw that the dogs were on his tail.

'These dogs will catch up to me in a while, I need to loose them...'

Kenshin began to look around his surroundings.

'If I remember well, there should be a little hill around the corner...if I can run a little faster I could throw myself down and maybe loose them, I hope they aren't smart enough to look down that hill, though.'

So like if his life depended on it Kenshin ran a little bit more faster and when he reached the corner he did a sharp turn, as soon as he turned he jumped over the small fence and threw himself on the hill and he went rolling down. While he was going down he cut himself in some places, bruised himself a lot, and hit himself on the head causing him to bleed a bit. When he stopped rolling because he reached the bottom he quickly crawled to hide behind the tree. He waited there for a while because the dogs were sniffing where he jumped the fence to see where he went.

'Please let them be stupid... Please let them be stupid... Please let them be stupid...'

The dogs started to continue to run across the sidewalk and turned the corner. Kenshin sighed.

'That was close.'

He tried to stand up but he fell down. He tried standing again but he used the tree for support. Limping, he walked for a while.

"Did Kaoru run into those dogs?" He asked himself.

"Did she run if she did? Did she go this way too? Did she throw herself down this hill? If she did...if she did...she wouldn't survive...Am I gonna find a corpse here?"

Kenshin hit himself on the head which made him bleed more than he was.

"Don't say such stupid things! I would rather believe that she sent these dogs after me than that she died..."

"...because if she did run into those dogs and something happened to her...it would be my fault."

"My fault because she was here waiting for me. My fault because if we weren't in this relationship...she wouldn't have been here in the first place...my fault for being such a wuss..." (A/n: That's a really deep connection)
He walked some more. There was a huge hole in the park in the middle where most of the trees were.

'If I walk through here to the front of the park and can climb up and go to the car and drive back. But I'm on the other side...so it might take some time...'

Megumi was sitting down at her parent's office toying with her hair, Mrs. Takani was taping her finger on the desk, while Mr. Takani was just drinking some whiskey.

"Where did you say he went?" Mrs. Takani asked.

"Back to the apartment to look for his report card," Megumi answered.

"Oh..."

"You know..." Mr. Takani said, "He's taking a little too long...don't you think something wrong?"

Mrs. Takani gasped.

"Don't say such things! He's probably having trouble looking for his report card...by the way, Megumi is your apartment clean because that could be the reason he can't find it."

"It probably is why," Mr. Takani said.

"I thought it was a bad idea to let them leave the mansion...they should come back as soon as possible..." Mrs. Takani started.

Megumi rolled her eyes.

'Kenshin...where the hell are you?!'

Kenshin made up his mind.

"She sent these dogs after me...so she must be at home safe and sound laughing her head off..."

"But..wait...that means I'm going out with a maniac...my life is in danger...maybe I should break up with her..."

Kenshin tripped over a rock and landed on the floor.

'O-ow...'

He turned getting up but he just fell on his back. He laid there for a while looking up at the blue sky being covered with the leaves of the trees.

'My body aches...'

Kenshin sighed.

'It's been a while since I had to go through hell, the last time something like this happened was when I was with Hiko...'

Kenshin smiled.

'I wonder what he's up to...probably drinking some sake or something...'

He started to look around his surroundings when he saw a huge rock, that was about five timed bigger than him.

Kenshin sighed.

"I'm still in the back of the park..."
While he continued looking he saw that someone was on the rock.

"Hmmm?"
He slowly stood up and walked a little closer to see who it was, when he got closer he saw that it was a kid.

"Oh, I should get him down, he could hurt himself up there," Kenshin said.

When he walked closer he saw that he recognized that kid from somewhere.

'Wait a second!'

He walked a little bit closer.

"Damn, I lost sight of him...I wonder if those dogs caught up to him..." Yahiko said.

He picked up his stuff and climbed down the rock onto the sidewalk and began to walk back.

'Let me go find the bastard, I don't want him dead...just yet.'

"That kid...he's Yahiko! But what was...he...doing..."

Kenshin's blood started to boil.

"Don't tell me...that he sent those dogs...after me..." Kenshin said with clenched teeth.

He turned real red of anger and veins appeared on his head.

"That kid...I'll...I'll...kill that kid!"

Kenshin's eyes turned red and his teeth turned into fangs.

"That kid will....die!" Kenshin said clenching his hands into fists.

Kenshin was about to go after him when he heard the dog's bark. He looked up and saw that they were sniffing around.

"Tch, they're still looking for me..."

He started to walk towards a tree to hide there, then he went to the next tree and hid there, Kenshin repeated this uptill he reached the other side.

"I'll kill you Yahiko, that's a promise."

"Mom?"

"Yeah Kaoru?"

"Where's Yahiko?"

"He said something about going to the park."

"Oh...that's too bad I wanted to see a movie with him."

"Why don't you go to the park to find him."

"Nah, I wouldn't know where in the park he was so I'll just wait for him here."

"Fine."

Kenshin finally reached the other side and climbed up. He left a few trails of blood from his head but they would dry up before anyone would find them.

When he went over the fence and was walking towards his car people stare at him and whispered to each other. Someone even asked him if he was ok, and he just nodded like a zombie. He walked towards the car and drove to the apartment. He wasn't gonna present himself to his parents looking like this, it would bring shame to them.

Kenshin walked up to his apartment, took out his keys opened the door and went inside. There he found Megumi sitting down at the table with her shoes off, her shirt umbuttoned, and drinking beer.

"Where were you?" She asked without looking up.

"Around...what happened, you never drink, did something happen in the meeting?"

"The same, we argued, I left pissed and came home. I always see that when people are stressed they drink and it makes them feel better, so I decided to try it."

"Does it work?"

"Like a charm, wanna join me?" She asked and she looked up and when she saw Kenshin she let the glass of beer on the floor which shattered.

"What happened! Were you jumped?"

"Something like that..." Kenshin said sitting down.

"By who?"

"Dogs."

While Megumi treated Kenshin he told her the story he left out the part where he thought Kaoru was dead.

"Your lucky...you only have little cuts and bruises, the only big injury you have is on your head and you told me you did that."

"I feel like choking that little brat."

"Just leave him alone."

"Alone?! He freakin' sent dogs after me, that kid is demented he should be put in an asylum."

"He just came back from boot camp, all he thinks about is war and stuff, and on top of that he doesn't like you..."

"I could've been killed!"

"Don't exaggerate, as soon as you went to a place where there is people the ranger would've come out and helped you."

"I was all the way in the back, by the time I got there those dogs would've caught me."

"Okay, the point is that you're here so just let it rest, just never go back there."

The door bell rang.

"Who's that?" Kenshin asked.

"Kaoru, she called when I got here and then she said she was coming over here."

"Good, I can tell her about that demented brother of hers."

"You can't tell her."

"Why not?"

"Kaoru really cares about her brother, you saw happy she was when he came back, I don't think she would like it if you said her brother needs to be sent to an asylum when he just came back from boot camp."

The door bell rang again.

Megumi stood up and went to open it.

"Hey Kaoru!"

"Hey Megumi, did you find out where Kenshin went?"

"He was...around."

"Is he here now?"
"Yeah, he's in the living room."

Megumi saw that Yahiko was with her.

"Hey Yahiko."

He didn't answer her

"Yahiko!" Kaoru said.

"Don't worry, it's alright...he must have other things on mind like what he did today..." Megumi said

Yahiko looked at her.

"Nothing much he was just in the park." Kaoru said

"Why don't you guys come in?"

Kaoru went in and went to the living room smiling but when she saw Kenshin her smile faded.

"Kenshin! What happened to you?!"

"I tripped?"

"Kenshin, don't joke!"
Yahiko walked in and smirked.

'Not bad...he got a way with just some bruises and cuts.'

When Kenshin saw Yahiko his eyes lit fire but then he just breathed a little and calmed down.

"I'm all right Kaoru, really."

Kenshin was on his sofa with his television on like usual and Megumi came in.

"Kenshin....me and Kaoru are going out," she said.

"So?"

"Yahiko is gonna hang with you today."

Kenshin looked at Megumi.

"No."

"We won't take long don't worry, I hid all the knives..." Megumi said laughing a bit.

"I just want to lay here and watch TV...I don't want to deal with a crazy brat."

The door bell rang.

"Oh well, they're here."

Kenshin sighed and turned off the screen.

'Let me just get some rope...just in case he gets out of control...I might even teach him a lesson...'

"Hey Kenshin!" Kaoru said.

"Hey..." Kenshin said unenthusiastically.

"What's wrong are you bored? Don't worry I brought Yahiko so you guys can spend the whole day together, won't that be fun?"

"I can hardly wait Kaoru," Yahiko said.

Kenshin started mumbling but just sat down.

"Then...I'll see you guys," Megumi said dragging Kaoru with her.

"Bye Kenshin, I'll leave Yahiko in your hands!" Kaoru said.

"Bye..." Kenshin said.

When the door closed behind them Kenshin sat down and turned on the TV.

"I was thinking that maybe you died." Yahiko said sitting down.

Kenshin smirked.

"It'll be a sad day when I die because of a kid."

"Who are you calling a kid?!"

"No one in particular."

"I have to admit, you're better than I thought."

"Should I be happy?"

"Don't seem so calm...I'm not done with you," Yahiko said.

Kenshin looked at him.

"You're still a weak red-haired freak, you don't deserve to be with Kaoru, I won't rest until I separate you two."

Kenshin's eyes twitched and he opened his mouth to give him a piece of his mind.

"Now you listen if anything I'm doing her a favor---!"

"What?" Yahiko asked.

Kenshin stood up real calm and walked to the bathroom and prepared the bath.

'I gotta calm down...I might end up saying something wrong...'

He got into the bath.

'Ahh...a bath always calms me down...'

Then he remembered what Yahiko said.

'Damn, it's not like I want all of this...if it was up to me things would be different...but just for one girl I am going through a lot of shit...'

He laid there mumbling some more things for a while and then he got out 'cause he was getting prune-like.

After he put on something he came out to the living-room but no one was there, then Kenshin saw the front door open.

'He must've left...'

Kenshin walked to the sofa and sat down.

'Oh well better for me.'

After a long time Yahiko still didn't come back.

'It's been a while where is he? I wonder if something happened to him? Oh well he deserves it.'

"Kaoru really cares about her brother, you saw happy she was when he came back..."

'If something happened to Yahiko Kaoru would be sad...'

Kenshin stands up and gets his jacket and heads for the door.

'So much shit for just one girl.'

So Kenshin is walking through the streets seeing if he can find something that would lead him to Yahiko. After walking for a long time Kenshin found the shirt that belonged to Yahiko.

'Huh?'

He went and picked it up.

'Why would he leave his shirt behind? Could it be?'

Kenshin dropped the shirt and ran down the alley, after a while of running he got tired and walked.

'I hope I'm not late...'

He walked some more.

'Where could he be...'

When he walked a bit more Kenshin felt something fall on his head.

'Hmm?'

He took what fell on his head and looked at it. Kenshin turned a bit red.

'What the hell???' He thought confused.

Some panties have fallen on his head.

He looked up at the sky.

'That's weird.'

Kenshin passed it up as someone dropped it from the window...somehow.

"And they say that these things don't fall from the sky." Kenshin said jokingly.

This time he felt a bunch of things falling on his head, he looked down and saw that there were a lot of panties, he started to freak.

"What is this?!"

"There he is!" Someone yelled.

Kenshin turned around confused and found himself with an angry mob of teenagers, women, and even little girls.

"Look it's the guy whose stealing our panties!" A girl screamed.

'What?' Kenshin thought and then looked down at his feet.

'Uh-oh'

"W-wait! It wasn't me! These fell from the sky!"

"That's the biggest bull I've ever heard!" A woman shouted.

"Get him!" A little girl shouted.

Kenshin let out a scream and started to run for his life...again.

Lucky for him they aren't that fast but still they were real close to catching him.

"I didn't do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Hey! Wait up you sick pervert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A girl screamed.

"Yeah, sick pervert!" A little girl screamed.

"Even stealing a child's, for goodness sake do you have no decency?!"

"It wasn't me!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

That just got the females even angrier and they ran faster, they were real close and even tried to grab him by his hair.

'I got to get away, but how?!' Kenshin thought

He looked around and recognized his surroundings...again.

"Sano lives through here!" He said.

He picked up his pace and started to loose the angry mob, then he went into a building and ran up the stairs while they passed the building. Kenshin went up to Sanosuke's apartment.

He rang his bell and Sanosuke came to open.

"Oh hey Ken---oh what the hell happened to you?"
Kenshin didn't answer his question he just went in.

Kenshin came out of Sanosuke's apartment dressed up differently and with green hair from a Halloween hair-color spray Sano had.

He came out and the women wee still there, they even went up to him.

"Hey have you seen a guy with red hair?" A girl asked him.

"As a matter of fact yes," Kenshin said with a deep voice, "he went that-a-way," he said pointing to the right.

"Thanks mister."
So they ran that way and Kenshin went the other.

'I just have bad luck these days...' He thought.

Kenshin walked for a while.

'And I didn't find Yahiko...'

He walked more when he noticed someone hiding somewhere. He walked closer and found Yahiko on the roof trying to look for something. Kenshin walked towards him to take him home but then he heard him talking to himself.

"Where did that red-head freak go? I wanna see the girls massacare him. Oh god...I'm such a genius"

Kenshin stood there with his jaw opened. He felt stupid, here he was worried for him and he was planning something against him. His feelings of supidity turned into anger.

'He set this up?!'

Kenshin's eyes turned red again, his teeth turned into fangs and he became blind of anger. Slowly he walked towards Yahiko ready to choke him.

"Kaoru really cares about her brother, you saw happy she was when he came back..."

He changed his course and started to walk away but zombie-like and he still had his red eyes and fangs.

Everyone in the streets stood away from him. 'Don't talk to me I'm pissed' was written all over his face.

Kenshin walked home and Megumi was already there, when he came in Megumi walked to him.

"Where were you?" She asked.

He didn't answer. When Megumi saw how pissed he was she stepped back when he was passing her, Kenshin walked to his room and slammed the door behind him.

"Scary..." Megumi said.

Kenshin was in his room planning something on a sheet of paper.

"First you almost drown me....then I almost get killed by dogs, and now I'm the pervert of the town....you've gone too far Yahiko!"

Kenshin started to laugh maniacally.

"But don't worry....don't worry, you'll pay with blood! You looked for me Yahiko, and now you found me!"

The door bell rang while Megumi was watching TV so she stood up and opened it to find Kaoru with Yahiko.

"Oh hey, well this is a surprise...well not really," Megumi said

"I just got this great movie and I wanted us to watch it together I'm sure you'll like it."

"Oh, yeah I was kind of hoping you could help me though..."

"What happened?" Kaoru asked worried.

"Kenshin hasn't come out of his room in two days, and I'm hearing rumors of a 'red-head pervert'"

Kaoru looked down.

"Me too...but I've been ignoring them...I don't think Kenshin's a pervert, right?"
"I'm kind of thirsty..." Yahiko said.

"The kitchen is over there help yourself."

Yahiko left and then Kenshin came out.

"Oh you came out!" Kaoru said relieved.

But Kenshin looked horrible, he had a five 0'clock shadow, there were dark circles under his eyes, and his eyes looked dead.

"Ken-shin?"

But he just ignored them and left out the door.

Kaoru watched him go worried while Yahiko smirked.

"I'm getting a little worried..." Kaoru said.

"Well whatever he's a big boy I'm sure he knows what hes doing, let's watch that movie," Megumi said cheerfully.

"Megumi..."

'That's right, Megumi is probably more worried than me...I should try to be cheerful.' Kaoru thought.

"Okay."

Kaoru looked through her book bag but she didn't find anything.

"Huh? That's weird I'm pretty sure I brought it with me..."

"Don't tell me you left it Kaoru," Yahiko said.

"Probably..."

"Well then just go get it," Megumi said.

"I guess..." So Kaoru left to get the video and Yahiko was alone with Megumi.

He walked towards the living room but Megumi stopped him

"You, I've been wanting to ask you something," she said dead-serious.

"What?"

"What's your problem with Kenshin?"

He smirked.

"Oh, did he whine to his older sister already?"

"You should thank his older sister or he would've killed you along time ago."

"I doubt it, he would piss in pants if a gun was pointed at him, so how can he point a gun?"

"I don't like what you're doing," Megumi said with a death glare.

"Why, is it hurting your precious little brother?"

"No...it's just that torturing Kenshin...is my job, and I never learned to share."

"Tell you what I'll tell you the story for as an apology for stepping in your territory."

Megumi sat down and he stood there leaning against the wall staring at the ceiling.

"My mom nor my dad knew but Kaoru was going out with a senior in high school when she just barely started junior high...I always read her diary since I knew where it was and she spoke on how she loved him and how happy she was with him. I thought she was real stupid."

Yahiko was quiet for a while.

"One day I went to my friend's house without permission and in the same building lived her boyfriend, Jin. We were just spying on people for fun, when I recognized him and wanted to spy on him. I witnessed him making business with these serious-looking people with suits. He was giving them bags and they have him money. I went over near his apartment to see what was up, and then I heard the guys in suits were talking and they were saying that what they bought from Jin were illegal drugs."

Yahiko hit the wall with his fists.

"In Kaoru's diary she wrote how Jin started to get mysterious and told her a lot of lies and she suspected he was cheating on her but it was really his deals of drugs. I kept quiet thinking it was Kaoru's problem and that she was going to get in trouble with mom and dad. It started to get serious, though, in her diary Kaoru wrote that Jin was asking her to keep some packages in her room but not to look what it was. I did some investigation and found that the police were checking him out and he didn't want to get caught so he was gonna give his stuff to Kaoru so if someone got caught it would've been her. I was pretty young so all I thought was that she was gonna get in trouble with mom and dad and that I wouldn't tell anyone so she could get into trouble."

Yahiko bit his bottom lip.

"Everything changed though when I read that he was beating Kaoru. She wrote that for every little thing she did wrong he would beat her. I remembered once that my dad said it wasn't right for a guy to hit a girl so I got mad. So I went to see Jin"

"Leave Kaoru alone! She doesn't have to be involved in your dirty business!" A elementary school Yahiko cried to a high school boy.

The boy started to laugh.

"Take a look at this...a kid giving me an order, how stupid is that?" The boy picked Yahiko up by his collar, "kid...I'm feeling nice today...but if I was normal you would be dead right now. But I guess it's not totally because I'm happy but because I want you to see how I mess around with your sister, ha ha ha ha ha." And he threw him on the floor.

"I-I am not a kid! I'll make you sorry if you hurt Kaoru!" Yahiko shouted.

The boy laughed some more.

"Oh yeah? Say that to my face why don't you, that is if you have the balls."

Yahiko didn't move, he felt frozen.

'Move dammit move!' He screamed in his head

"I didn't think so...well kid, I have other things to do than to waste my time here so I'll be seeing you."

"I was mad because I couldn't do anything. Then I got desperate because I read that she was gonna take his shit (drugs) in a week. I went to the police station and got a police man to come with me saying that something bad was happening. I had the policeman wait downstairs and I went up and got Jin to come down and got him to confess everything. The policeman came out and told Jin he was under arrest, and then Jin saw that I tricked him. He wasn't mad though he just smiled and patted me on the back of my bookbag."

Yahiko went quiet again.

"I read her diary and she was sad because Jin had been beating her. Her personality even changed and I started to feel bad. If I had just told her from the beginning then it wouldn't have happened, I decided then I would protect Kaoru from bad men. One day the police was at the door of our house and was looking for me, I was being accused of having illegal drugs. I said I didn't have anything, so they checked my room and didn't find anything. They then looked in my book bag and found a bag of marijuana. I was confused at first and then I remembered when Jin was patting me, he wasn't just patting me he stuck a bag of his shit in there too. Kaoru and my mom were confused and shocked and my dad was real disappointed. On my trial I was the witness and they told ask me to tell them what happened. I sat there and didn't answer them, if I couldn't notice that he stuck that crap in there then I need more training to protect Kaoru so maybe I should go to boot camp."

"Little Yahiko what happened?" Yahiko's lawyer asked.

"My name isn't Little Yahiko, it's Yahiko." Yahiko said.

"Okay, Yahiko, what happened?"

He stayed quiet.

"Yahiko?"

More silence.

The lawyer slammed his hand in front of Yahiko.
"Yahiko! Do you understand that if you do not answer you will be sentenced to boot camp for a very very long time?!"

"NOOOOOOOOO! MY SON ISN'T A DRUG ADDICT! YAHIKO, SWEETIE TELL THEM, PLEASE TELL THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Yahiko's mom screamed histerically.

"Mom, calm down this is a court room," Kaoru said trying to clam her mom down and then glared daggers at Yahiko.

"I don't have anything to say," Yahiko said.

"Is that your final word?" The judge asked.

Yahiko nodded.

"Then I sentence you Yahiko Myojin to 5-6 years in boot camp."

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"I left Kaoru a typed letter saying it was Jin so she wouldn't feel bad. Now I come back from boot camp and I find that Kaoru's going out with another no good person, well I won't stand for it! Kenshin is not someone for Kaoru I just know it!"

"Isn't that something Kaoru should decide?"

Yahiko looked at her.

"Besides at that time you had a point to do everything your doing now, but I assure you that Kenshin is a normal boy and that he wouldn't want to do anything to hurt Kaoru unless he felt it was necessary."

"He's still weak."

"It's true he's not superman but he knows how to defend himself."

"I'm back!" Kaoru said.

"You got the movie this time?" Yahiko asked.

"How rude, I'm not that dumb to forget the movie again!"

"Is it a girly movie?" Yahiko asked.

"You know it is!" Kaoru said.

"Well girly movie Kaoru Yahiko out." Yahiko said leaving.

"Is it okay?" Megumi asked Kaoru.

"It's been a while since I've seen him so I'll let him do what he wants for now..." Kaoru said in a very soft voice.

"Kaoru..."
"You know? When he first left to boot camp I really hated him, sooo much. He made my mother cry and suffer so much. I was really happy he was leaving, I thought he deserved it. But when he did leave...things were lonely without his voice, and as time passed I missed him terribly. I noticed that I love him, but of course I'll never tell him, it'll me our secret, ok?"
Megumi smiled.

"But since I care about him so much it's really important to me that he and Kenshin get along, that he likes Kenshin, and that he approves him."

"I think he will..." Megumi said.

"Well with that said let's watch the movie!"

"Okay."

Yahiko was walking through the streets when he caught a glimpse of Kenshin turning a corner.

He smirked.

'Where is he going?'

So Yahiko followed him and it was like a maze. There were a lot of turning corners Kenshin would sometimes disappear. After a while Yahiko stopped and thought for a while.

'Now let's see...'

"are you looking for me?" Someone asked.

Yahiko looked up and saw Kenshin pointing a rifle at him, and then he felt a little pinch on his arm and he looked at saw that he was shot with what seemed like a tranquilizer.

"B-bastard." Yahiko said.

"Now now don't complain, you're the one who wanted this" Kenshin said coming down. Throughout Yahiko's body he stared to feel like he couldn't move.

'Oh no! That tranquilizer thingy was something that paralyzes you, where the hell did he get that?'

"So yahiko are you prepared for hell?"

Kenshin took Yahiko and tied him to a pole. Then brang in a huge bag and emptied it out in front of Yahiko.

"Panties?" Yahiko asked.

"I'll be back in a while ok? The paralyzation will last for another two minutes so just sit there real cozy for a while."

"This movie is really good Kaoru, why made you take it?" Megumi asked.

"Kenshin told me to get it."

"Kenshin?"

"Yeah and he told me to come over today and not to tell anyone—Oops."

"That's weird." Megumi thought.

Two minutes passed and Yahiko could move again, he untied himself.

"What is that red-head freak trying to do?"

Then Yahiko started to hear voices—Kenshin's voice.

"I'm telling you I'll take you to the real panty-theif..." Kenshin said.

"Panty-theif?" Yahiko repeated and then saw that he was surrounded by undergarments.

"Ah! There he is!" said a little girl said.

Yahiko looked up and saw the mob of girls from the other day and Kenshin.

'Uh-oh' Yahiko thought.

He tried to run the other way but the two vicious dogs from the park surprised him. They started bark and tried to bite him but they were tied.

Yahiko couldn't go that way and he had a mob infront of him. His eyes widened.

"Welcome to hell" Kenshin said grinning

A week later

Kaoru and Kenshin were in a bus terminal seeing Yahiko off. He was being sent back to boot camp because his dad thought the panty incident was shameful.

Yahiko was in his seat and from his seat he saw Kaoru and Kenshin waving at him.

"I guess I had you wrong, you're okay for a weak red-head." Yahiko said to himself.

'Still if I couldn't get away from that situation I still need training. Take care of her Kenshin until I come back.'

"He'll come back soon Kaoru," said Kenshin trying to cheer up Kaoru.

"I know..."

In her hand Kaoru held a picture of her Yahiko which was taken recently.

The wind however was blowing and it fell out of her hand and fell to the bottom of her feet, she bent down to pick it up and Kenshin bent down to pick it up for her but instead he got a view of her ass, he turned red and stood up right away. Kaoru stood up and saw Kenshin red.

"Is there something the matter?"

"Not really..."

Yahiko saw this scene but what he saw was Kaoru bending down and then Kenshin bending down and looking at her ass. He squeezed his fists and started to tremble in anger, veins appeared.

'I thought so! I thought so he was a good for nothing! A good for nothing pervert!'

Yahiko opened the window to his bus and shouted:

"YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF ME!!!!!"

Of course Kenshin didn't hear this and waved happily.

"I'm kind of disappointed though," Kaoru said.

"Why?" Kenshin asked.

"I really wanted you and Yahiko to become friends but he didn't stay long enough for that to happen."

Kenshin smiled and put his hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry about Kaoru...me and Yahiko...are gonna get along just fine."

Author's Point: Yeah sorry about that! School started and I got lazy and my bro needed the comp. for college things, but whatever! I'll be updating every week from now on! (I hope) Please Review and See you next time! Love Ya!