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Summary: Kenshin is a lonely prince who has been kidnapped… Kaoru is a thief that saves his life, is a relationship between royalty and criminals possible? Can Kaoru be what Kenshin was waiting for…?

Disclaimer: I will never own Rurouni Kenshin… and that's sad!

A Thief's Dream

Chapter Six: Yokohama, here we come!

Can you believe me?

Still sitting pretty with a pistol in hand.

Learning to love you,

Will you be my man?

-Reynada Hill

Kaoru awoke the next morning completely relaxed. She looked out of the window and knew that she had awoken before Kenshin. She wondered if he woke up early in the morning. He was a prince; he probably didn't even know what early meant. Kaoru sighed and marched herself into the bathing house. She opened the door and silently slipped out of her sweaty tunic. She dumped her tunic into a basin full of water.

"Oro?"

Kaoru turned around and screamed. There was Kenshin, halfway dunked in the tub of water. She slapped her hands over her eyes before they had the chance to journey farther; It was then that she remembered that she was only wearing a thin under shirt. She crossed her arms over her chest and glared at Kenshin. 'Hentai…'

"What are you doing?!"

"Taking a bath, obviously."

"But, I was going to take a bath!"

Kenshin grinned down at Kaoru. "You can always join me."

"No way in hell."

"Have it your way."

Kenshin started to lather himself with some soap. Humming silently to himself he took a glance at the very red Kaoru standing behind him. She was clutching the towel so tightly that he swore she would explode if she let it go. Kenshin turned his attention back to the soap in his hand. He hummed louder.

Kaoru looked ready to explode and beat Kenshin up, but she had self-control. It didn't seem like it sometimes, but she still had it. Kaoru felt so sticky and dirty, and she didn't want to wait longer because he would continue the race without her. She packed up her dignity and put it on hold for a while and climbed into the rather 'small' tub.

Kenshin heard a splash of water and saw that Kaoru had joined him in the tub. He grinned.

"Seems you can't resist me."

"Don't flatter yourself."

"You know you want me."

"Shut up."

"That's not the way to talk to your prince."

"Your majesty, will you shut up?"

"That's a start, but it should be more like this: 'Your majesty, take me! I'm all yours!'" Kenshin gasped, clasping and unclasping his hands.

"Don't make me sick."

Suddenly Kaoru felt two strong arms wrap around her. "Does this make you sick?"

Kaoru gripped the towel tighter. "Let me go."

"Not until you tell me, does this make you sick?"

Kaoru growled loudly. "Yes!" Kenshin's arms tightened around her pulling her closer to his 'nude' body.

"Wrong answer." He leaned down and gently licked Kaoru's exposed neck.

"Ewww… Let me go!"

"Certainly, I'm finished here anyway." Kenshin climbed out of the tub and it was then that he realized his mistake. Yup, Kenshin had exposed himself to the whole world to see, thank gods the bathing house had no windows. Kaoru once again slapped her hands over her eyes.

Kenshin blushed red and grabbed his tunic and leggings and put them on. He walked out the door without another word. Kaoru smiled as she was left with the tub all to herself. She climbed out so she could hang her soaking tunic, and then went back into the tub.

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Kaoru was once again on the road with her horse, Apples. Her clothes were kind of damp, but she didn't mind it. She looked up and saw that Kenshin was still ahead of her. Kaoru pushed her horse faster, the desire to beat Kenshin burned in her veins. She had to win, she needed to win.

Once again, Kaoru began to pull past Kenshin. She pressed her horse faster and so did Kenshin. It wasn't a matter of who wins and who doesn't; it was a matter of who was the best and Kaoru wanted to be the best. It was something she simply could not run from. She was a very competitive person when it came to sports and games.

In a sudden burst of speed, Kenshin's horse brushed past hers and he waved over his shoulder. Kaoru was highly annoyed by this and stuck her middle finger up although he couldn't see her.

Kaoru felt something splash against her skin and she looked up… it was starting to rain. The sky filled with dark clouds till it looked like it was night and rain dropped on her skin and clothes causing them to soak up the moisture.

"Damn."

Her cloak was in her pack which was saddled right behind her. She didn't want to reach back in fear of losing control of the horse and she didn't want to stop in fear of losing the race.

"Damn, damn, damn…"

It could be her new song, who knew? But with the way she recited each word, it might as well be one. It was cold, very cold. She didn't enjoy riding her horse in the rain… with her lips on the line, she felt very calm. Hint the sarcasm.

She drew closer and closer to Kenshin, but no matter how much she pushed her horse, it wouldn't go faster. He cursed it… he did something so he would win.

Kaoru sighed heavily as she slapped her horse beneath her.

"Faster, faster, faster!"

They road all day till they finally made it to their third checkmark. Yokohama was the next town and lastly, their finishing mark. Kaoru sighed as she entered the inn.

"I hate him."

She wrung her hair dry and flipped it over her shoulder.

"Hey! Watch it!" Kaoru immediately recognized the voice of that arrogant bastard prince, Kenshin Himura. She hated him with passion.

Kenshin could see it in her eyes; the fire that flickered, the spirit, and determination. She wanted to beat him and that's what made this race all the more fun. He was going to win and there was nothing Kaoru could do to stop him. Grinning down at her, he dumped his soaking wet cloak onto her causing her to get more wet.

"You… you monkey!" Kaoru was so red that he swore she made a tomato feel bad. She looked kind of cute that way… 'kind of' being the key words here.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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