Disclaimer: Runouni Kenshin is mine. Runouni Kenshin is mine. Runouni Kenshin is mine. Runouni Kenshin is mine. Runouni Kenshin is mine......... (maybe...... If I keep telling myself that....... it might actually come true.....) Runouni Kenshin is mine. Runouni Kenshin is mine.

A/N: OMG!!!! I've been waiting for na opportunity to write the rest of this story for sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long!!!!!!!! I'm so so sorry...

By the way........ I'm re-writting this 5th chapter. I think I went a little tooo far with Kenshin's OOCness, so I'm doing it again....... I hope I'm not toooo over the top this time --. Please R&R......... I could use sum help.... suggestions.... Oh! And please ignore spelling mistakes xD hehe

Chapter 5

Despite all of the good things happening around him, Kenshin was a bit put off with Kaoru's attitude towards him (and everyone else really). She was grumpier then ever and potentially dangerous to anyone who dared to stand on her way. And even though Kenshin acted clueless, he knew Katsumi was the real reason.

Maybe...... I could tell her who Katsumi really is........ after all, there's no real reason to keep it a secret from HER. Kenshin thought as he walked up and down the garden, lost inside his own little mind as usual.

I bet she'd be happy to hear about it......... but.... He stopped dead on his tracks and scratched the top of his head. I'm sure she'll do everything for me to go talk to Katsumi and just get this over with......... which is not aaaaall bad, but Its quite obvious that she is not tottally ready to reveal her true self to me. Come to think of it, neither of us seem to be....... I think I'll just -

"GAAAAAAAAAAH! Oro??" said the swirly eyed samuray as he layed on the ground with a huge bump on his head. Yahiko flat on his back on top of him.

"BUSU!!!! No wonder no one wants to stay with you!!!!!!!! With a temper like that and a racoon face, there's nothing left to save you!!!!!!!!!" Yahiko screamed into the kitchen.

"WHY YOU! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" Out came Kaoru after him, folding up her sleeves....... Yahiko got up in one quick movement and ran for his life.

"RUUUUN KENSHIN!"

"Oro??? But I didn't do anything....." he said, innocently as he rubbed the painfull bump on his head.

"I don't think that will make much diff-e-r-eeeeee-n-c-e...." He called from a signifficant distance.

"Good point!" He said (more to himself) as he leaped to his feet and dashed away just as Kaoru was catching up on him.

Walking back from the Akabeko to the small shack Katsumi was staying at (which was all she could afford), she sensed a strong and powerful presence around. She paused and listened carefully. It was a very dark night and the streets were deserted.

Still, it didn't take much concentration to find out who it was that was wondering around the streets at that night. In the distance, she spotted no other than Sano, stumbling up the street with a bottle of sake on one hand, the other one was waving around..... in an unsuccessful attempt to accompany the 'rythm' of whatever it was he was trying to sing.

"Sano??? Sano what are you – Oh my god!" She cried as she ran towards him when he swayed threateningly, almost throwing himself face first on the grownd.

"Sano, SANO! Look at me. What were you doing untill this time?" Besides filling your face with that stuff, of course She said as she tried to get a hold of him and keep him on his feet.

Sano looked up and tried to focus on the person holding him. Smilling (somewhat ridiculously) as he recognised Katsumi, he pointed at her and said:

"Heeeeeeeey.................... whaz are yoooou zoing ouz atz zis tzime????"

"Aw, nevermind. Can you get home on your own??? Can you walk?"

"You knoooooow, ze streetz iz dzangerousz zis tzime....." he said, tottally oblivious to her questions and concern. She sighed, a little sweatdrop on her head for frustration.

"Come on. I'm taking you home. Show me were you live. Sano...? SANO! Focus! Show me were your house is!"

"Mmmmmkay.......... both ofv you???"

"Both....... ? There's just me here Sano." ¬ ¬U

"No zere's notz........ zere's tzwo.... Your tzwin's right zere bezide you......."

"No Sano, just little old me here. Only one."

"Tzwwwwwwwo! Zere are tzwoooo!"

"One sano...." sigh

"Humpf...... I ffffffffink you're drunk."

Hanging the freshly cleaned laundry on the next morning, Kenshin greeted Sano as he walked into the dojo, clearly facing a violent hangover.

"Gambling and drinking late last night again Sano?" he asked, smilling.

"Dead on." He answered as he sat on the front porch. Massaging the sides of his head.

"Man, you wont believe who spent the night at my place."

Not exaaactly curious about the person, Kenshin decided to go along with the conversation since there wasn't really any way out.

"Mm?" he cooperated, as he hanged another peace of cloth.

"Our new little friend – Katsumi."

At that, Kenshin froze with the piece of clothe still cluched on his hands. He closed his eyes, triyng to absorb the information. Eyes still closed, he tilted his head a little and decided to double check.

"I – I'm sorry.... what?"

"Katsumi." He repeated, not quite understanding Kenshin's reaction. He shook his head in denial, eyes still closed.

"Im sorry................ WHAT?????????" at this point, the cloth in his hands was being so severly stretched and twisted that it was just a second away from becoming shreds.

"Er................ Kaaa........... Katsu?" Sano attempted. No use.

"Did you just say that........... that Katsumi......... that you and Katsumi......... that she.....?" Kenshin's eyes, now open, had an amber glow to it and that told Sano that he was in VEEEEEEEEEEEERY serious trouble.

"Wait, Kenshin..... buddy....... pal......... nothing happened.... I don't really know what the catch is here, but I assure you nothing happened! I was just dead drunk and she looked after me. That's all..."

He noticed that the dangerous glow on his friend's eyes had gone, but he still looked faaaar too angry.

"So....... you let the girl spend her entire night cleaning after YOUR IRRESPONSIBLE MESS??????"

"K – ken – kenshin.... calm down man......... you're wrecking Kaoru's clothes you know...." and he pointed at the........ thing............. on Kenshin's hands.

"Oh NO! Oh no.... what to do, what to do?" he walked in circles, desperately. But before he ran inside to fix the cloth (somehow), he pointed at Sano, with a very (and I mean VERY) serious expression on his face.

"Do NOT mess with her Sano! I'm warning you!!! That girl is OFF BOUNDS to you!" and he ran off.

"Sheeeeeesh! Whats wrong with him?" He asked himself........ but deciding that Kenshin did have a point about Katsumi 'cleaning up his mess' all night (and far too freaked out to remain at the dojo), Sano decided to go to the Akabeko and thank her for everything and appologysing as well.

A/N: here's the new chapter 5........ ! Please R&R... pleeease o.o? Things will really start to happen on the next chapter ! Hope you like it!