Haha… *coughs* I'm so sorry! I didn't know that Kanno was a girl! So sorry!

Oh yes, I'd also love it if you read my new story called The Telltale Heart.

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Chapter 9

"My feet hurt," Kat muttered to herself as she sat up in bed.

"Well with all the collagen they stuck in your feet I wouldn't blame you if your feet hurt," Vash laughed. (A/N: Older actors get collagen stuck into the balls of their feet so their able to wear high heels.)

Kat hit him with her massive fluffy pillow, "You know very well that I don't get collagen implants!" She drew back the translucent curtain on her side of their custom made canopy bed and hopped off. Her feet landed with a soft thud and Kat narrowly missed landing on her shoes.

Their bed sat up farther than most and it was a three feet jump to the floor. Vash shuffled to his side of the bed and drew the curtains. He threw on some light clothes and his red duster coat then continued to brush his hair.

Kat slipped into a pair of jeans and a designer shirt. She combed her hair and ran her fingers through it knowing that her hair dressers would want to fool with it later. She stepped over the pillows that littered the ground in their massive bedroom and lit a fire in the mini hearth in their room.

The huge ceiling above them was coated in live lilacs, orchids, roses and morning glories. Their room was the architect's dream since no one could figure out how they had gotten live plants to grow among the rafters (of course this was Kurama's doing but it wasn't like they went around blabbing his abilities). Kat picked up her discarded dress and walked over to her closet. She opened the door and stepped into the room she referred to as her 'closet'. Rows and rows of clothes, shoes, purses, hats and other accessories lined the walls. Kat hung her dress, shoes and jewelry on the back wall in a special moth-proof glass case sort of thing then shut the door and walked back over to Vash.

Vash scooted over and let Kat curl up with him on the over sized daybed perched in front of the fire. Kat leaned against him and Vash leaned sideways, too tired to support her weight.

The back board of the daybed dug into Kat's side and she scooted over to use Vash as her human pillow. Kat traced the markings of the mahogany sakura trees with her fingers and wondered faintly how much it had cost. Some of the money they made went to charities but most charities were too proud or modest to accept such large amounts from the couple. Kat closed her eyes and decided she hadn't slept enough.

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Kenshin had watched as Kat woke up. It frustrated him that he couldn't tell her how lovely he thought she looked. He had attempted to take out his anger on the bed frame but he had just passed through it entirely which only managed to anger him further. Kenshin gave up trying to talk to Kat for that day and decided to see what the kids were doing.

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"…So he says 'You'll never work in this town again!' And that's when I turn and give him my signature wink. You should have seen the expression on his face!" Kana laughed.

"You actually said that to old Mr. Wilson?!" Sakura asked.

Kana just continued to laugh. Kenshin yawned, "I'm bored stiff."

"Well maybe you'd have more fun if you joined in on the conversation?" Kage asked.

Kenshin huffed, "I would but I have no clue what you're talking about."

Sakura watched him while the rest of the group talked. He sat against the wall with one leg sticking upward and the other laying in a half Indian-style. One hand was placed firmly on the ground, palm digging into the carpet as if it was attempting to bite him. The other arm rested on his upward knee. A sheathed sword perched on his shoulder. "What do you use that for?" Sakura asked indicating to the sword.

He looked up at her, "Huh?" 

"Your sword. It's reverse blade," Sakura commented. She blinked and felt something pass through her. The next second she could see Kenshin resheathing his sword. "What did you just do?!" she asked.

"I use my sword for fighting of course," Kenshin answered.

"Of course…" Sakura answered.

Her mother came in the room, "Sakura, who are you talking to?"

"My new friend…! Mr. Ant!" she covered quickly.

Her mother blinked, "That's funny, I thought I heard the sound of a-" Kat paused and mentally slapped herself. 'I must be going crazy… I thought I heard the sounds of a sword resheathing.'

"So you can hear him, just not see him?" Sakura asked her mother, "Funny, it's the same way with Vash…"

"What?" Kat asked.

Her daughter freaked out, "Never mind!" Kat stood in the doorway a few seconds longer before shrugging and moving off. "Say guys," Sakura gained the attention of everyone in the room. "I had a really weird dream last night. I was in this little house in the middle of the woods. I could tell that the time wasn't of the present; it was back in the past. From where I stood I could see sakura trees. Snow and petals coated the ground and I know it was strange since sakura only blooms in spring. There were quite a few rooms in this house. One was a massive kitchen, I think three were bed rooms, there was a large bathroom with something of a lake for a tub, the family and living room, a game room and this other really strange room filled wall to wall with fish. I wandered around the rooms, examined a few really dusty unreadable pictures and then I felt something watching me. I turned to see a many tailed white fox staring at me. He took off and I lost him in an empty room filled with nothing but a sword sticking out of the ground. A blue ribbon was attached to it and I found this odd since it was a reverse blade sword. A thought whisked through my mind and I instantly knew the name of the house I was in… It was called 'The Hut'." 

Kenshin had taken on a pale shade and was staring blankly at Sakura. The rest of the group laughed, "Strange dream."

"But it wasn't a dream…" Sakura protested, "It was almost as I was really there…"

(A/N: The past is once again coming back to haunt them… PLEASE REVIEW!!!)