Hello! In a few days, it's Christmas!!! Yay!! Gifts and a lot more!!! I wish you all a merry Christmas ok? Hehe!!! Well, here's the last part of my story and there are messages for those who gave me a review…umm down there…somewhere…hehe!

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The Haircut

Part V

'I bet there will be more problems to come…'he thought, eyes closing as he just thought so.

And yes there where more….

Later that night, Kenji unexpectedly slept with his parents. The couple's intimate time together was cancelled. Kenshin fell asleep along with Kenji, while Kaoru was writing things in her journal. Minutes later, Kaoru fell asleep then her son woke up, looking at the inkbottle resting at the table. The toddler was confused with the material and decided to play with it along with his touchan's hair…Kenshin just woke up only to see some of the strands on his hair covered with black ink…another comment and another declination.

The next day, Kenshin did a lot of chores and found his self all sweaty and dirty. His long mane plastered to the back of his neck, sticky and irritating.

Kenshin also had another problem for the following day, his hair got stuck on the shoji doors while he and Kaoru were discussing matters.

So many days had passed and Kenshin felt more and more irritated with his long hair. No matter how much he persuaded his beloved wife to have his haircut, Kaoru would explain on how the short hair became disapproving for her. Then, more problems came; some of Kenshin's hair was left on the futon as he woke up, hair shed and was left on most of the towels, taking a trip to Yoshiwara was fun but upon coming home, Kenshin has collected almost all of the sakura leaves there…the luck.

(I know Kenshin is the one who is really bad shape…but don't worry!! He his going to have a haircut and guess what who helped him persuade Kaoru to have his hair short!!!)

But don't worry…one day…

It has been some weeks and Kenshin still received rejections on the comment and was charged of having no total care of his hair.

The family sat on the dojo floor, chores done and they were having their family time. Kenji was playing with his kasan while his touchan just stared at them.

Kenji paused playing, looking at his depressed or sad touchan. Talking his small baby steps, he walked up to Kenshin and tried to cheer him up…by staring at him.

Kenshin looked at his son calmly, what is the child up to?

"Kenji." He told him, the child's ears rang and listened to his father intently. "Touchan is not sad."

"No!" he wailed, stomping his small foot on the ground. "Touchan sad and Kenji don't know!!!"

"Kenji, listen to touchan." Kaoru told him, walking up to the little Kenshin.

The violet-blue eyes first looked at the sapphire ones and then a sharp brow met with the other at the nose bridge. Kenji snapped his eyes away from his kasan and decided to stare at his touchan once more.

"Kenji, 'kasan is correct." Kenshin told him, molding a warm and happy expression on his face.

The toddler won't do, he disagreed the fact that his touchan was fine. "No, no, no!!!" he exclaimed, running towards his touchan and pulled at his hakama. "Touchan!! Tell Kenji what wrong!"

Kaoru sighed and sat beside Kenshin, looking at the toddler pull at her husband's clothes. "Kenji, stop that!" Kaoru ordered her son. But the toddler was hardheaded and didn't follow his kasan's orders, he wants to know and maybe nothing will stop him to.

Kenshin looked at the little red head that kept on pulling his hakama. He could sense that Kenji was mad, angry and at the same time confused. After some seconds, Kenshin decided to explain. He gave Kaoru a signal that he would then the pulls paused, hands still grasping at the cloth.

"Kenji, touchan is not sad…he's just in a bad mood." Kenshin explained, trying to tell the toddler so that he would stop throwing his tantrums.

Kenji lolled his head to one side, letting go of his touchan's hakama and silently stood still. Kenshin looked at Kaoru and touched her hand, telling her that it is her time to explain everything. The raven-haired woman nodded.

"Touchan wants short hair but it doesn't look good at him." Kaoru added, "And besides, touchan can do his chores normally like he really does."

The figure that stood in front of them was still standing and still. Then, the couple saw a small nod from the toddler's head.

"Kenji doesn't understand…" the toddler told them, scratching his head in confusion. The words that his parents spoke were a bit unfamiliar to him and were hard to understand. "But now Kenji knows why touchan sad!"

The couple looked at their son, confused and surprised. "Kenji…" they breathed out.

The toddler turned to his touchan proudly and gave out a sheepish smile. "Touchan want a haircut!" He answered simply.

"But it is not that much necessary." Kaoru told her son calmly.

Kenji walked up to his kasan and began yanking at her kimono. "Please, kasan!" he told her, trying to do his very best to let Kaoru accept the comment. "Kenji wants happy touchan!"

Kenshin was surprised with his son's reaction towards everything…every problem, and every mistake.

Kaoru gently took Kenji's hands and closed her eyes, thinking of what to do with her son this way. Then, finally, Kaoru made up her mind. "I guess it's not that bad."

Kenji looked at her with confusion once more and looked at his touchan, about to ask a question. "Kasan says yes." Kenshin told his son.

Kenji's eyes opened in excitement. He threw his hands up in the air, eyes closed and began running in circles. "Yay!!" he shouted with gladness.

The couple watched their only son run around in circles, his happy expression on his face and the way he kept on giggling after a revolution of his turns. Kenshin looked at Kaoru, her sapphire eyes resting on Kenji.

"Kaoru, thank you." Kenshin told her, violet eyes staring deeply at Kaoru's eyes. The wife looked back, her gentle and fresh features glowed more. "What for?" she asked, "You should thank Kenji himself." Kenshin nodded and then he stood up, Kenji paused on his runs and then hugged his touchan's legs.

"Kenji." Kenshin began to say, "Touchan says thank you."

The toddler that clung to his limbs grinned, feeling the rush of excitement to see his touchan's long hair turn short. "You're welcome!" he greeted cheerfully.

After a few days…

Kenshin got his haircut. Kenji was surprised on his looks and so were Yahiko and Megumi. Kaoru found out that the hair wasn't really that bad and it won't be such problem in the dojo anymore (the shed hair ok?).

That night…

Kenji was already fast asleep, he was lured by Kaoru to sleep by her sweet lullaby's. Then, Kaoru tiptoed into their room, where Kenshin was waiting for her to come to bed.

As the rave-haired woman lay down on the futon, the Rurouni lay at her. Kaoru giggled, her eyes set on the shorthaired Rurouni. Kenshin just stared at her calmly, waiting for any comments Kaoru could make.

Pushing his body down, Kaoru giggled more. She tried to giggle softly so that Kenji wouldn't bother. The red-head began planting kisses on her neck, it was tickling Kaoru.

The kisses went up, from the neck to her cheeks and then an open mouth to her lips. Slow and tender, then it parted. A few pants could be heard, faces inches apart. An ivory hand took the head and the other wrapped on the muscular waist. One arm hooked the slim hips and the other taking the head.

Kenshin cold feel Kaoru's fingers stroke gently at his hair.

"I look different?" he asked.

"No, you look much more…nice."

"You're beautiful…"

Another soft giggle erupted from her pink lips.

"I love you, Kaoru…anata."

A sweet smile formed on her lips, her eyes set on the man she loved and adored. "I love you too, anata…"

Just as Kenshin was about to give Kaoru another kiss, a scream was heard from afar. Probably just Kenji having nightmares, but it was rather different.

The couple got up and heard the screams go louder and louder…until it got clearer.

"KASAN, MAY I ALSO HAVE A HAIRCUT LIKE TOUCHAN'S?"

owari

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I'm sorry that it's a bit short and everything…hehe!! Thanks for the reviewers who kept on submitting reviews!! I love you guys!!! :)

Anyway, I'd like to thank the following people:

samuraiduck27- sorry for not including that suggestion! I wish I could but I've already finished the story when I started checking my mail…sorry! And thank you for the reviews!! And Kenji is very cute!!!!

Aikawarazu Ai- hey! You've submitted a lot of reviews continuously!! Thanks for those reviews and YES, Kenji is very cute!

Barbara Cowman- thanks for the ideas about the hair! I used some of those and hope reviewers liked it! Almost 45-60 of this story is dedicated to you!!!

gaby hyatt- yup! Kenji is indeed very cute!! Haha! But I like the kid Enishi better!!

unicornfan-thanks for the review…I'm not insulting you!! Even that short review is very nice!! :)

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