"Daddy!" cried out Kenji ran stumbling down the steps to greet his father.
Kenshin smiled down at his boy. Kenji was now two years old and into as
much mischief as he could get his hands on. Scooping up the little red
head, he made his way into the dojo.
"Kaoru?" he called, walking around the house and finding no one. Kenji giggled in his arms. Kenshin smiled down at him and planted a kiss on his cheek. "Let's go find your mother." He whispered softly to his son.
Kenshin made his way back into the yard to find Yahiko and Sano arguing. Yahiko looked totally and utterly shocked as a thirteen year old boy could be.
"What?! Is that true?" Yahiko said.
Sano nodded. He was leaning on a post, chewing on a fishbone like usual. "I tell you no lie. Me and the foxlady are getting hitched."
Kenshin blinked. "Sano? Congratulations." He set down Kenji who immediately ran off to grab onto Yahiko's shirt and pull on it.
"So how did you convince her, Roosterhead? Did you have to use a death threat or something?" Yahiko teased.
Sano shook his head and grinned. "Nope. Knocked her up is all."
Kenshin choked and tripped to land flat on his face.
"What?!" Yahiko exclaimed.
Sano yawned and pulled Kenji off him as he started to tug at his pants. "Yeah. I'm having a kid. That reminds me...." He turned to Kenshin who had now gotten up off his face. "...Kenshin, it's been a while since Kenji was born, are you planning getting it on again with the missy? I thought by now you would already be on your second with what I was hearing last when I was watching Kenji with Yahiko....."
Kenshin turned bright red and Yahiko gagged. Thankfully Kenshin was saved from replying when they heard Kaoru approaching.
"Mommy!" cried out Kenji as he ran up to her and grabbed onto her legs. "Unkel Sano say he knock up Auntie Megumi... Waz that means?" he asked curiously as he stared up with big innocent eyes.
Kaoru smiled turned instantly into a frown. "SANOSUKE?! WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN TEACHING MY SON?!" She screamed as she started to throw whatever was nearest to her at him, which happened to include a broom, a bucket, a rock, and a Yahiko.
When her temper finally seemed to cease she picked up Kenji and began to walk back inside. "Come, Kenshin!" she said sternly.
Kenshin immediately followed her like obedient dog. Sano sighed and shook his head. "He isn't a man...he's pathetic."
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*
Kenshin began to make dinner while Kaoru sat over and watched him, Kenji in her lap. He smiled as he watched them out of the corner of his eye. His family, they were his family, his wife and his son. His beautiful wife and his wonderful son.
"Did you hear about Sano's and Miss Megumi's wedding?" Kenshin said as he cut up the vegetables.
Kaoru rolled her eyes and sighed, rubbing her hands through Kenji's hair that was so much like his father's. "Yes. It's the talk of the town! It doesn't help that Sano just goes around carelessly spreading the fact that he got her pregnant out of wedlock."
Kenshin wiped the hair out of his eyes and chuckled. "You know how Sanosuke is. There's no hope for him."
Kaoru stood up and motioned to Kenji to leave. "Kenji, why don't you go play with Yahiko for a while? I'm sure he's getting lonely."
Kenji giggled and ran out the door. Kaoru walked over to her husband and wrapped her arms around him. He set down the knife and pulled her closer against him so that he could smell her sweet scented perfume. He planted a soft kiss on her forehead.
"I have to finish dinner, Kaoru." He said softly.
Kaoru's eyes glinted mischievously. "You can do that later, can't you?" she whispered into his ear, slipping her hand inside his gi and running her hand up his chest. Kenshin shivered under her cold fingers and he brought his lips so that he brushed against hers softly.
"I think I can do that." He whispered huskily as he captured her lips in his and kissed her passionately. Kaoru melted underneath his touch and brought her hands up to grip onto his gi. Kenshin ran his fingers through her hair as he slowly broke the kiss and brought his lips down in a trail of kisses down her long beautiful neck.
"Hey, I don't mean to interrupt or anything, but personally I'm kind of hungry, so could you save the making out for later and get on with the cooking Kenshin?" Sano said from the doorway with a chuckle. Kaoru blushed and fumed as Kenshin broke away and turned back to his cooking.
Megumi stopped by later that day to visit. Unfortunately for all of them Sano was still over. That of course led to an argument. It seemed they relationship, although definite, was not going very well.
"Hey, baby!" Sano greeted her as she walked in, wrapping his arm around her waist.
"Get your filthy hands off me, you creep." She said icily.
Sano chuckled. "What's wrong fox? You weren't this cold a couple nights ago when we...." He was cut off by a resounding slap.
"That's what's wrong! You, announcing our private life to the world! I don't think there's anyone more barbaric than you, Sanosuke!" she screamed.
Sano looked stunned. "Hey, you're supposed to be happy! We're getting married!"
Megumi scowled. "And how would that make me happy?!"
"Are you sure they are in love?" Yahiko whispered to Kenshin.
"I think it's best we just let them work it out on their own," he said as they all edged out of the room and left the two to argue it out on their own.
"I'm sorry, Megumi. I can't help. I was just so proud that I was going to have my own kid." Said Sano, somewhat seriously, which was new for him.
Megumi sighed. "Fine then..." she said, sounding only slightly annoyed this time.
"Then you forgive me?" he said happily as he picked her up in her arms.
"NO!" she screamed as she smacked his once again and stomped out the room.
Sano sighed. "I guess you can't always win all the time..."
"Kaoru?" he called, walking around the house and finding no one. Kenji giggled in his arms. Kenshin smiled down at him and planted a kiss on his cheek. "Let's go find your mother." He whispered softly to his son.
Kenshin made his way back into the yard to find Yahiko and Sano arguing. Yahiko looked totally and utterly shocked as a thirteen year old boy could be.
"What?! Is that true?" Yahiko said.
Sano nodded. He was leaning on a post, chewing on a fishbone like usual. "I tell you no lie. Me and the foxlady are getting hitched."
Kenshin blinked. "Sano? Congratulations." He set down Kenji who immediately ran off to grab onto Yahiko's shirt and pull on it.
"So how did you convince her, Roosterhead? Did you have to use a death threat or something?" Yahiko teased.
Sano shook his head and grinned. "Nope. Knocked her up is all."
Kenshin choked and tripped to land flat on his face.
"What?!" Yahiko exclaimed.
Sano yawned and pulled Kenji off him as he started to tug at his pants. "Yeah. I'm having a kid. That reminds me...." He turned to Kenshin who had now gotten up off his face. "...Kenshin, it's been a while since Kenji was born, are you planning getting it on again with the missy? I thought by now you would already be on your second with what I was hearing last when I was watching Kenji with Yahiko....."
Kenshin turned bright red and Yahiko gagged. Thankfully Kenshin was saved from replying when they heard Kaoru approaching.
"Mommy!" cried out Kenji as he ran up to her and grabbed onto her legs. "Unkel Sano say he knock up Auntie Megumi... Waz that means?" he asked curiously as he stared up with big innocent eyes.
Kaoru smiled turned instantly into a frown. "SANOSUKE?! WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN TEACHING MY SON?!" She screamed as she started to throw whatever was nearest to her at him, which happened to include a broom, a bucket, a rock, and a Yahiko.
When her temper finally seemed to cease she picked up Kenji and began to walk back inside. "Come, Kenshin!" she said sternly.
Kenshin immediately followed her like obedient dog. Sano sighed and shook his head. "He isn't a man...he's pathetic."
* *
*
Kenshin began to make dinner while Kaoru sat over and watched him, Kenji in her lap. He smiled as he watched them out of the corner of his eye. His family, they were his family, his wife and his son. His beautiful wife and his wonderful son.
"Did you hear about Sano's and Miss Megumi's wedding?" Kenshin said as he cut up the vegetables.
Kaoru rolled her eyes and sighed, rubbing her hands through Kenji's hair that was so much like his father's. "Yes. It's the talk of the town! It doesn't help that Sano just goes around carelessly spreading the fact that he got her pregnant out of wedlock."
Kenshin wiped the hair out of his eyes and chuckled. "You know how Sanosuke is. There's no hope for him."
Kaoru stood up and motioned to Kenji to leave. "Kenji, why don't you go play with Yahiko for a while? I'm sure he's getting lonely."
Kenji giggled and ran out the door. Kaoru walked over to her husband and wrapped her arms around him. He set down the knife and pulled her closer against him so that he could smell her sweet scented perfume. He planted a soft kiss on her forehead.
"I have to finish dinner, Kaoru." He said softly.
Kaoru's eyes glinted mischievously. "You can do that later, can't you?" she whispered into his ear, slipping her hand inside his gi and running her hand up his chest. Kenshin shivered under her cold fingers and he brought his lips so that he brushed against hers softly.
"I think I can do that." He whispered huskily as he captured her lips in his and kissed her passionately. Kaoru melted underneath his touch and brought her hands up to grip onto his gi. Kenshin ran his fingers through her hair as he slowly broke the kiss and brought his lips down in a trail of kisses down her long beautiful neck.
"Hey, I don't mean to interrupt or anything, but personally I'm kind of hungry, so could you save the making out for later and get on with the cooking Kenshin?" Sano said from the doorway with a chuckle. Kaoru blushed and fumed as Kenshin broke away and turned back to his cooking.
Megumi stopped by later that day to visit. Unfortunately for all of them Sano was still over. That of course led to an argument. It seemed they relationship, although definite, was not going very well.
"Hey, baby!" Sano greeted her as she walked in, wrapping his arm around her waist.
"Get your filthy hands off me, you creep." She said icily.
Sano chuckled. "What's wrong fox? You weren't this cold a couple nights ago when we...." He was cut off by a resounding slap.
"That's what's wrong! You, announcing our private life to the world! I don't think there's anyone more barbaric than you, Sanosuke!" she screamed.
Sano looked stunned. "Hey, you're supposed to be happy! We're getting married!"
Megumi scowled. "And how would that make me happy?!"
"Are you sure they are in love?" Yahiko whispered to Kenshin.
"I think it's best we just let them work it out on their own," he said as they all edged out of the room and left the two to argue it out on their own.
"I'm sorry, Megumi. I can't help. I was just so proud that I was going to have my own kid." Said Sano, somewhat seriously, which was new for him.
Megumi sighed. "Fine then..." she said, sounding only slightly annoyed this time.
"Then you forgive me?" he said happily as he picked her up in her arms.
"NO!" she screamed as she smacked his once again and stomped out the room.
Sano sighed. "I guess you can't always win all the time..."