It was another normal day at the Kamiya dojo. Kenshin sat in the yard,
scrubbing away at the laundry as usual. Kenji was beside him occasionally
splashing water in his father's face. Kenshin blinked trying to get the
soapsuds out of his face.
"Now, now Kenji. Don't do that." He scolded softly, pulling his son away from the washing bin so that he could finish washing. Kenji giggled and splashed his father again soaking his gi.
Kenshin sighed and gave up. He continued to scrub the laundry as he was being splashed by his son.
"Can't you at least control your own son Kenshin?" Sano said, approaching from behind. Kenshin sighed and looked up at him.
"You'll learn soon enough, Sano, when you have yours."
"KENSHIN! GET IN HERE!" Kaoru called, stepping out into the yard.
"Coming, dear!" he said, dropping his laundry and standing up. He failed to notice that Kenji had pushed the washing bin right in front of him so that he promptly tripped and fell on top of it with a big splash. Unfortunately for Kenshin the washing bin slammed him 'where it counts' and he collapsed in a heap gripping his injured parts.
Sano observed all of this. "Wow, Kenshin. You all right? Damn that must have hurt."
Kenshin waved a free hand to show that he was 'alright', but Kaoru could tell from the expression of pain on his face that he had really hurt himself. She quickly ran over to him and helped him stand up.
"You alright Kenshin?" she said worriedly.
Kenshin nodded his head. "I'm fine. Just....gotta change my clothes..." he said as he hobbled off to their room. Kaoru followed after him and shut the door behind him.
"Kenshin? Are you sure you're ok?" she asked again in the privacy of their room not realizing that it wasn't all that private because of Sano and Yahiko's ears that were pressed against the door.
"I'm not sure...." He groaned as he sat down on the floor, still gripping himself. This was extremely embarrassing.
"Let me see." Kaoru said kneeling down next to him. Kenshin instantly blushed and pulled away.
"It's not that bad..." he said, trying to push her away.
A determined look set on Kaoru's face and he knew he was in for trouble. "Just let me see. It's not like I haven't seen it before. For god's sake, I've even held it Kenshin!" she exclaimed.
Sano and Yahiko who were listening outside cringed at those words, nasty images invading their brains.
Kenshin turned a bright red and he started to mumble out nonsense. "I'm fine...really...it's nothing.....Kaoru....nothing..."
"PULL DOWN YOUR PANTS BEFORE I RIP THEM OFF KENSHIN! I SWEAR, JUST LET ME SEE!" she screamed as he cowered below her.
"Can you be a little quieter please? I don't think Yahiko and Sano would like to hear...." Kenshin began, but the glare on her face cut him off.
"I CAN BE HOWEVER LOUD I WANT! JUST TAKE YOUR PANTS OFF KENSHIN AND LET ME SEE IT!"
"What's going on in there?" said a hard voice behind them. Yahiko and Sano spun around to see Aoshi behind them.
"How the heck did you get here?" Sano asked.
"Hmph." He said as he turned to press his ear against the door.
'Creepy, I didn't know Aoshi was a pervert too,' Sano thought to himself before shrugging and turning back to listen.
"Kaoru....I really don't think you really need to..." Kenshin protested for the last time.
Kaoru's eye twitched dangerously and she yanked on his hakama. There was a bit of a scruffle though before she managed to pull it down.
"KAMI-SAMA!" she screamed once she saw it.
Kenshin blushed. "Is it really that bad?" he asked, not trusting himself to look down.
Kaoru bit her lip. "Well let's just say we won't be doing anything at night for a week or so. I'll go get you some ice real quick."
The group gathered at the door, which now included Misao (who had come trailing after Aoshi) and Megumi (who had appeared out of nowhere with her fox ears as usual), quickly hid from sight as Kaoru came running out to get some ice. She was so intent on her goal that she didn't even notice the snickers.
She returned as soon as she could with a packet of ice in one hand. "Here Kenshin, put this on it." She said soothingly.
Kenshin gratefully applied the ice only to find that it was getting a little bit too cold. He tried to tell Kaoru this, since she happened to be the one holding it on. She didn't hear his feeble protests until he yelped and jumped back when he couldn't stand it anymore.
"It's a little too cold." He moaned as he sat back on the ground.
Kaoru sighed in exasperation. "Why don't you lie down for a while and wait for the pain to go down a bit? I'll lay out the futon for you."
Kenshin nodded gratefully and did as she said.
When Kaoru walked out of the room the little group of spies wasn't ready and didn't have time to hide. Kaoru was just about to beat on them when she noticed Aoshi and Misao in the group.
"Misao! Aoshi! What are you two doing here?" she exclaimed, surprised to see them so suddenly here.
"I was coming to visit Himura, but I was disturbed by what awaited me here." He said, unusually talkative.
Kaoru blushed. "We had a minor ....err....situation. If you just come into the....." she began, but then a look of horror dawned on her face. "If you're all here, then....WHO'S WATCHING KENJI?!"
Kaoru immediately ran out into the yard to see that it was a total disaster. The laundry that Kenshin had just spent the last hour doing was scattered all over the yard, some of it lying in muddy heaps of water.
"Kenshin isn't going to be happy about this." She said to herself scanning the area till she found her mischievous son sitting in a mud puddle playing with what seemed to be one of Kenshin's loincloths.
"Kenji! Get over here!" she yelled. Kenji giggled and ran off back into the house, trailing the loincloth behind him. Kaoru scrambled to catch up with him, but he was fast for such a young kid. 'Stupid Kenshin and his god-like speed' she thought as she chased after him, hampered by her tight kimono.
Megumi began to giggle and Sano burst out laughing at the sight of Kaoru chasing the little boy with his father's loincloth in hand. Aoshi looked even more perturbed.
"Does stuff like this happen everyday around here?" he asked as he settled himself in a corner to meditate and get away from the disturbing images. He shivered in fright, hoping that he would never have kids.
"KENJI HIMURA! YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE!" Kaoru screamed finally catching up to him just as they burst into where Kenshin was resting. Kaoru reached out to grab him, but just as she did he moved to the side and her hands clasped around the loincloth instead. Kenji giggled in triumph and jumped onto his father's stomach.
Kenshin cried out for by another unlucky coincidence his son's foot bumped his tender area. Kenji squealed in delight at hearing his father make funny noises. He moved to kick Kenshin again, but luckily Kaoru grabbed onto him in time and pulled him.
"Are you ok Kenshin?" she asked, leaning over him. Without thinking, Kenji grabbed onto his mother's leg, causing her to fall over right on top of Kenshin. Unluckily Aoshi had just been walking past in the hall and was provided with a full view of both of them.
Aoshi nearly choked. 'What kind of parents do that in front of their kid?!' Aoshi thought in disgust as he ran off to find somewhere 'normal'.
"Now, now Kenji. Don't do that." He scolded softly, pulling his son away from the washing bin so that he could finish washing. Kenji giggled and splashed his father again soaking his gi.
Kenshin sighed and gave up. He continued to scrub the laundry as he was being splashed by his son.
"Can't you at least control your own son Kenshin?" Sano said, approaching from behind. Kenshin sighed and looked up at him.
"You'll learn soon enough, Sano, when you have yours."
"KENSHIN! GET IN HERE!" Kaoru called, stepping out into the yard.
"Coming, dear!" he said, dropping his laundry and standing up. He failed to notice that Kenji had pushed the washing bin right in front of him so that he promptly tripped and fell on top of it with a big splash. Unfortunately for Kenshin the washing bin slammed him 'where it counts' and he collapsed in a heap gripping his injured parts.
Sano observed all of this. "Wow, Kenshin. You all right? Damn that must have hurt."
Kenshin waved a free hand to show that he was 'alright', but Kaoru could tell from the expression of pain on his face that he had really hurt himself. She quickly ran over to him and helped him stand up.
"You alright Kenshin?" she said worriedly.
Kenshin nodded his head. "I'm fine. Just....gotta change my clothes..." he said as he hobbled off to their room. Kaoru followed after him and shut the door behind him.
"Kenshin? Are you sure you're ok?" she asked again in the privacy of their room not realizing that it wasn't all that private because of Sano and Yahiko's ears that were pressed against the door.
"I'm not sure...." He groaned as he sat down on the floor, still gripping himself. This was extremely embarrassing.
"Let me see." Kaoru said kneeling down next to him. Kenshin instantly blushed and pulled away.
"It's not that bad..." he said, trying to push her away.
A determined look set on Kaoru's face and he knew he was in for trouble. "Just let me see. It's not like I haven't seen it before. For god's sake, I've even held it Kenshin!" she exclaimed.
Sano and Yahiko who were listening outside cringed at those words, nasty images invading their brains.
Kenshin turned a bright red and he started to mumble out nonsense. "I'm fine...really...it's nothing.....Kaoru....nothing..."
"PULL DOWN YOUR PANTS BEFORE I RIP THEM OFF KENSHIN! I SWEAR, JUST LET ME SEE!" she screamed as he cowered below her.
"Can you be a little quieter please? I don't think Yahiko and Sano would like to hear...." Kenshin began, but the glare on her face cut him off.
"I CAN BE HOWEVER LOUD I WANT! JUST TAKE YOUR PANTS OFF KENSHIN AND LET ME SEE IT!"
"What's going on in there?" said a hard voice behind them. Yahiko and Sano spun around to see Aoshi behind them.
"How the heck did you get here?" Sano asked.
"Hmph." He said as he turned to press his ear against the door.
'Creepy, I didn't know Aoshi was a pervert too,' Sano thought to himself before shrugging and turning back to listen.
"Kaoru....I really don't think you really need to..." Kenshin protested for the last time.
Kaoru's eye twitched dangerously and she yanked on his hakama. There was a bit of a scruffle though before she managed to pull it down.
"KAMI-SAMA!" she screamed once she saw it.
Kenshin blushed. "Is it really that bad?" he asked, not trusting himself to look down.
Kaoru bit her lip. "Well let's just say we won't be doing anything at night for a week or so. I'll go get you some ice real quick."
The group gathered at the door, which now included Misao (who had come trailing after Aoshi) and Megumi (who had appeared out of nowhere with her fox ears as usual), quickly hid from sight as Kaoru came running out to get some ice. She was so intent on her goal that she didn't even notice the snickers.
She returned as soon as she could with a packet of ice in one hand. "Here Kenshin, put this on it." She said soothingly.
Kenshin gratefully applied the ice only to find that it was getting a little bit too cold. He tried to tell Kaoru this, since she happened to be the one holding it on. She didn't hear his feeble protests until he yelped and jumped back when he couldn't stand it anymore.
"It's a little too cold." He moaned as he sat back on the ground.
Kaoru sighed in exasperation. "Why don't you lie down for a while and wait for the pain to go down a bit? I'll lay out the futon for you."
Kenshin nodded gratefully and did as she said.
When Kaoru walked out of the room the little group of spies wasn't ready and didn't have time to hide. Kaoru was just about to beat on them when she noticed Aoshi and Misao in the group.
"Misao! Aoshi! What are you two doing here?" she exclaimed, surprised to see them so suddenly here.
"I was coming to visit Himura, but I was disturbed by what awaited me here." He said, unusually talkative.
Kaoru blushed. "We had a minor ....err....situation. If you just come into the....." she began, but then a look of horror dawned on her face. "If you're all here, then....WHO'S WATCHING KENJI?!"
Kaoru immediately ran out into the yard to see that it was a total disaster. The laundry that Kenshin had just spent the last hour doing was scattered all over the yard, some of it lying in muddy heaps of water.
"Kenshin isn't going to be happy about this." She said to herself scanning the area till she found her mischievous son sitting in a mud puddle playing with what seemed to be one of Kenshin's loincloths.
"Kenji! Get over here!" she yelled. Kenji giggled and ran off back into the house, trailing the loincloth behind him. Kaoru scrambled to catch up with him, but he was fast for such a young kid. 'Stupid Kenshin and his god-like speed' she thought as she chased after him, hampered by her tight kimono.
Megumi began to giggle and Sano burst out laughing at the sight of Kaoru chasing the little boy with his father's loincloth in hand. Aoshi looked even more perturbed.
"Does stuff like this happen everyday around here?" he asked as he settled himself in a corner to meditate and get away from the disturbing images. He shivered in fright, hoping that he would never have kids.
"KENJI HIMURA! YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE!" Kaoru screamed finally catching up to him just as they burst into where Kenshin was resting. Kaoru reached out to grab him, but just as she did he moved to the side and her hands clasped around the loincloth instead. Kenji giggled in triumph and jumped onto his father's stomach.
Kenshin cried out for by another unlucky coincidence his son's foot bumped his tender area. Kenji squealed in delight at hearing his father make funny noises. He moved to kick Kenshin again, but luckily Kaoru grabbed onto him in time and pulled him.
"Are you ok Kenshin?" she asked, leaning over him. Without thinking, Kenji grabbed onto his mother's leg, causing her to fall over right on top of Kenshin. Unluckily Aoshi had just been walking past in the hall and was provided with a full view of both of them.
Aoshi nearly choked. 'What kind of parents do that in front of their kid?!' Aoshi thought in disgust as he ran off to find somewhere 'normal'.