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Vampire Demon666: Yeah, well, unfortunately, it's back to hell(school) for me too. Damn the US and their Child Labor laws, and it was so f-ing cold today. They couldn't give us a snow day.

"Kaoru, where's your friend?"

Her eyes searched the crowd before her. Where did he go?

"I know he was behind me when I came up to you," she answered still searching the airport for the red headed man.

"What does he look like," her dad asked, wanting to help.

"Well, he's pretty short, and he's got long red hair."

Her father began searching, and followed his daughter when she began to weave her way through the people waiting for others to arrive. It was crowded up here now that people who weren't flying, weren't even allowed onto the terminals. It had been that way since September 11th.

"Kenshin! Where are you," she called out, not to loudly. The airport was pretty noisy anyway.

"He wouldn't have left, would he," her dad asked.

"I don't know. I don't think so," but in her mind, she knew it was a possibility. She looked over to where hardly any people where, and for a brief second, she saw him. He wanted her to come over there alone. That's why he showed himself to only her.

"Dad, why don't you sit down over here," she said, pointing to a bench that was facing the other way. "I'm going to use the bathroom, I'll be right back."

"Okay. Hurry back Kaoru, we need to find this friend of yours, and then I need to eat something."

She nodded and hurried off into the direction where she saw him. He was standing around a corner, with his back against the wall.

"What are you doing," she asked once she reached him.

"Hiding."

"From who?"

"Your father."

"Why?"

"Because you know I hate being with people."

"What about me?"

"Your different."

"Look Kenshin, my dad isn't a very judging guy. Just come over and meet him, please?"

He didn't answer, but only looked at Kaoru. She took this as an 'Ok', and grabbed him to lead him over to her dad. Kenshin's eyes grew wide.

"Kaoru, no," he said it more as a plea than an actual no.

"Kenshin, please, just come over."

"Can't you just say you never found me?"

"No, now come on."

She grabbed his wrist, and marched over to where her father sat.

"Dad."

He turned around, and for an instant, his eyes grew wide.

"Dad, this is Kenshin."

Her dad stood up and extended his hand out to Kenshin, who only looked at it, showing no intention at all to grab it. Her dad looked around, and then at his hand, wondering if it was dirty or something. But Kaoru followed Kenshin gaze, to the large silver cross ring he never took off. If Kenshin had shook his hand, the silver and cross would have burned him, giving away his secret. Kaoru smiled.

"So anyway, Kenshin. You have a last name?"

"Himura."

"Is that Japanese?"

"Yes."

"You got some Irish in ya?"

"No."

"Is that your natural hair color then?"

"Yes, sir."

Mr. Kamiya looked Kenshin over and nodded his head.

"Well Himura, I appreciate you bringing Kaoru out here. How about we take you out to dinner. I'm staving. You know, airplane food." He laughed.

"Uhh, I don't think-I don't know if-I can't-"

"Kenshin's really shy. He doesn't really like restaurants either."

"Aww, come on Himura. We'll go to that Japanese buffet downtown." He put his arm around Kenshin's shoulders, causing him to duck down and away from him, on pure instinct.

"Sorry," her dad said, a little confused.

"Dad, I think we should just let Kenshin go home, and we'll go out to eat. Come on, we need to rent a car."

"Why? What did you come in? A two-seater?"

"Uh, yeah, it only seats two."

"Okay. Come on Himura. I want to thank you."

"I think I'll just go home Mr. Kamiya. I don't want to impose."

Why wouldn't Kenshin look her dad in the eye? He didn't know did he? No, he couldn't.

"Nonsense. Let's go. Kaoru, come help me get my bags. Himura, could I trouble you to help? Then I don't have to pay for a cart. I have 3 big bags, and a little one."

"O...k."

He followed Mr. Kamiya with dread. He knew he was going to drag him along to dinner. And a Japanese restaurant? The food here wasn't Japanese, it was Americanized Japanese food.

Her father seemed nice enough so far, but there was just something Kenshin couldn't trust about him. It was another instinct. Something told him, don't trust this guy.

They reached the baggage pick-up section and waited for his luggage to come out.

"Oh, there's the little one. Kaoru, could you carry this one?"

"Yeah dad, but you know I can handle more than this," she said while grabbing the smaller duffel bag. Kenshin watched her sling it over her shoulder with no trouble.

"Oh, there's the big one. Actually, we might need a cart for this one," Mr. Kamiya pulled the huge suitcase off the conveyor belt with some difficulty. He pushed it to the side and watched the other ones. Kenshin knew he could carry it, but would he help him? He grabbed the suitcase with one hand and pulled it closer to him.

"Wow, for a small guy, you've got some muscle. Thanks Himura," her dad said.

Once they had gotten all of their luggage, they carried it over to where they could rent a car. Her dad rented a Ford Expedition, so he could fit all his luggage. He always had so much luggage when he went.

"Come on Kaoru. Himura, you can follow me, or just head over to that Japanese restaurant." Her dad walked ahead. Kaoru stayed behind to say something to Kenshin.

"Kenshin, don't let him see you. He'd kill me if he knew I rode a motorcycle."

Kenshin smiled, and Kaoru realized that was the first time she'd seen him smile.

"Yeah, I figured."

"Okay, thanks. Sorry about having to eat with us. Are you going to order anything?"

"I guess I have to, but I haven't eaten in so long, it'll probably make me sick."

"Really? Food does that to you?"

"Yeah, sometimes. Especially strong foods, but oh well."

"Ok, well, see you there."

She ran off and Kenshin walked out to where he parked.

"Hey Himura, how'd you get here so fast?"

Kenshin shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, never mind, let's go find a table."

Kenshin knew this food was going to make him sick. His stomach couldn't hold food anymore since it had been so long, but he followed them and sat down when they were seated. It was a both, so Kenshin sat alone. Kaoru figured he needed the space.

"Hello, I'm Tae, can I start you off with something to drink?"

"Umm, yes please, coke for me," Kaoru ordered first.

"Coke."

"Water," Kenshin ordered. Maybe water wouldn't be so bad.

Kenshin had to run out of that restaurant as fast as he could. He went into an alley and coughed up everything he had eaten that night. He had pushed it. To much food. When there was nothing left, his stomach heaved and he staggered out of the dark alley. He slid down the wall that was next to the alley and took deep breaths purely out of instinct.

"Kenshin! Kenshin! Where are you? Are you okay," Kaoru's frantic voice cut through the night, and soon was joined by her father's deeper sound.

"Himura! Where are you?"

He was to weak to call out to them, and to weak to move. He closed his eyes and wanted so bad to be rid of all the curses of a vampire. He just wanted to die sometimes. Someone started shaking his shoulder and he opened his eyes. It was only Kaoru. Her father was watching from a good distance, and well out of hearing range.

"Kenshin, what happened," she asked calmly.

He still couldn't answer, he just shook his head back and forth, trying to say he couldn't talk. His stomach gave a dry heave again, and he rested his head against Kaoru's shoulder. She took his hand.

"It was the food wasn't it?"

He nodded slowly.

"Oh Kenshin, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have made you come."

"Everything okay Kaoru," her dad yelled.

She turned around and Kenshin looked past her to her dad.

"Yeah, everything's fine," she shouted back. She turned back to Kenshin. "Are you going to go home now?"

"Yeah, you finish your dinner though." He shifted his body so he could pull something out his back pocket. He pulled out 20 dollars. "Please take this."

"But Kenshin, your meal wasn't 20 dollars."

"Doesn't matter. Take it. I'll see you tomorrow."

Him and Kaoru both stood up, and she walked with him to his motorcycle. He had parked where her dad wouldn't see it.

"Bye Kenshin. See you tomorrow?"

"Yeah. Bye Kaoru."

She walked back to her dad, and sighed. She loved the way he said her name.

Lady Battousai654: Haha! Finally some KK fluff! Anyway, sorry that it's so horribly short, but would you rather wait a couple more weeks? See, I have time to write some smaller chapters during the week. On weekends though, they will be longer! One more note, this will NOT be an Aoshi/Misao pairing fic. I just can't make it work, sorry to all A/M fans.

Vampire Demon666: Yuck, to much fluff if you ask me. ::whispers:: don't worry. I'll make up for it later.

Samantha Waters: Glad you like it. Thanks for reviewing. Lady Battousai

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legolasestelstar: Hey! Glad to see you back! I HAVE to start off by saying, the longer the reviews, the better! Vampire Demon agrees with me. I'm really glad that you understand that we're really trying to get into the action here, but it's kinda hard. I haven't seen The Grudge. Looked kinda freaky, not that I don't like those kind of movies, but I'm more of a Freddy vs. Jason, Jeepers Creepers kinda person. Yes, it's my job to write the romance in the fic. Vampire Demon flat out refuses. (He's waiting for his chance at blood and gore.) Lol, but he's really not that bad. Lady Battousai

Well, the hug was...see? It meant so much to me, I can't put it in words. Lol, I'm just messin'. Yeah, I like to write dark and depressing stuff. Some people might think that I'm kinda messed up, or crazy, but my friends know I'm fine. I think, overall, I'm just a huge pessimist. You can ask Lady Battousai, she'll vouch for me, even though she likes to pretend she doesn't. As you might guess, I'm not really a romantic kinda guy. That's why we're writing this as a team, so she can handle the happy stuff, and I get everything else. As a closing note, we really like your long reviews, so keep it up! Unless, of course, you don't want too, then you don't have to.

-Vampire Demon666

Aidan: Yes, we know that it's boring. We've already said that, but we're building up to the action. It'll get better. - Vampire Demon666

Sorry that's he so RUDE. He doesn't really mean it. Unfortunatly, I can't erase his comments. It was part of our agreement, but I can apologize for him. As outspoken as he is in the fic, he's actually very shy, and I mean VERY shy. Lol, you'd never guess huh? There was this one time when he...oh well, that would take to long. Thanks for reviewing! Lady Battousai

I know you hate me now, right? -Vampire Demon666

Rinoa-Heartily-666: Me too! I love that movie and book! Well, I'm reading the book right now. It's so good! Has a lot more detail than the movie. Yes, the old women part was my favorite part of the chapter. Isn't the motorcycle cool? I'm gonna get one as soon as I can! Yes, the "action, pain, and drama" are what Vampire Demon is really waiting for. Lol Lady Battousai

Bradybunch4529: Yay! I'm so glad you still like it! I thought I'd show how Kenshin trusted only Kaoru out of the group. Like a little puppy dog! Ahem, sorry. Please stick with the story, as it will get better, I promise. Lady Battousai

Ochanoko: Thanks for reviewing! They keep us going. Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Lady Battousai

(Not) no one's friend. Aww, you can be my friend! Lol, sorry, don't let me scare you away. Yes, I love Kenshin and vampires, so a vampire Kenshin is perfect! Thanks for reviewing!