Author's note: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin. And I wish to say any cliché's in this fic I deeply apologize for because well I've been watching Rurouni Kenshin for sometime now and I have recently taken a liking to reading these fics and I have yet to see a plot anywhere near the same as this one so if it's the same then I guess it's true Great Minds think alike!

A/n: I AM SO SORRY!!! I swear reality is so unfair!! School, work, cute guys calling me… err forget that last bit for the moment but yeah reality is so unfair! Then when I did have time I was too tired. But Luckily I looked at my review counter thing and decided I can't keep that many people waiting forever. So yeah here ya go

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"Kaoru??" Misao watched as they placed her sister back inside her cell. Kaoru was kind of just sitting there with her hair shadowing her face. She seemed to be deep in thought and lost completely. Many moments passed in the silence before the oldest of the girl's couldn't take it anymore.

"Kaoru, what's wrong?" Megumi asked uncovering her equipment that Tsubame managed to smuggle for her.

"Kenshin… he…" Kaoru could hardly utter the words for some reason. "Two personalities could never click…But then it could if…" She whispered softly in realization.

"What about him??" Misao asked watching Megumi work diligently silently admiring her oldest sister.

"He…" She lifted her hair so only half of it was hidden under the dark mass. "He is Hitokiri Battousai."

"What did you say?!?" Both girls lifted their heads to look at the middle child. "That Rurouni was the Battousai?!?!"

"I think I understand now." Kaoru said silently.

"What?"

"I understand now… It must've been painful for you Kenshin…" She smiled with tears running down her face. "So much pain in his life can make someone hardened as such."

"I think Kaoru's lost it…" Misao said.

"Who cares…? I got the antidote for father…"

"Do… not worry over me…" The man said softly. He was looking paler and paler by the second.

"No father you have to take this…" Megumi rushed to his side of the cell. In his pale face all veins were now visible with sweat pouring down his face. Shakily he reached his hand to touch Megumi's face.

"So beautiful the three of you turned out to be..."

"Father?!?!" All three girls had their attention on the man before he passed out. Megumi tilted his head back pouring the solution down his throat.

"He should be fine…" She murmured softly.

Hey!!!"

"Sorry..." Tokio apologized as the trio was attempting to sneak back into the kingdom. At the moment it was too dark to see anything.

"Would you two be quiet?" Kenshin said poking his head out of some brush to see a few of Shishio's soldiers slacking off but obviously heavily armed. He retracted his currently muddy red head and looked at the two. "We should go around that we should."

"Why?? You could take those guys?"

"I could, but if Shishio get ANY word that I am in the area he will probably harm Kaoru." He said crawling off.

"The honorary title is gone??" Yahiko frowned a little crawling after Kenshin and Tokio.

"This path should take us directly to the palace." Kenshin muttered. They made it past the lazy but somewhat alert troops and almost into the city. Sadly neither Yahiko nor Kenshin noticed Tokio's missing presence until a short squeal was heard. Kenshin Turned around. HE looked in the direction of the squeal and had his hand on the blade that lay lifeless at his side.

"Are you one of Shishio's spies coming to make sure that I'm dead?" A tall regal looking man had a blade to the girl's neck.

"You will be letting Miss Tokio go, Saitou Hajime." Kenshin said.

"Himura…" Saitou said as if grasping through his memory. He hadn't let go of Tokio yet but rather had his attention fixed on the red head before him. "What makes you think I'll let this little treasure go?"

"For the fact that you were one of her highness Kaoru's suitors…" Tokio said biting his arm. The man instantly let go and she ran fast.

"You wench!!" Saitou gave Tokio a look that promised death on her.

"You deserved it… you had been requested to leave the lady alone and." Kenshin just stopped in mid sentence. "They're coming." He murmured hearing the heavy thuds of the soldiers approaching.

"Good going ugly!!" Yahiko turned to Tokio. "You're little shriek brought them all this way." He said as she began to strip to her yukata.

"Oro?!?!" Kenshin looked at her wide eyed as she took a few steps towards the water.

"Hide." She said simply and the three males ducked into the bushes. Yahiko was currently fighting off a nose bleed watching Tokio dip into the cold water with her white thin yukata. Kenshin was covering his eyes muttering Oro a few times… Saitou on the other hand was more than captivated by her petite body shape.

"Who goes there?!?!" The soldiers yelled as Tokio turned to look surprised and screamed. The soldiers took a few steps back.

"You hentais!! Don't you know it's impolite to look at a lady while she's bathing?" She sunk further into the water till her head was all that was left above. Her face was redder then Kenshin's hair at the moment

"Who are you?!?" One asked his voice coming out more breathless than anticipated.

"Tokio... I'm a servant at the palace. I had to leave to do something for her highness Kaoru but with all the soldiers around it's next to impossible to bring her the gown for her own wedding!!" The soldiers glared at her. "Which by the way you may want to be able to explain to Shishio why his bride's wedding gown was shot up earlier this morning by other soldiers…"

"Uhh…" The soldiers looked among each other.

"Listen if you don't believe that I am a servant I can get out of this water now shake off my kimono which is sitting a few feet away from your feet." She said standing up in the water. The white yukata was now see through and clinging to her body.

"Fine… anymore trouble we won't hesitate to kill you miss." The one who spoke before spoke as they all retreating to deal with problems of their own.  She wrung out the Yukata a bit from the bottom before picking up the kimono and placing it upon her wet body. After assuring things were clear the three males came from their hiding spot. Saitou had his jacket off handing it to her.

"No need to have our only route into the palace sick…" He said simply.

"Ow!!!" Tsubame hit the floor with a thud as one of the soldiers kicked her in the ribs. "I'm sorry I will pay closer attention to my actions." She sobbed out balling up on the floor.

 All that beating for "tripping" and spilling food everywhere causing one soldier to trip on top of her… The soldier then realized the possibilities her young but decently developed body had. She struggled against him and kneed him in the groin. Thus pissing off the sexually deprived soldier and he hit her once… then twice… then again… and again.

"Learn your place wench!!" He said stalking off with his previous arousal gone. Tsubame then forced herself to sit up. "Now go feed those in captive."

"I hope Tokio is coming through on her end." She said glancing at the key she suffered all that beating for. She stood making sure to fudge the fact she was "overly injured". She took the food to the basement where the previous guards on duty were out cold thanks to Megumi who managed to secretly make her mixes.

"Oh my gosh Tsubame... are you okay?" Kaoru asked only to be ignored by the girl who was groaning with each step until she got to Misao's cell.

"OK Misao you know the plan."

"Get out of here and don't get caught." Misao gave her the thumbs up.  Tsubame unlocked the door and Misao ran to drag one of the unconscious guards by the cell door and grabbed his keys plus the key Tsubame had. Tsubame then sat inside the cell as Misao locked it. Misao grinned at her sisters. "I'll be back with Aoshi and the others!" She said running out of the room and up the stairs. 'Kami-sama, please do not have let them discovered the exit in Kaoru's room.' She prayed softly as a guard walked by. With the ninja speed she learned from Aoshi she rushed up and down the corridors…
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Once more I'm totally sorry to you wonderful people. Too many things went right and wrong at the same time and I just got my writing Mojo back so bye for now!!