- MALLORY

disclaimer- i do not own the ruroni kenshin show or ne thing else with a trademark.

i'm so sorry for the long wait. i've been gone all summer at my grandparents house taking care of them, well helping my grandfather take care of my grandmother after surgery. and they didn't have a computer. so sorry! can u ever forgive me????

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Kaoru then flopped on her bed. She finished her homework and then daydreamed of being with Kenshin again. The feel of his arms around her waiste, the feel of his lips against hers, the feel of his body against her-. 'What am I thinking? I can't think of that even if I am his girlfriend. I just need to sleep. With that Kaoru fell into a sleep full of dreams of Kenshin and her being together.

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Kaoru awoke from a beautiful dream. Her alarm clock had gone off. 'Ugh..why did I set that anyway?! I go back to school tomorrow!' Kaoru yelled at herself. She felt as though someone had crushed her with a rock. She felt as if she weighed a ton.

She stood up and stretched. She felt a couple of her bones pop and she set her way to the bathroom. She took a shower and washed her hair. She stared at the wall like she was in a trance. She shook her head. 'Man, if I don't snap out of it, i'm gonna fall asleep in here..now wouldn't that be weird!' She thought to herself. So she dared to turn the hotwater almost all the way off. Suddenly, freezing cold water spewed from the shower head shocking her body. Kaoru's brain and body woke immeadiately. Kaoru said to no one, "Okay, this is where I make my exit! Why did I decide to do this?!" Kaoru quickly shut off the water and wrapped herself in a towel.

After she secured the towel, she took the blow dryer in one hand and dryed her cold wet hair. When she decided her hair was dry enough, she shut of the blow dryer and walked over to her closet. She pulled open the two thin oak doors and looked at her selection. She grabbed a pair of loose fitting pants that didn't go all the way to her feet, and a sky blue tee-shirt with clouds on it. She looked it over in the mirror and decided it would do. She went to a drawer and pulled out some under things. She walked back to the bathroom and changed.

She came out feeling refreshed and comfortable. She quickly brushed her hair and put it into a high ponytail. She tied a ribbon in it to make her own little fashion statement. She nodded at the mirror and walked downstairs. Her little brother quickly rushed passed her. "Where are you going you little brat?" Yahiko turned around and stuck his tounge out at her. He then raced downstairs.

Kaoru rolled her eyes and walked down the stairs to find her mother. She walked intoo the living room where Yahiko was madly involved with his game. She sighed and entered the kitchen. Her mother had just finished setting the table.

"Mom, do you need any help?" Kaoru asked. "No no dear, i'm quite alright." Kaoru's mother was unbelievably happy for some reason. Kaoru wondered what could of brightened her day like this. She decided not to say anything. "Kaoru, we need to hurry and eat. I need you to take Yahiko to the mall and pick up a few things for me. You two need to be back here by one o'clock this afternoon." Kaoru's mother informed. Kaoru nodded and called Yahiko in for breakfast.

After breakfast Kaoru's mother sent Yahiko to get ready to leave. She still had that bright smile on her face. After Yahiko came down, there was a knock on the door. "I'll get it." Mrs. Kamiya said. She came back and said. "Yahiko, come with me. Kaoru, there's someone at the door for you." With that, Mrs. Kamiya and Yahiko went up the stairs.

Kaoru curiosly went to the door. She looked and who else could it be, but the red headed man of her dreams! She ran over to him and flung her arms around his neck and said, "Kenshin! When did you get here!? How are you?" Kenshin chuckled and put hes arms around her waist. " I just got here from the airport. I called your mother to let her know I was coming to steal her daughter away!" Kenshin laughed.

Kaoru, laughed as well. "Have you been planning this?" "Well, since yesterday, yeah." Kaoru wasted no time to do what she wanted with her Kenshin. She put her hands on each side of his face and pulled him down for a lovely 'hello'. She slid her tongue into his mouth. Kenshin quickly registered this and slid his hands to the small of her back. He now took control. He battled her ravishing tongue in the war of love and they fought until neither could breath. While they were catching there breaths, Kaoru now realized where Kenshin's hands were. She scowled at him and he nervously laughed as the removed his hands from her butt.

Kaoru smiled and said, "Ok, since we said our little hello's, I want you to meet my mom and brother." Kaoru said. As if on cue, Her mother and little brother came down. Yahiko looked shy and her mother ran right up to Kenshin and hugged him.

"So this is the man taking care of my daughter and stole her heart!" Mrs. Kamiya exclaimed. Kenshin and Kaoru blushed. About and hour or two later, they all met, except for Yahiko, he was too shy. "Well, you kids best be off. Yahiko, your tagging along, and don't mouth back to me. Go." Mrs. Kamiya then hugged Kaoru and Kenshin and Yahiko. Hurry back now." "We will." Kaoru said. They then all went out to Kaoru's car. Kaoru was going to drive of course, Kenshin's been living in Japan. Yahiko hopped in the back seat and they were off.

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They got to the mall and everybody hopped out. Yahiko and Kenshin talked on the way here and Yahiko decided that he liked Kenshin. Kenshin and Kaoru walked hand-in-hand and Yahiko in between their intertwined hands. When they walked into the mall, and old couple said, "Look dear, look at that happy family, and their adorably child." Kenshin and Kaoru blushed, and Yahiko only smiled.

Kaoru got the things on the list and Yahiko scoped out a couple of toys. They paid for their belongings and decided they had a little time to look around.

While Yahiko was leading them to another toy store, Kaoru noticed some girls checking out Kenshin. She glared at them. She moved a little closer to him. Kenshin looked at her. "Is there something wrong Kaoru?" Kenshin asked. "No no, i'm fine. Just felt like being close to you." Kaoru half lied. She did want to be close to him, but wanted a good excuse for herself. Kenshin raised an eyebrow and Kaoru blushed. "Well, if you wanted to get closer, why didn't you say so?" Kenshin asked. He then took his hand out of hers. Kaoru noticed the loss of warmth. 'Great, I made him mad.' Kaoru told herself. Her eyes now shining less brightly. She then felt an arm snake around her waist. She looked up at him. He just flashed her his famous ruroni smile.

Yahiko found his destination and turned around. "We're here." Yahiko saw a girl coming toward Kenshin, and a guy checking out his sister, in a very uncomfortable way. So since these people were close enough to hear, he decided to teach them a lesson. 'This will blow their minds, and teach them not to mess with my sister or her really cool boyfriend.' Yahiko thought. So when he said 'we're here,' he added "Mommy and Daddy." Yahiko smiled triumphantly at the other people, who's face just fell. Kaoru looked at Kenshin and blushed. She then looked at Yahiko. 'Whats this kid up to?' Kaoru thought.

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After Kaoru,Yahiko, and Kenshin all borded into the car, Kaoru decided to ask, "Yahiko, what was that Mommy, Daddy thing for?" Yahiko answered her, "So those people would stop drooling over you two!" Kenshin and Kaoru looked back at him. He just smiled and said, "Kaoru, you should really watch the road." Kaoru's eyes widdened and looked just in time not to hit someone on a bike. She sighed. "That was a close one."

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Misao decided to call Kaoru at the great news. Her Aoshi-sama was here. Aoshi told her Kenshin was going to meet Kaoru. She wanted to call to see how things were going. She picked up the phone dialed her number. It didn't ring. An operator just said, "This phone is curently out of service. Please call back at another time. Thankyou." Misao thought, 'Thats weird. Maybe Kaoru was so exited, she tripped over the phone cord? She really is clumsy sometimes.' Though, Misao still couldn't shake off the bad feeling.

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Kaoru,Kenshin, and Yahiko arrived home. They went into the house and put there things down. Kaoru went looking for her mother. It was unusually quiet. She spotted some blood coming from the hallway, leading into the kitchen. She all of a sudden got scared. Her heart was beating in her ears and she walked into the kitchen, only to find her mother sprawled out on the floor, with cuts all over her, one big one from her neck. "Mother!" Kaoru yelled and ran over to her. "K....K.Kaoru, I..I'm sorry." "Shhh, don't talk. Kenshin!" Kenshin, at hearing his name, ran into the kitchen to the grusome sight. "Kenshin! Please dial nine one one!" Kenshin did as he was told and answered questions from the police. An ambulance was on the way. He then went to Kaoru side. "The ambulance is on the way." Kaoru nodded, while tears streamed down her face.

"K..Kaoru, he..he had...those eyes....." Mrs. Kamiya tryed to decribe the man who did this to her, but that was all she could get out before her last breath escaped. Kaoru looked at her and said, "Mother, I love you." Kaoru then shut her mothers eyes. She fell into Kenshins arms crying. "Oh Kenshin. Who could of done this to her?! Now at least my mother can be with my father." With that, it lifted most of the sorrow, but she still cryed over the loss. Kenshin just rubbed her back soothingly. He just tryed to comfort her. Unexpectantly, Yahiko raced into the room, at hearing the yelling after Kenshin left. He stared wide-eyed at his mother's body on the ground. "Mommy?" He asked. His little eyes filled with tears as he too fell to the floor. Kaoru scooped him up and Kenshin tryed to sooth them both.

After the ambulance showed up and took Mrs. Kamiya away, Kaoru decided that they really needed to sleep. She and Kenshin tucked Yahiko in. Kaoru walked over to her room. Kenshin asked, " Kaoru, where are the extra blankets?" He really didn't want her to think he was going to pull anything that night, even thought he wished to stay with her. "Kenshin, I really need someone right now. Please just stay with me tonight." Kaoru pleadingly asked. She pulled Kenshin into her room, but didn't shut the door, incase Yahiko needed something or someone. She layed down, and Kenshin soon followed. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close. "Kaoru it's ok. We'll work this out." He whispered. Kaor looked up at him. "Kenshin, thanks." Kenshin kissed her forehead. Kaoru cuddled up to his chest. She wanted to get as close to him as she could. Kenshin smiled and hugged her tighter and they drifted off into sleep.

Yahiko woke up in the night feeling scared. He shuffled his little feet into Kaoru's room, he saw Kaoru holding tightly to Kenshin. 'Aww. There's no room for me.' He thought. Before he walked out of the room, he heard Kenshin's gentle voice, "Yahiko, come in. There is plenty of room." Yahiko's eyes brightened up. He jumped in the bed, waking Kaoru. She looked at him. "Hey, come here." She let Yahiko inbetween her and Kenshin. And that was how they fell asleep.

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