Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or any of it's characters. I do own any characters that I made up and the plot.

Shiroi Hikari: Welp, second chapter. Yeah, yeah, the first one was pretty boring. But I needed it to explain how Kaoru and Yahiko got to live in Tokyo. And I don't know why that Sano part was put in. It baffles me....Okay, not really. As this will be a Sano x Kaoru x Enishi part in the beginning, but later on Sano will be with either Megumi, or Tae (Don't know who yet. Dun really like Megumi...). But the main pairing WILL be Kaoru x Enishi.

Now, on with the chapter!

Blood Red Love

Chapter Two

Meet The Neighbors

I groaned as I turned over in the futon, the sunlight filtering through the drawn shades and onto my cranky face. Why were mornings so hard? Especially when dreams were so good...I blushed and stretched as I sat up and yawned. I winced when I heard a crack in my back. Sleeping on the floor sure sucks sometimes. Especially when it smells of alcohol and cigarettes.

"Mrmph....I'm hungry." I heard Yahiko grumble a little ways away from me. I turned to him rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.

"How long have you been up?" I asked as I yawned again, before standing. Yahiko shrugged.

"I got up a few minutes before you did. Boy, busu, you look even uglier when you sleep." Yahiko was then whapped into silence by my pillow. I then walked towards the bathroom, hoping beyond hope that this place at least had a working shower with hot water.

I sighed in relief when I saw that the bathroom was fairly clean, though it looked like the shower hadn't been used in months, which was probably true. I sighed happily as I let the warm water run down my body, reveling in the heat for a short moment, knowing I was going to have to face the cold winter morning soon enough.

I towel-dried my hair and walked into the 'living kitchen', as Yahiko liked to put it. The room was both the living room and the kitchen. Fitting name, I guess. As it did look like some of the old food and garbage I had yet to clean out actually looked like it moved.

I shuddered and continued my way into the kitchen. Before I could take another step, a knock sounded at the door. I sighed and ran a hand through my semi-dry hair, irritated.

"Yes?" I asked, a little bit rudely. Sano grinned back at me, and held up a large sack.

"Thought you might like some breakfast. Yahiko told me that you had horrible cooking skills." A vein popped on my forehead and I glared at Sano.

"Oh, Yahiko-chan........." I called sweetly. Sano grinned and came in, setting the sack on the small, broken up table and sat on the floor, waiting to see the action.

"What? And don't call me little!" Yahiko snapped as he came into the room, pulling a shirt over his head. I grinned at him. He gulped. He was smart. He knew what that grin meant. He yelped and ran for cover but I was too quick for him. I bashed him over the head with a chair, and he fell to the ground.

"Ow........" He moaned as he held his head. I grinned in satisfaction. Sano just raised an eyebrow.

"Isn't that like...child abuse or somethin'?" He asked. I turned and dusted my hands off.

"No. It's only child abuse if the said child does not abuse the child abuser first." I sweatdropped at my statement. Sure, Kaoru. That made TONS of sense. Sano just looked at me quizzically.

"Okay. Well, want to eat and then we can go meet the others?" Sano offered as he pointed to the sack. I nodded and smiled.

"Sure. But, um, we don't have any plates or things like that yet...." Sano waved his hand.

"S'okay. I got all this from the Akabeko, Tae-san's restaurant, so she was sure to put in some extra things. You'll be meeting her today." Sano explained as he opened up the bag. Inside were bundles of bread, cups of soup, bowls of beef, rice, noodles, and vegetables. I tried not to drool at the delicious aroma that aroused my nose. Yahiko was by my side a second later. He didn't even bother to hide the drool that escaped from his lips.

"Dig in!" Sano said as he did just that. Yahiko began seconds later. I kept at a more normal pace, though I was thoroughly enjoying the food. Suddenly a though occurred to me.

"Sano-kun, why are you bringing us breakfast?" I asked, slightly suspicious. He grinned at me.

"Just being a friendly neighbor, Jou-chan." I raised my eyebrow at the nickname.

"Little Missy?" I said slowly. He grinned sheepishly. I shook my head and continued eating, hiding the smile that lit up my face.

About half an hour later, we were walking down the halls of the apartment. God only knew where Sano was taking us. Man, this building has more twists and turns than I had realized...

I was brought out of my musings when Sano stopped. I barely stopped myself from running straight into him. He knocked twice on the door and let himself in. I looked around, suddenly shy, as I saw six people sitting around a fairly nice apartment.

"Welcome to the Foxes apartment, Jou-chan." Sano said as he waved his hand around the area. A tall, slender woman whapped him upside the head.

"Shut up rooster." Sano grumbled and sat down next to a short, redheaded man, who laughed slightly at the antics of his friends.

"Well. Everyone, this is Kamiya Kaoru and her little brat brother, Yahiko-chan." Sano said. Yahiko jumped on him.

"I told you! I'm not little!" He snarled as he bit onto Sano's head. I sweatdropped and proceeded to pull Yahiko off of Sano.

"Gomen Nasai, Sano-kun." I mumbled as I hit Yahiko on the head. He mumbled something, and I stepped on his foot. He jumped around, cursing, as laughs erupted in the room.

"Stupid busu." He muttered, but took shelter behind the red-haired man.

"Yahiko you little brat!" I screeched and walked towards him. The redhead waved his hands in front of his face.

"Now, now. Let's not get into any fights. I am Himura Kenshin." Kenshin introduced himself. I blushed a bit and bowed slightly.

"And I'm Takani Megumi. It's nice to see another girl here in these ruddy apartments." The tall woman from before said as she flipped her hair over her shoulder. I nodded and smiled at her.

"And I'm Makimachi Misao!" Said a bubbly voice from behind me. I turned and smiled at a girl a little younger than myself, her black braids bouncing along with her.

"I am Tae (I forgot her last name)." Said a brown-haired woman that stood beside Misao.

"I am Tsubame (I forgot her last name also)." Said a young girl around the age of Yahiko as she bowed. I smirked when I saw Yahiko's eyes light up. I then turned to the last member of the group.

"Shinomori Aoshi." He said. I nodded at him. Sano then rubbed his hands together.

"Well, now that we're all introduced. How about going out and giving a tour of the area to Jou-chan and the brat?" Sano proposed. The others soon agreed with him. I was hesitant at first, as I still had cleaning to do back at my apartment, but shrugged. What the heck. It was just a tour, right?

Oh, how wrong I would be.

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Shiroi Hikari: Yeah, pretty boring chapter. Again. But fics usually don't start to get interesting until, like, the fifth chapter or something. And Enishi-chan's going to show up next chapter.

Enishi: Don't call me '-Chan'!

Shiroi Hikari: -Pouts- You sound like Yahiko.

Review Responses:

goldmund- Thanks for reviewing! And, yes, I will later do a Sano x Kaoru, but I had to get my Enishi x Kaoru fic up first. But their will be a triangle in the first part between the three.

pinkclove- Thanks for reviewing! Yeah, most first chapters are boring. And later chapters will be longer. Sometimes I just get writer's block in the middle of writing.

Yujin-chan aka Neko Megami- Thanks for reviewing! Glad you like it!

Angie- Thanks for reviewing! Yes, too bad there aren't more EK fics out there....

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Shiroi Hikari: Wow, lots of reviews for the first chapter. Maybe this fic will be pretty good.

Enishi: Hn. I doubt it.

Shiroi Hikari: -Frowns- Shut up.

Ja ne and please review!

-Shiroi Hikari-