A/N: yet another chappie i don't like... demo... some of u liked the last one, but i really have no idea y... anyway, i don't like this one either and if u want to agree with me, which i bet many of u will, u can! just drop me a review... ok, enjoy what u can...

don't own

Chappie 9 (2 long...)

Battousai: I know that you know something

Rurouni: you are imagining things

Battousai: I will figure out what you are hiding

Rurouni: I am hiding nothing; search for there is nothing to find

Battousai: you are a bad liar

"Kenshin!"

"What!"

"Aoshi just sent a carrier pigeon to the Aoiya," Misao told him.

"Why should I care?"

"Because Jiya and the Oniwanbanshu are trying to trace Kaoru-chan's trail," Misao explained.

"Then we are going with them," he said, turning to leave.

"Not so fast Battousai. Okina will sent a response when he's found something," Aoshi came in, cutting him off.

"Wait, Himura, just wait. You have to be patient, or Kaoru-chan may never be returned to us."

-

"Nani!"

"Yes, your husband came to me and said, "Take her. You can have her to play with, just as long as she is far away from the Battousai." It confused me a little bit, but sure I figured, for what he was payin' me," Enishi repeated.

"No you son of a (samurai) bitch!" she shouted, lashing out of Seta's grip, trying to get to Enishi.

"It's true. I think perhaps that you don't see the whole picture to your marriage," Enishi told her.

"What do you mean?"

"The Battousai simply wanted someone to... how do I say this... play with. Not have a kid with. He kept you until he could no longer play with you," he smirked.

"Your a liar!"

"Believe what you will, but he told me himself," he shrugged and walked away, "I just thought you had the right to know."

"Ken... shin... how could you?" she sobbed as she dropped to her knees, holding her stomach protectively.

-

"Kenshin!"

"What!" he'd been on edge. So close to snapping without his wife.

"Okina got a trace on her! He doesn't know where it really goes, but someone saw a young boy carrying a pregnant woman that matches Kaoru's description down a dirt road," Misao informed him, holding the bird still.

"Where?"

"In Kyoto, come on, we have to go!" she said urgently.

"Iya, I will go. Alone," he stopped her.

"Himura?" she questioned uncertainly.

"It is something I have to do," was all he gave her. She turned to Aoshi to see what he made of it all.

"There are certain things, Misao, that a man must do alone," he informed her.

"Aa," she answered, turning to watch as Kenshin disappeared from her view.

-

"Seta, why did you take me?"

"I... well... I was there at the right time and Enishi-sama kinda asked me to, so..." he was having trouble explaining to her.

"Why would Kenshin do that?" she sighed. She'd done that a lot since she'd gotten here. She knew that they wouldn't hurt her, but she needed to figure out why Kenshin would do that...

"Kaoru-chan, I wish I knew, but I... I will love you in his place," he offered, "You see, I had the intent of kidnapping you and taking the child as my own, but then Enishi-sama showed up, so I helped him."

"Get away from me!" she said shoving him to the side, "I always was stronger than you."

"Kaoru-chan, I admit that I lost to him, but now he's given you up," he shook his head.

"No! Kenshin loves me, he would never...! What were his exact words!" she suddenly demanded.

"He said that Enishi-sama could-"

"NO! Exactly what he said! Word for word! Speech patterns and everything!" she corrected, shaking him.

"Alright! Alright! I get it! This is what he said, "Enishi-dono, you can have Kaoru-dono to play with. Keep her away from Battousai. Sessha will pay you to kidnap Kaoru-dono, that he will." That was exactly what he said."

"Oh, god..."

A/N:

ducky: i think i should end it right here...

kaoru: quit being an ass that was only three pages!

ducky: ur right, on with the ficcie

Battousai: what do you know?

Rurouni: nothing at all

Battousai: I'll say it again, BULLSHIT! you know something about her and you won't tell me!

Rurouni: there is nothing to tell

"Hey there, sir! Stop by for our beef stew! What do ya say?" a woman asked, as he walked past.

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry."

"Hmph! Some people these days..." the girl muttered.

-

"So Himura has to do this alone?" Misao asked.

"Aa," Aoshi answered.

"Hey, where's Yahiko and the others?" she wondered, suddenly remembering them.

"I know not of the whereabouts of their friends," came his reply.

"Hey, in Japanese, please," she requested.

"I don't know."

"Okay, so maybe we should go look for-"

"What are you guys doing here?"

"Yahiko... We have to tell you something..."

-

"Shit," she muttered, realizing exactly who it had been.

"Kaoru-chan?" Seta asked her uncertainly.

"It was him," she cried, angry tears clouding her vision, "This whole time! He wants to make me miserable!"

"Who Kaoru-chan?"

"That sick son of a (samurai) bitch!" she said.

"Aa, and that would be?"

"I have to-" she was cut off as she started screaming.

"Kaoru-chan!"

"Shit, already?" she asked, holding her stomach, "Dammit, contractions." Her eyes widened as she realized something.

"What's wrong!"

"My water just broke..."

-

'Kaoru, whatever's happening to you, I'll find you,' he silently vowed.

He sat on the train impatiently, wishing that he hadn't listened when Aoshi and the others said that it would be faster. It didn't seem to go so fast. In fact, to him, it seemed slow.

"Dammit!" he muttered, "How am I supposed to find you when this thing is taking forever?"

-

"Gee, you think he'll actually take the train?" Misao asked.

"I don't know. Kenshin told me that he covers more ground on foot than on the train, but that can't be right," Sano reasoned.

"Yeah, you're right. Himura better have taken the train!" Misao said.

"Don't worry, I think he would go the fastest way to Kaoru," Yahiko assured.

"If you say so..."

-

"Shit! Does anyone have any, uh, nursing skills?" Enishi asked frantically.

"Push, Kaoru-chan," Soujiro urged.

"What the hell do you think I've been doing for the past twenty minutes?" she demanded.

"Easy, not so much strain," he chided.

"Whatever! Would you like to switch places!"

"Double shit, this is not looking good," Enishi observed.

"Relax, all we have to do is deliver the baby," Soujiro tried to calm him down.

"Oh, that's all?" he asked sarcastically, "Have you ever delivered a baby?"

"No," was his simple answer.

"Shut the hell up and get it out!" Kaoru screamed, the pressure unbelievable.

"Right," Soujiro said.

-

"Kaoru!" he called out, seeing the Aoiya in view. He knew that here he would receive his leads to the whereabouts of her.

"Himura-kun!" Okina yelled, running out to meet him.

"Where is she?"

"We don't have exact locations, but we do have this," he said, handing him a piece of paper.

"What is it?"

"Coordinates. This is where they were headed, assuming that they kept north," he replied.

"Great, thank you Okina," he thanked him, leaving in a hurry.

"Good luck Himura-kun," Okina whispered as he watched him rush away.

-

"I wonder if Himura made it to the Aoiya yet," Misao mused as she played cards with Sano and Aoshi. Yahiko had left to go help at the Akabeko once again, feeling bored since Kaoru wasn't around to tease about her belly. (A/N: i don't no if dey had cards back then, but hey use ur IMAGINATION)

"I'm sure he did," Sano answered, "Got any threes?"

"Nope, go fish," Misao answered, "Ah darn! Aoshi-Sama, do you have an Ace?"

"Gomen Misao-chan, go fish," he answered.

"I don't think I like this game anymore," Sano said.

"Misao, by chance do you have a jack?" Aoshi asked her.

"Aa, hai, I do Aoshi-Sama," she said handing him the card. He made the pair and his whole hand was gone.

"Ice man haswon every game we've played so far!" Sano whined.

"Oh, deal with it!" Misao snapped.

"Harsh, weaselgirl, harsh," was his only response.

"Hmph!"

-

"Here ya go Kaoru-chan, a little boy," Soujiro told her, handing her the bundle of joy.

"Kenji," she murmured, "I'll name him Kenji. After Kenshin."

"Nice name," Enishi said, sitting down next to her.

"Mou! You guys really don't act like kidnappers!" she informed them.

"Well, I only did this because I got paid and I thought you were likable. Not likable to like, ya know, have a kid with, but like a sister," Enishi answered.

"Aa, and you Sou-chan?"

"I, uh, well, you see I really did just want you to myself, but you seemed so happy and I changed my mind," he explained sheepishly.

"Interesting." (A/N: i use that word a lot, that i most certainly do...)

"Feel good to be a mother?" Enishi asked.

"Hai, it's a wonderful feeling," (A/N: he does things that make me feel great! for u kitty) she admitted.

"I don't think I'll ever settle down," he said.

"Honto? Why not?"

"Just not the type, besides, who would want a physco kidnapper as their husband?"

"Don't be so critical of yourself, Kenshin did the same thing and it annoyed me to no end," she told him.

"Aa, Enishi-sama, things will change, most likely for the better," Soujiro told him.

"So when are you lovely boys going to take me home?" she asked, eyeing them, promising pain if she didn't get her way.

"As soon as you are healthy enough to travel, we'll leave," Enishi answered.

"Leave where?" a cold voice from the doorway asked.

A/N:

ducky: dun dun dun!

kaoru: another cliffie?

ducky: what would a story be w/o cliffies?

kenshin: a very good one

ducky: WRONG! and i don't like u at the moment so step away!

kenshin: it wasn't sessha! i wouldn't do that to poor kaoru-dono!

kaoru: suuuuuurrrrrrrrrreee

kenshin: really!

ducky: poor kenshin

aoshi: do you not pity me?

ducky: what 4?

aoshi: getting stuck with you

ducky: that wasn't nice! that it wasn't! ha! kenshin line

aoshi: not nice, but true

ducky: aoshi what happened-sniff- i thought u loved me!

aoshi: u r a handful

ducky: but u love me, ne?

aoshi: maybe...

ducky: WHAT DO YOU MEAN MAYBE!

kaoru-sigh/sweatdrop- seeya next chappie! oh, and do her a HUGE favor and REVIEW it helps keep her sane, ya no...

ducky: WHAT WAS THAT!

kaoru: demo... it's true...