--Hey Y'all! I've got another story here! (I posted one yesterday, but forgot to add in comments) Anyhoo, I hope you really like this one, and I thought it'd be appropriate for the holiday season. Enough talk! Read!

Two winged angels sat on a deserted cloud, floating high above the Earth. One angel had snow white wings, and she had on a simple white dress, accenting her ebony hair and dark eyes that were filled with laughter. The other had large pale gray wings, long red hair tied back into a low ponytail, and violet eyes that always were cheery. He wore white slacks and a white shirt.

"Kenshin!" The black haired girl called, smile on her face as she dashed across the white cloud. "No fair using your wings! We're playing tag the way humans do! No wings!" Kenshin smirked and landed next to her, folding his wings behind him.

"Sorry Tomoe. I just can't resist it. I'll play fair now."

"Good. Well, get ready!" she said as she charged toward him, and he moved to the side, deciding to take it easy on her. They both knew he was faster than she was. Turning, she tried again, and missed. They continued this sort of thing until Tomoe realized this wasn't going anywhere. In a move that caught Kenshin by surprise, she turned farther to where Kenshin was directly in font of her, and lunged at him. In a bear hug tackle, they fell onto the cloud together, Tomoe pinning him down. He was about to say some joking comment when Tomoe reached around to his back and began tickling the spots where his wings met his back, knowing that was his most ticklish spot. Any move to get Tomoe to stop tickling him was futile, as he was too overcome with laughter to move properly. All he could do was beg for mercy between laughs. Finally, Tomoe stopped and sat back, allowing Kenshin to breathe freely.

"You fall for that every time Kenshin!" she commented, and he glared playfully at her.

"No kidding. You think I'd have learned after 17 years of doing this." He looked thoughtfully at her, smiling. Without warning, he tackled her, then started poking her sides, making her laugh uncontrollably now.

"Now now, break it up you two!" called a female voice from behind, saving Tomoe from having to endure long amounts of tickling. They both looked up to see another angel with light red wings and auburn hair landing next to them, her green eyes glittering happily at their antics. She wore a form fitting white sleeveless robe tied high up her waist. "Do I need to separate you two?" she said in a mock scolding tone, unable to hold back a smile.

"What's up Kiki?" Why'd you come all the way out here?" Tomoe asked, wondering why the council sent her.

"You're both wanted up at the temple. Gensai-sensei sent me to bring you up there." Kiki said in her perky way.

"Well, then let's go." Kenshin said, opening his wings with the others. As one, they jumped up and beat the air with their wings. As they flew higher, Kenshin did loops, flips, and other stunts in the air. He loved to fly. Soon they came to a large marble palace where the council met. Kiki led them in through the double doors and down the hall to the right. They stopped at the second door on the left and Kiki entered first, bowing as she did so.

"Gensai-sensei, members of the council, I brought Kenshin and Tomoe." She motioned for them to come in. She went to stand next to the table the council sat at, waiting for new instructions.

"Well, I'm going to get right to it. We have an assignment for both of you." Gensai-sensei said, looking at Kenshin and Tomoe's curious expressions. "On Earth. A young girl prayed for our help, and we thought you two would be the best for the job. The cards, Kiki." He said as she pulled two cards out of her pocket and handed one to Tomoe ad the other to Kenshin. They said their names, a series of addresses, and lots of other information in small text that had been packed onto the card.

"Those have all the information you'll need on Earth. Everything from your name, to your school, to 'things you should never do while among humans'. Now, since this is your first assignment, I'm going to run over some ground rules and some things you should know. First, Humans don't like things out of their reality, so that means no flying, no magic and no speaking about Heaven in public. Second, the assignment deals with an emotionally distraught girl, so don't tease her much. Third…good luck to both of you. Kiki, lead them on please."

She motioned for Kenshin and Tomoe to follow her, and she walked across the room to another door and had them enter first. It was just a big empty square room, save a table, a funny looking rack with hooks on it, and white elevator-like doors opposite them.

"This is where we send Angels to Earth." Kiki explained. "All you do is leave your tags on one of the hooks there and get in the doors. Then I flip the switch and you go to your rightful places on Earth." She said all this in what undoubtedly ment to be an official tone, but there was a hint of sadness that neither Kenshin nor Tomoe missed.

"Hey, it's okay. We're friends. We'll be back" Tomoe tried to comfort the other girl. Kiki shook her head.

"No, you're down there 'til the people you're looking after die. Then you all come back. So it could easily be five years before you get back. They were all silent for a minute until Kenshin reached down and took his chain that was hanging around his neck off.

Angels are all given tags when they come into Heaven. They have their name and a code that is used only for the times when they have to go down to Earth. They have to leave their tags, then they get them back when they return. That was how it worked.

"Five years. Without being able to fly freely? This'll be harder than I thought." He commented. Kiki coughed awkwardly.

"Well, you ought to get down there." Kenshin and Tomoe both set their tags next to each other's on the rack where several others were as well. Kiki opened the door and gave them her best smile. "I'll see ya when I see ya!" With that, the door shut and all was dark.

Slowly, light came back around them. So did sound, but it wasn't the quiet of Heaven. It was a busy street with people coming and going and talking loudly just outside the narrow alley they were standing in. Along with their surroundings, their clothing had also changed.

Kenshin was now wearing blue jeans with a belt around the waist, and a red shirt that had a silver dragon on it. He also wore black boots and a jean jacket.

Tomoe was clad in navy boot cut jeans, white tennis shoes, and a baby blue sweatshirt that read 'Angel'.

"Convenient." She stated when she saw that. However, they noticed that they both had one thing in common: no wings. Kenshin, setting that aside, looked at his card again.

"Okay, it says that…first off we need to go to the park across the street, start walking down the middle fork…and that's it." Tomoe looked put out.

"How are we suppose to know what to do with such vague directions?"

"Dunno. But…well, let's just go and see what happens." Kenshin said, setting off out the alleyway and on to the street, Tomoe right behind him.

Being first-time humans, they didn't understand traffic laws. Kenshin dashed across the road, Tomoe tailing him always. They weaved around on coming cars, causing several car horns to be blown and foul language shouted.

"Man, people on Earth sure are rude." Tomoe commented quietly once they reached the other side. Sure enough, there was a park, with three different paths.

"Well, directions say to go the middle one, so let's go." Kenshin started walking and Tomoe continued to follow, not wanting to be separated form him in a new and strange and violent world.

"Where do we go after this though?" Tomoe murmured, glancing around at all the things and people around them.

"I haven't the foggiest. Perhaps to the house address here?" Kenshin pointed to the particular line on the card. Tomoe was about to reply when two loud voices cut through the air suddenly.

"No, baka rooster! I told you I don't want to deal with that!"

"C'mon Missy, don't do this again! Mom and Dad just want t-"

"NO! No no no no!" A young girl with long raven hair in a high pony tail was stalking down the path to them, looking very distressed. A guy with spiky brown hair was following her, looking both frustrated and deflated, his red bandana trailing behind him. Kenshin and Tomoe exchanged glances. Is this the girl that they're supposed to help? They both looked down at the cards again, just in case there was some bit of information they happened to miss. That's when something heavy and warm crashed into him at high speed. Before he knew it, he was flat on his back with the upset girl on top of him, picking herself up and off him. When she looked at him, she began apologizing to him repeatedly.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry mister, I didn't see you, it was completely my fault! I'm so very sorry. Are you okay?" she offered her hand to him, and he took it, pulling him up to his feet.

"Yes, I'm fine, thank you miss." Kenshin smiled happily, trying his best to comfort the girl. The brown haired guy came jogging up to them, looking worried.

"Are you okay kid? Sorry about Missy here." He said and Kenshin blinked twice. That was the first time anyone called him 'kid'.

"No, it's okay. I'm fine. Are you okay?" he asked the girl. She looked a bit surprised y his question.

"Oh, yeah, um, I'm okay." A small silence fell briefly as the guy looked consideringly at Kenshin and Tomoe. Finally he broke the silence.

"Hey, what's your name kid? I haven't seen you before. You two new?" A look of concern crossed both angels' faces, but it was gone before anyone noticed.

"You could say that. Himura. Kenshin Himura." He recited the name that he was given as his cover. "And this is Tomoe."

"Yukishiro Tomoe. Yes we're new to the area, and we…were…just looking around." Kenshin shot a grateful look at Tomoe for saving him the trouble of coming up with a believable story. She was much better at that than he was.

"Oh. Well, would you like me to show you around?" the blue eyed girl asked them. Deciding that it would be best to one: find out where everything was, and two: to see if this girl was indeed the one they were sent to help.

"Sure. Thank you." Kenshin said politely.

"Oh! I'm sorry, I haven't even introduced myself. That was rude of me! I'm Kamiya Kaoru."

"Sagara Sanosuke. Call me Sano. I'm her half brother. My brother Akira's not here today. I'll have to introduce you to him sometime."

"Anyway, shall we show you around?" Kaoru smiled and began walking down the path the way they came.

--Soooo! How was it?? I hope I don't sound like a broken record saying all this stuff, but I need to know what you think! Review Please!
-Innocent Battousai