I solomly apologize about the name thing from the last chapter. You see, when you are writing fics for three or four different animes at the same time, you somethimes mix up the stories. Also, i tend to type Kagome when i mean Kaoru, and Kaoru when i mean Kagome. It's one of my common faults. (Sorry bout the confusion.) So, unless i invent another character and call it Kagome, If i type Kagome in this fic, Please assume i meant Kaoru. I tend to do that a lot. I try to catch it every time, but it doesn't always work. Sorry!

Ps: I've been told how to spell Sanouske sixteen different ways. So from now on, I'm spelling it Sanouske, And Aoushi. Okay? I don't care if you spelling peoples don't like it. I've just been griped out because i spelled Sanouske Sanosuke, and Aoushi Aoshi. So as bender would say: "Bite my shiney metal ass!" (Just Kidding.)

Anyways, Here's the chapter you have all soo desperately wated for!

He studied the feverish face of the ruroni he had come to adopt as another grandson, worry creasing his face.

Megumi and Yahiko rushed to do his bidding. Fetching the items as quickly as possible. "Lay them down here." He said, opening Kenshin's Hakama to reveal yet more bruises on the slender man's chest.

Kaoru gasped in horror. She tentatively touched one of the bruises and pulled her hand back. She turned on Aoushi. "How could you let this happen?" She demanded.

He pulled off his own hakama to reveal more bruises and cuts that the ruroni had. "Some of these are from him, Jou-chan. Yet none of his are from me. I couldn't help it." He said, sitting down.

Megumi forced him to let her treat him. Wincing, he endured her wrapping while he watched the slow procession of bringing Himura's fever down.

When Gensai was finally appeased, he sat back on his haunches and stared down at the sleeping ruroni. "He's out of the danger zone. And his fever's gone. At least for now. He needs rest, and you need rest as well, Aoushi." The old man stood and walked over to him.

"I need to..." Aoushi began to say.

"Don't make me slip a sleeping draught into your tea, Shinomori. Because i can and i will." Gensai said, glaring down at the master swordsman.

Sighing in exasperation, he finally nodded. "Fine." Aoushi said, closing his eyes.

"In a futon. Now." Gensai said, his tone as if he were dealing with Sazume.

Aoushi grunted and got up. He wavered slightly and strong, steady arms braced him from the sides. "Careful." Sanouske's voice boomed over him.

Aoushi slipped out of the man's grasp to walk in front of him.

"You don't have to follow me." He said, annoyed.

"Actually, i'm under orders." Sano said, shrugging.

Rolling his eyes, Aoushi continued down the hallway. Ignoring the spinning lightheadedness. At least, until it took him down deep into unconsiousness. He never felt himself hit the floor.

Sano yelled for Megumi and Gensai. They came running. They checked his pulse and his breathing before nodding in unison.

"He should sleep till at least morning. It's from exaustion." Megumi said, running a hand through her already mussed hair. "Put him to bed for us, will you Sano?" She asked, her voice tired. "Yahiko is keeping a close eye on Kaoru. We slipped a sleeping draught into her tea but it still hasn't affected her. She's been training since Kenshin's fever was brought down."

As she said this, a loud thump filled the hallway. Then Yahiko yelled for Megumi. "There's my que." She said, smiling tiredly.

"Get some rest too, okay? I'll keep watch tonight. And Yahiko would be glad to help. He's always got plenty of energy to burn." Sano said, a bracing hand on her shoulder. "We don't need our butt-kicking doctor to get sick." He grinned to her.

She smiled back and nodded. Following Gensai into the dojo practice area.

The hard snap of wood filled the air as Kaoru blocked a weak strike from Yahiko. She turned lightly and struck him in the side with her bokken, only holding back slightly.

The boy grunted and attacked back, slamming the wooden blade down onto her shoulder.

He bowed out. "I need rest! And you do too." He said, sitting down to one corner.

She ignored him and began a complicated set of moves. Switching periodically to Judo. Placing the slight headiness since tea as a result to stress and worry.

She twirled and slashed down, then up again. She had only had to use this tecnique once in her life. And that had been to save Ayame from a group of kidnappers.

"Hah. Hah. Hah." Her own labored breathing was loud in her ears when she stopped. She leaned against the bokken, using it as her ground before she began again.

Only the heady feeling increased in pitch and volume to the point that she couldn't feel the hands that clasped the hilt of the bokken to the point that her nuckles turned white.

The world tilted violently and she found herself on the floor, looking into Yahiko's concerned face before darkness overtook her and she was floating in an abyss of nothingness.

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"Kaoru!" Yahiko yelled as his sensei collapsed. He had known about the draught, but didn't think it would do this, even at the point of exhaustion.

She looked up at him with half open eyes before she turned her head and closed her eyes. "Megumi!" He yelled, panicked.

"It's alright. It's the effects of the sleeping draught. Carry her into her room and i'll come in and put her to bed. Okay Yahiko?" Megumi's tired voice broke through his panick.

He nodded and carried the woman to her room. She was scarily light in his arms. Like she hadn't eaten in days, or even weeks.

"Please, be alright." He whispered to her unconsious, unlistening form. He lay her on her futon, careful to make her comfortable, and left.

He arrived just in time to see Megumi lying against the wall asleep.

"What?" He asked, turning to Gensai.

"I put a sleeping draught in her tea as well. She didn't notice, though. She's as weak as Kaoru and Aoushi right now. The sleeping draughts won't wear off till noon tomorrow. So until then, we need to be careful. Get some rest while you can, You and Sano are the only things protecting the dojo for now." Gensai said, yawning.

"I know." Yahiko said, older than his years in this.

Sanouske came in just then, rubbing the back of his head. "So, what do you think we can find to eat?" He asked, grinning.

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Well, it's kinda' not a cliffie. (Kinda being the key word there.)

Anyways, thanks for the reviews! And Sayonara!

Plot? What Plot? -me :