I LIVE! Contrary to popular belief, I did not die and/or fall of the face of the earth. I was just um… uh… ((ducks behind sandbags for fear of rotten tomatoes)) well, I will just get onto the reviews shall I?

scythe195: Just read on

Alatril Carnesr: She was surprised because she just totally lost control, and yes, I would want to kill them too (but that's just me and my overly violent self ). As for what arc it's in… I still have to figure it out ((sweatdrop)) I can't decide if I want it after or during the Kyoto arc…

mindbender013191: Look who's talking… you still have to update yours

theghostsliveon: cabin boy… your gonna short circuit your computer again. At least wipe it up or something…

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'What have I done?'

Kumi sat alone in a corner of the doctor's office

'I didn't mean to kill anyone, or hurt anyone that badly. What is wrong with me? Why can't I control myself?' She was lost in her own thoughts, glancing every now and then at the unconscious and bandaged bodies of the drunks she had hurt. The doctor said they were still alive, but barely.

Just after she had made the "discovery" about her eyes, the others had come rushing up. By then her eyes had returned to their normal color. They had taken the drunks to the doctor's, where they were left with one of their friends 'I think her name was Megumi…'

"Kumiko… are you alright?"

"Yes Doctor Megumi, I'm fine…" Kumi said to the lady doctor

"You can drop the Doctor; there is no need to be so formal"

"Um… yeah… I'm sorry for all the trouble I put you through" Kumi said "Are you sure those guys are going to be alright? I swear I didn't mean to hurt them so badly, I just kinda lost control…"

"It's okay; I think they will pull through."

"Arigato Megumi-san…"

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Later that night, Kumi was still sitting in the doctor's office, lost in her own thoughts again and silent tears staining her face. Kaoru and Kenshin watched her from behind the door.

"She's been sitting there all night… I think I should talk to her…" Kaoru said, about to step inside, but Kenshin put a hand on her shoulder

"Let me do it, you need to get to sleep"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, just go to bed, it's been a long day"

Kenshin took a deep breath and walked inside "Kumiko, are you alright? You have been in here all night, you need to get some sleep"

Kumi didn't respond, she just kept looking out into space with pain and confusion written all over her face.

"What have I done?" she whispered, her voice horse from her crying "I didn't mean to do it, I just lost control"

"Don't be so hard on yourself, you just got caught up in your feelings" Kenshin said, taking a seat on the floor next to her

"No you don't understand, this isn't the first time this has happened" Kumi said, wiping tears from her eyes "Once after school, this one guy was teasing me and my little brother, but he went to far, and I just lost it. I beat the guy black and blue, and I was almost expelled from school"

"It's like fighting a demon inside of you, isn't it?" Kenshin said, his thoughts drifting to his own amber-eyed inner demon

"More than you will ever know… like while fighting those drunks, I couldn't control myself, it was almost as if I was another person"

"What?" Kenshin said, snapping out of his own thoughts

"I know, weird isn't it? I could have sworn that my eyes were this weird golden color" Kumi said

"I see…" Kenshin said, once again drifting into his own thoughts 'Why does she have a Battosai side?'

"Kenshin? Are you alright?" Kumi said. The look on his face was off putting

"Yes, I'm fine." He said, pausing "Kumiko, have you heard of Hitokiri Battosai?"

"Hmmm, the name rings a bell… wait Hitokiri Battosai, I think I've heard of him. Wasn't he an assassin during the Bakumatsu?"

"Hai"

"Yeah, I remember hearing a story about him once when I was visiting my Uncle in Kyoto. He was said to be one of the greatest imperialist fighters right?"

"Hai… is that all you know?"

"It's all I can remember… but what does this have to do with me? Did you know him or something?..."

Kenshin paused 'She really doesn't need to know… but she deserves to… how can I tell her that she is related to a demon like me?'

"Hey, Kenshin…"

"Hai Kumiko?"

Kumiko smiled "Thanks…"

"For what?"

"For listening… I was afraid that you were going to call me a freak or hate me for what I had done" With that said, she curled up in a ball in the corner and was about to go to sleep

"Hey Kenshin?..."

"What now?" He said, laughter in his voice

"Promise you won't tell anyone, 'kay?"

"What made you think I would" Kenshin said, flashing a famous rurouni smile

"Hey, just checking" Kumi said with a yawn. With that, she curled up and went to sleep

"Good-night" Kenshin said, getting up and closing the door behind him. He walked outside and looked up at the sky. His thoughts drifted back to a red-haired, amber-eyed boy; himself. His past haunted him every day, why did it have to haunt her? He deserved it, she didn't. She was living with a demon, and it was his fault.

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"Rise and shine sleepy head!"

"Yeah, rise and shine!"

Kumi felt herself being shaken awake. She opened her eyes and groggily turned over. Two little girls were shaking her awake.

"Okay, okay, I'm up" She said, rubbing her eyes and turning to face the girls "And who would you early birds be?"

"I'm Ayame, and this is Suzume, and your Kumiko right?" The older one of the girls said

"Yep, hey what time is breakfast served around here?"

"Silly, it's lunchtime already!"

"Guess I really overslept then, huh?"

"Come on! Uncle Kenny is cooking lunch!"

'Uncle Kenny? How cute… note to self: make sure that Kenshin doesn't live this one down' Kumi thought, snickering slightly

The three of them walked back to the dojo, Kumi giving the littlest girl a piggy-back ride. When the arrived, the others had already started eating.

"You guys started without us?" Kumi said, putting the little girl on the ground

"Just 'cause you have to eat cold soup doesn't mean we have to as well" Beth said as she slurped her noodles

"I just hope it's not that cold…" Kumi said sitting down with the rest of the group "Hey Beth, your holding your chopsticks wrong"

Beth just stared at her hands "So? It gets the food into my mouth this way"

"No it's like this" Kumi said holding up her chopsticks

"I tried it like that, it didn't work as well"

"Guys, it doesn't really matter…" Yahiko added, slurping his soup

Kumi suddenly got a mischievous look in her eye.

SPLAT! With one swift movement, Kumi had just smashed all of Yahiko's soup in his face.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"

Kumi couldn't really answer, seeing as she was literally rolling on the floor with laughter

"Oh my god… the look on your face… its PRICELESS!" Kumi said, cracking up once again at her own prank. By now the rest of the group was having a hard time stifling their laughter as well.

"Well tell me if you think this is funny"

SPLAT! And there goes another bowl of soup. Yahiko had walked over and dumped the whole thing on Kumi

"THIS MEANS WAR MIGET! FOOD FIGHT!"

All hell proceeded to break loose. The bystanders had to hide in another room to avoid the onslaught of flying food. Kumi and Yahiko were dodging and throwing like crazy.

"TAKE THAT!" Yahiko said when he hit Kumi in the face

"FEEL THE WRATH OFMYFISH OF DOOOOOM!" Kumi said, launching round after round of uncookedfish she found in the kitchen

"This is insanity" Kaoru said ducking an airborne fish that went flying past her head

After much flying food, insults, battle cries, and victory dances (as well as a few matrix impressions by Kumi) the two warriors of the feast were laying, both covered in food at opposite ends of the room. The room certainly looked like a battle zone, not a single square foot was free of the remains of flying projectiles.

Kaoru, Kenshin, Beth, and Sano walked in the room, having gotten board of watching the fight about a half an hour before hand.

"Whoa… I'm impressed… it only took you 2 hours to totally destroy the dojo" Sano said in awe

Kaoru on the other hand was furious "YOU TWO HAD BETTER START CLEANING THIS RIGHT NOW OR YOUR SLEEPING OUTSIDE!"

"I don't mind sleeping outdoors…" Kumi said barley moving

"Kumi… it's raining" Beth mentioned

"…crap… okay I give up. So where do you keep the mops in this dump?"

"This is not a dump; you guys just turned it into one." Kaoru said as she walked out, vein still visible on the back of her head "Second door on your left"

The two defeated food warriors went about their task, and the rest of them watched them scrub, sweep and wash up the food.

"You know if you guys could give us a hand that would be really nice"

"Nah, its fun to watch" Beth said, quietly sipping her tea with a smirk, letting Kumi sulk

"It's nice to watch someone else clean for a change" Kenshin said, sitting down next to the rest of the 'audience'

"Was that a complaint I just heard Kenshin?" Kaoru said, vein popping in the back of her head yet again. She had enough of Kumi and Yahiko; she was not going to take any crap from anyone else.

"No" Kenshin said, looking as innocent as possible, and scooting away from Kaoru just to be safe (and honestly, can you blame him?)

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4 hours later, Kumi and Yahiko were done cleaning. The two of them had collapsed from the effort, eyes swirling around and around.

"Itai…" Kumi moaned

"My arms feel like their about to fall of" Yahiko said from the other side of the room

"At least you can feel yours" Kumi sighed "But that food fight kicked ass" she said, pumping her worn out fist into the air

"Yeah, I still say I was the winner"

"No way, I totally trounced you"

"Did not"

"Did so"

"Nu-uh"

"Yeah-huh"

"Alright, we call it a stalemate"

"I demand a recount"

"… A what?"

"Don't think about it to hard, you might overload the little brain of yours"

"That's it, we do a rematch tomorrow, winner take all."

"All right, a quick draw at high noon… loser has to do whatever the winner says for a whole day, deal?" Kumi said extending her hand to shake on it

"Deal" Yahiko said, shaking her hand "But Kumi"

"What?"

"What's a quick draw?"

"…never mind…"

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Whew, another chapter down, well I hoped you liked my food fight… I've always wanted to shove someone's food in their face ((is suddenly hit in the head by a flying glob of noodles, camera pans over, Kumi and Yahiko fighting AGAIN)) KNOCK IT OFF YOU TWO!

Kumi and Yahiko: ((Both pause mid throw))

Authoress: ((Is all scary like))

K & Y: Um… we'll just be going now ((scurry off))

Authoress: That's better, anyway, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted ((glares)) PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW!