One and Onlyby Lynn

cough this is my first fanfic I absolutely had to write one cuz after I re-got into Ruroken, I fell in love with the YahikoXTsubame pairing They're so cute XD Anyhoo, please enjoy the fic…and no flames

Chapter 1…Kenshin and Kaoru's trip?

Yahiko sighed. Training was annoying…it was even more annoying because Kaoru was the one teaching him while Kenshin and Kenji sat at the other side of the room and sweatdropped.

"Your stance is wrong!" Kaoru snapped for the fifth time that night.

"What the hell, it's perfectly fine!" Yahiko snapped back, glaring.

"Now, now…" Kenshin interrupted nervously as Kenji crawled into his lap. Yahiko glanced at him.

"Kenshin, train me, dammit! I don't wanna learn from this ugly woman…I wanna learn how to use to Sakabatou without struggling with its weight so teach me!"

Kenshin sighed. It had been a few years since he had given the Sakabatou to Yahiko, who was still having problems with its weight. Yahiko continued to stay at the dojo and received lessons from Kaoru as well as teach lessons himself.

"Who are you calling an ugly woman!" Kaoru yelled, smacking Yahiko upside the head.

"You, you ugly woman!" Yahiko retaliated angrily.

Kenji looked up at his father. "Mommy is a ugly woman?" Kenshin smiled at his son and corrected him.

"An ugly woman."

"Hey!"

"I mean…um…heheh…I was just teaching him proper grammar, that I was!" Kenshin said nervously, holding up his hand to show he meant no harm.

Kaoru sighed deeply and faced Yahiko angrily. "Well, if you don't want to train anymore for today, then go and buy us dinner from the Akabeko!" Yahiko rolled his eyes and started walking out of the dojo toward the Akabeko. Kenji jumped out of his father's lap, yelling, "I go with Yahiko!"

Kenshin smiled as Kenji rushed over to Yahiko and grabbed the bottom of his hakama. Yahiko shrugged and Kaoru glared at him as a warning not to get her son into any harm. Yahiko lifted Kenji onto his shoulders and walked out.

He looked around the cool night air. He closed his eyes and sighed inwardly as a rush of breeze confronted him briefly. Gazing around the streets, he noted that it was unusually empty. Shrugging it off, he arrived at the Akabeko and walked inside, accidentally bumping into Tsubame.

"Oh! Sorry, Yahiko-kun!" she bowed as he smiled warmly at her.

"It's all right, Tsubame -chan."

"What are you doing out here so late?" she asked, looking up at his tall figure. He was easily a foot taller than her. "Hi, Kenji!" she said to the little boy perched on Yahiko's shoulders. Kenji smiled at her.

Yahiko rolled his eyes and answered, "That ugly Kaoru-woman is forcing me to buy dinner tonight…I should probably get something she's allergic to just to piss her off." He grinned evilly and asked, "Do you guys sell anything with artichoke?"

Tsubame giggled nervously and replied, "Well, yes, but let's not get Kaoru-chan sick! Would you like anything else, though?" Yahiko shrugged, feeling slightly annoyed that he couldn't get his revenge on Kaoru, and settled with asking for a few plates of soba. Tsubame nodded and led him and Kenji into the restaurant. He noticed that the restaurant was completely empty.

"Did you guys close early or something?" Yahiko asked, turning around to face Tsubame.

She nodded. "Today was an early-closing day for the workers. Though Tae-san was sick and she asked me to clean up the store for her."

"Oh…okay. It's not too much trouble for you to make the food, is it? Because if it is, then don't worry about it."

Tsubame shook her head. She had already gotten out the supplies and started making the food.

Yahiko set Kenji in a seat next to him and looked at Tsubame. He would've offered to help but he remembered the incident with the cake a few months ago. It was his birthday and Tsubame had invited him over to the Akabeko during another early-closing day. She wanted to make a cake for his 18th birthday but she thought it would be more fun if he was there. Unfortunately for the two of them, Yahiko had mixed up the salt with the sugar and the cake tasted like serious shit. Ever since then, Yahiko had made a solid vow never to go near cooking again. Though after that incident, he had become considerably closer with Tsubame and the two of them became a couple. They never had moved past hugging, but they were both content with their situation.

"There you go!" said Tsubame with a smile, setting the to-go-bag full of food in front of him.

"Thanks, Tsubame -chan." He replied, grinning. He paid her the money for the food but she pushed it back towards him, saying, "It's my treat."

"Are you sure?"

"Uh-huh…but…um…" Tsubame blushed. "Could you, um…walk me home? It's the first time I've ever been all alone in the store at night before.

"Sure." Yahiko said, picking up the bag and then Kenji. They walked out together and slowly moved towards her house. They arrived in front of her house, and with a final hug and kiss on the cheek, Yahiko started walking back towards the dojo. He noticed that Kenji had fallen asleep. Yahiko walked into the dojo and was greeted by Kenshin. Kaoru thanked him, taking her son out of his arms.

"It sure took you a long time, that it did…" Kenshin noted.

Yahiko scratched the back of his head sheepishly and could feel the heat rising to his face as his replied, "Sorry. I had to walk Tsubame -chan back to her house 'cause it's all dark outside and she was nervous." Kenshin nodded and Kaoru spoke up.

"Well, actually, Yahiko, it's kind of good that it took you a long time…" She cradled Kenji and looked over at Kenshin, as if for approval. Kenshin nodded and Kaoru turned back to Yahiko and smiled at him for the first time that night. Yahiko automatically started to feel nervous. Something very, very good must have happened if Kaoru was smiling at him for no apparent reason…

"….And why is that?" Yahiko asked nervously.

Kaoru giggled in pure bliss and walked over to Kenshin, who wrapped one of his arms around her waist. This only panicked Yahiko more.

"Kenshin and I talked about it and we've decided to take a little trip…"

Feeling relieved, Yahiko breathed again but then had his breathing cut off.

"…Just the two of us. Without Kenji. And we'd like you to stay at the dojo and take care of him…kinda like babysitting. Lessons at the dojo have been cancelled until we get back so you don't have to worry about that."

Yahiko's eyes snapped open and he stared at the two of them, shocked.

"And why the hell are you guys going on a trip and leaving me with your kid!"

"Well…" Kaoru giggled again before continuing. "It's, um, kind of like a late honeymoon thing, you know…we just want to be together and spend time doing…stuff." Kenshin blushed and looked away while Yahiko continued staring, not believing what he was hearing.

"So…you guys wanna go away and leave me with your brat for a while so you can sex each other up!" Yahiko yelled.

Kenshin's blush deepened, if possible. "No! I mean, yes, I mean, no…I mean…uh…"

He was cut off by Kenji waking up and asking. "Mommy, what's sex?"

Kaoru blushed too, but managed to smile sweetly at her son. "Nothing, dear. You'll find out when you're older, okay?" She turned back to Yahiko. "It's not that big of a deal. Kenshin and I just need to relax from everything with the dojo…it's not that much to ask!"

Yahiko shouted, "Yeah, but I don't know anything about kids! Kenji will probably die or run away or swallow some tampons or-"

Kenshin quickly interrupted and spoke, without giving Kenji a chance to ask what tampons are. "Please, Yahiko. Kaoru and I really need this…you may ask Tsubame -dono to stay with you if you need help…and this is good practice for when you have kids, that it is."

Yahiko replied with a death stare and said, "Like I'm ever going to have kids!"

Kenshin sighed, hoping it wouldn't have to come to this. "If you do it, then when I get back, I'll teach you a Sakabatou technique."

Yahiko's eyes widened and he took Kenji out of Kaoru's arms and asked, "Does Kenji have any…allergies… or anything I should know about?"

Uh…yeah sorry if it sucked ;; And yeah, I made up a lot of stuff…and I think that Kenshin might be a little OOC oO I'm not sure…I've written the next several chapters, I just have to put if up I hope you enjoyed :D