A/N: cough …sorry for not updating for a month xx I guess I pretty much died…anyway, I couldn't think of any ideas and I still have no ideas so I'm kinda BS-ing this as I go along so….yeah. Please excuse the shittiness.

DISCLAIMER: Rurouni Kenshin is not mine. I wish it was. I want the Samurai X DVD so bad right now….

Chapter 5: I am a riceball…

Tsubame was still feeling slightly traumatized after the…Megumi-speech. And to make matters worse, Megumi decided to move in with them just to make sure that nothing inappropriate happened. After that, Sanosuke had moved in because he felt like it. And because he was hungry.

"Yahiko-daddy!"

Yahiko flinched and turned around to a wide-eyed Kenji who was standing behind him.

"What?"

"I want a riceball."

Yahiko rolled his eyes and led Kenji in the kitchen where there were a few riceballs on the counter, which Tsubame had made earlier that day. He picked one up and handed it to Kenji.

Kenji took it and suddenly said, "Two riceballs."

Yahiko glared. "One is enough."

"TWO riceballs."

"ONE is enough!"

"TWO RICEBALLS!" Kenji screamed.

Yahiko, being shocked at how loud such a little boy could scream, handed Kenji a second riceball.

"Three riceballs."

"What the-?"

"THREE RICEBALLS!"

Yahiko, who was getting pissed off, handed Kenji yet another riceball.

"And that's all you get for today, Kenji." Yahiko said angrily.

Kenji smiled innocently and said, "Four riceballs."

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"Yahiko-kun, what happened to all the riceballs I made?" Tsubame asked.

Yahiko sweatdropped and shrugged. Kenji came up to him.

"Yahiko-daddy."

Yahiko was rather pissed and said, "No."

Tsubame was shocked. "Yahiko! Don't be so mean!"

"B-but…"

"Good afternoon." said Sano as he entered the room with Megumi.

Tsubame turned to Yahiko. "By the way, I'm going to need to go to the Akabeko all day today."

"I thought they gave you the week off."

Tsubame sighed. "I thought so too, but one of the waitresses called in sick so they need me to help out there. You'll be able to take care of Kenji, right? And you'll have Megumi-san's help, too."

Yahiko shrugged once more and replied, "Sure, why not."

Megumi spoke up and said, "I can't be here today either."

"Why not?" Yahiko asked. He couldn't take care of Kenji all by himself! Sure, Sanosuke would be there, but Sanosuke would just sit there and eat.

"I need to do some doctor business today. Tsubame-chan, shall we head out now?'

Tsubame nodded. She kissed Kenji on the cheek and then hugged Yahiko.

"I'll see you later."

Yahiko waved sadly to her and watched the two women leave. He turned to Sanosuke who was just sitting there and Kenji who was singing the "riceball" song.

"I am a riceball, you are a riceball, everyone's a riceball, yay!"

Yahiko looked at Sanosuke and said, "So, are you gonna help me?"

Sanosuke replied, "Probably not."

"Uh-huh." Yahiko sighed. "Look, I can't take care of him all by myself. So you need to help me until Tsubame and Megumi get back."

Sanosuke said, "Yeah, okay. Just play some games with the kid. I'm gonna go take a bath."

With that Sanosuke left and Yahiko and Kenji stared at each other.

"Can I have a riceball?"

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A/N: Lol…sorry, but that's all for this chapter . Kinda short, but that's okay. I need to go eat something then I need to finish my science report. If I don't post the next chapter up tonight, I'll post it tomorrow and if not tomorrow, then sometime this week or next week. Since school is ending in like two weeks, I have a lot more free time so I'll probably find some new inspirations. I already have a pretty good idea what the next chapter is going to be like. Thanks once again to the awesome REN for the whole "riceball" thing and to Jenny-vera cuz I stole the "Riceball" song from her in 7th grade oO That's all for now! Please R&R!