AC: hey guys! arigatou for the reviews! well heres what you've been waiting for! heres chapter 3!

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"Stuck? What do you mean stuck?"Yahiko asked. Hikaru looked at the shattered ball.

"The Spirit Ball has shattered into pieces. It was our only way to leave."Hikaru bent down and picked up a few pieces of the Spirit Ball."Demo..."

"Demo!"Yahiko asked eagerly.

"I can still fix it,...demo it will take some time,"Hikaru said. Yahiko frowned.

"How long...will it take?" Yahiko hoped it wouldn't take like a year or something.

"A week...maybe even a month. It depends...,"Hikaru said.

"A week? What am I supposed to do for a week?"Yahiko grunted. Hikaru ignored Yahiko's non-important question and collected all the pieces of the ball. Yahiko sighed.

Hikaru then flew up through the dojo as Yahiko followed.

"What're you doing now?"Yahiko asked.

"Fixing it,"Hikaru replyed softly.

"Huh?"

Hikaru let go of the pieces of the Spirit Ball which stayed in the air floating gently. She stretched her hands over the pieces and closed her eyes. It seemed that she was concentrating. Suddenly a glow filled her hands while her hair began to float up swaying. The glow then engulfed the pieces, but then the glow dissapeared. Yahiko could see an outline that was round and small, but only an outline.

"Its done,"Hikaru said,"After each piece is back in its right place inside this outline, it'll be restored. So now we wait,"Hikaru said. Yahiko sighed and nodded his head.

Day 1:

Yahiko stretched early the next morning, he tried to catch some shut eye, but Hikaru said that he isn't part of the illusion. He was more of a wandering spirit, but still alive Hikaru had told him. Yahiko didn't mind though as he thought that he never would of anyway.

He remembered last night that Kaoru was up all night crying.

Flashback

"Yahiko...,"Kaoru sat on her futon crying into her hands. She couldn't stop. "Yahiko!" Kaoru loudly said. Yahiko was in the room, he wanted to calm her down, but knew he couldn't.

Suddenly the shoji door opened quickly and in came Kenshin bending down on his knees to Kaoru's side.

"Kaoru-dono,"Kenshin said pulling Kaoru in his arms. He hugged her tightly feeling so much remorse from what she was facing."Its...okay, Kaoru-dono, I'm here,"Kenshin comforted Kaoru and hushed her for her to calm down. He started to stroke her back and rock back and forth. He hated seeing her like this, but it was a big deal.

"Kenshin...this isn't fair,"Kaoru said trying to hold back the tears,"He's only 11 and he was planning to be a swordsman. Thats all he wanted to do..."

End Flashback

Yahiko shook his head letting go of the memory from last night.

"Argh! Kuso! Its just an illusion! Why should I care of a stupid illusion!" Yahiko mentally kicked himself and floated away towards the Spirit Ball.

Only two shards had gone to its place. "GRR! How many pieces are there!"Yahiko asked to himself.

"There are 327 pieces,"Hikaru replyed from behind Yahiko.

"Eh?" Yahiko jumped and faced Hikaru.

"Ohayou Gozaimasu,Yahiko,"Hikaru said."How're you this fine morning?"

"Eh...good I guess."Yahiko crossed his legs and pressed his hands against the back of his head allowing for him to relax a little. Hikaru smiled. Yahiko looked at her glowing face. She was very pretty.

"So...what is it like?"Hikaru asked. Yahiko raised an eyebrow.

"What is what?"Yahiko asked.

"To live here...in your world,"Hikaru said. Yahiko smirked.

"Its great! Best food! Best places! Best activities! and Most of all the best swordsman...like Kenshin,"Yahiko said. Hikaru smiled and looked down at the dojo.

"Best family and friends?"Hikaru asked. Yahiko's smirk dissapeared.

"Besides all the fighting and bickering...yeah, they're the best..."Yahiko said smiling slightly. Hikaru smiled back.

"They're not that bad after all then?"Hikaru asked. Yahiko didn't say anything and turned the other way. Hikaru didn't say anything back.

Yahiko then flew down into the dojo's kitchen and saw Kenshin cooking breakfast.

"Everything seems to be back to normal...except wheres Sanosuke? and..."Yahiko faced down the hall toward Kaoru's room. He saw the shoji door open and out came Kaoru dressed in her dark blue kimono with red petals and she was wearing a red ribbon for her hair.

"Ohayou, Kaoru-dono,"Kenshin said trying to hold a smile, but he struggled from the saddness he was facing.

"Wheres Sanosuke?"Kaoru said softly and raspy. Kenshin paused for a second.

"I don't know..,"Kenshin replyed,"Would you like some breakfast?"

"Fooey, all there going to do is get mushy like they do in the real world. I'm out!" Yahiko ran outside into town as Hikaru followed.

"What're you doing now, Yahiko?"Hikaru asked floating behind him.

"I'm going to find that Roosterhead and see what hes up to,"Yahiko said flying towards Sanosuke's place.

Yahiko opened the shoji door and found Sanosuke wasn't there.

"Where the hell-"

"So you guys wanna fight, eh?"Yahiko looked down the dirt path and saw Sanosuke was surrounded by thugs. Yahiko flew towards the scene as Hikaru follwed.

"Sanosuke!" Yahiko screamed.

"Feh. You guys are just scum nothing more but dirt on my shoe."Sanosuke spit out his fishbone and spread his legs into his fighting stance. He cracked his knuckles and banged his fists together. "Ladies first!"

The two out of the five of the thugs came charging towards Sanosuke. They both had no weapon, but their bare knuckles. Before the first thug gripped his fists Sanosuke came charging towards him and punched him under the chin.

Behind Sanosuke the other thug came charging aiming his fist behind Sanosuke's head. Sanosuke pushed forward, but still remained on his feet. He turned around smiling to himself as the thug backed away shocked.

"What the?" the thug said scared to his wits.

"I'm getting tired of this low life fighting. Its time to take some action!" Sanosuke grabbed the mans shoulders and pushed him down as Sanosuke's knee hit him right in the ribs hearing a crack. Sanosuke then threw the thug down and faced the other three. "I'm ready! Lets go!"

This time the three thugs came charging with daggers and poles. "Heh...even better." Sanosuke grabbed the pole out of the mans hands and hit him in the side making him fall down. Sanosuke threw the pole at the other man with all his might and saw him fall to the ground. "Hm..looks like its just you and me,"Sanosuke said facing the thug behind him.

"Aahh..." Sanosuke saw the man run away in horror.

"Loser...no fun at all..,"Sanosuke said."You see that Yahiko! Thats how you kick a low life thug's ass! But you wouldn't know! 'Cause you were killed by one!"Sanosuke said loudly looking up into the sky.

Yahiko just looked at Sanosuke and gripped his fists, but not tightly. His face had become stern and he looked at Hikaru.

"Lets go...I've had enough..."

To be continued...

AC: yesh! i finished! i was on the computer for like four hours for this freakin' chapter! lol! well review please! i hope! i was workin on this thing for four freakin' hours! lol jk. well anywayz reviews please!