A promising Sunday morn crept onto the students of the university offering a prefect closing to a relaxing weekend. But for Kaoru, this glorious Sunday held another sort of promise. Ever since she left Kenshin's room yesterday afternoon she'd been thinking up ways to narrow down her search for the culprit. So it seemed that today she would be playing detective. Now at a bright and early eight o'clock in the morning Kaoru had just finished preparing breakfast for herself and Misao and was ready to go snooping.

"Ugh…"

Kaoru looked up from her breakfast and tea to see a weary Misao appear from the bedroom, her long braided hair in disarray and her face worn. She yawned quite openly and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.

"Well someone had a late night," said Misao as she sat beside Kaoru and attacked her toast.

Kaoru sipped her team, "What are you talking about? I got back and you'd just fallen asleep."

"And what were you up to?" questioned Misao wiggling her eyebrow. "Anything to do with a certain redhead?"

"Misao!"

"What! Tell me I'm wrong."

Kaoru opened her mouth but she couldn't really deny the truth, her lips formed to an embarrassed smile.

Misao laughed exposing the toast in her mouth, "See I told you! So you guys made up eh?"

"Yeah, we did. But I'll give you the details later."

She got up from her seat and tossed her empty breakfast plate and teacup into the sink.

"Hey where you going?" asked Misao as she watched her roommate head for the door.

"I'm going to go find out what happened to our team!"

Meanwhile Kenshin awoke from a pleasing dream about Kaoru, of course. He stretched a little before getting out of bed and soon noticed that Sanosuke never returned back to the dorm.

"Just great," said Kenshin to himself as he thought of his roommate passed out in the halls somewhere with an empty bottle in his hands.

Trying to put the thoughts of Sano aside Kenshin tried to enjoy his plain breakfast of pre-frozen waffles drenched in sticky syrup with a small island of butter floating in the middle. He pleasantly recalled the details of his dream while savoring the sweet sensation in his mouth.

"Kenshin!" The door burst open and surprisingly in walked Sano as sober as ever, still dressed in his evening attire of a black leather jacket, crimson shirt and black pants. He had dark circles around his eyes suggesting he hadn't slept all night.

Kenshin swallowed the food in his mouth, "Sano, I was wondering what happened to you. Where have you been?"

Sighing Sano pulled up a chair beside Kenshin at the small table. "Kenshin, there's something you have to know…"

"It was you?" said Kenshin. He'd just taken in a full-blown confession from Sanosuke and was practically speechless.

Looking down at the floor in shame Sano nodded, confirming his errors. "Kenshin I'm sorry okay? You know I wouldn't unless it was necessary."

Shaking his head Kenshin spoke very slowly, "Sano, when is lying to your closest friend ever necessary?"

Sano swallowed hard and he could feel the hot sting of tears coming on. "I didn't want to come to you for the money," he choked. "I was embarrassed and Gohei…he caught me in streets buying cocaine." His voice gave out as his tears cascaded over his face. "I swear Kenshin, this was my first time. Gohei threatened to get me kicked out of the university and I told him lots of other students do much worst in the university." Sano took a deep breath trying to hold a steady voice. "But Gohei somehow knew that I was falling behind in my intuition payments and he threatened to appeal to the board. Saying that all my money was going towards my alcohol and drug addiction." Sano covered his face as he collapsed into sobs.

Kenshin bent his head and was silent. Sano, his closest friend the most arrogant and easygoing guy he ever knew was breaking to pieces right in front of him.

"Kenshin, I didn't know what to do," Sano continued. "Gohei blackmailed me and offered me money. I…I need it and even though I knew what I did to the girls' kendo team was wrong I couldn't help myself." He pounded his fist onto the table making everything on it rattle. "I tried to think of ways to get out of Gohei's clutches but…I was stuck. So I did it. I did everything he asked me to and I've been avoiding you because I felt guilty but…I couldn't keep the truth from you…"

"Sano," said Kenshin solemnly. "Its okay. Its over, you confessed and now that's all that matters."

Sanosuke looked up to his dear friend twisting his tormented face to one of gratitude. He got up and embraced Kenshin with strong arms as a brother. "Thank you. Thank you Kenshin. I'm sorry…you and Kaoru…"

"Ssshhh," soothed Kenshin. "I know. Its going to be fine now."

They parted and Sano wiped the tears from his face and for the first time in a long time with a good conscience he breathed in the air, filling his lungs. "What are we going to do now?"

Kenshin took a moment. "Well first we need to tell Kaoru. Then we're going to figure out a way to expose Gohei…and make him pay for all he's done. For all the people he hurt." He looked down at himself and Sano and realized that he was still in his pajama and Sano in his clothes from the previous night. "But before we go lets wash up."

He turned on his heel to make his way to a shower when Sano spoke up. "Kenshin…"

"What is it Sano?" he asked.

Sano remained quiet for a moment, "Kenshin I think Gohei might try and hurt Kaoru."

Instantly every hair on Kenshin's body went on end and every muscle went ridged, "What do you mean hurt Kaoru?"

"I'm not sure," Sano hesitated. "But one time when I met up with Gohei in his office he started mumbling about getting revenge for what happened to him. He didn't say what happened to him and I heard Kaoru's name and…I think he might try to go after her."

Kenshin thought of Kaoru and the terrible fate that might await her and dove for his cell phone on the coffee table. He quickly dialed Kaoru's room, Sano looked on concern and anxiety all over his face. Kenshin waited desperately for someone to answer the phone, for Kaoru to answer the phone but the answering machine clicked on and Kenshin hung up.

"No one's there," he said frustrated and worried. "Come on put some clean clothes on and lets go."

So in but a few minutes Kenshin and Sano were ready to go both in their simple Sunday clothes of jeans and t-shirts. As they left their room and went from walking to pacing to sprinting down the halls to Kaoru's room Kenshin continued trying to get through on phone but even her cell was off.

Please God let her be safe…

But at that very moment Gohei was breathing quickly his heart racing, but a twisted smile was on his face. It was about nine o'clock now and after making sure that no one was in the room, he infiltrated room 247. For the first few minutes he relished his feelings of sweet revenge and the satisfaction that he was in control, that he had the power. Taking his time to sit on the couch, eat from the fridge and a moment to sift through the underwear draw he eventually decided that it was time to do what he came there to do. So Gohei proudly stepped into the dorm's washroom and opened the medicine cabinet. There were bottles for headaches and migraines, acne cream, moisturizers and cleansers, tampons and so on. He reached into his pocket of his black suit jacket and pulled out a small clear plastic bag of white powder and tucked it plain view, safely in between the collection of nail polish and bandages. He closed the cabinet and the deed was done.

Try to get yourself out of this one Kamiya…

He walked back to the door and looked through the peephole to make sure no one was passing through the halls. When he finally decided it was safe he swiftly opened the door and slid into the hall. A few students turned the corner and were laughing as they came in his direction. Gohei merely sniffed and tugged on his jacket and started to stroll down the hall with a terrible toothy smile.

A/N: Oh gasp, shock, mortification! Yes everyone the student behind the ruin of the girls' kendo team was Sagara Sanosuke! For all those who didn't understand all everything in the story, here's the brief summary for your benefit because I'm so nice; Sano was buying coke for his first time on the streets but was caught by Gohei who threatened to get him kicked out for his drinking and being caught with drugs and Sano realized that since he was falling behind on his intution payments there was a good chance that he would get kicked out. So Gohei blackmailed Sano and offered money to do the terrible things he did. And tada guilt overcame Sano and he confessed to Kenshin. I think that's pretty much the just of it. Now what can Gohei have against Kaoru? And will Kenshin and Sano reach Kaoru in time? And just where did Misao sneak off to...maybe with a certain someone? All in the next chapter of Fresh From The Fight! Oh and everyone I kept forgetting to mentiont his before but YES I FINALLY HAVE OVER 100 REVIEWS FOR A STORY! Thank you all and keep them coming!