With the cocaine found in Kaoru and Misao's room in their possession Kenshin, Sano, Soujiro, Aoshi and Saitou made their way to Sano's room to get the cocaine he had.

As they entered the room Sano walked into the bedroom and Kenshin followed him, after all it was his room too. The rest waited near the door.

Sano opened a drawer in his dresser and rummaged through some clothes and pulled out an antique looking cigar box. Kenshin could only glower disapproving at Sano as he removed a small plastic bag from it.

As he was stashing the box under his bed Sano noticed Kenshin's discontent. "Kenshin I was going to get rid of this after I told you what happened to me. You know that right?"

Kenshin took a moment and remembered his friend's brutal honesty when he practically broke down with a full confession. What kind of friend would he be if he didn't put some faith in Sano? "Yeah…come on lets get going."

The two joined the others and Sano handed Saitou the cocaine. "I hope you're not expecting to get this back Sagara," said Saitou as his nostrils released a stream of smoke.

"Just hurry up and get the tests done," returned Sano. "The sooner we find out if the two sets of coke are from the same batch the sooner we can take down Gohei."

With that Saitou only sarcastically bowed his head mimicking a servant to his master and walked down the halls and with a cloud of smoke hovering above him. He was going back to the police station to ask a forensic lab to test the drugs and if everything Himura suspected was true he was certain a nice promotion and up in his paycheck was waiting for him.

"So what are we supposed to do?" asked Soujiro the rest of the silent group back in the dorm.

Everyone was quiet, not sure themselves. All they could do was wait…

"Hey Soujiro!"

The boys all looked to the door that they left opened. A pretty girl with her hair styled in long tresses was at the door.

Soujiro turned red instantly when he caught sight of her. "Ah…Izumi? What are you doing here? –No I mean…what's up?"

Kenshin, Sano and Aoshi all couldn't help but snicker at him. Izumi though, seemed to think his reaction was sweet as she tilted her head and smiled. "Well I came her to tell you that there's a crowd around the room of that friend of yours who got busted earlier today."

All four of the boys instantly perked up and Kenshin and Aoshi were the first to run past Izumi with Sano picking up the rear while Soujiro was trying to say a proper 'I'm flirting with you' goodbye and not fall too far behind.

Just like Izumi said there was a crowd outside Kaoru and Misao's room. Kenshin assumed it was because these fools felt like either pestering the girls about getting caught or were actually their friends offering support. But in any case the boys pushed passed them all and Kenshin knocked at the door.

"Kaoru! Its me Kenshin!" he said.

The door quickly swung open and a hand reached out and grabbed Kenshin by the shirt pulled him in and the door was closed again. It all happened so quickly that before Kenshin even knew the door was opened two arms were wrapped tight around him.

"Kaoru?"

"Kenshin," sighed Kaoru breathlessly. She clung to him tightly with her head resting on his shoulder and breathed in his scent. It was comforting and brought back memories of happier times. She never wanted to let him go.

It seemed like a long while passed before Kenshin gently took Kaoru by the arms and pulled her back. He gazed at her poor face, once so radiant and full of life was now dull and pitiful. Those once gleaming cerulean eyes that first captivated him from the start appeared misty behind a wall of tears. "Kaoru…are you okay?"

She sniffed and quickly wiped the wetness from her face and nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine…I'm just so glad you're here now."

Kenshin winced to see her so fragile and brought her close to him again and kissed the top of her head. "Its going to be okay. We're going to get Gohei for this."

The instant Kenshin mentioned that name Kaoru looked up at him in desperation, "Kenshin! Gohei…I remember him now. He used to be a student of my father's-,"

"Ssshhh Kaoru. I know, I know. Now what does Gohei plan to do with you and Misao?"

The whole room was still in disarray from the police search and many items were scattered about. Kaoru walked away from Kenshin and sat down on her bed. It was there beside her that Kenshin knew the answer to his question. He saw an open suitcase with a mess of clothes hurriedly thrown into it.

"He's…" Kaoru's chin quivered and she looked to the ground as tears started to spring up in her eyes. "He's going to expel us," she choked.

Kenshin took in a deep breath and released it. "Where's Misao now?"

"In his office," she replied without looking up. "He'd only let us pack our stuff one at a time."

"Kaoru, I need you listen to me," said Kenshin firmly as he knelt down in front of Kaoru and took her hands in his. "I need you to hang in there for a little longer. Just a little more time and we could put Gohei away. I just need you to be strong for me. Okay?"

She nodded and tried to smile. Kenshin helped her up onto her feet and let her continue with her packing. He went to the door and opened it for his friends to come in. They all entered quietly and shut the door behind them.

Kenshin took them to one side of the room to give Kaoru her privacy. "You guys listen Gohei's planning to have the girl's expelled." He spoke in but a whisper.

Aoshi felt a surge of rage pulsing through his veins. Misao…

"Right now Kaoru's packing and after she's done Misao will come. After that I know the cops will come to arrest them. Whatever move we're going to make we have to do it before then."

"But what if Saitou's not back in time?" asked Soujiro in urgency. "We won't be able to do anything ourselves."

"Don't worry," said Sano as he punched a fist into his palm. "I'll make sure he gets back here soon enough. I'll go by the police station and wait up for him. If anything happens before we get back give my cell a call."

Kenshin stuck out a hand and Sano shook it appreciatively. Aoshi and Soujiro nodded to him. With that he waved to Kaoru as he left and set out on his own.

Kaoru walked up to the remaining three and placed her hand on Kenshin's shoulder. "I've finished packing," she said quietly. "I have to get back now."

As the two walked to the door Kenshin kissed her forehead and let her go.

Kaoru walked herself back to Gohei's office. He pointed to a chair, a silent order for her to sit as he paced around.

"Miss Makimachi, you may go pack up your belongings and leave them in the room," Gohei's mouth then slowly twisted up into a devilish smile. "Then you will report back here where police officers will be waiting to escort you and Miss Kamiya to be detained."

Misao got up from her seat and slammed the office door as she left. That stupid pig with his stupid grin. I'd like to wipe that smile right off his face…

She paced down the halls and as soon as she was in a close enough proximity to her door a swarm of students started to crowd around her. Misao felt their eyes on her and became very red as they all started whispering with the person beside them or shouting out crude things.

After having her pride cut down to size Misao finally made it down the hall and quickly shut her door. She turned around and sighed as she slid down the door and sunk to her knees.

"Misao?"

She thought she was alone all this time but when she looked up a familiar face was staring down at her.

"Aoshi?"

Misao quickly stood up and stared at the tall brooding figure before her. I can't believe he's actually here…

Then there was a feign cough from behind the two of them and Misao glanced behind Aoshi and saw that Kenshin and Soujiro were sitting on a couch watching them. She turned a little red once more.

"Misao we just saw Kaoru. Are you okay?" asked Soujiro.

She snorted, "Of course! You don't think I'd let a push over like Gohei get the best of me." But grave expression passed her face, "But Kaoru…she's taking this whole thing really hard."

"Yeah…we know," said Kenshin quietly and just as solemnly. "But we're working on exposing Gohei for what he's done."

"But I don't understand why he's done all this to me and Kaoru!" Misao cried. "What the hell did we ever do to him."

"We found out," Aoshi began. "That a long time ago Gohei was a student at Kaoru's father's dojo. But one day he started getting violent with the other students and Kaoru's father managed to overpower Gohei by seriously injuring his hand so that he'd never be able to hold a sword again."

Misao took in the information and with disgust the situation started to make sense. "So this…is all about revenge," she said.

There was a long silence where the injustice of their predicament really set in.

"Gohei sent you here to pack?" asked Soujiro breaking the silence.

Misao nodded, "Yeah…and after that he said me and Kaoru are going to be arrested."

Kenshin looked up at her startled, "Arrested…I didn't think it'd be so soon."

"Yeah," replied Misao. "We don't have much time so whatever you guys are planning better happen soon."

With that Misao took a final look back up at Aoshi and briefly touched his arm as she made her way into her bedroom to pack. He watched her walk all the way there with a growing sense of longing that was entirely new to him.

"So…what do we do now?"

A/N: Yay! Exams are done and I can finally return to my writing! I'm so glad its summer everyone and can't wait to get my writing skills back to what they were before (while on that topic please be kind about criticing this chapter, readjusting to my writing style might take a little while). Okay so I've decided there will be one and yes this is indisputable, only one long chapter will be left for this story. Well I'd just like to end this comment right here and bid all of you to read and review and good day.