Rurouni Kenshin is the properties of Nobuhiro Watsuki-dono not mine.

So please don't sue.

Author's notes: Hello! Back again. This little tid bit may be useless to you but I'm gonna tell you readers anyway. I was planning on this story being only ten chapters long. So things might be furious and fast (and long) from here on out. I don't want to take things out and I don't want to make it too long…so here's hoping that I can really make it ten chapters!

Chapter 7

Sano woke happily. He had heard Kenshin enter Kaoru's room that night, though after a few hours left, Kaoru fast asleep. He could see the growing bond between the two. Kenshin saw Kaoru as a precious thing to be looked after and kept safe, especially after hearing what Yukio had done to the Kamiya family. What Kenshin as yet did not know was that even the death of Kaoru's father the revolution was still running strong. Kaoru now headed the group, the truth of what her father gave up now resting on her shoulders. Even little Yahiko knew, he was the little spy that kept tabs on where the thugs stayed and frequented. Sano was able to walk in and around town much more easily then Kaoru or Yahiko. So during the day Sano walked around keeping an eye on Yukio. Today was one of those days, plus it made it so that he could visit with the lady doctor. There were supplies that needed to be gathered

Sano walked in for breakfast and found an odd site. Yahiko was standing with Kenshin as he…cooked? Sano gapped at the two. Kaoru though she hated mornings was always up cooking and yelling at Yahiko to get to his practices. But here was the man known far and wide as the Hitokiri Battosai, slayer of hundreds of men, cooking.

"Oi! Morning, Kenshin what the hell are you doing?"

Kenshin turned a soft and content smile on his lips. "Good morning Sano. I'm making breakfast. Kaoru-dono was very tired last night after practice. Sessha did not wish to wake her."

Yahiko his eyes still glued to the cutting bored answered as well, "Yeah nee-san needed some rest. I think she's still sore after that accident a few days ago."

Sano sighed, "Well I gotta talk to jou-chan. So I'm gonna go wake her up."

Sano wandered his way to Kaoru's room. He knew that she was up. Even if she was dog tired she would still be up at the crack of dawn to gather her thoughts and work out what she was planning on doing that day. "Oi jou-chan, open up it's me."

Kaoru came to her door and slid it silently open, allowing Sano to enter. "So thought up how the hell we were gonna get in there yet?"

Kaoru sat on her futon and frowned, her mind in turmoil. "I need those plans to his home. Yukio is bound to have a secret way in and out of that place. We need to know where that is. If we can get in through there we might have a fighting chance to get to him. See if you can while in town to meet Aki and see if he was able to smuggle out the plans. And while you're at Megumi's make sure that the supplies are safely stored away and that she will be ready when the time comes."

Sano watched and listened intently at Kaoru as she gave him his marching orders. Kaoru looked like a general. Readying her troupes for battle, a battle that she herself feared but would never show. She was already dressed in one of her father's old hakama, her hair tied back in a ponytail, and she was still and contemplative. Nothing seemed to faze the female warrior. That is except the red head in the kitchen.

"Right I'll tell Megumi to be ready, just give the word and she'll have everyone out and ready to help with the wounded. But there's something I have to ask you." Kaoru finally focused on Sano, her eyes steely. "What are we going to do with Kenshin? He has yet been told about the new plan or who's leading it. Are you going to tell him jou-chan?"

Kaoru looked away, her eyes suddenly distant. Was there a way of telling Kenshin where he would not worry or try to join them in their attack? "I will tell him everything, later. When the plans have been cemented and all the cracks filled. Until then there is no reason to worry him. Not until the actual attack do I want to reveal everything to him."

Sano nodded. He could see the resignation in Kaoru's eyes. She didn't really want to tell Kenshin but she felt an obligation to allow him into her world, like she had last night. "Right-o jou-chan, anything else before I head off?"

Kaoru shook her head and stood, the light sound of Kenshin's feet spurring her into movement. Kaoru gave a side-glance and exited her room. Sano sighed; today was going to be a busy day.

Sano was in town when he heard them talking, he was on his way to Megumi's when he noticed a handful of Yukio's men silently he followed them. They ended up in the seediest area in town and stopped. They entered an old run down shack and began talking.

"Yukio wants to end the Kamiya threat as soon as possible. There is no reason to allow them to live any longer then they have already."

"Yeah I agree. Why don't we finish them off tonight?" came another voice.

"Yukio wants to do it himself. He has some business that needs tending before he deals with a girl and a little boy."

Sano dashed from the shack and made a beeline to the dojo. What he didn't notice was that the men came out of the shack with sly grins on their faces. The bait had been set now all that need be done was wait for the fish.

Sano almost ran into Kenshin as he dashed into the courtyard. Kenshin was yet again doing menial tasks while Kaoru and Yahiko practiced.

"JOU-CHAN!" Sano bellowed.

Kaoru emerged from the house and looked at Sano with questions in her eyes.

Steadying his breath he finished, "Yukio, he means to kill you. We have to head him off. We have to act now!"