Rurouni Prom

I'm SOOOOO sorry about the last time I posted this chapter, my computer screwed up but this is the REAL chapter 5. Hope you like this one better, sorry about that folks, I'll make sure to double check my documents from now on. Enjoy for real this time :).

Kaoru awoke the next morning and tried to get up but found that task difficult to do. She looked behind her and smiled when she saw Kenshin still asleep next to her, his arms wrapped tightly around her in a protective manner. She smiled, he was so handsome when he was asleep, his long red hair splayed out around his head, making him appear to hair a halo of fire around him. Kaoru rolled over and tucked her head under his chin, sighing happily, "This is a nice way to wake up."

"I agree."

Kaoru shot her head up, surprised by the answer, a smile coming to her face when she met a pair bright gold eyes staring down at her, "Morning beautiful."

"Morning, Kenshin."

Kaoru let him lift her face up and kiss her, enjoying the feel of his lips against hers. But before they could do anything else the door flung open and in came a hyper Misao, "Hey Kaoru, you want... to..."

Kenshin and Kaoru quickly parted and straightened themselves up but as Kaoru stood up from her bed she knocked Kenshin out of it, causing him to crash to the floor with a loud thud. Kaoru shut and locked her door after Megumi forced her way in and both girls stared at an embarrassed Kenshin, "Hey ladies, what's up?"

"I have an idea of what's 'up.'" Megumi said smiling

Kenshin turned a very light pink and smiled, "It's not what you think..."

"Not what we think? Then what is..."

Misao was abruptly cut off when Kenshin placed his hand over her mouth, trying to stop her yelling, "Be quiet, girl, if Kaoru's parents find me than I'm a dead man."

"Please Misao, don't say anything."

Misao couldn't stand the way Kaoru was looking at her, she sighed and nodded her head before Kenshin moved his hand, "Ok, if it's not what it looks like then what is it?"

"Well... I promised Kaoru that I'd come by after my gig last night and I didn't get done until around one so I had the guys drop me off and they left me so... here I am. We did nothing, though, I kept my hands to myself!"

"Good, at least you didn't..."

There was a knock on her door and they all gasped when they heard the voice of Kaoru's mother, "Kaoru, are you girls ok?"

"It's your mom, Kaoru!" Megumi whispered harshly

"Quick Kenshin, hide!"

Kenshin nodded and somehow managed to squeeze himself into Kaoru's small closet just as she opened the door to greet her mother, "Hey mom, what do you need?"

"I heard a loud thud, are you all ok?"

"We're fine!" all girls said quickly

Kaoru's mother smiled, "What's going on, girls?"

"Nothing, why?"

"You have someone in here don't you? Let me in."

Kaoru's mother pushed passed her daughter and looked under the bed, "No one there, but I feel like something's just not right in here... I know, maybe it's the closet."

"Mom, no! Wait!"

Before anyone could stop her, she opened the door and out tumbled a surprised Kenshin as he fell to the floor at her feet. He smiled up at her and waved, "Hello Mrs. Kamiya, you look pretty today."

"Thank you, Kenshin, now... can I ask why you're in my daughter's closet?"

"I... um... I can explain..."

"Please do, or just let me guess, you came over late last night and Kaoru let you stay, right?"

"Basically, yes ma'am, but... how'd you know I was here last night?"

Kaoru's mother giggled, "I heard you at the window last night, and don't worry, sneaking in the window is how I ended up marrying Kaoru's father."

Everyone snickered and Kaoru's mother nudged Kenshin with her foot, "Get up, Kenshin, I won't kill you today."

"Thanks."

Kenshin flipped up to his feet and Misao clapped, "That's cool, can you teach me how to do that?"

"Sure, if you want."

They all giggled and then they heard a cell phone ringing. Kenshin pulled his out of his pocket and checked the number, "Excuse me for a second, hello? Don't scream in my ear, Sano! Hold on... Kenji did what? Are you serious? Oh man! Alright, I'm on my way. No, I can make it over... no I didn't do anything with Kaoru! You pervert! I'm hanging up now, goodbye, Sano!"

Kenshin flashed an embarrassed smile and scratched his head, "Kenji cut his arm open, I gotta go."

"Do you want me to drive you?" Mrs. Kamiya asked

"No, it's ok, the hospital's a short walk from here, I can make it, and I promise, next time I'll use the front door."

"Good, that would be nice." Mrs. Kamiya smiled

Kenshin gave Kaoru a quick kiss and jumped back out the window, not noticing the giggles of the girls as he left.

Kenshin ran to the hospital and asked the nurse where Kenji was before he took off down the hall to find his brother. He found the room he was looking for and saw Aoshi and Sanosuke outside sitting on one of the benches, "Guys, where's Kenji?"

"He's in there, they said only family right now." Sanosuke told him calmly

Kenshin nodded and tried to go in but a nurse stopped him, "Sir, only family can come in."

"I am family, I'm his older brother."

"Ok, come in."

Kenshin went over to the bed and saw Kenji with his arm on a table as a doctor stitched up the wound, "Kenji! What happened?"

"Oh, hey Kenshin, I didn't know you were coming."

"Never mind that, what'd you do?"

"I was fighting around with Sano and I knocked over my drums and I landed on one of my symbols."

Kenshin shook his head, "You moron, don't you know better than to fight near dangerous equipment like that?"

"Nope."

Kenshin rolled his eyes and the doctor chuckled as he finished bandaging up the wound, "There you go, Mr. Himura, you're all fixed up, you can go now."

"Thanks, can I still play?"

"If you're careful, no fancy moves or anything, though, you'll tare your stitches out."

"Got ya, let's get outta here, big brother."

They met the others outside and they took off towards home. Once there Kenshin hit Kenji in the head, "You're so stupid! You could've lost your arm!"

"Hey, there are one armed drummers."

"Well I really don't want to out go to our parents' graves and explain to them how I let their youngest son cut his arm off playing around with an oversized rooster!"

"HEY!" Sanosuke yelled defensively, getting a laugh out of Aoshi as he did so.

"Chill out, man, it's not that bad, and any ways, what happened with you and Kaoru?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing at all?"

"No, we made out a little but that was it, how are you and Chizuru?"

"Fine, have you told Kaoru about who you really are yet?"

"No, and I don't intend to tell her."

Kenji sighed and let the subject drop, he knew that look in his brother's eyes and he knew not to press him further. Kenshin disappeared into the kitchen and came back a few seconds later with some water and a pill, "What's that?"

"Take it, doctor's orders."

Kenji groaned and obeyed, unhappily swallowing the medicine, "Happy?"

"Happier."

Kenshin sat down next to him on the couch and a few minutes later the others joined them and they turned on the TV to Jerry Springer, laughing when a drag-queen and another woman started fighting over a guy. During a commercial Aoshi looked over at the others and smiled, "Hey guys, look at our drummer."

They looked over and saw Kenji sound asleep, resting his head against Kenshin's shoulder as he snored softly, "He's out, the shock must've wore off."

"No, I gave him the medicine the doctor gave him and it knocked him out." Kenshin said with a grin.

"Kenshin you're cruel, man, how could you drug your own brother?" Sanosuke asked in playful disgust

"It's not hard, I enjoy being cruel."

They all laughed and Kenji stirred, rubbing his eyes before looking up at Kenshin with hazy eyes, "Is it time to get up yet, Dad?"

Kenshin smiled, "No, son, you got a couple of hours to go. Go on back to sleep."

"Ok."

Kenji laid his head back on Kenshin's shoulder and went back to sleep, getting the others laugh softly, "That must be some pretty stout stuff to knock out Kenji."

"Maybe we should put him to bed." Aoshi suggested

Kenshin nodded and tried to pick Kenji up but their strange position made that task difficult to do. Sanosuke chuckled and pushed Kenshin aside, "I'll do it, you're too weak."

Sanosuke scooped up his friend and took him down the hall to his room, missing the death glare Kenshin shot at his back as he left. Aoshi chuckled and patted Kenshin on the shoulder, "So, are you going to kill him?"

"Thinking about it, but I actually have something else on my mind right now."

"What is it?"

"What's what?" Sanosuke asked as he sat down

"Kenshin's thinking about something."

"Really? That must be what's burning, it's the rusty wheels in his head trying to turn."

Kenshin punched Sanosuke in the ribs and laughed, "Shut up, man! No, it's about Kaoru."

"Really? Well fill us in."

Kenshin explained what he was thinking and the other's grinned at him, "Well go do it, I mean you only got one chance."

"I agree with Sano, you may not get the opportunity to do it later."

"I know, tomorrow I'll run to town and then I'll go talk to Kaoru."