O.K. people don't hate me for what I'm about to do, but since I never liked the K/K idea, I'm going to change it for my own sake and sanity. Oh and by the way I don't own any of the characters present, 'cus if I did, K/K would have never happened! On with the story.

She was dead and there was nothing he could do about it. It was his fault she was dead. After her death he had promised over her dead carcass never to kill again, but he still had some things to do before he could lay his sword to rest. So he kept killing, until his mission was over. They say wounds heel…eventually…

But that was a long time ago, and now he's just a drifter, drifting with the flow of time.

"Stop it right there!" a voice screamed.

"Oro?" he turned around to see who was ordering him to stop. What he found was a young girl.

"I finally caught you, murderer." she told him, glaring at him. If looks could kill, he'd been dead.

"Murderer? No I'm sorry you got the wrong man." He told her.

"Lair! I saw you, and besides if you're not the murderer, why are you carrying a sword?" she asked venomously.

Before he could answer, the girl had taken his sword.

" But the blade is on the wrong side. I don't understand." She said to herself.

"Yes my sword can't slice anything. It's a sakabato." He told her.

She still eyed him suspiciously and was about to say something when she heard a police whistle. She ran off and left him standing there. He knew that it was dangerous and ran off after the girl.

He was right, the girl was weak and naïve, he stepped in to help her. After the battle he noticed that she was injured, so he took her home and bandaged her up.

"No more midnight patrolling for you." He told her.

The girl freaked. "I can't let that murderer walk around killing!" she exclaimed.

"You should let the police handle it. It's too dangerous and besides you're injured." He warned.

" But I can't let him do that! He's killing in my name!" she exclaimed.

He raised an eyebrow "Your name?"

"In my fighting style, but he's claiming that he is the hitokiri battousai." She informed him.

He didn't say anything, but suddenly got up to leave.

"I have to leave you now, just don't go off trying to catch that man."

Before she could say anything he was gone.

He went in the search of the one usurping his name, but he didn't find him. That man had already gone to attack the girl. When he figured this out, he ran as fast as he could and got there in the nick of time. The man had the girl by the neck and was about to give her the finishing blow when he arrived. A battle ensued and he won it easily.

His job was done, or so he thought.

"I shall leave now." He told the girl.

"Hey you can't leave me here to pick up YOUR mess!" the girl shouted.

He turned around to see the girl aiming an object at his head.

"But if I leave now then you have a chance of taking the blemish of your school's name. You don't need anything linking you to the hitokiri battousai."

"I don't care about any of that! I'm not asking the hitokiri to stay, I'm asking you!" she exclaimed.

He was moved by her words, but he knew he couldn't stay put and bring this girl into danger.

"I felt so lonely since my father passed away six months ago, I thought that maybe…. oh never mind if you must leave will you at least tell me your name? Your real name, not your warrior one." She said

"Kenshin. Kenshin Himura." He said, closing the door behind him.

The girl turned teary-eyed. "Kaoru Kamiya."

He's been staying with Kaoru for a few months now and he is starting to get restless. During those months, the amount of people living in the dojo also increased.

"Hey Kenshin, whatcha doin'?" Sanosuke asked him.

"Nothing, just thinking." Said Kenshin.

"You think too much." Sano told him.

Kenshin smiled.

"Well let's go eat and hope we don't die." Sano told him.

"Ah don't be like that Sano. Miss Kaoru's cooking is not that bad, she's gotten better." Kenshin said in her defense.

"Kenshin my friend, you're to nice." Sano said.

Mealtimes at the dojo were never boring. There was always some bickering between the inhabitants, whether it be Yahiko calling Kaoru ugly, or Sanosuke insulting her cooking. Whatever it was, there was never a dull moment, and even though Kenshin liked the noise, he missed wandering and the loneliness of it.

But you know what they say, be careful what you wish for. That was only the calm before the storm, and Kenshin's wish was about to be fulfilled.

Money was short at the dojo and the guys did nothing to help Kaoru out, so she decided to go look for a job. The thing is, the guys felt bad for not helping out and went to look for a job themselves, not knowing what Kaoru was up to. The guys found a job as fighters, hired to catch a group of pirates. These pirates-the Kairyu Pirates- were freakishly strong and dangerous.

The group is on the cruise ship, kicking back when they see the pirates approaching. The pirates are quick and in a matter of minutes have them all surrounded. The leader hops onto the ship and demands that someone worthy come fight. Sano tries his best, but the leader is too fast for him. Kenshin is doing the best he can to keep Kaoru out of harms way, but he is not very successful. She gets sliced on the shoulder. Yahiko tried to help, but he was to small and got thrown over board like he was nothing. Sano jumped in after him, leaving only Kenshin and the leader.

The leader was strong, they were almost evenly matched. One of the pirates threw a poison dart at Kenshin's back making him hazy, but he still managed to break the leader's nunchaku . The leader was pissed. The crew finished raiding the ship and were getting ready to go when one of them grabbed Kaoru to take her back with them. Kenshin managed to limp over to where the pirates were and make a bargain, to take him instead. The leader agreed and took his sword away. They shoved Kaoru back to cruise ship and left.

I want at least one review, just to know that somebody is paying attention….I really don't care if u liked it or not because I wrote this for my own sake and sanity….I just want to know what you think…..