Ronin Kenshin

Chapter 5: Along came a Kitsune


Summary- What is a ronin? A student who failed to get into the college of their choice by failing the entrance exams. The 2nd year 'ronin' or failed student, Kenshin Himura moves to Tokyo in hopes of making it in the "real world". Deciding that Tokyo University will give him a positive future, he will do whatever he can to get in.

Author's Note- This idea struck me after reading the manga Love Hina. It will not have the same storyline as Love Hina nor is this a crossover. Please read on!

Disclaimer- Rurouni Kenshin belongs to Nobuhiro Watsuki.


It's been 2 weeks since Kenshin arrived from Kyoto to Tokyo. He had gotten used to living in Tokyo now. He had a daily routine. Wake up, shower, breakfast (arguments included), work, come home, chores, spar matches with Yahiko, hang out with Kaoru, Sano and Yahiko, dinner, study and then sleep. Of course there was the occasional in-betweens like working late, going shopping with Kaoru etc.

Today was no different. Kenshin woke to the sound of arguments in the breakfast table. He showered and got ready for work and wondered what Kaoru had miraculously cooked up for breakfast.

After finishing his bowl of what seemed to be 'rice', he brushed his teeth and walked to work.

He had been working at the Akabeko for over a week and a half now. The first time he went there, Tae, the owner, talked about expanding the restaurant so she was going to start hiring more cooks, waiter/ess and hosts/ess. Realizing that in order to pay rent, he was going to need a job. He offered himself as a cook. But since he didn't have a proper resume, he had to pass a cooking test that Tae had given him since she was a little reluctant to hire him. Well that soon changed when Tae, the other cooks and hosts had tasted his sasami, sukiyaki, grilled unagi, miso soup, various sushi and noodles and even some tempura he cooked last minute. In short, he had passed Tae's test with flying colors.

After his first week, he already gained a lot of respect from the other veteran cooks.

Kenshin worked the lunch shift and before he goes back to the dojo, he helps prepare meals for the dinner shift. But sometimes, when some of the cooks for the dinner shift aren't able to come to work, he works in their stead or when there were too many customers and more cooks were needed. This was one of those times.

Kenshin finally got off of work around 9:30. This was one of the days when the Akabeko didn't have enough cooks and he had to work overtime.

As Kenshin was folding his chef uniform, Tae came up to him. "Kenshin, before you go take this with you." She handed him 4 carry out boxes. "3 of these go to Yahiko, that free loading rooster and Kaoru for helping me with those unexpected deliveries yesterday. And the other one's for you since this is the third time that you've worked late and don't even complain about it."

Kenshin turned red at her statement. "You give me too much credit Tae-san. After all it is my job."

"No I don't! Well anyway, I guess you better be going seeing as it's already late. Thank you again Kenshin."

"No problem Tae-san." With that he was off.

The peaceful walk back to the dojo was interrupted when a taxi cab pulled up next to him. Kenshin stopped walking and the window of the back seat rolled down.

"Excuse me, miss?" the voice asked.

"Oro?"

"Miss, can I ask you something? It will only take a minute."

'Miss? Oh, great. Someone's mistaking me for a girl. It happened all the time in Kyoto so I guess it was a matter of time before someone was bound to mistake me for one here…'

"Yes, how can I help you?"

The window rolled down some more and even in the dark Kenshin noticed the person talking to him was a girl with long black or dark hair.

"Well, the cab driver and I have been trying to find this place for over 20 minutes now. We've been driving around this neighborhood for over 20 minutes and we just can't find this address." The agitated lady gave him the address to look over. "We know it's around here somewhere but we just can't find it!"

'Wait a minute this is the address for the…' "You're right, it's not far from here. It's actually really close by. If you want I can lead you there.

"Oh thank you so much! My taxi bill is already sky high!" the lady chuckled. "Say, it's dark out here, you can ride with us if you want since you are guiding us."

A few seconds later, the taxi pulled up to an awfully familiar place.

"Here we are." Says Kenshin.

"Oh thank you so much again Miss! You're a hero! Is there anything I can do for you? Oh wait a sec! Is your house nearby because I can pay the drier extra so he can take you home?"

Kenshin smiled at the lady's kindness. "Well there is something you can do. For one, you can stop calling me 'Miss' because I'm not one and there's no need for the cab driver to take me home because well, this is my home."

Kaoru was finishing some of the house chores when she heard the front door open.

'It must be Kenshin! He's probably hungry…'

As she walked to the door to greet him, she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw a tall woman standing next to him.

"Who are you?"


Megumi's POV

Takani Megumi turned red when she saw the 'girl' under a light. The 'girl' was in fact a boy with outrageously long red hair who happened to be wearing a bright pink t-shirt. And she was caught off guard when she heard him say that he lived in the address that she was looking for.

'It's not my fault he looks and dresses like a girl!'

The guy introduced himself as Kenshin, no formalities needed, he said. He asked her what she was doing in front of the Kamiya Dojo. When Megumi explained, Kenshin let her in to meet this "Kaoru" person he mentioned, who owned the place.

After entering the main house, a little girl came up to Ken-san and I. She had the gall to stare at me for at least a minute then rudely asked me who I was! The nerve of the girl!


"Uhhh, Kenshin, who is this lady?"

"Umm…well…I don't-"

Megumi clinged to Kenshin's arm hard and spat at Kaoru. "Who am I? Who am I! My name is Takani Megumi, daughter of the most famous surgeon in Aizu, belonging to one of the most prestigious family of doctors on this planet! That's who I am!"

"Well, what do I owe that a Takani should enter my house so late in the night?"

"Are you mocking me!" Megumi's grasp on Kenshin grew tighter. "And what do you mean your house? A little girl like you can't possibly own a house. This is clearly Ken-san's. Right Ken-san? Put that juvenile back in her place!"

"Little girl! Juvenile! What the…that's it, I oughta…"

"Jou-chan! What the heck is all that racket I hear? Sheesh! Can't a guy get any sleep around- Whoa Kenshin! I never knew you had it in you! So who's the lady?"

"Sanosuke! Go back to sleep! This is between me, Kenshin and that…that…thing."

"Thing? Is that all you can think of? I think I've discovered primitive Japan! And how can you people not know who I am? I've been featured with my family in many science and health and all those good stuff magazines! Now I demand to speak to the owner of the house now!" Megumi fumed. Today was just not her day…

"Well, sorry that I don't read science magazines!" Kaoru spat.

"Umm, Megumi-san, Kaoru-dono owns this house." Kenshin exclaimed, pointing to Kaoru.

Nope, not her day… "Oh…well, I didn't think that a young girl like you would be the owner. You have my deepest apologies. Gomen nasai."

"Well you better believe it lady, Jou-chan here has owned this house for more than 4 years."

Kaoru nodded. "Well, if everything's settled, then would you care to explain to us why you're here Takani-san and in the middle of the night no less?"

"What! So you mean you don't know? Well, I guess I'll explain from the beginning." She motioned for everyone to sit down before she began.

"As I have already told you, I come from Aizu, from a family of doctors. Well, since my family is just simply the best in the medical field, I have decided to study at the best school in all Japan. I also decided to work as an intern at a clinic here. I should think you know the doctor's name, Dr. Genzai. He also recommended me a place to stay since he said the owner was looking for a tenant, so he gave me this address."

"Wait a minute, Dr. Genzai never told me about you coming here." Said Kaoru

"Yea, and besides we just got Kenshin like 2 weeks ago." Said Sano.

"Oh wait! We haven't told Dr. Genzai about Kenshin yet so I guess he still thought I needed a border."

"Well, it's that old coot's fault."

Megumi paled. "Wait, are you saying that since Ken-san already lives here, you don't have room for me? Where can I go? I report for work for Dr. Genzai in two days!

Kaoru sighed. She knew she would regret this decision one day. "Not exactly, we have a few more rooms available but I was just hoping to get only one more tenant."

"Oh I see." Megumi's face was dark and her head hung low. "After all, how can you afford another tenant? I am just the youngest daughter of a multi millionaire after all. I guess I'll leave now…"

"JOU-CHAN!" Sanosuke slammed his fist on the table, nearly breaking it in half and stood up. "We have to let the lady stay! Who'll take her in at this hour anyways? She'll be all lost and alone. Have a heart!"

"You should talk you free loading rooster head! Well, as I was saying, I do have a few more rooms and we are pretty close to Dr. Genzai's clinic. I guess it'd make sense to let you stay here."

"Ohohoho! I knew you'd see it my way! And don't worry, I'll pay rent each month, so where can I put my bags?"

"You know what," Sano looked at Megumi intently, "you are one sly kitsune."

"Well Sano, then I guess we have a zoo in here." Kenshin smiled brightly. "A rooster, a tanuki and now a fox."

"Hey that's not fair! Only you and Yahiko don't have names!"

"Speaking of Yahiko, where is he?"

"Oh, him? That loverboy. Tsubame-chan came by earlier just before you did to thank him for helping out yesterday and he offered to walk her home." At least one of us has hope for a love life. Kaoru thought to herself.


Author's notes:

Sasami- chicken breast meat

Sukiyaki- thinly sliced beef and vegetables

Grilled Unagi- grilled squid

Miso soup- VERY famous Japanese soup, containing various ingredients and miso paste.

Thanks for reading the 5th chapter of Ronin Kenshin! I appreciate all the support. I couldn't update sooner because of school and all so I don't know exactly when the next chapter will be out. Hopefully in 2-3 weeks at the most! I'm also working on another fanfic called "My Best Friend's Wedding" so keep an eye out for that one.

Looks like the Kenshingumi is complete! With the arrival of Megumi, just how hectic will things go?

One more thing, I also changed the summary up a bit and I went and checked the grammar on the other chapters. So instead of 'Miss Kaoru', it's now Kaoru-dono, and a bunch of others so it'll be more authentic that way. Please continue to read and review!