(A/N: Hey ya people! Here are some messages to you guys! LOVE YA GUYS!!! XD

"Oro" Subject: ..; Ok.

Aoshi/Misao Fan: I tried to check them... I guess I'm just too rushy... -.-; I WILL miss them out for I don't know why. Okay, what am I talking about???

Babygirl: ; He'll be just fine.

BlackHole CO: Thanks!

captivatingBeauty: Sorry... I'll not be able to update THAT soon... 'Cause... I"M HAVING EXAMS!!! ARGH!!!

Charming Woman: Really? Then are you my long-lost sister? And NO, PLEASE, NO! There's just NO WAY where I'm ever going to write lemon now! 1) I'm only 14, for goodness sake! I've never done THAT before and I don't really have the idea how IT goes! 2) Not allowed in God Bless P

Chibi-Assassin: I like your name... ANYWAY, read.

El Captain: It's cute? Really? No kidding? Thanks! )

Flaming Amber: You're welcome! )

Genki Ninja: o.O Woah. You really NEED to chill down. He's gone already. ;

KRN-Chan: Aoshi sama knows. ; Yes, they'll be together! )

MSN Chan: Arigatou! ) And yeah, it kinda matched Soujirou san. And, like duh, SouMi 4EVA!!! )

Mysterious Samurai: Well... Read. -.-; By the way, Aoshi san has always been travelling himself... The idiotic policemen were not with him.

Sagara Akio: Well, this question has been asked quite a number of times already. Let me get this clear now. Soujirou calls Misao "Misao sama" because treats Misao as a child at first and was trying to make her feel older by calling her a 'Miss'. And as you all wished, Soujirou san will call her Misao chan from this fic onwards. )

Seta Misao: Sexy and Cute? LOL Hmm...

Smiling Blue-Clad Warrior's Obsessor: More angst? Are you trying to tell me to have Soujirou san killed??? Actually, that's quite a good idea... evil grin

Tenken's Lover: ; Chill down! And yes, I AM evil. evil grin

OHMIGOSH OHMIGOSH OHMIGOSH!!!!!! MY EXAMS ARE HERE!!!!!!!!!

English exam just ended yesterday. Man, comprehension and close passage was DAMN difficult. It's all about Chinese from China and tourism. ARGH!!!!!! I'm so going to flunk my comprehension.

Hopefully, my composition and news report could help me gain some marks!

Anyway, enough of my babbling. LET'S GET ON!

(P.S.: I have problems with HTML. My website's gonna sucked. Maybe I won't have one. -.-;)

Aoshi splashed the water onto his face. Ripples formed as water dripped off from his cheeks into the riverbank. Aoshi stared at his own reflection as the ripples faded.

"Aoshi sama!" Misao's voice ringed in his mind as her bubbly face appeared in his reflection.

Aoshi smack on the water's surface and stood up. He started walking off.

"Tenken Soujirou... You better'd make sure Misao'll be fine with you." Aoshi muttered to himself tonelessly.

"Or I'll kill you."

Soujirou slowly opened his eyes but shut them up almost immediately. The light was too strong. He slowly forced himself to open his eyes. Finally, his eyes adjusted to its surrounding.

Soujirou sat up as he held his wound. It still hurts quite a lot. He looked around the temple, trying to look for Misao.

Where is she? Where is Makimachi Misao?

"You're awake." Soujirou turned and found Misao sitting beside him. That's weird, he didn't see her just now. "I'll help you clean your wound."

Soujirou approved, nodding his head with his eternal smile.

Misao helped Soujirou undress his top. She took out the used bandage and dipped a piece of cloth into a basin (she found it in the temple) of warm water. She squeezed the water out of the cloth.

This IS weird. Misao's not being herself. Usually, by the time Misao start to touch him, only his shirt, she'll go all red.

Now she's touching his chest, cleaning the wound, but she's not blushing.

Soujirou felt weird. The silence was too much. He HAD to speak.

"Ano..." The couple started in unison.

They stared at each other, then they laughed.

"Maa, so Misao sama can't stand the silence as well, na?" Asked Soujirou with a cheery smile.

Misao nodded her head cheerily. "Sou yo!" Misao laughed loudly and smacked her hand against Soujirou's wound.

"Itai!" Soujirou cried. Misao immediately went to tend his wound.

"Gomen ne, gomen ne!" Misao apologized. Soujirou smiled.

Misao suddenly look down at the ground. She felt her face hot. This is new. It's the first time Misao ever felt so awkward.

"Nee, Sou chan," Said Misao, peeping slightly at Soujirou, whose eyes went wide open upon hearing his name being called so affectionately. "You wouldn't mind me calling you Sou chan, ne?" Misao asked. Soujirou stared at her flushing cheeks. Soujirou chuckled.

"Ii yo, Misao chan." Soujirou replied cheerily. Misao beamed. Then, Soujirou grinned, somewhat evilly. "Oh would you preferred to be called Koishii?"

KO, KO, KOI WHAT?????????

Does this mean "I LOVE YOU" indirectly??????

Misao's adrenaline went right up and she punched playfully at Soujirou's chest.

Soujirou cried in pain.

Misao apologized clumsily again.

"You haven't reply, Koishii or Misao chan?"

HOW WAS SHE SUPPOSED TO ANSWER THAT??????

Well, Soujirou haven't really told her THAT right? He never said those three words to Misao before, nee? Well then, can she really accept that lovey-dovey nickname, Koishii, for her?

Then, it's Misao chan, nee? But... But...

MISAO CHAN WANTS TO BE CALLED AS KOISHII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Misao chan is all right." Misao replied, feeling very awkward.

"Sou?" Asked Soujirou. He smiled. "Well then, Misao chan!"

Misao smiled brightly.

For now, it doesn't really matter what he calls her.

'Cause he's right by her side.

"I wonder if Misao dono DID realized that Seta dono's a wanted man." Said the red-haired man with a cross-scar on his face. Himura Kenshin was walking down the streets with Kaoru and Yahiko.

"I'm sure Misao chan is bright enough to realize about it." Kaoru reassured with a forced-out smile.

"Yeah, right." Yahiko added sarcastically.

"NO ONE ASKED YOU FOR YOUR OPINION!" Kaoru screamed into Yahiko's ears. Kenshin sweatdropped.

Thank God Yahiko stuck his fingers into his ears on time, or he'd be deaf.

While Yahiko started taking out his fingers, he spotted a familiar figure. No, make it two.

"It's Misao!" Yahiko cried as he pointed to a direction (whichever direction, you decide). Kaoru and Kenshin turned around and followed Yahiko, who was running towards the direction.

They stopped. Kaoru beamed. They spotted Misao in a crowd. "Mi..." Tears of gladness almost fell. Kaoru ran towards Misao's figure, pushing the crowd aside. "Misao cha...!" Kaoru stopped almost immediately when she saw the unexpected yet expected scene.

Makimachi Misao was looking pleasantly surprised, looking at the three friends, with Seta Soujirou by her side. Kaoru looked down at their hands.

They were holding hands.

Does that mean...?

GOSH.

"Kaoru!" Misao cried as she jumped and hugged Kaoru tightly. Kaoru blinked for a few moments, still quite not believe what she had seen. Kenshin and Yahiko saw it too. They blinked.

Misao released themselves from the hug and smiled brightly at Kaoru. " Kaoru, why are you here?" Misao asked pleasantly.

"I..." Soujirou walked towards them with a smile. He nodded at Kaoru, Kenshin and Yahiko as an acknowledgement.

Kaoru awoke from her surprise.

She pulled Misao to a side.

"Nee, Misao chan," Kaoru whispered into Misao's ears. "Are you and Seta kun... You know?"

"Sou chan?" Asked Misao almost innocently.

Gosh. SOU CHAN.

Misao started blushing madly.

All right, confirmed. They are attached to each other.

WHAT????????????

"Himura san, we meet again." Said Soujirou with his everlasting smile.

"Aa, yep."Kenshin smiled back, his heart and thoughts sweatdropping.

Yahiko waved his hand to hint Kenshin to bow down so that they could whisper to each other.

" Is Seta and Misao...?" Yahiko asked in the softest voice he could go.

Kenshin sweatdropped. "I was just about to ask you that." Yahiko sweatdropped.

Soujirou looked at Misao while she had her conversation with Kaoru. He smiled.

"Misao chan indeed is cute, isn't she?" Asked Soujirou innocently with his without-fail-I'll-be-here smile.

Kenshin and Yahiko looked at each other and sweatdropped.

All right, it's confirmed.

They are SO attached to each other.

Misao and Kaoru walked back to the crowd.

"Where are you guys living now?" Asked Misao.

"We haven't found a place yet, but I'm sure it'll be an inn around here." Said Kaoru. "Where are the two of you putting at?"

Misao suddenly held Kaoru's hands, looking at her with a pleading look on her face, puppy-eyes. "Can you guys pay the accommodation fee for me and Sou chan?" Misao pleaded.

Kaoru and Kenshin sweatdropped.

"Haa... Never felt so good before!" Misao commented as she sunk herself into the warm water.

Kaoru smiled. "Well then, now you felt it." Misao nodded her head in agreement. Kaoru looked at Misao for a moment, and suddenly asked, " When did you and Seta kun got together?"

"Eh?" Misao cried, her face flushing.

"Actually..."

"Maa... The temperature of the water is just nice." Said Soujirou as he lied on the rocks.

"Nee, Seta dono, where have you and Misao dono been putting at?" Kenshin asked as Soujirou closed his eyes with his everlasting smile.

"Temple." Soujirou replied plainly. "In a temple."

Kenshin sweatdropped. Well then, they DIDN'T do ANYTHING they're not supposed to do in a holy place, did they?

"Seta do..."

"HERE I COME!" Yahiko's loud and childish voice ringed. Kenshin's eyes went wide open, Soujirou still relaxing with his eyes closed, and found Yahiko running towards the hot spring.

"YAHI...!"

SPLASH!

Kenshin stared blankly into the air, water splashed onto his face due to Yahiko's jump, with Yahiko humming cheerily beside him and Soujirou still relaxing.

Why is it always Himura Kenshin.

Kaoru stared at her own reflection on the water and sunk in.

"I can't believe it." She muttered. Misao blushed.

Misao had just told Kaoru all that had happened between Soujirou and herself. It's really romantic and all and... Unbelievable.

Kenshin and herself didn't even proceeded till that much THAT fast.

"He... Sou chan asked me if I wanted him to call me Misao chan or Koishii." Said Misao as she blushed especially red when the word 'Koishii' was mentioned. "I said Misao chan was fine." Kaoru stared at her.

"WHY?" Asked Kaoru, starting to like the fact about Soujirou being a romantic soldier to Misao. "Why not?"

Misao smiled sadly. "I... I..." Misao stammered. "He never said the three words to me."

Kaoru's eyes went wide open.

Oh. After doing all those lovey-dovey stuffs, he never said ' I Love You'?

All Misao chan ever want to hear were those three words, the three words that could make Misao melt.

' I Love You'.

(A/N: Anyway, Ii yo means It's okay or something like that and Koishii means something like My Beloved. LOL... Anyway, thanks for spending your time to read my humble fic. LOL... Why am I sounding so official...? LOL, anyway, thanks and please, do drop a review, won't you? puppy eyes)