Hey People- For some reason, is not showing the first chapter in it's entirety on the screen no matter how many times I upload it, so I'm cutting-and-pasting the latter part of the chapter to put here. If it showed properly on your computer the first time, I apologize for the repeats, just skip this chapter.

Akane-dono- Thanks so much for reviewing! This will have as many chapters as I can milk out of it.

Ciao, Bellas!

Queer, continued....

Sanosuke's laugh rang throughout the courtyard. Once he started he couldn't seem to control himself, and fell on the ground in hysterics, clutching his stomach.

"Hey, ugly, what's Sano laughing at?" asked Yahiko, poking his spiky head out of the dojo doors.

Red-faced, Kaoru glared at him. "Don't you have chores to do, Little Yahiko?" She replied snidely, tossing her black ponytail over her shoulder.

"But I want to know what's so funny," Yahiko protested, jumping up and down. "Besides, I practiced and cleaned the dojo. What more do you want, you ugly hag?"

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" was the only reply that came out of Kaoru's mouth, as she prepared to smash Yahiko into the ground. Her fist came up, but was interrupted midswing by Sanosuke, who had by this time managed to right himself and make his way over to the unofficial siblings. He grabbed Kaoru's fist and answered Yahiko's question himself.

"I was just reminiscing with the Missy about how that old man thought Kenshin was a woman and asked him out on a date."

Yahiko began laughing as well. "That was so great! You were so manly that he thought Kenshin was prettier than you! Ahhahahahhahahaha. Wait. Now that I think about it, Kenshin IS prettier than you. And he looks more womanly as well. Just look at him. He's wearing a pink gi."

"He is not!" Kaoru turned around in the middle of another attempted punch and watched Kenshin scrubbing away. "Well, maybe you've got a bit of a point with that. He is wearing pink. Hmm."

With a pensive look on her face, Kaoru turned and walked back inside the building. At this point, Kenshin finally looked up.

"Miss Kaoru! Should this one start dinner?" he called after her.