Hello. Here's the next chappie. I would have posted it a day or two ago, but I had to go to a band clinic, and I also have to write this stupid editorial for this not so nice Lit. Teacher. Anyway, here it is.

Disclaimer: I don't own RK

Chapter 6: Imouto-san

Darkness. That's what Kenshin saw. Complete Darkness. There he stood in the middle of it all. His mind was completely blank, and he felt nothing, nothing at all. He began to take a few steps forward, unsure of where the ground exactly was. Kenshin looked all around him, searching for something amongst the blackness. Anything. But alas, there was nothing. He was alone. Kenshin stood there for an unknown amount of time, staring at nothing, when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck. The pain was so severe, he closed his eyes trying to concentrate, and make it leave. He felt the pain stop, but also felt himself losing consciousness

Kenshin opened his eyes, and immediately bolted upright, scaring the person to his right. He grasped his head as the pain reappeared, confused about what had just happened.

"It was just a dream?" he pondered out loud to himself, unaware at the moment that he was not alone.

"Of course it was", a feminine voice said from his right, causing Kenshin to swiftly face the person. It finally registered to him then as he looked at her face. He didn't know where he was. Not good. If there was one thing Kenshin knew, it was that a thief was probably in trouble if he woke up in a stranger's house.

"Where am I?" He asked the woman who was obviously a nurse, and who also seemed quite surprised that he, as her patient, had woken up so quickly.

She sat there quietly, and he knew that he wasn't going to get it out of her easily.

"I'll ask one more time Woman, where am I?" Kenshin asked, this time in an angrier voice.

"Can't say."

"And why not?" he growled at her. This idiot woman was wasting his time.

"It's not my business to tell you", she said, smirking as he lost his patience.

However, this was not a good idea, and the nurse found herself pinned to the wall, Kenshin's now amber eyes glowing at her, "You better make it your business, and quick."

The woman looked straight into his eyes, only to find that he was not joking, "Fine. The house belongs to Aoshi, Aoshi Shinomori."

"And why am I in his house?"

"He knocked you out at the museum, and brought yo-"

The museum.

Memories of what had happened quickly rushed back into his head. Kaoru! How could he have forgotten about her? Where was she? He quickly released his grasp on the nurse, and bounded for the door, only to find it locked.

"Where are the keys?"

"I have them, but you can't le-"

"Give them to me now woman!"

"Megumi."

"I saidwhat?" Kenshin was confused. Her answer had been completely off topic. What was she even talking about.

"My name", she replied, "It's Megumi. Megumi Takani, so stop calling me woman."

"Well fine. Miss Megumi, may I please leave?" Kenshin said, trying to remain calm and polite.

"No."

"And why not?"

"You're still not healed all the way", Megumi replied looking straight at him, "You need more rest."

"I'm fine!" Kenshin yelled, now trying to smash down the door, "I have something important to do. I need to find somebody, and quickly."

"Oh, you mean your partner?" Megumi asked, causing Kenshin to immediately stop what he was doing, "She's fine. In fact, she's here in another room."
"Take me to her."

"Will you rest afterwards if I do?" Megumi asked.

"Yes."

"Good. Now let's make it a quick visit", Megumi said, satisfied with his response. She pulled out the keys, unlocked the door, and began down the hallway, causing Kenshin to eagerly follow.

Kenshin opened the door to see that Kaoru was indeed alright. At least physically anyway. He didn't know if she was mentally okay though. There she was, laughing evilly as she played a video game against a younger opponent. It was obvious to Kenshin that she was in the lead.

"Ahem!" Megumi cried out, causing Kaoru to pause the game and look in her direction.

"Megumi-san! Oh! Kenshin, you're awake!", Kaoru said, "Darn. I was kind of hoping it was-"

"Me?" a voice answered from behind Kenshin. A tall man with ice blue eyes stood there, a smirk on his face.

"Aoshi!" Kaoru yelled, smiling happily as he approached her.

'So that's Aoshi Shinomori' Kenshin thought as the man passed him swiftly.

"Hey Kenshin", another voice said from outside the room, "I see that you've finally woken up."

"Hey Sano", Kenshin said as his friend entered the room, "Wait. What are you both doing here?"

But, Kenshin's question was not heard, because Kaoru was now going at it with the younger girl, who was obviously mad at what Kaoru had done. By hugging this Aoshi, Kaoru had caused the shorter girl to go into a jealous fit.

"Kao! How could you hug my Aoshi-sama?"

"What your Aoshi-sama!?!"

"Kao!" the girl cried, and with that, she threw herself on top of Kaoru.

Aoshi stood there shaking his head, "Knock it off you two! Misao! Imouto! Stop it!"

The two girls stopped fighting instantly, and then began to laugh.

"And what do you find so funny Misao? Imouto?" Aoshi asked, confused.

Kenshin and Sano stood there looking at the two girls like they were crazy. What exactly did they find so funny? Instead of answering Aoshi though, they just began to laugh harder. Then it hit Kenshin.

"Wait, what did you just call Kaoru?" he asked.

"He called me Imouto, stupid", Kaoru replied as if it was nothing. However, as the realization of what she had just said hit her, she quickly covered her mouth, and turned away.

"What!" Kenshin and Sano yelled, pointing their fingers at Aoshi, "She's your little sister!?!"

"Well", was Aoshi's reply as he looked at Kaoru, "You didn't tell them?"

"They only know what they need to."

Aoshi sighed. Typical Kaoru.

"So your last is Shinomori, Kaoru?" Kenshin asked. He had also just realized that he didn't know Kaoru's last name. She had never bothered to tell him either. Funny how he let these kind of things slip right past him. In fact, he didn't know too much about her at all. Just her first name really

"Well, kind of."

"Kind of?" he asked, raising his eyebrow at her.

"Fine. If you must know its really Kamiya-Shinomori", she said from behind Aoshi, where she was anticipating their reaction and hiding from their site.

"You're a Kamiya!" Both Sano and Kenshin yelled.

A meek "yes" was all they heard.

"Well, that explains a lot.."

The Kamiyas. They were well known throughout the world of thieves and assassins. Top in the field, and unreachable. An age old family that only taught their children their secret techniques in this art. They had a huge group of supporters, that were not only loyal, but the best of the best too. Back in the olden times, the Kamiyas had been well known and feared throughout the world. They were unstoppable. But as the world evolved, and justice began to grow, the Kamiyas, as well as the other thieves had to disappear into the shadowed world, out of the new laws reaches. They had still been quite to force to reckon with, until around 12 years ago, when they all mysteriously disappeared. Later, news had spread about saying a form of treason had taken place, and that Lord Kamiya had been killed along with the rest of his family. A few years after that there had been a rumor. A rumor that the Kamiya's only daughter had survived, but it was dismissed as a myth, for nobody was able to confirm it, and since the Kamiya circle of thieves had gone their separate ways. And so, the Kamiyas, the greatest thieving family in history, was quickly forgotten, as new one took over.

It was shocking, to find out that the rumor was indeed true, and that very person stood right there in front of them.

"But.why didn't you tell us?" Kenshin asked baffled.

"Why should I have?" Kaoru asked back, "You didn't tell me much about yourself."

"True", Kenshin said, and walked closer to Kaoru, "So those rumors really were true. Interesting. Care to tell the whole story? I've been dying to hear it."

"Too bad it will have to wait", a voice interjected, "My patient needs to get some sleep."

Kenshin turned to find Megumi waiting impatiently behind him.

"Before he goes", Aoshi said, "I'd like to know his full name."

"Oh sure!" Kaoru cheerfully said, "It's Kenshin Himura. Kenshin, Aoshi Shinomori, and that over there is Misao."

Kaoru took a step forward, whispering into Kenshin's ear, "They secretly have a thing for each other, we're just waiting for them to both let it be known."

Kenshin smirked as he looked between Misao and Aoshi. What an interesting couple they would make. However, this thought was interrupted as Megumi pulled on his ear, beginning to drag him out of the room.

"Have a nice nap Kenshin!" Sano and Kaoru yelled.

He just grumbled as he heard their laughing as it began to echo down the hall.

"So, who's ready to get their but kicked by me?" Kaoru asked grabbing the controller.

Aoshi stepped forward and grabbed the other one smirking at her, "Get ready to lose Imouto."

When Kenshin woke again, he found his room to be empty, and the door to be open. Exiting the room, he began to wonder down the hall, following the noise. He arrived shortly at the kitchen, to find everybody else in their, enjoying breakfast.

"Well he there sleeping beauty", Sano said, noticing Kenshin, "Nice of you to join us."

Wham! Kenshin hit the ground, as something, or someone, jumped on him.

"Misao!" Kaoru yelled, "That wasn't a nice thing to do!"

Okay, so everybody hadn't been in the kitchen.

"Don't mind Misao", Kaoru said, giving Kenshin a helping hand, "She pounces on the first person she sees. Luckily for the rest of us, it was you."

Kenshin didn't say anything, but just sent a death glare in Misao's direction. To his surprise, she just stuck her tongue out and made a face at him, "Lovely."

"Help yourself Kenshin!" Sano said, his mouth full of food, "It's really good. The kitsune over here can really cook."

That earned Sano a plateful of scrambled eggs on his head courtesy of Megumi. It also started what Kenshin decided was going to be a long day. Sano of course, could not let Megumi get away with this, and as pay back, flung a pancake at her. Too bad it missed her, and hit Aoshi right in the face instead. Kaoru, after seeing this, had burst out laughing, only to receive a glass of orange juice to be dumped over her head by Aoshi, who mumbled something about how she shouldn't be laughing at him. Well, this got Kaoru fired up, and resulting in Aoshi being pummeled with sausages. This time it was Misao who stepped in, angry that Kaoru had attacked her "Aoshi-sama". This resulting in a full out food fight that Kenshin had no intention of getting caught up in, or at least until Kaoru dumped maple syrup down his back. There was no way he was going to let her get away with that, so he took the liberty of giving her a butter facial. The fight continued on, with no intention of stopping, until the group realized they had run out of throwing supplies. Needless to say, breakfast was over. Looking at themselves and the room, they decided that a bit of cleaning up was in store. Luckily they weren't the ones who had to do it. Summoning his maids, Aoshi quickly put them to work, getting the breakfast of the walls, ceiling, floor, and everything else. They on the other hand, all decided now would be a good time to take a shower. There was a slight problem for Kenshin and Sano however, they didn't have any extra clothes. Luckily for Kaoru, she hadn't grown much, and the clothes from her last stay with Aoshi still fit.

"Aoshi will lend you some of his", Kaoru said, "But they might be a bit big on you Kenshin."

"That may be an understatement Jou-chan", Sano said, but then quickly turned to Kenshin, "No offense though."

"None taken", Kenshin replied, "But can I just get some clothes and quickly, I'm tired of being sticky."

On that note, he shoot Kaoru a quick glance, before following Aoshi and Sano out of the room.

Kaoru sat in the tub, letting the sweet smell of the jasmine bubble bath fill her senses. There was nothing she liked more than the scent of it. As she sat there, her mind drifted to the events that had taken place last night. Now Kenshin and Sano knew she was a Kamiya. That would make things interesting. She had never meant for that information to slip out. Being a Kamiya was something she had to keep hidden at the present moment. Let's just say there were some people who would do anything to kill her. Only a handful of people knew this information too, including Soujiro and Shishio. Obviously her boyfriend needed to know her last name, and he wouldn't know about the Kamiyas anyway. And as her employer, Kaoru had to tell Shishio the information he had asked for. It would seem odd and suspicious if she didn't. She was glad, however, to be able to see Aoshi and Misao again though. It would give her some time to get caught up with them, and maybe she could finally get them together..

She laughed, shaking the thought form her mind. 'I do need to talk to Aoshi though, and I'm sure he wants to talk to me' she thought, beginning to get lost in her thoughts. She had so much to do, and so little time.

Sano had just finished with his shower, and now it was Kenshin's turn. Feeling the warm water on his back, Kenshin noted that the annoying sticky feeling was beginning to disappear. He shock his head, what a crazy day so far, and it was just getting started. Kenshin couldn't believe what had happened so far, and was surprised he was still here. Hiko would want to hear from him soon. He also couldn't believe he was trusting Aoshi, a man he knew almost nothing about. But, he didn't sense any immediate danger, and well, Kaoru had known him for a long time. There was nothing to worry about, he told himself. Kaoru, she was a different story. A Kamiya, he couldn't believe she was the last heir to the great Kamiya throne. He was speechless. The announcement had shocked him so much. But it also made him wonder, why was she working with him? Something wasn't right. Why would a powerful thief of high ranking be working for somebody like Hiko and Saitou? It just didn't fit. Kenshin shrugged, he could figure it out later, right now he just needed to get clean. After that, he could begin to unravel the mystery surrounding Kaoru.

"We are not going shopping."

That was the first thing Kenshin heard as he stepped out of the bathroom dressed in Aoshi's clothes. They were slightly big, but the man had been able to find something that worked. Kenshin had on a t-shirt and jeans, both black. It was simple, but it would do. Taking in the sight before him, the three women sat on Aoshi's bed, all shaking their head yes. The two men, on the other hand, stood next to them back and forth with a no.

"Oh good! It's Kenshin", Kaoru said, causing everybody to look at him, "Now we can go shopping."

"Imouto, we are not going shopping", Aoshi said, getting an agreeing nod form Sano.

"Yes we are Aoshi-sama!" Misao, said, standing up and crossing her arms, "We'll just go by ourselves if you don't want to accompany us."

"Misao, I'm not letting you drive", Aoshi said, causing the girl to pout angrily, "You've barely driven at all."

"But I'm 17, and old enough!" she cried back, and then turned to Kaoru, a smile on her face, "Fine then, Kaoru will drive. She's almost 19, and has had much more experience than me."

"There's no way for us men to win is there?" Kenshin interjected.

"Nope!" all three women replied, causing the men to sigh in defeat.

"Fine. Let's go shopping."

Aoshi ended up driving to the mall. It was a tight fit in the vehicle, but the ride was short. They stayed the whole day at the mall, shopping until they couldn't buy anything more. Well, the girls did anyway. The guys were stuck carrying all of the bags, and got dragged from one store to the next. Once, while the girls took a break, Kenshin was able to call Hiko. Needless to say, he wasn't very happy about what had happened, and probably the most upset about them not retrieving the ruby. Kenshin knew they were in for a talk when they got home. It happened to be around 5:00 PM when Aoshi pulled into Kenshin's driveway. They said goodbye, and drove away, Kaoru promising to call Misao tomorrow. They tried to sneak in as quietly as they could, but Hiko caught them on the stairs, saying he wanted to talk to them in ten minutes after they had taken their purchases to their rooms. They nodded, and continued up the stairs, Kenshin helping Kaoru with her things. They put them in her room, and began to head toward the study, where Hiko and Saitou were waiting.

"Hey Kenshin?"

"Yes Kaoru?"
"Ummm.. Can you and Sano keep the whole me being a Kamiya thing a secret for right now. I just don't feel like letting them known right now.."

"Sure Jou-chan", Sano said, giving her a thumbs up.

Kenshin agreed, "Sure. You can tell them when you're ready."
"Thanks."

Imouto (or Imouto-san) little sister

Okay, that's the chapter. It's kind of pointless, but I had to get some information into the story, and it was the best way. Things will begin to pick up soon, I promise. I think Tomoe will be reappearing in the next chapter too. We'll see. I'll try to write it and type it as soon as I can.

-Les723