Chapter 3

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A/N: Wow! 13 reviews! I was only expecting like five or six... Oh and to legolasEstelstar I really don't know if LaLa Rue is French... I heard it off of an Anime my friend watched, so I picked it... Never really thought... sounds French, Anyway here is lovely Chapter three!

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Kaoru felt, oh so, terrible under Hiroshi's stare. She felt his gaze everywhere, and at anytime she had, she left the dojo. Accompanied with someone, of course.

"Thank you, Tsubame!" Kaoru said as they shopped around. Tsubame smiled, and nodded.

"It's okay! I would want to be away from that man too." She said.

They walked around, getting food items here and there, and having a little girl time. Kaoru felt free from everything.

But she didn't mind being with Kenshin.

Whenever there is that odd silence, that's who she thought of. She wondered if she had some sickness. A sickness that made you thinks of a person a little too much.

"Kaoru-dono! Look at that!"

Kaoru shook her head a little, and turned to a window, that had a beautiful kimono in it.

"Oh wow!" Kaoru said as she put her hands to the glass. Tsubame did the same.

"I wish I had the money for that..." Tsubame said. She looked at the price and sighed.

"That's like a two week paycheck..." She mumbled. Kaoru smiled. She grabbed Tsubame's hand, and dragged her in.

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"But Kaoru! That had to have cost a lot, and you're giving it to me?" Tsubame asked. She was staring at the kimono, but couldn't believe it. Kaoru waved her hand.

"Don't worry! I've had a lot of student's lately. Save it for you and Yahiko-chan's wedding!" She exclaimed. Tsubame blushed, but gave Kaoru a hug.

"Thank you!" She cried.

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Sano was staying at the dojo, for the day, as Megumi worked at the doctor's office. Kaoru and Tsubame had just come back, and he was walking the halls.

Kiroshi had come by, and winked his way.

Sanosuke was confused.

"I think he winked at me..." Sano looked down, and jumped to see Tsubame. She was blushing a little.

"Well if he does it again, I'll kick his ass for you!" Sano said as he cracked his knuckles. Tsubame laughed nervously.

"I'm serious!" Sano said, and Tsubame smiled.

"Well, thank you Sano-sama!" She said. Spotting Yahiko, she waived, and left his way. Sanosuke popped into the sitting room where Kenshin and Kaoru were sitting in.

"Hey guess what?" Sano asked with a grin on his face.

"Nani?" Kenshin asked.

"I have a list. A list of things, you two, have to do as a couple!" He sat down across from Kenshin and reached into his pocket. He pulled out a piece of paper, and laid it on top of the table. Kaoru looked at Kenshin nervously, and vise-versa.

"Ahem!" He said. He held it up so they couldn't peek. "First of all, you have to have nicknames." He said.

"Nicknames?" Kenshin asked. Kaoru wondered what Sano had in mind.

"Yeah like pet names! Like how I call Jou-chan, Jou-chan." Sano said. Kenshin scratched his cheek.

"This one doesn't have very good wording..." He said.

"At least try!" Sano said. Kenshin thought. Kaoru thought also, but only couldn't come up with anything good.

"Okay say it!" Sano said impatiently. Kenshin turned to her.

"Mausu-chan!"

"Tanuki-hime!"

There was an odd silence, but then Kaoru hit Kenshin on the head. Kenshin lay on the floor with swirly eyes.

"Why did you call me 'princess raccoon'?" She asked angrily. Sanosuke started to laugh. Kenshin got up and rubbed his head.

"Well, you called me a little mouse..." He pouted

"And you called me a raccoon royal! Oh just forget the stupid pet names!" Kaoru yelled angrily. Sano wipped his eyes.

"I didn't mean it literally! Tanuki-hime, oh that was a good one!" He cried out. Kaoru glared, and Sano went to the second thing on his list.

"Well, you're going to have to smooch sometimes." He said.

Kaoru seemed to lose her voice. Kenshin scratched his cheek, and smiled his rurouni smile.

"Must we do that really?" He asked. Sano nodded.

"If you want him to leave, yeah! He won't be convinced!" Sano said. He looked at his third thing on the list.

"And in bed..."

"SANO!" Kaoru seemed to have gotten her voice back. She stood up.

"What? I'm just stating the obvious!" He said.

"If we need that kind of info I'll get Megumi!" She yelled.

"So you are planning to?" He asked slyly. Kaoru blushed as she pushed him out of the room. She slammed the door, but it opened slightly.

"Fine then!" Sano walked off.

Kaoru turned around, and looked at Kenshin.

"I don't know if I can do this..." She said with a sigh. Kenshin who sill had the shock ness of what Sanosuke said. A little moment later, he shook his head, and got up.

"I don't think we'd... well... you know..." He said.

There was an awkward silence. Kiroshi spotted the door being slightly opened, and peeked through.

"I mean it's just so hard to... not that I don't... That's not what I mean!" Kaoru yelled as she saw Kenshin's wondrous face. Kenshin smiled and glanced at the door. He could see eyes, and knew who it was.

"But what if I can't prete--"

"Shh! Come here!" Kenshin pulled Kaoru closer, and they shared a quick kiss to get Kiroshi out of their hair.

But I think Kaoru enjoyed it... Kenshin did too.

When they separated, they blushed terribly, and Kaoru left through another door. Kenshin went out the one Kiroshi was in.

Kiroshi sulked away.

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"You what?"

Kaoru blushed even more. She whispered into Megumi's ear. Megumi put her hand to her mouth, and started to laugh.

"Oh-hohohohoho!" She laughed. Little fox ears popping up.

"You wouldn't mind going a step further would you?" She teased. Kaoru got up.

"I knew I shouldn't have told you!" She said. Megumi laughed again.

"I promise I won't tell a soul! Not a word will come out of my about you or Ken-san!" She said. Kaoru crossed her arms.

"I hope you won't!" She said. She traveled out of the doctor's office, and decided to go back to the dojo.

'I can't see Kenshin after what happened!' One part of her mind said. This side was her innocent side.

'But you will see him in bed!' Her other, no name, side said.

"WHO ASKED YOU?" She yelled. People stared at her, and she quickly went off.

'I'm losing it! I really am!' She thought. 'It's not like I don't like pretending...'

She daydreamed, and walked right into...

"Ah! Kaoru my darling!"

That snapped her out.

"Errr... Kiroshi-sama, what are you doing here?" She asked.

"Oh just walking around. May I escort you home?" He asked. Kaoru, politely, nodded. They walked in silence, and Kaoru felt very, very, uncomfortable, again.

"So how are you today?" He asked breaking the silence.

'What is he getting at?' "I'm doing good! Great..." She said. Kiroshi smiled.

He opened the gates for her, and they went inside. Kaoru thanked him, and went off. Kiroshi smiled to himself, as he went to his room.

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Kenshin does look like a mouse... Put little micky mouse ears on him.

Preview:

'I wonder if she enjoys this as much as I do…' He thought as he slides into the futon next to Kaoru. Kaoru, who always faces away from Kenshin, felt him slid under.

"Goodnight." She whispered.

"Goodnight, Kaoru-dono." He whispered back. Kaoru blew the candle and lay back down. She couldn't help but to wonder…

'Does Kenshin like this as much as I do?' She closed her eyes, and fell into a fitful sleep.

Hope you liked this one! Oh how I love Sano in this chapter. Review me, please! (I need some to update!)

Love, LaLa Rue!