R.S.: Hello everybody! I have a week off of school and I am so happy because there's this party on Saturday night and I get to go and have fun! OMG I'm so excited! Being in high school really does have benefits!

Oh yeah! And I wanna know who the idiot was who sent me the first review I got on chapter 22. Whoever it is, you're the dumbest person I know and you haven't been reading my stories closely. I'm black, first of all, so how can I be racist about my own kind? And second of all, if you had read the story, then you would have known that Chantel and Kaoru hate each other because of the fight they had. Next time, think before you review cuz that just pissed me off.

This chapter basically is a little thing to get people thinking until I start the real thing again. Something happens to Kaoru and Kaoru's father decided that he can't take it anymore. There are more things in there, but that's just basically the jest of it.

Before I forget, I wanna give a sad shout-out to my sister. Please stop selling yourself?

It's always that one person

By: Rampaging Sorrow

Chapter Twenty-Three: Drugs, Plans and me and Cousin Michael

"Kaoru, are you out of your fucking mind! Did somebody slap the brain out of your head! How could you even think about taking that drug!"

Kaoru was in the car with Kenshin, a hand on her forehead as she wasn't in the right state of mind. You could tell she was wacked out by her eyes. The blue was electric and it was bright as hell. She let out a groan and she turned her head before Kenshin turned around in a 360 circle once he saw he was going the wrong way. Her head hit against the glass and then Kenshin noticed she didn't have her seatbelt on.

"Put your seatbelt on." Kaoru grabbed it and she missed three times before it was in. She could tell he was not happy just by the way he said it. She then put the cloth on her forehead that Kenshin gave her.

"Kaoru, tell me. What the fuck was going on through your pretty little mind when you were there! I had told you not to go, Aoshi told you not to go, hell, Jacob and Tommy told you not to go! Why did you go!"

"My friends Yuki and Cassidy asked me to go with them. We haven't done anything in a long time… so I decided to go." She then let out a groan at the bright headlights in front of her.

"Yuki and Cassidy asked you to go?" she nodded weakly and then he let out a laugh.

"Did they tell you to take ecstasy!"

Kaoru lost her place and Kenshin had to pick her up and carry her inside the hospital. She let out a soft laugh and then she groaned and put her face in his shirt. Kenshin went up to the counter. The nurse arched an eyebrow as he shifted her and kept her even in his arms.

"I need some help really fast."

"Yeah, well so do these people here." She passed him a clipboard. Kenshin looked at her as she went back to typing.

"Miss, you don't understand the situation. My girlfriend, she-"

"LOOK BOY." He arched his eyebrow at her as she scolded him and told him the rules. Kaoru got down before she put her hands on the counter to hold her legs up. She smiled at the lady and then she burped.

"Kaoru that's nasty!" Kaoru giggled before she ran her fingers through her hair.

"Miss nurse lady? I really need to see a doctor."

"Oh? And why is that?" Kaoru blew her bangs from her eyes and then she frowned before she lost her balance. Kenshin picked her up again.

"Look lady! She has ecstasy into her system! Now do I have to go in there and flip out or can I get some help!" he didn't feel like hearing her comments, so he went into the hospital as Kaoru clung onto him.

"CAN I PLEASE GET SOME HELP! MY GIRLFRIEND IS HIGH ON ECTASY AND SHE NEEDS HELP IMMEDIATELY!" everybody turned at that and one doctor who was on his break went over.

"Follow me." Kenshin thanked him before he held Kaoru tighter and followed the doctor who was jogging towards his room. Once he was in there, he called another team of doctors and told Kenshin to wait in the waiting room. Kenshin went back and he sat down. The nurse behind the counter was glaring at him hard.

"What? You're the ignorant one."

Yuki and Cassidy were at the hospital with Aoshi, Jacob, Soujiro, Misao, and Tommy. Kenshin was rocking back and forth thinking. They tried to get him to stop, but he just couldn't stop. It was like a mental disorder. He was thinking and praying and he kept blinking as he had his hands folded.

"Kenshin, stop moving. They're going to think you have a disorder."

"Can't. Gotta keep moving. Gotta keep praying." Yuki and Cassidy just sighed and Cassidy put her head in her hands.

"I can't believe we let somebody slip that into her drink. I feel so responsible. We took her to that party and promised to watch her." Jacob went over to her and he sat down on his knees before pulling her into a hug as she began to cry.

"I'm so sorry Aoshi. We promised to watch her and we didn't." Aoshi looked over at her and Jacob glared at him before mouthing 'say something'.

"It's… not your fault. You don't know what happens at those parties. You would have never known somebody slipped it into her drink even if you were watching the drinks. The bartender could've done it. Don't kill yourself over this. We just have to monitor which things Kaoru goes to now."

The doctor came out and Kenshin jumped up before walking over. Everybody could tell how stressed Kenshin was because his hands were shaking. He put them in his pocket before he swallowed his spit and sighed.

"I-is she... is she a-alright?" The doctor sighed before he asked Kenshin to sit down. He asked him because he knew the boy was ready to collapse. Kenshin put his face in his hands as the doctor spoke.

"You were very very smart in bringing here at the time you did. Any later she might have been worse. (Sigh) We managed to get the ecstasy out of her system, but now she has a poisoning."

"P-poisoning!" Kenshin looked up at that and the doctor nodded with a sad look on his face.

"She's going to have to stay here until we give her the proper treatment." Kenshin was shaking and rocking softly as he thought about it. The doctor shook hands with Aoshi and Jacob before he apologized and went back.

"Poisoning… Poisoning!" Kenshin was hurting, but he couldn't find himself ready to cry. He got up and he punched the wall before Soujiro went to him and grabbed him. He pulled him into a hug as he breathed in and out deeply.

"Relax Kenshin… Relax and breathe." Kenshin let out a scream and he put his hands in his hair before he leaned forward on his knees and didn't move. Jacob, Tommy, and Soujiro knew he was crying. Jacob went over to him and he picked him up before he held him.

"Kenshin, it'll be alright. The doctor said they'll treat her."

"Jacob it's X man! That shit does things to you as an after effect! What if something happens to her?" Jacob just held him as he kept breathing and thinking aloud to himself. Aoshi looked at his cell phone and he saw his father was calling.

"Should I tell daddy now?" Kenshin took the phone from him and he raised it to his ear before answering it.

"Shinji… its Kenshin. Kaoru's at the hospital… somebody slipped X into her drink and I took her to the hospital once she called me and told me something was wrong with her… I know... alright." He sighed and then he hung up before he looked at them.

"What did he say?"

"He said that once Kaoru is out of the hospital… that he's sending her back to that school." They all sighed once they heard that.

"That's alright. It's just a month."

"Yeah we can last another month, right Kenshin?"

"She'll come back right?" Kenshin shook his head and he wiped the tears from his eyelashes before he spoke. His words were sad and you could tell he was hurting already.

"Kaoru's not gonna come back."

Kaoru was screaming and crying at her father as he told her the news. She got up weakly and she then began to lash out at him. Kenshin didn't want to interfere, so he just sat on the side and he looked at the floor in thought.

"I'm not going back there! I hate it there!"

"It's best for you!"

"It's not what's best for me! I won't go back; I refuse to go back!" Shinji held her hands as she tried to hit him again.

"You listen to me and you listen well. You are going back to that school for the rest of the year because I can't handle you anymore. If they don't help you, god knows what will. I can't deal with you Kaoru! Yahiko can't see this anymore! Tara is starting to lead astray as well! You're the cause of too much things right now and I need you to go-" he put his hand over his mouth after the words slipped out.

Kenshin looked up shocked as Shinji said what he said. Kaoru was hurt as well and she looked up at him, her blue eyes with tears. She pulled herself out of his grip and she put on her slippers. Before Kenshin could grab her, she ran.

"Kaoru stop! Shinji how could say that to her!" Shinji looked down at the floor.

"Sorry. I just… slipped out I guess. I'm so stressed I can't even hold my tongue."

Nobody could find Kaoru. It had been about four hours since she went missing. The only person who was thinking the way she would was Aoshi. As he drove up to the studio, he had to pray that she was there. He got out the car and then he went into the building. He walked past the desk and all the way to the third floor. Once he was up there, he sighed once he heard a girl's voice singing.

He stepped inside and he saw the producer just sitting there and letting them play. He then saw Kaoru in there, and he had to arch an eyebrow as she was wearing all blue. Before she had on her hospital gown and some shorts.

"You gave her clothes?" he asked. The producer didn't even look at him. He just gave him thumbs up and slapped the chair next to him. Aoshi looked inside to see another girl and then he knew it was a duet and the both of them were singing together. He saw them spin around and Kaoru took over and sang her part.

"So Anthony… you heard about Kaoru going off to that school-"

"I don't like it." Aoshi heard the anger in his voice and he just sighed before the music stopped and the two girls high fived each other. Kaoru smiled and then she saw Aoshi. Her smile faded before she looked down. The girl next to her sighed and rubbed her shoulders before they walked out.

"Raine." The blonde girl just glared at him with hazel eyes before she went and sat down on the couch in the corner. Kaoru didn't look up at him at all. Aoshi got up and then he sat her down before he crouched down and put his hands in hers.

"What did daddy say to you?"

"Basically that he's getting rid of me and that I fucked everything up!" her eyes watered up again as she looked at the floor angrily.

"I didn't mean to take it. Somebody slipped it into my drink. He thinks I took it to solve my emotional problems. I thought he believed in me. Turns out he doesn't either." Her tears began to spill as she sniffed and cried quietly.

"Kaoru, I can change it. I can send you-"

"No, it's alright. I'll just go and from there I'll run away. Far far away. Michael said he'd go with me if they send me there." Aoshi was surprised that she had thought ahead. He didn't think she would have.

"I promise I'll come back after school is over. I just don't want to go there. Daddy doesn't even know what they do to their students like me."

"What do they do?" he sat down on the floor and Anthony turned to her.

"They give us pills to calm us down. To make us believe what they say. I hate that place and I won't ever go back. I don't give a damn what daddy says." Aoshi nodded before he sighed and he wiped her tears. Kaoru then broke down and she put her face in his shoulder.

"He said that he couldn't deal with me and that it's my fault that Tara is going astray."

"It's not your fault. It's her goddamn boyfriend." Kaoru sniffed and let Aoshi hold her as she cried. To Aoshi, he was failing again because he wasn't watching her and making her smile. He sighed before he pulled her closer and kissed her neck, something he always did when she cried.

"It'll be alright… I'm here for you."

Kaoru checked herself out of the hospital and refused to speak to her father or her sister Tara. She knew that she had lied on her and to Kaoru that was a low blow. Kenshin was watching her as she was taking clothes and throwing them into a suitcase angrily. He frowned as she went through her closet and picked out her darkest clothes ever. Even her undergarments were dark.

"Kaoru, could you at least put some light colors in there?"

"No." he winced at her sharp tone before he sighed and let her keep going. He got up once she shut the suitcase and then he saw her pull a box from under her bed. She opened it and she pulled out a gun. Kenshin widened his eyes as she smirked and loaded it. She aimed it and then she said 'pow!' she kept moving around and doing it until she was at Kenshin's nose. She gave him a sexy smile.

"Pow." Kenshin gave a nervous smile as she put it back in the box and put it in her suitcase. She then turned on the radio and her favorite song was on. She got up and pulled down her tank top before she pulled up Kenshin to dance. He smiled before the two began to dance. Kaoru gave him a smile as he gave her one. She put her arms around his neck before the two got closer. Kenshin put his hands on her hips before the two began to sway to the beat and move against each other with the music.

"I'm gonna miss you when you run away." Kenshin said softy to her. Kaoru just gave him a sad smile before the two leaned in for a kiss. Kenshin met her halfway and she smiled before she pressed her lips against his.

Aoshi came home with Misao, a smile on his face as they had just got home from the movies. Before he left with her, he had spoken to Chantel and found out she was on punishment for losing to Kaoru instead of for being locked up. Aoshi put his keys down and he kissed her forehead before they went upstairs. Kaoru's door was cracked open a little bit and as Misao looked in, she bit back a gasp. She ran down the hall to Aoshi and then she whispered in his ear.

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes!" he got up with Misao and she put a finger to his mouth before they went down the hall. He then poked his head in above Misao and both their eyes widened. Kenshin and Kaoru's clothes were scattered across the floor and Kaoru lay under Kenshin as a blanket covered their lower bodies. Aoshi was amazed because what Kaoru said was really true. Kenshin was a gentle lover. Kaoru opened her eyes as Kenshin's tongue trailed down her skin and she saw Aoshi with a camera taking pictures. She gasped before she sat up.

"AOSHI KAMIYA AND MISAO MAKIMACHI! GET OUT AND CLOSE MY DOOR!" Kenshin looked at the door shocked, gold eyes heated as he smirked.

"Sup Aoshi."

"Sup. Nice tongue there."

"GET OUT!"

Aoshi decided he was going to take Kaoru to Uncle Asahi's house for the weekend because she had a lot of homework and her father wasn't making it any better for her. Genia, Jacob, Kenshin, Netalia, and Tommy decided to tag along as well. Aoshi took Kenshin's father's van and since Jacob was the oldest, he decided to drive. Once the left the street, Tommy put a CD in and put it up high.

"No! This is not that song!" Kenshin began to laugh as Tommy nodded and tipped his hat to side. Kaoru liked the beat, so she began to dance in her seat. Kenshin looked over at her as she had a smirk. Then Tommy and Jacob began to rap the song and laugh as they took turns. It was funny as Jacob drove with one hand and gave everybody out the window the finger.

"I love this song." Kenshin and Netalia laughed as they had said the same thing. Tommy was just having fun with his brother and soon the car was in it once they knew the words. The girls had one part, the boys had the other.

"I swear, with Tommy and Jacob, you have to be stupid." They looked at Aoshi and then they began to laugh because they knew it was true.

Michael and Tyler were in the yard working with the dogs as they were fixing the fields again to plant more crops. Michael wiped his brow and he yawned before he dug his hoe back into the ground. The two brothers heard music and then they looked to see a big black van driving up fast. The two arched their eyebrows before they put their gardening tools down and went walking towards the van.

"If it's the cops again Michael, tell them daddy fled the country."

"Deal." The two kept walking and then they saw the van door open and a blue-eyed girl come out.

"Tyler! Michael!"

"Kaoru!" Michael ran and Kaoru met him halfway before he picked her up and spun her around. Tyler jogged over before he hugged her as well.

"You're all sweaty guys!"

"We're doing the fields today." Michael then smiled and he picked her up again and hugged her spinning round and round as the two laughed. The others had to smile as the two got dizzy and fell into the hay next to them laughing. Kenshin took a picture with his camera from his pocket.

"Hey!"

"Had to do it. You guys are so happy."

Kaoru sat down after she explained everything to her Aunt and Uncle. They weren't happy about Shinji's plans either and even though they knew it was wrong, they were fully supportive for Kaoru running away.

"Hell, I'll even give you the money." Kaoru smiled triumphantly at Aoshi since he had doubted they would agree. Aoshi just sighed and he pulled out his wallet before handing over ten dollars to her.

"Yes." They laughed as she got a mischievous smirk on her face and hid it inside her bra. Michael and Tyler brought out drinks while Kaname brought out some food for them to eat. Kaoru sat in between Michael and Kenshin and they all ate with conversation before everybody got bored. Kaoru got her homework and the others decided to go into town.

"We'll be back Kaoru." Kenshin kissed her forehead before Aoshi put her over his shoulder and let Tommy and Jacob get a few ass smacks in.

"Ouch! Ouch! Aoshi-Ouch!-Put me-Ouch!-Down!" he put her down and she fanned her butt before they saluted and drove off. Tyler and Kaname got in Asahi's sports car and drove off with them. The only person who stayed behind was Michael. As they sat down in the living room, Asahi and Karen came out with the twins tagging on their sides.

"We'll be right back. These two need to go and get some school supplies for their projects. That alright with you two?" the two nodded before the four left the house and they heard another car leave. Kaoru sighed at the pile of paper she had. Michael saw her frustrated frown and then he sighed before he took one of her pencils and took half of it.

"I'll do half, you do half. It'll make time go by faster and then we'll go into town and have fun." Kaoru smiled at him and thanked him before Michael lit himself a cigarette.

"I thought Uncle Asahi told you not to smoke in the house anymore."

"Well Uncle Asahi isn't here, is he?" Kaoru giggled as he blew out smoke and they began to do their homework. Michael was concentrated and as Kaoru looked over, he glanced over at her and blew smoke in her direction. She spun her finger around it and then he laughed softly and grabbed his book bag from behind the couch.

Kaoru sighed before they began to do the homework in silence again. She was thinking about something and she didn't know if she should do it or not. Then she finally came to a conclusion and she sighed.

"Michael, if we run away, where are we going to?" Michael outed the cigarette and he then leaned back before blowing the bangs out of his face in thought.

"We'll have to go overseas or something. Like to Italy, or France. Ooo! We could go back to Japan and live with Auntie Misaki too! She has a big house over there."

"True. But… what are we going to do? You know they'll kick us out of the family for a long time."

"I thought about that." He sighed before he put the pencil under his nose. Then he put it back on the table before he looked over at her.

"We'll just have to accept that for a little while. Daddy has a lot of power in the family and he'll get us back in. He has to."

"Oh yeah? And why is that?" Kaoru arched an eyebrow as she waited for his answer.

"I'm the son that's going to make him money if Tyler doesn't give him any." Kaoru and he both looked at each other before laughing. Michael smiled before he continued to do the work with her. He turned on the radio before Kaoru sighed as it was one of her favorite songs at the moment as well.

"I love this song. Bobby Valentino makes such good songs. I still haven't found a reason to hate him." Michael agreed before Kaoru ran her fingers through her hair and moved closer to him.

"Fuck the homework. I'll do it a little bit later." He agreed with her before he put the papers that he finished with her finished papers. He then sighed as she snuggled into him.

"Where do you wanna go Kaoru?"

"First, you are gonna take a shower while I get you some clothes to wear. Then… I'll think of something."

Kaoru sat in his bedroom just thinking as she had put his clothes on the bed. Where he lived, the style was crazy and nobody cared what you wore. She laid out a pair of black jeans and a graphic white t-shirt that said 'Fuck me I'm desperate'. She giggled at the thought of it before she took her clothes from the bag she had in Kaname's room and she changed. She came back and turned on the radio since she was getting bored.

Michael came out from the shower in boxers and a towel over his shoulder. He was smoking again and then Kaoru put a hand to her forehead as she sighed.

"What? I like to smoke."

"You're gonna get in trouble." Michael just shrugged his shoulders and Kaoru smelled the smoke. It smelled sweet.

"I want some."

"Some what?"

"Smoke." Michael smirked before he went over to her and inhaled some smoke. He removed the cigarette from his mouth and pressed his lips to hers before giving her the smoke. She blew it out slowly and smirked as it had a sweet taste in her mouth.

"I like this one. What's it called?"

"Memoria."

"Seriously? This is it? I can't even find it. Where did you find it at?"

"I had to go with Tyler to… um… what was that town called... shit I-wait… oh yeah! We went all the way to Pejasti when we were road tripping on that week off of school and it was there."

"Wow. I would have never thought to go there. That's the fuckin boondocks."

"I know." Kaoru then smirked before he inhaled more smoke. She leaned up and captured his lips in a kiss. The smoke moved through as the two's lips moved against one another. Kaoru let go and blew out smoke with an innocent, yet seductive look. Michael smirked at her before he grabbed the lotion and lotioned his legs. Michael then spoke with a smirk.

"We are so kinky." Kaoru laughed and she laid her head back on the bed as Michael got dressed and found his car keys. Kaoru took his hairbrush and she brushed her hair into a ponytail over her shoulder. Her ends were curly already, so she just made her hair to a shine. Michael took the brush and then they went down the steps before they left the house with a note. As they got in the car, Michael sighed.

"I swear, if they ever catch us, we're screwed."

Kaoru and Michael had been shopping at the second mall in the town. They had found out Aoshi and the others were at the first one and didn't want to catch up with them and hang out for the moment. Kaoru was in a fitting room as Michael thought and counted the money he had just taken out the ATM machine.

"How do I look?" he looked over as he sat in the chair and then he smirked and put thumbs up. Kaoru had a shirt that went just above her stomach and a short skirt. It was something she would wear to parties and he liked it on her because she had the figure for it.

"Should I get it? Daddy will be really mad if he finds it."

"I'll hold it for you and when we run away you'll see it again. That sound good to you?" she smiled and nodded before she went to change. He heard his cell phone and then he pulled it out as Kaoru came over with the outfit in her arms. She leaned over him and she read it before she cursed.

"They're here? Aww. I like hanging with just you."

"We'll leave. They'll on the first floor and our car is on the second." They quickly paid for the items that both of them had looked at and then they looked around before they dashed over to the exit. They stepped outside and went towards the car before he opened the trunk and went to start the car. Kaoru put her things inside before she jumped into the convertible and they drove off.

"We are not nice people." She giggled as they headed to the first mall.

"So what? I'm treating you to shopping because you're finally doing all that homework. They'll understand." She nodded before they turned the corner.

The two were in the eating quarters of the mall sharing a large sandwich and drinking two lemonades. They were waiting for their collars to finish at the store below them. Michael then took Kaoru's hand and examined the ring that was on her middle finger. It was a nice heart shaped amethyst jewel and he liked the way it shined in his eyes.

"Who bought that for you?"

"Kenshin did. Isn't it nice?" Michael agreed and then he gave a cute pout.

"I wanted to give you something like this when we run away. He beat me to it." Kaoru giggled and she kissed his forehead.

"It's alright. You don't have to get me anything. Honest." He gave a cute smile to her before they threw the rest of the sandwich away and went to pick up their collars. Somebody was watching them and as the person dialed numbers, they didn't know they would be caught.

"Tyler, I found them. The two sneaky bastards are here. From what I hear, Kaoru's going to club later on. Better think about that."

"She can't. We'll kill her if she does. But thanks for the information Jim. I knew they were up to something. Talk to ya later."

"Right."

"Michael, what would you say if I had a secret that I didn't tell you?"

"I'd say 'why didn't you tell me yet?' and make a pouty face like this." she giggled as she lay upside down on his bed and looked at his face upside down.

"Now you're smiling." He laughed at her softly before Kaoru opened the book she had got from school. They were still doing homework when they got back and the others hadn't returned yet. Asahi, Karen, and the twins were in the kitchen putting the girls' project together.

Kaoru blew the bangs from her eyes before she sat up. Asahi was hiding the clothes he bought for her since she couldn't take them home. He shut the box and put it back under his bed before he put on his mix CD he bought at the second mall. Kaoru got up and she began to dance. Michael smirked as he picked up the math work and began working again. Once he was done, he looked at her and saw she was finishing up the reading assignment against the dresser. Once she was done, she put it on the stack with Michael's and saw they were halfway done. She began to whine as he lit himself another cigarette.

"Michael, I'm bored! Let's go do something!" she bounced up and down before going under his bed and pulling out a cute outfit and some sneakers.

"What are you planning?"

"Let's go to Club Kryptonite. I'm so bored and I know the others went back to where I live for this big party daddy said I can't go to."

"Well… I don't know…"

"Please? Just you and me. I promise I won't drink anything, buy anything, smoke anything unless you're smoking it, and I'll buy a bottle of sprite from the store down the street if I get thirsty." Michael was still having bad thoughts. Kaoru gave her famous puppy eyes to him and then he sighed before he went into his closet and found a nice outfit.

"Where are my keys?"

"YAY!" she hugged him tightly and Michael had to smile as he loved to make her happy.

Kaoru smiled softly as Michael got them in the club quickly. He knew the owner's son and since he hung out with the family a lot they let him in for free. Kaoru looked to die for as they stepped out on the dance floor. She saw a few girls she had spoken with at the mall and then she waved to them and smiled. Michael gave her a smirk.

"So that's why you wanted to go!"

"Yeah!" she went over to them and then she began to chat before she started dancing. Michael was wandering around and dancing with random girls. He met up with Kaoru again and she smiled before she took his hands and pulled him to her dancing. He gave her a smile before the two began to dance. Kaoru's cell phone vibrated as she rested her back against his chest.

She flipped it open and Michael looked over her shoulder as she read the message from Kenshin. She looked up at Michael as she moved the hair from the screen. It was tied in a ponytail over her shoulder.

"What should I say!"

"… That we're joyriding!" Kaoru smiled up at him before she narrowed her eyes and wrote back to him before slipping it back into her pocket. She didn't know why, but she felt like relaxing with Michael for the simple fact that he cared for her and didn't tell on her like the others would. The song changed and they changed their tempo and style of dancing.

"What do you think they're going to say when we got home smelling like smoke and liquor!" Michael thought about it before he spoke.

"Who gives afuc

Michael sat down with smoke as Kaoru and her two new friends danced up on a circular podium. He got bored and he saw a guy starting up a dance competition. He got off his chair and he outed the cigarette before he fixed his hat and went over towards the guy who was getting attention. So far he had shut down two boys and Michael was ready to put him to shame.

He moved through the crowd and then he looked at the dude as he started up. He just watched him do old moves and then he got bored as he nodded to the two boys that were next to him telling him to "Demolish that wangsta". He saw him stop before the DJ started it back up again.

Kaoru and her friends looked over and stopped dancing once they saw what was going. Michael was just pulling off the craziest dance moves (A/N: Just picture Chris Brown in "Run it".) He spun around and he threw his hat at the boy before he just beat him even worse. Once he was done, he put his palms flat against each other and he bowed before he backed away.

"YEAH MICHAEL! YEAH!" Michael smirked as he could hear Kaoru and her friends cheering him on. The man started up again and some of the moves were hot. Michael yawned as the song changed and he had to smirk before he went in slow motion. They said 'ooo' as he was just doing the best moves so slow that people were swaying with him. Once he went fast, it was over.

"Wooohooo!" Kaoru jumped down and she went over and hugged him as he bowed. He hugged her as well before they both stuck their tongues out as he walked away in shame.

"Anybody next!"

Kenshin and the others knew that Michael and Kaoru were lying, so Aoshi, Jacob, Kenshin, and Tyler went to look for them. They knew exactly where to go too.

"Club Kryptonite." Tyler said to them before he flashed his I.D. and the bouncer let them in since Tyler knew the family as well. Once they stepped inside, they saw how wild everybody was and were amazed.

"Found Michael and Kaoru." Jacob said and then he yelled it after they said 'what!'

"Where!"

"Over there!" he pointed to Kaoru up on stage with her friends and Michael and a few boys up on stage with them doing crazy dance moves to the song they were listening too. Kenshin gasped at what Kaoru was wearing.

"That's a party outfit! She didn't have that when we were coming here!"

"Then she must've bought it!" Tyler yelled to him and they saw them all get together and sandwich up as they danced and moved before getting down and disappearing into the crowd.

"I'm writing to Michael now! That little fucker is screwed!"

Michael laughed with Kaoru as he exhaled smoke and made sure the ashes didn't touch her hair. He exhaled smoke and then he gave her the last of it as they were dancing to the slow song. He felt his phone vibrate and he looked down at it before picking it up. Kaoru blew smoke up as she winked at some cute boys walking by.

"Oh shit! Kaoru they're here!" Kaoru outed the cigarette against the bottom of her shoe and then she looked up. Michael turned her in their direction and Kaoru frowned.

"Shit. I was having fun." She mumbled to herself before she got an idea.

"Let's play a game with them!"

Kenshin sat down in the car tired. The club was so big and had three floors so they were just moving through each floor and getting them confused. Tyler had finally caught them and he and Michael had an argument before they were out of the club. Kaoru smirked over to Kenshin and blew him a kiss before he just sighed with a smile and let Aoshi drive off.
Once at the house, Tyler and Michael kept on arguing and cursing at each other before Asahi told the two to stop fighting and sent them all to bed. Kaoru took a shower and then she washed her hair before she got out, dressed herself, and snuck over to Michael's room. Kenshin was sleeping so deep he didn't notice.

"Michael, you awake?"

"My cheek hurts." She said 'okay' softly before she went into the kitchen and got a bag of ice. Tyler had punched Michael in the parking lot and Michael had hooked him in the jaw before they left. Kaoru went back into the room and she sat on his stomach before she put the ice on his cheek. He hissed softly before Kaoru kissed his cheek and put the ice back on. She then frowned because she knew he was in pain.

"I'm sorry if this is my fault. I should have never wanted to go." She looked down and then he sighed before speaking.

"It's not your fault. Tyler is just upset because he didn't want you to get sick again at the club. He thinks I can't take care of you. And I wanted to go anyways."

"Why? Before you were so hesitant about it." Michael smiled at her before he spoke.

"Because you were smiling and you were happy to do something you wanted to do. You've been so sad lately, and I just wanted you to smile like you've been doing this whole day. I knew the consequences, but I decided to risk it." Kaoru smiled at Michael before he sat up and kissed her forehead. She got off his stomach and then she sat next to him as he held the ice on his cheek.

"Damn. Tyler really hit me… Fucker." He got up and he looked into the mirror before he examined the damage. He wasn't really hurt, but it stung like hell. Kaoru pouted and he saw it in the mirror.

"It's okay Kaoru. Honest."

"You positive?"

"One-hundred and ten percent positive." He saw the swelling go down and he put on some slippers before he and Kaoru went downstairs to the den. They turned on the television and then they decided on watching the music channel after debating 'Robot Chicken' over 'Andy Milonakis'. They got a blanket and shared it together.As they let the soothing tunes put them to sleep, Michael took a pillow and he put it on his shoulder for Kaoru to sleep on before he leaned back and fell asleep himself after he heard Kaoru's soft breathing.

Aoshi woke up in the morning and he had to smile as he saw the two sleeping and letting the music channel play. He snuck off and got two symbols before he went back in and he saw Tommy with Asahi's drum from his college days.

"Ready?" Tommy nodded to him before Aoshi counted to three.

"One… two… three!" the two began to bang an dmake noise. Kaoru and Michael screamed and jumped up. The two boys laughed as Kaoru looked as if she'd seen a ghost. Michael?... let's just say he was hiding under the blanket.

"It's only us." Kaoru took the first thing she saw and flung it angrily. The two shut the door before it could hit and then Kaoru gasped as it was a bowl and Michael sighed as he came out of the blanket.

"I hate loud sounds first thing in the morning. Aoshi knows that too." Michael began to pick up the pieces with Kaoru and then Kaoru cut her finger. She let out a hiss of pain and pulled away from the sharp piece of the bowl. She cursed and then Michael stopped putting all the pieces together and he took her finger. He made sure there wasn't a shard in it before he put her finger in his mouth and began to soothe the wound.

"You still remember that?" he nodded before she just sighed with a smile and closed her eyes.

"After 5 years you still remember what mommy use to do for my cuts on my hands… Michael you're the greatest." Michael removed her finger from his mouth and he grabbed the vacum from the other room before vacuming up the small pieces. Once they were done, they brushed their teeth and they went to the porch. They weren't hungry and they just heard the conversations about the day before and other things. Kaoru stretched and then she snuggled into him as they put their feet up and moved their toes left to right.

"Michael, what if we were never cousins?"

"… We'd probably be lovers.(sigh)." Kaoru laughed softly at the way he said it and then she kissed his cheek before she leaned against him.

"If only we weren't blood…"

"It's better that we're blood."

"Nani?"

"Hai."

"…Wakarimasen." Michael sighed before he thought about an explanation. Then he came up with the simplest one.

"If we weren't family, we would have never met." Kaoru thought about it before agreeing with him and pulling her hair over her shoulder. She smiled and let out a squeal before hugging him and staring up at the clouds moving.

"Well then I'm glad that we met Michael." Michael smiled and he stared up at the clouds.

"Me too Kaoru. Me too."

R.S.: Whew! This one took me two days to write. I had to keep leaving. Anyways, I know some people are confused and some are like 'crazy.' I'm here to explain it all!

For the beginning if nobody understood, Kaoru went to a party with her friends Yuki and Cassidy from that school. Somebody slipped ecstasy into her drink, she got it into her system, and called Kenshin because she knew something was wrong with her. Then after that she went to the hospital, got taken in for an examination, got the ecstasy pumped from her stomach, but then she got a poisoning from it.

That's that part. Now for Kaoru and Michael. I know you're wondering 'are they in love? They're cousins!'

Kaoru has a bond with Michael that is different from her other siblings because Michael is the only Kamiya outside of her family that actually understands how she acts and what goes on in her mind. They've been the closest family members before Kaoru's mother died and when she did, they got even closer.

They expirament together and try different things. For an example, if Kaoru wanted to learn how to kiss, she would go to Michael because she wouldn't trust anybody else. It's a relationship that's based on family love and understanding. That's why they're so calm with each and not afraid to do anything crazy.

That's the end of this chapter. Next chapter, Tomoe comes back into the picture. And what she does… well it hurts everybody.

Next on "It's always that one person"(Haven't done this in a while)

"I don't understand what you mean. Why can't Michael run away with me?"

"Aoshi, if you don't talk to Kaoru, she's set on a path towards DEATH. Do you want her to die?"

"I hate everything about you. You put my brothers in jail, you took my only love away from me. Kaoru, I hope you die."

"Kaoru… KAORU!"

Doesn't make sense, but then again, you're not suppose to understand it, are you? Until next chapter, see ya later!