DISCLAIMER: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin. Simple as that.

RECAP: "Sano – what- are – you – doing?" Kenshin and Kaoru wheezed out, they really were trying. Sano came back wearing a blank expression, holding a bucket. Kenshin and Kaoru tensed and almost (almost) stopped laughing. But of coarse, Sano poured it on them anyways. Cold, one word to describe it, cold.

Kaoru etched an eyebrow as she started to twitch, "nurse I think you better get another room ready…"

Sano ran out of the room screaming, of coarse it wasn't a real, scream just a teasing one. "Get back here you bird – head!" Kaoru yelled running after him. Kenshin would have laughed, but he couldn't risk that again… These people so happy amazing.

Kaoru returned she was still pissed, but managed to put on a smile. "umm, since we don't know you very well, we couldn't notify your family…" Kaoru asked Kenshin not noticing how he seemed to tense for a second. "Where do you live, can you give us a phone number?"

"I don't have any." Kenshin shortly said letting his bangs cover his face that had taken on a solemn look.

"what?"

"I don't have any… No family, no home, no phone…" Kenshin told her, he didn't mean to be cold but that's just how it came out. "Please don't feel bad on my account…"

"Oh…" Kaoru looked down ashamed that she asked. "well, you could stay with us!"

"What, but I've already caused enough trouble."

"Well, if you stayed and did some house work it could help pay of some of these hospital bills." Both Kenshin and Kaoru sweat dropped at this.

"fine, I'll go along with it…" Kenshin admitted in defeat.

The nurse walked in just then and smiled telling him that he was free to go. He thanked her and walked out with the help of Kaoru, he could have walked on his own but Kaoru insisted.

Sano would have made a comment, but the look in Kaoru's eyes told him not to. Sano agreed to drive them to Kaoru's house, and said good-bye as he sped off.

"Nutcase…" Kaoru mumbled ringing the doorbell. Kenshin looked at her strangely.

"Don't you have a key?" He asked.

"Yeah, but I like to make my brother run." She grinned evilly.

"What if your parents answer?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you… We live alone, Sano checks up on us every once in a while. But other than that we're on our own… 'Don't feel bad.'" She mocked him.

Who knows what Kenshin would have done if the door didn't open just then. Kenshin looked down to see a by of about ten years, with spiky hair similar to Sano's but not quite.

The boy spoke, "Hey ugly who's this? It's not like you could actually get a boy friend." He looked up at Kenshin and snickered at the redness of his face.

"Yahiko I'll get you for that later. Now help me get Kenshin to the couch." Kaoru told Yahiko as she made a not to self to get him later.

"Really Kaoru-dono, I don't ne-" He was cut off, by Yahiko.

"Now I remember! You're that Monster dude, who beat the crap out of that other dude! Awesome!" Yahiko bursted out, finally remembering what Kaoru had told him when he asked why she was going to the hospital.

"Your brother has colorful language for a young one…" Kenshin said with a sweat drop.

"I ain't no friggin' young one!" Yahiko exclaimed crossly as he purposely let Kenshin fall on his butt two feet away from the couch. Bad move…

"Yahiko…" Kaoru started she never really intended to finish. Lucky for Yahiko, Kenshin had made his way to the couch on his own. Kaoru was just about to beat Yahiko, when she was interrupted by a low grumbling noise. Kenshin flushed and laughed nervously.

"Oh I forgot you haven't eaten for three days!" Kaoru hurriedly rushed to the kitchen forgetting about Yahiko, and giving Kenshin no time to argue.

Ooookaaay Yahiko thought to himself about making a movie called 'sisters gone wild', who knows? Then he opened his eyes as he just remembered something very important. "OMG Kaoru's cooking sucks! She's gonna kill you!"

Kenshin sweat dropped and replied smiling at how immature Yahiko was, and how desperate he was to grow up. No doubt for his sister. "It's better than nothing, right?"

"If you wanna die that is…" Yahiko answered rolling his eyes. "And we can't have our monster swordsman dying over a stupid thing like that."

"Oh, by the way…" Kenshin asked ignoring Yahiko's child ness, "Why is there a katana in the lunch room anyway?"

"You don't know?" Kenshin gave him a look to say 'if I did why would I ask?' so Yahiko continued. "Our district revolves around kendo, next to basket ball." Yahiko made coughing noises at the smell of some thing burnt. "Kaoru's the second best, at her school. The only one above her is Shishio. The kid's freaky likes to wrap himself in bandages, maybe he was burned. That's beside the point, but by the sounds of it you could probably beat Kaoru, and maybe even Shishio." Yahiko looked around to make sure no one else heard. "PS: I wouldn't say anything around Kaoru, she'll probably force you to compete…"

Kenshin nodded then a grimace made it's way to his lips. Yahiko was about to ask when he heard his sister's voice behind him, "That's a great idea Yahiko!" She deliberately crushed him in a hug. Keshin just fell down anime style…

Yahiko: "I ain't no friggin' young one, I ain't immature, and I don't act childish!"

LBD: "awe, Yahiko thinks he's all grown up, how cute!"

Yahiko: "I'm not cute!"

LBD: "Tsubame thinks so…" lifting an eyebrow grinning mischievously.

Yahiko: blushing madly, "She's not even in this fic why'd you bring her up!"

LBD: "Oh, so you're admitting you're cute?"

Yahiko "Arg!"