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Yahiko: Aaaw, shut up you old cow!

Aurora Whisperwind: Why you little….Wait a sec…I've a better idea. Your life is ruined in this chap, cat! Muhuhahahaha!

Yahiko:WHAT? NOOOOOOOOO!

It was a beautiful morning! The sun was shining! The birds were singing! The scent of fresh blooming flowers filled the air as a happy little frog bounced around followed by three not so happy figures. Kaoru was still upset over her dumped cooking and Sano and Yahiko-in-boots were nursing deep wounds, still glaring at each other and Kaoru.

"Come on you guys, let's lighten up! How about a song?"-croaked Misao and immediately shut up after being shot three 'Shut up if you want to live' looks.

"Didn't realize we were still on that"-she murmured and hopped a good deal away.

"What did you mean by throwing my precious cooking away? I made it with so much hard work and love for you ungrateful, horrible, beasts who don't even have the decency to…to…"-words failed Kaoru as she bit back a sob.

"O lord, please don't tell me you're gonna cry…."-moaned Yahiko as Kaoru started crying with wrenching sobs. "Oh damn, now she'll never stop!"

Somewhere deep in his pool of loneliness, Kenshin Himura had found an anchor. An anchor, in the shape of the delightful adventures of a girl and her funny companions who were coming to save him. She was crying now, why? He could see them only occasionally in his dreams, and now he couldn't understand what was happening, but sight of her sobbing so pitifully, it just melted his heart. He wanted to see her just once, just to console her, he wanted it SO MUCH!

Blinking through her film of tears, Kaoru saw something strange. Instead of the sunny surroundings, it was suddenly really foggy. Am I dead? Suddenly, the fog cleared a little and there was a very, very, very gorgeous guy in princely clothes and long red hair in front of her. He looked hazy, like an apparation. Infact, considering the situation, if he had wings and a halo, it would have just fit in right. "Don't be afraid…"-he said. "I'm not here to hurt you…" (Like duh, who would think he'll hurt anyone). The sympathy and loneliness in those lavender orbs was evident. Could this be Prince Kenshin? He was said to have red hair….

He stepped towards her and bent down, and through it all she could hear Sano and Yahiko say something but for some reason she couldn't see them. It was so murky around, she thought, Where were they?

She stopped wondering when the red head stroked her cheek and murmured "It's ok, why are you crying? Everything will be fine…" She stared and tears came anew into her eyes. No one had been this nice, no one had ever touched her with so much love, and no one had ever said something so sweet. She reached forward and wrapped her arms around the guy, it felt so nice. Thank you-she murmured, and felt a happy, almost euphoric feeling envelope her. Until……

She squealed out in pain as sharp claws scratched her face. Opening her eyes, she saw Yahiko's angry and scared face. The connection, or whatever was broken; and it was the same sunny meadow again. She stared at Yahiko in confusion, and looked around. Nope. No Prince Kenshin. "Looks like she's ok now"-said Sano, Kaoru blinked at him-"You ok, little missy?"

"We were so worried; you began acting so strange, looking at something far away, and then you huggedYahiko and said something that sounded like 'Thank you'. Now that was seriously weird…."

"WHAT?"-spat Kaoru and sure enough, in her arms was Yahiko. "EEEEEEEW"- went Kaoru and started trying to chop her hands off. "Yeah, and if I hadn't scratched you god knows what you would've done…."-Yahiko trailed off. Kaoru stopped trying to de-arm herself. They both shuddered. Yuck….

An hour later, everyone had calmed down; they were back on the road. To break the bone-chilling silence, Misao suggested the song again. No one said anything, so she started singing herself. And pretty soon the others joined in. (Mainly to drown out her voice) and the song was a familiar one, too.

"We're off to save Prince Kenshin; the wonderful Prince Kenshin; because, because, because…….." Everyone shut up. "Say, why are we saving him anyway?"-queried Sano. Misao shook her head. Everyone looked confused. "Why are we doing something when we have absolutely no idea why we're doing it?"-he questioned. "Because he's so impossibly hot, that's why"-answered Kaoru. The other three raised their eyebrows, and she felt herself redden. She explained, blushing. "Oh, so that's why you were so weird. And I thought you actually were beginning to like Yahiko. I mean he was trying so hard to make you stop crying, he really cares about you-" Misao was interrupted by a murderous look from Yahiko-in-boots. "SHUT UP"-warned Yahiko through clenched teeth and his eyes glinted dangerously. Nothing more was said about the matter. (No one obviously wanted to get their hearts ripped out)

They walked on and on. "How far is this All-knowing-seer, anyway?"-puffed Kaoru wearily glancing at Sano. "How do I know? Who has the map?"-answered Sano looking at the others. "Don't look at me, no pockets"-stated Misao. "Well I don't have it"-muttered Sano. "Neither do I"-said Kaoru. All of them looked at Yahiko who was chasing something in the grass, completely oblivious to their conversation so far. He looked up at the sudden silence, and everyone was looking at him. "What?"-he stammered. Somehow he felt wary at the way everyone looked at him. "Where is it, Yahiko?"-said Kaoru with the air of a commanding officer.

"Where's what?"

"The map, of course"

"Map, what map?"

"YOU MORON, DO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOU ACTUALLY LOST IT?"-thundered Kaoru. The others glared at him murderously.

"Now, wait just a second-" Yahiko's words were cut short by a-"GET HIM!"

And the next thing he knew, he was being chased all over the place by a killer frog, a banshee, and a giant.

"Wait, you don't understand…."-he stated as he narrowly dodged Sano's huge arms.

"The stupid fool, we're lost now, and it's all his BLOODY FAULT"-screeched Misao.

"Will you guys listen? We don't-"

"Gotcha!"- Cheered Kaoru. Everyone came over. "So, what do we do with him now, drown him or decapitate him or burn him at the stake or……?"

"Oh, anything will do"- grinned Misao, with a look of pure evil.

"Ok, then I'll guess we'll decapitate him"-decided Kaoru. "And eat him for dinner?"-asked Sano. "Sure that's a good idea. What do you think, Kaoru?"- Misao said, though Kaoru didn't look too enthusiastic. And in her moment of indecision-

"THAT'S IT! FOR THE LAST TIME WE DO NOT, I REPEAT, WE DO NOT HAVE A MAP; YOU ABYSMAL FOOL OF A BUSU!"-screamed Yahiko wrenching himself free.

"He's lying"-declared Sano and Misao in unision.

"Yeah, you liar, we did have one and you…..well you… you lost it, didn't you? No… oh my, you're right, we were always lost…….um…… I'm sorry, Yahiko, it just slipped my mind…."-muttered Kaoru.

"DAMN RIGHT, YOU SHOULD BE! AND YOU-"he turned to Misao, "NO ABYSMAL FOOL OF A PRINCE WOULD WANT TO KISS SOMEONE LIKE YOU"-he looked at Sano now, "I KNOW WHY SANO ISN'T YOUR NAME! OH YES I DO! THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE NAME OF A SPECIES WITHAN I.QOF ZILCH AND THE APPEARANCE OF A GIANT WITH CAT-KILLING, DISGUSTING TASTES!YOU-" He went on ranting until it was quite dark and was quite exhausted when he was through, and the others too, by the look of their faces, (and their ruptured eardrums). After a long, (Trust me, a very long) time, when Yahiko was pacified and promised that he'd never, ever be decapitated or eaten, things quieted down. Nothing was said about dinner, (That would upset you-know-who) and everyone just fell asleep. Well, all except Kaoru. Now that everything was fine, that Prince, he was so handsome! And so incredibly sweet! But why could only she see him? Oh well, now atleast her dream-prince had a face. Kaoru smiled to herself as she drifted off to sleep, feeling tomorrow and the All-knowing-seer couldn't come soon enough.

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