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Co chan:yawn Ok Rurouni Kenshin does not belong to me, no matter how much I want it or wish it to be, it will never happen. Neither do the characters but the story is mine, MINE I TELL YOU!!!! I'm going slightly insane coz I've eaten so much sugar and need sleep, not a good combination. Anyway happy reading

Chapter 4

It was at this time that Sanosuke walked in.

"What's with the faces?" he asked which was followed by "when's lunch?"

"I don't remember inviting you Sanosuke Sagara!" Kaoru steamed.

"Oh come on, Jo-chan. You know money's been tight for me since I quit being a fighter for hire," he retorted.

"Money was tight for you then as well, you bum."

Misao fell on the floor, laughing hysterically.

"What are you laughing at weasel girl?" he said menacingly.

"Who are you calling a weasel, you rooster head!" she yelled.

Kaoru burst into a fit of giggles at this. Sanosuke and Misao then started throwing insults at each other.

However, Aoshi walked out to see them and heard the rowe. When he heard Sanosuke call Misao a "stupid weasel" he directed a blood freezing glare at him, causing Sano to stop in his tracks. Kaoru put a hand on Aoshi's shoulder and said, "leave them, they're just playing around."

He sighed at this and went to turn back inside but before he did he said, "lunch is ready by the way."

"LUNCH!!!! Oh boy.... I mean, it's about time," Sano added to try and cover up his enthusiasm.

Misao and Kaoru just laughed at this attempt. Then they went inside to eat lunch. Yahiko was still 'helping out' at the Akabeko and Megumi had patients to see to, so it was only the group at the dojo who ate together.

Whilst they were eating Kenshin decided to start some conversation. "So Misao, did you and Aoshi-san enjoy yourselves at the river?"

At this question Misao turned bright red. Kenshin glanced at Aoshi and swore he saw a mischievious glint in his eyes but it was quickly replaced by his normal glare. Kaoru muffled a giggle.

'She must have noticed too,' Kenshin thought.

Sanosuke on the other hand was completely oblivious to this. "What's so funny Jo-chan?"

Kaoru raised her eyebrows, "nothing, nothing at all."

"Ok then, these riceballs are great Kenshin," Sano said to cover his confusion.

"Thank you Sano but I had help with lunch," Kenshin replied.

"Really? well it obviously wasn't the little missy here." That remark scored him a smack on the head with a rice bowl.

"Aoshi-san helped me," Kenshin stated.

"Oh ook then, arigato Shinomori-san," Sano said to cover his shock.

Kaoru and Misao burst into a fit of giggles causing all the boys to look at them. They stopped for a moment but couldn't contain themselves so the burst out laughing. To occupy themselves the girls cleared up the mess from lunch. When they'd finished Kaoru came back in.

"Kenshin, we haven't gone out for dinner in a while have we?" she asked.

"Etto, iie de gozaru yo," he replied.

"It's settled then. We're going out tonight and not to the Akabeko. We'll go somewhere more formal so that we can dress up," Kaoru announced.

Everyone was stunned by this.

Misao broke the silence, " does that mean I have to put my hair up and wear face paint?" she asked turning pale.

"Yes it does Misao-chan," Kaoru replied grinning.

Misao groaned.

Aoshi couldn't believe what he was hearing. His Misao, beautified? This thought caused even thid ice cube to melt from the humour of it and he grinned dangerously. No one noticed except Misao.

When she saw this, she gulped. ' I dont think I want to know what he's thinking about,' she thought to herself.

Her thoughts were interupted by an excited Kaoru, "come on Misao-chan, we have some shopping to do."

The two said good bye to the others and Misao shot a pleading look at her Aoshi-sama that made her look like she was about to die.

"You boys better find something presentable to wear aswell," Kaoru call back.

Misao would have grinned but she was too distressed about the idea of hair clips, face paint and kimonos to think about it. Perspiration formed on the brows of the men at that yell. They all look at each other and gulped. The girls were out for 4 hours shopping. Shopping being Kaoru, dragging Misao around the shops, thrusting items into her arms. When they got back to the dojo a beaming Kaoru was dragging a bedraggled and unenthusiastic Misao inside. Kaoru continued to drag Misao down the hall, kicking and screaming, to her room with their newly acquired possessions.

The three guys heard the racket and decided to check it out. They got to Kaoru's room where muffled yells were heard and stood outside, unsure of what to do next.

At that moment Kaoru stuck her head out.

"We're just getting ready. We might be a while," she said.

"Sounds more like torture to me Jo-chan," Sano stated grinning wickedly.

Kaoru smacked him, "I'm just helping her get ready," she said glaring at him. "You guys should start to get ready aswell."

She then disappeared back into her room. At that statement they all sweatdropped.

"Sessha should get ready," Kenshin stated.

"Me too," Sano said as he started to walk away.

Aoshi merely nodded, still worried about the screams he could here.

"She'll be fine," Sano said putting a hand on Aoshi's shoulder. "She's a tough little weasel," he added grinning.

This only earnt a cold glare from Aoshi which caused Sano to laugh as he walked off.

Co chan here, hope you enjoyed this chapter and keep reading to find out what happens next. Please keep reviewing and I hope I can entertain you further. Bye bye for now. Luv Co chan.