Drabble 7
Kaoru broke out laughing, defusing the tension. She bubbled over like her tea kettle on the brazier. Yahiko regarded her with a stupefied expression.
Chibi-Usa slumped and let her transform slip away. She couldn't believe she had allowed herself be so provoked that she transformed. She must be way more upset than she had realized. "I just want to go home. The time key isn't working right. This is not where I should be," she moaned.
Kenshin's eyes lit up. "I believe I know a place. There is a shrine in old Edo where magical things are rumored to occur. I can take you there in the morning."
Chibi-Usa was up early and quickly thanked Kaoru for her hospitality. The couple, with the addition of little Kenji, walked with her through the streets to a park in the old part of the city. A tori gate at the end of a long stone staircase marked the entrance to a shrine at the top of the hill.