It's raining so hard outside, I'm pretty sure the squirrels are drowning. The window in the bathroom was open, and the wind actually blew the door open. Well, I have updated on 10/28/06 at 22:37 GMT -4. To put it in plain english, it's 10:37 pm Atlantic Time. Go Atlantic!

Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin.

The Muse: Prism Squared

Chapter Three: Lots of Filler Junk To Get To the Actual Plot of the Story

Apparently, Kenshin didn't run as far as I said he did, because he ended up running right into Megumi and Yahiko, who were only five minutes walking distance from the dojo.

"Kenshin, what's wrong?" Megumi asked. He didn't usually act like this. Maybe Yahiko was right in getting her.

"Kaoru and Sano are in the kitchen. Cooking."

"That can't be good." Yahiko said. They all sniffed the air. Smoke. Kenshin was the first running towards the dojo. Once he saw thick clouds of gray coming from its direction, he ran even faster. And after 36 seconds (hello, god like speed), he busted in to see Kaoru and Sano, moping around, being bored, completely ignoring the smoke.

"HOW DO YOU BURN TEA!?" Kenshin was so worried, Amber Kenshin came out.

"Burn what?" Megumi and Yahiko had just arrived.

"The tea!"

"Um, that's kind of impossible." Megumi was starting to think Kenshin really was going insane.

"Yeah. That's steam. How did you know we were making tea?" Kaoru asked. Amber Kenshin decided to ignore that question.

"With Kaoru and Sano in the kitchen, anything's possible." Yahiko stated.

"True." Megumi decided to salvage what was left of the kitchen, and moved towards it to calm down the raging fire. She then remembered that she needed water, and with all of her telepathic might, ordered Yahiko to get some.

"Kenshin, we need to get water." So they got some from the well. And soon the fire was out. Sanosuke pouted.

"I don't cook that bad."

"You might be worse than Kaoru." Yahiko decided to add.

"Then let's have a cooking contest in the kitchen!" Sanosuke decided to act like the mature man he wasn't, and prove he was better. After all, actions speak better than words.

"What kitchen?" Yahiko smirked as Sano looked around. Ash. Nails. A broken table leg. No kitchen. Sano was relieved because he really didn't think he was better than Kaoru. Maybe a tiny bit…..

"YOU DESTROYED MY KITCHEN!" Kaoru roared with a raised bokken in her hands.

"Hey, I wasn't the one who invited me into your kitchen. Or wanted tea for that matter. In fact, I remember being against it." Sano felt like being smart for once.

"WHY YOU!" Kaoru charged at him because she didn't like it when Sanosuke started being smart. He was better dumb, like he was supposed to be. Sano just barely dodged. Fortunately, Kenshin was back to his violet eyed self.

"Before you guys start fighting, maybe you should think about talking about your problems one on one." Sanosuke and Kaoru looked at Kenshin like he was insane. So did Megumi and Yahiko. Because he was insane. At least they stopped. Sano snorted and shook his head.

"Peace lovers." Kenshin ignored what he said, and Kaoru left the 'room'. Sano just backed up and leaned on a non-existent wall with his arms crossed. I guess the room was just built for leaning purposes. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment (thought?! Woah!). The kitchen was gone, so couldn't freeload there for a while.

'Wait…. What am I leaning on?' He snapped open his eyes to find Megumi, Kenshin, and Yahiko staring at him.

"Oro?" Yahiko said.

"That's my word." Kenshin whispered.

"Sorry." Sano was floating in mid air… sort of… He was leaning on something that wasn't there. Sano turned around.

"Taichou?!" The ghost he used to be leaning on smiled.

"Hello." He said.

"H-hi!" Sano actually thought that the ghost he saw when he was learning the futae-no-kiwami was a hallucination. But maybe this one was a hallucination too! The kitchen walls were gone; maybe this was a tree! Ghosts weren't solid, or were they….

"Are you ok Sano? Who are you talking to?" Megumi asked.

"Maybe Kenshin's rubbing off on him." Yahiko said.

"Sessha isn't insane." Kenshin stated.

"Are you guys suggesting there's something wrong with me?" Sanosuke was somewhat irritated at the suggestions. Kenshin looked away and coughed.

"No…." Sano raised an eyebrow. Megumi strode up to him and tried placing her hand on his forehead. Sanosuke dodged out of habit, and her hand went through his captains' figure.

"Owww……" Sozo whined. Megumi felt a weird cool feeling around her wrist and forearm. Sano took Megumi's wrist and started to wave it through the dead guy, who was currently looking extra dead, and mad. At the same time, Sano poked Sozo.

"Would you stop that?!" He snapped. "That's annoying!" When Megumi was touching him, he was just empty space. When Sano poked him, he was solid. Sano knew that this wasn't a hallucination when he saw another person that he had never met before step forward. She had a blue aura around her, and a cool demeanor. It seemed like nothing would startle her, and it seemed like even if a bomb exploded or something, she wouldn't even care. Not that she was supposed to. I mean, like she was dead. It's not like it would hurt her. She started to speak.

"My name is Himura Tomoe." Sano immediately choked on his spit.

Megumi asks a lot of questions, doesn't she?

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