Summary: 50 stories about Kenshin and Kaoru, sometimes meandering to include the other Ruroken cast. A mix of canon and AU one-shots. Some crack can be expected. Read and Review!

Rating: T

Characters: Kaoru and Kenshin

Disclaimer: Anything you recognise here belongs to the one and only Watsuki Nobuhiro.

Modern AU, Kaoru decides to pay Kenshin back for snitching on her.

Round One

Kenshin dug into his jeans pocket fumbling around for the keys. He groaned and checked his coat pockets as well. Nothing. He shook his bangs out of his eyes and prayed that his master was home. Lugging the cardboard box higher in his arms he trudged up the driveway and cursed under his breath as he read the note stuck to the door. "Going out, the keys are with the Kamiyas."

Sighing, Kenshin bent and placed the box on the porch and stretching his arms; he jogged across the street and rang the doorbell. There was no response. He shrugged and rang the bell again. Still no response. He rolled his eyes. Please be home. Please be home.

All of a sudden, the door was jerked open. Kaoru stood held the door open, watching him with a scowl on her face. "Oh, it's you. What do you want?"

Kenshin bit back a laugh. Apparently, Kaoru could really hold onto a grudge. She still hadn't forgiven him for snitching on her and she made her displeasure evident everyday in some way or the other. He smiled, "Shishou left the house keys with you. Can I have them?"

She didn't move. "Can you have them? Sure. Will I give them to you? Not so sure."

He narrowed his eyes at her. "Excuse me?"

Kaoru leaned against the door, inspecting her fingernails. "Gee Kenshin, I just can't remember where I put them."

Kenshin shook his head. "Kaoru-chan, this is not a good time. I have to go somewhere, and I need to drop this stuff off…and why am I telling you all this…just give me my keys!"

Kaoru perked up. "Ooh, do you have a date? Too bad you'll be late….hey! That rhymes!" She laughed in delight, ignoring the glowering scowl Kenshin sent her way.

"Kaoru-chan, my keys. Now."

"Did you know how imperative it is to speak kindly and encouragingly to middle-schoolers? A harsh word can lead to the debilitation of spirit and creativity in an impressionable mind."

"Kaoru, if you do not give me the keys right this very instant…I'm going to tell your mother just how Troy Mathers got that black eye."

Kaoru gasped. "You wouldn't."

It was Kenshin's turn to lean against the doorframe and preen over his hands. "You leave me no choice."

Kaoru nibbled on her lip. "She won't believe you."

"You wanna bet on that?"

"You evil, evil man."

He simply smirked. "You have a lot to learn yet, young paduan."

Kaoru shoved the keys in his hand. "Fine! Take your dumb keys."

Kenshin smiled winningly. He stepped away from the porch and began to walk down the driveway. "Bye, Kaoru-chan!"

Kaoru scowled. "Bye."

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