Chapter 2: The Kaoru, Suzume, and Ayame Treatment

upon arriving at the Kamiya Dojo, Ryuichi is given the guest room, right across the hall from Sanosuke's room. He had a few objections about the whole idea but he'd better get used to it 'cause it looks like the Kamiya Dojo is about to see her 5th free-loader.

"O.K, I know that kaoru is some sort of fragrant grass and ayame is iris, I don't know what the heck Suzume is but by the sounds of things you're gonna try to get me to smoke some kinda somethin' to help me calm down."

"Don't worry, Kaoru, Suzume, and Ayame are all people and you can't smoke them."

Sanosuke, who was actually starting to feel kind of bad about calling her a prostitute, went down to sit by her and say that he was sorry, when suddenly a sickening crunch filled the air...

"KA-POW!!!"

It now became perfectly clear to him that Little Scar Face wasn't just talented in swords, but that look on her face and the eyes that looked like they could catch your soul on fire softened as she saw that she and Sano weren't the only people that had seen her hit him. Dr. Genzai had brought over his two young granddaughters, Ayame and Suzume and they saw the whole spectacle and didn't think that it was all that nice...

"Who are you and why did you hit uncle Sano?"

"Yeah, uncle Sano!"

"First of all, my name is Ryuichi Yamatara and second of all I hit him because he called me a no-so-nice name earlier today and that is my way of teaching him not to say it anymore." said the lady-assassin politely.

"Oh, OK, wanna come play with us?"

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"I haven't played games like this since I was just a little girl. I remember always winning and making my little brother cry. I thought it was kinda funny at the time, but now that I look back on it, it's not as funny. It maybe because my family is just a memory now, but I would still like to know if they are still out there.*Sigh*"

"Its O.K Auntie Ryuichi, we'll be your new family, but you have to be nice!"

"Don't worry, I'll be nice just for your sake (and Sano's too), but you have to help me 'cause I did some pretty bad things that I'm not too proud of. Hey, I think I heard Kaoru say that lunch is ready. Let's eat!"



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"Miss Ryuichi, this is the last part of your treatment, lunch with Kaoru."

"Lunch? What's lunch got to do with my treatment?"

"Believe me, after today I think I could leave you in the same room with 2 billion yen and feel comfortable doing so..."

Little did she know, the slick rurouni had a plan. A great plan that was falling into place as they spoke. Knowing that she was a part in this whole mess made Kaoru mad, but what was worse was that her cooking was being involved too. She knew that Ryuichi would make some sort of rude comment about it, so although she knew Kenshin meant well, she wasn't about to get embarrassed by her cooking...again.

"Miss Ryuichi, I'll have to warn you, my cooking's not all that good, so if you don't want to eat it you don't have to."

"Oh come on now Kaoru, it can't be that bad. I've had food that looks worse than this with Tatsumi! Ha! *takes a bite of rice* Um...Kaoru, are you sure you didn't give me the leftovers from a few years ago."

"Why you little ungrateful brat!!! I open my home to you and you insult my food?! I'll show you!!!"

Everybody stares at them as Kaoru chases her around the dojo, beating her with a broomstick.

"Darn it Kaoru, I can't help it if you can't cook worth a crap! Ouch!! For a sissy-looking broad you sure can hit hard! Ouch! Someone throw me a broomstick or a candlestick or a tree branch! I need to defend myself!!!"

"Sorry Ryuichi, we all had to get the Kaoru treatment even Kenshin! Ha ha!" laughed Yahiko.

A few minutes later...

"Now that Kaoru's settled down, I can tell you about the decision I have made. I have decided to stay here with you guys at the Kamiya dojo. Besides getting beat up by Kaoru, you guys have treated me like a human being and not an assassin. That's why I want to stay here."

"Great another moody female around! That's just what we need. Now we have a fox lady, a raccoon girl, and a pros..."

"Sano!!!!" yelled the rest of the Kenshin-gumi