Thanks to my delightful reviewers: Scarred Sword Heart, Rihannon, and caseyedith (twice!) You guys rock my socks!
As always, concrit is welcomed.
Also, I do not own Rurouni Kenshin.
Cheechako
-noun
1.a tenderfoot; greenhorn; newcomer
Kenshin honestly forgets, sometimes, what it means to be a master swordsman. Drilling Yahiko in the basics of footwork is both good for the boy's career as a practitioner of kendo and for Kenshin's own strength to return, sapped as it was by his long convalescence in Kyoto.
When Yahiko realizes it is the drills of Kamiya Kasshin-ryu he is doing, he is furious.
"I thought you were teaching me Hiten Mitsurugi! Jerk!"
Kenshin thought anyone could tell the difference between the styles. Then he remembers that Yahiko is ten and all of five months Kaoru's apprentice, apologizes, and explains.