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Kenshin winced as he heard Kaoru's scream break the quiet serenity of the morning. He chuckled to himself as he continued wringing out the laundry. About ten seconds passed before he saw Yahiko round the corner of the courtyard at top speed with Kaoru running after him, flailing her wooden sword menacingly over her head.
&nbps; "YOU MADE THAT MESS DIDN'T YOU?!"
"SCREW YOU UGLY BITCH! I WAS ONLY PRACTICING!" "PRACTICING WHEN YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLEANING THE DOJO LIKE I ASKED YOU TOO!!" Kaoru took a swing, Yahiko saw it coming and ducked just in time to avoid getting whacked on the head.
"WHY SHOULD I CLEAN? I CLEANED YESTERDAY!" Yahiko yelled back. He grinned as he made straight for the wash bucket where Kenshin sat. Kenshin was watching them both with his mouth hanging slightly open. Kenshin thought that Yahiko would try and jump the bucket, but Yahiko turned at the last moment. Poor Kaoru couldn't turn in time though, and tripped straight over it. She dove headfirst into the bucket of soapy water and laundry. Managing to get Kenshin drenched from the huge wave that followed her plunge.
"Oroooo.." Kenshin blinked a few times, not moving a muscle. Then looked down at his drenched gi and hakama. His red hair now wet with water and suds.
"Ack! Grrr-YAHIKO YOU'RE DEAD!" Kaoru spluttered as she pulled her face out of the water, the top part of her kimono was wet all the way through, Kenshin's underwear happened to be draped over her head, and suds covered everything. Yahiko stood staring for a full second, then fell over laughing.
"HA HA HA!! KAORU YOU TOTALLY FELL FOR IT!! HA HA!"
"Oro…" Kenshin noticed his underwear draped over her head and his face reddened. "Kaoru-dono…"
"Grr-WHAT?!" Kaoru, still pissed off looked over at Kenshin.
Kenshin gave a nervous smile and stood up, " Err-are you ok?" He helped her stand up.
Kaoru blinked a few times, cooling down instantly. "Heh heh… sorry, I didn't mean to take it out on you," Kaoru laughed uneasily and allowed him to help her stand up. She nonchalantly plucked Kenshin's underwear (not knowing it was Kenshin's underwear) from the top of her head and waved it around nervously. "Well-It's getting to be a hot day already! Nothing like a good cooling down!" she laughed, inwardly kicking herself for looking like such a fool in front of Kenshin.
"Err-Kaoru-dono," Kenshin's face reddened even more as he pointed to his underwear that she was waving around in her hand.
"Eh?" She looked at it and held it up with both hands, her face grew bright red and she quickly handed it back over to Kenshin."OH! SORRY!! AH HAHAHA…" She put her hand behind her head and began slinking away. "I'll… just let you finish the laundry, SORRY about that!! Eheh heh.." She quickly turned and ran around to the other side of the dojo out of Kenshin's sight, and rolling up her sleeves, looked around for Yahiko to deliver the punishment of his lifetime. "YAHIKO! WHERE ARE YOU!?!"
She looked around annoyed, the little maggot had run off! Probably fearing her punishment…Damn, and she needed him to go into town to buy tofu too…AND clean up the mess he'd made in the dojo. How was she supposed to teach her students with a mess like that to be cleaned up? She sighed and went inside to get changed into dry clothes.
Kenshin smiled as he ringed out the rest of the laundry and began hanging it up to dry. He had just about finished when Kaoru appeared again, all cleaned up, holding a bucket.
"You haven't seen Yahiko around at all have you?" She asked.
"No, he's probably hiding."
"Grrr-When I find that kid I'll-" "He'll be back when he gets hungry." Kenshin smiled to her and nodded. Kaoru sighed and held up the bucket.
"Anyways, I'm going to run a few errands, I was going to have Yahiko do it, but he's no where to be found. I'll be back by lunch time, could you prepare something to eat for us when you're finished with the laundry?"
"Sure, I suppose you want me to clean up the dojo too, if Yahiko doesn't show up?" Kenshin hung up the last piece of laundry and wiped his hands on his hakama.
Kaoru bit her lip and gave him her most pitiful face, "If you have the time-could you?"
Kenshin sighed and shrugged. "Yeah, I've got a while before I have to make anything for lunch."
"THANK YOU KENSHIN!" Kaoru threw her arms around him, hugging him so tightly Kenshin gasped for air.
"Oroooooo…" Kenshin almost fell over, Kaoru let go of him and danced over to the front gate, waving goodbye.
"I'll be back soon!" She called.
Kenshin smiled and waved. "Take care, Kaoru-dono!"
"Excuse me!" He asked a young woman with a child clinging to her kimono, "Could you tell me what town this is?"
"TOKYO!" laughed the child.
The woman smacked the child. "DON'T talk to strangers! Especially ones with swords!" She picked up the little girl and walked away quickly.
The boy sighed and looked around. "Tokyo, hmm?" A loud grumbling interrupted his thoughts. He put a hand to his stomach and looked around for a place to eat. Maybe there was a place that would give him scraps or something, he had no money to buy any food.
Kaoru had finished most of her shopping; she smiled happily to herself as she hugged a wrapped package to her chest. The new blue and white kimono that she'd been saving for was finally hers! Now, all that was left was to buy some rice. She decided to take the shortcut through the more dangerous part of town. She went there often because Sano used to live there.
She rounded a corner and smacked straight into a tall, burly man, he'd been drinking a bottle of sake. He staggered backward as well, dropping his bottle.
"Watch where you're going, LOOK what you did!!" The man said angrily.
"I'm very sorry! Please excuse me." She bowed and began to walk around him. But the man caught her by her ponytail and yanked her back.
"Don't think that you can just push your way around here babe, what do you have as compensation for making me spill my sake?!"
"Huh? I'm, very sorry! I honestly didn't meant too-I have a little money…" Kaoru reached into her purse but the man grabbed the wrapped package away from her instead."
"What's this?" He opened it and grinned. "Ahh- what a pretty kimono! I bet it's got great resale value!"
"NO! THAT'S MINE!" Kaoru reached out for it but the man just picked her up by her collar and tossed her aside. She screamed as she hit the wooden wall behind her.
"Where do you think you get off giving me orders? A woman should know their place!" He growled at her. "Or, do I have to teach it to you!" He drew out a long stick.
The young wanderer, after being thrown out of several restaurants decided to try the slums to see if he could find anything. His stomach was really bothering him just when he heard a woman scream. His eyes widened and he ran towards the scream, rounded a corner and saw a woman, on the ground in a yellow and orange kimono. He judged her attacker nothing more than some drunk brute, who was about to hit her with a stick. The boy watched amazed as the attacker brought his stick down, but the girl caught it in her hands and in a flash was on her feet, behind the attacker, with the stick in both hands.
"JUST because I'm a girl, you shouldn't underestimate me!" She said angrily as she held the stick up in a ready stance. "Now, give me back my kimono, and I won't mess up your face with this!"
"You bitch!" The man turned around and whistled. Kaoru winced as a whole gang emerged from the rooms surrounding them.
"Damn," Kaoru thought, "Taking on this many is usually no problem, but it's hard to fight in my kimono! My movement is restricted!"
The dark haired boy knew the same thing, and he readied his sword, still in its sheath. He could tell she was a skilled fighter, but against that many men in such a confining space, in a kimono-it would be impossible to beat them without help.
The gang leader yelled at his men to attack, Kaoru expected the first wave, but in the blink of an eye, a dark haired boy appeared in front of her, with sword drawn. The first wave of attackers was already lying on the ground in agony.
"Wha-?" She blinked confused, "What happened?"
The boy looked back at her and smiled. "Are you ok?"
"Ohh- Yeah…" Kaoru looked at him confused. "Thank you."
The gang leader took one look at his new adversary and then around at five of his men lying on the ground, uncontious or dead, he didn't know. His face went white as the dark haired boy turned to him with his sword upraised.
"Return this young lady's kimono, or do I have to teach you a lesson on how to treat a lady?" He said seriously.
The gang leader threw the package on the ground. "RETREAT!" he yelled, and as quickly as they had appeared, the remaining gang disappeared into doors and down alleys.
Kaoru went and picked up her new kimono, then turned around to thank the stranger who'd saved her. But he was already gone.
"Wha? Is he a magician or something?" she looked around her, but there was no sign of the young boy. He'd been wearing a blue hakama, and had short, black hair. She shrugged and examined the bodies of those who'd fallen by his sword to see if there were any that were still alive that would need medical attention. And stopped amazed. They-they had sakaba wounds! Every single one was alive, that boy had been fighting with a sakaba sword!!!