Chapter two:Worries
Tsubame and Yahiko looked out from their small spot by the lake.They had met and had spent a
little time together.They could remember their first kiss.Each hoped it wasn't their last kiss,
however.Tsubame rested her head on Yahiko's shoulder, making Yahiko blush a bit.But Yahiko
responded and put his hand on her waist.Tsubame smiled happily.
"Thanks for winning me the goldfish,"
Tsubame said, holding up a plastic bag filled with water and two little goldfish in it.
"Aw, it was nothing.I would have won you more, but there was no time."
Yahiko shrugged, taking his hand off her waist so he could get up.Tsubame got up too, but rather
reluctantly.
"I'll walk you home,"
Yahiko offered.
"Thanks, but I want to stop at the fish shop and get some fish food and a bowl."
Tsubame said apologetically.Yahiko nodded,
"I understand."
They walked slowly down the path toward the dojo as the fish was a little way off the dojo.When
they reached the dojo, Tsubame smiled a cute smile and kissed Yahiko on the cheek.Yahiko became
rigid and grew as red as a tomato.
"Bye Yahiko-kun!Meet you tomorrow by the dojo!"
Tsubame skipped off as well as she could with two goldfish in her hand .
"See you Tsubame!"
Yahiko yelled back.He walked toward the dojo, bending down his head to hide the blush.
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Sanosuke smiled as Tsubame skipped off.
"Another kiss,"
Sano teased.Kaoru put a finger to her lips.
"Shush, don't make him see us."
Kaoru sighed.
"It's not even a good idea spying on him again, you know."
Then she paused.
"But Kenshin's in the dojo because he didn't go out.If only..."
Sanosuke tried to imagine Battousai, the hired-assassin, the abosolute killing machine, kissing
Kaoru.It was kinda hard.Then he imagined Kenshin kissing Kaoru.What, that sincere face which
changed tons of times kiss Kaoru?!That was pretty hard to imagine too.
"Here he comes!!Run back to dojo, we have 3 seconds."
Kaoru cried.Off they ran, Sano still trying to imagine Kenshin kissing Kaoru.
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Yahiko entered the dojo and tossed his head to get rid the the sweat on his neck.It was a pretty
hot day.He picked up his shinai and decided to practice a bit.He sprang up as high as he could
and swung - right into Kenshin's face!
"Oro?!"
The rurouni flew to the other side of the dojo and landed rather harshly, a large bump on his
head and eyes spriraling.
"Kenshin!"
Yahiko ran over and shook him up.Kenshin regained conciousness and got up, rubbing his head and
smiled.
"Hi Yahiko.I was going to ask if you wanted to go out to eat at Akabeko today."
Without thinking, Yahiko nodded vigourously.
"Hai!...uh....gomen, Kenshin."
Yahiko stuttered a bit as he saw Kenshin wince at the act of touching the bump.Kenshin smiled
warmly.
"You know it doesn't matter!"
Kenshin winked but winced again and walked out of the dojo.Yahiko didn't know when he had felt
this way before.For some reason, he really wanted to see Tsubame again.
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Kaoru was glad that Yahiko hadn't spotted them.She decided to do a quick bath.On hot days like
this, she decided that a bath to wash the sweat away was a good idea.She quickly heated up the
water and went to the bathroom.She stripped as quickly as she could and shut the door tightly
after going in, taking her clothes with her.She melted into the water happily.Soon she was
finished, and she covered herself in a huge towel, drying herself. Then she heard weird sounds
from the other side of the wall.
"Huh?!"
Kaoru decided to check this out.She was about to change when she heard footsteps outside the
door.She was going to scream when the door opened.
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Kenshin hummed as he walked through the place.He decided to tell Kaoru that they were eating out
today before she conjoured something weird to eat.Then he remembered Kaoru had gone out to get
some new blankets for Yahiko.Oh well, he thought, perhaps a bath will do.He went over to the
other side to light up the fire.He realized that the embers were allready burning, but not a lot.
He poked and prodded around the embers, and lightly blew on it to make the heat grow.When he
decided it was warm enough, he stood up - and slid on some water underneath him, crashing into
the column holding up the roof behind him.
"Oro?!!"
He quickly checked that the column was not shaking or cracking up.Luckily, Kaoru had reinforced
the columns and they were only chipped a little bit.He sighed of relief.He skipped off to the
bathroom.He took off his clothes very quickly, after making sure no-one was looking.Then he
opened the door.
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Tsubame sat in her room, thinking.What do I think of Yahiko? She wondered.Around him, for some
reason, she didn't feel as shy.Yahiko was proud and strong, which strangely insprired her to not
be as shy.She had actually once KISSED him, and Yahiko had responded.Yahiko was always nice to
her, but never missed a chance to brag.He was proud and headstrong, yet warm and kind at the
same time.Then she wondered....did she LOVE Yahiko?
"Tsubame-chan, it's time for your shift."
She heard her mother call.
"Hai."
She answered politely.But even as she began to change her clothes to the uniform and apron, she
pondered the question deeply : Did she love Yahiko?
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"Oro?!"
Kenshin stared at Kaoru, wrapped in a towel.Her mouth was open in a silent scream, and her eyes
boggled out in huge circles.Kenshin shut his eyes, waiting for the pain, preparing for the
destruction of his body.Instead, he heard Kaoru mutter
"Oh my Lord...."
and collapse.Kenshin opened his eyes slowly and found Kaoru in a faint on the floor.At first Ken-
shin wondered why, and then remembered he wasn't wearing anything.He blushed furiously.
Then he realized that there was an unconcious Kaoru at his feet, wearing only a towel.As quickly
as he had put them off Kenshin slipped on his clothes again but realized he couldn't excactly
carry Kaoru wearing a single towel to her room.He gulped.Then he tore a small section of the tow-
el and blind-folded himself.Then he removed then towel from Kaoru quickly.He found her clothes
and grabbed them, and slipped them onto Kaoru.It was very hard as he was blind, but he did the
job well.He even did her chest but he had had a nose-bleed in the middle of it and had had to
find his hankerchief and wipe himself before carrying on.When he had finished, he removed the
blind-fold and checked Kaoru to see if he had done it correctly.When he saw that he had, he
breathed a sigh of relief.He picked her up lightly and skipped off to her room.
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Kaoru opened her eyes slowly.She felt like someone was carrying her.She opened her eyes fully -
and stared right into Kenshin's violet eyes, which were filled with concern.
"Are you awake now Kaoru-dono?"
Kaoru wondered what had happened as Kenshin lowered her onto her mattress.She soon remembered,
but was feeling strangely weak, so she didn't have the strength to toss him out of the door and
pound him to pieces.Instead, she just croaked out :
"Kenshin no baka!"
Kenshin blushed.
"Gomen, I didn't know anyone was in there."
Kaoru sighed.
"How did I get in my clothes again?Did Megumi come by?"
Kenshin turned his head away and moved way over to the side.
"I put them on with a blind-fold."
Kenshin barely said this in a whisper.
"NANI??!!!"
Kaoru sat up so quickly she was like a blur.She could feel her strength begin to come back to her
body, ready to destroy Kenshin and bury him......then her strength drained out.She collapsed on
the mattress again.Kenshin noticed that her face was pale and her breathing seemed laboured.
"Kaoru-dono, are you all right?"
Kaoru shook her head slowly.Then Kenshin saw something he should have seen before.
"Kaoru-dono, you've been hit by a dart!"
He yanked the dart out from her left leg.Kaoru yelped with pain.The cut began to bleed.
"Omigod, I'll go for Megumi, you stay here 'cause if you move you might strain yourself."
Kenshin said this, already halfway to the door and carrying the dart as Megumi might be able to
find it useful.Kaoru nodded painfully.Somehow, Kenshin had wrapped up her leg with a section of
her towel very quickly.The blood had already seeped right through it.
"Oh Kenshin, please hurry up, please!!"
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