Hey folks.  This is a Kenshin story.  Sortof.

Take anime continuity to episode 26 - any spoiler of worth - most of the 
angst + lots of OOCness.  Citrus may be added to taste.  Stir well.

Oh, and Rurouni Kenshin � Nobuhiro Watsuki / Shueisha � Fuji-TV � Sony 
Pictures (Japan).

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Let's Get Serious

a Rurouni Kenshin story

by Erin Ellis

Part One-- Who 'Dat?

	Kaoru woke up feeling like 100 million yen.  She *knew* that today was the 
day of something special.  She stretched, lost in planning as she began her 
morning routine.
	It would be a good day.  She would eat a nice breakfast, get a little 
training/beating done on Yahiko, and then...  Well, Sano would probably come 
over, but there was no way she'd let him ruin her wonderful mood.  Maybe he 
even could help her out by taking young Yahiko on a "training journey"...
	Yes, she needed the dojo's freeloaders gone.  For tonight was the night 
that Kenshin would confess his love to her.
	He just didn't know it yet.
	She was pretty sure he liked her, if what you can interpret from him saving 
her life and doing her laundry counted.  However, she worried about him 
sometimes...  he *could* act pretty effeminate...  At times, it seemed he 
was only happy when cooking or cleaning.  And what about the fact that he'd 
been living with a lovely, incredibly beautiful, sexy and viable girl for a 
few months now, and nothing had happened...
	Kaoru just chalked it up to his incredible self control.  He was a 
*gentleman*.  It didn't help that Sano and Yahiko were _always_ there.  But 
that's okay.  Kenshin was just shy to show affection in public.  She could 
deal with that.  Step One-- Prepare the victim-- er, subject.
	She walked out into the yard (gi tied rather loose, so as to better 
showcase certain... attributes), bokutou in hand, fully intending to go 
through her morning kata.  However, for some reason, she didn't, choosing 
instead to stare, dumbfounded.
	Maybe it was the girl molesting Kenshin in the washtub.
	...

tbc.

NEXT TIME:
   Will Kaoru kill the Mystery Girl?  Will Kaoru kill Kenshin?  Will anyone 
care?  Find out next week, in the next installment of Let's Get Serious-- 
Everybody's Crazy 'Bout A Pink Dressed Man!  Plus-- rice balls!

NOTES:
   Okay, so you wanna know why the story's called 'Let's Get Serious' when 
it's almost completely opposite.
   Good, maybe you'll keep reading.
   I know, this first part is really short, but the next is longer, has 
plot, and (sorta) makes more sense.  If you wondered about the title, it's 
from a song.  Okay, I'm not sure if I would call it music...

INSPIRATIONAL LYRIC:
       Ya ya ya ya ya ya
       ya ya ya ya ya ya ya
       whodat whodat whodat whodat whodat whodat who
       whodat whodat whodat tryin ta get up in my crew
                                     -- "Who 'Dat", by J Money(?)

NOT QUITE DONE YET:
   Thanks to Lib and Lucy, for egging me on; Jubilee, for helping me start 
the whole thing; and Deandra, for being there.
   Oh, and don't worry, no red-haired ex-assassins were harmed in the 
writing of this episode.  *Next* episode, however...

Erin
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