Title: Kenshin Ecstatic!Sanosuke's Proposal?
Author: Souzou Sayaku )
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: KenshinxSano (DUH )!
Disclaimer: Um....Do I even need one?? :P
Archive: Feel free, just send me a mail
This is simply a modified rewrite of episode 66, when Kenshin proposes to
Kaoru by accident. In this remake, Sano & Kenshin are together, and Sano would like to propose, but
just can't afford a ring. When one is found...the trouble starts.
This is a Prequel to my fic, The announcement.
/Yahiko, Aoshi & Kenshin are in downtown Tokyo, and see a display of rings in
a window./
Aoshi: Hmm...magnificent rings, look at that craftsman ship.
Kenshin: It really is beautiful, that it is.
Yahiko: Yeah.
Aoshi: This isn't just a ring...it's called an engagement ring, and
it's used to swear eternal love...atleast, that's what I was told (Misao told him).
Yahiko: Engagement ring?
Aoshi: Yes, an engagement ring that a man gives to a woman when he asks
for her hand in marriage...it's a popular western custom.
It goes on the ring finger on her left hand.
I hear that if it is given on the day of Tanabata, the marriage will be blessed.
Yahiko: Wow..really??!
Kenshin: I see...
Yahiko: I assume most women would love to get one of these, huh Kenshin??
/Kenshin isn't listening and is off in a daydream/
Kenshin: What is it Sano? You wanted to talk to me about something?
Sano: Sorry I took so long Kenshin...tonight on Tanabata, I wanted to give
this to you.
/Sano shows a diamond ring to Kenshin/
Kenshin: Sano...blush
/Sano places the ring on Kenshin's finger/
Sano: Kenshin, I love you.
Kenshin: Sano...
Sano: Will you Marry me?
Kenshin: hai...
/Wedding bells ring, and white doves fly by...beautiful flowers
surround their wedding bed, and suddenly Kenshin is scooped up into Sano's arms/
Kenshin: Ah, I--Iya..Sano stop..You can't...it's too soon, that it is..ah...
AHHHH!
/Back in reality.../
Yahiko: KENSHIN! KENSHIN WAKE UP!
Aoshi: Himura...
/Kenshin is laid out on the ground blushing, held by Aoshi, and Yahiko has had
to plug his nosebleed with a wad of tissue. Kenshin has a not so inconspicuous
bulge in his pants/
Kenshin: Sano...
Yahiko: Hey, I think he's coming to!
/Yahiko leans over to hear what Kenshin is trying to say/
Kenshin: Sa--Sano..no..not there..ah...
Aoshi: What is it?
Yahiko: blushing I think he's up in his own little fantasy world Aoshi.
Aoshi: He must be really worried about he and Sanosuke---
Yahiko: I don't know if he's thinking about all of that....
Aoshi: It doesn't seem that he has revealed his feelings to Sano, and their
relationship isn't going anywhere...
Yahiko: You think?!
Aoshi: I have it! I think it's time that we helped them out a little...for Himura's
sake!
Yahiko: For Kenshin's sake?
Aoshi: Tomorrow, Tanabata is an important day! I will not rest until I further their relationship!
Yahiko: Ah, It will be nice if it works out...
I guess...
Kenshin: Sano...no, Iya de goazru...
OH! SANO.....
Kenshin Ecstatic!
Sanosuke's Proposal?
/Sano is sitting outside on the Verandah, when suddenly Aoshi appears near the fence and calls him/
Aoshi: Sagara...Sagara can I have a moment?
Sano: uhh..S-Sure.
/Kenshin standing inside the dojo thinking/
Kenshin: An engagement ring eh?..
/Kenshin then hears Sano outside and opens the shoji/
Sano: Yo! Mornin' Kenshin!
Kenshin: Good morning Sano, what are you doing out here so early??
Sano: I was just about to go fishing. Well see ya--
Kenshin: Ah! Sano wait!
...aren't you forgetting something?
Sano: Hmm... OH YEAH! I totally forgot..
Kenshin: Really???!
Sano: It would have sucked if I left the bait behind!
Kenshin: Well no, not bait, today is--
Sano: Ah, a great day for fishing! Well, I'll see ya later Kenshin!
/Kenshin stands on the porch looking disappointed/
Kenshin: Of course, I know that Sano giving me
an engagement ring is just a dream....
but he could of atleast asked me if I wanted to join him or something (irritated)
/Kenshin in the dojo practicing with Yahiko/
Yahiko: Ow Kenshin!
Kenshin: Come on, you're leaving your chest open! Now, Yahiko, try me one more time!!
Everyone is falling in love...and all I do is laundry, practice swordsmanship,..and get hit on by Miss Kaoru...as usual...(sigh)
Yahiko: Geeze Kenshin! You're off guard!
/Yahiko strikes and hits Kenshin's hand with his shinai/
Kenshin: Itaiiii de gozaru yooo!!!
Yahiko: Are you ok Kenshin???!!
Kenshin: Gomen, I spaced out there for a moment...
Yahiko: You should put some ice on that or something or the swelling will get worse!
Kenshin: Ah...I'm ok that I am Yahiko!!...
/Yahiko runs to get ice anyway/
Kenshin: He's not listening, that he's not (TT;).
/Sano at the pond fishing...suddenly he gets a strong tug on his line/
Sano: Waahhhhh!!!!
/Sano returns to the Dojo to find Kenshin and Yahiko on the porch with Megumi/
Sano: Ah, Kenshin! I was able to catch a fish this time!
Kenshin: I see..that's really nice.
Sano: Today is a special day for ya.
I was able to catch a live fish, complete with it's head and all.
Kenshin: A special day?
So is that why you went fishing this morning, Sano??
Sano: Y-yeah! (blush)
Kenshin: Arigatou, Sano!!
Yahiko: Good for you Kenshin!
Megumi: How nice to have a fish with it's head still on!
Sano: Then, I'll go ahead and salt-roast this...
catfish.
/Sano pulls a live wiggling Catfish from his bucket, much to Kenshin's horror/
Sano: Ah?? What's wrong Kenshin?
/Sano, Yahiko and Megumi all sit down outside to eat the roasted Catfish/
Yahiko: It's rather tasty
Sano: I guess Kenshin doesn't like catfish...oh well.
/Suddenly Aoshi appears out of nowhere/
Aoshi: Sagara, you must give a more considerate present or my plan--
opps...
Megumi: What are you still doing here Aoshi??
Aoshi: On important duty Miss. Megumi.
/Sano makes a strange face and stops chewing/
Yahiko: What's wrong Sano???
Sano: There's something hard in the fish..
/Sano takes an expensive looking blue diamond ring out of his mouth/
Aoshi: Can it be....
Listen carefully Sagara. Today is a special day for Kenshin, and you
must give him something special as a gift. Right now you have something
special to give him right in your hands.
Everything will work out if you give that to him.
Megumi: But, I don't know about giving away something you found...
Yahiko: Shut up, I'm trying listen to what he's saying fox!!
Megumi: Mou...How dare you...
/Yahiko is promptly smacked on the head for his smart mouth/
Aoshi: Sano, you have to put that ring on Kenshin's ring finger.
Sano: O-Ok...
/Sano takes the ring back to where Kenshin is hanging the laundry/
Kenshin: Oh, what is it Sano?
Sano: Sorry to keep you waiting
I have this for you Kenshin...
Kenshin: Can it be....really!!?!?
Not a dream..it's not a dream! This is the engagement ring!
Sano is so shy, giving me a catfish, pretending he didn't know anything...
when he already had such a beautiful ring ready for me.
/Kenshin shly lifts his hand toward Sano/
Sano: K—Kenshin...(blush)
w-w-will you....
Yahiko: What's wrong Sanosuke?
Megumi: Don't looks so scared moron!
Yahiko: Geeze, just do it already!!!
/Yahiko pushes Sano into Kenshin and it slips onto the correct finger as
Sano trips and crashes through the closet door/
Kenshin: Ah! SANO! Daijobu---
I-It landed on the ring finger...
Kenshin: Thank you for the engagement ring Sano!
/Kenshin is cleaning the dojo and gets spaced out thinking about getting married/
Kenshin: I'm going to be Kenshin Sagara soon...
But am I still going to live here after we get married.
No, will he be Sanosuke Himura?? That sounds pretty good too...
Sano: Kenshin
Kenshin: ORO?!?!
Sano: What are you up to today??
Kenshin: Oh, I'm thinking of cleaning after I'm done with
the laundry that i am.
It's my job to do chores around the house, of course.
/Sano sets out a pillow, some tea and snacks and plops Kenshin down/
Kenshin: ORO?
Sano: It's ok, let me take care of that stuff!
I'll be doing all the cooking and cleaning around here from now on instead of you!
Let missy know that k' Kenshin!
/Sano gives Kenshin a quick kiss on the forehead and, bounces off to do the chores leaving Kenshin sitting there, baffled and blushing/
Yahiko: Sano cooking and cleaning??? Is this a sign of the apocalypse?!?!
/Kaoru sends Yahiko to do some fishing at the river, and as he arrives he spots a guy
a bit older than him attempting to drown himself/
Yahiko: Well, I guess this spot will work....huh?
Boy: Shiori.....
I'll pay with my life!!!
/The boy runs for the river, but is popped on the head by Yahiko's fishing rod/
Yahiko: Hey, what do you think you're doing?
Boy: Don't you try to stop me!!!
Yahiko: If you're going to kill yourself, do it elsewhere.
I don't think I could get a good nights sleep after seeing
someone die in front of me!
/The boy falls to his knees crying/
Boy: I was a fool...
Please forgive me Shiori...
Yahiko: Did she dump you or something??
Boy: No, I threw away a precious ring that I was going to give her.
Yahiko: A ring??
Tell me more.
Boy: Yes.
I had a lover, and we would have had a future together...
but a few days ago...I saw Shiori with another man.
...and thinking she was already in love,
I tossed the ring into this river. .
...he turned out to be a childhood friend she hadn't seen in ten years.
Yahiko: If you realized your mistake, then it doesn't matter if you have
the ring or not.
Boy: It happens to be a very important thing!
That was an engagement ring that I worked very hard to buy, so we could get engaged today.
She was looking forward to it.
Yahiko: And, you looked for it?
Boy: Of course. I went into the river many times around where I threw the ring
away. But I don't have a clue as to where it could be.
/Yahiko stands there thinking/
Boy: At this rate, I can't get engaged...I feel so bad about it...
I have to kill myself to make up for it!!
/The boy attempts to run toward the water again, and Yahiko trips him up with the fishing pole/
Yahiko: First, I need you to tell me one thing.
Does that ring have a blue stone in it??
Boy: Y-Yes.
It has a gem called a Sapphire in it, her birthstone.
Do you know something about it???
Yahiko: Um, well, you know...
HEY! Just wait right here all right??
If you do anything stupid, I'll chase you into the afterlife and kick your ass!!
GOT THAT!
Boy: S-Sure...
/Yahiko walks calmly back to the dojo/
Yahiko: We've got a problem! We've got a problem Sano!!
/Yahiko explains the situation to Sanosuke/
Sano: Then the ring that guy tossed...
is the one that came from the catfish?
Yahiko: No doubt about it.
/Sano sighed, and slumped down looking depressed/
Sano: We need to explain the situation to Kenshin...
and have him return it.
I just hope I can get it back without hurting his feelings.
I really wanted to give him a ring.
Yahiko: I have and idea! Leave it to me!!
/Kenshin is standing out on the porch sweeping and drooling over his new ring/
Kenshin: No matter how many times I look at it, it's wonderful, that it is!
Yahiko: KENSHIN!
/Kenshin jumps a good few feet, startled out of his reveree/
Yahiko: Can you please give me some more training?
Kenshin: Yahiko...
/Both are now in the dojo practicing/
Kenshin: You're very enthusiastic today...
Yahiko: There's nothing wrong with that!
Kenshin: Ah...I won't be able to train with Yahiko much soon...so
I guess I should teach him all I can now.
All right, lets begin!
/Sano stands in the doorway watching/
Yahiko: Kenshin, can we try some jujutsu??
/Yahiko suddenly lunges for Kenshin, and pins his arm behind him/
Yahiko: I can't win against him in a sword fight, but this...
Sano: He can do it!
Yahiko: Got it!
Kenshin: Yahiko, you want jujutsu??
Hiten Mitsurugi Style Jujutsu...
Konohagaeshi!
/Kenshin tosses Yahiko over him, and onto the dojo floor/
/Sano covers his face in misery, and walks away/
Kenshin: There you have it.
Yahiko: There is such a thing??
Kenshin: Of course there is....and now that you've requested it...
I'll give you super hard training today!
One more time!!
Yahiko: H-H-H-Hold it!
Kenshin: Next up is Jigokuguruma!! Tomoe Nidan Nage!!
Yahiko: AHHHHHHHHH!
/After practice, Sano is outside at the ofuro making Kenshin a fire for his bath/
Sano: Kenshin, how's the temperature??
Kenshin: Ah, it's prefect de gozaru...
Sano: Great...then you should relax.
and whatever happens, happens...
/Kenshin is in the bath humming happily to himself/
Kenshin: When we get married we can bathe each other sometimes...
and wash each other's backs...
AH! How embarrassing, de gozaruuuuu!!!
/Megumi is sent to keep the fire going, while Sano and Yahiko go into the bathhouse to
find the ring/
Sano: When he takes a bath, I'm sure that he takes his ring off.
You should look and see if it's around here Yahiko.
Yahiko: B-But...
Sano: Don't be wasting time.
Yahiko: No matter how cool Kenshin is, I won't touch another man's loincloth!
Sano: This is no time to be saying such things, just do it!
Yahiko: I'm Yahiko Myojin, a descendant of samurai!
I can't commit such a lewd act!
You do it Sanosuke!
/Sano grabs Yahiko up by his collar angrly/
Sano: What, then it's all right for me to do such a thing!?
Yahiko: You're the one in love with Kenshin, and you're the one who came
up with this plan!
Do it yourself!
Sano: You were the one that told me to leave it all up to you!
/Suddenly Kenshin opens the door, looking much like the battousai/
Kenshin: What are you two doing??
Perverts!!
Sano: Ah!!! K-Kenshin, I can explain!!
Kenshin: What! My loincloth!! S--SANOOOOOO!!!!!
/Sano and Yahiko get a beat down/
/Later that evening, Sano, Yahiko, Megumi, and Kenshin are gathered on the porch/
Sano: Well, sorry about that earlier Kenshin.
I was looking for something.
Kenshin: Looking for what I might ask?
Sano: No matter, how about a cold one after your bath?
Here!
/Sano holds out a large mug in front of Kenshin/
Kenshin: What is this?
Sano: It's something we got at the Akabeko called beer...
Apparently it's customary in western countries to pound it after a bath.
Kenshin: Hmm...a-arigatou.
/Kenshin chugs the beer down/
Kenshin: Wheewwww!! Hey, is this alcohol?
Sano: Oh, it's all right to drink today.
It's a special day right??
Don't worry!
Kenshin: That is true-----
/Kenshin passes out on the porch/
Sano: All right, we got it now!
Hurry up Yahiko.
Yahiko: Right!
/Megumi sits with her fan up to her face thinking/
Kenshin: That tickles, de gozaru!!
Yahiko: Geeze stay still Kenshin...
Sano: What are you doing you slowpoke??
Megumi: Yahiko, Sanosuke...
If my memory serves me correct, when Dear Ken gets drunk...
...he rages out of control....
Kenshin: I'm telling you...
...that tickles!!!!!
/Kenshin jumps up as battosai and punches Sano and Yahiko into the air/
Yahiko: I-I give up.
It's too much for me....This is your fault Sanosuke....for catching a fish that ate
an engagement ring!
Kenshin: What about a fish that ate yam cake?
/Sano crawls to his knees in front of Kenshin/
Kenshin: Sano?
Sano: I can't take it anymore! I'm so sorry Kenshin.
Actually...
/Sano tells Kenshin the whole story/
Kenshin: EHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Sano: And so Kenshin,...the life of a man resides on this!
Yahiko: Just be calm and give the ring back.
If that guy drowns we'll be partially responsible for it.
Sano: I'm sorry Kenshin.
Yahiko, Megumi!
Megumi: Ok
/Megumi and Yahiko run to get the ring back from Kenshin/
Yahiko: I-It's stuck!
/They try everything to get the ring to come off, but without success/
Yahiko: It's no good, it still won't even budge.
Megumi: Why doesn't it come off, when it fit on??
Sano: Well, Kenshin is a swordsman...so his fingers must be pretty tough.
Kenshin: Well, excuse me....
for having tough fingers! (sniffle)
Sano: Ah?? K-Kenshin? (sweatdrop)
Kenshin: Sano, no AHOU!!!!!
/Kenshin clocks Sano so hard, he flies through to the wall outside the dojo fence. This frees the ring from Kenshin's finger/
Yahiko: Look Megumi! We did it!
Megumi: As they say, "He who makes no mistakes
makes nothing".
/That night back at the Akabeko, Sanosuke, Yahiko and Kenshin return the ring to the boy/
Hikojiro: Thank you so much. Thanks to you, I was able to get engaged.
Shiori: Thank you, Hikojiro.
Yahiko: Good luck!!
May you never throw out that ring again!
Kenshin: It's good for both of them, that it is. (sigh)
Sano: But as for us...
Kenshin: I'll forgive you...this one time Sano. (smile)
...I love you.
Sano: I love you too Kenshin.
Will you marry me?
Kenshin: Sano!!
Yes! Of couse I will!!
Sano: --but, I'm sorry I couldn't even get you an engagement ring....
I cant seem to do anything right.
Kenshin: The only thing that really matters Sano...
...is that you love me, that is. (smile)
Sano: Kenshin.
/Sano and Kenshin kiss, and Yahiko walks off/
Yahiko: Geeze...can't you guys wait till I leave?
/Aoshi peeks around from the corner of the Akabeko/
Aoshi: This is wonderful...just what I planned....
/Yahiko is shown giving flowers to Tsubame, Kaoru is in the Akabeko, depressed and eating like a pig, and Sano and Kenshin are sitting outside his house cuddled together looking at the stars/
ROLL CREDITS!! LOL
-FIN-
Sorry, about the formatting.....it didn't look this way in Word ; Must be FFnet's system.