Mr. Rurouni Kenshin Contest
By Anime no Miko
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-- Bishounen 'kidnapping' in Tokyo --
Everyone's favorite (and non so favorite) RK bishounen were summoned by the all mighty Anime no Miko and registered in the first "Mr. Rurouni Kenshin Contest" to be held right here. Some bishies accepted right away; others put on a little resistance. However, Anime no Miko had her way at the end, as always.
With ...
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.~*~. Himura Kenshin, Tokyo .~*~.
Reporter: "Anime no Miko-sama, did you have any trouble with Himura-san?"
AnM: "Not really. I would say Kenshin was one of the least problematic."
Reporter: "Really?"
AnM: "Hai."
Rep: "Do you mind sharing the encounter with us?"
AnM: "Not at all. Let's see ... I'ld say it was my lucky day. I caught our (more mine) oro-man on his everyday doing-laundry ritual ALONE.
Rep: "Wow! Alone? Quite unfamiliar, wasn't it?"
AnM: "Yeah ... quite unfamiliar, but otherwise highly convenient."
Rep: "Please tell us, Anime no Miko-sama."
AnM: "You see. Strangely enough, Ayame and Suzume were nowhere to be seen, which I was glad for (don't misunderstand me, I like them, but 'kidnapping' Kenshin when he is playing with the girls wouldn't be nice, would it?), and Kaoru and Yahiko went on an outdoor training instead of the habitual dojo training. And about Sanosuke, well ... umm.... it was past breakfast time ... and not yet lunch time ..umm .. so Sano was not around. This left Kenshin to concentrate solely on the laundry (now how much concentration it might be needed for that, I dunno ¬.¬ ') and here is where I stepped in ...
Flashback
Long bangs swung back as the red-haired rurouni tilted up the face directing his gaze to the sky. A bright smile spread across his effeminate features and his eyes curved into a half moon shape complementing his serene face. Bringing his right hand to the face, he brushed away the sweat falling down his temple. It was a sunny day, the perfect time to wash and dry clothes. He had filled the washtub with water and threw into some blankets. Kenshin had been washing clothes 'manually' in the rudimentary way for nearly two years now. He liked to do it, there was no question about it, but more than often he secretly wondered if there was another way of doing the laundry. The rurouni sighed. He was getting tired of monotomy. Aside from the hard fights he had to fight against pop- up egotistic and psychopath enemies now and then, his life as a rurouni was consecrated to the backyard with soap, water and washtub in hand. No human was born with the likes for routine, and our (more mine ... just in case you've forgot) patient Kenshin was not the exception. He thought of Yutaro who was in Germany. Perhaps the boy knew about new 'techniques' for doing the laundry. Kenshin reasoned for a few minutes and decided to write him a letter. He need not to spend yens he did not have in sending the letter to inquire about laundry 'techinques' because the solution went to him.
AnM: "Do you need any help with the laundry?"
Kenshin: "..."
AnM: "Kenshin, have you ever thought of participating in a contest?"
Kenshin: "Oro?"
AnM: "You know, Kenshin, a c-o-n-t-e-s-t, where lot of participants meet and compete before a large audience for a prize or title, or both. They are graded by judges and the participant with the highest score wins. You following me?"
Kenshin: "Hai, Anime no Miko - dono."
AnM: "So, have you?"
Kenshin: "Iee. Gomen, AnM-dono."
AnM: "Kenshin, don't you ever get tired of addressing everyone with '- dono'??!!! I mean...it's so..so...(Kenshin-like?) Hai!! Arrghhh!! It's sooo much like you!"
Kenshin: "Oro.." *this girl is weird, just as Misao-dono* (Misao: "Hey!! I heard you, Himura!")
AnM: "Ahh....nevermind...Were was I? Oh yes, so..would you like to participate in the first Mr. Rurouni Kenshin Contest, eh Kenshin?"
Kenshin: "I don't think I can. Gomen, I still have more laundry to do."
AnM: "Laundry, laundry, laundry. Is laundry written in your genes or what?! Bet you dream about detergents and softeners, don't you?"
Kenshin: *is clueless*
AnM: "Gomen. I was carried away. Kenshin, I really need you. (forward, am I not? ^^) I'm a weakling (you never heard me say this!) in need of your protection in this new era, blahh blahh blahh -- and on with the well- known ex-battousai discourse -- (feedback time!)"
Kenshin: "I swear I'll help you as much as I can, AnM-dono."
AnM: "By the way, I can get you a washing machine, if you are interested."
Kenshin: "A washing ma-chine??"
AnM: "Hai, Kenshin. It's err...let's say it's one the most innovative 'laundry techinque' avalaible, for the public that is."
Kenshin: "Let's go. There's no time to waste!"
End of Flashback
Reporter: "Just like that? No questioning on the whereabouts of the contest?"
AnM: "Not even one."
Rep: "So if one wishes to get to Kenshin, inventing a more advanced washing machine or a new laundry 'technique' would do?"
AnM: "It seems so, ne?"
Rep: "Take notes, Kenshin fans!"
.~*~. Sagara Sanosuke, Tokyo .~*~.
Rep: " ... easy with Sagara-san?"
AnM: "Half adulation, half bribery and I had Sanosuke in my hands ... er..contest."
Rep: "That sounds interesting. Continue, onegai."
AnM: "I followed him and ... "
Flashback
Today was not Sagara Sanosuke's day. He had lost ten in a row playing dice and was now yenless (did I just make up that word? ^^), not to mention hungry like a rooster? The Akabeko was full so he couldn't have his habitual free-loaded meal as he would have liked, and the fox lady was as strange as ever. The ex-gangster mopped the streets of Tokyo with leisurely pace. His spiky brown hair remained imperturbed by the flowing breeze contrasting with the dancing ends of his red headband. Hands inside his white trousers, Sanosuke groaned. He was bored, utterly bored. Sano cracked his knuckles in desperation, he wanted to kick some asses.
Sano: "Whoever you are, come out here so I can kick your ass for dare stalking the great Sagara Sanouske!"
AnM: "Maaa maa. I expected a warmer greeting from such a handsome and strong young man as yourself."
Sano: 'handsome and strong, that's me' "Gomen, I thought it was some baka who wanted to be beaten up like a pulp." 'yeah, give her one of your sexy smiles, Sagara'
AnM: "Nevermind, Sanosuke. I am AnM and I would like to have your illustrous presence in my contest, the first Mr. Rurouni Kenshin Contest."
Sano: 'How the hell does she know my name? Baka! You were the one who shouted it aloud.' "AnM, the first Mr. what?"
AnM: "Mr. Rurouni Kenshin Contest, Sano. I'm inviting only the most gorgeous bishounen."
Sano: "And I'm at the top of the list, am I not?"
AnM: "Err..." 'caught offguard, great!' "Heheh ... That's not important. You know, the grand winner will get a generous sum, which means money for food, geishas, bets --- "
Sano: "That settles it. Show me the way, airashii AnM." 'You go, Sagara!! She's blushing.'
End of Flashback
AnM: "... Sano's such a charmer. He made me, the all mighty AnM, blush the whole way back. I think he'll do great in the contest."
Reporter: "I'm sure there's no disagreement in that. So, Sano was the second to be summoned."
AnM: "Yeah...I was in Tokyo, so why not go fetch all the bishounen there."
Rep: "Myojin-chan included?"
AnM: "Well...that's tough to answer. I wasn't all that sure about taking Yahiko. I mean, the boy wouldn't have any chances against Kenshin or Sano, don't you agree? BUT, I couldn't possibly leave him out of the contest. He's a bishie, a small bishie, but a bishie after all. It was a dilemma, but this great mind of mine (no hurt in some self-adulation, ne? ^^ ) promptly came up with the perfect solution. I decided to include an interlude contest between Yahiko and you guess it, bingo! Yutaro!"
Rep: "Marvelous! So, you are bringing to us the outcome of the unfinished 'fight' between Myojin-chan and Tsukayama-chan."
AnM: "More likely."
.~*~. Myojin Yahiko, Tokyo .~*~.
Rep: "... while he was training outdoors with Kamiya-san?"
AnM: "You must be joking! First, I try to avoid as much as possible any encounter with Kaoru for reasons I'm not wasting time in explain. Second, all this 'kidnapping' had to be done se-cre-tive-ly."
Rep: "When and how then?"
AnM: "I waited the next day. Yahiko went to the Akabeko to help Tsubame and Tae and, as you already know from Sanosuke's, the restaurant was full..FULL, and extra hands were most welcomed."
Rep: "Pray continue."
AnM: "Well, I followed Yahiko and found him do --- "
Flashback
Washing dishes? The boy sighed. A pile of dirty dishes rested to his right, on the floor where he was squatted washing dishes. His heart had almost jumped out of his chest when the messenger boy came running to the dojo and told Yahiko that Tsubame needed him urgently. At first Yahiko had thought Tsubame was in danger, but being assured by the boy that wasn't the case, he let his mind float along with his heart. Perhaps..perhaps Tsubame had taken a decision on his proposal to be his girlfriend. 'Meet me in the backyard, at the Akabeko.' Those were her words, 'in the backyard.' A light but not unnoticed blush crossed the boy's features. So shy Tsubame wanted a secretive meeting with him , a-lone. Maybe they would even kiss. He blushed some more. But poor Yahiko was taken aback when he was greeted by Tsubame with an apron in hand and a pile of dirty dishes. "Arigato for coming, Yahiko-kun. Tae says you can start over with these dishes." The boy wasn't listening. He was mentally kicking himself for being such a baka, but it took one smile from Tsubame and Yahiko forgot it all. "Hai, Tsubame-chan. It's always a pleasure." And that's how it all started. He sighed in exasperation.
AnM: "Never knew washing dishes was your hobby, Yahiko-san."
Yahiko: "Who are you calling -chan?!!! Don't call me -- 'flashback: ... Yahiko-SAN' "
AnM: "Gomen, I would call you -chan if you wish. However, I must say you are a child no more, Yahiko-ch---"
Yahiko: "Ie..-san it's fine, just fine. 'she said I'm not a child, and I am not'
AnM: "Very well, Yahiko. So, is this your hobby? Washing dishes, I mean."
Yahiko: "Iee..I'm just helping Tae-san and Tsubame. There's lotta movement today in the Akabeko, as you can see. But who are you, anyway?"
AnM: "Ohh gomen, silly me, haven't introduce myself. I am AnM, the all mighty AnM. And I was wondering, Yahiko, if you would like participate in a contest."
Yahiko: "A bamboo-sword fight contest?!! Sure!!! I, Myojin Yahiko, will win the contest as the #1 student of the Kamiya-Kasshin Dojo. When? Where???"
AnM: *sweat drops* "Ie, Yahiko. Not a bamboo-sword fight contest, not at all."
Yahiko: "Hmm..."
AnM: "However, you'll have the opportunity to compete against Yutaro so that we can know who is the best."
Yahiko: "Great!! I accept ... Wait AnM, err ... what about the dishes?"
AnM: "You have nothing to worry about, Yahiko. I already talked with Tae and Tsubame. Let's go!"
Yahiko: "Hai!" 'Wait for me, Yutaro!! I'll kick your ass. Myojin Yahiko is way much better than you, friend!"
End of Flashback
Reporter: "So in Tokyo you got Himura-san, Sagara-san, and Yahiko-chan. Were they the only bishounen to 'kidnap' in Tokyo?"
AnM: "Hmm... Ie.. I also had to go to prison."
Rep: "Prison?!!"
.~*~. Okubo Tetsuma, Tokyo .~*~.
AnM: "Hai. I went for Okubo Tetsuma."
Rep: "Okubo-san? The name rings some bells in my head, but I'm not sure."
AnM: "He only appeared in three episodes, it's understandable. Tetsuma's the man who fought Kenshin with fencing. He made his first appearance in episode 79. Remember? All that stuff about the pacific evacuation of the Edo castle, you know."
Rep: "Hai..hai..know I remember. Okubo Tetsuma. Short brown hair with bangs falling forward all over his forehead?"
AnM: "The very one. He was still in prison paying for his crimes. Taking him out for one day was relatively easy. A bunch of yens and I bought his liberty for one day."
Rep: "That does it with the police, but what about Okubo-san? Did he not object?"
AnM: "Oh he did! I just told him Katsu Kaishu approved of his participation in the contest."
Rep: "That's great, but AnM, don't you think it's kind of unfair with Okubo-san? I mean, he isn't all that popular, you know?"
AnM: "Hai, hai. I'm conscious of that, but he is a bishie. It's not Tetsuma's fault that Watsuki-sensei showed him only in three chapters, is it? I have to go now, some preparations still have to be done for the contest."
Rep: "OK. Arigato gozaimasu, Anime no Miko-sama."
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... And this was how Kenshin, Sanosuke, Yahiko, and Tetsuma from Tokyo, ended up as participants in the contest.
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How was it?? It sucks, ne? (expected answer: "Iee. AnM. I liked it very much!! ^^ lol) Next chapter is recruiting in Kyoto!! Yayyy!! Ja-ne!!
By Anime no Miko
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-- Bishounen 'kidnapping' in Tokyo --
Everyone's favorite (and non so favorite) RK bishounen were summoned by the all mighty Anime no Miko and registered in the first "Mr. Rurouni Kenshin Contest" to be held right here. Some bishies accepted right away; others put on a little resistance. However, Anime no Miko had her way at the end, as always.
With ...
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.~*~. Himura Kenshin, Tokyo .~*~.
Reporter: "Anime no Miko-sama, did you have any trouble with Himura-san?"
AnM: "Not really. I would say Kenshin was one of the least problematic."
Reporter: "Really?"
AnM: "Hai."
Rep: "Do you mind sharing the encounter with us?"
AnM: "Not at all. Let's see ... I'ld say it was my lucky day. I caught our (more mine) oro-man on his everyday doing-laundry ritual ALONE.
Rep: "Wow! Alone? Quite unfamiliar, wasn't it?"
AnM: "Yeah ... quite unfamiliar, but otherwise highly convenient."
Rep: "Please tell us, Anime no Miko-sama."
AnM: "You see. Strangely enough, Ayame and Suzume were nowhere to be seen, which I was glad for (don't misunderstand me, I like them, but 'kidnapping' Kenshin when he is playing with the girls wouldn't be nice, would it?), and Kaoru and Yahiko went on an outdoor training instead of the habitual dojo training. And about Sanosuke, well ... umm.... it was past breakfast time ... and not yet lunch time ..umm .. so Sano was not around. This left Kenshin to concentrate solely on the laundry (now how much concentration it might be needed for that, I dunno ¬.¬ ') and here is where I stepped in ...
Flashback
Long bangs swung back as the red-haired rurouni tilted up the face directing his gaze to the sky. A bright smile spread across his effeminate features and his eyes curved into a half moon shape complementing his serene face. Bringing his right hand to the face, he brushed away the sweat falling down his temple. It was a sunny day, the perfect time to wash and dry clothes. He had filled the washtub with water and threw into some blankets. Kenshin had been washing clothes 'manually' in the rudimentary way for nearly two years now. He liked to do it, there was no question about it, but more than often he secretly wondered if there was another way of doing the laundry. The rurouni sighed. He was getting tired of monotomy. Aside from the hard fights he had to fight against pop- up egotistic and psychopath enemies now and then, his life as a rurouni was consecrated to the backyard with soap, water and washtub in hand. No human was born with the likes for routine, and our (more mine ... just in case you've forgot) patient Kenshin was not the exception. He thought of Yutaro who was in Germany. Perhaps the boy knew about new 'techniques' for doing the laundry. Kenshin reasoned for a few minutes and decided to write him a letter. He need not to spend yens he did not have in sending the letter to inquire about laundry 'techinques' because the solution went to him.
AnM: "Do you need any help with the laundry?"
Kenshin: "..."
AnM: "Kenshin, have you ever thought of participating in a contest?"
Kenshin: "Oro?"
AnM: "You know, Kenshin, a c-o-n-t-e-s-t, where lot of participants meet and compete before a large audience for a prize or title, or both. They are graded by judges and the participant with the highest score wins. You following me?"
Kenshin: "Hai, Anime no Miko - dono."
AnM: "So, have you?"
Kenshin: "Iee. Gomen, AnM-dono."
AnM: "Kenshin, don't you ever get tired of addressing everyone with '- dono'??!!! I mean...it's so..so...(Kenshin-like?) Hai!! Arrghhh!! It's sooo much like you!"
Kenshin: "Oro.." *this girl is weird, just as Misao-dono* (Misao: "Hey!! I heard you, Himura!")
AnM: "Ahh....nevermind...Were was I? Oh yes, so..would you like to participate in the first Mr. Rurouni Kenshin Contest, eh Kenshin?"
Kenshin: "I don't think I can. Gomen, I still have more laundry to do."
AnM: "Laundry, laundry, laundry. Is laundry written in your genes or what?! Bet you dream about detergents and softeners, don't you?"
Kenshin: *is clueless*
AnM: "Gomen. I was carried away. Kenshin, I really need you. (forward, am I not? ^^) I'm a weakling (you never heard me say this!) in need of your protection in this new era, blahh blahh blahh -- and on with the well- known ex-battousai discourse -- (feedback time!)"
Kenshin: "I swear I'll help you as much as I can, AnM-dono."
AnM: "By the way, I can get you a washing machine, if you are interested."
Kenshin: "A washing ma-chine??"
AnM: "Hai, Kenshin. It's err...let's say it's one the most innovative 'laundry techinque' avalaible, for the public that is."
Kenshin: "Let's go. There's no time to waste!"
End of Flashback
Reporter: "Just like that? No questioning on the whereabouts of the contest?"
AnM: "Not even one."
Rep: "So if one wishes to get to Kenshin, inventing a more advanced washing machine or a new laundry 'technique' would do?"
AnM: "It seems so, ne?"
Rep: "Take notes, Kenshin fans!"
.~*~. Sagara Sanosuke, Tokyo .~*~.
Rep: " ... easy with Sagara-san?"
AnM: "Half adulation, half bribery and I had Sanosuke in my hands ... er..contest."
Rep: "That sounds interesting. Continue, onegai."
AnM: "I followed him and ... "
Flashback
Today was not Sagara Sanosuke's day. He had lost ten in a row playing dice and was now yenless (did I just make up that word? ^^), not to mention hungry like a rooster? The Akabeko was full so he couldn't have his habitual free-loaded meal as he would have liked, and the fox lady was as strange as ever. The ex-gangster mopped the streets of Tokyo with leisurely pace. His spiky brown hair remained imperturbed by the flowing breeze contrasting with the dancing ends of his red headband. Hands inside his white trousers, Sanosuke groaned. He was bored, utterly bored. Sano cracked his knuckles in desperation, he wanted to kick some asses.
Sano: "Whoever you are, come out here so I can kick your ass for dare stalking the great Sagara Sanouske!"
AnM: "Maaa maa. I expected a warmer greeting from such a handsome and strong young man as yourself."
Sano: 'handsome and strong, that's me' "Gomen, I thought it was some baka who wanted to be beaten up like a pulp." 'yeah, give her one of your sexy smiles, Sagara'
AnM: "Nevermind, Sanosuke. I am AnM and I would like to have your illustrous presence in my contest, the first Mr. Rurouni Kenshin Contest."
Sano: 'How the hell does she know my name? Baka! You were the one who shouted it aloud.' "AnM, the first Mr. what?"
AnM: "Mr. Rurouni Kenshin Contest, Sano. I'm inviting only the most gorgeous bishounen."
Sano: "And I'm at the top of the list, am I not?"
AnM: "Err..." 'caught offguard, great!' "Heheh ... That's not important. You know, the grand winner will get a generous sum, which means money for food, geishas, bets --- "
Sano: "That settles it. Show me the way, airashii AnM." 'You go, Sagara!! She's blushing.'
End of Flashback
AnM: "... Sano's such a charmer. He made me, the all mighty AnM, blush the whole way back. I think he'll do great in the contest."
Reporter: "I'm sure there's no disagreement in that. So, Sano was the second to be summoned."
AnM: "Yeah...I was in Tokyo, so why not go fetch all the bishounen there."
Rep: "Myojin-chan included?"
AnM: "Well...that's tough to answer. I wasn't all that sure about taking Yahiko. I mean, the boy wouldn't have any chances against Kenshin or Sano, don't you agree? BUT, I couldn't possibly leave him out of the contest. He's a bishie, a small bishie, but a bishie after all. It was a dilemma, but this great mind of mine (no hurt in some self-adulation, ne? ^^ ) promptly came up with the perfect solution. I decided to include an interlude contest between Yahiko and you guess it, bingo! Yutaro!"
Rep: "Marvelous! So, you are bringing to us the outcome of the unfinished 'fight' between Myojin-chan and Tsukayama-chan."
AnM: "More likely."
.~*~. Myojin Yahiko, Tokyo .~*~.
Rep: "... while he was training outdoors with Kamiya-san?"
AnM: "You must be joking! First, I try to avoid as much as possible any encounter with Kaoru for reasons I'm not wasting time in explain. Second, all this 'kidnapping' had to be done se-cre-tive-ly."
Rep: "When and how then?"
AnM: "I waited the next day. Yahiko went to the Akabeko to help Tsubame and Tae and, as you already know from Sanosuke's, the restaurant was full..FULL, and extra hands were most welcomed."
Rep: "Pray continue."
AnM: "Well, I followed Yahiko and found him do --- "
Flashback
Washing dishes? The boy sighed. A pile of dirty dishes rested to his right, on the floor where he was squatted washing dishes. His heart had almost jumped out of his chest when the messenger boy came running to the dojo and told Yahiko that Tsubame needed him urgently. At first Yahiko had thought Tsubame was in danger, but being assured by the boy that wasn't the case, he let his mind float along with his heart. Perhaps..perhaps Tsubame had taken a decision on his proposal to be his girlfriend. 'Meet me in the backyard, at the Akabeko.' Those were her words, 'in the backyard.' A light but not unnoticed blush crossed the boy's features. So shy Tsubame wanted a secretive meeting with him , a-lone. Maybe they would even kiss. He blushed some more. But poor Yahiko was taken aback when he was greeted by Tsubame with an apron in hand and a pile of dirty dishes. "Arigato for coming, Yahiko-kun. Tae says you can start over with these dishes." The boy wasn't listening. He was mentally kicking himself for being such a baka, but it took one smile from Tsubame and Yahiko forgot it all. "Hai, Tsubame-chan. It's always a pleasure." And that's how it all started. He sighed in exasperation.
AnM: "Never knew washing dishes was your hobby, Yahiko-san."
Yahiko: "Who are you calling -chan?!!! Don't call me -- 'flashback: ... Yahiko-SAN' "
AnM: "Gomen, I would call you -chan if you wish. However, I must say you are a child no more, Yahiko-ch---"
Yahiko: "Ie..-san it's fine, just fine. 'she said I'm not a child, and I am not'
AnM: "Very well, Yahiko. So, is this your hobby? Washing dishes, I mean."
Yahiko: "Iee..I'm just helping Tae-san and Tsubame. There's lotta movement today in the Akabeko, as you can see. But who are you, anyway?"
AnM: "Ohh gomen, silly me, haven't introduce myself. I am AnM, the all mighty AnM. And I was wondering, Yahiko, if you would like participate in a contest."
Yahiko: "A bamboo-sword fight contest?!! Sure!!! I, Myojin Yahiko, will win the contest as the #1 student of the Kamiya-Kasshin Dojo. When? Where???"
AnM: *sweat drops* "Ie, Yahiko. Not a bamboo-sword fight contest, not at all."
Yahiko: "Hmm..."
AnM: "However, you'll have the opportunity to compete against Yutaro so that we can know who is the best."
Yahiko: "Great!! I accept ... Wait AnM, err ... what about the dishes?"
AnM: "You have nothing to worry about, Yahiko. I already talked with Tae and Tsubame. Let's go!"
Yahiko: "Hai!" 'Wait for me, Yutaro!! I'll kick your ass. Myojin Yahiko is way much better than you, friend!"
End of Flashback
Reporter: "So in Tokyo you got Himura-san, Sagara-san, and Yahiko-chan. Were they the only bishounen to 'kidnap' in Tokyo?"
AnM: "Hmm... Ie.. I also had to go to prison."
Rep: "Prison?!!"
.~*~. Okubo Tetsuma, Tokyo .~*~.
AnM: "Hai. I went for Okubo Tetsuma."
Rep: "Okubo-san? The name rings some bells in my head, but I'm not sure."
AnM: "He only appeared in three episodes, it's understandable. Tetsuma's the man who fought Kenshin with fencing. He made his first appearance in episode 79. Remember? All that stuff about the pacific evacuation of the Edo castle, you know."
Rep: "Hai..hai..know I remember. Okubo Tetsuma. Short brown hair with bangs falling forward all over his forehead?"
AnM: "The very one. He was still in prison paying for his crimes. Taking him out for one day was relatively easy. A bunch of yens and I bought his liberty for one day."
Rep: "That does it with the police, but what about Okubo-san? Did he not object?"
AnM: "Oh he did! I just told him Katsu Kaishu approved of his participation in the contest."
Rep: "That's great, but AnM, don't you think it's kind of unfair with Okubo-san? I mean, he isn't all that popular, you know?"
AnM: "Hai, hai. I'm conscious of that, but he is a bishie. It's not Tetsuma's fault that Watsuki-sensei showed him only in three chapters, is it? I have to go now, some preparations still have to be done for the contest."
Rep: "OK. Arigato gozaimasu, Anime no Miko-sama."
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... And this was how Kenshin, Sanosuke, Yahiko, and Tetsuma from Tokyo, ended up as participants in the contest.
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How was it?? It sucks, ne? (expected answer: "Iee. AnM. I liked it very much!! ^^ lol) Next chapter is recruiting in Kyoto!! Yayyy!! Ja-ne!!