NIGHT OUT
By Yuki
Author's Note: I was thinnking of what to write for Mismatched chapter 6, but this is what came out. Anyway, I can see a beginning for a fic here. I'm just a little, ugh, cluless as to what the fic would be about. Anyway, I decided to post this and see if you guys would be interested. Standard Disclaimers apply. More notes after. On to the fic. And as usual, you guys get a dose of my really crappy haiku. Enjoy.
****Pale and darkened night
the moon hangs above your smile
I let myself dream****
Whenever she was alone, she found herself thinking of the most inane things. Just take this case as an example. Kenshin, Sano and Yahiko had decided to have a boy's night out at the town. Which she thought, would probabaly involved a lot of sake, a lot of money lost in gambling (which would probably be accredited to Sano) and then, a lot of girls.
She wasn't worried about money. As long as Kenshin was with Sano the amount of money and losses are bound to be lower than the usual. She wasn't worried about the sake either. As long as Kenshin was with Sano and Yahiko, she was sure that no one would be stepping at her porch and then puking their guts out. She was however worried about the pretty geisha's that Sano was acquainted with. As long as Kenshin was with them, then girls would be sure to be hanging around their table all night.
And right now, she was thinking of how a semi-drunk Kenshin would try to ward off any femme fatale snaking her arms around him. She hadn't seen him interact with that many woman. There was Misao and Megumi and then Toki. All of them seemed to have placed him somewhere between the category of a good friend but a better lover. Especially Megumi.
She sighed heavily. She didn't utter any protest when Sano had came in barging over their dinner. Of course to mooch off some food and then to extend an invitation to both Kenshin and Yahiko. Apparently some very dumb young boy loss to Sano at the Ruffian Gambling House and Sano had decided that blowing off his money at some local geisha house was the best thing to do.
As expected Kenshin was a little reluctant. He had reasoned out that he didn't want to get too drunk and come home with a head ache. She knew it was a lie. If anything Kenshin can hold his own when it comes to drinking. After say, five jugs or so. He had done it with Sano once. And Sano ended up telling everyone that he liked Megumi. Kenshin was dead silent, although he had given her a smothering look. Like he wanted to kiss her, but was just too drunk to figure out where her lips were.
Yahiko on the other hand was practically jumping up and down when his name was added to the list. The boy probably thought that it was some sort of great honor to be allowed to get dead drunk and flirt with older women.
An arguement ensued. Which she promptly ended by telling Kenshin to just go and try not to let Sano and Yahiko ruin Tokyo in their drunken stupor. Kenshin had stared like her like she had suggested she'd strip in front of them. She wasn't sure what was so wrong with the idea. Kami knows how tense Kenshin always was and it would be good for him to just let loose for a while. She had glared at him and agreed with Sano, much to their amazement.
"But we're going to a geisha house de gozaru." Kenshin had said.
"So?" Kaoru asked him. "It's not like you're going to bring home a geisha." She smiled. "You know very well what would happen if you do."
"But..."
"Oh cut it out Kenshin!" Sano interrupted. "Jou-chan's already giving you her blessing. It's time to PARTY." And then preceeded to tell them about all of his girl friends and the fun he had the last time. Kaoru didn't remind him that he got kicked out for singing so damn loud and so damn out of tune.
"He's right Kenshin. You should go out and try to relax a little." Kaoru offered.
Yahiko nodded vigorously.
Kenshin was still not impressed. "I don't know..."
"Go on. I'd be fine here, if that's what you're worrying about." Kaoru said a little annoyed. Did Kenshin really think that she can't survive one night without him? How little he thought of her skills as a kenjustsu master. She glared at Kenshin.
Kenshin this time backed down. It was one thing to tease Kaoru about her cooking, but it's a whole lotta different scenario once he disobeyed her. "Well, then. I guess we can have a little drink tonight." He said a little reluctant, silently asking Kaoru with his eyes if she was really ok with all of this.
She chose to ignore the question and each gave them the do's and don't's tonight. She knew they were bound to break half of them anyway. But at least she had made it clear that they should have fun.
"Hey Jou-chan, you know that if we'd be going to a different place, we'd ask you to come with us right?" Sano had asked regarding her with a smile.
Kaoru returned the smile with less enthusiasm. "Yeah." She said, although she honestly thought that Sano was lying.
"Ok then. Bye! Don't wait for us ok?" Yahiko said leading the way out of the dojo.
"Don't let him drink too much Sano." Kaoru said.
"Yahiko? Nah! I bet he can't even stay until 12 midnight. He'd be snoring by then, in some geisha's lap." Sano added with a wink.
Yahiko pinched his nose as blood started to seep out. He turned around and briefly asked the gods for a little help.
"Oro!"
Sano rolled his eyes. "Well, let me give you some privacy to say good bye to each other." He walked off and headed towards Yahiko.
"Are you sure you'd be fine Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin had asked, shifting from foot to foot as if afraid to actually step out of her property.
The silly rurouni! "Of course I'll be fine." Kaoru had said shooing him away.
And now it was almost past three in the morning. Five hours since she practically kicked Kenshin out of the gate. She hadn't planned on staying up all night but she just couldn't help it. She had sat in front of the porch anxiously waiting for Kenshin and Yahiko. She doubted if Sano would be coming home with them. She hoped not. Sano was a certified trouble maker especially when drunk.
Kenshin spared another worried look at Yahiko. This was their third stop and Yahiko had been throwing up at every corner only to tell them that he was fine, just a little sick. Sano was chuckling beside him.
"Who knew that the little kid can drink that much?" Sano said shaking his head, then immediately stopped, it made the tree look upside down. "Damn, Jou-chan would be so proud..."
"Ano, I don't think she'd be too thrilled about this." Kenshin said eyeing a drunk Sagara. Sano hadn't been throwing up, but there are significant signs that he was more than a little tipsy as he kept on insisting.
"Why don't we sway by the Fox? See if she's still awake." Sano said staring at the direction of the forest. "We can invite her to Jou-chan's and we can all have a PARTY! A PAR-TAYYY!"
Just another example of Sano's drunkness. Sano slung his arms across Kenshin's shoulder and started to lead him towards the dark forest. "Sano, at this rate, Megumi is just about to wake up, I'm not sure she'd appreciate us barging in like this." Kenshin sighed helplessly. He was no where near Sano and Yahiko's present state, but he had to admit that he had in more than one occassion thought of leaving Sano and Yahiko to fend off for themselves in the street and just go home and take Kaoru on his arms. A perfect sign that he wasn't thinking as straight as a few hours ago when his brain hadn't been swimming in alcohol.
"Kenshin, don't be such a party-pooper." Sano turned at Yahiko who still had his head leaning against the wall. "You up for another round?"
Yahiko groaned out loud and cursed Sano for all eternity.
Kenshin's ears twitched at the choice words so gracefully coming out from the mouth of Yahiko. Kaoru would be having a fit if she heard him now. "Yahiko..." He said in between the kid's cursing.
"Ne, Kenshin, let's go..." Sano said walking towards the forest. "Let's leave Yahiko there with all his guts on the ground, I'm sure he'd be fine. He's a big boy now."
"Ugh, Sano." Kenshin began untangling himself from Sano's hold. "Even if, Megumi-dono would be willing to...ugh, 'party' with us, that's not the way to her house." Kenshin informed him.
Sano looked at him weirdly and then he glanced at the dark green looking path ahead of them. "It's not? Damn, I thought the Fox had just been doing a bunch of gardening." Sano shook his head. "Well, why don't we just head home and have a good night sleep, I'm not feeling so well." Sano said somberly.
Kenshin let out a sigh. Finally! He turned at Yahiko to ask him if they were ready to go, when he heard the loud thud from behind him. Kenshin sweat dropped as he turned and found Sano snoring peacefully on the ground.
"Hey, did Sano just passed out?" Yahiko asked groggily.
"Hai." Kenshin said still rooted to his spot, not quite believing that this was happening to him.
"Good." Yahiko said and then, the same sound of a hollow thud on the ground followed.
Kenshin need not turn to know what had happened to Yahiko. Obviously, the kid had won. He out lasted Sano - for a few precious seconds. Kenshin sighed. Great. He takes one night off to enjoy himslef and this is what he gets. Why couldn't he had just stayed home with Kaoru? Why had he listened to Sano? Why did Sano managed to convince Kaoru? Why? Why? Why?
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End chapter One. Ok, any takers for this fic? Because I'm not quite sure where this is heading, or if I should even think of what to write for the next chapter(s). As it is, I'm already lagging way too much at Mismatched and Rabukome (sheepish grin) and now this! So, ugh, what should I do? To continue or not to continue. That is the question. Oh, I am seriously warped. Well, if you can find it in your hearts to review such a pointless little ficcie, than by all means do. I would appreciate it soooo much.
By Yuki
Author's Note: I was thinnking of what to write for Mismatched chapter 6, but this is what came out. Anyway, I can see a beginning for a fic here. I'm just a little, ugh, cluless as to what the fic would be about. Anyway, I decided to post this and see if you guys would be interested. Standard Disclaimers apply. More notes after. On to the fic. And as usual, you guys get a dose of my really crappy haiku. Enjoy.
****Pale and darkened night
the moon hangs above your smile
I let myself dream****
Whenever she was alone, she found herself thinking of the most inane things. Just take this case as an example. Kenshin, Sano and Yahiko had decided to have a boy's night out at the town. Which she thought, would probabaly involved a lot of sake, a lot of money lost in gambling (which would probably be accredited to Sano) and then, a lot of girls.
She wasn't worried about money. As long as Kenshin was with Sano the amount of money and losses are bound to be lower than the usual. She wasn't worried about the sake either. As long as Kenshin was with Sano and Yahiko, she was sure that no one would be stepping at her porch and then puking their guts out. She was however worried about the pretty geisha's that Sano was acquainted with. As long as Kenshin was with them, then girls would be sure to be hanging around their table all night.
And right now, she was thinking of how a semi-drunk Kenshin would try to ward off any femme fatale snaking her arms around him. She hadn't seen him interact with that many woman. There was Misao and Megumi and then Toki. All of them seemed to have placed him somewhere between the category of a good friend but a better lover. Especially Megumi.
She sighed heavily. She didn't utter any protest when Sano had came in barging over their dinner. Of course to mooch off some food and then to extend an invitation to both Kenshin and Yahiko. Apparently some very dumb young boy loss to Sano at the Ruffian Gambling House and Sano had decided that blowing off his money at some local geisha house was the best thing to do.
As expected Kenshin was a little reluctant. He had reasoned out that he didn't want to get too drunk and come home with a head ache. She knew it was a lie. If anything Kenshin can hold his own when it comes to drinking. After say, five jugs or so. He had done it with Sano once. And Sano ended up telling everyone that he liked Megumi. Kenshin was dead silent, although he had given her a smothering look. Like he wanted to kiss her, but was just too drunk to figure out where her lips were.
Yahiko on the other hand was practically jumping up and down when his name was added to the list. The boy probably thought that it was some sort of great honor to be allowed to get dead drunk and flirt with older women.
An arguement ensued. Which she promptly ended by telling Kenshin to just go and try not to let Sano and Yahiko ruin Tokyo in their drunken stupor. Kenshin had stared like her like she had suggested she'd strip in front of them. She wasn't sure what was so wrong with the idea. Kami knows how tense Kenshin always was and it would be good for him to just let loose for a while. She had glared at him and agreed with Sano, much to their amazement.
"But we're going to a geisha house de gozaru." Kenshin had said.
"So?" Kaoru asked him. "It's not like you're going to bring home a geisha." She smiled. "You know very well what would happen if you do."
"But..."
"Oh cut it out Kenshin!" Sano interrupted. "Jou-chan's already giving you her blessing. It's time to PARTY." And then preceeded to tell them about all of his girl friends and the fun he had the last time. Kaoru didn't remind him that he got kicked out for singing so damn loud and so damn out of tune.
"He's right Kenshin. You should go out and try to relax a little." Kaoru offered.
Yahiko nodded vigorously.
Kenshin was still not impressed. "I don't know..."
"Go on. I'd be fine here, if that's what you're worrying about." Kaoru said a little annoyed. Did Kenshin really think that she can't survive one night without him? How little he thought of her skills as a kenjustsu master. She glared at Kenshin.
Kenshin this time backed down. It was one thing to tease Kaoru about her cooking, but it's a whole lotta different scenario once he disobeyed her. "Well, then. I guess we can have a little drink tonight." He said a little reluctant, silently asking Kaoru with his eyes if she was really ok with all of this.
She chose to ignore the question and each gave them the do's and don't's tonight. She knew they were bound to break half of them anyway. But at least she had made it clear that they should have fun.
"Hey Jou-chan, you know that if we'd be going to a different place, we'd ask you to come with us right?" Sano had asked regarding her with a smile.
Kaoru returned the smile with less enthusiasm. "Yeah." She said, although she honestly thought that Sano was lying.
"Ok then. Bye! Don't wait for us ok?" Yahiko said leading the way out of the dojo.
"Don't let him drink too much Sano." Kaoru said.
"Yahiko? Nah! I bet he can't even stay until 12 midnight. He'd be snoring by then, in some geisha's lap." Sano added with a wink.
Yahiko pinched his nose as blood started to seep out. He turned around and briefly asked the gods for a little help.
"Oro!"
Sano rolled his eyes. "Well, let me give you some privacy to say good bye to each other." He walked off and headed towards Yahiko.
"Are you sure you'd be fine Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin had asked, shifting from foot to foot as if afraid to actually step out of her property.
The silly rurouni! "Of course I'll be fine." Kaoru had said shooing him away.
And now it was almost past three in the morning. Five hours since she practically kicked Kenshin out of the gate. She hadn't planned on staying up all night but she just couldn't help it. She had sat in front of the porch anxiously waiting for Kenshin and Yahiko. She doubted if Sano would be coming home with them. She hoped not. Sano was a certified trouble maker especially when drunk.
Kenshin spared another worried look at Yahiko. This was their third stop and Yahiko had been throwing up at every corner only to tell them that he was fine, just a little sick. Sano was chuckling beside him.
"Who knew that the little kid can drink that much?" Sano said shaking his head, then immediately stopped, it made the tree look upside down. "Damn, Jou-chan would be so proud..."
"Ano, I don't think she'd be too thrilled about this." Kenshin said eyeing a drunk Sagara. Sano hadn't been throwing up, but there are significant signs that he was more than a little tipsy as he kept on insisting.
"Why don't we sway by the Fox? See if she's still awake." Sano said staring at the direction of the forest. "We can invite her to Jou-chan's and we can all have a PARTY! A PAR-TAYYY!"
Just another example of Sano's drunkness. Sano slung his arms across Kenshin's shoulder and started to lead him towards the dark forest. "Sano, at this rate, Megumi is just about to wake up, I'm not sure she'd appreciate us barging in like this." Kenshin sighed helplessly. He was no where near Sano and Yahiko's present state, but he had to admit that he had in more than one occassion thought of leaving Sano and Yahiko to fend off for themselves in the street and just go home and take Kaoru on his arms. A perfect sign that he wasn't thinking as straight as a few hours ago when his brain hadn't been swimming in alcohol.
"Kenshin, don't be such a party-pooper." Sano turned at Yahiko who still had his head leaning against the wall. "You up for another round?"
Yahiko groaned out loud and cursed Sano for all eternity.
Kenshin's ears twitched at the choice words so gracefully coming out from the mouth of Yahiko. Kaoru would be having a fit if she heard him now. "Yahiko..." He said in between the kid's cursing.
"Ne, Kenshin, let's go..." Sano said walking towards the forest. "Let's leave Yahiko there with all his guts on the ground, I'm sure he'd be fine. He's a big boy now."
"Ugh, Sano." Kenshin began untangling himself from Sano's hold. "Even if, Megumi-dono would be willing to...ugh, 'party' with us, that's not the way to her house." Kenshin informed him.
Sano looked at him weirdly and then he glanced at the dark green looking path ahead of them. "It's not? Damn, I thought the Fox had just been doing a bunch of gardening." Sano shook his head. "Well, why don't we just head home and have a good night sleep, I'm not feeling so well." Sano said somberly.
Kenshin let out a sigh. Finally! He turned at Yahiko to ask him if they were ready to go, when he heard the loud thud from behind him. Kenshin sweat dropped as he turned and found Sano snoring peacefully on the ground.
"Hey, did Sano just passed out?" Yahiko asked groggily.
"Hai." Kenshin said still rooted to his spot, not quite believing that this was happening to him.
"Good." Yahiko said and then, the same sound of a hollow thud on the ground followed.
Kenshin need not turn to know what had happened to Yahiko. Obviously, the kid had won. He out lasted Sano - for a few precious seconds. Kenshin sighed. Great. He takes one night off to enjoy himslef and this is what he gets. Why couldn't he had just stayed home with Kaoru? Why had he listened to Sano? Why did Sano managed to convince Kaoru? Why? Why? Why?
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End chapter One. Ok, any takers for this fic? Because I'm not quite sure where this is heading, or if I should even think of what to write for the next chapter(s). As it is, I'm already lagging way too much at Mismatched and Rabukome (sheepish grin) and now this! So, ugh, what should I do? To continue or not to continue. That is the question. Oh, I am seriously warped. Well, if you can find it in your hearts to review such a pointless little ficcie, than by all means do. I would appreciate it soooo much.