As I said, I am not am English native speaker, do please bear with me… Thanks
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The party
Today was a weird day. Misao, Aoshi, Megumi, Okon, Omasu and Hiko, yes Hiko Seijuro, arrived in the morning, so they could stay for the approaching celebrations in the city of Tokio. Kaoru decided to give a party, in order for them to spend some time together. After dinner, the girls stayed at the dining place and the boys went to the room next door.
There was a tense atmosphere. They were in a room, smaller that the one the girls were at, even thou they were side by side. They could vaguely hear their conversation.
Kenshin sat at one end of the small end of the table, across from his "enemy" Saito. Sano and Hiko were side by side, sipping sake as fast as they could. Aoshi, well, he was sitting in one corner quietly drinking his hot green tea, as always. Yahiko was out of the house claiming that he was going to take Tsubame to her house.
"Battousai, so what is going to be your move on your tanuki girl this year? Are you just gonna propose again, and the get it back?" said Saito looking at the former hitokiri
"Shut it Wolf. The fact that you are married is indeed surprising but that does not mean that you can talk as and what you want" said sternly Sano
"Is ok Sano, let him alone. And about your question…" he said while he turned to look at Saito's eyes. Violet was slowly turning amber "is none of your business what I do with my life"
"Actually, there you are wrong Battousai. My loving wife likes your tanuki, and she is kinda of worry that you don't make a move, and someone else shows up and takes her away. But you are right, that is none of my business. Your incredible stupidity and stubbornness will be funny enough in its time" he said while a smirk cross his lips
"Zip it wolf" said Sano getting up and putting both hands in fits
"Mind your own business rooster head, your fox doctor already run away" Saito had a really wide smirk while he said these. He was not having any kind of fun, but he did not even dare to suggest leaving to his wife. She did had a hold on him
Hiko was watching the argument with some amusement. Saito was right thou, if his baka deshi did not move, he was going to have a huge problem, and he did not want to see him rotten inside out again.
"It's enough" said Aoshi just in time to stop Sano trying to reach for Saito's face. "It is none of our business what Himura wishes or not to do with Kamiya-san"
"Ha look who is talking, the icicle. Look, the weasel is getting kinda of attractive, and believe me, for more that she loves you, she wont be able to wait for you forever. You are as stupid and stubborn as Battousai" said Saito looking at the corner were Shinomori was kinda of hiding in the shadows
When Aoshi was about to say something, there were two loud screams. Saito and Kenshin recognize those screams to belong toTokio and Kaoru, but when they got up and were about to go to the other room, swords at hand, there was laughter. They stopped cold in their tracks, and soon they sat down again. After a while, they were lost wondering what could have made them scream like that and then laugh.
"What the hell, those women are crazy, I am telling you" said Sano with his sake jar at his hand.
"Don't be soo mean, they are just happy to be with each other after so long" said Kenshin
"Misao was very happy to come here Himura. She cares for Kamiya…" Aoshi was about to finish the sentence when Misao screamed.
Aoshi stood up with Himura close following, but they stopped cold again when laughter broke from the adjacent room.
"This is weird that it is. Should sessha look into it Aoshi?" asked Kenshin with his violet eyes full of wonder
"Whatever it is, it seams that they are having fun" said Hiko for first time in all night
"Lets get a pick inside the room" said Sano "Look, there is a whole in here, we just have to be quiet"
INSIDE THE ROOM
"Misao, now you are the one that scream sooooo loud" said Kaoru laughing
"What do you expect me to do when Omasu and Okon talked of what happened the other day when Okina was running naked and drunk in the yard???" said Misao half laughing half trying to forget it
"That is grouse," said Megumi
"Yeah, it is" said Omasu and Okon at the same time
" Lets talk about interesting things" said Tokio
"Yeah I am curious. There has always been a saying that each swordmaster manages a sword according to his own swords size" said Tae "even thou I only know a few swordsman's and I have never been with one"
"Well I believe that that is not true" said Okon all red behind her kimono sleeve
"I am not so sure" said Tokio.
Saito froze at the other say of the thin wall paper
"Why Tokio-san?" asked all innocent Kaoru
"Well for example, Hajime manages a Nijonto, the longest of swords, and he is quite a swordmaster, you have to admit, and I can assure you that he goes with the saying" she said bursting in laughter.
Everyone look at Saito. He was really red, and you could almost see steam coming out of his ears
"But let me tell you something, the bigs goes with the bigs. I mean, don't you think that a great swordsman will look for his other half? A person with a great talent?" asked Omasu
"Indeed. I love to play with all kinds of swords if you know what I mean" said Tokio laughing "and I also kinda of learned some kendo while my brother asked me to practice with him. I had a really long bokken back then. Now I have THE NIJONTO" everyone burst in laugther
"I am gonna stop these" said Saito while his face was pale of anger with his wife
"Do you really dare to interrupt your wife while she is having so much fun?" said Sano while barely holding the laughter that he was about to let out
"Shut up, I wanna hear what will come next" said Hiko, while taking a hold, as briefly as he could manage, at Saito's uniform to stop him from punching Sano in the head. The rest of them did not say a word.
"So according to Tokio-san, Kaoru-chan is quite fortunate" said Tae matter-of-factly
Kaoru blushed soo deeply that she could not hold it back "Tae-san, what do you mean?"
"oh come on Kaoru, Himura has been a swordmaster all his life of the Hitten Mitsurugi ryu, always fought with a daisho, and now he has a sakabato, a long sword, and he was Hitokiri Battousai, so you want any other reason?" said Misao barely holding the laughter that burst out shortly after
Kenshin wanted to faint now. He knew that with master hearing those words, there was gonna be a disaster. Saito smirk, now that the fun was going to Himura
"Shut it wolf" said Kenshin sternly
"Misao!" said Kaoru
"Kaoru can you imagine that? Oh well Ken-san most be well built, you are indeed very lucky if you ever get a hold of him" said Megumi
"Yeah but his sword is backward now, so what does that means?" said Tae
"Maybe a change in size, I hope for good, or a change in direction" said Megumi laughing
Kenshin began to get as red as his hair
"So baka deshi what was it? Now you go backward?" said Hiko clearly trying to ridicules his pupil
"Master…" He could not finish what he was going to say
"But Kaoru will know exactly how to manage it just fine. Remember she is a master in the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu. She holds a bokken and knows the secrets of it, even thou she has never lay a finger on a real sword, she should be ok. You just have to get Himura-san" said Tokio with a smirk "I have a real effective way of getting the control with Hajime, just hold his sword and he does anything I ask, as a puppy" Laughter broke out
"When I get a hold of you women, you are going to pay for this" said Saito, in what was barely a whisper
Kenshin wanted to stop this, but Sano had a hold of his jacket
"Tokio-san I can barely image Saito as a cute puppy, maybe, and just maybe, a touchable wolf, but nothing more" said Megumi putting a face
"Well in that you are right, he is a wolf on bed. But you must know that he is a wolf on the outside and in the inside, he is a puppy" said Tokio "as I am sure Himura-san is. Even thou I don't know him well enough to put it into words."
"Well Ken-san, I don't know what he is, but I am sure that he is perfectly capable of making a women happy with his sword and his sword mastership." Said Megumi
"Never forget who taught him the art" said Omasu looking dreamy "can you image Masters Hiko's sword? With his presence I am pretty sure that not even his real sword makes it up for it. Not Saito nor Kenshin can be at his level"
Across the wall Hiko made a self-sufficient smirk
"Don't be so damm full of your self I am sure she is mistaken" said Saito
"Well that I don't know, but sure he is great and a sexy men" said Tokio
This time took Sano had to try to stop Saito from breaking the wall
"Wolf, your women likes me." Said Hiko
Saito turned around, and was about to hit Hiko when…
"He is the best. But he is arrogant and sarcastic" said Kaoru
"Yeah I know. I don't know much about him, but I wish I did" said Omasu dreamy again
"But what about the weasel here?" said Megumi " I wonder because they both manage short weapons. Kodashi and Kunais"
Aoshi went steel behin Kenshin
"Yeah I wonder If the icicle has something to it or if it just broke" said Megumi "don't get me wrong, I kinda of like him around, but he is way too icy for my taste"
"Megumi, how do you dare suggest something like that? I am pretty sure that Aoshi-sama is way more than fine"
Aoshi was frozen in the spot at hearing the words. Kenshin went back a little to reach for his ear and said
"Misao stood up for you Aoshi, she loves you"
"Look, Kenshin did take a change of direction, but what I did not know is that icicle here also did" said Sano laughing
Kenshin and Aoshi took their cups of tea and threw them to Sano. They made a grin when the cups smashed square on his face
"How would you know? And how would you compare? Come on you manage Kunais" said Megumi
"I am sure that Shinomori-sama is fine. Come on girl she is the luckiest girl between all of us. Shinomori-sama has two!" said Tokio
"Well in that you are right. But that can have another meaning too" said Omasu
"Yeah like the backward sword of Kenshin's" said Okon
"Told you buddy's" said Sano while rubbing his nose. Aoshi's temple vein was pumping and Kenshin's eyes were now violet with sparks of amber
"I don't think so. Aoshi-san is way to handsome and everything as well as Kenshin to waste his time with men, having Misao and me around" said Kaoru
"WHAT!? I would not consider that a reason for not turning gay or bi sexual. A tanuki and a weasel, god no!" said Megumi
"What are you talking about fox? You don't even have a man. Oh wait, is a certain rooster head, who does not even have a sword. I have never seen him with a women and he is a jerk" said Misao "Aoshi-sama and Himura are how MEN should be"
"Don't forget my nijonto" said Tokio laughed
"You have to admit that they are somehow weird. Kenshin spend too much time with his master secluded in a mountain. Aoshi was all the time with men that were bi sexual during his time in Tokio long ago, so you tell me. With the wolf, come on, it was the Shinsengumi" said Megumi
"Enough" said all of the men standing up
They storm into the room. All the women turn to look at them. Hiko had a none so pleasant smirk on his face
"I am not gay, of that you can be sure" said Hiko
All of them turn to look at Saito, who was pale of anger and eyes so narrow that it was almost impossible to look at his eyes
"Woman lets go. And for you tanuki, your love or lover, who knows, might be gay, but I am surely not, and my sword is not backward or double side" said Saito
Everyone look at Kenshin, who was hiding his eyes behind his bangs. The room temperature went down, and before Saito knew what hit him, Kenshin, or should I say Battousai, landed a punch on Saito's face and Aoshi jumped on them. Between Shinomori and Kenshin, they took a couple of punches in his face before Hiko and Sano took them of Saito
"Look both lovers… And where does that leave the rooster head?" said Saito with a smirk
Hiko could not hold Kenshin any longer, but before he did something, Sano and Aoshi were going at Saito again. The three of them jumped on him and broke the shoji door.
"Kenshin stop!" said Kaoru
He stopped and turned around to look at her with golden eyes. He stood and turn around to the exit door and said "wolf I will give you another day to breath, but if you ever suggest that I am gay ever again, I swear I will break my oath and I will kill you before you know it, don't fuck with someone you cannot handle" He walked to the gate and disappeared.
Misao took a hold of Aoshi's shirt and he let go of Saito, while Sano was held by Megumi. Okon, Omasu and Tae were blushing and did not know what to say. Hiko stood at Omasu's side and whispered to her ear
"I will willingly show you my sword and my technique"
"Kamiya-san leave him go, he is not in a good mood" said Aoshi quietly when he saw that Kaoru was about to follow Kenshin. He stood and went also to the door saying "I will be out here if you need me"
Saito stood up with a broken nose and a bleeding mouth "Hajime where are your modals? What was that? Were you eardroping?" said Tokio with a frown
"Shut it wife, you own me an apology for what you said" said Saito
"I only compliment you!" she said "Lets go home"
"I will walk you ladies" said Sano to Megumi and Tae, while Yahiko and Tsubame enter the dojo. Yahiko looked at Saito and asked "what happened to you face wolf?"
"Mind your own business" he answer as he wiped the blood from his face and began walking to the door
Sano and the other follow it suit. The rest went to sleep, leaving a very curios Yahiko. Misao and Kaoru had rooms side by side, so they walked together
"I think that they are not mad, they are piss" said Misao
"Yeah Kenshin was all Battousai with Saito" said Kaoru absently "oh well, we will deal with this tomorrow. Good Night Misao"
"Good night Kaoru"
Not too far, Kenshin wondered if he could have enough courage to tell Kaoru of his feelings soon. He decided to think about it and make a decision by the morning.