All disclaimers apply.

"Hey!" Kenshin!! I got helium!!" Sanosuke shouted at his best friend, as he ran to his "hangout" spot down the hill. He had a rep of being a bully, but if you were lucky enough to become his friend, he was one of the most loyal friends one could possibly have.

"Oro?" As Sanosuke handed him a bright red balloon, Kenshin couldn't help but get a bad feeling about what they were about to do. "Uh, Sano…don't people die from doing this?"

Sanosuke grinned his cocky grin.

"Kenshin, Kenshin, Kenshin… You worry way too much. We're only going to have coupla weird ass voices for a while." And with that, Kenshin and Sanosuke untied their balloons, sucked all the helium out, and fell simultaneously on the grass.

/Those idiots…they passed out!/

Megumi was already frustrated by the fact Kenshin had asked Kaoru out to the homecoming dance instead of her, and seeing her friends pass out on helium intake made her more annoyed. /Were they always this stupid? What did I see in Ken-san, anyway?/

The megitsune's ears popped out when she got an idea on what to do to take advantage of their unfortunate situation. She sometimes surprised even herself with her wicked ideas, and this was certainly one of them. She got up from her spot under the tree, dusted her skirt, and got to work.

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"Okashira, about our project for history—" Hannya started, but stopped when he sensed something suspicious. "Wait here." Hannya was always cautious when passing by Zanza's hangout, but this was different. Instead of the usual screams of pain echoing from the poor students Zanza chose to beat to a pulp, there was silence. Hannya moved gracefully hidden by the shadows of trees, until he came up to the tree right by Zanza's tree. Slowly, he peeked over his shoulder.

/!?!?/

Hannya almost vomited. There they were, Kenshin on top of Sano—on the ground!!

Hannya hurriedly ran back his friends.

"Shikijou, Hyottoko— get Aoshi sama out of here!!" Shikijou and Hyottoko grabbed the slightly surprised Aoshi, and carried him omikoshi style without hesitation.

"H…Hannya, what happened? Aoshi stuttered, due to his friends' off-season omikoshi march. He knew that Hannya and the others were obsessed about his well being, but this was too much.

"Aoshi sama—!!" They stiffened when they heard that familiar voice. "Hannya kun—where are you guys?!"

"No time to explain, Okashira! Makimachi Misao's near!" Shikijou sped up his pace, successfully getting further away from Misao. Misao had been following Aoshi and his friends ever since they started going to school together. What was she going to do when she caught up to them? She'd probably ask Aoshi out, but Aoshi's followers wouldn't allow for anyone to distract their okashira from his schoolwork.

Besides, Shinomori Aoshi was clueless when it came to love.

"…Aoshi sama…" Misao spotted some strands of spiky black hair down by the hill where Zanza hang out. "Hey, Hyottoko kun miiikke!" Misao ran down the hill, thinking she was a participant in a game of hide-and-seek. "Gegh!" Misao's eyes widened she saw that the hair belonged to Sanosuke. /Don't wanna mess with him…/ Misao began to quietly back away. /Ah…!/ Misao's eyed widened to the size of saucers when she noticed a familiar red haired figure directly on top of Sano.

"HANGYAAAA!!"

Misao's scream could be heard all across the school.

/Misao chan!?/ Kamiya Kaoru was in the gym, practicing her kendo forms when she heard her friend's unmistakable scream. /That okama better not be flashing her again!!/ Kaoru grabbed her shinai and ran towards the direction of which the scream originated.

"Misao chan!! What happened?!" Kaoru could only see Misao's trembling figure pointing at something down the hill.

"A…a…" Misao turned her head towards Kaoru, who was now walking up the hill with her shinai firmly gripped in her hands. "H…Himura…and…Sano..suke.." Misao was as pale as snow.

/!?!?/ Kaoru's flesh soon matched Misao's face, then turned bright red as a result of her confusion and anger. "K…Kenshin no BAKA!!" Kaoru grabbed the smaller girl and stormed out of the "corrupt" scene.

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Author's notes: Ah, yet another AU idea out of my little head. I know this chapter is short, but again, that's my style. A lot of my friends read this and thought that I turned into a pervert. I didn't mean for anything to be perverted (in the next chapter) .

I got this idea from my own guy friends getting high off of helium.

-Ume no Hana

P.S.: "Megitsune" means "female fox", "miiikke (mikke)!" means "found you!", and "okama" means "homosexual man (rather, a more disrespectful way of saying it) ".