Ok, Hi again. I hope you guys are enjoying the story. Because
disclaimer: I don't own it
I'd like to thank all of my reviewers, just so you guys know that I read the reviews when I get blocked, and they really help. Keep 'em comin'
I just want to make sure and let you know that I am not I man hater, I have simply had a bad experience. Oddly enought this little fic was started to help me get over it. But I have no intention on man bashing in this little story. I know that girls do stupid stuff too. And it'll come in with the next chapter. Misao will be too...sorta...you'll see. And no the two don't go hand in hand. So just to make it clear. this is a Kao/Ken (with some battousai, but I don't really separate him from kenshin anyways) Meg/Sano, Aoshi/Misoa, and some Yahiko/Tsubame as well, but they're like twelve so its not gonna get too detailed. Ok, so I hope you guys enjoy the fic. Also check out the sister story by lonecheeze call "The Hiten-Mitsurugi Style of Womanize" It was kinda an inspriation for this fic.
i'I can't beleive he just left me there!'i Kaoru fumed as she stalked down the street to Megumi's clinic. i'Of all the....manlike things to do.,' i It had been quite a shock to her reputation, not to mention her pride, to just be iabandonedi like that. When she had finally decided to leave he had still been in the kitchen looking at that stupid kettle like it as if it held the secrets of the world. Which was somewhat true, it did hold some secrets. Another concoction of Megumi's that had made to smoke when she had put it in the boiling water. The plan had worked perfectly, until the very end... Kaoru refused to dwell on the doubts that had suddenly started to leak into her thoughts.
After all, she had bigger fish to fry. Kaoru groaned. i'How are the girls gonna react to this?'i
***
He couldn't beleive it. It just didn't make sense. Kenshin's mind was working overtime trying to come up with a logical answer. But no matter how he tried looking at it. It just wasn't possible. Of course, he could just let it go and forget about it. After all, he really should check to see how Kaoru-donno was doing...but her pulse had seemed strong, and her ki had been amazingly high for someone who was unconscious. The internal battle kept waging itself in his mind, and it always came back to the mystery in the kettle. He kept waiting for comprehension of the phenomena to come, and when it didn't Kenshin's mind, being that of a imalei, promptly shut down.
***
"Kaoru-chan, are you allright?" Megumi watched her friend (and mentor) closely. She seemed flustered, and the emotions playing on her face kept switching from anger, to puzzlement, to upset and back to flaming anger.
"I'm fine Megumi." Kaoru sat down on the porch across from the sly doctor. "Is Tsubame here yet?"
"Not yet, but she's usually on time so we shouldn't be waiting long. Did something go wrong with the plan this morning, Kaoru? You didn't mix up the powders, did you?"
"No, I got them right, but I ididi make a miscalculation. Lets talk about it after the lesson, alright?" Kaoru accepted the cup of tea Megumi handed her.
Megumi sipped her own tea as she watched Tsubame come into the yard. "That would be just fine, Kaoru-sensei."
***
i"Oi!"i
Kenshin felt like he was waking up from a dream.
i"Oi! Kenshin!"i
A horrible, unnatural dream, where his Kaoru had been hurt, and water burned, and nothing made sense.
i"Kenshin, wake up already!"i
But something had been pleasant. What was it? Oh, that was right. iHisi Kaoru. He liked the sound of that. He smiled to himself.
i"Hey, Kenshin! What are you smiling like that for? I'm hungry."i
The smile fell away instantly. He didn't want to wake up. He was enjoying his possessive thoughts. Though itechnicallyi he didn't actually have the right to be possessive. But in his subconscious, he could talk, do, think, and have anything he wanted his way. Thats right. In his subconscious he didn't have to worry about being unworthy, or about propriety, he could replay all those times he'd run in on Kaoru bathing in slow motion as many times as he wanted. And he didn't even have to feel guilty! The smile came back again.
i"Kenshin!!!"i
Kenshin's eyes snapped open, shining amber for a moment in irritation.
"Oro?" what was he doing in the kitchen? He thought he had been asleep in his room. One glance at that stupid kettle and he knew.
"Finally! Whats with you, Kenshin, why are you acting so spacey?" Kenshin turned to see Yahiko standing with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face.
"Sorry, Yahiko, I was just tired I guess." i'Sorta...' iKenshin put on one of those absent smiles of his. "What were you wanting, Yahiko?"
Yahiko's scowl got deeper. "What I want is breakfast, don't tell me we're having that." Yahiko gave the kettle a pointed look.
"No, I was just getting ready to fix something, that I was. It shouldn't be long."
Yahiko just 'hmphed' and walked out of the kitchen.
Kenshin sighed as he automatically started on making some miso soup. He brought fresh water in from the well, and was just starting to get the ingredients all together.
i'Hmmm...I feel like I'm forgetting something.' i He looked over his ingredients again. They were all there...
Yahiko slammed the shoji door open again as Kenshin stirred the the vegetables into the miso.
"Hey, how am I supposed to get any training done? Where's the hag?"
Kenshin dropped the spoon as his eyes widened. i'I think I know what I forgot' i He thought, and then he started to panic.
***
The dread Author notes, but they're short I promise.
So how was that huh? I know its late but my sis was supposed to update since I was out of town. So I'll update again on Friday for you guys hows that. OH and I think I'm gonna put a little more effort into this thing, so if anybody knows a good beta I could bat ideas around with, and would like to help me fix this up...just let me know.
Thanks again for all the lovely reviews.
disclaimer: I don't own it
I'd like to thank all of my reviewers, just so you guys know that I read the reviews when I get blocked, and they really help. Keep 'em comin'
I just want to make sure and let you know that I am not I man hater, I have simply had a bad experience. Oddly enought this little fic was started to help me get over it. But I have no intention on man bashing in this little story. I know that girls do stupid stuff too. And it'll come in with the next chapter. Misao will be too...sorta...you'll see. And no the two don't go hand in hand. So just to make it clear. this is a Kao/Ken (with some battousai, but I don't really separate him from kenshin anyways) Meg/Sano, Aoshi/Misoa, and some Yahiko/Tsubame as well, but they're like twelve so its not gonna get too detailed. Ok, so I hope you guys enjoy the fic. Also check out the sister story by lonecheeze call "The Hiten-Mitsurugi Style of Womanize" It was kinda an inspriation for this fic.
i'I can't beleive he just left me there!'i Kaoru fumed as she stalked down the street to Megumi's clinic. i'Of all the....manlike things to do.,' i It had been quite a shock to her reputation, not to mention her pride, to just be iabandonedi like that. When she had finally decided to leave he had still been in the kitchen looking at that stupid kettle like it as if it held the secrets of the world. Which was somewhat true, it did hold some secrets. Another concoction of Megumi's that had made to smoke when she had put it in the boiling water. The plan had worked perfectly, until the very end... Kaoru refused to dwell on the doubts that had suddenly started to leak into her thoughts.
After all, she had bigger fish to fry. Kaoru groaned. i'How are the girls gonna react to this?'i
***
He couldn't beleive it. It just didn't make sense. Kenshin's mind was working overtime trying to come up with a logical answer. But no matter how he tried looking at it. It just wasn't possible. Of course, he could just let it go and forget about it. After all, he really should check to see how Kaoru-donno was doing...but her pulse had seemed strong, and her ki had been amazingly high for someone who was unconscious. The internal battle kept waging itself in his mind, and it always came back to the mystery in the kettle. He kept waiting for comprehension of the phenomena to come, and when it didn't Kenshin's mind, being that of a imalei, promptly shut down.
***
"Kaoru-chan, are you allright?" Megumi watched her friend (and mentor) closely. She seemed flustered, and the emotions playing on her face kept switching from anger, to puzzlement, to upset and back to flaming anger.
"I'm fine Megumi." Kaoru sat down on the porch across from the sly doctor. "Is Tsubame here yet?"
"Not yet, but she's usually on time so we shouldn't be waiting long. Did something go wrong with the plan this morning, Kaoru? You didn't mix up the powders, did you?"
"No, I got them right, but I ididi make a miscalculation. Lets talk about it after the lesson, alright?" Kaoru accepted the cup of tea Megumi handed her.
Megumi sipped her own tea as she watched Tsubame come into the yard. "That would be just fine, Kaoru-sensei."
***
i"Oi!"i
Kenshin felt like he was waking up from a dream.
i"Oi! Kenshin!"i
A horrible, unnatural dream, where his Kaoru had been hurt, and water burned, and nothing made sense.
i"Kenshin, wake up already!"i
But something had been pleasant. What was it? Oh, that was right. iHisi Kaoru. He liked the sound of that. He smiled to himself.
i"Hey, Kenshin! What are you smiling like that for? I'm hungry."i
The smile fell away instantly. He didn't want to wake up. He was enjoying his possessive thoughts. Though itechnicallyi he didn't actually have the right to be possessive. But in his subconscious, he could talk, do, think, and have anything he wanted his way. Thats right. In his subconscious he didn't have to worry about being unworthy, or about propriety, he could replay all those times he'd run in on Kaoru bathing in slow motion as many times as he wanted. And he didn't even have to feel guilty! The smile came back again.
i"Kenshin!!!"i
Kenshin's eyes snapped open, shining amber for a moment in irritation.
"Oro?" what was he doing in the kitchen? He thought he had been asleep in his room. One glance at that stupid kettle and he knew.
"Finally! Whats with you, Kenshin, why are you acting so spacey?" Kenshin turned to see Yahiko standing with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face.
"Sorry, Yahiko, I was just tired I guess." i'Sorta...' iKenshin put on one of those absent smiles of his. "What were you wanting, Yahiko?"
Yahiko's scowl got deeper. "What I want is breakfast, don't tell me we're having that." Yahiko gave the kettle a pointed look.
"No, I was just getting ready to fix something, that I was. It shouldn't be long."
Yahiko just 'hmphed' and walked out of the kitchen.
Kenshin sighed as he automatically started on making some miso soup. He brought fresh water in from the well, and was just starting to get the ingredients all together.
i'Hmmm...I feel like I'm forgetting something.' i He looked over his ingredients again. They were all there...
Yahiko slammed the shoji door open again as Kenshin stirred the the vegetables into the miso.
"Hey, how am I supposed to get any training done? Where's the hag?"
Kenshin dropped the spoon as his eyes widened. i'I think I know what I forgot' i He thought, and then he started to panic.
***
The dread Author notes, but they're short I promise.
So how was that huh? I know its late but my sis was supposed to update since I was out of town. So I'll update again on Friday for you guys hows that. OH and I think I'm gonna put a little more effort into this thing, so if anybody knows a good beta I could bat ideas around with, and would like to help me fix this up...just let me know.
Thanks again for all the lovely reviews.