Lost From Within Chapter 10: Sanosuke: The Earth Mover
Author's Note: Now, many of you may have been wondering. Where has sensai32 gone? Has she died? Did she somehow publish the book she's been working on and abandon us forever? Has she completely ditched the world of fanfiction and has left us pondering whether Kenshin and Kaoru will end up madly in love? HOW WILL I GO ON? Well, no, to all of them! I have been on writer's block for a year and finally am getting my footing. By the way, college starts in like a month, I am finally getting a new laptop with permanent wireless on it, and you have all been saved!
"What she saw defied every living notion she had been born believing."
Megumi was standing on the ground that she knew. What frightened her was the fact that the ground beneath her feet was in the air! The earth under her feet was floating, and where was her supposed savior? He was staring up at her with the biggest grin on his idiotic rooster headed face.
"Get me off of here!" she screamed.
Oh, Sano was scared. In fact, the only reason he was grinning was because he knew that the minute he let her down she would beat the dear ever loving crap out of him. Yes, he was a rooster headed idiot. But, despite his questionable intelligence, Sanosuke let Megumi down gently.
Surprisingly, Megumi did not beat intelligence into our dear rooster head, in fact, very much in line with Sano's second guess, Megumi fainted at his feet.
"Well," he mused. "This is awkward." He gently bent to pick her up and carefully arranged her in the passenger seat of his car, chuckling.
Of course, he knew Hiko was involved. Hiko was always involved. The man knew what everyone was doing 24 hours of his immortal life.
But Sano didn't mind; at least not much.
"Hiko sure knows how to pick 'em." He mumbled.
Shotgun, Megumi was dreaming of a nice cold margarita with all the trimmings. However, instead of being in her hands, it was floating on a boulder; and atop the boulder, sitting lotus style, was Sanosuke, grinning his devilish grin. Megumi stirred in her sleep.
When Sano heard her mumble his name, a small smile crept on his face.
In her dream, Megumi did not know what she wanted most; the margarita or the earth mover.
Sano was having fun listening to Megumi sleep-talk as he drove. His name was said more than once and it made him secretly glad.
All of a sudden he heard three slurred words.
"Nah...Margarita...more." Megumi turned her body on the seat.
Sano was not sure what she was dreaming, but he got the feeling he'd just lost.
In the end, it didn't matter actually, he reasoned. For in many ways, he had just won a lot more.
Megumi sighed and in her head a certain rooster head was smiling as he kissed her, his mouth tasting richly of her favorite beverage.
"Yes," she muttered incoherently, "Margarita more."
While Sanosuke was busy learning about his heart's desire's love for fruity alcoholic drinks, Kaoru felt as if though she could make do with a bit of alcohol minus the fruity part. In fact an entire bottle of moonshine would do the job well enough.
All day, she had put up with an unfailingly gentlemanly, respectful, and downright moral Kenshin.
And it was pissing her off; to the point of insanity and desire for death via alcohol.
"Miss Kaoru you don't need to wash all those dishes. This one will do it for you."
"Miss Kaoru, let me do the laundry. You need not soil your lovely hands with Sanosuke's dirty clothes."
"Miss Kaoru, you should not."
"Miss Kaoru, let me."
"Miss Kaoru, you don't have to."
"Miss Kaoru."
"Miss Kaoru."
Miss Kaoru! Miss Kaoru! Miss Kaoru!
He was driving her crazy! Another word from Mr. Goody-two-shoes and she was sure she'd end up cheerfully whacking him over the head with a mop.
Kenshin had just finished cleaning the bathroom with a toothbrush when he came by to refill her glass of lemonade as she lounged in the den with her feet up on a comfortable ottoman.
Well, she wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth.
All of a sudden, Sanosuke came in with what looked like a dead girl in his arms. Kaoru got up off the chair and rushed to Sanosuke who was staring at Kenshin; and indeed he should have been since it was downright unnatural to see the usually scowling, angry, feral Kenshin wearing a pink apron with a kerchief around his head, and smiling.
Yep, the smiling was definitely the weirdest part.
Sanosuke paused, and looked at Kaoru with what seemed to be sympathy.
"It's that time of the month again, huh?" he asked.
Kaoru puffed up like an irate cat and let loose. "You come in here after being gone all of yesterday with the catch of the night in your arms and simply expect me to..." She paused, processing what he said. "Wait, you know about this?" she asked.
"Yeah, he should be back to normal in, say what time is it?" Sano answered, looking around for a clock and completely forgetting the unconscious woman in his arms.
"7:00 in the morning." Kenshin volunteered happily.
"What time did you find him like this?" Sano asked Kaoru.
"7:00 in the morning yesterday." she replied.
"Well, he should be back to normal in 3...2...1..."
Suddenly, Kenshin dropped like a sack of bricks where he stood, and as he thudded to the ground, the woman in Sano's arms came around, blinking.
Megumi registered that she wasn't in her apartment with her cat Domino, and as she regained awareness she realized that she was in someone's arms. Her eyes moved to the man on the floor, the raccoon girl in jeans with a glass of lemonade, and the face of her earth mover. Who was, in fact, the one holding her.
Wait, the earth mover!
Megumi jumped out of his arms and stared at Sano. It was silent for a beat, and then she screamed. After a second or so of screaming, she demanded to know what was going on.
Kaoru then understood. She watched as Megumi was calmed by a very patient Sano and then made to sit down on the ottoman as Kaoru relinquished her lemonade.
"Mate?" she asked Sano curiously.
"Seems like." he replied.
"Oh god, Sano, you showed her the flying rock trick, didn't you?" Kaoru asked with a shudder. Megumi looked at Kaoru with suspicion. Clearly, the raccoon was in on it.
"While she stood on it." Sano bragged.
Hiko came down to enjoy his morning. He took in the scene before him and promptly started laughing. Almost everyone in the room glared at him until his amusement tapered off into chuckles and finally settled into a grin. Then there was a distraction in the form of a low sound from the forgotten body still on the floor.
Kaoru rushed to Kenshin's side as he twitched and slowly opened his now golden eyes.
"Kaoru," he mumbled. "What happened? Weren't we in bed? Who is that? Why am I wearing pink?" He seemed honestly confused and more than a little hazy.
Kaoru, who for some time now wanted payback for last week, simply smirked and said in a teasing voice:
"But, I like you in pink."
Her sultry tone brought to Kenshin's face, for the first time in centuries, a blush.
Sano smiled and Megumi, caught up in the moment and forgetting that she was going insane, motioned to Sano.
Sano looked at a now very calm Megumi and moved over to her.
She tugged on his shirt until their faces were on the same level.
"I get the feeling that no matter what is going on, I get to be as cute as the raccoon girl and her boyfriend with you."
Sano smiled as she continued.
"If that's so, bring it on." Megumi said. "But, still, what's this about being mates?" she asked in a falsely innocent tone. Not that Megumi wasn't sharp when she had to be, but the calm and the serenity those two in front of her made her feel was truly puke-inducing; besides, she was with her Earth Mover, the one who saved her, why shouldn't she feel calm?
Sano blushed and Hiko, who had been enjoying the scene from a distance called to Megumi.
"I can explain that right now Dr. Takani." He watched as shock flitted across her features. "Please," he motioned, "come with me."
Megumi and Sano followed Hiko to his office; effectively leaving said raccoon girl and a certain fire demon to smile at each other on the floor. Neither of them in love with one another, or so they said.
Yet, far away, in a house that had once been called the Kamiya Residence, a certain spoiled white haired demon, who was not really a demon at all but a devil in disguise, plotted. Certain, that he would make a specific black haired beauty his own, and still managing to destroy her red-haired fiancé at the same time.
A/N: So, there is Chapter 10, and I must apologize. It seems that the more I wish to update, the more reality, writer's block, colds, and awkward moments appear. So, to anyone and everyone that reads Lost From Within, thank you. Thank You to Crazy for Canines! I truly adore thee and every one of my readers!
Sorry for the delay, you guys! Real Life is getting crazy busy this time of year for everybody, I guess!
I am really enjoying this here character development, though I must say Megumi I feel is way out of character, you guys tell me, does she seem spot on to you? And if she doesn't, is she better this way? Well, once again, college is starting and more reliable internet will be provided, which I hope also helps my updating/update droughts for a while. My favorite part if anyone couldn't guess was when Megumi was dreaming about Margaritas. Being a person who doesn't like alcohol at all, I feel that perhaps at least a margarita would be very Megumi. Please, read and review!