Chapter 2- What a Show!
Sano didn't catch her with his arms or hands (he was still holding Kenshin) but by… the MOUTH?! As fast as light, Naomi backed away from Sano. Her face was all red after that unexpected event. Sano's face was not left red but had an astonished look.
"Wow... so is that what you get for pressing that thing?" Sano's face was still pretty much surprised.
There was a moment of silence in the hallway but it was shortly broken by Kenshin's soft groans.
"I'm so sorry. I guess I should be more careful when I walk with wet feet." She was still red and was very embarrassed for what had happened.
Kaoru was covering Yahiko's eyes because of what Naomi was wearing. It was true that she was wearing a robe. But since she was in a hurry to answer the door, she was not able to tie the sash securely. Underneath her robe she was wearing a towel, which reached about some inches above her knees. From the looks of it, the towel was only fit to cover her body. That was how short it was.
"I'm so sorry. Umm… maybe o can make it up to you by letting you people stay here for the night. Well, that is if it's okay with all of you."
Kaoru was so happy with the offer that she started jumping for joy. But she was still careful enough to not take her hands off Yahiko's eyes. "Resally? You'll let us stay?"
"Yes. That's the least I can do."
"All right! That's great! Thanks a lot! Err… umm…"
"Please. Call me Naomi. Now come in. I'm sure all of you are hungry and tired. But do not worry. I'll help all of you settle in first and then I'll prepare dinner. Okay?"
Naomi showed them their rooms, took a quick bath, dressed up, and gave them a tour of the place. After; Sano, Yahiko and Kenshin went to their room and got their clothes ready for a nice warm bath.
*knock knock*
"What? Oh it's probably Naomi." Yahiko proceeded to the door and opened it.
Naomi was with some towels, blankets, pillows and other stuff for their room. Kenshin woke up shortly after.
"Yahiko?" Kenshin saw Yahiko bring some of the stuff Naomi was carrying. He placed it on the bed, which landed with a thump.
"Huh? Oh Kenshin. You're awake."
"What? What are we doing in a room?"
"Oh ya. You weren't awake when we were invited to stay."
"We were invited de gozaru yo? That's quit nice of the person. Oro? Hey Yahiko. What were you doing a while ago before I woke up?"
"Umm… I was getting my clothes ready for a bath."
"Seems like your mind has changed towards baths, huh?" Sano laughed. He was preparing his clothes too. "But then again… I think a nice twentieth century bath would do the trick for my aching body. I mean carrying a dead-weighted Rurouni isn't that easy, you know." He unwrapped the bandages from his left hand. "Fox lady sure doesn't know the meaning of 'gentle.' Ouch. She wraps these bandages around my hands too hard." Sano blew his left hand to probably take the pain away.
"Too bad Kenshin." Yahiko had a sly grin on his face.
"Oro?"
"It's just too bad that you missed the great show."
Sano started to blush, still looking at his unwrapped hand.
"Nani? What show, Yahiko?"
"Ohh… you know. The show when Sano ki…"
Sano pulled Yahiko down onto the floor and wrapped his mouth with one of the bandages. Yahiko squirmed and kicked about, trying to brake free. But Sano pinned Yahiko down instantly. Confused, Kenshin couldn't help but ask again.
"Sano, what show?"
"Show? Show? Ohh… that show. It's… it's… umm... it's the show when umm… Yahiko and I made Jou-chan mad and she started hitting us and stuff… YEAH! That's it. Kaoru got really mad and started hitting us." Sano answered Kenshin with a mischievous smile.
Yahiko kept kicking and tried to tell Kenshin the truth but Yahiko's words just came out as weird sounds, due to the bandages. "Whrrr… Thrauus yuugh fruu… iyanyo hissed nyaoi!"
"What's that Yahiko?"
Gagging Yahiko with even more bandages, Sano murmured to Yahiko. "Be quite you little punk or I'll throw you off this building."
Since Yahiko couldn't run away from Sano and do his usual game of "war", he just kept quiet and calmed down.
"There. That's better."
Sano felt content for a while because Yahiko had finally stopped kicking. But that feeling turned back into panic, again, after he remembered Kenshin was still in the room.
"Sano? What did Yahiko try to say?"
"Uhh… he said that Kaoru was really really mad and she started hitting us… non-stop whacking…"
"Nani?"
"… on the head… it made a lot of lumps and well…"
Kenshin's face looked confused as always so he listened carefully to Sano, hoping he would understand what Sano was trying to say. Sano was pretty confused at what he was saying, too. Actually, he didn't get anything he was saying either, but anyway he just said words that came up in his mind. Struck with dumb luck, he still continued for the sake of giving a good answer to Kenshin.
"… it really hurt.!"
Kenshin was still confused as ever while Sano just continued his story. Soon after, he ended.
"I just don't know how you can stand it?"
"Umm… Sano? Are you finished with your story already?"
"Huh? Umm… Yes Kenshin. I am. I'm done. Finished. The story already ended. My lips will zip itself now. And now I'll be quiet."
"Okay Sano. I think you can calm down now and rest do gozaru yo."
"Ya. I think I should rest. Boy, that story made me tired. Well, I don't know about you but I'm getting hungry."
"Haha. You're back to your old self again. That's good de gozaru yo."
"My old self? Can you repeat that, Kenshin? I don't think I get what you said."
"Never mind. It's not that important de gozaru ka. I just wanted to say that you should ask Yahiko for the schedule. He's the one who knows it de gozaru yo."
"Oh ya! Okay I'll ask him right now. Hey, Yahiko-ch…"
Below Sano was Yahiko, sleeping. It seemed like he was still able to fall asleep even if he was gagged and pinned down. Kenshin came closer and looked at Yahiko.
"Oro? Yup. Looks like he fell asleep de gozaru yo."
"No! He can't be asleep! Besides, he hasn't eaten dinner yet. I bet he's just faking it."
"But Sano… ano… I really think he's sleeping."
"No. of course not. Here I'll prove it to you…"
Sano then stood up and bent over Yahiko with both his hands at the side of his mouth. He took a deep breath and let it out with a blast.
"HEY YOU! I'M GOING TO FINISH ALL THE FOOD WITH OUT YOU!"
With those words, Yahiko jumped from his backand onto his feet. His eyes wide open and he made a pose as if getting ready to run.
"Brr!? Brrerr bs za pood?"
Noticing at once that Sano was no longer pinning him down, Yahiko quickly untied the double layer of bandages.
"Damn it, Sano! I swear I will get you for this! You're gonna be so sorry you would wish that you…"
"Ya ya okay little brat. I get what you're saying, but I didn't let you go just for you talk I. I let you go because I wanted to know the schedule Yahiko-chan."
"What?! CHAN! Don't call me chan!"
"All right all right already. Now can you please tell me the schedule?"
"Why should I?"
"What?! Why you little…"
Kenshin went in front of Sano before he could tear Yahiko to pieces. "Maa maa, Sano. Calm down de gozaru ka."
"Calm down?! How can you possibly say that Kenshin?! That little baka is getting on my nerves! Let me tie him up again! That would teach him a thing or two!"
Yahiko faced Sano and stuck his tongue out. "Buu! You can't do that! Nanananana."
Sano became furious because of what Yahiko did. After that, Sano flipped his lid. He threw Kenshin aside and went torpedoing straight towards Yahiko. Eventually, Sano pushed Yahiko so hard, they both fell on the floor. The two started to fight and call each other names. Most of them could be heard clearly. Others were just too muffled up by the punches and kicks. These were the names Kenshin was able to hear, "BAKA!" "RUNT!" "ROOSTER HEAD!" "KENSHIN WANNA BE!" "CHICKEN LIPS!", and so on. Kenshin tried to calm them down from the other side of the room, but the two just couldn't hear him.
"Maa maa… Yahiko, Sano…" Kenshin continued on. Soon enough, Naomi came back to the room with a little more stuff.
Author's notes: Okay okay. Some of you Sano fans might be mad at me for doing that but… I needed to do something, you know?! Anyway, I have to admit that the first few chapters are pretty darn boring. But… later chapters are really funny and interesting! I'm not telling you to skip the first few chapters okay? Besides, who knows, you guys might like it. Well, keep on reading, readers! ^_^ Read and review chapter 3!