Chapter 3- Let the Battle Begin!
Sano and Yahiko suddenly stopped, but had a pose from fighting.
"Umm… I hope I'm not interrupting anything but… it seems like dinner isn't ready yet. So, I thought that I would fix this room while waiting." Naomi picked up some soap and toothbrushes from the pile Yahiko brought in a while ago. "Don't mind me. I'm just going to fix the room. You can continue with what you guys were doing a minute ago."
"Oro… I don't think that would be a good idea for them to continue se gozaru yo." Kenshin said. "Besides, I think it's best that we fix the room. We wouldn't want you to go through a lot of trouble."
Kenshin's words crossed through Naomi's mind. Since she was pretty tired and she was only a mere human, she began brain storming. Her two consciences were right beside her to help. One was the good, also known as the angel conscience. The other one was the bad influence one, also known as the devil.
'Hmm… should I let them fix the room themselves? I am pretty tired. But ohh… that's not being a good host if I let them.'
The battle of the good and evil began from that simple phrase, "should I let them fix the room themselves?".
"No Naomi. Don't let them. As a good host, you are suppose to do everything for your guests." The angel crossed her arms and began to nod her head. "Yup yup. That's what you're suppose to do."
The devil pointed at the angel with her pitchfork and faced Naomi. "Don't listen to that goodie two shoes, Naomi. It's better if you let them do it themselves. I mean, you are already cooking dinner for them. And if you let them do it for you, you'll get to rest."
The angel, shaking her head. "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! Don't listen to her Naomi! She's just trying to trick you so that you'll do what she wants and then you'll get in trouble! Don't Naomi!"
"Eeee! Sorry, wrong answer, feather girl. Come on, Naomi, you can trust me for advises and answers. Just because she has a ring…"
The angel interrupts. "It's a hailo!"
"… hailo, ring, whatever. Just because she has that, doesn't mean she's always right. Look, I may not have that ring thing on top of my head and white wings on my back. But I do have a pointy tail and a pitchfork. See, how cool is that? Not to mention I have two things too."
"So… that doesn't mean you're trust worthy." The angel muttered under her breath.
Because of that, the devil poked the good with her pitchfork and the angel disappeared with a cloud of smoke.
"There, Naomi. I got rid of her for you. Now she doesn't have to boss you around. Hehe."
'Okay. I guess I know the answer to my question now.' Naomi faced Kenshin, who was waiting patiently for her reply.
The devil watched her carefully with a wicked grin of success. The angel reappeared to watch, too. Her face had a smile, too.
Naomi took a short breath before she answered Kenshin's question. "Thank you very much. I you offer."
The devil jumped for joy and started yelling "success!" She turned to the angel, who was on her right, and said, "Ha! I won and you lost! It looks like I'm better in convincing people than you! Woohoo!" She then looked at the angel's face and paused for a while. "Hey! Why are you smiling?! You're suppose to be sad because you lost! Why aren't you crying?!"
The angel started to laugh and finally told her reason. "I just remembered a certain saying some humans like to say."
"What? What is that saying, then?"
"The saying is… you should never count your chickens before they're hatched."
"What?"
After the angel said that, she left the confused devil to watch the rest of the show. The devil watched Naomi even more carefully this time.
"I appreciate your offer, but I cannot accept it. I'm very sorry."
"Oh okay. What would you like us to do de gozaru yo?"
"I would like you to wait patiently, with your clothes for your bath, until I finish fixing up. After, I will teach all of you how to use the tub. Okay?"
"Very well. But are you sure?"
Yahiko stood up. "Ya. You might want us to help you at least."
Naomi shook her head and replied courteously. "I'm positive."
"Okay then. I guess we'll have to get our clothes quickly." Yahiko went to his bag and started searching for his nightwear. Sano and Kenshin did the same. After a few minutes, the three stepped out of the room and Naomi started fixing. Sano, Kenshin and Yahiko sat on the sofas in the living room. Kaoru came out of Naomi's room soon after.
"So, how's your room?" Kaoru smiled.
"Our room is fine, Kaoru-dono." Kenshin smiled back at her. "How's yours de gozaru yo?"
"Hmm? Oh, my room. I'm staying in Naomi's room actually."
"Naomi? Is she the owner of this place?" Kenshin scratched his head a bit.
"That's right!"
"Oro? What's right Yahiko?"
"Since you were unconscious, you don't know Naomi."
"Uhhh… I guess not de gozaru yo. Hahaha."
Kaoru and Yahiko told Kenshin about who Naomi is. They also told him what had been happening while he was unconscious. Even the **** of Sano.
"Wow Sano. I never knew that would happen. Especially to you I guess de gozaru ka."
Sano was a little pink on the cheeks, but he still had the strength to talk. Even though he was so embarrassed.
"HEY! That wasn't suppose to happen!"
"Ya right. I bet you liked what happened, huh?" Yahiko teased Sano.
"There was nothing." Sano mumbled. "If I knew that that pressing thing was for bringing kissed, I would have never pressed it."
"Okay Sano. Keep telling yourself that." Raccoon ears popped out of Kaoru's head as she started laughing.
Yahiko joined her with the teasing. Sano just pouted like a little kid. He also wore a frown on his face. Kenshin patted him on the back as he started to say, "Don't worry Sano. It's all right if you're embarrassed at what happened to you de gozaru yo. But you shouldn't be too embarrassed. It's all right if someone kissed you de gozaru yo. That's even a great thing if someone kissed you de gozaru yo."
Sano looked at Kenshin with his frown still on. "Then if it's such a great thing, why don't you and Jou-chan kiss, huh? I mean you guys have been liking each other for about 5 years now, right? Why haven't I seen you guys kiss?"
"Ano… Sano… umm… well…" Kenshin started to fidget and fiddle with his hands. Making little circles with his fingers.
"I mean… you guys have been with each other for 5 years or more. But I only met Naomi in a few seconds and she kissed me. Well, I think she even kissed me before we even got to know each other. Now tell me. What do you think is wrong with this picture, huh?"
Kenshin was still fiddling with his fingers. Kaoru was bowing her head and sort of blushed. Kaoru looked at Kenshin with short glances and then drew her head up to face Sano.
"Well… Sano… it's because… well… uhh…" Before she could finish, Naomi stepped into the living room. It was silent for a while. No one said a word but exchanged glances. Finally, Naomi decided to break the silence.
"Hey, I'm done with the room now. If you want me to teach you how to use the tub, just ask me. Okay? I'll just be in the kitchen." Naomi walked away and went to the kithen.
"Yahiko!" Sano called.
"Hai." Yahiko replied.
"Call Naomi. Okay?"
"What?! Why can't you call her yourself?"
"Fine then. I guess I'll just be the one to take a bath first." Sano took a few steps heading to the kitchen. Suddenly Yahiko jumped out of his seat and darted towards the kitchen before Sano could take another step. Before Sano went back to where he left Kenshin and Kaoru, Yahiko came out of the kitchen with Naomi.
"All right! A bath! I can't wait to see how these modern tubs work! Yahiko kept jumping and yelling while Naomi followed with a sweat drop on the back of her head.
"Hey slow down, Yahiko."
"YYEEAAHH!!!"
Soon , Yahiko and Naomi were out of sight. Sano went back to Kenshin and Kaoru.
"Okay, I'm back! Now… where did we leave off again? Hmmm… Oh ya! Jou-chan, what were you going to say?"
"I was going to say umm… well, I don't think it's civilized if a man should give a woman a kiss if… umm… if they were not married yet. Yes, that's what I was going to say."
Sano and Kenshin looked at Kaoru with shock. Sano started to laugh hard with tears in his eyes because he was laughing a bit too hard. Kenshin was almost going to cry because he was a bit disappointed at Kaoru's answer. While Sano and Kenshin were doing those things, Kaoru's mind was almost going to flip! Even though she looked totally normal just staring at Kenshin and Sano, inside she was hitting herself like crazy. She kept on repeating a four letter word over and over again. "BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!" The same word repeated over and over like a broken record. The three of the Kenshin-gumi looked like they were in a mental hospital, not an apartment.
Finally the insanity stopped. A continuous sound was heard. It was a pleasant sound, yet for them it was haunting. They fixed their eyes on the door and watched patiently for the next victim.
Author's notes: Well, I don't know if you thought the third chapter was nice. Hope you liked it. Okay, there's more to come so read on! Read and review chapter 4! @_@ It's coming soon!