Disclaimers
and Author's notes:
Standard disclaimers apply. The cast of RK does not belong to me. *sob*
They belong to Watsuki-sama and Sony. Don't sue, onegai!!! Sessha is
but a poor college student!!! This fic
is for entertainment purposes only. Sessha doesn't mind if you wish to post this on your website, but please
ask first! Loads of weirdness and possible OOCness. *evil chuckle* No spoilers, I think. ^^;
APRIL FOOLS
BY
SETA NEKOI
ch.3
Megumi
had explained what they were supposed to do at this point, but Misao was still
uncertain. She checked him again to be
sure he was still asleep. He was. There was no getting around it. Megumi had offered to help, but...she didn't
want that fox anywhere near Aoshi in this state. At least, not until the last minute. She had pulled pranks on him before, and daydreamed about....Her
face turned bright red. She had never
gone this far before.
Steeling
herself, *I'm old enough to be Okashira, I'm old enough for this.* She checked his pupils one last time, took a
deep breath and reached under the blanket covering Aoshi. Found the tie of his fundoishi, and, closing
her eyes, gave it a quick tug....
The
next morning.....
Kaoru
walks quietly into her room, arranging her self carefully next to a still
slumbering Sano. *Megumi said the drug should be wearing off any time now and
they should be waking up soon.* She
grinned wickedly as she noticed Sano start to stir. Her yukata arranged artistically so that one side slipped to
reveal her shoulder, she pinched herself and started sobbing into her hands.
Waking
to a pounding headache and someone sobbing in his ear, Sano almost decided it
wasn't worth waking up. Remembering the
game last night, *Uuggghhh, I don't think I drank that much sake, what
happened, who won? And who is that
crying?* Opening his bleary eyes, the
first thing he sees is Kaoru, sobbing, wearing nothing more than a flimsy
cotton yukata. "Jou-chan? Jou-chan, what's wrong? Daijoubu?" She looked at him accusingly through reddened eyes. Looking down at himself, he froze with
shock. *I'm naked!! I'm in Kaoru's room
naked!!! And she's not wearing anything
other than her yukata!!! What did I do
to her!! I couldn't've... No way!!! She's like a sister to me!!!! Kenshin's going to kill me!!! Aaaaagggggghhhhhh!!!!*
Through
her tears, which were now hiding laughter at Sano's expression, Kaoru heard
Megumi's knock, signaling that the other two men were about to awaken. She stepped up her howling, forcing Sano to
come out of his daze. "Jou-chan!! Jou-chan, what
happened?! Please tell me I didn't hurt
you!" He tried to comfort her,
awkwardly patting her on the shoulder.
Kaoru
shuddered away from his touch and stood, "How could you
Sano!!!!" She ran out of the room,
leaving Sano to stare after her in shock.
Arriving
at Kenshin's room, she peeked in. Misao
looked up at the sound of the door from where she lay sprawled next to Kenshin
and gave her a wink, mouthing, "Almost ready." About then, Kenshin groaned and rolled over,
rubbing his gritty eyes. Feeling
someone next to him, he looks over into a pair of ice blue eyes.
"Oro?!
M-M-Misao-dono?!" he stutters, stunned. Misao glares at him. Feeling a
cold draft against his thigh, Kenshin glances down, suddenly realizing that
underneath his blanket, he is naked. Hearing a soft scrape he looks up just in time to see Kaoru run into his
room sobbing. "Oro?!"
"Kenshin!!!! Ken-shin! Ken..." She stopped in
mid-sentence. Kenshin looked on in trepidation as Kaoru turned white then red,
coming to the obvious conclusion.
"Aaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!! KENSHIN no BAKA!!!! How could you do this to me!!! I fall asleep with you next to me and when I
wake up I find you gone and Sano snoring in my bed next to me!!!! Then I come in here and find you with
Misao!!!! WHY!?!?!?"
"But
I didn't DO anythin...." He falls silent as what she just said registers
in his bewildered mind. Paling,
"No, I-I-I didn't!!! Did I?"
*Wait a minute!! Did she just say...Me
and Kaoru?!? Me and Misao?!? Her
and... SANO!!!!!*
At
this point Misao decided it was her turn to add to the confusion. "Aoshi-sama!!!" she wailed,
turning to run out of the room. Right
then Sano showed up in the open doorway.
*Perfect
timing* thought Kaoru.
****************************
Coming
out of his daze, Sano realized that he really needed to talk to Jou-chan about
what had happened. Pulling on his pants
he hears a scream in the next room over. Without bothering with his gi, he runs
down the hall to Kenshin's room. Coming
through the door he runs into Misao, who was yelling for her Aoshi-sama. Catching her before she could fall, he
forgets to let go as he takes in the scene in front of him.
Aoshi
woke to the sound of Misao's scream. Without stopping to think he reacted, racing towards the sound. Without
his kodachi *Where were they? I never
let them far from my hands.* Misao screeched again. *Worry about it later. They aren't my only weapons.* As he ran through the door, everyone in the
room turned their heads to see who it was. Looking at their wide-eyed, shocked expressions, Aoshi realized he had
misplaced something besides his kodachi...his clothes.
"Aoshi-sama,
Kawaii!" Misao breathed, her eyes drinking in his image standing before
her.
Megumi,
coming up behind a red Aoshi, "Ohohohoho!! I believe you forgot
this," she says, handing him his yukata. "You aren't as cold as everyone thinks, once you get loosened
up." Not bothering to hide her smile as she steps around Aoshi to enter
the room. "In fact, you were
pretty hot....Ohohohoho!"
Aoshi
sweatdrops as he struggles into his yukata. "...."
Misao
glares, suddenly wondering if Megumi had suggested playing mind games with the
men just so she could get her hands on Aoshi.
Having
finally wrapped his yukata around him, Aoshi noticed that Sano still hadn't
released Misao.
Catching
Aoshi heated glare, Sano looked down to see that he still held Misao, who was
watching Aoshi with tear-filled eyes. Hastily he released her. "Ano..Gomen."
Aoshi's
gaze softened as he watched Misao walk slowly towards him.
"Daijoubu?"
Never
looking away from his eyes, Misao answered, "Iie. Why? Why, after what we.. shared last night,... did you LEAVE ME FOR HER!!!!!" Tears flowing from her eyes she launched herself at him, her
kunai appearing in her hands.
Aoshi's
gaze widened at the implications in Misao's accusation. *NANI!!! Misao..Me.. last night?? Me...Megumi..* Coming to
himself, he saw her kunai flying towards him. He didn't have time to dodge,
so, taking a step back and closing his eyes, he let them come. *It's only fair
after all the times I've hurt her, that she should be the one to kill
me....*
ThunkThunkThunkThunk..ThunkThunkThunkThunk
Still
waiting for the deathblow, Aoshi opens his eyes. Misao was still glaring at him. Looking down, he noticed that
while he hadn't been killed, he was now pinned to the wall, with no hope of
escaping without help. *Unless I want to run around naked again, that is.* Looking back up at Misao, Aoshi found
himself wishing that she had indeed killed him, rather than just pinned him to
the wall.
Kaoru
had started sobbing again, Kenshin was glaring at Sano, his eyes glinting with
amber flecks. Aoshi, still pinned to the wall, was wide-eyed as Misao yelled at
him, shaking her fists. Megumi smiled
to herself. *It's going even better than we planned. I wonder what Tokio-san finally decided to do with Saitoh? Oh well, on with the show.* Straightening her shoulders she marched into
the center of the room. Clearing her throat, "AHEM!....."
***************
"Come
on. I stored our clothes in the bath house," urged Megumi, struggling to
contain her laughter. Giggling, Misao
and Kaoru hurried after her.
**************
Silence
had fallen in Kenshin's room. Kenshin
was still glaring at Sano, who looked like he'd rather be anywhere else than in
front of the "peaceful" rurouni.
"Ano....
excuse me, but could one of you come get me down?" Aoshi asked hesitantly.
"S-sure,"
said Sano, glad to have an excuse to back away from Kenshin. He strode over and
started to unpin Aoshi.
"Sagara
Sanosuke."
Sano
froze as he heard his full name. Slowly
he turned around to face Kenshin. "H-hai?"
He
stifled a hysterical laugh as he faced the former hitokiri, knowing it wouldn't
help if he wanted to live to see tomorrow. *How does he do it?* a distant
corner of his mind wondered. *How does he manage to look so dangerous, wearing
nothing but a blanket around his waist?*
**************
To be continued...............
Aren't I evil? ^_~ My editor pointed out to me recently, that I seem to
like torturing Aoshi. Hmmm....interesting. I guess because he's such a
fun character to torture. All that angst, just waiting to be released,
or poked at. I seem to like trying to crack that shell of his. *evil
chuckle* Want to see what happens next? Well, you're going to have to
wait. Enjoy! : )( :
Ja!
Nekoi