To the mountain we trek
I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, but Azuni is my character.
The next morning Azuni awakened feeling sore and tiered. Sore from being kicked by Kenshin and tiered from being kept up pretty much all night. " Did you sleep well?" Kaoru asked Azuni.
" Yes," Azuni lied putting on a fake smile; acting and swordsman ship the two things she was good at.
" I'm glad, I know those two would have kept me up all night," Kaoru laughed.
" Well I'm used to Himura but that Sano guy snores pretty loud," Azuni said.
" Hey I heard that," Sano said just waking up.
" I bet you did," Azuni said patting him on the head, " Kaoru do you need help fixing breakfast?"
" Well I don't need help," Kaoru said, " but it would be nice if you did."
" Sure," Azuni said, " but I haven't cooked in a while so it might not be the greatest." With this Kaoru led Azuni to the kitchen where they both began preparing breakfast. Azuni was put in charge of mixing tea and making rice balls. Kaoru was making a type of bread that had honey and jam baked inside (I got a lot of the food's I'm going to be talking about out of the Redwall series by Brian Jacques). " You know what," Azuni said halfway through the rice balls, " we should make food for the trip too that we can carry in travelers packs."
" That's a great idea," Kaoru said, " that way we won't always have to stop and forage every night." So after the breakfast was prepared and served the two girls set to work on making food for the journey, following recipes that had been scattered everywhere in the kitchen. Hence making it harder to track down the recipe than to make the food it's self. After about an hour they had five sacks of food for the long journey ahead. They picked up the sacks took them out to where everyone was getting ready to leave and set the sacks in front of their respective owners.
" What's all this," Yahiko looked up at them.
" Food for the journey," Azuni replied.
" So we're doing this your way are we," Kenshin said picking up his sack and putting it over his shoulder. " Bear in mind that these will only hinder us if we get into a fight along the way."
" Nah," Sano said, " if the bread this morning is any clue as to what's in these sacks we can use them as weapons when the time comes."
" Sanosuke you un-grateful pig," Kaoru said glaring daggers at Sano.
" He's right you know," Yahiko added.
" Why you," Kaoru was now ready to kill.
" Now now you two you shouldn't pick on Ms. Kaoru like that, after all she does provide us with food and a roof," Kenshin cut in, " you two should be grateful."
" You're right Kenshin, like always," Sano said then turning to Kaoru, " sorry Missy."
" Well we best get going," Azuni said picking up her pack and starting to walk, "For I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep*."
" Wait a minute," Yahiko cut in, " do you mean we're going all the way there before we even sleep that's insane!"
" Um it's a expression," Azuni said looking down at Yahiko.
" Oh," was all Yahiko could manage before getting up grabbing his pack and following Azuni. Kenshin, Sano and Kaoru followed suit and soon the five travelers were off in the direction of the mountains. They walked steadily until the sun began to hide below the valley line. When this happened Azuni slowed down, and began looking around. " You have to be joking!" she heard Sano cry from the back, " You're going to make us hike all night!"
" No you idiot," Azuni sighed, " I'm looking for a good place to make camp."
" Oh," Sano said.
" You guys seem to use that word a lot," Azuni said looking up at him, " Anyways there's a clearing over there just through the woods." So the group trekked through the woods to the camping spot where Kenshin proceeded to make a fire, while Yahiko went for firewood, and Sano scouted for fresh water. While all this was happening Azuni and Kaoru picked out food for dinner and laid it out, warming things that needed to be warmed over the fire. The spread consisted of hot oat scones and honey, some fresh salmon, steamed rice, and strawberry cordial to drink. " Oh wow that looks really good!" Yahiko ran over to where the food was and sat down.
" I hope it tastes as good as it looks," Sano sat down, " but chances are it doesn't." They all sat down to eat and found that the salmon tasted great, the cordial had way to much strawberry, the scones left something to be desired and would probably have been non-edible if not for the honey and if not for some quick thinking on Kenshin's part the rice would have been regurgitated food for any starving animal passersby. After the dinner fiasco they all settled down in a position and fell asleep but they had forgotten to put out the fire. Little did they know what morning would bring.
I know it's short but what do you think? I'm a Brian Jquaces fan so if any of you read his stuff you'll notice that some of the food I use is from his books also the story line might be weirdly close to the type of thing he'd write. Plz review.
~Skarlet Red
I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, but Azuni is my character.
The next morning Azuni awakened feeling sore and tiered. Sore from being kicked by Kenshin and tiered from being kept up pretty much all night. " Did you sleep well?" Kaoru asked Azuni.
" Yes," Azuni lied putting on a fake smile; acting and swordsman ship the two things she was good at.
" I'm glad, I know those two would have kept me up all night," Kaoru laughed.
" Well I'm used to Himura but that Sano guy snores pretty loud," Azuni said.
" Hey I heard that," Sano said just waking up.
" I bet you did," Azuni said patting him on the head, " Kaoru do you need help fixing breakfast?"
" Well I don't need help," Kaoru said, " but it would be nice if you did."
" Sure," Azuni said, " but I haven't cooked in a while so it might not be the greatest." With this Kaoru led Azuni to the kitchen where they both began preparing breakfast. Azuni was put in charge of mixing tea and making rice balls. Kaoru was making a type of bread that had honey and jam baked inside (I got a lot of the food's I'm going to be talking about out of the Redwall series by Brian Jacques). " You know what," Azuni said halfway through the rice balls, " we should make food for the trip too that we can carry in travelers packs."
" That's a great idea," Kaoru said, " that way we won't always have to stop and forage every night." So after the breakfast was prepared and served the two girls set to work on making food for the journey, following recipes that had been scattered everywhere in the kitchen. Hence making it harder to track down the recipe than to make the food it's self. After about an hour they had five sacks of food for the long journey ahead. They picked up the sacks took them out to where everyone was getting ready to leave and set the sacks in front of their respective owners.
" What's all this," Yahiko looked up at them.
" Food for the journey," Azuni replied.
" So we're doing this your way are we," Kenshin said picking up his sack and putting it over his shoulder. " Bear in mind that these will only hinder us if we get into a fight along the way."
" Nah," Sano said, " if the bread this morning is any clue as to what's in these sacks we can use them as weapons when the time comes."
" Sanosuke you un-grateful pig," Kaoru said glaring daggers at Sano.
" He's right you know," Yahiko added.
" Why you," Kaoru was now ready to kill.
" Now now you two you shouldn't pick on Ms. Kaoru like that, after all she does provide us with food and a roof," Kenshin cut in, " you two should be grateful."
" You're right Kenshin, like always," Sano said then turning to Kaoru, " sorry Missy."
" Well we best get going," Azuni said picking up her pack and starting to walk, "For I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep*."
" Wait a minute," Yahiko cut in, " do you mean we're going all the way there before we even sleep that's insane!"
" Um it's a expression," Azuni said looking down at Yahiko.
" Oh," was all Yahiko could manage before getting up grabbing his pack and following Azuni. Kenshin, Sano and Kaoru followed suit and soon the five travelers were off in the direction of the mountains. They walked steadily until the sun began to hide below the valley line. When this happened Azuni slowed down, and began looking around. " You have to be joking!" she heard Sano cry from the back, " You're going to make us hike all night!"
" No you idiot," Azuni sighed, " I'm looking for a good place to make camp."
" Oh," Sano said.
" You guys seem to use that word a lot," Azuni said looking up at him, " Anyways there's a clearing over there just through the woods." So the group trekked through the woods to the camping spot where Kenshin proceeded to make a fire, while Yahiko went for firewood, and Sano scouted for fresh water. While all this was happening Azuni and Kaoru picked out food for dinner and laid it out, warming things that needed to be warmed over the fire. The spread consisted of hot oat scones and honey, some fresh salmon, steamed rice, and strawberry cordial to drink. " Oh wow that looks really good!" Yahiko ran over to where the food was and sat down.
" I hope it tastes as good as it looks," Sano sat down, " but chances are it doesn't." They all sat down to eat and found that the salmon tasted great, the cordial had way to much strawberry, the scones left something to be desired and would probably have been non-edible if not for the honey and if not for some quick thinking on Kenshin's part the rice would have been regurgitated food for any starving animal passersby. After the dinner fiasco they all settled down in a position and fell asleep but they had forgotten to put out the fire. Little did they know what morning would bring.
I know it's short but what do you think? I'm a Brian Jquaces fan so if any of you read his stuff you'll notice that some of the food I use is from his books also the story line might be weirdly close to the type of thing he'd write. Plz review.
~Skarlet Red