Hello again. This one is inspired by a toothpaste commercial, Colgate if I
remember right. It's the one with Franco in it. ^_^ I'm a little bit
insane...
Crystal commented about Kenshin forgetting Tomoe...Don't worry, that's supposed to be temporary! ^_^
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Yahiko was jumping for joy. He was able to get a sample of one of those Western things called a toothbrush and toothpaste. He had heard all about them, and seen posters. Use this stuff on your teeth, and in a few weeks they would be noticeably whiter. You would have the winning-est smile on the block. You would have the freshest fresh breath. Best of all, the girls would come running after you!
He was anxious to try them. As soon as he got home, he got a pail of water from the well and set himself in the kitchen, ready to use the sink. He dutifully placed a good dollop of the gel on the small brush with a long stick. Then he placed the brush to his teeth, and moved it up and down as the saleslady showed them. It had a minty taste, but it felt awful in the mouth, and he was glad to spit it out after two minutes of enduring the torture.
But the advertisements were a whole pack of lies, he convinced himself after a while. Kaoru still treated him like a slave, Sanosuke still ruffled his hair every so often, and Tsubame, well, Tsubame still called him Yahiko- chan. It was not making girls run after him! And it was NOT making his teeth any whiter than they used to be.
However, he was not one to give up on a goal too easily, and he was willing to wait the few weeks that the lady said it would take before the toothpaste worked. He kept using the minty, foamy stuff on his teeth.
One fine day, Sanosuke decided to visit the Kamiya dojo early in the morning---just to see if he could find any free breakfast. Only Kaoru was astir, and she was in the backyard sweeping. He went inside the house looking for the boys.
Kenshin, Sano didn't want to mess with him when he was asleep. Who knows what the Hitokiri Battousai would do to virtually anybody out of instinct and training? But Yahiko, sound asleep, mouth wide open, blanket kicked away hours ago....ah, this was a good day for a prank!
It was good that the dojo did not have mirrors, Sano thought. This just might work!
After a few minutes of hunting, he finds Kaoru's inkwell and writing brush. He returns to the bedroom, and quietly approaches Yahiko, snoring loudly. He calmly, precisely, carefully writes on Yahiko's wide forehead in bold hiragana: "Talk to me". Giggling to himself at his success, he tiptoes out of the room as quietly as he came.
As he closes the screen door behind him, a sword's hilt is pushed to his side. "I know what you did, Sanosuke," warns Kenshin, in a deep, half- Battousai voice. He was still in a nightgown.
"You scared me!" Sano jumps in reply. "Let's keep this between you and me, shall we, and see what happens?" he playfully pleads, wrapping an arm behind his friend. The redhead nods compliance.
Within an hour, Yahiko wakes up and dresses. Immediately after breakfast, he brushes his teeth and scrubs them well. Today, he was going to see Tsubame again, and he had to make a good impression! He ironed out the creases that shouldn't be on his hakama, and paraded before Kaoru and Kenshin. "How do I look?"
By this time Kaoru was also in on the joke, and did not comment at the prominent characters on his forehead. "You look, um, well, you will be a head-turner, that's for sure!"
"Aa, de gozaru ne!" Kenshin smilingly agrees.
"And I have fresh breath today, thanks to the toothpaste!" Yahiko continues to brag. His master and her redhead only nod.
"Good luck today, Yahiko!" Kaoru wishes as he runs off. Then she adds softly to Kenshin, "He'll need it.."
So Yahiko confidently walks into town, well dressed, with characters on his forehead.
First to notice was a pretty young woman at the bridge. She looks down at Yahiko with a smile and says to him (or rather, she reads), "Talk to me".
"You bet!" Yahiko can't believe his good luck. The toothpaste was paying off! "Pleased to meet you, I'm Yahiko!"
The young lady only gives him a bigger smile and walks away. She was giggling slightly.
As Yahiko crossed the bridge, he passes a small group of students, all cute little girls slightly older than he. They look at him, and note the message, then say all together "Talk to me!". They all smiled little adoring smiles at the little samurai, which made him turn wonderfully pink. He returned their smiles, hoping that they notice his wonderful white teeth and beautiful fresh breath. But again, the girls begin to giggle and walk away.
This is getting pretty suspicious, Yahiko thought. It must the magic of the toothpaste. He walked on toward the Akabeko.
As he reached the town square, a large group of young women were preparing for tomorrow's festival. Some were Tsubame's age, others were older. Right now they were huddled in a group, assigning where each would arrange what. But they all noticed the confident young man with the letters on his head. And they read in a chorus, "Talk to me!"
Wow! Yahiko thought. Now a whole bunch of girls are noticing me, all at the same time! He blushes deep red. This only sets all the girls smiling ear to ear, and some of them laughing out loud. Utterly confused, Yahiko finally walks to the Akabeko.
When he gets there, he sees Kenshin, Kaoru, and Sanosuke passing by, so he calls to them before he enters. "Guys! WHAT a DAY!" Then he goes on to tell them about all the girls that noticed him. They could only smile at poor Yahiko, still completely unaware of the trick.
Suddenly, Chou charges in through the door of the restaurant, a towering presence. Seeing the Kenshin-gumi, he approaches them. Yahiko is still apprehensive of his appearing, and what the broom-head would want of them.
Suddenly Chou swoops down until his face is in front of Yahiko's, wrinkles his forehead, and says ominously, "Talk to me."
"AAAAACK!" Yahiko backs up a step, and nervously blurts, "I-I'll tell you everything I know! Uh, uh, um, I didn't know those ladies, they suddenly just smiled at me, then they giggled at me for no reason..and, and, um, I haven't seen Tsubame yet...but, but, I still want to...and, um.."
"WHAT is all this gibberish, Battousai?" Chou asks Kenshin. "I just read what was on his forehead, ne?"
At this, Yahiko's eyes turn from dark brown to golden. He draws out his bokken.
"SANOSUKE!! I'll get you for this!!"
And Yahiko chases a guffawing Sanosuke all around the Akabeko and all the way home.
That day was the last day he used the toothpaste.
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In the original, a guy uses this toothpaste, which gives him a smile full of fresh breath. Whenever he passes a girl and smiles, the girl says "Talk to me!" Soon it's a small bunch of girls, then it's a whole cheerleading squad. Then he tells it to his friends. He smiles unintentionally at a brawny man, and he too says with flirting tone "Talk to me". ^_^ No harm intended, don't sue. Until next time!
Crystal commented about Kenshin forgetting Tomoe...Don't worry, that's supposed to be temporary! ^_^
...................
Yahiko was jumping for joy. He was able to get a sample of one of those Western things called a toothbrush and toothpaste. He had heard all about them, and seen posters. Use this stuff on your teeth, and in a few weeks they would be noticeably whiter. You would have the winning-est smile on the block. You would have the freshest fresh breath. Best of all, the girls would come running after you!
He was anxious to try them. As soon as he got home, he got a pail of water from the well and set himself in the kitchen, ready to use the sink. He dutifully placed a good dollop of the gel on the small brush with a long stick. Then he placed the brush to his teeth, and moved it up and down as the saleslady showed them. It had a minty taste, but it felt awful in the mouth, and he was glad to spit it out after two minutes of enduring the torture.
But the advertisements were a whole pack of lies, he convinced himself after a while. Kaoru still treated him like a slave, Sanosuke still ruffled his hair every so often, and Tsubame, well, Tsubame still called him Yahiko- chan. It was not making girls run after him! And it was NOT making his teeth any whiter than they used to be.
However, he was not one to give up on a goal too easily, and he was willing to wait the few weeks that the lady said it would take before the toothpaste worked. He kept using the minty, foamy stuff on his teeth.
One fine day, Sanosuke decided to visit the Kamiya dojo early in the morning---just to see if he could find any free breakfast. Only Kaoru was astir, and she was in the backyard sweeping. He went inside the house looking for the boys.
Kenshin, Sano didn't want to mess with him when he was asleep. Who knows what the Hitokiri Battousai would do to virtually anybody out of instinct and training? But Yahiko, sound asleep, mouth wide open, blanket kicked away hours ago....ah, this was a good day for a prank!
It was good that the dojo did not have mirrors, Sano thought. This just might work!
After a few minutes of hunting, he finds Kaoru's inkwell and writing brush. He returns to the bedroom, and quietly approaches Yahiko, snoring loudly. He calmly, precisely, carefully writes on Yahiko's wide forehead in bold hiragana: "Talk to me". Giggling to himself at his success, he tiptoes out of the room as quietly as he came.
As he closes the screen door behind him, a sword's hilt is pushed to his side. "I know what you did, Sanosuke," warns Kenshin, in a deep, half- Battousai voice. He was still in a nightgown.
"You scared me!" Sano jumps in reply. "Let's keep this between you and me, shall we, and see what happens?" he playfully pleads, wrapping an arm behind his friend. The redhead nods compliance.
Within an hour, Yahiko wakes up and dresses. Immediately after breakfast, he brushes his teeth and scrubs them well. Today, he was going to see Tsubame again, and he had to make a good impression! He ironed out the creases that shouldn't be on his hakama, and paraded before Kaoru and Kenshin. "How do I look?"
By this time Kaoru was also in on the joke, and did not comment at the prominent characters on his forehead. "You look, um, well, you will be a head-turner, that's for sure!"
"Aa, de gozaru ne!" Kenshin smilingly agrees.
"And I have fresh breath today, thanks to the toothpaste!" Yahiko continues to brag. His master and her redhead only nod.
"Good luck today, Yahiko!" Kaoru wishes as he runs off. Then she adds softly to Kenshin, "He'll need it.."
So Yahiko confidently walks into town, well dressed, with characters on his forehead.
First to notice was a pretty young woman at the bridge. She looks down at Yahiko with a smile and says to him (or rather, she reads), "Talk to me".
"You bet!" Yahiko can't believe his good luck. The toothpaste was paying off! "Pleased to meet you, I'm Yahiko!"
The young lady only gives him a bigger smile and walks away. She was giggling slightly.
As Yahiko crossed the bridge, he passes a small group of students, all cute little girls slightly older than he. They look at him, and note the message, then say all together "Talk to me!". They all smiled little adoring smiles at the little samurai, which made him turn wonderfully pink. He returned their smiles, hoping that they notice his wonderful white teeth and beautiful fresh breath. But again, the girls begin to giggle and walk away.
This is getting pretty suspicious, Yahiko thought. It must the magic of the toothpaste. He walked on toward the Akabeko.
As he reached the town square, a large group of young women were preparing for tomorrow's festival. Some were Tsubame's age, others were older. Right now they were huddled in a group, assigning where each would arrange what. But they all noticed the confident young man with the letters on his head. And they read in a chorus, "Talk to me!"
Wow! Yahiko thought. Now a whole bunch of girls are noticing me, all at the same time! He blushes deep red. This only sets all the girls smiling ear to ear, and some of them laughing out loud. Utterly confused, Yahiko finally walks to the Akabeko.
When he gets there, he sees Kenshin, Kaoru, and Sanosuke passing by, so he calls to them before he enters. "Guys! WHAT a DAY!" Then he goes on to tell them about all the girls that noticed him. They could only smile at poor Yahiko, still completely unaware of the trick.
Suddenly, Chou charges in through the door of the restaurant, a towering presence. Seeing the Kenshin-gumi, he approaches them. Yahiko is still apprehensive of his appearing, and what the broom-head would want of them.
Suddenly Chou swoops down until his face is in front of Yahiko's, wrinkles his forehead, and says ominously, "Talk to me."
"AAAAACK!" Yahiko backs up a step, and nervously blurts, "I-I'll tell you everything I know! Uh, uh, um, I didn't know those ladies, they suddenly just smiled at me, then they giggled at me for no reason..and, and, um, I haven't seen Tsubame yet...but, but, I still want to...and, um.."
"WHAT is all this gibberish, Battousai?" Chou asks Kenshin. "I just read what was on his forehead, ne?"
At this, Yahiko's eyes turn from dark brown to golden. He draws out his bokken.
"SANOSUKE!! I'll get you for this!!"
And Yahiko chases a guffawing Sanosuke all around the Akabeko and all the way home.
That day was the last day he used the toothpaste.
....................
In the original, a guy uses this toothpaste, which gives him a smile full of fresh breath. Whenever he passes a girl and smiles, the girl says "Talk to me!" Soon it's a small bunch of girls, then it's a whole cheerleading squad. Then he tells it to his friends. He smiles unintentionally at a brawny man, and he too says with flirting tone "Talk to me". ^_^ No harm intended, don't sue. Until next time!