Chapter 4: Bubble-Sama and Love Sonnets
A/N: You know...when I wrote this I had no idea what was going to come of it...I just had an idea I wanted to throw out there. Te he, I like it though. Oh and by the way, everything not owned by me now has to call me Human Chew Toy-SAMA! MWAHAHAHAHA! Oh the power, oh the fascination, oh the...you aren't listening anymore are you? Oh well. Read this thing so I don't have to go to court. \/
Disclaimer: Kenshin: *giggles* Human Chew Toy-sama (HCTS) thinks she owns me, that she does, but I know the truth, that I do!
HCTS: Oh Ken-SHIN!
Kenshin: O.O
Sano: You're gonna have to break the news to her SOMETIME Kenshin.
Kenshin: *Face-fault* Ororororoooo...
Linkin Park Band members: How the heck did we get in this story?
HCTS: So I don't own Kenshin. I should Futae some serious kiwami. By the way, I also don't own Linkin Park or any of the lyrics to the totally awesome song sung by them, "Faint" * pouts* too bad.
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Kaoru sighs. Kenshin is being rather difficult, whether he means to or not. 'At least he's sobering from the...dirty laundry water.' Kaoru thinks.
Kenshin promptly runs into the pole on the dojo porch. 'Maybe not.' She grimaces. Whether she will ever admit it or not, she's enjoying taking care of Kenshin. The only time he ever seems to let her help him is when he's drunk.
'Oh well. You can beat yourself up later. Right now, there's a pole-struck rurouni who needs your help!' Kaoru smiles. Kneeling beside the dazed Kenshin she examines the rather large bump forming in his beautiful red bangs.
'Mmm...anything if it means I get to touch this hair!' Kaoru thinks in delight. Her joy is apparent on her face. Kenshin puzzles over this, trying to find out what exactly is so delightful about an attack dojo pole.
"Kenshin no baka. When are you going to realize that...I love you baka!" she murmurs softly. Even through his drunken-like stupor Kenshin hears these words. His soap-soaked mind slowly turns them around a few times.
Kaoru loves him?
Deep inside Kenshin yearns to tell Kaoru how he really feels. If he were sober, he'd do just that! But the fact is...he isn't. So, his best course of action? Try anyway!
"Me? Kaoru-sama---er-dono..." at this point Kenshin breaks down into hysterical giggles. Kaoru can't help but smile herself. 'He's just so darn cute like this!' she thinks.
Finally managing to calm himself, Kenshin flashes an amazingly flirtatious and disarming smile. He's beginning to think more clearly now...so he thinks. 'Hehe, Kaoru doesn't need to know just yet.' He giggles to himself. Kaoru rocks back to her heels. 'Wow. Was it just me or...dang....' she thinks wondrously.
"Kaoru-d-Kaoru...do you really think I'm air-headed enough to be unaware of the situation?" Kenshin asks, trying as he might to keep up his 'drunken idiot' "façade" going. "Yes." Kaoru replies without hesitation. Kenshin feels so confident now!
"Well, you're!" a huge hiccup and accompanied by a lone soap bubble escapes Kenshin's mouth, "Incorrect..." he finishes, slightly distracted by the floating soap bubble.
Kaoru can't help but giggle as the bubble hovers near her face. A sudden gust of wind blows the bubble closer, and Kaoru gasps as it pops against her lips. Kenshin watches with an expression most easily defined as half amused, half angry. That was HIS Kaoru, and no BUBBLE was going to take her away from him.
'That bubble came from Kenshin! Out of his mouth! So, I was just psuedo- kissed by Kenshin!' Kaoru thinks. Her hand unconsciously travels to her lips, feeling them as if they are new and foreign. Kenshin's breath catches in his throat.
That bubble had dared to touch Kaoru's lips! Kenshin continues getting angrier and angrier, until finally he can take it no longer. "MINE!" he shouts possessively.
Ok, maybe he isn't as sober as he thought he was. Kaoru watches as Kenshin's expression turns hard and cold once again. She notes, however, that this time he's remained Kenshin. No Battousai eyes. Kaoru sighs. In disappointment. Wait...what?
'Ok, so maybe there's only one man alive sexier than Kenshin. But wait, Kenshin and Battousai are one person!' Kaoru pouts slightly. "WAH!" she cries as she's pushed off balance by Kenshin's abrupt rising.
"Don't turn your back on me Bubble-sama! I WONT, BE, IGNORED!!" Kenshin screams, using his sheathed sword as a microphone. He then does his best impression of Linkin Park's lead singer.
Kaoru giggles. So what if Kenshin isn't as sexy as the Battousai? He sure is funnier! "FIGHT BUBBLE-SAMA!" Kenshin shrieks at empty air. Kaoru stands. Time for her to end this.
"Kenshin..." "NO! Stay back! Bubble-sama touched your lips!" Suddenly Kenshin's expression turns watery. "I wanted to do that..." he whines, chin quivering. Kaoru is slightly taken aback by Kenshin's drunken forwardness, but momentarily decides she likes it.
"Kenshin no baka! Look, see there's no bubble!" she says, waving her arm in front of him. Seeing Kaoru in some kind of invisible danger, Kenshin leaps into action. " Hiten Mitsirugi Style Ryu Sho Sen!" he cries as pieces of dojo dirt fly everywhere.
"Kenshin! Stop!" Kaoru pleads. Kenshin pulls back and for a moment Kaoru thinks she's stopped him.
Then she hears him arguing with his sword. "What do you mean you think I'm crazy? ANO! Baka ichi, that's what I said!" Kenshin tilts his head as if listening. Kaoru strains her ears in his direction, but she still doesn't hear anything. Kenshin evidently does. Maybe it's a hitokiri thing.
"AHOU! You'll do what I say, that you will!" Kenshin howls.
"Maa, maa, there's no need to snip!" Kenshin stammers.
"This is nuts." Kaoru mutters. "ORO! I'll show you baka!" Kenshin storms at his sword. Then without warning he leaps into the sky.
"Prepare yourself Bubble-sama!" He shouts as he ascends, "for this! Hiten Mitsirugi Style Ultimate Attack! AMA KAKERU RYU NO HIRAMEKI!" Kenshin smirks grimly as he lands. His opponent is defeated.
"MOU! KENSHIN NO BAKA!" Kaoru cries as all the branches fall off her faithful Japanese maple. "Oro?" Kenshin turns to face a red and steaming Kaoru.
He flashes his famous rurouni grin, and suddenly things don't seem so bad. "Ano...Kaoru beloved..." Kenshin trails off, walking up to her and offering his hand.
'Beloved? Did he really just call me beloved!' Kaoru's thoughts race. "Allow me to proclaim my love with this sonnet!" he triumphantly declares, whisking Kaoru off her feet before she has a chance to protest.
"Bees live in bonnets, monkeys and bears, My sword talks to me, but so does your hair,"
He turns in a precarious circle; Kaoru shrieks as he nearly loses his balance. "SH! I'm not done yet!" he clumsily protests.
"I couldn't live without either,
what would I do?
No Monkey, sword, bee or bear, Can ever compare, To my dear Kaoru."
He finishes with a lopsided grin. "Yay! It's true! Even though the sword comes close..." "KENSHIN NO BAKA!" Kaoru thrashes in Kenshin's arms. The result is even more drunken staggering.
"Ororororoooo!" Kenshin cries, maintaining his balance...barely. "Kenshin, you're so adorable when you're drunk." Kaoru sighs. "I love you..." she says, stretching up to kiss him.
Her lips meet with his to find them....warm, wet, and...unresponsive? Kaoru opens her eyes to meet Kenshin's blank stare. 'Who knew Kenshin knows how to sleep with his eyes open?' Kaoru ponders.
Then it hits her. 'Mou! I bet he did that on purpose.' Kaoru fumes. "KENSHIN NO BAKA!"
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A/N: Te he, had to change my genre because of this chapter. But then again, how could I pass up a chance for k/k romance? ^_^
A/N: You know...when I wrote this I had no idea what was going to come of it...I just had an idea I wanted to throw out there. Te he, I like it though. Oh and by the way, everything not owned by me now has to call me Human Chew Toy-SAMA! MWAHAHAHAHA! Oh the power, oh the fascination, oh the...you aren't listening anymore are you? Oh well. Read this thing so I don't have to go to court. \/
Disclaimer: Kenshin: *giggles* Human Chew Toy-sama (HCTS) thinks she owns me, that she does, but I know the truth, that I do!
HCTS: Oh Ken-SHIN!
Kenshin: O.O
Sano: You're gonna have to break the news to her SOMETIME Kenshin.
Kenshin: *Face-fault* Ororororoooo...
Linkin Park Band members: How the heck did we get in this story?
HCTS: So I don't own Kenshin. I should Futae some serious kiwami. By the way, I also don't own Linkin Park or any of the lyrics to the totally awesome song sung by them, "Faint" * pouts* too bad.
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Kaoru sighs. Kenshin is being rather difficult, whether he means to or not. 'At least he's sobering from the...dirty laundry water.' Kaoru thinks.
Kenshin promptly runs into the pole on the dojo porch. 'Maybe not.' She grimaces. Whether she will ever admit it or not, she's enjoying taking care of Kenshin. The only time he ever seems to let her help him is when he's drunk.
'Oh well. You can beat yourself up later. Right now, there's a pole-struck rurouni who needs your help!' Kaoru smiles. Kneeling beside the dazed Kenshin she examines the rather large bump forming in his beautiful red bangs.
'Mmm...anything if it means I get to touch this hair!' Kaoru thinks in delight. Her joy is apparent on her face. Kenshin puzzles over this, trying to find out what exactly is so delightful about an attack dojo pole.
"Kenshin no baka. When are you going to realize that...I love you baka!" she murmurs softly. Even through his drunken-like stupor Kenshin hears these words. His soap-soaked mind slowly turns them around a few times.
Kaoru loves him?
Deep inside Kenshin yearns to tell Kaoru how he really feels. If he were sober, he'd do just that! But the fact is...he isn't. So, his best course of action? Try anyway!
"Me? Kaoru-sama---er-dono..." at this point Kenshin breaks down into hysterical giggles. Kaoru can't help but smile herself. 'He's just so darn cute like this!' she thinks.
Finally managing to calm himself, Kenshin flashes an amazingly flirtatious and disarming smile. He's beginning to think more clearly now...so he thinks. 'Hehe, Kaoru doesn't need to know just yet.' He giggles to himself. Kaoru rocks back to her heels. 'Wow. Was it just me or...dang....' she thinks wondrously.
"Kaoru-d-Kaoru...do you really think I'm air-headed enough to be unaware of the situation?" Kenshin asks, trying as he might to keep up his 'drunken idiot' "façade" going. "Yes." Kaoru replies without hesitation. Kenshin feels so confident now!
"Well, you're!" a huge hiccup and accompanied by a lone soap bubble escapes Kenshin's mouth, "Incorrect..." he finishes, slightly distracted by the floating soap bubble.
Kaoru can't help but giggle as the bubble hovers near her face. A sudden gust of wind blows the bubble closer, and Kaoru gasps as it pops against her lips. Kenshin watches with an expression most easily defined as half amused, half angry. That was HIS Kaoru, and no BUBBLE was going to take her away from him.
'That bubble came from Kenshin! Out of his mouth! So, I was just psuedo- kissed by Kenshin!' Kaoru thinks. Her hand unconsciously travels to her lips, feeling them as if they are new and foreign. Kenshin's breath catches in his throat.
That bubble had dared to touch Kaoru's lips! Kenshin continues getting angrier and angrier, until finally he can take it no longer. "MINE!" he shouts possessively.
Ok, maybe he isn't as sober as he thought he was. Kaoru watches as Kenshin's expression turns hard and cold once again. She notes, however, that this time he's remained Kenshin. No Battousai eyes. Kaoru sighs. In disappointment. Wait...what?
'Ok, so maybe there's only one man alive sexier than Kenshin. But wait, Kenshin and Battousai are one person!' Kaoru pouts slightly. "WAH!" she cries as she's pushed off balance by Kenshin's abrupt rising.
"Don't turn your back on me Bubble-sama! I WONT, BE, IGNORED!!" Kenshin screams, using his sheathed sword as a microphone. He then does his best impression of Linkin Park's lead singer.
Kaoru giggles. So what if Kenshin isn't as sexy as the Battousai? He sure is funnier! "FIGHT BUBBLE-SAMA!" Kenshin shrieks at empty air. Kaoru stands. Time for her to end this.
"Kenshin..." "NO! Stay back! Bubble-sama touched your lips!" Suddenly Kenshin's expression turns watery. "I wanted to do that..." he whines, chin quivering. Kaoru is slightly taken aback by Kenshin's drunken forwardness, but momentarily decides she likes it.
"Kenshin no baka! Look, see there's no bubble!" she says, waving her arm in front of him. Seeing Kaoru in some kind of invisible danger, Kenshin leaps into action. " Hiten Mitsirugi Style Ryu Sho Sen!" he cries as pieces of dojo dirt fly everywhere.
"Kenshin! Stop!" Kaoru pleads. Kenshin pulls back and for a moment Kaoru thinks she's stopped him.
Then she hears him arguing with his sword. "What do you mean you think I'm crazy? ANO! Baka ichi, that's what I said!" Kenshin tilts his head as if listening. Kaoru strains her ears in his direction, but she still doesn't hear anything. Kenshin evidently does. Maybe it's a hitokiri thing.
"AHOU! You'll do what I say, that you will!" Kenshin howls.
"Maa, maa, there's no need to snip!" Kenshin stammers.
"This is nuts." Kaoru mutters. "ORO! I'll show you baka!" Kenshin storms at his sword. Then without warning he leaps into the sky.
"Prepare yourself Bubble-sama!" He shouts as he ascends, "for this! Hiten Mitsirugi Style Ultimate Attack! AMA KAKERU RYU NO HIRAMEKI!" Kenshin smirks grimly as he lands. His opponent is defeated.
"MOU! KENSHIN NO BAKA!" Kaoru cries as all the branches fall off her faithful Japanese maple. "Oro?" Kenshin turns to face a red and steaming Kaoru.
He flashes his famous rurouni grin, and suddenly things don't seem so bad. "Ano...Kaoru beloved..." Kenshin trails off, walking up to her and offering his hand.
'Beloved? Did he really just call me beloved!' Kaoru's thoughts race. "Allow me to proclaim my love with this sonnet!" he triumphantly declares, whisking Kaoru off her feet before she has a chance to protest.
"Bees live in bonnets, monkeys and bears, My sword talks to me, but so does your hair,"
He turns in a precarious circle; Kaoru shrieks as he nearly loses his balance. "SH! I'm not done yet!" he clumsily protests.
"I couldn't live without either,
what would I do?
No Monkey, sword, bee or bear, Can ever compare, To my dear Kaoru."
He finishes with a lopsided grin. "Yay! It's true! Even though the sword comes close..." "KENSHIN NO BAKA!" Kaoru thrashes in Kenshin's arms. The result is even more drunken staggering.
"Ororororoooo!" Kenshin cries, maintaining his balance...barely. "Kenshin, you're so adorable when you're drunk." Kaoru sighs. "I love you..." she says, stretching up to kiss him.
Her lips meet with his to find them....warm, wet, and...unresponsive? Kaoru opens her eyes to meet Kenshin's blank stare. 'Who knew Kenshin knows how to sleep with his eyes open?' Kaoru ponders.
Then it hits her. 'Mou! I bet he did that on purpose.' Kaoru fumes. "KENSHIN NO BAKA!"
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A/N: Te he, had to change my genre because of this chapter. But then again, how could I pass up a chance for k/k romance? ^_^