Chapter 8: FIGHT! FIGHT!
A/N: Hehe...MUD FIGHT! Lol, this was a spur of the moment idea. Over the past few days I've developed an eye twitch. It's all b/c of the saxophones, marching out of step and not covering down (marching band term, means making sure lines and diagonals are straight, and that curves are...well curved.) and screwing up rhythms and and and!!!!!! *eye twitches furiously*
Disclaimer: *eye twitches* I don't own *twitch* Rurouni Kenshin. *twitch twitch twitch*
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Kenshin finally removes his sticky, goo-covered hands from Sano's face. He jumps back and crouches, an admiral feat in a kimono. He's prepared for Sano's retaliation, whatever it may be. For a moment Sano just stands there, not a single well-toned muscle so much as twitching. The gooey, muddy mess drips off Sano's gravity-defying hair and down his back, muddling the "Bad" symbol so blatantly displayed.
Sano turns, slowly at first but then gradually faster as his anger grows and his face reddens. A large purple vein sticks out of his forehead, naturally drawing Kenshin's attention there.
'Gosh I hope that doesn't explode...that would be bad.' Kenshin thinks. He winces but prepares for the worst as his gaze drifts downwards to view Sano's full-faced snarl, 100% pure, no additives, no substitutes.
"Kenshiiiiiin...." Sano growls, left eye twitching crazily. His lips thin and pull back to reveal his grinding teeth. Kenshin is oddly reminded of wailing and gnashing of teeth. 'Let's hope I can escape the Hades...' his eyes widen at the thought of capture.
Sano watches Kenshin's thoughts flicker through his eyes, and for some reason this only makes him angrier. "ORO!" Kenshin cries as Sano lunges for him. Kenshin is quick, but with the disadvantage of Sano's anger and the restricted movement area of the kimono, he's just not fast enough.
Sano tackles him from mid-air into the muck puddle. Kenshin fights furiously to prevent himself from being drowned in various animal droppings, dead frogs, bubbly soupy muck, and squishiness. Mud flies everywhere.
This goes on for a long while, sometimes Sano is winning, sometimes Kenshin, although it's usually Sano. 'MUST LEAVE! ACK!' Kenshin darts from the puddle, only to be pulled back by his hair. "OWOWOW!" he cries as Sano drags him painfully back into his grasp. "Just where do you think you're going?" Sano growls.
"Nowhere?" Kenshin gulps fearfully. "Exactly." Sano grins evilly. With that he smashes Kenshin into the muck, grinding his face into the very bottom of the pile. Kenshin struggles and finally manages to fight him off, spitting out mud and guts and other various disgusting things.
Sano dives at Kenshin again, succeeding in catching him and forcing him back into the puddle. "I'll make sure you don't leave this time!" he cries. Sano practically sits on top of Kenshin's back, pushing his head into the mud and shouting, "EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT!" Kenshin's response sounds like a mixture of "Kuso,"; "ORO!"; "Do it yourself."; and "NO!".
"What's going on here?!" comes an angry voice from behind them. "Oro!" Kenshin shouts as Sano finally lets go of his now brown hair. He gets up close and personal with the mud. Again. 'Hello Mr. Mud, haven't seen YOU in a while.' He thinks sarcastically.
Sano stares at the woman from his seat on Kenshin's back. His long pants are caked with mud; his knees are resting on either side of Kenshin's skinny body. Kenshin lies facedown in the mud still.
"Uh...heh...hi Kaoru..." Sano say nervously. "Kaoru!?" Kenshin's exclamation causes bubbles in the muck. 'Oh no, Oh no.' Kenshin thinks. "Who is this poor innocent lady you're attacking in this filth! Sano, I would have thought even you would know better!" Kaoru pushes Sano off Kenshin. "Here let me help you Mi-KENSHIN!?!?!"
As Kenshin is lifted from the mud, his features aren't marred, even by the mud. She still hasn't noticed the fact that he's wearing a kimono. "Ah...heh." Kenshin chuckles nervously. "Why do you guys seem so jumpy? I'm not going to maul you." Kaoru says, turning towards the dojo.
She remembers that she'd thought Kenshin had left her again. "KENSHIN NO BAKA! I'VE CHANGED MY MIND I AM GOING TO MAUL YOU! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU WERE GOING O-Why are you wearing a kimono?" Kaoru interrupts herself to ask Kenshin this question.
"Heh...uh....OH! SANO MADE ME!" Sano's jaw drops. "Uh huh...and why did he do this?" Kaoru asks, crossing her arms and raising her eyebrows. "He said that he wanted to make Megumi jealous, and the only way he could do that was to be seen with a beautiful girl. He asked me to dress as a girl for just one night to make Megumi jealous so that maybe she would notice him, since obviously he isn't getting very far with her by himself. I agreed to help him because, hello, I'm the kind-hearted rurouni that feels sorry for everyone, including himself!" at this last sentence, Kenshin stops and covers his mouth.
"I've said too much that I have." He grimaces. "KENSHIN NO BAKA." He cries, smacking himself in the forehead. Kaoru stares at him. "Does this have anything to do with the laundry water and the invisible people you've been seeing?" Kaoru asks quietly. Kenshin watches her intently for a moment.
'How stupid could I have been?' he wonders. 'I thought that all this that was happening was only affecting me. How selfish could I have been? I should have told Miss Kaoru from the very beginning.' He gazes into Kaoru's shimmering sapphire eyes.
"Ken...shin?" she quavers. Her vision clouds with tears. "I thought you were leaving again! And lately you've been acting so weird, I...I just don't know what to think! You've not been yourself and that scares me! You're the one person I've ever been able to count on to never change! And here you go doing this and I don't want you to change!!" Kaoru wails.
'Way to go Kenshin, you've made her cry. Why don't you go be more insensitive.' Kenshin berates himself. "Kaoru..." he says, stepping forward to take her in his arms. Kaoru cries in his arms for a while before she realizes exactly what's going on.
'Kenshin....he just...that means he really does love me!' Kaoru felt a surge of emotion and suddenly she wasn't crying from sadness anymore. Kenshin felt this strong change of ki and smiled slightly, hugging her close to him. "Sessha is sorry, that he is." Kenshin murmurs slightly. "He'll never let you go, never leave you Miss Kaoru."
Kaoru opens her eyes in surprise, love and hope shining in them. "You mean- ?" Kenshin smiles, "You'll see..." he then starts walking towards the dojo, hand entwined with Kaoru's. Smiling she allows herself to be pulled along. 'Now what could he be up to?' she thinks. Sano watches from the mud. "I think I'll go on home. Those two need to be left alone." He chuckles.
'Maybe he won't need my help after all...' he thinks.
Back at the dojo, Kenshin changes into his own clothes. 'Should I tell Miss Kaoru what's going on? Should I tell her the truth? If I do, she's going to think I was lying earlier, and if I don't, when she finds out then she's going to be heartbroken and--!" His mental debate is cut off by Kaoru's entrance into his room.
"Kenshin?" she says shyly. "Y-yes Miss Kaoru?" he stutters. Kaoru was in her sleeping clothes, and they made Kenshin think very suggestively. 'AH! HENTAI!' Kenshin screams at himself after a particularly expressive thought.
Kaoru watches in amusement as Kenshin's emotions play through his eyes. Usually those same violet eyes are unreadable around her. She can see the mix of love and desire warring with Kenshin's morals. She can't help but make it a little bit harder for him.
In more ways than one.
Kaoru sighs and flips her hair over her shoulder; it trails over the deep neckline of her sleeping shirt. 'Why you little minx.' Kenshin thinks. 'She's doing this on purpose.'
Kaoru struggles to suppress her satisfaction as she lies back against Kenshin, feeling his body tense. She splays her hand over the tight chest muscles exposed by his gi. "Kaoru..." Kenshin growls. "I wouldn't do that if I were you..."
"Oh and why not?" she giggles. "Because something might happen..." Kenshin grins suggestively, pushing her back on the futon. Inwardly Kaoru congratulates herself. 'Finally...' she thinks.
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A/N: Once again, I couldn't resist. Oh but it's sooooo setting itself up for the ending. Maybe you'll finally find out WHY Kenshin is sleepwalking, and find out what happens the day after.^.~
A/N: Hehe...MUD FIGHT! Lol, this was a spur of the moment idea. Over the past few days I've developed an eye twitch. It's all b/c of the saxophones, marching out of step and not covering down (marching band term, means making sure lines and diagonals are straight, and that curves are...well curved.) and screwing up rhythms and and and!!!!!! *eye twitches furiously*
Disclaimer: *eye twitches* I don't own *twitch* Rurouni Kenshin. *twitch twitch twitch*
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Kenshin finally removes his sticky, goo-covered hands from Sano's face. He jumps back and crouches, an admiral feat in a kimono. He's prepared for Sano's retaliation, whatever it may be. For a moment Sano just stands there, not a single well-toned muscle so much as twitching. The gooey, muddy mess drips off Sano's gravity-defying hair and down his back, muddling the "Bad" symbol so blatantly displayed.
Sano turns, slowly at first but then gradually faster as his anger grows and his face reddens. A large purple vein sticks out of his forehead, naturally drawing Kenshin's attention there.
'Gosh I hope that doesn't explode...that would be bad.' Kenshin thinks. He winces but prepares for the worst as his gaze drifts downwards to view Sano's full-faced snarl, 100% pure, no additives, no substitutes.
"Kenshiiiiiin...." Sano growls, left eye twitching crazily. His lips thin and pull back to reveal his grinding teeth. Kenshin is oddly reminded of wailing and gnashing of teeth. 'Let's hope I can escape the Hades...' his eyes widen at the thought of capture.
Sano watches Kenshin's thoughts flicker through his eyes, and for some reason this only makes him angrier. "ORO!" Kenshin cries as Sano lunges for him. Kenshin is quick, but with the disadvantage of Sano's anger and the restricted movement area of the kimono, he's just not fast enough.
Sano tackles him from mid-air into the muck puddle. Kenshin fights furiously to prevent himself from being drowned in various animal droppings, dead frogs, bubbly soupy muck, and squishiness. Mud flies everywhere.
This goes on for a long while, sometimes Sano is winning, sometimes Kenshin, although it's usually Sano. 'MUST LEAVE! ACK!' Kenshin darts from the puddle, only to be pulled back by his hair. "OWOWOW!" he cries as Sano drags him painfully back into his grasp. "Just where do you think you're going?" Sano growls.
"Nowhere?" Kenshin gulps fearfully. "Exactly." Sano grins evilly. With that he smashes Kenshin into the muck, grinding his face into the very bottom of the pile. Kenshin struggles and finally manages to fight him off, spitting out mud and guts and other various disgusting things.
Sano dives at Kenshin again, succeeding in catching him and forcing him back into the puddle. "I'll make sure you don't leave this time!" he cries. Sano practically sits on top of Kenshin's back, pushing his head into the mud and shouting, "EAT IT! EAT IT! EAT IT!" Kenshin's response sounds like a mixture of "Kuso,"; "ORO!"; "Do it yourself."; and "NO!".
"What's going on here?!" comes an angry voice from behind them. "Oro!" Kenshin shouts as Sano finally lets go of his now brown hair. He gets up close and personal with the mud. Again. 'Hello Mr. Mud, haven't seen YOU in a while.' He thinks sarcastically.
Sano stares at the woman from his seat on Kenshin's back. His long pants are caked with mud; his knees are resting on either side of Kenshin's skinny body. Kenshin lies facedown in the mud still.
"Uh...heh...hi Kaoru..." Sano say nervously. "Kaoru!?" Kenshin's exclamation causes bubbles in the muck. 'Oh no, Oh no.' Kenshin thinks. "Who is this poor innocent lady you're attacking in this filth! Sano, I would have thought even you would know better!" Kaoru pushes Sano off Kenshin. "Here let me help you Mi-KENSHIN!?!?!"
As Kenshin is lifted from the mud, his features aren't marred, even by the mud. She still hasn't noticed the fact that he's wearing a kimono. "Ah...heh." Kenshin chuckles nervously. "Why do you guys seem so jumpy? I'm not going to maul you." Kaoru says, turning towards the dojo.
She remembers that she'd thought Kenshin had left her again. "KENSHIN NO BAKA! I'VE CHANGED MY MIND I AM GOING TO MAUL YOU! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU WERE GOING O-Why are you wearing a kimono?" Kaoru interrupts herself to ask Kenshin this question.
"Heh...uh....OH! SANO MADE ME!" Sano's jaw drops. "Uh huh...and why did he do this?" Kaoru asks, crossing her arms and raising her eyebrows. "He said that he wanted to make Megumi jealous, and the only way he could do that was to be seen with a beautiful girl. He asked me to dress as a girl for just one night to make Megumi jealous so that maybe she would notice him, since obviously he isn't getting very far with her by himself. I agreed to help him because, hello, I'm the kind-hearted rurouni that feels sorry for everyone, including himself!" at this last sentence, Kenshin stops and covers his mouth.
"I've said too much that I have." He grimaces. "KENSHIN NO BAKA." He cries, smacking himself in the forehead. Kaoru stares at him. "Does this have anything to do with the laundry water and the invisible people you've been seeing?" Kaoru asks quietly. Kenshin watches her intently for a moment.
'How stupid could I have been?' he wonders. 'I thought that all this that was happening was only affecting me. How selfish could I have been? I should have told Miss Kaoru from the very beginning.' He gazes into Kaoru's shimmering sapphire eyes.
"Ken...shin?" she quavers. Her vision clouds with tears. "I thought you were leaving again! And lately you've been acting so weird, I...I just don't know what to think! You've not been yourself and that scares me! You're the one person I've ever been able to count on to never change! And here you go doing this and I don't want you to change!!" Kaoru wails.
'Way to go Kenshin, you've made her cry. Why don't you go be more insensitive.' Kenshin berates himself. "Kaoru..." he says, stepping forward to take her in his arms. Kaoru cries in his arms for a while before she realizes exactly what's going on.
'Kenshin....he just...that means he really does love me!' Kaoru felt a surge of emotion and suddenly she wasn't crying from sadness anymore. Kenshin felt this strong change of ki and smiled slightly, hugging her close to him. "Sessha is sorry, that he is." Kenshin murmurs slightly. "He'll never let you go, never leave you Miss Kaoru."
Kaoru opens her eyes in surprise, love and hope shining in them. "You mean- ?" Kenshin smiles, "You'll see..." he then starts walking towards the dojo, hand entwined with Kaoru's. Smiling she allows herself to be pulled along. 'Now what could he be up to?' she thinks. Sano watches from the mud. "I think I'll go on home. Those two need to be left alone." He chuckles.
'Maybe he won't need my help after all...' he thinks.
Back at the dojo, Kenshin changes into his own clothes. 'Should I tell Miss Kaoru what's going on? Should I tell her the truth? If I do, she's going to think I was lying earlier, and if I don't, when she finds out then she's going to be heartbroken and--!" His mental debate is cut off by Kaoru's entrance into his room.
"Kenshin?" she says shyly. "Y-yes Miss Kaoru?" he stutters. Kaoru was in her sleeping clothes, and they made Kenshin think very suggestively. 'AH! HENTAI!' Kenshin screams at himself after a particularly expressive thought.
Kaoru watches in amusement as Kenshin's emotions play through his eyes. Usually those same violet eyes are unreadable around her. She can see the mix of love and desire warring with Kenshin's morals. She can't help but make it a little bit harder for him.
In more ways than one.
Kaoru sighs and flips her hair over her shoulder; it trails over the deep neckline of her sleeping shirt. 'Why you little minx.' Kenshin thinks. 'She's doing this on purpose.'
Kaoru struggles to suppress her satisfaction as she lies back against Kenshin, feeling his body tense. She splays her hand over the tight chest muscles exposed by his gi. "Kaoru..." Kenshin growls. "I wouldn't do that if I were you..."
"Oh and why not?" she giggles. "Because something might happen..." Kenshin grins suggestively, pushing her back on the futon. Inwardly Kaoru congratulates herself. 'Finally...' she thinks.
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A/N: Once again, I couldn't resist. Oh but it's sooooo setting itself up for the ending. Maybe you'll finally find out WHY Kenshin is sleepwalking, and find out what happens the day after.^.~