Double Kodachis

The right clothes for the job

/Enter Aoshi wearing his trenchcoat./ "One must have an immediately recognizable costume to be a bishounen. I have this fabulous and immediately identifiable yellow trenchcoat. I ordered it from Bishounen Bay. You can also buy clothes with lots of belts there, barely-there almost shirts and long flowing capes."

/Sano, whose hair has now grown back, so he looks pretty damn good again/ "Product placement is so boring, Aoshi, get on with it!"

/Aoshi/ "This is so humiliating. But, commericalism is part of Westernization, so I have to do these little ads for some side cash. I mean, try putting 'ninja' on a job application and see how many people are banging down your door."

/Sano/ "Same with 'street fighter'. I miss the good old days where just being able to beat someone to a pulp wasn't just a job, it was an adventure!"

/Kenshin, coming up to them/ "I've never worried about my clothes. Just the hair."

/Sano and Aoshi together/ "We know!"

/Sano/ "I mean, you're my best bud and all, Kenshin, but the pink gi is just a joke!"

/Kenshin, eyes beginning to swirl amber/ "It's not pink, it's faded magenta!"

/Sano/ "Well, if you're going to be seen with me, you need to get some new clothes. You know, Aoshi, I think a nice forest green would go well with his complexion."

/Aoshi/ "Hey, rooster-boy, just because I'm gay doesn't mean that I'm a fashion expert. This is not, 'Queer Ninja for the Straight Samurai'"

/Kenshin, blushing furiously/ "Talk to Kaoru, she's in charge of dressing me now anyway. I just do the laundry."

/Aoshi, groaning/ "Well, then, your girlfriend dresses you funny."

/Saitou, coming over/ "I never let Tokio dress me. Wearing a uniform takes off all the pressure about clothes, though. I highly recommend it."

/Sano, batting his eyes/ "Ooh, I love a man in uniform!"

/Aoshi, rolling his eyes/ "Please, take your "Village People" fetish and leave, you two!"

/Enter Vash the Stampede/ "Get a load of these duds, dudes, red trenchcoat with double buttons, extra belts, and body armor underneath. Am I not totally cool?"

/Saitou/ "Who is this blond baka?" /unsheathing his katana/

/Vash pulls his gun/ "I'm Vash the Stampede, wearer of uber-cool clothes, and check out these orange sunglasses."

/Saitou/ " Great! I already have one blond spike-haired idiot following around. Chou, get out here!"

/Chou/ "Yes, oh evil hot smirking one?"

/Saitou/ "Take care of this moron."

/Chou/ "But, he's too cute to kill, Boss, look at that beauty mark!"

/Vash grins beguilingly and bats his long eyelashes/

/Vash/ "Well, I've got to go. There's a guy I know that even wears freakier clothes than I do!"

/He pushes Legato forward/ "Look at that, a skull. Not everyday you see a guy with a skull on his shoulder. And, he talks to it. I've heard him."

/Legato/ "You're just pissed because I have your arm."

/Vash/ "Get lost, freaky pretty skull boy!"

/Legato/ "You shall all serve my master!"

/Saitou/ "Oh, wonderful, as if we don't have enough psychotic power mad weirdos on our own show!" /Whips out his katana and chases Legato away/

/Legato/ "I'm telling my master! WAHHH!" /He runs away crying and eating a candy bar/

/Vash/ "Quit wiping your snotty nose with my arm!" /Chases Legato/