Kubo tapped the side of his face where his scar was. "That damn Midori… getting herself people to help her."
"I know… but we've been practicing," Hoshi said. "Maybe we will be able to beat them."
"I don't think so, she's got the former batousai on her side," Kubo said angrily.
Hoshi's eyes opened wide in surprise. "Is that really him?"
"Yeah, it is," Kubo said.
"Well, we will just have to get to Midori when her friends aren't around," Hoshi said smiling, as she leaned on his shoulder.
Kubo blushed a bit but didn't really say anything about it. "Well, I guess that's what we have to do," he said. "We have to get that scripture."
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"Show us your paintings again Midori!" Anamaye said.
"Paintings! Yay!" Suzame yelled happily.
"Oh, alright," Midori said smiling as each took one of her hands and they went into the next room.
"She seems pretty good with the little girls," Dr. Gensei said.
"Yeah, she does," Megumi said. "What do you know about her?"
"Not much, she kind of keeps that to herself," Kenshin said.
"Yeah, she also seems to like Sano," Yahiko said, snickering.
"Yahiko!" Kaoru said. They all continued their little chat for a while and Megumi, Dr. Gensei, Anayame and Suzamaye decided to go.
"We want Midori to walk us home!" Suzame said.
"Okay, I will," Midori said with a cute smile which made her look very young as she walked out the door with them.
"We need to talk to her, de gozaru," Kenshin said.
"Yeah, we know barely anything about her," Kaoru said.
"Well, we do know she likes Sano," Yahiko said smirking.
"Would you stop that," Sano said, blushing a tad.
"You're blushing!" Yahiko said, pointing, as he started to crack up.
"Shut up!" Sano said, getting angry.
"Ah, calm down you two!" Kenshin said.
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"Bye-bye, Midori!" Amamaye and Suzamaey said, hugging her.
"Bye you two," she said, patting them on the head. "Oh, by the way, here's a small painting I made for you. Bye, Minna-san!" she said as she gave them the painting and began to walk off. They all waved as she went.
"I think I'll take a little walk before I go back to the dojo," she thought. "I can't believe it's been nearly two months since I first arrived here… hmm, it will be two months in about a week or something like that." She looked up at the bright blue sky, listening to the birds chirping. "It's such a nice day out…" She closed her eyes and let the wind brush against her. All of a sudden, Sano came into her mind. She breathed out heavily. "Now why am I thinking of him again?" She felt herself blushing. "Nani?" This is weird… do I like him? I mean he is really rude and really lazy but he is gorgeous, but I wouldn't like someone based on looks… but I think I do like him. Naze? Maybe it's because I've known him for a while…. I don't know… this is so annoying. Naze? Oh, what could I do about it? Hmm…" Midori only thought for a while, when she came up with an idea. "I know! I could paint a picture for him… but of what? I know! Sayo… a memory thing, I'm not sure if would come across right, but even if he doesn't like me back… which I don't think he does… I would still be nice of me to do that. She smiled. "But why do I like him? I don't get it. I mean he's rude but that's just his nature. I suppose he's just grown on me… It hasn't been that long… but it's been a while." She looked up at the sky and decided to go back to the dojo. "I think I'll ask Kaoru and Kenshin to help me get a picture of Sayo," she thought. As she entered the dojo, Sano was still there, so she figured she'd ask them later.
"Konnichiwa, Minna-san," she said cheerfully. They all welcomed her, it was not long before Sano left. He just decided to leave early.
"Kenshin, Kaoru! I have something to tell you!"
"Nani?" Kaouru asked.
"Well… I want to make a painting for Sano… but…" She trailed off.
"I knew it! You do like him!" Yahiko said.
Midori blushed. A lot.
"Oro?" Kenshin said.
"I want to paint him a picture of Sayo but I'm not sure were to get a picture for reference," Midori said.
"Oh, that's so sweet!" Kaoru said.
"Well, I guess you really do like him," Yahiko said.
Midori glared at him, but was still blushing.
"I really do think Midori likes Sano-san, de gozaru," Kenshin said quietly to Kaoru.
"Kai," Kaoru said. "But don't you think it's sweet?"
"Oro?" Kenshin said as his eyes got all large.
"Hey, stop talking about me like I'm not here!" Midori said, looking fed up.
"Oh, heh, heh, sorry! Well, um… I guess we will just have to 'borrow' that picture Sano has of Sayo," Kaoru said.
"But how?" Midori asked.
Meanwhile, Yahiko was laughing. Very hard.
"HEY! SHUT UP!" Midori yelled. "If you say anything…" her eyes got all scary and Yahiko decided to shut up, for a little while anyway.
"I don't know how we will do that, but we will figure it out," Kaoru said, smiling. "Oh, this is so cute!"
"Ugh… maybe it wasn't such a great idea to tell them all this…" Midori thought as a sweat blob appeared on her head. "They really are nice people, though." She smiled. "I just hope he'll appreciate this, even if it doesn't show how I feel."
Notes: End! Ooo ooo! Midori likes Sano! Wuvness! Um… yeah. Please R+R! I don't' really have much else to say…