Chapter 14

Midori looked out at the heavy rain smacking against the window. She leaned her head to one side and sighed, she wrapped the blanket tighter around her shoulders and looked over at the still sleeping Yahiko, and Kenshin, Kaoru and Sanosuke all talking. She looked at Sanosuke for a few minutes, and then looked out window, almost drearily.

"Midori." Kenshin called.

"Hai?" Midori asked, turning slowly towards them.

"We've decided to go to Turo's place, and battle him, is that alright with you?" Kenshin asked, Midori barely nodded, looking all gloomily out the window again.

"But maybe I should just go.." Kenshin said quietly. Midori turned quickly and stood up, the blanket still wrapped around her. "Do you really think we will let you do that?"

"Yeah! We're coming with you!" Yahiko said, Sanosuke nodded in agreement, and Kaoru grabbed kenshin hand, nodding also.

"Well I suppose we'll all leave tomorrow, de gozaru." Kenshin said.

"Yeah." Midori said distantly, looking somewhat sad. Sanosuke over at Midori looking quite distant and sad. "Don't worry Midori, we will protect you." He thought as he watched her moping.

"I think I'll go pack now.." Midori said getting up slowly from where she had been sitting, going into the other room. She slowly slid the door behind her, placing herself in front of her things sighing. She flopped her self down on her futon. "Sano-san.I doubt he knows how I feel.well it doesn't really matter, not everyone can be happy."

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Sanosuke looked over at the room, which Midori was in. "Midori's been acting a little strange lately."

"Well she's been going thourgh a lot, de gozaru." Kenshin said, turning his violet eyes toward him.

"Yeah." Sanosuke said.

Yahiko chuckled at this. "Geez, you really do like her! Your acting all strange about her."

"Urasai, kid." Sanosuke said flatly.

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Midori rubbed her eyes, as she finshed packing her last things into her travel pack. "I'm tired, I'm going to sleep early, we have a long journey ahead of us.." She thought as she threw the blanket over her, she almost instantly went to sleep.

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"We should have dinner and get to sleep early de gozaru, oh Sano-san, you can stay here tonight, so we don't have to come get you tommorow." Kenshin said

"Okay Kenshin." He responded.

"Oh Sano, you can sleep right next to Midori .. Or.heh heh.In the same bed!" Yahiko said, laughing, which got him a punch from Sanosuke.

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Soon after dinner everyone went to bed, and they all fell asleep quite quickly, expect for Sanosuke, who was still somewhat awake. He turned on his side so that he was facing the sleeping Midori, she had her blankets askew from her messy sleeping, and she was snoring a bit. Sanosuke smiled and chuckled a little a sleeping girl. He saw her wince a bit from the slightly cold air. So he wrapped and moved her messy hair out of the way the way, so he could tuck the blanket under her chin, watching her for a few minutes. He thought her face looked troubled, but childish at the same time. He just stared at her for a while, and then turned over and went back to sleep.

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Midori woke up early in the morning, it was still dark out, she turned to see Sanosuke's bare back, causing her to blush and smile a bit. She looked at the wound Sesshiro had left on his side; she gently placed her hand on it. "This is because of me." She thought as she pressed her self against his back. "What the hell I am doing?" She thought, she yawned, falling back asleep, just like that. Later on Sanosuke rolled over so that her face was his chest. He also threw his arm over her, of course not knowing what he was doing ^^.

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Midori woke up earlier than everyone, she looked at the arm over her, and blushed. "S-Sano!" Midori said too loudly, waking him, and everyone else.

"OI! What was that for? Why'd you have to wake." He said trailing off, looking down at half-nervous half-pleased blushing girl, pressed up against him, he then looked where his arm was, and blushed too, and jumped back quite a bit.

"Eww! What were you two doing?!?!" Yahiko yelled

"You Hentai! We have our clothes on!" Midori yelled smacking him. "Oh.I wish we'd wake up like in each others arms every morning." She thought getting a rather stupid lovesick expression on her face. The expression on her face grossed him out even more.

"Well you could have done something before I woke up." Yahiko said

"Urasai, Yahiko." Sanosuke said. "Strange, I wasn't really upset when I woke up this morning.what I am I saying?" He thought shaking his head. Kenshin and Kaoru chuckled at this.

"Well, we should be going soon, de gozaru." Kenshin said shaking off his chuckling.

"Yeah, Let's get something to eat first." Midori said walking out of the room to get dressed.

"You really do like her, don't you Sano?" Yahiko asked chuckling.

"No I don't!" Sanosuke said angrily, as he turned his head and blushed, they all chuckled at how obvious he was.

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They were all hurrying and scurrying around to get ready to leave after they had eaten, which didn't take too long. Yahiko was already out the door, while everyone else was dragging behind. "C'mon you guys!"

"Yeah were comin'." Midori said as walked out the door, everyone following her. Following her on a new journey.

Notes: Blehca stupid ending to this chappie, but it finally seems Sano like Midori so umm WoOt.uh yeah sure, anyhow R+R!