Author's Note: (sighs)…what would the world do without skittles? We wouldn't be able to taste the rainbow…
Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah I KNOW! I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, okay? But right now, I HAVE SKITTLES!!! YAY!!! Other NORMAL people: O.O
Chapter 6
Shiro proudly pulled a steaming cake out of the oven (A/N: what did they use to bake cakes back then? Ovens? I don't know…oh well…). It looked gorgeous!!! Actually, to normal people, it looked like an unappetizing lump of mud, but neither Shiro nor Kuro seemed to realize it.
"WOW!!! I think we did a GREAT job this time!!! Misao will LOVE us!!!" Kuro happily exclaimed. Shiro and Kuro both beamed at their 'work of art.' Who said that they couldn't bake? Shiro wiped his hands on his pink apron in a satisfied manner.
Okina, Okon, and Omasu were going to be so PROUD of them!! Maybe they would even let them bake cakes for the RESTAURANT!!!!
"I-It's just so…so beautiful!!! It's one of the BEST cakes I have ever seen!!!!" Kuro said tearfully. One could see the cake as being a beautiful COW PATTY or something, but definitely NOT a cake.
Okina sank to his knees when he saw that great ugly lump of…of who knows what? The cake was brown, but one side of it was slightly green. Had it already started to grow mold? Or had Kuro in one of his attempts to make the cake 'exotic' actually PUT mold on it? It certainly LOOKED nasty…hopefully it didn't taste so…but the smell issued from the 'cake' was almost unbearable. It smelled nothing like curry (curry smells REALLY good!!! Though it wouldn't make a good cake flavor since it tastes spicy and salty…) Instead, it smelled like a mix of rotten meat and decaying toenails. At least it smelled better than LAST time's cake…
But he knew that would be too good to be true. Shiro and Kuro consistently NEVER made good cakes, and that cake smelled much WORSE than rotten meat and decaying toenails.…
Somehow, he had to get rid of that cake.
"H-HOW COULD WE FORGET!??? ALL OF US WILL DIE AT A YOUNG AGE—excluding Okina of course—OF FOOD POISONING!!!!" Omasu wailed. Okon rolled her eyes. No need stating the obvious…
Omasu wrinkled her nose in disgust. What the hell is that smell? A strange, disgusting smell had slowly crept into the room…it smelled strangely and distinctly like…like rotten meat and decaying toenails, except…worse. Okon had noticed the smell also. She couldn't quite figure out what it was. What would smell like rotten meat and decaying toenails OTHER than rotten meat and decaying toenails? That was when the horrible truth hit her. Omasu also realized this at the same time.
"I-IT'S THE CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
THEY WERE ALL GOING TO FREAKING DIE!!!!!!
Somehow, they HAD to get rid of that cake.
Aoshi looked down at the neatly wrapped package he still held. He had gotten this gift about a week ago, and he was SURE Misao would like it. He had actually gotten her TWO gifts, since one of them kind of came to him later…
A flashback:
"Okon, I have a GREAT idea!!!" Omasu said happily as she ran down the stairs. "Come on!!! I don't want Misao to hear…" and Omasu pulled Okon into a nearby room.
Aoshi had heard this…what did they not want Misao to hear? Slowly, he crept up the room they were in, carefully hidden somewhere (A/N: In fact, Aoshi is SUCH a good spy, that not even the AUTHOR knows where he hid…).
"I was thinking…don't you think Misao would look GREAT in a kimono? Well, my idea is that we find some way to get rid of all her old clothes, and pick out a whole bunch of cute kimonos for her!!! Then, she'll have no choice but to wear them!!!"
Okon looked thoughtful for a moment…this idea COULD work, but there was one weakness. "But what if Misao tries to kill us?"
"OH, she WON'T!!!! Come ON!!! This will be FUN!!!"
Aoshi seriously doubted this, and apparently, so did Okon. But she so wanted to see Misao in something different, that she would even risk her life trying to make Misao do so.
"OH, OKAY…just as long as we don't DIE or anything…"
Aoshi slowly stood up, and silently crept away.
If Okon and Omasu really DID get rid of all her ninja outfits, how would she train? Then a brilliant idea hit him. Wasn't Misao's birthday coming up in a few days? He already had something he wanted to give her, but he could STILL get her some training clothes too, so she DIDN'T have to wear only kimonos!!! She probably would like that.
End of Flashback
The gift in the small package he held now was not the ninja outfit, which was contained in a bigger package, but something else…He had left THAT gift on a table back in the Aoiya with all of the other presents. He felt that this one should be given to Misao…personally. He wasn't sure which one would be appreciated more, or if he had even done the right thing in getting her the gift he now held in his hands…
Misao sat down on a bench. Did Aoshi get her a gift?
Would she like it? OF COURSE she would…anything from Aoshi just HAD to be perfect, because HE was perfect.
And if anyone wanted to argue with that, they would have to answer to HER.
She sighed. Today, Aoshi would either be hers or someone else's. Or maybe nobody's. Even though she had resolved to tell him how she felt, she still feared being rejected. She had her heart set on Aoshi for all her life, and it could all be ruined in this one moment…
The only thing she could do was wait for the time to come and hope for the best.
Okon and Omasu slowly snuck toward the kitchen. For the good of the whole Aoiya, they just HAD to get rid of that cake.
Okina silently headed towards the kitchen. He had gotten them into this mess, and now he had to get them out of it. He was going to dispose of the cake.
"SHHHHHHHHH!!! Be QUIET!!! Someone might HEAR us…" Okon whispered.
"Hurry up before someone comes!!!"
Okina crept into the doorway of the kitchen. He quickly scanned the room, and saw Okon and Omasu trying not to breathe and trying to not throw up at the same time.
"WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING?!" Okina asked. Okon and Omasu jumped and looked up guiltily.
"Um…we were…um…" Omasu started.
"Were you trying to get rid of the cake too?" Okina asked. Okon nodded, wondering how Okina knew. Maybe HE was trying to get rid of the cake also…
"WELL, hurry up then!!!" Okina said. "On the count of three HEAVE and hold your breath!!! One, two, THREE!!!"
All three of them teetered out of the kitchen, out to find somewhere to dump the unwanted lump.
Aoshi stood up, tucking the package carefully into one of his trench coat pockets, and began to walk towards the doors, dodging fleeing monks as they scrambled out of his way (and also hoping to live for at least another year…). He believed the 'cake' should be done by now. He had barely come out alive from eating one of Shiro and Kuro's cake a long time ago, and he hoped he would survive this cake too.
With that thought in mind, Aoshi left the temple.
Okon, Omasu, and Okina waddled uncomfortably as fast as they could. Who knew that a cake could be so damn HEAVY? But then again, Shiro and Kuro were 'creative' bakers, so who knew if they put a brick or something in it?
At least after all this, they didn't have to EAT it.
They headed unknowingly in the direction of the temple.
Aoshi was deep in thought as he walked back to the Aoiya.
So much so that he didn't hear, see, smell, or sense three figures hobbling toward him at top speed with a stinking cake.
Okon, Omasu, and Okina were too concentrated on the cake to notice the tall form that loomed ahead of them.
"Where are we going to put this?" Okon hissed to Okina.
He shrugged. "Let's just dump it in a pool of mud…nobody will be able to tell the difference."
That sounded reasonable.
"All we have to do now is find a mud pile to dump this in." Omasu said.
"Hey…" said Okon suddenly. "What are we going to say to Shiro and Kuro about the cake?"
"We could just tell them that it was so good that we couldn't stop ourselves from eating it…" Okina suggested.
"Look over there! I think I see a mu—"
(CRASH) Okina, Omasu, and Okon crashed into something, or rather SOMEONE. Who was it? AOSHI?! Okon looked up in horror as the cake sailed somewhat gracefully in the air, toward Aoshi's head. She, Okina, and Omasu all decided to close their eyes, not bearing to watch it land, and wincing as they heard a loud, satisfied PLOP.
Author's Note: So, tell me what you think!!!! Is this funny AT ALL? Is it corny? Is it good? Tell me!!!! I THINK it was better than last time's, though that's just ME…REVIEW!!!! (please?)
AND ALSO: please check out my best friend's fic!!! Her pen name is Anubis-Shinigami, and right now, she has two fics up!!! One of them is a Gundam Wing fic, and the other is a Rurouni Kenshin fic. Be sure to check those out, as they are both AWESOME!!!!
A CONFESSION: I confess, I confess!!! Even I don't know what's in that little package yet…at least you people now know that Aoshi has gotten Misao TWO gifts…any suggestions of what that gift might be? Cause I'm totally stumped…
Thanks to all who reviewed last time!!!!