Author's Note: Okay, okay, peoples…I'll post this stupid epilogue…(I said I would anyways…) you caught me in a good mood…I HAVE SOUR SKITTLES!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Ahem…you people want to get to the story now, eh? Well, it's coming up right after the disclaimer…
Disclaimer: HEY!!! I HAVE PIZZA!!! (looks down at pizza) If you kind of squint a little, this pepperoni kind of looks like…a pepperoni…WOW, ya don't say…okay, enough with my crazy ramblings…oh hang on…I have to disclaim Rurouni Kenshin, don't I? sigh FINE! I don't own it.
Epilogue
"Aoshi…I remember that you promised to join me for tea some time ago, that you did," Kenshin said, smiling, as he stood in the doorway of the temple.
Aoshi opened his eyes. "…"
"Will you come join me now? There are some things that this one would like to discuss with you, that there are…" Kenshin said, again holding his smile in place.
"Aa…"
Megumi smiled. "S-A-N-O L-O-V-E-S M-E!!!!!"
Kaoru glared. "Well, K-E-N-S-H-I-N L-O-V-E-S M-E!!!!!!!!!!"
"But Sano loves me more than Kenshin loves you!!!!" Megumi stuck her tongue out at Kaoru, who balled her hands into fists.
"NO! Kenshin loves ME more than Sano loves YOU!!!"
"Hmph, not likely…why would he love a girl like you?" Megumi said, smirking.
Kaoru wanted to rip off that smirk—she could almost feel it coming off, lips, teeth, and all. "YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!!!!"
"Still the hot-tempered LITTLE GIRL you always were, aren't you?" Megumi said, still smirking.
"Why YOU…KENSHIN STILL LOVES ME MO—"
Before Kaoru could finish, Misao appeared magically in the room and cut in saying, "HA!!! You are BOTH wrong!!! AOSHI LOVES ME MORE THAN ANY OF YOU!!!!!" Now it was Misao who was smirking.
"WHERE DID YOU COME FROM!?" Kaoru screamed. Going against Megumi was one thing, but going against Megumi AND Misao? That was harder.
"She simply walked in the door, idiot." Megumi laughed, despite the situation. How was she to go against TWO strong-willed girls? She knew, of course, that Sano loved her more than Aoshi loved Misao, and also more than Kenshin loved Kaoru, but now there were TWO stupid girls to preach to.
Okon and Omasu stared down in disgust at the sight before them. Apparently, Okina had slept all night in teriyaki sauce…
"OKINA!!!!" Omasu screeched. "WAKE UP!!!"
Okina opened his eyes blearily. "Eh…?"
"Wake UP you useless lump!!! You're all covered in teriyaki sauce!!!! The customers don't want to see you like this!!!!"
Okina shot up. "NANI!? I'm covered in teriyaki sauce?" Okina looked down at his pink bow, and almost cried. It was no longer pink, but the instead, it was the color of…teriyaki sauce…
"Go get cleaned up!"
Okina meekly obeyed by getting up, and going to the restrooms.
Okon shook her head. How could some one spend the night in teriyaki sauce? But of course, she hadn't considered that he HAD been drunk…
"This is the LAST time that we let Okina have ANY sake!!!!" Okon said, while Omasu nodded her head. Okina was older than them—A LOT older—but he still had to be watched like a little kid. After all these years, he still hadn't grown up.
"AOSHI LOVES ME MORE THAN SANO OR KENSHIN LOVES YOU TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Misao yelled, dodging Kaoru's bokken.
"Yeah RIGHT!!! HE'S AN EMOTIONLESS ICICLE!!!!!!!!" Megumi yelled back.
Misao whipped out her kunai. "YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!!!!!!!"
Megumi stuck her tongue out at Misao. "WELL, IT'S TR—"
"Eh, kitsune…What's true?" said a familiar voice from behind.
Megumi froze. She turned around. "S-Sano?"
"What are you girls screaming and yelling about?"
"WELL…MEGUMI started it! She said that YOU love HER more than KENSHIN loves ME!" Kaoru said angrily.
"NONE OF THOSE ARE TRUE!!!!! Aoshi loves ME more than SANO or KENSHIN loves either of you!!!!!"
"Hey, weasel, calm down…why don't you girls compromise? All of use guys like you girls equally…"
Misao, Kaoru, and Megumi looked at each other…THAT didn't sound like a bad idea…why hadn't THEY though of that? And to be told what to do…by…SANO!
"See?" and with that, Sano walked out of the room. And that was a big mistake.
"Isn't Sano so SMART? He's smarter than both Kenshin and Aoshi put TOGETHER!!!!" Megumi said proudly. Kaoru and Misao looked at each other, and nodded.
Misao pulled out her kunai (again…) and Kaoru raised her bokken. "MEGUUUUUUMMMMMMMIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE'RE GOING TO KILL YOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!" they both bellowed.
Megumi took that as a hint that they were obviously angry, and ran.
"Aoshi…I want to talk to you about Misao, that I do…"Kenshin said. He looked at Aoshi uncertainly, trying to see if there were any facial expressions. There were none, of course.
"…"
Kenshin continued anyways. "I believe that you are going to ask Misao to marry you soon, right Aoshi?"
"…"
"Er…I erm..see…that I do…" Kenshin sighed. He had been hoping that Aoshi would talk more than this. He poured tea into Aoshi's cup.
"…"
"SO…um…how's the tea?" Poor Kenshin could not stand the silence. He watched anxiously as Aoshi took a sip, waiting for him to at least ANSWER…
"Why do you want to know?" Aoshi had finally spoken.
"About the tea?"
"No…about Misao…and…me…" Aoshi said carefully.
"OH!!! Well, this one only wanted to know if you would do ask her, that I did…"
"…"
"Well, are you going to, Aoshi?" Kenshin asked, awaiting the answer anxiously.
"Yes…"Aoshi said softly, almost as if he didn't want Kenshin to hear. But Kenshin heard.
They sat there in silence for a while, Kenshin thinking about a certain raccoon.
"It's good," Aoshi said suddenly, interrupting Kenshin's thoughts.
"What's good? You and Misao?" Kenshin asked.
Aoshi almost smiled. "No…the tea…"
"We must get going now, that we must." Kenshin said to Misao. He turned to Okina. "It was nice seeing you, that it was…"
Okina nodded. "It was nice seeing you also, Kenshin."
Misao looked down at her feet. "Can't you stay for a little longer?"
"This one would like to, but…"
"I have to go back to the dojo! Hopefully, Yahiko and Tsubame haven't been doing anything…er…naughty there…" Kaoru cut in.
Sano smiled and said, "Hey, weasel, we'll be back…don't you worry…" He then turned to Aoshi, and said, "Hey, Shinomori-san, see you next time, eh?"
Aoshi nodded.
Megumi looked happily up at Sano for a moment, and then walked over to Misao. "Hey, Misao, I have something to tell you." She leaned over to Misao's ear and whispered, "Sano loves ME more than Aoshi loves YOU…"
Misao slapped Megumi on the shoulder playfully. "We'll just see about that…"
"We must go now, that we must. We have a train to catch soon…" Kenshin said gently.
"Well…I guess this is goodbye…till next time then!!!" Kaoru said.
Misao looked sadly at the disappearing figures, and the last thing she heard coming from them was an "Oro…" from Kenshin. "Bye, you guys…" she whispered.
"A-Aoshi?" Misao asked timidly.
Aoshi looked down at her, a little surprised that the usual '-sama' wasn't there. He didn't mind it…in fact, he kind of liked it.
"…"
"Kaoru, Megumi and I were arguing…we were arguing over who liked us more. Kaoru said that Kenshin loves HER more than Sano loves Megumi, and more than…you love ME…and so on…" Misao looked at Aoshi anxiously. "You know what I mean, right? Well, anyways, Sano said that you guys all love us equally. Is he right?"
Silence. It was a tense kind of silence…the kind that Misao did not like. Why was he not saying anything?
Aoshi thought for a moment before answering. He looked in to Misao's eyes, and said quietly, "Sagara is wrong. I love YOU more than Himura loves Kaoru and more than Sagara loves Megumi."
"Do you really mean that?" Misao asked.
"Aa…" was Aoshi's answer. It was a brief answer, but then again, what else could he say?
The (Real) End
Author's Note: Okies…NOW this fic is done!!!! I know this epilogue probably didn't answer all of your questions, but HEY!!!! At least there is an epilogue, right? I know this epilogue was short, but I didn't know exactly what to write! And anyways, thanks for being with me, you people!!!
Oh yeah, and I'm really grateful to those who have been with this fic since its beginning! I would name all of you, but I can't remember them all right now!! Best of luck!
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