Chapter 3
Kaoru, Kenshin, Yahiko, Sano, and Saiyuri all sat around the breakfast table chatting and drinking miso soup.
"So then I was like 'Are you callin' me a cheater?' and the guy was like five…I mean seven feet tall, so then he was like 'yeah, I am' so then I jumped over the table and kicked him in the face so hard that he was knocked unconscious." Sano finished. Kaoru and Saiyuri scoffed and continued on with their own conversation.
"Oh, Saiyuri, when are you two gonna get married?" Kaoru said excitedly.
"Um…I don't know. I still wanna wait for a little while…" Saiyuri looked over at Sano who was giving Yahiko another questionable bar fight story. Saiyuri frowned and turned back to Kaoru "Maybe when he's older…" she said with a grin. Both girls broke out into hysterics. Kenshin looked over at the empty spot next to Saiyuri and frowned.
"Where's Yae?" Kenshin asked the girls.
"Oh, she's still sleeping, I don't think she got much sleep last night…" Saiyuri shrugged.
"I think I will go and check on her, that I will." Kenshin said as he stood to leave. He walked swiftly down the hall and stopped right outside Yae's door. He slid the door open silently and closed it quickly behind him. Yae lay sleeping on her futon, wrapped in a soft quilt. Kenshin smiled as he walked over to her bed. He sat next to her pillow and waited for her to awake. Yae rolled over in her sleep and mumbled something about the Batousai…is that what last night was about?… Kenshin thought. Yae's eyes fluttered open and She made eye-contact with Kenshin.
"Oh my God!" Yae exclaimed as she tried to jump out of bed but was caught by her quilt and tumbled over onto his lap.
"Good morning Yae-chan!" Kenshin beamed at her, she pulled herself out of his lap and rolled over still trying to free herself of her quilt. Kenshin smiled and tried to keep himself from laughing as he watched Yae struggle with her quilt like a lunatic in a straight-jacket.
"Aa…" She kept moaning as she worked franticly to free herself of her quilt. She managed to stand up but tripped when she tried to move over the quilt that was wrapped around her legs. She kicked the quilt off and made a dash to Saiyuri's futon. Kenshin stared at her with a amused look on his face.
"W-What are y-you doing in here?" Yae managed to say, her heart felt like it was beating a million miles an hour. She knelt down and placed her hand on Saiyuri's futon, ready to grab the sais if need be. Kenshin stood slowly and walked towards Yae.
"Is something the matter Yae-chan?" He asked in a gentle voice, Yae looked up at him terrified.
"Is that where Saiyuri keeps her sais?" He asked in the same gentle voice. Yae slid her hand under Saiyuri's futon and grabbed onto one of the cold metal sais.
"N-Nothings wrong, Kenshin." Yae said as she looked at the floor…please don't come any closer… She thought as she shut her eyes tightly and brought out a sai.
"Why are you so afraid then?" His voice was coming nearer, and Yae fell back and thrust the sai out in front of her. She opened her eyes, Kenshin wasn't there she was pointing her sai at the air…he's behind me again…she thought terrified, Yae jumped forward and turned around ready to defend herself. Kenshin looked down at her…she's still holding the sai wrong…he thought with a smile. Yae took a few steps back waving the sai at him as she made her way to the door.
"J-just stay over there…." Yae half pleaded half demanded as she continued to walk backwards to the bedroom door. Her foot slipped on the soft quilt she had kicked onto the floor and she fell backwards landing on the cold hard floor.
"Ow….." Yae moaned and sat up…stupid quilt… she thought to herself as she stood to leave again. Kenshin was still standing where she left him, looking at her surprised. She turned to the door and sprinted, she fumbled while trying to slide it open, when she finally got it she ran down the hall, and into the kitchen still holding the sai.
"Yae!?" Saiyuri exclaimed, Yae was a mess, she was wearing her cotton sleeping robe, and her hair was all around her shoulders. Sano and Yahiko looked at her in alarm.
"What's wrong Yae?" Yahiko asked as he stood ready to fight. Yae looked around the room desperately…If I tell them, The Batousai will kill them also!…She thought to her self panicked and fell to her knees next to Saiyuri.
"Nothings wrong…" She mumbled and put the sai on the table, and tried to calm her self down. Sano gave Yae a confused look, and then looked down at the glistening item on the table.
"Uh…Isn't that your sai Saiyuri?" Sano asked condescendingly. Saiyuri looked down at the item in question and shut her eyes.
"Um…How did that get here? I threw it away. Yae! Did you go take it out of the trash? Sai's are dangerous! You should be ashamed of yourself!" Saiyuri said in her most adult-like voice. Yae looked up at Saiyuri with tears in her eyes.
"Sai? I-I found them.." Yae began stuttering, scared she was in trouble. Saiyuri looked at the girl alarmed, and cut her off.
"Its okay Yae, I forgive you." Saiyuri said kindly and gave Yae a pat on the head.
"But Saiyuri!…" Yae began again, Saiyuri squeezed her leg and looked at her anxiously.
"Ohhhh!" Yae said when she finally understood. "I get it! Yes….yes I found them in the trash can." Yae said eagerly. Sano rolled his eyes, and looked down at Yae.
"Yae, are you lying?" Sano asked trying not to smile. Yae fidgeted and looked at Sano.
"Umm…no?" Yae said then looked at Saiyuri who was urging her on.
"I f-found them in the t-trash can." Yae said meekly and looked at the table. Sano smiled and looked down at the girl.
"Do you know what happens to liars where I come from?" Sano asked trying not to laugh. Yae looked up at him grimly and shook her head.
"No…." She mumbled. Saiyuri scoffed and looked at Sano angrily.
"Well, um… If you find out some one lied to you, you cut off their tongue." Sano said decidedly, and watched the girl for her reaction. Yae winced, and shook her head trying not to cry.
"But…I'm not lying." Yae's voice wavered and she wiped at her eyes with her sleeve.
"Good girl." Saiyuri said happily, then looked over at Sano.
"Don't worry Yae, he's just making it up." Yae looked up at Sano hopefully, but he was staring at her and grimly and shaking his head.
"Why don't you go get dressed?" Saiyuri said kindly and escorted Yae out of the kitchen. She put her sai in Yae's hand and looked over her shoulder.
"Go throw this away Yae." Saiyuri said, and winked at Yae.
"Ohhh! Okay!" Yae said and smiled. Saiyuri closed the door to the kitchen and sighed, before returning to her spot.
Yae trotted down the hall carrying Saiyuri's sai, she stopped in her tracks when she saw Kenshin emerge from her room and walk towards her up the hall. Kenshin smiled and kept walking, Yae jumped sideways and hugged the wall as the Batousai came nearer. She brought Saiyuri's sai to her chest with trembling hands and waited for him to pass her…or try to kill her. Kenshin walked past with out so much as a 'Hi!', and headed for the kitchen. Yae fell against the wall and sighed…I'm safe…for now… She thought to herself and crawled to her door. She slid it open and tumbled into the other side. She saw the cursed quilt that tried to detain her earlier that day and jumped to her feet and smiled devilishly.
"What ho? A foe?" She said smiling as she gathered the quilt up in a ball, and tossed it into the air.
"Take this! Batousai's minion!" She yelled and pointed the sai in the air, waiting for the blanket to come back down. The blanket fluttered to the ground and landed on the sai, making a tent around Yae.
"Haha! You have been slain, you minion of evil!" She said with a grin and tossed the quilt aside.
"Yae! Hurry up we're going into town!" Yae heard Saiyuri call. She pulled the quilt off of her and dropped the sai under Saiyuri's quilt before getting dressed.
Kaoru, Kenshin, Yahiko, Sano, and Saiyuri all sat around the breakfast table chatting and drinking miso soup.
"So then I was like 'Are you callin' me a cheater?' and the guy was like five…I mean seven feet tall, so then he was like 'yeah, I am' so then I jumped over the table and kicked him in the face so hard that he was knocked unconscious." Sano finished. Kaoru and Saiyuri scoffed and continued on with their own conversation.
"Oh, Saiyuri, when are you two gonna get married?" Kaoru said excitedly.
"Um…I don't know. I still wanna wait for a little while…" Saiyuri looked over at Sano who was giving Yahiko another questionable bar fight story. Saiyuri frowned and turned back to Kaoru "Maybe when he's older…" she said with a grin. Both girls broke out into hysterics. Kenshin looked over at the empty spot next to Saiyuri and frowned.
"Where's Yae?" Kenshin asked the girls.
"Oh, she's still sleeping, I don't think she got much sleep last night…" Saiyuri shrugged.
"I think I will go and check on her, that I will." Kenshin said as he stood to leave. He walked swiftly down the hall and stopped right outside Yae's door. He slid the door open silently and closed it quickly behind him. Yae lay sleeping on her futon, wrapped in a soft quilt. Kenshin smiled as he walked over to her bed. He sat next to her pillow and waited for her to awake. Yae rolled over in her sleep and mumbled something about the Batousai…is that what last night was about?… Kenshin thought. Yae's eyes fluttered open and She made eye-contact with Kenshin.
"Oh my God!" Yae exclaimed as she tried to jump out of bed but was caught by her quilt and tumbled over onto his lap.
"Good morning Yae-chan!" Kenshin beamed at her, she pulled herself out of his lap and rolled over still trying to free herself of her quilt. Kenshin smiled and tried to keep himself from laughing as he watched Yae struggle with her quilt like a lunatic in a straight-jacket.
"Aa…" She kept moaning as she worked franticly to free herself of her quilt. She managed to stand up but tripped when she tried to move over the quilt that was wrapped around her legs. She kicked the quilt off and made a dash to Saiyuri's futon. Kenshin stared at her with a amused look on his face.
"W-What are y-you doing in here?" Yae managed to say, her heart felt like it was beating a million miles an hour. She knelt down and placed her hand on Saiyuri's futon, ready to grab the sais if need be. Kenshin stood slowly and walked towards Yae.
"Is something the matter Yae-chan?" He asked in a gentle voice, Yae looked up at him terrified.
"Is that where Saiyuri keeps her sais?" He asked in the same gentle voice. Yae slid her hand under Saiyuri's futon and grabbed onto one of the cold metal sais.
"N-Nothings wrong, Kenshin." Yae said as she looked at the floor…please don't come any closer… She thought as she shut her eyes tightly and brought out a sai.
"Why are you so afraid then?" His voice was coming nearer, and Yae fell back and thrust the sai out in front of her. She opened her eyes, Kenshin wasn't there she was pointing her sai at the air…he's behind me again…she thought terrified, Yae jumped forward and turned around ready to defend herself. Kenshin looked down at her…she's still holding the sai wrong…he thought with a smile. Yae took a few steps back waving the sai at him as she made her way to the door.
"J-just stay over there…." Yae half pleaded half demanded as she continued to walk backwards to the bedroom door. Her foot slipped on the soft quilt she had kicked onto the floor and she fell backwards landing on the cold hard floor.
"Ow….." Yae moaned and sat up…stupid quilt… she thought to herself as she stood to leave again. Kenshin was still standing where she left him, looking at her surprised. She turned to the door and sprinted, she fumbled while trying to slide it open, when she finally got it she ran down the hall, and into the kitchen still holding the sai.
"Yae!?" Saiyuri exclaimed, Yae was a mess, she was wearing her cotton sleeping robe, and her hair was all around her shoulders. Sano and Yahiko looked at her in alarm.
"What's wrong Yae?" Yahiko asked as he stood ready to fight. Yae looked around the room desperately…If I tell them, The Batousai will kill them also!…She thought to her self panicked and fell to her knees next to Saiyuri.
"Nothings wrong…" She mumbled and put the sai on the table, and tried to calm her self down. Sano gave Yae a confused look, and then looked down at the glistening item on the table.
"Uh…Isn't that your sai Saiyuri?" Sano asked condescendingly. Saiyuri looked down at the item in question and shut her eyes.
"Um…How did that get here? I threw it away. Yae! Did you go take it out of the trash? Sai's are dangerous! You should be ashamed of yourself!" Saiyuri said in her most adult-like voice. Yae looked up at Saiyuri with tears in her eyes.
"Sai? I-I found them.." Yae began stuttering, scared she was in trouble. Saiyuri looked at the girl alarmed, and cut her off.
"Its okay Yae, I forgive you." Saiyuri said kindly and gave Yae a pat on the head.
"But Saiyuri!…" Yae began again, Saiyuri squeezed her leg and looked at her anxiously.
"Ohhhh!" Yae said when she finally understood. "I get it! Yes….yes I found them in the trash can." Yae said eagerly. Sano rolled his eyes, and looked down at Yae.
"Yae, are you lying?" Sano asked trying not to smile. Yae fidgeted and looked at Sano.
"Umm…no?" Yae said then looked at Saiyuri who was urging her on.
"I f-found them in the t-trash can." Yae said meekly and looked at the table. Sano smiled and looked down at the girl.
"Do you know what happens to liars where I come from?" Sano asked trying not to laugh. Yae looked up at him grimly and shook her head.
"No…." She mumbled. Saiyuri scoffed and looked at Sano angrily.
"Well, um… If you find out some one lied to you, you cut off their tongue." Sano said decidedly, and watched the girl for her reaction. Yae winced, and shook her head trying not to cry.
"But…I'm not lying." Yae's voice wavered and she wiped at her eyes with her sleeve.
"Good girl." Saiyuri said happily, then looked over at Sano.
"Don't worry Yae, he's just making it up." Yae looked up at Sano hopefully, but he was staring at her and grimly and shaking his head.
"Why don't you go get dressed?" Saiyuri said kindly and escorted Yae out of the kitchen. She put her sai in Yae's hand and looked over her shoulder.
"Go throw this away Yae." Saiyuri said, and winked at Yae.
"Ohhh! Okay!" Yae said and smiled. Saiyuri closed the door to the kitchen and sighed, before returning to her spot.
Yae trotted down the hall carrying Saiyuri's sai, she stopped in her tracks when she saw Kenshin emerge from her room and walk towards her up the hall. Kenshin smiled and kept walking, Yae jumped sideways and hugged the wall as the Batousai came nearer. She brought Saiyuri's sai to her chest with trembling hands and waited for him to pass her…or try to kill her. Kenshin walked past with out so much as a 'Hi!', and headed for the kitchen. Yae fell against the wall and sighed…I'm safe…for now… She thought to herself and crawled to her door. She slid it open and tumbled into the other side. She saw the cursed quilt that tried to detain her earlier that day and jumped to her feet and smiled devilishly.
"What ho? A foe?" She said smiling as she gathered the quilt up in a ball, and tossed it into the air.
"Take this! Batousai's minion!" She yelled and pointed the sai in the air, waiting for the blanket to come back down. The blanket fluttered to the ground and landed on the sai, making a tent around Yae.
"Haha! You have been slain, you minion of evil!" She said with a grin and tossed the quilt aside.
"Yae! Hurry up we're going into town!" Yae heard Saiyuri call. She pulled the quilt off of her and dropped the sai under Saiyuri's quilt before getting dressed.