Disclaimer: GET AWAY FROM THE CURLY FRIES! THEY'RE BRAINWASHING YOU!!!!!!

Taji: HELLOOOOOOOOO, EVERYONE! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *breath*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *cough* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*choke* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA---

Kenshin: Is there any reason why you're laughing like a completely insane
lunatic, Miss Taji?

Taji: NO! ^_^ --HAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, yes, actually...IT'S
'CAUSE OF THOSE WONDERFUL, FANTASTIC, AMAZING, AWESOME REVIEWERS WE
HAVE!!!!!!!!! I mean, fourteen reviews in just TWO DAYS after posting the
chapter!!!! YIIIIIIII!!!!!! YOU GUYS ROCK! I've taken the time to respond
to each of you this chapter. (sorry if I didn't get to ya; it's probably
cuz you reviewed after I typed this)

myvan --- *wipes tears from eyes* Thank you so much! A genius?! Wow. Naw, I
think I'm just insane.....I can't believe anyone would like this fic enough
to print it out! Glad to give you some entertainment! Thank you!!!!! Your
review really made my day! ^_____^

samurai-swords-maid --- SUGAR! YIII! Thanks again for reviewing! And for
putting me on your bio. 'De gozaru yo' is the equivalent of 'that it is'
and stuff in English. I should have included a lil' dictionary
thing...Sorry!
Kenshin: YOU WILL NEVER HAVE MY SUGAR!!!! GRRRRR!!!!!! *starts foaming at
the mouth*
Taji: O.O'' Easy, there, Kenshin....

The Nami-chan --- Awwww....Poor Mrs. Bob....*sniff* Ummm....You'll have to
ask Hiko where the macaroni protest movement meets.....
Hiko: Where DOESN'T it meet??? Huh??? Sake!

Houndingwolf --- YEAH! Go Mop Heads! THE MOP HEAD COWS SHALL RULE THE
WOOOORRRLLLLLDDDD!!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!

Aries-Dragon-Guardian --- Thanks for reviewing! I'm updating! WHEE!

Mee-chan --- Poor Saitou. Dumped by a poodle. Well, everyone is dumped by a
poodle at some point in their life, ne? I'm trying to update ASAP! I am!
DON'T HURT ME! Heh...Yeah.

Sesshi lover --- Erm....It's getting boring saying 'thank you for
reviewing' over and over....Hmmm.....*clears throat*
I am deeply honored and forever grateful that you took the time to tell me
your thoughts on this very odd piece of literature. Heehee. By the way, I
read your fic....It's hilarious! PEOPLE! READ SESSHI LOVER'S FIC!!!! It's
called "You'll Never Guess What They Do off the Set".

Master of Time and Space - O.O" *backs away slowly.* Yes, master.

Shessha's Crazy - Duuuuuuude, like, totally! Yeeeeaaaaah, duuuuude, it's
like, awesome, you know?!

Paopei - Thank Kami-sama you think so, 'cause I'm losing my inspiration!

Nekobara -- *looks up at the sky* THANK THE GODS! THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY
LIKE WHAT I WRITE! IN YOUR FACE, EVIL DOOM MICROWAVE!

SilverLightning177 --- Domo arigatou! LET'S ALL EAT CHEESE!

TokyoTeen13 --- Really? Did you know that the seven seas of Pluto are often
used for travelling purposes by small unicellular organisms whose sole
intent is to manufacture and export genetically altered rainbow alligators
to England using the latest technology in space crafts? By the way, thanks
for supporting the cause!

Jiao-chan --- Dude! I know! It, like, kinda scares people away from me at,
like, skewl when my friend and me, like, think of ideas for this story,
dude!

Dragon Ladysupreme --- Actually, I don't! M I STILL A TRAITOR?! I'M SO
SORRY! *cries. Stops abruptly* My name is Angela, hey hello! Welcome to my
very own shooow! I'll introduce myself to yooouuuuu---Oh no! It's Ninny
Poo! DadadadadaDAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! (Sorry. Random song from a random show.)

Chibi-Tenken --- Hellooooooooo!!!!!!! Hi Fujihiko! Sorry about the llama
bashing. They were freakish llamas that were made insane by Hiko, um,
keeping them in his pockets anyway. Thanks for reviewing!

Unique-starfish --- Thank you!!!!!!! DON'T TOUCH THE PANCAKES! THEY WILL
BURN YOUUUUUU!!!!!!! I like your name!

Aharah Musici --- Hi! I misseded you...;_; Too bad I don't have IM anymore.
NOOOO! DON'T TOUCH THE MACARONI! HIKO WILL KILL YOUUUUUUU!!!!!! Yup. I
constantly question my own sanity and doubt that I have any remaining.....

Insanerkin013 --- Did you know that the 3 button doesn't work at the top of
my keyboard??? It's probably my fault, somehow, but it's ANNOYING!
Anyways.....Thank you for reviewing, supporting the Mop Heads, and joining
the Macaroni Protest Movement! Invent a clam!

dreammaster2411 --- And now you're replying to yourself! Yes, self, you are
very pathetic indeed! But that's all right. We were born that way, ne,
self? Or maybe we became pathetic over the hundreds of years we lived as a
wolf youkai. Either way, we-should we say I?---are very pathetic and should
get on with the story.

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Chapter Announcer Guy: CHAPTER FOURTEEN: WE'RE POOR!

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Bakura/Narrator: Everyone is just sorta standing there and staring blankly
at the wall because no one's telling them what to do, which is the result
of the authoress having writer's block.

Director (aka Mr. Poofy Dude): Cast, ASSEMBLLLLLEEEE!!!!!!

Everyone: (ASSEMBLLLLLLLLEEESSSS!) SIR, YES, SIR!!!!!!!!

Director: I have an announcement to make! Kamatari, you keep track of the
money, ne?

Kamatari: ^^ Hai! Money is goooooooood....Muahahaha......

*Scary music plays. Thunder sounds.*

Everyone: O.o

Hiko: NOT AS GOOD AS SAKEEEEEE!!!!!!! (starts singing) I had a pot of sake!
I made it out of clay! And now I can use it to gather lots of sake to-
day!!!!!!

Kenshin: IT BUUUUURRRRNNNNNSSSS!!!!!!! (covers his ears)

Shishio: Just like the fires of Hades! (voice echoes)
Hades......Hades...Hades...O.o

Misao: Echo should be spelled 'eco'!!!!! It looks too much like Etch-a-
Sketch!!!!! WHYYYYY?!?!?!

Yahiko: WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?!!?!?!

Aoshi: THE APOCALYPSE IS COMING!!!!!!

Everyone: O.O AHHHHHH!!!!!! THE APOCALYPSE!!!!!!!! (runs around in circles,
waving their arms like idiots)

Director: (sighs) HEY!!!!!!! ASSEMBLE!

Everyone: HAI!!! (assembles again)

Director: Now, Kamatari, how much money do we have altogether?

Kamatari: OOO! OOO! I KNOW THIS ONE!!!! (gets out a box labeled 'Ou®
MoNeYs' and opens it)

Box: (contains a Hershey bar wrapper, two dancing elephants, a colorful
butterfly, a blindfolded squirrel, Cheerios, Enishi in a monkey suit, and
the Bubonic plague.)

Enishi in a monkey suit: Meow! Wait! I mean...Mooooooooo! ...Er...Oink?
GOOGLEPLEX!

Kamatari: We're broke! YAY! ^_____^ (closes the box and throws it off to
parts unknown)

Kenshin: NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO---Okay! ^_^

Sanosuke: BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SUGAR PLUMS?!?

Aoshi: (pats him on the back) They're in Heaven now, Sanosuke.

Soujiro: (sniff) I'll....I'll miss them!

Kaoru: Me too. (sighs sadly)

Saitou: (gets another cigarette) They used to be friends with my
daisies....I always wanted to meet them, but I guess I can't, now....(wipes
a tear from his eye)

Everyone: (reminisces about the sugarplums that are in Heaven now.)

Director: 0.o (coughs) Ahem! As you can see, we're broke! As in poor! As in
we need cash or we'll die of starvation! Sooo......

Yumi: Sew?

Misao: No, 'so'.

Soujiro: Like in 'soda'?

Misao: Hai! ^-^

Sano: Mmmmm.....Soda...(drools)

Megumi: NO! COFFEE!

Sano: SODA!

Megumi: COFFEE!

Sano: SODAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

Megumi: COFFEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! (beats Sano up)

Sano: @.@ Coffee.

Director: SO, we're going to have you make an advice column thingy and give
out advice for the price of one review!

Kenshin: ORO?!

Everyone else: NANI?!

Director: Yeah, I've got it all planned out! (snaps his fingers)

Camera Crew: (brings in a huge neon sign that reads: HELP FEED THE CAST OF
RUROUNI KENSHIN! (They're poor!))

Director: See?!

Yahiko: Demo...How did you have the money to make a huge flashing neon sign
if you don't have the money to feed us?

Director: I sold all of Kenshin's sugar! ^_^

Kenshin: 0.0 (starts twitching violently)

Everyone: (massive sweatdrop) (backs away from the director slowly)

Kenshin: (twitch) YOU *WHAT*?!?!?!?!!!

Director: O.O I...um...

Kenshin: HOW *DARE* YOU TOUCH MY SUGAR?!?!?!!!! FOR THIS, YOU
DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(flips his blade to the sharp side and performs the Amakakeru Ryu no
Hiromeki on the director)

Director: O.O" (is dead.)

Some Guy: (walks in, kicks the former director's body into a ditch, which
is instantly sucked into a black hole, and walks away, whistling
nonchalantly)

Kenshin: REVENGE IS MIIIIIIINE! BWAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Enishi in a banana suit: (appears) NO, IT'S MINE!

Kenshin: MINE!

Enishi: MINE!

Kenshin: MIIIINE!!!!!

Enishi: MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!!!!!!

Kenshin: IT'S MINE!

Enishi: (shrugs) Yeah, whatever. (disappears)

Random Person: (walks in) I'm the new director! Well, actually, I'm the old
director, but now I'm the new director! MWAHAHA!

Everyone: O.o

Kaoru: Ohhhh yeeeeaaaahhh...You're the guy who sent us to the
psychiatrist's office! WE MISSED YOU!!!!!!!!

Everyone: GROUP HUG!!!!! (runs in opposite directions, yelling and waving
their arms like idiots again)

Director: (wipes tears from eyes) I missed you, too! Now, let's get down to
business. Since we're broke, you're all going to do the advice-giving thing
like Mr. Poofy Dude said.

Yumi: Do we have to sew?

Director: ......O.o

Sano: SODA!!!!!!

Megumi: COFFEEEEE!!!!!! (beats Sano up again)

Director: -_-;; Didn't miss you that much. No, you do not have to sew!
You're giving out advice! Why would you be sewing?!

Misao: SO! NOT SEW!!!!!

Yumi: Ohhhh. Okay.

Soujiro: And the cow jumped over the moon!

Shishio: Huh?

Soujiro: Dunno, just felt like saying that.

Director: (rolls his eyes. hands everyone pieces of paper) Hand these out
to people.

Aoshi: 0.0 Is that our mission?

Director: (nods) That is your mission. GO, GO, GO!

Everyone: (runs away, holding the papers high above their heads) GO, GO,
GOBOTS!

Bakura/Narrator: (is handed a paper) (reads aloud) "Do you have a problem?
We've got answers! Come to the Rurouni Kenshin studio today and get advice
from professionals on how to solve your problems! Help feed the Rurouni
Kenshin cast! They're poor! It only costs 1 review!" (blinks. glances at
the authoress, who is also reading one of the papers)

Authoress/Taji: What? They're not professionals!

Bakura: (shrugs) Well, Kaoru's a professional kendo teacher, Megumi's a
professional doctor, Saitou's a police officer, Aoshi and Misao are
professional ninjas, Sanosuke's a professional fighter for hire,
Kenshin's.....a professional laundry cleaner....

Taji: Okay, I get the picture. You do have a point.....I wonder how this is
gonna turn out! (evil grin)

Bakura: (sweatdrops) So, readers, got any problems? They've got
answers...(points at the group of people running around and throwing papers
at random citizens while occasionally attacking each other).....We think.
-_-;;

Taji: .....So if you pay just one review, you can tell us your problem in
your review, and we'll force them to help you in the next chapter!

Bakura: Gee. Sounds fun.

Taji: Shut up.

TBC.........

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In the next chapter, advice will be given, pies will be thrown, and all
your problems will be solved! ...If your definition of 'solved' is 'made
worse'.

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