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Kenshin woke to Sano's frantic cries of joy as the train stopped at Kyoto. He squinted at the sun shining through his window and into his eyes as he placed his hand on his temple while he tried to remember what happened last night.
Kenshin could only remember bits and pieces of the night on the train. Sano had woken him up soon after he had fallen asleep with loud snoring. He had looked over to see Kaoru missing from her bed in the little train car that they all had to share on the overnight trip. Wandering out of the sleeping car, he had found her sleepwalking and. ah, it was coming back to him now:
"Miss Kaoru?" he asked.
"Kenshin, have a seat." She said in her sleep as she extended her arm to indicate a chair and attempted to sit on thin air. Kenshin swiftly appeared at her side and guided her descending body to one of the cushioned benches in the dinning car.
"Miss Kaoru?" he asked again, not knowing really what to do with the sleepwalking Kendo teacher.
"Kenshin."
"Yes Miss Kaoru?"
"Take off your clothes."
"Oro?!?" Kenshin replied somewhat loudly, and Kaoru's head tilted to the side, allowing drool to seep from the corner of her mouth. "Um. Miss Kaoru, maybe we should get you back to bed." He said, taking her by the arm and helping her up, then led her sleepwalking form back to the sleeping car, and tucked her back under her covers without further "non-existent" conversation. Kenshin then took himself to bed only to be re-awoken by a load thud. By reflex alone, his reversed bladed katana slipped from its sheath and was instantly brought to a defensive position. He looked around the small room for the source of the sound, and finally found it. Yahiko was sprawled across the floor, where he had fallen from the bunk above Sano. Blinking back the urge to lay back down, he gently picked up Yahiko and nudged him back into bed. As he turned to climb back into sleep however, Sano reached out and laced his arm around Kenshin's leg.
"Uh, Sano?" Kenshin asked, but got no response. Carefully, he tried to remove his leg from Sano's grasp, only to have his friend tighten his grip and began chewing on Kenshin's knee. Kenshin twitched. He gave a small, quick jerk on his leg and received a loud grunt from Sano. At the sound of Sano's grunt, Kaoru sat up and began to walk out of the room. Before she reached the door though, Kenshin made a reach of his entire body, and grabbed the neck of her shirt. So now he was being pulled on by Kaoru trying to walk out of the car again, and Sano providing an anchor.
"Oh, can this trip get any worse?" he thought sarcastically, then it hit him. "Oh, shoot, it can."
As if on cue, Yahiko rolled out of his bed, and onto Kenshin stuck below. Now Kenshin lay there, Yahiko across his chest, Kaoru now on her back, but still trying to walk nonetheless, and Sano now nibbling his foot.
"There will be no sleep for Kenshin Himura tonight." He thought to himself.
Kenshin woke to Sano's frantic cries of joy as the train stopped at Kyoto. He squinted at the sun shining through his window and into his eyes as he placed his hand on his temple while he tried to remember what happened last night.
Kenshin could only remember bits and pieces of the night on the train. Sano had woken him up soon after he had fallen asleep with loud snoring. He had looked over to see Kaoru missing from her bed in the little train car that they all had to share on the overnight trip. Wandering out of the sleeping car, he had found her sleepwalking and. ah, it was coming back to him now:
"Miss Kaoru?" he asked.
"Kenshin, have a seat." She said in her sleep as she extended her arm to indicate a chair and attempted to sit on thin air. Kenshin swiftly appeared at her side and guided her descending body to one of the cushioned benches in the dinning car.
"Miss Kaoru?" he asked again, not knowing really what to do with the sleepwalking Kendo teacher.
"Kenshin."
"Yes Miss Kaoru?"
"Take off your clothes."
"Oro?!?" Kenshin replied somewhat loudly, and Kaoru's head tilted to the side, allowing drool to seep from the corner of her mouth. "Um. Miss Kaoru, maybe we should get you back to bed." He said, taking her by the arm and helping her up, then led her sleepwalking form back to the sleeping car, and tucked her back under her covers without further "non-existent" conversation. Kenshin then took himself to bed only to be re-awoken by a load thud. By reflex alone, his reversed bladed katana slipped from its sheath and was instantly brought to a defensive position. He looked around the small room for the source of the sound, and finally found it. Yahiko was sprawled across the floor, where he had fallen from the bunk above Sano. Blinking back the urge to lay back down, he gently picked up Yahiko and nudged him back into bed. As he turned to climb back into sleep however, Sano reached out and laced his arm around Kenshin's leg.
"Uh, Sano?" Kenshin asked, but got no response. Carefully, he tried to remove his leg from Sano's grasp, only to have his friend tighten his grip and began chewing on Kenshin's knee. Kenshin twitched. He gave a small, quick jerk on his leg and received a loud grunt from Sano. At the sound of Sano's grunt, Kaoru sat up and began to walk out of the room. Before she reached the door though, Kenshin made a reach of his entire body, and grabbed the neck of her shirt. So now he was being pulled on by Kaoru trying to walk out of the car again, and Sano providing an anchor.
"Oh, can this trip get any worse?" he thought sarcastically, then it hit him. "Oh, shoot, it can."
As if on cue, Yahiko rolled out of his bed, and onto Kenshin stuck below. Now Kenshin lay there, Yahiko across his chest, Kaoru now on her back, but still trying to walk nonetheless, and Sano now nibbling his foot.
"There will be no sleep for Kenshin Himura tonight." He thought to himself.
