Kaoru screamed. Not a scared damsel in distress scream. A scream that was
filled with anger at a certain red-headed swordsman.
"WHERE IS KENSHIN? WHERE IS HE? HE BETTER NOT'VE GONE OFF WANDERING AGAIN OR I'LL KILLLLLLLLL HIIIIIMMMMMM!" Kaoru shrieked. She picked up the closest object, which happened to be Sano, and started banging him against the wall.
"OW! OW! OW! OWIE!!!!" Sano yelped as his head hit the dojo wall. Kaoru blew steam from her nostrils and tossed the bruised Sano into the door.
"KENSHIN!!!! WHERE ARE YOU????" Kaoru yelled angrily. She picked up the tofu bucket which for some reason had appeared in the dojo and tossed it at Sano. He jumped away, and the bucket shot through the door making a hole, perfectly shaped like the bucket. Sano paled.
"Uhhh........... jou-chan? Are you... okay?"
"WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR YOU IDIOT!" Kaoru roared. Sano stared at her.
"Huh?" Sano backed away.
"You just put a hole in the door! IDIOT!" Kaoru wailed. Sano swallowed hard, then blinked. Kaoru let out a snarl and charged at him like a mad bull. Steam spewed from her nostrils.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK!" Sano yelled like a girl and ran from the room. Kaoru huffed and kicked the wall.
"Where ARE you, Kenshin?"
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Tokio jumped up, paling. She looked like she was about to throw up.
"No way... he... I... and... we...?!" Tokio stared in disbelief at Kenshin, then at Saito, then back at Kenshin. She put her hands on her hips.
"This better not be some sort of trick, Hajime," Tokio snapped at Kenshin. Saito looked up at her with a guilty look on his face.
"It's not," he said. Tokio stared at him.
"Prove it," she said. Saito looked at Kenshin for a minute. How to proceed? Kenshin shrugged.
"Hmmm..." Saito thought. "Aha! You said that I was as fierce as a wolf when we were-"Saito started, but Tokio slapped a hand over his mouth. (A/N: NOT what you think.)
"Uh... heh heh... don't spill all of our secrets, Hajime," Tokio said. Kenshin stared at them with a strange look.
"What?" Kenshin asked. "When you were...?"
"Well, it was when we were little kids and—"Saito started again, holding Tokio's hand away from his face, but Tokio smacked the other hand across his mouth.
"And? AND?" Kenshin asked, dying to know. Saito pulled the other hand off of his mouth, then smirked.
"Yare yare, Tokio. I won't tell the most embarrassing part," he said. Tokio huffed and sat down again. "So we were little kids and I threw a snowball at Tokio. It hit her in the face and she got mad. Naturally, she attacked me." Kenshin waited in anxiousness.
"Yeah, so?" Kenshin asked. Saito sighed.
"I climbed a tree. And she climbed after me. But since she was wearing a kimono, she got caught in the branches. So I tried to get her down. And when I tried to get her down... she bit me. And I bit her back," Saito said. Kenshin stared.
"So? I could imagine you doing that," he said. Saito sweatdropped.
"Well, I bit her... um..." he stopped and stood up. "I think I should be getting back to the dojo." Tokio stopped him.
"Hajime, when will you be yourself?" she asked. Kenshin also stood, pouting. He didn't get to hear the rest of the story!
"After tomorrow is over," Kenshin said, still pouting. Tokio nodded, then gave Saito a kiss.
"I'll see you then," she said. Saito blushed slightly and left abruptly to hide it. Kenshin grinned, trying to hide his flaring jealousy.
"Himura-san, don't smile like that," Tokio said. "It doesn't suit you."
"Okay, just don't call me Himura-san," Kenshin said. "We don't want anyone else knowing. And when will I hear the rest of the story?" Tokio smiled.
"Never," she said. "It's something only Hajime and I will know."
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Saito crept into Kenshin's room where he took off the pink... er... MAGENTA gi and tossed it messily onto the floor. He changed into nightclothes and crawled under the covers. Then, he fell asleep.
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"KKKKKEEEEEENNNNNSSSSHHHHIIIIIIINNNNNN YOU BAKAAAAAAAA!" a loud, angry Kaoru yelled outside the door. Saito sat up, rubbing sleep from his eyes. What time was it, exactly?
"Huuuuuuuuuhhh?" Saito mumbled through the shoji. Kaoru screamed again, and there was a loud cracking sound as the shoji door was split in two. Kaoru let out a loud growl and stomped her foot on the floor. Saito was sitting, dazed, on his futon, rubbing his eyes. He looked at Kaoru, who was still in her sleeping garments.
"You come back and don't tell me, you baka?!" Kaoru screamed. "And look what you did to the door! You're going to be repairing it, I'll have you know!" Saito's eyes bugged out.
"What? You idiot! You're waking me up in the middle of the night because I didn't come home when you wanted me... to?" Saito's yelling turned into a small squeak as Kaoru's expression intensified. He gulped.
"Y-Y-YOU CALLED ME AN IDIOT!!! KENSHIN NO BAKA!!!!" Kaoru roared, grabbing Saito by his red hair and pounding his head on the floor. She sat on him and continued to force his head into the tatami mat on the floor.
"Ouch... uh... oro! Oro! Oro! Oro!" Saito said each time Kaoru pushed his head into the floor. Suddenly Yahiko and Sano appeared in the destroyed doorway.
"HOOOO!" Yahiko laughed. "We were wondering what was going on here!" Sano grinned.
"And when you two would get around to it!" Sano giggled insanely. Saito sweatdropped and Kaoru jumped off, blushing.
"Nothing was happening!" Kaoru ranted frantically. "Nothing! Heh heh..." she also sweatdropped. Sano and Yahiko gave each other skeptical looks and then burst into laughter.
"What'll you name your kid? When are you getting married? What---"Sano began, but stopped as Saito's fist met his jaw.
"Say another word and I'll rip your teeth out," Saito muttered. Sano stared at him in disbelief.
"You're scary. You sound a whole lot like Saito," Sano said. Saito scowled.
"Yeah, it's only when I'm... erm... tired. Cranky, really," Saito tried to cover up really quickly. Sano nodded.
"Yup, me too," he said. Just then, Kaoru turned around and faced Saito.
"You... really think I am... an... idiot, Kenshin?" Kaoru asked, tears brimming her eyes. Saito stared at her, then slowly shook his head, sweatdropping.
"N-no," Saito lied, fearing for his life. "Never." Kaoru's face broke into a smile.
"Then what do you think of me?" she asked. Saito sweatdropped.
"WHY ME?!" he yelled. Actually, he didn't say that, but he felt like saying it. What he REALLY said was:
"You're a... er... really nice girl, that you are. And... I'm...uh... happy to have met you." Saito flinched, hoping it sounded true enough. Kaoru grinned and grabbed Saito around the neck. Saito toppled over, sweatdropping. He also let out a very oro-ish sound. Kaoru hugged him really tightly.
"You really think so, Kenshin? Really? Wow! Oh Kenshin..." Kaoru blabbed. Saito wanted so much to shut her up, but knew it wasn't the right thing to do.
"Oro," Saito said, trying to say something other than 'Get off me, idiot!' Kaoru giggled.
"YouknowIloveitwhenyousaythat,KenshinandIloveitwhenyoudothelaundry! You'resocute!!!!" Kaoru ranted. Saito didn't understand a word of it, and I'm sorry if you didn't either, but hey! That's Kaoru for you. Eventually they all went back to bed, Kaoru muttering something about Kenshin in a swimsuit. Saito sweatdropped, then picked up the broken shoji door. It would be a while until he went back to bed.
A/N: Almost done! The next chapter should be the last and if not that one, then the one after. Hope you like this chapter!
REVIEW RESPONSES:
S3r3nity: Here's your update! Thanks for reading!
Aikawarazu Ai: You found out now! Don't think it was as funny as you thought, but... I couldn't think of anything else.
Pechan: Sounds like the right spelling. I always only use one 'k' and an 'a' in Hirameki, but your way looks uh... right-er. It's almost time for the final twist! ALMOST! It'll be in the next chapter, which might be the last as well! And Saito didn't Gatotsu Kenshin because then HIS OWN body would've been all Gatotsued up, and I'm sure you don't want that. ^_^
MissBehavin: I feel so terrible for torturing Saito like this, but it's necessary for the story to develop! I'm sorry, Saito-sama! Thanks for reading!
"WHERE IS KENSHIN? WHERE IS HE? HE BETTER NOT'VE GONE OFF WANDERING AGAIN OR I'LL KILLLLLLLLL HIIIIIMMMMMM!" Kaoru shrieked. She picked up the closest object, which happened to be Sano, and started banging him against the wall.
"OW! OW! OW! OWIE!!!!" Sano yelped as his head hit the dojo wall. Kaoru blew steam from her nostrils and tossed the bruised Sano into the door.
"KENSHIN!!!! WHERE ARE YOU????" Kaoru yelled angrily. She picked up the tofu bucket which for some reason had appeared in the dojo and tossed it at Sano. He jumped away, and the bucket shot through the door making a hole, perfectly shaped like the bucket. Sano paled.
"Uhhh........... jou-chan? Are you... okay?"
"WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR YOU IDIOT!" Kaoru roared. Sano stared at her.
"Huh?" Sano backed away.
"You just put a hole in the door! IDIOT!" Kaoru wailed. Sano swallowed hard, then blinked. Kaoru let out a snarl and charged at him like a mad bull. Steam spewed from her nostrils.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK!" Sano yelled like a girl and ran from the room. Kaoru huffed and kicked the wall.
"Where ARE you, Kenshin?"
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Tokio jumped up, paling. She looked like she was about to throw up.
"No way... he... I... and... we...?!" Tokio stared in disbelief at Kenshin, then at Saito, then back at Kenshin. She put her hands on her hips.
"This better not be some sort of trick, Hajime," Tokio snapped at Kenshin. Saito looked up at her with a guilty look on his face.
"It's not," he said. Tokio stared at him.
"Prove it," she said. Saito looked at Kenshin for a minute. How to proceed? Kenshin shrugged.
"Hmmm..." Saito thought. "Aha! You said that I was as fierce as a wolf when we were-"Saito started, but Tokio slapped a hand over his mouth. (A/N: NOT what you think.)
"Uh... heh heh... don't spill all of our secrets, Hajime," Tokio said. Kenshin stared at them with a strange look.
"What?" Kenshin asked. "When you were...?"
"Well, it was when we were little kids and—"Saito started again, holding Tokio's hand away from his face, but Tokio smacked the other hand across his mouth.
"And? AND?" Kenshin asked, dying to know. Saito pulled the other hand off of his mouth, then smirked.
"Yare yare, Tokio. I won't tell the most embarrassing part," he said. Tokio huffed and sat down again. "So we were little kids and I threw a snowball at Tokio. It hit her in the face and she got mad. Naturally, she attacked me." Kenshin waited in anxiousness.
"Yeah, so?" Kenshin asked. Saito sighed.
"I climbed a tree. And she climbed after me. But since she was wearing a kimono, she got caught in the branches. So I tried to get her down. And when I tried to get her down... she bit me. And I bit her back," Saito said. Kenshin stared.
"So? I could imagine you doing that," he said. Saito sweatdropped.
"Well, I bit her... um..." he stopped and stood up. "I think I should be getting back to the dojo." Tokio stopped him.
"Hajime, when will you be yourself?" she asked. Kenshin also stood, pouting. He didn't get to hear the rest of the story!
"After tomorrow is over," Kenshin said, still pouting. Tokio nodded, then gave Saito a kiss.
"I'll see you then," she said. Saito blushed slightly and left abruptly to hide it. Kenshin grinned, trying to hide his flaring jealousy.
"Himura-san, don't smile like that," Tokio said. "It doesn't suit you."
"Okay, just don't call me Himura-san," Kenshin said. "We don't want anyone else knowing. And when will I hear the rest of the story?" Tokio smiled.
"Never," she said. "It's something only Hajime and I will know."
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Saito crept into Kenshin's room where he took off the pink... er... MAGENTA gi and tossed it messily onto the floor. He changed into nightclothes and crawled under the covers. Then, he fell asleep.
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
"KKKKKEEEEEENNNNNSSSSHHHHIIIIIIINNNNNN YOU BAKAAAAAAAA!" a loud, angry Kaoru yelled outside the door. Saito sat up, rubbing sleep from his eyes. What time was it, exactly?
"Huuuuuuuuuhhh?" Saito mumbled through the shoji. Kaoru screamed again, and there was a loud cracking sound as the shoji door was split in two. Kaoru let out a loud growl and stomped her foot on the floor. Saito was sitting, dazed, on his futon, rubbing his eyes. He looked at Kaoru, who was still in her sleeping garments.
"You come back and don't tell me, you baka?!" Kaoru screamed. "And look what you did to the door! You're going to be repairing it, I'll have you know!" Saito's eyes bugged out.
"What? You idiot! You're waking me up in the middle of the night because I didn't come home when you wanted me... to?" Saito's yelling turned into a small squeak as Kaoru's expression intensified. He gulped.
"Y-Y-YOU CALLED ME AN IDIOT!!! KENSHIN NO BAKA!!!!" Kaoru roared, grabbing Saito by his red hair and pounding his head on the floor. She sat on him and continued to force his head into the tatami mat on the floor.
"Ouch... uh... oro! Oro! Oro! Oro!" Saito said each time Kaoru pushed his head into the floor. Suddenly Yahiko and Sano appeared in the destroyed doorway.
"HOOOO!" Yahiko laughed. "We were wondering what was going on here!" Sano grinned.
"And when you two would get around to it!" Sano giggled insanely. Saito sweatdropped and Kaoru jumped off, blushing.
"Nothing was happening!" Kaoru ranted frantically. "Nothing! Heh heh..." she also sweatdropped. Sano and Yahiko gave each other skeptical looks and then burst into laughter.
"What'll you name your kid? When are you getting married? What---"Sano began, but stopped as Saito's fist met his jaw.
"Say another word and I'll rip your teeth out," Saito muttered. Sano stared at him in disbelief.
"You're scary. You sound a whole lot like Saito," Sano said. Saito scowled.
"Yeah, it's only when I'm... erm... tired. Cranky, really," Saito tried to cover up really quickly. Sano nodded.
"Yup, me too," he said. Just then, Kaoru turned around and faced Saito.
"You... really think I am... an... idiot, Kenshin?" Kaoru asked, tears brimming her eyes. Saito stared at her, then slowly shook his head, sweatdropping.
"N-no," Saito lied, fearing for his life. "Never." Kaoru's face broke into a smile.
"Then what do you think of me?" she asked. Saito sweatdropped.
"WHY ME?!" he yelled. Actually, he didn't say that, but he felt like saying it. What he REALLY said was:
"You're a... er... really nice girl, that you are. And... I'm...uh... happy to have met you." Saito flinched, hoping it sounded true enough. Kaoru grinned and grabbed Saito around the neck. Saito toppled over, sweatdropping. He also let out a very oro-ish sound. Kaoru hugged him really tightly.
"You really think so, Kenshin? Really? Wow! Oh Kenshin..." Kaoru blabbed. Saito wanted so much to shut her up, but knew it wasn't the right thing to do.
"Oro," Saito said, trying to say something other than 'Get off me, idiot!' Kaoru giggled.
"YouknowIloveitwhenyousaythat,KenshinandIloveitwhenyoudothelaundry! You'resocute!!!!" Kaoru ranted. Saito didn't understand a word of it, and I'm sorry if you didn't either, but hey! That's Kaoru for you. Eventually they all went back to bed, Kaoru muttering something about Kenshin in a swimsuit. Saito sweatdropped, then picked up the broken shoji door. It would be a while until he went back to bed.
A/N: Almost done! The next chapter should be the last and if not that one, then the one after. Hope you like this chapter!
REVIEW RESPONSES:
S3r3nity: Here's your update! Thanks for reading!
Aikawarazu Ai: You found out now! Don't think it was as funny as you thought, but... I couldn't think of anything else.
Pechan: Sounds like the right spelling. I always only use one 'k' and an 'a' in Hirameki, but your way looks uh... right-er. It's almost time for the final twist! ALMOST! It'll be in the next chapter, which might be the last as well! And Saito didn't Gatotsu Kenshin because then HIS OWN body would've been all Gatotsued up, and I'm sure you don't want that. ^_^
MissBehavin: I feel so terrible for torturing Saito like this, but it's necessary for the story to develop! I'm sorry, Saito-sama! Thanks for reading!