Chapter 5:In Which Sano is Less Talented With His Tongue
Sano had managed to get Kenshin out of the water, only for him to run off again.
"Kenshin! Where are you going this time?" Sano yelled at Kenshin, still trying to catch up. "It can't be good for your health to go running around Tokyo! Come to think of it, it cant be good for my health... Kenshiiiin! Your 28! Not 14! Get back here!!"
Kenshin began to run on his hands and knees like a dog, yet he was still blissfully quacking.
'What in the world could have made Kenshin this crazy?' Sano thought to himself, trying to catch up with the fleeing Rurouni. 'Kenshin always gets hit with stuff, mostly by Kaoru, and he's always just a little rattled, but this time...He's completely lost it. What the hell is going on in his little red head?!'
A dog barked loudly. Large, dark, swirling masses of clouds swarmed around the dog completely hiding him from view. The dog kept barking, barking, barking, quacking, moo-ing, singing? The clouds dissolved and all that was left was a large jug of sake. (That was a scene from inside Kenshin's head, for those who didn't figure it out) Kenshin immediately changed direction using his god-like speed and headed for the bar.
Sano completely lost all track of Kenshin. And to make matters worse, he was lost. He leaned against a wall and tried to gather his bearings. 'If I was following Kenshin and Kenshin was going north, (A/N: And why would he be going north, Sano? What is he magnetic?!) then when I stopped and turned around then I was facing south, but now which direction am I going? Wait I'm not moving so...Where the hell am I?' (A/N: Man, that guy gives me a headache.)
"Did you hear? Some guy just went to that bar on the corner, his name was listed with some shady government officials, and he's supposed to be loaded with okane! I bet a few drinks and his wallet would get looser and looser!"
"Sounds good, finally an easy hit!" The two men hurried down the street, not even noticing Sanosuke dropping some major eves. Sano's ears had perked up at the word bar, and luckily his short term memory had caught the rest. Sano stood up and, discreetly as a tall guy with spiky hair could, followed the two men. 'Everything will be okay once I get a good drink, that's all I need...'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once he gets there ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sano sat down at a table and took a sip of his sake. He started to mull over all that had happened, how it could have happened and why. He didn't understand any of it so he drowned his worries with more sake. He realized that a group of people were complaining loudly, and the poor singing that could be heard over it all. 'Man, that moron must be full of sake to sing that badly... Well Bottoms up to ya.' Sano thought tipping his glass as the last of his sake ran down his throat. 'Why is the singing getting louder?' Another bottle, downed by Sano. 'Okay now that guy is just giving me a headache.. Is that COUNTRY music?! What the hell? We're in Japan for Pete's sake!' (A/N: So how do you know anyone named Pete?!) 'Hold on...I that voice seems really familiar..It couldn't be!' Sanosuke jumped up and shoved his way through the crowd of complainers. Nearly all the blood left his head. "Kenshin!?" enter Kenshin's singing voice "I tell myself that everything will be just fi~~ne! Oh, I'm just going through a little down time." end "Kenshin, What the hell are you doing singing country music after I chased you all through town!?!" Kenshin, oblivious to his friends interrogation continued his song. When he was done he took a sake break.
Sanosuke, as well as many of the customers, were glad that Kenshin's song had finally ended. The supposed "shady government official" was so joyous that he ordered another round for everyone in the building. Forgetting Kenshin completely, Sano raced to the bar to get refills before anyone else.
"Shouldn't you get him out of here, instead of filling your cheap gut?" a cold voice spoke out from behind Sanosuke's ear. Sano spun around to see a man, quite calmly, slurping the last of his soba noodles, sitting on a stool a few feet away.
"Saitou!!" Sano stared wide eyed at the former shinsenguni squad leader, either because he couldn't think of anything that could make the situation worse, or the sake was really getting to him.
"Saitou, Whatta you doin here?!" 'What is he doing here? Well he sure hasn't lost his mind like Kenshin has...maybe he knows what's going on..? Maybe he can tell me what's happening to Kenshin.'
"This is a public establishment, and even if it were not, I, a member of the police, would have access to it." Saitou pushed his empty soba bowl aside and left a small stack of coins as payment. He stood up and took a step towards Sanosuke.
"You should get him out of here, before something...changes." Saitou's gaze changed and locked on the still singing Kenshin.
"Wha, What d'ya mean? 'Changes'? Kenshin only changes in a fight..Are you saying that he might go Battousai on us?!"
"What I'm saying is that he should not be in public at a time like this, However I imagined that to be fairly obvious even to a moron..." Saitou trailed off when he realized that Sanosuke was no longer listening. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ end of chapter 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reviews, comments, ideas, and suggestions welcome, but don't just flame. If you don't like the fic, then don't waste your time complaining about it. Radakue: Sorry about the long wait on this chapter but I lost the notebook that it's written in and I just found it yesterday. Now about Kenshin singing, I bet he can sing just fine but it's country music, and country music sucks. So maybe he's just half-assing it, okay? I'm not out to get Kenshin, really. Oh and Starting with Chapter six, if you like Kaoru then you should really read the alternate chapters, because it really starts to show that I don't, uh, appreciate her that much. Hnn..the end of this chapter was the bottom of page 13. Does anyone think I should bring Aoshi in this mess? Maybe not.. Thanks for reading, Radakue.
Sano had managed to get Kenshin out of the water, only for him to run off again.
"Kenshin! Where are you going this time?" Sano yelled at Kenshin, still trying to catch up. "It can't be good for your health to go running around Tokyo! Come to think of it, it cant be good for my health... Kenshiiiin! Your 28! Not 14! Get back here!!"
Kenshin began to run on his hands and knees like a dog, yet he was still blissfully quacking.
'What in the world could have made Kenshin this crazy?' Sano thought to himself, trying to catch up with the fleeing Rurouni. 'Kenshin always gets hit with stuff, mostly by Kaoru, and he's always just a little rattled, but this time...He's completely lost it. What the hell is going on in his little red head?!'
A dog barked loudly. Large, dark, swirling masses of clouds swarmed around the dog completely hiding him from view. The dog kept barking, barking, barking, quacking, moo-ing, singing? The clouds dissolved and all that was left was a large jug of sake. (That was a scene from inside Kenshin's head, for those who didn't figure it out) Kenshin immediately changed direction using his god-like speed and headed for the bar.
Sano completely lost all track of Kenshin. And to make matters worse, he was lost. He leaned against a wall and tried to gather his bearings. 'If I was following Kenshin and Kenshin was going north, (A/N: And why would he be going north, Sano? What is he magnetic?!) then when I stopped and turned around then I was facing south, but now which direction am I going? Wait I'm not moving so...Where the hell am I?' (A/N: Man, that guy gives me a headache.)
"Did you hear? Some guy just went to that bar on the corner, his name was listed with some shady government officials, and he's supposed to be loaded with okane! I bet a few drinks and his wallet would get looser and looser!"
"Sounds good, finally an easy hit!" The two men hurried down the street, not even noticing Sanosuke dropping some major eves. Sano's ears had perked up at the word bar, and luckily his short term memory had caught the rest. Sano stood up and, discreetly as a tall guy with spiky hair could, followed the two men. 'Everything will be okay once I get a good drink, that's all I need...'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once he gets there ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sano sat down at a table and took a sip of his sake. He started to mull over all that had happened, how it could have happened and why. He didn't understand any of it so he drowned his worries with more sake. He realized that a group of people were complaining loudly, and the poor singing that could be heard over it all. 'Man, that moron must be full of sake to sing that badly... Well Bottoms up to ya.' Sano thought tipping his glass as the last of his sake ran down his throat. 'Why is the singing getting louder?' Another bottle, downed by Sano. 'Okay now that guy is just giving me a headache.. Is that COUNTRY music?! What the hell? We're in Japan for Pete's sake!' (A/N: So how do you know anyone named Pete?!) 'Hold on...I that voice seems really familiar..It couldn't be!' Sanosuke jumped up and shoved his way through the crowd of complainers. Nearly all the blood left his head. "Kenshin!?" enter Kenshin's singing voice "I tell myself that everything will be just fi~~ne! Oh, I'm just going through a little down time." end "Kenshin, What the hell are you doing singing country music after I chased you all through town!?!" Kenshin, oblivious to his friends interrogation continued his song. When he was done he took a sake break.
Sanosuke, as well as many of the customers, were glad that Kenshin's song had finally ended. The supposed "shady government official" was so joyous that he ordered another round for everyone in the building. Forgetting Kenshin completely, Sano raced to the bar to get refills before anyone else.
"Shouldn't you get him out of here, instead of filling your cheap gut?" a cold voice spoke out from behind Sanosuke's ear. Sano spun around to see a man, quite calmly, slurping the last of his soba noodles, sitting on a stool a few feet away.
"Saitou!!" Sano stared wide eyed at the former shinsenguni squad leader, either because he couldn't think of anything that could make the situation worse, or the sake was really getting to him.
"Saitou, Whatta you doin here?!" 'What is he doing here? Well he sure hasn't lost his mind like Kenshin has...maybe he knows what's going on..? Maybe he can tell me what's happening to Kenshin.'
"This is a public establishment, and even if it were not, I, a member of the police, would have access to it." Saitou pushed his empty soba bowl aside and left a small stack of coins as payment. He stood up and took a step towards Sanosuke.
"You should get him out of here, before something...changes." Saitou's gaze changed and locked on the still singing Kenshin.
"Wha, What d'ya mean? 'Changes'? Kenshin only changes in a fight..Are you saying that he might go Battousai on us?!"
"What I'm saying is that he should not be in public at a time like this, However I imagined that to be fairly obvious even to a moron..." Saitou trailed off when he realized that Sanosuke was no longer listening. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ end of chapter 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reviews, comments, ideas, and suggestions welcome, but don't just flame. If you don't like the fic, then don't waste your time complaining about it. Radakue: Sorry about the long wait on this chapter but I lost the notebook that it's written in and I just found it yesterday. Now about Kenshin singing, I bet he can sing just fine but it's country music, and country music sucks. So maybe he's just half-assing it, okay? I'm not out to get Kenshin, really. Oh and Starting with Chapter six, if you like Kaoru then you should really read the alternate chapters, because it really starts to show that I don't, uh, appreciate her that much. Hnn..the end of this chapter was the bottom of page 13. Does anyone think I should bring Aoshi in this mess? Maybe not.. Thanks for reading, Radakue.
