Chapter 2: Crusin' Down Pacific Coast Highway
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Disclaimer: We don't own Toyota, Honda, Ford, or any of their cars. We don't own Listerine (no really, we don't own any). We don't own Rurouni Kenshin. Nor do we own the color yellow, X-Men, lifeguard tower 9, the Speedo company, or Asia. We just borrow without permission and without any intent of returning. Hey, but we do own Kyoto High! And their Crane mascot. But that is only because we created that school. There really isn't one. At least, we don't think so. If there is, we apologize for stealing. ^_^ "Dogma" says that this is "a statement made to save one's ass." Indeed.
A/N: Hello to all those who know either Zippy or Chunks from their other works. We much appreciate our crossover readers, as well as those who are simply fans of Rurouni Kenshin. Like we say in all our other fics, we strive to keep our characters IN character, although we do retain the author's privilege of tweaking . . . Just for the new guys, we are two silly girls out in California, and we have decided to kind of base this story in the same locale, as we kind of know what goes on there. ^_^ We're going to be seniors, and we are both in the marching band at our school. We like Linkin Park, Cake, Nerfherder, Incubus, Green Day, and Chevelle (and Zippy really likes KoRn. Don't know why. And Chunks likes MXPX). Oh yeah, ". . ." obviously means someone is talking, ** . . .** means you get to see what someone is thinking, and then we sporadically add our own little comments here and there. Fun, eh?
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Aoshi spat into the sink as Sano dragged himself into the bathroom.
"Good morning," Aoshi stated before gargling his Listerine.
"More like, good evening . . ."
Aoshi just raised an eyebrow as he swished. Sanosuke went to the bathroom's other sink and got out his toothbrush. He put a lot more than a pea-sized amount of toothpaste on his tongue, a good deal of it on his toothbrush, and began brushing vigorously. Aoshi spat out his mouthwash after the customary thirty seconds, looked over at the man who was waging war on his teeth, and said, "You didn't come home last night. Been busy?"
Sano practically choked on his toothbrush, but was able to spit out his mouth's contents to say, "Oh yeah," smugly.
Unfortunately, Sano's aim was off, and he had managed to spit all over not only the sink, and the mirror above it, but on Aoshi's hand and even a little on the black boxers he was wearing. In fact, when Sano spits, it is rather like a fire hydrant exploding, for all that he is able to direct it. Well, of course, he COULD spit normally, but then when would he be able to see that wonderfully disgusted/exasperated expression on Aoshi's face? Actually, he usually spat like that just to see EXPRESSION on Aoshi's face. Make sure he's still human and whatnot . . . Sano loaded up his toothbrush and started again. It really had been a long night.
As Aoshi wiped off his hand with a towel, both guys turned and looked out the bathroom's still open door, as they hear the sounds of ANOTHER door creaking open. You know, that kind of horribly noisy creak that only occurs when someone wants to be very quiet and sneaky . . . Down the hall, Kenshin's bedroom door was opening, and a shadowy figure slid out of his room and into the hall, shutting the door quietly behind. The rising sun shining in through the downstairs windows silhouetted the figure as SHE proceeded down the stairs. A suspiciously brightly colored she. With a familiar ponytail. And ridiculously large hair bow.
Sano's toothbrush clattered to the sink. "Isha fow roo?" toothpaste foam began dribbling down his chin.
"I don't believe it either," muttered the horribly shocked Aoshi. Naturally, he was showing his horror very stoically. This means not showing it. Except for the jaw hanging open.
Sanosuke's eyes kept widening and widening as he spit a second time. Aoshi didn't even move to wipe off his hand this time, so shocked was he. The boys only regained their composure when they heard the soft sounds of the front door opening and closing downstairs. Aoshi slowly made his way over to his room and peered out his window, which overlooked the front yard and street beyond. He walked back to Sano while pulling on his usual blue shirt.
"That's her yellow Mustang all right," he said to his housemate.
"Damn. I was hoping it was a hallucination. I think I'll just go sleep it off now. I pray I never see that ever again . . ." and Sano walked off toward his room muttering about the injustice of short dudes getting all the action.
About halfway to his bedroom, Sano turned on his heel and walked back in front of Aoshi to ask, "Did he really do what I think he did? If he did, I think I'm going to be emotionally scarred . . ."
Aoshi just continued brushing his hair, but a silent shake of the head said that the mental pictures were too much for him too. Sano was about to go back into his room when Kenshin's door opened again. This time it was the man himself, hair slightly askew, buttoning his pink shirt and smiling at his friends. "Can I help you?" he asked politely.
Sano coughed, and quickly strode back into his bedroom, shutting the door hard behind him.
"What's up with him?" Kenshin inquired.
"I don't know," Aoshi replied, then walked into his own room and shut HIS door.
Kenshin just shrugged his shoulders and walked downstairs to have breakfast.
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"Suzume! No! That's breakable!" Kaoru called as she hurried over to her small cousin. Suzume's sister, Ayame, just sat giggling on the floor nearby. "Grandpa Gensai, your granddaughters are being silly again!"
Kaoru's grandfather, the doctor, smiled at all three girls before him saying, "It seems to be a family trait."
Kaoru pursed her lips. "I am not silly. Misao is silly. I'm not."
"What am I?" asked Misao, who had just shown up with HER grandfather.
"Silly," answered Kaoru.
Misao tilted her head to one side. "I thought that was obvious." She then smiled and went over to greet her little cousins. Her guardian and grandfather (she called him 'Jiiya' but everyone else called him Okina) was busy exchanging greetings with his brother, Dr. Gensai. Misao then called to Kaoru, "Hey, are we gonna start loading the cars?"
Kaoru and Misao chattered as they walked out the front door to Kaoru's Mustang and Okina's grey Toyota Previa. They had much to gather for the upcoming beach party, the last real party before school started again the following Monday. Misao, Kaoru and Sanosuke would all be juniors, while Kenshin and Aoshi would start up their senior year. And Kaoru's little brother Yahiko would begin his freshman year at Kyoto High.
While loading beach stuff, a glance at the giggling Suzume made Kaoru pause and think of her family. A father dead in the Persian Gulf, a mother crazed with grief, and little Kaoru and Yahiko were left at the mercy of the rest of the family. Grandpa Gensai took them in. Kaoru felt somewhat guilty about that. While Grandpa loved having them around, the truth of it was that his children were gone, and he had four grandchildren to raise. Then there was her cousin Misao.
Misao was Kaoru's second cousin, their grandfathers being brothers and all. Her parents were well-to-do, and spent all their time wandering the globe in search of wondrous sights and fabulous adventures. They left the girl in the care of her half-crazy Grandfather Nenji, the loveable and fairly lecherous Okina. Misao saw her parents about once every year. Very distracted people . . . they didn't really have time for a daughter. At least Okina had time for a granddaughter. He even took the time to teach her Kenpo.
Yes, this was an odd family. However, they were always interesting.
Kenshin zoomed up the driveway on his motorized scooter. He stopped and moved to stash it in the garage. After removing his helmet and leaving that in the garage too, he greeted the girls with a "Hello, Miss Kaoru, Miss Misao. How can I help you?"
Inside, Suzume and Ayame both perked up at the sound of Kenshin's voice and ran out of the house screaming "KEN-BROTHER!!!" They then jumped on the redhead, forcefully enough to make him fall over onto the cushy lawn. "Oro . . ." was all he could say in response, as the girls giggled and pulled his hair.
The high-pitched screams had woken up Yahiko, who preferred to sleep into the afternoon. "What are you stupid girls doing?" he mumbled as he staggered out the front door. Kaoru walked over and slapped him upside the head.
"Don't call your cousins stupid! They are just glad to see Kenshin!"
Yahiko smiled at Kenshin for a moment. Kenshin is kind of his idol. The moment ended when Yahiko turned around and went back into the house, straight into the kitchen, and began to eat anything he could.
Finally, the cars were loaded and a few waves goodbye were given to the little girls and Dr. Gensai. Kaoru, Kenshin, and a fully conscious Yahiko got in the yellow convertible to go pick up Sanosuke. Misao and her grandfather entered the minivan and went off to save a fire pit.
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The Previa was unloaded and Misao waited for her friends while her grandfather gaped at bikini-clad women. Kaoru parked her car next to the minivan and she and the boys spilled out. They ambled through the sand to Misao and the fire pit, Sano carrying a large cooler filled with drinks on his shoulder while Kenshin and Yahiko were burdened with firewood. Kaoru was laden with the hot dog buns.
"Gee, Missy, I hope that isn't too much for you to carry . . ." commented Sano dryly.
Kaoru just gave him a LOOK.
More and more people showed up. One such person was the friendly Tae in her Camry, accompanied by younger sister Tsubame and delinquent boyfriend Katsu. Tsubame would be a freshman soon, and Katsu and Tae were almost juniors. Yahiko's eyes widened when he saw Tsubame, and he started following her around. Very inconspicuously, of course.
Various other friends of Kaoru and Kenshin arrived, including Megumi in her spiffy, shiny, brand new Mitsubishi. When Megumi got out of her car, Kaoru shrieked and ran over to her, chattering all the while. Megumi looked a little scared at this reception, but she smiled at her friend's enthusiasm. A blonde girl showed up with a ball and net, and she started up a beach volleyball game. Kenshin was a starter on the Crane varsity v-ball team, so he was more than happy to join the game, as were Tae, Misao, and others (Katsu was busy taking the chains of the beach police bicycles while the officers were in the bathroom).
Sano noticed Yahiko trailing Tsubame and promptly knocked him down into the sand. "Hey, Brat, got a crush?"
"SHUT UP!" Yahiko yelled as he scrambled to his feet and proceeded to get in a knock-down, drag-out fight with Sanosuke.
Misao noticed a car pulling up in the parking lot just beyond the sand . . . A black Civic . . .
"LOOK OUT!"
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A/N: Hey, wonder who is in that civic! Did anybody keep track of those cars? We try to incorporate ALL makes of Japanese cars, because, DUH these peeps are all Japanese [or well, turning Japanese at any rate . . .]. NEXT CHAPTER: Party on at the beach! Woo hoo!
Chunks: I like partying at the beach . . .
Zippy: Yeah you do . . . especially when you're with--
Chunks: [covers Zippy's mouth forcefully] SHUT UP!
Vash: Now now, girls. Don't fight. Remember, this world is made of LO--
Wolfwood: Don't even say it, Needle Noggin. Just don't . . .
Vash: LOVE AND PEACE! LOVE AND PEACE!
[Zippy breaks away from Chunks' hold and chants with him]
Vash and Zippy: LOVE AND PEACE!!!!!
[Chunks and Wolfwood hang their heads in resignation]
REVIEW! Thankies!
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Disclaimer: We don't own Toyota, Honda, Ford, or any of their cars. We don't own Listerine (no really, we don't own any). We don't own Rurouni Kenshin. Nor do we own the color yellow, X-Men, lifeguard tower 9, the Speedo company, or Asia. We just borrow without permission and without any intent of returning. Hey, but we do own Kyoto High! And their Crane mascot. But that is only because we created that school. There really isn't one. At least, we don't think so. If there is, we apologize for stealing. ^_^ "Dogma" says that this is "a statement made to save one's ass." Indeed.
A/N: Hello to all those who know either Zippy or Chunks from their other works. We much appreciate our crossover readers, as well as those who are simply fans of Rurouni Kenshin. Like we say in all our other fics, we strive to keep our characters IN character, although we do retain the author's privilege of tweaking . . . Just for the new guys, we are two silly girls out in California, and we have decided to kind of base this story in the same locale, as we kind of know what goes on there. ^_^ We're going to be seniors, and we are both in the marching band at our school. We like Linkin Park, Cake, Nerfherder, Incubus, Green Day, and Chevelle (and Zippy really likes KoRn. Don't know why. And Chunks likes MXPX). Oh yeah, ". . ." obviously means someone is talking, ** . . .** means you get to see what someone is thinking, and then we sporadically add our own little comments here and there. Fun, eh?
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Aoshi spat into the sink as Sano dragged himself into the bathroom.
"Good morning," Aoshi stated before gargling his Listerine.
"More like, good evening . . ."
Aoshi just raised an eyebrow as he swished. Sanosuke went to the bathroom's other sink and got out his toothbrush. He put a lot more than a pea-sized amount of toothpaste on his tongue, a good deal of it on his toothbrush, and began brushing vigorously. Aoshi spat out his mouthwash after the customary thirty seconds, looked over at the man who was waging war on his teeth, and said, "You didn't come home last night. Been busy?"
Sano practically choked on his toothbrush, but was able to spit out his mouth's contents to say, "Oh yeah," smugly.
Unfortunately, Sano's aim was off, and he had managed to spit all over not only the sink, and the mirror above it, but on Aoshi's hand and even a little on the black boxers he was wearing. In fact, when Sano spits, it is rather like a fire hydrant exploding, for all that he is able to direct it. Well, of course, he COULD spit normally, but then when would he be able to see that wonderfully disgusted/exasperated expression on Aoshi's face? Actually, he usually spat like that just to see EXPRESSION on Aoshi's face. Make sure he's still human and whatnot . . . Sano loaded up his toothbrush and started again. It really had been a long night.
As Aoshi wiped off his hand with a towel, both guys turned and looked out the bathroom's still open door, as they hear the sounds of ANOTHER door creaking open. You know, that kind of horribly noisy creak that only occurs when someone wants to be very quiet and sneaky . . . Down the hall, Kenshin's bedroom door was opening, and a shadowy figure slid out of his room and into the hall, shutting the door quietly behind. The rising sun shining in through the downstairs windows silhouetted the figure as SHE proceeded down the stairs. A suspiciously brightly colored she. With a familiar ponytail. And ridiculously large hair bow.
Sano's toothbrush clattered to the sink. "Isha fow roo?" toothpaste foam began dribbling down his chin.
"I don't believe it either," muttered the horribly shocked Aoshi. Naturally, he was showing his horror very stoically. This means not showing it. Except for the jaw hanging open.
Sanosuke's eyes kept widening and widening as he spit a second time. Aoshi didn't even move to wipe off his hand this time, so shocked was he. The boys only regained their composure when they heard the soft sounds of the front door opening and closing downstairs. Aoshi slowly made his way over to his room and peered out his window, which overlooked the front yard and street beyond. He walked back to Sano while pulling on his usual blue shirt.
"That's her yellow Mustang all right," he said to his housemate.
"Damn. I was hoping it was a hallucination. I think I'll just go sleep it off now. I pray I never see that ever again . . ." and Sano walked off toward his room muttering about the injustice of short dudes getting all the action.
About halfway to his bedroom, Sano turned on his heel and walked back in front of Aoshi to ask, "Did he really do what I think he did? If he did, I think I'm going to be emotionally scarred . . ."
Aoshi just continued brushing his hair, but a silent shake of the head said that the mental pictures were too much for him too. Sano was about to go back into his room when Kenshin's door opened again. This time it was the man himself, hair slightly askew, buttoning his pink shirt and smiling at his friends. "Can I help you?" he asked politely.
Sano coughed, and quickly strode back into his bedroom, shutting the door hard behind him.
"What's up with him?" Kenshin inquired.
"I don't know," Aoshi replied, then walked into his own room and shut HIS door.
Kenshin just shrugged his shoulders and walked downstairs to have breakfast.
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ LATER THLAT DAY AT KAORU'S HOUSE
"Suzume! No! That's breakable!" Kaoru called as she hurried over to her small cousin. Suzume's sister, Ayame, just sat giggling on the floor nearby. "Grandpa Gensai, your granddaughters are being silly again!"
Kaoru's grandfather, the doctor, smiled at all three girls before him saying, "It seems to be a family trait."
Kaoru pursed her lips. "I am not silly. Misao is silly. I'm not."
"What am I?" asked Misao, who had just shown up with HER grandfather.
"Silly," answered Kaoru.
Misao tilted her head to one side. "I thought that was obvious." She then smiled and went over to greet her little cousins. Her guardian and grandfather (she called him 'Jiiya' but everyone else called him Okina) was busy exchanging greetings with his brother, Dr. Gensai. Misao then called to Kaoru, "Hey, are we gonna start loading the cars?"
Kaoru and Misao chattered as they walked out the front door to Kaoru's Mustang and Okina's grey Toyota Previa. They had much to gather for the upcoming beach party, the last real party before school started again the following Monday. Misao, Kaoru and Sanosuke would all be juniors, while Kenshin and Aoshi would start up their senior year. And Kaoru's little brother Yahiko would begin his freshman year at Kyoto High.
While loading beach stuff, a glance at the giggling Suzume made Kaoru pause and think of her family. A father dead in the Persian Gulf, a mother crazed with grief, and little Kaoru and Yahiko were left at the mercy of the rest of the family. Grandpa Gensai took them in. Kaoru felt somewhat guilty about that. While Grandpa loved having them around, the truth of it was that his children were gone, and he had four grandchildren to raise. Then there was her cousin Misao.
Misao was Kaoru's second cousin, their grandfathers being brothers and all. Her parents were well-to-do, and spent all their time wandering the globe in search of wondrous sights and fabulous adventures. They left the girl in the care of her half-crazy Grandfather Nenji, the loveable and fairly lecherous Okina. Misao saw her parents about once every year. Very distracted people . . . they didn't really have time for a daughter. At least Okina had time for a granddaughter. He even took the time to teach her Kenpo.
Yes, this was an odd family. However, they were always interesting.
Kenshin zoomed up the driveway on his motorized scooter. He stopped and moved to stash it in the garage. After removing his helmet and leaving that in the garage too, he greeted the girls with a "Hello, Miss Kaoru, Miss Misao. How can I help you?"
Inside, Suzume and Ayame both perked up at the sound of Kenshin's voice and ran out of the house screaming "KEN-BROTHER!!!" They then jumped on the redhead, forcefully enough to make him fall over onto the cushy lawn. "Oro . . ." was all he could say in response, as the girls giggled and pulled his hair.
The high-pitched screams had woken up Yahiko, who preferred to sleep into the afternoon. "What are you stupid girls doing?" he mumbled as he staggered out the front door. Kaoru walked over and slapped him upside the head.
"Don't call your cousins stupid! They are just glad to see Kenshin!"
Yahiko smiled at Kenshin for a moment. Kenshin is kind of his idol. The moment ended when Yahiko turned around and went back into the house, straight into the kitchen, and began to eat anything he could.
Finally, the cars were loaded and a few waves goodbye were given to the little girls and Dr. Gensai. Kaoru, Kenshin, and a fully conscious Yahiko got in the yellow convertible to go pick up Sanosuke. Misao and her grandfather entered the minivan and went off to save a fire pit.
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The Previa was unloaded and Misao waited for her friends while her grandfather gaped at bikini-clad women. Kaoru parked her car next to the minivan and she and the boys spilled out. They ambled through the sand to Misao and the fire pit, Sano carrying a large cooler filled with drinks on his shoulder while Kenshin and Yahiko were burdened with firewood. Kaoru was laden with the hot dog buns.
"Gee, Missy, I hope that isn't too much for you to carry . . ." commented Sano dryly.
Kaoru just gave him a LOOK.
More and more people showed up. One such person was the friendly Tae in her Camry, accompanied by younger sister Tsubame and delinquent boyfriend Katsu. Tsubame would be a freshman soon, and Katsu and Tae were almost juniors. Yahiko's eyes widened when he saw Tsubame, and he started following her around. Very inconspicuously, of course.
Various other friends of Kaoru and Kenshin arrived, including Megumi in her spiffy, shiny, brand new Mitsubishi. When Megumi got out of her car, Kaoru shrieked and ran over to her, chattering all the while. Megumi looked a little scared at this reception, but she smiled at her friend's enthusiasm. A blonde girl showed up with a ball and net, and she started up a beach volleyball game. Kenshin was a starter on the Crane varsity v-ball team, so he was more than happy to join the game, as were Tae, Misao, and others (Katsu was busy taking the chains of the beach police bicycles while the officers were in the bathroom).
Sano noticed Yahiko trailing Tsubame and promptly knocked him down into the sand. "Hey, Brat, got a crush?"
"SHUT UP!" Yahiko yelled as he scrambled to his feet and proceeded to get in a knock-down, drag-out fight with Sanosuke.
Misao noticed a car pulling up in the parking lot just beyond the sand . . . A black Civic . . .
"LOOK OUT!"
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A/N: Hey, wonder who is in that civic! Did anybody keep track of those cars? We try to incorporate ALL makes of Japanese cars, because, DUH these peeps are all Japanese [or well, turning Japanese at any rate . . .]. NEXT CHAPTER: Party on at the beach! Woo hoo!
Chunks: I like partying at the beach . . .
Zippy: Yeah you do . . . especially when you're with--
Chunks: [covers Zippy's mouth forcefully] SHUT UP!
Vash: Now now, girls. Don't fight. Remember, this world is made of LO--
Wolfwood: Don't even say it, Needle Noggin. Just don't . . .
Vash: LOVE AND PEACE! LOVE AND PEACE!
[Zippy breaks away from Chunks' hold and chants with him]
Vash and Zippy: LOVE AND PEACE!!!!!
[Chunks and Wolfwood hang their heads in resignation]
REVIEW! Thankies!