The 12th Street Apartment
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Disclaimer: I don't own, never will.
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Recap: Aoshi recalls Jin. Megumi comes home...
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Okay... I think that's all that happened.
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"KENSHIN!?" Gina glared daggers at her brother's innocent face, "What are you doing with them?" She mouthed the words traitor.
"GINA!" Whined Megumi, "You're suppose let ME say it..."
"I didn't say anything." Gina replied with a shrug, "So you can tell them now, if they haven't already guessed."
Megumi smile gleefully, "I got MARRIED!" She said like a little child who just got candy, clapping her hands.
The silence that followed was overpowering. Megumi had expected chaos, yet the peace was even more disturbing. Finally Gina repeated her question to Kenshin.
Kenshin smiled as he held up the marriage certificate, "I'm one of their witnesses."
"Who else was there?" demanded Gina.
Megumi looked at her cousin haughtily, "Some other people."
Gina noticed her parents and aunt and uncle were extremely quiet. She quickly grabbed Aoshi's arm and walked slowly as to not be noticed, to the far side of the living room. She didn't want to be in the middle of a family dispute. They could feel the enormous tension mounting.
Sano shifted uncomfortably, everyone's eyes were partially glued onto him.
Kenshin looked sheepish, like his last decision had been a bad one. He scratched the back of his head.
Megumi was a little nervously that her mother had not begun screaming, but stood proudly by her husband.
Tokio's face reddened. She pursed her lips.
Aya looked at her hands, light gray hair falling in front of her face.
Yumi rubbed her eyes a few times; not believing what she was seeing was real.
Saitou tapped his knee slightly, flipping back his 'antennas'.
Hiko brushed his bangs back, over and over again as he fell in his face.
Aoshi and Gina exchanged silent looks of concern. Someone was going to explode... very soon and it was NOT going to be pleasant.
Tokio reacted first, "KENSHIN! HOW COULD YOU?" She scream at her younger son, who cowered back, "I TOLD YOU... YOU..." She stopped to catch her ragged breath, "YOU... HOW COULD YOU LET THEM GET MARRIED WITHOUT EVEN TELLING US??"
"Ma..." Kenshin whimpered. Saitou chuckled; the boy looked like a dog with its tail between his legs. Then he scowled when he realized his son was weak.
"Megumi." Aunt Aya's voice was shaking. She did not look up as she wrung her hands. "I must be a bad parent..." She said quickly as she dashed away. Tokio looked alarmed, and took off after her older sister.
"Megumi... how could you... NOT TELL ME!?" Yumi burst into tears. "Do you not trust me enough?" She too ran off. Megumi wanted to follow, but Sano gripped her wrist, looking at Hiko.
"So. You going to say something too?" He looked terrified as Hiko stood up.
"NO." He smirked, "HAVE FUN WITH YOUR LIFE." He gave a trademark smirk and pounded out of the apartment. "MOVE KENSHIN!" Kenshin leapt out of the way as to not be thrown like a rag doll like the incident that evening on the stairs. Aoshi steadied the erratically swinging lights. Gina caught a vase that had tipped over, then hurried to the wall to adjust all the crooked pictures.
"Wut about ya'll?" Sano drawled.
Aoshi shrugged, looking at Gina, who shook her head.
"I've got something to say." Saitou said after a moments pause. Every eye fixed on him, "Have you two done anything thinking over this?"
"Uncle Saitou! Of course I have... and I love him. That's why I married him." Megumi defended. She held Sano's hand.
"Sit. All of you." Saitou enjoined. (A/N One of my vocabulary words of the week: enjoin- to direct or order)
Aoshi and Gina took the couch, Kenshin went into the lazy boy and Megumi and Sano snuggled closely on the loveseat.
Saitou looked at everyone with his wolfish eyes as they fell on the newlywed couple, "Have you guys thought of where you would live? His house? Hers?"
"Hers." Sano said just as Megumi said, "His."
They look at each other and exclaimed, "WHAT?!"
Saitou exchanged worried looks with Aoshi and Gina, "I thought so. See? No planning." He wagged a finger at the couple.
Sano jumped up in anger, fist clenched tightly "HEY! We planned, you jerk." Immediately, both Kenshin and Aoshi stood up, ready to defend their father. Sano maybe a friend, but blood was thicker than water.
Saitou motioned his sons to sit down with a smirk; so they did respect him. "You think I'm a jerk?"
"Yeah... I know you are. You IA guys are all the same... slippery...disgusting..." Sano sat back down after Megumi roughly tugged his pant leg.
"IA preservers the integrity of the force. Without integrity, what is the point of the police?" Saitou replied. Sano was quiet for now.
"You're with the force?" Gina remarked. Sano... a cop?
"Undercover lady." He gave a silly grin.
"Great... a dangerous job... did you plan it out... what if Megumi is in danger because of your job?" She commented.
Saitou nodded, he had a clever daughter.
"How'd your dad do it?" Sano asked.
"Hn. Tokio can take care of herself. But Megumi... she can't fight." Saitou said, "See? No planning again."
He wagged his finger again, which Gina put down, "Dad... that's what Mom does." Saitou scowled.
Sano clenched his fist, "Well... we love each other and that's wah counts... rite Meggi?" He hugged her.
Megumi gave no response; she was deep in thought.
Aoshi looked at Sano, "You know what we are saying it for you're good. We're not against you guys marrying... it's just all the planning involved."
Megumi finally looked up, "Yes." She looked lightly, "Love... it's what counts... right."
Saitou snorted, "You don't sound too confident."
"I'm sure." Megumi said faintly. "We'll manage. I don't fear for my life... no worries... right uncle?"
Saitou shook his head, "My family has had death treats against us. My wife and daughter attacked in a parking lot, my sons assaulted, my daughter's attempted kidnapping, assailants breaking into the house, seeking my and my family's life."
"But you're all alive." Sano insisted.
"Yes. But because my WHOLE family knows what to do in every situation... But I DO feel guilty, my family suffers because of my job." Saitou never admitted any of that ever before. It shocked his three children, Aoshi in particular.
"Aw man Meggi... what are we going to do?" Sano moaned burying his face in his hands.
Megumi patted her husband's hand lightly, "We'll be fine. Let's go home... your place. I can't face my mother or sister tonight. I'm tired."
As they were leaving, Megumi called back, "Tell them I'll be here tomorrow." The door closed.
"So..." Gina began.
Kenshin shifted nervously, "That was stupid of me... I practically forced them to get married when Sano began to back out..." He hit himself in the head a couple times.
"It was stupid of you Kenshin." Gina commented.
"How long have you knew?" Saitou said.
Kenshin blinked a couple times, "Huh?"
"Not you... you two." He fingered Aoshi and Gina, who both froze on the couch.
"Known what dad?" Aoshi began as Gina honestly admitted, "Two hours...tops three. Dad! We couldn't do anything. Meg just got really mad when we told them to wait and walked off with Sano."
"Why didn't you tell us? You guys fight again?"
"Yeah. You got a problem with that?" Aoshi was very tired now and had no time for his father's mind games. He rubbed his forehead with a weary hand.
Saitou looked at his son seriously; that boy was weighed with too many problem, overloading it would just cause a meltdown. "No. Go to sleep Aoshi. Get out of my house Kenshin..." Both boys obliged, "And go to sleep Gina."
The 12th Street Apartments were in a state of frenzy that night, a restless night for many of the occupants, except Hiko. (who slept like a rock)
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Funny Hiko moment... I thought of Mary Poppins when I write his lines, how everything in the mourning shakes because of that clock/ bell/ cannon thing.
Thank you MissBehavin, I think I'll give Jin a cameo... hmm... that comment got me thinking.
Next of the 12th Street Apartment: Yumi, Aya, Megumi and Sano sit down to talk. Misao begins Operation Aoshi. Maybe if there is time I'll throw in some Kenshin/Kaoru action. (Note: Subject to change)
Hi!
Disclaimer: I don't own, never will.
*********
Recap: Aoshi recalls Jin. Megumi comes home...
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Okay... I think that's all that happened.
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"KENSHIN!?" Gina glared daggers at her brother's innocent face, "What are you doing with them?" She mouthed the words traitor.
"GINA!" Whined Megumi, "You're suppose let ME say it..."
"I didn't say anything." Gina replied with a shrug, "So you can tell them now, if they haven't already guessed."
Megumi smile gleefully, "I got MARRIED!" She said like a little child who just got candy, clapping her hands.
The silence that followed was overpowering. Megumi had expected chaos, yet the peace was even more disturbing. Finally Gina repeated her question to Kenshin.
Kenshin smiled as he held up the marriage certificate, "I'm one of their witnesses."
"Who else was there?" demanded Gina.
Megumi looked at her cousin haughtily, "Some other people."
Gina noticed her parents and aunt and uncle were extremely quiet. She quickly grabbed Aoshi's arm and walked slowly as to not be noticed, to the far side of the living room. She didn't want to be in the middle of a family dispute. They could feel the enormous tension mounting.
Sano shifted uncomfortably, everyone's eyes were partially glued onto him.
Kenshin looked sheepish, like his last decision had been a bad one. He scratched the back of his head.
Megumi was a little nervously that her mother had not begun screaming, but stood proudly by her husband.
Tokio's face reddened. She pursed her lips.
Aya looked at her hands, light gray hair falling in front of her face.
Yumi rubbed her eyes a few times; not believing what she was seeing was real.
Saitou tapped his knee slightly, flipping back his 'antennas'.
Hiko brushed his bangs back, over and over again as he fell in his face.
Aoshi and Gina exchanged silent looks of concern. Someone was going to explode... very soon and it was NOT going to be pleasant.
Tokio reacted first, "KENSHIN! HOW COULD YOU?" She scream at her younger son, who cowered back, "I TOLD YOU... YOU..." She stopped to catch her ragged breath, "YOU... HOW COULD YOU LET THEM GET MARRIED WITHOUT EVEN TELLING US??"
"Ma..." Kenshin whimpered. Saitou chuckled; the boy looked like a dog with its tail between his legs. Then he scowled when he realized his son was weak.
"Megumi." Aunt Aya's voice was shaking. She did not look up as she wrung her hands. "I must be a bad parent..." She said quickly as she dashed away. Tokio looked alarmed, and took off after her older sister.
"Megumi... how could you... NOT TELL ME!?" Yumi burst into tears. "Do you not trust me enough?" She too ran off. Megumi wanted to follow, but Sano gripped her wrist, looking at Hiko.
"So. You going to say something too?" He looked terrified as Hiko stood up.
"NO." He smirked, "HAVE FUN WITH YOUR LIFE." He gave a trademark smirk and pounded out of the apartment. "MOVE KENSHIN!" Kenshin leapt out of the way as to not be thrown like a rag doll like the incident that evening on the stairs. Aoshi steadied the erratically swinging lights. Gina caught a vase that had tipped over, then hurried to the wall to adjust all the crooked pictures.
"Wut about ya'll?" Sano drawled.
Aoshi shrugged, looking at Gina, who shook her head.
"I've got something to say." Saitou said after a moments pause. Every eye fixed on him, "Have you two done anything thinking over this?"
"Uncle Saitou! Of course I have... and I love him. That's why I married him." Megumi defended. She held Sano's hand.
"Sit. All of you." Saitou enjoined. (A/N One of my vocabulary words of the week: enjoin- to direct or order)
Aoshi and Gina took the couch, Kenshin went into the lazy boy and Megumi and Sano snuggled closely on the loveseat.
Saitou looked at everyone with his wolfish eyes as they fell on the newlywed couple, "Have you guys thought of where you would live? His house? Hers?"
"Hers." Sano said just as Megumi said, "His."
They look at each other and exclaimed, "WHAT?!"
Saitou exchanged worried looks with Aoshi and Gina, "I thought so. See? No planning." He wagged a finger at the couple.
Sano jumped up in anger, fist clenched tightly "HEY! We planned, you jerk." Immediately, both Kenshin and Aoshi stood up, ready to defend their father. Sano maybe a friend, but blood was thicker than water.
Saitou motioned his sons to sit down with a smirk; so they did respect him. "You think I'm a jerk?"
"Yeah... I know you are. You IA guys are all the same... slippery...disgusting..." Sano sat back down after Megumi roughly tugged his pant leg.
"IA preservers the integrity of the force. Without integrity, what is the point of the police?" Saitou replied. Sano was quiet for now.
"You're with the force?" Gina remarked. Sano... a cop?
"Undercover lady." He gave a silly grin.
"Great... a dangerous job... did you plan it out... what if Megumi is in danger because of your job?" She commented.
Saitou nodded, he had a clever daughter.
"How'd your dad do it?" Sano asked.
"Hn. Tokio can take care of herself. But Megumi... she can't fight." Saitou said, "See? No planning again."
He wagged his finger again, which Gina put down, "Dad... that's what Mom does." Saitou scowled.
Sano clenched his fist, "Well... we love each other and that's wah counts... rite Meggi?" He hugged her.
Megumi gave no response; she was deep in thought.
Aoshi looked at Sano, "You know what we are saying it for you're good. We're not against you guys marrying... it's just all the planning involved."
Megumi finally looked up, "Yes." She looked lightly, "Love... it's what counts... right."
Saitou snorted, "You don't sound too confident."
"I'm sure." Megumi said faintly. "We'll manage. I don't fear for my life... no worries... right uncle?"
Saitou shook his head, "My family has had death treats against us. My wife and daughter attacked in a parking lot, my sons assaulted, my daughter's attempted kidnapping, assailants breaking into the house, seeking my and my family's life."
"But you're all alive." Sano insisted.
"Yes. But because my WHOLE family knows what to do in every situation... But I DO feel guilty, my family suffers because of my job." Saitou never admitted any of that ever before. It shocked his three children, Aoshi in particular.
"Aw man Meggi... what are we going to do?" Sano moaned burying his face in his hands.
Megumi patted her husband's hand lightly, "We'll be fine. Let's go home... your place. I can't face my mother or sister tonight. I'm tired."
As they were leaving, Megumi called back, "Tell them I'll be here tomorrow." The door closed.
"So..." Gina began.
Kenshin shifted nervously, "That was stupid of me... I practically forced them to get married when Sano began to back out..." He hit himself in the head a couple times.
"It was stupid of you Kenshin." Gina commented.
"How long have you knew?" Saitou said.
Kenshin blinked a couple times, "Huh?"
"Not you... you two." He fingered Aoshi and Gina, who both froze on the couch.
"Known what dad?" Aoshi began as Gina honestly admitted, "Two hours...tops three. Dad! We couldn't do anything. Meg just got really mad when we told them to wait and walked off with Sano."
"Why didn't you tell us? You guys fight again?"
"Yeah. You got a problem with that?" Aoshi was very tired now and had no time for his father's mind games. He rubbed his forehead with a weary hand.
Saitou looked at his son seriously; that boy was weighed with too many problem, overloading it would just cause a meltdown. "No. Go to sleep Aoshi. Get out of my house Kenshin..." Both boys obliged, "And go to sleep Gina."
The 12th Street Apartments were in a state of frenzy that night, a restless night for many of the occupants, except Hiko. (who slept like a rock)
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Funny Hiko moment... I thought of Mary Poppins when I write his lines, how everything in the mourning shakes because of that clock/ bell/ cannon thing.
Thank you MissBehavin, I think I'll give Jin a cameo... hmm... that comment got me thinking.
Next of the 12th Street Apartment: Yumi, Aya, Megumi and Sano sit down to talk. Misao begins Operation Aoshi. Maybe if there is time I'll throw in some Kenshin/Kaoru action. (Note: Subject to change)