The 12th Street Apartment
12/12/2003
Hi! I'm back!
Disclaimer: I don't own.
+Review Responses+
Unique-starfish: I'm sorry it was such a short chapter... I'm writing more now! Thanks for reviewing .^^
Noner_89: I'll see what I can do!! Thanks for reviewing. ^^
MissBehavin: I wanted so badly for Kaoru to run too... but my mind and fingers (which I seem to have no control over) wrote it... Thanks for reviewing. ^^
Nigihayami Haruko: I'm trying to put more fluff... and it will have a happy ending... I hope. As always, thanks for reviewing ^^
Purpo kitee katx: Thanks for the review!! Kaoru's life will get better... I promise (hope) ^^
Scarlet Rayne: I agree... I'll be sure to update soon! Thanks for reviewing. ^^
Hira: Of course I'll continue. ^^ I'm sorry I couldn't write this week... it's for a project...
Hikari no Kodomo: Thanks for noticing I spelled Enishi with an "n" at the end... oops... Thanks for reviewing.^^
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Oh!! I went to this random slogan generator site (Don't ask) and typed in Dusty Fall... these were some of the good slogans:
~*~*~ Think Dusty Fall
~*~*~I scream, you scream, we all scream for Dusty Fall! (hee hee)
~*~*~Look for the Dusty Fall Label (err... STORY!!)
~*~*~ You've always got time for Dusty Fall. (Or at least her stories right??) ^^
~*~*~If you've got the time, we've got the Dusty Fall (story... right?) ^^
~*~*~The Dusty Fall That Likes to Say Yes (When she sees reviews) ^^ *Hint*Hint*
Anyway... now that I've gone off track...
I have decided one thing. Although I don't like cliché predictable stories and the 12th Street Apartment was suppose to be angst-y, this story has become soap opera-ish..., which is fine for this particular story... I'm keeping it cutesy!
If anyone is also reading Passing of the Forbidden, my newest work, IT will be very angst-y. It's a twisted K&K... check it out!
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Yumi yanked open the door to the apartment as Gina raced into the room, "What happened?"
Yumi motioned to Megumi. Megumi had a huge bruise on her cheek; all purple and black. Yumi had pressed ice to the wound.
Megumi looked at Gina, "It's nothing..."
Yumi exploded, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOTHING HAPPENED!? WHAT HAPPENED?" Her voice grew shrill.
"Megumi..." Aunt Aya tried to reason with her daughter.
"All right ... all right..." Megumi looked at the melting ice, "I was coming over here... when I heard smashing in toe house next door. Mr. Lin was on vacation... and so I walked over to the front door and there was a man... and he saw me and went to run... and I grabbed him... and... he punched me..."
"YOU GRABBED HIM???" Yumi yelled
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING???" Aya screamed.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?" Gina added.
Megumi blinked in shock, "Of course I'm crazy... I married Sano!"
Gina raised a curious eyebrow, "That reminds me... where is your husband?"
"Work."
"Gina... please find him." Aya ordered, "I'm calling the doctor.... Megumi, you sit RIGHT there!"
Yumi shoved Gina out of the house.
***
"MEG!" The door of Yumi's apartment slammed against the wall.
Megumi winced, "There's a dent..."
Sano marched in and took one look at his wife, "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT WAS I THINKING? I OBVIOUSLY WASN'T ACCORDING TO EVERYONE HERE!" Megumi vented.
"ARE YA LIKE... BRAIN DEAD!?" Sano hollered back right in Megumi's face.
Megumi didn't back down, "WELL APARENTLY SINCE I MARRIED YOU!"
"HEY! WHAT HAS THAT GOTTA DO WITH THIS?!" Sano pointed to the purple bruise.
"EVERYTHING! IT'S YOUR FAULT WE LIVE IN THAT DUMP!" Megumi stood up angry, shoving her husband out of her face.
"HEY! THAT 'DUMP' IS OUR HOME!"
Megumi snorted, "HOME? IT'S BETTER SERVE AS A CLOSET!"
"OH?! SO YOU WOULD RATHER WE LIVE HERE?" He fingered the floor in fury.
"YES!!!!!!!!!" screamed Megumi in frustration.
"WITH YOUR MOTHER?" Sano looked surprised.
"YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Megumi stomped on the floor loudly.
"SHUT UP!" Aunt Aya had had enough of the yelling.
Sano and Megumi looked up in shock. "SIT!" Aya screamed in Sano's ear. Both plopped down in the soft couch without a protest.
She pointed at Sano first, "You! You can't treat my daughter this way! One: She's your wife! Two: WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY HOUSE? Three: Shut up."
Aya turn to her daughter ho was grinning at her husband smugly, "You! You think you're off the bat too? One: He's your husband! Two: Put that ice back. Three: You're welcome to live here..."
Yumi nodded, "I'll move out..."
"Where?" Gina inquired.
"Misao... Kaoru's gone after all... I've actually am in the process of moving..."
Megumi looked up, "So we can move in?"
Aya nodded, "Consult your husband."
All eye fell on Sano, "What?" He snapped.
Yumi rolled her eyes and walked into the kitchen.
Aya shook her head in disappointment followed Yumi.
Gina leaned against the door, wondering what was going to happen next.
Megumi turned around to meet her husband's eyes, "SLAP!" Megumi delivered a hard hit.
Sano jerked his head back, "Ow... what'd waz that for Meg?"
"You know full well what it was for."
"No I don't..."
"Get out." Megumi's face was impassive
"What?"
"Get out." Megumi said monotonously.
"You mean..." Sano and Gina were equally surprised.
"GET OUT." Megumi hissed as she pulled his husband towards the door.
Gina stepped out of the way as Megumi literally picked her husband up and heaved him outside. She winced, as there was a loud crash and a few moans. Megumi look quite pleased.
***
"Sano..." Kenshin groaned attempting to sit up. He collapsed as another weight landed on him. He looked up to see Aoshi flung over Sano who was on top of Kenshin. Kenshin grinned up at his older brother, "Mind..."
Aoshi tried his best to get up in a dignified fashion, but it didn't last very long.
There was a loud swishing sound, followed by plopping, along with a string of curses.
Kenshin had just gotten to his knees as she glanced up the stairs, "Oh no..." The figure slammed into the three in a heap.
"OWW!!" Sano bellowed, trapped once again between Kenshin and Aoshi.
"Uncle Hiko? How much to do weigh?" Kenshin poked his head out between Sano's arms.
There was a defiant snort, followed by the clicking of a camera. Aoshi glanced sidelong to see his parents. His mother was taking numerous pictures and giggling while his father raised an eyebrow.
His mother then hurried past the heap and up the stairs to her room.
Hajime Saitou reminded standing to the banister, "You planning on moving anytime soon?" He asked peered at Kenshin with his flouting eyes.
(A/N: YEAH! Another vocabulary word used! Flout)
"As... soon... as... Uncle... Hiko... gets... off..." Kenshin muttered, placing his face on the ground.
Finally, it took a while to detangle the men. Saitou reused to help; he just watched in amusement. He looked at his watch, "Took you long enough."
"How long?" Sano brushed himself.
"Ten minutes." Saitou replied with a smirk. He watched Hiko march back to his room, "Got him."
"What's that dad?" Aoshi pulled his jacket right.
"Nothing." They didn't need to know everything he did; including the tricks he pulled on his brother. "What's wrong with the idiot?"
"Stop CALLING me that!" Sano barked as he sat forlorn on the steps.
"What? Meg kicked you out?" Kenshin joked.
Sano looked up, "Yeah..."
"Really?" Kenshin joined his friend on the steps.
"Yeah... she looked at me, slapped me, and then demanded I get out..."
"What did you say?"
"NOTHING! I didn't say a thing!"
"Err..." Kenshin was very confused, "Why'd she go and do that?"
Sano threw his hands up in frustration, "Exactly!!"
"What were you guys talking about?"
"Megumi was punched this afternoon, and now she states she hates where we live. Her mother offended us to live with her... and then she left us alone, and I look at Meg, and she slaps me!"
"Sometimes the wrong thing to say is nothing." Commented Aoshi who was listening, leaning against the wall.
"Wha d'ya mean?" Sano lift his head slightly.
"What I just said." Aoshi turned and walked up the stairs slowly.
"Did you get that Kenshin?" Sano asked.
Kenshin shook his head, "Sano."
"What? What'd I miss now?"
"Maybe Meg was WAITING for you to say something..."
"Like what?"
Kenshin was fed up; was his friend really this thick headed? "MAYBE SHE WANTS TO LIVE HERE!! AND IS WAITING FOR YOUR DECISION!"
"Woah man... I hear ya... but moving in...here..."
"It's that or a divorce." Kenshin rubbed his temples.
"Meg would never ask for a divorce..."
"Right, and I'm sure she enjoyed that punch."
"Aw man... what do I do now?"
"What any man would." Saitou sneered as he stepped beside Kenshin on his way down.
Sano blinked, watching the tall man open the door before he realized what Saitou had said.
Kenshin expected his friend to be infuriated and he was but not for the reason's Kenshin thought.
"MR. SAITOU!! You come back here! You tell me exactly what you are trying to say!!" Sano raced down the stairs, chasing after the blue dressed man.
***
"Do you think he'll come back?" Gina asked as she handed hot tea to Megumi.
"Of course he will... he has NO idea what he did wrong... and if he doesn't make the smart choice, I'm getting a divorce."
"Isn't that being a LITTLE harsh Meg?" Yumi commented as she sat down next to her sister.
"That guy drives me NUTS!"
"Then why'd you marry him?" Yumi smiled.
"BECAUSE I WAS CRAZY!"
"Crazy in love with him." Gina pointed out.
"SHUT UP!"
The door flew open, revealing Sano and Kenshin.
"MEG!" Sano yelled.
Megumi tensed, waiting for his answer.
"LET'S MOVE IN!"
Aya smiled as she watched her daughter hug her son-in-law. He made the smart choice; he couldn't be SO bad.
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Um... Yeah...
It's not a very long chapter.
But I'm writing a holiday special... it will certainly be special... both in a good and bad way... (I think)
Thanks for reading!
Review please!
12/12/2003
Hi! I'm back!
Disclaimer: I don't own.
+Review Responses+
Unique-starfish: I'm sorry it was such a short chapter... I'm writing more now! Thanks for reviewing .^^
Noner_89: I'll see what I can do!! Thanks for reviewing. ^^
MissBehavin: I wanted so badly for Kaoru to run too... but my mind and fingers (which I seem to have no control over) wrote it... Thanks for reviewing. ^^
Nigihayami Haruko: I'm trying to put more fluff... and it will have a happy ending... I hope. As always, thanks for reviewing ^^
Purpo kitee katx: Thanks for the review!! Kaoru's life will get better... I promise (hope) ^^
Scarlet Rayne: I agree... I'll be sure to update soon! Thanks for reviewing. ^^
Hira: Of course I'll continue. ^^ I'm sorry I couldn't write this week... it's for a project...
Hikari no Kodomo: Thanks for noticing I spelled Enishi with an "n" at the end... oops... Thanks for reviewing.^^
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Oh!! I went to this random slogan generator site (Don't ask) and typed in Dusty Fall... these were some of the good slogans:
~*~*~ Think Dusty Fall
~*~*~I scream, you scream, we all scream for Dusty Fall! (hee hee)
~*~*~Look for the Dusty Fall Label (err... STORY!!)
~*~*~ You've always got time for Dusty Fall. (Or at least her stories right??) ^^
~*~*~If you've got the time, we've got the Dusty Fall (story... right?) ^^
~*~*~The Dusty Fall That Likes to Say Yes (When she sees reviews) ^^ *Hint*Hint*
Anyway... now that I've gone off track...
I have decided one thing. Although I don't like cliché predictable stories and the 12th Street Apartment was suppose to be angst-y, this story has become soap opera-ish..., which is fine for this particular story... I'm keeping it cutesy!
If anyone is also reading Passing of the Forbidden, my newest work, IT will be very angst-y. It's a twisted K&K... check it out!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yumi yanked open the door to the apartment as Gina raced into the room, "What happened?"
Yumi motioned to Megumi. Megumi had a huge bruise on her cheek; all purple and black. Yumi had pressed ice to the wound.
Megumi looked at Gina, "It's nothing..."
Yumi exploded, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOTHING HAPPENED!? WHAT HAPPENED?" Her voice grew shrill.
"Megumi..." Aunt Aya tried to reason with her daughter.
"All right ... all right..." Megumi looked at the melting ice, "I was coming over here... when I heard smashing in toe house next door. Mr. Lin was on vacation... and so I walked over to the front door and there was a man... and he saw me and went to run... and I grabbed him... and... he punched me..."
"YOU GRABBED HIM???" Yumi yelled
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING???" Aya screamed.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?" Gina added.
Megumi blinked in shock, "Of course I'm crazy... I married Sano!"
Gina raised a curious eyebrow, "That reminds me... where is your husband?"
"Work."
"Gina... please find him." Aya ordered, "I'm calling the doctor.... Megumi, you sit RIGHT there!"
Yumi shoved Gina out of the house.
***
"MEG!" The door of Yumi's apartment slammed against the wall.
Megumi winced, "There's a dent..."
Sano marched in and took one look at his wife, "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT WAS I THINKING? I OBVIOUSLY WASN'T ACCORDING TO EVERYONE HERE!" Megumi vented.
"ARE YA LIKE... BRAIN DEAD!?" Sano hollered back right in Megumi's face.
Megumi didn't back down, "WELL APARENTLY SINCE I MARRIED YOU!"
"HEY! WHAT HAS THAT GOTTA DO WITH THIS?!" Sano pointed to the purple bruise.
"EVERYTHING! IT'S YOUR FAULT WE LIVE IN THAT DUMP!" Megumi stood up angry, shoving her husband out of her face.
"HEY! THAT 'DUMP' IS OUR HOME!"
Megumi snorted, "HOME? IT'S BETTER SERVE AS A CLOSET!"
"OH?! SO YOU WOULD RATHER WE LIVE HERE?" He fingered the floor in fury.
"YES!!!!!!!!!" screamed Megumi in frustration.
"WITH YOUR MOTHER?" Sano looked surprised.
"YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Megumi stomped on the floor loudly.
"SHUT UP!" Aunt Aya had had enough of the yelling.
Sano and Megumi looked up in shock. "SIT!" Aya screamed in Sano's ear. Both plopped down in the soft couch without a protest.
She pointed at Sano first, "You! You can't treat my daughter this way! One: She's your wife! Two: WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY HOUSE? Three: Shut up."
Aya turn to her daughter ho was grinning at her husband smugly, "You! You think you're off the bat too? One: He's your husband! Two: Put that ice back. Three: You're welcome to live here..."
Yumi nodded, "I'll move out..."
"Where?" Gina inquired.
"Misao... Kaoru's gone after all... I've actually am in the process of moving..."
Megumi looked up, "So we can move in?"
Aya nodded, "Consult your husband."
All eye fell on Sano, "What?" He snapped.
Yumi rolled her eyes and walked into the kitchen.
Aya shook her head in disappointment followed Yumi.
Gina leaned against the door, wondering what was going to happen next.
Megumi turned around to meet her husband's eyes, "SLAP!" Megumi delivered a hard hit.
Sano jerked his head back, "Ow... what'd waz that for Meg?"
"You know full well what it was for."
"No I don't..."
"Get out." Megumi's face was impassive
"What?"
"Get out." Megumi said monotonously.
"You mean..." Sano and Gina were equally surprised.
"GET OUT." Megumi hissed as she pulled his husband towards the door.
Gina stepped out of the way as Megumi literally picked her husband up and heaved him outside. She winced, as there was a loud crash and a few moans. Megumi look quite pleased.
***
"Sano..." Kenshin groaned attempting to sit up. He collapsed as another weight landed on him. He looked up to see Aoshi flung over Sano who was on top of Kenshin. Kenshin grinned up at his older brother, "Mind..."
Aoshi tried his best to get up in a dignified fashion, but it didn't last very long.
There was a loud swishing sound, followed by plopping, along with a string of curses.
Kenshin had just gotten to his knees as she glanced up the stairs, "Oh no..." The figure slammed into the three in a heap.
"OWW!!" Sano bellowed, trapped once again between Kenshin and Aoshi.
"Uncle Hiko? How much to do weigh?" Kenshin poked his head out between Sano's arms.
There was a defiant snort, followed by the clicking of a camera. Aoshi glanced sidelong to see his parents. His mother was taking numerous pictures and giggling while his father raised an eyebrow.
His mother then hurried past the heap and up the stairs to her room.
Hajime Saitou reminded standing to the banister, "You planning on moving anytime soon?" He asked peered at Kenshin with his flouting eyes.
(A/N: YEAH! Another vocabulary word used! Flout)
"As... soon... as... Uncle... Hiko... gets... off..." Kenshin muttered, placing his face on the ground.
Finally, it took a while to detangle the men. Saitou reused to help; he just watched in amusement. He looked at his watch, "Took you long enough."
"How long?" Sano brushed himself.
"Ten minutes." Saitou replied with a smirk. He watched Hiko march back to his room, "Got him."
"What's that dad?" Aoshi pulled his jacket right.
"Nothing." They didn't need to know everything he did; including the tricks he pulled on his brother. "What's wrong with the idiot?"
"Stop CALLING me that!" Sano barked as he sat forlorn on the steps.
"What? Meg kicked you out?" Kenshin joked.
Sano looked up, "Yeah..."
"Really?" Kenshin joined his friend on the steps.
"Yeah... she looked at me, slapped me, and then demanded I get out..."
"What did you say?"
"NOTHING! I didn't say a thing!"
"Err..." Kenshin was very confused, "Why'd she go and do that?"
Sano threw his hands up in frustration, "Exactly!!"
"What were you guys talking about?"
"Megumi was punched this afternoon, and now she states she hates where we live. Her mother offended us to live with her... and then she left us alone, and I look at Meg, and she slaps me!"
"Sometimes the wrong thing to say is nothing." Commented Aoshi who was listening, leaning against the wall.
"Wha d'ya mean?" Sano lift his head slightly.
"What I just said." Aoshi turned and walked up the stairs slowly.
"Did you get that Kenshin?" Sano asked.
Kenshin shook his head, "Sano."
"What? What'd I miss now?"
"Maybe Meg was WAITING for you to say something..."
"Like what?"
Kenshin was fed up; was his friend really this thick headed? "MAYBE SHE WANTS TO LIVE HERE!! AND IS WAITING FOR YOUR DECISION!"
"Woah man... I hear ya... but moving in...here..."
"It's that or a divorce." Kenshin rubbed his temples.
"Meg would never ask for a divorce..."
"Right, and I'm sure she enjoyed that punch."
"Aw man... what do I do now?"
"What any man would." Saitou sneered as he stepped beside Kenshin on his way down.
Sano blinked, watching the tall man open the door before he realized what Saitou had said.
Kenshin expected his friend to be infuriated and he was but not for the reason's Kenshin thought.
"MR. SAITOU!! You come back here! You tell me exactly what you are trying to say!!" Sano raced down the stairs, chasing after the blue dressed man.
***
"Do you think he'll come back?" Gina asked as she handed hot tea to Megumi.
"Of course he will... he has NO idea what he did wrong... and if he doesn't make the smart choice, I'm getting a divorce."
"Isn't that being a LITTLE harsh Meg?" Yumi commented as she sat down next to her sister.
"That guy drives me NUTS!"
"Then why'd you marry him?" Yumi smiled.
"BECAUSE I WAS CRAZY!"
"Crazy in love with him." Gina pointed out.
"SHUT UP!"
The door flew open, revealing Sano and Kenshin.
"MEG!" Sano yelled.
Megumi tensed, waiting for his answer.
"LET'S MOVE IN!"
Aya smiled as she watched her daughter hug her son-in-law. He made the smart choice; he couldn't be SO bad.
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Um... Yeah...
It's not a very long chapter.
But I'm writing a holiday special... it will certainly be special... both in a good and bad way... (I think)
Thanks for reading!
Review please!