I'm BACK! Muahhahahahahaha. I would like to thank the few reviewers I have,
but unfortunately not by name seeing as my internet has decided to be
stupid and I can't access my reviews in any possible way. I don't have much
else to say, so on to the fic!
BTW, I DO own Rurouni Kenshin, as a matter of fact. See, I bought it for fifty cents and my third ear, the one that allowed me to hear thoughts. Since hearing thoughts is annoying, I traded for Kenshin! What a wonderful deal, no?
If you believed that you need help. I own nothing but Maggie, her family, and anything you don't recognize. Which means if you don't recognize Pepsi I own it! MUAHAHHAHAHHAHAH!!!!!
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Maggie sat calmly on the couch, awaiting her parents return. Her mind was in complete turmoil.
"What in Mordor have I gotten myself into...?" She asked herself quietly. She flipped the pages of her Ceres manga absently, pausing for a moment at each page before moving on to the next. The front door suddenly opened.
"We're home!" her mother, Rose Woods, called. For a split second Maggie froze, but she quickly regained her composure.
"Hello mom! Hey dad! The boys are already in bed. Can I sleep up in Sanctuary?"
"Sure. Thanks for letting us know so we don't panic and run around hysterically like chickens with our heads cut off." Rose said jokingly. Maggie laughed.
"Night mom, dad." She gave them each a kiss on the cheek, and went to get ready for bed.
After brushing her teeth, getting dressed and putting her hair up in it's nighttime bun, Maggie gathered the blankets and pillows off her bed and stood on the top bunk. She pushed open the door and quickly shushed the men inside.
"My parents are home." She said once she hoisted herself up inside and shut the door behind her. She observed Sanosuke in her 'chair', which was a reclining seat built into the wall. Kenshin was sitting against the wall, one knee brought up to his chest, his chin resting on it, and Yahiko was sitting cross-legged up against one of the walls.
"Grab a blanket you guys. It can get a bit chilly up here at night." She offered, grabbing blankets from the nest at the end of the room and tossing them to the guys. "Be extra quiet. I'm going to put on the radio, so it will mask the noise a bit, but not too much. We still have to tread carefully." Maggie whispered. She went to the corner and sat, leaning into the corner that the cabinets and wall created.
"Maggie-san, you can sleep here. It'll be more comfortable." Sanosuke offered slightly reluctantly at Kenshin's glance. Maggie didn't notice the glance or tone, or she ignored them.
"No, thank you. I'm fine. Besides, you're guests." Maggie replied.
"If you're sure..."
"I am. Thank you for offering." Maggie said as she put on the radio. From the speakers 'Another Postcard' came blasting for a split second before Maggie turned the volume way down. The three others jumped at the noise, but tried to stay still, keeping conscious of Maggie's plea for them to be quiet. Maggie grinned apologetically.
"Why are they singing of monkeys?" Yahiko asked.
"Because. That's what the song is about."
"Monkeys?"
"Postcards with monkeys on them. Chimpanzees, specifically."
"Why?"
"Don't ask me." Maggie shrugged, turning to face the three confused, amused, and slightly frightened fighters.
"You didn't answer my earlier question." Maggie said quietly. "How do you speak English?"
There was silence. Then...
"I do not know, that I do not... Perhaps it was the soup?"
"And anyway, we don't know how you know about us!" Sanosuke said, his tone harsh, but his voice still low. Maggie tried to keep from flinching, but couldn't help it.
"I'm sorry, Maggie-san. I didn't mean to frighten you." Sanosuke said, and he sounded like he ment it.
"It's alright, Sanosuke-san. I don't know how you are known of. The manga was based partially on real events and people, but how you exactly are known, I don't know." Maggie said quietly. "I don't want to reveal too much for fear of messing up your future I guess. I don't know when you're from in the series. And I don't even know the whole series."
"Oh... Maggie-san... Do you know how we can get home?" Kenshin asked.
"I do not..." Maggie said dejectedly. "If I knew how, Id have sent you home by now."
'Don't get me wrong, they're awesome people, but it's still slightly scary. Even if it's a sakabato, its still a sword. Even if he is just Himura Kenshin, he is still the former Battosai. And that is slightly scary.' Maggie thought. 'These people aren't supposed to exist... They aren't supposed to exist and they do. These people aren't supposed to exist, they do, and they are sitting in Sanctuary, nodding off...'
"Maggie-san, you said you'd bring up food, didn't you?" Sanosuke.
"Oh yeah. I'm sorry, guys. I'll be back." Maggie opened the trapdoor and slid out gracefully. She jumped off the bunk, creating a loud thud, and left her room.
She entered the kitchen to find her dad looking at her.
"What?" Maggie asked.
"Nothing! Nothing." Her dad replied defensively. Maggie grabbed a bag of chips and took out a bowl, filling it with French Onion dip. She casually exited.
"What's with the food?"
"I'm having a party." Maggie replied sarcastically.
"Oh, alright." Her dad jokingly said. Maggie was relieved he brushed it off as her joking. She pushed the trapdoor open and put the dip and chips up first, then climbed up. She opened the bag after closing the trapdoor.
"Help yourself." She said. Sanosuke and Yahiko dove towards the chip bag as quietly as they could.
"Come on, Kenshin!" Yahiko said, mouth full of chips and dip. "This stuff ish good!"
"Just one." Kenshin said, reaching for a chip.
"I warn you, you can't eat just one." Maggie threatened.
Sanosuke suddenly stopped.
"They're addicting? Like Opium? Are they a drug?" He glanced at the bag with sudden suspicion.
Maggie laughed. "No, they aren't a drug! They're almost as addicting though. They're just friend potato crisps with salt. Kenshin took a tiny bite of the chip before nearly swallowing the rest whole, then digging into the bag. If they had been in the anime, Yahiko, Sanosuke and Maggie would have a huge sweat drop rolling down their head, but since they were in the 'real world' so to speak, they settled for an amused/exasperated expression.
"Slow down! Geeze, I only have one bag for all of us. Well, you guys. I'm not hungry." Maggie glanced at the clock. It was, by now, almost 3 AM.
"Guys, we need to rest. I'll sneak you out in the morning so you can go on a walk. But for now, sleep." Maggie said, retuning to her corner and curling up with her blanket and pillow.
"Sleep easy, there are no gangs or assassins after you here." Maggie muttered as she drifted off to sleep.
Meanwhile......
Kaoru rubbed her head in attempt to get the headache to go away. It didn't work. She stood and looked around.
"Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore...?... Where did that come from? What was that? I didn't say that... Did I? Oh well... Um... That still leaves the question of where I am..."
Kaoru looked around. She saw, not too far off, a path. Next to it were several white boards nailed to a tree like walls with no floor. She approached the structure to find multicolored words written on the bottom few boards. She decided to spend the night on the tiny shelf that some of the boards formed, laid horizontally across the branches. She briefly thanked whomever was up there that she was wearing her training clothes, and not a kimono.
"Where on EARTH am I?" She muttered again.
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Well, R+R please! Thanks y'all!
BTW, I DO own Rurouni Kenshin, as a matter of fact. See, I bought it for fifty cents and my third ear, the one that allowed me to hear thoughts. Since hearing thoughts is annoying, I traded for Kenshin! What a wonderful deal, no?
If you believed that you need help. I own nothing but Maggie, her family, and anything you don't recognize. Which means if you don't recognize Pepsi I own it! MUAHAHHAHAHHAHAH!!!!!
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Maggie sat calmly on the couch, awaiting her parents return. Her mind was in complete turmoil.
"What in Mordor have I gotten myself into...?" She asked herself quietly. She flipped the pages of her Ceres manga absently, pausing for a moment at each page before moving on to the next. The front door suddenly opened.
"We're home!" her mother, Rose Woods, called. For a split second Maggie froze, but she quickly regained her composure.
"Hello mom! Hey dad! The boys are already in bed. Can I sleep up in Sanctuary?"
"Sure. Thanks for letting us know so we don't panic and run around hysterically like chickens with our heads cut off." Rose said jokingly. Maggie laughed.
"Night mom, dad." She gave them each a kiss on the cheek, and went to get ready for bed.
After brushing her teeth, getting dressed and putting her hair up in it's nighttime bun, Maggie gathered the blankets and pillows off her bed and stood on the top bunk. She pushed open the door and quickly shushed the men inside.
"My parents are home." She said once she hoisted herself up inside and shut the door behind her. She observed Sanosuke in her 'chair', which was a reclining seat built into the wall. Kenshin was sitting against the wall, one knee brought up to his chest, his chin resting on it, and Yahiko was sitting cross-legged up against one of the walls.
"Grab a blanket you guys. It can get a bit chilly up here at night." She offered, grabbing blankets from the nest at the end of the room and tossing them to the guys. "Be extra quiet. I'm going to put on the radio, so it will mask the noise a bit, but not too much. We still have to tread carefully." Maggie whispered. She went to the corner and sat, leaning into the corner that the cabinets and wall created.
"Maggie-san, you can sleep here. It'll be more comfortable." Sanosuke offered slightly reluctantly at Kenshin's glance. Maggie didn't notice the glance or tone, or she ignored them.
"No, thank you. I'm fine. Besides, you're guests." Maggie replied.
"If you're sure..."
"I am. Thank you for offering." Maggie said as she put on the radio. From the speakers 'Another Postcard' came blasting for a split second before Maggie turned the volume way down. The three others jumped at the noise, but tried to stay still, keeping conscious of Maggie's plea for them to be quiet. Maggie grinned apologetically.
"Why are they singing of monkeys?" Yahiko asked.
"Because. That's what the song is about."
"Monkeys?"
"Postcards with monkeys on them. Chimpanzees, specifically."
"Why?"
"Don't ask me." Maggie shrugged, turning to face the three confused, amused, and slightly frightened fighters.
"You didn't answer my earlier question." Maggie said quietly. "How do you speak English?"
There was silence. Then...
"I do not know, that I do not... Perhaps it was the soup?"
"And anyway, we don't know how you know about us!" Sanosuke said, his tone harsh, but his voice still low. Maggie tried to keep from flinching, but couldn't help it.
"I'm sorry, Maggie-san. I didn't mean to frighten you." Sanosuke said, and he sounded like he ment it.
"It's alright, Sanosuke-san. I don't know how you are known of. The manga was based partially on real events and people, but how you exactly are known, I don't know." Maggie said quietly. "I don't want to reveal too much for fear of messing up your future I guess. I don't know when you're from in the series. And I don't even know the whole series."
"Oh... Maggie-san... Do you know how we can get home?" Kenshin asked.
"I do not..." Maggie said dejectedly. "If I knew how, Id have sent you home by now."
'Don't get me wrong, they're awesome people, but it's still slightly scary. Even if it's a sakabato, its still a sword. Even if he is just Himura Kenshin, he is still the former Battosai. And that is slightly scary.' Maggie thought. 'These people aren't supposed to exist... They aren't supposed to exist and they do. These people aren't supposed to exist, they do, and they are sitting in Sanctuary, nodding off...'
"Maggie-san, you said you'd bring up food, didn't you?" Sanosuke.
"Oh yeah. I'm sorry, guys. I'll be back." Maggie opened the trapdoor and slid out gracefully. She jumped off the bunk, creating a loud thud, and left her room.
She entered the kitchen to find her dad looking at her.
"What?" Maggie asked.
"Nothing! Nothing." Her dad replied defensively. Maggie grabbed a bag of chips and took out a bowl, filling it with French Onion dip. She casually exited.
"What's with the food?"
"I'm having a party." Maggie replied sarcastically.
"Oh, alright." Her dad jokingly said. Maggie was relieved he brushed it off as her joking. She pushed the trapdoor open and put the dip and chips up first, then climbed up. She opened the bag after closing the trapdoor.
"Help yourself." She said. Sanosuke and Yahiko dove towards the chip bag as quietly as they could.
"Come on, Kenshin!" Yahiko said, mouth full of chips and dip. "This stuff ish good!"
"Just one." Kenshin said, reaching for a chip.
"I warn you, you can't eat just one." Maggie threatened.
Sanosuke suddenly stopped.
"They're addicting? Like Opium? Are they a drug?" He glanced at the bag with sudden suspicion.
Maggie laughed. "No, they aren't a drug! They're almost as addicting though. They're just friend potato crisps with salt. Kenshin took a tiny bite of the chip before nearly swallowing the rest whole, then digging into the bag. If they had been in the anime, Yahiko, Sanosuke and Maggie would have a huge sweat drop rolling down their head, but since they were in the 'real world' so to speak, they settled for an amused/exasperated expression.
"Slow down! Geeze, I only have one bag for all of us. Well, you guys. I'm not hungry." Maggie glanced at the clock. It was, by now, almost 3 AM.
"Guys, we need to rest. I'll sneak you out in the morning so you can go on a walk. But for now, sleep." Maggie said, retuning to her corner and curling up with her blanket and pillow.
"Sleep easy, there are no gangs or assassins after you here." Maggie muttered as she drifted off to sleep.
Meanwhile......
Kaoru rubbed her head in attempt to get the headache to go away. It didn't work. She stood and looked around.
"Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore...?... Where did that come from? What was that? I didn't say that... Did I? Oh well... Um... That still leaves the question of where I am..."
Kaoru looked around. She saw, not too far off, a path. Next to it were several white boards nailed to a tree like walls with no floor. She approached the structure to find multicolored words written on the bottom few boards. She decided to spend the night on the tiny shelf that some of the boards formed, laid horizontally across the branches. She briefly thanked whomever was up there that she was wearing her training clothes, and not a kimono.
"Where on EARTH am I?" She muttered again.
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Well, R+R please! Thanks y'all!