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Warning: Contains some language and suggestions.

A/N: Takes place after anime series ends. Please review. Thanks.

A Night to Forget

Aoshi Shinomori: So Honorable, He's Frightening

Sanosuke heard voices and slowly came to.

"Kaoru Kamiya, I do not see how you can possibly blame this all on me. If you hadn't offered me that damn sake…"

"You took advantage of me while I was drunk. You stole my virtue!"

They didn't notice Sanosuke groan.

"Actually, some may say you took advantage of me."

"Now you're making me angry." Kaoru warned.

"I find it to be a great tragedy that I can't recall anything from last night. My first sexual encounter with a woman."

Sano sat up suddenly, opening his brown eyes, relieved to find that both parties had found some clothing. He sneered at Aoshi, "You can't hold your liquor and you were a virgin. I hate to say it, man, but you're a real pussy."

Aoshi bridled indignantly. "I never said I was a virgin."

"But you just said…" Kaoru started.

"That you were my first woman."

"Huh?" Kaoru regarded him curiously.

"It's why I vowed to never again drink sake. You see.. Hannya and I…"

"Sorry I asked." Kaoru interrupted quickly as both she and Sano gave an involuntary shudder of disgust.

"So what's the plan?" Sanosuke asked when he had recovered from visiting places he didn't want to go. "Are you going to tell Kenshin?"

Kaoru pouted. "Not that he'd care, now that he's with Megumi."

Sanosuke clenched his fists in rage. "Oh, yeah, I guess I forgot about that."

A tear came to Kaoru's eye as she thought of Kenshin. "I'm such a whore!"

"You are no such thing." Aoshi regarded her coolly. "I've been thinking on what we should do about this and have reached a satisfactory conclusion."

"Forget it ever happened?" Kaoru asked hopefully.

"No. Kaoru Kamiya, I request that you become my wife."

Kaoru only gaped at him.

Sanosuke couldn't repress a crooked smile. "Is this guy for real?"

Aoshi continued. "It is the only honorable thing to do in this situation, and I, Aoshi Shinomori, am a man of honor."

"But Misao…" Kaoru choked.

Aoshi looked thoughtful. "Of course she would be your maid of honor, or flower girl, or something, but I'll leave that up to you. Now, please excuse me." Aoshi left the dojo.

Kaoru gave his back and blank stare.

Sano slapped her on the back. "Congratulations, Little Missy!"

Kaoru punched him.

Amazingly, Sano stayed and helped Kaoru clean up the place. It was almost one and Kenshin had yet to return. Kaoru snarled as she hoped he was having fun.

Sanosuke would look at her now and then, sometimes with concern and other times with amusement. When he actually snickered out loud, Kaoru gave him a death look which caused him to become suddenly sullen.

Aoshi returned at about one-thirty much to Kaoru's dismay. She had hoped he had returned to Kyoto. Sano was napping (tired from helping with the cleaning) and was waiting for the afternoon meal to be prepared, so Kaoru found herself facing Aoshi alone.

He stood in the doorway, wringing his hands around a bouquet of flowers. "These are for you." He pushed the lilies toward her. Kaoru flushed.

"Uh…thanks." She took them to the kitchen to put them in water grateful for something to do.

This was too weird. She turned around to find Aoshi right behind her. "Here," he said as he thrust a little box at her unceremoniously and waited expectantly.

Kaoru opened it to find a diamond ring, much like the one she had always dreamed of receiving from Kenshin. She looked up at Aoshi whose expression was unreadable. Surely he hadn't been serious.

"Aoshi…I can't…"

She was unable to finish because he had put his arms around her and his mouth had awkwardly found hers--very awkwardly, in fact. Oh, no! she thought to herself, At least tell me we kissed first! She pushed him away.

"I can't marry you," she told him. "I love someone else."

"Oh," he answered simply, and Kaoru was unable to tell if his eyes held hurt or relief. They stood in an uncomfortable silence for a while before Aoshi asked, "May I kiss you again."

Kaoru shrugged and figured if she could sleep with the guy she could surely give him a chance to make up for that last kiss. "Why not?" Within seconds she was enveloped into another cold awkward kiss. How did I ever go all the way with this guy?

"Oro!" Kenshin's voice came from the doorway. "Aoshi?!? Miss Kaoru?!?"

"Kenshin!" Kaoru exclaimed at the same time that Aoshi said, "Battousai!"

"This is certainly a surprise." Megumi spoke from beside him.

TBC?

A/N: None of this is meant to be taken seriously. I love all the characters (especially Aoshi). I'm just having some fun with them. Please review if you think I should continue. Thanks.