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Chapter Four: Still in the 'Barging-In' Story
Authoress: Nyahahahahaha!
Her heart thudded in panic. Her eyes involuntary surveyed his body in haste: from his head to that thing in his groin, then to his feet, then back to that thing in his groin, and finally to his face. When Sano gave her that shocked gaze, she realized what just happened.
She closed the door. Hard.
She wanted to scream, but her voice was stuck somewhere on her throat. She could hear his quick footsteps around the bathroom and finally him approaching the door. She wanted to run, but her feet won't cooperate.
The shoji door opened and they both stared each other with shock.
"Hell, woman! Can't you let a man have his bath in peace?" he barked. She noticed that he is now wearing a towel around his waist.
She blinked a few times, and then realized that he was actually accusing her. "Excuse me?! But do you have a brain to actually lock this door?!"
"Dammit! Didn't you noticed my clothes on the--" he gazed down on the empty wooden bin. "Where the hell did they go?!"
"I came here to get some water," she said.
"Why don't you get from the well?" he barked.
"It's too far away, and I'm getting dizzy. The only way I can get some water is to come to the closest place I can find it," she retaliated.
"Why didn't you asked Suzume?!" He paused. "And what in damnation are you doing out of bed, anyway?!"
"Suzume left before I can finish my request," she brawled. "And it's none of your business if I stay out of bed or not! You're not my doctor!"
"And you are! So you should know best!"
Before the fight can get any fiercer, Yahiko, Ayame and Suzume came running towards them.
"What happened?" Yahiko asked.
Sano and Megumi looked at each other meaningfully. They decided not to tell that Megumi suddenly opened the bathroom door in Sano's private moment. At least, it's something they had agreed about without hesitation.
Sano was about to speak, but Megumi beat him to it. "I was asking for some water, and Mother Hen here started scolding me for being out of bed."
They stared at Sano, who was starting to get furious at the sly fox every minute. Okay, at least being a 'Roosterhead' had its grand chauvinistic ideals intact. Now, Megitsune reduced her to a Mother Hen.
He noticed that they were waiting for his reply. He nodded stiffly.
"Oh my!" Ayame exclaimed and turned around, bringing Suzume to do the same.
"What is it now?" Sano said impatiently.
Yahiko knows why. "Uhm, Sano? There are girls present. You could finish whatever you are--"
The shoji door shut with a hoarse rasp. Seconds later, it reopened again, this time, shoving Megumi a bucket-full of water from the big water bin inside. And without any more cursing or a mere grunt, he shoved the bathroom door closed again in their faces.
Megumi is not going to have a peaceful sleep tonight.
She was back in Kaoru's room; she is sitting upright while Suzume and Ayame tried to convince her to eat her dinner. But her thoughts are somewhere else. She should've apologized for her earlier intrusion, although it wasn't her fault. He should've put some indication that he's using the bathroom. All right, maybe the smoke coming from inside is an indication, but she was lightheaded to think of it.
In fact, he was the one being unreasonable. He shouldn't have that little event bother him a bit. He's a man, after all, and should handle it with more composure. And why is he being angry about it? Besides, he knew that she wouldn't tell it to anybody.
So why does she have to apologize to him in the first place?
His naked image came back to her mind again. She shook her head to get rid of it. But the image is still there. She had been treating the bruises of Sanosuke that she didn't mind him being a bit naked, so it was a surprise that the gangster managed to lump his frame a bit with muscles.
But she knew it was something else she saw that bothered her the most. And that's the reason she doesn't want to dwell on it.
"Megumi-san?"
Suzume's voice snapped her back to reality. "Why aren't you eating your food?"
Megumi looked down at her untouched plate, "I guess I'm not hungry."
"But you have to eat something, even though the fever's gone," Ayame frets. "You have to get your strength back."
"I managed to get water all by myself," she debated.
"Yes, but you got all wobbly again on the way back," Suzume counter debated.
The lady doctor sighed. These two is going to be the most wonderful--if not tenacious--nurses in the future, she said to herself. She resigned, and took a sip from the soup Tsubame made. "It's delicious."
"We know. Now try the rice and fish," Ayame instructed.
The two are trying their best to make Megumi eat her food. "I'm not hungry, really..."
"EAT!" Both of them said to her at once.
Megumi blinked and tried to eat as much food as she can. Dr. Genzai's granddaughters only stopped fretting when she told them that she's going to vomit all of it if she eat any more. Suzume took the dishes to the kitchen, while Ayame changed the dressing.
It was until she finished that they heard a knock on the door. "Megumi? It's me, Sanosuke. Can I please speak to you in private?"
Ayame looked at Megumi, and she gave her a small nod. The girl picked up the bandages and the basin then opened the door. Sanosuke is wearing some of Yahiko's clothes, and Megumi noticed that the trousers are short for him. Ayame excused herself and closed the shoji door.
Sanosuke sat on the other side of the room. His face had gotten that awful mass of hair off, although few hairs seem to poke up from his chin. He also looks like that he had his hair cut. Now, he really looked more like Sanosuke Segara that she know, and she'll whack anybody who still cannot remember him.
"Yahiko's clothes?" Megumi pointed.
"Yeah, unfortunately. That little brat had my clothes burned when I was taking a bath," Sano said in condemnation.
Just the mention of bath made her think of the events earlier, and decided not linger about it than she already is. But it was good of Yahiko to actually do something with those ugly clothes of his. Of course, knowing Sanosuke, that same act of kindness cost the poor seventeen-year-old some punishment. "Let me guess. You tackled the poor boy."
"No. I had him hung inside the dojo upside down."
Megumi suppressed a chuckle. She smiled instead.
Sano let himself smile, too. At least she wasn't that irate of him doing harm on the lad. Yahiko is, after all, old enough to take care of himself. He just hoped that he'd hang around much longer to know the importance of somebody else's property.
"So what brings you here?" Megumi asked. "Are you going to give me another scolding after what happened in the bathroom?"
"No," he replied. "I'm here to forgive you about it."
"Forgive me? On what?"
"On your sudden intrusion."
Is he saying that it was--after all--her fault? "Why would I apologize? I didn't do anything wrong."
"Yes, you did," Sano pressed. "And I forgive you. I know it wasn't your fault that happened, and you can repay me for not telling anyone about it."
Megumi curved an eyebrow at the sudden realization that Sano is actually blaming her for what happened earlier. "I won't accept your forgiveness, because the fault lies at someone else. But I can promise you I won't tell anything."
Sano can see a fight going on, and he promised that he wouldn't lose his head again at an injured person. And he wasn't surprised that she'll keep that little accident a secret. At least she's being cooperative about that. "All right."
"All right," Megumi repeated.
"Now to the real reason why I came here," Sano sat upright and leaned forward, "is to warn you now, Megumi. You're not going after Takeda alone."
The doctor winced. She should have expected that he would learn her plan this quickly. "With Takeda's escape and two thugs came to inflict injury on innocent people doesn't give me any choice."
"You're as pigheaded as ever. Do you know that?" Sano asked.
"And you're as condescending as ever." Megumi turned serious. "But he'll never stop until he get me, you know that. After all, I started this mess years back."
"We helped him go to jail, remember? So there's a huge possibility that he'll hunt us down as well." said Sano. There's no explaining who is the 'we' he's talking about.
She lowered her gaze in a blissful contemplation. "I know. It gave me a new start." Then she looked up him. "Thank you."
He somehow missed looking at her dark eyes, and it's a bit hard to turn away from them. "No need to say it." Sano stood up and headed towards the door. "Go to sleep. I'll visit Katsu tonight to check if he has something to tell us. And if I came back and found out that you ran away, I'll bring you back and you'll be the one tied up in that dojo upside down."
She stared at him defiantly. It gave her a warm feeling. She's lucky to have a friend like Sanosuke, although his way of helping her has half of it a bit threatening. "I'll remember it," she smiled.
He was about to open the door when he stopped and turned to her again. "And one more thing."
"Hm?"
"Don't ever call me Mother Hen."
There was a sudden chuckle behind the door and it was then that they both realize that there were eavesdroppers. Sano opened the door so wide that it exposed Yahiko, Ayame and Suzume, trying to suppress a laugh.
"You're a Mother Hen?" Yahiko asked amidst giggles.
It doesn't matter how Yahiko got the ropes in his ankles untied, but Sanosuke made sure the evil brat from hell doesn't this time. Sano left the Kamiya compound moment later, but making sure that the point of his punishment this time is to never say anything about Mother Hen ever again.
Author's notes:
That was totally invigorating. Actually, writing the last two chapters excited me as much as I was laughing (They were nine pages long, so I have to chop them into two). Those chapters had been fun--not to mention a bit naughty. Having situations turn up one after the other is mentally exhausting on my part, and a bit memorable. Remember that the Kenshin-gumi used to eavesdrop on each other? Old habits die hard, they say.
Last chapter I said about some old characters turning up again this time around, and one of them is Katsu (Oh, I hope I got his name right). He wasn't a regular in the series, but he was extremely helpful. Not to mention that he's Sano's friend.
And now, I bid you farewell temporarily. And thank you for reading all the way here.
Ja mata!
(Oh..sorry if you guys have to wait for these chapters. )
Ushuaia
Chapter Four: Still in the 'Barging-In' Story
Authoress: Nyahahahahaha!
Her heart thudded in panic. Her eyes involuntary surveyed his body in haste: from his head to that thing in his groin, then to his feet, then back to that thing in his groin, and finally to his face. When Sano gave her that shocked gaze, she realized what just happened.
She closed the door. Hard.
She wanted to scream, but her voice was stuck somewhere on her throat. She could hear his quick footsteps around the bathroom and finally him approaching the door. She wanted to run, but her feet won't cooperate.
The shoji door opened and they both stared each other with shock.
"Hell, woman! Can't you let a man have his bath in peace?" he barked. She noticed that he is now wearing a towel around his waist.
She blinked a few times, and then realized that he was actually accusing her. "Excuse me?! But do you have a brain to actually lock this door?!"
"Dammit! Didn't you noticed my clothes on the--" he gazed down on the empty wooden bin. "Where the hell did they go?!"
"I came here to get some water," she said.
"Why don't you get from the well?" he barked.
"It's too far away, and I'm getting dizzy. The only way I can get some water is to come to the closest place I can find it," she retaliated.
"Why didn't you asked Suzume?!" He paused. "And what in damnation are you doing out of bed, anyway?!"
"Suzume left before I can finish my request," she brawled. "And it's none of your business if I stay out of bed or not! You're not my doctor!"
"And you are! So you should know best!"
Before the fight can get any fiercer, Yahiko, Ayame and Suzume came running towards them.
"What happened?" Yahiko asked.
Sano and Megumi looked at each other meaningfully. They decided not to tell that Megumi suddenly opened the bathroom door in Sano's private moment. At least, it's something they had agreed about without hesitation.
Sano was about to speak, but Megumi beat him to it. "I was asking for some water, and Mother Hen here started scolding me for being out of bed."
They stared at Sano, who was starting to get furious at the sly fox every minute. Okay, at least being a 'Roosterhead' had its grand chauvinistic ideals intact. Now, Megitsune reduced her to a Mother Hen.
He noticed that they were waiting for his reply. He nodded stiffly.
"Oh my!" Ayame exclaimed and turned around, bringing Suzume to do the same.
"What is it now?" Sano said impatiently.
Yahiko knows why. "Uhm, Sano? There are girls present. You could finish whatever you are--"
The shoji door shut with a hoarse rasp. Seconds later, it reopened again, this time, shoving Megumi a bucket-full of water from the big water bin inside. And without any more cursing or a mere grunt, he shoved the bathroom door closed again in their faces.
Megumi is not going to have a peaceful sleep tonight.
She was back in Kaoru's room; she is sitting upright while Suzume and Ayame tried to convince her to eat her dinner. But her thoughts are somewhere else. She should've apologized for her earlier intrusion, although it wasn't her fault. He should've put some indication that he's using the bathroom. All right, maybe the smoke coming from inside is an indication, but she was lightheaded to think of it.
In fact, he was the one being unreasonable. He shouldn't have that little event bother him a bit. He's a man, after all, and should handle it with more composure. And why is he being angry about it? Besides, he knew that she wouldn't tell it to anybody.
So why does she have to apologize to him in the first place?
His naked image came back to her mind again. She shook her head to get rid of it. But the image is still there. She had been treating the bruises of Sanosuke that she didn't mind him being a bit naked, so it was a surprise that the gangster managed to lump his frame a bit with muscles.
But she knew it was something else she saw that bothered her the most. And that's the reason she doesn't want to dwell on it.
"Megumi-san?"
Suzume's voice snapped her back to reality. "Why aren't you eating your food?"
Megumi looked down at her untouched plate, "I guess I'm not hungry."
"But you have to eat something, even though the fever's gone," Ayame frets. "You have to get your strength back."
"I managed to get water all by myself," she debated.
"Yes, but you got all wobbly again on the way back," Suzume counter debated.
The lady doctor sighed. These two is going to be the most wonderful--if not tenacious--nurses in the future, she said to herself. She resigned, and took a sip from the soup Tsubame made. "It's delicious."
"We know. Now try the rice and fish," Ayame instructed.
The two are trying their best to make Megumi eat her food. "I'm not hungry, really..."
"EAT!" Both of them said to her at once.
Megumi blinked and tried to eat as much food as she can. Dr. Genzai's granddaughters only stopped fretting when she told them that she's going to vomit all of it if she eat any more. Suzume took the dishes to the kitchen, while Ayame changed the dressing.
It was until she finished that they heard a knock on the door. "Megumi? It's me, Sanosuke. Can I please speak to you in private?"
Ayame looked at Megumi, and she gave her a small nod. The girl picked up the bandages and the basin then opened the door. Sanosuke is wearing some of Yahiko's clothes, and Megumi noticed that the trousers are short for him. Ayame excused herself and closed the shoji door.
Sanosuke sat on the other side of the room. His face had gotten that awful mass of hair off, although few hairs seem to poke up from his chin. He also looks like that he had his hair cut. Now, he really looked more like Sanosuke Segara that she know, and she'll whack anybody who still cannot remember him.
"Yahiko's clothes?" Megumi pointed.
"Yeah, unfortunately. That little brat had my clothes burned when I was taking a bath," Sano said in condemnation.
Just the mention of bath made her think of the events earlier, and decided not linger about it than she already is. But it was good of Yahiko to actually do something with those ugly clothes of his. Of course, knowing Sanosuke, that same act of kindness cost the poor seventeen-year-old some punishment. "Let me guess. You tackled the poor boy."
"No. I had him hung inside the dojo upside down."
Megumi suppressed a chuckle. She smiled instead.
Sano let himself smile, too. At least she wasn't that irate of him doing harm on the lad. Yahiko is, after all, old enough to take care of himself. He just hoped that he'd hang around much longer to know the importance of somebody else's property.
"So what brings you here?" Megumi asked. "Are you going to give me another scolding after what happened in the bathroom?"
"No," he replied. "I'm here to forgive you about it."
"Forgive me? On what?"
"On your sudden intrusion."
Is he saying that it was--after all--her fault? "Why would I apologize? I didn't do anything wrong."
"Yes, you did," Sano pressed. "And I forgive you. I know it wasn't your fault that happened, and you can repay me for not telling anyone about it."
Megumi curved an eyebrow at the sudden realization that Sano is actually blaming her for what happened earlier. "I won't accept your forgiveness, because the fault lies at someone else. But I can promise you I won't tell anything."
Sano can see a fight going on, and he promised that he wouldn't lose his head again at an injured person. And he wasn't surprised that she'll keep that little accident a secret. At least she's being cooperative about that. "All right."
"All right," Megumi repeated.
"Now to the real reason why I came here," Sano sat upright and leaned forward, "is to warn you now, Megumi. You're not going after Takeda alone."
The doctor winced. She should have expected that he would learn her plan this quickly. "With Takeda's escape and two thugs came to inflict injury on innocent people doesn't give me any choice."
"You're as pigheaded as ever. Do you know that?" Sano asked.
"And you're as condescending as ever." Megumi turned serious. "But he'll never stop until he get me, you know that. After all, I started this mess years back."
"We helped him go to jail, remember? So there's a huge possibility that he'll hunt us down as well." said Sano. There's no explaining who is the 'we' he's talking about.
She lowered her gaze in a blissful contemplation. "I know. It gave me a new start." Then she looked up him. "Thank you."
He somehow missed looking at her dark eyes, and it's a bit hard to turn away from them. "No need to say it." Sano stood up and headed towards the door. "Go to sleep. I'll visit Katsu tonight to check if he has something to tell us. And if I came back and found out that you ran away, I'll bring you back and you'll be the one tied up in that dojo upside down."
She stared at him defiantly. It gave her a warm feeling. She's lucky to have a friend like Sanosuke, although his way of helping her has half of it a bit threatening. "I'll remember it," she smiled.
He was about to open the door when he stopped and turned to her again. "And one more thing."
"Hm?"
"Don't ever call me Mother Hen."
There was a sudden chuckle behind the door and it was then that they both realize that there were eavesdroppers. Sano opened the door so wide that it exposed Yahiko, Ayame and Suzume, trying to suppress a laugh.
"You're a Mother Hen?" Yahiko asked amidst giggles.
It doesn't matter how Yahiko got the ropes in his ankles untied, but Sanosuke made sure the evil brat from hell doesn't this time. Sano left the Kamiya compound moment later, but making sure that the point of his punishment this time is to never say anything about Mother Hen ever again.
Author's notes:
That was totally invigorating. Actually, writing the last two chapters excited me as much as I was laughing (They were nine pages long, so I have to chop them into two). Those chapters had been fun--not to mention a bit naughty. Having situations turn up one after the other is mentally exhausting on my part, and a bit memorable. Remember that the Kenshin-gumi used to eavesdrop on each other? Old habits die hard, they say.
Last chapter I said about some old characters turning up again this time around, and one of them is Katsu (Oh, I hope I got his name right). He wasn't a regular in the series, but he was extremely helpful. Not to mention that he's Sano's friend.
And now, I bid you farewell temporarily. And thank you for reading all the way here.
Ja mata!
(Oh..sorry if you guys have to wait for these chapters. )
Ushuaia