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The One I Love Chapter 11 Getting Together
Kaoru woke up and stretched her arms. She blinked in surprise to find herself in her room. Hmm.. Kenshin must have carried me here.. Then she blushed, thinking about Kenshin. He really loved her. She was glad it was in the open and didn't have to hide her feelings anymore. She was startled when a voice interrupted her thoughts. "Good morning Kao-chan!"
She turned around and saw Soujiro standing in the doorway. "Oh! Good morning Sou-chan! What are you doing up so early?" He laughed and answered, "I'm not early Kaoru, you woke up late! It's almost lunch time!" Kaoru stood up quickly and yelled in surprised. "What?! How come no one woke me up?!" Soujiro walked over to his little cousin and put his hand on her shoulder. "Kaoru.. Kaoru.. KAORU!" He had to shout to get her attention. She turned her head sharply to him. "Huh?"
Soujiro chuckled. "Relax Kao-chan! I was just joking! You're right, it is early!" Kaoru stood there with a blank face, then soaked in what Soujiro said. Her blank face instantly turned angry. "SOUJIRO DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN! YOU SCARED ME!"
Suddenly, the door to her room swung open and in came Kenshin, looking worried. "What's wrong Kaoru?! Did something happen?" He looked around her room and saw nothing out of the ordinary. Except Soujiro and Kaoru standing there in surprise. Kaoru turned beat red and shouted. "BOTH OF YOU! OUT! OUT! OUT!" She shooed them out of the room and shut the door behind her.
Outside her room, Soujiro laughed and walked away. Kenshin looked confused and followed him to the kitchen. "Oro? Soujiro, what was that about? Why was Kaoru yelling?"
Soujiro turned around to face Kenshin and smiled as usual. "Oh it was nothing Himura.. I just gave her a little scare.. that's all.." Then, he disappeared out of the kitchen and down the hall.
Oro?.. Must have been a pretty big scare..
With Soujiro...
Kao-chan hasn't changed a bit... but then again.. maybe.. neither have I...
Soujiro was too deep into his thoughts he didn't see the young girl in front of him and walked right into her.
Saori yelped when someone bumped into her.
"Saori!" Soujiro reactly quickly and caught her before she fell. Saori, expecting the hard floor, blushed when she found herself in Soujiro's arms. "Soujiro! Um.. I'm sorry!" She felt her face get hotter and hotter.
Soujiro let go and blushed as well. Although his wasn't very noticable. "Um Saori..Are you.. I mean.. Do you.. still want to go out to town with me?.. Maybe.. we could have breakfast there.." He trailed off, not knowing what else to say. Saori blinked in surprised but then remembered what he asked the night before. "Oh! Well.. You already asked last night.. but sure.. That'd be great.. Do you want to go now? I mean.. or.."
Soujiro was extremely pleased inside but kept calm on the outside. "Yeah.. Now's good.. Would you like to meet back here at the porch in ten mintues or so?"
The girl smiled at him and nodded her head. "Great. I'll meet you here in ten mintues!" Then she ran off to where her room was.
Soujiro let out a shaky breath and slid down against the wall. "That wasn't so hard.." He whispered to himself.
An unfamiliar voice interrupted him. "Who might you be and what wasn't so hard?"
He immediately stood up in surprise and turned to the voice that belonged to a raven haired woman. He bowed out of respect and answered her. "My name is Seta Soujiro.. I am Kamiya Kaoru's cousin.. May I ask who you might be Miss?.."
The young woman chuckled softly and replied, "My, my.. The raccoon has a very polite cousin.. are you sure you two are related? And My name is Megumi Takani. Very pleased to meet you."
Soujiro smiled at the woman and nodded. "Pleased to meet you two Takani-san."
Megumi shook her head. "Oh no.. Call me Megumi. Hm anyway I got to go find the rooster. I'm guessing he's here.." Then she walked inside the dojo. A sweatdropped formed in his head and shrugged it off. In a matter of minutes, Saori walked back to where he was and tapped him on the shoulder from behind. He turned around and smiled.
"I'm ready.."
He continued to smile and extended his arm out to her. "Shall we go then?"
She blushed softly and nodded and linked her arm in his. The two left silently.
"ROOSTER!" The loud screech of Megumi woke up the rest of the people still asleep at the dojo. Misao groggily came out of a room with Aoshi close behind her, Kenshin came out of the kitchen with a mixing spoon in his hand, Kaoru came out of her room scowling, Yahiko fumbled out of his room annoyed by the morning rude call, and finally, Sano crawled out of his with his hands on his ears. "Oy Fox! Do you have to be so loud?! Wake up the whole town will ya?!"
Megumi fumed. "BAKA ROOSTER! I LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR YOU!"
Suddenly, Megumi looked around her and noticed something different. "Hey wait a minute.. Misao..Aoshi.. and that other kid.. What are you guys doing here? IS THERE SOMETHING SOMEONE'S NOT TELLING ME?!"
Kenshin ran out of the kitchen to try to calm her down. "Megumi-dono! It's alright! Misao-dono and Shinomori-san just came to the dojo yesterday. And by 'that kid'.. you might mean Seta Soujiro.. Kaoru's cousin."
Megumi somewhat calmed down and answered back to Kenshin. "Oh I just met Soujiro about a min..." She trailed off and looked shocked for a reason no one really knew. They all pondered to what she might be thinking.
Megumi gasped. "Ken-san! You.. You said Kaoru! Without the honorific.. ALRIGHT SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON!" She screeched even angrier than before if that was even possible. Kenshin flinched at her loud tone of voice.
Yahiko knew what was going on. He snuck in the dojo late at night and checked all the rooms, suspecting something different. And he was right. He found Misao and Aoshi sleeping in one room, Kaoru and Soujiro were in Kaoru's room, Kenshin was in his own, and Sano was in another guest room. He assumed Misao and Aoshi had 'finally' hooked up. He just found out who Soujiro was. Sano must have been there because of all the guests. And when Kenshin mentioned Kaoru without the -dono, he figured they had gotten together as well. About time, he thought.
"MISAO AND AOSHI ARE TOGETHER AND KENSHIN AND UGLY ARE TOGETHER!"
Everyone turned to see Yahiko by the door to his room, eyes drooping.
"You brat! How do you know?! And since when were you back?"
"I..uh.. Came back last night.."
"Mmhm.. and where were you before you came back huh?"
"I..I..um.. well.. Tsubame let me sleep in a guest room at her place..."
"Hey! Alright kid! You finally put the moves on that girl!"
Yahiko blushed hard and stomped his foot. "Shut up rooster head! It's none of your business!"
Kaoru joined in on the 'tease Yahiko' game. "Ooo.. So is she your girlfriend now Yahiko-chan?.. Aww.. Our little Yahiko is growing up.." She made baby noises and Yahiko grew angry. "Shut up ugly! I don't know why Kenshin likes you! I can't even stand to look at your face!"
The two got in an ugly fight. Misao fell asleep on Aoshi's shoulder against the wall and he himself fell asleep also. Sano, no longer interested in teasing Yahiko, watched Kaoru and Yahiko bite each other's heads off.
"Ken-san.. You did the right thing.." She whispered to Kenshin.
"Oro!"
She just smiled knowingly and walked out of the room. Kenshin just looked after her and then decided to stop the fight before it got messy. Sano noticed Megumi leaving and leaped up and ran after her.
What a crazy way to start a morning, Kenshin thought.
Sano ran after Megumi and stopped her short by stopping in front of her. She looked up at him in surprise. "Sano! What are you doing?"
He panted slightly and chuckled. "Hey.. that's probably the first time you called me by my actual name.."
She blushed and looked to the side. "So what? It doesn't mean anything.." He smiled answered, "Hm oh really? So anyway why were you searching for me?"
Megumi avoided eye contact and replied back in a low whisper. "Because.... Some of your friends came by the clinic... They said you were missing... That you haven't been at your place for a while... I just... thought something happened that's all!"
Sano looked shocked and then did something that surprised the both of them. He grabbed her chin with his hand gently so she would look at him. Her cheeks tainted pink and she muttered, "R..Rooster.. what are you d..doing.."
"Something I should have done better than last..." He whispered before his mouth came on top of her's in a short and sweet kiss. She gasped and he took it as an advantage by slipping his tongue in her mouth. They went on for about a minute before separating. Sano was panting heavily and Megumi seemed out of breath too.
"Wh..what was that for.." Megumi let out.
"Don't you get it Fox... I..I really.. I.. I like you alot.."
She raised an eyebrow at him.
Sano sighed. "Alright.. I love you Megumi.. Did I have to say it.. You know I'm not good with emotions and stuff like that.." She smiled and kissed him lightly again. "But knowing that you're not good with emotions but said 'I love you' anyway.. makes it even more special.. and.. I..I love you too.." She whispered. Sano smiled down at her and wrapped his arms around her and she wrapped her arms around his neck. They stayed together like that for a while.
Saori and Soujiro got to know each other better and each started to fall for the other even more. Together, they were walking side by side back to the dojo when they saw a cute sight ahead. "Aww.. Soujiro.. Look.. Megumi and Sano finally got together.. Aren't they cute.." She whispered to Soujiro. He looked to where she was looking and noticed Sano and woman he met earlier that day embracing. "Uh.. Saori.. Who is that woman? I met her earlier this morning.. But it was pretty short.."
"Oh! Um.. She's Megumi Takani.. She's a doctor at a clinic.. and she's the one who helped me when I was in trouble.."
Soujiro was slightly confused as to what her trouble may have been but didn't press it any further. "Ah.. I see.. She seems like a nice person.."
Saori nodded. "Oh she is.. and I knew she liked Sano.. and it was pretty obvious he liked her too.. It was only a matter of time before they got together too.."
Soujiro nodded. "Hmm.. Now that I think about it.. They're all couples aren't they?.. Kao-chan and Himura.. Misao and Shinomori-san.. and now Sano and Megumi..."
Saori sighed softly and replied, "It seems that way.."
Suddenly, Soujiro stopped walking and Saori stopped also, confused as to why. Soujiro looked to the side and whispered. "Saori.. I..I know we only met yesterday... but.. do you believe in love at first sight?.."
Saori gasped slightly and her eyes widened in surprise. "I..I.."
Soujiro turned his head to her and looked in her eyes. "Because I've fallen in love with you..."
"Soujiro.. I..I don't know what to say.. I really like you.. I really do.. But.. I don't think I can say 'i love you' back.. I'm sorry.." He smiled but she saw the sadness in his eyes flash through. "That's alright.. But.. Will you be.. my girlfriend?..." She smiled and hugged him. "Of course.."
He wrapped his arms around her waist and whispered in her ear, "I guess we're all couples now..." She blushed and was glad he couldn't see.
"I love you Aoshi.." The emotionless man's face softened at her words and leaned down to kiss her. "I love you too Misao.." They sat on the porch in each other's arms.
Kenshin layed on the grass by river and Kaoru layed next to him with her head on his chest. One of his arms was wrapped protectively around her, hugging her to him. "I love you Kaoru.. so much.." She snuggled in closer and sighed relaxingly. "I love you too Kenshin.. Always.."
Aww! I got all of them together! And even though it may seem like the perfect happily-ever-after... I still have more up my sleeves... so pleaseee RR!!