I'd really wanna thank all those who reviewed. Many of them, however, didn't yet watch that episode where Kenshin accidentaly proposes to Kaoru, so I thought I'd include this chapter which pretty much summarises that episode.
"I'm not sure I really want to do this" Sano told Kenshin, as they waited for Megumi to return. They were waiting outside Miss Tae's house (she's a very close friend to Kaoru). They convinced Megumi to help them by asking Tae about the exact details of what happened. They wanted to get everything clear so that they'd be able to make a 'strategy' to get Kaoru to forgive them.
"There she is" Kenshin said ignoring Sano, as he saw Megumi coming.
They started walking towards the Dojo.
"It all started the day before Tanabata" Megumi began," When they passed by the front window of a jewellery store. Kaoru asked about a beautiful ring she saw and Miss Tae informed her that it's an engagement ring and what's it used for. She really wishes she didn't. Kaoru fainted, blushing, murmuring your name"- she looked at Kenshin, grinning embarrassedly, but he looked away in guilt-"She decided that she had to interfere and help her. She's mad about you and you never seem to notice her. The next day, she visited you very early in the morning and lied to you that today was Kaoru's birthday".
"And I went fishing to prepare a special meal very soon after" Kenshin told his part," She caught me going out and asked if I knew why this was a very special day. I lied and said that it was a perfect fishing day. She got angry. After I cooked the lunch and as we ate, I nearly choked on an engagement ring that was stuck inside the fish".
"Miss Tae came in at that very moment." she cut in, "She thought that this was a definite sign and that the two of you were meant to be. She persuaded you to give her that ring, although you didn't think that she'd like something found in a dead fish."
"I gave her the ring" Kenshin continued, "I wondered why she was so happy, but I never thought that I was proposing to her".
"Later, I went fishing at that good fishing spot where Kenshin caught that large Cat fish" Sano started his part," There I found a young man trying to commit suicide, so I save him. Turns out he's the owner of that ring. He threw it in the river thinking that his fiancé was cheating on him. When he found out that he was very mistaken about her, he feels too guilty and wants to kill himself so that she'd forgive him. But the poor guy worked for two years to afford that ring! I try to persuade him not to, but he insists on killing himself. All I could do was ask him to give me a few hours to find it for him. He agrees reluctantly".
"After that Tae came and told us the truth and Kenshin faints with shock" Yahiko participated.
Kenshin's eyes narrowed with severe guilt and embarrassment.
" I and Sano made our first plan to retrieve the ring" Yahiko continued, " I asked her to give me a lesson. She says that she's glad I did, 'cause she won't be having much time after she gets married"-he chuckled quietly-" I try and attack her with judo, thinking that this way I can easily overpower her. I was painfully wrong! Turns out she masters judo as well. And when I was a hair close to sneaking the ring from her, she throws me around and actually battles me thinking that that was what I really wanted".
"It was time for plan two" Sano continued, "We waited till she went in for her hot bath. Kenshin distracted her with talking as we sneaked in front of the bathroom to snatch it. We thought that she'd take off all her jewellery and clothes, like most women do when they take a bath. We kept arguing as to who searches her clothes, we were both too honorable to search through a woman's underwear. We never noticed how loud we were until she came out, wrapped in a towel and hit the heck out of us...with the ring still on her finger!"
"We nearly gave up. But time was passing and that guy was going to kill himself" Yahiko continued, "We bought her a large mug of that new western alcoholic drink they call Beer. We told her it was a little apology gift for what we did before. She accepts it and drinks it all at once. What we totally forgot was that she had an allergic reaction to alcohol. She starts acting scary and Kenshin asks us to stop. He explains everything to her, but she's too drunk or whatever. I and Yahiko try to get the ring off her finger, but her hand had swollen after all that 'practice' with me, so it gets stuck. Sensing what was going on, she boxes Kenshin in the chins and sends him flying across the backyard! The ring falls off by the impact! We returned it to the guy and he proposes to his love"
"Kaoru-dono's back conscious by the time we return" Kenshin said," She was really mad and started eating like crazy. I didn't know what to do"
"So, Miss Tae returned and gave you a bouquet for her" Megumi finished. Kenshin nodded in reply.
"Boy, was I glad then that I have no woman in my life! It's too complicated!" Sano said. Megumi's eyebrows twitched dangerously.
"I went ahead and gave her a bouquet" Yahiko told himself too aloud.
They all looked at him questioningly.
"Who? Kaoru, or your secret crush" Megumi asked, suppressing her wicked giggles.
"No one" he yelled at her defensively, "That's none of your business".
Kenshin stopped, turned around and walked away.
"Hey Kenshin, where are you going?" Yahiko asked.
"There are a few groceries the I have to buy," he said as he walked away, "Thanks for your help Megumi-dono".
They all watched him walk away silently for a few seconds. They could almost feel sorrow radiating from him.
"So, Megumi " Sano said sweetly, "How about lending me some money?!"
I really hope that you all liked that. It was the best I could do so as to summarize a RK episode. I may have some bad news: you see, I will be without internet connection for a few days while we buy a new computer, so I won't be able to update for a few days. Plz don't be mad, I'm very upset but there's nothing I can do c. I promise to update the second I put my hands on that new PC, after all I'm dying to let you on the rest of the story ;D