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Chapter Sixteen
Yahiko continued his grumbling. "Stupid no good busu. . .don't wanna live here. . .rather die. . .stupid busu. . .I hate girls. . ."
Sanosuke smiled. "Oh don't worry! You'll fit in just perfectly! And maybe you'll stay with us a long time!" his face turned serious. "But what about those bullies beating you up like that?"
Yahiko finally looked up at Sanosuke as the whole group walked to the apartment. "Well. . .They said they were done with me. So they beat me up and left me to die. . . I guess. . ."
Sanosuke frowned, "I dunno. . .maybe they'll come back. . ."
Yahiko sighed, "Maybe. . ." he watched Soujiro and Misao chatter away like no tomorrow, while Kenshin and Kaoru walked side by side, hand in hand, and yet a blush was on Kaoru's face. Not Kenshin's though. Yahiko mused to himself, "Wonder what's up with them. . ."
"OH KEN-SAN!!!" a voice called from behind.
Kenshin's eyes widened. "Oro. . ."
Megumi walked up to him. "Oh Ken-san, everybody's coming over to live with you, can't I come too?" she purred.
Kaoru's left eye twitched. "Excuse ME!!! But that apartment HAPPENS to be MINE!!!"
Megumi ignored her. "Pretty please, Ken-san?"
"Well I. . ."
"OF COURSE NOT!!!"
"Oh? And what would a tanuki like yourself know about Ken-san and me?" Megumi pouted. "Oh Ken-san, you're not going out with her, are you?"
Kenshin's eyes widened. "Uhhh. . .sessha. . ."
(What is it with this 'oro' and 'sessha' crap?) Battousai muttered.
Megumi clung to Kenshin's arm. "Oh Ken-san. . .thank you for letting me stay with you. . ."
Sanosuke snorted. "Hey Fox, he didn't say you could come to Jou- chan's."
Megumi turned to him. "Was I talking to you?"
Sanosuke grinned, goofily. "No, but I was talking to you."
It was Soujiro's turn to grin. Misao looked at him. "What?"
"Oh nothing. . ."
Yahiko sighed, "Are we there yet?"
Sanosuke looked at him, while Megumi turned back to clinging to Kenshin's arm and Kaoru glaring at her. "Nope. A few blocks left."
Several seconds later, "Are we there now?"
"Nope."
"How about now?"
"Nope."
". . .Now?"
"Nope."
". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Now?"
"Nope."
Kaoru's eye twitched again.
". . . .Now?"
"Nope."
"You're sure?"
"Yup."
". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."
Kaoru smiled in relief that Yahiko didn't say anything until. . .
"Now?"
"WOULD YOU SHUT UP??????????" she screamed at the top of her lungs.
Sanosuke smiled, "Okay, we're here."
~*~
"Ohhh. . . you have SUCH a spacious home," Megumi said, sarcastically.
Kaoru snorted, "Well I'm sorry, but this apartment was meant for FOUR people. . .not seven. . ."
Soujiro smiled, "Really, Kaoru-dono, there is no need for me to stay here. . ."
"Oh be quiet. This apartment has two large rooms. If we put all the girl's futons in one, and all the boy's futons in another, then it'll be like dorm rooms, okay?" Kaoru asked.
Soujiro blushed. "Alright. . .thank you."
Kaoru nodded, and got everything ready.
Sanosuke sighed, "Three girls in one room, four boys in another. Oh boy. . ."
Yahiko continued his grumbling. "Stupid, ugly, fat busu . . . why do I have to stay here. . .why me?!?!?!?!?!"
~*~
"Where'd the punk go?" asked one man.
The other snorted, "I left him out to die in the street. Heh. . ."
They both laughed.
"Maybe we should go check on him. . . you know. . . just to see if he's still alive."
The other man smiled. "Why not. . ."
They both walked out to the place where they had left the little boy. "Hey! He's not here!"
They both looked at each other. "Uh oh. . ."
"We've got to find him, he's out there somewhere. He'll probably tattle on us, and then we'll be arrested!"
The other nodded.
"He must have been brought to a doctor. . ." the man's slight eyes narrowed as he grinned. "Why don't we knock on Dr. Genzai's door?"
~*~
Kenshin sat on the porch once more, brooding on yesterday's events. 'I cried. . . I cried in front of Kaoru. I can remember almost everything of being the Battousai. . . but. . . something's missing.' He corrected himself. 'No. Someone. I feel. . .like Kaoru isn't the only girl I've ever loved. . .But who?' ((AN: Prepare yourselves. . . buwahahahah. . .oh and uhh. . . sorry sta-chan. ^_~))
Kaoru watched Kenshin from the window. 'What's he thinking about. . .'
~*~
"PARTY!!!" Sanosuke yelled. All the men of the 'boy's room' laughed. "I have a craving for sake, how about you Kenshin?"
Kenshin looked at him, "What is the occasion, Sano?"
Sanosuke smiled. "Well. . . I have to think that we're all together now. There can't really be anybody else to join the Kenshin-gumi, so I thought we ought to celebrate!"
Kenshin looked down, "I don't see any need to celebrate. . ."
Yahiko jumped up, "I'll get the sake!!!"
Soujiro pulled him down, "Oh no you don't, young man. You're under age for drinking."
Yahiko pouted at him.
Kenshin nearly sighed, "Well. . . I'll go get the sake I guess. . ." he left the room.
Sanosuke's act of cheerfulness faded. "Awww man. . . with Kenshin this depressed, I'll never get him to cheer up."
Soujiro smiled, "Is that the reason why you want to party?"
Sanosuke grinned at him. "Kenshin's been acting real weird lately, and I wanna cheer him up. I think it has something to do with Jou-chan. . ."
Soujiro nodded. "I see. . ."
Kenshin walked to the kitchen, and grabbed two bottles of sake. 'Knowing Sano. . . that's probably what he'll want. . .' he thought. Kenshin looked at the clock. 'Well. . . eight o-clock. . .' He started back towards the 'boy's room' when he bumped into Kaoru.
"Oh!"
"Oro!"
"I'm sorry Kenshin. . . I didn't see you. . ." Kaoru said.
Kenshin smiled weakly. "Nothing to worry about."
Kaoru saw the two bottles of sake and raised an eyebrow. "Kenshin. . .?"
Kenshin looked away, "Um. . . it was Sano's idea. . ."
Kaoru smiled. "I see. . . just don't part ALL night long. . ." her voice got sharp, "And don't mess up that room!"
Kenshin nodded, "Alright. . . I'll tell Sanosuke that. . ." as he walked away he saw the bag of popcorn hidden behind Kaoru's back. He grinned. 'Kaoru's partying. . . so. . . why not me?' he wondered.
Kenshin got back to the 'boy's room', and said, "Alright! PARTY!"
~*~
Megumi laughed, "Ohohohoho!!! Let's play truth or dare!"
Kaoru took another bite of popcorn. "Alright then! But I want to go first."
Megumi nodded. "Fine, tanuki, have it your way."
Kaoru grinned, "Megumi, truth or dare?"
Misao giggled.
Megumi smiled, slyly. "Truth." She crossed her arms.
Kaoru's grin got bigger, "Okay then, do you have a crush on Sanosuke?"
Megumi put on a face of shock. "What? No! Of course not! I love Kenshin!"
Misao made a 'Ehhhh!' sound like a 'wrong' bell.
Megumi growled at her.
Kaoru smiled, "You're lying, aren't you Megumi?"
Megumi looked at her. "No! Of course not!"
Misao and Kaoru giggled.
Megumi sighed, "Okay, okay. . .maybe I like Sanosuke. . . but we just met yesterday!"
Misao and Kaoru continued giggling.
Megumi pouted, "Alright, FINE!!! Yes I have a crush on the rooster- head. . ."
Misao and Kaoru laughed so hard, the boys heard it. Misao the most, though. "I can't believe you'd have a crush on such a rooster-head!!!"
~*~
Sanosuke suddenly sneazed. Kenshin looked at him. "Are you alright?"
Sanosuke looked around. "What are those girls up to? Why do I hear so much giggling. . .?"
Kenshin looked around. "I don't hear anything. . ."
Soujiro held in his laughter.
~*~
Megumi sighed, "Okay, MY turn." She turned to Misao. "Misao truth or dare?"
"Truth," Misao said.
"Who do you like more, Aoshi, the man I've heard is your boyfriend, or Soujiro?"
Misao gaped at her. "I can't believe you'd ask a question like that! Of COURSE I love Aoshi-sama more!"
Kaoru looked hard at her friend. 'I don't know. . . She seemed to really like Soujiro. . . and I can tell Soujiro really likes her. . .this may cause a problem. . .'
Megumi snorted. "Fine, be that way. . ."
Misao turned to Kaoru. "Okay Kaoru-chan, I have a good one for you. . .Pick truth, OR ELSE!!!"
Kaoru yelled, "Alright, alright!!! TRUTH!"
Misao grinned evilly. "Now then, I saw something very interesting about Kenshin on his right side. It looked like electricity. Tell me, Kaoru: Is Kenshin human?"
Kaoru's eyes widened. 'She knows about Kenshin?'
To Be Continued. . .
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Chapter Sixteen
Yahiko continued his grumbling. "Stupid no good busu. . .don't wanna live here. . .rather die. . .stupid busu. . .I hate girls. . ."
Sanosuke smiled. "Oh don't worry! You'll fit in just perfectly! And maybe you'll stay with us a long time!" his face turned serious. "But what about those bullies beating you up like that?"
Yahiko finally looked up at Sanosuke as the whole group walked to the apartment. "Well. . .They said they were done with me. So they beat me up and left me to die. . . I guess. . ."
Sanosuke frowned, "I dunno. . .maybe they'll come back. . ."
Yahiko sighed, "Maybe. . ." he watched Soujiro and Misao chatter away like no tomorrow, while Kenshin and Kaoru walked side by side, hand in hand, and yet a blush was on Kaoru's face. Not Kenshin's though. Yahiko mused to himself, "Wonder what's up with them. . ."
"OH KEN-SAN!!!" a voice called from behind.
Kenshin's eyes widened. "Oro. . ."
Megumi walked up to him. "Oh Ken-san, everybody's coming over to live with you, can't I come too?" she purred.
Kaoru's left eye twitched. "Excuse ME!!! But that apartment HAPPENS to be MINE!!!"
Megumi ignored her. "Pretty please, Ken-san?"
"Well I. . ."
"OF COURSE NOT!!!"
"Oh? And what would a tanuki like yourself know about Ken-san and me?" Megumi pouted. "Oh Ken-san, you're not going out with her, are you?"
Kenshin's eyes widened. "Uhhh. . .sessha. . ."
(What is it with this 'oro' and 'sessha' crap?) Battousai muttered.
Megumi clung to Kenshin's arm. "Oh Ken-san. . .thank you for letting me stay with you. . ."
Sanosuke snorted. "Hey Fox, he didn't say you could come to Jou- chan's."
Megumi turned to him. "Was I talking to you?"
Sanosuke grinned, goofily. "No, but I was talking to you."
It was Soujiro's turn to grin. Misao looked at him. "What?"
"Oh nothing. . ."
Yahiko sighed, "Are we there yet?"
Sanosuke looked at him, while Megumi turned back to clinging to Kenshin's arm and Kaoru glaring at her. "Nope. A few blocks left."
Several seconds later, "Are we there now?"
"Nope."
"How about now?"
"Nope."
". . .Now?"
"Nope."
". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Now?"
"Nope."
Kaoru's eye twitched again.
". . . .Now?"
"Nope."
"You're sure?"
"Yup."
". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."
Kaoru smiled in relief that Yahiko didn't say anything until. . .
"Now?"
"WOULD YOU SHUT UP??????????" she screamed at the top of her lungs.
Sanosuke smiled, "Okay, we're here."
~*~
"Ohhh. . . you have SUCH a spacious home," Megumi said, sarcastically.
Kaoru snorted, "Well I'm sorry, but this apartment was meant for FOUR people. . .not seven. . ."
Soujiro smiled, "Really, Kaoru-dono, there is no need for me to stay here. . ."
"Oh be quiet. This apartment has two large rooms. If we put all the girl's futons in one, and all the boy's futons in another, then it'll be like dorm rooms, okay?" Kaoru asked.
Soujiro blushed. "Alright. . .thank you."
Kaoru nodded, and got everything ready.
Sanosuke sighed, "Three girls in one room, four boys in another. Oh boy. . ."
Yahiko continued his grumbling. "Stupid, ugly, fat busu . . . why do I have to stay here. . .why me?!?!?!?!?!"
~*~
"Where'd the punk go?" asked one man.
The other snorted, "I left him out to die in the street. Heh. . ."
They both laughed.
"Maybe we should go check on him. . . you know. . . just to see if he's still alive."
The other man smiled. "Why not. . ."
They both walked out to the place where they had left the little boy. "Hey! He's not here!"
They both looked at each other. "Uh oh. . ."
"We've got to find him, he's out there somewhere. He'll probably tattle on us, and then we'll be arrested!"
The other nodded.
"He must have been brought to a doctor. . ." the man's slight eyes narrowed as he grinned. "Why don't we knock on Dr. Genzai's door?"
~*~
Kenshin sat on the porch once more, brooding on yesterday's events. 'I cried. . . I cried in front of Kaoru. I can remember almost everything of being the Battousai. . . but. . . something's missing.' He corrected himself. 'No. Someone. I feel. . .like Kaoru isn't the only girl I've ever loved. . .But who?' ((AN: Prepare yourselves. . . buwahahahah. . .oh and uhh. . . sorry sta-chan. ^_~))
Kaoru watched Kenshin from the window. 'What's he thinking about. . .'
~*~
"PARTY!!!" Sanosuke yelled. All the men of the 'boy's room' laughed. "I have a craving for sake, how about you Kenshin?"
Kenshin looked at him, "What is the occasion, Sano?"
Sanosuke smiled. "Well. . . I have to think that we're all together now. There can't really be anybody else to join the Kenshin-gumi, so I thought we ought to celebrate!"
Kenshin looked down, "I don't see any need to celebrate. . ."
Yahiko jumped up, "I'll get the sake!!!"
Soujiro pulled him down, "Oh no you don't, young man. You're under age for drinking."
Yahiko pouted at him.
Kenshin nearly sighed, "Well. . . I'll go get the sake I guess. . ." he left the room.
Sanosuke's act of cheerfulness faded. "Awww man. . . with Kenshin this depressed, I'll never get him to cheer up."
Soujiro smiled, "Is that the reason why you want to party?"
Sanosuke grinned at him. "Kenshin's been acting real weird lately, and I wanna cheer him up. I think it has something to do with Jou-chan. . ."
Soujiro nodded. "I see. . ."
Kenshin walked to the kitchen, and grabbed two bottles of sake. 'Knowing Sano. . . that's probably what he'll want. . .' he thought. Kenshin looked at the clock. 'Well. . . eight o-clock. . .' He started back towards the 'boy's room' when he bumped into Kaoru.
"Oh!"
"Oro!"
"I'm sorry Kenshin. . . I didn't see you. . ." Kaoru said.
Kenshin smiled weakly. "Nothing to worry about."
Kaoru saw the two bottles of sake and raised an eyebrow. "Kenshin. . .?"
Kenshin looked away, "Um. . . it was Sano's idea. . ."
Kaoru smiled. "I see. . . just don't part ALL night long. . ." her voice got sharp, "And don't mess up that room!"
Kenshin nodded, "Alright. . . I'll tell Sanosuke that. . ." as he walked away he saw the bag of popcorn hidden behind Kaoru's back. He grinned. 'Kaoru's partying. . . so. . . why not me?' he wondered.
Kenshin got back to the 'boy's room', and said, "Alright! PARTY!"
~*~
Megumi laughed, "Ohohohoho!!! Let's play truth or dare!"
Kaoru took another bite of popcorn. "Alright then! But I want to go first."
Megumi nodded. "Fine, tanuki, have it your way."
Kaoru grinned, "Megumi, truth or dare?"
Misao giggled.
Megumi smiled, slyly. "Truth." She crossed her arms.
Kaoru's grin got bigger, "Okay then, do you have a crush on Sanosuke?"
Megumi put on a face of shock. "What? No! Of course not! I love Kenshin!"
Misao made a 'Ehhhh!' sound like a 'wrong' bell.
Megumi growled at her.
Kaoru smiled, "You're lying, aren't you Megumi?"
Megumi looked at her. "No! Of course not!"
Misao and Kaoru giggled.
Megumi sighed, "Okay, okay. . .maybe I like Sanosuke. . . but we just met yesterday!"
Misao and Kaoru continued giggling.
Megumi pouted, "Alright, FINE!!! Yes I have a crush on the rooster- head. . ."
Misao and Kaoru laughed so hard, the boys heard it. Misao the most, though. "I can't believe you'd have a crush on such a rooster-head!!!"
~*~
Sanosuke suddenly sneazed. Kenshin looked at him. "Are you alright?"
Sanosuke looked around. "What are those girls up to? Why do I hear so much giggling. . .?"
Kenshin looked around. "I don't hear anything. . ."
Soujiro held in his laughter.
~*~
Megumi sighed, "Okay, MY turn." She turned to Misao. "Misao truth or dare?"
"Truth," Misao said.
"Who do you like more, Aoshi, the man I've heard is your boyfriend, or Soujiro?"
Misao gaped at her. "I can't believe you'd ask a question like that! Of COURSE I love Aoshi-sama more!"
Kaoru looked hard at her friend. 'I don't know. . . She seemed to really like Soujiro. . . and I can tell Soujiro really likes her. . .this may cause a problem. . .'
Megumi snorted. "Fine, be that way. . ."
Misao turned to Kaoru. "Okay Kaoru-chan, I have a good one for you. . .Pick truth, OR ELSE!!!"
Kaoru yelled, "Alright, alright!!! TRUTH!"
Misao grinned evilly. "Now then, I saw something very interesting about Kenshin on his right side. It looked like electricity. Tell me, Kaoru: Is Kenshin human?"
Kaoru's eyes widened. 'She knows about Kenshin?'
To Be Continued. . .
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