Disclaimer: For what is now the 7th time, I only can dream of owning Sanosuke...and Aoshi and Hiko and Megumi and Okina and Yahiko and Kenshin and the Oniwabanshu and the Sekihou Tai and what not...but I can't....-sob- Woe is me.
Sorry a trillion times, I haven't updated in like...what, almost 4 months?! Kill me if you wish, but how can I write more if I'm dead? Please forgive me, I'm now forcing myself to write after a few decent ideas popped into my head this Thanksgiving weekend.
Chapter 7: Mysterious Plans to Conquest her Heart
The next morning, Megumi was the first to wake. Stirring softly out of her sleep, she rubbed her eyes and blinked against the bright sun.
"Seven already? My...this is later than I usually wake up"
Kenshin awoke not long after, accidentally waking Yahiko and Kaoru by tripping over a crack in the floor. (Were they wooden, the Japanese floors? Do leave it in a comment if you know.)
"Baka!!! You've ridden me of my beauty sleep," Kaoru chastised.
"Much needed beauty sleep, I'll tell ya that much," Yahiko quietly said to himself. Kaoru rolled up her sleeves, and soon enough, he had a large red bump on his forehead.
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Sanosuke also stirred out of his sleep, but this was two hours later. Cursing at himself silently, he promised himself to wake up a little earlier tomorrow morning. Or get an alarm clock.
"Nahhhhh."
Walking out of his apartment, he stuffed his hands into his pockets, but not before taking out a fishbone from Kami knows how long and promptly placing it in his mouth. Chewing on it absentmindedly, he walked down to the Kamiya Dojo, the sun shining brightly on the symbol "Aku".
"Oi. Hey Kenshin..."
"Yes Sano?"
"I gotta favor to ask ya."
"What would that be?"
(whisper whisper whisper)
"I'll see what I can do, Sano. But remember this...you are truly hopeless, and I mean this in the best way possible. But its nice of you to do something like this for Megumi, that it is."
"Knew I could count on you Kenshin!" Holding his small friend in a quick embrace, Sanosuke ran off to tell Yahiko his "brilliant" plan.
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"You want me to WHAT!?!?!?"
"Oh come on Yahiko, think of all the times I've done something for you!"
"Name one"
Sano made a face as if thinking very hard of a memory of a time he had done something -useful- for Yahiko.
"Well...think of all the things I could do for you"
"Name one."
Clearly aggrivated, Sano cracked his knuckles and stared menacingly at the ten-year old.
"Think of all the things I could do to you!"
"You try! I'm not afraid of you!" Yahiko stared right back at his deep brown eyes.
Sighing lightly, Sanosuke turned around, waved his arm at Yahiko, and groaned.
"Kaooorrruuu....can you help meeeeee?"
Finding some pity in him, Yahiko sighed, walking towards the saddened rooster.
"Alright, if you're that desperate, I s'pose I'll help you. But just this once!"
Ruffling his head lightly, Sano grinned and ran off to start his "brilliant plan".
Megumi, now at the clinic, rubbed her forehead gently with her middle and index fingers. She had attended to five patients in that hectic morning. Two were children which had cried the whole way through the examination, one adult needed a complex operation, which Gensai helped her with, and the other two were adolescents whom needed to be diagnosed and treated accordingly. Untying her dark hair from her ponytail, she let it fall and drape over her shoulders. Sighing lightly, she silently wished she could get a break from all of this. Little did she know.
(Fear the foreshadowing.)
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"Where did the day go? Yahiko-chan..."
"Not a kid!"
"Excuse me, Yahiko-kun, and I have been so busy helping Sanosuke all day. Where do you think he is now, Yahiko?"
"Probably finishing up. I bet he'll screw it all up with the fox, though! Leave it to baka to mess it all up on one night."
"Ah, you musn't be so hard on him. He's really been working hard all day, give him a break Yahiko-chan."
"NOT A FREAKIN' KID!!!!"
"Oh yes you are, Yahiko-chan," A cold voice responded. Who could it be, other than...
"Aoshi-san. What are you doing here?" Kenshin asked.
"Shinomori's probably here to see Sano screw up, like I am!" Yahiko snickered silently, eyeing Aoshi as if that was his true reason for being here.
"Sanosuke...screw up? In what, may I ask?"
"Maa maa, Sano has put a little something for Megumi to enjoy when she returns, that he has!"
Aoshi felt a sickening pang of jealousy.
Sanosuke has Megumi...Kenshin has Kaoru...who does that leave me with?
A high-pitched voice and hyper little girl soon came to mind, and Aoshi's nose wrinkled with semi-disgust.
Oh yes, Makimachi. Great. Aren't I a lucky one?
All of a sudden, Sanosuke came in to the dojo, panting heavily.
"IS EVERYONE READY!?!?!? YAHIKO WHY HAVEN'T YOU GONE YET!? SHINOMORI WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
"Calm down Sano, everything is fine. Yahiko is staying a few moments longer as to give you more time to prepare and look your best for Megumi, that he is."
"Look my best!? Holy...I hadn't even thought of that! Ugh this better not take long, Yahiko you can go ahead, I'll be here...waiting...impatiently...for you and Megumi...oh Kami-sama I'm going to collapse..."
Rushing into to the dojo's bathroom, Sano combed through his hair with his hand, and wiped the sweat off of his forehead. Taking a deep breath, he gulped and raced out to make sure everything was perfect for "his foxy lady".
My foxy lady? Since when is she mine?
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"Megumi...Megumi...MEGUMI WHERE ARE YOU!?" Yahiko, now at the clinic, started going into the rooms looking for her.
"Eh, Yahiko?"
"Gensai-sensei! Do you know where Megumi is?"
"Yes, she's right over...there she is! Megumi, Yahiko wants to have a word with you."
Walking into a well-lighted room with lilac incense burning in the corner, Yahiko sat across from Megumi.
"You have to come to the dojo."
"Excuse me?"
"You just...do! I can't tell you more, I promised San-"
Catching himself, Yahiko corrected the sentence.
"I promised them you'd be there and I can't tell you what for. So just come!"
"I'm working Yahiko! I can't just leave the clinic!" Yahiko's eyes clouded briefly, as he sighed and bit his lip.
"It's almost time for you to go anyway. I'll ask Gensai-sensei if you can come, and I promise you won't regret this. Just...give him a chance."
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"AOSHI GET LOST! I can't have you here watching me and the fox, it'll make me all nervous"
"Oh calm down, I'm leaving I'm leaving." I'm leaving my ass! To hell with it, there's no way I'm going to miss this...
A/N: And don't you miss it either!!! Oh Kami, that was corny. Anywho, fear the foreshadowing. Just fear it! Please comment, I'd love to hear from you, and thank-you for waiting so long for my horrible update.