A/N: been a while... i no... gomen ne...
Chappie 13
"Me! Demo... how is that possible?" she asked, totally baffled by his answer.
"Kaoru..." he whispered, "Don't YOU get it? I... I couldn't have you... so I came up with a weak excuse..."
"Demo, don't you love Tomoe-san?" she asked, hesitantly.
"I did, but I feel more for you than I ever will her," he answered her.
"Kenshin. I... I don't know how to respond. I really think after hearing this, that you should talk to Battousai about what to do," she shook her head.
"How? He won't listen to anything I say," he told her.
"Oh, he will. Tell him that I told you to come to terms about the
control issue," she instructed him.
"I... I shall try... but don't forget! I do love you... All that kept me from you before was how unworthy I was... how stained, I didn't want to taint you. And I was worried that Battousai would do what I couldn't. I'm sorry," he apologized again.
"It's alright," she assured him, touching his face lightly, "I understand now. Go, come to terms with yourself. I can wait, I love you both equally, but you must understand each other before anything more can happen in this relationship."
"I... Arigatou, Kaoru," he thanked, "I shall do it."
"Then go. Do it, I'll be here," she urged him. He nodded and... he went of to discuss the control problem.
"Aoshi, we should get up," Misao said.
"Aa."
"Come on, that won't get you another round this time," she told him, standing up, sliding her yukata on in the process, seeing as Yahiko had stolen her clothes sometime before.
"Aa," he repeated. She ignored him this time and stepped out onto the porch.
"Hey, where did the brat go anyway?" she wondered aloud.
"I'm back!" a voice answered her.
"Hi Yahiko-chan!" she greeted waving to him, hiding the kunai in her hand.
"DON'T CALL ME -CHAN!" he yelled.
"Only if you give me back my clothes," she compromised.
"Oh, I dunno where I left them," he said.
"WHAT?" she demanded.
"I. Don't. Know. Where. I. Left. Them," he stated each word clearly so she could understand him.
"I heard you the first time!" she shouted, running at him, revealing kunai's in each hand.
"Uh? Itachi... it was a joke," he started, as he took off in the other direction, barely dodging the eight she had sent after him.
"GET BACK HERE!"
"Megumi-kun?" Gensai-sensei walked into the clinic searching for his assistant. She was no where to be seen.
"Please! It's an emergency! You must find her!" a voice called.
"I'm looking for her, she doesn't appear to be here, Hiro-kun," the older man answered.
"But... I can't help with this! I've never performed surgery before!"
he exclaimed.
"Now, now, you can do it. You've been practicing for the real thing, ne? I'll help you through it and you'll do fine," the doctor soothed. The boy almost passed out. It would seem that Megumi had a replacement when she wanted to 'do other things...' hee, hee...
Rurouni: I love her
Battousai: -snort- i'm afraid that u made it quite clear that you DON'T love her
Rurouni: it was a cover up; a lie; i didn't want to taint her
Battousai: that i don't understand; if you didn't want to hurt her then why did you reject her?
Rurouni: my heart was confused. I didn't see that I loved Kaoru above all else and found myself putting my feelings towards Tomoe as an excuse
Battousai: Really? -in a sarcastic voice-
Rurouni: it is and i'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt her! Ruin her life, taint her, and break her in such a way!
Battousai: but you did! and it nearly ripped her out from under us!
Rurouni: I'm aware of that, and all I can do is apologize, which i have, and now I wish to make amends
Battousai: how?
Rurouni: by giving you permanant control
Battousai: A-are you serious?
Rurouni: Yes, I am, I love her and yet I hurt her. Everything you ever said was true. The past is past and I need to let it all go. You said that we were the same person and each of us having emotions for two different people was impossible and couldn't be. You were right.
Battousai: I think I'm dead. Is the rurouni actually apologizing and saying that I'm right and he's wrong?
Rurouni: It is. You were right and I was wrong. You can have control. I've come to terms with myself. Kaoru has taught me that much.
Battousai: Amazing... You are actually willingly handing over all of your control...
Rurouni: Yes...
And Battousai took that offered control quickly, leaving the rurouni sighing in the back.
"Kaoru," he said, hugging her as soon as he was back.
"Kenshin?"
"Hai, koishii, it's me... I'm back," he said, holding her close.
"GET BACK HERE!"
"Nya! Catch me if you can, itachi!" he called over his shoulder as he ran towards the gate. He ran right into Enishi.
"Hey! I thought you left," Yahiko said getting up off the floor.
"I did, and I came back," he said simply.
"Gee," Misao came out, kunais still in her hands.
"Yo," Enishi greeted.
"Nice to see you too. Himura and Kao-chan just got back, they're in their room," she provided.
"Great!" he bounded off towards the other side of the house, stopping when he reached the porch.
"What?" Aoshi asked.
"I don't know where their bedroom is..." he trailed off. Misao sighed and gave him directions to get where he needed to go.
"Sano, get up! It's the middle of day! I'm starving, aren't' you?"
"Mmmmm."
"Come on, let's go get some food at the Akabeko," Megumi suggested.
"Did you say food?" he was suddenly awake.
"Figure's you would wake up as soon as I mentioned food..." she grumbled, re-tying her obi.
"Huh?" he asked stupidly.
"Nevermind, just get dressed, I'm really hungry," she answered, tossing him his shirt.
"Uh, right," he replied, pulling it on.
"Let's go, tori atama!"
"Right, right! I'm going, I'm going..." he said.
"Geez, men..." she muttered, leaving his room, saying something about going on without him.
"M-matte! I'm coming!" he yelled, running out after her.
"You weren't fast enough!" she called over her shoulder.
"HEY GUYS!"
"Ahhhhh! What are you doing here, Enishi!" Kaoru asked, flying backwards, holding her heart.
"Nothing, just wanted to make sure you guys made it back alright," he shrugged.
"Well, you see us, so leave," Kenshin said roughly.
"Hey! No hard feelings right? I have no intention of restarting Jinchuu or anything, in fact... I wanna be friends with you guys!" he exclaimed, pulling them both in for a hug.
"Let go!" Kenshin commanded.
"Are you mentally stable!" Kaoru asked, as soon as she could breathe again.
"Oh, Kaoru! What a rude statement! Of course I'm mentally stable! They took me out of the rubber room right before you husband here decided to ditch ya!" he replied to her.
"Oh, that's reassuring," she said sarcastically.
"Isn't it though?" he returned.
"Leave, please," Kenshin bit out through gritted teeth. Kaoru had to laugh at that.
"Right-o! On my way out the door!" he said, walking into the shoji.
"You have to open it first," Kaoru advised him.
"Ah! I knew that!" he said, opening it and stepping out.
"Hey! Itachi! You and Iceman should be more considerate of others around you! I mean you guys are louder than busu and Kenshin! And that's sayin' something!"
"Nani?"
"Yep! You heard me!" he yelled, purposely starting another fight to liven the quiet dojo up.
"WHY YOU!"
"Wow, you guys sure do live for a fight," Enishi observed coming from the other side of the dojo.
"Aa," Aoshi said, watching as Misao pounded Yahiko into the
ground, holding little back.
"ITAI!" he cried, "You're almost as bad as Kaoru!"
"Almost?"
"Yeah! That woman is brutal! Not to mention merciless!" he informed her.
"Really? I guess Kaoru-chan's been disciplining him well then," Misao answered with a giggle.
"You bet she is!" he yelled in agreement.
SWAT! A fist came down on his head.
"Owwww!"
"That's what you get Yahiko-CHAN!" Kaoru said as she
emerged from her room with Kenshin.
"Ah, gee... it's back to boot camp, I guess... Now that she's not pregnant, I don't have an excuse to not get beat up..." he sighed.
"What was that!" she demanded, her bokken appearing from nowhere.
"Shit... wrong thing to say! Time to run!" he yelled, bolting in the opposite direction.
"Mou! I really should tell Tsubame-chan on that boy! She'd be able straighten him out!" Kaoru gave a sigh of her own, sitting down on the porch with everyone else.
"Maa, maa, Koishii, you'll wake up Kenji..." Kenshin warned.
"Aa," she agreed and settled down.
"Sano! You are so unromantic! That was the WORST proposal I've ever heard!"
"Nani! That was the most romantic thing I've ever done!" he protested.
"Hmph! Let's go back to the dojo to tell the others then! And I shall have to share the tale of how unromantic you are!" she replied, stalking off in the direction of the dojo.
"M-matte! Megumi!" he called after her.
"Save it!" she answered, not slowing her pace.
"But..." he tried.
"That is NOT going to save your ass this time," she informed him as the gate came into view. As soon as she was going to swing it open, it opened itself and Yahiko came running out.
"Busu's back! And totally back to normal!" he warned.
"Oh? This means... she had the baby! SANO! Come on! We have to go congratulate Kaoru-chan!" she yelled as soon as she heard.
"Then let's go," he said, pointing to the open gate.
A/N:
ducky: i think there'll be one more chappie
kaoru: over all ready?
ducky: almost, i'm working on 'Rurouni Kenji'! as my next ficcie
kaoru: oh, god...
ducky: it was supposed to be a serious ficcie, and then i started adding a whole bunch of sarcastic humor... so it's not so serious, but rather funny...
kenshin: oro? i'm not an evil person anymore!
ducky: nope! i'm not that mean... although i did get all excited when i saw the amber eyes on the 11th book cover
kenshin: oro?
ducky: yea, he's so sexy... but not as sexy as Aoshi-Sama!
kaoru: goodness... u r really obsessed...'
ducky: aren't i tho?
aoshi: almost finished... one more chapter... then i'm free...
ducky: who said i was setting u free?
aoshi: misao! help me!
ducky: don't bother, we have become allies, me and misao -evil laughter-
aoshi: NOOOOOOOOO!
ducky: wow... that's a lot of emotion coming from you...
aoshi: yes
ducky: anyway! remember to hit that button down there! ya no the 1... it says submit review... click the GO! got it?
kaoru: plz, before she loses her sanity on us... just REVIEW HER FOR OUR SAKE!
ducky: hey... i'm not that kooky, am i?
kenshin: that u r!
