Disclaimer - I own Umi... and the plot... Anything else can burn in hell... Well, no, not really. But still, I don't own it. -holds up an Umi plushie- see? It's me/Umi! nn


Umi woke up to another day of training with Sanosuke. By this point in time, she could punch a rock and it would shatter. However, it would not pulverize. Half asleep today, Sanosuke waved. "okay, great... How's this missie, you go help Kenshin with the chores or something..." Umi blinked, not sure what to say. This was coming from HIS mouth? And then she fumed. "WHAT! I'm not a shopper! What the hell do you think I am, free help!" Sanosuke looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "And what do you think Kenshin and miss karou are made of, money and food?" Umi stopped and blinked again. She laughed somewhat nervously and then walked off to Kenshin and took each bag in each hand. Kenshin looked confused. "Oro!"

"Hey, Kenshin, I'm helping you shop today. I'm just carrying the stuff. You can actually get it." Kenshin smiled. "Thank you, miss Umi," he said. Umi shrugged. "meh, whatever. Let's just get this over with." Sanosuke took Kenshin to the side and in a nearby alley when Umi turned around to look the other direction. "Hey, Kenshin," he said quietly, "make sure to drag Umi along and around for as long as you can. I'm suppoused to be watching her, but hell, even I need a break." Kenshin blinked. "okay..." And with that, Sanosuke pushed Kenshin back out and then backed away to take a little nap.

Kenshin scratched his head. "I'm sorry, miss Umi, can you repeat that?" For Umi had been babbling the whole time. After all, she was from the present.. or.. future... um.. yeah. And that means that she'd never seen a town like this except for in the books. "Kenshin, you weren't listening, were you?" She asked as her eyebrow twitched. Kenshin shook his head and waved his arms in front of his face. "no no, it wasn't that"
"Then WHAT was it"
"I was deep in thought"
"meh, whatever. Let's just go."

After shopping, Kenshin took Umi all around town. "Miss Umi, have you seen...?" and "Miss Umi, please come and meet..." and so many other things. They got back at sunset and Umi's arms were burning. "Kenshin, I swear, we go ONE more place, or I meet ONE more person, or I ride ONE more thing, or I stare at ONE more thing... Someone will die," she said, looking at him. At this point, Kenshin decided it was best to go home. "Okay, miss Umi, we're going to miss Karou's house. Sanosuke should be there, too." Umi mumbled, "By there, I hope you mean dead." Kenshin merely continued walking with Umi right behind him. Once there, Kenshin explained to kaoru, who.. somewhat understood, since Sanosuke had come by earlier. Umi put the groceries down and collapsed. "a-ah... That was murder..." she mumbled.

Kenshin came by. "Oh, miss Umi, would you mind helping me with the chores? I need to heat miss Kaoru's bath, that I do." Umi sighed. "You better be glad that my brain's too pooped to think of a good excuse," she said/mumbled tiredly and angered somewhat at him as she stood up. She followed Kenshin outside. "Miss Umi, can you please get the wood for Miss Kaoru?" He said, pointing. "I need to finish washing the clothes." Umi sighed and trudged to go get the wood. She came back with a pile of it on each of her shoulders. "This enough," she asked, dumping it at Kenshin's feet. Kenshin looked at it. "Almost, miss umi. Another bundle like this should be enough. I'll go take this to miss Karou, that I will." With that, Umi sighed and went back to get more wood as Kenshin took the current stack of wood to Kaoru's bath.

By the time Sanosuke had come back, Kaoru was done with her bath and Umi was helping to cook. She glared at Sanosuke as he entered. "Sanosuke Sagara, my arms feel like jello, as do my legs, I'm tired as hell, and I have done no training, save for lugging things around all day. Not only that, but I am hungry and I need a bath. As soon as we eat, we go home and go to sleep." Sanosuke blinked. "Hey missie, I'm sorry okay? I had some 'debt' I had to pay off to some thugs." Kenshin, who was cooking, facefaulted. "Again, Sano? You should really stop gambling"
"That you should," Umi said with Kenshin, rolling her eyes.

"I've been stuck with him for so long, I could even talk like him if I wanted," she said to Sanosuke, who simply just shrugged. "Anyways, we should hurry up, Umi," Sano said. Umi stopped and just looked at him. "Look, you! You abandon me to trudge up and down everywhere with no food to eat and you just expect me to take this? You... you..." She fell over, unconcious. Kenshin caught her. "Miss Umi!" Sanosuke ran to her. He didn't know what it was. Possibly it could be that his only pupil (though only because Kenshin and Kaoru asked him to do it so many times, he finally caved).. Although, it might be something else... "Umi!" At that moment, Kenshin went to get Megumi and Yahiko came in. "Is she breathing," he asked, poking her. Sanosuke looked at him. "Hey, you want me to poke you when you're possibly dead?" Yahiko looked at Umi, and then back to Sanosuke with a raised eyebrow as he said, "She's not dead. Just unconcious. See," he said, pointing at Umi's stomach, which rose and fell, but unsteadily, "that means she's breathing."

Sanosuke glared at Yahiko. "I know that." but refused to say anything else of the matter. Yahiko rolled his eyes and they waited for Kenshin to come back with Megumi. Yahiko blinked. "I wonder what's wrong with her. It's not like she's been pushing herself to the limits trying to do something." Sanosuke ignored Yahiko's comment and looked out behind him. "Kenshin should be getting back now. I wonder what's taking him." And sure enough, a few minuites after Sanosuke made the comment was Kenshin right... there. With Megumi. Megumi held her hand up to Umi's forehead and examined her eyes and the whole doctor bit. Finally, she stood up and made her comment/doctor report... thing. "It's nothing serious. It's just a slight fever and exhaustion."

Kenshin went to lay Umi down on a futon in the dining room, so if she were to wake up, she wouldn't panic. Sanosuke ate, Umi was still unconcious. After eating and doing nothing for awhile, Sanosuke picked up Umi and some food for her and then left. "Hey Kenshin, make sure Kaoru doesn't cook tommorow, okay? We're going to the akabeko." Kenshin blinked. "oro?"


a/n: oookay! It's been quite awhile since I've updated! Sooo, I'm gonna reply to random reviews, whether I already did it or not! nn

Weaselgirl-sama
2005-04-05
I don't really get it, but that's probably because Sailor Moon doesn't really interest me. Thanks for reviewing 'Train Derailed'! More paragraph breaks, you said? OK, I'll try. Umm...is Umi a Sailor Moon character?

my response: Yeah, SM doesn't really interest me that much either. BUT, I wasn't really paying attention that I COULD HAVE used furuba instead of SM. You're welcome for reviewing "train derailed" and I liked it, and thank you for reviewing this... odd story... thing. And no, Umi is not a SM character. I just made her up. Actually, I'm Umi. -tilts her head- makes no sense in some ways. It's like... I have skitzophrenia or something.

Anonymous
2005-03-31, ch. 1
you suck

my response: you son of a bitch, did you even bother reading it? I got that e-mail, like, what, three seconds after I got the e-mail for my other fic with the same message. I mean, I would ask why or something if I got it a few MINUITES after/before I got the e-mail for the other one. I mean, I accept flames, but not like that. Where it's just two words. "you" and "suck". Not only that, but you could have reviewed the last chapter as that. Then it wouldn't look so... stupid! And you know what? I'm sure you're the one who got my other fic, the becomings of boredom, taken off But 'cha know what? I say this as well as something else: HA! I'm putting it back up.. BUT IN STORY FORMAT! And the something else is that you can kiss my ass and go to hell. haha! -laughing maniacally-
Ookami: oO You idiot! What were you thinking, getting her all.. insane and stuff! -sighs- that means that we're gonna have to stop answering reviews for this chapter, but we will for the next one. Riiight, Umi?

Umi: -curled up in the fetal position, still laughing maniacally- yes, yes, REVIEW! -twitches- READ AND REVIEW! -foams at the mouth-

ookami: QUICK! GET THE STRAIGHT JACKET! Well, please read and review. And don't worry, we're well prepared as this happens... quite often. -drags Umi off in a straight jacket, who is still laughing maniacally and foaming at the mouth.-