WARNING: Spoilers! If you don't know who Kenji is, please read at your own risk! INSANITY! INSANITY!! INSANITY!!!
WITH DUE CREDIT: This fic was loosely spun off from two fics - "Over the Sting" by sasori and "Chronicles of a Rurouni", one of my earlier fics.
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Yesterday's Shadow is Tomorrow's Twilight
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Chapter 29: Interlude - Day Three
The whole temple awoke to the piercing screams of a damsel in distress.
The damsel being Misao and the distress being the laundry.
Since this was a temple with many aides and servants wandering about everyday, for whatever reason they had to dwell in the abode, it meant that there was an immense amount of clothing daily to make clean. Since Misao was still on her little attempt to give Kenji something to do other than brood in his room, she dragged him kicking and screaming (again) to the area designated for laundry, and decided that nothing should go wrong this time, since /she/ was going to do the washing and /he/ was just going to watch and pass her some soap and powder every now and then.
Day Three was the day she realised that optimism could be a fatal flaw.
As they stared at the mess of starchy, stuck clothes stacked mountain-high in front of them, Misao sighed.
"So tell me, when I said 'washing powder,' why on earth did you pass me the flour?"
Kenji's response was to look at the two bags of white substance in his hands.
"Aren't they the same thing?"
Misao swore never to let Kenji anywhere near the kitchen again. Never ever. EVER. And she made everybody else swear too.
"Not a bit! Not a single freaking bit like your father at all!"
Kenji yawled like his life depended upon it and returned to his room in hysterics. He refused to let Soujirou or Enishi in, forcing them to have to spend the night on the corridor outside the room that night instead.
It was in the middle of the night, while sniffing his eyeballs out at how unfair and unjust this whole world was, that Kenji realised something.
With his uber lack of household abilities, nobody had seen him in the shadow of his father for three whole days already!
Whoopie!
Now that he thought about it, his lack of skill pertaining to housework was truly something worth celebrating!!
...
Or maybe not.
... to be continued
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24/3/04
xd@tougenkyou.net
a/n
for anybody going 'what the heck were these 3 stupid chapters all about?!',
i'm afraid i'll have to tell you that i've been hit by momentary insanity and
have not been able to keep my head on the right way for weeks. oh, uhm, don't
worry, the next chapter will bring us back to serious stuff. -.-x i enjoyed
writing the insanity while it lasted. hope you liked it too. XD
Shadow's Assasin: actually, i'm sou/mis!!! *runs* glad ya like
the fic tho!!
EEevee: i really hope you enjoyed your spring break! :D and
please tell fyyrrose not to kill me! *runs*
Sailor-Earth13: oooh! you noticed the ceramics. XD XD XD nice
going! *hands you a cookie*
Silver Nightingale: thank you so much *glomp* !! :D kenji and
cooking does not go together!! XD
zeromaru: i'd be glad to be of any help! XD send away!
fritz: kurogane? heck yeah! O_Ox but i never- whaaa .x
it is a great honour to be compared to an animated feature film. thank you for
being dragged back! XD rk is too fun to give up for too long XD XD XD
mirune: *squirms* i'm sorry! i'm really sorry! m(_ _)m i only
hope this fic entertained you enough for your weekends! thank you for even paying
attention! please stick around! XD
shahrezad1: nobody can be perfect after all! XD i think getting
kaoru's cooking is... fair enough! XD
souten: yes! they are the invincible... three musketeers!!
(no really, that was the original title for this fic o_Ox)
misaoshiru: ganbare and work hard and add oil for your fic!
chibi and chan: no worries! i'm just so glad you're still reading!
:D
fyyrrose&raven: noo!! stay away! please don't hurt me!
*____*x i didn't mean anything about sou i said! the ranting! the sheer ranting!
*dies foaming at the mouth* *wakes up slightly* hey! saitou is cool in kurogane!
*dies again*
sasori: *GLOMP* homework treating you well? XD
lebleuphenix: ooh um, kamatari eh? i think he'll be making
an appearance soon. i hope!
kitiara: yes, kenji and kaoru's cooking + kenshin's looks =
lethal mix. i think we all agree. XD
EK: *glomp* why are you apologising? *_*x don't! please don't!
if you read this fic i'm overjoyed! if not i'm still happy you paid attention
to it! please take your time! m(_ _)m
drunken little monkey: glad you liked the humour. XD
april-san: and you! no! no begging for forgiveness! there is
nothing to forgive! *glomp* *grabs the beer* *chugs* dang, getting dizzy...
woosh! yes, three days! over very soonish! XD
angrybee: mwah! so i'm not the only person dabbling with fanfics
during work. *hi-fives* XD XD XD
mary-ann: i love the way you described it - they have good
dynamics. :D they sure do! *hugz* thanks!
firuze: i hope life is good! :) and that everything settles
down! don't get too stressed out! *glomp*