Battle Of The Bands!
Chapter 7- Kenshin's Errand
The next morning Kenshin got up and went to Kenji's room, tapping on the door, "Come in."
Kenshin cautiously opened the door and smiled once he realized Kenji was alone, "Hey, where's Chizuru?"
"I took her home earlier, she wanted to get back and get ready for work. What time did you get in?"
"Shortly after you guys did, so did you...you know..."
Kenji flushed and looked away hastily, "I'm not saying."
"You did, didn't you? Come on tell me!"
"It's none of your business."
"Really?"
Without warning Kenshin tackled Kenji and pinned him on the bed, poking him in the ribs, getting fits of laughter from the smaller man as he tried to get away, "Stop Kenshin! Get off!"
"Tell me and I will."
"Fine! I'll tell! I'll tell!"
Kenshin stopped and let Kenji up, "So tell me, did you?"
"Yes."
"Oh! Way to go Kenji! Did you have fun?"
Kenji flushed brighter but smiled, "Yes."
"Oh I'm so proud of you! My little brother's all grown up and lost his virginity."
"KENSHIN! Man! You're gross! You're a virgin too!"
"Well... I wouldn't say that."
"What? You mean... you've... actually conned a girl into sleeping with you?"
"Well... maybe..."
"Who was it?"
"Honestly? I don't remember."
"Oh gosh! Kenshin! How can you not remember?"
"I was stoned man, leave me alone, and besides we got more important things to worry about."
"Like?"
"Practice, hurry up and get dressed and I'll meet ya at the warehouse."
"Ok."
Kenshin left Kenji's room and went and tapped on Aoshi's door. A few seconds later a shirtless Aoshi opened the door and rubbed the sleep from his eyes, "What you need, Kenshin?"
"We need to get to practicing." Kenshin looked over and saw Misao sit up and stretch, "Hey Misao."
"Hey Kenshin."
"I'll get dressed and I'll meet you at the warehouse, that alright?"
"That's fine, Aoshi, I'll see you there, I'm gonna go bug Sano, bye Misao."
"Bye."
Kenshin went down the hall but suddenly came back and poked his head in the door, an evil smile on his face, "Oh by the way, nice bra Weasel Girl."
"I'm not a weasel you pervert!"
Misao threw a pillow at him and somehow managed to actually hit him upside the head, getting him to laugh, "I deserved that, bye guys."
"Bye." Aoshi laughed and shut the door, smiling at a fuming Misao, "That is a cute bra."
"You'd know."
Meanwhile Kenshin headed down the hall and tapped on Sanosuke's door, when he didn't hear an answer he opened the door and laughed to himself. Sanosuke was sprawled out on the bed with Megumi curled up next to him, only a portion of the blanket covering Sanosuke as he tossed and turned. Kenji came up next to him and smiled at the scene, "That's disturbing."
"I've got an idea, go get me some ice."
"Why?"
"Just go get me some ice."
"Ok."
Kenji went off to the kitchen and Aoshi and Misao came up beside him (fully dressed, sorry gang), "What're you doing Kenshin?"
"You'll see in a minute, Misao."
Kenji came back with a small cup of ice and handed it to Kenshin, "Here you go, so what're you gonna do with it?"
"Watch and learn little brother."
Kenshin tiptoed up to Sanosuke and waited as he tossed and turned for a second before he pulled up the elastic on Sanosuke's boxers and tossed a couple of ice cubes into his shorts. A couple of seconds later Sanosuke shot up out of bed and started dancing around his room, trying to get the ice out of his boxers, "COLD, COLD, COLD! IT'S COLD!"
Everyone present busted up laughing and Sanosuke finally managed to shake the ice out of his shorts before he shot a death glare at a very amused Kenshin, "Dude I know you had something to do with that!"
"Of course I did, who else has enough guts to look into your shorts?"
"Pervert!"
Kenshin laughed and heard Megumi yawning as she stretched. An evil grin came onto Kenshin's face and he took out an ice cube before handing the cup to Sanosuke, "You'd better not Kenshin!"
"What? I'm not going to do anything, I'm gonna eat it."
Kenshin popped the ice cube into his mouth and Sanosuke smiled before he looked over at the others in the door, "What're you looking at?"
"Not much, Sir Hangs To The Left."
Sanosuke started arguing with Kenji and Kenshin took the opportunity and took the half melted ice cube out of his mouth and knelt next to Megumi, quickly tossing it into her bra before running out the door, "What's wrong Kenshin?"
"Nothing Sano."
All of the sudden Megumi shot up and screamed, pulling the ice out of her top before she looked over at Sanosuke and saw the cup of ice. She glared at him and threw a pillow at his head, "Sanosuke! I can't believe you!"
"What? What'd I do?"
"You put that ice in my bra!"
"No I didn't... it... it was Kenshin!"
"Don't try to blame Kenshin! He's not even in here!"
"K... Kenji and Aoshi saw him do it, they'll vouch for me, right guys?"
"Gotta go, Sano!"
"Yeah we gotta get ready for practice!"
Aoshi, Kenji, and Misao ran down the hall and left a very confused Sanosuke and a very angry Megumi to fight it out on their own. Kenji went up to Kenshin and patted his shoulder, still laughing, "That was beautiful, Kenshin."
"I agree, that was good."
"Thank you, thank you."
Kenshin took a playful bow and everyone snickered before a very mad Sanosuke came in and glared daggers at Kenshin, "Himura! You're dead!"
"I've... got an errand to run, see ya at the warehouse guys!"
Kenshin managed to run out the door just as Sanosuke tossed an ice cube at him, barely missing him as he shut the door.
AN HOUR LATER
Misao and Megumi entered their livingroom and was greeted by a happy Kaoru, "Hey there, what happened to you two last night?"
"We managed to corner our men and have... a talk."
"Ok, I get the picture Megumi, so where are they now?"
"They're at the warehouse practicing for a gig."
"Another? Those guys are so busy lately."
"I know but they do a good job."
"That's true."
Misao and Megumi sat down on the couch and Misao hugged Kaoru, "So what did you and Kenshin do?"
"Nothing, we talked for a little bit and I got a little sleepy so Kenshin brought me home."
"No 'I love you' or a goodnight kiss or anything?"
"Of course I got a goodnight kiss, but we didn't do anything else, Misao."
"Bummer."
"Hey Megumi, how many hickeys do you have?"
MEANWHILE
Kenshin had just finished tuning his guitar when the others came in and started getting ready. Sanosuke put an arm around Kenshin's neck and squeezed gently, "That was cruel, Kenshin."
Kenshin laughed, "Revenge is sweet, my friend."
"Revenge? For what?"
"For the explanation of Lizard Boy."
"Oh, I get it, alright we're even now."
Everyone had a quick laugh before Kenji asked, "So what songs are we gonna play tonight, Kenshin?"
"Um... let's try a couple of songs from Fuel and we'll just decide as we go."
"Alright."
The rehearsal lasted for almost two hours and by that time they decided on the final songs that they were going to play at the gig. Sanosuke set down his guitar and wiped his brow, "Well... I'm starving, who wants to come with me on lunch duty?"
"I'll go."
"Why not, you coming too, Kenshin?"
"No thanks, Aoshi, I got something I need to take care of before tonight. You guys go ahead and I'll meet ya back here around four so we can get ready to leave."
"Sounds good, you want us to drop you off?"
"Sure, if you don't mind."
"Not at all, with any luck we'll lose you."
"Ha, ha, ha, very funny, Sano."
They all left the warehouse and piled into the van and drove off into town.
Kaoru was sitting on the couch watching TV when she suddenly heard a knock at the door. She opened the door and smiled when she saw her visitor, "Hey there Kenji, what're you doing here?"
"Hey Kaoru, I came by to give this note to you."
Kenji handed her a note and Kaoru smiled, "Did you write me a love letter, Kenji?"
"Yeah, I'm trying to steal you from Kenshin."
"Well if we ever break up you're the first on my list, Teddy Bear."
Kenji laughed, "I'll keep that in mind."
"You want to come in?"
"Oh no thanks, I'm simply the messenger and I gotta get any ways. Sanosuke's starving and you know how he is when he's hungry, besides, I don't really have a right to be here."
"You're more than welcome here, anytime you want to drop by I'll be here. Who knows I might ask you to come over for a house call one of these days."
Kenji smiled and chuckled, "The new housekeeper, huh?"
"Yep."
They heard a horn beeping and Kenji laughed, "I'd better go before they leave me."
"Ok, bye Kenji."
"Bye Kaoru."
Kenji gave her a hug and ran down the stairs to catch Sanosuke before he drove off, making it into the van just as he tried to take off. Kaoru shut the door and read the writing on the note, smiling at the familiar handwriting, "To Kaoru, From Kenshin."
"What did you write me?"
Kaoru opened the letter and couldn't help but smile as she read it, "Kaoru, I wanted to say thanks for being there last night, it meant so much to me that you were there to cheer us on, I don't think I could've won without you. Any ways, we're doing a special performance tonight at Seijiro and I'd really love to see you there. Gotta go, see you tonight, you won't be disappointed, this is going to be a night you're never going to forget, I promise. Kenshin."
Kaoru giggled and folded the note back up, "What are you up to, Kenshin?"
A FEW MINUTES EARLIER
Sanosuke dropped Kenshin off at a small business district and Kenshin waited for the van to disappear from sight before he went into a small shop near the corner. He looked around for awhile until he saw something that caught his eye, kneeling down to look closer at it. A store clerk came by and smiled politely, "May I help you, sir?"
"Yes, I'd like to look at that one please."
"This one?"
"Yeah."
The clerk handed Kenshin what he was looking at and a smile came to his lips, "This is perfect."
That's chapter 7! I know, I'm cruel but you can probably guess what he's doing, right? If not you'll find out later. Let me know what you think (even the bad comments I know you're going to send me for this one hehe.) Be sure to stay with me, the next chapter is going to be a blast. See ya later :).
