HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT!!!!!! ALL MY CORRECTIONS JUST DIED!!!!!! runs is cirlces tearing my hair out. I don't have time to go back and edit it all over again, so I promise I will fix it later. MUCH LATER. When I'm not pissed as hell later!
Woooo, yeah I'm back. I love Iram cuz she made my day!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! See, if you review I might just proclaim my love to you too
Warning: There is a serious scene in here (DUN DUN DUN!!!!). AND there's a cameo in this chapter (WOO!!!)
Disclaimer: mine mine mine grabs hold of Rurouni Kenshin. It's all mine!!!! POOF WHERE DID IT GO?!?!?!?!? runs in circles. sniffle I guess it was just an illusion…
(P.S.- a majority of this was written by a very sick Vanyd, so if it's not up to par… I'm sorry… cough)
The Pressure is On
"So, how often do you forget everything at the supermarket?" Misao teased as she walked down the cereal isle with Kaoru, pushing a cart filled with junk food.
"You'll never let me live that down will you?" Kaoru muttered.
"Never ever." Misao grinned.
"Can you pick up some Cinnamon Toast Crunch while I go grab the milk?"
"Yeah sure." Misao agreed. Misao watched as Kaoru walked away, and then turned her attention to the shelves of cereal. It has to be here somewhere, she thought as she stalked up and down the aisle.
"Hey, do you need help?" A young man came up to her. He was grinning lazily, scratching the back of his head. Misao noted the smock he was wearing, signifying that he worked there.
"I'm looking for Cinnamon Toast Crunch."
"That's my favorite cereal." He commented, his grin widening.
"Oh, that's…nice…" Misao said nervously.
"It's right here." The guy leaned forward, towering over Misao's small frame. Misao contemplated pulling out a kunai, but before she could reach for it the guy pulled away and handed her the cereal. Misao swung her head around behind her and saw Cinnamon Toast Crunch as far as the eye could see. Misao glared at the cereal.
"Thank you." Misao mumbled when the guy hadn't left yet.
"Do I know you?"
Oh that's original… "No, you don't."
"Are you sure? Don't you go to my high school?"
"Noooo." Misao felt her cheeks flush in anger. Did she look like she went to high school… probably, but that's beside the point!
"Well, then I think we should get to know each other. Dinner maybe? A movie? Bowling…"
"Sorry, but I have to go." Misao interrupted the strange guy.
"Oh, well my name's Tetsuya. Be sure to ask for me next time you come." He smiled a 100 watt smile.
"Uh, sure…" Misao hurriedly left the aisle in search of Kaoru.
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"Where's the cart?" Kaoru asked when she saw Misao speed walking toward her, clutching a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Misao stopped in her tracks, slammed her palm into her forehead, and muttered "stupid" over and over again.
"What happened?!"
"There was this guy, and he was so… so…" Misao made odd hand motions.
"Hot?" Kaoru asked slyly.
"No, chokable (A/N: Choke-able…. Just in case u got confused )! He was such an idiot! Who the hell wears sunglasses indoors?!?!?! And what the hell was with that goofy grin of his?!?!" Misao ranted, not paying attention to the numerous shoppers who turned to look at her.
"Number one, quiet down. Number two, is this idiot named Tetsuya by chance?"
Misao nodded, "You know him?"
"I don't know him know him… I met him the last time I came here."
"Well, then you can go get the cart."
"What? Why me?!"
"Because he doesn't make you want to go homicidal." Misao reasoned.
"You'd never kill him." Kaoru said dryly.
"But I would maim him." Misao pointed out.
"Maiming isn't that bad"
"As long as your willing to go to jail for me."
"I don't look so good in orange…"
"Kaoru, suck it up, and go get the damn cart!" Misao yelled in annoyance.
"But I don't wanna!!!" Kaoru whined.
After doing rock, paper, scissors several times, they decided to go get the cart together. They walked to the aisle and peeked around the corner. Tetsuya was leaning against the shelves waiting for Misao to return for her abandoned cart.
"Shit." Kaoru whispered.
"Double shit." Misao whispered back.
"Now what?"
"Take out tonight?"
"Sure."
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"Everyone did really well today, but well isn't good enough. Practice on your own, and if you show improvement next class I might just teach you a little something about kunai." Misao grinned widely as she listened to the various voices call out "Cool!"' and "Awesome!"
Kaoru sweat dropped, remembering the large amount of cuts Misao got just learning how to take the kunai out in a timely fashion. A brief memory of Misao covered in band-aids came to mind.
"Um, Misao, you do know that there is no way in hell I'm gonna let you teach them that."
"I know, but it gives them something to look forward to."
"So you lied."
"Not technically…"
"Yes technically!" Kaoru argued.
"It was only a small lie!!!"
"You got their hopes up!"
"They're young, they'll get over it." Misao muttered.
Kaoru brought up her bokken menacingly.
"Bring it on." Misao grinned evilly, moving back into a fighting stance.
"Excuse me!!!" A loud voice rang out, surprising the two girls.
blink, blink
"Hi! I'm Serena! I think your dojo is super duper cool." The girl said. She was blonde haired with blue eyes, and had a huge grin that looked like it would split her face in half. Her blonde hair was done up in odd looking balls at the top of her head with long strands of hair coming out of the round balls, dangling down to her knees. In one hand she held a half eaten ice cream cone. "This dojo is so much cooler than yours Raye." She commented to a girl with long black hair. The black haired girl scowled and ignored the blonde.
"Can we help you?" Misao asked with building curiosity.
"My companion here wants to join your martial arts class." The girl named Raye said.
"Really? That would be great. You have good taste in dojo's!" Kaoru switched into ultra butt kissing mode, "May I ask how you found out about us?"
"We were actually walking by when we saw how totally cool your dojo looked," Kaoru sweat dropped "and so we came up to look around, and we were able to catch the end of your class. Everything looks so impressive, I can't wait!" Serena squealed in joy, and tossed the remainder of the cone into her mouth.
"Well, this is one of my more advanced classes, so you wouldn't be in this class specifically…"
"Oh, I've had previous training." Serena smiled widely.
"Oh God." Raye muttered, rolling her eyes.
"What?"
"Nothing, meat ball head." Raye sighed loudly.
"Don't call me that!" Serena growled getting defensive.
"Then stop being so funny looking." Raye retorted.
Misao and Kaoru cautiously stepped back from the scene, and waited for Serena to attack Raye, but after a few minutes of staring at each other in anger Serena started to cry and whine about Raye being mean.
Misao and Kaoru shared a look that said 'these people are crazy.'
"Well, it looks like you've got everything handled out here, so I'm just gonna go chill out inside… bye!" Misao sprinted off to the living room.
"COWARD!" Kaoru yelled at her retreating form.
oooOoooOoooOooo
The clock ticked, the coffee machine spewed out coffee, and numerous people sped past the door looking busy as ever. What was Megumi doing while the rest of the hospital practically shook with the amount of people rushing around? Nothing. She was doing absolutely nothing. Yes she had wanted a break from work, but not like this!
Megumi checked her watch for the 3rd time in the past 10 minutes. She'd been at the hospital for hours and had only seen 3 patients!
Megumi was on the verge of screaming when Mindy came into the lounge and sat with a tired sigh.
"So much work today, don't you think?" Mindy asked, sinking even more into the chair.
"No." Megumi could feel her face flush out in anger.
"Are you still sick?"
"Sick?"
"That's why you left early yesterday right? Cause you were sick?"
"Right… Right… yeah I'm fine."
"Oh good cause you looked a little red a second ago and I thought you were coming down with something." Mindy said with a hint of concern.
"No, I'm just peachy." Megumi muttered.
"Something's wrong."
"Nothing's wrong."
"Something IS wrong, and you better fess up." Mindy said, her round face becoming stern.
"Well… I'm just a bit bored is all." Megumi sighed and sipped at her coffee.
"Bored?!? How can you be bored with the amount of work needed to be done?"
"Well, maybe if the new head of the ER wasn't such a jerk…" Megumi trailed off.
"That reminds me, you two have the same last name, and…uh…well… there are some rumors going around." Mindy's face was pink with excitement "So are you two really married?"
"Divorced." Megumi frowned so hard it hurt.
"Well, he seems like such a nice man. I'm sorry it didn't work out." Mindy said patting Megumi's hand. If Mindy wasn't such a nice old woman Megumi would have screamed the living daylights out of her.
"Thanks Mindy." Megumi said with a tight smile.
"Now get your butt up and go find work. I'm sure Dr. Takani would be glad to send you a few patients." With that Mindy got up, and rushed out of the room.
"Nice man, my ass." Megumi grumbled, barely restraining herself from doing something rash… like scratch Nick's eyes out with my newly manicured nails. On second thought, wouldn't want to waste my perfectly painted nails on him, Megumi thought, examining her nails with a smile.
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Sano needs to try harder. The thought rang in Kenshin's mind. The match was in 3 days, and Sano was still having a hell of a lot of trouble just keeping up with Kenshin. Something was wrong, and Kenshin could smell it. Sano had his mind else where, and it was messing with his training.
"Pay attention!" Kenshin growled, landing a hard kick to Sano's side. The tall man doubled over, clutching his side.
"I am." Sano panted.
"No you're not." Kenshin muttered wearily. They'd been arguing back and forth about the same subject over and over again. Both were absolutely tired of it.
"I'm trying." Sano said, standing straight, and wiping back sweat.
"Not hard enough."
"Well, I can't help it man! The fox has me in some fucking trance. Her with her soft hair, and her sweet perfume, and her stupid ass long legs..." Sano's temper was flaring, and he lunged forward, using his anger to compel him.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid." Kenshin muttered, easily dodging each maneuver.
Sano finally collapsed in a heap of angry, tired, martial artist. "I'm sorry." He said roughly.
"God damnit Sano. Do you want to lose?"
"No."
"Then you need to accept it!"
"Accept what?" Sano asked blankly.
"Hopeless. You're hopeless!" Kenshin said incredulously as he turned and stalked off.
oooOoooOooo
I wonder when she'll come back for this…
Tetsuya checked his watch, sighed, and leaned back against the stranded cart.
oooOoooOooo
"I need to talk to you… You are scum. You are dirt. You are the gum I accidentally stepped on yesterday, and wouldn't come off my favorite pair of suede boots! You're a cretin and a pig, and if you don't stop cutting off my flow of patients, I'm going to cut off your testicles!" Megumi said sternly. Her eyes were hard, and her lips pressed into a thin line.
"What are you doing?" Katty, a young nurse, said as she walked into the bathroom.
"Nothing." Megumi said, whirling away from the mirror.
Katty gave a knowing smile, and perched herself on the counter top. "You were practicing."
"Excuse me?" Megumi said dryly.
"You're going to go talk to a man!" Katty grinned from ear to ear.
"No, I'm not. I was just checking my makeup in the mirror."
"Checking your makeup while reciting something to yourself?"
"Yes." Megumi said through clenched teeth.
"Oh, my mistake." Katty's eyes danced with amusement.
"Is there something you need?"
"Just need to pee."
"Thank you for sharing that."
"Hey, you asked!" Katty smiled brightly, and hopped off the counter. Megumi turned to leave, but Katty said "One question."
"What?"
"Who's the guy?"
"There is no guy!"
"There is definitely a guy."
"No there isn't."
"There SO is."
"You're wrong."
"I'm right."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Why are you playing stupid?"
"Look, I do not feel anything for that stupid rooster!" Megumi shouted, and immediately clamped a hand on her mouth. Where the hell did that come from? Sano wasn't even a part of the conversation!
"Why in the world did you just call Dr. Takani a rooster? Is that like a pet name?" Katty looked utterly confused.
Megumi squeaked in response, and rushed out of the room.
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"No, no, no!"
"Whaddaya mean 'no no no!'?"
"I refuse!"
"There's nothing wrong with it, just relax."
"I will not relax! Don't you realize that this isn't normal!" Misao said angrily.
"You're not normal." Kaoru muttered.
"Wanna say that louder?"
Kaoru sighed, "Misao, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with putting pineapple on a pizza."
"It's gross! You do not put fruit on a pizza."
"Tomato is technically a fruit."
"Are you trying to piss me off?"
"Why can't we just do half pineapple, half pepperoni?"
"And what if they get some of your pineapple on my half?"
"Then it sucks to be you!" Kaoru yelled out in frustration.
"You ARE trying to piss me off, aren't you!!!!"
"FINE! No pineapple! We won't put any pineapple on the pizza! Happy?"
"Oh… but you really wanted to have that pineapple…"
"Not anymore." Kaoru said dryly, her arms crossed over her chest.
"Look, if you're going to be snooty about it, then we'll just get your damn pineapple!"
SMACK
Kaoru stormed off as Misao rubbed her aching head.
oooOoooOoooOooo
You're a strong woman. It doesn't matter that you once had a soft spot for him, you're all over it now! You are a doctor. Not only are you a doctor, but you're a damn good one too! You are smart, sophisticated, beautiful, and extremely witty! That little prick won't know what's coming to him.
Megumi put on the meanest face she had, and stalked over to where her former husband was standing, checking on a chart for a patient.
"Can I please talk to you for a moment?" Megumi said tight lipped.
"Meg, can this wait till later? I'm swamped with work." Nick gave her a flash of sparkly white teeth.
He still has perfect teeth… and perfect eyes… oh god… oh god…
Megumi cleared her throat, "No, I'm afraid this can't wait."
"Ok, well, you're going to have to make it quick." He turned to her, and gave her his full attention. Briefly Megumi's brain went blank. "Meg…?"
"Um… well… I… You haven't sent me any patients." She said, internally grimacing at how pathetic she was behaving.
"I haven't? Oh, my mistake." Another flash of pearly whites, "You know what, I just keep forgetting you're here for some reason. You should stop hiding out in the doctor's lounge."
EXCUSE ME?!??!?! HIDING OUT?!?!?!
"I didn't realize I was… hiding out." Megumi ground out.
"Well, either way, you should try to be more noticeably."
This is why I divorced him! He's such a pain in the ass! An overwhelmingly handsome and charming pain the ass…
"Look, Nick…"
"Dr. Takani." He corrected.
"Dr. Takani… In my opinion I was NOT hiding out. I was waiting for you to send me a patient!"
"You know what, I really have to go, but we'll continue this at dinner tonight. Maybe 8-ish?" Nick grinned, and ran off before Megumi could say yes or no. She had to restrain herself from grabbing the nearest sharp metal object and hurling it at him.
I wonder if I'd be the next head of the ER if he died…
oooOoooOoooOooo
"I feel kinda bad…" Misao mumbled as she chewed on her slice of pizza.
"Why?" Kaoru asked.
"You look like you really wanted that pineapple."
"Ya don't say." Kaoru said dryly.
"Kaoru, you're not angry with me are you?" Misao inched closer.
"Angry? Angry?!?!?! There is a fungus on my half of the pizza!" Kaoru yelled.
"What?!?!"
"This! What. Is. This!" Kaoru held up a small piece of Mushroom.
"It's mushroom."
"No, it's FUNGUS! And it's on my half!" Kaoru growled, flinging the mushroom at Misao, who promptly caught it, and popped it in her mouth.
"You are way too critical. It's only pizza." Misao reasoned.
SMACK
And again Kaoru stormed away; leaving behind an even more pissed off Misao, cluthing her poor head.
oooOoooOoooOooo
"You do realize that you own your own house, right?" Kaoru said as she watched her older sister pick at the pizza.
"Don't you enjoy spending time with me?"
"Not when you eat my food." Kaoru grumbled.
"Well it's not like it's good food! Don't you go to the supermarket anymore?"
Misao coughed loudly, and Kaoru just chewed harder on her food.
"So, why did you leave work early again? I thought you loved you job. The long hours, the cranky patients, the smell of sickness…" Misao said once she got over her coughing fit.
"Nick won't send me any patients, so I decided to leave." Megumi said, carefully leaving out her "date" with him at 8.
"He is such a jerk! A blonde haired, blue eyed, American jerk, with an ass to kill." Misao said, nodding resolutely.
"Why is he back in Japan anyway? He only came here to do some studies, and then he moved to England. Why come back here? The only thing he had here was…" Kaoru mumbled the last word of the statement, and quickly shoved pizza in her mouth.
"The only thing he had was what?" Misao asked, poking Kaoru. Kaoru gave a sharp shake of her head. "No, really, say it! I wanna know."
"Shut up Misao." Kaoru said pointedly.
"Don't tell me to shut up! I want to know what you were going to say!!!"
"You are such an idiot!!! Do I have to spell it out or something—"
"Me," Megumi said quietly.
"What?" Misao said, stopping her hand mid motion from throw her pizza slice at Kaoru.
"The only thing he had here was me." Megumi sighed.
"Oh…" Misao said softly. Kaoru took this moment to kick Misao.
Megumi felt the blood drained out of her face. Did Nick come back for me?