Disclaimer: Don't own anything from Rurouni Kenshin, and never will. (Except for a plethora of merchandise, heh, heh.)

Warning: Suggestive language.

Note: Ha, ha! Here is chapter two I've found that I really enjoy writing Sano and Saitoh, so this story might go on longer than I originally thought. But any who, thanks to those who reviewed (all two of you!) and I hope you enjoy this chapter, even though not much happens.

Chapter Two

Saitoh was discussing a report with Cho when he heard the screaming outside. He figured it was just another mental deficient trying to get attention, so he shrugged it off and continued with his assignment.

Then suddenly a lieutenant barged into his office and said, "Fujita-san, there's a young thug outside who refuses to leave. He has hair like a rooster and he keeps asking for someone named Saitoh." Saitoh sighed. It was a mental deficient vying for attention. Cho looked to the older man sitting placidly at his desk and couldn't help but ask, "Does he mean the rooster-head? What in tarnation is he doing here?"

The lieutenant looked to Saitoh at Cho's words and said, "Do you know who he is sir?" Saitoh didn't say a word as he dismissed the lieutenant with an icy glare. Cho stayed where he was as Saitoh withdrew a cigarette. He really felt like he needed one at the moment and lit the tip with a match. Cho stood unmoving, and waited patiently for orders as Saitoh blew a trail of smoke from his mouth.

"Cho," the blonde came to attention at his name. "Go outside and tell that ahou that if he doesn't leave I'll personally throw him in jail for disturbing the peace." Cho nodded and bowed before leaving the room. Saitoh leaned back slightly in his chair and took another long drag from his cigarette. One kiss and the moron thinks he can disturb me at work? Hmph, I'll have to punish him later for this... A wicked smile spread over Saitoh's lips at the thought of making Sano scream, and he reluctantly went back to work.

When Cho stepped outside he was met with a scowling Sano. "What do you think you're doin' hollerin' and making such a ruckus?" Asked Cho with a sigh. Sano just looked at his blonde rival and said, "I need to speak with Saitoh, and these stupid bastards refuse to let me in. So I thought I could get Saitoh to come to me." Cho shook his head at the rooster-head's idiotic logic and relayed Saitoh's message. "Fujita-san said that if ya don't shut up and get the hell out of here he's goin' to personally arrest ya for disturbing the peace." Sano looked at the ex-Juppungatana in surprise. "Fujita-san? Oh right, I forgot he changed his name. Well, dammit, he can't expect me to just let him off after what he did and said to me last night."

Cho quirked and eyebrow at the remark and opened his left eye. "What did he do last night?" Sano hadn't realized what he had said, and quickly tried to cover his tracks. "Um, he, uh, he beat me up again." And quickly gave a reassuring yet moronic looking smile. Sano felt that was a plausible excuse, and hoped the broom-head would buy it. Cho seemed a bit skeptical at the answer, but nodded anyway. "Well, whatever. Want me to at least give him a message or somethin'?" Sano thought for a moment, then said, "Tell him that I need to talk to him later. He knows where he can find me." Cho nodded and turned to go back inside. Sano thought it was strange that the blonde was acting so nice, but he didn't really care to analyze it. So Sano just turned around and begrudgingly walked towards the Kamiya dojo. Maybe he could talk to Kenshin about all this. And maybe get a free meal.

Cho stepped back into Saitoh's office soundlessly and sat in front of the older man's desk. Saitoh was looking over a piece of paper, and asked without looking up, "Did the ahou leave?" Cho nodded, and Saitoh went back to business.

"But Fujita-san, he told me ta give ya a message," Saitoh now brought his amber slitted eyes to look directly into Cho's single blue eye. With his gaze he asked Cho to tell him, and the blonde continued. "He told me that he wants to talk to ya later, and that you know where to find him." Saitoh nodded and a slight smirk stole over his lips. Cho saw the bone-chilling smile, and could only imagine what the wolf was planning for the rooster-head. I'm glad it's not me, thought Cho thankfully.

Sano walked unhurried to the Kamiya dojo, and just admired his surroundings as he made his way slowly through the Tokyo streets. For some reason he felt better, and was glad he hadn't dreamt at all the rest of last night. But he still couldn't believe Saitoh had made a move on him, and was still somewhat in shock of the whole thing. Even though the older man said some strange things (no matter how true they are), it still made Sano feel like Saitoh was just toying with him, as usual. But still, who would have thought that a man like Saitoh, who used to be the third captain of the Shinsengumi during the revolution, actually wanted Sano. It made him blush again to just think of the older man's lips on his, and in a slight daze he approached the Kamiya gate.

He stepped through the wooden door and called out to see if anyone was there. He was soon met by shouts coming from the back, and walked around the main house to see Kenshin leaning over a basin of water doing the laundry. The sight made Sano angry for some reason. It always irked him that Kenshin would do anything Kaoru told him to without even arguing. A man like Kenshin should not be made to do such menial work. But then again, said Sano in retort to his own thoughts, he does look rather hot all bent over and sweaty like that.

Sano tried to banish his impure thoughts as he approached the redhead and said, "Hey Kenshin. Where's the little missy and Yahiko?" Kenshin was trying to scrub a particularly tough stain, and didn't look up as he answered, "They went to Maekawa-dono's dojo to train today. They'll be gone for a hour or so." Sano nodded and sat himself comfortably on the steps nearby. He gazed at the ex-hitokiri before him, and he knew why he had loved Kenshin all these years. He was the perfect combination of feminine beauty and unbeatable masculine strength. Shit, Saitoh was right, I do have a complex, thought Sano ruefully.

But he knew the redhead would never reciprocate his feelings, so he had given up trying to snag him a long time ago and settled for friendship. But now he had Saitoh, and the thought made his heart beat fast in his chest. He wanted to talk to Kenshin about what happened with the wolf, but he didn't know how to broach the somewhat strange subject.

Kenshin noticed that Sano wasn't being as talkative as usual, and he had a wondering look on his face. "Are you alright Sano? You seem a bit out of it, that you do." Sano shook himself from his revery and looked into Kenshin's worrying violet eyes. "Uh, nothing's wrong Kenshin. At least, I don't think anything's wrong." Kenshin gave Sano a look that said, 'go on,' but the younger man didn't know how to say it. Hey Kenshin, I think I have the hots for Saitoh. You know, the guy who tried to kill me and would kill you in a second if he could? Sano had a feeling that wouldn't go over so well, so he decided to use a more subtle approach.

"Kenshin?"

"Yes Sano?" God how he didn't want to do this, but he needed some advice, and Kenshin was the smartest guy he knew. "Um, have you ever been with a man?" The redhead's eyes practically shot out of his head in surprise as he gave a startled "Oro?" Then Sano realized how suggestive it sounded, and quickly said blushing, "Uh, no, that's not what I meant! I mean, it was, but it has nothing to do with you and me!" Kenshin slowly recovered from the initial shock, and saw that his friend was telling the truth. Being the Battousai for so long had taught him to see through lies to the truth of matters. With a slight pink hew to his cheeks, Kenshin said, "Yes, but only once." Sano was a bit taken aback by the answer. He wanted to ask who, but thought better of it.

"Why do you want to know such a thing Sano?"

"Um, well, I kind of kissed one last night." Now Sano's cheek's were beet red from embarrassment. He could literally feel Kenshin's eyes on him. "Do you like him?" The redhead's question threw Sano through a loop. He thought the first question would be something like, Who is he?, or Did you like it? But his friend had pleasantly surprised him yet again. Sano smiled and said, "Yeah. Just recently I've found that I do." Kenshin could see the hopefulness and caring in his friend's eyes, and smiled at Sano's new, albeit unconventional relationship.

Now Sano had to ask the really embarrassing question. "Uh, Kenshin? What's it like?" Now Kenshin began to blush. He didn't really know how to describe what Sano was asking him to. "Well, assuming you're the one... receiving, it feels strange at first, and painful, but it gets better the more you do it, that it does." Sano nodded. He had suspected as much.

"Hey Kenshin?"

"Do you have more questions Sano?" Sanosuke really didn't want to pry into his friend's past, but the curiosity was tugging at him maliciously. "Who was it? I mean, the guy." Kenshin's eyes darkened suddenly at the question, and Sano thought he could almost see the Battousai staring back at him. Kenshin was about to speak, when suddenly a loud, feminine voice called from the front.

"Hey Kenshin! Where are you!" The two friends looked at one another, both somewhat relieved at the interruption. Kenshin's eyes went back to hin normal violet, and Sano thanked him quickly for is advice as he walked past Kaoru and Yahiko. He gave them a muffled hello as he made his quick departure from the dojo. Kenshin looked after the younger man with a look of slight pity in his eyes, and hoped Sano wasn't jumping into something that would end up breaking his heart once again. But the former hitokiri couldn't help but be a bit angry at their conversation. Sano had unwittingly brought up painful memories from the past, and now Kenshin couldn't shake them off even as he stared at his beautiful Kaoru.

Kenshin tried to act normal as he said, "Why are back so soon Kaoru-dono?" Kaoru threw her training bag to the ground and answered matter-of-factly, "Maekawa-sensei had a tournament to go to at another dojo, so we had to come home a little early."

Kenshin just nodded at the explanation and continued his cleaning. Noticing the change in Kenshin's demeanor since her departure, Kaoru asked, "Is something the matter Kenshin?" The worry in her voice warmed Kenshin's heart, but he didn't want the young girl to become distressed just because he was having a bad day. Plastering on a fake smile he said in his usual light-hearted tone, "Of course not, Kaoru-dono. Just thinking is all." Kaoru had known Kenshin too long to know that he was lying, but she didn't push it and nodded. "Well then, finish up that laundry so you can make dinner for us tonight. I'll be in the bath." Kenshin's eye's went comically wide and a "Oro?" came tumbling out of his mouth. Kaoru smirked and made her way to the bath. Yahiko shook his head and mumbled, "Women," before leaving a stuttering Kenshin to do the rest of his chores.

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Sano hurriedly made his way out of the dojo. He had obviously gone too far in his questioning, and had made Kenshin mad for some reason. He couldn't think why Kenshin would become so... frightening at the innocent, okay, maybe not that innocent, prying. Sano could only guess at the history behind his anger. Suddenly his stomach growled fiercely, and he realized he hadn't eaten since yesterday morning. He decided he should go the Akebeko and get some grub. He just hoped Tae would let him skip out on his bill one more time.

A/N: Sorry there wasn't any Saitoh/Sano interaction, but that'll change in the next chapter. I hope I made everyone in character, and I think I did. I loved writing Cho, he's just too damn hilarious. I might write a whole story about just him later. Oh, and if I spelt anything wrong can you please tell me? I couldn't find how to spell some things, and just went from memory. As always your reviews are very much appreciated!