AN: Finally there it is: The first chapter of my Crossover is posted... kind of... To be exact, it is only a prologue.
That was kinda funny though. I planned the complete story out, each song got an own chapter, the pairings were done, the songs were arranged... and then it struck my mind: 'Wait a sec... when did Sano and Megumi exactly decided to marry? And why the heck are Aoshi and Misao in Tokyo anyway? Andwhen did they arrive? Huh?'
That's why I wrote a prologue. If this prologue seems dumb and stupid I apologize to you. I never intented on writing one, so I hat to make up something... But don't worry! From now on it can only get better!
:3
Disclaimer: FANfiction... I think you'll get what I mean...
Once more with Feeling : RK Style
:-:- PROLOGUE -:-:
It was a warm, sunny, cheerful morning in Tokyo. Birds were singing, bees humming busily and the streets were buzzing with people doing their daily business and/or enjoying the beautiful weather. In the less crowded parts of Tokyo the streets were nearly empty, as most people were gone to town for shopping and meeting friends or were visiting the shrines and their beautiful gardens.
The street in front of the Kamiya-dojo was empty. A lonely cat lay in the cooling shadow of its front gates and yawned widely.
Everything was quiet and peaceful.
Until…
"YOU ARE GOING TO WHAT!"
The cat jumped in surprise and hurried down the street, scared.
Inside the dojo sat the Kenshin-gumi in the living room at a table, a cup of tea in front of each one and all shoji opened to let in each and every cool breeze that every now and then appeared. It seemed like a normal meeting of the Kenshin-gumi, if it wasn't that all were staring at Sano as if he'd finally gone completely nuts.
Well… all except for Kenshin, who was staring at his now tea-soaked Gi…
"Yahiko, that wasn't very nice, de gozaru yo.", he stated. Yahiko, who'd sputtered his tea all over Kenshin, blushed slightly.
"Uh… ah… Su-sumanu, Kenshin.", he murmured.
"I think I just told you, Jou-chan.", Sano answered Kaoru's cry.
"Well… I think I might have misunderstood you. Did you just say that you and-"
"-me are going to marry?", interrupted Megumi's sly voice. She grinned and slid an arm around Sano's waist. "For sure."
Sano grinned sheepishly and laid his arm around Megumi's shoulders. He then lifted his free hand and scratched his head.
"But please don't ask me how that happened… would be too long a story."
"Wow…", murmured Yahiko, "Who'd ever think that rooster-head and the fox-Lady would actually want to get married to each other… Are you guys sure?"
"Oi!"
Rooster-head and the fox-Lady… How did they get together in the first way? Neither of the Kenshin-gumi knew, but it wasn't that they would complain about that fact. Inside, they were hoping that the endless fights between Sano and Megumi would eventually end, once they were married. Not that they really expected that, but what harm could hoping be…?
Kenshin smiled while he watched Sano and Yahiko fight. He'd expected something like that, to tell the truth. The last few weeks he'd watched Sano closely, first he was concerned that he was ill or something as he didn't want to fight with the lady doctor as much as he had before. But soon it became clear that the ex-streetfighter was just a bit nervous around Megumi. And Megumi tried to avoid fighting over everything as much as Sano did… Kenshin even once caught them talking to each other like a normal person – I mean like, no insulting, no fighting and stuff… That was really unusual.
So it was not really surprising to Kenshin.
Kaoru was totally stunned. She'd never thought that Sano and Megumi could actually be around each other for longer than a few minutes without starting a fight… But now they actually wanted to marry? They couldn't be serious!
And despite all the confusion she felt at the moment, she was also a little bit jealous at Megumi. At least she got proposed to by the man she loved… but Kaoru…
She glanced over to Kenshin. He would never ever say something like 'I love you' or even 'Marry me'… Geez! He could be so dumb sometimes… always… Arrgh!
"AAAAH! HELLLLP--!", rang distantly Yahikos voice through her thoughts.
There. He had done it again. Somehow he'd managed to get Sano to the point of trying to strangle him… Stupid brat.
"Hey Sano! Cut it! At this rate you're going to kill him…", she said.
"Oooh!", Sano said in a fake innocent voice, "Reeeeally?"
Megumi whacked him on the head.
Eventually they had managed to pry Sano's hands away from Yahiko's throat… It had been a very difficult thing to do, but at least Yahiko was now a bit more decent when it came to teasing the rooster-head concerning his and Megumi's marriage-to-be…
Megumi and Kaoru where now off to the central city to buy new clothes for Megumi for her wedding day, Sano sat on the porch chewing on his favourite fish-bone , Yahiko was training in the yard and Kenshin did his most favourite chore: washing clothes.
Washing clothes always gave him a feeling of ease, it was a simple thing to do, you didn't have to think a lot about it and you always had a lot of time to think about other things… just like… Sano's and Megumi's wedding. Or – to be more exactly – Kaoru-dono's reaction to it. Her initial reaction had been shouting in surprise, but Kenshin had seen the look she wore afterwards. She'd really looked… jealous? And she was throwing him these awkward glances afterwards. Kenshin sighed.
He knew exactly how she felt. Ever since the Enishi-incident they had gotten closer to each other. But somehow, even though he finally knew how to atone for the crimes he committed as hitokiri, he still didn't seem to be able to express his feeling to her. It was not that he feared to be rejected – he knew he wouldn't be – but he was still so ashamed of what he'd done so many years ago…
He knew he loved her with all his heart. And he knew that she loved him as well.
But that made it even harder for him… What he feared the most was that she – despite her love for him – would be driven away from him because of fear. The fear that she would have to have if he ever told her everything about his past.
Oh, how he longed to talk to her… to let go of all his stupid fears and let himself fall into her embrace, knowing that she would never ever let go of him, no matter what he did or had done…
But he couldn't…
Late in the afternoon, Yahiko raised a hand to swipe away the sweat running down his face. He was breathing really hard.
He was nearly alone in the dojo now, since Sano had gone off to meet his gambling friends and Kenshin was still in the back parts of the dojo, hanging the laundry.
'That should be enough for now.', he thought. So Yahiko walked off to the kitchen to get himself a cool drink, when suddenly the front gates creaked open.
'Huh? Are busu and the fox-Lady already back?'
"Hellooooo! Is anybody home?", rang a female voice throughout the dojo.
Yahiko's head shot up. He knew that voice…
"Helloooo!"
Suddenly a girl rounded the corner to where he stood. She was a head taller than him and had a long braid swinging behind her back.
"Ah! There you are, Yahiko-chan!", she said.
"Hi there, weasel-girl.", he greeted her back, "What the heck are you doing here?"
"Me? I was just going to visit Kaoru-chan and Himura.", she grinned, "Should I have asked you first for permission?"
"No, but you should have warned me, at least."
"Na-NANI?"
"Oh just shut up! By the way, Kaoru is not here."
"Huh? Where is she, then?" Misao looked around.
"She and Megumi are gone to town to buy some clothes for the fox-Lady."
"Oh nooo, I wanted to see her again…", Misao wailed, "But now she's not even here…"
"Hey now", Yahiko interrupted, "It's not like she'll be gone forever. They'll be back for dinner."
"I know, I know.", Misao waved him off, "But look who I brought along!"
With that she vanished around the corner, only to be back within a few seconds, pulling Aoshi. Surprise, surprise…
"Hi, Aoshi. What did she do to you this time to get you here?", Yahiko asked.
"Don't ask…", came the simple reply.
"HEY!", protested Misao.
"Oro?"
All three turned like on command to see Kenshin coming towards them.
"Himura!", cheered Misao.
"Oro? Misao-dono? Nice to see you."
Misao grinned.
"And Aoshi is here, too. What are you two doing here? Sessha didn't know you where coming…"
"Don't worry, Kenshin, no one knew.", told Yahiko him.
"Exactly. Even I haven't been told until we started off to Tokyo.", continued Aoshi.
All gaped at him.
"Well, I wanted to surprise you all.", mumbled Misao.
"And that you did, de gozaru.", confirmed Kenshin, "But you two must be tired from the long travel. Please come in, and sessha will bring you some tea, de gozaru."
"Thanks a lot.", said Aoshi. And so he and Misao followed Kenshin inside, taking their luggage with them.
Megumi and Kaoru came back later that evening, and eventually followed Sano. After a very surprised welcome from all and some explaining from Misao, all were finally sitting down for dinner.
It was really a funny thing, to eat in such a large group… Sano and Yahiko were fighting over their food, like usual. Kaoru, Misao and Megumi were chatting happily, eventually laughing about whatever it was they were talking about, and Kenshin and Aoshi were eating quietly with Kenshin trying to get Aoshi to talk every now and then. But of course Aoshi was no good talking to… so Kenshin finally gave up.
A loud "WHAT?" quickly followed by a lot of giggles in the direction of the women caught Kenshin's interest. At last Megumi had told Misao about Sano's and her soon-to-be wedding.
"Now, who would have expected something like that…", murmured Aoshi left of him.
"Oro? What was that supposed to mean, de gozaru ka? It's good that they finally found their way...", asked Kenshin.
"I didn't mean it like that, Himura. I'm just surprised that they are going to be married even before you and the Tanuki-girl."
"Oh…" Kenshin blushed slightly.
"And I thought you had finally learned your lesson after Enishi.", continued Aoshi, "But that's none of my business. You should just know that someday she'll probably be gone. Think about it."
With that Aoshi continued eating. Not that Kenshin would complain about it. He was glad that the women didn't seem to have heard anything of that.
Plus, Aoshi had hit a sensitive spot.
But hopefully that day would never come…
After they finished eating, Kenshin and Yahiko were bringing the dishes and plates to the kitchen. Then Kenshin started cleaning them.
While he was busy, the women retreated to Kaoru's room, but still their voices could be heard. Sano, Aoshi and Yahiko got to their room to sleep as well. That left Kenshin alone with his thoughts to ponder about.
And so night came…
:-:- END OF PROLOGUE -:-:
Glossary (in alphabetical order):
Aku – evil
Bokken – wooden sword
Busu – ugly hag – Yahiko's nickname for Kaoru
-chan – suffix, normally given to little children and girls
De gozaru – that it is – a samurai phrase, but nobody uses it anymore, except for Kenshin
De gozaru yo! – that it is! – the 'yo' marks an '!'
De gozaru ka? – isn't it? – the 'ka' marks a question
Dojo – training hall
-dono – similar to –san, the most polite form you can use (e. g. used for politicians) and almost ancient nowadays, 'Mr' or 'Mrs'/'Ms'
Gi – a shirt
-gumi – group (Yahiko started calling themselves the 'Kenshin-gumi' and soon the others copied him
Hitokiri – manslayer
Jou-chan – Lil' Missy
Nani? – What?
Oro – Kenshin's made up form of 'ara', that's how women say 'huh?'
-san – formal addressing to a person, like 'Mr' or 'Mrs'/'Ms'
-sama – a more polite form of '-san'
Sessha – this unworthy one – Kenshin's humble form of saying 'I'
Shinai – bamboo sword
Shoji – rice-paper doors
Sumanu – Sorry
Tanuki – japanese racoon
Replys to reviews I got for the teaser (I deleted them and postet the story anew):
R.I.P.chen: Posted! Why did you have to post so many reviews? I dunno what to write anymore... Cya!
TennyoAkana: Thanks for reviewing! You're one of two reviewers who I'm not friends with... and I only had four so long... And don't worry, I won't put Riley in (dunno who he is anyways... :) ). I only watched the musical episode so far... But... creating magic by having sex? Uh... Well, if Kenshin was like that we'd all be more than happy to assist, ne? .:insert dirty giggle here:. -.-x"
More chapters will be coming soon!
