AN: Here it is, the new, terrifyingly short chapter of the week!
ON WITH THE STORY!
Disclaimer:
Kenshin: Hello, minna-dono! Sessha's very sorry for this, but it seems like A-dono hasn't come up with a proper disclaimer yet. Therefore sessha would like you to notice that he doesn't belong to A-dono…
A-chan: .:having a headache:. Oh shaddap already…
Kenshin: … and that he is very glad of that fact, sessha might add…
A-chan: Nani?
Kenshin: … because Kaoru-dono would kill A-dono if she would. So, in order to save A-dono, sessha will have to stay with Kaoru-dono for the rest of his life. .:rurouni-grin™:.
A-chan: .:grumble:. As if you'd mind that!
Once more with Feeling : RK Style
:-:- CHAPTER THREE -:-:
The Soy-Sauce
After a few moments of silence, Sano finally let out a sigh.
"That was what I was talking about."
The others nodded. It had been an odd feeling, singing together like this. But it didn't feel bad…
"So…", said Yahiko and looked at Kenshin, "What are we gonna do now?"
Kenshin just shrugged. He just felt a bit flattened after this. Especially from the 'do or die'-part. He'd sung 'I've died twice' – and that was nothing but the truth, when you thought about it. It felt like dying, first losing your wife and then your beloved. And it wasn't as if his life ever had been easy at all… 'Have I ever been really happy at all?', he wondered, 'Did I ever feel a happiness that hasn't been destroyed?'
The answer to this was 'No'.
He did feel like he was dead.
This was an overwhelming feeling, his mind seemed to shut out all other things except the question: 'Have I ever been alive at all?'
Maybe back then when he had been a mere child.
"-shin? Kenshin!"
He felt a soft shaking on his shoulder.
"Oro?", he brought out.
Kaoru stood in front of him, one hand touching his shoulder and gently shaking him. Kenshin looked at her, surprised. It seemed that he had been so swallowed up in his thoughts for a moment that he'd lost touch… Where were the others? He looked around. They were nowhere to be seen.
"Awake now?", Kaoru asked.
"H-hai…", Kenshin answered, "Where are the others, Kaoru-dono, de gozaru ka?"
"We've come to a decision.", she simply stated, "We're going to the library and try to find some books that might help us."
'Help us…?', he thought. Then it came back to him. Yes, the singing problem…
"The others already left, so hurry up, silly!", Kaoru said while taking his hand and pulling him with her. So they, too, left the Dojo, locked the gates and ran after their friends. Soon they caught up with them.
"Here we are!", Kaoru called out.
"Ah! Good you came!", Misao answered, "I really hope that at least you know where the library is, 'cause the guys, well… let's just say that they won't agree about the way…"
Then she nodded to the men (and boy). Sano and Yahiko stood ahead of them, having an argument on whether to go left or right… Aoshi just stood besides them and was looking at the clouds above.
"Oro?", Kenshin said, then he walked over to Aoshi, "What are you looking at the clouds for, de gozaru ka?"
Aoshi gave him a glare.
"Well, anything that the clouds might offer me as a hint as to where to head is definitely more helpful than anything that I might get from those guys. Don't you agree with me, Himura?"
"Hai…"
Kenshin chuckled. Then he pointed down the right alley.
"The library is that direction, not far away from the Akabeko."
So they went down the right, Yahiko grinning widely (he'd voted for right), Sano pouting (he'd voted for left), and the others relieved…
After a while of walking they were nearly there. They only had to go down this street, head down the right-hand street after the Akabeko, and then to the end of that one.
"I wonder…", Kaoru suddenly said out loud.
"Oro?" Kenshin looked at her. He now no longer had to lead the group, that was why he'd fallen back a little and was currently walking right besides Kaoru - absolutely coincidentally of course…
"I just wonder if this is happening only to us…", she said, "To us and those close to us. I mean, it's not like it seems to be happening to all the others, doesn't it?"
Then she looked around. Kenshin followed her gaze, and yes, it seemed that everybody was acting like they always would. No singing at all.
"Isn't that Ginta-san over there?", Kaoru asked. Kenshin looked closer to where she was pointing at. Yes, that was Ginta, cook of the Akabeko, standing in front of the said restaurant and was talking to a man from a laundry service. It seemed that that was the service that did all of the Akabeko's laundry – wich was quite a lot…
Ginta took the bag containing the cleaned laundry from the man and opened it, checking it. He looked into the bag, then at the man and again at the clothes.
Suddenly he jerked a cloth out, began a little dance and sang out loud:
"They goooot the Soy-Saaaaauce ooooooooooooooooout!"Other people on the street suddenly had clothes in their hands as well, swinging them all about and sang, too:
"They gooooot the Soooooy-Saaaaauce oooooooooout!""Oro?", Kenshin blinked, "Well, sessha thinks that that should answer your question, de gozaru yo…"
All Kaoru could think of at this was:
"Uh… oh…"
:-:- END OF CHAPTER THREE -:-:
The Soy-Sauce
NEXT CHAPTER: SPELL-ING PROBLEMS!
AN: Yep, it's short. Yep, it's pretty pointless. But I wasn't entirely sure how I could fit this scene in… I really hope you still had some fun with it! The next chapter will be a really romantic one – at least I think so. Tara's song is just so… Ah! I love it:3
See you next chapter!
P.S.: Btw, I'm working on the next chapter but it just won't come out the right way… So please be patient with me… v.v" It's just that I'm feeling really depressed at the moment, so writing humor/parody is not exactly easy… ;.; Sorry…
But as soon as I'm outta it I'll go and write some really cool stuff! Promise! n.n
Replies to reviews:
TennyoAkana: Eheeheehee... Poor Spike-chan! And the Episode's in Season 6. I'm sorry that I didn't put any KenKao action in here, but it's still not the time for it... ;.; And - what's hurting me the most - I have to get Kenshin into a really heavy depression to get the plot running ('Give me somthing to sing about...'). .:starts writing from experience:. So it's not really going to be a funny story... .:sigh:.
Jasmine Reinier: I'm glad you like it :3 But neither Aoshi, nor Saitou is doing the part. If you look a little closer to the text of that song I think you'll work it out on your own... otherwise you have to wait! X) .:giggles maniacally:.
musicsage: Yeah, this story is -really- OOC, but hey! What else can be expected when the whole Kenshin-gumi is forced to sing... :3
And a huge Thank-you to all who did review! You guys made my day! (I didn't get any reviews on the german one this time...T.T ... not even from my Beta...)
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