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Disclaimer: I'm sick and tired of saying this! I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or any of its characters. I also do not own 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens. Happy?

Music: Ghostly theme. Up and fade under….

Scene 5, take 1!

Authoress: Wow, this narrator guy has lasted long, hasn't he?

Narrator#4: The steeple clock has just cough HACK cough aaaarrrrggghhhh!

He dies.

Authoress: Hmmm…..now how did that happen?

Scene 5, take 2!

Narrator#5: The steeple clock has just finished striking the second hour of Tanabata day. Saitoh finds himself back in his bed room. Mmmm, what I wouldn't give to be there…. (Finds everyone looking at him) What? What did I say?

Saitoh: May I?

Authoress: (Weakly) oh yes, do. Hentai….

Slash.

Okita: Wow, I never imagined that Saitoh-san could have a male admirer…

Narrator#5: Yes, at least in death Cough I'm blessed. This is a blissful way to die, after years of watching you from the shadows and wishing you would cough notice me. Finally, I got my life's desire….

Authoress: That was down right disturbing….

Scene 5, take 3!

Narrator#6: The steeple clock has just finished striking the second hour of Tanabata day. Saitoh finds himself back in his bed room. Slowly his door, though bolted, swings open (Music out)

Second ghost: (Trying desperately to make his voice big and booming) Good morning, Hajime. Welcome me. I am the ghost of Tanabata present. Look upon me.

Saitoh: (Flinging his script aside) that's it! Okita, listen to me. Stop calling me Hajime! And isn't it rude of you to say 'Welcome me'? And what's with the 'Good morning'? It's two in the morning for Kami's sake!

Authoress: Cut! Now Saitoh, now that you've raised all your 'objections', can we proceed?

Saitoh: So that's it? You're not going to do anything about it?

Authoress: Not a thing.

Saitoh: Grrrrr….

Scene 5, take 4!

Narrator#6: The steeple clock has just finished striking the second hour of Tanabata day. Saitoh finds himself back in his bed room. Slowly his door, though bolted, swings open (Music out)

Second ghost: (Forgetting all about the big booming part) Good morning, Hajime. Welcome me. I am the ghost of Tanabata present. Look upon me.

Saitoh: You're practically a giant. (Yeah right!) Yet you have a young face.

Second ghost: Have you never seen the likes of me before?

Saitoh: Never.

Second ghost: I have many brothers, over eighteen hundred of them, one for each Tanabata since the very first.

Saitoh: Are you here to take me with you?

Second ghost: Yes, I trust you will profit by your journey. Touch my robe, Hajime.

Chorus: (Mixed voices) Mushy songs, accompanied with smoochy sounds.

The park, filled with young people, holding hands, making out and what not.

Saitoh: Oh dear lord, not another mass make-out session!

Second ghost: It is, look at them, they're so happy.

Saitoh: I don't think they look happy.

Second ghost: Cough well, anyway, let's see another happy couple.

Scene shifts to a handsome man meditating, Aoshi Shinomori.

Second ghost: His young admirer should be here soon. Look at the light in his eyes when she comes, the cheer she spreads in the room. True love can purify anything and breathe life into the coldest of hearts.

Saitoh: Really….

Sound: Door opens really loudly, causing Aoshi to start.

Misao: Happy Tanabata, Aoshi-sama! I love you!

Cannons into him.

Aoshi: (choking) Misao…let…go…can't breathe….X..X

Misao: Oopsie?

Saitoh: interesting…

Second ghost: Ahem, we have not much time left, and there's still another place we must visit. It is a very poor dojo in Tokyo. This one directly below us.

Saitoh: Indeed it is. Who, may I ask, lives here?

Second ghost: An underpaid clerk by the name of Kenshin Himura.

Saitoh: The Kenshin Himura who is employed by me?

Second ghost: The very same.

Saitoh: Hey what's he carrying?

Second ghost: some tofu, I believe. Look at him now, walking to a warm home and a happy family.

Sound: Door opens.

Kenshin: Good afternoon, everyone. (His violet eyes bulge at the scene before him)

It's utter confusion. Yahiko and Yutaro are fighting, Kenji and Sanosuke are cheering. Kaoru is fighting with Megumi. Dishes are thrown, and dust starts to shake from the ceiling.

Saitoh: (Smugly) you were saying?

Second ghost: (Staring transfixed at the family)

Kenshin: Um…I'm home!

Everybody stops fighting.

Kaoru: There you are! Where the heck were you when I needed you here? Did you bring the tofu?

Megumi: (smoothly) do you expect him to come home to you? He deserves a real woman, someone exciting like me. Isn't that right, Ken-san? (Familiar Fox-pose) Ohohohohohohohohohohohoho!

Kaoru: That's it, Megumi! Get out!

Furious cat fight.

Yahiko and Yutaro: Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad! He wants to steal my girlfriend! Your girlfriend? She doesn't like you! Why you!

They start fighting again.

Kenji: ….

Sanosuke: so buddy, why did you take this long? Having a little affair, huh?

Kenshin: Sano! Not in front of the children!

Sano: So you're having an affair?

Kenshin: Of course not!

Kaoru: What? You're having an affair?

Kenshin: No! Really! I'm not!

Kaoru: (Plainly not listening) How could you, Kenshin? After all we've been through!

Sano: What have you been through, Jou-chan? He's the only one who's been through anything!

Kaoru: You stay out of this, Sano!

Mass confusion breaks out again, with everyone hitting everyone else.

Second ghost: Oh my god! We have to save him! He'll be killed by those insane morons!

Saitoh: who cares….

Authoress: This is getting out of hand... alright, cut! We'll film it later, cut! Someone sedate everyone except Kenshin!

A few hours later…

Kenshin: (Hit a thousand times with tofu buckets and bokkens) Ororororororororororororo...

Okita: (crooning over him) Oh you poor thing! No wonder you wanted to stay back in Saitoh's office!

Saitoh: I can't believe I'm saying this, but I feel sorry for him too.

Okita: Of course you would! You wouldn't be human if you don't!

Authoress: (coming over) we finally managed to sedate everyone. They really went out of control, didn't they?

Saitoh: Uh-huh.

Okita: Can I borrow your camera and time machine?

Authoress: sure thing.

Saitoh: what do you want those for?

Okita: Oh you'll see….you'll see.

Aurora Whisperwind: Next scene is the continuation of the Tanabata present! And what is Okita gonna do with his camera and time machine? Keep reading for more! Poor Aoshi…..poor Kenshin….

Reviewer replies-

To lolo popoki: Hey I never watched Fruits basket! Funny coincidence, huh? Thanks for such a lovely long review. Love ya!

To Charmed wolf: You're glad you decided to read my fic? That was so sweet, thank you!

To Rurouni-maxi: No, I'm not a fan of Kenshin-Saitoh pairing or anything like that. It's just that it's fun to ruin Saitoh's life! And how better to do it than pair him with Kenshin… you loved Chibi-Saitoh? He's cute isn't he?

To Jasmine Reinier: The hitokiri Stainmaster? Did you read that fic? You love Chibi-Saitoh too! I'm thinking to bring him back somehow… anyway, I loved your review, it gave me a major ego boost!

To Umeko: OMG! You're the author of 'Sake shack LIVE'! I loved it sooooooo much! And you think my fic is hilarious? Sniff I'm honored! Yes, I love Okita too! I'm obsessed with him nowadays, why, why does he have to die? It's not fair! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Anyway, I know Sano isn't that slow, but I just couldn't resist!