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Sobakasu

part 3

--"I'll tell you but uh, ...promise you won't be mad?"

"This one won't get angry with you." Now this really got him wondering.

"Okay, I warned you..."---

--((oh joy, a flashback))----

Kenshin sat alone on the porch of the dojo, gazing up at the sky. "It looks as though there will be rain again today, that it does...", he muttered quietly to himself. It had been pouring down for three days straight, though the showers had finally seemed to calm down a bit. Lost in thought though he was, he still manage to hear soft footsteps coming from behind him. The sound came closer and closer, and then, a voice to go with it.

"...Kenshin?" Kaoru was looking down at him from the doorway. "What are you doing out here all by yourself? You'll catch a cold in this weather..." She sat down next to him and turned her head, waiting for him to say something.

"Oh... This one was just looking at the sky, that's all." And he still was.

"Hmm." They stayed there in silence for a few more moments, just taking in the atmosphere. Kaoru moved a little closer and turned around so that she was now fully facing him. "...Kenshin? Can I... ask you something?"

"Of course, Kaoru-dono. Ask this one anything you like." Kenshin smiled and looked towards the one next to him. He found that he was staring straight into her eyes... Her beautiful. blue. eyes...

"Kenshin, are you-... I mean-...", they were inching closer and closer, "...I-... Do you-"

CCCRRRRRRAACKK!

"AIIIEEEE!"

"ORORORO!"

"...Ummm... Kaoru-dono? You're uh... choking..."

"Aah! Sorry Kenshin!"

Kaoru dropped her grip on Kenshin's neck and jumped up from the floor. In her surprise, it would seem that our tanuki had latched onto the closest thing available for... latching.- Kenshin. -Both were blushing profusely.

"Really, I'm sorry! It's just... the lightning... and um... well..."

Kenshin simply smiled, stood up, and dusted himself off. "It's alright Kaoru-dono... Come on, we should go inside before the storm begins..."

--((darn, flashback's over...))----

"...and that was the day you were supposed to propose marriage to Kaoru, live happily ever after, and eventually have three children... ...Ummm... The end."

As the story sank in, Kenshin slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Satsuki followed suit and shut hers as well, awaiting his reaction. Well, this is it... Prepare for the worst, I always say. He'll probably just go Battosai and slice me into little bitsy pieces... yep... ...No, he'll rip my wings off and beat me with them... then slice me... ...Wait, what happens if you get killed when you're already dead? Will I just not exist anymore? Or will I be a seperate conciousness inside each tiny piece of... of... Huh... well, not flesh... ...What the crap am I made of? ...Why don't I know these things! Oh, for the love of-

"So..."

Satsuki's eyes flashed open and she was brought back to reality by the sound of Kenshin's voice. "Eh?"

"So... that lightning... was you?"

"Uhh... Well, not me literally, but uh... yeah... it was caused by me..."

"So you made that lightning bolt..."

Satsuki nodded her head 'yes'.

"...because you were bored..."

-nod-

"...and threw it at another lightning bolt..."

-nod-

"...and it bounced off..."

-nod-

"...and hit the tree beside the dojo."

"Yes."

"Mmm-hmm..." Kenshin wore a blank expression on his face.

Satsuki leaned in closer to him, tilting her head while trying to get a good look at his eyes through the curtain of red hair. "Heyyy... Remember you promised you wouldn't be mad."

"I'm not mad."

"... ...You just called yourself ' I ' ."

"No I didn't."

"You just did it again."

"No-- ..." Kenshin sighed in defeat and looked up at his 'older' sister. -sigh-... Mind of a 14-year old, maturity level of a 4-year-old... Orooo... Still, she's right, I do need to calm down... "Ne-chan, this one promises he isn't angry with you..."

The angel girl twirled her finger around in the air in a sarcastic 'woo-hoo'.

Kenshin ignored this oh-too-famillair gesture and continued on. "...But still, why is correcting this so important that you had to come here?" And though he turned slightly red at this remark, he added, "Wouldn't this one have eventually married Kaoru-dono anyways?"

"Well, yes, but... Ehhhh... How do I explain this?" Satsuki looked down at the floor, thinking for a moment, and then resumed her speech. "Ok, so picture this--

--Say you were to somehow go back in time a few years. Everything's going hunky-dorey fine, but then a mosquito starts buzzing in your ear. This, of course, annoys you, so naturally you decide to squish the little pest. -SPLAT!- You then return home to the present, but lo and behold, the world is desolate and barren, overrun by demons. What happened? What could have gone so horribly wrong in the past to cause this destruction? The answer: swatting that tiny, supposedly insignificant mosquito.--

--How did something so small cause such a huge catastrophy in the future? Simple. That mosquito was carrier of a deadly disease. It was meant to fly on, biting the man who would eventually make a pact with the ruler of Hell and gain control over the world. That man was supposed to die of the disease. But since there was no mosquito, there was no sickness. Hence, the terrible fate of the world was sealed."

"... So you're saying that if this one doesn't marry Kaoru-dono, the world will be overrun by demons?"

Satsuki covered her face in her hand and slowly shook her head. "Noooo... What I'm saying is that if this situation isn't returned to as close to normal as it can get by now, then something serious could happen to distort the pre-determined flow of time. Yeesh, no wonder Hiko calls you 'baka' all the time."

"This one shall ignore that comment, thank you. Besides, you're the baka who got us into this mess. Hmph. Bored, she says...", remarked Kenshin, crossing his arms. "Some angel you are."

"Hey, even when you were seven, mother always said you were more mature than me sometimes..." Satsuki shrugged her shoulders. "Aaaannd, I've done a pretty good job so far, if I do say so myself! How do you think you-"

-"Kenshin?"-

They were interrupted my a quiet knock at the door of Kenshin's bedroom. During their late-night discussion, they had failed to notice the rising of the sun and chirping of birds as morning arrived.

Kaoru sild open the door and peeked into the room. "Kenshin, are you feeling okay? You're usually up and halfway through the laundry by now... Ummmm... Were you- talking to yourself?"

end pt 3

(A/N)Yaaayy, I think I'm getting into the swing of this whole 'writing' thing... That chapter was fun... ...Now... asking nicely didn't work, threats didn't work, so now I'll try bribery. -ahem- All who review... shall have happiness following them for the rest of their days, and shall be greatly rewarded in the afterlife! ...Probably. Maybe. I dunno. ...REVIEW! PLEASE! ONEGAI! T.T

...oh, ya... I try to go minimal on the Japanese, but... well, you know... at least I put a key at the end.

-dono- honorific. Like Mr. or Ms., except waaayyy more respectful.

baka- 'idiot' , or 'stupid'

onegai- 'I beg you' , used when asking for a favor. as in "review! I beg you!"

...did I mention to review? please?