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Sobakasu

part 5

--Predictably, a bokken came flying straight at Kenshin's head. "Mou, Kenshin, you idiot! I dare you to call me that again!" Kaoru stormed off to the dojo, a frightening thought coming to her mind. AAaah! Oh no, I've rattled his brains even more!

Smiling, rubbing the back of his head - which now had a big lump on it-, and resisting the urge to laugh, Kenshin headed off to meet his sister.--

"Ah, there you are!" Satsuki jumped up, and seeing the fishing pole in Kenshin's hand, turned and began to walk towards the river. "Fishing, huh? That'll work..."

Kenshin paused for a moment and narrowed hes eyes. "...Work for what..?", he asked, fearing some sort of crazy plan.

"Ehhh... I dunno, something to do while we talk!" Satsuki grinned at him over her shoulder and continued onward in between a walk and a skip. "Come onnnn...!"

Though he was slightly confused with the girl's sudden change in disposition, Kenshin followed after her, a smile easing onto his face as well.

Satsuki was humming a tune quietly to herself, when suddenly, she stopped and turned around. "Hey, Shinta! Remember the first time I went fishing with you?"

Not surprisingly, he did... "You think this one would forget that? You pushed me in the river."

"I did nooooot..."

"Yes, you did. And then a fish swam down this one's shirt. And then this one had a cold for two days afterwards."

"Oh, but it was your first big catch, too. You should thank me."

"Mm-hmmm..." Kenshin looked at his sister as if to say 'not happening, and if you think it is, then you're crazy.'

Satsuki laughed and they continued their walk in contented silence.

Later, down by the riverside, Kenshin and Satsuki sat staring at the fishing line in the water. "So...", began Kenshin, breaking the silence and getting them both back into a more serious mood. ,"...You said something about... why you were here..."

"Yeah. Listen, I really am sorry about that whole thing. If it weren't for me..." Satsuki looked back out at the water for a moment before continuing. "...Eh, well anyways, I've thought it over and I figure we'll have about a week to get things going right again, before stuff gets really out of whack."

Kenshin looked up startled and with a slight tinge of red on his face. "One week? This one has to marry Kaoru-dono in a week? Oro..."

"No no nooo...", Satsuki quickly interrupted. "Just ask her to. She'll say yes, don't worry... And also, Satsuki The Great is here! Never fear! Your very own guardian angel, at your service." Satsuki stood up and bowed, looking at Kenshin hopefully.

"Uh-huh... No offense ne-chan, but this one doesn't think you've done a vey good job of that so far. Exactly what do you plan on doing? No one can even see you except for this one..."

Satsuki frowned and stood up straight. "Bah! Little things, Shinta. Little things. You'd be surprised what help I can do. Think about it. Remember the fly?" -Kenshin nodded.- "Yeah, that's my point. Little things can have big results..." Satsuki looked around for a moment and spotted a good-sized stone. She picked it up, carried it from the river bank, and sat it in the middle of the path. "Satsuki The Great places a rock in an unsuspecting pathway... But it's no big deal, rrriiiight? Wrong! Observe."

Clearing her throat and imitating Kaoru's voice, she began walking along the pathway in a cheerful manner, alomost skipping instead of walking. "Ahh! It's sooo beautiful out here! Don't you agree, Kenshin?" Satsuki looked to her side, adressing an imaginary Kenshin walking next to her. "I could just stay out in this sunshine all day! Hehehehe!" She quickened her pace, 'not seeing' the stone and 'accidentally' tripping over it. "Wahhh!"

Kenshin jumped forward and caught the girl in his arms, not wanting her to hurt herself...

"Ah- ...Kenshin... ..." Satsuki was still impersonating Kaoru. She stared straight into Kenshin's eyes... Then reverted back to her normal self. "Now... use your imagination. You've got her in your arms, right where you want her... Gazing deeply into one another's eyes... You can't resist holding her closer..."

Kenshin stood and pulled his sister up with him. "Okay, this one gets it... You can stop being a know-it-all now." He was now a very bright shade of red.

Smiling, Satsuki headed back down to the riveside. "Well I'll try, but I probably won't get too far." She turned around, seeing Kenshin still standing in the exact same spot, still blushing just as much. "And stop doing that... No one wants to marry a tomato.", she announced, crossing her arms.

Even after all the rain throughout the week, they still didn't catch many fish, and the ones they did were too small to do anything with. So, after a while longer, the two headed back to the dojo. They were greeted, (or at least, Kenshin was) by a grumbling Sanosuke and Yahiko, both up to their elbows in laundry.

"Oi! Kenshin!" Sano stood up from the laundry tub. "What're you trying to pull here? You sit on your butt fishing all day while Jou-chan makes us do all this work, and you can't even manage to bring us back some food?"

Kenshin smiled and scratched the back of his head, shrugging his shoulders. "Sorry, Sano, but Kaoru-dono won't let this one do any chores at all. She seems to think this one is ill..."

"Well, ya look fine to me. I think you just wanted a day off."

Finishing the struggle to hang up a particularly stubborn kimono, Yahiko joined in the conversation. "Oh, shut up you rooster-head! You never do any work around here anyways, so just think of it as earning your-- mmph!" Sano flung another wet garmet at Yahiko's head, getting him entangled once more.

Sano enjoyed this sight for a moment, then turned his attention back on Kenshin. "Yeah, Jou-chan said something about that... Said she heard you talking to yourself and screaming something about freckles or something..."

Satsuki began to laugh at this point. Kenshin looked at her from the corners of his eyes, but didn't say anything. He'd learned his lesson last time... "Yes, this one must've still been half asleep. It's no cause for worry... Still, Kaoru-dono seems intent on getting this one 'well'."

As if on cue, Kaoru peeked her head out from the dojo. "Kenshin, you're back? Good, I was just about to start cooking lunch..."

"NO!", came three cries all at once.

A hush fell over the yard... They could almost feel Kaoru glaring daggers into them. " . . .What do you mean, 'no'?"

Before Sano or Yahiko could make the situation worse, Kenshin piped up, "Oh!... um... Kaoru-dono, you really shouldn't trouble yourself with it! Why don't you just let this one do it? It's no problem at all... really!"

Kaoru's anger seemed to subside a bit, but she was still determined. "Kenshin, what did I tell you? No working today. Now, go on about your business and the food will be ready in a little while..."

"What food? You couldn't cook anything to save your life, and ugly to boot!"

Oro... Kenshin thought, You just had get your say in, didn't you Yahiko? ...Bokkens flew, curses and taunts filled the air... A typical day, really, in the lives of the residents of the Kamiya dojo. Or, at least, it would have been, were it not for one frecklefaced visitor, standing unseen to all but one. To that one person, the day had been anything but typical. And he had a sneaking suspicion that things were only going to get stranger in the next few days...

end pt5

(A/N) Hi. Welll... wellywellywellywell... My cousin pointed something out to me a few days ago. Said I'd probably get more hits on this story if I hadn't named it after the opening theme song of RK. Said it makes it look like I'm not creative enough to think of an original title. (Yes, she would know, seeing as how she's never written anything in her life...) Makes sense, though. But there's kind of a reason I called it that. Nothing big, really, not some kind of huge revelation or anything... it just kind of ties in at the ending... ehh, you'll see... Personally, I think I'm doing pretty good, seeing as how this is my first attempt at a fanfic. Ah, to each his own, though.

Now... I know who you are and you know what I want, so let's make a little exchange, shall we? (okay, that made no sense whatsoever.) ... ... ...-cough-review-cough-... ...