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"Trouble?" Misao asked. She wasn't entirely sure what the word meant at that moment. Still slightly dazed, Misao stared into the bottomless blue eyes of Aoshi. She was acutely aware of his arms around her, the feel of his lap beneath her, and the taste of his mouth on her lips.

That was it. Nothing else. Comprehension was just out of reach for her.

Aoshi felt exactly the same. His uttered statement had been totally involuntary and only after a moment of thinking did he realize how true his statement was. He was in trouble. BIG trouble. Just looking at her made his heart ache with need. He blurted the first thing that came to his head.

"Marry me."

With those two words, Misao felt her entire world come to a screeching halt. In fact, she was sure she heard the squeal of the brakes. She pushed against Aoshi's shoulders.

"WHAT?!?" she exclaimed. Her utter shock caused Aoshi to immediately remove his hands from her and she pulled away as if stung. She backed away from the deranged lunatic as he leapt to his feet, holding up his hands in defense.

"I mean.... marry me!" Aoshi stumbled over his words again. It was in his heart to say them, and he knew the moment he had blurted them out they were the right words to say to the woman before him. Deep down, he just knew that she was the woman he was going to spend the rest of his life with.

Misao took another step away from the crazy man, as much as her heart screamed 'YES!' her brain screamed 'LUNATIC! RUN!' Unfortunately, her brain was the dominant voice at that instance, but her heart's voice was getting louder with each passing moment.

"Are you crazy?!?" Misao exclaimed. Like lightening, Aoshi's hand shot out and grabbed Misao's wrist. With one deft tug she found herself flush against his solid form, his lips a hairsbreadth away from her own and his other hand buried in her hair. His warmth immediately relaxed her and she unconsciously fit herself to him.

"For you." he whispered against her lips. Misao took in a shaky breath. Her thoughts seemed to be jumbled in his presence.

"But... we've said all of 4 words to each other..." Misao whispered as Aoshi's lips slid softly over her cheek. "Two of those were your proposal."

"Mmm. You smell heavenly." Aoshi murmured into her ear. His warm lips tickled her ear as he softly smelled her hair.

"I.... you.... we...." Misao babbled incoherently. The screaming voice in her head was gone, so was the one in her heart. All she knew was that the man before her was the most divine hunk of man she had ever seen in her life, and he smelled her hair!!

Aoshi moved back to her face and captured her lips with his own again, stopping her attempt at speaking. It was a vain attempt on her part anyways. She knew very well that she wasn't going to get anything thinking or speaking done as long as his lips were within kissing range. Which pretty much meant as long as his lips were in the same building as hers.

Oh hell, who was she kidding? Same planet was kissing range as far as she was concerned.

Aoshi gently slipped his tongue into Misao's soft, pliant mouth, tasting her fully once more. GOD he couldn't seem to get enough of her! He drew back once again, this time he whispered his proposal as he brushed some strands of hair away from her eyes.

"Marry me, Misao."

Misao's eyes fluttered open only to meet with Aoshi's hot blue eyes locked firmly on her own. His eyes were like an aphrodisiac to her.

"We could just go up to my room and get it on." Misao replied. Aoshi raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "Or yours? Either one is good."

"Misao, I'm not proposing because I want to, as you so aptly put it, 'get it on', I'm proposing because...." Aoshi stopped for a moment, searching for the right words. "Do you believe in love at first sight Misao?"

Floored. Absolutely stunned. That this hunk of burning love could say something as heavy as the word 'love' to a woman he met only hours before hand was something Misao couldn't even fathom. But she knew that a man like Aoshi never threw the word love around on a whim. When he said it, he meant it. Misao's mind went totally blank. Aoshi had pretty much just admitted that he was in love with her!! What the hell?!? Was she entering into the Twilight Zone?!

"You mean you don't want to get it on?" Misao blabbed the first thing that came to her head. Of course the moment she had it out she wished she could take it back. Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!!!

"Misao," Aoshi chuckled, brushing his lips against her forehead, "I don't ever plan on 'getting it on' with you." He slid his lips over her eyelids. "But I promise you this;" his lips softly brushed her chin, "When I make love to you, I'm going to ensure that every cell in your body hums with pleasure."

Puddle of Mush. On the floor. That was Misao.

Aoshi caught her in another searing kiss, one with promise behind it to keep his word.

"Marry me, Misao." He whispered against her lips once again.

"Okay." Misao responded and her voice cracked halfway through the word. She didn't even notice.

"Right now."

"Okay." Same crack in the voice. Aoshi smiled at her. He kissed her once on the tip of her nose, and then took her hand to lead her out of the bar. Shotgun wedding or not, Aoshi didn't care, as long as the woman standing next to him at the alter was Misao.

Aoshi snapped out of his flashback of the previous night. The rest was unimportant... relatively speaking that is. Of course, the wedding night was VERY important, but Aoshi knew that if he thought about it, Misao wouldn't get a chance to eat the waffles she had ordered for breakfast... unless she ate them off him.

Shaking his head once again, Aoshi cleared his thoughts... sort of. Fantasizing about his wife was a new thing to him. Not an unwelcome new thing, but a new thing he planned to enjoy. Especially when he knew any fantasy he came up with would be pale in comparison to the real thing.

"Aoshi?" Misao's voice broke through his thoughts. Blinking, Aoshi looked up at his bride and smiled gently. "What are you thinking?"

Being a man who told the truth for a living, Aoshi wasn't about to deny that from Misao.

"I was thinking about having those waffles delivered to our room." Aoshi grinned, reaching across the table and taking Misao's hand. He ran his thumb over her fingers as she blushed at his comment. "You know, we have to remedy this problem."

Misao's face twisted in confusion.

"Problem? There's a problem already?"

"Only that my wife is wandering around without a wedding ring on." Aoshi replied, lifting her left hand and brushing it gently with his lips.

"Oh." Misao replied. She still wasn't used to having Aoshi around, and having someone like him doting on her. He was amazingly good-looking. And men that gorgeous never showed any interest in Misao. How she managed, or what she did, to capture the attention and ultimately the heart of Aoshi Shinomori was completely unknown to her.

It was that moment that an excited Katsu came to a screeching halt beside their table. Breathing heavily he leaned on the table to catch his breath.

"Kenshin... Saito... mad..." Katsu blurted out between breaths. Misao stared in confusion, while Aoshi merely quirked one eyebrow.

"What?" Aoshi replied.

"Kenshin's out there pissed at Saito who laid a finger on Kaoru and I've never seen him like that, it's a little scary, but Kaoru seems to like it, and they may disappear upstairs again, and we have to stall them, and Ya-" Katsu rushed out but before he finished what he wanted to say Aoshi had figured it out and was on his feet, dragging Misao out of her chair.

"Let's get upstairs now." Aoshi said and sprinted for the door, Misao right behind him, and Katsu struggling to catch up.

The three flew through the lobby, barely noticed by their friends and Saito. Aoshi glanced over and new that Kenshin was about to go rounds with Saito, but he also knew the red head very well, and Kenshin would never do something like that. But from their stance, Kaoru standing protected behind Kenshin who had an iron grip on Saito's wrist, and Sano smirking at the whole thing, Aoshi knew that they would have to race up to the 20th floor where Kenshin's suite was in order to stall them a little longer.

'The plan' had its hitches, but surprising to Aoshi who had no part in developing it, it was working better than expected.

Finding an elevator already on the main floor was a blessing. Katsu was frantically pushing the button for 20 and the door close button. The doors slid shut and they were on their way.

"What are we doing?" Misao finally asked. She had gotten a general overview from Aoshi when everyone had left their room earlier, but minor details were unknown to her.

"We're stalling Kenshin and Kaoru." Katsu replied, staring at the glowing numbers above the floor buttons which told them what floor they had just passed.

"And tell me why again?" Misao asked. But her question was never answered, instead they reached the 20th floor and the doors slid open. Katsu raced out, turned left, then right, then left again. Before he tried the right again, Aoshi grabbed him by the back of the neck to stop the fool from hurting himself, just because he was an idiot, and he could easily hurt himself simply by walking and chewing gum at the same time.

"Calm down." Aoshi stated firmly.

"What do we do? What do we do?!?" Katsu cried frantically. How that man managed to run a multi million dollar company without freaking out everybody surrounding him was a complete mystery to Aoshi. He was becoming certifiable with this whole 'plan' as it unfolded.

"We stall them." Was the simply reply from Aoshi.

"But how? HOW?!?"

"How do you go about suppressing your more... primitive urges?" Aoshi asked.

"Well, me and Tae, we-"

"Okay, you don't need to finish that statement, Katsu. We get the picture." Misao interrupted.

"Tae's not here. What do you do?" Aoshi tried again, looking for the obvious answer which seemed just out of Katsu's reach.

"And don't talk about... that." Misao demanded.

"Okay, I'd fly Tae in."

Aoshi gave up, Misao slapped her hand over her eyes, and the couple was completely exasperated by this point.

"How you manage to function on a day to day basis completely baffles my mind." Aoshi said.

"Cold shower, you idiot, COLD SHOWER!!" Misao finally giving the answer to Aoshi's question.

"But how will you get them into a cold shower?" Katsu asked, very confused by this point.

His response was a pair of dumbfounded looks.

Ignoring the question, and giving up on the education lessons to Katsu, Misao and Aoshi made for Katsu's suite, which was the closest to the elevators, using the key card, Aoshi opened the door and entered the suite. Misao headed straight for the bathroom where she turned on the cold water tap while Aoshi grabbed the ice bucket and brought it to her. They filled the bucket, turned off the tap, and left the bathroom.

"Sano called from downstairs guys, they're on the elevator now!" Katsu exclaimed. Rushing across the suite, Misao and Aoshi heard the 'ding' announcing the arrival. They exited the suite, only to find an elderly couple staring shocked into the elevator.

Sure sign Kenshin and Kaoru were on board, and getting busy with each other.

"Why don't you ever kiss me like that?" the woman retorted at her husband giving him a sharp jab in the side.

"Heads up!" Aoshi exclaimed, and emptied the entire contents of the bucket into the elevator.

With the drenched Kaoru draped over the dripping Kenshin, no one could help bursting into laughter.

"Katsu!" Kenshin exclaimed.

"It wasn't me, red!"

Kenshin's eyes swept over to Aoshi. Proudly holding up the bucket, and a hysterical Misao, Aoshi merely grinned at his friend.

"Aoshi?!"

"Kenshin, you should have seen the look on your face!" Aoshi laughingly replied.

Five minutes later, Sano stood in the suite of Kenshin and Kaoru, dripping wet, and glaring at the 14 year old who shoved his foot in his mouth.


A.N. Remember that's how I left chapter 10? So once again I've done it to you. :D Anyways, thank you all so much for your wonderful reviews and emails and support! You guys are great and I write this story for you! :D

I know I haven't updated in quite a few months, but this time I have a reason. I just graduated university! YAY!!! Now I can actually call myself a scientist!! :D YAY!!!! So goal was accomplished, onwards to the rest of my life. Blech. So! Hopefully with this new found "freedom" I will have some extra time to write lots more and hopefully finish this story before some of you hunt me down and tie me to my computer chair.

Each and every time I got another email from someone I'd pound out a little more of this chapter until finally (now) I sit before my computer at 12:45am writing the last few lines, and editing and putting in an Author's Note.

I certainly hope you think this chapter was worth your wait, and if not, I'll try my best to make the subsequent chapters great!

Cheers! And Merry Christmas! :D