Chapter: 6
He saw . . .
A/N: I love Enishi too, sorry I hade to make him the evil boyfriend, but I love him to bitts. On to the story.
Kenshin walked through the kitchen looking at the ceiling when he saw it.
He saw the air vent that was calling his name. He could practically hear 'Kenshin, Kenshin please look at me Kenshin.' He jumped up and walked to the wall and tried to reach the vent lid. He was to short and since kaoru was even shorter he had no luck with her. He couldn't jump up there because the lid was not off so he would hit the wall. He pulled up a chair and hoped kaoru would not get impatient. He pulled the chair with out a sound to the wall and he stood on top of it. He reached for the lid and slid it off slowly. Kenshin knew that with a little searching he could find exactly were Sano and Megumi were sitting unsuspectingly with cameras.
He put the lid gently down on the table and crawled into the vent. He coughed silently when a cloud of dust spread to his lungs. He began crawling and he wasn't sure where to go so he followed his heart.
Back in the family room Kaoru was becoming impatient so she looked around. She stuck her head into the kitchen trying to make it seem like Kenshin was still in there. Up in the vent however, Megumi and Sano were getting bored. The cameras they had printed pictures once you took the picture but it was small. Since kenshin was gone and Kaoru was just standing there all alone they better look through the pictures. They saw pictures of Kaoru and of kenshin and of them getting closer and closer. But, none of the pictures had them close enough to blow them up and post them around town. They set down their cameras to look further into the pile and they both dug through the large pile. They saw many pictures of them both in the same position but kenshin kept getting closer to her.
Sano perked up realizing that kenshin got really close to her, at least that's what he saw through the camera lens. He was anxious to get through the pile to see both of them close. Then he saw a few pictures of Himself, which Megumi must have taken, some were him just smiling and some were of him looking like a dork. Then he got into the pictures of Megumi some were she was looking like a loser and some of her just smiling. They heard something crash in the kitchen so they perked up.
"Did you hear that?" Sano asked looking to Megumi. She nodded and they both turned for their cameras. They looked to the spot they had left their cameras and they were not there. Then they looked up to see kenshin smiling holding one camera while the other lay busted apart with film exposed to the light next to him. He took a picture of their faces; that would be one for the books. They gave him the deer-in-the-headlights look. They were flustered and confused, how had he gotten up there and how did he know. Then Sano looked down to Kaoru smiling at him.
"Could you have taken any longer Kenshin?" Kaoru asked sarcastically. Kenshin smiled and laughed while nodding. Sano was furious and Megumi was still mystified. Sano understood that Kaoru saw them when she looked right at him and got a scared expression on her face. Then Sano remembered he had taken a picture when she looked so he knew she didn't see. Turns out she did. Before any one could realize what was really happening he grabbed the pictures in hand and jumped out of the vent. Kenshin was the only one here that could really stop him from leaving with the pictures kaoru could only pull his hair and scold him. He was in front of Kaoru as fast as you can say 'Sano'. No one noticed until a few moments later when Kenshin and Kaoru opened their eyes, they were closed because they were laughing.
Sano and Megumi were already making their way for the door each with a handful of pictures. Kenshin ran after them and Kaoru jogged knowing she wasn't much help anyway. Sano grabbed Megumi's hand and ran faster dragging her along. When she tried to wriggle free because she arm hurt he put one arm at the back of her knee forced her knee to bend by moving his arm forward and caught her upper body with his other arm holding her bridal style. He threw his pictures on her lap somehow and ran as fast as he could. When he reached the door he looked behind him to see kenshin quickly advancing. Sano ran outside the door set Megumi quickly but as gently as possible on the ground and held the door.
"Megumi run to my house and lock your self in. I'll hold him off." Sano said to a stunned Megumi who just stood up and ran a few meaningless pictures of Sano and her falling from her grasp. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her into Sano's house. She was still running down the street when Kenshin ran full force into the door almost breaking it. If Sano weren't positioned right outside it would have collapsed from the pressure. Kenshin was very angry so he pushed as hard a she could to get free. He was able to push Sano away enough so that the now useful Kaoru could get through to the outside. First Kaoru tickled Sano so Kenshin could push him further them she ran after Megumi. Sprinting down the block to Sano's house, which was not very far. She was able to se Megumi shut the door quickly and lock it. Kaoru knew just how to get in; Sano had told her every way to get into his house incase it was an emergency.
She ran to the back, seeing Megumi run with her through the window, she got to the back of the house. She saw the siding that was covered in vines so she searched. She looked for the letter that was strategically placed so she could climb to his window with ease. She found it and climbed like the wind, a few times she lost her footing and slipped on a vine but she held on strong and now was not time to fall and break something. She scaled the latter to his room when face-to-face she met Megumi. Of course there was glass door in between them but it was close. They scowled at each other wanting to rip out the others throat. Megumi was soaked and humiliated infront of her boyfriend by kaoru, who she already thought had a major crush on Sano. If Sano ever had an affair Kaoru would be the number one suspect.
Megumi was mad at kaoru for soaking her and ruining her evening with Sano even though she made it better because Sano felt bad for her and snuggled with her after a long session of- never mind. But the night wasn't what you would call "magical". So Sano came up with an idea to get a good picture of them and Megumi decided to break in to Sir Ken's house. Every thing went down hill from then, I mean kenshin didn't have to come after Kaoru; it could have been an uneventful afternoon. But, they saw Kenshin getting a little south of the border with Kaoru in the street so they thought they would check it out.
Every thing went perfectly until now. Kaoru wasn't supposed to get out of the house, but Megumi could take her. Besides Kaoru was on the other side of the door. Megumi quickly flipped through the pictures finding one were Kenshin was close to hugging her. He had a devilish look in his eye and he was less than a foot away from her. Kaoru looked anything but scared and Megumi smiled. She held up the picture to the door and looked kaoru in the eye. Kaorus eyes fell onto the picture and she blinked not able to believe Megumi had a picture of them. She blinked several more times and closed her eyes as if in defeat. The Kaoru swiftly flung her hand up to the doorknob and pulled the door as hard as she could. Megumi jumped at the loud swishing noise and the vision of Kaoru killing her filled her head. Hatred welled up inside Kaoru and she could hardly keep a smile on her face. Her eyes dances with playful vengeance as she took a step closer to Megumi and Megumi took a step away.
Every step Kaoru took Megumi stepped back. And with every hate filled look Megumi tossed Kaoru's way she shot back a playful look of retaliation. Kaoru did not want too hurt the fox just to- whom am I trying to fool; of course she wanted to hurt the fox. But Kaoru knew this was a game of wits, why Sano was involved she didn't know but none-the-less she was a part of this game. And hell would freeze over before she lost to Megumi and Sano. Kaoru didn't want revenge, that word was only used if some one started something and the prankee wanted to get back at them, retaliation, however; was when some one was pranked and they got back at the pranker and the pranker wanted to get even with the prankee. Kind of a confusing concept but one you have it, it is not confusing its retarded.
Anyway, Kaoru took one last step towards Megumi and she backed up. Kaoru smiled and grabbed the picture from a stunned Megumi who was still holding it up. She looked bewildered at her hand that was now vacant of a picture. Kaoru laughed.
"Kaoru, I have more." Megumi said practically. Kaoru took the picture she had and held it up to Megumi. Kaoru walked to his kitchen conveniently located a few steps away from Sano's bedroom, I wonder why? She looked into a small drawer and pulled out a pair of scissors. She cut the picture so she was on one half and kenshin on the other. Then she cut the two sides in half incase they tried to tape them together. She was about to cut it again but Megumi came into the room and grabbed the pieces from her hand. Megumi threw them away they didn't matter anyway.
"So Kaoru, You need to pick you know." Megumi started with a new twinkle in her eye.
"Pick what?" Kaoru asked bewildered.
"Well, you can't have two men." Megumi said. Kaoru laughed.
"What are you babbling about?" Kaoru asked.
"You know," Megumi started. Kaoru shook her head and shrugged. "Ho ho ho ho ho, Kaoru, it's either red or brown." Megumi said haughtily.
"Red or brown what?" Kaoru asked. Megumi laughed again.
"You know, red or brown, tall or short, girlish or manly?" Megumi asked getting fed up with Kaorus naive nature.
"No, fill me in." Kaoru said.
"Kaoru! Kenshin or Sano!" Megumi cried as everything clicked in Kaoru's mind. Red hair to brown hair, tall to short, girlish to manly. HEY!
"Megumi! I don't like either of them. Sano is my best friend and your boyfriend. Kenshin is a-a jerk." Kaoru said stuttering a little trying to think of a descriptive word for Kenshin. Nothing came to mind but jerk. Megumi laughed again.
"Kaoru, it's funny how much you don't know about yourself. You and Sano have known each other for years and I've seen you two a few times get a little intimate." Megumi started looking a bit sad and broken. Megumi loved Sano and him her but Sano knew Kaoru longer so his relationship with her was stronger. Megumi felt little in his heart compared to Kaoru and all she wanted was for one of them to tell her if anything were going on so Megumi's heart wouldn't get broken later on. This was just her way of asking Kaoru an important question that could decide the fate of Sano's relationship with Megumi forever.
"Megumi, When have you seen us-"kaoru searched for the words when she suddenly didn't think she should have said that. Kaoru didn't mean that sentence to come out the way it did. Kaoru almost sounded like she was a felon that just got caught for her crime and was in denial. Megumi began tearing up, this woman who generally stayed calm and thought on her feet was crying over the rooster head she loved.
"Well Kaoru, I have seen you cry on his shoulder before and-"Megumi started before kaoru stopped her.
"Megumi, calm down. Look, every one needs a shoulder to cry on and Sano was the only one there for me, he lives right next door incase you didn't know and Misao and you well, I couldn't trust you as much. Just because I cried on his shoulder doesn't mean anything. I love Sano as a friend and nothing more, he loves you. Megumi don't ever think twice about his love for you." Kaoru preached to the teary eyed Megumi. Megumi perked up right after that pep talk and smiled again realizing what she was here to talk about.
"So, what about Sir Ken?" Megumi asked slyly. Kaoru hit her head with her left hand.
"Megumi, what am I going to do with you?" she asked. Megumi looked expectantly at her.
"I'm waiting, and I wont take he's a jerk for an answer." Megumi said. Well that ruled out Kaoru's original answer.
"What do you want to know?" Kaoru asked intriguing the fox.
"Well I just wanted to know what you think of him, but if you'll tell me anything, I want to know everything." Megumi said. As soon as Kaoru's brain could decipher what Megumi asked she instantly regretted her question of 'what do you want to know?'
"Kenshin loves to do laundry and hates dishes. He knows I don't like him. Key words 'DON'T LIKE HIM.' I sleep in the basement. And he has a huge house." Kaoru said deciding not to tell Megumi anything interesting. Kaoru would die if Megumi knew that Kaoru wore his clothes to bed did dishes with him, and Megumi already knew that Kenshin was hugging her in the street.
"You left out Kenshin hugging you relentlessly in the street. And when you told him that you weren't mad at him for hugging you, you were mad at the truck driver. And you must have a dirty mind thinking Ken would DO something to you. But Sano and me couldn't hear what Kenshin said so you got off easy this time." Megumi said to her. Kaoru blushed and looked to the door. She had heard a noise come from behind it. She walked up and opened it seeing Sano and Kenshin both fall on the ground.
Both girls looked sternly at them making them feel naughty yet satisfied. "How long have you been listening?" Kaoru asked. Kenshin looked to Sano and him to Kenshin.
"About two minuets." Both said simultaneously. Kaoru rolled her eyes and began walking out forgetting about the pictures and about Megumi and everything. She just wanted to go home, but she couldn't. She remembered she had to go to Kenshin's house so she groaned inwardly.
"We'll finish this conversation later." Megumi said to the retreating silhouette of Kaoru. Kaoru nodded and rolled her eyes at the same time. Kenshin stood there next to Sano and all three of them shared an awkward moment. The Kenshin slowly backed out of the room and sprinted down the hall towards Kaoru. He stopped running once he reached her.
A/N: I can't think of any thing to do. I know Kenshins job is going to be playing a big pain in the ass role next and im going to cut the goofy stuff...no more revenge schemes...well maybe a little. But I would like someone to help me with what should come next. It has to have something to do with Kenshin's job. Make it something good like crack selling or something. He's in the mafia and I can't think of something to do.
A/N: I love Enishi too, sorry I hade to make him the evil boyfriend, but I love him to bitts. On to the story.
Kenshin walked through the kitchen looking at the ceiling when he saw it.
He saw the air vent that was calling his name. He could practically hear 'Kenshin, Kenshin please look at me Kenshin.' He jumped up and walked to the wall and tried to reach the vent lid. He was to short and since kaoru was even shorter he had no luck with her. He couldn't jump up there because the lid was not off so he would hit the wall. He pulled up a chair and hoped kaoru would not get impatient. He pulled the chair with out a sound to the wall and he stood on top of it. He reached for the lid and slid it off slowly. Kenshin knew that with a little searching he could find exactly were Sano and Megumi were sitting unsuspectingly with cameras.
He put the lid gently down on the table and crawled into the vent. He coughed silently when a cloud of dust spread to his lungs. He began crawling and he wasn't sure where to go so he followed his heart.
Back in the family room Kaoru was becoming impatient so she looked around. She stuck her head into the kitchen trying to make it seem like Kenshin was still in there. Up in the vent however, Megumi and Sano were getting bored. The cameras they had printed pictures once you took the picture but it was small. Since kenshin was gone and Kaoru was just standing there all alone they better look through the pictures. They saw pictures of Kaoru and of kenshin and of them getting closer and closer. But, none of the pictures had them close enough to blow them up and post them around town. They set down their cameras to look further into the pile and they both dug through the large pile. They saw many pictures of them both in the same position but kenshin kept getting closer to her.
Sano perked up realizing that kenshin got really close to her, at least that's what he saw through the camera lens. He was anxious to get through the pile to see both of them close. Then he saw a few pictures of Himself, which Megumi must have taken, some were him just smiling and some were of him looking like a dork. Then he got into the pictures of Megumi some were she was looking like a loser and some of her just smiling. They heard something crash in the kitchen so they perked up.
"Did you hear that?" Sano asked looking to Megumi. She nodded and they both turned for their cameras. They looked to the spot they had left their cameras and they were not there. Then they looked up to see kenshin smiling holding one camera while the other lay busted apart with film exposed to the light next to him. He took a picture of their faces; that would be one for the books. They gave him the deer-in-the-headlights look. They were flustered and confused, how had he gotten up there and how did he know. Then Sano looked down to Kaoru smiling at him.
"Could you have taken any longer Kenshin?" Kaoru asked sarcastically. Kenshin smiled and laughed while nodding. Sano was furious and Megumi was still mystified. Sano understood that Kaoru saw them when she looked right at him and got a scared expression on her face. Then Sano remembered he had taken a picture when she looked so he knew she didn't see. Turns out she did. Before any one could realize what was really happening he grabbed the pictures in hand and jumped out of the vent. Kenshin was the only one here that could really stop him from leaving with the pictures kaoru could only pull his hair and scold him. He was in front of Kaoru as fast as you can say 'Sano'. No one noticed until a few moments later when Kenshin and Kaoru opened their eyes, they were closed because they were laughing.
Sano and Megumi were already making their way for the door each with a handful of pictures. Kenshin ran after them and Kaoru jogged knowing she wasn't much help anyway. Sano grabbed Megumi's hand and ran faster dragging her along. When she tried to wriggle free because she arm hurt he put one arm at the back of her knee forced her knee to bend by moving his arm forward and caught her upper body with his other arm holding her bridal style. He threw his pictures on her lap somehow and ran as fast as he could. When he reached the door he looked behind him to see kenshin quickly advancing. Sano ran outside the door set Megumi quickly but as gently as possible on the ground and held the door.
"Megumi run to my house and lock your self in. I'll hold him off." Sano said to a stunned Megumi who just stood up and ran a few meaningless pictures of Sano and her falling from her grasp. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her into Sano's house. She was still running down the street when Kenshin ran full force into the door almost breaking it. If Sano weren't positioned right outside it would have collapsed from the pressure. Kenshin was very angry so he pushed as hard a she could to get free. He was able to push Sano away enough so that the now useful Kaoru could get through to the outside. First Kaoru tickled Sano so Kenshin could push him further them she ran after Megumi. Sprinting down the block to Sano's house, which was not very far. She was able to se Megumi shut the door quickly and lock it. Kaoru knew just how to get in; Sano had told her every way to get into his house incase it was an emergency.
She ran to the back, seeing Megumi run with her through the window, she got to the back of the house. She saw the siding that was covered in vines so she searched. She looked for the letter that was strategically placed so she could climb to his window with ease. She found it and climbed like the wind, a few times she lost her footing and slipped on a vine but she held on strong and now was not time to fall and break something. She scaled the latter to his room when face-to-face she met Megumi. Of course there was glass door in between them but it was close. They scowled at each other wanting to rip out the others throat. Megumi was soaked and humiliated infront of her boyfriend by kaoru, who she already thought had a major crush on Sano. If Sano ever had an affair Kaoru would be the number one suspect.
Megumi was mad at kaoru for soaking her and ruining her evening with Sano even though she made it better because Sano felt bad for her and snuggled with her after a long session of- never mind. But the night wasn't what you would call "magical". So Sano came up with an idea to get a good picture of them and Megumi decided to break in to Sir Ken's house. Every thing went down hill from then, I mean kenshin didn't have to come after Kaoru; it could have been an uneventful afternoon. But, they saw Kenshin getting a little south of the border with Kaoru in the street so they thought they would check it out.
Every thing went perfectly until now. Kaoru wasn't supposed to get out of the house, but Megumi could take her. Besides Kaoru was on the other side of the door. Megumi quickly flipped through the pictures finding one were Kenshin was close to hugging her. He had a devilish look in his eye and he was less than a foot away from her. Kaoru looked anything but scared and Megumi smiled. She held up the picture to the door and looked kaoru in the eye. Kaorus eyes fell onto the picture and she blinked not able to believe Megumi had a picture of them. She blinked several more times and closed her eyes as if in defeat. The Kaoru swiftly flung her hand up to the doorknob and pulled the door as hard as she could. Megumi jumped at the loud swishing noise and the vision of Kaoru killing her filled her head. Hatred welled up inside Kaoru and she could hardly keep a smile on her face. Her eyes dances with playful vengeance as she took a step closer to Megumi and Megumi took a step away.
Every step Kaoru took Megumi stepped back. And with every hate filled look Megumi tossed Kaoru's way she shot back a playful look of retaliation. Kaoru did not want too hurt the fox just to- whom am I trying to fool; of course she wanted to hurt the fox. But Kaoru knew this was a game of wits, why Sano was involved she didn't know but none-the-less she was a part of this game. And hell would freeze over before she lost to Megumi and Sano. Kaoru didn't want revenge, that word was only used if some one started something and the prankee wanted to get back at them, retaliation, however; was when some one was pranked and they got back at the pranker and the pranker wanted to get even with the prankee. Kind of a confusing concept but one you have it, it is not confusing its retarded.
Anyway, Kaoru took one last step towards Megumi and she backed up. Kaoru smiled and grabbed the picture from a stunned Megumi who was still holding it up. She looked bewildered at her hand that was now vacant of a picture. Kaoru laughed.
"Kaoru, I have more." Megumi said practically. Kaoru took the picture she had and held it up to Megumi. Kaoru walked to his kitchen conveniently located a few steps away from Sano's bedroom, I wonder why? She looked into a small drawer and pulled out a pair of scissors. She cut the picture so she was on one half and kenshin on the other. Then she cut the two sides in half incase they tried to tape them together. She was about to cut it again but Megumi came into the room and grabbed the pieces from her hand. Megumi threw them away they didn't matter anyway.
"So Kaoru, You need to pick you know." Megumi started with a new twinkle in her eye.
"Pick what?" Kaoru asked bewildered.
"Well, you can't have two men." Megumi said. Kaoru laughed.
"What are you babbling about?" Kaoru asked.
"You know," Megumi started. Kaoru shook her head and shrugged. "Ho ho ho ho ho, Kaoru, it's either red or brown." Megumi said haughtily.
"Red or brown what?" Kaoru asked. Megumi laughed again.
"You know, red or brown, tall or short, girlish or manly?" Megumi asked getting fed up with Kaorus naive nature.
"No, fill me in." Kaoru said.
"Kaoru! Kenshin or Sano!" Megumi cried as everything clicked in Kaoru's mind. Red hair to brown hair, tall to short, girlish to manly. HEY!
"Megumi! I don't like either of them. Sano is my best friend and your boyfriend. Kenshin is a-a jerk." Kaoru said stuttering a little trying to think of a descriptive word for Kenshin. Nothing came to mind but jerk. Megumi laughed again.
"Kaoru, it's funny how much you don't know about yourself. You and Sano have known each other for years and I've seen you two a few times get a little intimate." Megumi started looking a bit sad and broken. Megumi loved Sano and him her but Sano knew Kaoru longer so his relationship with her was stronger. Megumi felt little in his heart compared to Kaoru and all she wanted was for one of them to tell her if anything were going on so Megumi's heart wouldn't get broken later on. This was just her way of asking Kaoru an important question that could decide the fate of Sano's relationship with Megumi forever.
"Megumi, When have you seen us-"kaoru searched for the words when she suddenly didn't think she should have said that. Kaoru didn't mean that sentence to come out the way it did. Kaoru almost sounded like she was a felon that just got caught for her crime and was in denial. Megumi began tearing up, this woman who generally stayed calm and thought on her feet was crying over the rooster head she loved.
"Well Kaoru, I have seen you cry on his shoulder before and-"Megumi started before kaoru stopped her.
"Megumi, calm down. Look, every one needs a shoulder to cry on and Sano was the only one there for me, he lives right next door incase you didn't know and Misao and you well, I couldn't trust you as much. Just because I cried on his shoulder doesn't mean anything. I love Sano as a friend and nothing more, he loves you. Megumi don't ever think twice about his love for you." Kaoru preached to the teary eyed Megumi. Megumi perked up right after that pep talk and smiled again realizing what she was here to talk about.
"So, what about Sir Ken?" Megumi asked slyly. Kaoru hit her head with her left hand.
"Megumi, what am I going to do with you?" she asked. Megumi looked expectantly at her.
"I'm waiting, and I wont take he's a jerk for an answer." Megumi said. Well that ruled out Kaoru's original answer.
"What do you want to know?" Kaoru asked intriguing the fox.
"Well I just wanted to know what you think of him, but if you'll tell me anything, I want to know everything." Megumi said. As soon as Kaoru's brain could decipher what Megumi asked she instantly regretted her question of 'what do you want to know?'
"Kenshin loves to do laundry and hates dishes. He knows I don't like him. Key words 'DON'T LIKE HIM.' I sleep in the basement. And he has a huge house." Kaoru said deciding not to tell Megumi anything interesting. Kaoru would die if Megumi knew that Kaoru wore his clothes to bed did dishes with him, and Megumi already knew that Kenshin was hugging her in the street.
"You left out Kenshin hugging you relentlessly in the street. And when you told him that you weren't mad at him for hugging you, you were mad at the truck driver. And you must have a dirty mind thinking Ken would DO something to you. But Sano and me couldn't hear what Kenshin said so you got off easy this time." Megumi said to her. Kaoru blushed and looked to the door. She had heard a noise come from behind it. She walked up and opened it seeing Sano and Kenshin both fall on the ground.
Both girls looked sternly at them making them feel naughty yet satisfied. "How long have you been listening?" Kaoru asked. Kenshin looked to Sano and him to Kenshin.
"About two minuets." Both said simultaneously. Kaoru rolled her eyes and began walking out forgetting about the pictures and about Megumi and everything. She just wanted to go home, but she couldn't. She remembered she had to go to Kenshin's house so she groaned inwardly.
"We'll finish this conversation later." Megumi said to the retreating silhouette of Kaoru. Kaoru nodded and rolled her eyes at the same time. Kenshin stood there next to Sano and all three of them shared an awkward moment. The Kenshin slowly backed out of the room and sprinted down the hall towards Kaoru. He stopped running once he reached her.
A/N: I can't think of any thing to do. I know Kenshins job is going to be playing a big pain in the ass role next and im going to cut the goofy stuff...no more revenge schemes...well maybe a little. But I would like someone to help me with what should come next. It has to have something to do with Kenshin's job. Make it something good like crack selling or something. He's in the mafia and I can't think of something to do.