A/N:
Dove: Oh, it's such a wonderful story. 'Skydweller' by Lady Shiin. She's so cool. ^-^ I hinted at a walk-on, and she actually put me in there! I'm totally estatic! Nothing else would have worked to get me started on this so soon! ^-^
Kenshin: Actually, candy would have.
Dove: Shut UP Kenshin! You're so mmeeaaannn! *Starts sobbing hysterically*
Sano: Now you've done it. A sobbing authoress. Last time she was upset she tortured Kaoru.
Kenshin: Oh yeah…
Sano: Comfort her moron!
Kenshin: Oh no…
Sano: *groan* Come ON! Do it! COMFORT HER SO SHE WON'T WRITE MORE BLOOD-SHED! I DON'T WANT MORE BLOOD-SHED YET!
Dove: You know what's funny? I get nauseas when I see blood, and if there's a lot and I don't look away fast enough I tend to pass out. Yet I sure do write about it a lot. I'm a very violent person, aren't I? *cough*
Random Voices: Yep.
Dark
Chapter Twenty (Wow! Chapter TWENTY!)
It had been almost three weeks since Kenshin had admitted to Kaoru that he killed Tomoe, his love. Two weeks and five days since she'd kissed him.
Everything was going well. Soujiro became an 'official' member of the 'family'. Put technically, he was under Kenshin's protection while being free to go where he pleased when he pleased.
But he liked hanging out with them. It was fun to watch their light-hearted bickering. And even more fun to tease Kenshin.
Sano was a frequent visitor, and very often had to pull Kaoru off of Kenshin's throat. Ever since the day Kenshin had told Kaoru about Tomoe, he seemed way more relaxed. If that was even POSSIBLE.
So everything was going good. Everyone was happy, relaxed, and Kenshin hadn't had to assassinate anyone in two weeks.
The gods, obviously, found this to be lacking.
And Kenshin got a call.
"We've been called to meet with Watsuki again." Hiko's voice informed him.
"Ah? Well, it better NOT be at any of the 'gentlemens' clubs." Kenshin growled.
"No, he's having us meet him in a quaint little resturant." After giving the address and time, Hiko hung up and Kenshin was quick to follow suit.
"Hey, Kaoru!"
"Yeah?" She poked her head of the the bathroom, where she was dying Soujiro's hair. His muffled shrieks could be heard in the background.
"We're meeting with Watsuki tonight."
"Okay. When?"
"Six O'clock. At a resturant, so there's no dinner tonight. I suppose we'll have to take Soujiro. It's a traditional resturant, so we have to wear, you know, Japanese clothes. Kimono, Gi, Hakama. That kind of stuff."
Kenshin was a lot more open, and his sentances were longer and more descriptive.
"Yep. Okay." Kaoru grinned and went back into the bathroom as a timer went off. Running water mixed with muffled splashes and screams could be heard clearly through the door.
Kenshin read a book on gardening impassivly.
The door slammed open and Soujiro stormed out.
"LOOK AT ME!!" Kenshin looked up at him, blinked a few times, and burst into laughter.
Soujiro's hair was blue.Very, very blue. The color used to illustrate blue flames. His eyebrows matched. The look on his face was utterly priceless.
"It's not funny! She dyed my HAIR!" He sniffled.
Kaoru came out with her lips pressed together so as to hold in her laughter.
"Well, Soujiro. There's some purple hair dye under the sink. DO NOT ASK." Kenshin informed the boy with a playful smirk.
They both narrowed their eyes at Kaoru, who took off for the bedroom.
She never had a chance.
**
They must have been quite a sight, heading into a traditional Japanese clothing store. Red hair, blue hair, and purple hair.
"So Kenshin." Kaoru asked while examining a rather.. ugly orange Kimono. "Why DID you have that hair dye?"
"A job. Had to dye my hair. Don't ask, kay?" Kaoru chuckled and nodded, moving on to a worse, if possible, puce kimono.
"Okay, Kaoru, try this!" Soujiro pointed to a kimono that had definatly seen better days. And colors, too. It was brown. But not a pretty brown. Not at all.
"Freak." Kaoru stated, throwing a random object at him, which happened to be a blue gi.
"Hey, I LIKE this!" Quickly finding a matching blue Hakama he went to try it on.
"What do you think?" Kaoru turned to see Kenshin modeling a white Hakama and a magenta Gi.
"Pink?" He switched it with a dark green gi.
"Better?"
"Make sure it fits!" And it did. The boys were taken care of. Now Kaoru needed to find something. But nothing caught her eye.
"Hey, Kaoru! Look at this!" Kenshin held up a dark purple Kimono, decorated with black flowers in little boxes.
Kaoru studied it critically for a moment, and then went to try it on, grabbing a matching obi on her way to the dressing room.
**
Kenshin was bored. How long did it take to put a kimono on? Soujiro was also bored, but as amusing himself by juggling hangers. Deciding to join in, Kenshin started tossing hangers at him to juggle.
He was at twenty-six when Kaoru came out.
The kimono fit perfectly. Kenshin considered whether or not she'd been poured into it.
"What do you think?" She asked, blushing.
"I like it!" Soujiro offered, tossing hangers out one-by-one until he was juggling none.
"Good. Because considering how long to took me to get on, I'm NOT taking it off until after tonight."
**
"This is a big place." Kaoru offered, staring up at the building. It had the look of a dojo in the Meiji era. It was almost sixteen stories high.
They headed in.
Once more they must have looked ridiculous. From the neck down, very orderly and traditional. But again with the bright purple hair-dye, the brilliant blue hair-dye, and the shocking red hair.
"I miss my hair." Kaoru murmured.
"YOU miss your hair.." Soujiro shot back. They stuck their tounges out at each other at the exact same time.
((Anyone else notice how Soujiro is acting like Yahiko? The only reason Yahiko isn't there is because I don't much like him. It annoys me how he always calls Kaoru ugly.))
Kenshin's eyes were gold, as they usually were when he met with Hiko. However, he was not all 'cold-hearted grr' like he had been last time. He was actually smiling at them and shaking his head.
"You two should have been siblings."
((Hmm..))
"Sirr…" Drawled a very snooty voice. "Yooour ttaabbllee awwaaiits yooouu." Kaoru and Soujiro both snorted, trying to hold in the laughter at his ridiculous tone.
Three floors later, they arrived at a large table, Hiko was already sitting there, talking softly with another man.
Kaoru examined the man. He wasn't exactly THIN, but she wouldn't call him BEEFY either. He was in-between. His hair was almost white, and very neatly combed back. His eyes had a lively twinkle in them, with something else. Something a bit more sinister.
He was dressed very nicely, with a black Hakama and a gray Gi. Hiko was still wearing that white trenchcoat, but he also wore a green Gi and blue Hakama.
Kenshin caught a few words,
"Sharp," "Rich," and "Job,".
The men noticed their presence and stood.
"You three," Hiko introduced, "This is Watsuki Nobuhiro. Watsuki, this is Kenshin Himura, Soujiro Seta," He'd met Soujiro when Kenshin had the boy placed in his protection – he liked to know who is assassin was 'hanging out' with. "And Kaoru Kamiya." Watsuki raised an eyebrow at her hair, and she turned the red of a crabapple.
"Pleased to meet you."
"Hello. I'm Jessie, and I'll be your waitress this evening. Can I start you off with a drink?"
A/N: A bit of a boring chapter, but it will get better. I know that Kenshin already met Watsuki. But it was just for a second, they barely had time to nod. So they're re-meeting. YO! MY FIC! ^_- But really. I just need lots of reviews to get my creativity flowing again, I'm all out. ^_- *Is greedy*
Kenshin: She just loves her reviews.
Dove: Whatever. Next chapter is going to be fun, and I'm tacking on a review-response chapter at some point, and that's all I know.
Sano: Yep.
Dove: Shut up. You know what's funny? I didn't even plan a plot for this story. Everything that's happened so far.. has just kinda come out of my fingers. I have no control over what is written. I just sit back and read it.
Kenshin: Didn't you mention that once?
Dove: Probably. Well, I'm tired. Seeya.
***REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! RE- *Clonk****
Kenshin: *Holding Sakabatou and whistling innocently.*
Holy crackers! I JUST BROKE FIVE HUNDRED REVIEWS!!!!!!! *Starts to sob for joy* Oh, and I'm going to be gone until Monday, so anyone who wants me to email them don't get mad if it takes me a while. Family camping trip.
Dove: Oh, it's such a wonderful story. 'Skydweller' by Lady Shiin. She's so cool. ^-^ I hinted at a walk-on, and she actually put me in there! I'm totally estatic! Nothing else would have worked to get me started on this so soon! ^-^
Kenshin: Actually, candy would have.
Dove: Shut UP Kenshin! You're so mmeeaaannn! *Starts sobbing hysterically*
Sano: Now you've done it. A sobbing authoress. Last time she was upset she tortured Kaoru.
Kenshin: Oh yeah…
Sano: Comfort her moron!
Kenshin: Oh no…
Sano: *groan* Come ON! Do it! COMFORT HER SO SHE WON'T WRITE MORE BLOOD-SHED! I DON'T WANT MORE BLOOD-SHED YET!
Dove: You know what's funny? I get nauseas when I see blood, and if there's a lot and I don't look away fast enough I tend to pass out. Yet I sure do write about it a lot. I'm a very violent person, aren't I? *cough*
Random Voices: Yep.
Dark
Chapter Twenty (Wow! Chapter TWENTY!)
It had been almost three weeks since Kenshin had admitted to Kaoru that he killed Tomoe, his love. Two weeks and five days since she'd kissed him.
Everything was going well. Soujiro became an 'official' member of the 'family'. Put technically, he was under Kenshin's protection while being free to go where he pleased when he pleased.
But he liked hanging out with them. It was fun to watch their light-hearted bickering. And even more fun to tease Kenshin.
Sano was a frequent visitor, and very often had to pull Kaoru off of Kenshin's throat. Ever since the day Kenshin had told Kaoru about Tomoe, he seemed way more relaxed. If that was even POSSIBLE.
So everything was going good. Everyone was happy, relaxed, and Kenshin hadn't had to assassinate anyone in two weeks.
The gods, obviously, found this to be lacking.
And Kenshin got a call.
"We've been called to meet with Watsuki again." Hiko's voice informed him.
"Ah? Well, it better NOT be at any of the 'gentlemens' clubs." Kenshin growled.
"No, he's having us meet him in a quaint little resturant." After giving the address and time, Hiko hung up and Kenshin was quick to follow suit.
"Hey, Kaoru!"
"Yeah?" She poked her head of the the bathroom, where she was dying Soujiro's hair. His muffled shrieks could be heard in the background.
"We're meeting with Watsuki tonight."
"Okay. When?"
"Six O'clock. At a resturant, so there's no dinner tonight. I suppose we'll have to take Soujiro. It's a traditional resturant, so we have to wear, you know, Japanese clothes. Kimono, Gi, Hakama. That kind of stuff."
Kenshin was a lot more open, and his sentances were longer and more descriptive.
"Yep. Okay." Kaoru grinned and went back into the bathroom as a timer went off. Running water mixed with muffled splashes and screams could be heard clearly through the door.
Kenshin read a book on gardening impassivly.
The door slammed open and Soujiro stormed out.
"LOOK AT ME!!" Kenshin looked up at him, blinked a few times, and burst into laughter.
Soujiro's hair was blue.Very, very blue. The color used to illustrate blue flames. His eyebrows matched. The look on his face was utterly priceless.
"It's not funny! She dyed my HAIR!" He sniffled.
Kaoru came out with her lips pressed together so as to hold in her laughter.
"Well, Soujiro. There's some purple hair dye under the sink. DO NOT ASK." Kenshin informed the boy with a playful smirk.
They both narrowed their eyes at Kaoru, who took off for the bedroom.
She never had a chance.
**
They must have been quite a sight, heading into a traditional Japanese clothing store. Red hair, blue hair, and purple hair.
"So Kenshin." Kaoru asked while examining a rather.. ugly orange Kimono. "Why DID you have that hair dye?"
"A job. Had to dye my hair. Don't ask, kay?" Kaoru chuckled and nodded, moving on to a worse, if possible, puce kimono.
"Okay, Kaoru, try this!" Soujiro pointed to a kimono that had definatly seen better days. And colors, too. It was brown. But not a pretty brown. Not at all.
"Freak." Kaoru stated, throwing a random object at him, which happened to be a blue gi.
"Hey, I LIKE this!" Quickly finding a matching blue Hakama he went to try it on.
"What do you think?" Kaoru turned to see Kenshin modeling a white Hakama and a magenta Gi.
"Pink?" He switched it with a dark green gi.
"Better?"
"Make sure it fits!" And it did. The boys were taken care of. Now Kaoru needed to find something. But nothing caught her eye.
"Hey, Kaoru! Look at this!" Kenshin held up a dark purple Kimono, decorated with black flowers in little boxes.
Kaoru studied it critically for a moment, and then went to try it on, grabbing a matching obi on her way to the dressing room.
**
Kenshin was bored. How long did it take to put a kimono on? Soujiro was also bored, but as amusing himself by juggling hangers. Deciding to join in, Kenshin started tossing hangers at him to juggle.
He was at twenty-six when Kaoru came out.
The kimono fit perfectly. Kenshin considered whether or not she'd been poured into it.
"What do you think?" She asked, blushing.
"I like it!" Soujiro offered, tossing hangers out one-by-one until he was juggling none.
"Good. Because considering how long to took me to get on, I'm NOT taking it off until after tonight."
**
"This is a big place." Kaoru offered, staring up at the building. It had the look of a dojo in the Meiji era. It was almost sixteen stories high.
They headed in.
Once more they must have looked ridiculous. From the neck down, very orderly and traditional. But again with the bright purple hair-dye, the brilliant blue hair-dye, and the shocking red hair.
"I miss my hair." Kaoru murmured.
"YOU miss your hair.." Soujiro shot back. They stuck their tounges out at each other at the exact same time.
((Anyone else notice how Soujiro is acting like Yahiko? The only reason Yahiko isn't there is because I don't much like him. It annoys me how he always calls Kaoru ugly.))
Kenshin's eyes were gold, as they usually were when he met with Hiko. However, he was not all 'cold-hearted grr' like he had been last time. He was actually smiling at them and shaking his head.
"You two should have been siblings."
((Hmm..))
"Sirr…" Drawled a very snooty voice. "Yooour ttaabbllee awwaaiits yooouu." Kaoru and Soujiro both snorted, trying to hold in the laughter at his ridiculous tone.
Three floors later, they arrived at a large table, Hiko was already sitting there, talking softly with another man.
Kaoru examined the man. He wasn't exactly THIN, but she wouldn't call him BEEFY either. He was in-between. His hair was almost white, and very neatly combed back. His eyes had a lively twinkle in them, with something else. Something a bit more sinister.
He was dressed very nicely, with a black Hakama and a gray Gi. Hiko was still wearing that white trenchcoat, but he also wore a green Gi and blue Hakama.
Kenshin caught a few words,
"Sharp," "Rich," and "Job,".
The men noticed their presence and stood.
"You three," Hiko introduced, "This is Watsuki Nobuhiro. Watsuki, this is Kenshin Himura, Soujiro Seta," He'd met Soujiro when Kenshin had the boy placed in his protection – he liked to know who is assassin was 'hanging out' with. "And Kaoru Kamiya." Watsuki raised an eyebrow at her hair, and she turned the red of a crabapple.
"Pleased to meet you."
"Hello. I'm Jessie, and I'll be your waitress this evening. Can I start you off with a drink?"
A/N: A bit of a boring chapter, but it will get better. I know that Kenshin already met Watsuki. But it was just for a second, they barely had time to nod. So they're re-meeting. YO! MY FIC! ^_- But really. I just need lots of reviews to get my creativity flowing again, I'm all out. ^_- *Is greedy*
Kenshin: She just loves her reviews.
Dove: Whatever. Next chapter is going to be fun, and I'm tacking on a review-response chapter at some point, and that's all I know.
Sano: Yep.
Dove: Shut up. You know what's funny? I didn't even plan a plot for this story. Everything that's happened so far.. has just kinda come out of my fingers. I have no control over what is written. I just sit back and read it.
Kenshin: Didn't you mention that once?
Dove: Probably. Well, I'm tired. Seeya.
***REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! RE- *Clonk****
Kenshin: *Holding Sakabatou and whistling innocently.*
Holy crackers! I JUST BROKE FIVE HUNDRED REVIEWS!!!!!!! *Starts to sob for joy* Oh, and I'm going to be gone until Monday, so anyone who wants me to email them don't get mad if it takes me a while. Family camping trip.