CHAPTER TWO:
The morning came. The sun was shining and the clouds seemed happy as well. It was the ray of sunlight that woke Sanosuke up.
Sanosuke: " uhh..what time is it already? Looks like I overslept. Haaaa", he said yawning, as he stood up and stretched himself. He folded the blanket Megumi gave him last night and went outside. He was expecting to see lots of patients when he went out, for every time he passed by the clinic, it was like a market filled with people. To his surprise, there were just a few patients who seemed to be at the clinic by then, and Dr. Gensai was the one who was attending them. Realizing that Sano was awake already , Dr Gensai greeted him with a warm good morning, better yet, a warm good afternoon.
Dr. Gensai: " Good mo..afternoon Sanosuke! Slept well I see. Megumi told me what happened last night…Oh the poor thing. I can imagine what could have happened if you hadn't showed up.."
Sanosuke: " Err..yeah..well..Megumi shouldn't really be walking alone by herself at night. Speaking of Megumi, I just wanted to give her this blanket back, where is she by the way?", he said, looking at different directions.
Dr. Gensai: " Oh, you see, I've given her the day off today. Since she has been working so hard, I think she deserves to have a time break. Besides, from what happened last night, it would be nice for her to clear her mind off for a while. She went to Kaoru's dojo with Ayame and Suzume. She woke up early today. It seems like she has cooked some rice balls and went over there to give Kenshin and the others some…She didn't seem so shocked by the incident though. If I were her, I would really be worried about what happened.Well, you know how Megumi is right, such a brave young woman…"
Sanosuke: " Yeah..brave…anyways..thanks for everything Dr. Gensai, I'll just leave the blanket over here, by the table. I'll be seeing ya!" , he waved his hand and ran off. Before being able to say goodbye,Sanosuke was already off, leaving Dr. GEnsai with a couple of patients to treat.
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Yahiko ( teary eyes): " What do you mean you've BURNED lunch? You know what, I wouldn't really mind not eating anything since you're cooking really sucks, but that was the only thing we had for today! After you made me scrub the floor for 150 times, we get to EAT this…I don't even think it's edible!!!" ( Kaoru punches! Yahiko drops to the floor)
Kaoru: You know what, YOU complain too much! If the dojo were just not in a state of mess, I wouldn't have forgotten my cooking, you know! Don't you think I've thought about cooking a NEW meal instead? Oh yes I have, but when I went to see what was available, all there was was a bunch of ROTTEN radish, which reminds me, WHY ISN'T THERE ANY FOOD KENSHIN? ( fiery eyes) I thought you went to the market yesterday?!!"
Kenshin: "Oro?!"
Kaoru ( with a prepared fist): " Don't you Oro me! Y..", just as she was about to finish talking, Ayame and Suzume came in hugging Kenshin.
Ayame: "Brother Ken! Let's play!"
Suzume: " Yeah play!".
Right about after the two young little girls came in, Megumi followed.
Megumi: " Wow..looks like I've came right in time. There might have been a massacre taking place here if it hadn't been for us, right girls?''
Ayame and Suzume chuckled, but seeing how Kaoru's face was, they prevented their laughs with their small little hands. As for Yahiko, he was still on the floor with a big bump on his head.
Megumi: "I'm guessing by the black..umm..food over there..that Kaoru had an intention of poisoning you guys…"
Kaoru still had that fiery eyes in her, her fist was still ready, but this time, it looked like it wasn't meant to hit Kenshin anymore.
Yahiko ( trying to get up) : " You can say that again!" ( Kaoru steps on Yahiko and falls again.
Megumi: " Now…now it's not that bad.."
Kaoru ( hopeful eyes): " Really?!"
Megumi: " I needed to drop by the market anyways and ( foxy ears) buy some coal.. I guess I'll save some money by having them. (pointing at the black food)"
Kaoru, who had already set her fist aside, prepared it once more, luckily Kenshin stood between them.
Kenshin: " Now, now…umm…what do you have there Miss Megumi?"
Megumi: " Oh, I almost forgot, I made some rice balls this morning. It's really good that we stopped by."
Yahiko, just by hearing Megumi say rice balls stood up as fast as he could.
Yahiko: "Rice balls?! Then I don't know what we're standing here for! Let's eat!"
Kenshin: " I agree with you Yahiko, that I do. Why don't we all eat? I'll make some tea."
Kaoru: " No Kenshin, you should go and eat too. I'll make the tea, it's the least I can do."
Yahiko: " Good thing she knows!" , he whispered after receiving a slap from Kaoru right after.
Megumi: " As for me…I think…. I'll be helping you with the tea..'' Megumi said, after settling the table and putting the rice balls on top.
Kaoru bowed her head.
Kaoru: "hai!", and both young ladies went to the kitchen.
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Sanosuke: Boy, I didn't really think that the police headquarters was so far!! Nah, who cares, at least I've paid something to Tae, that will be about it for now. I'll pay the rest.. when I get lucky with the dice, at least that will keep her from the possibility of banning me in the Akabeko!. This police reward is surely useful! All I have to do now is give something to Jo-chan and the foxy-lady…This is not enough though..oh what the hell..at least I'll give them something back.( stomach grumbles).. I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but, I sure hope there is something to eat at Jo-chan's place, that trip to the police headquarters sure made me hungry!".
Just as Sanosuke entered Kaoru's dojo, Ayame and Suzume welcomed him. Kenshin was doing some laundry while Yahiko was training outside with Kaoru near him correcting his mistakes.
Ayame: " brother Sano! Brother SanO! I've heard that you slept at our house last night!".. After saying this, everybody at the Kamiya dojo stopped what they were doing and looked at Sano. Everyone with surprised faces.
Yahiko: " Slept at Dr. Gensai's place eh?! ( devilish smile) I wonder what YOU were doing there..". Sanosuke punched Yahiko on the head.
Yahiko: " I'll sure be getting internal hemorrhage soon", and falls to the floor again.
Sanosuke: " You perv, I slept at the cellar. Megumi was almost attacked yesterday. But thanks to Sanosuke Sagara, ( heroic pose) everything turned out to be ok! Everything happened at night, I brought her home and since it was kinda cold and late, she offered me to stay for the night."
Yahiko: " I wonder what YOU guys have been talking about", he said chuckling, while Ayame and Suzume seemed to be laughing as well.
Sanosuke( devilish look): " Are YOU testing me?!"
Kenshin: "Easy guys…"
Sanosuke: " Anyways, I just came by to see if there was something to eat."
Kaoru: " Nothing new from him! Well, that depends, are you going to pay me back already? Your debt has been due..since what….4 months 2 weeks and 3 days!"
Sanosuke: " Geez, I did not know you had it really calculated..Well as a matter of fact I do have some money with me. Here.." He threw a bag of money, and Kaoru caught it. " It's not complete though.I'll be paying you everything back..umm..say..next week? I promise.."
Kaoru: " yeah yeah..i've heard that before..But hey..something is something.Ok, here are some rice balls Megumi made." Kaoru said, handing him the rice balls that were still on the table.
Sanosuke: " hmm..Know what Jo-chan, you really should get some cooking lessons from her.It would do some good from time to time."
Kaoru: " HAHA, very funny…say where did YOU get the money actually? You've followed my advice huh? You have a job, don't ya?"
Just before Sanosuke could speak, Megumi came out of nowhere and answered Kaoru's question.
Megumi: " This rooster, a job? I think that would just be possible, the moment my future granddaughters and grandsons have their own ones."
Sanosuke, who was just about to finish his rice ball, almost choked. " I'd be the first one who'd be surprised if ever this rooster-head got a job."
Sanosuke: " Oh yeah..well for your info, You'll really never have the chance to see that day. Granddaughters and grandsons?! Would you really have some?! Nobody in his right mind would ever marry a fox-looking lady like you! Isn't that right Kenshin?"
Both Sanosuke and Megumi ( who had fire in their eyes by the way) turned their heads towards him.
Yahiko (thinking): I wouldn't want to be in HIS position!
Kenshin: " oro?!"
Kaoru, who was just standing there, was the one who said something.
Kaoru: " Hey, don't you guys put Kenshin into this!"
Sanosuke turned his head back again.
Sanosuke: " I don't know why I even try asking Keshin for, even if he said I was wrong, he'd just say that to be a .."gentleman"..But deep inside, he knows I'm right. Nobody in his right mind would ever want to marry you! At least I wouldn't! hahaha!!"
Megumi: " Hm..Laugh all you want..Even if You did ask me to marry you, I'd rather stay with pigs and sheep inside a house rather than a self-assured lazy man like you! Besides, I wouldn't really want to marry a guy like you either!" .
Both caught each other's glances, but looked at different directions quickly.
Megumi: " Besides, my idea of a man would be someone tall.." she said, and paused for a while.." He fits in that criteria though!" she suddenly realized.
" Someone tall but, with elegant looks!" she continued saying., hoping that nobody would actually say something like , hey but Sano IS tall!... . "He doesn't really have to be rich.. someone who knows how to dress himself, someone who knows my name for instance!"
The moment Megumi finished talking, Ayame and Suzume came running and tugged Megumi's clothes.
Ayame: " Megumi-sis, someone outside is looking for you!"
Suzume: " Yeah, he is tall and elegant looking. He asked if someone called Takani Megumi was here! He's waiting inside a carriage now. "
Megumi: " a..wh..what??".
Everybody looked at the girls. Sanosuke, who was petending not listening to Megumi earlier, turned his head suddenly. Megumi was quite shocked herself. As far as she knew, she didn't know a man who was tall, elegant and good looking, well, except for one maybe, and that was Shinomori Aoshi. She wouldn't deny he was an elegant looking young fella,he was a good looking one too, but as she and other people know, Aoshi belonged to just one person, Misao… or was it???
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wow.. well, I've decided to put chappie 2 up today as well! I hope you enjoyed and by the way, read and review and that's a must!