Hi guys! Here's chappie number four! Hope you guys enjoy and please review!
Chapter four:
Everyone was shocked to hear this, but not as shocked as Sanosuke was, who was the first one to react.
Sanosuke( shouting) : " To..WHAT! have I heard that right?"
Kenshin: " I'm afraid you have Sanosuke, I'm afraid you have."
Sanosuke: " No offense or anything. I respect people who have just passed away. But how can your father expect you to marry a fox-lady like her!"
Satoshi, who didn't seem to know why he called Megumi a fox, didn'T expect such reaction from someone. He would have expected it from Miss Megumi instead, but not from him….unless..
Satoshi( thinking) : " Of course! Stupid Satoshi, you should have asked her first! No wonder this rooster-guy reacted like this! ( saying)..I'm so sorry, (bowing his head) that was so rude of me, I didn't realize that you were Miss Megumi's boyfriend.!"
Kenshin and Sanosuke fall down to the floor and Yahiko begins to laugh.
Megumi ( shouting) : My what! Oh no no no! He's not my boyfriend, he'll never be! I'd rather eat worms than to have him as my…heugh..the mere thought of it makes me shiver!
Sanosuke, who just stood up reacted to this comment.
Sanosuke: " Oh yeah, well I'd rather eat Jo-chan's cooking and poison myself rather than to have you as my…GIRLFRIEND.." ( Punch! Kaoru punches him )
Kaoru (fiery eyes): " Don't start with me!"
KEnshin: " oro..oro…"
While everyone seemed to be in a sudden chaotic mood, Yahiko was the one who put everything back in peace.
Yahiko( whistling): " Guys! Geez, aren't you ashamed of yourselves? ( faces Satoshi) I'm so sorry for my friends' behavior. (faces Kenshin and the rest)
Tsk tsk tsk, when will you guys ever mature?"
Megumi: " Anyways, I don't really have to marry him…"
Sanosuke( I knew it look) : " HA!"
Megumi: " I don't really have to marry him..yet.."
Sanosuke(surprised look) : " YET? What do you mean yet? Either you decide to marry someone or not!" Just then, Megumi grabs his ear "Ou..OU..OUUCHH that hurts!"
Megumi: " Don't shout at me! ( lets go of Sanosuke's ear) Anyways, it says here… Mister Matsuura is saying, that I should go to their province and spend some time there for 3 weeks. During that time, I may have the chance to get to know Satoshi better. And then, it's when I decide whether I should marry him or not. It says here, if I say yes, it would really please him, if I say no, it would be okay, for it means that we were not meant to be together…
Satoshi: " That's right Miss Megumi. Like I said before, I would never do anything to dishonor my father, and there's really nothing to lose if we tried it. It's just 3 weeks. What do you say?"
Before Megumi could speak, Sanosuke put his hand onto her mouth.
Sanosuke: " I'm sure she was thrilled to that proposal.Since nobody ever really though of her that way, but if you look at the odds, you..and..HER….you and her..are really not meant to be..so ..I'm sure your father would understand..I'm sure there are lots of other wo.. ( Megumi bites his hand) …MAN! AHHhH! What you do that for?"
Megumi( ready fist, looking at Sanosuke): " Since when did you start making decisions for me Rooster-head? I can take care of myself, thank you very much!"
Sanosuke ( shouting) : " Yeah right, like the time YOU were able to TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF…LAST NIGHT!"
Megumi( fist still ready): " That's a complete different story! Y…!" Yahiko knew at that particular moment that a fight was a bout to errupt, so what he did was whistle again.
Yahiko: " Guys, settle up already! Calm down!"
Kaoru (whispering to KEnshin): " geez, he really seems mature today…Looks like Tsubame really IS a good influence on him!"
Megumi: " You're right Yahiko, I won't let my skin be STAINED from a rooster!"
Sanosuke: ( ready to shout): " A what!"
Kenshin stood between them. Every time Megumi and Sanosuke had quarrels like this, it was best not to interfere, but this case was absolutely different.
KEnshin: " Now, now Sano..Let us let Miss Megumi decide."
Megumi: " Thank you Ken-san! Anyways, I wouldn't really want to dishonor you father's wishes either.."
Sanosuke( interrupting): " Oh, so now what! You're really going off with some guy who you've met for about about an hour, aren't you?"
Megumi, who realized that Sanosuke had a point, remained silent. It was true, even if she knew Satoshi's father, she didn't actually know anything about his son at all. It wouldn't be right if she just went off with him for 3 weeks. What if something happens? It would always be best to be cautious about everything, since she has just met this young man today. Satoshi, seeing Megumi's face, began to speak again.
Satoshi: " You are right Sanosuke, that's why I'm not only inviting Miss Megumi to join me to my hometown, Ezo ..Perhaps..all of you could..join us?" ( by the way, Ezo was the former name of Hokkaido )
After hearing this, everyone felt at ease, everyone except for Sanosuke of course.
Satoshi: " So, what do you guys say?"
Sanosuke: " The idea seems to be thrilling but..thanks but no thanks.. We'll have to say no about that…"
Kaoru ( excited face) : " Kenshin, what do you say Kenshin! Will we join them to Ezo? I heard it's a really great place! "
Yahiko: " Yeah, I've heard that too! So are we guys going or what?"
Megumi: " I would really appreciate it if you guys could join us."
Kenshin: " I guess it would be alright to have a break from Tokyo. If everyone is okay about it, I do not mind either."
Megumi( smiling): " It's settled then! It's ok Satoshi-kun, I do accept to spend 3 weeks in Ezo…oh..wait..There's another problem.."
Satoshi ( confused): " What is it Miss Megumi?"
Megumi: " I should ask Dr. Gensai first.."
Sanosuke (thinking and evil grin) : " Yeah, Dr GEnsai..I bet he can't handle the clinic all by himself…hahahaha!
Satoshi: " Oh, don't worry about anything Miss Megumi, I've already asked Dr Gensai about that. He has agreed. ( Sanosuke falls) HE says you need to take some time off. He also mentioned about something like, he being out of town for a month last year, so it would be just fair if you had a little bit of time off too." Satoshi smiled.
Megumi: " It's ok then! Everyone agrees to go!... well almost everyone (looking at Sanosuke)..But we don't really need ( foxy ears, evil grin) roosters crowing along the way.
Sanosuke ( defensive look) : " HEY! Who said anything about not going?"
Yahiko and Kaoru ( together) : " You did!"
Sanosuke ( defensive look) : " Well ( rubbing of his jacket), that's because, I was almost sure..umm KEnshin..here..(patting him on his shoulder)"
Kenshin( surprised look): " Oro!"
Sanosuke: " would say no, so..ummm..i said no..You know.. umm..to..to.."
Yahiko and Kaoru ( together): " To?"
Sanosuke ( pensive): " To ..um…umm..to…TO STOP THE FIGHTING THAT WAS GOING ON! Yeah..that's it.."
Yahiko ( whispers) : " yeah right.." Sanosuke punches him and Yahiko falls down.
Megumi: " Ok, so everything is set then. Everyone will be going.!"
Satoshi ( smiling) : " The boat will be leaving tomorrow. Since Ezo is a bit far from Tokyo, the trip will take about two days till we get there. Anyways, I don't really want to take much of your time."
Sanosuke (muttering): "You already have.."
Satoshi: " But since it's my first time here in Tokyo, I was wondering. Umm ..Miss Megumi, if you.. would care to show me around? That is, if it's not much of a trouble of course"
Megumi( thinking): " This man seems honest, I do not think anything bad will happen to me if I do show him around, right? Besides, (blushing) he's cute!
( giggles).
Sanosuke: " What are you laughing about?"
Megumi: " Alright Satoshi-kun. It would be alright if I do show you Tokyo around. It would be an honor."
Satoshi ( relieved) : " Alright, I'll just be leaving my luggage in my cousin's place first, if that's alright with you. She hasn't seen me for a long time, so It would be best if I went to visit her first, would that be alright with you? I'm sure she'll be pleased to meet you! Afterwards, we can tour the city by walking.
Megumi nodded. She really had nothing against he had said. Besides, it wouldn't really hurt for her to stop from working once in a while.
Satoshi: " So, should we go then?"
Megumi: "Yeah, ok.. Kaoru, I'll be leaving the kids here for a while. I'll come back to and pick them up at dinner time."
Kaoru: " That's ok Megumi, you have fun!"
Megumi waved goodbye while Satoshi thanked for their hospitality again. Everybody accompanied both till the carriage.
Satoshi: " After you please.." Holding Megumi's hand to help her enter.
Megumi: " Wow, thank you. It would be wonderful if some rooster-head learned some manners from you."
Sanosuke (muttering) : " Suck up!"
As Satoshi and Megumi were inside, Megumi waved once again, and both finally left. The moment the carriage was out of sight, Sanosuke started protesting.
Sanosuke: " KEnshiN! We should be really following them you know. I smell something fishy about that guy!
Yahiko: " You were probably smelling yourself!"
KEnshin: " I do not think there's something wrong if Miss Megumi goes out with him. He seems really honest and noble, that he is.There is really nothing to worry about, that there isn't."
Kaoru: " I agree with you too Kenshin. Now,(tugging Kenshin along) let's get back to the dojo, I'll start packing! ( going back with him ) What do you think, should I bring my pink kimono or the blue one?"
The moment Kaoru and Kenshin were out of sight, Yahiko decided to enter the dojo as well, however, Sanosuke grabbed his shirt from the back.
Sanosuke: " I'll pay you 30 yen if you follow them…"
Yahiko: " wh..what? 30 yen? Why would I do that for?.(thinking) now that I think of it, it would be a great chance to use that money to buy Tsubame a present,...hmm.. ( evil grin) make it 50..
Sanosuke( annoyed look): 35
Yahiko( pensive look) : 45 or nothing.
Sanosuke: alright. I'll give you 45..here (hands over the money, kicks Yahiko) now go! Fast, before they're too far for you to catch up!
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hmmm…I wonder what will happen? ;) anyways,please review and maybe it will take me a while to upload chapter 5…sorry…well, reason: obviously,you guys already know! hope you guys enjoyed it!