Uh... 3.

Okay, so today while Tsubame and I were in the alley, talking about how to start and end these things, we heard this huge crash and a ton of people run towards the front of Akabeko. We were pretty curious, so we both jumped up from our crates and ran to the front of the huge mob of people. (Of course, I was in front of Tsubame because 1- I'm faster, and 2- this way I can protect her.. uh... depending on what was going on, I mean...)

When I looked inside the doorway, this guy was like... FLYING to the wall! Well, that's how it seemed.. Really, he had just been thrown across the room by some guy standing in the middle of the place. The dude that hit the wall was all sweaty, his face was covered in blood, and his clothes were sloppily put on. Same with the three guys surrounding the person who threw the (now passed out) guy against the wall. All four of them had a sword on their waist, but had at least 10 giant empty sake bottles on the floor surrounding them... Plus, they were all swaying on their feet and mumbling barely understandable curses. So, basically, it was obvious they were drunk, and had picked a fight with the wrong guy.

Tsubame tapped me on the shoulder, and asked me what was going on; I didn't want her to get scared or worry, so I just told her to wait out there, and I ran in... heh.. I admit I had no idea what I was going to do in there, but I had my shinai in hand, and I wouldn't be able to call myself the son of a samurai if I had backed out then.

All the sudden, I heard Sanosuke talking about how they should stop getting drunk and just pay their tab already. aaand that's when I realized he was the one being surrounded by those drunks, and the one who threw that guy to the wall... =_=" I should've known...

When Sano saw me, he did something odd... He smiled, and winked at me... "_ Right after he did that, he kicked a guy in the chest that sent him straight towards me! Luckily, I moved outta the way just in time to hit him in the back of the head with my shinai, which knocked him out cold.

WHAT WAS HIS PROBLEM? At least give me some warning! But I didn't have time to yell at him, because a second guy heard his friend hit the floor, turned around, saw me, and began to charge at me... Hah... He was too stupid to pull out his sword, and too drunk to throw a good punch, so he just swung his fists at me randomly, and I just kept taking a step back as he stepped forward to punch... Eventually, I stepped backwards over the dude I had just hit in the head, and the idiot tripped right over him, fell to the ground, broke his nose, and passed out when he hit a sake bottle! HAHAHAH! It was hilarious! xD Sano had finished off the last guy already, and he must've seen my "fight", cuz he was laughing just as hard as I was... ^_^'

We emptied out their money pouches, carried them all out into the street, and handed them over to the police who had just gotten there. (They were late to the scene, as usual.) We gave all the money to Tae (to pay for their tab and the damages to Akabeko), and the crowd was gone just like that. Sano, Tae and a few other people went to clean up inside, while I got questioned by the police a bit.. =_="

After I was done, Tsubame ran over to me, looking super worried. Heh.. she always looks so cute when she worries like that; her eyes get all wide, and she holds her fist really tight against her chest.. :) … uh.. anyways, she asked me if I was okay, and I told her that I was fine, and happy that something out of the ordinary finally happened! :D So, she relaxed, and we both went inside to help clean up..

That night, I was sitting outside, looking up at the stars. I was partially trying to avoid Kaoru, and partially avoiding this journal, because I didn't want to write anything yet; but it was mostly because I was thinking..about Sanosuke. I mean, not many guys would take on four men like that, and win without breaking a sweat! Well, those four guys were the exception because ,even for drunks, they were really stupid.. But in general, he and Kenshin are the only two people I know who can do that regularly...

All I could think was 'Maybe I don't give Sano enough credit... he is pretty damn strong, and I'm just a kid.. Even if I hadn't walked in to help him earlier today, he would've done just fine...'

Then, almost like magic, he was right in front of me. o.O He sat down a few feet away from me, and did the craziest thing in the history of Sanosuke Sagara.

He said "I didn't need your help today, shrimp." (erm.. that's not the odd part...) "But... you did make it easier... and took care of the questioning from the police for me... heh.. you even made the fight more fun; though, it wasn't much of one with those drunk idiots... uh..." then he did a really fake cough for some reason, and said "Well uh... Thanks for the help, Yahiko...your training is... paying off... heh... See you, uh, later.." Then he got up, and walked away...

That was the last thing I expected him to say! Well, no.. the last thing I expected him to say was that he was pregnant or getting married to Tae or something... O.o' But, I definitely didn't expect him to say what he did... and it did make me feel pretty good about the fight.. :) After he left, I did a two hour, late-night practice... and then sat down to write all of this.

hmm.. maybe... Sanosuke isn't just some idiotic, spiky haired, jerk after all... ^_^"

A/N

Tender Sanosuke/Yahiko momeeennt! 3

heh... i've been wanting to write one of those for a really long time.. even before I started writing fanfic, just because its so rare to see Sano's gentler side! xD

um.. yeah... sorry I'm no good at fight scenes... o.o"

heh... hope you enjoyed! :D criticism, critique and over-all review-age is super duper appreciated! ^_^ THANKYA!

-iizdinoninja (I iz dino ninja) ^_^