Kendo Club
Ch 7
Hello everyone! How you doin? Lalalala, sry but Im a little hyper this morning. Wait, is it morning? (peeks out window)Yep, its morning. (singing) Good, morning, good morning, its great to stay up late... Wow, that was random. Sry. Anyway, please enjoy, and don't forget to review. Please?
Sano rang the doorbell at the house Kenshin had directed him to, and beside him Misao shifted impatiently to foot-to-foot.
"What's taking them so lo-ong!" Misao whined, eyeing the door. Sano noticed her impatience and teasingly patted her on the head. "Don't worry Misao, they wouldn't just leave us standing out here."
Just as Misao was readying herself to punch Sano's guts out, the door opened and their mouths dropped to see Hiko standing in the doorway wearing sweatpants and a sweatshirt.
When Hiko realized just who their guests were, he groaned and shook his head. "Of course they invite you two." He opened the door further and waved them in. When neither of them moved, Hiko glared. "Well are you two going to stand there like idiots or are you coming in?" He snapped impatiently.
"Oh, right." Sano said recovering then followed Misao inside. Hiko locked the door behind them and disappeared into another room.
"Hey Sano!" Someone yelled to him as he and Misao awkwardly stood alone in the living room.
Sano looked up to have something hot, soft and rubbery hit his face. He slowly peeled it off, hearing multiple people laughing at him, just to have some blobs of whatever it was stick to his face. Looking down, Sano found himself holding a hot, fluffy pancake.
"Oops, perhaps I undercooked that one." Kenshin said from the kitchen doorway, holding a plate with steaming pancakes piled on it in one hand and a spatula in the other.
"KENSHIN!" Sano yelled angrily, charging the redhead. He raised his arm to punch Kenshin in the face, but the redhead had already moved and was standing by the table.
"Don't you want some pancakes?" Kenshin asked innocently, pointing at the plate of pancakes which he had set on the table. He had to dodge again when Sano tried to punch him a second time.
Sano stopped right in front of the table, his arm extended, when he realized Kenshin wasn't there anymore. He slowly turned around to find the redhead leaning against the couch, eating a pancake he had on his fork. "Kenshin, what the,"
"Okay then," Kenshin shrugged, calmly eating the pancake, "but they'll get cold."
Kaoru stepped up to Sano, waving her hands. "Don't hurt him Sano. Kenshin didn't throw the pancake, I did."
Sano stopped confused, staring down at Kaoru then over at Kenshin who waved cheekily. He sighed and scratched his head. "Whatever. Misao, who-"
Misao looked up from her seat at the table, currently devouring a pancake drenched with syrup. "Huh?"
Before anyone could react, a timer started dinging in the kitchen. "Oh dear." Kenshin commented and in a blur he had stood, grabbed the spatula and plate of pancakes (from which Misao was taking another) and was standing in front of the stove, flipping the currently cooking pancakes.
"O-kay," Sano commented, eyes wide. Misao was also gaping while whining about her second pancake.
Kaoru smirked at them. "You can sit down now; the pancakes will be ready in a few minutes," she instructed, pointing at the chairs. They all sat down around the table and began talking, eagerly awaiting their food.
Suddenly Hiko came back in, wearing the same get-up as before. "Hey baka!" He yelled into the kitchen.
"Yes Hiko?" Kenshin asked smiling, but his eyes showed his annoyance. "How soon?" The tall man asked, pointing at the stove.
Kenshin rolled his eyes. "You'll get your food when everyone else does Uncle." He turned back to the stove, ignoring the other man.
"Is this what I get for housing and feeding you for so many years?" Hiko demanded, mock-angrily, narrowing his eyes.
"If you can call that food." Kenshin sighed, "Go sit down Hiko," he said quietly, flipping more pancakes onto the plate. Hiko did so, grumbling angrily as he sat down at the head of the table.
Misao turned to Hiko and said sympathetically, "You didn't get one either Hiko-sensei?"
Hiko turned to her. "No I didn't. Wonderful repayment for the person who's been feeding, clothing and housing him all these years."
"You mean you and Kenshin live here together?" Sano asked surprised.
"Of course, did you think I was just visiting or something?" Hiko asked incredulously, then muttered under his breath, "Stupid boy."
"You grumble too much Uncle." Kenshin scolded as he set the plate of pancakes by Sano and sat down next to Kaoru. "Ready to dig in?" He asked expectantly.
"Yep!" Kaoru and Misao cheered happily as they took two pancakes each and began eating. Hiko quickly also took one and ate it.
"Uncle?" Sano asked. "You two are related?" He pointed his fork at Kenshin and Hiko.
"Unfortunately, yes." Kenshin answered, buttering his own pancakes.
Kaoru looked over at Kenshin and noticed that he looked slightly uncomfortable. Curious she asked, "Just how long have you been living with Hiko, Kenshin?"
He paused eating, his fork halfway to his mouth and glanced up at Kaoru, then Hiko and down at his plate. "Ten, eleven years." Kenshin said, and then silently began eating again.
Hiko nodded, "Something like that." Then in a barely visible motion he reached across the table to snatch one of his nephew's pancakes, but Kenshin intercepted his fork, locking the prongs together. Hiko glared at him then unlocked his fork and put it down on his own plate. "I don't know how I've managed to stay with this baka for that long." He smirked, and noticed Kenshin's eyes flickering dangerously between violet and amber.
"I'm not the only one." Kenshin shot back, taking a vicious bite of his pancake.
"Of course not, these three fit into the category as well." Hiko added, gesturing with his fork. "Just be glad I took you in boy, who knows where you'd be without me?" Hiko paused thoughtfully, glancing over at Kenshin whose eyes told of a few things he wanted to do to his uncle now. They seemed to include ryutsuisen-ing him through the floor then ryushosen-ing him into the sky. Despite the silent threat Hiko continued. "Although truthfully it was as a favor to your parents, they would have wanted me to take care of you."
Kenshin snapped. He harshly pushed his chair back from the table and stood up. "And a wonderful job you've done so far," the redhead whispered, his eyes pure amber,
Then without another word, he walked around the table, across the room to the hallway and slammed an unseen door.
Hiko sighed and stood. "Excuse me, and the baka." He followed Kenshin's path and disappeared down the dark hallway.
"What was that about?" Misao asked, taking her third pancake and drenching it in syrup.
"It must be something with his parents." Sano commented, chugging down his orange juice.
"That's right." Kaoru said, remembering. "Kenshins aunt and little cousin, he's sooo cute, were over earlier and I remember his aunt saying something about how his life was 'doomed' after his parents died."
"So his parents are dead and now he's living with Hiko who's his uncle?" Sano summarized skeptically.
Kaoru shrugged. "Guess so."
They sat around the table, quietly finishing their breakfast, until a loud, booming voice became audible to them.
"-I didn't do anything boy, you should be grateful to me for everything I've done for you." Well, that was easily recognizable as Hiko's.
"I am, but you have no right to disrespect my parents." Hissed a cold, murderous voice. Sano, Kaoru and Misao stared at each other. Was that Kenshin?
"You baka! I wasn't disrespecting your parents. Your mother was my sister, I would never disrespect my blood."
"Yet you disrespect me." The voice said coldly, almost threateningly.
"Yes, well you're a different story." Hiko muttered.
"Is that so? If my mother was still alive would you still treat me the way you do now?" Kaoru shivered, Kenshin's voice now could freeze water.
"Your mother has nothing to do with this Kenshin." Hiko said, his voice becoming an angry whisper as well.
"Nothing? Nothing?" Kenshins voice rose several octaves, still icily cold. "She has everything to do with this. Do you think the two of us were spared just so you could treat me like this?"
They could hear Hiko sigh noisily. "That wasn't what I mean Kenshin, don't twist my words. I have nothing against your mother and who knows what would have happened if she had survived."
There was an awkward silence before Kenshin announced coldly. "No more, I'm leaving."
"I'm the one who raised you!" Hiko shouted desperately.
"And look what I've become because of you." Kenshin hissed angrily. Then, there was silence.
A few minutes later Sano hissed, "What on earth?" But Kaoru held up her hand to stop him as Hiko walked back into the room, grumbling. He walked over to the table and sat down in his previously vacated chair, continuing to grumble. The teens exchanged looks as they heard the select few words of 'baka,' 'stupid' and 'nephew.'
"Where did Kenshin go?" Sano asked, trying to sound uninterested and failing miserably. Kaoru glared at him, but she was curious as well.
Hiko looked up at them scowling. "The baka went out the window and disappeared into the trees." He went on, muttering. "I never should have put a window in his room. It's too easy an escape route."
Kaoru abruptly stood at this, her chair protesting as it rubbed against the carpet. "I have to find him," she announced and began heading towards the door.
Sano and Misao looked surprised. They hadn't known she cared for Kenshin so much. Hiko scowled at her. "If he doesn't want to be found, you won't be able to." He called.
Kaoru paused in the doorway, her hand poised on the doorknob. "I don't care!" She shouted back and slammed the door behind her.
Fluffy fluffity fluff! (runs and jumps into fluff)Actually there wasnt a lot of fluff. Never mind. But wasnt Kenshin scary? Brrrr!
Oh, just FYI, I leave for Japan in FOUR DAYS and Ill be there for TEN DAYS! So there might or not be a update between now and then. It depends on how productive my typist me and my beta-reader Yanikei can be before then. But just don't hold your breath.
To my reviewers:
I'm not sure if I already responded to your reviews or not, so I'm going to anyway, just in case. But from now on I'll just respond by e-mail and list the names. That makes it easier on everyone.
Trisa: Ah, I see. Thats what I thought... thanks for all the compliments. Well, thanks anyways for reviewing. And yeah, that is a little hard to imagine. ;p
stranded: Yeah, I do. But this is an AU fic so I made Kenshin 17 so he would go to high school.
Trisa: Im sorry but I'm confused. Time warping? Thanks. Oh, and thank you for correcting me, I wasn't sure and its good to know what its supposed to be now.
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Gypsy: Thank you, yeah, I love buttermilk pancakes too! Yummy yum. Yep, a little family... and I know.. soooo cute! Yep, dont worry, I'm working on the K/K there'll be more next chapter. Promise. Thanks again.
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