The Morning After
Chapter 10
It was late morning of the next day, and everyone in
our little group was gathered in the Kamiya dojo, called together by
Misao. Aoshi would take none of the blame for it because he was
against the idea. He is not exactly the kind of guy who goes around
telling what he feels is private to large groups. He just sat in the
corner, wondering to himself exactly how much it would cost to hire
a housekeeper.
When the whole group was gathered together, it
consisted of Kaoru, Kenshin, Aoshi, Misao, Yahiko, Tsubame, Tae,
Sano, Megumi, Dr. Genzai, Ayame, Suzume, Soujirou, and even Saitou
and Tokio. Misao got the last two on the list to come for some
strange reason of her own, which we will probably never know. Maybe
she felt he would quit calling her an annoying weasel girl if he
knew she was mature enough to become a married woman.
When everyone was settled, she stood in the middle of
the group with the smuggest look they had ever seen. Glaring at
Saitou and Sano in case they make any smart remarks, she began her
speech. "Thank you everybody for coming! The most wonderful thing in
the world happened yesterday and..." of course Sano interrupted.
"The most wonderful thing in the world happened? You've decided your
leaving and never coming back!"
WHAM! She regained her composer and tried again. "AS I
WAS SAYING! The most wonderful thing has happened and I wanted you
to all be the first to know that Aoshi-sama...I mean Aoshi..." She
started giggling and hopping around the room with a bright red face.
"Oh, I just can't say it! Its so embarrassing!"
Everyone looked at each other. The answer was pretty
obvious to all of them, but with Misao, it was dangerous to assume
anything, so they waited for her to confirm their suspicions. After
she kept this up a few minutes, they finally got fed up with waiting
and turned to Aoshi. "Well? What is she trying to say?" asked a very
annoyed Megumi.
"She is trying to announce my demise." Answered Aoshi
absentmindedly. Then out of nowhere, "Would any of you happen to
know what the average cost of a maid is these days?" Everyone fell
over except Saitou, who actually had a horrified expression on his
face! The cigarette fell out of his open mouth, and he began to
stutter. "You...you mean...someone actually...no way, no one is sick
enough..." The poor guy was distraught. He couldn't seem to grasp
the concept of anyone wanting to tie themselves to the weasel girl
for the rest of their lives, much less sleep with her and have
children with her. He was turning a little green.
All the while Misao had stopped bouncing around and
was glaring at the cop, who was staring into to space like someone
scarred for life by something they know or saw. And he really was!
^_^
"SHUT UP YOU JERK!" Misao screamed and then lunged at
him. Thankfully, Tokio had enough presence of mind to pull the
defenseless man out of her way, and not a moment too soon! If not,
he would have had a few kunai in place of some missing fingers!
Kaoru and Kenshin did their best to subdue Misao, but they weren't
doing very well. So they decided it was best if Saitou and Tokio
leave, which they promptly did, Tokio dragging Saitou behind her. It
was a sight no one in that little group would soon forget! Too bad
Sano missed it, but after all, he was still out cold.
*****
Later that day, everything was fairly normal around
the dojo except for one small thing. Kenshin and Kaoru were nowhere
to be seen, and Soujirou was looking everywhere for his teacher! He
wanted to learn how to prepare baths for people without boiling them
for dinner, but Kenshin was nowhere.
"How does he expect me to learn from him if he
disappears like that!" Muttered the smiling boy. With a happy look
on his face that said there was nothing wrong at all, he decides to
check Kaoru's room. It was the only place he hadn't looked yet.
Listening at the door he hears some (cough) certain things, and his
face lit up even more! So this was the next lesson Kenshin was going
to teach him! Well, he was up for it! But to be like Kenshin, that
would mean finding him a girlfriend. But who? Of all the girls
around, they were either taken or too young or too old. And he
needed one right now! Who else is there?
Walking away from the room with a look of
concentration on his face, he went over the list in his mind. There
was Tsubame, but she was much to young. Tae, but she was too old for
him. (I really don't know that for sure, just my guess and
reasoning, LOL) "Well," He finally murmured to himself. "Does it
really matter if they are taken or not? Misao is cute and very
perky. What would she want with a man like Aoshi-san anyway? And
anyway, she must be around here somewhere!"
Oh, this is going to be fun to watch! Our happy little
anti-hero went off in search of Misao, who he found once again
digging though the cabinets in the kitchen. Well, we all know what
she's after! I guess she was trying to pull Aoshi out of his
engagement-induced stupor. Entering the kitchen, he dodged flying
dishes and food, trying to get her attention.
She finally stopped digging when it was apparent they
just weren't there anymore. It seems someone hide them, or possibly
was off using the rice bowls themselves. I wonder...anyway!
"Aoshi-sama!" She wailed miserably. "Why aren't you paying me
attention anymore! So you don't know how to cook or clean or do
laundry! It's not like I can either! Isn't our love
enough?"
Soujirou stopped and listened in fascination. Did she
really love a man with no personality that much? If she liked him so
much, maybe Soujirou had a chance! He decided to give it a try. "If
he isn't paying any attention to you, then you should try finding
someone better. He is not worthy of you anyway. He can't cook like I
can and he NEVER smiles!"
Misao turned and stared at Soujirou in surprise. And
then, out of the blue, started wailing, beating the floor, and
yelling at the same time! Where she got those lungs, God only knows.
"What are you talking about! Maybe he doesn't smile, but you smile
too much! If we mixed the two of you together, maybe we would have a
normal human being!" She then stopped her ranting and smiled,
throwing even Soujirou for a loop. "But thank you for saying that
anyway! How sweet!" The girl has scary mood swings!
Humming happily at the compliment, she runs off to
find her dear Aoshi, leaving a slightly frightened Soujirou. Fear,
it was a new feeling for him! It was that kind that only a very
angry woman could strike deep into your heart. And then the mood
swing, that was scary in itself! His knees were even shaking! He
decided he should really ask Kenshin about it the next chance he
got.
*****
"Himura-san, may I speak with you?" It was the next
morning, and Soujirou finally had his chance. They were cooking
breakfast and Soujirou was putting beady, evil little eyes on the
rice animals. It was great fun!
Kenshin was distracted, but still managed to hold a
conversation. "What about de gozaru?" He was busy replacing
Soujirou's work with slightly less menacing looks. He didn't want
anyone scared of their food. He felt bad enough yesterday seeing the
food scared of the cook. Soujirou asked his question. "When you know
a girl and she causes your knees to shake and your heart to beat
fast, what does it mean?"
Kenshin stopped to contemplate. "Well, when sessha is
around Kaoru, it can mean one of two things. Either you love her
very much and just looking at her makes you go weak, or else you are
shaking in fear. Most of the time though it is a mix of both de
gozaru ca." He planted little leaf ears.
"Ahhh, I see! So fear and love are a lot like each
other!" Soujirou exclaimed. Kenshin shook his head. "Iiya. It's just
when you love someone, you let them have the power to hurt you.
Mostly because you can't fight back de gozaru na." Soujirou laughed.
You know the way his mind works. Well, maybe you don't, so I'll
explain. Now he thinks if Misao hits him, she loves him and he loves
her because, and I quote from thoughts running through is mind "She
has the power to hurt him." -_-;
After lunch, Soujirou decided it was time to test the
lesson Kenshin taught him. Walking outside where Misao and Kaoru
were talking, he walked up behind her and...pinched her butt! Brave
man! With a scream of rage, Misao twisted around and hit him with
every ounce of strength she possessed, and Soujirou just rubbed the
sore spot on his face and...laughed? She couldn't believe it!
Standing and watching him with her mouth open, she became even more
shocked when he spoke. "Misao-chan, you do really love me! I love
you too! This means your wedding to Aoshi-san is off,
correct?"
No one said a word and the quiet was almost deafening.
What is Misao gonna do? Did her darling Aoshi overhear what was
said? And is the author ever going to quit with these horrible
cliffhangers? Stay tuned to find out!
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