Pretty bad sake Chp 2 "What makes you think that I want to marry you??" Kaoru yelled angrily "Why not, Kaoru? I really love you." Kenshin asked. "I can’t marry you! I’m in love with Sano!" "Oro!" JUST KIDDING! I’m a big K+K fan. Do you think I would do something like this? Sorry for all you Sano+Kaoru fans, but I just can’t picture them together! Disclaimer: You I’ll have to torture me to make me say it! My mom walks in: "Renata, darling, if you don’t write it, no Playstation 2 for you this Christmas!" Me: "OK! I DO NOT OWN IT! I SWEAR! Now can I have a PS2?" Mom: "Actually, no. We are saving that money for possible law sues. Hey! Don’t give me that look, little missy! You chose to write this thing, now bear with the consequences." Me: "Damn!" Mom: "What did you say, Renata?" Me: " I don’t own Rurouni Kenshin, nor Playstation 2. Very lucky people own them. All I own is a very old PSX." ================= "..." Dialogs ‘...’ Thoughts *** change of scene ================= The day before... Kenshin was doing laundry, his favorite pastime of all. The fun about washing clothes was that he could do all the thinking he wanted. Keeping his hands busy was the best way of loosing himself in thoughts without being asked too many questions. That day, he had a particularly nice thought: Kaoru-dono. Not that he didn’t think about her usually. She was a very frequent subject on his mind. It was just that last night he had a dream involving the two things he loved the most: his Kaoru and laundry. He dreamt he was washing Kaoru’s practice gi. It would be a very nice dream itself, to be able to get her gi at such a shade of white. Kaoru came from behind and blew on his ear. It was enough to send shivers all over his body. ‘Kaoru-dono?’ He asked on his dream. ‘Be quiet’ she had said, nibbling his ear. "OI! KENSHIN!" Sano yelled. "You’re drooling!" "Oro?" "Daydreaming of Jou-chan?" Sano laughed. "Just thinking... About laundry." Kenshin smiled. "Yeah, you sure are a freak. Anyway... Isn’t it too cold to be doing laundry?" "Well, the clothes are not going to wash themselves." It was a bit cold, but Kenshin actually didn’t care about it as long as he could watch Kaoru practicing with Yahiko, or Kaoru chasing Yahiko around, like they had been doing for the past five minutes. "Whatever. I was thinking about having a party." "Uh? Party? Why?" "I got some money. I just thought of doing something nice with my friends." "Gambling?" Kenshin knew he didn’t need to wait for an answer. There was no way Sano would ever work for money. There were only two ways for him to get money: gambling or being paid to fight someone. "Aren’t you going to pay all the loans you got?" "That can wait! Friends always come first, Kenshin! You should know that!" Sano got carried away. "I thought you only borrowed money from friends..." Kenshin let out a sigh. "Can I ask you a favor? Can you ask Jou-chan if we can have the party here?" "I’m afraid Kaoru-dono might not be very fond of the idea." "That’s why you should ask her! There’s no way she can deny it!" ‘What is that suppose to mean?’ Kenshin thought, glancing at Kaoru, who had just hit Yahiko on the head with a shinai. She just looked so adorable beating the crap out of Yahiko. "Oi? Kenshin? You are drooling again, man." Kenshin glared at Sano. It was really getting annoying. He wasn’t drooling, was he? He was almost sure he wasn’t. "Will you talk to Jou-chan?" "Hai." "Thanks. I owe you." "Like you’ll ever pay your debts." Kenshin mumbled. "Busu! Stop staring at Kenshin! Concentrate here." "I’m not staring!" Kaoru quickly answered. Of course, Yahiko was right. She was watching Kenshin doing laundry. He had such a peaceful and pleased look on his face. "Yeah, right! Like Kenshin will ever want you, anyway. There are so many beautiful women in Japan, why would Kenshin pay attention to a Tanuki?" "What did you say?" Kaoru yelled. "Raccoon!" And Kaoru started chasing Yahiko with a shinai. The filthy brat was fast, but Kaoru was used to the chases. It took almost five minutes, but she was able to hit him on the top of the head. "Hey! Jou-chan!" Sanosuke called her. "Come here! Kenshin has something to ask you!" ‘Kenshin? Ask me something? Is he going to ask me on a date?’ Kaoru thought as she was walking towards them. She had heard some women saying something about blinking made women look seductive to men. She thought she would try that. "What is it, Kenshin?" She asked, blinking and trying to look sexy. Kenshin looked at her. It seemed to be working. "Do you have something on your eye, Kaoru-dono?" "WHAT?" ‘Mou! Am I really THAT unattractive?’ Kaoru thought. "Come on, Kenshin. We don’t have all day!" Sano got impatient. Kenshin took a deep breath. Kaoru leaned forward to hear what Kenshin was going to ask. "Ano... Sano thought..." Kenshin was interrupted by Sano’s kick on his leg. Kenshin shot him his best hitokiri glare, before continuing. "I thought we could have a party here, for our close friends." "Oh! I bet it’s Sano’s idea." Kaoru was trying to hide her disappointment. "Did he ask for your money, or he will ask mine?" "Jou-chan! I have money of my own!" Sano began. "Good, because you couldn’t ask for her money. Busu doesn’t have any." Yahiko said. "What did you call me? Yahiko-CHAN!" "Don’t call me chan!" Yahiko stuck his tongue out at Kaoru. "Why you!" And Kaoru started chasing Yahiko again. "I will be going, Kenshin. I’ll drop by later to leave a few things for tomorrow." Sano said, turning to leave. "Kaoru didn’t say you could have your party here!" "She didn’t say I couldn’t." And that was the beginning of it. *** Kaoru was standing at the dojo’s porch. It had started snowing. She just stood there, watching the snow fill the ground. "Kaoru-dono?" "It looks like a blizzard is coming." She said, after a moment. "Where is Yahiko?" Kenshin asked, standing next to her. "He went to the Akabeko. Tae asked for his help." ‘Alone with Kaoru... And a blizzard coming. Why do I smell trouble?’ Kenshin thought, looking at the falling snow. "We should go in, Kaoru-dono. It’s too cold." *** "I’m too bored, Kenshin." Kaoru sat in the kitchen. "Should I make some tea?" Kenshin volunteered. "What is that?" She asked pointing at the sake. "Sano left those here before. I believe it’s for tomorrow’s party." "Oh! Did I agree with that?" "You left before answering. Sano presumed you had agreed." Kaoru got up and picked up a bottle. "I guess it won’t hurt if we taste it." Kaoru said, opening the bottle. *** Half an hour later "Come on, Kenshin. You can drink faster than that!" *** One hour later "I think we may be drinking a little too much, Kaoru-dono..." "Nonsense." "Sessha feels a bit lightheaded. What if Yahiko walks in?" "Tae wouldn’t allow him to come home in such a blizzard." *** Two hours later. Kenshin was trying to cut onions to make dinner, but he wasn’t getting much luck. "Kenshiin?" "Huh?" "Dwont you think it’s not gwoing to work?" "Huh? Oh! You are right, Kaoru-dono..." With that, Kenshin turned the sakabattou around and kept trying to cut the onions... "Use the knife!" "Oh!" Kenshin put the sword down and started trying to cut the onions with the dull edge of the knife. "I guess *hiccup* we are not going to eat soon..." *** Two and a half hours later. "Fight you coward!" Kaoru was wielding the Sakabattou like it was just a toy. "You give me no choice!" Kenshin attacked, broom in hand, but missed the target terribly, falling on the ground miserably. "I had no idea *hiccup* you were this fast, Kaoru! Both of you!" *** Three hours later. "I said: ‘why do you help Tae and don’t like to help around the house?’ And the little brat said: ‘Tae-san pays for my help.’ And I said: ‘What about all those meals?’ *hiccup* And the little brat, now listen carefully, he called me busu!" Kaoru started sobbing. "All he does is call me names! Am I really that ugly?" "Oro... You’re not ugly, Kaoru. *hiccup* You are the most beautiful *hiccup* woman in the world. All three of you." "Do you really mean it?" Kaoru stopped crying. "Hai." Kenshin said, pulling Kaoru into an embrace and kissing her softly, hoping that he had picked the right one. "Sessha is sorry, Kaoru-dono. I shouldn’t have kissed you!" "URGH! I just hate it when you call me ‘dono’! And why do you call yourself ‘sessha’? Why can’t you talk like normal people?" Kaoru grabbed him by his collar and started kissing him passionately. ‘If this is a dream, I don’t want to wake up.’ Kenshin thought. ========== Hello, minna! Thank you all for the reviews. I didn't expect it. I wrote the beginning of the story because it was nervous with the presentation of my essay and I couldn't sleep, then it was very nice to see that the people liked the story (since my essay frustrated me!). By the way, I believe this is my last attempt of a funny chapter, ‘cause the others will have to be more serious. Just answering some reviews: Draconical Priest: I don't write lemons! (but it would sure be a nice way to make amends!) Suzann: Maybe somebody should write a story about Sano going to his first AA meeting! Bao Blossom: I'll try to hold down on the sessha thing (I only wrote so many because I hate when he says 'sessha!' I think it's annoying.) Mordain: Thanks for the compliment. You should see me writing in Portuguese (I really kick ass!). Kathie: É bom mesmo você pegar no meu pé, porque eu tenho mania de começar as coisas e não terminar. Apesar de que este fic vai ser curtinho. ^x^