Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Blood and Amber ❯ Chief ( Chapter 10 )
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Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 07.24.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.2K | Visits: 694 | Status: Completed
Grr..... only ONE PERSON reviewed!
Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 07.24.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.2K | Visits: 694 | Status: Completed
No one guessed! Wahhhh!(Answer will be revealed sometime soon....... can't believe no one got it... reread the story, it may help!)
"Hey Kenshin!" Sano called in greeting. It was the next morning.
'I hope the fox's plan works.' he thought grimly. 'How the hell am I supposed to bring up a murder? We never even talk anymore- and murder isn't something you usually talk about over breakfast......'
Sano slumped down to his usual seat, resting his chin in his palm. It would be a while before breakfast yet- he had time to think.
"Good morning, Sano." Yahiko grumbled, taking his usual seat. "They're still not talking."
"Don't expect miracles, Yahiko-chan." Sano said. The response was instantaneous, expected, and well-practiced.
"Don't call me -CHAN!" Yahiko said angrily. Sano sighed. Yup, he was still normal.
Kenshin walked quietly out of the kitchen, carrying the food trays. He placed them on the table and sat down, grabbing his own food. Soon after he sat down, Kaoru came out of her room.
They ate in silence. The silence had a thicker air to it, a foreboding tone that warned anyone away from speaking.
'Damnit- I'm supposed to break this and talk about murder?' Sano thought, swallowing some of his tea. He ate the last of his rice, wondering how he'd find an excuse to stay there a bit longer.......
Yahiko set his cup down and grabbed his plate. Kenshin did the same, but stopped Yahiko from moving.
"I can get that." Kenshin picked the plates up and went to the wash basein.
'I could have told you that is what he'd do. Then he'll grab Jo-chan's plate, then mine, and then he'll go out to do laundry....' Sano sighed and shoved his plate away from himself. He needed an excuse to stay longer. He didn't normally hang around after meals...
"Sanosuke...." Kaoru said, as though what she was asking was pointless, like she already knew his answer. "Will you stay and help clean up the dojo? It will go a lot quicker..."
'The things I do when I'm curious...' Sano forced a smile.
"Of course I will, Jo-chan." he said, barely managing to keep his legs from pushing up and heading out the door.
"You can't? Too bad.-" Kaoru looked at him with awe written on her face. "Huh?"
"I just said I'll help. Don't look so shocked- Kenshin doesn't like it when you look shocked, especially with me." Kaoru blushed, but then the red in her face turned into a different shade.
Anger.
"Sano..." she warned, grabbing her bokken and racing after him for the 'Kenshin' comment.
'Where does Jo-chan get these things?' Sano wondered idly as he ran.
"It was a JOKE!" he yelled over his shoulder. 'Why do I do this to myself? I KNOW that their relationship is a soft spot for Kenshin and Jo-chan- so easy to poke fun at them for it.....'
Kaoru ignored him- she had been way too frustrated with the way things had been going between her and Kenshin lately- well, between Kenshin and everyone- so she had just exploded at the little joke.
She stopped. After a few minutes, when Sano realized that she wasn't chasing him anymore, he stopped too, breathing hard.
'Maybe this isn't the best time to bring up teh murder thing.... I'll come up with a new plan.....' He edged over to the gate, waving goodbye over his shoulder.
"Bye, Jo-chan!" he called, promising that he'd run like hell as soon as he was out of the dojo gates- Jo-chan might not remember in time to stop him.
"Where do you think YOU'RE going?" she asked him. "You promised to help with the dojo clean-up!"
"Umm..... just remembered a previous engagement!" he said, turning around and running right into someone. Sano fell over backwards, then looked at teh person he had run into.
It was the person he least expected to see.
"Cheif Uramura?" (Is that his name? If not, then that is the Police Cheif's name in my fic. You know, the mustache guy that asked for help with Jin-e?) The police chief ignored him, looking straight at Kaoru.
"Please, is Himura-san here?"
"He should be cleaning up after brea-"
"I am here. What do you need?" Kenshin asked. Slowly, all the faces turned towards Kenshin. He had just appeared, almost as if from thin air.
"Please, Himura-san, we need you to help us with another murderer."
'Damnit, the cat's out of the beg. At least I didn't have to say anything....' Sano thought, looking at Kenshin. 'Wait did he just..... stiffen?'
"Gomen nasai, but I can't help. I don't have my sakabato anymore- I lost it." Kenshin said, smiling. The smile was so obviously false, however, that it hurt to look at it.
"Kenshin?" Kaoru asked. "Are you okay?"
"I am fine, Kaoru. Don't worry about me. Now, there is laundry to be done! I have full confidence in our police force to handle it." Kenshin strode away, the fake-chipper smile still on his face.
"Himura-san, we could lend you a katana from the disbanded sword corps! We need your help with this one." At the word 'katana', Kenshin stiffened even more.
"I gave up katana's long ago. I am fine as I am now. Now, the laundry...." Kenshin said, moving farther away. The cheif shook.
"What's wrong? Surely it's not that bad....." Kaoru said. The chief glanced at her and nodded gravely.
"Last night, the murderer struck again. He killed a man in an alley and later took out three of our men by himself before escaping. We need Himura-san's help on this one- we believe it be an ex-hitokiri unhappy with the government."
"There seem to be a lot of those." Sano muttered, getting up. He was puzzled by Kenshin's behavior- why was he so upset about using a real sword?
'I've got to get him to talk!' Sano vowed, cracking his knuckles absentmindedly. He went after Kenshin.
"I'm sorry, but I dont think that Kenshin can help- not until we find him a new reverse-blade, at least." Kaoru said quietly, remembering the Incident.
"Wouldn't Himura-san be fine with a katana, just for one night? The whole town is in danger like this..." the chief pleaded, but Kaoru shook her head before turning back to the dojo.
"I'm sorry, but Kenshin vowed to never pick up a katana again. Those swords can kill." Kaoru said, walking away.
'Kenshin, do you really trust yourself that little?'
I had BETTER get THREE REVIEWS before 7/29/04! I'm leaving for camp- a 3-week sleepaway camp- on the 30th, so I won't be able to update for a while. I WANT THOSE REVIEWS!
"Hey Kenshin!" Sano called in greeting. It was the next morning.
'I hope the fox's plan works.' he thought grimly. 'How the hell am I supposed to bring up a murder? We never even talk anymore- and murder isn't something you usually talk about over breakfast......'
Sano slumped down to his usual seat, resting his chin in his palm. It would be a while before breakfast yet- he had time to think.
"Good morning, Sano." Yahiko grumbled, taking his usual seat. "They're still not talking."
"Don't expect miracles, Yahiko-chan." Sano said. The response was instantaneous, expected, and well-practiced.
"Don't call me -CHAN!" Yahiko said angrily. Sano sighed. Yup, he was still normal.
Kenshin walked quietly out of the kitchen, carrying the food trays. He placed them on the table and sat down, grabbing his own food. Soon after he sat down, Kaoru came out of her room.
They ate in silence. The silence had a thicker air to it, a foreboding tone that warned anyone away from speaking.
'Damnit- I'm supposed to break this and talk about murder?' Sano thought, swallowing some of his tea. He ate the last of his rice, wondering how he'd find an excuse to stay there a bit longer.......
Yahiko set his cup down and grabbed his plate. Kenshin did the same, but stopped Yahiko from moving.
"I can get that." Kenshin picked the plates up and went to the wash basein.
'I could have told you that is what he'd do. Then he'll grab Jo-chan's plate, then mine, and then he'll go out to do laundry....' Sano sighed and shoved his plate away from himself. He needed an excuse to stay longer. He didn't normally hang around after meals...
"Sanosuke...." Kaoru said, as though what she was asking was pointless, like she already knew his answer. "Will you stay and help clean up the dojo? It will go a lot quicker..."
'The things I do when I'm curious...' Sano forced a smile.
"Of course I will, Jo-chan." he said, barely managing to keep his legs from pushing up and heading out the door.
"You can't? Too bad.-" Kaoru looked at him with awe written on her face. "Huh?"
"I just said I'll help. Don't look so shocked- Kenshin doesn't like it when you look shocked, especially with me." Kaoru blushed, but then the red in her face turned into a different shade.
Anger.
"Sano..." she warned, grabbing her bokken and racing after him for the 'Kenshin' comment.
'Where does Jo-chan get these things?' Sano wondered idly as he ran.
"It was a JOKE!" he yelled over his shoulder. 'Why do I do this to myself? I KNOW that their relationship is a soft spot for Kenshin and Jo-chan- so easy to poke fun at them for it.....'
Kaoru ignored him- she had been way too frustrated with the way things had been going between her and Kenshin lately- well, between Kenshin and everyone- so she had just exploded at the little joke.
She stopped. After a few minutes, when Sano realized that she wasn't chasing him anymore, he stopped too, breathing hard.
'Maybe this isn't the best time to bring up teh murder thing.... I'll come up with a new plan.....' He edged over to the gate, waving goodbye over his shoulder.
"Bye, Jo-chan!" he called, promising that he'd run like hell as soon as he was out of the dojo gates- Jo-chan might not remember in time to stop him.
"Where do you think YOU'RE going?" she asked him. "You promised to help with the dojo clean-up!"
"Umm..... just remembered a previous engagement!" he said, turning around and running right into someone. Sano fell over backwards, then looked at teh person he had run into.
It was the person he least expected to see.
"Cheif Uramura?" (Is that his name? If not, then that is the Police Cheif's name in my fic. You know, the mustache guy that asked for help with Jin-e?) The police chief ignored him, looking straight at Kaoru.
"Please, is Himura-san here?"
"He should be cleaning up after brea-"
"I am here. What do you need?" Kenshin asked. Slowly, all the faces turned towards Kenshin. He had just appeared, almost as if from thin air.
"Please, Himura-san, we need you to help us with another murderer."
'Damnit, the cat's out of the beg. At least I didn't have to say anything....' Sano thought, looking at Kenshin. 'Wait did he just..... stiffen?'
"Gomen nasai, but I can't help. I don't have my sakabato anymore- I lost it." Kenshin said, smiling. The smile was so obviously false, however, that it hurt to look at it.
"Kenshin?" Kaoru asked. "Are you okay?"
"I am fine, Kaoru. Don't worry about me. Now, there is laundry to be done! I have full confidence in our police force to handle it." Kenshin strode away, the fake-chipper smile still on his face.
"Himura-san, we could lend you a katana from the disbanded sword corps! We need your help with this one." At the word 'katana', Kenshin stiffened even more.
"I gave up katana's long ago. I am fine as I am now. Now, the laundry...." Kenshin said, moving farther away. The cheif shook.
"What's wrong? Surely it's not that bad....." Kaoru said. The chief glanced at her and nodded gravely.
"Last night, the murderer struck again. He killed a man in an alley and later took out three of our men by himself before escaping. We need Himura-san's help on this one- we believe it be an ex-hitokiri unhappy with the government."
"There seem to be a lot of those." Sano muttered, getting up. He was puzzled by Kenshin's behavior- why was he so upset about using a real sword?
'I've got to get him to talk!' Sano vowed, cracking his knuckles absentmindedly. He went after Kenshin.
"I'm sorry, but I dont think that Kenshin can help- not until we find him a new reverse-blade, at least." Kaoru said quietly, remembering the Incident.
"Wouldn't Himura-san be fine with a katana, just for one night? The whole town is in danger like this..." the chief pleaded, but Kaoru shook her head before turning back to the dojo.
"I'm sorry, but Kenshin vowed to never pick up a katana again. Those swords can kill." Kaoru said, walking away.
'Kenshin, do you really trust yourself that little?'
I had BETTER get THREE REVIEWS before 7/29/04! I'm leaving for camp- a 3-week sleepaway camp- on the 30th, so I won't be able to update for a while. I WANT THOSE REVIEWS!