Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Blood and Amber ❯ Kiss- Part I ( Chapter 23 )
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By: Bookkbaby84 
Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 12.10.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 581 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 12.10.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 581 | Status: Completed
AGHHHHH!! Baka author! I'm so sorry- I completely forgot about you readers! I had so much homeowrk...... grr....... Anyways, here are the next two chappies here. I should have two more up by Christmas!
Megumi/Sano pairing here folks!
Megumi fumed. Sano had a slash across his- well-toned and very firm- abs, she noted.
"Sagara Sanosuke, the least you could do is get into a fight and not get slashed up!" she scolded. She examined his knees, hand, and chest closely.
Well, maybe not as close as she'd like to, but then again, people don't always get what they want.
"Well, sorry, Fox! It wasn't my fault the temne had a hidden dagger!" Sano spat out, putting his hands behind his head in a gesture of obvious nonchalance.(Sp?)
"Great- I have to bandage your knees and chest up so they don't get infected...." she said. "Your hand can heal from the cut on your knuckles in days- bandages aren't needed." She instructed him to sit on a chair, legs straight.
"I can do it myself!"
"Not properly!" Megumi said, almost scolding him. "Hold still."
"Whatever." Sano said. Megumi took a roll of bandages and unrolled about six inches of it. She wrapped the bandage slowly- but tightly- around Sano's knee.
"Ow! That hurts." he said.
"Suck it up. Are you a baby?" Megumi asked. Sano looked at her, the slight sting he felt from her comment covered quickly up by pride. He couldn't let her see his soft side.
"Keh." he said. They were quiet for a while. Megumi quickly finished wrapping up Sanosuke's knee. He glanced at it, noticing that she had done a great job.
"Now, let me see that wound on your chest." Megumi said, managing to suppress her blush.
'It's just Sanosuke.' she thought. Sano nodded.
"Want me to take off my shirt?" he asked. "It'd be easier to bandage the slash that way." he added quickly. (A/N: Just so everyone knows this will NOT turn into a lemon! I don't write those, so stop thinking hentai! All Sano is doing is taking off that shirt-thing he wears. A half-naked Sano is not an uncommon sight!)
'Since when has Sano wanted to make things easy for me?' Megumi wondered, but she had to admit that she did not mind the thought of a half-naked Sano.
"That would be fine. I have to get a better look at the wound." she said, thinking up a medical reason to get his shirt off.
"Okay." he said softly, sliding it easily off his shoulders. Megumi stood up and looked a bt closer at the wound. It had been a clean, shallow slash. It wouldn't take all that much to wrap it up.
'First thinsg first- clean it up.' she thought, grabbing a bucket filled with clean water that she had grabbed earlier just to clean Sanosuke's wounds. She dipped a small cloth into the bucket, then pulled it up and wrung it out a bit.
"Hold still." she said, practically whispering, but unsure why. She dabbed at the wound, gentely cleaning it up. She was almost sorry when she was done. She dried it quickly, grabbing a roll of bandages as she laid the towel aside.
"Sit on the floor- I can't get behnd you to draw the bandage tight when you're on the chair." she commanded. He silently complied, sitting cross-legged on the floor.
Neither had noticed, but it was twilight outside, practically night.
"I can't work in this light. I'll be right back." Megumi told Sanosuke. She walked over to the door, exiting silently.
'All I need are a few candles. Kaoru should have them somewhere in the kitchen.' She slowly walked over to the kitchen. After rummaging around in the drawers for a minutes or two, she came up with a few good candles. She lit one with a match and carried the others to the room.
"I'm back." she said, putting the candles in their holders down near Sanosuke, all placed so that it would be easy to see the wound. She lit them with the candle she held in her hand.
"This won't hurt." she promised him, grabbing the bandages again and kneeling down behind him. She had to be taller that he was so that she could see over his shoulders to the wound. She slowly unwound a few inches of the bandages and began to roll it tightly over the wound, making sure that it was all clean and neat.
Again and again she wrapped it aroudn his waist, noticing their closeness but pretending not to. She was half-sorry and half-relieved when she was done. For some reason she didn't want to move far away though.
"Thank you, Fox." Sanosuke said softly, looking over his shoulder at her and smiling a little. He grabbed his shirt- which was just behind Megumi- and pulled it on while sitting up. HE stood.
"I have to go now. 'Bye." he said, pulling her to her feet. Megumi heart began pounding, but not in a bad way.
"Why do you have to leave?" she asked, then quickly covered up her concern. "You shouldn't move too much with that wound."
"I should. Your family is here. I don't fit in."
"You're Kaoru's friend, this is her dojo, and you fit right in. Stay. You're wounded as well. Do you just not want to meet my family because you dislike me? The Takani's aren't all as bad as I am." Megumi said, seemingly indifferent and poking fun at herself- sarcastically, of course.
"Do you want me to meet your family?" Sanosuke asked. He was in a strange mood- he felt much braver than ususal.
Maybe it was because Megumi was concerned about him.
"If you don't want to, you don't have to." she said, neatly dodging the question.
"I didn't ask if I have to. I asked if you wanted me to." he said. Megumi looked away, hoping that the flames would account for the slight red on her cheeks, now that she no longer had long hair to hide it.
"I don't care."
"Look at me, Fox. If you truly didn't care, you wouldn't be looking away." Sanosuke was almost amused by how she refused to look at him.
She looked him straight in the eye, opened her mouth.... but nothing came out. She closed her mouth again.
"Hm." she said, sounding a bit frustrated.
"Why would you want to meet my family anyway?" she asked, suspecting but not daring to hope.
"Why are you asking me that?" he countered. Megumi didn't answer.
Sano sighed. "I have to go."
"Stay." The word was out of her mouth before her mind registered it. Sano looked at her.
"Why? I don't have any reason except my wounds, and they're all bandaged up now. They were minor to begin with."
"Because..." Megumi racked her mind for an answer. Nothing came. Sanosuke suddenly threw his hands up in the air in a gesture of frustration.
"You make everything so damn diffucult, Fox." he said, rubbing his forehead with his hand. Megumi glared at him, finally finding a way to talk to him.
"I make everything difficult?! You complicate things with your brainless acts, roosterhead!" she said, putting her hands on her hips and leaning forward, as to yell at him better.
"I'm not talking about the things we do with Kenshin! I'm talking about..." he stopped, turning around and rubbing his head.
".....us." he whispered to himself.
"About what, Sagara?" she asked, straightening up and crossing her arms over her chest.
"...nothing." he said, still facing away from her. She smirked, enjoying a battle apparently won, though -in a small corner of her mind- she was a bit disappointed.
"I never complicate anything. I never misunderstand people either." she said.
"You've misunderstood what I've been trying to say to you almost since I met you!" he retorted, turning back around.
"Oh? And what's that?" she asked.
"Everything!" he said, unsure of she'd react if he just out and said it. "You make everything so damn hard to say!"
"I make NOTHING hard to say! Everyone else has always said whatever was on their minds to me! Am I that hard to like, that you won't tell me anything?!" she demanded, tears welling up in her eyes, though she refused to let them be seen.
"I...." he said, eyes softening and looking away. She thought that he disliked her? It was the exact opposite. It was that he couldn't let her know how much he liked her. If he talked, he was afraid he'd spill it. Should he tell her he loved her?
"...I don't hate you." he said, looking away. Shock registered on her face, but she covered it up.
"Then why do you accuse me of making things difficult and not talk to me?" she asked, arms folded.
"I can't talk to you!"
"Why not?"
"Because I can't say anything to you! You make it difficult for me to do ANYTHING, Fox!" he burst out.
"Say whatever you want to say to me." she demanded. "You can't accuse me of making things difficult if it's you that can't speak!"
"Maybe I will!" The two glared at each other for a minute, then Sanosuke sighed.
"I can't do it." he mumbled, just loud enough for Megumi to hear.
"Do what? Talk to me? What can't you do?" she demanded, angrily. "Tell me NOW, Sagara Sanosuke!"
'I may never get another chance like this....' Sano thought. 'What the hell, I've known her for years and she hasn't figured it out. If I do this now, then she won't have to see me again if she doesn't want to..... God I'll miss her.' he thought.
All of his thoughts had passed through his mind quicker than you can snap your fingers twice.
"This!" he said, grabbing her arm to pull her close, then behind her neck to pull her face up to meet his, lips meeting almost roughly.
Megumi/Sano pairing here folks!
Megumi fumed. Sano had a slash across his- well-toned and very firm- abs, she noted.
"Sagara Sanosuke, the least you could do is get into a fight and not get slashed up!" she scolded. She examined his knees, hand, and chest closely.
Well, maybe not as close as she'd like to, but then again, people don't always get what they want.
"Well, sorry, Fox! It wasn't my fault the temne had a hidden dagger!" Sano spat out, putting his hands behind his head in a gesture of obvious nonchalance.(Sp?)
"Great- I have to bandage your knees and chest up so they don't get infected...." she said. "Your hand can heal from the cut on your knuckles in days- bandages aren't needed." She instructed him to sit on a chair, legs straight.
"I can do it myself!"
"Not properly!" Megumi said, almost scolding him. "Hold still."
"Whatever." Sano said. Megumi took a roll of bandages and unrolled about six inches of it. She wrapped the bandage slowly- but tightly- around Sano's knee.
"Ow! That hurts." he said.
"Suck it up. Are you a baby?" Megumi asked. Sano looked at her, the slight sting he felt from her comment covered quickly up by pride. He couldn't let her see his soft side.
"Keh." he said. They were quiet for a while. Megumi quickly finished wrapping up Sanosuke's knee. He glanced at it, noticing that she had done a great job.
"Now, let me see that wound on your chest." Megumi said, managing to suppress her blush.
'It's just Sanosuke.' she thought. Sano nodded.
"Want me to take off my shirt?" he asked. "It'd be easier to bandage the slash that way." he added quickly. (A/N: Just so everyone knows this will NOT turn into a lemon! I don't write those, so stop thinking hentai! All Sano is doing is taking off that shirt-thing he wears. A half-naked Sano is not an uncommon sight!)
'Since when has Sano wanted to make things easy for me?' Megumi wondered, but she had to admit that she did not mind the thought of a half-naked Sano.
"That would be fine. I have to get a better look at the wound." she said, thinking up a medical reason to get his shirt off.
"Okay." he said softly, sliding it easily off his shoulders. Megumi stood up and looked a bt closer at the wound. It had been a clean, shallow slash. It wouldn't take all that much to wrap it up.
'First thinsg first- clean it up.' she thought, grabbing a bucket filled with clean water that she had grabbed earlier just to clean Sanosuke's wounds. She dipped a small cloth into the bucket, then pulled it up and wrung it out a bit.
"Hold still." she said, practically whispering, but unsure why. She dabbed at the wound, gentely cleaning it up. She was almost sorry when she was done. She dried it quickly, grabbing a roll of bandages as she laid the towel aside.
"Sit on the floor- I can't get behnd you to draw the bandage tight when you're on the chair." she commanded. He silently complied, sitting cross-legged on the floor.
Neither had noticed, but it was twilight outside, practically night.
"I can't work in this light. I'll be right back." Megumi told Sanosuke. She walked over to the door, exiting silently.
'All I need are a few candles. Kaoru should have them somewhere in the kitchen.' She slowly walked over to the kitchen. After rummaging around in the drawers for a minutes or two, she came up with a few good candles. She lit one with a match and carried the others to the room.
"I'm back." she said, putting the candles in their holders down near Sanosuke, all placed so that it would be easy to see the wound. She lit them with the candle she held in her hand.
"This won't hurt." she promised him, grabbing the bandages again and kneeling down behind him. She had to be taller that he was so that she could see over his shoulders to the wound. She slowly unwound a few inches of the bandages and began to roll it tightly over the wound, making sure that it was all clean and neat.
Again and again she wrapped it aroudn his waist, noticing their closeness but pretending not to. She was half-sorry and half-relieved when she was done. For some reason she didn't want to move far away though.
"Thank you, Fox." Sanosuke said softly, looking over his shoulder at her and smiling a little. He grabbed his shirt- which was just behind Megumi- and pulled it on while sitting up. HE stood.
"I have to go now. 'Bye." he said, pulling her to her feet. Megumi heart began pounding, but not in a bad way.
"Why do you have to leave?" she asked, then quickly covered up her concern. "You shouldn't move too much with that wound."
"I should. Your family is here. I don't fit in."
"You're Kaoru's friend, this is her dojo, and you fit right in. Stay. You're wounded as well. Do you just not want to meet my family because you dislike me? The Takani's aren't all as bad as I am." Megumi said, seemingly indifferent and poking fun at herself- sarcastically, of course.
"Do you want me to meet your family?" Sanosuke asked. He was in a strange mood- he felt much braver than ususal.
Maybe it was because Megumi was concerned about him.
"If you don't want to, you don't have to." she said, neatly dodging the question.
"I didn't ask if I have to. I asked if you wanted me to." he said. Megumi looked away, hoping that the flames would account for the slight red on her cheeks, now that she no longer had long hair to hide it.
"I don't care."
"Look at me, Fox. If you truly didn't care, you wouldn't be looking away." Sanosuke was almost amused by how she refused to look at him.
She looked him straight in the eye, opened her mouth.... but nothing came out. She closed her mouth again.
"Hm." she said, sounding a bit frustrated.
"Why would you want to meet my family anyway?" she asked, suspecting but not daring to hope.
"Why are you asking me that?" he countered. Megumi didn't answer.
Sano sighed. "I have to go."
"Stay." The word was out of her mouth before her mind registered it. Sano looked at her.
"Why? I don't have any reason except my wounds, and they're all bandaged up now. They were minor to begin with."
"Because..." Megumi racked her mind for an answer. Nothing came. Sanosuke suddenly threw his hands up in the air in a gesture of frustration.
"You make everything so damn diffucult, Fox." he said, rubbing his forehead with his hand. Megumi glared at him, finally finding a way to talk to him.
"I make everything difficult?! You complicate things with your brainless acts, roosterhead!" she said, putting her hands on her hips and leaning forward, as to yell at him better.
"I'm not talking about the things we do with Kenshin! I'm talking about..." he stopped, turning around and rubbing his head.
".....us." he whispered to himself.
"About what, Sagara?" she asked, straightening up and crossing her arms over her chest.
"...nothing." he said, still facing away from her. She smirked, enjoying a battle apparently won, though -in a small corner of her mind- she was a bit disappointed.
"I never complicate anything. I never misunderstand people either." she said.
"You've misunderstood what I've been trying to say to you almost since I met you!" he retorted, turning back around.
"Oh? And what's that?" she asked.
"Everything!" he said, unsure of she'd react if he just out and said it. "You make everything so damn hard to say!"
"I make NOTHING hard to say! Everyone else has always said whatever was on their minds to me! Am I that hard to like, that you won't tell me anything?!" she demanded, tears welling up in her eyes, though she refused to let them be seen.
"I...." he said, eyes softening and looking away. She thought that he disliked her? It was the exact opposite. It was that he couldn't let her know how much he liked her. If he talked, he was afraid he'd spill it. Should he tell her he loved her?
"...I don't hate you." he said, looking away. Shock registered on her face, but she covered it up.
"Then why do you accuse me of making things difficult and not talk to me?" she asked, arms folded.
"I can't talk to you!"
"Why not?"
"Because I can't say anything to you! You make it difficult for me to do ANYTHING, Fox!" he burst out.
"Say whatever you want to say to me." she demanded. "You can't accuse me of making things difficult if it's you that can't speak!"
"Maybe I will!" The two glared at each other for a minute, then Sanosuke sighed.
"I can't do it." he mumbled, just loud enough for Megumi to hear.
"Do what? Talk to me? What can't you do?" she demanded, angrily. "Tell me NOW, Sagara Sanosuke!"
'I may never get another chance like this....' Sano thought. 'What the hell, I've known her for years and she hasn't figured it out. If I do this now, then she won't have to see me again if she doesn't want to..... God I'll miss her.' he thought.
All of his thoughts had passed through his mind quicker than you can snap your fingers twice.
"This!" he said, grabbing her arm to pull her close, then behind her neck to pull her face up to meet his, lips meeting almost roughly.