Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Blood and Amber ❯ Plans ( Chapter 27 )
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By: Bookkbaby84 
Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 01.30.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 495 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 01.30.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 495 | Status: Completed
Megumi and Sanosuke were still locked in a tight embrace, content in each others arms. Sanosuke ran his hand through Megumi's short hair, smoothing it down it a comforting gesture.
"I love you." he said softly.
"I love you too, with all my heart." Megumi replied. She pulled slightly back from their embrace to kiss him again.
It was just as Sanosuke was kissing back that the door opened.
"Uh... hello?" Kai said, looking at his sister in surprise. Yahiko was shocked speechless for a moment.
"Oh, um, Kai!" Megumi said, blushing. She and Sanosuke broke apart, though they still stood close to each other.
"Sanosuke? What were you and Megumi DOING?!" Yahiko asked. He knew the answer, but he'd get a kick out of hearing Sano say it.
"Nothing, Yahiko-CHAN!" Sano said, deeply embarrassed at being caught kissing the one woman he really loved.
"We came to tell you that Kenshin-san and Kaoru-san were making dinner....." Komakai said, before Yahiko could protest being called -chan.
"Kenshin's cooking?" Sano asked, grinning. Yahiko, Kai, and Komakai nodded.
"Let's go." Megumi said, taking Sano hand and walking past her two family members and Yahiko. They just stared as Sanosuke walked confidently past them, his hand in Megumi's.
Kenshin and Kaoru smiled at each other. Dinner was almost half-over, but no one had spoken. The Takani's were watching with strange looks- no one knew what they meant- and Yahiko was just disgusted.
"Eww... I'm trying to eat here!" he complained as Sanosuke and Megumi loooked at each other with affection.
"Shut it runt." Sano said. Lady Takani cleared her throat.
"I can't ignore any longer what is right beneath my nose." She looked at her daughter for a moment, thoughtful.
"I always said I wanted you to marry a respectful member of society... I never imagined my daughter falling in love with a street brawler." Sanosuke turned serious eyes to Lady Takani, putting down his rice bowl.
"You may not have had me in your plans, but you can make some adjustments, right?" he asked, an almost worried look creeping into his eyes. Lady Takani looked at him seriously.
"I never adjust my plans, young man. Awful good thing I don't remember my plans then, hmm? Old age- memory is the first to go. I may have imagined Megumi-chan with a businessman, or a doctor- maybe a street brawler. Who knows. I always know that I did plan for Megumui's wedding with the man she loves, and who loves her just as much, if not more. Are you that man?" The table was eeriely silent now. It wasn't the comfortable silence of moments before- it was the cold silence before the axe fell. In this case, however, it was more like the silence before a prisoner on Death Row was freed.
"I love Megumi." Sano said, taking her hand. "If she thinks that she can find it in her heart to love me back, then I am that man. If not, then you'll have to look farther." Megumi squeezed his hand.
"Never doubt that you are that man, Sagara Sanosuke." she said.
"Then I give my blessing." She turned to Kenshin and Kaoru.
"You two don't have proper parents, so I give my blessing for you two as well. I hope you consider me as some sort of surrogate mother, even though we've only known each other for a few hours." Kenshin nodded.
"I would. Thank you very much. Megumi-san is lucky to have a mother like you." Kaoru turned pink.
"Thanks..." she said. Yahiko's eyes opened wide.
"So busu and Kenshin are getting married, and so are Megumi and Sanosuke?!" All of the adults nodded.
"ARGGHH! I have to deal with NEWLYWEDS!" Yahiko bemoaned his fate. "No! It's not fair." he grumped. Everyone burst out laughing.
"Don't stay here then, if you can't deal with it." Kaoru said, holding Kenshin's hand tightly. He smiled at her and kissed her hand.
"Should we plan a double wedding?" Kai asked aloud. "So all four of your get married at the same time?"
"It would cut down on expenses..." Kaoru said thoughtfully. "But I leave it up to everyone. This is a descision to be made together." Megumi smiled.
"Planning a big huge wedding for everyone at once? I like it. This way, we save money and can all get married soon. It's quicker than planning two individual weddings." Sano nodded.
"I'd get married tomorrow, but I guess these things take time." he said. "Let's make it a big bash and get the Akabeko to cater. I'll lay off the sake and won't gamble if it'll help." Megumi, Kaoru, Kenshin, and Yahiko looked at Sano, looks of surprise and shock on their faces. Megumi also looked impressed.
"You're giving up sake and gambling- for me?" Sano looked at her.
"Nope. For us. All of us. But mostly you, I guess." Megumi rewarded him with a small kiss. He smiled and returned it.
"Yuck. Not married yet and already they start being mushy!" Yahiko said crossly. Sanosuke broke the kiss and lookedt at teh boy mischiviously.
"Maybe we should make it a three-way wedding and make Yahiko propose to Tsubame?" he said aloud. Yahiko turned red.
"NO! Stick to your dumb four person wedding!" he said, blushing like mad. "I'm way to young to marry, anyway." he added crossly.
"So you were thinking about marrying Tsubame? Ohh..." Kaoru said in that knowing voice. Even Kai and Komakai were smiling. By now they had picked up on the fact that Yahiko liked this 'Tsubame' girl.
"I was NOT!" Yahiko protested. Kenshin eyed him thoughtfully.
"You're a young man. Not, however, too young for marriage. You and Tsubame-chan both are of legal age, as long as your guardians accept. Hmm..." Yahiko spluttered angrily.
"Kenshin! You're on their side too? Is everyone in this house against me!?" he said, whining.
"Maybe we should set them up on a date......" Megumi said, winking at Yahiko. The boy was now beyond words, redder than a cherry tomato.
"Arggghh! BAKAS!" he said, then stood up and walked off, hands in his pockets.
"Ask her to dance with you at our wedding!" Kaoru called out. Yahiko kept walking.
"I think we may have upset him a bit much." Kenshin observed. "He didn't even finish dinner."
"You're right. But hes a boy. He'll get over it." Lady Takani said wisely, sipping some green tea. Sanosuke nodded.
"She's right. Yahiko knows that he likes her anyway. Who knows? He may ask her to be his date at our big day!"
"We should start planning soon." Megumi interrupted. "I've always wanted a big wedding..."
"I'm in favor of that. A big wedding with all of our friends." Kaoru said. Kenshin smiled at her.
"Whatever makes you happy." he said, kissing her briefly. Kaoru blushed, but kissed back.
Yahiko walked along the road to town, not caring or watching where his feet were taking him. Eventually, he reached the Akabeko.
Yahiko gasped in surprise when he found himself in front of the closed shop.
'I was so busy being mad at them I didn't know where I was going!' he thought. He turned to leave and almost ran into someone behind him.
"Oh, sorry!" the person said. yahiko knew the voice instantly.
"Tsubame! What are you doing out here this late?!"
"The Akabeko just closed, Yahiko-kun." Tsubame replied, puzzled. "Why are you here? Kaoru-san didn't kick you out, did she?"
"She did not!" he said, masculine temper flaring.
"Oh, sorry, sorry!" Tsubame said meekly. Yahiko's temper deflated immediately.
"Nah. I shouldn't have yelled." he apologized. 'Kenshin's manners are starting to rub off on me...'
"No, really, I shouldn't have asked. What brings you here?" Yahiko recalled the conversation that had driven him out of the dojo. His face redded to almost unhealthy proportions.
"N-Nothing!" he stammered. "I'll walk you home. The streets of Tokyo are no place for a girl at night." Tsubame smiled.
"Thank you, Yahiko-kun." Yahiko nodded, not looking her in the eye. She tilted her head to the side, worried.
"Are you okay?" she asked him, putting a caring hand on his shoulder. Yahiko's head jerked up.
"I'm fine." he said, then started moving in the direction of Tsubame's house. "Let's go." Tsubame followed quietly. Nothing was said until they reached her house.
"Well, I must be going in now." Tsubame said. Yahiko- who had been working up the courage to ask her something- blurted out something that would be public news by tomorrow.
"Kenshin and Kaoru are getting married! And so are Megumi and Sanosuke!" Tsubame turned to face him, eyes wide.
"Really? That's great!" Yahiko nodded and swallowed.
"They're having a big double wedding. Do you want to come with me?" he burst out. Time seemed to freeze. Tsubame most certainly had.
'He didn't just-?'
"I mean, I can understand if you don't want to, you probably have tons of other things to do... See ya later, bye!" he turned around very quickly and started to walk away, but Tsubame called for him.
"Yahiko-kun! Matte." he turned to look at Tsubame, who was now blushing worse than anything anyone had ever seen.
"Um... is this a date?" she asked. Yahiko nodded numbly.
"It- uh- that is, it would be... unless it's just a friend thing!" he said quickly. Tsubame smiled a bit and nodded.
"I'd love to go! I'll go with you." she promised, then turned and went into the house, shutting the door behind her. She smiled ecstatically and leaned her head against the paper door, clearly hearing teh cries of one extremely happy boy as he left for the dojo.
'He likes me! Yahiko likes me!' she thought to herself, nearly skipping to her room.
"I love you." he said softly.
"I love you too, with all my heart." Megumi replied. She pulled slightly back from their embrace to kiss him again.
It was just as Sanosuke was kissing back that the door opened.
"Uh... hello?" Kai said, looking at his sister in surprise. Yahiko was shocked speechless for a moment.
"Oh, um, Kai!" Megumi said, blushing. She and Sanosuke broke apart, though they still stood close to each other.
"Sanosuke? What were you and Megumi DOING?!" Yahiko asked. He knew the answer, but he'd get a kick out of hearing Sano say it.
"Nothing, Yahiko-CHAN!" Sano said, deeply embarrassed at being caught kissing the one woman he really loved.
"We came to tell you that Kenshin-san and Kaoru-san were making dinner....." Komakai said, before Yahiko could protest being called -chan.
"Kenshin's cooking?" Sano asked, grinning. Yahiko, Kai, and Komakai nodded.
"Let's go." Megumi said, taking Sano hand and walking past her two family members and Yahiko. They just stared as Sanosuke walked confidently past them, his hand in Megumi's.
Kenshin and Kaoru smiled at each other. Dinner was almost half-over, but no one had spoken. The Takani's were watching with strange looks- no one knew what they meant- and Yahiko was just disgusted.
"Eww... I'm trying to eat here!" he complained as Sanosuke and Megumi loooked at each other with affection.
"Shut it runt." Sano said. Lady Takani cleared her throat.
"I can't ignore any longer what is right beneath my nose." She looked at her daughter for a moment, thoughtful.
"I always said I wanted you to marry a respectful member of society... I never imagined my daughter falling in love with a street brawler." Sanosuke turned serious eyes to Lady Takani, putting down his rice bowl.
"You may not have had me in your plans, but you can make some adjustments, right?" he asked, an almost worried look creeping into his eyes. Lady Takani looked at him seriously.
"I never adjust my plans, young man. Awful good thing I don't remember my plans then, hmm? Old age- memory is the first to go. I may have imagined Megumi-chan with a businessman, or a doctor- maybe a street brawler. Who knows. I always know that I did plan for Megumui's wedding with the man she loves, and who loves her just as much, if not more. Are you that man?" The table was eeriely silent now. It wasn't the comfortable silence of moments before- it was the cold silence before the axe fell. In this case, however, it was more like the silence before a prisoner on Death Row was freed.
"I love Megumi." Sano said, taking her hand. "If she thinks that she can find it in her heart to love me back, then I am that man. If not, then you'll have to look farther." Megumi squeezed his hand.
"Never doubt that you are that man, Sagara Sanosuke." she said.
"Then I give my blessing." She turned to Kenshin and Kaoru.
"You two don't have proper parents, so I give my blessing for you two as well. I hope you consider me as some sort of surrogate mother, even though we've only known each other for a few hours." Kenshin nodded.
"I would. Thank you very much. Megumi-san is lucky to have a mother like you." Kaoru turned pink.
"Thanks..." she said. Yahiko's eyes opened wide.
"So busu and Kenshin are getting married, and so are Megumi and Sanosuke?!" All of the adults nodded.
"ARGGHH! I have to deal with NEWLYWEDS!" Yahiko bemoaned his fate. "No! It's not fair." he grumped. Everyone burst out laughing.
"Don't stay here then, if you can't deal with it." Kaoru said, holding Kenshin's hand tightly. He smiled at her and kissed her hand.
"Should we plan a double wedding?" Kai asked aloud. "So all four of your get married at the same time?"
"It would cut down on expenses..." Kaoru said thoughtfully. "But I leave it up to everyone. This is a descision to be made together." Megumi smiled.
"Planning a big huge wedding for everyone at once? I like it. This way, we save money and can all get married soon. It's quicker than planning two individual weddings." Sano nodded.
"I'd get married tomorrow, but I guess these things take time." he said. "Let's make it a big bash and get the Akabeko to cater. I'll lay off the sake and won't gamble if it'll help." Megumi, Kaoru, Kenshin, and Yahiko looked at Sano, looks of surprise and shock on their faces. Megumi also looked impressed.
"You're giving up sake and gambling- for me?" Sano looked at her.
"Nope. For us. All of us. But mostly you, I guess." Megumi rewarded him with a small kiss. He smiled and returned it.
"Yuck. Not married yet and already they start being mushy!" Yahiko said crossly. Sanosuke broke the kiss and lookedt at teh boy mischiviously.
"Maybe we should make it a three-way wedding and make Yahiko propose to Tsubame?" he said aloud. Yahiko turned red.
"NO! Stick to your dumb four person wedding!" he said, blushing like mad. "I'm way to young to marry, anyway." he added crossly.
"So you were thinking about marrying Tsubame? Ohh..." Kaoru said in that knowing voice. Even Kai and Komakai were smiling. By now they had picked up on the fact that Yahiko liked this 'Tsubame' girl.
"I was NOT!" Yahiko protested. Kenshin eyed him thoughtfully.
"You're a young man. Not, however, too young for marriage. You and Tsubame-chan both are of legal age, as long as your guardians accept. Hmm..." Yahiko spluttered angrily.
"Kenshin! You're on their side too? Is everyone in this house against me!?" he said, whining.
"Maybe we should set them up on a date......" Megumi said, winking at Yahiko. The boy was now beyond words, redder than a cherry tomato.
"Arggghh! BAKAS!" he said, then stood up and walked off, hands in his pockets.
"Ask her to dance with you at our wedding!" Kaoru called out. Yahiko kept walking.
"I think we may have upset him a bit much." Kenshin observed. "He didn't even finish dinner."
"You're right. But hes a boy. He'll get over it." Lady Takani said wisely, sipping some green tea. Sanosuke nodded.
"She's right. Yahiko knows that he likes her anyway. Who knows? He may ask her to be his date at our big day!"
"We should start planning soon." Megumi interrupted. "I've always wanted a big wedding..."
"I'm in favor of that. A big wedding with all of our friends." Kaoru said. Kenshin smiled at her.
"Whatever makes you happy." he said, kissing her briefly. Kaoru blushed, but kissed back.
Yahiko walked along the road to town, not caring or watching where his feet were taking him. Eventually, he reached the Akabeko.
Yahiko gasped in surprise when he found himself in front of the closed shop.
'I was so busy being mad at them I didn't know where I was going!' he thought. He turned to leave and almost ran into someone behind him.
"Oh, sorry!" the person said. yahiko knew the voice instantly.
"Tsubame! What are you doing out here this late?!"
"The Akabeko just closed, Yahiko-kun." Tsubame replied, puzzled. "Why are you here? Kaoru-san didn't kick you out, did she?"
"She did not!" he said, masculine temper flaring.
"Oh, sorry, sorry!" Tsubame said meekly. Yahiko's temper deflated immediately.
"Nah. I shouldn't have yelled." he apologized. 'Kenshin's manners are starting to rub off on me...'
"No, really, I shouldn't have asked. What brings you here?" Yahiko recalled the conversation that had driven him out of the dojo. His face redded to almost unhealthy proportions.
"N-Nothing!" he stammered. "I'll walk you home. The streets of Tokyo are no place for a girl at night." Tsubame smiled.
"Thank you, Yahiko-kun." Yahiko nodded, not looking her in the eye. She tilted her head to the side, worried.
"Are you okay?" she asked him, putting a caring hand on his shoulder. Yahiko's head jerked up.
"I'm fine." he said, then started moving in the direction of Tsubame's house. "Let's go." Tsubame followed quietly. Nothing was said until they reached her house.
"Well, I must be going in now." Tsubame said. Yahiko- who had been working up the courage to ask her something- blurted out something that would be public news by tomorrow.
"Kenshin and Kaoru are getting married! And so are Megumi and Sanosuke!" Tsubame turned to face him, eyes wide.
"Really? That's great!" Yahiko nodded and swallowed.
"They're having a big double wedding. Do you want to come with me?" he burst out. Time seemed to freeze. Tsubame most certainly had.
'He didn't just-?'
"I mean, I can understand if you don't want to, you probably have tons of other things to do... See ya later, bye!" he turned around very quickly and started to walk away, but Tsubame called for him.
"Yahiko-kun! Matte." he turned to look at Tsubame, who was now blushing worse than anything anyone had ever seen.
"Um... is this a date?" she asked. Yahiko nodded numbly.
"It- uh- that is, it would be... unless it's just a friend thing!" he said quickly. Tsubame smiled a bit and nodded.
"I'd love to go! I'll go with you." she promised, then turned and went into the house, shutting the door behind her. She smiled ecstatically and leaned her head against the paper door, clearly hearing teh cries of one extremely happy boy as he left for the dojo.
'He likes me! Yahiko likes me!' she thought to herself, nearly skipping to her room.