Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Eternity ❯ Moving in ( Chapter 2 )

Yo, waz happening? I'm so happy I got 7 reviews (DD62386, twice). You're all so kind! ::sniffle:: I had to repay you, so I whipped up another chappy. I should be doing my other story, but I'll do it this weekend. All this week, I've been watching Saiyuki (SO DAMN GOOD!!!!) so I haven't much time. It's not my fault, blame the goodness of Saiyuki. ::grin:: (They're all so cute! 0.0)

CM-chan: Do I really have to say it?

Kenshin: Sadly, yes.

CM-chan: Fine, I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or the characters.

Kenshin: See, it's not so hard…oro?

CM-chan: How can you say that? ::sitting in the corner crying:: Why must the world be so cruel?!

Eternity Chapter Two: Movingin

It was a beautiful day. The lonely old house even looked as though it was sparkling in the sun. It was silent with the exception of the birds singing, until a small moving van with a small black car behind it came slowly rolling down the dirt road. The cars stopped at the front of the house.

"Oh man! I'm so happy to get out of the car! That was a longer drive than I thought" said a tall man with spiky brown hair. He stepped out of the black car and stared to stretch.

"You whine about everything, Sanosuke" replied a beautiful woman with long black hair. "I bet you anything as soon as we start to move things inside, you'll be whining of how you wished you were sitting back in the car."

"Megumi, Megumi. I think you've got things mixed up. I can move these things no sweat. I bet it's you complaining on how you need to rest or how you broke a nail" he waved his figure in her face.

She glared than quickly grabbed his waving figure and twisted it around. He gave a yelp of pain and pulled it away. She stuck out her tongue and turned away. He was about to yell at her, but someone interrupted.

"It's only been five minutes, and you two are already fighting? It's amazing how much you guys acted like an old married couple" the short red head smirked.

"Can it Kenshin. I don't need shit from you too. I don't have to be here you know. I'm doing this only to help my old friend. I'm just that type of caring, kind, loving person."

"Yes you are, but you left out lazy, rude, eats a lot, bad hair style, fish breath, and moocher" Megumi laughed as she opened the moving van.

"Don't even get me started on you fox!" he yelled walking over to her his head fuming with rage.

The red haired man smiled as he watched the two argue. `Though they act as if they despised each other, it makes you wonder why they still wish to be with each other. They really love each other, they just won't tell.' He smiled as he walked over to his two friends. `Maybe I'll find someone like that' he thought.

X x X

After another ten minutes of fighting, they finally started to move things into the old house.

"This house looks like it needs a good cleaning. Why don't we dust and sweep before we organize things?" asked Megumi.

"Oh, you don't have to do that. You are already…" Kenshin couldn't finish before she cut him off.

"Oh shut-up Kenshin. You're the most selfless person I've ever met. After everything you've done for me and Sano, cleaning wouldn't be a thing."

"A…ok. Do whatever you want." Kenshin didn't want to argue with her. He'd seen some of the things she had done to Sano in the past and they weren't pretty.

He grabbed a cloth and pale and went to go get water from the kitchen.

He didn't know why he'd bought this house. It was very old, rotting in some parts. Also it was pretty far from the nearest town. Thankfully the last owners had installed running water and electricity. It was even said to be haunted, but he didn't believe in ghost stories.

He had bought this house because it had a strange feeling to it. It felt as though he'd been there before, like he already knew where everything was. Also, he had just graduated from the Art school he'd been going too. He thought this would be a perfect place to be inspired for a good idea for a manga. He had wanted to be a manga writer for a while now. He had not thought of any ideas yet, so until then he would draw weekly comics for the paper. The author would send him his story and he'd draw it. It wasn't much, but he could at least buy food and pay for the house.

As he neared the kitchen he heard Sano's muttering and running water.

"It seems you've beaten me here" he smiled.

"How could you afford this huge house? I mean you could have gotten a nice apartment in town. Plus, it'd be faster to clean."

"I needed a place where I can relax and write my story. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was supposed to be my house. Also the price has been marked down repeatedly."

"It's lovely, I admit that, but now fox lady and I can't see you as often. You'll get lonely, also who will be there to stop ours fights? She can kill me, if you didn't stop her."

Kenshin smiled. "True, but you two will work things out."

Sano flicked some water onto Kenshin before heading out. "Do you want to do the same room? That way we can talk."

"Sure, let's start on this side on the house."

Hours later, they all completely cleaned every room in the house, except one…

"Ken-san, do you have a key to this room?" asked Megumi.

"No, is it locked?"

"Yes. I looked everywhere for a key, but no luck."

"I could break it down" offered Sano.

"Of course, Kenshin would just love for you to break down one of his doors in a new house, huh?"

"Well what's the point of the damn room if you can't even get inside?!" he yelled back.

"Guys calm down. It's nothing, really. I don't need anymore space, and if I ever do need it I bet there's a key around here."

"SHUT-UP!" they both yelled.

Kenshin slowly backed away. He thought it'd be best to let them have this one. So he went to look outside.

There was a giant field in the back of his house. Up a ways he saw an old shrine, about as old as the house, maybe older. He decided to check it out. As he walked towards it, he got a chill down his spin. He ignored it and continued.

He examined the wooden shrine with a statue of the Buddha in it. He bowed in respect and kept going further. He then stopped. Why did it feel he knew this place? It made him sad to stand there, like something bad happened here. He then thought he heard a voice.

"W…who's there?!" he asked aloud.

He laughed at his own cowardliness and turned back.

"It was the wind. Only the wind…"

If Kenshin had listened very carefully, he would have heard a voice call out, "Eternity…"

X x X

When Kenshin came back to the house he saw Megumi unpacking some dishes and Sano rubbing his red, sore cheek. Megumi offered to go get some dinner for them, if they unpacked the kitchen.

"It's almost like you're the one moving in here" said Sano giving her a glare. She brushed it off and continued with organizing dishes.

"If you don't want food, I don't have to go get any. I'm not too hungry."

Sano stood up and went to open another box of silverware.

Megumi gave an evil smile. "I knew that would work. Ken-san, would you want anything? I saw an American fast food restaurant a few miles from here."

"I'll just have a hamburger and a coke. I'm good other than that" he said looking up from his box he was looking threw.

"You do know your paying" she added with her evil smile growing even bigger.

He sighed. "I kinda figured that."

After she left, Sanosuke let out a sigh. "About time, now I can explore without her breathing down my back to clean."

He mimicked her… "Rooster head! Get cleaning! I'm just so perfect and your not, ass hole!"

"That, my friend, sounded more like a dying cow."

"That's exactly what she sounds like."

Kenshin sighed again and went back into the house, Sano closely behind.

After finishing the dishes they looked around the house.

"So, you're saying you bought this old house without even looking at it thoroughly?" asked Sano. "That's not smart, what if there are termites? Even if this is a big house, it's still an old one."

"I don't know. It just felt as though I've been here. Almost someone is here that I know."

"Maybe it's that ghost they told us about" he said putting on a spooky face. "Boo! There after you Kenshin, for disturbing there rest!"

He chuckled. "Yeah, and the boogieman has an appointment with me for tea tomorrow."

"You don't believe is ghost?"

"They can't be real. If they are, why has no one seen one?"

"People have seen ghost."

"Seen them AND have proof?"

"I don't know? Maybe there have a bad hair day and don't want to be seen."

"Right…"

"Have you been outside yet?"

"A little. There is a small shrine up there. I paid my respects and as I left I got a chill. And I swore I heard someone. It sounded like a girl."

"It was probably fox woman. She was shouting really loud. You could have heard her from out there."

"Yeah, it was I bet…"

They continued to search around. Every room was normal. The only problem was that door from earlier still would not open. Sano stated he'd be more than happy to break it down, but Kenshin he'd enjoy the mystery room for now.

"Maybe the ghost doesn't want me in" he smiled.

"Oh, a lady ghost and her privacy. I guess we found you a girlfriend." Sano winked.

"Ha ha ha, so very funny."

They walked back into the main room and sat on a few chairs they had set up. Sanosuke sat silently as Kenshin began to unpack a small box with pictures, toys, and other things. His eyes searched over the things to see if anything of value. He found an old picture that interested him.

It was a picture of Kenshin and his old girlfriend, Tomoe, back in high school. Sano had known Kenshin since 5th grade. Kenshin had the looks, but he never dated, nor had much interest in girls. Back before then, he was a trouble-maker, even for Sano. Though he had a hard life, so it was understandable. But after meeting Tomoe, Kenshin changed. He turned kinder and giving. People would insult him and he'd brush it off. Kenshin had told Sano he'd never felt like this. She had changed him for the better. He wanted to be with her forever, and that he would propose to her after high school.

It never happened.

Sano didn't know what happened, but Tomoe had dumped him three weeks before graduation and ran off with some other guy. And the night before graduation, they were out getting drunk and got into a car crash. Tomoe died instantly, and her boyfriend has suffered major head damage and was paralyzed from the waist down.

After all that, Kenshin broke down for a while. All he would do was draw. Draw animals, people, anything. It took forever for Megumi and himself to snap Kenshin out of it. After that, he went back to normal, though you could tell a little of him was still gone.

"Yo! Kenshin! Why do you keep this?" asked Sano holding up the picture.

Kenshin smiled and took the picture from him.

"I don't really know. I guess as sort of a reminder. Even though she didn't love me as I did to her, she still taught me things in life. I will move on, I have been, I just won't forget her."

"Oh, so why haven't you dated since then?"

Kenshin threw an old shoe, which he found in the box, at his head. "That's none of your concern rooster head."

"You sound like that old hag."

Another thing hit Sanosuke's head again, but this time is was a big blue bag.

"And who's this old hag you speak of?" asked a pissed off Megumi.

"Oh, you're back Megumi" said Kenshin smiling.

"Holy shit! What the hell do you have in here? Rocks?"

"No. It's my text books for school. I brought them, because if I had time I could get some work done."

"How can you carry these things? I know they don't train you to lift weights in Medical School."

"Did you get the food?" asked Kenshin trying to spilt up the argument before it got bad…again.

"Why yes, I did. If you two bozo's got the plates done, we can eat."

"We got them done, so let's eat. I'm starved."

"Yes, oh and Sanosuke? Could you be a doll and get my bag for me? It's hard to lug it with me when I'm holding the food" she smiled as she walk to the kitchen with Kenshin following.

"Damn fox! Have me do your dirty work" he muttered. "But why do I do it?"

They finished eating and talked for a bit. After an hour or so later Megumi and Sanosuke called it a night. Megumi had school in the morning and Sano has his job as a trainer in a gym. Since Kenshin's house was so far out of the city, they couldn't come again until the weekend.

"That's what you deserve after moving so far away from us" said Megumi as she got into the diver's seat of the car. She didn't trust Sano driving her car at night in the country side.

"I'll call you Kenshin. Tell me if you ever get into that damn room."

"Will do" he replied as he waved them off. He continued to watch the car until it was impossible to see it. He then went back inside to unpack a few more things.

X x X

`I should get some sleep' thought Kenshin as he looked up at the clock. It was a bit past 1 in the morning. In that time though, he'd set up most of his room. He was now just organizing a few things, but he had gotten suck at looking at pictures.

He found a ton of pictures of Sanosuke, Megumi, and himself. Sano in every picture had an `I'm tough and I know it' glare. Kenshin had only one of his normal smiles. It had been his 19th birthday. He and Megumi took him to restaurant and a movie. After they stopped to get an ice cream cone, and Sanosuke said it was one of his favorite birthdays, but he was complaining how they didn't get him any gifts. Megumi, finally fed up with his whining turned around and shoved her remaining ice cream into his face.

Flash back…

"There's your gift from me to you rooster head" she said with her little fox ears popping out.

Sanosuke wiped his face and turned towards Megumi.

"Thanks for the nasty ice cream, fox. Come to think of it, I should return the favor" he said as he held up his ice cream.

"NO! DON…" Too late. Sano had smashed the Rocky Road ice cream into her hair.

"You little ass!" shouted Megumi. "Kenshin, give me your ice cream!"

"I don't think I…"

"GIVE!" she yelled as she took it from his hands. She threw it and hit him in the eye. When his head came up, Kenshin and Megumi started to laugh.

Sano had Mint Chocolate Chip all over his face and a big blob of strawberry ice cream.

"You look like a toad! If you only had another scoop on your other eye, it'd be perfect!" chocked out Megumi clutching her side.

Kenshin was laughing too hard to comment. He had really looked like a toad.

Sano licked the green ice cream around his lips.

"You know fox; this chick flavor of yours isn't too bad."

Megumi was still giggling as she came up to him.

"Let's get you cleaned up" she smiled as she grabbed a napkin of her jacket pocket and began to wipe his face.

"You know I'm a big boy. I can clean myself up."

"No you can't. I have to do everything for you. At least Kenshin's more dependable, but not by much."

"You know I'm standing right here?" asked the forgotten Kenshin.

"Yes, why don't you go get some more napkins please?"

"Fine" he huffed as he walked back to the shop to get some more.

"So your just mommy, here to take care of us and keep us out of trouble?"

"Yep, I'm the only reliable one here."

"Well, if your mommy my cheek hurts from you hitting me so damn hard with that stupid ice cream, so you have to kiss it better" he grinned.

"No I don't"

"That's what moms do."

Sano hadn't really for her to take it seriously. He was just fooling around. But he felt her small soft lips lightly touch under his eye that was hit with the ice cream. Even though it was only a second, it felt as time had stopped.

As she pulled away, Sano turned to hide his blush. Megumi smiled. She was the ultimate mom.

Unbeknownst to them, Kenshin returned as she placed her kiss. He quickly pulled out Megumi's camera and took a picture. He then went over and told them to get another picture. He wanted one of the two `ice cream lovers'. In that picture Sano had a true smile on.

End of flash back…

Kenshin did never find out what happened to the first picture. Megumi developed them, so he fingered she found it and burned it or kept it to her own self.

He knew deep down they really were for each other, but he wouldn't involve unless he needed to. He figured to let them go at their own pace.

"Maybe I can find someone I can act like that around someday" he asked out load. He put the rest of the pictures back into his box, turned off his lamp and crawled into bed. "Someday…"

Later that night Kenshin began to have dreams. Dreams he hadn't seen since his troubled days of youth.

He was alone in a dark room. In one hand were a sword and the other he had a ribbon. He didn't understand what they meant. He had taken sword lessons for many years, but quick when he became good in his drawings. But, he had never seen the ribbon before. It was a fine material and it heavily smelt of jasmine flowers.

Then his X scar would begin to bleed. It wouldn't stop.

"Come back to me" cried out a voice.

"Who are you, where are you?" he yelled running blindly.

"I'll wait for eternity!" the voice said before crying out, like the owner of the voice was in some type of pain.

"Wait! Come back!"

Kenshin rose quickly. Sweat beginning to form on his brow. He got up from his bed and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water.

"I haven't had that dream for years. What could it mean?" he asked out loud.

As he entered the kitchen he turned on a light and pulled out a glass and got himself a cold glass of water. A headache was beginning to form, so he searched around for any I. B. Profane. He finally found one. He quickly drank it down. He put his glass in the sink and headed off for bed, when a sound hit his ears.

It sounded like someone was singing. It was too high for a man's voice so had it had to be a women. Also it was coming from his back yard.

"What the hell?" he asked himself. "Who would be out at 3 A.M., in my yard, in the middle of nowhere, singing?"

He opened the door to take a peek. He could see a figure, but could not define it. It was too dark.

"I guess the only way to find out, is to go check out things."

X x X

All done. I'm having fun with this story. I really think it's gonna get good later on. These ones are boring, because it introduces them. But if you all support me and believe in me, I can get it done. Also I put this up as my birthday gift to all of you. It's my birthday this Tuesday! Yippy Skippy! Election day, get bush outta there! (But I hate Kerry too).

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