Ramblings of an overextended Fanfic Author: Once upon a time I had a hamster…two actually. Hampton and Simon. (Don’t laugh, my hubby named the first one and, well, I don’t really have an explanation about the second name.) Anyway, they were great pets…cute and adorable…er, well, Hampton was anyway (Simon was just a terror). I do have a point…really. You know how hamsters love to run in circles all night long in their squeaky wheels? Well…I’m experiencing something similar.
I have fanfics running around in my head…around
and around and around. Just like
Hampton and Simon in their wheels. I
have so many fanfics doing laps that I don’t know what to write any more! Pathetic!
Anyway, I’m going to TRY to keep up with my pet fanfics, but, well, you
know how it is…one must not deprive themselves of sleep for too long lest they
begin seeing Chibi Kenshin’s running around the house shouting “Ororororo!”
with a Chibi Kaoru following swinging her bokken and yelling “Baka!”
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Okey Dokey…On with the Fic!
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Rurouni Kenshin Fanfic
Rurouni Kenshin & Samurai X Original Japanese Version ©N.
Watsuki/Shueisha * Fuji-TV * SME Visual Works Inc. * Sony Pictures
Entertainment
All Fanfics created by Chiruken (me) were written for the
sole purpose of shared entertainment and not intended for publication or sale.
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Kaoru stared into the dwindling fire
glumly. “The rain isn’t stopping.” She pointed out duly.
“No, it isn’t.” Aoshi replied calmly. “The fire is dieing.”
Kaoru sighed. “I see that. Our clothes are nowhere near to being dry enough yet either.”
“There is more wood…but only enough
to last another hour.”
“We could use the journal…“ Her tone suggested she’d be more than happy
to toss it in the fire.
“Yes, we could at that…“ Aoshi murmured thoughtfully. He found himself wanting to destroy the
ten-year-old journal as well. After a moment
he shook his head with an inward sigh.
“However, I believe it should be returned to the Battousai.”
“I doubt Kenshin would appreciate
being reminded of such a painful time of his life, Aoshi. We should just burn the damn thing.” Quiet descended, broken only by the pop and
hiss of the small fire. Aoshi’s silence
spoke eloquently of his thoughts on the matter. Finally she made a frustrated sound. “Mou! You’re right. It would be wrong to make the decision for
him.”
“I will add more wood to the fire
and check our clothes.” Aoshi didn’t
doubt that Kaoru was probably right about the state of their clothing, but he
wanted to be certain. He wasn’t
comfortable sitting in his essentials with Kaoru in a similar state. If he moved quickly he wouldn’t get too
chilled. Putting thought into action it
only took him a few minutes to complete his tasks and quickly scoot under the
concealing blanket again. Perhaps if he
tried meditating it would make the situation more bearable.
“I wonder what time it is. I hope they aren’t too worried about us at
the Aoiya.”
Aoshi’s eyes snapped open at her
words. “Misao…“ It came out almost as a groan. If she took it upon herself to search for
them…Aoshi couldn’t suppress a shudder.
Misao, he doubted, would be very understanding about this situation if
she were to discover them in their current state of undress. He just knew she’d jump to all the wrong
conclusions and with her wild temper…he winced at the possible outcome.
“Um…do you think maybe we should
forget about trying to dry our clothes and just hurry back to Kyoto?” Kaoru’s imagination was conjuring images of
Sanosuke and Yahiko discovering them.
Kenshin, she knew, would be more understanding and circumspect than
those two. She’d never live it down if
they were the one’s to find her with Aoshi.
Aoshi nodded quickly. “That may be the best option under the
circumstances. You first.” Aoshi covered his eyes and bowed his head
while Kaoru moved away from him.
Suddenly, his head came up, his senses fully alert.
“Aoshi!” Kaoru squeaked in protest and tried unsuccessfully to cover
herself when the door opened. Face red
with embarrassment, Kaoru dove for the relative safety of the blanket.
“Kaoru-dono? Aoshi? Are you…in…here?” Kenshin froze partway through the door and stared in horrified
shock at the scene before him.
Kaoru tried unsuccessfully to hide
under the blanket with a small moan of humiliation. This was a nightmare made into reality. She wished fervently for the floor to open up and swallow her!
Aoshi returned the Battousai’s
accusing glare as nonchalantly as he could under the circumstances. Feeling for the first time in his adult life
at a loss for intelligent explaining, he said the first thing that came to
mind. “Battousai, care to join us?”
**To Be Continued…**
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Authors Notes:
1.Yikes! What a
cliffhanger! And yes, it was on
purpose! Bwahhahaha…
2.Short…REALLY short…More so than the rest. Gomen nasai…but I really wanted to leave the
chapter ending here.
3.I promise to get the next chapter up ASAP!
4.Oh yes, the odd ramblings at the beginning…I’m feeling decidedly
overwhelmed at the moment…It’s my own fault, too. I got so caught up in the excitement of writing and posting and
stuff that I forgot that I need to sleep too.
Hehehe…I may have to slow down with the updating for a while, at least
until I get caught up a little on my sleep.
(I admit I am somewhat of an insomniac, but boy, this is starting to
really take the cake!)
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Definitions:
mou:
exclamation of annoyance, distress, etc.
Kaoru-dono:
Miss Kaoru