From: "Erin Ellis" Heh heh... sorry about that. I'm a bit new here and still stumbling around, breaking things.. ^_^; But! Maybe I can redeem myself.. I humbly offer this excuse for a fan work as proof that if I work hard, perhaps I *can* become a worthy member of this mailing list! ...maybe. --erin ================== Hey folks. This is a Kenshin story. Sortof. Take anime continuity to episode 26 - any spoiler of worth - most of the angst + lots of OOCness. Citrus may be added to taste. Stir well. Oh, and Rurouni Kenshin © Nobuhiro Watsuki / Shueisha • Fuji-TV • Sony Pictures (Japan). • • • Let's Get Serious a Rurouni Kenshin story by Erin Ellis Part One-- Who 'Dat? Kaoru woke up feeling like 100 million yen. She *knew* that today was the day of something special. She stretched, lost in planning as she began her morning routine. It would be a good day. She would eat a nice breakfast, get a little training/beating done on Yahiko, and then... Well, Sano would probably come over, but there was no way she'd let him ruin her wonderful mood. Maybe he even could help her out by taking young Yahiko on a "training journey"... Yes, she needed the dojo's freeloaders gone. For tonight was the night that Kenshin would confess his love to her. He just didn't know it yet. She was pretty sure he liked her, if what you can interpret from him saving her life and doing her laundry counted. However, she worried about him sometimes... he *could* act pretty effeminate... At times, it seemed he was only happy when cooking or cleaning. And what about the fact that he'd been living with a lovely, incredibly beautiful, sexy and viable girl for a few months now, and nothing had happened... Kaoru just chalked it up to his incredible self control. He was a *gentleman*. It didn't help that Sano and Yahiko were _always_ there. But that's okay. Kenshin was just shy to show affection in public. She could deal with that. Step One-- Prepare the victim-- er, subject. She walked out into the yard (gi tied rather loose, so as to better showcase certain... attributes), bokutou in hand, fully intending to go through her morning kata. However, for some reason, she didn't, choosing instead to stare, dumbfounded. Maybe it was the girl molesting Kenshin in the washtub. ... tbc. NEXT TIME: Will Kaoru kill the Mystery Girl? Will Kaoru kill Kenshin? Will anyone care? Find out next time, in the next installment of Let's Get Serious-- Everybody's Crazy 'Bout A Pink Dressed Man! Plus-- rice balls! NOTES: Okay, so you wanna know why the story's called 'Let's Get Serious' when it's almost completely opposite. Good, maybe you'll keep reading. I know, this first part is really short, but the next is longer, has plot, and (sorta) makes more sense. Really. ... Maybe to redeem myself I should have stuck to offering gifts. Cookies, anyone? ^_^ Erin •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• MAX: Is that the icy pall of an evil presence I sense nearby? SAM: Shh! It's the icy pall of the box of frozen ferret pops in my coat pocket. I was going to pay for it... honest! * www.unc.edu/~ellis • members.tripod.com/~tina97 • come.to/coup •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- How do you enter ONElist’s WEEKLY DRAWING for $100? By joining the FRIENDS & FAMILY program. For details, go to http://www.onelist.com/info/onereachsplash3.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------