Ruro
uni Kenshin: A New
Era
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A New Era: Part
4- Introductions and Promises
It took a long while for
Sanosuke to recover from his shock. He lay sprawled on the floor of their
bedroom with their 3-year-old crawling all over him, trying to rouse him.
Megumi merely laughed at her fallen spouse.
There was no waking
him up from his swoon. Shinosuke wanted his father up to see meet his new
brother and sister, who were quietly being fed by their mother. He tried
everything, shoving at his prone form to pulling at his pointy hair, but to
no avail.
"'Kachan... why is 'tochan sweeping? He won't wake up
and see the babies," Shin-chan pouted. He was very excited about his new
siblings. His mother and father had explained that he was getting a new
brother or sister, but he had two instead of one.
"Shin-chan.
Your father is just resting," Megumi said dryly. And resting and resting.
The look on his face when he realized that there were two babies was so
precious. But then, no one was expecting two bundles of joy.
Now
that she thought about it, she had been very big when she was carrying
them. She had just assumed that she was just having a big baby. Sanosuke
was not the smallest of men. He stood very tall compared to a lot of the
population of Tokyo. Shin-chan had been big when she carried him, too.
Therefore the baby inside her, she reasoned, was bound to be big. She did
not count on there being two small ones. Twins usually came early, too,
explaining her early labor.
When he finally revived from his
faint, he remained on the ground, shaking his head in disbelief.
"Twins...," he repeated before finally getting up.
He scooted
over to the futon where his wife lay, the sleeping babies beside her and
bent over to kiss her passionately. Kaoru took Shinosuke by his little
hand and led him out of the room to give his parents a bit of
privacy.
"Oh. That was nice, Sanosuke," she grinned weakly. "But
that's what got us in this situation in the first place."
"Woman,
that's not what got us in this situation. In a couple of weeks, when you
feel up to it, I'll remind you what got us in this situation," he replied
wickedly.
"Sanosuke..." She could not believe how luck she was
sometimes. Life could have turned out so different.
She
thought back to the beginning, when they first met. He and Kenshin had
saved her back then. She remembered when she tried to kill herself. Sano
had stopped her before she could plunge the short sword into her chest,
grabbing the blade with his hand, cutting his own flesh. She had been so
close to doing it. So close.
He yelled at her for being
stupid. He made her think about what was really important in life. If he
had not done that, she would not be here. She was thankful every day for
him.
"I'm so happy. I love you," he whispered rawly against her
lips. He moved back to stare at her beautiful face. She smiled back at
him with that smile that made his guts twist. She made him feel things so
strongly. He did not know what he would do if she was not in his life.
"Damn it, woman. I know you're good, but you don't have to rub
it in. I go way for acouple of hours and you pop out twins." For a
second, his face looked a little sad. "Baby, I wasn't even here to hold
your hand while you were hurting..."
"Sanosuke..." Megumi move up
to kiss him softly. "I love you so much. I know that you will always be
there for me. I know you wanted to be here with us, but these little ones
did not want to wait." She reached out to touch his face
lovingly.
"So, are you going to introduce me?" he said with a wry
grin.
"Sagara Sanosuke, come meet the new additions to our
family," Megumi whispered as she lifted up the fragile bundles one by one
to introduce them to their father. "We have to think of names. This is
our son. He is older by a few minutes."
Sanosuke looked down at
his newest children. His son looked a lot like Shinosuke. He had a full
head of hair which was already starting to point up, the exact color of his
mother's. He yawned and began to fuss, moving fretfully. When Sano rubbed
his finger near his mouth, he automatically began to nuzzle against
it.
"Hungry again, already? Heh, just like your old man," said
Sano with a proud grin. Sanosuke gently gave his son over to Megumi to
feed. "And this must be our youngest..."
Sano looked at his
daughter. A daughter. He did not know the first thing about how to take
care of little girls. She looked even smaller and much more delicate than
her brother. She was so beautiful.
He could see Megumi in her
small face. She, too, had a head full of hair, but it was his dark brown
instead of Megumi's deep black. She even had Megumi's lips. Geesh, he was
going to have to be on guard when the boys came around her when she was
older. He began to sweat at the
thought.
"Megumi-chan..."
"Hmmm?"
"Thank you.
For being with me and loving me."
"Sanosuke. Falling in love with
you was one of the best things that ever happened to
me."
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Kaoru and Shinosuke
sat in the front of the house, watching the sun set. The little boy was,
for once, very still. It was a sight that few had ever witnessed.
Shinosuke was known already known around the neighborhood for having a
typhoon's worth of energy.
Kaoru hoped that he wasn't starting
to become jealous of his new brother and sister. He looked a little
pensive, reminding her of Sanosuke when he was trying to think deep
thoughts. It was very cute to see the look of utter concentration on his
little face.
"Kaoru-neecha," he said finally. He looked like he
had come to a decision.
"Hmm?
"Shin's goin' to be a good
oniicha (older brother)."
"Yes, Shin-chan," whispered Kaoru,
gathering the little boy in her arms to hug him. "You are going to be the
very best oniichan around."
"Shin's goin' to help 'em and protect
'em always. 'Cuz the akachan (baby/-ies) awre
wittle."
"Shin-chan. They are very lucky babies," whispered
Kaoru against the little boy's hair. "And when Kenshin and I have our
baby, you can help him or her, too."
She held him and whispered
to him until he nodded off to sleep about all the fun he was going to have
as an older brother and how proud everyone was that he was going to be
there for the other children as the sun set on the eventful
day.
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