Karma
He was one of the most feared men in all of Japan.
He'd killed hundreds, nay thousands of those Shogunate bastards without breaking a sweat.
He was the Hitokiri Battousai - Master of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu (sans the formal title) and all things pwnsome…
Yet here he was, doing laundry.
"Ne, ne Ken-nii! Come play with us!"
"Play! Play!"
Correction. Trying to do the laundry whilst a couple of smelly children shoved their grubby little hands into his face.
Brow furrowing, and expression darkening…Kenshin opened his mouth to shriek a choice expletive…
"Kenshin! Aren't you done yet? Hurry up! Isn't it your turn to cook dinner tonight!"
…Only for it to close again with a sharp snap!
'Since when did cooking become a chore we shared? It's either I cook, or we risk our lives on something you've concocted.'
Quashing that errant thought, Kenshin pasted a sickeningly sweet smile on his face, and turned in Kaoru's direction- The tick at his left eye barely noticeable, but attributed to his inner indignation.
"Hai, Kaoru-dono! Sessha is almost finished, that he is!" ...'And if you come out here one more time...I'll leave, and let you all starve to death!'
The brunette nodded and returned the smile with one of her own, before disappearing inside the dojo- leaving a frazzled rurouni in her wake.
He was the Hitokiri Battousai; mass-murderer and a l337 h4x0r 4 lyfe…
…And he was whipped. Whipped by a girl who was ten years his junior and at least an inch shorter than he was.
Wiping the remaining suds from his calloused hands, Kenshin began the arduous task of hanging the washing out to dry.
The clouds darkened ominously; a few streaks of lightening accompanied by a cacophony of thunder the precursor to the torrential downpour that fell from the skies a few seconds later.
Kenshin glared in disbelief at the liquid that turned the earth to slush beneath his feet and turned the white linen to a dull grey, one lone thought shivering in the cold, calculating wasteland of his mind.
Karma was a bitch.
Spirit: I got this idea from one of the episodes...Y'know where he's doing the laundry, and he's got those kids bugging him...Along with Kaoru (which doesn't say much, as that happens every other episode when the bad guys aren't around...) And I thought...Well what the fuck? This guy used to be an elite killer for Christ's sake! Where's his dignity? His pride?! So...I came up with this. Dunno if it's in character...But meh. Thought it was quite amusing. Y'all know the drill, read and review!