Eavesdropping

By Boomerang-chan

Chapter 3: Aphrodisiac A Misao and Aoshi Side Story

"You want me to give Lord Aoshi opium?!" shrieked Misao.

Megumi sent her a warning glance. "Not so loud silly." It was already evening of the hectic day and Kaoru had insisted that Misao, Megumi, and Aoshi stay over. All were asleep except for Misao and Megumi who were talking by candlelight in the same room.

"It's not opium itachi musume," Megumi tossed back a raven lock, ignoring Misao's growl at the hated nickname.

Misao looked down at the packet in her hand, fingering a bit of the white substance. It was powdered very fine.

"Then what is it?"

"It's an aphrodisiac." Megumi stated as if she were commenting on the weather.

Misao's eyes widened considerably. "AN APHRODISIAC?!"

"Ssshhh!"

"Oops. Sorry."

Anyways, as I was going to say before you interrupted me, this is a powerful aphrodisiac. Pour into your 'dear Aoshi-sama's' tea and he'll be all over you in a snap."

A blush spread across Misao's ecstatic face at the prospect of having the icy blue eyed man of her dreams lying on top of her and—

"Are you listening to me?"

"Hm...? Oh, yeah. Sure Megumi..."

Megumi sighed and left the room. Misao failed to notice the fox ears popping from her head.

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The next morning, two figures watched Misao wake early. She skipped to the kitchen, greeting Kenshin who had started the daily chores.

"Are you crazy kitsune? You gave that little weasel an aphrodisiac?"

"There's nothing to worry about, tori-atama. I'm just teasing her."

Bumbling with excitement, Misao prepared a kettle of hot water, making a mess in the process that would make even Kenshin frown. She sang to herself a happy, high paced song, sounding much like a chattering bird. (I'm thinking of 1/2 or Sobakasu, except not as bad. XD) Misao popped the kettle onto the stove.

She had learned how to make Aoshi's tea perfectly because of her unhealthy obsession with the ninja okashira. The water was boiled; hot, but not too hot you'd get your entire mouth scalded. Rummaging through the cabinets, Misao picked out a plain white cup and carefully measured some tea leaves and the water, twitching with excitement. Something too heavily decorated would not exactly suit Aoshi, would it?

Emerald eyes flashing wildly with mischievous glee, Misao withdrew the packet from within the front folds of her short ninja attire.

Dumping all of the powder in she watched it dissolve quickly with satisfaction, already dreaming up a fantasy.

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Aoshi, sitting cross-legged by himself, breathed deeply and evenly. At the sound of rapid pattering footsteps, he opened his eyes to have glacier blue shift up to a beaming Misao.

But not the usual Misao. She was wearing a kimono, probably borrowed from Kaoru because it was too long. The sleeves kept slipping and bunching at the hands that held a small wood tray.

"Your tea, Aoshi-sama!!!!"

Misao rushed over to the ever stoic Aoshi, kneeling in front of him with the warm drink. She hummed jovially to herself, pushing up the ruby sleeves.

Aoshi glanced down at the tray and picked up the cup. He sniffed at it inconspicuously when he brought it to his lips. Looking up, Misao grinned at him widely. Expressive jade eyes twinkled up at him in adoration. And something else...

She was up to something.

Mentally shrugging it off, Aoshi took a slow sip.

"Misao."

"Hm?" Misao stared intently at him while he put the cup back down.

"...

"Wh-what is it? Is something wrong with the, uh, tea?" she stammered meekly.

"......... It is too sweet."

Brows puckering together in a frown, Misao took the offending tea and took a large gulp despite the blank stare pointed towards her.

"..."

Misao sputtered incomprehensible words in rage.

"Th-This is.... THIS IS NO APHRODISIAC!!! IT'S SUGAR! MEGUMI, YOU CONNIVING FOX, I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS!!!!!"

Snatching up the ends of the kimono, Misao rushed out to find Megumi and pound her skull in.

Aoshi looked back down at the tea. Pushing it away for precaution, he went back to his ritual meditation.  

A/N: This was not as fun to write as the other chapters... But it was the first time I wrote something A/M-ish. Well, more like a one sided Misao thing I should say. ^.^

HELP! I've had some requests to do one where Kenshin is overheard... Any ideas to give me? If not, it'll take a while to come up with something, or I'll just skip right to what I had planned. But I wanna do something with Kenshin... SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED! Thank you!

Response to Reviews:

Waterflash: I WANNA READ IT!!!!! *blush*

SilverKnight7: My mind is very tainted... You should hear the things me and my friends say. Well, maybe you shouldn't XD

Kitsune-Onna19: THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! I've made my point now too. XD

Aharah Musici: Do you know what the *ahem* club is about?! I'm not sure if you could join. My twisted friend who reads too much yaoi-ish stuff is the leader...

TanukiGirl22: Yeah, kinda noticed by your name. I like it by the way. ^.^

Neko-KyoLover: Thanks. I like your name too. Why do I have this thing for names?!?!

MZ. AMbER EYES: Your name is awesome!!!! I'll try to do one with Kenshin...

Liz: XD Thanks!

Sweet Chaos: Heh. Actually I kinda meant it to be that way. Your name is ironically cool! XD

Battousai Girl: Seriously?

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See you next Friday! Hopefully, anyway.