Mansion of Secrets

Airplanes

"Calm down, Aoshi," Misao said as she tried to pull the young man to the gate. Planes aren't as dangerous or scary as you think they are."

"That's easy for you to say. You're not the one who's scared of them," Aoshi replied. Well, that is what he wanted to say, but he was feeling particularly nauseous at the moment, so he settled for an icy glare instead.

Misao dragged Aoshi onto the gangway as Megumi and Sanosuke distracted the lady checking the tickets by asking her questions about the flight. When they got to their seats, Misao put Aoshi in the seat next to the window so that he would be less visible to the other passengers as well as the passing flight attendants.

"Here, Misao. Give him this," Megumi said, handing the girl a couple of pills.

"What are they?" Misao asked, eyeing the pills suspiciously which made Megumi slightly annoyed. Didn't they trust her judgment by now?

"It's a sleeping pill. It'll—"

Both girls looked at Aoshi in shock. As soon as he had heard the word 'sleeping,' he had grabbed the pill out of Misao's hand and swallowed it dry.

"Anyways," Megumi continued, clearing her throat and turning back to Misao, he should fall asleep in about five minutes."

The two women once again looked at Aoshi in shock as they heard a small snore come from his direction. Megumi just shook her head before going back to her seat. Misao watched her leave and sit down next to Sanosuke. Sanosuke looked up at Megumi upon her arrival and made a comment that caused Megumi to hit him on the head, to which Misao let out a soft chuckle. Her focus shifted back to Aoshi as she felt his head fall against her shoulder. She smiled softly at him before opening the book on her lap and reading.

Aoshi woke up to the sound of screaming. He cracked one eye open to try to figure out what was going on. Standing in the aisle were a bunch of men in black ninja outfits holding swords. On full alert now, he opened his eyes and sat up. He heard a shout come from behind him and saw Sano fighting with some of the ninjas that were in the back of the plane. Apparently he had been in the bathroom when the hijackers made their presence known. Aoshi made to get up and join his friend in the fight, but stopped when he felt a hand on his forearm. He turned towards Misao who shook her head no and motioned for him to stay seated.

Aoshi removed his hand from his seat belt, but kept his eyes on Sanosuke and his fight. At first everything appeared to be all right. Sano was throwing punches and kicking his opponents into one another. At one point it crossed Aoshi's mind that these ninjas must be zombies because no matter how many bones cracked, they always came back up for more. That thought did not last for long though as he felt his heart accelerate when a ninja suddenly fell from the ceiling on top of Sanosuke. He did not have to worry though. Sanosuke had known what was happening and grabbed the guy by his shirt and flinging him towards the front of the plane.

Things were on the up when Aoshi noticed that Sano was shrinking. Aoshi felt his eyes widen as the process accelerated, and soon an eight year-old Sano was trying to inflict damage on the ninja, who at some point had abandoned their swords for hand-to-hand combat. Aoshi found that he could only watch as Sanosuke was tied up by the ninja. However, the kid Sano did not know when to give up and bit one of the ninjas.

The ninja let out a surprised yelp and tried to pull Sano off of him. Everything went silent as a loud slurp could be heard coming from their direction. The ninja that Sano was holding onto fainted, and one of his fellow ninjas tried to get Sano off of his fallen comrade. He was about to kick Sano when he stumbled back in surprise and pointing a finger in Sano's direction shouted, "VAMPIRE!"

The only thing that could be heard on the airplane, besides the air conditioning, was the sound of Sano drinking the blood of the fallen ninja. Aoshi dared not to blink as he watched Sano lift his head up, blood dripping from the corners of his mouth. A smirk made its way across his face as he saw all of the scared people staring at him. His tongue found its way through his lips and licked at the blood lingering on his face.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" Sano's were filled with bloodlust as he looked over his victims. "It appears that I will have a feast tonight." He yawned and leaned against the seat behind him, somehow managing to be graceful even though he was still bound with ropes. "I will let you all live a little while longer as I am tired. However, never doubt that you will die tonight. It has been a while since I have been able to drink fresh human blood."

It was a while before someone was brave enough to see if Sano was truly asleep. The brave soul was another one of the hijackers who after slapping Sano's face to see if he was awake, grabbed the child around the waist and shoved him into one of the overhead compartments. Once it was slammed shut, all of the ninjas pulled out rolls of duck tape and started to seal the overhead compartments on that side of the airplane in hopes that Sano would not be able to get out once he wakes up.

Aoshi was still reeling from shock when one of the ninjas approached Misao and asked, "Are you okay, darling?"

Misao stood up and placed her hands on his chest. He pulled her close to him in response and she responded, "Yes, honey. Although I must it admit that it was a great shock to learn that I have been living with a vampire for the past four months."

"Well, everything will be back to normal now," the man said as he tilted his head towards hers, capturing her lips in a kiss as he whispered, "you can come home now."

"You have no idea how long I have been waiting for this," Misao muttered as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "I have missed you dearly."

"As I have missed, you, my darling."

Aoshi must have made a noise, because the two broke apart and turned around to face him. "Who's that?" the man asked, examining Aoshi as he pulled Misao even closer.

"Oh! Let me introduce you two! Darling, this is Aoshi. Aoshi this is my husband."

"A pleasure to meet you, Aoshi-san," the man said as he removed his hood, and Aoshi felt his heart stop.

1) Misao was married.

2) Misao was married to Brad Pitt. Brad FUCKING Pitt!

How the hell did they manage to keep it under wraps?

Since when did Brad Pitt become a terrorist?

MISAO'S MARRIED!

Aoshi's brain went haywire as he tried to comprehend the situation. Misao was married. Why hadn't she told him? He thought… He thought… Aoshi decided not to go in that direction.

"Thank you for taking care of Misao for me," Brad continued talking to Aoshi, not noticing his state of shock. I was worried about her since she had to infiltrate the enemy, but it appears that you took good care of her. I'll petition with the leader to keep you alive. It 's the least I could do to show my thanks," he continued, obviously thinking that Aoshi was paying attention to what he was saying.

Aoshi was removed from his stupor by the sound of coughing coming from behind him. The group of three turned their heads to see who it was, and Misao immediately rushed to Megumi's side when she realized that Megumi was the one coughing.

"This is not good," Brad said. "It looks like she got infected with that deadly virus Leader had her experiment."

"It's not contagious, is it?" Misao asked, turning to face her husband. "Last I heard, there was no cure, right?"

"No, it's not contagious, and I think Megumi developed a cure. Hey, Megumi," Brad said, shaking her shoulder, "where did you put the cure?"

Megumi tried to respond, but that only started another coughing fit.

"Do you think Leader might have the antidote?" Megumi asked her husband.

His forehead creased in thought. "She might. I'll go ask her. Wait here," he said before running back down the aisle to the front of the airplane.

It wasn't long before Brad came running back down the aisle, with a very familiar woman in tow.

"Kaoru?"

"Yes, this definitely looks like the symptoms Megumi described in her last report," Kaoru said as she bent over Megumi and examined her. "Brad, look in the outer pocket and hand me the container with the blue pills."

"Yes, Leader," Brad said and began to search through the bag.

"Leader?" Aoshi was pretty sure that he was going crazy at this point.

"Found it!" Brad exclaimed before handing the container to Kaoru. Kaoru unscrewed the lid and poured some of the pills into her hand. She swallowed one before sticking the others in her mouth and kissing Megumi.

Now Aoshi had seen it all.

"That should do it," Kaoru said with a satisfied tone. She place the container back in her bag before turning to face her two followers. "Come on you two, we're about to have a meeting in the front of the plane. Brad, carry Megumi."

"Yes, sir!" Misao and Brad saluted. Brad lifted Megumi over his shoulder, and the couple followed Kaoru back to the front of the airplane.

"Aoshi."

Aoshi jumped in shock. He turned around to see Kenshin standing behind him and almost fainted. Kenshin was wearing a frilly white dress, and had a golden band around his forehead. In his hand he carried a golden wand with a star at the end. He smiled at Aoshi and said cheerfully, "Hello!"

"What the hell are you wearing?" Aoshi asked, trying to calm his heart.

"My uniform, of course. All guardian angels have to you wear this."

"Kenshin. You are not a guardian angel."

"Yes I am. In fact, I am you guardian angel. I have decided to inform you of the truth since this is your time of need."

"Kenshin, guardian angels do not exist."

Kenshin's face went pale and he grabbed onto Aoshi's arm. "Don't say that!"

"I'm sorry, Kenshin, but you need to out of this delusional reality you're in. Guardian angels do not exist."

Kenshin became paler, and appeared to be dimmer. His grip on Aoshi's arm, however, was stronger. "You cannot say that, Aoshi! We guardian angels are like Tinkerbell. If you do not believe in me, I shall cease to exist!"

"Kenshin—"

"Stop!"

"Kenshin—"

"Don't say it!"

"Kenshin! Guardian angels are myths! They do not exist!"

"NOOO!" Kenshin cried, and Aoshi watched in amazement as he was sucked into a black hole.

"If I clap my hands, will he come back?"

"Aoshi! AOSHI!"

Aoshi woke with a start and saw Misao and Kenshin staring down at him.

"Aoshi, we've landed, everyone's already left the airplane. We have to get off so that the crew can clean."

Aoshi fainted.

He was never going to rid an airplane again.

Never.

A/N: Sorry for the long wait! The next update will be sometime next month, and will happen sooner if you all review! :)