Rei: YAY!! I've been reading fics where Kenshin has DID/MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder) and it got me thinking. In the show, it does seem like Kenshin had MPD. There is Kenshin, Rurouni and Battousai in the show. So here's my AU fic where Kenshin is the transfer student with the dark secret.

Rath: I didn't get to say anything.... *Sniffle*

Rei: Ummmm... Do the disclaimer!!

Rath: We don't own Rurouni Kenshin so don't sue. All you'll get is a Ruroken DVD. ^_^ I feel better!!

Rei:^_^'

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"WAAAHHH!!! KAORU!! WE'RE LATE!!!"-- Misao screeched at her sister's door. Said sister poked her head out. She looked like she had just woken up and dunked her head in a bucket and called it a shower. "Okay Misao. Give me a minute."- Kaoru replied as she brushed her hair and pulled it into a ponytail with a violet ribbon.

Misao tapped her foot and frowned. She hitched her bag higher on her back and flipped her long braid over her shoulder. Finally Kaoru stepped out, ready, book bag in hand.

Kaoru was the older sister. The one with the car. So Misao was stuck waiting while Kaoru woke late and got ready fast. All for a lousy ride.

Kaoru ran out the door and hopped into her silver Toyota Celica GT (A/n I had to write this part, since my sister just got one) and unlocked the passenger door. Misao jumped in and Kaoru revved the engine. They tore down the street with practiced ease. They had never been tardy yet.

Kaoru and Misao walked into the school doors and headed towards their classes. "See ya at lunch, Kaoru!"- Misao yelled over her back. "Yeah!"- came the reply.

Kaoru made her way to her class quickly. She was a senior at Sarayashiki High. Her little sister, Misao, was a sophomore, along with their cousin, Yahiko. Her friends, Aoshi, Megumi, Sanosuke, Okita, Kamatari and Chou didn't mind hangin' with the two younger kids.

Kaoru sat as the bell rang and had enough time to wave to the seniors of their group. Okina-sensei smiled and announced, "Today we have a new transfer student. His name is Himura Kenshin." All eyes turned towards the door as Okina waved for someone to come in. Girls gasped. Guys gaped.

Long startling red hair was pulled into a loose ponytail at the base of his neck, bangs falling slightly messily into his eyes, and framing his face. Only occasional glints told what color his eyes were, since they were hidden amongst his red locks; they were a soft blue/violet. He was short and delicate, almost feminine, but a strange cross-shaped scar told he was no stranger to violence. He bowed to the class-- "Pleased to meet you all."-- even his voice was soft and girlish.

Hearts and stars sprung up in most of the girl's eyes, and flames danced in the guys eyes as they watched their crushes swoon over the new guy. Kaoru was impressed. He was kind of hot, she admitted to herself.

"All right, Himura, now if you'll take a seat-- there's one next to Kamiya, raise your hand, Kamiya-- we can begin the lesson."- Okina-sensei smiled. Kenshin nodded and walked to his seat, flashing Kaoru a smile.

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After class, Kaoru found herself pulled to her feet by Sanosuke Sagara. "Hey, Jou-chan. Why don't you invite the new kid to lunch with us? I'm sure Misao and Yahiko would wanna meet him." Kaoru realized she was being pushed towards the redhead with many hands on her back. Looking behind her, she saw Sano, Okita and Chou pushing her.

When the hands stopped pushing, she found herself right in front of the new student. He raised an eyebrow at her. "Uhh.. hi?"- he offered, obviously confused as to why 3 guys had pushed her over. "Ano... Himura-san, we--" she gestured to the group of friends "--were wondering if you want to join us." 'Oh, yeah, smooth Kaoru. Very smooth.'- she scolded herself.

"Sure. Why not? And don't call me Himura-san. Kenshin's fine." "Call me Kaoru." She led Kenshin over to her friends and started introducing everyone.

As they made their way to the cafeteria, Misao and Yahiko met up with them and more introductions followed. Once seated, Kenshin slapped his forehead and groaned, "Excuse me. I have to go to the nurse's office." "I'll go with you!"- Kaoru stood to enforce her idea. "You don't have to!"- Kenshin protested immediately. "I want to!" Kenshin knew he was defeated when Kaoru flashed sad puppy eyes. "Fine."

Kaoru followed Kenshin as he walked down the hall. "Why are you going to the nurses?" Kaoru asked innocently. "I'd rather not talk about it yet." Kaoru nodded in understanding.

~*~Meanwhile, back with the others~*~

"I think he's gay."- Chou stated as soon as Kenshin and Kaoru were out of sight. "Nah. You see the way he looked at Kaoru? He's gotta be straight."- Misao started. "Maybe he's bi."-Sano said. Both looked at him and smirked. "Let's start a bet. 5 dollars. You think he's gay, straight or bi?" Chou challenged. "He's gotta be gay, I should know!"- Kamatari seemed to think that just because he was gay, he would know every gay guy for miles. "Gay." --Okita. "He can't be straight, he didn't even look at me. He has to be bi. Ohohohohoho"- Megumi decided as she sprung fox ears and laughed behind her hand. "I don't know why he'd look at an ugly girl like Kaoru. He's gotta be gay."- Yahiko concluded. "Aoshi-sama... Do you at least agree with me?"- Misao whined when she realized she was the only one who thought Kenshin was straight, To her delight, Aoshi nodded.

"So that's 4 who thinks he's gay, 2 who thinks he's straight, and 2 who thinks he's bi. And that's $40."- Chou announced.

Kenshin and Kaoru returned after Kenshin had a brief talk with the nurse. Which turned out to be a guy. Dr. Gensai. Kenshin chuckled at the thought. "Mr. Nurse."- he muttered as they left. Kaoru punched him playfully on the shoulder. "It's happened before." "Yeah. I know."

Kaoru decided that, even though they had barely met, she liked Kenshin. "Hey, Kenshin, you gonna join any clubs?" - Kaoru asked as they rejoined the group. "Yeah. Kendo." "Kendo?!"- Everyone asked in amazement. Why? Well, you usually don't see a short, delicate looking guy joining kendo. "That's great sweetheart!"

"Wow!! That's great! Aoshi-sama, Kaoru, Yahiko and me are in kendo!"- Misao sounded delighted. "Yeah, but it's pretty hard to get in. You have to face the captain, and it's not easy. I can't use a sword for shit, so I'm not in it." Sano explained. "Weasel-girl here can't use one either, but the captain said the kunai that she uses are ok."- Sano frowned and patted Misao's head.

"It's not my fault you only fight with your fists!! Rooster-head!!"- Misao argued as she tried to hit Sano. Kenshin smiled and tried to stop the fighting. "You'll never get them apart you know. The rooster-head and weasel-girl always fight. Now, me, on the other hand, am a proper lady, not some sweaty tom-boy like that tanuki or weasel." Megumi latched on to Kenshin's arm flirtatiously and batted her eyelashes. Megumi Takani was probably one of the hottest girls in the senior class, and she knew it. And she used that to her every advantage, especially when it came to annoying Kaoru. Kenshin frowned and tried to remove his arm from Megumi's grasp, without being rude and yanking it away, but her grip was firm and he couldn't free himself until the bell rang.

The rest of the day passed quickly, and Kaoru found Kenshin was in all her classes. P.E. came as a shock to the girl when she found Kenshin, although he looked fragile, was actually quite fast. They were doing Track, and he might as well have run circles around the class. When he was praised by the teacher, he rubbed the back of his neck and said he wasn't that great.

Kendo practice came after school, and Kenshin followed Kaoru, Aoshi , Yahiko and Misao. As they walked in, Kaoru finished explaining how to join. "You have to challenge the captain, Seta Soujiro, and if he thinks you're good enough, he'll let you join." "Seta Soujiro?" Kenshin looked shocked, than amused. Kaoru was confused. "Yeah. What's wrong with that?" Kenshin smiled broadly. "Nothing."

Kenshin went to find the captain, as Kaoru, Aoshi, Misao and Yahiko started warming up. With in minutes, Soujiro and Kenshin were locked in battle. Soujiro used a sword, a blunt one, and for some reason, Kenshin was allowed a sword with the sharp edge on the wrong side. Only experienced members of the kendo team used steel weapons. In other words, Aoshi, Misao, and Soujirou. (Kaoru preferred a bokken by choice)

Kenshin's new friends watched with interest as Kenshin wielded the sword like an expert. Soujiro lunged forward, hoping to catch Kenshin off guard, Kenshin seemed to expect that move, and blocked with his own sword. Using the momentum he gathered, he spun and slashed diagonally. Soujiro jumped back and braced himself for an attack he expected. Instead, Kenshin jumped in the air and flipped so he was facing his opponent and he slammed his sword into Soujiro's shoulder, sending the kendo captain sprawled to the floor. Kenshin sheathed his sword.

Soujiro struggled to his feet and charged again. Kenshin seemed unaffected as Soujiro ran at him, faster than most could even see, Soujiro attempted a Battou Jutsu, but Kenshin stepped back at the last second, Shocked, Soujiro was left open. Ducking to get under Soujiro, unsheathing his sword, he held it with both hands positioning it horizontally, and jumped up. The blunt edge of the sword connected with the bottom of Soujiro's chin and he was, yet again, sent sprawling to the floor. Panting heavily, Soujiro rose shakily to his feet.

Despite the new bruises on his shoulder and chin, Soujiro's normal smile and cheery attitude seemed unaffected. "My, Himura-san, you sure have gotten better than the last time we met! I couldn't even touch you!" Soujiro stuck out his hand and Kenshin shook it. "Welcome to the Sarayashiki High Kendo Club!" Kenshin smiled and nodded. "Were those moves a Ryu Tsui Sen, and aRyu Sho Sen?" Soujiro rubbed his neck, where a dark bruise was forming. "Yeah. And you decided to use Shun Ten Satsu."- Kenshin decided. Soujiro's smile widened, if that's possible, and he nodded.

"Wow."- was Kaoru, Yahiko and Misao's only comment. Aoshi was surprised too, but he didn't show it. "Wow!! What style was that?! I wanna learn! Can you teach me?"- Yahiko pelted Kenshin with questions as soon as he regained control of his mouth and pulled it off the floor. Kenshin rubbed the back of his head and smiled blandly. "Hiten Mitsurugi style, and no, I don't intend to pass it on to anyone." "Hey."- suddenly it all clicked in Kaoru's mind- "You know Seta-san?" Kenshin nodded with a smile. "We've met at a kendo tournament a few months ago."

"He beat me then too!" Soujiro didn't seemed a bit fazed by his shocking defeat. Kenshin smiled again. "It wasn't an easy defeat then either." "Wow. I didn't think anyone could beat Seta-san!"- Misao seemed to have recovered from the shock.

Kenshin smiled and rubbed the back of his neck, yet again, and said "Can we practice now?"

After kendo practice, Kenshin said goodbye to his new friends and walked home. He was glad to escape the apparent awe of his friends, but he was glad to have those friends. Before them, the only person he would have known at school was Soujiro Seta. They weren't exactly friends, though. Soujiro was way too cheerful for Kenshin's taste. They were more rivals than friends. Kenshin liked his new friends, they were nice. He took a particular liking to Kaoru and Sanosuke. Kaoru was the nice girl who was the first to talk to him, although she was short tempered. Sanosuke was the annoying guy that you couldn't help but like.

After he fished the key out of his bag, Kenshin opened the door and called out that he was home. Hearing no reply he called out again, louder this time. "Tadaima! Uncle Hiko?" "I heard you the first time!" Hiko, a huge man with long black hair that seemed he was the complete opposite of Kenshin, apeared. It seemed impossible they were related in any way. "Welcome home, baka-deshi." he said with a smirk.

"Don't call me that." Kenshin grumbled. "What are you doing? Making pottery again?" Hiko decided not to answer that and asked "How was school?" "Not too bad. Made some friends. Made the kendo club. Did you know Soujiro Seta is the kendo captain?" Hiko shrugged,

"Did you talk to the nurse?" He nodded. "I gave him my meds, and the doctors note. I've got homework to do, Uncle Hiko, can we finish this conversation later?" Hiko did not seem to notice he was blocking Kenshin's way until now. He moved. Kenshin walked past.

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Rei: *puppy eyes* Nother fic?

Rath: ^_^ She can't be content with writing one ficcie at a time

Rei: *sniffle* By the way,

Sarayashiki~~ Yeah. I stole this from Yu Yu Hakusho.

Sensei~~ teacher

bokken~~ wooden sword thingies

Battou Jutsu~~ That move where you draw your sword really fast and slash! Yay!!

kendo tournament~~ Kenshin won. But I didn't want to make it seem like Kenshin was stuck up mentioning this, so I'll say it now. Kenshin won.

Shun Ten Satsu~ The user accelerates his speed so much that he cannot be seen, then executes the Battou Jutsu.
User(s): Seta Soujirou

Ryu Sho Sen~ The user holds his sword with both hands, positioning it upwards. From there, he jumps up and hits his opponent below the chin or directly on the neck.
User(s): Hiko Seijuurou and Himura Kenshin

Ryu Tsui Sen~ The user jumps up into the air and comes down hard, slamming his sword upon a body part of his opponent.
User(s): Hiko Seijuurou, Himura Kenshin, and Myoujin Yahiko

I got all info for the attacks from Hitokiris Anonymous, which is

^_^ It's a great site. I love it. Go visit. Yeah. Cool. Mmmmm... What was I saying? Oh, yeah. nice.... wow... Why is there a pink elephant over there?

Rath: O_O Are you drunk or something?

Rei: *looks shocked* Me? Drunk? Nooooo...

Rath: High?

Rei: Guess again.

Rath: What ever. Just review folks.

Rei: *scowls* That's my line.

Rath: Nuh-uh... I always have to say it cuz you're always a freak.

Rei: *scowls again* I don't have a weapon.... Unless..... *throws mouse, and uses the wire to spin it and hit again*