(A/N: Hey peeps! Long time no see! How have you been? Well, seeing as how now everybody is so busy and I apparently have so much spare time on my hands, have decided to start this new fic, hope that you all will support & most importantly enjoy the fic!)
Game Plan
Prologue: A Femme Fatale is born
Kaoru could only watch the scene her cousin was making- yet again for the month- as said cousin was weeping, no cancel that, bawling her head off.
"Why, why me?" Were the only words Kaoru could make out from her cousin's extremely high-pitched wails which might she felt would make anything banshee proud. "Kaoru… tell me something, am I that ugly?"
Kaoru inwardly swallowed a 'yes' at the sight of her cousin's tear-stained face complete with puffy red eyes as her cousin finally pulled herself away from her table top to face her. "No, of course not Misao-chan! Why ever would you think that? You're cute, pretty, err…healthy and clean and... and…"
Misao just watched as her cousin rambled on and on in front of her, but she hardly paid any attention. In her mind, all she could see was that particular scene being played out in front of her again and again just like a tape gone bad.
"Sorry, Misao but I really do not think of you as anything more than a friend." That particular sentence had struck hard and it left an extremely unpleasant ringing in her ears. She could only remember staring at him, too shocked to say anything and at the same time feeling like she was unable to say anything anymore.
"Misao-chan, you ok?"
Misao blinked once, twice, and a third time as she finally recognised the hand of Kaoru being waved in front of her face. Her eyes met with the sight of a worried Kaoru. "I'm fine," she sniffed delicately as she brushed her tears with the back of her hand. "Just a little bit disappointed, again."
Kaoru watched her cousin, she was at a loss of what to do. She didn't know her cousin would have been in such shock after the recent rejection from her latest crush, Shinomori Aoshi. She was a little worried when she suddenly found Misao no longer sniffing, but staring into space as the tears just continuously rolled down her cheeks. "Misao-chan," Kaoru said, as she placed a soothing hand on Misao's shoulders, rubbing them gently. "daijoubu, you know I'll always be here for you. Cheer up, you can always find another guy."
Misao sniffled a little. At Kaoru's words, she found herself almost giving her a snort which she knew would have been extremely rude especially when Kaoru was trying to cheer her up. She knew that she shouldn't be so pessimistic, but how could she ever possibly understand? She was the lucky one, she had Kenshin, her knight in shining armour, her Prince Charming ever since who-knows-when and luckily for her Kenshin had reciprocated her feelings and the two had been together since. A good long four years in fact.
"Ne, Kaoru am I really fated to be so unlucky in love?"
Kaoru felt herself visibly stiffen at Misao's question. "Obviously not, don't be ridiculous!" Kaoru gave a small, shaky laugh hoping that her answer sounded a lot more solid then her laugh. "There's still plenty of opportunities left, so don't despair!"
Misao just gave Kaoru a weak grin. Truth be told, she was getting a little tired. Tired of always falling in love with the next cute guy she saw, tired of spending her next few days, weeks or even months thinking about the guy, wearing her heart on her sleeve then tossing aside her dignity and pride to confess to him her feelings finally to have him toss them aside like a worthless pile of junk. She hated it, why did this always happen to her? Feeling even more sorry for herself, she felt ready to call school a day and to ask the teacher for permission to go home. Kaoru, seeing as how her cousin was no longer responding to her anymore respectfully kept quiet and just hoped that somehow her cousin would crawl out of her hole like she usually did.
Misao ignored the uncomfortable silence that hung between them like the acrid stench of cigarettes. She was too busy contemplating on things. For once, she would like things to be opposite, to be different. Instead of she being the one who had to sacrifice everything, why not let the guys be the ones to suffer and let them understand the pain she had to go through, not once, not twice but three times! Three damned times!
No, she could not let things go on the way they were, she had to teach the male species a lesson, let them know the agony of casting away your pride and dignity to have them thrown back in your face with nothing more than a 'sorry' and the feeling of shame weighing heavily on you as you see the look of pity in their eyes. It was pay-back time!
Kaoru watched wordlessly as Misao finally looked up from the table top again and hastily brushed away her tears. She knew Misao would pull through, she always did. It took her a little longer this time though, but seeing the look of determination on her cousin's face, she allowed herself a smile as relief coursed throughout her body. Misao would bounce back.
"Kaoru," Kaoru was visibly surprised when Misao turned to face her and took her hands in hers. "You're right, this is not a time to be moping around. I should pull myself together." Kaoru gave an even bigger grin at Misao's words. She was proud of her cousin.
"… Especially now that I know what I have to do." Kaoru, still smiling just allowed her cousin to carry on, feeling that she should allow Misao to talk as much as she wanted before she went back to being her cheerful and bubbly self again.
Misao taking Kaoru's silence as a hint to carry on, she happily announced her plan to Kaoru, explaining everything to her cousin. Kaoru stared in shock at her cousin, disbelief and shock written all over her face. Did her cousin just meant what she had said? Was she really going to do that? She felt herself starting to feel dizzy and she was glad she was sitting down because she felt her legs would have not been able to support her weight. She nervously licked her lips, feeling as though she had been drained of all fluids, then opening her mouth she tried to say something that would change Misao's mind. But before anything could be spoken, she felt her hand being pumped up and down by Misao and said person grinning insanely at her. She could barely register anything and was quite sure that she was unable to hear anything when she heard the dreaded words...
"I knew you would see things my way!"
Misao happily shook Kaoru's hands. She was glad that her cousin approved of her plans, it wascomforting to know that someone was supporting her. After all, silence did mean consent right?
(A/N: Ok, that was the prologue. Hoped you guys enjoyed it and please be so kind as to leave a review if you read this fic yeah? See ya in the next chappie!)
