Note to the readers: Please excuse if I lack the originality, or something
bothers you...but I wrote this fic solely based on salty crackers and tea,
so my brain isn't at it's best...plus I had an eye problem so...
Warning: MAJOR OOC attitudes in this fic.
Disclaimer: I don't own RK.
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15 year old Kaoru Kamiya sat bored in her chair as their math teacher ranted on about some difficult and impossible thing to learn. When the bell rang, she gave out a relieved sigh before darting out. She went directly to the cafeteria, where her friends Misao and Megumi were waiting at one of the tables. They were both discussing something when she got there.
"Hey Megumi, Misao...so what's up?" she asked her two best friends.
"Nothing much...Megumi here is complaining about her rooster head of a boyfriend...while I still can't get Aoshi-sama to notice me!!" she said, her face growing a bit irritated at the last part. Both Megumi and Kaoru sweatdropped at this.
"Anyway, Kaoru, have you seen the new student? The one with red hair and a scar on his cheek?" asked Megumi, inclining herself towards Kaoru.
"Nope, haven't seen him. Where is he?" she replied
Megumi only lifted a finger and pointed behind Kaoru. She turned around and saw the guys' table, or so they called it, for they guy friends all sat there. It was impossible not to notice the red hair, it practically stood out between Sanosuke and Takato's dark hair. All three of them were laughing hard.
"Ah, so you've seen the new kid, huh?" said a female voice from behind Megumi.
Megumi and Kaoru spun around in surprise, only to see their friend Ling.
"Don't scare us like that! And yes, we've seen him..." reprimanded Kaoru still looking at the new student.
Megumi's fox ears popped up at this.
"And apparently you can't stop seeing him! OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!!!!" she said, giving off her trademark laugh.
Kaoru's face then turned bright red, something Ling and Megumi did not miss, though Misao did. Megumi gave off another laugh, though Ling just stood there, a snicker on her face. Kaoru looked at Takato and then at Ling, and decided to retaliate.
"I wouldn't snicker, Ling. You can't take YOUR eyes off our dark-haired musician over there!" she said, making Ling's snicker turn into a frown.
Megumi just couldn't hold herself anymore, she burst out laughing, banging her fist against the table. Misao, still in the gutter wallowing in self- pity, missed anything they said. Megumi's laughter did get the attention of their friends in the other table, who all turned their heads to see what the heck was going on.
"What in the world is going on over there?" asked Takato, looking at a laughing Megumi.
"I have no idea...kitsune normally doesn't laugh like that...unless someone says something too stupid for her to handle..." replied Sanosuke
"Like your daily sentences..." added his friend Katsu
"HEY!"
"Maa, maa...calm down...no need to get violent." replied the red-head.
"You're right Kenshin. Anyway, I'm really curious as to what kitsune is laughing about so hard." He said, chewing on a fishbone.
"Probably something about us...and that's never good..." suggested Takato as he sipped his tea
"Hey, Kenshin, have you noticed that busu hasn't stopped looking at you?" asked their friend Yahiko, from beside Katsu.
"Hey, the brat's right. She hasn't let you out of her sight ever since she saw you!" agreed Sanosuke
Yahiko went red and jumped on Sanosuke, biting his head.
"Get off!! You're messing up the hair!! GEROFF!!!!!!" shouted Sanosuke, as he tried to swat Yahiko off his head.
Just then, the bell rang, announcing the end of the break period.
"YES! I have study hall now! Now I can go practice for the upcoming talent show! I better get going! See ya guys!" shouted Takato, as he donned his large brown trench coat and gloves and then ran towards the gym, his bag flung over his shoulder.
"He's really taking that concert seriously...is he always like this?" asked Kenshin, who was beginning to know these people.
"Yep...Music is something Takato takes very seriously. That, History and Kenjutsu" replied Yahiko, as he left for his science class.
Sanosuke and Katsu went towards their English class, leaving Kenshin all alone, stranded in this big school, with no knowledge of where was what.
And so began the great search.
After walking about ten minutes, Kenshin finally got to his Art class. He looked in and saw that the teacher wasn't there yet. He sighed in relief and went inside. The students inside were all talking and enjoying themselves. Kenshin dropped his bag at the farthest table and took out his materials. After about five minutes, the teacher arrived. The teacher was a tall, well built and muscular man with long dark hair. He donned a white trench coat bordered red. At the sight of him, Kenshin's jaw dropped.
'SHISHOU??? What in Kami's name is he doing here????' he thought
"Good morning class. I am your new teacher, Hiko Seijuuro. Your old teacher has come down sick, and the school had no choice but to ask him to resign for health reasons." Said Hiko
A low murmur went across the room.
"What did the teacher have?" asked one of the students
"Parkinson Syndrome...the doctors have ordered his retirement. Now, I will call roll." he announced, taking out the list and running through the names.
Kenshin could predict what his former master would do when he reached his name.
"Gonzalez...Himura...Johnson..." scanned Hiko, and then stopped. "HIMURA???" he shouted, looking around the room, till he found the red- head.
Kenshin tried in vain to hide, as Hiko smacked his own forehead in frustration.
"Kami-sama...I can't get a decent job without having baka deshi as my student..." he muttered, before going on with the list.
Once he finished, Hiko ordered all of his students to sit down and listen.
"For all those here who don't know what I demand of my students, my policy is this. You work or you leave. Anyone who has any problem with that can leave right now. Remember, you have till next week to change your classes before they go into your record for the next year. I hope to see SOME of you next year." he announced in a casual way.
After Hiko was able to settle everyone down, he started the class. They were going to start with pottery. Kenshin grimaced. He knew his shishou was extremely picky in that subject, being a pottery master himself. After about and hour and ten minutes passed, Hiko had all of them stop, so that he could inspect their work. Hiko then went around the classroom, inspecting every detail in all of the pottery work. When he reached Kenshin, he thought he'd see an ugly piece of junk, but was surprised to see an almost perfect pot with intricate designs on it.
"Well, baka deshi, it seems SOME of my excellent training DID get through that thick skull of yours." he said in a rather bored voice, though he was secretly very impressed. 'Never knew baka deshi was such an artist...' he thought
Just then, the bell rang. Hiko said that only those he had approved would be sent to the furnace to make them solid, while the others were to be still worked on. More than half of the class grumbled at this, and one by one they left the classroom. Kenshin was once more lost in this big concrete jungle we call a school. He went directly to the cafeteria by following some directions some of the students gave him. There, he saw Takato and Sanosuke waving at him from their table. He smiled and walked there. Takato had taken off his trench coat and gloves, and so he was only in his black long-sleeved shirt and black long pants. Sanosuke was gnawing on a fishbone and had his usual carefree face put on. Beside him was sitting another teen, who was wearing a white trench coat and under it a long sleeved purple shirt and long purple pants, with a black sweatshirt underneath. He had raven hair and wore gloves much like Takato's. Takato, noticing his confused look at the teen, smiled.
"Gomen, I forgot to introduce you to another friend of ours. This is Shinomori Aoshi. If you need some secret info on something, he can get it in a flash. That girl with the long braid is very interested in him, though I'm not sure if he returns the feelings, and I'm usually pretty good at guessing those things." introduced Takato
"Ah, Konnichiwa, Shinomori-san!" greeted Kenshin
The raven haired man only gave an approving nod. Kenshin then turned around and faced Takato again.
"So, is there anyone else I need to meet?" asked Kenshin
"Nope, unless you count Hajime Saitoh, though don't expect to be very well welcomed by him." warned Takato
"Baka ahou..." muttered Sanosuke.
Just then, Kenshin noticed that a girl was approaching their table. She had long, dark hair and dark eyes. She was fairly tall, and slim. She was only wearing a long skirt and a white shirt. She wore a necklace that had a small cross on it. In the middle of the cross was a small blue stone. She also wore silver earrings. Kenshin also noticed that the girl was headed straight for Takato, who smiled kindly as he noticed her approach.
"Konnichiwa Ling-chan! What can I do for you?" he asked in a pleasant manner.
The girl blushed for a fragment of a second before she made her face stern.
"Konnichiwa Takato-san. I was wondering...the girls and I are organizing a small event tomorrow night and we were wondering if you would like to come?" she asked in a very direct and to-the-point tone.
Takato looked into her eyes for about a minute before he nodded.
"Good. I will go tell the others. Arigatou Takato-san." She said, before leaving for her table.
After she had left, Takato kind face turned into that of worry.
"She had a malicious gleam in her eyes..." he reported to his friends
"Oh dear god..." muttered Sanosuke as he slapped his forehead.
"This can't be good..." complained Yahiko
"They're planning something..." stated Aoshi in his stoic tone.
"Well, whatever it is, I'm sure as hell not going." said Katsu as he sipped his tea. "You may be as desperate to get a girlfriend as to go, but I'm not. So count me out."
::WHAM::
Katsu was on the floor, two big bumps on the back of his heads, courtesy of Takato and Sanosuke who were fuming in embarrassment. Kenshin and Yahiko both sweatdropped at the sight, and Aoshi made no sign whatsoever to have heard what Katsu had said. The bell rang yet again. They all made their way to their respective classes, and, an hour and twenty minutes later, came out, tired as hell, and wanting to drop dead right there. At least school was over for the day. Kenshin walked out of the school building, looking as if someone had just Ryu Tsu Sen him into the next world.
"Finally…I can go home…rest…must rest…" he muttered to himself as he dragged himself to his car.
"OY! Kenshin! Wait up!" called Sanosuke from behind him. Kenshin silently cursed and turned around, putting on his best face.
"What's up, de gozaru?" he asked
"Well…Takato's calling an emergency meeting at his place for all the guys who are going to the event tomorrow." panted Sanosuke, as he caught his breath.
"Chikuso…" muttered inaudibly Kenshin, as he heard the news. No rest for him yet. He then faced Sanosuke. " Ok, hop in. Where does Takato-san live?" he asked, as he turned on the engine.
Sanosuke only grinned. Fifteen minutes later, they were right outside Takato's door. Kenshin rang the doorbell, which made a nice, soft sound. A minute later, Takato, still in his black outfit, but without shoes on, opened the door.
"Ah, Sanosuke-san, Kenshin-san. Come in! We've been waiting for you." he said as he motioned them inside.
"We're sorry if we kept you waiting too long." apologized Kenshin, earning a smile from Takato
"Not at all. The others just arrived as well." he explained, as he led them to the living room.
Inside the living room were seated Yahiko and Aoshi. Kenshin could detect another presence, but could not place it.
"I see two here…so why do I feel as if there's three?" asked Kenshin, looking at Takato.
"Well, maybe that's because you've uncovered Saitoh over there in the shadows" he suggested, pointing to a very shadowy corner, from where emerged a tall, well built man with black hair and four strands of hair falling on his face. "Kenshin, meet Hajime Saitoh, the Wolf of Mibu, as we call him." presented Takato
"Pleased to meet you, Hajime-san." Said Kenshin bowing. Saitoh simply nodded.
Seeing that everyone was there, Takato smiled before standing in the middle of the living room.
"Well, now that we're all here, I guess we can begin our meeting." Several nods greeted him. "As you all know, the girls have invited us to an event tomorrow…Aoshi-san here has discovered very interesting information about it…Aoshi?" motioned Takato, indicating for the spy to get up.
Aoshi cleared his throat before starting. "This 'event' the girls are having is actually a party. The purpose for this is unknown. According to sources, the girls who are to be there are Kaoru, Misao, Megumi, Ling, Tokio, Tsubame, and Selma, a friend of theirs. Now if you notice, all of these girls are single, with the exception of the last and Megumi. I have no clue as to who her boyfriend is, and right now, I deem it unimportant. All I know is the following: We've been invited to a party where five single girls are going and two who are already hitched, one to rooster head here, and someone else, and to make things worse, our count is exactly matching to the number of single females there." he reported, leaving the others completely quiet.
All of them were thinking as to the purpose behind the party, but they were all too thick headed to figure it out. Outside, two figures were listening attentively through one of the windows.
"You'd think they'd understand by now what's going on…" said one of them
"Bah, they're WAY too thick headed to understand…after the party, things will not be the same for any of them…and Ling will finally stop looking at Takato-san with that desperate puppy face when he's not looking…" muttered the second one, flinging her red hair over her shoulder.
Both figures then stealthily climbed down the rope they had used to get to Takato's floor and then got into the first figure's car and left the building. Fortunately, it had become dark, so they were not noticed by anyone. Five minutes later, Kenshin and his friends left Takato's home, thanking their friend for his hospitality.
The next day arose in a horrible mood. Rain was falling heavily and our friends all got up a bit grouchy, especially Kaoru, who destroyed her alarm clock for interrupting a dream of hers about the new kid (I am SO not going into details!!!). After beating the living daylights of her alarm clock, she slowly went to take a shower. When she was done, she slowly put on her clothes and went to the kitchen. There, she slowly (hey, it's a slow morning…can you blame them?) cooked herself something with no definite shape that should have been breakfast. After eating it, she got her stuff and went to her car. She threw everything into the car and slowly got into the driver's seat…and promptly fell asleep. Where it not for a sudden lightning bolt that hit nearby, she would of not had woken up till noon or something. She jumped in surprise and ran out of the car and into the house.
'Aw HELL NO! Hell no way I'm going to school when it's raining lightning bolts!!!' she thought with alarm.
That's when the radio made itself useful for the first time since she bought it.
"Today, because of this massive storm we're having ['more like a friggin' hurricane…' can be heard in the background] all schools are ordered to close for the day. I repeat, all schools are to close for today." crackled the radio.
Kaoru sighed in relief
"Thanks a lot…spared me the job of inventing an excuse for not going to school…" she muttered
"You're welcome!" crackled the radio, making her eyes bulge at it
'Must've been my imagination going wild again…' she thought, as she sighed and went back to bed, clothed and all.
Just when she was about to go to sleep, the doorbell rang. She swore into the pillows, and then got up, making up mental images of massive pain for whoever dared to ring the doorbell and interrupted her sleep. When she opened the door, she was ready to scream at the person, when she noticed it was the new kid. His red hair was very wet and behind him, she could not see his car.
"Ohayo de gozaimasu, Kaoru-dono. If it's not too much trouble, could I come in?" he asked, though she could detect a little tiredness in his voice.
"Sure…Kenshin, is it? [Kenshin nods] Right, well, anyway, come in!" she said, motioning him insides.
"Domo…it's freezing out there…' he said with a shiver.
"[Looks at thermometer, it reads 10°C] I can guess…say, where's your car? I didn't see it outside…" she asked as she watched Kenshin twist his hair to get the water out over the dishwasher.
"Tire was flat so I was going to school on foot…then hurricane Mary hit and here I am…fortunately, your place was close…" he explained, as a whole river fell out of his hair and into the dishwasher.
Kaoru gave him a look of sympathy before going to get a towel. When she came back, Kenshin gladly took it and dried his hair. Once it was dry, he looked around, sighed, and looked at her.
"What?" she asked
"Well…seems I'm stuck here until the rain stops…might as well do something." He said "Is there anything I can help with here?"
Kaoru thought for a second before an idea hit her.
"Well? Is there?" he asked
Kaoru only grinned.
Warning: MAJOR OOC attitudes in this fic.
Disclaimer: I don't own RK.
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15 year old Kaoru Kamiya sat bored in her chair as their math teacher ranted on about some difficult and impossible thing to learn. When the bell rang, she gave out a relieved sigh before darting out. She went directly to the cafeteria, where her friends Misao and Megumi were waiting at one of the tables. They were both discussing something when she got there.
"Hey Megumi, Misao...so what's up?" she asked her two best friends.
"Nothing much...Megumi here is complaining about her rooster head of a boyfriend...while I still can't get Aoshi-sama to notice me!!" she said, her face growing a bit irritated at the last part. Both Megumi and Kaoru sweatdropped at this.
"Anyway, Kaoru, have you seen the new student? The one with red hair and a scar on his cheek?" asked Megumi, inclining herself towards Kaoru.
"Nope, haven't seen him. Where is he?" she replied
Megumi only lifted a finger and pointed behind Kaoru. She turned around and saw the guys' table, or so they called it, for they guy friends all sat there. It was impossible not to notice the red hair, it practically stood out between Sanosuke and Takato's dark hair. All three of them were laughing hard.
"Ah, so you've seen the new kid, huh?" said a female voice from behind Megumi.
Megumi and Kaoru spun around in surprise, only to see their friend Ling.
"Don't scare us like that! And yes, we've seen him..." reprimanded Kaoru still looking at the new student.
Megumi's fox ears popped up at this.
"And apparently you can't stop seeing him! OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!!!!" she said, giving off her trademark laugh.
Kaoru's face then turned bright red, something Ling and Megumi did not miss, though Misao did. Megumi gave off another laugh, though Ling just stood there, a snicker on her face. Kaoru looked at Takato and then at Ling, and decided to retaliate.
"I wouldn't snicker, Ling. You can't take YOUR eyes off our dark-haired musician over there!" she said, making Ling's snicker turn into a frown.
Megumi just couldn't hold herself anymore, she burst out laughing, banging her fist against the table. Misao, still in the gutter wallowing in self- pity, missed anything they said. Megumi's laughter did get the attention of their friends in the other table, who all turned their heads to see what the heck was going on.
"What in the world is going on over there?" asked Takato, looking at a laughing Megumi.
"I have no idea...kitsune normally doesn't laugh like that...unless someone says something too stupid for her to handle..." replied Sanosuke
"Like your daily sentences..." added his friend Katsu
"HEY!"
"Maa, maa...calm down...no need to get violent." replied the red-head.
"You're right Kenshin. Anyway, I'm really curious as to what kitsune is laughing about so hard." He said, chewing on a fishbone.
"Probably something about us...and that's never good..." suggested Takato as he sipped his tea
"Hey, Kenshin, have you noticed that busu hasn't stopped looking at you?" asked their friend Yahiko, from beside Katsu.
"Hey, the brat's right. She hasn't let you out of her sight ever since she saw you!" agreed Sanosuke
Yahiko went red and jumped on Sanosuke, biting his head.
"Get off!! You're messing up the hair!! GEROFF!!!!!!" shouted Sanosuke, as he tried to swat Yahiko off his head.
Just then, the bell rang, announcing the end of the break period.
"YES! I have study hall now! Now I can go practice for the upcoming talent show! I better get going! See ya guys!" shouted Takato, as he donned his large brown trench coat and gloves and then ran towards the gym, his bag flung over his shoulder.
"He's really taking that concert seriously...is he always like this?" asked Kenshin, who was beginning to know these people.
"Yep...Music is something Takato takes very seriously. That, History and Kenjutsu" replied Yahiko, as he left for his science class.
Sanosuke and Katsu went towards their English class, leaving Kenshin all alone, stranded in this big school, with no knowledge of where was what.
And so began the great search.
After walking about ten minutes, Kenshin finally got to his Art class. He looked in and saw that the teacher wasn't there yet. He sighed in relief and went inside. The students inside were all talking and enjoying themselves. Kenshin dropped his bag at the farthest table and took out his materials. After about five minutes, the teacher arrived. The teacher was a tall, well built and muscular man with long dark hair. He donned a white trench coat bordered red. At the sight of him, Kenshin's jaw dropped.
'SHISHOU??? What in Kami's name is he doing here????' he thought
"Good morning class. I am your new teacher, Hiko Seijuuro. Your old teacher has come down sick, and the school had no choice but to ask him to resign for health reasons." Said Hiko
A low murmur went across the room.
"What did the teacher have?" asked one of the students
"Parkinson Syndrome...the doctors have ordered his retirement. Now, I will call roll." he announced, taking out the list and running through the names.
Kenshin could predict what his former master would do when he reached his name.
"Gonzalez...Himura...Johnson..." scanned Hiko, and then stopped. "HIMURA???" he shouted, looking around the room, till he found the red- head.
Kenshin tried in vain to hide, as Hiko smacked his own forehead in frustration.
"Kami-sama...I can't get a decent job without having baka deshi as my student..." he muttered, before going on with the list.
Once he finished, Hiko ordered all of his students to sit down and listen.
"For all those here who don't know what I demand of my students, my policy is this. You work or you leave. Anyone who has any problem with that can leave right now. Remember, you have till next week to change your classes before they go into your record for the next year. I hope to see SOME of you next year." he announced in a casual way.
After Hiko was able to settle everyone down, he started the class. They were going to start with pottery. Kenshin grimaced. He knew his shishou was extremely picky in that subject, being a pottery master himself. After about and hour and ten minutes passed, Hiko had all of them stop, so that he could inspect their work. Hiko then went around the classroom, inspecting every detail in all of the pottery work. When he reached Kenshin, he thought he'd see an ugly piece of junk, but was surprised to see an almost perfect pot with intricate designs on it.
"Well, baka deshi, it seems SOME of my excellent training DID get through that thick skull of yours." he said in a rather bored voice, though he was secretly very impressed. 'Never knew baka deshi was such an artist...' he thought
Just then, the bell rang. Hiko said that only those he had approved would be sent to the furnace to make them solid, while the others were to be still worked on. More than half of the class grumbled at this, and one by one they left the classroom. Kenshin was once more lost in this big concrete jungle we call a school. He went directly to the cafeteria by following some directions some of the students gave him. There, he saw Takato and Sanosuke waving at him from their table. He smiled and walked there. Takato had taken off his trench coat and gloves, and so he was only in his black long-sleeved shirt and black long pants. Sanosuke was gnawing on a fishbone and had his usual carefree face put on. Beside him was sitting another teen, who was wearing a white trench coat and under it a long sleeved purple shirt and long purple pants, with a black sweatshirt underneath. He had raven hair and wore gloves much like Takato's. Takato, noticing his confused look at the teen, smiled.
"Gomen, I forgot to introduce you to another friend of ours. This is Shinomori Aoshi. If you need some secret info on something, he can get it in a flash. That girl with the long braid is very interested in him, though I'm not sure if he returns the feelings, and I'm usually pretty good at guessing those things." introduced Takato
"Ah, Konnichiwa, Shinomori-san!" greeted Kenshin
The raven haired man only gave an approving nod. Kenshin then turned around and faced Takato again.
"So, is there anyone else I need to meet?" asked Kenshin
"Nope, unless you count Hajime Saitoh, though don't expect to be very well welcomed by him." warned Takato
"Baka ahou..." muttered Sanosuke.
Just then, Kenshin noticed that a girl was approaching their table. She had long, dark hair and dark eyes. She was fairly tall, and slim. She was only wearing a long skirt and a white shirt. She wore a necklace that had a small cross on it. In the middle of the cross was a small blue stone. She also wore silver earrings. Kenshin also noticed that the girl was headed straight for Takato, who smiled kindly as he noticed her approach.
"Konnichiwa Ling-chan! What can I do for you?" he asked in a pleasant manner.
The girl blushed for a fragment of a second before she made her face stern.
"Konnichiwa Takato-san. I was wondering...the girls and I are organizing a small event tomorrow night and we were wondering if you would like to come?" she asked in a very direct and to-the-point tone.
Takato looked into her eyes for about a minute before he nodded.
"Good. I will go tell the others. Arigatou Takato-san." She said, before leaving for her table.
After she had left, Takato kind face turned into that of worry.
"She had a malicious gleam in her eyes..." he reported to his friends
"Oh dear god..." muttered Sanosuke as he slapped his forehead.
"This can't be good..." complained Yahiko
"They're planning something..." stated Aoshi in his stoic tone.
"Well, whatever it is, I'm sure as hell not going." said Katsu as he sipped his tea. "You may be as desperate to get a girlfriend as to go, but I'm not. So count me out."
::WHAM::
Katsu was on the floor, two big bumps on the back of his heads, courtesy of Takato and Sanosuke who were fuming in embarrassment. Kenshin and Yahiko both sweatdropped at the sight, and Aoshi made no sign whatsoever to have heard what Katsu had said. The bell rang yet again. They all made their way to their respective classes, and, an hour and twenty minutes later, came out, tired as hell, and wanting to drop dead right there. At least school was over for the day. Kenshin walked out of the school building, looking as if someone had just Ryu Tsu Sen him into the next world.
"Finally…I can go home…rest…must rest…" he muttered to himself as he dragged himself to his car.
"OY! Kenshin! Wait up!" called Sanosuke from behind him. Kenshin silently cursed and turned around, putting on his best face.
"What's up, de gozaru?" he asked
"Well…Takato's calling an emergency meeting at his place for all the guys who are going to the event tomorrow." panted Sanosuke, as he caught his breath.
"Chikuso…" muttered inaudibly Kenshin, as he heard the news. No rest for him yet. He then faced Sanosuke. " Ok, hop in. Where does Takato-san live?" he asked, as he turned on the engine.
Sanosuke only grinned. Fifteen minutes later, they were right outside Takato's door. Kenshin rang the doorbell, which made a nice, soft sound. A minute later, Takato, still in his black outfit, but without shoes on, opened the door.
"Ah, Sanosuke-san, Kenshin-san. Come in! We've been waiting for you." he said as he motioned them inside.
"We're sorry if we kept you waiting too long." apologized Kenshin, earning a smile from Takato
"Not at all. The others just arrived as well." he explained, as he led them to the living room.
Inside the living room were seated Yahiko and Aoshi. Kenshin could detect another presence, but could not place it.
"I see two here…so why do I feel as if there's three?" asked Kenshin, looking at Takato.
"Well, maybe that's because you've uncovered Saitoh over there in the shadows" he suggested, pointing to a very shadowy corner, from where emerged a tall, well built man with black hair and four strands of hair falling on his face. "Kenshin, meet Hajime Saitoh, the Wolf of Mibu, as we call him." presented Takato
"Pleased to meet you, Hajime-san." Said Kenshin bowing. Saitoh simply nodded.
Seeing that everyone was there, Takato smiled before standing in the middle of the living room.
"Well, now that we're all here, I guess we can begin our meeting." Several nods greeted him. "As you all know, the girls have invited us to an event tomorrow…Aoshi-san here has discovered very interesting information about it…Aoshi?" motioned Takato, indicating for the spy to get up.
Aoshi cleared his throat before starting. "This 'event' the girls are having is actually a party. The purpose for this is unknown. According to sources, the girls who are to be there are Kaoru, Misao, Megumi, Ling, Tokio, Tsubame, and Selma, a friend of theirs. Now if you notice, all of these girls are single, with the exception of the last and Megumi. I have no clue as to who her boyfriend is, and right now, I deem it unimportant. All I know is the following: We've been invited to a party where five single girls are going and two who are already hitched, one to rooster head here, and someone else, and to make things worse, our count is exactly matching to the number of single females there." he reported, leaving the others completely quiet.
All of them were thinking as to the purpose behind the party, but they were all too thick headed to figure it out. Outside, two figures were listening attentively through one of the windows.
"You'd think they'd understand by now what's going on…" said one of them
"Bah, they're WAY too thick headed to understand…after the party, things will not be the same for any of them…and Ling will finally stop looking at Takato-san with that desperate puppy face when he's not looking…" muttered the second one, flinging her red hair over her shoulder.
Both figures then stealthily climbed down the rope they had used to get to Takato's floor and then got into the first figure's car and left the building. Fortunately, it had become dark, so they were not noticed by anyone. Five minutes later, Kenshin and his friends left Takato's home, thanking their friend for his hospitality.
The next day arose in a horrible mood. Rain was falling heavily and our friends all got up a bit grouchy, especially Kaoru, who destroyed her alarm clock for interrupting a dream of hers about the new kid (I am SO not going into details!!!). After beating the living daylights of her alarm clock, she slowly went to take a shower. When she was done, she slowly put on her clothes and went to the kitchen. There, she slowly (hey, it's a slow morning…can you blame them?) cooked herself something with no definite shape that should have been breakfast. After eating it, she got her stuff and went to her car. She threw everything into the car and slowly got into the driver's seat…and promptly fell asleep. Where it not for a sudden lightning bolt that hit nearby, she would of not had woken up till noon or something. She jumped in surprise and ran out of the car and into the house.
'Aw HELL NO! Hell no way I'm going to school when it's raining lightning bolts!!!' she thought with alarm.
That's when the radio made itself useful for the first time since she bought it.
"Today, because of this massive storm we're having ['more like a friggin' hurricane…' can be heard in the background] all schools are ordered to close for the day. I repeat, all schools are to close for today." crackled the radio.
Kaoru sighed in relief
"Thanks a lot…spared me the job of inventing an excuse for not going to school…" she muttered
"You're welcome!" crackled the radio, making her eyes bulge at it
'Must've been my imagination going wild again…' she thought, as she sighed and went back to bed, clothed and all.
Just when she was about to go to sleep, the doorbell rang. She swore into the pillows, and then got up, making up mental images of massive pain for whoever dared to ring the doorbell and interrupted her sleep. When she opened the door, she was ready to scream at the person, when she noticed it was the new kid. His red hair was very wet and behind him, she could not see his car.
"Ohayo de gozaimasu, Kaoru-dono. If it's not too much trouble, could I come in?" he asked, though she could detect a little tiredness in his voice.
"Sure…Kenshin, is it? [Kenshin nods] Right, well, anyway, come in!" she said, motioning him insides.
"Domo…it's freezing out there…' he said with a shiver.
"[Looks at thermometer, it reads 10°C] I can guess…say, where's your car? I didn't see it outside…" she asked as she watched Kenshin twist his hair to get the water out over the dishwasher.
"Tire was flat so I was going to school on foot…then hurricane Mary hit and here I am…fortunately, your place was close…" he explained, as a whole river fell out of his hair and into the dishwasher.
Kaoru gave him a look of sympathy before going to get a towel. When she came back, Kenshin gladly took it and dried his hair. Once it was dry, he looked around, sighed, and looked at her.
"What?" she asked
"Well…seems I'm stuck here until the rain stops…might as well do something." He said "Is there anything I can help with here?"
Kaoru thought for a second before an idea hit her.
"Well? Is there?" he asked
Kaoru only grinned.