Hi!!! This is my first fanfic, so don't blame me if it's bad.

Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin.

Chapter 1- Meeting Kenshin

*Kaoru's house*

"Rrrrringggggg! RRRiiingggg!" Kaoru slammed the alarm clock open and get up quickly. Normally she would toss and sleep again for a while, but today was different. This would be her first day of transferring to her new high school in Tokyo. She had just moved from Kyoto and was staying together with her uncle, Dr Genzi. He was a very kind and caring person and Kaoru loved him dearly. She changed quickly and grabbed her books and went down the stairs.

Dr Genzi saw her running down the steps. "Excited about your new school?"

"Yeah! Can't wait!" Kaoru tossed the last piece of her bread into her mouth and dashed out of the house, saying good-bye to her uncle.

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*School*

"I'm Kaoru. Kamiya Kaoru. Please to meet all of you." There were murmurs from some boys in the class and some jealous glares from the girls. No doubt Kaoru was beautiful. Her hair was tied in a high ponytail and she had the prettiest pair of sapphire eyes. She eyed the class, searching for an empty seat for her. She noticed that there was just one empty seat at the right corner. The next moment she saw a fiery red-haired man sitting just behind the empty seat. He was looking down and seemed deep in thought. Without a second thought, she moved to the empty seat and sat down in front of the stranger. She heard murmurs and whispers from the class.

"Hi, I'm Kamiya Kaoru. May I know your name?"

The stranger kept silent. Kaoru heard more murmurs from the class.

"I can't believe she sat down in front of Himura. She even TALK to him!" a girl whispered to her classmate which happened to be loud enough for Kaoru to catch. Himura, huh? What's wrong with him? Why he kept silent all the time? And what was so surprising about her talking to him?

The stranger lifted his face and Kaoru as shocked to see a pair of amber eyes glaring at her. He had a long fiery red hair tied up in a high ponytail. But what surprised her were not his red hair but rather his eyes and the cross-shaped scar on his left cheek. His eyes were amber in color and she had never seen such an eye before. They were cold, emotionless and the stare of those eyes made her shudder. She quickly turned back and began to concentrate in class.

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*Kaoru's Locker*

Kaoru was busy placing her books from the locker. Right now was lunch time. She had not made any friend yet. It seems that incident of trying to talk to that Himura guy was a mistake. Now many people were avoiding her, as if she was a disease or something. 'Great, first day in school and everyone was already treating me like a freak', Kaoru mused. 'It was entirely his fault. That damn Himura guy.'

"Hi! Are you the new student?" A cheery voice greeted her.

Kaoru glanced to her right and saw a young girl who was a bit shorter than her. She had twinkling blue eyes and her long hair was plaited into a single ponytail. She looked like a 13-year-old rather than a high school student.

"Yes, I am. And you would be?" Kaoru asked politely.

"Makimachi Misao. Nice to meet you."

"Kamiya Kaoru. Nice to meet you, Makimachi-san"

"Just call me Misao, Kamiya-san."

"All right Misao. And you can call me Kaoru."

"Are you waiting for someone?"

"Nope, I'm still new here."

"Then come with me to the cafeteria. I will introduce you to my friends!" Misao said cheerily and dragged Kaoru to the cafeteria.

'Finally, I made a new friend,' Kaoru thought happily.

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*Cafeteria*

At the cafeteria, Kaoru was dragged to a table with three women seated around it. They sat together and Kaoru began studying the three new faces.

"Kaoru, this is Yumi, Tae and Megumi," Misao introducing Kaoru to three new friends. "Guys, this is Kamiya Kaoru, the new student in our school."

"Kamiya, the one who dared to sit in front of Ken-san and talk to him?" Megumi asked, eyeing Kaoru. "What's wrong with that?" Kaoru asked curiously.

"Of course it's something wrong tanuki. Ken-san doesn't like to be bothered by a tanuki girl like you, Ohhhohohoohhoho!" laughed Megumi, which sounded annoying to Kaoru.

"How dare you call me tanuki! You better watch yourself, kitsune." "How dare you! You better not talk to me like that!"

"Oh yeah, then better shut your foul mouth, kitsune." Kaoru smirked.

"Grrrrrr..." Megumi was about to retort when suddenly Misao burst.

"Aoshi-sama!" cried Misao, her cheeks bushing.

Kaoru glanced and saw a dark-haired man strolling with a group of friends. 'He's handsome' Kaoru thought. 'But his eyes... they seemed cold and emotionless' Kaoru watched at Aoshi who seemed to have no other expression on his face. She began looking at his friends and noticed that Himura guy with Aoshi. She heard whispers and giggles across the cafeteria. No doubt that the gang consist of gorgeous guys Kaoru had to admit. However, her attention focused on the red-haired youth. He intrigued her. She had never been ignored before. Worse, he had stared at her with those scary amber eyes of his. She was determined to get a pay back at him.

"Misao-chan, do you know Himura?" asked Kaoru, noticing her eyes turning puppy-like. 'Oh, Misao absolutely adored that Aoshi,' Kaoru thought.

"Hmmm?" Misao did not seem to be paying attention to Kaoru's question and was lost in thought staring at her Aoshi.

"You mean that Himura?" Yumi probed in, pointing at the red-haired guy.

"Yup, he ignored my question and he was so cold to me this morning. What's wrong with him?"

"Stay away from him, Kaoru."

"Why?"

"Just stay away from him. He's known as the lone wolf in this school."

Suddenly the bell rang. "Oh shit! Classes are starting, hurry!" said Misao dashing to her lockers followed by Kaoru and the rest. Kaoru grabbed her textbooks and went to her next class, which happened to be her hated subject, history. She hated history because it always talks about wars and she despise wars. She pondered on what Yumi told her about Himura just now. She seemed serious on what she's telling Kaoru but Kaoru wondered how such a cute guy could actually be such a cold loner. She would have to find out about it sooner or later.

To be continued...

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