Like a brother to me.
A/N: Hey people, this is my first RK fiction, soooo, I hope u like it.
By the way, Shimmering Tear, and Starry Night Blue, thanks a lot for your help and support couldn't have done it without you.
Disclaimer: I don't own RK, not Ken, not Kaoru, not Sano, not Misao. Just a few hundred pictures of them in my PC.
Chapter 1:That's how I got to share the greatest friendship with the greatest guy ever. Sanosuke Sagara. Sano was good-looking; he was tall and fit, he had warm chocolate eyes and his matching hair seemed to mock gravity. He was funny and sweet, despite the rough street thug image he tried to portray. He was popular sophomore in high school when I met him in my freshman year.
"Go Sano" Misao Makimachi, my roommate, companion, and most importantly, my best friend, cheered him. We've been together since we were little; pretty sweet, huh? She's the head cheerleader in our school. She's a lot like Sano in many ways; both are hyper although no one's a match for my dear Misao. She also pretends to be a lot tougher and irresponsible while actually she is very caring and sensitive. I truly think that she and her boyfriend Aoshi Shinomori to be a match made in heaven, despite their extreme differences. He is so cold you'd mistake him for an ice burg while she was so hyper you'd think sometimes that there's a rat in her pants. He's very tall while her height is considerably below the average for her age. However, one of the strongest points that connect them together perfectly is that she's the head cheerleader while he's the captain of the basketball team.
Sano flashed her a bright smile as he sped by. Sano's speed is what got him to be one of the greatest runners in the state. We were both relay runners.
"You're on, Kaoru," he yelled as he slapped my hand. It's my turn now. I felt the wind rushing past me, revealing the great sensation of traveling with the air. As I ran, I remembered how we first met.
He introduced himself to me as we were waiting for the coach to arrive one day, and from then on we were best friends. There was something between us, something very special. We grew to be the kind of friends who shared everything. We developed an unbreakable bond.
I was suddenly snapped back to reality by sano's booming voice. There he was, standing by the finishing line, his arms wide open, urging me to come faster.
"You can do it Kaoru, win it for us"
Yes, for you Sano, for me, for us. It was as if his voice gave me the power to continue.Closing my eyes, I focused all my remaining strength on the track ahead of me. It was just a matter of seconds until I felt the ribbon snap against my abdomen as I ran through it. I did it!
I slowed down a bit but continued running to where he stood and jumped into his open arms. He wrapped them around my tiny figure and lifted me up high and spun around.
But suddenly, he seemed to have lost his balance and staggered a bit and almost dropped me, but instead he lowered me gently on the ground before he fell on all four panting.
"Sano" I gasped as I knelt next to him, "You alright?"
He slowed down his breathing and looked up at me, giving me his wide, handsome, warm smile. "I suddenly remembered that I'm tired" he said sarcastically and I smiled.
"Sano" I heard Kenshin Himura's voice, Sano's other best friend calling him. I looked up and was shaken by the look of pure horror on his pale face. "You all right?" he asked worriedly. Sano knew Ken way before we met and they seemed to share their own special relationship. However, I was never jealous or envious because I had my own too (Misao) and also, I knew very well that what we (Sano and I) shared was even more special, even though it was only one year old. Ken had surprisingly bright maroon hair and soft lavender eyes; he was a true exception of the Japanese race. Unlike Sano, he was a tad too short, he's even shorter than me!
"Of course I am" Sano spat at him.
I looked from Sano to Ken and vice versa with a big question mark on my face. Ken seemed to be sincerely 'extra' worried on Sano, but Sano seemed to send him angry sparks. I was still under the influence of the extra adrenaline and let this weird situation pass unquestioned; may be they had a fight earlier or something and Sano forgot to tell me about it, but I knew he would soon, he never kept anything from me…How terribly wrong I was…
"I'm fine people" he said cheerfully as he stood up and stretched, "Let's have a PARTY!"
"Yeah!" I cheered as I jumped onto my feet as well, totally unaware of any thing…
A/N: Sooooo, did u like it people? Well, if u did, show that by clicking on the little purple button…oh, and wait for my next chapter, it's gonna be soon!
-CG