FP298: Greetings to all readers! Welcome to my third Fanfic – Rurouni Kenshin: Rewritten. I hope you like it.
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Rurouni Kenshin: Rewritten
By FallingPetals298
Chapter 1 – Himura Kenshin, the new student
It was a gloomy, dark morning. A dense fog shrouded the streets and roads of Tokyo. Everything was silent, except for the slow, rhythmic tapping of shoes against cement. A moment later, that sound blended with a much faster pit-pat against the cement.
A young girl, with raven colored hair and sapphire eyes in uniform sprinted through the streets of Tokyo.
Kaoru Kamiya was getting lost. And it was her hometown! She should know the streets quite well, but now she didn't know where she was. In her head, she mentally berated the fog for coming on a school day. The first day, in fact. She wanted to make a good impression on the teachers this year. Whipping her head left and right, she desperately searched for something that would point her to the general direction of her school. Anything, anything, her head screamed.
Not noticing there was young man walking in front of her, she crashed hard into his back and fell backwards, her books and bag scattered on the floor. Kaoru closed her eyes and braced herself for the impact, but instead found herself caught by strong, yet gentle, arms.
She opened her eyes to see her savior. She barely suppressed a gasp.
The young man who saved her had flaming red hair, tied back in a long ponytail, deep violet eyes, to which you could not see the bottom of, and strangely enough, a cross shaped scar marred his right cheek (from Kaoru's point of view), that rather, instead of taking away his looks, augmented it.
"Are you all right, that you are?" The young man asked.
"Y-yes." Kaoru managed to choke out.
He breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Kaoru to her feet. After doing so, he bent down to retrieve her scattered books and bag.
"This one is sorry for not moving out of the way when one heard someone running behind me, that I am." He apologized.
"Eh? No, no!" Kaoru shook her hands in front of her, flustered. "I wasn't watching where I was going. I should be the one who is sorry!" She bowed a few times repeatedly. "Gomen, gomen!" She heard a deep chuckle come from the man and looked up.
"This one is sorry to trouble you," He continued, when Kaoru looked up. "But I'm looking for…" He fished a paper out of his pocket. "Meisou High School, that I am."
Kaoru's eyes widened in surprise as she mentally smacked her head in her mind. 'Gah!' She thought. 'How could I be so stupid! He's wearing the school's guy's uniform!'
"That's the same school I go to!" She said out loud. "But I'm getting kind of lost because I can't see anything at all in this darn fog!"
He chuckled again. Then he held out a hand. Kaoru looked at it and blushed.
"This one is sorry for not introducing himself first, that he is. This one is Himura Kenshin, that I am."
"Kamiya Kaoru." She shook his hand. (Sticking to the Japanese system… last name goes first.)
"This one will be glad to lend you his assistance if you could point at the general direction of the school?" Kaoru haphazardly pointed northeast.
"Okay. Do you mind if this one picked you up, that you would?"
Kaoru looked at him weirdly.
"Believe me, it's faster that way, if you don't want to be late, that you will."
Kaoru sighed inwardly and accepted.
Quickly picking Kaoru up, Kenshin ran through the fog in the direction that Kaoru designated. The wind was moving so fast, that it stung Kaoru's face. She couldn't believe it. How could someone run this fast?
A few seconds later, before Kaoru realized, she was gently set down on her feet in front of the school. She gaped at the building. This was actually her school. She couldn't believe it. He picked her up and got to the school in just a few seconds. How was that humanly possible?
"This one is sorry for startling you, that he is, but this one needs to get to the office, that he does. Kamiya-dono, can you please tell me where it is, that you will?"
Still in a daze, she pointed to the building on the left side.
"Arigatou!" He smiled. Before leaving Kaoru standing there, still in a daze, Kenshin turned and said: "Kamiya-dono, this one thinks you should be heading to class or you'll be late, that you will." Bidding a sayonara and 'see you later,' he dashed off to the office.
Kaoru gaped after Kenshin, and stayed rooted to the same spot, still in a daze.
"Well, well," A new, feminine voice piped up. "Looks like Kaoru's got a boyfriend?"
"Boyfriend! Boyfriend!" Another happy voice answered.
That voice snapped her back to reality.
Kaoru turned herself around and snapped: "Shut up Megumi!"
Megumi giggled. She was a tall, beautiful teen, with long raven colored hair, which reached longer than her waist. Kaoru could've sworn fox ears popped out of her head. Her other friend, Misao, hyperactive as always, was bouncing up and down next to Megumi. Misao was shorter, but she was always cheerful and kept her hair in a long braid that also reached below her waist.
"Ohayo, Kaoru!" She greeted cheerfully.
"Ohayo…" Kaoru replied.
"Now tell us," Megumi asked. "Who… was that?" She pointed after the person who had already disappeared from their field of vision.
"New student. His name was Kenshin Himura… I think." Kaoru paused for breath, due to the fact that she was still absolutely shocked by what Kenshin did earlier. "He helped me out when I was lost in the fog."
"Helped you out?" Megumi snorted. "You're a life time resident of Tokyo and yet you got lost finding your way to school?"
Kaoru stiffened and as she was about to lose it, her two other friends showed up.
"Yo." The taller of the two raised his hand in greeting. He had brown hair that stuck straight up, and he always had a red headband on with the Japanese character "wicked" on it.
"Busu!" The shorter one screamed. He had spiky, black hair and ruby eyes. "You should've waited! Betcha got lost huh?"
There was a sudden flare in temperature. Sanosuke stepped away from Yahiko. In his mind, he knew Yahiko was a goner.
Kaoru dashed off to school and came back with a wooden stick. Sparing no time, she whacked Yahiko as hard as she could across the head.
"ITAI! What was THAT for busu!?"
Kaoru whacked him again. "If you stop calling me ugly, I'll stop hitting you!"
Yahiko was about to fire a response back, but he was saved from himself by the school bell ringing.
"You were lucky this time," Kaoru growled. They were all in the same homeroom, so they sped off towards the school together.
Kaoru and her friends arrived about 3 minutes before the second bell was to go off. She breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ms. Kaoru, Ms. Megumi, Ms. Misao, Mr. Yahiko, Mr. Sanosuke," The teacher, Mr. Uramura politely greeted. "Glad you could join us. Sit down. I'm amazed, Mr. Sanosuke," Mr. Uramura continued. "I was expecting you'd be just a few minutes late, just like every year."
Sanosuke grinned. "Old habits die hard, sir."
Mr. Uramura gestured towards their seats. "Go, go, sit. Now, I believe all of you have me for homeroom and first?"
The sea of students spread in front of him nodded.
"Okay, first we start with announcements, then I'll introduce the new student…" He muttered to himself. Even though he spoke softly, everyone caught wind of what he said.
'A new student?'
'I wonder if they're a guy or girl…'
'I hope it's a guy!'
'I hope it's a girl!'
Even though Mr. Uramura did not mention the name of the student, Kaoru had a pretty good idea of who was going to soon make his entrance.
Megumi leaned over and whispered, "You think it's the guy who took you to school this morning?"
"Probably," Kaoru replied.
"Hush now!" Mr. Uramura wagged his finger at them. Putting on his glasses, he scanned the paper he was holding.
"Okay, firstly, club activities sign up is next week," Mr. Uramura started, still looking at the paper.
Immediately, the conversation in the classroom turned from the new student to what activities they were going to sign up for.
"Hush, I said!" Mr. Uramura cut everyone off and silenced them. "Is it that hard to refrain from speaking when the teacher is?"
"Hai!" The class chanted in unison.
"Like Sanosuke said, old habits die hard!" A boy in the front called.
Grumbling, the teacher set down the paper. "There's nothing interesting in here… so I believe I'll call in the new student now."
Yet again, the tide turned on the conversation.
"Ooh, finally!" A girl whispered.
"I bet it's a girl!"
"I'll take you up on that bet." Some of the boys were betting money on whether it was a guy or girl. Majority bet on girl. Too bad. They just lost some money.
The door slid open, and the entire class held their breath as the student carefully walked in and stood next to the teacher's desk.
"Meet our new student. Introduce yourself, will you please?"
"Hai. This one's name is Himura Kenshin, and this one just moved from Kyoto, that he did. This one is glad to meet you all, that he is."
He lifted his head and smiled. The girls gasped. Naturally, they were shocked by the cross-shaped scar on his face, but also surprised at how handsome he was. Right on cue, the boys' faces twisted into jealous ones.
"Now that introductions are done, where to put you?" The teacher glanced around the room.
All the girls jumped at the chance.
"Mr. Uramura, empty seat here!"
"No, here!"
"Put him here, please?"
The girls were all yelling at the same time. Mr. Uramura, panicked, then searched around for empty seats besides the ones next to the swooning girls. He pointed at the empty seat between Kaoru and Sanosuke. "Right t-there will be f-fine, Mr. Himura."
"Arigatou, sensei."
The girls all turned to glare at Kaoru as Kenshin made his way to his seat. As soon as he sat down, Sanosuke launched into conversation.
"Hey, buddy, nice job! I doubt many guys could pull THAT off on their first day!" He clapped Kenshin on the back. "Oh, sorry. Introductions." Sanosuke stuck out his hand. "I'm Sagara Sanosuke, nice to meet you. Call me Sano, everyone does."
"Himura Kenshin," Kenshin politely answered.
"Oh yeah, gimme your schedule." Sano stuck out his hand for it. "I need to check your classes."
"Oro?" His innocent was confused for a moment, before a face of recognition graced his features. "Oh! Schedule! Right." Fishing into his bag, he pulled out a piece of paper and gave it to Sanosuke. Sano stared at him weirdly before reading through his schedule.
"Social Studies… Math… English… Chemistry… Lunch… Sword Studies… P.E… Art… and Free Period." Sano muttered to himself. He instantly brightened. "Hey, you've got the same classes I've got! Same as Jou-chan (Kaoru), Megumi, Misao, and Yahiko, except the girls have free period during Sword Studies… and they take a different class during our free period. We're gonna be best buddies!" Sano clapped Kenshin on the back again, a little more forcefully, more than he thought, and smashed his face into the desk.
"Oops. Sorry."
"Mr. Sanosuke!" Mr. Uramura called from the front, chalk in one hand and a textbook in another. "Please don't kill my newest student on the first day!"
Kenshin raised his head from the desk, swirly-eyed and saying 'oro' several times in a row.
Mr. Uramura tapped his chalk on the board. "Now pay attention! We're doing current events for the first day, and I'm sure all of you have heard the latest news. What is it, anyone know?"
A girl in front shyly raised her hand.
"Ms. Minami?"
"Um… Battousai suddenly quit the army and disappeared?"
Kenshin's blood froze in his veins.
(Italics – Voice, Underline, Kenshin (thoughts)
'No, I must've heard it wrong,' He told himself, mentally slapping himself.
'Your hearing is just fine, idiot.' Another voice spoke inside his head.
'Gah! Who are you?' His mind jumped.
'Idiot. I'm sure you already know. I'm your other self. And yes, your teacher did ask you to write about me.' The voice continued in a cold tone. 'Listen to the damn teacher first.'
Kenshin snapped back to reality.
"During this class, you are to start on a report about Battousai, to be handed in next class." Mr. Uramura was saying as Kenshin focused. He began scribbling on the board.
You will write a short paragraph on Battousai, who disappeared over half a week before to be handed in next class.
This paragraph must include at least three facts about him, and evidence that backs up those facts. You may work in a group or partnership.
"Well class? Hop to it!" Grumbling, students reached into their bag and pulled out a pad of notepaper.
Kenshin was froze up again as soon as it was confirmed he had to write about Battousai. If you looked closely, you could see he was shivering ever so slightly.
"Hey! Hey!" Sano waved a hand in front of Kenshin. "Man, I think his soul has left his body. Jou-chan, notice anything?"
Kaoru shook her head. "Nope. All that happened is that he froze up after hearing "Battousai."
"Kenshin! Hey, KENSHIN!" Sano was about to punch the guy in the shoulder when he snapped back to reality.
"Oro?" He took one look at Sano's face then instantly understood. "This one is sorry!" Kenshin answered, putting his hands together and bowing his head. "This one was spacing out."
'Tsk. Even my late grandmother could think of a better excuse than that.' The voice in his head continued.
'Shut up! Now how am I supposed to write about Battousai without giving myself away?' Kenshin's subconscious screamed, barely containing his anger.
In the real world, Kenshin was seriously creeping Sano out, as his eyes were changing from a deep violet to indigo, then almost amber.
"Okaaay…I think we'd better leave him alone for the time being." Sano turned away and began talking to Yahiko on his right.
In Kenshin's mind…
'God! If you seriously can't write, then let me gain control for a minute then!'
'I can't trust you not to kill anyone.' Kenshin crossed his arms.
'…FINE!' The voice exploded. 'Just your right hand, then!'
'Even if its only the right hand, you could grab the sakabato in my bag, turn it over, and kill everyone.' Kenshin still had his arms crossed.
'Please! Do you think I could get enough time to kill everyone by the time you've regained control over that ONE part of your body?' The voice was getting agitated.
Kenshin pondered that for a minute. 'Fine.' He reluctantly agreed.
Letting his other self take control of his right hand, he felt him begin to scribble on the notepad. He closed his eyes. He had walked all the way from Kyoto. Hey, who wouldn't be tired if they didn't get a chance to rest?
Sano, hearing the scribbling, turned back to Kenshin, and found him sleeping while his hand was writing.
Megumi, Misao, Kaoru and Yahiko, all noticing the scribbling, turned away from their discussions to stare at Kenshin.
"Is… he doing what I THINK he's doing…?" Kaoru stuttered.
"Writing when he's sleeping? Yeah, I think so." Sano answered.
Gesturing at Sano and Yahiko to come over, Kaoru leaned in closer to Misao and Megumi.
"This morning…" She began when Sano and Yahiko had reached them. She told them the events that transpired earlier.
"Kaoru, are you sure?" Megumi furiously whispered as soon as she finished. "I'm in training to be a doctor, and I know that humans can't move that fast!"
"Need proof?" Kaoru pointed at her face. "I got cuts because the wind was moving so fast." Megumi leaned in and stared blankly at the cut. Sure, it was faint, but it was still there. She paled considerably. "Are you sure? Not something like tossing the knife up in the air while cooking and it accidentally cutting your face?"
Kaoru turned red at this statement. "I'm not THAT stupid!"
"Yeah, but your cooking is horrible anyway." Yahiko retorted. He barely made it out alive with a large lump on his head.
"Excuse me?" Their soft discussion was interrupted by Kenshin's sleepy voice. Everyone turned to look at him. He was still slumped forward in his chair, head on desk, but his hand was still writing nonetheless. "This one would appreciate it if you were a little softer. This one needs to catch up on some sleep lost, that he does."
"Sorry." They muttered in apology. As soon as they did, the scribbling noise receded.
"You're… DONE?" They mouthed, trying to control the urge to scream.
"Oro?" Lifting his head from the table, he stared blankly at the paper. Scanning it quickly, he stuffed the paper in his bag. "So it seems," was all he said before he slumped again.
Too bad for Kenshin. The bell rang a moment after that.
Lifting his head again grumpily, he was muttering to himself about stupid, loud bells and egotistical behavior before clearing his things and proceeded out the door.
Kenshin's new found friends glanced at each other before following suit. This was going to be one crazy day.
FP298: Hope ya…-yawn- like this story. Next chapter might take a while… its late at night… and I'm sleepy. Normally I like to get a head start on the next chapter by writing a little after posting… but –yawn- I'll do it tomorrow. Night. –Grabs a stuffed bunny in Pjs and jumps into bed-
Drigon: … -Grumble- Leaving me to close everything up… -sigh- Next chapter is Math, More Battousai, and an Explosion (Better than it sounds.) Look forward to it.