Disclaimer: sigh, I have a lot to disclaim. My friend's story who once posted it on some site called touching love stories or something. So not my plot, although I did change quite a bit to fit the characters more. So I don't own RK nor the plot.
Full Summary: Kaoru had met Kenshin when they were just young and held a grudge against each other. Five years later, Kenshin finds himself in love with Kaoru, but still doesn't stop teasing her until he finds out he may lose her to someone else. Perhaps forever, can he change Kaoru's heart or mind on time or will he lose his only real love?
Chapter One:
Childhood
"Let me out!" screamed a terrified eight years old.
Kenshin was trapped in total darkness with four walls closing in on him. Tears streamed down his cheeks as he remembered what had happen.
He was playing hide and seek with two boys from his school, Akria and Enishi. Those two were the popular boys at school, Akria was cute, and Enishi was, let's just say strong and nice. All the girls were after them, but shun Kenshin because he was too girly, they called him, "sissy".
It's not like Kenshin was never popular before, his aunt was the famous actress Yumi, but when all the excitement about her was over, he was lonely again. In reality, Kenshin didn't realy have any friends, because most of the other kids just assume he had a cocky attitude because of who he was, and related to. His step father did after all owned the Mitsurugi Ryu corp.
Flashback
"Okay," said Enishi. "I''ll seek and you guys hide. 10…15…20…25…"
Kenshin jumped with excitement and started running to find a place to hide. He saw a wooden box near his house. He wondered where it came from but then didn't care because it would make a great hiding place. Kenshin put the wooden cart/box over himself for a while and then he heard Enishi and Akira voices. He wondered what was going on and then he heard a noise as dust fell on his head.
"I hope you like it in there Shinta!"
'What?' thought Kenshin. He tried to push up the box but it wouldn't budge. He felt trap and started to gasp for air. He pounded on the door and screamed, "Let me out you guys!"
Enishi just laughed. "Why don't you ask your aunt Yumi to help you? Act like you're better than us just because she is famous."
Kenshin's heart sank. He couldn't believe it. He thought Enishi and Akira were his friends but they had tricked him. He began to cry.
"I don't act like I'm better. Please let me out."
Akira began to laugh. "This will teach you to mess with us." Then he and Enishi left.
In the dark Kenshin sat and curled himself into a little ball. He was terrified. He was scared of the dark and worse, he was afraid of being alone. Then he heard a knocking.
A sweet innocent girl called out, "Is someone in there?"
Kenshin stood up and banged his fists against the wooden wall. "Hurry up and let me out!"
"Wait!"
He heard the noise of wood sliding and another box fell to the floor that was originally on top and the box was tilted over. Just as he saw light coming he pushed his way out. He bent over and began breathing fast because he almost ran out of air when he was inside the wood cart. Then a pair of sandals came into his view. When he looked up he saw a pair of big blue eyes staring back at him. It was a little girl in two cute pigtails in a pink silky kimono that saved him.
They looked at each other for a while and didn't say anything. Then the girl looked down and kicked her foot into the dirt.
"Umm…what were you doing in my moving box?"
Kenshin looked at her and then he turned away and ran into his house, leaving the little girl staring after him.
'Huh? What just happened here?' Kaoru thought. "Aye! I'll never understand boys!" she screamed out loud. She was watching Kenshin as he ran into the house few streets away, well actually it was the closest house near her dojo.
"What don't you understand sweetie?" her grandpa asked as he came out the front porch to look for her.
"Oh nothing Okina."
"Come here."
He waved for Kaoru to come sit with him on the porch steps. She walked over to him and sat on his lap.
"Yes Okina?"
"Do you like it here?"
She nodded her head. "Ah huh. I get to be with you all the time but I'm still mad at mommy and daddy for leaving me." She frowned and crossed her arms.
Her grandpa let out a little laugh. "Silly girl, your parents are historians. They have to travel around the world. They can't take you with them because you have school. Besides they'll send you presents."
Kaoru's eyes got wide. "Presents? A lot?"
"Yes."
She clapped her hands. "Yay!"
Back at home Kenshin buried his face into his pillow and cried. Then he heard a knock on his door.
"Baka! Are you in there?"
Kenshin quickly wiped his nose on his sleeve.
"Yes. Come in."
Then Hiko came in.
"What's wrong now? Why are you crying? You really are a baka."
He shook his head. "Oh it's nothing Hiko."
Great this could be something else his sensei can make fun of them years from now.
His sensei looked around his room. "Where are your friends?"
Kenshin tried his best not to cry. "They….they went home."
Hiko knew he was lying, he knew about his problems, but decided to not interwine, this was something his baka had to learn on his own. "Oh, you're sad that they had to go home so early?" Hiko said with a sneer.
Kenshin held onto his blanket tighter and didn't answer.
"There's a new family that moved here now far away, be a gentleman and go meet them. I heard they are an old man and a little girl. Just be back to make dinner, it's your turn today." He finished and turned around to leave.
"Hai." Kenshin said, a small smile forming on his face. HE DIDN'T CALL ME BAKA FOR FIVE MINUTES!
Knock Knock
Kaoru stopped putting her swords and bukkons away and looked up at the front door.
'Hmm…I wonder who it could be?'
"Kaoru! Answer the door!"
"Okay Okina."
When she opened the door she saw a big man with a white cape and the redhead boy she helped earlier. "Hi!" She grabbed Kenshin's hand. "Are you okay?" Kenshin just looked at her and didn't answer.
"Oh you two already met?"
"Not really. I don't even know his name."
"I see. You can call me Hiko and this is my baka deshi, Kenshin Himura. Is your grandfather home?"
"Ah huh. My name is Kamiya Kaoru. Come in."
Kaoru closed the door behind them. Then she ran upstairs to get her grandpa.
Then the grandpa told her, "Why don't you and Kaoru go outside whileHiko and I have a talk?"
"Okay gramps. Come on Kenshin," she said as she pulled him out of the house with her.
When they got outside Kaoru felt a hard shove behind her back. She fell on the grass but the dirt ground cut her leg and it started to bleed. She looked up and saw Kenshin glaring at her with the coldest eyes yet fired eyes she has ever seen.
'Don't pretend you want to be my friend,' thought Kenshin. He was going to make Kaoru pay for what Enishi and Akira did to him.
"Why did you push me?"
"I hate ugly girls! And you are really damn oogly. Another busu!"
Kaoru opened her mouth in shock. She began to cry. Kenshin felt bad but he was still mad at what those guys did to him so he wasn't going to stop.
"What? Oh, are you crying? You are such a baby!"
That made Kaoru instantly stop. She stood up. "I'm not a baby!"
"Yes you are!" Kenshin yelled back.
Then he yanked on one of her braids and pulled the ivory ribbon out.
"Ow!" She yanked back her hair and then replied, "You're the baby! Who was crying inside my emptied swords box huh?"
That made Kenshin (Battousai now) really mad. He pushed her hard. She fell down and cried really loud. Her grandpa and Hiko ran out.
"What happened Kaoru?"
Kaoru pointed her finger at Kaoru. She began to sob again. "He…he—"
"I accidentally made her fall," cut in Kenshin, his eyes returning to violet once more.
Kaoru looked up at Kenshin in shock. 'That liar!' she thought.
"I'm sorry," said Kenshin as she began to bawl. He looked at Kaoru with his puppyish eyes, "I didn't mean to make you fall."
Hiko slapped Kenshin on the back of his head, "baka deshi, why are you so clumsy?"
Then her grandpa asked, "Are you okay Kaoru-chan?"
Kaoru looked up and saw Kenshin's lips move. "Baby," he said loud enough just for her to hear. She bit her lip and murmured, "I'm okay gramps. It was an accident."
"Come on baka deshi, it's still your week to cook, we're heading home for dinner. It was a pleasure meeting you. Bye Kaoru!"
"Bye," said Kenshin and he gave Kaoru a wave. She watched them as they left. Then she saw Kenshin turn around and giver her a little smirk. She glared back at him.
'It's war. I'm going to hurt you one of these days Himura Kenshin,' she promised herself.
This was the beginning of a NOT so beautiful friendship…
Five years later…
Junior High, Middle School:
During these years Kenshin and Kaoru went to school together everyday. Kaoru was the target of Kenshin's tortures every single day. He would call her names and hit her. He would push her around in school but in front of adults, he would act like he was her best friend. It was a nightmare for Kaoru because Kenshin requested to have every single class with her and he was her partner in every single project. What's worse was he became the most popular boy in school so she couldn't get anyone on her side to help her avoid him. It seems that in high school, he's features completely grew in, he still looked like a girl once in a while with his long red hair; but his eyes, those amythest eyes with his cute smile got on the top list of girls' dreams. Also during this time, Kenshin met Sanosuke and Yahiko (he's two years younger than Sano and Kenshin). It took them a while before Kenshin would trust them. Eventually they became Kenshin's best friends as they hang out together more often. He let them in on the fun of teasing Kaoru but he would never let them physically harm her. And so it begins…Junior High…
"Heads up!"
Kaoru glanced up and saw a blurry object headed her way. Before she could block it, it hit her right smack on the right side of her face, a bruise instantly forming.
"Ow!" she yelled and began to rub the spot where it hit her head. Kenshin began to walk towards her. He was the one who threw the sword sheath.
"Aww…did it hurt?"
Kaoru glared at him but he just smiled at her. She clenched her teeth and answered, "No."
Right behind Kenshin was Sanosuke and Yahiko. They were just standing there, but felt somewhat sympathic towards her.
"Don't make her cry man!" Sanosuke said shaking his head.
"Naw…her head has too many bones in it." Yahiko replied, he loved making fun of Kaoru, he had his own reason. Being beaten in swordmenship was not something he was proud of and was determined to embarrass her with every chance he gets.
"Maybe that's why they call her 'BoneHead!'" yelled Kenshin.
All three of them started busting out laughing and gave each other high-fives. Kaoru stood up.
"You idiots! There are no bones in the head! You don't know anything! No wonder all of you are so dumb to make that stupid joke. I hope all three of you fail and repeat eighth grade!"
Sano looked at her. "Aww… Jou-chan, you don't mean that. Cuz that means you'll graduate before Kenshin."
"Yeah," added Yahiko. "You don't want to leave your Ken-san, do you?"
Kaoru's face turned red. "Shut up! Himura Kenshin is nothing of mine!" She points a finger at Kenshin. "I hate you!"
For some strange reason that cut him, it cut through his jokes and his defense, but he didn't let it show, instead, his eyes flashed amber and just gave her a smile and said, "No you don't."
"Ahhh!" she screamed and then stomped off to class.
' Those jerks,' Kaoru thought. 'Damn you Kenshin. Act like you're King of the school. I hope you get kicked off your throne Your Majesty!' She began to imagine herself choking Kenshin and she wasn't watching where she was going. Then she felt herself bump into someone.
"Ow!" said a voice.
"Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going. Here let me help you up."
Kaoru bent down to help the guy up. She noticed he had a long neck and really beautiful eyes. Then she cursed herself for staring at him. He was cute!
"Sorry about that."
"It's okay."
He gave her a really sweet smile. "By the way, my name is Seta Soujiro. And you are?"
"I'm Kamiya Kaoru. Nice to meet you Soujiro, are you new here?"
"Yeah. First day."
"Let me see your schedule."
Kaoru looked at the list Soujiro gave her. "Hey you take Kendo?"
"Yeah. I'm the Junior Champion back at my old school. So do we have any classes together?"
"Really? That's tight! Hmm…we have four classes together."
'He has four out of six classes with me,' she thought. 'Damn and that monster Kenshin has all six with me. Maybe Soujiro will be the only guy here who won't listen to Kenshin and pick on me. Who knows? He might even kick Kenshin's butt in Kendo!' Just the thought of Kenshin getting beat up made Kaoru yelled out, "Yes!"
Soujiro looked at her surprised. "Why are you so happy?"
"Oh nothing. Come on Sou-chan. Let me take you to your first class with me."
He was shocked as his nick name, but found it sweet rolling off her tongue.
Kenshin tapped his foot impatiently against his desk. 'Where the hell is Kaoru? She should have been back here before me and the others.' He sent Sano and Yahiko to go out and find her. He began to worry but then he heard Kaoru's voice. He watched her talking to a strange guy. They both sat down in a corner and then that guy handed Kaoru back her back pack. 'This does not look good,' thought Kenshin.
Kaoru looked over at Soujiro's shoulder and saw Kenshin looking at them. 'Eat your heart out Baka.' Soujiro had been so sweet to her. 'I wish Soujiro was my older brother,' she thought. 'That way he can protect me from that animal baka Kenshin.' And just then that idiot Kenshin walked up to them.
"Hi. I'm Himura Kenshin the school's representative. And you are?" he looked at Soujiro while punching Kaoru in the arm.
Soujiro started to analyze Kenshin. 'So this is the guy who's picking on Kaoru.' Then Kaoru's words came back to him.
Flashback. (minutes before class, outside)
Sigh…Soujiro looked at Kaoru. "What's the sigh for?" She looked down at the grass.
"Oh nothing."
"Come on Kaoru. If you called me Sou-chan, that means you can tell me anything."
"Well…I'm afraid I'm going to get beaten up today."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Kaoru lifted up the sleeve of her uniform. "Take a look at this." Soujiro glanced at her arms. Both of them had dark purple bruises. "And this too," she added and pointed to her head. There was also a dark purple bruise there. He looked at her in shock.
"Who did this to you?" his voice full of concern.
"A psycho by the name of Kenshin Himura."
"Why? Doesn't he know guys aren't supposed to hit girls?"
Kaoru glanced up at him. "Human guys don't hit girls. Himura Kenshin, or even Himura
Battousai, is an animal." She sighed again. "But it's okay…I'm used to it by now." He squeezed her shoulder.
"Well stop getting use to it. This torture is going to end today."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, I'm going to teach this Battousai guy a lesson."
She grabbed him and hugged him. "Really?"
He nodded.
"Yay!" she screamed. "You can do it in Kendo practice today. His Highness is the champion here but not anymore now that you're here Sou-chan…"
Soujiro gave her a smile and nodded.
"Let's get to class before we're late."
End flashback
Soujiro looked at Kenshin who had just approached him. "Seta Soujiro. And I know who you are."
Kenshin looked at Kaoru. 'Must have told him about me,' he thought. He shrugged his shoulders. "Fame spreads."
Soujiro looked at him. 'Kaoru was right. That conceited bastard!'
Kenshin let out a fake cough. "Excuse me, Seta-san, I believe you're in my seat."
Soujiro gave him a look, "I don't think so."
Kenshin gave Soujiro a glare that could freeze an entire ocean. Just then Sano and Yahiko came in. Kenshin waved for them to come over.
"Hey guys come over here and meet my new friend."
Sano and Yahiko walked over. "Hey guys," said Kenshin. "This is Seta Soujiro. Apparently, he doesn't know where he's sitting."
Sanosuke gave a little smirk. "Aww…he's new Kenshin. He don't know that he's sitting in your place."
Yahiko nodded and told Soujiro, "You better move boy. You're sitting with my friend's wife."
Kaoru opened her mouth in shock. "He's lying!" Soujiro looked at all of them. He could tell that the redhead idiot and the other two were lying. He turned around to face Kenshin.
"No I don't want to move. I like sitting here."
Kenshin's eyes flashed amber, he was ticked but didn't say anything. He had to stop Sano and Yahiko from starting a fight with this guy. Kenshin just gave a fake smile and said,
"I'll see how long you will like sitting there." Then he and the boys left.
Kaoru let out a sigh of relief. "Thanks Sou-chan. Everyday that baka and his buddies will sit next to me so they could torture me. But now that you're here, they can't do it anymore."
"It's nothing," said Soujiro with his usual smile. "I'll try my best to stop him from torturing you."
A/N: sorry long chapter, i'll update soon depending on how many reviews i get. no threat, but i've started way too many stories for my own good, and i'm only updating weekly for the stories that are good and more likeable to others. so if u like this story, review more, depending on which stories i get the most review on each week is the one i'll update. or try to.
if the story's horrible or bad, please tell. flame me if you need to, well there's always mashmellows and stuff i can roast.
Shinta is what Enishi calls him, for being "weak"
Kenshin is normal name
Baka- Hiko and Kaoru's name for him, and Battousai is when he's mad.