Hey y'allz! Um…first RK story…so beware! Give this a chance! And help me make this at least a little successful…really…I want your opinions and ideas to HELP me! Please!
Oh ya…I don't own Rurouni Kenshin and blah blah blah…
If you are a Kamiya, you have magic rushing through your veins. It is passed on from generation to generation, flowing through each newborn Kamiya.
So why isn't Kaoru a witch yet?
At the age of 16, she figured that her powers would have 'awakened' by now. It wasn't fair! Her little brother Yahiko has his share of magic. Her father was a wizard as well. In fact, if she wasn't mistaken, her mother was also a witch! Doesn't that mean that she should have double the powers of the normal witch?
Kaoru stared at the ceiling, contemplating these Errors in Life once again. Maybe if she tried realllllyyy hard and focused with all her might……
Ceiling fan…turn on!
Nothing.
She wiggled her fingers at it. Fan…give me some air!
Stupid fan.
Suddenly, her Wizard of a Brother, Yahiko, burst in. With a snap of his fingers he switched on the fan and closed the window.
Kaoru frowned. Maybe she should try snapping her fingers next time…
"I thought you weren't supposed use your little magic stuff!" she reminded him.
"I know. I just wanted to show off my magic powers to you…again." He bragged.
She snorted. "Do you honestly think I care that you have magic powers and I don't?" Actually…she cared a lot.
Yahiko snorted right back. "Well…shyeah."
"Well…you're wrong!" she retorted. Great comeback!
"What do you want?" Kaoru snapped.
"Dinner." And with that, he poofed out of there.
Kaoru squeezed her eyes shut. Poof! Poof poof poof! I am downstairs! I am at the dining table! I am sitting down getting ready to eat! I am…
She opened her eyes.
…still in my room.
What is wrong with her? Does she have to be a bratty, conceited, little 9-year old to have powers like Yahiko? What has she done wrong? She didn't actually recall doing something really terrible that would have her parents flipping over in their graves. Unless you counted burning the kitchen once…or twice…fine three times.
So she walked downstairs. Like normal people. She sighed. I think in Harry Potter, I'm called a Squib. I don't want to be a Squib! She mentally sobbed. Wah.
Yahiko was already shoving his dinner down his throat. "Did you make this?" Kaoru asked.
"Well ya! Who else is going to cook? Definitely not you…" he muffled through his food.
"Ew! Keep that to yourself please." She picked off a crumb that came flying out of his mouth and onto her shirt.
So she ate as well. Ooh yum. Pizza. Again. "Do you mind cooking something else? I'm going to turn into an oily pizza if you don't make something else."
"Well why don't you whip something up, Iron Chef? This is a hell of a lot better than eating your mush."
"Pardon your French. Now stop cussing and go home!" Kaoru reprimanded.
Yahiko looked bewildered. "I AM home!"
"I know. I'm just kidding. I've always wanted to say that though, ever since I've seen iRobot…hello Will Smith…" she sighed dreamily.
He blanched. "Snap out of it! That's really gross…"
Kaoru stuck out her tongue, which had bits of food still clinging on it. He promptly flipped her off.
Why that insolent little jerk! With a swift kick, Kaoru cracked him in the head and headed upstairs to finish her homework.
And I'm walking upstairs! Like regular, non-magical people. Now I'll pick up my pencil and actually use Precious Hand Energy to write my essay like all ordinary people. Oh wait! I must bend down and manually unzip my bag and reach in to retrieve my History notes…
…which aren't quite there at the moment.
She would ask Yahiko to go and poof her notes from her locker to her room. But he didn't even know what her notes looked like. Besides, she didn't want him to get a big head because she asked for his help seeing that she was utterly magic-less.
So she decided to bike down to the school, which was only a few blocks away, and hoped to God that the doors were open…or at least someone was there to open it for her…
Arriving at the school, she parked her bike against the wall and came face-to-face with a tightly locked and shut door. Suddenly feeling lucky, she closed her eyes. Door…unlock and open!
Nope.
Open you stupid door! And she snapped her fingers.
Still nothing. She sighed. Great! Good- bye Good Grade For History! I'll see you never!
Suddenly she heard a lock click and the door slowly started to open.
Excitement flooded through her and she felt like crying. She was finally a witch! Yes! It's about time and-
She turned, only to see a man next to her waving his hands and chanting something unfamiliar under his breath. Apparently, it wasn't her 'magic' opening the door. What is it with these people? Do you snap your fingers? Or wave your hands around? Pretty soon you'll be doing the Hokey Pokey to get your spells done…actually…that DOES sound like an idea…
Now she really felt like crying. "This is what you call Bursting My Bubble." She spontaneously whined at the stranger.
The man looked amused. The door was fully opened so she mumbled a stiff "Thank you," and preceded to her locker.
He followed her.
"I appreciate your help of opening the door with your magic…you can leave now."
"Magic?" the man replied back. He sounded confused.
"Well ya! What else did you open the door with? An invisible stick? Plus you were chanting something strange and the door was apparently opening thanks to your doing."
She whipped around to tell him off but one good look at the stranger and Wow was the only thing running through her mind.
He had long hair tied up in a high ponytail. Strange…but is that…red? Red hair…how odd…yet…nice… He had the most beautiful eyes she has ever seen. It was extremely sexy amber that went along well with his extremely sexy self. Those eyes were entrancing…they seemed to grow closer and closer to her, consuming her, until…
…she noticed that he was about two inches away from her face.
"Aah!" she stumbled back. He caught her arm and pulled her close.
"You know of Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu?" he asked.
"…Isn't that a sword technique?" That was a strange question…besides…isn't that the sword technique that Rurouni Shinta used in that Manga series…?
"No, honey, I thought we were talking about magic."
"We were!" she was thoroughly confused now.
The Sexy-Amber-Eyed man chuckled. "Never mind, love. But tell me…are you a witch?"
"Don't call me your love…or honey…and yes, I am a witch." She lied.
"Oh really. Is that why you couldn't quite open the door back there?" he looked at her, amused.
"Well…I'm a witch…To Be! Yes! I'm a Witch To Be. WTB." She lied again.
The man nodded. He honestly had no knowledge of WTB…but he decided to play along with the girl.
"Okay, Miss WTB. May I ask for your name?"
"Uhh…Kaoru Kamiya." She stuck out her hand hesitantly…well she would…if he wasn't holding her so tightly.
"Kenshin Himura." He lowered his head so that their noses were just barely touching.
Was he going to kiss her! She didn't know who the hell he was and she just met him and now he was going to kiss her? Was this some kind of tradition that his people do when first meeting new people? 'Introduce yourself and give them a kiss on the lips!' This was unexpected. She closed her eyes…waiting…for…
"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu is like a curse." He spoke softly.
Her eyes snapped wide open. "A curse?"
He smiled. "Sort of."
"So are you saying you're…curse-afied?" Kaoru asked, unsure of how to put it.
"Sort of." He repeated.
"Well…you're a wizard, yes?"
"Actually, I'm a demon."
Kaoru yanked herself back, only to be backed up onto the wall. She didn't realize how far they somewhat migrated down the hall.
"A demon!" she sputtered. What the hell? A demon? I thought they were myths.
"Why yes…does that bother you?" How could he look so innocent like that? He's a demon for God's sake!
"Um, YA!" she cried out.
"Why? You're a WTB. Why can't I be a demon?"
"Because…because you're a…a demon!"
"I know…we established that fact two seconds ago."
"How can you be so…normal-ish? Aren't you supposed to be all evil and…and… RAWR!" she bared some imaginary fangs and snarled to put in the effect.
"Well how can you be so powerless my Witch-To-Be?" Kenshin asked.
"Well…you know… grrrrr…this isn't about me!" Kaoru was clearly exasperated.
"Well it isn't about me either, love."
"Could you possibly shut up? I'm trying to think here." She fumed. Dear God, he's a demon! And an infuriating one at that…but cute…very cute…No! Drifting off topic here! Now…what do I do? He could probably kill me right his instant if he very pleased…but he seems so nice…NO! It's probably all an act to get you to come near so that he could hurt you! Aw crap, I know nothing of demons…oh Yahiko! If you can read minds, NOW WOULD BE THE PERFECT TIME TO SAVE ME YOU-
"Do I know you from somewhere?" he interrupted her thoughts.
"What? NO! Hello! We just met, you ding dong." She snapped back.
"Well sorry. You just seem…familiar…are you sure we didn't meet before?" he asked again.
"Yes, Himura. I'm quite sure we were never previously acquainted," she replied patiently.
"Funny…because for some reason, I know that you have a little brother named Yahiko and that both your parents are dead…" he trailed off thoughtfully.
"STALKER!" Kaoru screamed. "HOW DO YOU KNOW THESE THINGS ABOUT ME? HOW DARE YOU GO AND HUNT FOR MY FAMILY BACKGROUND! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME YOU-"
"Kaoru." His voice seemed…cold…
She froze. He seemed really scary now. His amber eyes glowing eerily in the dark, and his fangs seemed to bare out and he growled a little bit. He stepped towards her, cornering her at the wall. Is he going to kill her now? She knew she shouldn't have let her guard down for even a second! Or maybe she shouldn't have yelled at him…Note to self…NEVER make demons angry… Will it hurt? Oh, how she hoped it'd be over in less than a second…dealing with pain was definitely one of her weaknesses.
"I don't know how I know these things. But I do know that I know you." He stated slowly.
She was thoroughly confused. These things can't just HAPPEN. It only happens in the movies…or those cute fairy-tale ending books…this is so unreal!
She pushed him away. "You're not making any sense. This whole thing isn't making any sense! It's just a dream, right? Where you know you're dreaming in the dream even though it is totally messed up and out of whack…"
"You have to believe me, love. I'm not fooling with you. And this is real." He stepped towards her again.
"Stop calling me love. And why should I believe you? I just met you, and you expect me to trust you?" she tried pushing him away again, but he held her wrist tightly to her sides. Oh, how being weak made her mad.
"If I said to trust me, would you?"
"No." she immediately spat back.
"Ahh…well, love, we've been wasting too much time here. I believe you had to pick up some notes…?"
"Oh, ya…History…wait, how did you…?" she looked at him, but he merely shrugged.
"I told you. I don't know how, but I just know these things."
"…Whatever…well, if you'll excuse me…" and she walked towards her locker. Opening the lock she finally reached in and grabbed her long awaiting notes.
Well, she would…if they were even there in the first place.
Now this sucks.
"What's wrong, love?"
"Don't call me…ah, never mind…but my History Notes are gone."
"No problem…I'll just give you mine." So once again he flicked his wrist and Poof! There was a portfolio, most likely filled with those notes he promised.
"Thanks." She accepted his notes and began to start towards the door when he stopped her.
"You…can't go to school tomorrow."
"What? Why not? I only came down here to get the notes so I can stay in school!" she huffed, and continued outside.
"It's complicated! I can't explain now…but I have feeling you and I…will get involved…"
"Involved! What the hell involved? I don't want to be 100 feet near you, yet you continue to follow me…what do you want from me?"
"Never mind, love. Go to school…maybe I got the wrong person." He waved her off.
"Ya…maybe you did." And she sprinted the rest of the way to her bike, hopped on, and sped home. As to avoid creepy weirdos out there, she pedaled as fast as she could…plus she hoped to rid of some stress…
"YAHIKO WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT DEMONS?" Kaoru screamed as soon as she got home. She found him with his nose in a bunch of books. Apparently, he was cramming his homework as well.
"Demons? What the…Kaoru? What's going on? And where were you?" Yahiko was very befuddled.
"Well…I went back to the school to get by notes back…but the gate was lock, you see, so then…" And she told him the whole thing. From meeting Kenshin The Demon, to discovering that he was a demon, to him thinking she was someone who was going to get involved with him.
"I'm on it, sis." Yahiko nodded when she asked if he could do a little research later.
She thanked him and headed upstairs.
Well, it's now or never. Time to finish that stupid History Report.
…At 1:47 she was finally done..
Lying in bed she tried to sleep but her thoughts kept drifting back to Kenshin Himura. He said he was cursed…but cursed as in what? Was he a blood-drinking vampire? Or did he turn into a werewolf on a full moon? Or change into an ogre in the middle of the night? Or was he a soul-stealing nix…or…
Well she had absolutely no idea. She wasn't the Demon Researcher…there wasn't much of a point…she was hardly a witch herself.
Lamp…switch off! She waved her hand in funky motions.
Point taken. The lamp still glowed with all its light and glory.
A part of her was nagging that she wanted to desperately see him again. She reassured herself that it was only because she wanted answers.
But he said she was the wrong person!
So why did she want to see him again…?
Oh ya! He's a freaky psycho who knows a lot about her…
OMIGOSH! What if he could read minds? Then he would have surely heard her thinking how sexy he is.
She flushed…hoping to God that he couldn't read minds…I mean, how far can a demon go?
Finally flopping over, she switched off the lamp and caught some much needed Z's.
Okay…I hope that's it for now. Good? Bad? So crappy that I should give up and delete it? What should I change? HELP ME PLEASE AND THANK YOU!
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