Who was that Skateboarding Fool?!
By animeluverthatiam
Disclaimer: Not mine! I don't own a thing! I only own myself, and I made an IOU to myself so not even that is true!
A/N: My first serious Rurouni Kenshin fanfic! I'm so happy! It's AU, set in the future, and a romance/comedy/drama type thing. Please read and review and tell me what you think and if I should continue it or trash it. If some characters are OOC, mesa so sorry!
Chapter 1: The First Encounter. What's wrong with skateboarders?!
"Woah! Major air!" yelled Sanosuke Sagara at the boarder who had just achieved this 'major air.'
"Not really, Sano," said a calm, cool, and very much collected Kenshin Himura, who just rolled to a stop.
"Man, at this rate, you're gonna be a pro before you even leave high school!"
Kenshin shrugged his shoulders and picked his board up. He walked over to the nearby coke machine and got a soda. 'It feels as if something is missing in my life. But what…? I have skateboarding, isn't that enough?' Kenshin thought as he took a big swig of Vanilla Coke. "Well, I'm gonna get home. Gotta do homework… See ya, Sano!"
"See ya, bro!"
Kenshin began to skate away slowly, his head somewhat in the clouds.
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"So, Kaoru, how much longer are you gonna wait until you get a steady boyfriend?" asked Misao Makimachi to her best friend, Kaoru Kamiya.
"I could ask the same thing of you, Misao," Kaoru said to her friend, winking, as if to signal an unsaid joke.
Misao giggled. "Yea, well, at least I can say I'm in the process of getting a boyfriend. That's a whole lot more then you can say."
"Whatever, Misao. I'm really not into that yet. Especially since most boys in this school are skater boys. It's like they are all in a big gang…"
"I know what you mean… But you can't judge a book by its cover. Well I gotta get going! See ya!" Misao said, already half a block away.
"Bye…" Kaoru sighed, contemplating what her friend just told her. 'That is true, in theory… But highly doubt that it's relevant in a real life situation.' Kaoru thought, not really watching where she was going. Until, that is, it was too late.
WHAM!!!
"Oww… That really hurt you know!" Kaoru yelled, picking herself off of the ground.
"I'm sorry," said a male voice.
Kaoru saw his skateboard roll by her foot and instantly got mad. "You stupid skateboarder! Why don't you watch where you are going?!" Kaoru yelled, looking at his head, since he was still on the ground and looking at the floor. 'He has long red hair… crazy…'
He looked up and smiled, "I said I was sorry. I didn't mean to run into you, that I didn't. I truly apologize." 'My gosh, she is beautiful.' Kenshin thought.
'Violet eyes?! Even more craziness. I wonder how he got that scar on his cheek… Skateboarding probably.' "Um, I'm sorry for yelling at you. I just don't really like skateboarders that much. Are you ok?"
"Yep, I'm just fine. I've had worse spills than this. How about you?"
"Oh, I'm-I'm good. I'm Kaoru Kamiya. Who are you?"
"Me? Oh, I am Kenshin Himura. It is a pleasure to meet you, Kaoru. However, I wish we had met under… less painful conditions." Kenshin began to laugh slightly.
Kaoru smiled. 'What am I feeling right now? For a skateboarder… what is this feeling?!'
Kenshin looked at her, "Can I ask you a question?"
"Um… sure…"
"What is wrong with skateboarders? You seemed very unfriendly when you found out I was a skateboarder."
Kaoru froze. Should she tell him? "I have my own personal reasons."
"Oh, and you can't tell me yet 'cause you don't trust me yet. I understand."
"Thank you. Most other people kept on asking,"
Kenshin nodded. He quickly looked at his watch. "Oh jeesh! I gotta get home! Maybe I'll see you later?" Kenshin asked, his eyes showing nothing but innocence. 'Please let her say ok!'
Kaoru was taken aback. "Um, sure. Ok."
"Great! Later!" he said, quickly skating away.
"Bye," Kaoru wasn't even sure if he had heard her. 'Why am I so shaken up over a chance encounter? Especially over a low-life skateboarder! But… he seems so different then normal skaters…' Her thoughts trailed off after that, leaving her more confused then before. "I gotta call Misao!" she muttered under her breath and rushed the rest of the way home.
A/N: There it is. The first chapter. If it's good tell me. If it sucks, tell me. Give me some sort of feedback. I want my story to be different. So tell me what you think!