Tenshi: I decided to rewrite this story all over. The title will stay the same. I'm just going to add in more stuff and make Kenshin show his feelings a little slowly because I think that the way I made it went to fast and it doesn't seems right. So here is the other version of Changing for you. Byes.
Disclaimer: I do not own rurouni kenshin for your information… ehehe…
New Version of Changing for you
Summary:
Kaoru sigh, she was going to spend the entire year of summer vacation with her dad, not that she didn't want to. It was just…it was just too hard on her, leaving her mother but she knew it would be best not to trouble her mother while she was having fun but was she, herself happy with that? Yea she was happy when her mom is, she just hope she'll enjoy summer with her father. She'll miss her friend but she might gain some new one.
Kaoru got her stuff and got out of the airplane. Her eyes wonder for a second when someone caught her attention. Her father was waving at her.
"Hi dad," She told him when she walked over to him. He kissed her on the cheek and replied the greeting.
"Hello honey how's your mother?"
"She's doing fine."
"Really, well come on let's go"
Kaoru follow her dad toward to a silver Camry. He put her stuff in the back and opened the door for her.
"What do you think about this idea?" When Kaoru didn't answer he asks her again. "Did I force you to come back here honey?" he asked making sure Kaoru wasn't mad at him.
"No, you didn't force me and mother didn't either." She answered.
He threw a glance at her and focused back on the road. "You look sad."
"Sad? You meant I look tired? Come on dad don't worry about me. I'm just a little exhausted from the trip."
Her father nodded and asked another question. "Do you remember what I wrote to you?"
"Yes, I'm going to have another sister?" she replied back not sure.
"Close Kaoru-chan. Looks like you haven't been keeping track for how long you left me. It's been almost 3 years. Maki already have a little girl and we name her Suzume. Didn't your mother tell you?"
"Yea she did, I just forgot because I have a lot of stuff on my mind. Sorry dad."
"It's alright honey."
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When they got there Kaoru noticed a difference. The house wasn't that small like it used to be. It was nicely shape and it wasn't a one-story house like it was before. Maybe her dad had order someone to constructed the second floor to the house.
"Kaoru-chan you seem surprise."
"Yes I am dad. This looks totally different from the one you and Maki used to live."
"Kaoru-chan you haven't seen the inside yet. The room is practically small." He told her and opens the front door.
Kaoru saw one curved sofa and a small couch facing a huge TV. There was a lot of picture on the wall especially Maki's and her father. She followed him to the room he was leading her.
She moaned when her father told her which room she was taking. "Dad isn't this too big?" She complained.
"Of course honey. You're having a guest here too. It's one of Maki's favorite relative." Her father explained. "You'll take that side by the window, since you love looking outside and he can take that side by your left."
"He? It's a guy?" she asked.
"Yes what's wrong honey?"
"Dad!" she yelled. "I'm not sleeping in the same room with a guy." She demanded.
"You'll have to see him first to say that and if that still don't work out I'll separate it ok."
"Why see him first?"
Her father didn't answer her but smile and went to open the door when the doorbell was rung.
She walked after her father to see Maki and her daughter.
"Oh hello Kaoru, I didn't expect you this early! Nice to see you again." she welcomed Kaoru.
"You too. Hello Suzume-chan." She greeted Suzume, Maki's newborn daughter who was already 3 years old. She hugged Kaoru as a greeting.
"Did Koshiro already show you where your room is?"
"Yes he did."
"Did he say anything else?"
"Yes, about a guest."
"Correct Kaoru, I hope you don't mind."
"No, I don't"
Maki wrinkled her nose as she asked, "You sure? You'll been so nice to me lately that I don't know whether your telling me the truth or that you are just lying to me to get me happy." Maki ask to make sure Kaoru was ok with it.
"Yes I'm sure Maki." Which she told her father that she won't but she didn't want to hurt Maki's feelings.
"Ok Kaoru, he'll be here soon and you can meet him as well."
After a couple of minutes past, a guy appeared on the door, carrying a two bag in each hand. Kaoru studied him. The shape of his face was a feminine like shape, his hair was red, and his eyes were violet. Plus he was hot.
Maki walk over to him and pulled him over to greet Kaoru. "Kenshin, this is Koshiro daughter I've been telling you lately about."
Kenshin smile at her and she smiled back. "Nice to me you, I'm Kaoru…Kamiya…"
"Nice to meet you too Kaoru. My name is Kenshin Himura." They both bow to each other and he left upstairs as quickly as he was done.
"What do you think now Kaoru-chan?" Koshiro asked.
"Dad you know I still don't like them whether they are that cute or not?" she whispered back, not wanting Maki to hear.
"I know honey; you're not like any other girls I've seen…"
Kaoru smiled back.
As the phone rang Maki went to pick it up and came back asking. "Kaoru, you dad and I are going to a dinner with the Takani's. Do you want to come along?" Maki ask.
"No thanks, I preferred some rest from the trip."
"Okay then. We're taking Suzume with us, is that fine with you so you won't have someone to watch while you rest?"
Kaoru nodded.
"You sure nothing will go wrong Kaoru-chan?" Koshiro ask a little worried. Kaoru pushed him out with Maki and told him. "Everything will be fine dad. Just go and have fun." Kaoru close the door when her father nodded back to her. Now she was all alone in the house with a guy she doesn't even know…
She walks upstairs and starts toward her room but then a loud music bang against her ear. She finally spotted Kenshin lowering the music down…laughing.
"What was that for!" she ask more like yelling.
"Sorry if I scare you Kaoru-chan."
"Do not call me little."
"Ok, how old are you again?"
"17"
"There…I can still call you Kaoru-chan because you're still younger than me."
Kaoru rolled her eyes and went inside the room. She sat on her bed while Kenshin was still fussing around with his CD, trying on a different one. "What are you doing in here?" he asked.
"Excuse moi, me? Let's ask you that."
"huh…."
"Dad sad I HAVE to share this room with you and I already promise that to Maki." She replied.
"Fine with me, just don't go through my stuff."
"Repeat back to you." Kaoru glared at him.
He laughed and went back to what he was doing. Kaoru sat there as she got up and grab a pen and a paper. She wanted to write to her friend that she reach Japan already… that she reaches her dad when something suddenly hit her head.
"Hey what was that for?" She yelled at Kenshin.
"Huh?" Kenshin raised his head up to what he threw. It was a white teddy bear. "Oh the teddy bear?"
"Yea, why did you throw it at ME!"
"Sorry I was just cleaning up on this side."
"Oh…by THROWING it at my side, you jerk! You're getting my side messy!" she yelled.
He grinned. "You sound different from what I've heard."
"What sounds different from what you've heard?" Kaoru asked him with an eyebrow raised.
"Nothing," he replied with a grin.
"Hey you know what? Next time you throw something at me again…I'm going to KILL YOU!" She threatened him with a deadly glare that should have melted him on the spot.
Kenshin smirked as he threw another teddy bear at her. "What cha going to do now, huh?" he taunted.
Kaoru got angrier every second as Kenshin continued throwing the white bear at her. Finally she caught it and threw it back at the annoying red head and ran out of the room as quickly as possible.
"Freak!" she yelled as she slammed the door shut.
Kenshin stared at her as she ran. "Man, she gets angry pretty fast," He murmured to himself, "I wonder why Maki wanted her here. Ah I'll try to calm her down a bit." He laughed knowing he could get any girls to calm down…well mostly everyone.
Kenshin got up and followed Kaoru to where she had run off to, which was the living room and found her sitting on the coach with the remote in her hand, watching Dawn of the Dead.
"What are you watching?" Kenshin asked her, sitting beside her on the couch.
He got no reply from the ebony-haired beauty that now was looking at the television as if she wanted to break it soon. He grinned, knowing that she was pissed and ignored him for throwing the bear at her.
"Looks pretty scary," he commented and stood up. He silently walked behind Kaoru, an idea popping into his head. He grinned wickedly at his idea of spooking Kaoru.
Just as the guy in the television got killed, Kenshin put his hands on top of Kaoru's shoulders and gave her a quick push.
"AAH!" Kaoru screamed, "What was that for! You freakin'…red-haired…"
"Red-haired what?" he questioned with a smile.
"Carrot!" she told him and threw Kenshin the remote at him and stormed off, leaving him alone to watch Dawn of the Dead by himself. He looked at the remote and then at the movie. After a few minutes, the movie too creeped him out so he quickly turned the TV off and walked outside. He decided he wouldn't bother Kaoru; he'd try his little game of calming her down some other time.
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Kaoru lied down on her bed and covered her head with her hands. Damn that guy pissed her off. He really was so goddamn annoying. I miss mom already, she thought. She took out her stationery and started writing on a new page.
'Dear Mom, I miss you so much already. I know it hasn't even been a day yet, but Dad, Maki, and little Suzume went out leaving me with Maki's nephew, who totally always annoys me. I can't believe it, having to sleep in the same room with HIM! I really miss you…can you say hi to Tenshi for me, if you ever get in touch with her? Ja!
P.S. Miss you!
Love you,
Kaoru
She folded the letter three times and put it in an envelope and sealed it. On the top left hand corner she wrote her name and her dad's address and then on the bottom right corner, she wrote her mom's name and address. Slowly she walked outside of the room and walked back down the stairs, ignoring Kenshin who observed her the whole way she walked out the door and put the letter into the mailbox.
OoOoOoOoOoO 3 days past!
Kaoru waited outside on the wide porch for the mailman or mailwoman to come, hoping a response letter from her mom had arrived. She prayed so much that her mom wouldn't get mad at her dad for letting her sleep with a guy in the same room. Of course her mom did always get excited when she saw any cute or hot guys. Kenshin was hot enough guy for her mom to compliment him.
The mail came as she rushed to the mailbox and opened it. Kaoru spotted 1 letter for her, 3 for her dad, and 1 for Kenshin.
"Any for me?" Kenshin asked, running towards her.
"Here," Kaoru said, handing him his letter.
He snatched the letter from her hands quick as lightening and opened it. "A party!" he exclaimed after reading it for a few seconds, "That's cool! Hey Kaoru, wanna come with me to the party?"
"No," was Kaoru's response.
"Come on!" Kenshin whined and grabbed her right hand, tugging on it.
"I said NO and I mean NO!" she sputtered back, taking her hand back, and opened her letter as Kenshin formulated a plan of action on convincing her to go with him.
Kaoru stared at the letter in her hand and opened it. It read:
Dear Honey,
How is everything so? Is your father treating you all right? I know you miss me a lot but you have to stay with your father for this summer vacation. Then after that you can come back to stay with me, I know you can do that for me ok. YOUR FATHER IS MAKING YOU SHARE A ROOM WITH SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX! Well thank goodness he has the decency to allow you separate beds. So is he cute? Hot? AHAHA! I did say hi to Tenshi for you. Good-bye sweetie! Have a good stay there now!
Your mother, Kizuki
Kaoru could imagine her mother picturing how Kenshin would look like. Her mother was always checking guys out. She always acted like a little girl toward her, but knew her mother was wise beyond her years.
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Kenshin sat on the fence, staring at her. His chin rested on the palm of his right hand trying to think of a way to convince her go to his friend's house for the party that was being held in 6 days. It was a small party but he wanted Kaoru to meet his friends. He turned away as Kaoru looked back at him.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"Nothing," he said.
"Then stop staring at me," she said.
"Ok!" he grinned at her.
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She walked into her bedroom and lay on her bed. 10:20 pm, she read her clock. It was getting dark outside. She closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.
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Kenshin opened the door to the room he and Kaoru shared only to find a sleeping Kaoru on her bed. He quickly changed and turned off the light, still thinking of how to get Kaoru to go with him to his friend's party.
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In the morning Kaoru got up and dressed in her normal clothing, while Kenshin always tried to look his best even though he usually stayed home with her. Koshiro, Kaoru's dad, was always working and Maki always took little Suzume for a walk.
She walked outside the backyard as she spotted the pool. It was a nice day, probably nice enough to take a quick swim in there, but of course how stupid could she be…To forget that she couldn't swim.
Kaoru turned around when water was suddenly splashed on her. She turned around to discover Kenshin.
"What do you want now? Can you ever stop bothering me for ONE day?" she yelled at him.
"Nope I can't… mind getting me a drink?" he asked.
"Get it yourself…I might poison you…" she told him venomously.
"Like you would," he snorted
"You think I can't?" Kaoru asked.
Kenshin shrugged, "You wouldn't."
"Never know," she retorted.
"Please," he said.
"Shut up,"
"Come on Kaoru-chan," Kenshin taunted.
"DON'T…CALL…ME…KAORU…CHAN!" she demanded with gritted teeth.
"Drink goes first," Kenshin grinned at her.
"Whatever …you just better STOP calling me little…" She went to get his drink when some water was splashed on her again. "Oops! Sorry!" Kenshin apologized, laughing at her, "Might as well jump in here now."
"You think I'll be stupid enough to DROWN myself. NO! Get that straight…" she told him and quickly grab a cup then poured a drink in it.
"Here," she gave it to him.
"Seems you don't know how to swim Kaoru," Kenshin realized.
"Of course, if I can I would be in there already; well you would have seen me in there for the past day," Kaoru told him.
"Yeah, where did Koshiro and Aunt Maki go?" Kenshin queried.
"Where they usually go," she answered.
"Oh…" was Kenshin's response.
There was a silence that befell the two.
"Do you want me to teach you how to swim?" Kenshin asked suddenly, breaking the silence.
"What?" Kaoru asked flabbergasted. Was he trying to be nice? Did he have something up his sleeve?
"Want me to teach you how to swim?" he repeated, a serious look on his handsome features.
Kaoru studied him for a few seconds. What was he trying to pull?
"Why should I trust you? You may just make me drown," Kaoru told him with a defiant look.
"Do I look like someone who would do that?" he laughed, a boyish grin on his face.
"Yes," Kaoru stated flatly.
"That hurt, Kaoru," he said, right hand over his heart.
"Good," she replied.
He chuckled at her.
"You are very different from other girls," he murmured softly.
"Hmm?" Kaoru asked.
"Nothing," he replied before a grin was once again on his face, "Come on, I'll teach you how to swim."
"No, I don't want to," Kaoru told him, eyes closed and head rose up.
"I'll make you," he said with a devilish grin. With Kaoru's eyes closed, she didn't notice Kenshin stalking up on her.
"How can you- EEEEK! KENSHIN!" Kaoru shrieked as Kenshin suddenly grabbed her around her waist and threw her in the pool. Kenshin followed her in right away so that nothing would happen.
He grabbed her arms, chuckling at her. Kaoru however started attacking him, kicking and punching him.
"Kaoru," he said in between blocking her attacks, "stop it. I just want to teach you." He was finally able to wrap his arms around her waist with one arm and the other secured her arms behind her back.
This brought their two faces inches apart only. Kaoru stared up at Kenshin's lavender eyes, mesmerized.
"I—" she began when she felt a pain in her chest. She coughed violently, bringing worry into the red head's eyes. Black dots swarmed her vision but it soon passed. Before she knew it, she was back to sitting on the ledge of the pool, Kenshin's arms wrapped around her shoulders for support. Her brain was still a bit fuzzy so they didn't register his reactions.
"Are you okay?" he asked in a concerned voice.
What was with him and mood a swing? Why was he acting so concerned? As if he cared? Kaoru looked up into his eyes, confused.
Suddenly, things became crystal clear again and Kaoru stood up abruptly, nearly causing Kenshin to fall into the pool.
Tenshi: I combine chaps 1 and half of 2 together. I want to make them longer and between this…More stuff will be added in! Please give me a review! Byes!
