DISCLAIMIER: I DON'T OWN RUROUNI KENSHIN (UNFORTUNATELY)

AN: Enjoy! And ALL reviews are accepted!

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RINNG RINGG! RINNG! Kaoru peeked from under the cover and glared at her alarm clock, 'Damn thing! Hmm breaking it would only make Megumi think I'm an abusive woman!'

"KAORU! Do you know what time it is? You're gonna be late! GET UPP!" said Misao as she jumped on her bed, and bounced up and down, ruining Kaoru's all-too perfect dream.

"Misao! Do you have to be so loud? You know not everyone's a morning person like you!" Kaoru retorted as she made her way to the dorm's private bathroom. Hiten High, one of Tokyo's most prestigious schools.

Kaoru groaned as she rummaged through her drawer looking for her shirt, instead she found an oversized hoodie saying "I love nerds". She quickly threw in on and realized her 'roomies', Megumi and Misao, had already left without her. As soon as realization hit her, Kaoru grabbed her bag and ran for it. On the way to her group's usual meeting spot she toppled over someone. As she looked up, friendly Cobalt met determined Azure. A smile was planted on the face of the victim, Kaoru knowing it was rude to stare apologized profusely.

"I'm so so sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going! Gomen nasi" Kaoru bowed her head.

"Oh don't worry about it! It's not every day a beautiful girl who actually likes nerds comes attacking you! By the way my name's Soujiro Seta." Said the boy with a grin plastered to his face.

Kaoru blushed at his comment and held out her hand "Kamiya. Kaoru Kamiya! Pleased to meet you, and I'm really sorry but I'm in a hurry. I'll see you around Soujiro-san" Kaoru exclaimed as she ran off. Soujiro watched the raven headed beauty round the corner.

"You can bet on it, Kaoru-san" smirked Soujiro as he picked up his books and made his way towards his locker.

Kaoru ran dodging anymore unnecessary "hurdles", after all not everyone was as nice as Soujiro. 'Soujiro' that name kept repeating in her mind, she blushed at the thought. 'Get it together Kamiya! What will Kenshin think when he see's you all red! Speaking of certain red heads'

"Hey Kaoru! Over here!" Kenshin waved at her, Kaoru smiled and made her way over. She could already hear Sano's whiney voice about Megumi being a kitsune. 'Any minute now' Kaoru thought, then she heard it THUMP.

"Oww! What was that for?" Sano yelled. Megumi ignored him and turned to Kaoru.

"Hey! Oh my god Kaoru! What on earth are you wearing?" screeched Megumi.

'Hmf, it's not that bad! Not everyone can look as good as you KITSUNE' Kaoru thought but instead said "Why? What's wrong with it?"

"We are so going to get you out of that, you should be happy I have an extra shirt on me right now. And you can't wear that! It's just so..so huge!"

Just then Kenshin stepped in and calmly stated "Megumi, I think she looks fine."

"Of course you do Kenshin!" said Misao smirking, mischievousness was practically radiating off of her as she clung to Aoshi's arm with happiness.

Kaoru flushed at her implications and looked over to see her chatting away with Aoshi. 'Hmm not much of a talker is he. I don't see what Misao see's in him. But like they say opposites attract?'

BRINGG BRINNG

Kaoru and Kenshin made their way towards the Math wing, silently enjoying each other's company.

Kaoru peeked from the corner of her eyes studying Kenshin's delicate features; his bangs swayed and brought the beautiful color of his eyes out. To put it simply he was a girl magnet. The fact that most girls came to Kenshin for "hair advice" didn't do her sudden urges to run her hands through his mane justice.

Suddenly Kenshin looked back at Kaoru with concern written over his face, "Kaoru are you ok? Do you wanna go back to your dorm room?"

Kaoru smiled anxiously at his worry, "Don't worry, I'm fine. Now let's get to class!"

"Are you sure? You're kind of red all over." Kenshin stretched his arm to feel Kaoru's forehead. "You could just be coming down with the seasonal flu!" Kaoru slapped Kenshin's hand away irritated.

"Kenshin! Sit down! You know how Hajime gets when he sees us talking!" Kaoru hissed as she pulled him down to the seat beside her. Just then Hajime entered the classroom with a cigarette dangling from his hand as he leisurely exhaled all the toxins. He surveyed his students with immense disgust and pity.

"Hmf, well might as well introduce you ingrates to our new student. Great! Another idiot thrown my way again to uselessly teach!" Hajime whispered viciously cursing whoever was behind this.

"Everyone please welcome your new classmate, Soujiro Seta" Hajime. Soujiro stood at the front of the class and bowed respectfully when Kaoru caught his eye and he smiled genuinely. This action, however, did not go unnoticed by Kenshin.

"Hey Kaoru, Do you know that guy?" Kenshin whispered curiously.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this to you guys, but I sort of bumped into him this morning. Literally! But he was real nice about him. You have to meet him Ken." Kaoru said under her breath.

"Oh really? Well I guess I'll HAVE to meet him now. Any friend of yours is a friend of mine." Kenshin muttered mockingly, fortunately Kaoru didn't hear the sarcasm in his tone, and opted to listen to Soujiro's introduction about himself.

"HIMURA! DETENTION! How many times do I have to tell you to SHUT UP?" barked Hajime at Kenshin. Kenshin cursed profusely hoping luck was on his side and that Hajime would drop dead but apparently that wasn't the case, "HIMURA! ARE YOU STILL MUTTERING! Get out of my class!" Kenshin glared at Hajime knowing it was a losing cause, and trudged out to the hallway, profaning all the while. Kaoru just smirked at his behaviour. Soujiro sat down in the empty seat which was just 'voluntarily' emptied beside Kaoru and smiled.