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A/N: SECOND CHAPTER! Yay! I can't believe we got it out so fast! Hope this chapter is a good follow up from the prologue! Happy reading! (Don't forget to review!)


Forever in a Moment

Kamiya, Kaoru

(One Year Later)

"Here's your schedule Miss Kamiya," said the secretary.

"Thank you very much."

"Oh it's no problem. Do you want someone to show you around the school?"

"Oh no, I'm fine. Thank you for the offer though."

"No problem! Now you might want to get to class before the bell rings."

"Okay, see you later!" Kaoru said as she ran out the door.

'Okay,' Kaoru thought as she opened a slip of paper. 'Locker number 32… that's near the entrance of the school.' Kaoru walked in the direction of the school's entrance and soon found her locker.

'13… 33… 23.' click 'Well that's easy to remember,' Kaoru thought as she grabbed her books for history which was her first class of the day. 'Let's see if I can survive an hour and thirty minutes of the most boring subject in the world,' Kaoru thought as she headed down the hallway.

The bell rang and Kaoru waited outside of the classroom until she heard her name like the secretary told her too. After ten minutes of waiting, Kaoru decided to just go in.

The whole class was staring at her as she stood glaring at the teacher. 'It's probably the long sleeved shirt,' Kaoru thought, still glaring at the teacher. 'It may be fall but it is still hot outside.'

"Who are you?" the teacher asked, clearly puzzled.

"The very annoyed student who you were supposed to introduce to the class ten minutes ago," replied Kaoru coldly.

There was silence in the room as everyone turned their attention to the teacher. The teacher stared in shock at Kaoru before glaring at her in anger. "There are no new students in this class and you will not address a teacher like that."

Kaoru walked over to the teacher's desk and grabbed the attendance list.

"What do you think you're-"

"Kamiya, Kaoru," Kaoru said, pointing at her name on the list to the teacher. "It even has a not next to it saying 'new student'."

At this the whole class burst into laughter as the teacher glared at Kaoru. Kaoru smirked in return, knowing that this would spread through the school like wild fire. 'I can imagine it now,' Kaoru thought. 'Teacher Brought Down By New Kid. I'd love to see the look on her face when she sees that in the school newspaper.'

"Well Miss Kamiya," the teacher said agitated. "Since you've proven yourself a member of this class would you like to tell the rest of the class a little bit about yourself?"

"So that you can use that information against me? What kind of idiot do you take me for?" Kaoru asked in an 'offended' tone as the rest of the class erupted in laughter.

"I'm going to step outside for a moment," the teacher growled as she marched out of the room.

"Nice job," said a voice behind Kaoru. Kaoru turned around to see a girl standing behind her. Her long, black hair was pulled back in a ponytail. She was wearing large, silver, dangly earrings. She was wearing a black tube top with a purple stripe on the right side and black jeans with a purple design on the bottom and a purple and black belt. She was wearing black boots.

"Thanks," Kaoru said as she smirked.

"I'm Megumi," the girl said as the continued to smile at each other. "Wanna sit with me and my friends?"

"Sure," Kaoru said with a shrug. "It's not like I have any other invitations."

Megumi smiled and started to walk towards two boys who were laughing hysterically, barely being able to stay in their seats. One of the boys had spiky, black hair that sometimes looked brown depending on how the light hit it. He had a red ribbon tied around his forehead. He wore a white t-shirt black, baggy pants, and black basketball sneakers.

The other boy had long, red hair which was tied back in a ponytail. He wore a red shirt, loose, black jeans and black and red basketball sneakers. He also had a scar on his left cheek that was shaped like and 'x'.

'He's kinda hot,' Kaoru thought as she glanced at the second boy. 'I would say he's beautiful but I don't think he would appreciate that if I told him so.'

"He guys," Megumi said. The two boys stopped laughing and looked up at Megumi. "Well as you know this is Kaoru," Megumi said pointing to me, "and they are Sanosuke and Kenshin," Megumi said, pointing to each boy in turn.

"Call me Sano," Sano told Kaoru with a wave.

"It's nice to meet you Kaoru," said Kenshin with a smile.

"I like your outfit," Sano said after looking Kaoru up and down. "It suits you."

Kaoru looked down to see what she was wearing. She was wearing a short sleeved, black t-shirt that said "it always rains at night" in white letters over a long sleeved, white shirt. She was also wearing black jeans with a stud belt and white sneakers. Her hair was pulled back in a ponytail and she had left a few strands down, framing her face. She was also wearing a black chocker that had a sword on it, and tear drop earrings.

"Thank you," Kaoru said, smiling at Sanosuke.

"So where do you come from?" Megumi asked Kaoru.

"Kyoto."

"You used to live in Kyoto?" Megumi asked amazed.

"Yeah, until two days ago."

"What's with the sudden mover?" Kenshin asked curious.

"My parents thought I should spend a year by myself since I was having issues at school and my parents couldn't move because of their jobs." 'Nice lie Kaoru,' Kaoru thought to herself as she gave herself a mental high five.

"I wish my parents would think like that," Megumi said sadly.

"Why? Don't you like them?" Kaoru asked confused.

"Megumi's parents died when she was young in a plane crash. She was adopted by a doctor and his wife but Megumi and her 'mother' don't get along very well," Sano explained.

"I see."

Everyone looked towards the door as it creaked open. Kaoru and Megumi quickly sat down in their seats and pulled their history stuff out. However, once Kaoru saw who the person was she started to mentally hit her head against her desk.

"Hello class," the man said. "First of all I personally thank whoever got that bitch fired." When the man said that everyone started laughing again at the memory of their teacher getting told off by Kaoru. "Anyways, my name is Shinomori, Aoshi. I will be your new history teacher. Now let's get down to business."

"I'll meet you guys in t he cafeteria," Kaoru said as the bell rang for recess. "I have to talk to someone."

"Fine with me," Sano said as he slung his bag over his shoulder.

"Just don't take too long okay?" Megumi said.

"Okay."

"See you in a few," Kenshin said as the three of them walked out of the classroom and in the direction of the cafeteria and their lockers.

Kaoru and Aoshi were the only people left in the room.

"I'm assuming you're the one that told the teacher off Kaoru," Aoshi said emotionlessly as he started organizing the papers on his desk.

"Why the hell are you here?" Kaoru asked, not bothering to answer Aoshi's question.

"You're avoiding my question."

"Mine's more important," Kaoru said defiantly.

"Your mother ordered me to protect you and so I will," Aoshi said looking calmly at Kaoru.

"Fine, but couldn't you have changed you name?"

"I like my name thank you very much," Aoshi said in a slightly, offended voice.

"What happens if father finds out about you?" Aoshi stopped arranging the papers on his desk and looked at Kaoru. "What happens if mother accidentally tells him about you? He will be able to trace you easily enough and then he'll find me! What kind of protecting is that!"

Tears were coming out of Kaoru's eyes as Aoshi approached her shaking body.

"Where's the latest mark?" Aoshi asked Kaoru and she rolled up her left sleeve. Aoshi was surprised when he didn't see the usual bruise, but instead he saw a long cut running from her elbow to her shoulder.

"He invited his friends over and one of them 'accidentally' cut me with his sword. They were laughing about it for hours," Kaoru said as she rolled down her sleeve. She wiped her tears away fiercely when she felt them sliding down her face.

"Here," Aoshi said tossing something to Kaoru.

"What is it?" Kaoru asked as she caught the tiny object.

"Keys to my house," Aoshi said as he started to gather his papers.

"Why would I need keys to your house?" Kaoru asked puzzled.

"Just incase that crazy bastard that you call a father finds you and brings a couple of friends over to your place."

"Once problem," Kaoru said which caused Aoshi to stop which his hand on the handle of the door.

"What might that be?"

"Actually there are two. One, I don't know where your apartment is and two, the only way to get there would be out the front door which my father and his crazy friends would be trying to nock down."

"First of all, I live in the house to the right of yours. Second of all, you could just climb out the window. The smallest key is a key for the windows on the first floor the lock is on the outside."

"What does the other key do?"

"What do you think?"

"Open the front door?"

"You're an absolute genius," Aoshi said, sarcasm evident in his voice.

"You have no idea how much this means to me," Kaoru said, almost bursting out into tears again.

"You're welcome. Now if you don't mind I have a class to teach."

"We still have fifty minutes of recess left."

"Well then I'll go take some Tylenol," and with that Aoshi left Kaoru in the homeroom smiling at his retreating figure.

"What took you so long?" Sano asked as Kaoru joined them at their table in the cafeteria.

"I had some locker issues."

"Well no that that's cleared up," Sano said rubbing his hands together, "you wanted to say something Kenshin?"

"Way to put me on the spot Sano," Kenshin said glaring at Sano.

"You're welcome."

"Stop it you guys!" Megumi said in an exasperated tone. "Now Kenshin, you were going to say?"

"I was wondering if you would want to come to my house for the weekend. It's my birthday on Saturday and so far Sano and Megumi are the only people coming."

"Sure, Id' love to," Kaoru said smiling. 'Why wouldn't I? He's so hot!'

"Okay then where do you live?" After he noticed the weird look that Kaoru was giving him he quickly added, "I'm picking everyone up. We're going to see a movie Friday night."

"I live two blocks to the north of you." There was a long silence as everyone looked at Kaoru like she was crazy. "What? I was bored and the class list was the closest reading material handy."

"Well… let's go to the computer room for the rest of recess," Megumi said and everyone stood up.

"I'll see you guys later!" Kaoru said and walked down the pathway that led to her front door. She stood there for a minute before cautiously opening the door and peering inside. She visibly relaxed and walked inside.

'What's wrong with her?' Kenshin wondered as he, Sano, and Megumi parted ways.


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