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Chapter 4
"Don't overreact Battousai, it's just for the play," Fujita said as he motioned Kenshin to sit at the benches.
Kenshin scratched his head in annoyance as he said, "I would rather that you call me Kenshin because it's name…eto…"
"Kenshin Himura, transferee from Sunnyhill High School, I am Professor Goro Fugita. Let's make it short, the play is entitled "Battousai no Kokoro. We had already selected the leading lady but we are still looking for the leading man."
"You mean that beautiful lady who performed intensely at the stage?" Kenshin asked.
"I see you're interested in her," Fujita grinned evilly. "Will you do it, huh? Battousai?" Fujita said, stressing on his last word.
"It's Kenshin," he glared at him one last time before he gathered his things to leave. As he stood up he asked, "What if I don't want to audition?"
"It won't matter because you already passed."
"What if I refuse?"
"Such a delinquent. Tsk. Tsk. Do so if you wish, that is, if you're willing to transfer to another school. …Destruction of school property had always been punishable by expulsion." Fujita sneered.
[Flashback: Dou Ryu Sen!]
"Are you that desperate? I find blackmail cheap, but I'll think about it," With that, he left Fujita.
Fujita dropped his cigarette butt on the grass while walking towards the drama department where Dr. Genzai is reviewing the script. He opened the door and took a seat in front of Dr. Genzai's desk, "I have found him."
Dr. Genzai nodded in understanding and said, "Great! After the last set of auditions tomorrow, we can post the results on Monday and start the rehearsals immediately." Dr. Genzai took out a jar of sake under his desk and drank a couple of shots, "Let's drink to it, Fujita-san."
"I think I'd rather pass, sake stimulates strange cravings from me," Fujita bowed his head at the old man and left the building.
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Kenshin slumped on his apartment bed in deep thought, Oh great! My first sort-of day in school and I am already blackmailed… by my teacher! That leaves me no choice than to act on that stupid play they are producing. He's right… I can't afford to transfer to another school. I don't think another school would accept me after two cases of destruction of school property. I wonder if that professor knows about my past. Kenshin sighed as he began to undress himself. I don't think the play would be that bad if she would be my partner… but… Kenshin pulled on his pajamas and a loose shirt as gazed out of the window. Kenshin closed his eyes and recalled the face of the woman he saw earlier. Why do I have this feeling that I shouldn't allow myself to be close to her. But then again, her performance really drew me in her. Why do I have these contradicting feelings? Why? Before closing his window, Kenshin slowly opened his eyes as he took a deep breath. What's this? Jasmine? He reopened the window and peered outside. Seeing nobody, he shut the windows tight and decided to himself that he was just imagining things.
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Kaoru shifted in her bed as the rays of sun passed through her bedroom window. The image of a man in a pink gi and white hakama appeared in her dreams. It's him again…I keep thinking about him but why can't I remember his face or even his name? She shifted again in her bed and hugged her pillow.
Coming to her senses, she jolted up and looked at her alarm clock. It's still early. I can't believe it! They are going to post the results today and I am sooo excited… who am I kidding? I am soooo nervous. Kaoru jumped from her bed and continued jumping up and down in front of the mirror. I am so nervous… I am so hyper… I need to do something… I'll jog… that's it… I'll jog. By the time I come back here, I'll take a bath and I'm off to school… I'll jog… yep… I'll do it know. Without any hesitation, she jogged downstairs and went out to the streets. However, despite her efforts, blood continued to plummet from her face. I'm still nervous! "Gaaahhhh!!!"
"Oi jou-chan! Good morning!" Sano said cheerfully as he closed his eyes and stretched in front of their lawn.
"Anoo… good morning, too, Sano!" Kaoru replied quite agitated.
Upon opening his eyes, it bolted from its sockets as he unconsciously eyed Kaoru from head to foot. "Ano… Jou-chan… I see that your exercise is paying off," he said while rubbing his chin, "I see you're developing nice curves. Very nice."
Kaoru paled as realization struck her. She began to recall the events earlier, I woke up… I was nervous…I looked into the mirror… I ran… O… my… gosh! She looked down at herself and saw her half-naked state. She was wearing a baby t-shirt and a raccoon printed panty, which was a gift from Megumi. She looked back at Sano who continued to examine her body closely.
"Hhhheeeennnnttttaaaaiiii!!!!" Kaoru screamed on top of her lungs as she gathered all her strength to slap the shocked Sanosuke.
Sano flew across the porch, swirly-eyed, limbs tangled and unconscious.
Seeing Sano in that state, Kaoru nodded to herself in satisfaction and waved her fists in the air, "Mou!!! Can't a girl get a decent way to relax her nerves?" With that said, she ran back to her house.
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Kaoru ran a little late for school because of the untoward incident which happened earlier that morning. She saw Misao waiting for her at the front steps so she sat beside her.
"Misao-chan, why aren't you going in yet?"
"Obviously, I was waiting for you," Misao said a matter-of-factly.
"Have you seen the results?"
Misao glared at her, which means one thing. DUH!
"Fine, fine! Sorry I asked, let's go in already! I 'm dying of anticipation!" Kaoru said as she began to stand up.
"Kaoru-chan… if you were so excited to see the results, why were you late?" Misao asked quizzically as she picked up her books and started to walk.
"Well, you see…" Kaoru began.
"Hi Yahiko! Hi Sa— Oi! Sano what happened to your face?" Misao said as she pointed at the violet palm-shaped lump forming at Sano's cheeks.
"I don't know… I came across an ovulating woman this morning," Sano said as he shot a look towards Kaoru's direction.
Steam was coming out of Kaoru's head as she crunched her fists preparing to punch Sano.
"Really?" Misao asked innocently. "Does this hurt, huh? Does it?" Misao continued her questions as she poked Sano's cheek in different places.
"Amazing! I guess its already numb!" Yahiko said thoughtfully as he joined Misao in poking Sano's bruise. Sano remained indifferent causing the two to start punching the bruise instead.
Sano's eyes were twitching in irritation as he yelled at them SD-faced, "Chikuso! Will you quit poking my damn face!!! It hurts! Want to feel for yourselves?" Sano waved his fist preparing to apply Futae no Kiwami.
Misao and Yahiko slowly backed away and ran to the entrance of the school.
"Hey Sano, sorry for that," Kaoru whispered as she glanced at Sano's direction.
"Hey no need for that! At least I got some TLC from the fox!" Sano winked.
"Alright then, let's go inside and check the results," Kaoru smiled as she started to walk inside.
Sano followed closely behind her as he observed the gentle swinging of Kaoru's hips. Really jou-chan… you've got nice curves.
"Hhhheeennntttaaiiii!!!!" Someone shrieked from behind.
The next thing Sano knew, he was sprawled again on the floor with a large bump on his head. Not again… he thought in despair. He looked up at his attacker and gasped, "Che! Fox lady… why did you have to do that?"
"Baka rooster-head!!! Looking at another's behind when you can look at mine…" Megumi teased as she winked at Sano.
Sano stood immediately upon hearing Megumi and ran towards her side.
Megumi flashed Sano with her sweetest smile before whacking poor Sano with her hard-bound Bio-chemistry book.
Thump! Sano's world turned black.
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Kaoru caught up with Misao and Yahiko. They were at the back of the swarm of students surrounding the audition results. Kaoru managed to squeeze her way in, leaving the two behind. After what seemed like eternity, she found herself in front, facing the results.
She ran her fingers through the paper and read aloud, "Audition results for Battousai no Kokoro… Sakura Yatonari… Kaoru Kamiya…. Aaaaiiiiieeee!!!!" Kaoru shrieked, jumped and waved her hands in the air upon seeing her name. Yosh!!!! Now… let's see… who will…
Thump!
SD faced Sano glared at her, steam coming out of his ears. He breathed in heavily and shouted, "WILL EVERYBODY PLEASE STOP HITTING ME!!!!!!?"
The crowd silenced and turned their attention to Sano who acted naturally by looking intently at the results.
Kaoru blushed and whispered, "Sorry Sano, this time it's really an accident."
Kaoru continued to ran her fingers at the paper, "What? To be announced? Hmmm… I wonder who is chosen to play Battousai." She pondered about it for a while and continued reading the results.
After reading the results, Sano and Kaoru crawled their way out and reported the results to Megumi, Yahiko and Misao.
Sano smirked, "So that's it… Jou-chan got the role, Battousai is TBA and Hajime Saitoh will be played by guess who?"
"Who?" Yahiko asked curiously.
"Well, a wolf will always be a wolf. Since Professor Fujita obviously favors the role of Hajime Saitoh, he chose his son, Souji Okita Fujita to play it.
Everybody face-faulted.
Aoshi joined their conversation and said, "Don't be too surprised. Remember what he said during the audition?"
"Another Ahou!" Fujita smirked. "There will be no audition for the role of Hajime Saitoh."
"Oh yeah right…" Kaoru said, scratching her head.
"Oh you're so smart Aoshi-sama!" Misao said as she flung herself towards Aoshi.
Just when Misao was getting comfortable, the bell rang and everybody scampered to their own respective classrooms.
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After hours of waiting, class had finally ended. Kaoru rushed to the mini-theater, not even bothering to go their meeting place. Sorry everyone… I just need to know now who Battousai is.
Kaoru opened the door of the mini-theater quietly. She searched the place for any sign of her friends, but they weren't there yet. Baka! They must have waited for you. Oh well, they'd forgive me anyway.
Looking around, a flash of red caught her attention. She squinted her eyes to see who it is more clearly but the man had his back facing her. He seemed to be observing the stage, eyeing the details and feeling the space.
She walked carefully towards the stage to avoid startling the man. Could it be… Would he be Battousai, but…
The man slowly turned around, allowing Kaoru to take a good look at him. I haven't seen him before. Nah!!! He must be some technical assistant of something.
A smile crept up from Kaoru's lips as she noted the good looks of the man in front of her. Fiery red hair… oh my! violet eyes… muscular built… As her eyes trailed down, she saw the sakabattou hanging from the man's waist.
She glanced up again to look at his face but he started to turn around and walk away. Musn't let him go away until I know.
Giving in to gut instinct, Kaoru ran towards the stage and yelled, "Matte Hitokiri Battousai!! I meet you at last!"
Preview of next chap:
Kenshin meets the gumi!!! (Huh? Did that sound correct?)
Author's Notes:
Thanks for reviewing! You guys inspire me to write more!!!
Yes Macy, this is a reincarnation fic.
Thanks Gypsy-chan, I didn't know I had it in me.
JML, Macy, Midori-chan, JK, Winter… I'm glad you found the chap funny! I really enjoyed writing it. If only you've seen me writing it!
Omochi and Sakura… correct! He is testing Kenshin for the role of Battousai. But there's no need to say that now… you had already read the chap. Stupid me!
Special thanks to Hana-chan for pre-reading.
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