"Kaoru no Hatsukoi???"
by DQBunny
Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin is not mine. Too
bad. I could use a red-haired rurouni in my life. Oh
well, he, Kaoru, and the others all belong to Watsuki
Nobuhiro. The original concept for "Ami-chan no
Hatsukoi" belongs to Takeuchi Naoko.
Author's Note: This pitiful attempt at a first
RK-fic (hey, you have to start somewhere) is loosely
based off the Sailormoon SuperS special "Ami-chan no
Hatsukoi." In fact, some scenes in this fic play out
like the scenes from the anime version of the story.
That's what you get for daydreaming about Kenshin
stories while listening to music from another anime.
Anyhow, enjoy this humble piece of work ::bows:: Also,
the title itself means "Kaoru's First Love?" although
we all know who that really is ;-)
*****
Part Two - She WHAT?
Tae looked at her customers with a frown. Sanosuke
and Yahiko seemed to be eating with their usual robust, but
Kenshin looked like he was either depressed or deep in
thought. Tsubame had left the Akabeko on an errand. The
elder woman hoped that she would be back before Sano and
Yahiko ate everything in the restaraunt.
"So, where's Kaoru-chan?" she asked, noting the
abscence of her friend. "Is she joining you later?"
Yahiko shrugged and shoveled more rice in his mouth.
Sanosuke actually stopped eating long enough to give her an
answer. "Seems like Jo-chan's been busy lately, ne
Kenshin?"
"..." Kenshin stared into the cup of cooling green
tea he held, not noticing the ongoing conversation.
"Busu's been acting weird lately," Yahiko muttered
through a mouthful of food. "She's always got this goofy
grin on her face, and she goes around dressed in nice
clothes. She leaves first thing in the morning and comes
back at night. Her hair's all messed up and her kimono
looks somewhat dirty, but she still has that goofy grin.
It's weird."
Tae gasped, dropping her tray. Sano and Yahiko
stopped eat and stared at the waitress as if she had grown
a third head. "What's wrong?" Sanosuke asked.
"What else is she doing, Yahiko?" Tae zeroed in on
the student.
Yahiko set his chopsticks down and thought for a
moment. "Well, the past two days, she's not touched me or
lost her temper at all. When she's around, she's so nice
and cheerful. It's almost like you want her to lose her
temper or go around hitting people upside the head with her
shinai just to know she's still Kaoru, ne Kenshin?"
"..."
"Damn rurouni's starting to act too much like
Shinomori for me," Sanosuke muttered.
"Oh no, oh no no no!" Tae leapt to her feet and
started pacing the area in front of the table. "Oh, this is
terrible! I didn't think she would do it! I always thought
she had feelings for Ken-san!"
"Huh?" Sanosuke and Yahiko gave Tae blank looks.
Kenshin kept staring into his tea.
Tae threw her hands in the air in exasperation.
"Don't you understand what's going on?"
Sanosuke and Yahiko stared at each other and
scratched their heads.
"Kaoru-chan's in love!!!" Tae cried at the top of her
voice.
"Duh," Sanosuke said, helping himself to more of the
beefpot. "She's had a thing for Kenshin for months. It's
not exactly the best-kept secret in Tokyo."
"No, you baka!" Tae exclaimed, placing her hands on
her hips. "She's in love with someone else!"
The piece of meat Sano had speared slipped from his
chopsticks back into the pot. Yahiko dropped his rice
bowl, cooled clumps of rice flying everywhere. "USO!" They
cried at the top of their lungs, then stared at Kenshin,
who simply kept staring into his cup of tea...and had not
heard a single word of the conversation.
*****
Tsubame paid the vendor for the vegetables she
purchased and double-checked the basket to make sure she
had received everything. Bowing respectfully to the
vendor, she headed back toward the Akabeko at a lesiurely
pace, enjoying the beautiful day and the free time while
she could.
Activity in the nearby park caught her eye and she
looked through the gates to see row after row of tables
draped with white Western-style tablecloths. Curosity got
the best of the young woman, and she walked in the park to
see what was going on. It would be great news to take back
to the Akabeko and mull over with Tae later on. A group of
women dressed in Western-style clothing stood chatting near
one of the tables.
"I can't believe Kamiya-san, that poor-bred tomboy
coming in and taking over like that," one of the women
said.
Tsubame's ears zoomed in on the conversation. Being
Tae's trainee helped when it came to eavesdropping,
especially when it seemed to be particularly good gossip.
Her ears had picked up on the words Kamiya and tomboy.
Surely that had to be Kaoru! Tsubame frowned and scanned
the area. Why would she be in a fancy place like this?
"The poor girl doesn't have any experience either,"
one of the other ladies added. "I think Washoku-san's just
smittened with the girl to let her advance so quickly."
A third lady sighed. "It seems she'll get the prize
though."
Prize? Tsubame's forehead wrinkled in concentration.
The only contest she could imagine Kaoru entering would be
some type of swordsmanship contest. But why would these
fancy ladies be here? Perhaps to watch the competition...
"But, did you hear?" One of the ladies was saying.
"She accepted his proposal. She is estatic! They're going
to do it today."
"I'm surprise they'll find someone to perform the
ceremony on such short notice," the first lady commented.
"She doesn't want her current suitor to find out,"
the third lady replied.
Tsubame's eyes widened and the basket dropped to the
ground, vegetables spilling everywhere. Her hands flew to
her mouth. "Oh...oh no! I've got to get ahold of Kenshin-
san before Kaoru-san makes a horrible mistake!" she cried,
then whirled around and sped off toward the Akabeko as fast
as she could.
The women watched her leave. "Odd child," the second
lady said with a shrug. "Anyhow, tell me more about your
sister eloping, Mika-san."
*****
Hello, anyone home?
Yes, I'm ignoring you Kenshin silently told his
inner voice. The same inner voice that had been bugging
him almost since day one of Kaoru's mysterious
disappearance. He glanced at the table and noticed Sanosuke
and Yahiko devouring the food while Tae chatted with them.
At least that kept them occupied.
Yeah, while you brood over Kaoru.
Who asked you? What makes you think you know what's
best for me anyhow?
I've known what's best for your for years, Himura
Kenshin! And look, I'm telling you now, you have got to get
up the guts to go after Kaoru
All over spending her days on errands? That would be
pushing Kaoru-dono before she's ready.
She's ready? Open those big pretty purple eyes of
yours and look at her. She wants you! And you want her!
Trust me, I know what's going on in this body of yours
when you stare at her when you don't think she notices.
Kenshin frowned. Hello? I'm sure this is not my
voice of reason. It sounds too much like Hiko and Sanosuke
to belong to me.
Look, I'm just trying to get it through your thick
skull that it's time that you really tell Kaoru how you
feel. What if it's not just errands that she's on? What
if she's with a guy?
Kenshin smiled to himself. That's where you're
wrong. Kaoru-dono's not off with another man. I know her.
We respect and trust each other. I care for her.
You care a lot.
His cheeks grew scarlet. Yeah...
Respect and trust are nice, but that's nothing
compared to kissing and sucki...
Kenshin shook his head slightly to jar the voice.
HENTAI!
Hey, you're a man, remember!
"You've got to be either Sano or Hiko," Kenshin
muttered, taking a sip of his now stone cold tea.
Before Kenshin's inner voice could reply to that
comment, Sanosuke leaped from his seat and jerked the
rurouni up by his gi and shook him. "Didn't you hear what
Tae-san just said?" he yelled while roughly waving the
smaller man back and forth in the air.
"Orooooo...," Kenshin groaned, the world spinning
before him.
"Jo-chan." Shake. "Is." Shake. "In." Shake. "Love."
Shake. "With." Shake. "Someone." Shake. "ELSE!" Sano
roared.
"Sano...," Kenshin managed to say just as Tsubame ran
into the restaraunt and over to their table, tears
streaking down her cheeks.
"Tsubame-chan!" Tae and Yahiko cried, running to her
side.
"Are you okay?" Tae asked, putting an arm around the
girl's shoulders.
"Who hurt you? I swear, as a student of Kamiya
Kasshin Ryu, I will get revenge for you!" Yahiko vowed,
hand closed over his shinai.
"It's not me," Tsubame cried. "It's Kaoru-san!"
Sano stopped shaking Kenshin. The rurouni jerked
himself from Sano's hold and dropped to the ground, his
hand moving instantly to his sakabatou. "What's wrong with
Jo-chan?" Sanosuke asked, his eyes narrowing with anger.
Tsubame broke away from Tae and ran to Kenshin. She
latched onto his gi and stared at him, tears streaking down
her cheeks. "Oh, Kenshin-san, you've got to stop her!
You've got to save Kaoru-san!"
The buried Battousai inside Kenshin began to stir and
he fought down the violent side of him long enough to get
Tsubame's side of the story. "It's okay, Tsubame-chan.
Where is she? What happened?"
Tsubame drug in a couple of breaths. She looked into
Kenshin's eyes and saw the gold flecks sparkling among the
violent. "She's getting married! Today!"
Tae, Yahiko, and Sanosuke fainted.
*****
Small Japanese/English list:
Busu - ugly
Arigato - Thanks
Hai - Yes
Ohayo - Good morning
Ja ne - See you later
Baka – idiot
Uso! – You're kidding!
Kaoru no Hatsukoi? - Kaoru's First Love
by DQBunny
Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin is not mine. Too
bad. I could use a red-haired rurouni in my life. Oh
well, he, Kaoru, and the others all belong to Watsuki
Nobuhiro. The original concept for "Ami-chan no
Hatsukoi" belongs to Takeuchi Naoko.
Author's Note: This pitiful attempt at a first
RK-fic (hey, you have to start somewhere) is loosely
based off the Sailormoon SuperS special "Ami-chan no
Hatsukoi." In fact, some scenes in this fic play out
like the scenes from the anime version of the story.
That's what you get for daydreaming about Kenshin
stories while listening to music from another anime.
Anyhow, enjoy this humble piece of work ::bows:: Also,
the title itself means "Kaoru's First Love?" although
we all know who that really is ;-)
*****
Part Two - She WHAT?
Tae looked at her customers with a frown. Sanosuke
and Yahiko seemed to be eating with their usual robust, but
Kenshin looked like he was either depressed or deep in
thought. Tsubame had left the Akabeko on an errand. The
elder woman hoped that she would be back before Sano and
Yahiko ate everything in the restaraunt.
"So, where's Kaoru-chan?" she asked, noting the
abscence of her friend. "Is she joining you later?"
Yahiko shrugged and shoveled more rice in his mouth.
Sanosuke actually stopped eating long enough to give her an
answer. "Seems like Jo-chan's been busy lately, ne
Kenshin?"
"..." Kenshin stared into the cup of cooling green
tea he held, not noticing the ongoing conversation.
"Busu's been acting weird lately," Yahiko muttered
through a mouthful of food. "She's always got this goofy
grin on her face, and she goes around dressed in nice
clothes. She leaves first thing in the morning and comes
back at night. Her hair's all messed up and her kimono
looks somewhat dirty, but she still has that goofy grin.
It's weird."
Tae gasped, dropping her tray. Sano and Yahiko
stopped eat and stared at the waitress as if she had grown
a third head. "What's wrong?" Sanosuke asked.
"What else is she doing, Yahiko?" Tae zeroed in on
the student.
Yahiko set his chopsticks down and thought for a
moment. "Well, the past two days, she's not touched me or
lost her temper at all. When she's around, she's so nice
and cheerful. It's almost like you want her to lose her
temper or go around hitting people upside the head with her
shinai just to know she's still Kaoru, ne Kenshin?"
"..."
"Damn rurouni's starting to act too much like
Shinomori for me," Sanosuke muttered.
"Oh no, oh no no no!" Tae leapt to her feet and
started pacing the area in front of the table. "Oh, this is
terrible! I didn't think she would do it! I always thought
she had feelings for Ken-san!"
"Huh?" Sanosuke and Yahiko gave Tae blank looks.
Kenshin kept staring into his tea.
Tae threw her hands in the air in exasperation.
"Don't you understand what's going on?"
Sanosuke and Yahiko stared at each other and
scratched their heads.
"Kaoru-chan's in love!!!" Tae cried at the top of her
voice.
"Duh," Sanosuke said, helping himself to more of the
beefpot. "She's had a thing for Kenshin for months. It's
not exactly the best-kept secret in Tokyo."
"No, you baka!" Tae exclaimed, placing her hands on
her hips. "She's in love with someone else!"
The piece of meat Sano had speared slipped from his
chopsticks back into the pot. Yahiko dropped his rice
bowl, cooled clumps of rice flying everywhere. "USO!" They
cried at the top of their lungs, then stared at Kenshin,
who simply kept staring into his cup of tea...and had not
heard a single word of the conversation.
*****
Tsubame paid the vendor for the vegetables she
purchased and double-checked the basket to make sure she
had received everything. Bowing respectfully to the
vendor, she headed back toward the Akabeko at a lesiurely
pace, enjoying the beautiful day and the free time while
she could.
Activity in the nearby park caught her eye and she
looked through the gates to see row after row of tables
draped with white Western-style tablecloths. Curosity got
the best of the young woman, and she walked in the park to
see what was going on. It would be great news to take back
to the Akabeko and mull over with Tae later on. A group of
women dressed in Western-style clothing stood chatting near
one of the tables.
"I can't believe Kamiya-san, that poor-bred tomboy
coming in and taking over like that," one of the women
said.
Tsubame's ears zoomed in on the conversation. Being
Tae's trainee helped when it came to eavesdropping,
especially when it seemed to be particularly good gossip.
Her ears had picked up on the words Kamiya and tomboy.
Surely that had to be Kaoru! Tsubame frowned and scanned
the area. Why would she be in a fancy place like this?
"The poor girl doesn't have any experience either,"
one of the other ladies added. "I think Washoku-san's just
smittened with the girl to let her advance so quickly."
A third lady sighed. "It seems she'll get the prize
though."
Prize? Tsubame's forehead wrinkled in concentration.
The only contest she could imagine Kaoru entering would be
some type of swordsmanship contest. But why would these
fancy ladies be here? Perhaps to watch the competition...
"But, did you hear?" One of the ladies was saying.
"She accepted his proposal. She is estatic! They're going
to do it today."
"I'm surprise they'll find someone to perform the
ceremony on such short notice," the first lady commented.
"She doesn't want her current suitor to find out,"
the third lady replied.
Tsubame's eyes widened and the basket dropped to the
ground, vegetables spilling everywhere. Her hands flew to
her mouth. "Oh...oh no! I've got to get ahold of Kenshin-
san before Kaoru-san makes a horrible mistake!" she cried,
then whirled around and sped off toward the Akabeko as fast
as she could.
The women watched her leave. "Odd child," the second
lady said with a shrug. "Anyhow, tell me more about your
sister eloping, Mika-san."
*****
Hello, anyone home?
Yes, I'm ignoring you Kenshin silently told his
inner voice. The same inner voice that had been bugging
him almost since day one of Kaoru's mysterious
disappearance. He glanced at the table and noticed Sanosuke
and Yahiko devouring the food while Tae chatted with them.
At least that kept them occupied.
Yeah, while you brood over Kaoru.
Who asked you? What makes you think you know what's
best for me anyhow?
I've known what's best for your for years, Himura
Kenshin! And look, I'm telling you now, you have got to get
up the guts to go after Kaoru
All over spending her days on errands? That would be
pushing Kaoru-dono before she's ready.
She's ready? Open those big pretty purple eyes of
yours and look at her. She wants you! And you want her!
Trust me, I know what's going on in this body of yours
when you stare at her when you don't think she notices.
Kenshin frowned. Hello? I'm sure this is not my
voice of reason. It sounds too much like Hiko and Sanosuke
to belong to me.
Look, I'm just trying to get it through your thick
skull that it's time that you really tell Kaoru how you
feel. What if it's not just errands that she's on? What
if she's with a guy?
Kenshin smiled to himself. That's where you're
wrong. Kaoru-dono's not off with another man. I know her.
We respect and trust each other. I care for her.
You care a lot.
His cheeks grew scarlet. Yeah...
Respect and trust are nice, but that's nothing
compared to kissing and sucki...
Kenshin shook his head slightly to jar the voice.
HENTAI!
Hey, you're a man, remember!
"You've got to be either Sano or Hiko," Kenshin
muttered, taking a sip of his now stone cold tea.
Before Kenshin's inner voice could reply to that
comment, Sanosuke leaped from his seat and jerked the
rurouni up by his gi and shook him. "Didn't you hear what
Tae-san just said?" he yelled while roughly waving the
smaller man back and forth in the air.
"Orooooo...," Kenshin groaned, the world spinning
before him.
"Jo-chan." Shake. "Is." Shake. "In." Shake. "Love."
Shake. "With." Shake. "Someone." Shake. "ELSE!" Sano
roared.
"Sano...," Kenshin managed to say just as Tsubame ran
into the restaraunt and over to their table, tears
streaking down her cheeks.
"Tsubame-chan!" Tae and Yahiko cried, running to her
side.
"Are you okay?" Tae asked, putting an arm around the
girl's shoulders.
"Who hurt you? I swear, as a student of Kamiya
Kasshin Ryu, I will get revenge for you!" Yahiko vowed,
hand closed over his shinai.
"It's not me," Tsubame cried. "It's Kaoru-san!"
Sano stopped shaking Kenshin. The rurouni jerked
himself from Sano's hold and dropped to the ground, his
hand moving instantly to his sakabatou. "What's wrong with
Jo-chan?" Sanosuke asked, his eyes narrowing with anger.
Tsubame broke away from Tae and ran to Kenshin. She
latched onto his gi and stared at him, tears streaking down
her cheeks. "Oh, Kenshin-san, you've got to stop her!
You've got to save Kaoru-san!"
The buried Battousai inside Kenshin began to stir and
he fought down the violent side of him long enough to get
Tsubame's side of the story. "It's okay, Tsubame-chan.
Where is she? What happened?"
Tsubame drug in a couple of breaths. She looked into
Kenshin's eyes and saw the gold flecks sparkling among the
violent. "She's getting married! Today!"
Tae, Yahiko, and Sanosuke fainted.
*****
Small Japanese/English list:
Busu - ugly
Arigato - Thanks
Hai - Yes
Ohayo - Good morning
Ja ne - See you later
Baka – idiot
Uso! – You're kidding!
Kaoru no Hatsukoi? - Kaoru's First Love
