Pride and Prejudice
Disclaimers: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin blah, blah, blah. So please don't sue me.
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Chapter 2
Soon it was the night of the ball. Kenshin was there with his best friend Shinomori Aoshi. A handsome, tall man with ice blue eyes. He attracted more attention than Kenshin. Women at the party thought he was richer and much more handsome then Kenshin even though he never danced with any woman and stayed only in one corner. Well every woman expect Misao. Even though Mrs. Kamiya tried forcing her to go and dance with him. Misao refused. For Misao he was proud, high, conceited and had no manners. Mrs. Kamiya was very disappointed in her behavior since Misao's sisters where all dancing. Kaoru was dancing with Kenshin to Mrs. Kamiya's delight while Okon and Omasu where both talking to Kenshin's brother's father-in-law Seijiro Hiko.
Aoshi was standing in a part of the room when Kenshin walked over to him. Fortunately for Misao she was near enough to hear what they're conversation was about.
"Come on Aoshi" Kenshin said. "You should dance. I don't like seeing you just standing there in the corner."
"No thank you. There is not a single woman in this room that I would like to dance with."
"Oh come on. There are so many beautiful women here."
"You are only dancing with one woman in this room." Aoshi said looking at Kaoru.
"Oh it doesn't matter. But one of her beautiful sisters is sitting here. She's there sitting near us. I'll ask Kaoru-san to introduce her to you."
"You mean her?" Aoshi asked turning around and saw Misao. "She may be pretty but she isn't my type. Now would you please leave me alone for awhile" Kenshin sighed and returned back to Kaoru. Misao then thought of the idea of Aoshi wanting to dance with her. She laughed and thought about how ridiculous it would be if Aoshi wanted to dance with her.
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The evening soon was over. Soon they were all home and Mrs. Kamiya told her husband (Who was too busy to go to the party.) about that night. "Oh anata! We had a great time tonight. I wish you were there. Kaoru was the only woman Himura danced with twice tonight. He also danced with Misao, Okon, Omasu ,Megumi-san…."
" He danced to that many women!" Mr. Kamiya interrupted. "I think he's too friendly and naïve. I wonder if he even ate. If I danced like that. I would have sprained my ankle. But how was Misao that night?" he asked. "Misao did well. She danced only with Himura. I wanted her to dance with Himura's friend. Mr. Shinomori. But she refused. She said that he may be handsome and rich. But is high and conceited. I agree with her a little bit. He never danced with even one woman that night. But if only Misao had agreed to dance with him."
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Meanwhile Kaoru was telling Misao about Kenshin and how she admired him.
"He is so handsome and smart. He has good swordsmanship too and I love his manners!" "Well he is handsome." Misao replied "Oh Misao-chan. I was so flattered when he asked me to dance again. I was so surprised." Misao sighed. "I like him but he's too friendly, dancing with a lot of women that night. But he's better than Shinomori. Shinomori may be much more handsome and richer. But he is so conceited." She said. "But he still is Kenshin's friend. Maybe he isn't that bad." Kaoru said. "Well you can like him if you want. But I still won't like him."
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Author's Notes:
The chapter was really short. But I'm having a bit of a hard time writing this because the book is in Old English and is hard for met to understand. Anyway please no flames. ^_^