I hope you like my fic so far...Thanx to all for reading! !Here r the next chpt.

I do not own Rurouni Kenshin

FIVE



"Oops, sorry," Sano suddenly called out looking at the dean with defiance in his

eyes.



"Oh, oh it's you Mr. Sagara. I'm sure it was just a small misunderstanding. Megumi

are you helping Mr. Sagara here?" He asked more sternly when he turned to face

her.



She was still reeling from the shock of first hitting the dean then having Sano

take the blame for her that all she could do was open and close her mouth like a

fish out of sea.



"Yes, she's been a big help." Sano answered for her when he realized she wouldn't

be talking any time soon.



"That's wonderful, keep up the good work Megumi," the dean said before leaving

the library again.



Megumi waited until the door closed behind the dean before looking at Sano and

said in amazement, "I can't believe you actually did that!"



"No sweat, if I brought a gun to school and started shooting everyone with it, he'd

probably say the same thing. All you need in this world is money and power and you

can have everything and do anything." Sano responded with a shrug of his

shoulders. "But before you could thank me I just want to let you know that I never

do anything without a reason."



"And what is the reason for helping me out just now?" Megumi asked instead of the

thank you that was at the tip of her tongue. Somehow the sparkle in his eyes made

her feel uneasy making her wish she had been able to control her temper a minute

ago.



"Well for one thing, I'm getting bored of this whole tutoring thing. Like I said, I

have better things to do with my time so for today the lesson's over. And.there's

this essay paper due tomorrow and I'm not really in a mood to do it and considering

how smart you seem to be with words, you can 'help' me with it. I'll expect it

tomorrow in my locker, no.448." Sano finished off with another one of his famous

smiles. Sano haven't felt this good blackmailing someone before and wanted to

relish every moment of it.



"What makes you think that I'm going to do your work for you?" Megumi yelled

furiously.



"I wonder what Mr. A*s kisser would do if I were to tell him that I wasn't the one

who threw the paper ball at him after all," Sano wondered out loud as he flicked his

finger across his chin repeatedly as if in deep contemplation.



"Then he would know that you'd lied to him in the first place," Megumi threatened

hoping that it might cause him to back down.



"Do you really think he'd care if I lied or not? That man practically kisses the

ground my dad walks on and considering how livid he was I don't think he'd mind at

all having someone to vent his anger on." Sano speculated and Megumi knew that he

was right; the dean probably would be filled with glee to have someone to punish

for his little embarrassment.



"What is the topic on?" Megumi asked feeling a little defeated, he may have won

the battle this time but he hasn't won the war yet.



"The topic of your own choice, I would like it to be on supermodels of the past and

present and possibly the future and I want to have it after lunch since I'm never

here in the mornings anyway." And with that Sano walked off with a swagger in his

movements making Megumi want to run up behind him and kick his a*s as hard as

she can.



"One of these days, I swear I'll get you back," she vowed passionately as she

slammed her books into her bag.

* * *



Kaoru ran quickly down the now empty hallway and out the door afraid that Megumi

might actually try to catch her and pull her back to the library. As she made her

way across the parking lot she didn't look where she was going.



HONK! The blare of the car horn made her yelp and jump as she turned towards

the sound. Her breathing came out harsh and shallow as she tried to calm her fast

beating heart.



"Why don't you watch where you're going!" Kaoru screamed as she walked up to the

car and kicked it in anger.



Kenshin got out of his sports car, a metallic blue Jaguar and slammed the door.

"Unless you can afford to fix my car I'd suggest you stop that," Kenshin said icily

as he leaned against his car and folded his arms across his chest with a bland face.



"You could have killed me!" Kaoru shot back, her brush with death still shaking her

up inside.



"No, you could have killed yourself, haven't your mother ever taught you to look

both ways before crossing the street?" Kenshin returned just as easily. "And now

if you don't mind, I have to go so get out of my way."



"I thought you were different from your friend Sano but I guess I was wrong."



"If your opinion really mattered to me, trust me right now my heart would be

bleeding." Kenshin answered sarcastically placing one hand over his heart to

empathize his meaning. "But since it doesn't, please move out of the way. The last

time you've punched me I've overlooked it because you are after all a girl, but don't

take my courtesy for granted."



Kaoru stared after him as he got back into the car and never felt like slapping

someone so much before. She had to control her anger as she moved to one side so

he could get through trying her best not to shriek in outrage.



When Kenshin finally drove off, she clenched and unclenched her hands and swore

that she'd kick his ass one way or another. Knowing that she could probably beat

him up to a pulp pretty easily, her mood lifted somewhat as she made her way home

thinking of different ways she could hurt him.



Kenshin wanted to slap Kaoru for being such a b****h. He can't believe that she

hasn't even bothered to apologize for scaring the living hell out of him by walking in

front of his car like that but turned around and kicked his car instead. He wouldn't

have cared if she'd burned his other cars but this one was different, his mom had

given it to him before she left and didn't return. He quickly blocked it out of his

mind and turned the music on full blast letting the sound flow over him as he made

his way towards his dad's company.



~Aya~