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Thank you for everyone who replied!!!!! (I kept forgetting to thank my readers) It really encouraged me to continue writing. I hope you guys like the story so far. I think I'm gonna stop writing my other story and just finish this one. I'm having way more fun with this one :)
THIRTEEN
Kaoru ducked her head and ran for the exit hoping that the crowd of people leaving
would be able to detain Kenshin long enough for her to get away.
If I get away I promise I'll do charity work for a month she reverently prayed as
her feet quickened their steps not even daring to glance behind her to see where
Kenshin was, scared that his face might pop out of nowhere.
Kenshin seeing that his chance to be alone with Kaoru quickly slipping away because
he couldn't get past the herd of people leaving the theater decided that in
situations like these called for desperate measure.
"Could someone please help me, I've lost my gold ring," he yelled at the top of his
lungs and as expected everyone suddenly stopped walking and fell to the ground in
excitement hoping to find it.
"Suckers," Kenshin whispered underneath his breath as he coughed hoping it was
loud enough to disguise the laugh that he couldn't contain.
He looked up and realized that Kaoru had made it to the exit and hastily ran after
her, muttering apologies to people whose hands he accidentally step on in his hurry
to catch up.
"Hey where are you going?" Kenshin yelled as he caught up with her and pulled her
to a stop.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Kaoru screamed as she yanked her arm away and glared
at Kenshin before taking off again.
"What did I do?" Kenshin ran in front of her and spread his arms out in an effort
to block her path, making Kaoru angrier by the second.
"WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU'VE NOT ONLY MANAGED TO RUIN MY ONE AND
ONLY CHANCE AT WATCHING THAT MOVIE BY SHOWING YOUR FACE HERE
BUT ALSO MANAGED TO HUMILIATE ME LIKE ONE ELSE I'VE EVER MET IN
MY WHOLE 18 YEARS OF EXISTENCE," Kaoru screeched causing several
pedestrians to look their way, some even stopped to watch in interest.
Kaoru really wanted to lower her tone but seeing Kenshin's face made her anger
bubble over until she just can't contain it anymore. Never has she met anyone she
disliked more than this pretty rich boy and it was time she gave him a piece of her
mind.
"If you don't get out of my face right now I'm going to really kick your sorry ass in
and don't say that I didn't warn you," She threatened with a silky voice as she
rolled up her shirt sleeves to show him she meant every word.
"Fine if that's what you want," Kenshin conceded with a sigh almost making Kaoru
choke on her own anger.
She didn't expect him to give in so easily and was momentarily shocked as she
gaped at him. What the hell is wrong with him? She thought as she finally got over
her shock and got her legs to move again.
"On one condition," Kenshin suddenly added as she walked pass him making her slap
her face in defeat.
There was no getting to this guy, she thought dejectedly as she gave a heavy sigh,
her anger gone now only replaced by suspicion.
"What do you want?" She asked willing to do almost anything now if he would only
leave her alone.
"Let me take you home, it's late and I don't want to be walking home by yourself,"
Kenshin said innocently giving her one of his charming smiles.
"That's all it takes for you to finally bug off?" Kaoru asked incredulously, wishing
that she haven't heard wrong.
If this was her ticket to freedom, she's more than willing to let him have his way.
"Yes, that's all it takes."
"Alright, then lets go," Kaoru said happily and had to catch herself when she
realized that she was actually skipping along beside him in her excitement to finally
rid herself of Kenshin.
"Do you have to act so happy?" Kenshin complained when he looked over at her and
saw the big goofy grin on her face even though deep down he kinda liked seeing her
smile instead of always frowning whenever she saw him.
* * *
Kaoru tried to keep the awe she felt at Kenshin's car from showing on her face; as
much as she may hate him she didn't want him to think she was some sort of gold
digger.
"So do you like it?" Kenshin asked wanting to start a conversation but only got an
unemotional glance from Kaoru.
"It's a pretty old model so it's okay if you think it's crappy," he bulked wishing that
he'd brought one of his newer cars to impress her.
Kaoru felt her jaw slowly descending down to her chin and had to look out the
window to regain her composure.
If you have so much money to spend, go do some charity work; at least then you
won't be wasting it on such useless things, Kaoru thought in her mind hating Kenshin
and the way he's always throwing his money in other people's faces.
After sitting in silence for a long while Kaoru finally came to her senses and knew
that something wasn't right.
She looked out the window in concentration and noticed that she didn't recognize
any of the scenery passing them by.
"Where are you taking me? This isn't the way to my house," she said panicking,
after all she didn't know Kenshin very well and who knows what kind of a creep he
is.
"Well you just trust me?" Kenshin pressed down on the gas pedal wanting to get to
his destination faster.
"When hell freezes over," Kaoru screamed as she grabbed the door handle and
tried to get out.
"What the hell are you doing? Do you want to get yourself killed?" Kenshin couldn't
believe how stupid girls can be at times as he pulled Kaoru back into her seat.
"It doesn't matter if you try to open the door anyway, when the car is in motion
the safety locks kick in so you won't be able to open it." Kenshin explained when
Kaoru pushed his hand away and tried to open the door again.
"If you don't turn around right now and take me home I'm going to kill you."
"Just trust me," Kenshin tried to reassure her seeing the alarm that was rapidly
arising within her. "I promise I will take you home soon."
Deciding that she'd rather die than let him have his way; Kaoru promptly grabbed
the steering wheel in an attempt to get him to stop the car.
"What are you doing? YOU'RE GOING TO KILL US BOTH YOU FOOL!" Kenshin
yelled as he lost control of the car trying to pull Kaoru's hand away.
The car careened off the street and spun out of control as it made it's way
headlong right into a tree.
"KAORU!" Kenshin yelled as he realized they were going to crash and quickly threw
his upper body in front of her in a weak attempt to save her.
* * *
Kaoru held onto her head as she finally regained consciousness and tried to open
her eyes. Her entire body felt like someone had pulled all her bones out of their
sockets and her head was hammering away like crazy. When she tried to move she
felt a weight on top of her and realized that it was Kenshin.
"Oh god," she whispered as tears fell from her face when the memory of what had
happened replayed in her mind.
Kenshin had tried to protect her by throwing himself in front of her; he had saved
her life even though she was determined to kill him off.
She lightly held onto his shoulders scared that he might be seriously hurt and used
all her might to get him off her and into his own seat. He didn't even grunt as his
body slumped in the seat his face bruised up and scratched in some places from
the crash.
Kaoru looked at the damage and gasped when she saw the broken windshield and
the half crunched-up front of the car.
She weakly pulled on the handle of the car and almost sighed with relieve when it
gave way.
She pulled herself out of the car and winced from the pain of standing up. She
quickly closed her eyes when everything around her started spinning and her head
started feeling light.
Kaoru took in big breaths and tried to get a grip on herself as
she refused to give in to the urge to faint. When she felt the nausea has passed,
she opened her eyes again and looked around.
It was now really dark out so she must not have unconscious for too long and
suddenly felt tears streaming down her face again.
Half sobbing in hysteria, she weakly made her way over to Kenshin's side of the car
and opened his door. Kaoru afraid that he might be dead already got on her knees
and leaned over to hear his heart beat.
She almost collapsed from the relief she felt when she heard a strong heartbeat
telling her that he was just unconscious but still alive.
Grabbing his shoulders she pulled until he was in a sitting position then squeezed
her arms behind his back and under his arms until she got a firm grip before pulling
him out of the car.
She bit down on her lip when his body hit the ground with a thump hoping he would
not have to fill the pain when he wakes up. She managed to pull his body a couple of
steps from the car before all her energy disappeared and she fell to the ground his
half dead body on top of her.
Kaoru cried even harder as she sat up and placed his head on her legs and tried to
shake him awake.
"Come on, you said you were going to take me home, how are you going to do that if
you're dead?" She said as she continued to shake him. "If you wake up, I'm willing
to go out with you on a date... isn't that what you've been making a fool of yourself
for?"
When there was still no response coming from Kenshin, Kaoru started shaking him
harder as more tears fell from her face.
"P-please don't die, please... I promise I'll never threaten to hit you again... please
wake up... "
~Aya~
replies are always welcomed
Thank you for everyone who replied!!!!! (I kept forgetting to thank my readers) It really encouraged me to continue writing. I hope you guys like the story so far. I think I'm gonna stop writing my other story and just finish this one. I'm having way more fun with this one :)
THIRTEEN
Kaoru ducked her head and ran for the exit hoping that the crowd of people leaving
would be able to detain Kenshin long enough for her to get away.
If I get away I promise I'll do charity work for a month she reverently prayed as
her feet quickened their steps not even daring to glance behind her to see where
Kenshin was, scared that his face might pop out of nowhere.
Kenshin seeing that his chance to be alone with Kaoru quickly slipping away because
he couldn't get past the herd of people leaving the theater decided that in
situations like these called for desperate measure.
"Could someone please help me, I've lost my gold ring," he yelled at the top of his
lungs and as expected everyone suddenly stopped walking and fell to the ground in
excitement hoping to find it.
"Suckers," Kenshin whispered underneath his breath as he coughed hoping it was
loud enough to disguise the laugh that he couldn't contain.
He looked up and realized that Kaoru had made it to the exit and hastily ran after
her, muttering apologies to people whose hands he accidentally step on in his hurry
to catch up.
"Hey where are you going?" Kenshin yelled as he caught up with her and pulled her
to a stop.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Kaoru screamed as she yanked her arm away and glared
at Kenshin before taking off again.
"What did I do?" Kenshin ran in front of her and spread his arms out in an effort
to block her path, making Kaoru angrier by the second.
"WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU'VE NOT ONLY MANAGED TO RUIN MY ONE AND
ONLY CHANCE AT WATCHING THAT MOVIE BY SHOWING YOUR FACE HERE
BUT ALSO MANAGED TO HUMILIATE ME LIKE ONE ELSE I'VE EVER MET IN
MY WHOLE 18 YEARS OF EXISTENCE," Kaoru screeched causing several
pedestrians to look their way, some even stopped to watch in interest.
Kaoru really wanted to lower her tone but seeing Kenshin's face made her anger
bubble over until she just can't contain it anymore. Never has she met anyone she
disliked more than this pretty rich boy and it was time she gave him a piece of her
mind.
"If you don't get out of my face right now I'm going to really kick your sorry ass in
and don't say that I didn't warn you," She threatened with a silky voice as she
rolled up her shirt sleeves to show him she meant every word.
"Fine if that's what you want," Kenshin conceded with a sigh almost making Kaoru
choke on her own anger.
She didn't expect him to give in so easily and was momentarily shocked as she
gaped at him. What the hell is wrong with him? She thought as she finally got over
her shock and got her legs to move again.
"On one condition," Kenshin suddenly added as she walked pass him making her slap
her face in defeat.
There was no getting to this guy, she thought dejectedly as she gave a heavy sigh,
her anger gone now only replaced by suspicion.
"What do you want?" She asked willing to do almost anything now if he would only
leave her alone.
"Let me take you home, it's late and I don't want to be walking home by yourself,"
Kenshin said innocently giving her one of his charming smiles.
"That's all it takes for you to finally bug off?" Kaoru asked incredulously, wishing
that she haven't heard wrong.
If this was her ticket to freedom, she's more than willing to let him have his way.
"Yes, that's all it takes."
"Alright, then lets go," Kaoru said happily and had to catch herself when she
realized that she was actually skipping along beside him in her excitement to finally
rid herself of Kenshin.
"Do you have to act so happy?" Kenshin complained when he looked over at her and
saw the big goofy grin on her face even though deep down he kinda liked seeing her
smile instead of always frowning whenever she saw him.
* * *
Kaoru tried to keep the awe she felt at Kenshin's car from showing on her face; as
much as she may hate him she didn't want him to think she was some sort of gold
digger.
"So do you like it?" Kenshin asked wanting to start a conversation but only got an
unemotional glance from Kaoru.
"It's a pretty old model so it's okay if you think it's crappy," he bulked wishing that
he'd brought one of his newer cars to impress her.
Kaoru felt her jaw slowly descending down to her chin and had to look out the
window to regain her composure.
If you have so much money to spend, go do some charity work; at least then you
won't be wasting it on such useless things, Kaoru thought in her mind hating Kenshin
and the way he's always throwing his money in other people's faces.
After sitting in silence for a long while Kaoru finally came to her senses and knew
that something wasn't right.
She looked out the window in concentration and noticed that she didn't recognize
any of the scenery passing them by.
"Where are you taking me? This isn't the way to my house," she said panicking,
after all she didn't know Kenshin very well and who knows what kind of a creep he
is.
"Well you just trust me?" Kenshin pressed down on the gas pedal wanting to get to
his destination faster.
"When hell freezes over," Kaoru screamed as she grabbed the door handle and
tried to get out.
"What the hell are you doing? Do you want to get yourself killed?" Kenshin couldn't
believe how stupid girls can be at times as he pulled Kaoru back into her seat.
"It doesn't matter if you try to open the door anyway, when the car is in motion
the safety locks kick in so you won't be able to open it." Kenshin explained when
Kaoru pushed his hand away and tried to open the door again.
"If you don't turn around right now and take me home I'm going to kill you."
"Just trust me," Kenshin tried to reassure her seeing the alarm that was rapidly
arising within her. "I promise I will take you home soon."
Deciding that she'd rather die than let him have his way; Kaoru promptly grabbed
the steering wheel in an attempt to get him to stop the car.
"What are you doing? YOU'RE GOING TO KILL US BOTH YOU FOOL!" Kenshin
yelled as he lost control of the car trying to pull Kaoru's hand away.
The car careened off the street and spun out of control as it made it's way
headlong right into a tree.
"KAORU!" Kenshin yelled as he realized they were going to crash and quickly threw
his upper body in front of her in a weak attempt to save her.
* * *
Kaoru held onto her head as she finally regained consciousness and tried to open
her eyes. Her entire body felt like someone had pulled all her bones out of their
sockets and her head was hammering away like crazy. When she tried to move she
felt a weight on top of her and realized that it was Kenshin.
"Oh god," she whispered as tears fell from her face when the memory of what had
happened replayed in her mind.
Kenshin had tried to protect her by throwing himself in front of her; he had saved
her life even though she was determined to kill him off.
She lightly held onto his shoulders scared that he might be seriously hurt and used
all her might to get him off her and into his own seat. He didn't even grunt as his
body slumped in the seat his face bruised up and scratched in some places from
the crash.
Kaoru looked at the damage and gasped when she saw the broken windshield and
the half crunched-up front of the car.
She weakly pulled on the handle of the car and almost sighed with relieve when it
gave way.
She pulled herself out of the car and winced from the pain of standing up. She
quickly closed her eyes when everything around her started spinning and her head
started feeling light.
Kaoru took in big breaths and tried to get a grip on herself as
she refused to give in to the urge to faint. When she felt the nausea has passed,
she opened her eyes again and looked around.
It was now really dark out so she must not have unconscious for too long and
suddenly felt tears streaming down her face again.
Half sobbing in hysteria, she weakly made her way over to Kenshin's side of the car
and opened his door. Kaoru afraid that he might be dead already got on her knees
and leaned over to hear his heart beat.
She almost collapsed from the relief she felt when she heard a strong heartbeat
telling her that he was just unconscious but still alive.
Grabbing his shoulders she pulled until he was in a sitting position then squeezed
her arms behind his back and under his arms until she got a firm grip before pulling
him out of the car.
She bit down on her lip when his body hit the ground with a thump hoping he would
not have to fill the pain when he wakes up. She managed to pull his body a couple of
steps from the car before all her energy disappeared and she fell to the ground his
half dead body on top of her.
Kaoru cried even harder as she sat up and placed his head on her legs and tried to
shake him awake.
"Come on, you said you were going to take me home, how are you going to do that if
you're dead?" She said as she continued to shake him. "If you wake up, I'm willing
to go out with you on a date... isn't that what you've been making a fool of yourself
for?"
When there was still no response coming from Kenshin, Kaoru started shaking him
harder as more tears fell from her face.
"P-please don't die, please... I promise I'll never threaten to hit you again... please
wake up... "
~Aya~
replies are always welcomed