::Between Love and Hate::
Himura Kawaii
Chapter Four
*** Disclaimers apply... Blah blah.. RK's not mine.. Hail the Great Watsuki- sama... the songs here Someday We'll Know and Clean aren't mine! They belong to New Radicals and Incubus. I'm now a college stud, but still poor!!..... Don't sue me! ^_^
Today, everything was fine.
Until roundabout, quarter to nine
I suddenly found myself in a bind.
Was it something I said?
Something I read and manifested that's getting you down...
Clean
Incubus
"How long are you going to make that guy suffer, Kaori?" Soujirou asked her while they were sparring at Kendo practice.
Shino, Misao and Arashi, their team captain was watching them.
"Kaori, don't stiffen up!" Arashi ordered her.
"I am not stiff sensei!" Kaori shouted back as she lunged at Sou. Soujirou easily blocked Kaori's attack and was suddenly behind her.
"Right, Sou, use your speed!" Arashi shouted again.
"So how long are you gonna keep up the 'Miss Priss' thing?!" sou asked again as he flew from Kaori's attack and landed a hit on her shoulders.
Arashi frowned. "You're distracting her, Sou!" He turned to Kaori. "Oi,focus!!!"
Kaori ignored Arashi's comment and turned to Soujirou. "I don't know. How about, forever?"
"But he's such a nice guy!!" Soujirou almost whined.
Now Arashi was really irritated. "Can you guys please talk AFTER sparring! Please! I'll even give everyone five minutes of gossiping time! You're both getting distracted. Your hits are weak and your dodges are almost hair's breath! So please-"
"Um, excuse me?" A voice cut in Arashi's lecture and everyone turned to see who the source of the voice was. Even Kaori and Soujirou stopped fighting.
"Oh, hey you guys!" Kenji rushed over to them.
"Arashi, he's distracting us!! Get him out." Kaori demanded.
.Tomorrow, what price will I pay?
Could I make it all up to you by serving coffee for two in bed?
Would you then gimme the time of day?.
Clean Incubus
Kenji stopped walking. "Uh, I was told that I could find the Kendo captain here. Do you guys happen to know who he is?"
Arashi snickered. "Yeah, I know him, and don't mind whinny little Kaori. I am HIM."
"So, what's up Himura?" Misao asked.
Kenji smiled. "I did Kendo in my previous school so I thought maybe I could join the team this year."
"No way." Kaori blurted out.
Shino fought hard to keep his smirk. "And why not?"
Kaori bit her lip. "Well, for one, tryouts are over. We've completed the slots and everything's already planned out."
She turned to Kenji and tried to look as sympathetic as she can.. "Sorry, but you could try next year if you want."
"Oh." Kenji let the strands of his hair fall to his face to cover the humiliation and disappointment he was feeling. "Sorry to interrupt you guys. see you later, I guess."
.I need a map of your head, translated into English so I can learn to not make you frown.
You'd feel better if you'd vent, put your frustrations into four letter words and let them out on mine, the most weathered ears in town.
So say what you will, say what you mean.
you could never offend, your dirty words come out clean.
Clean Incubus
"Wait." Arashi called after him. "Let's see what you've got and then I'LL decide whether the slots are full or not."
Kaori turned indignantly to Arashi. "And the co-captain doesn't have any say in this?!"
She was second in command to Arashi, along with Soujirou.
"No." Arashi stood his ground.
"Fine." Kaori glared at Arashi. She turned to Kenji and threw a bokken in his direction. "Let's see what you've got."
Kenji eyed the bokken and then looked at Kaori, then at Arashi, then back to Kaori again.
"Don't you know how to use a bokken?" Kaori spat the words at him.
"Of course I do." Kenji shook his head and turned to Arashi. "But who am I going to fight?"
"I'll fight you!" Kaori butted in hotly.
Kenji stepped back. "Are you serious?"
Kaori felt her face turn beet red. "Are you questioning my abilities, Himura? If you want to get in, you'll have to go through me first. Don't ever question my authority again." Kaori tightened her ponytail and fell into stance. "Now fight!"
"I don't want to fight you." Kenji stammered, unsure of what he was supposed to do.
Kaori let out a small, tinkly laugh. "Then I guess you should leave now." She turned to Soujirou and said, "C'mon Sou, lets continue this. So much time is wasted already."
Sou looked at Arashi as if to say, 'What do I do now?'
Arashi took the bokken from Kaori's hand and laid a hand on her arm. "Sou and Kenji will fight. Not you."
Kaori jerked Arashi's hand away and frowned. "Why not me? I could fight as well as Sou can!"
Arashi shook his head and said. "Please, Kaori? Please don't be stubborn."
Kaori pouted and stood her ground. But she knew Arashi won this time.
Without a word, Arashi carried her off the mat and sat her down in one of the bleachers.
"Don't you dare get up. Taicho's orders!" Arashi shook his fingers in a brotherly way at Kaori.
Kaori was fuming but she couldn't do anything but follow Arashi's orders.
All she could do was stick her tongue out at Arashi.
Kenji eyed the scene almost enviously. The fact that Kaori and Arashi have a special bond that they don't have made him feel a bit jealous. Arashi treats Kaori like a small sister and Kaori regards Arashi with so much respect.
Kenji frowned.
"You should redirect your jealousy in the game" Shino winked.
"I wish I were Arashi-sama's sister!" Misao whined. "I wish I were Arashi's anything!"
Soujirou grinned. "You could be my sister, Misao-kun!" He winked at her.
"I'm almost your sister Soujirou!" Misao happily pointed out. "But I wish Arashi-sama would treat me the way he treats Kaori-like a lady, not like a child. I'm as old as Kaori too!"
Arashi came back, grumbling. "Oi, didn't I promise you guys five whole minutes of gossiping? Ain't that enough!? Do you want to contemplate on my life more?"
Misao and Shino sweatdropped as Soujirou and Kenji took their positions.
They draw their swords almost at the same instant and lunge towards each other. Their swords meet and Kenji's bokken is cut in half.
Soujirou smiled widely and turned to look at his bokken, but it was also cracked and a single force could probably cut it in half. His smile froze as he realized that the match was a draw.
He looked up at Kenshin, puzzled. "That was amazing. This bokken couldn't be used anymore, and it's as good as sliced. You were good, Kenji. Real good."
Kenshin smiled sheepishly. "Well, you were something else too. That damned speed was remarkable."
"Shit, Himura! That was one hell of a fight!" Shino exclaimed as the two fighters went over to them.
Arashi was also smiling. "Kenji, it would be our pleasure to train with you."
"You're in, Himura!!!" Misao congratulated Kenji.
"That's not fair." Kaori quietly said. "Arashi-taicho, a lot of other guys could fight as well as he can, so why are we giving him the special treatment?"
Arashi turned to Kaori. "You know very well that that isn't true. If there was an applicant out there who could fight better than Kenji, we would've taken him in an instant!"
Kaori grumbled and rolled her eyes at Arashi. For the second time, she knew she was beaten. She resorted to her last hope, the sight of Kaori pouting was Arashi's weakness.
Arashi groaned. Ever since they were kids, Kaori always knew how to get her way with Arashi.
"You're not being fair Kaori!" Arashi stood his ground.
Kaori's hope fell. She stood up and started walking away from Arashi, towards the door.
Arashi ran a hand through his hair. "That's not gonna work either!"
Kaori continued walking away.
"Kamiya, I'm your taicho! Come back here!"
Kaori didn't even turn around.
"If you walk out that door, you're never coming back here!" Arashi called out desperately.
"Fine!" Kaori walked out and slammed the gym doors.
"Shit!" Arashi let out a breath of aggravation and turned back to the rest of the gang.
In his most cheerful manner, he asked, "So who wants to train next?"
::everyone facefaults::
"Why do you have to be so damn stubborn?" Arashi asked as he took a seat next to Kaori in one of the deserted benches along the school grounds. In front of them, some fifty meters away, were boys in yellow and green uniforms playing soccer. The action in the field contrasted the stillness of everything. Autumn was coming to a close, and soon winter would be coming in.
Kaori loved winters.
She shrugged without looking up. She knew Arashi's voice too well. "I know you didn't mean what you said earlier." Kaori said instead of answering the question.
"Yeah, you know you always get your way with me." Arashi admitted. "So why are you so damn stubborn?"
"I don't know, I do not fucking know." Kaori said, exasperated. "If I did, I wouldn't be acting this way. All I know is that his 'holier-than- thou' image irritates me and his super kindness gets on my nerves."
Arashi patted Kaori's head kindly. "Poor, little spoiled brat." Kaori pulled his hair when he said this. "He's a really good guy, you know. He really cares for you Kaori. You can't push him away. You should stop being a brat and treat him with kindness too. You have to face your feelings, somehow."
Kaori laughed bitterly. "What do I know about facing my feelings? What do you know, Arashi-niisan? If there were two people in the world who are good at running away, it should be us."
She leaned her head on his shoulder as he wrapped an arm over her.
"We shouldn't talk about that anymore, Kaori-chan." Arashi quickly changed the subject. "Don't be rough on Kenji, okay? He's the right guy and now's the right time."
Kaori closed her eyes and didn't say a word.
"Kaori.?" Arashi peeped into Kaori's face.
"I know we've both accepted the truth and tried hard to move on. I know it won't be so hard for us to fall in love with someone else. But I have issues with this guy that I just can't understand. There's something about him that draws me in and repulses me at the same time. I know he's good, but I just can't help but hate him, you know?" Kaori searched Arashi's almost white-blue eyes for understanding.
"Yeah, I know." Arashi nodded as they both closed their eyes and savored the last of the autumn days.
Someday we'll know
If love can move a mountain
Someday we'll know
Why the sky is blue
Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you
Someday We'll Know
New Radicals
*** Wow.. Some kind of twist, eh? I didn't really expect this twist in the story, the Arashi-Kaori complication. I take it you guys haven't guessed what is up with the two. just be patient. and everything will hopefully take it's proper place. teehee.
I wanna thank the person who suggested that Tsubame be Kenji's sister and Yahiko, Kaori's brother. they'll probably appear in the next chappies. hopefully, they'll have a side story as requested.. I wanna make you happy! ^_^
This light fic is turning to be a bit heavy. I mean, Kaori has to forget whatever it was that happened between Arashi and her, why they separated and stuff. Plus she has to face this new emotion with Kenji and how she'd deal with the love-hate thingie. Only a demented person like me could probab;y think of a plot like this. Aargh.
Yep, as one of you guys said, Kenji will eventually follow Arashi's advice, and I guess things will be a lot more chaotic then!! Hehehe. just bear with me you guys. (
There would probably be no update in the next two days. I have a NatSci test coming up and I hafta study. and I have to enlist my subjects for the next sem, too!! Sigh. but there will be an update before the week ends.. (
Please keep the review coming. domo arigatou gozaimasta!!!! (
Himura Kawaii
Chapter Four
*** Disclaimers apply... Blah blah.. RK's not mine.. Hail the Great Watsuki- sama... the songs here Someday We'll Know and Clean aren't mine! They belong to New Radicals and Incubus. I'm now a college stud, but still poor!!..... Don't sue me! ^_^
Today, everything was fine.
Until roundabout, quarter to nine
I suddenly found myself in a bind.
Was it something I said?
Something I read and manifested that's getting you down...
Clean
Incubus
"How long are you going to make that guy suffer, Kaori?" Soujirou asked her while they were sparring at Kendo practice.
Shino, Misao and Arashi, their team captain was watching them.
"Kaori, don't stiffen up!" Arashi ordered her.
"I am not stiff sensei!" Kaori shouted back as she lunged at Sou. Soujirou easily blocked Kaori's attack and was suddenly behind her.
"Right, Sou, use your speed!" Arashi shouted again.
"So how long are you gonna keep up the 'Miss Priss' thing?!" sou asked again as he flew from Kaori's attack and landed a hit on her shoulders.
Arashi frowned. "You're distracting her, Sou!" He turned to Kaori. "Oi,focus!!!"
Kaori ignored Arashi's comment and turned to Soujirou. "I don't know. How about, forever?"
"But he's such a nice guy!!" Soujirou almost whined.
Now Arashi was really irritated. "Can you guys please talk AFTER sparring! Please! I'll even give everyone five minutes of gossiping time! You're both getting distracted. Your hits are weak and your dodges are almost hair's breath! So please-"
"Um, excuse me?" A voice cut in Arashi's lecture and everyone turned to see who the source of the voice was. Even Kaori and Soujirou stopped fighting.
"Oh, hey you guys!" Kenji rushed over to them.
"Arashi, he's distracting us!! Get him out." Kaori demanded.
.Tomorrow, what price will I pay?
Could I make it all up to you by serving coffee for two in bed?
Would you then gimme the time of day?.
Clean Incubus
Kenji stopped walking. "Uh, I was told that I could find the Kendo captain here. Do you guys happen to know who he is?"
Arashi snickered. "Yeah, I know him, and don't mind whinny little Kaori. I am HIM."
"So, what's up Himura?" Misao asked.
Kenji smiled. "I did Kendo in my previous school so I thought maybe I could join the team this year."
"No way." Kaori blurted out.
Shino fought hard to keep his smirk. "And why not?"
Kaori bit her lip. "Well, for one, tryouts are over. We've completed the slots and everything's already planned out."
She turned to Kenji and tried to look as sympathetic as she can.. "Sorry, but you could try next year if you want."
"Oh." Kenji let the strands of his hair fall to his face to cover the humiliation and disappointment he was feeling. "Sorry to interrupt you guys. see you later, I guess."
.I need a map of your head, translated into English so I can learn to not make you frown.
You'd feel better if you'd vent, put your frustrations into four letter words and let them out on mine, the most weathered ears in town.
So say what you will, say what you mean.
you could never offend, your dirty words come out clean.
Clean Incubus
"Wait." Arashi called after him. "Let's see what you've got and then I'LL decide whether the slots are full or not."
Kaori turned indignantly to Arashi. "And the co-captain doesn't have any say in this?!"
She was second in command to Arashi, along with Soujirou.
"No." Arashi stood his ground.
"Fine." Kaori glared at Arashi. She turned to Kenji and threw a bokken in his direction. "Let's see what you've got."
Kenji eyed the bokken and then looked at Kaori, then at Arashi, then back to Kaori again.
"Don't you know how to use a bokken?" Kaori spat the words at him.
"Of course I do." Kenji shook his head and turned to Arashi. "But who am I going to fight?"
"I'll fight you!" Kaori butted in hotly.
Kenji stepped back. "Are you serious?"
Kaori felt her face turn beet red. "Are you questioning my abilities, Himura? If you want to get in, you'll have to go through me first. Don't ever question my authority again." Kaori tightened her ponytail and fell into stance. "Now fight!"
"I don't want to fight you." Kenji stammered, unsure of what he was supposed to do.
Kaori let out a small, tinkly laugh. "Then I guess you should leave now." She turned to Soujirou and said, "C'mon Sou, lets continue this. So much time is wasted already."
Sou looked at Arashi as if to say, 'What do I do now?'
Arashi took the bokken from Kaori's hand and laid a hand on her arm. "Sou and Kenji will fight. Not you."
Kaori jerked Arashi's hand away and frowned. "Why not me? I could fight as well as Sou can!"
Arashi shook his head and said. "Please, Kaori? Please don't be stubborn."
Kaori pouted and stood her ground. But she knew Arashi won this time.
Without a word, Arashi carried her off the mat and sat her down in one of the bleachers.
"Don't you dare get up. Taicho's orders!" Arashi shook his fingers in a brotherly way at Kaori.
Kaori was fuming but she couldn't do anything but follow Arashi's orders.
All she could do was stick her tongue out at Arashi.
Kenji eyed the scene almost enviously. The fact that Kaori and Arashi have a special bond that they don't have made him feel a bit jealous. Arashi treats Kaori like a small sister and Kaori regards Arashi with so much respect.
Kenji frowned.
"You should redirect your jealousy in the game" Shino winked.
"I wish I were Arashi-sama's sister!" Misao whined. "I wish I were Arashi's anything!"
Soujirou grinned. "You could be my sister, Misao-kun!" He winked at her.
"I'm almost your sister Soujirou!" Misao happily pointed out. "But I wish Arashi-sama would treat me the way he treats Kaori-like a lady, not like a child. I'm as old as Kaori too!"
Arashi came back, grumbling. "Oi, didn't I promise you guys five whole minutes of gossiping? Ain't that enough!? Do you want to contemplate on my life more?"
Misao and Shino sweatdropped as Soujirou and Kenji took their positions.
They draw their swords almost at the same instant and lunge towards each other. Their swords meet and Kenji's bokken is cut in half.
Soujirou smiled widely and turned to look at his bokken, but it was also cracked and a single force could probably cut it in half. His smile froze as he realized that the match was a draw.
He looked up at Kenshin, puzzled. "That was amazing. This bokken couldn't be used anymore, and it's as good as sliced. You were good, Kenji. Real good."
Kenshin smiled sheepishly. "Well, you were something else too. That damned speed was remarkable."
"Shit, Himura! That was one hell of a fight!" Shino exclaimed as the two fighters went over to them.
Arashi was also smiling. "Kenji, it would be our pleasure to train with you."
"You're in, Himura!!!" Misao congratulated Kenji.
"That's not fair." Kaori quietly said. "Arashi-taicho, a lot of other guys could fight as well as he can, so why are we giving him the special treatment?"
Arashi turned to Kaori. "You know very well that that isn't true. If there was an applicant out there who could fight better than Kenji, we would've taken him in an instant!"
Kaori grumbled and rolled her eyes at Arashi. For the second time, she knew she was beaten. She resorted to her last hope, the sight of Kaori pouting was Arashi's weakness.
Arashi groaned. Ever since they were kids, Kaori always knew how to get her way with Arashi.
"You're not being fair Kaori!" Arashi stood his ground.
Kaori's hope fell. She stood up and started walking away from Arashi, towards the door.
Arashi ran a hand through his hair. "That's not gonna work either!"
Kaori continued walking away.
"Kamiya, I'm your taicho! Come back here!"
Kaori didn't even turn around.
"If you walk out that door, you're never coming back here!" Arashi called out desperately.
"Fine!" Kaori walked out and slammed the gym doors.
"Shit!" Arashi let out a breath of aggravation and turned back to the rest of the gang.
In his most cheerful manner, he asked, "So who wants to train next?"
::everyone facefaults::
"Why do you have to be so damn stubborn?" Arashi asked as he took a seat next to Kaori in one of the deserted benches along the school grounds. In front of them, some fifty meters away, were boys in yellow and green uniforms playing soccer. The action in the field contrasted the stillness of everything. Autumn was coming to a close, and soon winter would be coming in.
Kaori loved winters.
She shrugged without looking up. She knew Arashi's voice too well. "I know you didn't mean what you said earlier." Kaori said instead of answering the question.
"Yeah, you know you always get your way with me." Arashi admitted. "So why are you so damn stubborn?"
"I don't know, I do not fucking know." Kaori said, exasperated. "If I did, I wouldn't be acting this way. All I know is that his 'holier-than- thou' image irritates me and his super kindness gets on my nerves."
Arashi patted Kaori's head kindly. "Poor, little spoiled brat." Kaori pulled his hair when he said this. "He's a really good guy, you know. He really cares for you Kaori. You can't push him away. You should stop being a brat and treat him with kindness too. You have to face your feelings, somehow."
Kaori laughed bitterly. "What do I know about facing my feelings? What do you know, Arashi-niisan? If there were two people in the world who are good at running away, it should be us."
She leaned her head on his shoulder as he wrapped an arm over her.
"We shouldn't talk about that anymore, Kaori-chan." Arashi quickly changed the subject. "Don't be rough on Kenji, okay? He's the right guy and now's the right time."
Kaori closed her eyes and didn't say a word.
"Kaori.?" Arashi peeped into Kaori's face.
"I know we've both accepted the truth and tried hard to move on. I know it won't be so hard for us to fall in love with someone else. But I have issues with this guy that I just can't understand. There's something about him that draws me in and repulses me at the same time. I know he's good, but I just can't help but hate him, you know?" Kaori searched Arashi's almost white-blue eyes for understanding.
"Yeah, I know." Arashi nodded as they both closed their eyes and savored the last of the autumn days.
Someday we'll know
If love can move a mountain
Someday we'll know
Why the sky is blue
Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you
Someday We'll Know
New Radicals
*** Wow.. Some kind of twist, eh? I didn't really expect this twist in the story, the Arashi-Kaori complication. I take it you guys haven't guessed what is up with the two. just be patient. and everything will hopefully take it's proper place. teehee.
I wanna thank the person who suggested that Tsubame be Kenji's sister and Yahiko, Kaori's brother. they'll probably appear in the next chappies. hopefully, they'll have a side story as requested.. I wanna make you happy! ^_^
This light fic is turning to be a bit heavy. I mean, Kaori has to forget whatever it was that happened between Arashi and her, why they separated and stuff. Plus she has to face this new emotion with Kenji and how she'd deal with the love-hate thingie. Only a demented person like me could probab;y think of a plot like this. Aargh.
Yep, as one of you guys said, Kenji will eventually follow Arashi's advice, and I guess things will be a lot more chaotic then!! Hehehe. just bear with me you guys. (
There would probably be no update in the next two days. I have a NatSci test coming up and I hafta study. and I have to enlist my subjects for the next sem, too!! Sigh. but there will be an update before the week ends.. (
Please keep the review coming. domo arigatou gozaimasta!!!! (