Kaoru's Regrets

Disclaimer! Rurouni Kenshin doesn't belong to me, but to Nobuhiro Watsuki. Darn, maybe some day ^_^x

Here we go! the fourth chapter!!

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Kaoru's Regrets, Chapter four: Girl Talk and Guys

"I know you like Kenshin"

"Mou!! I'm not telling you a thing!" Kaoru said stubbornly.

"Why not? I'm your best friend, you can trust me! Besides, I told you all about Aoshi-sama." Misao pleaded to Kaoru.

"No, and that's final"

"I see the way you look at him, full of passion and longing. I also noticed how your eyes sparkle when he's mentioned or when you talk about him, and when you see him, oh Kami-san! they lit up like light bulbs! You think no one knows, but you're wrong"

Kaoru knew very well that that wasn't true, Megumi had known afterall.

"And I'm not talking about Megumi!! I'm talking about everyone that sees you when you're either talking about him or with him, and that, Kaoru-chan, is everyone!" Misao declared.

"Even Kenshin?" Kaoru squeaked.

"No, not Himure. He's as dense as they come, but I think he likes you, so I'll try and get Aoshi to help me out."

"What if he doesn't want to help? What if he knows that Kenshin has absolutely no intrest in me?"

"Then I'll get him with one of my kendo kicks. After all that's what brought him to me in the first place, ne?" Both girls laughed

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It was getting late, and Kaoru said goodbye to Misao and they parted ways. "Don't forget to be over at five tomorrow, if you don't help me out, then I'll never forgive you!!" Misao called as she left.

Kaoru knew that Misao would forgive her if she didn't show up, but said "Don't worry" just to reassure her that she would never leave her.

Kaoru slipped into her room and shut the door. She dug through her belongings and finally found her journal, Kaoru opened it up to a new clean page and started to write.

I thought about what Misao said and now I wish I had told you. I'm beginning to regret part of graduation. I don't know why I ran away. I guess I just didn't want to face you, afraid that you wouldn't return my feelings. I know now I wasn't afriad of you, I was afriad of rejection. Rejection is a terrible thing. I'm happy for Misao and all, but I just wish that Aoshi was Kenshin and he asked me out instead.

Kaoru stopped writing just to get a devastating flashback

--Flashback--

The graduation ceremony had ended not even fifteen minutes ago, Kaoru scrambled to find her father, "Daddy? Can I borrow your digital camera for awhile to talk some pictures?"

"Sure, sure" He handed it to her

"Arigato, Daddy!" Kaoru ran off into the crowd

Kaoru squeezed through the crowd and saw Misao flirting with Aoshi. Aoshi of course was politely nodding and bowing listening to Misao's happy chattering. Kaoru walked up and said, "Misao-chan, want me to take a picture of you and Aoshi?"

Before she could reply, the three teenagers heard a, "Hey, Icicle!" Ah, yes, it was Sano who, apparently, was calling Aoshi over. Aoshi bowed slightly to Misao and said, "Gomen, Misao, but I have to go now. Sayonara." and then left.

Misao sighed. She was so close! "Let's find Megumi, I want you to take some pictures of us!" Misao promptly ran off into the crowd. Now it was Kaoru's turn to sigh. She knew that Misao didn't really run off to find Megumi, she was looking for 'her' precious Aoshi-sama. Yes, it was true, Aoshi belonged to Misao and Misao to Aoshi, it was just unofficial, and the couple probably didn't even know!

Kaoru ran off into the crowd once more, this time to seek out Megumi. She walked around a bit and saw Kenshin. Kami-san he sure looked handsome in his tux and he even brushed his long flame-red hair! (gasp!) She started to walk in his direction and stopped a few feet in front of him and smiled.

'Wow, Kaoru looks beautiful tonight. I wish I could kiss her right now' Kenshin blushed. 'What am I thinking?!!? This is Kaoru-dono I'm thinking about. She deserves so much better than me!'

Kaoru saw Kenshin blush and her cheeks started to burn as well. Impulsively, Kaoru said, "Did you see Megumi?"

Kenshin shook his head and Kaoru took off. Then a few feet to her left she heard a feminine voice yell, "Hentai! Baka rooster-head punk!" and an "Ouch! Fox, that hurt!" follow it

She ran in that direction and grinned. Sano and Megumi's love-hate relationship was so cute!

"Oi, if it isn't the fox and the rooster in love" Kaoru teased.

Megumi blushed furiously as Sano put his arm around her waist and said, "Arigato, Jou-chan, finally someone who agrees with me!"

Megumi blushed harder and struggled in Sano's grasp, "You little tanuki! I'll get you fo-" She was suddenly cut off as Sano leaned over and kissed her. hard and passionately. Megumi almost melted in his embrace until she realized what was happening. She cut it off abruptly and slapped him with all her might and blushed again.

"Oi, Foxy, what was that for?" Sano rubbed his red cheek, now with a small hand imprinted on it. "I happen to think that that was a very nice kiss."

"You could have at least asked me! I would have said yes, too!"

"Gomen, Fox, Can I kiss you again?"

"NO!!" Megumi screeched.

Kaoru giggled. She looked back to the spot where she had encountered Kenchin and her smile disappeared. He had left and she had lost her chance with him in the process. Misao and Megumi were so lucky, they had their guys, so why didn't she?

--End of Flashback--

Kaoru flopped back onto her bed and sighed. She closed her eyes and sleep claimed her

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I don't know if this is clear to you, so I'll explain it as best as I can. Well, the graduation flashback was the thing that Kaoru regrets the most. If she hadn't had run away from Kenshin when they met, then he probably would have kissed her and she would be the happiest girl alive, but she didn't. She left abruptly becuase she was afriad that if she told him he would return her feelings. Kenshin has never ever made the first move, and it's apparent that in the anime series he doesn't really show much intrest in her, so how's Kaoru supposed to know that he won't reject her. I mean, would you really tell your crush you had feelings for them and not be afriad that they might not feel the same way? So that's basically why I named the story Kaoru's Regrets, because this memory is devastating to her. She could have made a move and everything would have turned out better, but even if Kenshin didn't return her feelings she would be at peace knowing that nothing would have happened anyway. But she doesn't know and she's wrestling with her feelings and wished that she could go back in time to change the outcome.

I am nearly complete with Chapter Five as well!

Next time : Of Dreams and Fantasies. Something amazing happens to Kaoru, followed by the worst thing that could happen and ruins her magical moment.

Teaser: Aoshi looked in Kenshin's direction and nodded, it was time. 'He better not mess up his chance with Kaoru' Aoshi looked Misao in the eye and asked, "Misao, would you like to dance with me?" "Of course!" Misao bounced out of her seat and gladly took Aoshi's hand. Kenshin took a deep breath and said, "Kaoru-dono?"

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