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One in the Same
Chapter Two:
The gentle afternoon bell rung throughout the halls, students scrambled out the doors and into the now crowded space. Kaoru, Megumi, and Misao quietly walked through everyone and managed to grab their lockers before more students tumbled in front.
Kaoru tried to ignore the ramblings behind her, and paid close attention to what she was doing, and hearing.
"Yeah, I've heard the new guy's killed a few." Megumi proclaimed to her friends. Kaoru didn't like the sound of that. Picture her in classes with a murderer?
"Megumi, is this another rumor that Sanosuke and the others started?" Misao said, as she stuffed her homework into her bag. Megumi shrugged and slammed her locker shut. "What do you think Kaoru?"
It took a few seconds before she could reply, "I just don't think it would be likely. He seems a sweet enough guy. About that scar though?" Kaoru thought to herself a moment before shouldering her bag, and waving to her departing friends. "Everything's just so odd in this age." She mumbled as she walked outside and into the fresh air.
~*~
Carts on the road were loaded with goods, and clothes, for people who wanted the buy. Kaoru's stomach felt like eating, and generously paid for the meal. As she munched on the bread, she had heard a heavy panting coming toward her. Her eyes flashed in every direction, not getting a sense of what was happening.
"You shouldn't steal, that you shouldn't." A calm voice said behind the corner. After a few seconds a man came rushing outward and knocking Kaoru to her feet. She dropped the bread, and tried putting her hands to catch her fall. Luckily another person was there to do it for her.
"Thank.Thank you." Kaoru stuttered, as she looked at the face that belonged to the one who was holding her. Her mouth let out a silent shriek as she stumbled herself up and on her feet.
"I'm glad to see you aren't hurt, but I have to punish those who do not obey the laws." He said as her ran after the man who did the deed. Red hair that was before her had now become out of sight.
"That was Kenshin. The guy, who the rumor is about." Kaoru looked around, seeing faces on the situation that had happened.
"What a brave fellow! Saving the nice young girl!"
"I bet he'll do good and catch the man who stole what he did."
They were all compliments. He didn't seem a murderer, could he if he's trying to put justice in lives? Her train of thought was broken from the voice who she'd heard moments ago.
"You're still here I see." Kaoru looked in the direction of the voice, and forced a smile on her face. "Um, thank you for saving me from my fall."
"Anytime, I'm just glad you weren't hurt. Would you like me to walk you home?" Kenshin asked.
Kaoru nodded, how could she decline?
~*~
Kaoru didn't know what to say, so she kept looking at the settings around her. Her eyes trailed everything, and couldn't help but take slight glances at the man beside her. His tall muscular body, red hair flowing in the breeze, she felt a tint of red come to her cheeks and forced her face in the opposite direction. 'What am I doing!' She scolded herself in thought. 'I shouldn' even be caught with a lowerclass student!
"Is something the matter Miss. Kaoru?" Kanshin asked smiling at her.
"Nothing, except." Kaoru said at first.
"Go on, I'm listening." Kenshin replied, beckoning her to continue.
"Nevermind. It shouldn't be said." Kaoru snapped her mouth shut. What she really wanted to do was ask Kenshin about the rumor. She figured it would be a little rude, if done so sudden.
"If you're sure, I won't make you say it." Kenshin said.
The rest of the way was quite and only filled with birds song of joyfulness. Kaoru had stopped at a residence, and noticed Kenshin had a slight gape in his mouth.
"You have a very beautiful home, Miss. Kaoru."
"Thank you. And Also I would like to thank you for walking me home and what happened earlier. It's very kind of you." Kaoru bowed down a little, and opened the latch of the gate.
"It was no problem at all." He replied pleasantly.
"Yes, but I bet it was out of the way-"
"Good-bye Miss. Kaoru, see you tomorrow. If you'd like me to walk you home again, just ask, that you can." Kenshin waved and smiled, as he soon drifted out of sight. Kaoru couldn't wait to tell her friends what happened, what would they think?
She shut the gate, walked by the dojo her family owned, and into the house. Her mother and father had been asked to take a job in Kyoto, and eagerly they agreed. Kaoru didn't want to leave, so her parents decided she would be fine in the house alone. Everything was neatly stacked, and made. Kaoru was no messy person, only when she ate. She rushed upstairs, dropped her bag by her desk, and grabbed the phone. "Come on Megumi!" Kaoru tapped her fingers on the bedside table frantically.
"Hello?" Megumis voice answered.
"Megumi?!" Kaoru said.
"Hello Kaoru, whats going on?"
"Nothing really, same old, but you know the new boy?"
"Yes?"
"I ran into him. Well, not like that. I guess he was stopping a kid who stole something. But anyways-" Kaoru spilled everything that had happned. Megumi was listening to the details, and finally when Kaoru was finished, Megumi gave her thoughts.
"Sounds cookey." Megumi told her. "A murderer rescuing something stolen? Sounds weird."
"Ah! Megumi! That's the thing, it's like you believe everything Sanosuke and his group says!" Kaoru exclaimed. "I don't know the truth. Should I find out?"
"You know if you're caught with the guy, you'll be kicked out of the group, and maybe even worse will happen." Megumi told her.
"I know that! I just don't know if I should risk it."
"You're loss. I just don't want you to regret anything if you get killed. That is if you decide to do it."
Kaoru took her words into consideration, "Thanks Megumi for the advice, I got to go though, don't forget to pass this on o Misao!" Megumi told her she would and Kaoru hung up the phone. Her mind was still racing on what happened. "Kenshin, who are you?"
~*~*~*~*~*
One in the Same
Chapter Two:
The gentle afternoon bell rung throughout the halls, students scrambled out the doors and into the now crowded space. Kaoru, Megumi, and Misao quietly walked through everyone and managed to grab their lockers before more students tumbled in front.
Kaoru tried to ignore the ramblings behind her, and paid close attention to what she was doing, and hearing.
"Yeah, I've heard the new guy's killed a few." Megumi proclaimed to her friends. Kaoru didn't like the sound of that. Picture her in classes with a murderer?
"Megumi, is this another rumor that Sanosuke and the others started?" Misao said, as she stuffed her homework into her bag. Megumi shrugged and slammed her locker shut. "What do you think Kaoru?"
It took a few seconds before she could reply, "I just don't think it would be likely. He seems a sweet enough guy. About that scar though?" Kaoru thought to herself a moment before shouldering her bag, and waving to her departing friends. "Everything's just so odd in this age." She mumbled as she walked outside and into the fresh air.
~*~
Carts on the road were loaded with goods, and clothes, for people who wanted the buy. Kaoru's stomach felt like eating, and generously paid for the meal. As she munched on the bread, she had heard a heavy panting coming toward her. Her eyes flashed in every direction, not getting a sense of what was happening.
"You shouldn't steal, that you shouldn't." A calm voice said behind the corner. After a few seconds a man came rushing outward and knocking Kaoru to her feet. She dropped the bread, and tried putting her hands to catch her fall. Luckily another person was there to do it for her.
"Thank.Thank you." Kaoru stuttered, as she looked at the face that belonged to the one who was holding her. Her mouth let out a silent shriek as she stumbled herself up and on her feet.
"I'm glad to see you aren't hurt, but I have to punish those who do not obey the laws." He said as her ran after the man who did the deed. Red hair that was before her had now become out of sight.
"That was Kenshin. The guy, who the rumor is about." Kaoru looked around, seeing faces on the situation that had happened.
"What a brave fellow! Saving the nice young girl!"
"I bet he'll do good and catch the man who stole what he did."
They were all compliments. He didn't seem a murderer, could he if he's trying to put justice in lives? Her train of thought was broken from the voice who she'd heard moments ago.
"You're still here I see." Kaoru looked in the direction of the voice, and forced a smile on her face. "Um, thank you for saving me from my fall."
"Anytime, I'm just glad you weren't hurt. Would you like me to walk you home?" Kenshin asked.
Kaoru nodded, how could she decline?
~*~
Kaoru didn't know what to say, so she kept looking at the settings around her. Her eyes trailed everything, and couldn't help but take slight glances at the man beside her. His tall muscular body, red hair flowing in the breeze, she felt a tint of red come to her cheeks and forced her face in the opposite direction. 'What am I doing!' She scolded herself in thought. 'I shouldn' even be caught with a lowerclass student!
"Is something the matter Miss. Kaoru?" Kanshin asked smiling at her.
"Nothing, except." Kaoru said at first.
"Go on, I'm listening." Kenshin replied, beckoning her to continue.
"Nevermind. It shouldn't be said." Kaoru snapped her mouth shut. What she really wanted to do was ask Kenshin about the rumor. She figured it would be a little rude, if done so sudden.
"If you're sure, I won't make you say it." Kenshin said.
The rest of the way was quite and only filled with birds song of joyfulness. Kaoru had stopped at a residence, and noticed Kenshin had a slight gape in his mouth.
"You have a very beautiful home, Miss. Kaoru."
"Thank you. And Also I would like to thank you for walking me home and what happened earlier. It's very kind of you." Kaoru bowed down a little, and opened the latch of the gate.
"It was no problem at all." He replied pleasantly.
"Yes, but I bet it was out of the way-"
"Good-bye Miss. Kaoru, see you tomorrow. If you'd like me to walk you home again, just ask, that you can." Kenshin waved and smiled, as he soon drifted out of sight. Kaoru couldn't wait to tell her friends what happened, what would they think?
She shut the gate, walked by the dojo her family owned, and into the house. Her mother and father had been asked to take a job in Kyoto, and eagerly they agreed. Kaoru didn't want to leave, so her parents decided she would be fine in the house alone. Everything was neatly stacked, and made. Kaoru was no messy person, only when she ate. She rushed upstairs, dropped her bag by her desk, and grabbed the phone. "Come on Megumi!" Kaoru tapped her fingers on the bedside table frantically.
"Hello?" Megumis voice answered.
"Megumi?!" Kaoru said.
"Hello Kaoru, whats going on?"
"Nothing really, same old, but you know the new boy?"
"Yes?"
"I ran into him. Well, not like that. I guess he was stopping a kid who stole something. But anyways-" Kaoru spilled everything that had happned. Megumi was listening to the details, and finally when Kaoru was finished, Megumi gave her thoughts.
"Sounds cookey." Megumi told her. "A murderer rescuing something stolen? Sounds weird."
"Ah! Megumi! That's the thing, it's like you believe everything Sanosuke and his group says!" Kaoru exclaimed. "I don't know the truth. Should I find out?"
"You know if you're caught with the guy, you'll be kicked out of the group, and maybe even worse will happen." Megumi told her.
"I know that! I just don't know if I should risk it."
"You're loss. I just don't want you to regret anything if you get killed. That is if you decide to do it."
Kaoru took her words into consideration, "Thanks Megumi for the advice, I got to go though, don't forget to pass this on o Misao!" Megumi told her she would and Kaoru hung up the phone. Her mind was still racing on what happened. "Kenshin, who are you?"
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