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One in the Same

Chapter Four:

While the teachers tried to settle everyone down, most of the students had piled into the classrooms waiting for the teacher to quiet them down. Kaoru and her friends had also dashed away, leaving Kenshin confused and "Oroing" alone in the hall.

"Miss Kaoru did say math class, that she did." Kenshin told himself as he straddled down the hall, looking at each subject plate beside the doors. After about a few doors, the lost student finally found the class he was looking for. Slowly he turned the knob and glanced inside. "This is the right class, I think." He said to himself as he closed the door behind him. As he walked down the rows, he could sense that eyes were on him. Voices whispered around him, and he guessed it was something on the matter of this mornings incident.

Kenshin calmly sat down in his seat. Sniggers of laughter were kept among their groups, as almost every head was toward him once again. Kaoru told herself not to help him out anymore, otherwise she might face the same fate, something she wanted to avoid as much as possible.

Kenshin finally understood what was so funny, after he placed his hands behind him to arrange his pants, and felt a sticky substance along the way. Unsure about what he was going to see, he lifted his hand revealing a what he had felt. 'Such immature bullies, they act like kindergartners I swear it! I don't see how Megumi can stand the roosterhead and his flock.' Kaoru though as she placed her head on her folded arms.

"Super glue." She could hear Kenshin say. "I don't know who mistakenly put this here, but It seemed to get onto everything around my desk. Now may I ask who put it here?" Silence befell the room, and everyone looked up to the front of the room. "I'm not angry, just a little curious as to what happened."

"Mr. Himura!" A voice rang. "Please raise your hand when you want to speak, I understand that your new here, but we teachers do not tolerate that behavior." Kenshin sighed and showed he under stood by nodding politely, he knew that no one would fess up to a prank that they had gotten away with. The teacher that had shown up, rummaged around her desk and soon found a stack of papers, that she gleefully stacked onto her hands. The words every student hated mouthed out of her mouth. "Pop quiz today." Most of the students grunted and pushed their things away from their space, while others didn't say anything but had the expression of utter annoyance.

"I hate school, and I hate tests." Kenshin heard one student mumble.

"May I remind you, Mr. Sagara, that this isn't a test. It's a quiz and I expect you all to ace it, your last scores were the worst I'd ever seen them!" The teacher swiftly glided in and out of the rows and lastly stopped in front of Kenshin. "I do not expect you to get an A, but try your best. And do try not to get your paper sticky." With that she smiled and walked back to her desk, slamming her hand down on a round object. "Start!"

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Kenshin gathered everything, and piled out of the class with everyone else. The quiz hadn't been easy for him, Math period wasn't his favorite. Megumi was in front of him, chatting away with her pals not to far away, he could tell they were talking about the class.

"It was just so easy for me!"

He glanced at Kaoru and noticed her and Misao roll their eyes.

"We know Megumi, your practically the smart one." Misao said.

"My goal is to become a doctor, not the smartest person in the world, but If acing quizzes comes along I can't help but be thrilled." Megumi boasted, but Kaoru and Misao seemed to have had a lot worse. "I do wish I was like you more." Kaoru sighed.

"Just study more."

"Well, there isn't anyone to study with. I would do it myself but it's difficult." Kaoru groaned. "I guess my report card won't be up to expectations." She knew that everyone was mostly busy with their schedule, Megumi stayed late with many of the clubs she was involved in, and Misao had to practice for sports that she participated with. "What about Sanosuke?" Megumi said after a while. "That dumbo?" Kaoru almost tripped at her friends reply. "He's not that-"

"Face it Megumi, he is." Misao interrupted. "Kaoru, there's always Kenshin."

Kenshin couldn't hear anymore, for someone seemed to shove him out of his hearing. "Oro?" 'What was all that about? Oh well I'm sure she'll find someone to work with.'

"I see you've made a name for yourself, newbie." A familiar voice said. "You know what we do to newbies, who don't find their place?"

"Is this your job? To bully people?" Kenshin replied coolly. "I can't let you do this while I'm here. I have done nothing wrong to you."

"Shut it redhead." Sanosuke growled. "I can do whatever I'd like. I wouldn't mind giving you a taste of what you're in for now, but I'M afraid, it would cause to much attention." And with that Sanosuke walked off with his buddies talking about what he was planning, while Kenshin was curious to why all this happned.

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^^ A little short, but I'm trying to get this and many other of my fanfictions done also. Please review, I'd love to hear about what you think about this story. I'd appreciate constructive criticism. Thanks for reading!

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