Author's Notes: Yeah, I'm writing this and I haven't even posted the first
chapter O.O.....I'm such a dork, hehe....anywho, I guess I'll do more
writing and less talking, ne? (You guys were so sweet that I decided to
update this sooner than I had expected....blush I really appreciate the
support huggles readers I luff you guys!)
Title: The Scholar and the Princess
Author: C'est moi! KaBunny
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13
Chapter Two: Meet Kenshin Himura
"Are you done yet, Kaoru?" Sano asked, leaning against the door of the stables. He sighed lightly for he had been waiting for approximately twenty minutes. He was becoming bored and was starting to get impatient. "It doesn't take that long to change."
"Yes it does....," Kaoru responded from inside the stable. She hmphed before finishing up folding her indigo dress that she had just changed out of. "I thought we already established this fact the last few times we've had to do this."
"Well, if you weren't so into defying your old man, then we wouldn't be having this problem now would we?" Sano questioned, crossing his arms over his chest. He had already changed into his training robes long before and had been waiting for Kaoru to finish ever since. His white and black robes fit him loosely and the symbol of 'bad' on his back was slightly covered by the strings leading off of his red headband tied through his spike light brown hair.
"Listen...I can't help it if I find the art of swordsman ship so intriguing and if you don't like waiting for me, then.....," Kaoru muttered, finishing pulling back her hair into a ponytail and stepping out to smile up at the much taller man, "....then, I guess I can find a much better teacher if that is what you wish."
"Oh, please," Sano replied, giving a small laugh as he grabbed a wooden sword on his way out of the stables. "You couldn't find a better teacher than me, the Captain of the Knights of Crysta."
"I bet you I could find someone who fights better than you," Kaoru responded, following Sano's suit and grabbing a wooden sword on her way out the door.
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Yahiko and Kaoru had been sparing one another for the last three hours. Each were both new students to the Knights of Crysta's secret training, but only one would actually become a Knight because the other was a princess who was not supposed to be doing violent things such as this. Sano had been standing on the side lines couching the two along. He would point out what one did wrong in order to hit by the other and then explain how to not let that happen by demonstration.
Yahiko was gradually exceeding past Kaoru, but Kaoru's determination kept her up to par with Yahiko. The child was a much faster worker and memorized much better than the princess, but he forgot what he was doing easily and his concentration was easily broken. Kaoru memorized the moves much slower, but once they were memorized, she never forgot them. Also, her concentration and focus were so on task that she always caught on much quicker than Yahiko even if she absorbed the information much slower.
'They're both equal as students. They both have their own weaknesses and their own strengths, but when looked at together as an overall fighter, they are equal,' Sano thought, a smile on his face. He could see the sweat pouring through their pores as they worked and practiced in the brutally hot weather. "Alright you two, break time. You've been at it for hours and I think it's about time to get some water."
"Well," Yahiko said, glancing to Sano before turning back to Kaoru. "I would've already beaten her if I didn't feel so bad at how ugly she is."
"What did you say?!" Kaoru bellowed, knocking Yahiko in the head with her sword. "You realize that you're talking to the most refined pr-"
"Eh, heh heh," Sano laughed, muffling Kaoru. "Kaoru, you know Yahiko doesn't know about that and it's better," he whispered to her, as she struggled to get away. "Ow!" he yelled, pulling his hand away from her and shaking it wildly.
"Hah!" Kaoru stated, triumphantly. "Serves you right Sano....." Kaoru crossed her arms across her chest cockily and smiled, satisfied with her work.
"You better watch yourself, Little Missy," Sano said, blowing on Kaoru's bite wound on his hand.
"Or what?" Kaoru questioned, grinning snidely at Sano.
"The ugly fairy might come back and beat you with the ugly stick again!" Yahiko intervened, cracking a smirk. "Wait....you ARE the ugly stick."
"YAHIKO!!!!" Kaoru yelled, grabbing his throat and shaking him. " I AM NOT UGLY!!!!!"
"Ugly, ugly, ugly!!!" Yahiko retorted, as he was being choked to death.
"Kaoru! Don't kill him! You need another new student to train with," Sano replied, trying to pull Kaoru off of Yahiko.
"Then we'll find ANOTHER ONE!!! Anyone, but Yahiko!"
"Um, excuse me," a gentle and familiar voice questioned from behind them.
They all stopped what they were doing and turned their heads to see the long red haired man before, smiling at them. They immediately pulled their hands away one another, placed them behind their backs, and gave a nervous laugh. They glared at one another when they realized how suspicious they looked and then sweat dropped.
"I'm terribly sorry to bother you all, but, I can't seem to find my way to my room," the redheaded man said, placing his hand behind his head a releasing a chuckle. "Would one of you mind showing me?"
"Kaoru would love to show you," Yahiko replied, pushing Kaoru forward.
"Sure....," Kaoru muttered, blushing before turning back and glaring at Yahiko. Her look said 'you will pay much much later with lots and lots of pain.'
"Thank you, Miss," the man answered, he gave a small polite bow to Yahiko and Sano before following Kaoru off into the castle.
"Where is your room supposed to be?" Kaoru asked, glancing back at the man.
"King Kamiya said that it was located in the West Wing. He said something about the autumn room?" the man muttered, following Kaoru.
The dark haired girl stopped at a fork to think for a moment. She glanced to the right before looking at the red haired man. "Autumn room? Huh.....you're room's right next to mine."
Kaoru shrugged and wandered down the right path, the man following her. She wandered through winding paths that caused the man to become lost quite easily. By the time he had come to the room that Kaoru pointed out as his, he had no idea where he was.
"Well, I suppose you might want to get settled in, huh?" Kaoru asked, rocking back and forth on her heels, her hands behind her back and her eyes downcast. "I have to get back to Sano and Yahiko before they find something better to do."
"You have very good skills, Princess Kaoru. I know, however, that your father does not approve of your swordsman ship, that I do," the man said, as he watched Kaoru closely.
"I hope you enjoy your stay at the castle," Kaoru responded, pinching her tongue at what she was actually going to say. She turned and began walking away.
"Miss Kaoru?" the man called her, stopping her. She turned back to look at him. "I will see you tomorrow in the library for breakfast for your first lesson."
"First lesson?" she asked, knitting her brows in confusion. "I don't understand."
"I'm your new tutor for your manners, Kenshin Himura," Kenshin said, giving her a gentle smile.
"DADDY!!!!!!!" Kaoru yelled, growling and stomping off down the hall.
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Well, that chappie is done and over with....I hope you guys'll like it....I'm going to post the first chappie here in awhile and we'll see if I bomb or fare well.....hope it's good!
Stay Tuned for Chapter Three: Lesson One......Kaoru gets her first lesson in manners.....how does she fare? What happens when she starts to get nervous? Is it because of the lesson.....or because of a certain long red haired man?
Ja ne! ~KaBunny
Title: The Scholar and the Princess
Author: C'est moi! KaBunny
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13
Chapter Two: Meet Kenshin Himura
"Are you done yet, Kaoru?" Sano asked, leaning against the door of the stables. He sighed lightly for he had been waiting for approximately twenty minutes. He was becoming bored and was starting to get impatient. "It doesn't take that long to change."
"Yes it does....," Kaoru responded from inside the stable. She hmphed before finishing up folding her indigo dress that she had just changed out of. "I thought we already established this fact the last few times we've had to do this."
"Well, if you weren't so into defying your old man, then we wouldn't be having this problem now would we?" Sano questioned, crossing his arms over his chest. He had already changed into his training robes long before and had been waiting for Kaoru to finish ever since. His white and black robes fit him loosely and the symbol of 'bad' on his back was slightly covered by the strings leading off of his red headband tied through his spike light brown hair.
"Listen...I can't help it if I find the art of swordsman ship so intriguing and if you don't like waiting for me, then.....," Kaoru muttered, finishing pulling back her hair into a ponytail and stepping out to smile up at the much taller man, "....then, I guess I can find a much better teacher if that is what you wish."
"Oh, please," Sano replied, giving a small laugh as he grabbed a wooden sword on his way out of the stables. "You couldn't find a better teacher than me, the Captain of the Knights of Crysta."
"I bet you I could find someone who fights better than you," Kaoru responded, following Sano's suit and grabbing a wooden sword on her way out the door.
~~~~~~
Yahiko and Kaoru had been sparing one another for the last three hours. Each were both new students to the Knights of Crysta's secret training, but only one would actually become a Knight because the other was a princess who was not supposed to be doing violent things such as this. Sano had been standing on the side lines couching the two along. He would point out what one did wrong in order to hit by the other and then explain how to not let that happen by demonstration.
Yahiko was gradually exceeding past Kaoru, but Kaoru's determination kept her up to par with Yahiko. The child was a much faster worker and memorized much better than the princess, but he forgot what he was doing easily and his concentration was easily broken. Kaoru memorized the moves much slower, but once they were memorized, she never forgot them. Also, her concentration and focus were so on task that she always caught on much quicker than Yahiko even if she absorbed the information much slower.
'They're both equal as students. They both have their own weaknesses and their own strengths, but when looked at together as an overall fighter, they are equal,' Sano thought, a smile on his face. He could see the sweat pouring through their pores as they worked and practiced in the brutally hot weather. "Alright you two, break time. You've been at it for hours and I think it's about time to get some water."
"Well," Yahiko said, glancing to Sano before turning back to Kaoru. "I would've already beaten her if I didn't feel so bad at how ugly she is."
"What did you say?!" Kaoru bellowed, knocking Yahiko in the head with her sword. "You realize that you're talking to the most refined pr-"
"Eh, heh heh," Sano laughed, muffling Kaoru. "Kaoru, you know Yahiko doesn't know about that and it's better," he whispered to her, as she struggled to get away. "Ow!" he yelled, pulling his hand away from her and shaking it wildly.
"Hah!" Kaoru stated, triumphantly. "Serves you right Sano....." Kaoru crossed her arms across her chest cockily and smiled, satisfied with her work.
"You better watch yourself, Little Missy," Sano said, blowing on Kaoru's bite wound on his hand.
"Or what?" Kaoru questioned, grinning snidely at Sano.
"The ugly fairy might come back and beat you with the ugly stick again!" Yahiko intervened, cracking a smirk. "Wait....you ARE the ugly stick."
"YAHIKO!!!!" Kaoru yelled, grabbing his throat and shaking him. " I AM NOT UGLY!!!!!"
"Ugly, ugly, ugly!!!" Yahiko retorted, as he was being choked to death.
"Kaoru! Don't kill him! You need another new student to train with," Sano replied, trying to pull Kaoru off of Yahiko.
"Then we'll find ANOTHER ONE!!! Anyone, but Yahiko!"
"Um, excuse me," a gentle and familiar voice questioned from behind them.
They all stopped what they were doing and turned their heads to see the long red haired man before, smiling at them. They immediately pulled their hands away one another, placed them behind their backs, and gave a nervous laugh. They glared at one another when they realized how suspicious they looked and then sweat dropped.
"I'm terribly sorry to bother you all, but, I can't seem to find my way to my room," the redheaded man said, placing his hand behind his head a releasing a chuckle. "Would one of you mind showing me?"
"Kaoru would love to show you," Yahiko replied, pushing Kaoru forward.
"Sure....," Kaoru muttered, blushing before turning back and glaring at Yahiko. Her look said 'you will pay much much later with lots and lots of pain.'
"Thank you, Miss," the man answered, he gave a small polite bow to Yahiko and Sano before following Kaoru off into the castle.
"Where is your room supposed to be?" Kaoru asked, glancing back at the man.
"King Kamiya said that it was located in the West Wing. He said something about the autumn room?" the man muttered, following Kaoru.
The dark haired girl stopped at a fork to think for a moment. She glanced to the right before looking at the red haired man. "Autumn room? Huh.....you're room's right next to mine."
Kaoru shrugged and wandered down the right path, the man following her. She wandered through winding paths that caused the man to become lost quite easily. By the time he had come to the room that Kaoru pointed out as his, he had no idea where he was.
"Well, I suppose you might want to get settled in, huh?" Kaoru asked, rocking back and forth on her heels, her hands behind her back and her eyes downcast. "I have to get back to Sano and Yahiko before they find something better to do."
"You have very good skills, Princess Kaoru. I know, however, that your father does not approve of your swordsman ship, that I do," the man said, as he watched Kaoru closely.
"I hope you enjoy your stay at the castle," Kaoru responded, pinching her tongue at what she was actually going to say. She turned and began walking away.
"Miss Kaoru?" the man called her, stopping her. She turned back to look at him. "I will see you tomorrow in the library for breakfast for your first lesson."
"First lesson?" she asked, knitting her brows in confusion. "I don't understand."
"I'm your new tutor for your manners, Kenshin Himura," Kenshin said, giving her a gentle smile.
"DADDY!!!!!!!" Kaoru yelled, growling and stomping off down the hall.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
Well, that chappie is done and over with....I hope you guys'll like it....I'm going to post the first chappie here in awhile and we'll see if I bomb or fare well.....hope it's good!
Stay Tuned for Chapter Three: Lesson One......Kaoru gets her first lesson in manners.....how does she fare? What happens when she starts to get nervous? Is it because of the lesson.....or because of a certain long red haired man?
Ja ne! ~KaBunny