What If? Chapter 3: The Akabeko
A/N: Don't own anyone except Kaolin! Rurouni Kenshin belongs rightfully to it's own respected creator/owner!
It was a long and crazy drive there to the Akabeko on a fact that Kenshin was out of it thanks to Kaolin's monkey toy. Kenshin awoke and looked up at Kaoru hovering over him. He tried to look over the dashboard and, by what he can see, they were finally at the Akabeko. "Yes! I found a parking spot!" Kaoru was happy and took the spot.
"Uh………Kaoru?" Kenshin looked up not knowing where he was looking up at. Kaoru looked down, "We're here Ken—GAH! YOU SICK BOYFRIEND! Don't look up THERE!"
"Ahahaha! Kenshin was looking up at Kaoru's chest! Ahahaa!" Yahikko laughed out so loud. "Oh man bro! Ya shouldn't have done that! ^_^v" Kaolin told Kenshin as she began laughing. "Gah! I'm sorry Kaoru! I really didn't mean to!" Kenshin tried to undo his awkward position.
Kaoru looked down at him. She couldn't stay mad at him. Besides, she WAS hovering over him……..right? Kaoru smiled softly and caressed his cheek. "I don't blame you………"she said.
"Ewwww they're touching! ___ " Yahikko exclaimed. "Shield your eyes!" Kaolin clasped her hands over Yahikko's eyes. "What?! But we're the same age! How come you get to watch and I can't?!"
"Because! I'm more mature than you!" Kaolin screamed. "What?! MATURE?!" Yahikko screamed and laughed. Kaoru looked back at the two fighting, "We were not gonna do anything! Sorry to worry you guys ^_^!"
Kenshin got out of the car as did Kaoru, Yahikko, and Kaolin. "Aah I can smell the food from out here!" Kaoru sniffed the air scented with the aroma of spices and meals. "It smells really nice that it does! ^-^" Kenshin gazed at the night sky. They walked in. "A table for four please!" Kenshin smiled a charming smile.
"Sure thing! Any specific table?" the waitress asked getting out four menus. "By the window would be nice………" Kenshin said thoughtfully. "Right this way!" the waitress took them through the restaurant. It was a somewhat dimmed light restaurant with two bars: one serving alcoholic beverages and one serving non-alcholic beverages. J-pop music playing softly in the back set that club feeling to the restaurant.
(A/N: You could say it's fairly like a TGI Friday's and a Tokyo Lobby mixed together throwing in that Starbucks café lighting into it………mix that together and form one big restaurant!)
"Here are your menus and a waiter should tend to you in a few ^_^ okay?" the waitress smiled and left after placing the menus down.
"This place is great! So much people come here! We're lucky to get a seat here aren't we? ^_^" Kaolin leaned back in her seat. "Yeah………" Kaoru looked out the window with a faraway look in her eyes. She smiled and laid her head down on Kenshin's shoulder. Kenshin smiled down at her and looked around the restaurant.
"Hey Kenshin………ya think we should call up Megumi? It'd be nice if she joined us………" Kaoru said as she took out her cell phone. "Megumi Takani? She's nice! She lives in those pretty victorian houses in that one big neighborhood near the mall right?" Kaolin fiddled around with her menu still deciding what to get. "She lives there all alone………she's gonna be in medical school soon. Oh she's sooooo smart! I hope she becomes a doctor someday!" Yahikko said.
"We should invite her that we should. When she's in medical school, she won't have enough time to vist us and hang out a lot." Kenshin took Kaoru's cell on a fact that she had already dialed Megumi's number.
"Ohhhh I hope she comes!" Kaolin hoped still looking at the menu. "Hello? Megumi? Hey it's Kenshin!………if you're not busy tonight then why don't you come and join me, Kaoru, Yahikko, and Kaolin at the Akabeko!…………Reallyyyy~okay then, see ya!………" Kenshin hung up and gave the cell back to Kaoru. "What did she say?"
"Yeah, she's coming! ^_^ As a matter of fact, she was on her way here!" Kenshin said with joy. "That's nice to know! Oh hey here comes our waiter!" Kaoru looked up ready to order
(A/N: This'll be great!………why did I say that again? O_O;)
"Oh! Hey look it's Tsubame! (A/N: Oi I finally spelled it right!)" Kenshin said looking at Yahikko. "Oh it's you, Yahikko ^_^." Tsubame blushed. "You work here Tsubame?" Kaoru asked. "Yeah! Just part time, though! Gather up some money for the upcoming dance ya know! ^_~" Tsubame laughed out. "Sit down ^_^ take a break!" Yahikko said as he took an empty chair and brought it up to the table next to his chair. "Thank you Yahikko." Tsubame smiled.
"Is this your sister, Kenshin? She looks sooo~much like you! ^_^" Tsubame looked at Kaolin with an analyzing look. "Um yeah that's me………Kenshin's sis, yep hehehe Kaolin Himura hehehe………" Kaolin fiddled with the charms on her bracelet. "That's my little sister that she is ^_^;! But she's very shy when it comes to new people." Kenshin told Tsubame. "Oh it's okay ^_^ Kenshin's told me all about you, Kaolin! ^_^ He told me how smart you are and how you've been transferred to Yukiro Middle Academy! That's a good school and it's only for the smartest!" Tsubame said.
"Oh………really………yeah that's me, the smart kid." Kaolin said and sighed looking down. "Well I gotta take your orders now before my boss gets pissed off again ^_^;" Tsubame got up and took out a little note pad and a pen. As they told her what they wanted she left to get their orders in.
"Yahikko, when are you ever gonna ask her?!" Kaoru looked at Yahikko with narrowed eyes. "That's none of ya business, raccoon face!" Yahikko stuck his tongue out at his older sister. "I think they're gonna fight again -_-;………" Kenshin sighed. Kaoru and Yahikko glared at each other growling like beasts. They were about to claw each other down until they heard a familiar voice. "I'm here!" Megumi called to them.
"Hey there Megumi! It's soooo~nice to see you!" Kaoru took the chair where Tsubame sat and placed it next to her. "Hello everyone!" Megumi sat down in the chair next to Kaoru. "Kaoru was about to claw me down until you came Megumi! You saved me!" Yahikko said with that grateful anime face. "They did nothing but fight all day ::sigh::………" Kenshin sighed. Megumi giggled as she looked at the menu.
*A while later after Megumi orders and all that………blah blah blah*
"Yessss~pzookies RULE! ^-^" Kaoru took a big bite of her chocolate chip cookie with ice cream. "Well now, Kaoru, dessert for dinner ^_^;………" Kenshin smiled and looked at Kaoru. "Oh my sis that looks pretty tasty!" Yahikko drooled at the pzookie his sister was eating. "I'm not giving you any………creep T_T" Kaoru took another bite. "I'll give you some of my food!" Kaolin stared at the pzookie too. "^_^;; Ehehehe………ummm…sorry but ; when it comes to pzookies………TT_TT IT'S ALL MINE!!!" Kaoru stuck out her tongue.
"Damn you Kaoru! Know what, if you keep eating food like that then you're gonna grow ugly and FAT!" Yahikko teased Kaoru. "Shut up looser face!" Kaoru took a fork and somewhat lightly poked Yahikko playfully. "OW SHIT YOU RACCOON!" Yahikko rubbed his arm in a somewhat fast way.
"O_o; I don't know how you can put up with those two, Kenshin………" Kaolin stared at the two fight. "You know how Kenshin is, Kaolin, he finds it amusing ^__^;;" Megumi sipped her ice coffee. "I think it's annoying but funny sometimes when Kaoru and Yahikko fight that it is ^__^;" Kenshin twirled the straw in his drink.
*A little while later………*
(A/N: okay minna, a pzookie is a chocolate chip cookie topped with vanilla ice cream………for all who dunno that ^_^;;)
"Mmmm that was a good dinner!" Kaoru stretched out her hands. "I wanted a pzookie T_T………" Kaolin and Yahikko said together. "Well then, you should've ordered one that you should've………O_O;" Kenshin looked up at the sky and back down at the ground. Kaolin and Yahikko pouted as they looked at Kenshin. "I'd better get on back home………" Megumi spoke and looked at them. "But, you're starting medical school on Monday………we want to spend as much time with you as we can………" Yahikko told Megumi.
"C'mon, Megumi! It's Fridayyyy~! You don't start til Monday! O_O;" Kaoru and Kaolin tugged on each of her sleeves. "^_^;; Okay okay, I might as well………I took the bus here anyways ^_^;;." Megumi smiled as everyone else cheered. "Well let's get into the car everyone ^_^;;………" Kenshin took out his keys and unlocked his car doors. "Where are we gonna go now, Kenshin?" Kaoru asked gettting into the car. "Hmmm………wanna go take a stroll down Shihanamei Park to walk off that dinner we just ate?" Kenshin drove his car out of the parking lot.
"Shihanamei Park?! I love that park!! It's so romantic at night! ^_^" Kaoru looked at Kenshin. "You should've invited Tsubame that you should, Yahikko ^_~………maybe when she's not busy." Kenshin looked back at Yahikko. Kaolin lowered her head and stared blankly at her feet. "Yeaaaahhh~ummm………suuure………" Yahikko blushed. "You're not scared to ask Tsubame out………are you, Yahikko?" Megumi looked at him. "N-no………well maybe a little __;………" Yahikko looked nervous. "You'll be fine! ^_^v" Kaoru reached out her hand and ruffled Yahikko's hair.
Kenshin somewhat laughed and continued to drive. "Geez Kaoru would you stop touching my hair?! TT_TT" Yahikko quickly smoothed out his ruffled up hair. "It's just soooo~fluffy! ^_^" Kaoru giggled.
Kaolin giggled, "^_^ Poor Yahikko, you're always teased by Kaoru aren't ya?"
"Yahikko ya know what? I think you should ask Tsubame to the upcoming dance!" Kaoru turned to look at Yahikko again. "O_o; Say what?!" Yahikko exclaimed. "Yeah you should ask Tsubame to the dance that you should! ^_~v" Kenshin somewhat laughed. "B-but I--!"
Kaoru sighed, "Are you that shy to ask her, Yahikko?! O_O;" she said. "No………yes………a little………" Yahikko blushed again. "u_u; He can't even ask her to go for a walk in the park………sheesh TT_TT………" Megumi crossed her arms. "We'll see………maybe he won't turn out to be so shy when he DOES ask Tsubame now that he would ^_^." Kenshin said with a grin. "Yup I betcha he'll be okay ^-^v" Kaoru cheerfully said.
"We're almost there…………" Kenshin started, "I can see the tall sakura trees from here." He pulled down his window and stuck his head out while the stoplight was still red to see what little of the trees from the park he could see. "^_^ Shihanamei park here we come!" Megumi and Kaoru screamed throwing their hands up in the air.
(A/N: How was it? O_O; yeah I know this chapter wasn't very "fun" …………sorry, the summer sun is killing meeeh! Darn heat! Okay ummm………just hope the 4th chapter will be ummm………at least errr………slightly better? ^_^;; okay ummm til then………ja ne!)