Author's Notes: Hello again, dear readers! Here's another chapter of my little fic…*sigh*. I tried really hard this time to add the ever-important bishounen into this chappie so I hope you like the results.

(Oh yes, and to all my previous reviewers who seem to like my story so far…THANK YOU! You don't know what it means to me…*sobs dramatically*---seriously, thank you. I really appreciate your praises and I will take them into consideration…however I must warn you that I often tend to fall into little depressing lapses every once…in…a…while….ok so maybe I'm always like that, but I still enjoy getting your constructive criticisms and praises so…REVIEW! )

Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin. If I did, do you really think that I would still be sitting here at my pathetic little computer typing up annoying disclaimers, saying that I do not own Rurouni Kenshin?! *gasps, heaves* I didn't think so.

The Perfect Mission- Chapter 3

*Boys meet girls*

By dark aquamarine

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The girls walked casually along the corridors of the main school building, intent on reaching the principal's office for their class schedules. It was already 8:30 and school had began an hour ago, which meant that they would have to endure the awkward welcomes from their classmates and teachers once they get to their classes. Their joy was never-ending.

The hallway was strangely empty, since all the students were in their classrooms, and it gave off eerie vibes as the three peeked into the different classes along the sides. The rooms, it seemed, weren't very different from those of American schools and it was obvious that they were on a lower grade level from the way the students looked and acted. The principal's office was supposed to be on the first floor with the freshmen or first years, so they should be going the right direction. Since it was a large school, there were always a set of elevators at the end of the halls so that students could get to different subjects without having to climb huge sets of stairs. The three girls reached the elevators and entered through the glossy doors right after the bell dinged. Kaoru, who was the closest to the controls, pushed the 1st floor and then the close button. The elevator dinged again and started to move.

"Hey, guys. Is it just me or is there something very…strange about this mission? I mean, they won't give us any information whatsoever on this assignment, or on our "partners". We don't even have anything to do, yet!" Misao observed with frustration at their situation and frowned. Something definitely wasn't right and she had an unsettling feeling in her stomach.

"Well, that's not completely true. It said in the paper that we will be able to get our first task from an undercover agent during class." Kaoru stated with an knowing look just as the elevator dinged, acknowledging their arrival to the first floor.

"Wait, why didn't you tell us about that when we were in the dorms?" Megumi also frowned as they walked out into yet another secluded hall with the office on the opposite end.

"Sorry, must've gotten caught up in the moment, hehe." Kaoru's two friends rolled their eyes as she smiled sheepishly with a hand behind her head. "And we won't know who the agent is unless he/she contacts us personally so…its either a teacher or a student."

"Well that's just great…three new partners and agent-disguised-as-student chaperones. I swear this is starting to sound more and more like our junior prom back in the US." Misao muttered softly while her friends giggled at the truth of the statement and eyed the main office in front of them. It was a small, stuffy office with an plump secretary sitting in front of a large computer, happily typing while humming a wordless tune. The sight made all the frowns on their faces turn to smiles as they approached the box-like room and simultaneously knocked on the glass pane separating themselves from the inside.

All of a sudden, the kindly-looking old lady looked up from behind her computer and shrieked abruptly, stumbling off her chair towards a door in the other side of the room. Overcoming their moment of shock, the girls let themselves in awkwardly and stood by the door, relating their situation to the almost-fainting woman. The secretary nodded weakly and poked her head into the door labeled Principal. Her whispers and a "I'm busy now, tell them to come back at another time" could be heard through the door as the girls waited patiently with their hands behind their backs. The lady whispered again, this time stating their individual names, and winced when a loud, deafening crash erupted from the other side.

"Uh…you may go in, now." She said weakly and disappeared from view, leaving the perplexed girls with no other choice but to enter.

The office, they noticed as they walked in through the doorway, was a simple room with no windows and a gray-colored floor. There was one large, single table in the center and it faced a smaller desk by the door, obviously the principal's desk. The principal, who was a short, balding, and slightly twitchy old man, was murmuring something to three male students who sat with their heads faced down at the table. The students then looked up and stared at the girls with bruised and battered faces.

Something clicked inside the six heads as they stared down each other.

"Ahem." Principal Okumura (as was stated on the desk) cleared his throat nervously and bent down to pick up some objects that were apparently the cause of the crash from before. With shaking hands, he put them back on his desk and fixed on a shaky smile.

"W-welcome *twitch*, girls. I h-hope *twitch* you found everything satisfactory in the dorm rooms *twitch twitch*." The girls shook their heads to snap out of their stupor and bowed politely back at the man.

"Yes, of course sir. Your school is wonderful, and we expect ourselves to be very happy here." Kaoru replied humbly while the other two tried to stifle their giggles at the man's nervousness. Undercover secret agent students and principals suffering from Tourette's…yes, this was definitely a wonderful school. (no offense to anybody who has the disease)

"T-Thank you, Kamiya. Oh…*twitch* you must be wanting your daily schedule's now. I'm afraid I *twitch* left them in the other room. Please be seated while I get them. *twitch*." The principal bowed low (too low, it seemed) and awkwardly ran out of the room, leaving three uncomfortable girls alone with three boys who looked like they just came from a battlefield.

"Himura, Sagara, and Shinomori, I presume?" Megumi asked, breaking the dense tension that clouded the room as the three girls sat down to face the others.

The boys just nodded dumbly, then winced when the movement caused pain.

"What in the world happened to you guys?" Misao acquired loudly and scanned over the bleeding flesh of their faces and bodies. There were gashes and black and blue blotches all lined up on their cheeks and foreheads.

"What does it look like, weasel-girl?" The boy with brown spiked-up hair and a red bandana over his forehead replied gruffly, then smirked as steam blew from Misao's ears.

"It looks like your gonna get hurt more than you already are if you call me that one more time, buster." And with that, Misao jumped up onto the table to get a good swipe at the smirking boy's face. She was held back, however, by two equally annoyed girls who didn't want to cause a scene.

"Maa, maa, calm down, Misao. Its obvious that this rooster-head isn't worth any of your time anyways so just let it go before the principal comes back." Megumi reasoned with the still-fuming girl and grinned slyly at the bristling "rooster-head", as she called him. Oh, so her partner didn't like her new name for him, huh? She made a mental note to use that word as much as possible around him.

"Rooster-head? Who 're you calling rooster-head you slimy fox-woman?"

"FOX-WOMAN?! How dare you call me such a degrading name, you good for nothing…" Megumi and said good for nothing were glaring at each other face to face over the table, rambling on more names and insults gotten from god-knows-where.

Meanwhile, Misao and Kaoru, who was particularly silent during their "meeting", were taking their lovely time to study their partners. The four stared at each other, unblinking over the shouts of the fox and rooster.

Besides the fact that the face was marred with bruises and cuts, Kaoru could still recognize the beautiful and almost feminine features of her partner from behind the tresses of dark red hair. Her gaze fell to the cross-shaped scar on his left cheek and then drifted to his glowing amber eyes. Wait a minute, amber? She gave a double-take at the golden pools staring back at her and became confused. She could've sworn he had violet eyes in the picture card. Could it be…colored contacts? Kaoru scoffed out loud at the thought. Of course, dyed hair and colored contacts…it was like Saitou had purposely paired her up with a boy, no, better, a he/she who prettied himself even more than she did. Oh, when she gets her hands on that sneaky wolf-man…*smack*!

Himura, who was busy staring intently at the blue-eyed beauty before him with raven-colored hair pulled back into a high ponytail, jumped inwardly at the noise of fist against palm that she made with a look of determination on her face. He smiled inwardly as he saw her stare at his eyes with a thoughtful expression, then the expression turned to disgust. Probably suffering from some disease, he said silently to himself, then continued to study the girl. It figured that Hiko would give him someone with mental instabilities, that ironic jack. Gulping at the thought of all the problems he would probably encounter with the new partner, he risked a glance to the left at his silent friend, who was busy staring coldly into jade-green eyes of the girl sitting in front of him. The girl had a wide smile on her face, but her eyes were hard and set with determination. It was as if they were having a staring contest and, judging from the way the cold ice blue eyes were shifting, the girl was winning. Oh yeah, Hiko was definitely drunk when he assigned the partners.

"Ahem."

All staring and insulting stopped as the principal walked into the room with three planners tucked in his arms.

"I-I'm sorry I took so long, girls. *twitch* It seemed that my secretary had absentmindedly misplaced them when she was sorting the office today. *twitch, wince*"

The girls took the planners with a bow as he handed them out individually.

"W-well, you must be eager to get to class, shall I get some escorts to show you around? I'm s-sure there are a lot of students who would be glad to give you a tour."

"Actually, sir, that would be wonderful, and I think I've found the perfect escort for me right…here." Megumi replied slyly with barely visible fox ears on her head and pointed directly to the shocked rooster-head, who was acting like her sworn enemy just a few minutes ago. The fox ears were practically glowing when she saw the look on both the student and principal's faces.

"Ummm…I'm afraid that would be impossible, for you s-see *twitch twitch* the boys are here for punishment so… "

"Oh, I'm sure you could spare them for just a little while, my friends and I would absolutely love to take a tour around your amazing campus, right girls?" Megumi gushed at the principal and turned to stare sternly at the two, who, at the moment, were completed dazed-out by the suggestion. Understanding finally flickered to their faces and their plastered on wide smiles as well.

"Yes, that would be wonderful! Wouldn't it, Kaoru?" Misao said, almost too brightly.

"Uh huh." Kaoru nodded her head repeatedly and stared at the poor man in front of her…obviously hanging on to his lifeline at that moment.

Without waiting for a response (which would probably be just more stuttering and twitching), the girls dragged their three unfortunates and sprinted out the door, closing it with a slam.

The principal had his finger raised in mid-thought but slowly brought it down with a sigh. He then went back to his comforting plushie chair and buried his head desperately into his hands…all the while wondering…

What had he ever done to deserve this?

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A/N: Ok, so this chapter was a little boring and worthless…but I finally added in the three boys…thank god! Hopefully the plot will move along more as the chapters progress and believe me when I say that this story will be loonnnggg. I'm already at the third chapter and the main characters haven't even been on a mission yet! But don't worry…this story WILL NOT be pointless and plot-less, at least not in the future so just be patient and bear with me, okay? Good…

Now onto my thank you-s to all my wonderful reviewers. (this will include some people from chapter 1 and 2 also)

Yui Yue: thank you for thinking that this story is interesting…hopefully you haven't changed your mind since chapter 1. *crosses fingers*

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Roku-chan: Hopeless romantics all the way! I am sorry for making Kaoru and Kenshin start off on the wrong foot…but I couldn't help myself. I guess I'm just one of those -suffer at first so you can savor the ending- type of person. *sigh* To all the K&K and what-nots of the fan fiction world: I will be bringing them all together eventually but your just gonna have to suffer for now muahahahaha.

Chibilover2000: Yes, Kaoru IS going to be snobby to Kenshin…and guess what? He's gonna be snobby right back at her! But don't lose faith for the two…its obvious that they're meant to be (I am a BIG K&K fan)

Flyinangel777: Well…I tried to describe the plot further in my chapters…I'm not sure if they turned out okay, though. Also, this is not even the beginning of the whole story line so don't be intimidated by my lack of information (and talent). Hope you continue reading!

Kitzune Kenshin: Thank you! And yes, Kaoru will be mean to Kenshin. I'm sorry! *ducks at thrown vegetables aiming for the head* But it will get better…I promise!

DBZ Goddess: I'm glad you like it and I will try to give myself more credit! However, since my brain isn't known to produce self-confident vibes, you will just have to remind me once in a while!

Tamakia'gss: *covers head from the beating of Kaoru's bokken* I know! I did it again! Forgive me for degrading myself but it just seems to come naturally, I swear! (I blame my lack of a social life) I will try to be better at it from now on *raises hands in promise* though I am glad that I have supportive reviews who are able to slap some sense into me every once in a while. *thank you!*

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Kaoru, Kenshin, Megumi, Sano, Misao, Aoshi: PFFFFFFT!

Yeah…well…*ahem*

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And of course, a special THANK YOU goes out to: Chibilover2000 for putting me on her favorite's list! Thank you thank you thank…wait, what? What do you mean you made a mistake? WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU PRESSED THE WRONG BUTTON?!? *heaves* Just kidding! Hehe…thank you!

Well I hope you return for my fourth chapter and I am constantly on the lookout for more REVIEWS and inspirations. If you have any ideas of which you would like me to try out…don't be afraid to tell me! Email, IM, whatever. I am open to your thoughts.

Always and forever,

d. aquamarine*