The World's Upside Down
Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin. Thank you ^^
A/N: Yay!! This is my first chapter of The World's Upside Down. I'm pretty excited about it too ^^ Anyways, please leave reviews to tell me what I can improve ^^ Anyways, I'll probably update twice a week, Saturday and Wednesday:] Also, OOC warning. Thank you XD
Chapter 1: Ruling the School
Kaoru picked at her raven black hair and sighed. She turned to Misao, and asked.
"I'm thinking of dying my hair blue, or at least streaking it. What do you think?" Misao fidgeted nervously in her seat.
"Oh I don't know," she whispered back. "Seems kind of out there don't you think?" she shifted her gaze to their history teacher explaining something on the board. Kaoru glared at her.
"You're too nervous you know that?" She sighed wistfully at her plain hair. "Or maybe red..." she turned back to her book and started doodling in her journal. Little cartoon characters had filled the page before she realized that their teacher was standing behind her, watching her pencil scratch the paper. She turned around slowly and jumped at the sight of him. "Oh hi there Mr. Saitou." He winced slightly at the nickname before returning to his regular wolf like complexion.
"Drawing in class again are we?" he said quietly, with a tone that cut through the air like a fine blade. Kaoru glared defiantly back at him.
"Why yes I am. It's not like there's anything better to do in this class." The whole class was silent, watching the drama laying out before them. Saitou smiled evilly, looking as though he was going to suddenly bare fangs.
"Well is that so? Maybe you can think of things better than drawing in detention after school today." He turned around and slowly made his way back to the blackboard, with Kaoru glaring daggers at his back. The whole class let out a unanimous sigh as Mr. Hajime began to teach again. Kaoru turned to face Misao, who was chewing on her lip.
"Can't you go one day without getting in trouble?" she whispered fiercely. A bit shocked, Kaoru stared at her.
"What are you talking about Misao?" She looked around and noticed a boy with long red hair staring at them. "What're you looking at," she snapped as the boy hurriedly returned to his work. How strange, she thought. None of the other boys at school had grown out their hair, and this boy also had a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek.
"That's Himura Kenshin," Misao whispered, answering Kaoru's silent question. "He's new to our school this year though...he hasn't made many friends." Kaoru nodded thoughtfully and looked down at her page of doodles. She ripped it out and threw it at the trashcan, effectively missing and hitting Kenshin. He whirled around and glared.
"What?" he glared at her, which was perhaps not a wise move. Kaoru pretended not to have done anything, and looked intently at Mr. Hajime. Kenshin gazed angrily at Misao, who was having a hard time hiding the fact that she felt uncomfortable at ignoring Kenshin. Angrily, he tore a piece of paper out of his notebook and threw the crumpled paper at Kaoru. Halfway across the air, a pale white hand caught the ball and crushed it in its palm. Kenshin gasped as he looked up, the long shadow of Saitou Hajime covered him.
"Frisky today aren't we?" he sneered. "Well maybe you and Miss Kaoru can spend the afternoon today together...in detention." Kenshin gasped and glared at Kaoru, who had a small smile playing around her lips. The bell rang and as the students around them rushed to get to lunch, Kenshin approached Kaoru, who was chatting happily with Misao and another girl, obviously in no hurry to get out of class.
"Hey!" he yelled angrily, and saw Kaoru's form stiffen. She turned around slowly and smirked at Kenshin, who was standing right in front of her.
"Yes?" she answered innocently, smiling sweetly as the other girl sneered and turned to leave. Misao was chewing on a strand of hair, and looked around nervously. She tugged on Kaoru's shoulder, and she gave Misao an icy glare.
"What was that for!? Why'd you get me detention?!" Passing students stared at the two before scurrying away under the other girl's glare. Kaoru looked at him as if he was boring her.
"I didn't get you detention, you wanted to throw the paper ball at me." She smirked and turned away. Misao opened her mouth for an unspoken apology, but she just blushed and turned away. Kenshin watched the trio leave as he heard footsteps coming up behind him.
"I wouldn't mess with Kaoru if I were you." Kenshin whirled around in a boxing position, ready to defend himself. What he found was a very tall boy, with long spiky brown hair and laughing eyes. The boy backed up quickly.
"Whoa there, just trying to help." Kenshin relaxed and sagged his shoulders, tired of not having any friends at his new school.
"Sorry about that...talking with Kaoru got me a bit flustered." He glared at their retreating backs and turned back to the tall boy. "Really, I'm sorry. Anyways, I'm Himura Kenshin. Who're you?" He stuck out a hand. The boy looked at him skeptically.
"Man, where'd you come from? Nobody shakes hands here," he sniggered. "But whatever, if it makes you happy. I'm Sagara Sansoke." He shook Kenshin's hand. Kenshin looked at him quizzically.
"What do you mean nobody shakes hands? Isn't it a common thing?" He took back his hand and frowned at Sansoke, who broke out in peals of laughter.
"COMMON?!" he guffawed, starting to get a hold of himself. "HELL NO!!" He laughed, throwing his head back, bumping into a cheerful looking boy walking past.
"Watch where you throw your rooster hair Sansoke!!" the boy yelled, shaking him. Sansoke stopped laughing and wiped the tears away from his eyes.
"Oh hey Soujiro," he chuckled. He turned to Kenshin. "This is Seta Soujiro, my friend. Soujiro, this is Himura Kenshin, he's the new guy that everybody's been talking about." Soujiro nodded towards Kenshin.
"Pleased to meet you Kenshin," he smiled. Suddenly, the bell rang again. Sansoke looked at his watch and turned to Kenshin, who looked around frantically, as students rushed by them into the room. "What class do you have Kenshin?" Kenshin cocked his head at the question and thought a bit.
"Um...I think I have...Chem next." Soujiro smiled and started walking, with Sansoke by his side.
"Great, we do too! I never noticed that you were in my class though...we better hurry before the teacher marks us all late." He called back to Kenshin. Kenshin looked at them, a bit confused, but decided to follow anyways. They all filed into another classroom across the hall, and they noticed that everybody was standing. Sansoke looked around confused, and then stood besides his classmates. Soujiro and Kenshin followed, and Soujiro leaned over to tell Kenshin what was happening.
"We're switching seats," he explained, motioning to the empty seats in the middle of the students. Kenshin nodded and looked around, wondering who he would sit with this trimester. Their chem teacher began announcing the seats, and disgruntled or happy students began taking their place.
"Um....Kamiya Kaoru...Takani Megumi...Seta Soujiro.." Kenshin smirked at as Soujiro faked a smile at his new seat. He grinned cheekily at Sansoke, hoping that they would be together. "Oh and the last member of this group is...Himura Kenshin." Kenshin felt his heart drop through his stomach as he looked in disgust at his new table. Soujiro smiled happily at him, knowing that he wouldn't be the only one suffering until the next seat change. Kenshin dragged his feet and bag to the table, and plopped into his seat, not looking at the two girls. He listened to the teacher announce the names for the next table, ignoring the sniggers across from him.
"At this table...Sagara Sansoke," His friend smiled at him as he took the seat next to him.
"These sure are some hell of seats eh Kenshin?" He winked at him and then turned around, eager to hear his tablemates.
"Makimachi Misao, Myojin Yahiko, and Kamagata Yumi." Kaoru's other bouncy friend, a young looking boy, and a rather slutty looking girl took their places around Sansoke. Sansoke looked happily at Yumi, as Misao looked enviously at the next table, where Mrs. Watannabe was announcing the last people left. Makoto Shishio, Shinomori Aoshi, Yukishiro Tomoe, and Kiyosato Akira sat down. The class started, and it wasn't long before the teasing from Kaoru and Megumi started too.
"I think I'm going to have fun at detention today," Kaoru smirked at Kenshin. Kenshin felt anger surging through him, and he longed to punch Kaoru. However, he didn't hit girls unless forced too, and plus, he didn't want to risk getting suspended. Megumi smiled evilly towards Kenshin before replying. "Why of course Kaoru, why wouldn't it be?" And so it went on, with Soujiro whispering to Kenshin to ignore them every once in awhile. Kenshin grimaced and tried to, rushing out of the classroom gratefully when the lunch bell rang. Outside, Soujiro, Sansoke, Aoshi, and Shishio were already waiting for him. On the other side of the door, Yumi, Megumi, Tae, Tomoe, and Misao were waiting for Kaoru. As Kenshin stepped out of the doorway, his shoulder was shoved painfully into the doorframe. Struggling to get out, he didn't notice the person who had shoved him in the first place. Finally falling out into the open air, he whirled around angrily.
"What was that for?!" he yelled, finally noticed who his attacker was. His body stiffened as he turned away. "Leave me alone Kaoru," he growled. "I've had enough of you to fill me in throughout the school year." He started walking very fast towards the cafeteria, almost running. Kaoru smirked at his back.
"Running away now are we?" She grinned. "That's not going to do anything for you." She turned to her friends and walked in the other direction, leaving Kenshin's shocked friends behind him. Sano sprinted after Kenshin, catching up with him and twirling him around to face him.
"Are you okay Kenshin?" he asked, shocked at the change in his new friend. Kenshin's face had gone magenta, the scar on his left cheek was turning purple with the blood pulsing up and down the jagged lines. Kenshin sagged in his friend's hands, and then fell to the ground abruptly. Picking himself up, he stumbled away, with the others following him behind. Even Soujiro looked worried.
"Are you sure you're okay Kenshin?" Soujiro called after him, wondering if they should follow him or not. "I'm fine!" he snapped, and left. Kaoru had come back to get her book, and she hid behind the lockers, listening to the conversation. She peered around sadly, and bent down to get her books, but she slipped and fell to the ground.
"Why am I so mean to him?" she whispered tearfully to herself. She sat against the wall, ignoring the calls of Misao.
"Kaoru? Kaoru!!?" Her head popped out from around the lockers. "Are you okay Kaoru?" She bit her lip and kneeled down to her level. Kaoru didn't meet her gaze, and Misao was instantly worried. She pulled Kaoru up to her feet, and was shocked to find that she had tears running down her face. "Kaoru...? Does this have to do with Kenshin?" Kaoru looked at her friend, managing to make out a few words between her sobs.
"Yes...." she gulped, falling into the small girl's embrace.
"Well in that case Kaoru, it better not be because you like him," came an icy voice from behind them. Kaoru froze and turned around, realizing who it was.
"You!" she gasped.
Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin. Thank you ^^
A/N: Yay!! This is my first chapter of The World's Upside Down. I'm pretty excited about it too ^^ Anyways, please leave reviews to tell me what I can improve ^^ Anyways, I'll probably update twice a week, Saturday and Wednesday:] Also, OOC warning. Thank you XD
Chapter 1: Ruling the School
Kaoru picked at her raven black hair and sighed. She turned to Misao, and asked.
"I'm thinking of dying my hair blue, or at least streaking it. What do you think?" Misao fidgeted nervously in her seat.
"Oh I don't know," she whispered back. "Seems kind of out there don't you think?" she shifted her gaze to their history teacher explaining something on the board. Kaoru glared at her.
"You're too nervous you know that?" She sighed wistfully at her plain hair. "Or maybe red..." she turned back to her book and started doodling in her journal. Little cartoon characters had filled the page before she realized that their teacher was standing behind her, watching her pencil scratch the paper. She turned around slowly and jumped at the sight of him. "Oh hi there Mr. Saitou." He winced slightly at the nickname before returning to his regular wolf like complexion.
"Drawing in class again are we?" he said quietly, with a tone that cut through the air like a fine blade. Kaoru glared defiantly back at him.
"Why yes I am. It's not like there's anything better to do in this class." The whole class was silent, watching the drama laying out before them. Saitou smiled evilly, looking as though he was going to suddenly bare fangs.
"Well is that so? Maybe you can think of things better than drawing in detention after school today." He turned around and slowly made his way back to the blackboard, with Kaoru glaring daggers at his back. The whole class let out a unanimous sigh as Mr. Hajime began to teach again. Kaoru turned to face Misao, who was chewing on her lip.
"Can't you go one day without getting in trouble?" she whispered fiercely. A bit shocked, Kaoru stared at her.
"What are you talking about Misao?" She looked around and noticed a boy with long red hair staring at them. "What're you looking at," she snapped as the boy hurriedly returned to his work. How strange, she thought. None of the other boys at school had grown out their hair, and this boy also had a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek.
"That's Himura Kenshin," Misao whispered, answering Kaoru's silent question. "He's new to our school this year though...he hasn't made many friends." Kaoru nodded thoughtfully and looked down at her page of doodles. She ripped it out and threw it at the trashcan, effectively missing and hitting Kenshin. He whirled around and glared.
"What?" he glared at her, which was perhaps not a wise move. Kaoru pretended not to have done anything, and looked intently at Mr. Hajime. Kenshin gazed angrily at Misao, who was having a hard time hiding the fact that she felt uncomfortable at ignoring Kenshin. Angrily, he tore a piece of paper out of his notebook and threw the crumpled paper at Kaoru. Halfway across the air, a pale white hand caught the ball and crushed it in its palm. Kenshin gasped as he looked up, the long shadow of Saitou Hajime covered him.
"Frisky today aren't we?" he sneered. "Well maybe you and Miss Kaoru can spend the afternoon today together...in detention." Kenshin gasped and glared at Kaoru, who had a small smile playing around her lips. The bell rang and as the students around them rushed to get to lunch, Kenshin approached Kaoru, who was chatting happily with Misao and another girl, obviously in no hurry to get out of class.
"Hey!" he yelled angrily, and saw Kaoru's form stiffen. She turned around slowly and smirked at Kenshin, who was standing right in front of her.
"Yes?" she answered innocently, smiling sweetly as the other girl sneered and turned to leave. Misao was chewing on a strand of hair, and looked around nervously. She tugged on Kaoru's shoulder, and she gave Misao an icy glare.
"What was that for!? Why'd you get me detention?!" Passing students stared at the two before scurrying away under the other girl's glare. Kaoru looked at him as if he was boring her.
"I didn't get you detention, you wanted to throw the paper ball at me." She smirked and turned away. Misao opened her mouth for an unspoken apology, but she just blushed and turned away. Kenshin watched the trio leave as he heard footsteps coming up behind him.
"I wouldn't mess with Kaoru if I were you." Kenshin whirled around in a boxing position, ready to defend himself. What he found was a very tall boy, with long spiky brown hair and laughing eyes. The boy backed up quickly.
"Whoa there, just trying to help." Kenshin relaxed and sagged his shoulders, tired of not having any friends at his new school.
"Sorry about that...talking with Kaoru got me a bit flustered." He glared at their retreating backs and turned back to the tall boy. "Really, I'm sorry. Anyways, I'm Himura Kenshin. Who're you?" He stuck out a hand. The boy looked at him skeptically.
"Man, where'd you come from? Nobody shakes hands here," he sniggered. "But whatever, if it makes you happy. I'm Sagara Sansoke." He shook Kenshin's hand. Kenshin looked at him quizzically.
"What do you mean nobody shakes hands? Isn't it a common thing?" He took back his hand and frowned at Sansoke, who broke out in peals of laughter.
"COMMON?!" he guffawed, starting to get a hold of himself. "HELL NO!!" He laughed, throwing his head back, bumping into a cheerful looking boy walking past.
"Watch where you throw your rooster hair Sansoke!!" the boy yelled, shaking him. Sansoke stopped laughing and wiped the tears away from his eyes.
"Oh hey Soujiro," he chuckled. He turned to Kenshin. "This is Seta Soujiro, my friend. Soujiro, this is Himura Kenshin, he's the new guy that everybody's been talking about." Soujiro nodded towards Kenshin.
"Pleased to meet you Kenshin," he smiled. Suddenly, the bell rang again. Sansoke looked at his watch and turned to Kenshin, who looked around frantically, as students rushed by them into the room. "What class do you have Kenshin?" Kenshin cocked his head at the question and thought a bit.
"Um...I think I have...Chem next." Soujiro smiled and started walking, with Sansoke by his side.
"Great, we do too! I never noticed that you were in my class though...we better hurry before the teacher marks us all late." He called back to Kenshin. Kenshin looked at them, a bit confused, but decided to follow anyways. They all filed into another classroom across the hall, and they noticed that everybody was standing. Sansoke looked around confused, and then stood besides his classmates. Soujiro and Kenshin followed, and Soujiro leaned over to tell Kenshin what was happening.
"We're switching seats," he explained, motioning to the empty seats in the middle of the students. Kenshin nodded and looked around, wondering who he would sit with this trimester. Their chem teacher began announcing the seats, and disgruntled or happy students began taking their place.
"Um....Kamiya Kaoru...Takani Megumi...Seta Soujiro.." Kenshin smirked at as Soujiro faked a smile at his new seat. He grinned cheekily at Sansoke, hoping that they would be together. "Oh and the last member of this group is...Himura Kenshin." Kenshin felt his heart drop through his stomach as he looked in disgust at his new table. Soujiro smiled happily at him, knowing that he wouldn't be the only one suffering until the next seat change. Kenshin dragged his feet and bag to the table, and plopped into his seat, not looking at the two girls. He listened to the teacher announce the names for the next table, ignoring the sniggers across from him.
"At this table...Sagara Sansoke," His friend smiled at him as he took the seat next to him.
"These sure are some hell of seats eh Kenshin?" He winked at him and then turned around, eager to hear his tablemates.
"Makimachi Misao, Myojin Yahiko, and Kamagata Yumi." Kaoru's other bouncy friend, a young looking boy, and a rather slutty looking girl took their places around Sansoke. Sansoke looked happily at Yumi, as Misao looked enviously at the next table, where Mrs. Watannabe was announcing the last people left. Makoto Shishio, Shinomori Aoshi, Yukishiro Tomoe, and Kiyosato Akira sat down. The class started, and it wasn't long before the teasing from Kaoru and Megumi started too.
"I think I'm going to have fun at detention today," Kaoru smirked at Kenshin. Kenshin felt anger surging through him, and he longed to punch Kaoru. However, he didn't hit girls unless forced too, and plus, he didn't want to risk getting suspended. Megumi smiled evilly towards Kenshin before replying. "Why of course Kaoru, why wouldn't it be?" And so it went on, with Soujiro whispering to Kenshin to ignore them every once in awhile. Kenshin grimaced and tried to, rushing out of the classroom gratefully when the lunch bell rang. Outside, Soujiro, Sansoke, Aoshi, and Shishio were already waiting for him. On the other side of the door, Yumi, Megumi, Tae, Tomoe, and Misao were waiting for Kaoru. As Kenshin stepped out of the doorway, his shoulder was shoved painfully into the doorframe. Struggling to get out, he didn't notice the person who had shoved him in the first place. Finally falling out into the open air, he whirled around angrily.
"What was that for?!" he yelled, finally noticed who his attacker was. His body stiffened as he turned away. "Leave me alone Kaoru," he growled. "I've had enough of you to fill me in throughout the school year." He started walking very fast towards the cafeteria, almost running. Kaoru smirked at his back.
"Running away now are we?" She grinned. "That's not going to do anything for you." She turned to her friends and walked in the other direction, leaving Kenshin's shocked friends behind him. Sano sprinted after Kenshin, catching up with him and twirling him around to face him.
"Are you okay Kenshin?" he asked, shocked at the change in his new friend. Kenshin's face had gone magenta, the scar on his left cheek was turning purple with the blood pulsing up and down the jagged lines. Kenshin sagged in his friend's hands, and then fell to the ground abruptly. Picking himself up, he stumbled away, with the others following him behind. Even Soujiro looked worried.
"Are you sure you're okay Kenshin?" Soujiro called after him, wondering if they should follow him or not. "I'm fine!" he snapped, and left. Kaoru had come back to get her book, and she hid behind the lockers, listening to the conversation. She peered around sadly, and bent down to get her books, but she slipped and fell to the ground.
"Why am I so mean to him?" she whispered tearfully to herself. She sat against the wall, ignoring the calls of Misao.
"Kaoru? Kaoru!!?" Her head popped out from around the lockers. "Are you okay Kaoru?" She bit her lip and kneeled down to her level. Kaoru didn't meet her gaze, and Misao was instantly worried. She pulled Kaoru up to her feet, and was shocked to find that she had tears running down her face. "Kaoru...? Does this have to do with Kenshin?" Kaoru looked at her friend, managing to make out a few words between her sobs.
"Yes...." she gulped, falling into the small girl's embrace.
"Well in that case Kaoru, it better not be because you like him," came an icy voice from behind them. Kaoru froze and turned around, realizing who it was.
"You!" she gasped.