(3)Hair
Can-chan
Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin. or any of the characters. too bad. On to the story!
"Hurry up Misao!" Kaoru said anxiously. "It's almost time for class to start!" The two girls were sitting on the cold counter in the newly remodeled bathroom at the dojo.
"I'm going as fast as I can! You have so much hair; it's hard," the weasel- girl complained. Her hands were full of slick black hair and bobbi pins were sticking out of her mouth at odd angles.
"Hurry! Enishi's coming tonight and I want him to remember that he was dumped by a goddess and that I still have my pride," Kaoru said with a little too much feigned dignity.
Misao gave a sigh as she wound Kaoru's hair into a tight bun high on the back of her head. She pulled a rubber band around it and proceeded to bobbi pin the bun into place. Then moved on to curling Kaoru's hair.
"Stop moving!" Misao gave Kaoru's long tendril of hair that she was currently trying to curl with the iron a sharp jerk. Kaoru immediately stopped fidgeting.
"You didn't have to pull my hair," Kaoru grumbled. Kaoru tugged at the indigo ribbon that her Misao had just tied around her hair.
"Okay, done," Misao patted her hair. "Your hair should stay during your class but I'm afraid that the curls will probably fall out."
Both girls slid off of the counter and landed silently on the floor. Kaoru's hakama was tied loosely around her hips and consequently dragged on the floor. She pulled it up to her waist and retied it-first she tied the front half on then the back and made a pretty little bow in front-- and appraised her appearance in the mirror.
"Not bad," she nodded, "It's something different. I look nice right?"
"Of course you do. Are you forgetting who did your hair?" Misao too turned to appraise Kaoru's appearance. In her own opinion Kaoru did look like nice.
"Okay, off to impress a dojo full of guys," Kaoru said not overly excited.
"Ano. have you seen that guy yet?" Misao asked expectantly.
"What guy?" Kaoru returned genuinely puzzled.
"You know. The guy that my sources tells me is really hot!" Misao was getting excited. "According to my sources he's a really good swordsman with long red hair and nice violet eyes. Of course he's not really my type. My type is tall with dark hair. mysterious. My type is Aoshi-sama." she trailed off dreamily.
Kaoru walked towards the door and held it open for Misao who was still dazed at the thought of Aoshi.
"Okay then, Kaoru, I'll be going now. See you tomorrow," she waved and bounced back to the parking lot.
Carrying her shinais and armor Kaoru took one step into the dojo and bowed. She removed her favorite shinai* from the case and pulled the tsuba* over the hilt.
She sat down on the floor with her shinai next to her and began to put on her dogu*.
"Hey," Eimi said and sat down to Kaoru's left.
"How's it?" Kaoru asked.
"Good. Your hair looks nice." Kaoru beamed at her.
"Yahiko! Come on, warm up before we start," Kaoru yelled loudly and sauntered over to him deliberately past psycho-freak Enishi who didn't even spare her a glance.
~ ~ ~
Tonight was Himura Kenshin's first time at this dojo and he had come early to check it out. He seated himself quietly to right of the kamiza* with his swords propped against his left shoulder.
Purple eyes watched through fiery bangs as people began to filter in. A slight look of surprise breezed past his face as he recognized one of his old rivals, Seta Soujirou. Even though he had lost to Kenshin, Soujirou had done so rather gracefully.
Kenshin heard the footsteps approaching, "I've been expecting you, Himura Kenshin. I'm sensei Kazeaki," a voice said.
He lifted his eyes to the man looming above him. He wasn't extraordinarily tall or broad or young or old and had short onyx hair. His brown eyes were friendly and oddly familiar.
"Konbanwa," Kenshin stood up and gave a slight bow, keeping his eyes glued to the other man's.
"You'll be with us for quite some time, right?" the man asked.
"Oro?! I mean yes," Kenshin said. He hadn't expected anyone to know him or know that he would be staying. From what he gathered the dojo had many visitors but none that regularly trained there.
"Don't just sit there, warm up," sensei commanded. Kenshin paused waiting for him to leave. When he didn't Kenshin gave a slight shrug and took a shinai, bokken, and their tsuba from his case. His hand brushed past the other compartment of his case that contained a particularly painful memento from his past. "Is that your sakabatou?"
"Un," Kenshin said unnerved and Kazeaki sensei disappeared. He began stretching but stopped abruptly when he saw a girl enter the dojo. A beautiful girl. Her ebony hair was twisted into an elegant bun and he could see a swordsman's spirit glowing in her sapphire eyes.
"Her hair is beautiful de gozaru yo," he mumbled barely audible surprising himself.
~ ~ ~
"Your stretching wrong," Kaoru chastised lightly. "When you lower your shinai to the floor it should be centered. You're supposed to look away when you lower your shinai but look next time it's not centered."
"Fine, busu," Yahiko said and tried.
"Better, but not perfect, look." Kaoru pulled her shinai all the way back over her head then swung it slowly to the floor looking Yahiko in the eyes as she did so. "You shouldn't have to look at it for it to land in the middle."
"Kaoru, I know this." Yahiko complained.
"Fine. Kamae*. This is an exercise. When you take a step back you raise your shinai and when you step forward you hit men. I'll be doing the opposite of you so when your shinai is down mine will be up."
(A/N: gomen, I forgot what this exercise is called -_-;)
Yahiko started slowly and after getting the hang of it began to speed up. "Hey this is fun!" he said happily.
"Well, it should be a little bit faster." Kaoru pushed the tempo up several notches. She pumped her arms up and down rather lazily, which was a big mistake. As her shinai came down the tsuba bumped the top of her head and she scowled. It didn't hurt but it had been such a long time since she had last hit herself.
She stopped and reached up to smooth her hair and to her horror she discovered a giant bump on the top of her head. Quickly Kaoru scampered over to the mirror to inspect the damage.
A small squeak escaped from her mouth. Her hair was sticking up in an odd arch and further more an irreparable arch.
"Busu, that's a good look," Yahiko gave a guffaw.
"Ah, my hair is ruined!" She stood there fidgeting with her hair in vain. Now Enishi would think that she was even more of a frump.
~ ~ ~
He caught a last glimpse of the girl standing by the mirror playing with her hair before class began. Her bun was completely destroyed but she was still beautiful.
Glossary 1. Shinai- a bamboo sword. It doesn't hurt too much when you get hit. They usually cost from 20-60 dollars. If you take good care of them they can last for as long as a year. Yes you have to take care of them. Inu- sempai said he had one that cost $80! O_O 2. Tsuba- it's the hand guards. That's what its called right? There's two rings that you slip over the hilt. They're plastic now. 3. Dogu- that's the armor. Called Bogu too mind you. I don't have mine yet but if you've read the mangas you'll know that when Kaoru-tachi wear them they're blue or black but there's red and white too!! And the first flap in the front usually has your name on it. 4. Kamiza- this is the little shrine thing in the dojo. It has several other names. You bow to it and the sensei before class and when you enter the dojo. Now though they don't always have a shrine but something that represents it. 5. Kamae- I think that the word that kamae is derived from is kamaeru. And that means like. posture or to prepare yourself. Well, from what I can gather it's your stance. So in a later chapter I'll explain just what it is.
A/N: Now. if you're wondering this does happen. You really do ruin your hair. -_- I love my hair- it's getting long and it changes colors. I wish it would stay dark! I don't actually have my armor yet but I can get it in November *celebrates*. Did you know that sensei thinks that it will only cost $780 or so. yes only. I've heard that it can cost up to 2000 dollars @_@ So thanks for reading. and to tell you: I really do have a plot to this story!!!!! Review, review?
Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin. or any of the characters. too bad. On to the story!
"Hurry up Misao!" Kaoru said anxiously. "It's almost time for class to start!" The two girls were sitting on the cold counter in the newly remodeled bathroom at the dojo.
"I'm going as fast as I can! You have so much hair; it's hard," the weasel- girl complained. Her hands were full of slick black hair and bobbi pins were sticking out of her mouth at odd angles.
"Hurry! Enishi's coming tonight and I want him to remember that he was dumped by a goddess and that I still have my pride," Kaoru said with a little too much feigned dignity.
Misao gave a sigh as she wound Kaoru's hair into a tight bun high on the back of her head. She pulled a rubber band around it and proceeded to bobbi pin the bun into place. Then moved on to curling Kaoru's hair.
"Stop moving!" Misao gave Kaoru's long tendril of hair that she was currently trying to curl with the iron a sharp jerk. Kaoru immediately stopped fidgeting.
"You didn't have to pull my hair," Kaoru grumbled. Kaoru tugged at the indigo ribbon that her Misao had just tied around her hair.
"Okay, done," Misao patted her hair. "Your hair should stay during your class but I'm afraid that the curls will probably fall out."
Both girls slid off of the counter and landed silently on the floor. Kaoru's hakama was tied loosely around her hips and consequently dragged on the floor. She pulled it up to her waist and retied it-first she tied the front half on then the back and made a pretty little bow in front-- and appraised her appearance in the mirror.
"Not bad," she nodded, "It's something different. I look nice right?"
"Of course you do. Are you forgetting who did your hair?" Misao too turned to appraise Kaoru's appearance. In her own opinion Kaoru did look like nice.
"Okay, off to impress a dojo full of guys," Kaoru said not overly excited.
"Ano. have you seen that guy yet?" Misao asked expectantly.
"What guy?" Kaoru returned genuinely puzzled.
"You know. The guy that my sources tells me is really hot!" Misao was getting excited. "According to my sources he's a really good swordsman with long red hair and nice violet eyes. Of course he's not really my type. My type is tall with dark hair. mysterious. My type is Aoshi-sama." she trailed off dreamily.
Kaoru walked towards the door and held it open for Misao who was still dazed at the thought of Aoshi.
"Okay then, Kaoru, I'll be going now. See you tomorrow," she waved and bounced back to the parking lot.
Carrying her shinais and armor Kaoru took one step into the dojo and bowed. She removed her favorite shinai* from the case and pulled the tsuba* over the hilt.
She sat down on the floor with her shinai next to her and began to put on her dogu*.
"Hey," Eimi said and sat down to Kaoru's left.
"How's it?" Kaoru asked.
"Good. Your hair looks nice." Kaoru beamed at her.
"Yahiko! Come on, warm up before we start," Kaoru yelled loudly and sauntered over to him deliberately past psycho-freak Enishi who didn't even spare her a glance.
~ ~ ~
Tonight was Himura Kenshin's first time at this dojo and he had come early to check it out. He seated himself quietly to right of the kamiza* with his swords propped against his left shoulder.
Purple eyes watched through fiery bangs as people began to filter in. A slight look of surprise breezed past his face as he recognized one of his old rivals, Seta Soujirou. Even though he had lost to Kenshin, Soujirou had done so rather gracefully.
Kenshin heard the footsteps approaching, "I've been expecting you, Himura Kenshin. I'm sensei Kazeaki," a voice said.
He lifted his eyes to the man looming above him. He wasn't extraordinarily tall or broad or young or old and had short onyx hair. His brown eyes were friendly and oddly familiar.
"Konbanwa," Kenshin stood up and gave a slight bow, keeping his eyes glued to the other man's.
"You'll be with us for quite some time, right?" the man asked.
"Oro?! I mean yes," Kenshin said. He hadn't expected anyone to know him or know that he would be staying. From what he gathered the dojo had many visitors but none that regularly trained there.
"Don't just sit there, warm up," sensei commanded. Kenshin paused waiting for him to leave. When he didn't Kenshin gave a slight shrug and took a shinai, bokken, and their tsuba from his case. His hand brushed past the other compartment of his case that contained a particularly painful memento from his past. "Is that your sakabatou?"
"Un," Kenshin said unnerved and Kazeaki sensei disappeared. He began stretching but stopped abruptly when he saw a girl enter the dojo. A beautiful girl. Her ebony hair was twisted into an elegant bun and he could see a swordsman's spirit glowing in her sapphire eyes.
"Her hair is beautiful de gozaru yo," he mumbled barely audible surprising himself.
~ ~ ~
"Your stretching wrong," Kaoru chastised lightly. "When you lower your shinai to the floor it should be centered. You're supposed to look away when you lower your shinai but look next time it's not centered."
"Fine, busu," Yahiko said and tried.
"Better, but not perfect, look." Kaoru pulled her shinai all the way back over her head then swung it slowly to the floor looking Yahiko in the eyes as she did so. "You shouldn't have to look at it for it to land in the middle."
"Kaoru, I know this." Yahiko complained.
"Fine. Kamae*. This is an exercise. When you take a step back you raise your shinai and when you step forward you hit men. I'll be doing the opposite of you so when your shinai is down mine will be up."
(A/N: gomen, I forgot what this exercise is called -_-;)
Yahiko started slowly and after getting the hang of it began to speed up. "Hey this is fun!" he said happily.
"Well, it should be a little bit faster." Kaoru pushed the tempo up several notches. She pumped her arms up and down rather lazily, which was a big mistake. As her shinai came down the tsuba bumped the top of her head and she scowled. It didn't hurt but it had been such a long time since she had last hit herself.
She stopped and reached up to smooth her hair and to her horror she discovered a giant bump on the top of her head. Quickly Kaoru scampered over to the mirror to inspect the damage.
A small squeak escaped from her mouth. Her hair was sticking up in an odd arch and further more an irreparable arch.
"Busu, that's a good look," Yahiko gave a guffaw.
"Ah, my hair is ruined!" She stood there fidgeting with her hair in vain. Now Enishi would think that she was even more of a frump.
~ ~ ~
He caught a last glimpse of the girl standing by the mirror playing with her hair before class began. Her bun was completely destroyed but she was still beautiful.
Glossary 1. Shinai- a bamboo sword. It doesn't hurt too much when you get hit. They usually cost from 20-60 dollars. If you take good care of them they can last for as long as a year. Yes you have to take care of them. Inu- sempai said he had one that cost $80! O_O 2. Tsuba- it's the hand guards. That's what its called right? There's two rings that you slip over the hilt. They're plastic now. 3. Dogu- that's the armor. Called Bogu too mind you. I don't have mine yet but if you've read the mangas you'll know that when Kaoru-tachi wear them they're blue or black but there's red and white too!! And the first flap in the front usually has your name on it. 4. Kamiza- this is the little shrine thing in the dojo. It has several other names. You bow to it and the sensei before class and when you enter the dojo. Now though they don't always have a shrine but something that represents it. 5. Kamae- I think that the word that kamae is derived from is kamaeru. And that means like. posture or to prepare yourself. Well, from what I can gather it's your stance. So in a later chapter I'll explain just what it is.
A/N: Now. if you're wondering this does happen. You really do ruin your hair. -_- I love my hair- it's getting long and it changes colors. I wish it would stay dark! I don't actually have my armor yet but I can get it in November *celebrates*. Did you know that sensei thinks that it will only cost $780 or so. yes only. I've heard that it can cost up to 2000 dollars @_@ So thanks for reading. and to tell you: I really do have a plot to this story!!!!! Review, review?