A/N: Sorry I took so long to update this time. I was being lazy ^^"

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Love's Charms

Chapter Three

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Kaoru made her way out of the mall with Misao, while happily sipping her frap, thinking of Kenshin. Misao scurried behind Kaoru, trying to hold onto all of her shopping bags while still trying to talk about Aoshi. Her muffled voice was barely heard, and her eyes could barely be seen under all the bags but she managed to get through the glass sliding doors. Kaoru was completely oblivious to Misao's desperate struggle until she heard a muffle cry and all the bags fall onto the cold concrete.

"If Aoshi were here, he would help me and sweep me off my feet. *sigh*" fawned Misao, still a bit dazed by her Aoshi incident.

Kaoru sighed and helped pick up Misao's bags, occasionally checking for broken things. With a huff, Kaoru picked up half the bags as Misao finally gathered up the other half. "Next time ask me to help you," said Kaoru. "Well you were busy sipping on your frappachino." Responded Misao. Kaoru had to admit though, she was a bit lost daydreaming. Saying nothing of it anymore, they made their way toward the bus stop and waited.

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Kenshin and Sano circled the mall a bit aimlessly for a few minutes, talking about random things. They got bored, and headed toward the exit.

"You wanna go to the arcade?"

"Sure Sano. Then you can spend all your money on cheap ass junk that only 5 year olds want."

"Fine. Sheesh. How 'bout a movie then."

"If there's anything good playing."

"Mmm, I heard that The Last Samurai was pretty good."

"Alright then. Off we go."

"You got cash. right.?"

"No Sano. They pay me coffee at Starbucks."

"What a rip-off! You should get a new job!"

"Stupid."

"What??"

"Nothing."

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Kaoru and Misao have been waiting for a few minutes, and they stared impatiently down the street. "I wonder if the bus is late." Said Misao, glancing at her watch.

"It probably is. What time is it?" asked Kaoru.

"Umm. it's 3:50," responded Misao.

"Isn't the bus supposed to be here at. let's see. 4?" wondered Kaoru out loud.

"Guess we have to wait a bit longer." Replied Misao.

"Wait! Isn't that Soujiro?!" yelled Kaoru. She got off the bench and waved her hands up and down, almost causing the half full frap to spill. Soujiro caught sight of her and smiled his usual smile. Kaoru smiled back and set down her drink and got some of Misao's bags as Soujiro turned and parked in front of them. Soujiro was in his brand new tan BMW that he just got for his birthday. It was his first time driving it, and Kaoru looked it over and smiled giddily.

"Hey," said Soujiro as he rolled down the window, "looks like you two need a ride. Hop on in."

Kaoru nodded in thanks and asked him to pop the trunk. She and Misao put in the bags and Misao hopped into the back while Kaoru sat in the front. Kaoru leaned over to give Soujiro a kiss, and they drove off, leaving the frappachino behind, forgotten.

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Kenshin and Sano made their way over toward Sano's car. It stood out in the parking lot, being a black convertible car with bits of red and blue flames over it. Sano spotted the girl he was talking to earlier and jogged over to her. Kenshin grunted, but didn't want to follow, so instead, he made his way over toward the car. Since the hood was on, Kenshin couldn't jump in, so instead, he leaned against the door, waiting for Sano.

He gazed around the parking lot casually when he caught a glimpse of the girl he saw before. 'That's Kaoru.' thought Kenshin. He shifted a little to catch a better glimpse of her, but she was in a tan car before he could. What he did catch sight of though, was the driver, and he didn't like the way he smiled. He didn't like it at all.

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To Be Continued.

Bwahahaha. Am I evil? Maybe not, but hey. *shrug* anyways, I tried some dialogue, but it wasn't very good. Gomen ^^" I'm open to flames, but either way,

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