I really think this is my best fic, but I have no audience so far, so
hopefully after this chap I'll get more readers. Please believe me when I
say that this fic is soooooo good. I really hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: Oh, I love you so much! *squeezes Kenshin* can I keep you? PLEASE!!!! *Kenshin shakes his head rapidly* Party pooper.
~Jou-chan~
The moment I reached my apartment I threw off my blonde wig, and let loose my long black hair. My hair was a really dark black, so dark that it looked almost blue in bright light. I put the file in the safe in my bedroom, and hurriedly changed my clothes. I went from a tight black leather top and leather pants to a loose long skirt, and a loose fitting blouse, and not to mention I 86ed the sword on my back. Call it a hunch, but I didn't think I'd be attacked at the movies. I removed my eye linear, and red lipstick, and replaced the lipstick with a light pink gloss. I looked so wholesome, so pure. It felt like a lie, I felt like a lie, a walking, talking, breathing lie. The feeling will pass though. It always passes. I slipped my feet into two white sandals that matched my top, and pushed my black spike heeled boots all the way to the back of my closet, and packed my black clothes into the back also. Time to face the world as Kaoru, me, but not me. Crazy ain't it? The moment I was almost out the door my phone rang. "Hello?" I said.
"Kaoru, how did it go?" A male voice sailed over the phone.
"Hi to you to Soujiro."
"How did it go?" He repeated. Something must have been bugging him cause I don't think I've ever heard him like this. My boss was always friendly. Wouldn't hurt a fly type of person. It made you wonder how he had gotten into this business, but I never asked. He was very calm and polite, but the way he was speaking now was neither. I had barely even recognized his voice when he had spoken. His voice was a sounded like a baritone, when he usually was a tenor.
"It was great. Why what's wrong?" I asked. It wasn't like him to call me like this. I rarely speak to him on the phone. I didn't even know he had my home number; he usually calls my cell. Surprise, surprise.
"Nothing. I gotta go. Be safe Koaru." And that was it. I heard a click, and he was gone. Mr. Please and Thank you, had hung up on me. That little bastard. Something was going on and he wasn't going to tell me! Whatever it was it was getting him really worked up; a new thing for Soujiro. He did say for me to be cautious, so I guess I'd be carrying my sword after all. A sword, it sounds really out of date, but it's reliable, and it's saved my ass plenty of times. I carry it in a spine sheath, and I let loose my hair to cover it up. My hair was long enough that it did the job well. I didn't normally like to go out with it unless I had to. I guess now was one of those have to days. Usually I only wear it when I go out to kill at night. Kill. The word sounds so scary, so frightening, but you know what? After killing a lot of people the word doesn't seem scary enough. It seems like a word you'd use in conversation often. Maybe I'm crazy, or maybe I'm right. Maybe 'kill' just isn't a strong enough word for me. Once killing becomes normal the word just doesn't seem as harsh anymore... I think I am crazy.
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"This is going to be great!" Misao said almost bouncing out of her chair. "I love Orlando. He's so amazing, and hot, and sweet, and he's so great with a bow and arrow!" She said, and I swear I could see hearts in her eyes.
"Misao, Lord of the Rings is a movie. I doubt he can really handle a bow and arrow. He'd probably accidentally shoot himself with it if he really tried to use it." I said digging my hand into the popcorn.
"You're no fun!" Misao poked me, and laughed. I couldn't help it. I laughed with her. She was funny in her own ditzy kinda way.
We were sitting in the movie theater chatting about nothing in particular, waiting for the movie to begin. We still had 10 minutes to go, and I was starting to get bored again. I'd never been to this theater before, and I was really impressed by it. We were used to going to one closer to our apartments, but Pirate of the blah blah blah had been sold out there, and Misao being the pushy person she is, dragged me over here. It took us half an hour to reach this damn place. It was beautiful, no doubt, but did I really need to waste half an hour driving here. Hell no. "Huh?" I said staring at Misao blankly. She said something. Question was: what.
"I said, I can't see. Wanna move?" She said repeating herself.
"To where? Every where's already taken, that is unless you want to us to sit in separate rows. There aren't any two seats left together. Oh, well we can always go up front." No up front, no up front, I prayed. It always hurt my neck. It was really annoying.
"Ok!" She said jumping up to move.
"Wait!" I said dragging her back down into the seat. I refused to sit up front. No way. I'd have to climb over half a dozen people just to get to the isle, and then I'd get the joy of probably getting a huge crick in my neck. No thank you. Plus, if I am in danger tonight, I wouldn't want to be stuck wading through a row of people while anyone decided to attack. Sure, most likely no one would come after me, especially in public, but you never knew. "Why don't we just switch seats instead. You wanna see this movie more then I do." I said giving her the sweetest smile I had.
"But then you'd miss the movie. I can't do that to you." She frowned at me.
"Trust me, I really don't mind." I said getting up and switching with her, although she was pretty much reluctant to move. "Wow, you really can't see much from here. You were not lying." I said looking at the back of the man's head. He had this brown disarray of hair, and it really made me wanna take a hair brush and attack him with it. It would make my life so much happier.
"I told you, now let's just go up front." Misao said standing again.
"Come on Misao, it's easier this way. Let's stay here ok?" Sure I was acting gentle, but inside I wanted to yell 'sit down and shut up', and shove her into the chair, but it's not like I'm a violent person or anything. That thought made me smile. I should have had better self control then that, but there it was I was smiling like an idiot.
"What's so funny?" She asked me as the lights began to dim.
"Guess we have to stay here. I'm fine Misao, enjoy your movie." I said trying to pull her down into her seat.
"Kaoru, come on, we're going."
"Misao, the movie's starting just sit down!" I said getting frustrated, and a little nervous because a good portion of the cinema was looking at us.
"Look, you won't be able to see over that rooster head guy, now let's go sit up front. It's only on previews anyway, no one will mind."
"Misao, I don't want to go up front, plus you're making a scene. I beg you, sit down." I said pleading with her, using all my strength not to kick her legs out from under her so that she'd simply fall into her seat. She probably wouldn't like it if I did that. Just a hunch.
"That brat just called me a rooster head!" I heard the guy in front of me whisper harshly to the red head girl next to him.
"Sano, calm down. She didn't mean anything by it." The red head said.
"I will not sit down, and have you sit there for 3 hours missing the whole movie!" Misao said angrily pulling me to my feet with her hand. She may look small, but she's strong. Not really strong, but strong for the average female.
"Misao, the movie is really starting now sit your butt down." I said through clenched teeth. If she didn't behave soon then I'd yell, and I didn't want to yell. It would scare her because as far as she knew, I wasn't the yelling type.
"Excuse me, but your disturbing my movie." The brown haired guy said turning around in his seat to look at me. He looked angry, well isn't that just too damn bad. Ididn't care if he was angry. It was all his fault anyway. If he wasn't so damn tall then there wouldn't be a problem.
"I'm sorry, Sir. The problem is that you're just so tall, and you're blocking my view of the screen, but as I told my friend, it's ok. I don't really want to see this movie anyway." I said, and suddenly there was a little girl standing on a ship, singing, on the screen. "Shit." I whispered to myself, making sure Misao didn't hear me. She had never heard me curse before, and I'd hate it if she heard me now. "Misao, sit now, of I'll force you to sit." I said to her
"Please do something. You two are really aggravating." The Sano guy whined.
"Ok, Mister, I'm working on it. So chill." I shot back.
"Chill? You want me to chill, and your here bickering with some teenager over crap like where's more convenient to sit! If you two can't figure out what to do, then just go. " He said standing. Just like I thought, tall. He was 6 foot something, and really skinny. He looked tough, but I bet I could probably beat him up. The red head seemed to be trying to get him to sit, but it wasn't really working.
"Kaoru, why can't we just move?" Misao said looking at the guy nervously.
"Because I'm lazy, and I don't feel like hurting my neck now just sientate por favor!?!?" I begged. Wow, Edwardo was rubbing off on me. That's not a good sign.
"What? Did you just speak spanish?" she said puzzled. A man working at the theater came to the edge of the row and made a hand motion for us to come with him. Great we were getting kicked out. It was just as well. If we had argued a little longer the crowd might have attacked us. Get this, when we began to move out of the row people actually applauded. Damnit, it was all Misao and that Sano guy's fault.
"Misao! I told you to sit down!" I said to her angrily, as we followed the man out into the hallway.
"Well, maybe if you weren't so difficult, we wouldn't be in this mess!" She spat back. She was angry, well so was I. No, wait, I wasn't angry, I was pissed! She may have been angry, but I was ready to hurt someone. For once, I really wished someone would attack me just so I could kick their ass and work off the anger.
"One second you two, don't go anywhere, I'll be right back!" The man said to us before moving back into the theater. A couple minutes later he returned with an angry brown haired guy, and a red head. For the second time in 5 minutes I smiled before I could stop myself. We weren't the only ones who were in trouble. I knew it probably wasn't a friendly smile I flashed, but I couldn't help it. I covered it up before Misao could see it. She probably didn't even think me capable of a malicious smile. Sano glared holes into me, and the red head calmly kept her hand around the Sano guys arm to make she he wouldn't attack me. The thing was I really wouldn't mind him attacking me. I would love to kick that guy's ass.
"Sano..." The red head warned him. It was pretty funny to see actually. The red head was only around 5'6" and she was trying to subdue a 6 foot something giant. Jeez, the red head was only slightly taller than me. Yes, I admit that I am kinda short. I was about to say something not exactly nice, but my cell rang. Could you imagine what the people in the theater would have done to me if my cell rang during the movie? I'm not too good with remembering to turn off my cell during a movie. I've gotten dirty looks plenty of times before because of that. "Hello?" I asked the person on the phone. I guess it was a good thing I got distracted. Being mean to Sano probably wasn't the best thing to do, plus Misao doesn't believe there's a mean bone in my body. Wouldn't want to prove her wrong now would I. The man who led us out into the hall told us to stay, and ran off, probably to get the manager.
"Kaoru?"
"Two calls in one day. That's new. What's up?" I said wondering away from Misao, Sano, and the red head.
"I called your house and you weren't there. Where are you?" Soujiro said. He seemed angry. Why?
"At a theater, but I'm about to leave. Got kicked out. What's wrong?"
"I told you to be careful." He said, barely audible. It sounded a lot like a growl.
"I am careful. I took my sword with me." I said frowning at the phone, willing him to feel my frustration through it.
"Jesus Kaoru, that's not careful enough. You could get killed. Go home. Go home right now."
"Why? What's wrong? Tell me!" I nearly yelled into the phone, but all that was there was dial tone. He hung up on me... AGAIN! I'm so gonna hurt that little bastard. It took all my will power not to smash the phone on the ground and yell obscenities at it. I turned back to Misao smiling at her after taking a long breath to calm myself.
"Something wrong?" Misao asked concerned.
"No, nothing. I just got to go home." I said smiling, and I turned to leave.
"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Sano said angrily.
"Home." I said still smiling. When in doubt approach a problem like Soujiro does, smiling. Even though I smiled I really wanted to hurt him. Someone give me a reason to hurt him, please?
"You can't, you gave me a ride here." Misao said, still looking worried.
"Can you take a cab?" I asked hopefully.
"What are you hiding?" Misao said getting angry.
"Nothing, honestly. A friend needs my help."
"What friend?"
"A good one. He's in a real mess, and he needs my help." I said making a lame excuse.
"I don't buy it. Are you in some kind of trouble? You looked really angry a second ago on the phone." Misao stepped closer to me, invading my personal space. She was trying to intimidate me. That was funny all on it's own, and you'll never believe it, I smiled again. I really should get that under control. "What's with the smile?" She said pushing herself into my face.
"Nothing. I'm just happy that you care so much about me, but I'm fine. Misao, please believe me." I said just as the manager came up to us.
"Excuse me, but are you the folks who were making all the noise in the theater." He said in a stern voice. He was a round man, round as in fat, and he was losing his hair. He had a little mustache, and wore a dress pants and a collared shirt. He had a pin on his shirt that said manager, probably made him feel special.
"Yes we are, I'm ashamed to say. This gentleman was sitting in front of me, and his head was over powering my line of sight..." I said, I heard Sano say "Hey!" I just ignored him and continued. "Me and my friend here, Misao, got into a stupid argument over whether we should move or not. I'm so sorry that we caused so much trouble. We didn't mean it." I said looking as innocent and pitiful as I could.
"Well, if you promise not to do it again I won't ban you from coming here again, but you will have to leave for tonight." He said softening at my look. I may be 26, but if I wanted to I could make myself look like a lost 18 year old. Skill, pure skill.
"We promise! Thank you so much!" I beamed at him. He escorted us to the door, and bid us goodbye. Sano, the red head, and Misao stared at me with shock on their faces.
"Where did you learn to sweet talk people like that!?!?" Misao squealed, and hugged me, the whole phone call ordeal forgotten.
"Thank you Miss... Kaoru?" The red head said.
"No problem. I'm really sorry for getting you in trouble, but please call me Kaoru. Miss Kaoru is much too formal." I smiled at the woman.
"Don't apologize. I doesn't matter, that it does not. It's all in the past now. My name's Kenshin." She smiled, and elbowed Sano, who was mumbling something about me owing him a movie.
"I'm Sano." He grumbled looking off to the side.
"I'm Misao!" Misao chimed in smiling fiercely.
"I've got to go, but it was nice meeting you two. Here's 10 dollars for both of you. I'm really sorry you wasted your money on a movie you never did see." I said pulling two ten dollar bills out of my purse.
"Oh, no, we can not accept your money, that we cannot." Kenshin shook her head.
"Well, please let me repay you some how." I said looking back and fourth between the two. There must be something they want.
"It is not necessary." Kenshin smiled, but Sano said, "The hell it's not."
"Sano..." Kenshin warned him again. The two were really amazing. It was cool to see a couple in which the woman was dominant.
"Fine, whatever. See you later Jou-chan." Sano said turning and walking off. Kenshin said goodbye, and ran off after Sano... ok, so maybe it wasn't a female dominated couple. Who knew? All I knew was that something was wrong with Soujiro and here I was wasting my time with this shit. It was beyond time to go. But wait, did he just call me Jou-chan?
Disclaimer: Oh, I love you so much! *squeezes Kenshin* can I keep you? PLEASE!!!! *Kenshin shakes his head rapidly* Party pooper.
~Jou-chan~
The moment I reached my apartment I threw off my blonde wig, and let loose my long black hair. My hair was a really dark black, so dark that it looked almost blue in bright light. I put the file in the safe in my bedroom, and hurriedly changed my clothes. I went from a tight black leather top and leather pants to a loose long skirt, and a loose fitting blouse, and not to mention I 86ed the sword on my back. Call it a hunch, but I didn't think I'd be attacked at the movies. I removed my eye linear, and red lipstick, and replaced the lipstick with a light pink gloss. I looked so wholesome, so pure. It felt like a lie, I felt like a lie, a walking, talking, breathing lie. The feeling will pass though. It always passes. I slipped my feet into two white sandals that matched my top, and pushed my black spike heeled boots all the way to the back of my closet, and packed my black clothes into the back also. Time to face the world as Kaoru, me, but not me. Crazy ain't it? The moment I was almost out the door my phone rang. "Hello?" I said.
"Kaoru, how did it go?" A male voice sailed over the phone.
"Hi to you to Soujiro."
"How did it go?" He repeated. Something must have been bugging him cause I don't think I've ever heard him like this. My boss was always friendly. Wouldn't hurt a fly type of person. It made you wonder how he had gotten into this business, but I never asked. He was very calm and polite, but the way he was speaking now was neither. I had barely even recognized his voice when he had spoken. His voice was a sounded like a baritone, when he usually was a tenor.
"It was great. Why what's wrong?" I asked. It wasn't like him to call me like this. I rarely speak to him on the phone. I didn't even know he had my home number; he usually calls my cell. Surprise, surprise.
"Nothing. I gotta go. Be safe Koaru." And that was it. I heard a click, and he was gone. Mr. Please and Thank you, had hung up on me. That little bastard. Something was going on and he wasn't going to tell me! Whatever it was it was getting him really worked up; a new thing for Soujiro. He did say for me to be cautious, so I guess I'd be carrying my sword after all. A sword, it sounds really out of date, but it's reliable, and it's saved my ass plenty of times. I carry it in a spine sheath, and I let loose my hair to cover it up. My hair was long enough that it did the job well. I didn't normally like to go out with it unless I had to. I guess now was one of those have to days. Usually I only wear it when I go out to kill at night. Kill. The word sounds so scary, so frightening, but you know what? After killing a lot of people the word doesn't seem scary enough. It seems like a word you'd use in conversation often. Maybe I'm crazy, or maybe I'm right. Maybe 'kill' just isn't a strong enough word for me. Once killing becomes normal the word just doesn't seem as harsh anymore... I think I am crazy.
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"This is going to be great!" Misao said almost bouncing out of her chair. "I love Orlando. He's so amazing, and hot, and sweet, and he's so great with a bow and arrow!" She said, and I swear I could see hearts in her eyes.
"Misao, Lord of the Rings is a movie. I doubt he can really handle a bow and arrow. He'd probably accidentally shoot himself with it if he really tried to use it." I said digging my hand into the popcorn.
"You're no fun!" Misao poked me, and laughed. I couldn't help it. I laughed with her. She was funny in her own ditzy kinda way.
We were sitting in the movie theater chatting about nothing in particular, waiting for the movie to begin. We still had 10 minutes to go, and I was starting to get bored again. I'd never been to this theater before, and I was really impressed by it. We were used to going to one closer to our apartments, but Pirate of the blah blah blah had been sold out there, and Misao being the pushy person she is, dragged me over here. It took us half an hour to reach this damn place. It was beautiful, no doubt, but did I really need to waste half an hour driving here. Hell no. "Huh?" I said staring at Misao blankly. She said something. Question was: what.
"I said, I can't see. Wanna move?" She said repeating herself.
"To where? Every where's already taken, that is unless you want to us to sit in separate rows. There aren't any two seats left together. Oh, well we can always go up front." No up front, no up front, I prayed. It always hurt my neck. It was really annoying.
"Ok!" She said jumping up to move.
"Wait!" I said dragging her back down into the seat. I refused to sit up front. No way. I'd have to climb over half a dozen people just to get to the isle, and then I'd get the joy of probably getting a huge crick in my neck. No thank you. Plus, if I am in danger tonight, I wouldn't want to be stuck wading through a row of people while anyone decided to attack. Sure, most likely no one would come after me, especially in public, but you never knew. "Why don't we just switch seats instead. You wanna see this movie more then I do." I said giving her the sweetest smile I had.
"But then you'd miss the movie. I can't do that to you." She frowned at me.
"Trust me, I really don't mind." I said getting up and switching with her, although she was pretty much reluctant to move. "Wow, you really can't see much from here. You were not lying." I said looking at the back of the man's head. He had this brown disarray of hair, and it really made me wanna take a hair brush and attack him with it. It would make my life so much happier.
"I told you, now let's just go up front." Misao said standing again.
"Come on Misao, it's easier this way. Let's stay here ok?" Sure I was acting gentle, but inside I wanted to yell 'sit down and shut up', and shove her into the chair, but it's not like I'm a violent person or anything. That thought made me smile. I should have had better self control then that, but there it was I was smiling like an idiot.
"What's so funny?" She asked me as the lights began to dim.
"Guess we have to stay here. I'm fine Misao, enjoy your movie." I said trying to pull her down into her seat.
"Kaoru, come on, we're going."
"Misao, the movie's starting just sit down!" I said getting frustrated, and a little nervous because a good portion of the cinema was looking at us.
"Look, you won't be able to see over that rooster head guy, now let's go sit up front. It's only on previews anyway, no one will mind."
"Misao, I don't want to go up front, plus you're making a scene. I beg you, sit down." I said pleading with her, using all my strength not to kick her legs out from under her so that she'd simply fall into her seat. She probably wouldn't like it if I did that. Just a hunch.
"That brat just called me a rooster head!" I heard the guy in front of me whisper harshly to the red head girl next to him.
"Sano, calm down. She didn't mean anything by it." The red head said.
"I will not sit down, and have you sit there for 3 hours missing the whole movie!" Misao said angrily pulling me to my feet with her hand. She may look small, but she's strong. Not really strong, but strong for the average female.
"Misao, the movie is really starting now sit your butt down." I said through clenched teeth. If she didn't behave soon then I'd yell, and I didn't want to yell. It would scare her because as far as she knew, I wasn't the yelling type.
"Excuse me, but your disturbing my movie." The brown haired guy said turning around in his seat to look at me. He looked angry, well isn't that just too damn bad. Ididn't care if he was angry. It was all his fault anyway. If he wasn't so damn tall then there wouldn't be a problem.
"I'm sorry, Sir. The problem is that you're just so tall, and you're blocking my view of the screen, but as I told my friend, it's ok. I don't really want to see this movie anyway." I said, and suddenly there was a little girl standing on a ship, singing, on the screen. "Shit." I whispered to myself, making sure Misao didn't hear me. She had never heard me curse before, and I'd hate it if she heard me now. "Misao, sit now, of I'll force you to sit." I said to her
"Please do something. You two are really aggravating." The Sano guy whined.
"Ok, Mister, I'm working on it. So chill." I shot back.
"Chill? You want me to chill, and your here bickering with some teenager over crap like where's more convenient to sit! If you two can't figure out what to do, then just go. " He said standing. Just like I thought, tall. He was 6 foot something, and really skinny. He looked tough, but I bet I could probably beat him up. The red head seemed to be trying to get him to sit, but it wasn't really working.
"Kaoru, why can't we just move?" Misao said looking at the guy nervously.
"Because I'm lazy, and I don't feel like hurting my neck now just sientate por favor!?!?" I begged. Wow, Edwardo was rubbing off on me. That's not a good sign.
"What? Did you just speak spanish?" she said puzzled. A man working at the theater came to the edge of the row and made a hand motion for us to come with him. Great we were getting kicked out. It was just as well. If we had argued a little longer the crowd might have attacked us. Get this, when we began to move out of the row people actually applauded. Damnit, it was all Misao and that Sano guy's fault.
"Misao! I told you to sit down!" I said to her angrily, as we followed the man out into the hallway.
"Well, maybe if you weren't so difficult, we wouldn't be in this mess!" She spat back. She was angry, well so was I. No, wait, I wasn't angry, I was pissed! She may have been angry, but I was ready to hurt someone. For once, I really wished someone would attack me just so I could kick their ass and work off the anger.
"One second you two, don't go anywhere, I'll be right back!" The man said to us before moving back into the theater. A couple minutes later he returned with an angry brown haired guy, and a red head. For the second time in 5 minutes I smiled before I could stop myself. We weren't the only ones who were in trouble. I knew it probably wasn't a friendly smile I flashed, but I couldn't help it. I covered it up before Misao could see it. She probably didn't even think me capable of a malicious smile. Sano glared holes into me, and the red head calmly kept her hand around the Sano guys arm to make she he wouldn't attack me. The thing was I really wouldn't mind him attacking me. I would love to kick that guy's ass.
"Sano..." The red head warned him. It was pretty funny to see actually. The red head was only around 5'6" and she was trying to subdue a 6 foot something giant. Jeez, the red head was only slightly taller than me. Yes, I admit that I am kinda short. I was about to say something not exactly nice, but my cell rang. Could you imagine what the people in the theater would have done to me if my cell rang during the movie? I'm not too good with remembering to turn off my cell during a movie. I've gotten dirty looks plenty of times before because of that. "Hello?" I asked the person on the phone. I guess it was a good thing I got distracted. Being mean to Sano probably wasn't the best thing to do, plus Misao doesn't believe there's a mean bone in my body. Wouldn't want to prove her wrong now would I. The man who led us out into the hall told us to stay, and ran off, probably to get the manager.
"Kaoru?"
"Two calls in one day. That's new. What's up?" I said wondering away from Misao, Sano, and the red head.
"I called your house and you weren't there. Where are you?" Soujiro said. He seemed angry. Why?
"At a theater, but I'm about to leave. Got kicked out. What's wrong?"
"I told you to be careful." He said, barely audible. It sounded a lot like a growl.
"I am careful. I took my sword with me." I said frowning at the phone, willing him to feel my frustration through it.
"Jesus Kaoru, that's not careful enough. You could get killed. Go home. Go home right now."
"Why? What's wrong? Tell me!" I nearly yelled into the phone, but all that was there was dial tone. He hung up on me... AGAIN! I'm so gonna hurt that little bastard. It took all my will power not to smash the phone on the ground and yell obscenities at it. I turned back to Misao smiling at her after taking a long breath to calm myself.
"Something wrong?" Misao asked concerned.
"No, nothing. I just got to go home." I said smiling, and I turned to leave.
"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Sano said angrily.
"Home." I said still smiling. When in doubt approach a problem like Soujiro does, smiling. Even though I smiled I really wanted to hurt him. Someone give me a reason to hurt him, please?
"You can't, you gave me a ride here." Misao said, still looking worried.
"Can you take a cab?" I asked hopefully.
"What are you hiding?" Misao said getting angry.
"Nothing, honestly. A friend needs my help."
"What friend?"
"A good one. He's in a real mess, and he needs my help." I said making a lame excuse.
"I don't buy it. Are you in some kind of trouble? You looked really angry a second ago on the phone." Misao stepped closer to me, invading my personal space. She was trying to intimidate me. That was funny all on it's own, and you'll never believe it, I smiled again. I really should get that under control. "What's with the smile?" She said pushing herself into my face.
"Nothing. I'm just happy that you care so much about me, but I'm fine. Misao, please believe me." I said just as the manager came up to us.
"Excuse me, but are you the folks who were making all the noise in the theater." He said in a stern voice. He was a round man, round as in fat, and he was losing his hair. He had a little mustache, and wore a dress pants and a collared shirt. He had a pin on his shirt that said manager, probably made him feel special.
"Yes we are, I'm ashamed to say. This gentleman was sitting in front of me, and his head was over powering my line of sight..." I said, I heard Sano say "Hey!" I just ignored him and continued. "Me and my friend here, Misao, got into a stupid argument over whether we should move or not. I'm so sorry that we caused so much trouble. We didn't mean it." I said looking as innocent and pitiful as I could.
"Well, if you promise not to do it again I won't ban you from coming here again, but you will have to leave for tonight." He said softening at my look. I may be 26, but if I wanted to I could make myself look like a lost 18 year old. Skill, pure skill.
"We promise! Thank you so much!" I beamed at him. He escorted us to the door, and bid us goodbye. Sano, the red head, and Misao stared at me with shock on their faces.
"Where did you learn to sweet talk people like that!?!?" Misao squealed, and hugged me, the whole phone call ordeal forgotten.
"Thank you Miss... Kaoru?" The red head said.
"No problem. I'm really sorry for getting you in trouble, but please call me Kaoru. Miss Kaoru is much too formal." I smiled at the woman.
"Don't apologize. I doesn't matter, that it does not. It's all in the past now. My name's Kenshin." She smiled, and elbowed Sano, who was mumbling something about me owing him a movie.
"I'm Sano." He grumbled looking off to the side.
"I'm Misao!" Misao chimed in smiling fiercely.
"I've got to go, but it was nice meeting you two. Here's 10 dollars for both of you. I'm really sorry you wasted your money on a movie you never did see." I said pulling two ten dollar bills out of my purse.
"Oh, no, we can not accept your money, that we cannot." Kenshin shook her head.
"Well, please let me repay you some how." I said looking back and fourth between the two. There must be something they want.
"It is not necessary." Kenshin smiled, but Sano said, "The hell it's not."
"Sano..." Kenshin warned him again. The two were really amazing. It was cool to see a couple in which the woman was dominant.
"Fine, whatever. See you later Jou-chan." Sano said turning and walking off. Kenshin said goodbye, and ran off after Sano... ok, so maybe it wasn't a female dominated couple. Who knew? All I knew was that something was wrong with Soujiro and here I was wasting my time with this shit. It was beyond time to go. But wait, did he just call me Jou-chan?