Riddle-Master ~ It is my (XxSilentWolfxX) turn to do the beginning author's note. As always, we must give out cookies. *Reaches into hammer space looking for cookies* What?! Hammer space is out of cookies?! OH NO! What will I do?! *thinks* *light bulb goes off* POCKY! *runs downstairs and takes Chibi's stash of pocky and hands it out to all the people who reviewed. They know who they are.*

Chibi ~ *runs after silent with a gigantic sword* DAMN IT! BRING BACK MY POCKY YOU INSUBORDANATE!!! I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND TORTURE YOU TO A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH!!!

Silent ~ Oh come on! It's for the reviewers! You got two packs for free and the one I'm handing out I PAID FOR!!! By the way, weren't you supposed to pay me back for that?

Chibi ~ Stop changing the subject! *raises sword* give the pocky back, NOW!!!

Silent ~ I didn't change the subject and I'm not giving it back! The reviewers already have it and that is just plain rude! Get over it! *Takes possession of the sword and beats Chibi with the handle of it* Moving on to the chapter.

Chibi ~ I will get you when I rule the world, just you wait. Now give me my sword back. *swipes sword from Silent and starts to walk away muttering about the dark and gloomy dungeons in which Silent will be living in the future*

Silent ~ She'll rule the word just as soon as penguins start flying.

Chibi ~ In my world penguins already fly!

Silent ~ And this is the next ruler of the world? We're all doomed.

Disclaimer ~ do I really have to say? Did you forget since last chapter? WE DON'T OWN GUNDAM WING!

Shattered Chapter Four

They both walked down the street silently. Neither one could think of anything to say, but both were searching for anything that would strike up a conversation. It had finally stopped raining after about an hour and the pavement was rather slippery. Kaoru kept sliding and was trying her hardest to stay on her feet.

Kaoru had finally thought of something to say. There would be no excuse for him to not answer now. "Where do you work?" she asked innocently.

Kenshin had been staring at his feet and now almost stopped dead in his tracks. He had used so many examples in his past but why couldn't he think of one now. He looked up at Kaoru. He couldn't lie to this girl but he couldn't tell her either. Just then he was saved. Kaoru lost her footing after concentrating so hard on his reply. She hadn't been thinking about where she was walking. She stepped on a really slippery spot and fell backwards into a puddle of murky rainwater. The puddle wasn't deep but it splashed up soaking her outfit and the ends of her long, black hair.

Kenshin had a shocked look on his face. He grabbed her arm and helped her up. As soon as he released her arm, she realized her shoe was stuck in a crack beneath the puddle. She fell forward into his arms. Kenshin bent down to try to help her get her shoe unstuck. Kaoru almost lost her balance a couple of times but always regained it by reaching down to hold on to the red-haired man's shoulder. After several tries, they managed to get her foot loose.

"Thank you." Kaoru said to Kenshin. He smiled and they both starting laughing. The poor girl had just fallen in a puddle and then somehow got her foot stuck in a crack. They both mocked and replayed Kaoru's graceful event in slow motion the rest of the way to McDonalds.

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"Um, I'll have a cheeseburger and fries with a chocolate shake. Kaoru?" Kenshin looked over his shoulder to the girl examining the menu.

"Uh, coke, hamburger and an apple pie." She said carefully.

"Alrighty then, that's all." He began to reach into his pocket to pull out the money when then cashier started to talk in a loud booming voice.

"Would you like another apple pie? It is only one dollar for two."

"Okay then." Kenshin smiled as he began unfolding the bills. "How mu-"

"Would you like fries with your order?"

"We already got fries . . ." Kenshin said unsurely and he played with the bills in his hand.

"Oh right, sorry about that. How about trying our 99 cents value meal today?"

"We're fine." Kenshin did his best to smile as he looked at her.

"I strongly suggest that you add a-" but the cashier was cut off by Karou.

"We'll pass; just get us our order please." She said, a bit harsher than she meant.

"Fine." She turned around with her arms crossed and muttered something about 'rude customers.'

As Kenshin and Kaoru worked their way to the table, they talked about the women that took their order just like third graders talk about who got caught passing notes in class that day. They agreed that she was rather annoying.
They opened up their bag of food, and starting pulling all of its contents out. Their order was all wrong. There were four apple pies, one hamburger, two orders of fries, a strawberry shakes, and three sprites. They attempted to pile the food back in the bag but because of the fact that nothing ever goes back in the same way it came out. Kenshin ended up balancing everything on top of the bag on the way back up to the counter.
The same lady they had before came up to the desk. "Can I help you?" she inquired.
"Yes," Kenshin replied. "Our order is wrong. Can I speak to your manager?"
"I am the assistant manager, can I help you?"
"Can I speak to your manager?" he said loudly and clearly.
"The manager is isn't in, but I am the assistant manager, can I help you?" she said optimistically.
Kaoru cut in. "Okay!" she said, mocking the girl's optimism. "Our order," he started out happily, "is all wrong," he finished harshly.
"What is wrong with it?" she asked in her annoying, peppy voice.
"First of all," she started off, "We ordered one order of fries, not two. Secondly, we wanted two hamburgers; we also only ordered two apple pies. We wanted a chocolate shake, not strawberry, and GEEEZ WOMAN! How much do you think we can drink? Three sprites?"
"We apologize," the women paused. Kenshin and Kaoru knew this wasn't promising. "But there are no refunds." The woman smiled.
Kaoru began twitching. "We do not want a refund, we only want our order." She made sure to emphasize the our.
"I'm sorry," the woman repeated, "but I am not authorized to do that."
Kenshin could see Kaoru's anger and decided to step in before she killed somebody. "Uhh . . ." he was searching for something to say. "Let's just go Kaoru."
Kaoru was still enraged. "Fine."

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Kenshin and Kaoru walked down the street in silence. The rain had long since stopped and the street lights lit up the sidewalks. Normally Kaoru would have been afraid of walking down the streets at night without her gun, but with Kenshin there, for some reason, she felt safer than she ever did with her weapons.

She searched for something to break the silence between them, and only one thought ran through her head, and before she even thought about what she was saying it came out. "Damn McDonald's people! Damn them to hell!"

"Miss Kaoru!" Kenshin cried out, obviously shocked the girl had said something like that.

"What?" She looked at him innocently. "Don't even try to tell me it isn't what you were thinking, too! Right?" She looked him directly in the eye causing him to become very nervous very quickly.

"Oro?" He chocked out through her death-glare before he was forced to answer the way she wished. "Hai, Miss Kaoru."

"Kaoru!" the two of them turned around to meet a very unhappy Sano. "What do you think you are doin? You left without saying anything at all."

"Oh, my God! I did!" Kaoru gasped in realization. "I am so sorry! Please don't fire me!"

"You're just lucky the bar was rather empty and I could handle it myself." He tapped his foot. He looked at Kenshin. Could Kenshin be her boyfriend, the reasons for her bruises? He didn't seem like the type, but some people weren't always who they seemed.

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That's all for now! Um . . . yeah, I hope we didn't offend anyone with all of the mcdonald cracks, sorry if you work there! So um, yeah . . . REVIEW!!! And now I must be going, until next time.