Disclaimer: I do NOT own RK!

A/N : if you don't like Kaoru cuz she is "always up on your man" then this is not a good fic for you! lol! And to tell you the truth, …I wish I was Kaoru…

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"Kaoru will you please just get the water already?!?!" asked her mother in frustration.

Kaoru had heard her mother ask her this at least five times already but the only thing on

Her mind lately had been the fact that she had been turned down by Sanosuke for the

Third time…

"im going now mother."

"Thankyou Kaoru, be safe"

"Yes mother"

            Kaoru walked toward the river bank that she had known for so long.  The water

Glimmering like stars in a blue sky.  How beautiful, she thought to herself.

            "Beautiful indeed." Echoed a small voice behind her.

            "who….Who is there?" She asked cautiously.

            "Kenshin Himura"

            Kenshin Himura she echoed back to herself.  She examined the stranger in front

Of her.  A man with the most beautiful red hair and blue eyes she had ever seen.  In the

Sunlight his hair seemed to dance like fire.  He looked like a simple man with his torn

Kimono and rugged sword.   There was something about him that she

Could not seem to grasp.  It was almost like she was drawn to him.

            " may I help with that water?" he asked

            " no, no, I'm fine." She answered

            " you are so beautiful."

            Kaoru blushed at the comment, and she could feel a trembling in her body like

Electricity.

            " I better get this water"

            " let me do it"

            Kenshin lifted the bucket and pulled up the fresh water. The water filled the

Completely, much more than what she usually carried.

            "it's too much for me." She said ashamed

            "Then I will have to carry it for you."

            "Thank you." she whispered

            " You look sad, what is the matter?" he asked

            " I don't think you would be interested but I got turned down by  a someone that I

am in love with for the third time."

            "Anyone that cannot see the good person that you are and how beautiful you are

does not deserve you."

             For the first time in days Kaoru felt better about everything that had happened.

how could a stranger change everything?  And most strange of all she felt something for

this man.  Just thinking about it made her heart beat faster.  How could just the fewest

words mean so much to her?  She loved Sanosuke, yet when she thought about it all

her heart felt heavy.  As the tears streamed down her face, she knew that everything was

about to change.