The Necklace

by: nyllemnev

A/N: This is actually my first attempt in making a fanfic so please, just give it a shot. Enjoy reading! And send me your reviews afterwards.

Standard Disclaimer's Apply: Rurouni Kenshin is not mine, sad to say.

Chapter 1: Kenshin and Kaoru



-Tokyo 10 years ago-

Wow! I know that I said I would edit and since I seem to have a bit of free time right now I'm going to start! I hope you will upload the corrected versions because I am a busy person and I'm taking the time to do this! (Hehe... I'm supposedly doing my work.) Don't worry, I kept your sentence structure the same! I played around with the grammar. The rest is fine!



Anyways, this is for the first chapter:

"I'm gonna miss you..." said a 6-year-old little girl while wiping her tears.

"Me too," said an auburn haired little boy to his friend, "Its just that, I really need to go there."

"But why do you have to leave?"

"Father wants me to become a really good swordsman like him. He wants me to study there and practice Kendo at the same time."

"But you don't need to practice. You're strong- the strongest boy that I have ever known. You always beat me up when we play sword fighting." the girl said frowning, blowing her bangs.

"Yeah, but father told me that I'll be a lot stronger if I practice in Kyoto."

"Your father... he's always pushed you into doing whatever he wants you to do, even if you don't want to do it! Mou! I hate him!" the little girl turned her back to her friend and began weeping.

"Kaoru, please don't cry." the boy patted his friend Kaoru's shoulder, "Here take this."

"Huh? But that's ..." Kaoru sniffed and turned to her friend with shocked look on her face. "Kenshin, that's ..."

"Yeah, my mother gave me this necklace before she died. As a birthday present, remember?" the boy, Kenshin said while putting the necklace with a heart-shaped pendant on his friend. "Hmmm, it looks better on you than on me."

"But Kenshin, it's very important to you! This is the last birthday present you've ever received from your mother! I remember you crying just because you've lost it before! Why give it to me?" she asked bewildered.

"Because you are my friend, my best friend." he smiled at her.

"Kenshin! C'mon now, we'll be late for the flight!" a woman in her mid-thirties, called out.

"Coming, Aunt!" Kenshin turned to his friend, "Better go Kaoru. Goodbye." he turned his back to her and walked outside the house.

"Hey wait!" Kaoru called out.

"Huh?" Kenshin looked back at her.

"Wait, take this," Kaoru said, pulling her ribbon off her hair, "as an exchange for your necklace."

"But Kaoru ..."

"Your hair is just too long. It must be tickling your face. So, tie your hair with my ribbon."

"But Kaoru, I can't use it. I'm a boy, and a boy does not wear a ribbon," he said clutching the ribbon in his hand. Then he added, "Don't worry, I'll keep it."

"You better take care of that. It's my favorite," she smiled, "and tie your hair because I SAY SO!!!"

"Oro?" he said getting into the car. "Alright, I'm gonna tie my hair."

"Promise me you'll get back."

"Yes, I promise!"

"And you'll write to me! Everyday!" Kaoru yelled as the car started to run.

"Yes, I will!"

"Don't forget your promise!"

"I'll never forget my promise! Bye! I'm gonna miss you!"

"Bye!" Kaoru ran as fast as she could trying to follow the car.

"Bye, and don't ever forget your promise, I'm gonna miss you." Kaoru whispered as the vision of the car starts to fade away.

-Tokyo Present-

Kamiya Kaoru sighed as she read Kenshin's last letter to her for the nth time. 'I wonder if he's also thinking about me. Does he miss me too?' She was lying on her bed staring at the ceiling.

'I wonder what he must look like now. He surely is a man now. He's turning 18 tomorrow, anyway.'

Her thoughts were cut-off when she heard a soft knock on her bedroom door.

"Kaoru, it's me Sayo."

"Oh, come in Sayo." Kaoru opened the door and smiled at her cousin, who was just about a year older than her.

"Hello Kaoru, I was just wondering what you were doing here." Sayo returned her smile as she sat on Kaoru's bed. "Here, you've got a letter from Himura-san."

"Kenshin!" Kaoru exclaimed as she took the letter from Sayo and started to read it aloud.

Dearest Kaoru,

How is my best friend today? Sorry, I didn't write last week, I've just been

so busy with school lately.

I just wanted to write to you and wish you a happy birthday in advance since your, well our, birthday will be tomorrow. Also I'm planning on visiting you maybe next week. I really want to go there and I have missed our old house there...

Kaoru glared at the letter.

...Okay, just kidding. Of course, I miss you so much! I hope you're feeling the same.

Take care 'coz I really care! See you next week!

Your friend,

Kenshin

"Oh, Himura-san will be paying a visit! This will be great!"

"Yeah, I have really missed him," Kaoru stood up, "Maybe, I'm gonna give him a call."

"Okay, I'm gonna help Grandpa in the kitchen." Sayo smiled and walked out of the room as Kaoru picked up her phone and dialed Kenshin's number.

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-Kyoto-

PHONE RANG

Kenshin looked up from the piles of books he has been reading upon hearing the phone ring. He took a deep breath before answering the phone only to hear ...

"Oro?!? Hello, hai, it's Kenshin but you don't have to yell Kaoru-dono." Kenshin sweatdropped hearing his best friend's voice from the other line.

"What the- of course I'm not yelling you baka!" Kaoru said on the other line.

"Oro? You really don't have to yell I can hear you."

"Sorry, just wanna make sure that you will really visit. Next week?"

"Hai."

"Really?" Kenshin smiled as he heard the excitement in Kaoru's voice on the other line.

"So, you're excited? Do you miss me?"

"KENSHIN NO BAKA!!! Of course I do, you moron! You are my best friend!"

"Oro? I just thought that you'd forget me."

"Mou!"

"I'm really looking forward to visit you there. I really want to see you and meet your friends there."

"Of course Kenshin, anytime. I'm going to introduce you to all of my friends."

"To your boyfriend too?" Kenshin said trying to hide the sadness in his voice.

"Boyfriend?!? Of course I don't have a boyfriend! What made you think that I have a boyfriend?"

"This Enishi you've been telling me about the last time you called me."

"Enishi?!? Of course he's not my boyfriend! He wouldn't lay an eye on me!!! No one will!!!"

"Oro?"

"Anyway, just looking forward to your visit. I really miss you. Advance happy birthday!"

"And advance happy birthday to you too."

"Take care. Bye!"

"You too, bye." Kenshin hung up the phone and stared at the picture frame in front of his books. It was a picture of him and Kaoru taken ten years ago, just before he left. Kaoru was beside him smiling brightly, eyes twinkling. He sighed and smiled. He really had missed his best friend, everything about her- her smile, her eyes, the way she yelled at him when he teased her and how she became angry when he beat her during their sword-fight games.

'I wonder if she's grown up to be a lady. Yes, she was the most beautiful girl he had ever met, but Kaoru was 6 then, and tomorrow, she will be 16. Oh, I really missed you, my Kaoru.'

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"Kaoru-chan! Kaoru-chan" an old man called seeing Kaoru entered the kitchen.

"Good morning, Grandpa." Kaoru smiled at her grandpa.

"I thought that you'd be working on your project with your friends." her grandpa, Dr. Genzai said.

"Oh, I almost forgot! They're gonna kill me!" Kaoru rushed outside the kitchen getting a slice of bread with her, "Bye, Grandpa!"

"Kaoru-chan, where are you going?" Sayo asked as she saw her cousin rushing outside the house.

"I've got to go! Sano and the others are waiting for me. I promised that we would go do the project together."

"Sano?" Sayo blushed.

"Hai," Kaoru said, staring at her cousin, "Hey! You can go with me if you would like."

"Oh, I'd really like to, but I can't, I need to finish my own project."

"Okay, anyways, I'm going to invite Sano over here tomorrow."

"Really?" Sayo looked at her cousin, her green eyes twinkling.

"Yes, I promise." Kaou smiled at her cousin and turned to leave. "Anyway, I gotta go."

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"What's happened to Kaoru? It's already 9:30! We were supposed to leave at exactly 9." Misao said glancing at her watch.

"Here comes ugly!" Yahiko said pointing to Kaoru who is running the hell out of her to them.

"S-s-s-so-o-o-or-r-ry-y-y-y" Kaoru said panting.

"Hey! What happened to you?" Sano asked, patting her back.

"I'm sorry I forgot we were meeting each other. Sorry," she giggled nervously. "Good thing Grandpa reminded me. Sorry."

"Good thing it's your birthday tomorrow, if not I really would kill you." Misao said to Kaoru. "Anyways, let's get started on our project."

TBC...

A/N: So, that's the first chapter. What can you say? Criticisms are welcome, besides this is just my first fanfic, so, what else can you expect from me :-). Anyway, send me your reviews pleaaaaaaaassssssseeeeee, and be kind to me.

A/N2: hehehe thanks to crism heart for helping me with my grammar, it really makes this story sounds better. hope to hear from you again, arigato gozaimasu crism heart-dono!!! :)