The Necklace
by: nyllemnev
Disclaimer: They're not mine
Chapter 12
"You mean Kaoru-chan got mad at you too?" Misao asked Kenshin in disbelief as they went to the cafeteria. "So, that's why she haven't talked a word to you during our class."
"Yeah, that's because of that Enishi-asshole." Sano said. "And what do you mean got mad at you too? Don't tell me jou-chan's not talking to you either."
Misao only nodded sadly and when she saw Kenshin and Sano's confused expression, she added, "Same reasons."
"You mean because of that..." Kenshin asked.
"Hai. I told Kaoru that Enishi is not really a nice guy. She got mad at me thinking that I saw her as a little girl who cannot see what's bad and what's not." Misao looked down.
"Well the way she acts just shows that she is still a little girl. She is easily fooled by what a person looks." Sano sighed.
"Yeah." Misao nodded in agreement.
"Kaoru just can't see the real him because she trust him." Kenshin said sadly. "She is always like that. She easily puts her trust on a person."
"Yeah." Misao said then her eyes widens as she remembered something.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Sano raised an eyebrow at her.
"She's going out with him!" Misao said worriedly. "She can't go out with him alone. I don't trust that guy!" she said making Sano and Kenshin exchange worried glances.
***
'...ex-boyfriend?!? What is this? Some kind of a joke?!?' Kaoru thought as she sat there staring at Sayo in disbelief, before chuckling.
"Is this some kind of a joke?" Kaoru said giggling nervously. "If it is... that's a good one Sayo! You really made me feel nervous!"
"I'm serious!" Sayo said firmly to Kaoru who didn't stop giggling. "Listen to me!"
"You're not! You never had a boyfriend." Kaoru said, finnaly stopping to giggle. "That's not true!"
"It is. We kept our relationship as a secret. We never told anyone." Sayo said in a stern look while Kaoru's face paled.
"That's not true." KAoru said shaking her head. "That's a lie. A big lie."
"Kaoru-chan... I know that Enishi more than you know him, you have to stay away from him. He will only hurt you. He'll make you cry." Sayo said with her voice full of concern.
"He's a nice guy! I know he is!" Kaoru said standing up to walk to her room but Sayo stopped her by grabbing her arm.
"You don't know him. You don't know what he is like! You don't know what he did to me!"
"You're just jealous because he doesn't like you anymore! You just can't believe that Enishi liked me more than you!" Kaoru said. "You'er saying that because you don't like him."
"You're saying that because you don't see the real him! Kaoru open your eyes! Don't be blinded by what you see in the outside!!! Open your eyes and accept the truth the Enishi doesn't like you!!! Once he gets tired of you he'll dump you! The way he have dumped me for other girls." Sayo said in a loud voice full of concern.
"I don't care what he did to you or what happened to your relationship with him!" Kaoru said fiercely at Sayo. "Enishi will never hurt me! I know! And if he does..." she paused and took a deep breath before continuing. "I can take care of myself! Don't you see? I'm a big girl now! I don't need anyone's protection or anyones opinions!"
"But the way you act... that proves that you're still a little girl! Kaoru... grow up! Try to see a person not only from the outside but from the inside!"
"Shut up! I don't wanna hear anything from you! I don't wanna hear anything from all of you!!!" Kaoru said as she got away from Sayo's grasp, finally.
"Kaoru... c'mon... open your eyes..." Sayo said, her eyes shining with tears while Kaoru just stood there with her back to Sayo. "Don't let some stupid guys ruin our friendship! Don't let him keep you away from your friends. I care for you and they also does. Misao, Sano, Yahiko and... Kenshin... They care for you, we all care for you... Don't let this guy ruin everything..." she said now crying.
"You don't understand me!" Kaoru said, tears streaming down on her face turning to face Sayo. "You don't understand how I feel! I'm tired of being treated like this! I'm tired of being treated as little girl! At least Enishi sees me as a lady that I am... but all of you... even Kenshin... he always sees me as a little girl... I'm tired of all of this!" she said before running to her room.
"You're the one who don't understand, Kaoru-chan... if you will just open your eyes..." Sayo whispered.
***
Kaoru leaned on the door of her room and locked it up.
"They never understand me,..., all of them..." she said weakly as she let herself fall on her knees, tears streaming down her face.
"Sayo... I don't know if I will believe you or not..." she hugged her knees as she sobbed. "Enishi... are you really a nice guy... like what you always showed me?" she asked to no one. "...why are my friends like this.... is it really true that your just going to make me cry..." she whispered to herself.
***
"Where is Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin asked as Sayo opened the door for him.
"She's in her room. Come in." she said opening the door wider for him to enter.
"Arigato." Kenshin bowed his thanks.
"I talked to her earlier. I told her everything about me and Enishi." Sayo said. "She didn't seemed to believe me though."
"She just can't see him the way we do." Kenshin sighed sadly. "I wanna talk to her."
"I think she's in her room." she said. "But I don't think she will talk to you."
"I have to try." Kenshin smiled at her sadly. "I'll do everything to make her happy and to protect her." he said before going up to Kaoru's room.
***
'There's only one way to find out, whether he's good for me or not.' Kaoru thought wiping her tear-streamed face with the sleeve of her shirt. 'I'm going to meet him tonight.' she added silently walking towards her closet to get a good dress for her date. A soft knock on the door made her stop what she's doing to stare at the door.
"Kaoru-dono... it's me." Kenshin's voice can be heard from the door. Kaoru sighed and threw a blue dress on her bed.
"What is it?" she asked sounding irritated.
"I just want a word." she heard him saying from outside.
"You can say everything that you wanna say there." she said coldly.
"Okay." she heard him reply. At that she started changing her clothes.
"Kaoru-dono" Kenshin began, not really knowing what to say. "i don't know where to start but..."
"If your going to lecture me again about Enishi... Go home!" she replied curtly.
"Kaoru-dono..."
"I'm not a little girl and I don't need your protection! How many times do I have to tell you that?!?" she said back loudly, then sighed as she brushed her hair, her eyes fell on a necklace with a heart-shaped pendant on her table. 'This necklace...'
"I know that, Kaoru..." he sighed. "I know that you're not the same girl I used to play with ten years ago... I know that you've grown up now... as a beautiful and bright young lady. I've always seen you that way... And I know that you already know what's wrong and what's right."
Kaoru's eyes wide open, she's not expecting that. She just sat there in front of the mirror staring at herself while listening to him. "Nani?" she said unconsciously, in a low voice that she didn't know if Kenshin have heard him.
***
"And I'm sorry for making you think that I wanna interfere with your life." Kenshin said without hearing her response. His eyes widens when Kaoru's door opened with Kaoru standing there, dressed in a bluish dress hair wild at her back, staring at him with a confused expression in her face.
"What are you talking about?" she said softly in a whisper, before opening the door wider for him to enter.
"I'm sorry... I don't mean to interfere with your life..." Kenshin said sadly making Kaoru turn to face him. "I'm just a man who wants to see his friend... best friend... happy... the same bestfriend... he fell in love with..." he said and looked down Kaoru just sat on her bed frowning at him in disbelief.
'Did he mean that...' she thought before asking nervously, "N-nani?"
"I love you Kaoru... I have loved you ever since we were just small children playing by the riverside... I have loved you ever since... I never mean to hrt you Kaoru... I will never hurt you and I will do everything to make you happy..." he looked up to stare directly at her eyes. "I'll do everything even if I have to sacrifice my happiness. That's how much I love you." he smiled at her sadly.
'He... loves me?' Kaoru thought, staring back at his sad smiling face. 'He... really did... ever since we were just little kids?...'
"Kaoru I will never lie to you... If Enishi is a nice guy and I know that he'll make you happy... I'll let you go with him..." he said again. "But... I don't think that he is really a good guy... that's why I want to protect you from him... it is the least that I can do to show you that I love you."
'Baka! Why didn't you tell me before?' Kaoru stared sadly at her best friend. 'i don't know what to do... I don't know who to believe in... I'm so confused...' she shook her head to stop its throbbing.
"I don't know what to think..." she said in a low voice. "I don't know what to do..." she looked up at him and said, "I don't know..."
"Kaoru... just stay here." he said.
"But Enishi will be waiting for me." Kaoru said.
"Let him."
"No I can't" Kaoru said standing up. "I want to hear his side." she said.
"Kaoru... no..." Kenshin grabbed her arm as she walk past him.
"I have to, Kenshin... I want things to be clear. Please..." she said. "I can take care of myself."
Kenshin just stared at her. "Kaoru... is this really what you want?" he asked and some blow of a car's horn can be heard outside, Kaoru nodded and Kenshin let her go.
"Arigato, Kenshin... for always believing in me." she said turning back to him and giving him a geniune smile before running downstairs.
"I wish everything will be alright." he said as his eyes fell on the necklace he have given his friend. "Everything will be fine." he grasps it and held it close to his heart.
tbc...
A/N: hehehe... sorry for the delay. I will be very glad to here your responses. Arigato for those who reviewed and those who stayed with me from the start. hehehe...
A/N#2: I'm glad to hear that almost everyone wants to help me with my grammar. And I will allow anyone to correct it. Just e-mail me the correction and I'll just edit my chapters. Arigato minna-san. Till next chappies! Stay with me onegai?
A/N#3: Try my other fic titled 'The Feeling's Mutual.' hehehe...
by: nyllemnev
Disclaimer: They're not mine
Chapter 12
"You mean Kaoru-chan got mad at you too?" Misao asked Kenshin in disbelief as they went to the cafeteria. "So, that's why she haven't talked a word to you during our class."
"Yeah, that's because of that Enishi-asshole." Sano said. "And what do you mean got mad at you too? Don't tell me jou-chan's not talking to you either."
Misao only nodded sadly and when she saw Kenshin and Sano's confused expression, she added, "Same reasons."
"You mean because of that..." Kenshin asked.
"Hai. I told Kaoru that Enishi is not really a nice guy. She got mad at me thinking that I saw her as a little girl who cannot see what's bad and what's not." Misao looked down.
"Well the way she acts just shows that she is still a little girl. She is easily fooled by what a person looks." Sano sighed.
"Yeah." Misao nodded in agreement.
"Kaoru just can't see the real him because she trust him." Kenshin said sadly. "She is always like that. She easily puts her trust on a person."
"Yeah." Misao said then her eyes widens as she remembered something.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Sano raised an eyebrow at her.
"She's going out with him!" Misao said worriedly. "She can't go out with him alone. I don't trust that guy!" she said making Sano and Kenshin exchange worried glances.
***
'...ex-boyfriend?!? What is this? Some kind of a joke?!?' Kaoru thought as she sat there staring at Sayo in disbelief, before chuckling.
"Is this some kind of a joke?" Kaoru said giggling nervously. "If it is... that's a good one Sayo! You really made me feel nervous!"
"I'm serious!" Sayo said firmly to Kaoru who didn't stop giggling. "Listen to me!"
"You're not! You never had a boyfriend." Kaoru said, finnaly stopping to giggle. "That's not true!"
"It is. We kept our relationship as a secret. We never told anyone." Sayo said in a stern look while Kaoru's face paled.
"That's not true." KAoru said shaking her head. "That's a lie. A big lie."
"Kaoru-chan... I know that Enishi more than you know him, you have to stay away from him. He will only hurt you. He'll make you cry." Sayo said with her voice full of concern.
"He's a nice guy! I know he is!" Kaoru said standing up to walk to her room but Sayo stopped her by grabbing her arm.
"You don't know him. You don't know what he is like! You don't know what he did to me!"
"You're just jealous because he doesn't like you anymore! You just can't believe that Enishi liked me more than you!" Kaoru said. "You'er saying that because you don't like him."
"You're saying that because you don't see the real him! Kaoru open your eyes! Don't be blinded by what you see in the outside!!! Open your eyes and accept the truth the Enishi doesn't like you!!! Once he gets tired of you he'll dump you! The way he have dumped me for other girls." Sayo said in a loud voice full of concern.
"I don't care what he did to you or what happened to your relationship with him!" Kaoru said fiercely at Sayo. "Enishi will never hurt me! I know! And if he does..." she paused and took a deep breath before continuing. "I can take care of myself! Don't you see? I'm a big girl now! I don't need anyone's protection or anyones opinions!"
"But the way you act... that proves that you're still a little girl! Kaoru... grow up! Try to see a person not only from the outside but from the inside!"
"Shut up! I don't wanna hear anything from you! I don't wanna hear anything from all of you!!!" Kaoru said as she got away from Sayo's grasp, finally.
"Kaoru... c'mon... open your eyes..." Sayo said, her eyes shining with tears while Kaoru just stood there with her back to Sayo. "Don't let some stupid guys ruin our friendship! Don't let him keep you away from your friends. I care for you and they also does. Misao, Sano, Yahiko and... Kenshin... They care for you, we all care for you... Don't let this guy ruin everything..." she said now crying.
"You don't understand me!" Kaoru said, tears streaming down on her face turning to face Sayo. "You don't understand how I feel! I'm tired of being treated like this! I'm tired of being treated as little girl! At least Enishi sees me as a lady that I am... but all of you... even Kenshin... he always sees me as a little girl... I'm tired of all of this!" she said before running to her room.
"You're the one who don't understand, Kaoru-chan... if you will just open your eyes..." Sayo whispered.
***
Kaoru leaned on the door of her room and locked it up.
"They never understand me,..., all of them..." she said weakly as she let herself fall on her knees, tears streaming down her face.
"Sayo... I don't know if I will believe you or not..." she hugged her knees as she sobbed. "Enishi... are you really a nice guy... like what you always showed me?" she asked to no one. "...why are my friends like this.... is it really true that your just going to make me cry..." she whispered to herself.
***
"Where is Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin asked as Sayo opened the door for him.
"She's in her room. Come in." she said opening the door wider for him to enter.
"Arigato." Kenshin bowed his thanks.
"I talked to her earlier. I told her everything about me and Enishi." Sayo said. "She didn't seemed to believe me though."
"She just can't see him the way we do." Kenshin sighed sadly. "I wanna talk to her."
"I think she's in her room." she said. "But I don't think she will talk to you."
"I have to try." Kenshin smiled at her sadly. "I'll do everything to make her happy and to protect her." he said before going up to Kaoru's room.
***
'There's only one way to find out, whether he's good for me or not.' Kaoru thought wiping her tear-streamed face with the sleeve of her shirt. 'I'm going to meet him tonight.' she added silently walking towards her closet to get a good dress for her date. A soft knock on the door made her stop what she's doing to stare at the door.
"Kaoru-dono... it's me." Kenshin's voice can be heard from the door. Kaoru sighed and threw a blue dress on her bed.
"What is it?" she asked sounding irritated.
"I just want a word." she heard him saying from outside.
"You can say everything that you wanna say there." she said coldly.
"Okay." she heard him reply. At that she started changing her clothes.
"Kaoru-dono" Kenshin began, not really knowing what to say. "i don't know where to start but..."
"If your going to lecture me again about Enishi... Go home!" she replied curtly.
"Kaoru-dono..."
"I'm not a little girl and I don't need your protection! How many times do I have to tell you that?!?" she said back loudly, then sighed as she brushed her hair, her eyes fell on a necklace with a heart-shaped pendant on her table. 'This necklace...'
"I know that, Kaoru..." he sighed. "I know that you're not the same girl I used to play with ten years ago... I know that you've grown up now... as a beautiful and bright young lady. I've always seen you that way... And I know that you already know what's wrong and what's right."
Kaoru's eyes wide open, she's not expecting that. She just sat there in front of the mirror staring at herself while listening to him. "Nani?" she said unconsciously, in a low voice that she didn't know if Kenshin have heard him.
***
"And I'm sorry for making you think that I wanna interfere with your life." Kenshin said without hearing her response. His eyes widens when Kaoru's door opened with Kaoru standing there, dressed in a bluish dress hair wild at her back, staring at him with a confused expression in her face.
"What are you talking about?" she said softly in a whisper, before opening the door wider for him to enter.
"I'm sorry... I don't mean to interfere with your life..." Kenshin said sadly making Kaoru turn to face him. "I'm just a man who wants to see his friend... best friend... happy... the same bestfriend... he fell in love with..." he said and looked down Kaoru just sat on her bed frowning at him in disbelief.
'Did he mean that...' she thought before asking nervously, "N-nani?"
"I love you Kaoru... I have loved you ever since we were just small children playing by the riverside... I have loved you ever since... I never mean to hrt you Kaoru... I will never hurt you and I will do everything to make you happy..." he looked up to stare directly at her eyes. "I'll do everything even if I have to sacrifice my happiness. That's how much I love you." he smiled at her sadly.
'He... loves me?' Kaoru thought, staring back at his sad smiling face. 'He... really did... ever since we were just little kids?...'
"Kaoru I will never lie to you... If Enishi is a nice guy and I know that he'll make you happy... I'll let you go with him..." he said again. "But... I don't think that he is really a good guy... that's why I want to protect you from him... it is the least that I can do to show you that I love you."
'Baka! Why didn't you tell me before?' Kaoru stared sadly at her best friend. 'i don't know what to do... I don't know who to believe in... I'm so confused...' she shook her head to stop its throbbing.
"I don't know what to think..." she said in a low voice. "I don't know what to do..." she looked up at him and said, "I don't know..."
"Kaoru... just stay here." he said.
"But Enishi will be waiting for me." Kaoru said.
"Let him."
"No I can't" Kaoru said standing up. "I want to hear his side." she said.
"Kaoru... no..." Kenshin grabbed her arm as she walk past him.
"I have to, Kenshin... I want things to be clear. Please..." she said. "I can take care of myself."
Kenshin just stared at her. "Kaoru... is this really what you want?" he asked and some blow of a car's horn can be heard outside, Kaoru nodded and Kenshin let her go.
"Arigato, Kenshin... for always believing in me." she said turning back to him and giving him a geniune smile before running downstairs.
"I wish everything will be alright." he said as his eyes fell on the necklace he have given his friend. "Everything will be fine." he grasps it and held it close to his heart.
tbc...
A/N: hehehe... sorry for the delay. I will be very glad to here your responses. Arigato for those who reviewed and those who stayed with me from the start. hehehe...
A/N#2: I'm glad to hear that almost everyone wants to help me with my grammar. And I will allow anyone to correct it. Just e-mail me the correction and I'll just edit my chapters. Arigato minna-san. Till next chappies! Stay with me onegai?
A/N#3: Try my other fic titled 'The Feeling's Mutual.' hehehe...
