Disclaimer- I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or any of it's many character's.
a/n- Thank you soooo much for the reviews. This is a k/k fic and I enjoy writing those so that's something to look forward to right? On with the story^^
Story Time
Chapter 3------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------
She shut the front door to her apartment softly and clicked shut the three locks. After tossing her keys on the table, she shed her coat on the chair and opened the freezer. She pulled out a microwave dinner and after poking several holes in the plastic covering, popped it into the microwave.
While that was heating up, she plugged her home phone back in. She despised distractions while she worked and only a few fairly important people knew her cell phone number. The second she plugged it in, however, it rang loudly.
"Hello?"
"Hello Kaoru dear," her mother cooed out, "or should I say 'Hola'? That is what they say down here in Mexico. Kaoru could sense her boastful tone in the word 'Mexico'.
"Listen mom," Kaoru forced herself to keep it cool, an argument would kill her right now and she knew it, "I've got to go, okay?"
"You know Kaoru dear," her mother began the very lecture that would lead to the argument that would destroy Kaoru's tired and vunerable heart right now. She had to get out of it somehow!, "you could be down here right now with me if-"
"-if I had only chosen a better profession." Kaoru finished for her, "But I didn't, mom. I have to go,... now."
"Getting ready for a date?" her mother asked with hope shining brightly.
"...Yes mother, getting ready for a date. Goodbye." She hung up and laughed softly anything to get away from the conversation she knew was coming. She flipped on the TV to the local news.
As the reporter babbled on about some car accident, she stood up to get her heated dinner. She pulled it out still somewhat listening to the news report as she peeled the plastic covering off and began to stir the food with a fork.
"...anonymous murder occurred today..." Kaoru stopped and frowned. "Interesting" she whispered as she walked into the living room, fork in hand, and peered at the screen.
"...no sign of struggle was shown. The was no signature but investigators believe that this is linked with the 5 notorious murders that occurred in the Chicago area also." Kaoru shook the thought that came away and turned away from the screen muttering "Impossible." Under her breath.
"The victim was 17-year-old Josh Mollick." Kaoru froze and turned on her heel with wide eyes. She dashed over and turned up the volume only to find the report was finished and they had moved on to a report on food poisoning.
"Shit." She cursed turning the TV off clearly aggravated at her lack of luck. Suddenly, the door bell rang loud and clear.
She jumped about a foot in the air and her head snapped over to look at the door. She slowly approached it as the person impatiently pressed the door bell over and over again. She picked up an umbrella and unlatched the first two locks slowly and silently. She unlatched the last lock,...took a deep breath and swung the door open...
a/n-hmmmm...shall I be evil and leave it at that till next time?....
Nah ....
Without looking at the visitor, she took a swift swing of the umbrella right at the crotch hoping to God it was a man.
"..Owww..."the man moaned as he fell to his knees. She opened one of her tightly shut eyes and gasped,
"...Jack?!!" he groaned in pain again, "Oh my gosh!!! I am soooooo sorry!!" he looked like he was about to cry," Are you okay?" she whispered with wide innocent eyes. He struggled to hold in a laugh and failed. He burst out in bruised laughter.
"...Look...at...your...face!!!" he gasped between laughs.
"Jack!" she exclaimed punching him in the arm and causing him to wince as his laughter slowly died down," It's not funny! I was seriously scared out of my mind!!!"
He wobbily stood up and leaned against her doorframe with concern written all over his face,
"Why?"
Kaoru stopped at his one word. Why was she so scared? It was simply coincidence, it HAD to be. But, what about the name? Was that coincidence too? Surely not....
"No reason." Kaoru chirped with false cheerfulness even though her eyes screamed the truth.
The next day.....
Since she couldn't get away to Paris, why not go for a long weekend out at her father's old cabin? So she stuffed some clothes and toiletries into a sac and plopped down into the driver's seat with a sigh of content. She was still spooked from that news report last night and she resolved to get it of her mind.
Once she was about 5 minutes out of town, she opened her sky window, letting the cool crisp air blow through. Then she turned up her Evanescence CD and sang or sometimes danced along.
She pulled into the long driveway and turned of her car and music. A feeling of peace settled down on her as she stepped out and took a huge breath of air. She slid her hands into her jeans pockets and made her way down to the dock.
Her father's boat wasn't there anymore, she figured her mother probably sold it when he had died of cancer not too long ago. Kaoru had begged her mother to let her keep the cabin under her care and funds. It was such a gorgeous piece of land and to let go of it that quickly would be insane.
She looked down at the lake and sighed at how beautiful it was, reflecting the sun like that. The waters were so calm except for the water by the swimming red-haired fish doing laps. Yep it was just her, nature, and the red-haired fish.
Just her, nature and,...the...red haired fish?!!!!! She froze, there were no red-haired fish in this lake! That isn't a fish, she peered closer, it's a man.
"Gosh Kaoru!!" she laughed nervously, "your such a baka. It's not a fish it's a man..."she froze again, "WHAT THE HELL?!!!!" She exclaimed.
Her little outburst must have distracted the man because he stopped his laps and made his way over to her. Once he got to the dock, he hoisted himself up and approached her dripping wet and shirtless.
"Hello!" he smiled when he reached her, "lovely day isn't it? Decided to go for a quick swim." He shaded his eyes with his hand as he looked around them at the beautiful forest then his eyes rested on her once again.
"Excuse me but, this is private property!" she exclaimed, clearly unnerved.(*come on, who wouldn't be with his abs?!)
"Oh," he frowned slightly, "and I suppose it's yours too."
Kaoru nodded with an equally small frown as he walked past her and picked up his gray t-shirt that was strewn over the grass. Why hadn't she noticed that before? He slid it on and used his hands to shake most of the moisture out of his hair. He slipped his sandals on and was about to make his way back to the trail Kaoru hadn't noticed either when her voice interrupted him,
"You mean to tell me that you just came driving up her and decided to go for a swim with your cargo shorts still on?"
"I walked actually and yes." he turned to face her with an amused smile, "hey, don't I know you?"
"hmmm?"
"Oh yea!" he exclaimed realization dawning on him, "your that writer aren't you?"
"what?"
"Yea, your friend's with Miss. Misao and Miss. Megumi, right? I was at the bar that day you,...the day you,...you know." He coughed softly, not wanting to bring up the other day's emotional breakdown.
Kaoru stopped, "You were there?" she cursed in embarrassment under her breath.
"Yes,... I'm Kenshin by the way." He smiled and stretched out his hand. She noticed him casually change the embarrassing situation for the better and she smiled in immense appreciation. She reached out and grasped his hand.
"Kaoru."
a/n- Thank you soooo much for the reviews. This is a k/k fic and I enjoy writing those so that's something to look forward to right? On with the story^^
Story Time
Chapter 3------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------
She shut the front door to her apartment softly and clicked shut the three locks. After tossing her keys on the table, she shed her coat on the chair and opened the freezer. She pulled out a microwave dinner and after poking several holes in the plastic covering, popped it into the microwave.
While that was heating up, she plugged her home phone back in. She despised distractions while she worked and only a few fairly important people knew her cell phone number. The second she plugged it in, however, it rang loudly.
"Hello?"
"Hello Kaoru dear," her mother cooed out, "or should I say 'Hola'? That is what they say down here in Mexico. Kaoru could sense her boastful tone in the word 'Mexico'.
"Listen mom," Kaoru forced herself to keep it cool, an argument would kill her right now and she knew it, "I've got to go, okay?"
"You know Kaoru dear," her mother began the very lecture that would lead to the argument that would destroy Kaoru's tired and vunerable heart right now. She had to get out of it somehow!, "you could be down here right now with me if-"
"-if I had only chosen a better profession." Kaoru finished for her, "But I didn't, mom. I have to go,... now."
"Getting ready for a date?" her mother asked with hope shining brightly.
"...Yes mother, getting ready for a date. Goodbye." She hung up and laughed softly anything to get away from the conversation she knew was coming. She flipped on the TV to the local news.
As the reporter babbled on about some car accident, she stood up to get her heated dinner. She pulled it out still somewhat listening to the news report as she peeled the plastic covering off and began to stir the food with a fork.
"...anonymous murder occurred today..." Kaoru stopped and frowned. "Interesting" she whispered as she walked into the living room, fork in hand, and peered at the screen.
"...no sign of struggle was shown. The was no signature but investigators believe that this is linked with the 5 notorious murders that occurred in the Chicago area also." Kaoru shook the thought that came away and turned away from the screen muttering "Impossible." Under her breath.
"The victim was 17-year-old Josh Mollick." Kaoru froze and turned on her heel with wide eyes. She dashed over and turned up the volume only to find the report was finished and they had moved on to a report on food poisoning.
"Shit." She cursed turning the TV off clearly aggravated at her lack of luck. Suddenly, the door bell rang loud and clear.
She jumped about a foot in the air and her head snapped over to look at the door. She slowly approached it as the person impatiently pressed the door bell over and over again. She picked up an umbrella and unlatched the first two locks slowly and silently. She unlatched the last lock,...took a deep breath and swung the door open...
a/n-hmmmm...shall I be evil and leave it at that till next time?....
Nah ....
Without looking at the visitor, she took a swift swing of the umbrella right at the crotch hoping to God it was a man.
"..Owww..."the man moaned as he fell to his knees. She opened one of her tightly shut eyes and gasped,
"...Jack?!!" he groaned in pain again, "Oh my gosh!!! I am soooooo sorry!!" he looked like he was about to cry," Are you okay?" she whispered with wide innocent eyes. He struggled to hold in a laugh and failed. He burst out in bruised laughter.
"...Look...at...your...face!!!" he gasped between laughs.
"Jack!" she exclaimed punching him in the arm and causing him to wince as his laughter slowly died down," It's not funny! I was seriously scared out of my mind!!!"
He wobbily stood up and leaned against her doorframe with concern written all over his face,
"Why?"
Kaoru stopped at his one word. Why was she so scared? It was simply coincidence, it HAD to be. But, what about the name? Was that coincidence too? Surely not....
"No reason." Kaoru chirped with false cheerfulness even though her eyes screamed the truth.
The next day.....
Since she couldn't get away to Paris, why not go for a long weekend out at her father's old cabin? So she stuffed some clothes and toiletries into a sac and plopped down into the driver's seat with a sigh of content. She was still spooked from that news report last night and she resolved to get it of her mind.
Once she was about 5 minutes out of town, she opened her sky window, letting the cool crisp air blow through. Then she turned up her Evanescence CD and sang or sometimes danced along.
She pulled into the long driveway and turned of her car and music. A feeling of peace settled down on her as she stepped out and took a huge breath of air. She slid her hands into her jeans pockets and made her way down to the dock.
Her father's boat wasn't there anymore, she figured her mother probably sold it when he had died of cancer not too long ago. Kaoru had begged her mother to let her keep the cabin under her care and funds. It was such a gorgeous piece of land and to let go of it that quickly would be insane.
She looked down at the lake and sighed at how beautiful it was, reflecting the sun like that. The waters were so calm except for the water by the swimming red-haired fish doing laps. Yep it was just her, nature, and the red-haired fish.
Just her, nature and,...the...red haired fish?!!!!! She froze, there were no red-haired fish in this lake! That isn't a fish, she peered closer, it's a man.
"Gosh Kaoru!!" she laughed nervously, "your such a baka. It's not a fish it's a man..."she froze again, "WHAT THE HELL?!!!!" She exclaimed.
Her little outburst must have distracted the man because he stopped his laps and made his way over to her. Once he got to the dock, he hoisted himself up and approached her dripping wet and shirtless.
"Hello!" he smiled when he reached her, "lovely day isn't it? Decided to go for a quick swim." He shaded his eyes with his hand as he looked around them at the beautiful forest then his eyes rested on her once again.
"Excuse me but, this is private property!" she exclaimed, clearly unnerved.(*come on, who wouldn't be with his abs?!)
"Oh," he frowned slightly, "and I suppose it's yours too."
Kaoru nodded with an equally small frown as he walked past her and picked up his gray t-shirt that was strewn over the grass. Why hadn't she noticed that before? He slid it on and used his hands to shake most of the moisture out of his hair. He slipped his sandals on and was about to make his way back to the trail Kaoru hadn't noticed either when her voice interrupted him,
"You mean to tell me that you just came driving up her and decided to go for a swim with your cargo shorts still on?"
"I walked actually and yes." he turned to face her with an amused smile, "hey, don't I know you?"
"hmmm?"
"Oh yea!" he exclaimed realization dawning on him, "your that writer aren't you?"
"what?"
"Yea, your friend's with Miss. Misao and Miss. Megumi, right? I was at the bar that day you,...the day you,...you know." He coughed softly, not wanting to bring up the other day's emotional breakdown.
Kaoru stopped, "You were there?" she cursed in embarrassment under her breath.
"Yes,... I'm Kenshin by the way." He smiled and stretched out his hand. She noticed him casually change the embarrassing situation for the better and she smiled in immense appreciation. She reached out and grasped his hand.
"Kaoru."