[AN: WAI! Well, thanks for the reviews, I appreciate them. It makes me feel... s-p-e-c-i-a-l! Ok then, glad people liked the Hiko being drunk and everything. I hope you enjoyed the story so far. I'm getting some ideas, but it's hard to remember them without hurting your head a little. Ah well, it's worth it... I hope. ^-^ Whoops! I've been putting yukata instead of gi! My bad! I got confused. Ah well, just go on with it.]
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Does She Care as Much as I Do?
"Yes it's Akira, so Kenshin, how's it been?" Akira, Kenshin's childhood friend was actually calling him. 'Man I haven't talked to him for a long time...'
"I've been doing fine, except for all that harsh training I get from my uncle."
"I heard that!" yelled Hiko from the background. 'Boy does he heal fast from hangovers.'
"Well, I'm glad to hear that Kenshin. Are you still mad about the fight we had for that Jolly Rancher?" Both of them laughed.
"Maybe. Man, I'm sorry about that. I guess I went too far. I was hungry, you know me." Kenshin chuckled. "So, catch on to any chicks lately?" Kenshin laughed uncontrollably, but stopped when he noticed Akira wasn't laughing. 'Maybe he does have one, girls were never interested in him when I was with him...'
"Actually Kenshin I do. And she loves me a lot apparently. I don't think that's very funny. Not like you got one, unless you did. Ha, Kenshin's a player."
Kenshin blushed behind the phone. "Oro? I am not! I did have a girlfriend, but we just recently broke up because we didn't love each other." He didn't want to mention Kaoru now did he.
"What a coincidence! My girlfriend just broke up with someone too! And now she's with me. Hey I got a great idea! Want to meet up sometime? How about a double date? My treat, I'll pay for it all. I'll bring my girl and you can bring someone too! So, want to go?" Kenshin thought for a while.
"Hold on, let me think about it. I'll call you back, wait, what's your phone number?" Akira told him his new phone number and they both hung up. Kenshin walked to see how his uncle was doing, but he was gone. So Kenshin checked his room and found him sleeping on his bed. 'Ah, good, he's ok. Now, if I were to go, who would I bring? I don't think Tomoe would go with me. How about Sano? No, bringing a guy would be weird since Akira did say double date." Kenshin suddenly zoned out and pictured Sanosuke and himself holding hands. 'No! No perverted and gay thoughts! No! Who would I bring that's a girl?' 'Kaoru! But I don't know... we're not having a relationship or anything. But she's the only girl I can think of other than Megumi and Misao. Megumi would just talk about her medical studies and Misao would bother saying yes since she's waiting for her Aoshi-sama. Hey, that's right! Misao asked me to ask Aoshi if he liked her. Oh well, I'll do that later. Ok, back to that double date thing. So, I guess Kaoru's the only person.' Kenshin picked up the phone and began dialing Akira's phone number.
"Ok Akira, I got someone. So where are we going?"
"You tell me who it is first." Akira smiled with curiosity.
Kenshin hesitated. "It's just some girl that I just met a few days ago. We've become pretty good friends. I've said enough, so where and when are we going."
"I don't know yet. How about a movie? On Saturday?"
"Sure why not? What are we going to watch?"
"Um... I'm not sure. How about something the girls would like. Hm... ok fine, maybe not a movie. Hey, wait! There's a carnival that night! How perfect! So how about it Kenshin."
"Fine with me, as long as I'm not paying." Kenshin laughed, as he thought it was funny, but once again Akira didn't laugh.
"Ok, Saturday, carnival, how about... 6 PM?"
"Alrighty then. It's set." Kenshin sighed. "Now I just have to ask Kaoru," Kenshin mumbled.
"What did you say?"
"Oh nothing. Ok then, bye! Nice talking to you again."
"Same to you." Both of them hung up and Kenshin dashed to the bathroom.
'Ah, my fresh shiny teeth. Maybe I should sing a song!' Kenshin jumped and grabbed his toothbrush, pretending it was a microphone.
"When you're feeling lonely, sad as I can be. All by myself on an uncharted island in the endless sea. What makes me happy, that fills me up with glee! Those bones in my jaw, that don't have a flaw, my shiny teeth and me! My shiny teeth that sparkle, just like the stars in space! My shiny teeth that twinkle, and brings beauty to my face! My shiny teeth that glisten, just like a Christmas tree! You'd walk a mile just to see me smile! Whew! My shiny teeth and me! Yes they're all so perfect, so white and pearly. Brush, gargle, rinse, with those breath mints, my shiny teeth and me! My shiny teeth are so awesome, just like my favorite song! My shiny teeth that blossom, so they'd grow to be real strong! My shiny teeth I love them, and they all love me! Why should I talk to you when I got thirty-two? Whew! My shiny teeth and me!" (AN: And if anyone didn't know that song, it was from "The Fairy Odd parents" from Nickelodeon sung by Chip Skylark. I don't know why in the world Kenshin would be singing it, but I just heard it a while ago and I thought, 'What the heck, that seems funny enough to put in.' ^-^) After singing, Kenshin finished his "business" and hopped onto his bed. He sighed and closed his eyes, thinking about how he would ask Kaoru. 'Am I going to be asking her on a date? No, just a friendly hangout thing, I guess. Yeah that must be what it is. Kenshin, you are so smart sometimes.' He smiled to himself and dreamt about (who else?) Kaoru.
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Now back to Kaoru. After driving Kenshin home, she raced back home, wanting to take a nice clean shower. When she arrived, her father was waiting for her at the door.
"Kaoru, does it take that long to drive Kenshin all the way to his house?" He chuckled a little, but saw Kaoru's angry face.
"Dad! We just had to pick up that Hiko-san, since he was drunk, and put him on the couch."
"So you went in again? Ooo, Kaoru. Did you get a kiss?" Now he was rolling on the floor laughing his lungs out. Kaoru just ignored him and stamped upstairs. 'Boy he goes overboard sometimes. Grrrr, but Kenshin does seem nice. No! I shall not think that way! Wonder if he thinks like this too?' Kaoru slammed open her door and found her three siblings on her bed watching "Pokémon 4ever."
"Yahiko? You actually watch this stuff?" Kaoru asked as she grabbed the things she needed for her shower.
"Yeah, why not? They wanted to watch it, too. Pokémon shall live forever! It'll never die!" Yahiko held up his victory sign.
"Right! Ok, I'm off to take a shower!"
After her shower, she did everything necessary to make herself prettyful before going to sleep, which she obviously dreamt about her Kenshin-sama. ^-^
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Kaoru woke up with a yawn and "Change the World" playing on her stereo. (AN: XP "Change the World" was my alarm once. It got annoying so I changed the CD.) Kaoru quickly took her morning shower and jumped into her school uniform. Then the phone rang...
"Hello? Is Kamiya Kaoru there?" asked Kenshin.
"Why do you want to talk to my ugly sister? I mean, she's ugly!" Now I wonder who picked up the phone? ^-^'
"I just need to ask her a favor."
"If you really want to... KAORU! YOUR BOYFRIEND'S ON THE PHONE!" Yahiko giggled like a little girl and ran off.
"MY WHAT?!" Kaoru picked up the phone Yahiko had put down and put it to her ear.
"Kaoru?"
"Yeah, hi...Kenshin? Why in the world would you call me?"
"Well, since you always seem to give me a ride when I'm walking, could you just give me a ride when you pass by my house? I can wait outside." Kenshin seemed embarrassed asking for a ride from Kaoru, but she would pick him up anyways while he was walking towards school.
"Um, yeah sure." Just then Mr. Kamiya walked in. "Wait, hold on."
"Hey Kaoru, sorry, but I'm busy today. Can you go early and drive the kids to school for me? Onegai, just for today, well maybe for a couple of days, but today is the most important."
"Um, sure, I guess." 'Great, now I'll have to stuff four people in my car.'
"So Kaoru, who's that on the phone?" Mr. Kamiya chuckled and ran away before anything got chucked at him. After her father's leaving, Kaoru went back to her conversation with Kenshin.
"Ok then, I'll pick you up whenever I come across your house, ok?"
"Yeah, sure. Thanks Kaoru, I owe you. Bye!"
"Bye."
"Oh yeah! And just one more thing..." Kaoru hung up before Kenshin could ask her about that "friendly hangout." 'I can ask her in the car then.'
Kaoru stuffed her breakfast into her mouth and called all her siblings to her Toyota Celica.
"Nee-chan! I don't want to go to school," Ayame complained.
"But you have to, it's for your own good. Do you want to be as smart as me?" Ayame nodded. "Good, then go to school. It's fun, don't you have any friends that play with you?"
"Yes, but there are other people that tease me."
"Well then Ayame-chan, I'll teach you something that'll help. Talk about their moms. Wait, no just kidding. Don't talk about their moms, just tease them back with the best you got, or ignore them. It's simple, just stick with your friends and Yahiko will be there with you anyways." Kaoru gave her 'You'd better protect her' stare to Yahiko. He nodded and hopped inside the car, while Kaoru gently put Ayame and Suzume into the back. "Kenshin will be also coming with us today. That's why he called Yahiko."
"Yay!" Ayame leaned over to Yahiko. "Is Ken-nii Kaoru's boyfriend?" Yahiko just shrugged and gave her an evil smile. She understood and smiled herself. Kaoru turned on the ignition and gracefully drove out without making the car bump once. Once Kaoru was on the road, she drove off toward Kenshin's house.
Kenshin had been outside waiting and thinking of a way to ask Kaoru out. "Hm, how about 'Hey Kaoru, I know we've only known each other for about four days, but I was wondering if you wanted to go to the carnival on Saturday?' No, that's lame. AH! I don't know!" He then saw her car coming. "Great, what am I going to say?"
Kaoru hit the breaks when she reached Kenshin's house and Yahiko flew forward. Kaoru quickly caught him and threw him back. "Haven't you heard of a seat belt? You could've been killed!"
"Haven't you heard of driver's lessons? Man you drive like a ugly mad person!" Kaoru held up her fist and was about to knock Yahiko's lights out, but Kenshin opened the car door next to her.
"Oh, good morning Kenshin." Kaoru greeted him kindly, holding back her anger from Yahiko.
"Hello Kaoru..." Kenshin looked back and saw the whole family sitting in the back. "Oh, I see we have company."
"Ken-nii!" Ayame and Suzume tried jumping toward him, but their seatbelts kept them back. Kenshin took his seat in front and put on his seat belt.
He turned back again and began greeting the little ones. "Hello Ayame-chan, good morning Suzume-chan. Whoa, Yahiko, what happened to you?"
Kaoru answered for Yahiko. "Oh he just flew to the front when I parked in front of your house because he didn't have his seatbelt on. Don't worry about him, he's fine, he always is."
"Ok. So why are they here?" asked Kenshin.
"I have to drive them to school because my dad's busy."
"Oh, ok." They eventually arrived at the Elementary/middle School. "Bye everyone!" Kenshin waved at Kaoru's siblings. 'Crap; now I'm alone with Kaoru. Should I ask? This will be probably my only chance, ok Kenshin, let's do it!"
"Um... Kaoru?"
"Yes?" Kaoru lightly pressed the acceleration pedal and continued their drive to their school.
"I was wondering if you were busy on Saturday..."
"Nope, why?" Kaoru was curious right now. 'Is he trying to ask me out? Oh joy!'
"You think we can go to the carnival on that day?" Kenshin started blushing.
"A-are you asking me out on a date?" Kaoru just had to know that she did.
"Um, no. I'm meeting up with an old friend; he was bringing his girlfriend and said that I could bring a friend along too. Don't worry Kaoru, my friend's paying. I think he thought his girlfriend would become lonely so he insisted I invite a friend." Kenshin felt so stupid. 'Why did I say know. It is kinda a date anyways. I don't know...'
Kaoru on the other hand was totally disappointed. 'And here I thought he'd really ask me, because I think I'd say yes. But, what if it really is a date, a double date? But he just doesn't want to admit it... maybe...' "Ok fine, I'll go. Not like it's going to hurt or anything." Kenshin yelped in joy. "Huh? What was that Kenshin?"
"Um, nothing... So you're really going?"
"Why not? You invited me, and since I'm not paying, that's even better." 'And she's rich. Cheap people these days...' "I'm going to have to pick you up huh?" Kenshin slowly nodded. "Ok then, when?"
"He said he'd meet us there at 6, so I guess you should pick me up around 5:30?"
"Fine with me."
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(AN: Now I don't want to write about the rest of those days so I'll get to the plot ^-^)
Kaoru and Kenshin waited for the rest of those days, feeling very tempted, wanting to go to their scheduled "friendly go out." They both got to know each other better those past few days and had begun to hang out together even more. They'd usually go to each other's house after school to work on homework and train each other at kendo. Whenever Kenshin was at Kaoru's house, he would play with Ayame and Suzume. He'd also train with Yahiko too. Whenever Kaoru went to Kenshin's house, Hiko would beg to drive again and also tease them about the two being "close."
They had turned in their interviews on that Friday and gotten the best grade. Misao and Sano were jealous, but they knew they were "less gifted." They had both join the kendo team after school and were the best there, other than their coach, Saitou. Kenshin was a match for him, Kaoru knew that, but he didn't show it that's all. Kaoru and Kenshin were usually sparring partners and amazed the class with their skills.
Finally the day had come. It was Saturday and almost time to go to that carnival. 'Ok, in thirty minutes I have to go pick up Kenshin. Some date this is, isn't the guy supposed to pick me up? Well, this isn't a date anyways, because he said so. Ah well.' Kaoru spent her thirty minutes training with Yahiko and her father. When it was about time to go, she took a quick shower.
Over at Kenshin's house though, Kenshin was having an interesting conversation with his favorite uncle. It was his only uncle anyways. "So Kenshin, going out on a date eh?"
"It is not a date! I'm meeting up with Akira that's all."
"Then why are you bringing Kaoru along, and why to a carnival?" That left Kenshin totally silent. "Uh-huh. That's what I thought." Kenshin began blushing and ran out the door. "My little nephew is growing up." Hiko headed toward the dojo laughing his head off.
Kenshin and Kaoru headed off to the car and drove off. It was silent for a while until Kaoru's curiosity overcame her. "So who's this friend of yours?"
"His name is Kiyosato Akira. He was a good friend of mine when I went to those cheap public schools. This is silly but we had a fight that started with one jolly rancher and haven't seen or each other ever since, until last night. He invited me just yesterday and he's bringing his girlfriend. The funny thing was, that his girlfriend broke up with some other guy exactly when I broke up with Tomoe. What a coincidence huh?"
"You know that Kiyosato-san's girlfriend can be Tomoe you know. She did say she was cheating on you right?" That left Kenshin totally silent. 'She's right. No it can't be.'
"I don't think so. They go to totally different schools." Kenshin didn't want to accept that Tomoe was cheating on him for his old best friend.
"Yeah, but I heard she went to another school that's a public school and kinda cheap. Rumors say she also has a boyfriend already..."
"Ok, enough about her. I don't want to think about the past, I must move on." Silence once again took over, except for the fact that Sandstorm was playing, and they didn't speak to each other until they arrived. Both opened their side of the car and walked together toward the entrance.
"Hey Kenshin? Do you see them yet?" Kaoru looked around while coming towards the entrance.
"Yup, there he is." Kenshin pointed at a young man a little taller than Kenshin with a red sweater about two sizes bigger than what would fit him and some jeans.
"Boy, he's sexy," Kaoru sarcastically said. Kenshin glared at her. "What?! It's not like I'm your girlfriend and your being jealous about it, or is it?" Kaoru giggled until they met up.
"Kenshin! Glad you showed up, and who's this young lady?" Akira raised an eyebrow. "She's really pretty Kenshin, where did you find her?"
Kenshin was turning red, real red. "Um... she's a classmate from school I met about four days ago..."
"Girlfriend in four days?! Wow! Kenshin you player." Akira chuckled.
"She's not my girlfriend! Just a friend that's a girl."
"You punk! Why would you think I was Kenshin's girlfriend now?" Kaoru put her hands on her hips.
"Kenshin, didn't you tell her it was supposed to be a double date?"
"A-a d-double d-date?" Kenshin got even redder.
"Sorry Kaoru, I left that detail out..." Now Kenshin couldn't take any more embarrassment so he tried changing the subject. "So where's your girlfriend?"
"Oh, she's using the restroom. She'll be out soon."
"Um... Kenshin? I think I have to go too. Excuse me." Kaoru headed over to the restroom and guess who she found inside. Kaoru opened the door and walked to towards the sink, when she bumped into someone.
"Oops, sorry. Excuse...me? Yukishiro-dono?" Kaoru tilted her head in confusion.
"Oh, it's just you Kamiya-san," Tomoe said in monotone. "So why are you here?"
"I'm with... Kenshin..."
"Figures. That poor loser."
"Hey! Don't talk about Kenshin like that. You used to date him, don't you even feel any sympathy for him?" Kaoru felt anger surge through her blood.
"For someone that can't even afford his own car? No way. At least I have someone that cares for me and can afford 10 cars." Kaoru was about to slap her upside the head, but decided not to incase something bad would happen. 'Fights don't solve anything, fights don't solve anything,' Kaoru repeated in her head. She walked out ignoring Tomoe and went back to where Kenshin and Akira were. Kenshin saw that pissed look on Kaoru's face and began to worry.
"Um... Kaoru, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, just bumped into that Yukishiro-san and she was talking trash about you."
"Tomoe? Really?"
Akira bumped into the conversation. "Wait, you know Tomoe?"
"Yeah, she's Kenshin's ex-girlfriend," informed Kaoru.
"But, Tomoe's my..." Just then Tomoe walked up to Akira and pulled him into a quick kiss, not even noticing Kenshin and Kaoru. 'Figures, losers fit together perfectly.' Kaoru laughed inside her head.
"Oh, hey Tomoe. Didn't expect that, well I'd like you to meet..."
Tomoe cut off Akira. "Kenshin..."
"So you do know him. He's your ex?" Tomoe didn't even answer; she just grabbed Akira's hand and walked into the carnival after handing the carnival person two tickets.
Kaoru shifted into her complaining mode, while Kenshin was totally zoned out. "So that's it? Some best friend you have? No offense, but he didn't even pay for our tickets yet when he said he would!"
"Tomoe..."
"Kenshin! Are you listening?" Kenshin was suddenly snapped back to reality and looked at Kaoru with a confused face. "You're friend just ditched you for your ex-girlfriend! What's going on?"
"It seems that our double date has been cancelled Kaoru. Sorry for lying to you, I'll take you home... wait, I don't have a car, Kaoru? You want to go home? If you hate me, I'll know why."
"Kenshin, I will never hate you." Kaoru covered her mouth realizing what she had just said. "What I meant was, that I'm not mad at you or anything, and we don't have to go home. If you really wanted to go on a date with me, you should've asked Kenshin." Kaoru began blushing herself. "We don't have to go home, why don't we enjoy this carnival while we are here. I'll pay Kenshin." Kaoru began walking towards the ticket stand when Kenshin grabbed her shoulder to turn her around. Kenshin was still slightly blushing, but he was looking at Kaoru straight in the eyes.
"Kaoru... would like to go on a date with me?" (AN: gasp! ^-^) Kenshin's question left Kaoru in shock and laughter. Kenshin blushed even more than he did when Akira was talking with him. When Kaoru's laughter stopped, she looked back at Kenshin.
"Of course I will." She smiled back at Kenshin, which made his heart turn into liquid. 'Yes! I'm going on a date with Kenshin! Wait till I tell Misao!' Kaoru leaped in joy in her head, while Kenshin was thinking about the same. 'A date with Kaoru, and I only knew her four days. I'd better tell Sano.' They both walked, well Kaoru was skipping, towards the ticket stand, where Kaoru kindly bought two tickets for Kenshin and herself.
"Let's go Kenshin! I don't want to stay at the entrance forever, and besides, I'm hungry!"
"All right Kaoru," Kenshin jogged towards Kaoru with thoughts flying around his head. 'What kind of a guy am I? Doesn't the guy who invites the girl have to pay?' Just then, Kenshin's stomach grumbled. "I guess that answers our question of where we're going to go right now.
Kaoru went in the line to get some food, while Kenshin was looking for a place to sit. Kaoru came back with two hot dogs, two sodas, and a little plate of French fries. Kenshin's eyes begun sparkling at the sight of the food. He licked his lips, "Yum, junk food..." Kenshin almost started drooling, but his quick reflexes made him slurp it back up. Kaoru giggled when she heard him slurping his drool. Kenshin tensed up when he felt someone staring at him. He turned his head to find an adult couple talking to each other while staring at Kenshin and Kaoru. Kenshin didn't want them staring at them so he had to say something.
"Excuse me, can I help you?" asked Kenshin. The coupled giggled at each other.
The man sighed. "Young love...'
"Oh Tamahome, you're so mean. What he was trying to say was you two looked just like we did when we were dating." The woman smiled and Kenshin smiled back. He turned back and saw Kaoru blushing like there was no tomorrow.
They finished as quickly as possible and ran over to the games section. There they found a variety of games and prizes you could get, but the one that caught Kaoru's attention the most was cute giant Pikachu hanging on one of the game stalls. (AN: I don't know why I said Pikachu, but since I have one, mind as well put it in. I mean everyone loves Pikachu right? ^-^)
"Oh my god Kenshin! Look how cute that is! Please, can you get it for me?" Kaoru gave Kenshin her best expression of the puppy dog eyes she could and obviously Kenshin couldn't say no.
"Fine... but I kinda don't have any money to play." Kenshin blushed, he wasn't used to asking one single person for so much in one day.
"No problem Kenshin, just get me that giant Pikachu!" She handed him some spare change she had and gave it to Kenshin. Kenshin walked over to the stall and examined what you had to do. It was one of those throwing games where you had to throw the baseball into the giant jug with a skinny hole on top.
"So there kid, want to win something for your girlfriend there?"
"Um... yeah. How much do I have to pay?" asked Kenshin. The worker told him the rules and the price.
He paid the worker a dollar and received two balls. Seeing that Kenshin was kinda a nerd, he made the perfect calculations he needed. When he looked back at Kaoru, he forgot everything he had just calculated and zoned out for a second. 'Crap, I forgot. There's only one thing left to do then: believe. I must do this for Kaoru. She really wants that stuffed... Pokémon.' Kenshin took his aim, closed his eyes, and believed all he could. He threw the ball lightly... but totally missed for it went towards the right. 'What?! After all the believing? Great, that helps a lot. Ah well, I'll just go to another game that's easier and gives the same prize.' Luckily he still had one more ball left, but he just tossed it towards the jug without a care if it made it in or not, but in the last second before he threw the ball had a quick thought of Kaoru. Well, Kenshin turned around with his back towards the jug and heard the ball fall down, but the sound seemed isolated. He suddenly heard cheers of joy and Kaoru dashing towards him yelling and laughing. Kenshin was shocked from the sudden embrace, but liked it... a lot. He turned around and saw that the worker was trying to hand a giant Pikachu towards him.
"Thanks Kenshin! I love it! How did you do it? These are like one of the hardest games!" Kenshin grabbed the Pikachu and handed it to Kaoru. She gave him another hug with her free arm and resumed hugging the Pikachu tightly. Kenshin was feeling quite jealous for the Pikachu was getting more attention than him from Kaoru. Kaoru looked at Kenshin to find him looking disturbed. 'Is he ok?' She looked back at the Pikachu she was hugging to death. 'Is he jealous over a stuffed toy?' She began blushing a deep red again. 'I don't know, but here goes nothing.' She held the Pikachu with her left hand and with her other hand, grabbed Kenshin's hand. Kaoru could sense Kenshin's sudden shock, but when he noticed who was holding his hand, he felt calm and warm.
While Kenshin and Kaoru were distracted by thinking how they were in such a "close" situation, they didn't notice Akira and Tomoe following them. "How would you actually like this poor dog? You should be ashamed." Kaoru suddenly caught a glimpse of amber in Kenshin's eyes.
"Please, leave Kaoru out of this." Kenshin's voice was totally different for it was deeper and more serious than the Kenshin Kaoru knew.
"Hm... how about... no." Tomoe laughed evilishly while covering her mouth with her hand. (AN: You know those evil laughs anime girls do. ^-^)
Kenshin clenched his fists tightly, but when Kaoru placed her hand on his shoulder, all his tension went away and his amber eyes turned back to purple. "Kenshin, let's just go."
"Girl, don't think you can run away from me like that!"
"I can, and I will," Kaoru responded proudly, placing her hands on her hips. Tomoe gave a quick battle cry and rushed towards Kaoru. Kaoru pushed Kenshin aside and swiftly dodged Tomoe's charge while leaving a foot out causing Tomoe to trip over it. She landed flat on the floor making dust blow into the air. Akira rushed over to help his girl and found Tomoe with her face with scratches all over it. "I am very sorry Yukishiro-dono, but it's your fault for insulting Kenshin and trying to hurt me. In other words, you deserved it. Here, you're going to need this." Kaoru threw some hand sanitizer over to Akira and walked back with Kenshin.
"Thanks Kaoru, I really appreciate it for what you just did for me."
"No problem Kenshin, that's what friends are for." Kaoru gave him a warm smile.
"So we're still only just friends?" Kenshin blurted out. 'Whoops...'
"Not unless you want more..." Kaoru accidentally slipped that out of her mouth. They stared at each other for a while in front of the car, thinking about what they had just absentmindedly said to each other.
"I think we are fine what we are right now..." Kaoru was a little disappointed that Kenshin didn't want to go any further, but glad that he had said something to break the silence. They both hopped back into Kaoru's car and drove back home.
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AN: Well that's the end of chappy four. Well lucky you, I didn't leave a cliffhanger. Ah my head hurts too much to make up one. I shall continue! Thanks for the reviews again. I'm getting more than my Inuyasha one. XP Ah well, once again I shall respond your very amusing reviews. Yes very amusing, all I'm really getting is "Good story," "I like it," or "Update soon." Now those are just annoying, but they're still reviews. Thanks people!
CurlsofSerenity: Sorry about that quotation mark problem, but I saved it on the wrong format thingy, so I fixed it. Yup, that father thing was kind of based on my own dad for he always does that.
Dragon Master27: What's wrong with my computer? What's wrong with yours?! Lol jk. It's just that quotation mark problem I guess. Now why didn't I finish the song? Because I like it, and well, I don't know, but it seemed pointless for Hiko was drunk.
Dragontamer9741: Whoops! My mistake, I just fixed that recently for someone else told me that I did that double right foot thing. XP Sorry, I guess I was kind of in a rush at the time.
Sango: Yes, that Hiko thing was pretty funny. Ha, I even laughed myself while I was typing it. It was fun picturing it and I thought you people would've liked it too, since Hiko's pretty serious all the time except when he teases Kenshin. Thanks for your review.
DragonSorceress22: Ack! You're a twin. Scary, it's just that I don't meet twins that much. Yup it's fun talking to you on AIM, very fun. You're welcome for getting that song stuck in your head. ^-^
Kitty: Yeah I know all that stuff for I just got to that part recently. But for the secret movie, I haven't seen it, but I know it's about that Kingdom Hearts 2. But still... RIKU = EVIL! ^-^
Look! Rurouni Kenshin's on Ebay for a buck! Must buy! Jk!
Does She Care as Much as I Do?
"Yes it's Akira, so Kenshin, how's it been?" Akira, Kenshin's childhood friend was actually calling him. 'Man I haven't talked to him for a long time...'
"I've been doing fine, except for all that harsh training I get from my uncle."
"I heard that!" yelled Hiko from the background. 'Boy does he heal fast from hangovers.'
"Well, I'm glad to hear that Kenshin. Are you still mad about the fight we had for that Jolly Rancher?" Both of them laughed.
"Maybe. Man, I'm sorry about that. I guess I went too far. I was hungry, you know me." Kenshin chuckled. "So, catch on to any chicks lately?" Kenshin laughed uncontrollably, but stopped when he noticed Akira wasn't laughing. 'Maybe he does have one, girls were never interested in him when I was with him...'
"Actually Kenshin I do. And she loves me a lot apparently. I don't think that's very funny. Not like you got one, unless you did. Ha, Kenshin's a player."
Kenshin blushed behind the phone. "Oro? I am not! I did have a girlfriend, but we just recently broke up because we didn't love each other." He didn't want to mention Kaoru now did he.
"What a coincidence! My girlfriend just broke up with someone too! And now she's with me. Hey I got a great idea! Want to meet up sometime? How about a double date? My treat, I'll pay for it all. I'll bring my girl and you can bring someone too! So, want to go?" Kenshin thought for a while.
"Hold on, let me think about it. I'll call you back, wait, what's your phone number?" Akira told him his new phone number and they both hung up. Kenshin walked to see how his uncle was doing, but he was gone. So Kenshin checked his room and found him sleeping on his bed. 'Ah, good, he's ok. Now, if I were to go, who would I bring? I don't think Tomoe would go with me. How about Sano? No, bringing a guy would be weird since Akira did say double date." Kenshin suddenly zoned out and pictured Sanosuke and himself holding hands. 'No! No perverted and gay thoughts! No! Who would I bring that's a girl?' 'Kaoru! But I don't know... we're not having a relationship or anything. But she's the only girl I can think of other than Megumi and Misao. Megumi would just talk about her medical studies and Misao would bother saying yes since she's waiting for her Aoshi-sama. Hey, that's right! Misao asked me to ask Aoshi if he liked her. Oh well, I'll do that later. Ok, back to that double date thing. So, I guess Kaoru's the only person.' Kenshin picked up the phone and began dialing Akira's phone number.
"Ok Akira, I got someone. So where are we going?"
"You tell me who it is first." Akira smiled with curiosity.
Kenshin hesitated. "It's just some girl that I just met a few days ago. We've become pretty good friends. I've said enough, so where and when are we going."
"I don't know yet. How about a movie? On Saturday?"
"Sure why not? What are we going to watch?"
"Um... I'm not sure. How about something the girls would like. Hm... ok fine, maybe not a movie. Hey, wait! There's a carnival that night! How perfect! So how about it Kenshin."
"Fine with me, as long as I'm not paying." Kenshin laughed, as he thought it was funny, but once again Akira didn't laugh.
"Ok, Saturday, carnival, how about... 6 PM?"
"Alrighty then. It's set." Kenshin sighed. "Now I just have to ask Kaoru," Kenshin mumbled.
"What did you say?"
"Oh nothing. Ok then, bye! Nice talking to you again."
"Same to you." Both of them hung up and Kenshin dashed to the bathroom.
'Ah, my fresh shiny teeth. Maybe I should sing a song!' Kenshin jumped and grabbed his toothbrush, pretending it was a microphone.
"When you're feeling lonely, sad as I can be. All by myself on an uncharted island in the endless sea. What makes me happy, that fills me up with glee! Those bones in my jaw, that don't have a flaw, my shiny teeth and me! My shiny teeth that sparkle, just like the stars in space! My shiny teeth that twinkle, and brings beauty to my face! My shiny teeth that glisten, just like a Christmas tree! You'd walk a mile just to see me smile! Whew! My shiny teeth and me! Yes they're all so perfect, so white and pearly. Brush, gargle, rinse, with those breath mints, my shiny teeth and me! My shiny teeth are so awesome, just like my favorite song! My shiny teeth that blossom, so they'd grow to be real strong! My shiny teeth I love them, and they all love me! Why should I talk to you when I got thirty-two? Whew! My shiny teeth and me!" (AN: And if anyone didn't know that song, it was from "The Fairy Odd parents" from Nickelodeon sung by Chip Skylark. I don't know why in the world Kenshin would be singing it, but I just heard it a while ago and I thought, 'What the heck, that seems funny enough to put in.' ^-^) After singing, Kenshin finished his "business" and hopped onto his bed. He sighed and closed his eyes, thinking about how he would ask Kaoru. 'Am I going to be asking her on a date? No, just a friendly hangout thing, I guess. Yeah that must be what it is. Kenshin, you are so smart sometimes.' He smiled to himself and dreamt about (who else?) Kaoru.
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Now back to Kaoru. After driving Kenshin home, she raced back home, wanting to take a nice clean shower. When she arrived, her father was waiting for her at the door.
"Kaoru, does it take that long to drive Kenshin all the way to his house?" He chuckled a little, but saw Kaoru's angry face.
"Dad! We just had to pick up that Hiko-san, since he was drunk, and put him on the couch."
"So you went in again? Ooo, Kaoru. Did you get a kiss?" Now he was rolling on the floor laughing his lungs out. Kaoru just ignored him and stamped upstairs. 'Boy he goes overboard sometimes. Grrrr, but Kenshin does seem nice. No! I shall not think that way! Wonder if he thinks like this too?' Kaoru slammed open her door and found her three siblings on her bed watching "Pokémon 4ever."
"Yahiko? You actually watch this stuff?" Kaoru asked as she grabbed the things she needed for her shower.
"Yeah, why not? They wanted to watch it, too. Pokémon shall live forever! It'll never die!" Yahiko held up his victory sign.
"Right! Ok, I'm off to take a shower!"
After her shower, she did everything necessary to make herself prettyful before going to sleep, which she obviously dreamt about her Kenshin-sama. ^-^
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Kaoru woke up with a yawn and "Change the World" playing on her stereo. (AN: XP "Change the World" was my alarm once. It got annoying so I changed the CD.) Kaoru quickly took her morning shower and jumped into her school uniform. Then the phone rang...
"Hello? Is Kamiya Kaoru there?" asked Kenshin.
"Why do you want to talk to my ugly sister? I mean, she's ugly!" Now I wonder who picked up the phone? ^-^'
"I just need to ask her a favor."
"If you really want to... KAORU! YOUR BOYFRIEND'S ON THE PHONE!" Yahiko giggled like a little girl and ran off.
"MY WHAT?!" Kaoru picked up the phone Yahiko had put down and put it to her ear.
"Kaoru?"
"Yeah, hi...Kenshin? Why in the world would you call me?"
"Well, since you always seem to give me a ride when I'm walking, could you just give me a ride when you pass by my house? I can wait outside." Kenshin seemed embarrassed asking for a ride from Kaoru, but she would pick him up anyways while he was walking towards school.
"Um, yeah sure." Just then Mr. Kamiya walked in. "Wait, hold on."
"Hey Kaoru, sorry, but I'm busy today. Can you go early and drive the kids to school for me? Onegai, just for today, well maybe for a couple of days, but today is the most important."
"Um, sure, I guess." 'Great, now I'll have to stuff four people in my car.'
"So Kaoru, who's that on the phone?" Mr. Kamiya chuckled and ran away before anything got chucked at him. After her father's leaving, Kaoru went back to her conversation with Kenshin.
"Ok then, I'll pick you up whenever I come across your house, ok?"
"Yeah, sure. Thanks Kaoru, I owe you. Bye!"
"Bye."
"Oh yeah! And just one more thing..." Kaoru hung up before Kenshin could ask her about that "friendly hangout." 'I can ask her in the car then.'
Kaoru stuffed her breakfast into her mouth and called all her siblings to her Toyota Celica.
"Nee-chan! I don't want to go to school," Ayame complained.
"But you have to, it's for your own good. Do you want to be as smart as me?" Ayame nodded. "Good, then go to school. It's fun, don't you have any friends that play with you?"
"Yes, but there are other people that tease me."
"Well then Ayame-chan, I'll teach you something that'll help. Talk about their moms. Wait, no just kidding. Don't talk about their moms, just tease them back with the best you got, or ignore them. It's simple, just stick with your friends and Yahiko will be there with you anyways." Kaoru gave her 'You'd better protect her' stare to Yahiko. He nodded and hopped inside the car, while Kaoru gently put Ayame and Suzume into the back. "Kenshin will be also coming with us today. That's why he called Yahiko."
"Yay!" Ayame leaned over to Yahiko. "Is Ken-nii Kaoru's boyfriend?" Yahiko just shrugged and gave her an evil smile. She understood and smiled herself. Kaoru turned on the ignition and gracefully drove out without making the car bump once. Once Kaoru was on the road, she drove off toward Kenshin's house.
Kenshin had been outside waiting and thinking of a way to ask Kaoru out. "Hm, how about 'Hey Kaoru, I know we've only known each other for about four days, but I was wondering if you wanted to go to the carnival on Saturday?' No, that's lame. AH! I don't know!" He then saw her car coming. "Great, what am I going to say?"
Kaoru hit the breaks when she reached Kenshin's house and Yahiko flew forward. Kaoru quickly caught him and threw him back. "Haven't you heard of a seat belt? You could've been killed!"
"Haven't you heard of driver's lessons? Man you drive like a ugly mad person!" Kaoru held up her fist and was about to knock Yahiko's lights out, but Kenshin opened the car door next to her.
"Oh, good morning Kenshin." Kaoru greeted him kindly, holding back her anger from Yahiko.
"Hello Kaoru..." Kenshin looked back and saw the whole family sitting in the back. "Oh, I see we have company."
"Ken-nii!" Ayame and Suzume tried jumping toward him, but their seatbelts kept them back. Kenshin took his seat in front and put on his seat belt.
He turned back again and began greeting the little ones. "Hello Ayame-chan, good morning Suzume-chan. Whoa, Yahiko, what happened to you?"
Kaoru answered for Yahiko. "Oh he just flew to the front when I parked in front of your house because he didn't have his seatbelt on. Don't worry about him, he's fine, he always is."
"Ok. So why are they here?" asked Kenshin.
"I have to drive them to school because my dad's busy."
"Oh, ok." They eventually arrived at the Elementary/middle School. "Bye everyone!" Kenshin waved at Kaoru's siblings. 'Crap; now I'm alone with Kaoru. Should I ask? This will be probably my only chance, ok Kenshin, let's do it!"
"Um... Kaoru?"
"Yes?" Kaoru lightly pressed the acceleration pedal and continued their drive to their school.
"I was wondering if you were busy on Saturday..."
"Nope, why?" Kaoru was curious right now. 'Is he trying to ask me out? Oh joy!'
"You think we can go to the carnival on that day?" Kenshin started blushing.
"A-are you asking me out on a date?" Kaoru just had to know that she did.
"Um, no. I'm meeting up with an old friend; he was bringing his girlfriend and said that I could bring a friend along too. Don't worry Kaoru, my friend's paying. I think he thought his girlfriend would become lonely so he insisted I invite a friend." Kenshin felt so stupid. 'Why did I say know. It is kinda a date anyways. I don't know...'
Kaoru on the other hand was totally disappointed. 'And here I thought he'd really ask me, because I think I'd say yes. But, what if it really is a date, a double date? But he just doesn't want to admit it... maybe...' "Ok fine, I'll go. Not like it's going to hurt or anything." Kenshin yelped in joy. "Huh? What was that Kenshin?"
"Um, nothing... So you're really going?"
"Why not? You invited me, and since I'm not paying, that's even better." 'And she's rich. Cheap people these days...' "I'm going to have to pick you up huh?" Kenshin slowly nodded. "Ok then, when?"
"He said he'd meet us there at 6, so I guess you should pick me up around 5:30?"
"Fine with me."
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(AN: Now I don't want to write about the rest of those days so I'll get to the plot ^-^)
Kaoru and Kenshin waited for the rest of those days, feeling very tempted, wanting to go to their scheduled "friendly go out." They both got to know each other better those past few days and had begun to hang out together even more. They'd usually go to each other's house after school to work on homework and train each other at kendo. Whenever Kenshin was at Kaoru's house, he would play with Ayame and Suzume. He'd also train with Yahiko too. Whenever Kaoru went to Kenshin's house, Hiko would beg to drive again and also tease them about the two being "close."
They had turned in their interviews on that Friday and gotten the best grade. Misao and Sano were jealous, but they knew they were "less gifted." They had both join the kendo team after school and were the best there, other than their coach, Saitou. Kenshin was a match for him, Kaoru knew that, but he didn't show it that's all. Kaoru and Kenshin were usually sparring partners and amazed the class with their skills.
Finally the day had come. It was Saturday and almost time to go to that carnival. 'Ok, in thirty minutes I have to go pick up Kenshin. Some date this is, isn't the guy supposed to pick me up? Well, this isn't a date anyways, because he said so. Ah well.' Kaoru spent her thirty minutes training with Yahiko and her father. When it was about time to go, she took a quick shower.
Over at Kenshin's house though, Kenshin was having an interesting conversation with his favorite uncle. It was his only uncle anyways. "So Kenshin, going out on a date eh?"
"It is not a date! I'm meeting up with Akira that's all."
"Then why are you bringing Kaoru along, and why to a carnival?" That left Kenshin totally silent. "Uh-huh. That's what I thought." Kenshin began blushing and ran out the door. "My little nephew is growing up." Hiko headed toward the dojo laughing his head off.
Kenshin and Kaoru headed off to the car and drove off. It was silent for a while until Kaoru's curiosity overcame her. "So who's this friend of yours?"
"His name is Kiyosato Akira. He was a good friend of mine when I went to those cheap public schools. This is silly but we had a fight that started with one jolly rancher and haven't seen or each other ever since, until last night. He invited me just yesterday and he's bringing his girlfriend. The funny thing was, that his girlfriend broke up with some other guy exactly when I broke up with Tomoe. What a coincidence huh?"
"You know that Kiyosato-san's girlfriend can be Tomoe you know. She did say she was cheating on you right?" That left Kenshin totally silent. 'She's right. No it can't be.'
"I don't think so. They go to totally different schools." Kenshin didn't want to accept that Tomoe was cheating on him for his old best friend.
"Yeah, but I heard she went to another school that's a public school and kinda cheap. Rumors say she also has a boyfriend already..."
"Ok, enough about her. I don't want to think about the past, I must move on." Silence once again took over, except for the fact that Sandstorm was playing, and they didn't speak to each other until they arrived. Both opened their side of the car and walked together toward the entrance.
"Hey Kenshin? Do you see them yet?" Kaoru looked around while coming towards the entrance.
"Yup, there he is." Kenshin pointed at a young man a little taller than Kenshin with a red sweater about two sizes bigger than what would fit him and some jeans.
"Boy, he's sexy," Kaoru sarcastically said. Kenshin glared at her. "What?! It's not like I'm your girlfriend and your being jealous about it, or is it?" Kaoru giggled until they met up.
"Kenshin! Glad you showed up, and who's this young lady?" Akira raised an eyebrow. "She's really pretty Kenshin, where did you find her?"
Kenshin was turning red, real red. "Um... she's a classmate from school I met about four days ago..."
"Girlfriend in four days?! Wow! Kenshin you player." Akira chuckled.
"She's not my girlfriend! Just a friend that's a girl."
"You punk! Why would you think I was Kenshin's girlfriend now?" Kaoru put her hands on her hips.
"Kenshin, didn't you tell her it was supposed to be a double date?"
"A-a d-double d-date?" Kenshin got even redder.
"Sorry Kaoru, I left that detail out..." Now Kenshin couldn't take any more embarrassment so he tried changing the subject. "So where's your girlfriend?"
"Oh, she's using the restroom. She'll be out soon."
"Um... Kenshin? I think I have to go too. Excuse me." Kaoru headed over to the restroom and guess who she found inside. Kaoru opened the door and walked to towards the sink, when she bumped into someone.
"Oops, sorry. Excuse...me? Yukishiro-dono?" Kaoru tilted her head in confusion.
"Oh, it's just you Kamiya-san," Tomoe said in monotone. "So why are you here?"
"I'm with... Kenshin..."
"Figures. That poor loser."
"Hey! Don't talk about Kenshin like that. You used to date him, don't you even feel any sympathy for him?" Kaoru felt anger surge through her blood.
"For someone that can't even afford his own car? No way. At least I have someone that cares for me and can afford 10 cars." Kaoru was about to slap her upside the head, but decided not to incase something bad would happen. 'Fights don't solve anything, fights don't solve anything,' Kaoru repeated in her head. She walked out ignoring Tomoe and went back to where Kenshin and Akira were. Kenshin saw that pissed look on Kaoru's face and began to worry.
"Um... Kaoru, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, just bumped into that Yukishiro-san and she was talking trash about you."
"Tomoe? Really?"
Akira bumped into the conversation. "Wait, you know Tomoe?"
"Yeah, she's Kenshin's ex-girlfriend," informed Kaoru.
"But, Tomoe's my..." Just then Tomoe walked up to Akira and pulled him into a quick kiss, not even noticing Kenshin and Kaoru. 'Figures, losers fit together perfectly.' Kaoru laughed inside her head.
"Oh, hey Tomoe. Didn't expect that, well I'd like you to meet..."
Tomoe cut off Akira. "Kenshin..."
"So you do know him. He's your ex?" Tomoe didn't even answer; she just grabbed Akira's hand and walked into the carnival after handing the carnival person two tickets.
Kaoru shifted into her complaining mode, while Kenshin was totally zoned out. "So that's it? Some best friend you have? No offense, but he didn't even pay for our tickets yet when he said he would!"
"Tomoe..."
"Kenshin! Are you listening?" Kenshin was suddenly snapped back to reality and looked at Kaoru with a confused face. "You're friend just ditched you for your ex-girlfriend! What's going on?"
"It seems that our double date has been cancelled Kaoru. Sorry for lying to you, I'll take you home... wait, I don't have a car, Kaoru? You want to go home? If you hate me, I'll know why."
"Kenshin, I will never hate you." Kaoru covered her mouth realizing what she had just said. "What I meant was, that I'm not mad at you or anything, and we don't have to go home. If you really wanted to go on a date with me, you should've asked Kenshin." Kaoru began blushing herself. "We don't have to go home, why don't we enjoy this carnival while we are here. I'll pay Kenshin." Kaoru began walking towards the ticket stand when Kenshin grabbed her shoulder to turn her around. Kenshin was still slightly blushing, but he was looking at Kaoru straight in the eyes.
"Kaoru... would like to go on a date with me?" (AN: gasp! ^-^) Kenshin's question left Kaoru in shock and laughter. Kenshin blushed even more than he did when Akira was talking with him. When Kaoru's laughter stopped, she looked back at Kenshin.
"Of course I will." She smiled back at Kenshin, which made his heart turn into liquid. 'Yes! I'm going on a date with Kenshin! Wait till I tell Misao!' Kaoru leaped in joy in her head, while Kenshin was thinking about the same. 'A date with Kaoru, and I only knew her four days. I'd better tell Sano.' They both walked, well Kaoru was skipping, towards the ticket stand, where Kaoru kindly bought two tickets for Kenshin and herself.
"Let's go Kenshin! I don't want to stay at the entrance forever, and besides, I'm hungry!"
"All right Kaoru," Kenshin jogged towards Kaoru with thoughts flying around his head. 'What kind of a guy am I? Doesn't the guy who invites the girl have to pay?' Just then, Kenshin's stomach grumbled. "I guess that answers our question of where we're going to go right now.
Kaoru went in the line to get some food, while Kenshin was looking for a place to sit. Kaoru came back with two hot dogs, two sodas, and a little plate of French fries. Kenshin's eyes begun sparkling at the sight of the food. He licked his lips, "Yum, junk food..." Kenshin almost started drooling, but his quick reflexes made him slurp it back up. Kaoru giggled when she heard him slurping his drool. Kenshin tensed up when he felt someone staring at him. He turned his head to find an adult couple talking to each other while staring at Kenshin and Kaoru. Kenshin didn't want them staring at them so he had to say something.
"Excuse me, can I help you?" asked Kenshin. The coupled giggled at each other.
The man sighed. "Young love...'
"Oh Tamahome, you're so mean. What he was trying to say was you two looked just like we did when we were dating." The woman smiled and Kenshin smiled back. He turned back and saw Kaoru blushing like there was no tomorrow.
They finished as quickly as possible and ran over to the games section. There they found a variety of games and prizes you could get, but the one that caught Kaoru's attention the most was cute giant Pikachu hanging on one of the game stalls. (AN: I don't know why I said Pikachu, but since I have one, mind as well put it in. I mean everyone loves Pikachu right? ^-^)
"Oh my god Kenshin! Look how cute that is! Please, can you get it for me?" Kaoru gave Kenshin her best expression of the puppy dog eyes she could and obviously Kenshin couldn't say no.
"Fine... but I kinda don't have any money to play." Kenshin blushed, he wasn't used to asking one single person for so much in one day.
"No problem Kenshin, just get me that giant Pikachu!" She handed him some spare change she had and gave it to Kenshin. Kenshin walked over to the stall and examined what you had to do. It was one of those throwing games where you had to throw the baseball into the giant jug with a skinny hole on top.
"So there kid, want to win something for your girlfriend there?"
"Um... yeah. How much do I have to pay?" asked Kenshin. The worker told him the rules and the price.
He paid the worker a dollar and received two balls. Seeing that Kenshin was kinda a nerd, he made the perfect calculations he needed. When he looked back at Kaoru, he forgot everything he had just calculated and zoned out for a second. 'Crap, I forgot. There's only one thing left to do then: believe. I must do this for Kaoru. She really wants that stuffed... Pokémon.' Kenshin took his aim, closed his eyes, and believed all he could. He threw the ball lightly... but totally missed for it went towards the right. 'What?! After all the believing? Great, that helps a lot. Ah well, I'll just go to another game that's easier and gives the same prize.' Luckily he still had one more ball left, but he just tossed it towards the jug without a care if it made it in or not, but in the last second before he threw the ball had a quick thought of Kaoru. Well, Kenshin turned around with his back towards the jug and heard the ball fall down, but the sound seemed isolated. He suddenly heard cheers of joy and Kaoru dashing towards him yelling and laughing. Kenshin was shocked from the sudden embrace, but liked it... a lot. He turned around and saw that the worker was trying to hand a giant Pikachu towards him.
"Thanks Kenshin! I love it! How did you do it? These are like one of the hardest games!" Kenshin grabbed the Pikachu and handed it to Kaoru. She gave him another hug with her free arm and resumed hugging the Pikachu tightly. Kenshin was feeling quite jealous for the Pikachu was getting more attention than him from Kaoru. Kaoru looked at Kenshin to find him looking disturbed. 'Is he ok?' She looked back at the Pikachu she was hugging to death. 'Is he jealous over a stuffed toy?' She began blushing a deep red again. 'I don't know, but here goes nothing.' She held the Pikachu with her left hand and with her other hand, grabbed Kenshin's hand. Kaoru could sense Kenshin's sudden shock, but when he noticed who was holding his hand, he felt calm and warm.
While Kenshin and Kaoru were distracted by thinking how they were in such a "close" situation, they didn't notice Akira and Tomoe following them. "How would you actually like this poor dog? You should be ashamed." Kaoru suddenly caught a glimpse of amber in Kenshin's eyes.
"Please, leave Kaoru out of this." Kenshin's voice was totally different for it was deeper and more serious than the Kenshin Kaoru knew.
"Hm... how about... no." Tomoe laughed evilishly while covering her mouth with her hand. (AN: You know those evil laughs anime girls do. ^-^)
Kenshin clenched his fists tightly, but when Kaoru placed her hand on his shoulder, all his tension went away and his amber eyes turned back to purple. "Kenshin, let's just go."
"Girl, don't think you can run away from me like that!"
"I can, and I will," Kaoru responded proudly, placing her hands on her hips. Tomoe gave a quick battle cry and rushed towards Kaoru. Kaoru pushed Kenshin aside and swiftly dodged Tomoe's charge while leaving a foot out causing Tomoe to trip over it. She landed flat on the floor making dust blow into the air. Akira rushed over to help his girl and found Tomoe with her face with scratches all over it. "I am very sorry Yukishiro-dono, but it's your fault for insulting Kenshin and trying to hurt me. In other words, you deserved it. Here, you're going to need this." Kaoru threw some hand sanitizer over to Akira and walked back with Kenshin.
"Thanks Kaoru, I really appreciate it for what you just did for me."
"No problem Kenshin, that's what friends are for." Kaoru gave him a warm smile.
"So we're still only just friends?" Kenshin blurted out. 'Whoops...'
"Not unless you want more..." Kaoru accidentally slipped that out of her mouth. They stared at each other for a while in front of the car, thinking about what they had just absentmindedly said to each other.
"I think we are fine what we are right now..." Kaoru was a little disappointed that Kenshin didn't want to go any further, but glad that he had said something to break the silence. They both hopped back into Kaoru's car and drove back home.
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AN: Well that's the end of chappy four. Well lucky you, I didn't leave a cliffhanger. Ah my head hurts too much to make up one. I shall continue! Thanks for the reviews again. I'm getting more than my Inuyasha one. XP Ah well, once again I shall respond your very amusing reviews. Yes very amusing, all I'm really getting is "Good story," "I like it," or "Update soon." Now those are just annoying, but they're still reviews. Thanks people!
CurlsofSerenity: Sorry about that quotation mark problem, but I saved it on the wrong format thingy, so I fixed it. Yup, that father thing was kind of based on my own dad for he always does that.
Dragon Master27: What's wrong with my computer? What's wrong with yours?! Lol jk. It's just that quotation mark problem I guess. Now why didn't I finish the song? Because I like it, and well, I don't know, but it seemed pointless for Hiko was drunk.
Dragontamer9741: Whoops! My mistake, I just fixed that recently for someone else told me that I did that double right foot thing. XP Sorry, I guess I was kind of in a rush at the time.
Sango: Yes, that Hiko thing was pretty funny. Ha, I even laughed myself while I was typing it. It was fun picturing it and I thought you people would've liked it too, since Hiko's pretty serious all the time except when he teases Kenshin. Thanks for your review.
DragonSorceress22: Ack! You're a twin. Scary, it's just that I don't meet twins that much. Yup it's fun talking to you on AIM, very fun. You're welcome for getting that song stuck in your head. ^-^
Kitty: Yeah I know all that stuff for I just got to that part recently. But for the secret movie, I haven't seen it, but I know it's about that Kingdom Hearts 2. But still... RIKU = EVIL! ^-^