Please forgive me. This is my first Kenshin fic. It's a romance thing.
Again I apologize. It's also set in present day. It makes things easier.
~Disclaimer~ I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or anything Kenshin related. I don't think I even own the fighting tournament since I based around the World Martial Arts Championship on DBZ.
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"A fighting tournament?!" exclaimed Kaoru. "Yeah," answered her best friend Misao, "this one's a really big one too. Much bigger than the last one." "That one was such a joke," said the two's other friend Megumi. "We should definitely enter," said Kaoru. "You guys would be great. Though I still don't get your fascination with it. You're teenage girls, you should focus on normal things like boys," said Megumi as a cute boy walked by. "Boys are anything but normal," said Misao. "And besides there's got to be more to life then boys and make up-" "And clothes," interrupted Megumi. "Right, and clothes. Even if we are teenage girls. But none of us have been very lucky in that department-" "But what about Dan?" this time Misao interrupted Kaoru. "None of us have been very lucky in that department so we have to find other things to use our energy and attention for something else." Megumi and Misao smiled. Kaoru finished taking her books out of her locker. She slid them into her backpack. "But, if you'll support us then we'll support you," said Kaoru as she put her backpack on, "so I guess we're going to the mall."
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The girls were settling down at a table in the food court with their smoothies (mmm.smoothies) while Kaoru examined the flyer she had for the tournament. She was reading it for more detail. "Oh no," said Kaoru. Misao and Megumi looked up at her. "Did they leave the calories in your smoothie?" asked Megumi. "The competition is for guys only." "What?" asked Megumi. "Those sexist pigs!" yelled Misao as she rose to her feet, "Let's go there anyway just to give them a piece of our minds! What sort of competition is this! Blah blah blah blah." as Misao ranted on Megumi and Kaoru had a quieter conversation. "You know what you guys could do?" asked Megumi. "What?" inquired Kaoru. "You could disguise as guys and enter the competition anyway. That way, when you win, you'll feel even more victorious." "That's a great idea." "What's a great idea?" asked Misao. "Disguising ourselves as guys and entering the competition," explained Kaoru. "That might just work," said Misao. The others could see the wheels turning in her head. "You two sort of look like boys anyway," teased Megumi. The Raccoon and the Weasel glared at her. Then all three started laughing as they stood up and threw away empty cups. Ready to begin shopping.
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A week had passed and suddenly it was the day of the tournament. Kaoru had completely forgotten about it and the crazy plan. But at 6 o'clock that day there was knock on her window. She turned away from the window. The knocking persisted. Kaoru sighed and climbed out of bed. She opened her window and Misao climbed through. (Kaoru has a tree outside of her window.) Misao ran her fingers through her inky black hair. Kaoru gasped. Misao's long hair, which was usually in a thick braid down her back, was shorn just below her ears. "Why aren't you ready?" asked Misao. "Where is your hair?" shrieked Kaoru. "Well I had to cut it if I was to pass for a guy." Judging by the confused look on Kaoru's face, Misao figured she had forgotten. "The competition. The fighting tournament. Males only. Sound familiar?" "Mis, we were kidding. You should know by now that Megumi is never serious." "Now way. There is no way that I cut off my hair and spent a week picking out a name not to do this. Please Kaoru. I don't want to do this alone." Kaoru touched Misao's hair. She looked at her sadly and sighed. "I'll call Megumi." Misao leaped up and hugged Kaoru tightly. They both began to laugh.
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"It's awful," said Kaoru. "How is it awful? I cut it perfectly. You look boyish. Handsome sort of," defended Megumi. "I know, but I liked my hair just as it was. This was a stupid idea. Why are we doing this for a dumb tournament?" "It's not that bad," said Misao as she tried to style her hair, "hmm.Vash the Stampede or Yusuke?" Megumi giggled. "Have you two got any clothes? Maybe that will help." "I've got some!" chirped Misao. She opened her backpack and took out two fighting gis, a short dress and a whole lot of bandages and tape. "You two won't need that much tape," joked Megumi, "and who's that dress for?" "It's for you Megumi." "You're making me your whore?" said Megumi as she looked at the short black and purple dress. Misao handed Kaoru her gi, which was green and black. Misao's was blue and black. "You're not our whore, you're our assistant. And if we're being guys and we have a beautiful girl working for us of course she'll be under clothed. I brought you these," said Misao as she held up a pair of glasses. Megumi smiled and put them on. "I'm only doing this because you guys are my best friends. And if you have to chop off your hair the least I can do is wear a pair of glasses." Misao began to tape and bandage her chest. Kaoru gelled her bangs down over her aquamarine eyes. She used a bit of makeup to bulk up the look of her face. She sighed and picked up a roll of tape.
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Two boys and a girl dressed in somewhat matching outfits entered the tournament arena. "Remember, I'm Byushi and you're Riosuke." "Stop reminding me, I know my own name." "Do I get a fake name too?" "Why would you need a fake name? You're not in disguise." "I'm just feeling a bit left out. You and Raccoon get to masquerade as guys and enter locker rooms using fake names while I'm stuck being the hussy on the sidelines." "Sorry Megs, what would you like to be called? "You can call me Mitsuko." "Whatever Fox." "Whatever Weasel." "There's never anyone let to say 'whatever Raccoon' now I'm feeling left out." "Shut up Kaoru." "Don't you mean Riosuke?" "Yeah that. Hey look at that guy over there. I bet he's a girl in disguise too. Looks like you didn't have to cut your hair after all Riosuke," laughed Mitsuko. Riosuke turned his head and saw a guy with long auburn hair. The young man turned to look at him. Riosuke blushed, but it was Kaoru who was caught in his piercing emerald eyes. Kaoru realized how that must look and pretended to laugh at something Byushi had said. She tried not to look at the beautiful redhead with a scar on his face. "All I said was that maybe we should check in now," said Byushi. Riosuke giggled nervously and pressed his bangs down hoping to hide his face.
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"Wow, will you look at that girl over there?" said a fellow with spike brown hair. His comrades turned to look where he was pointing. The girl was stunning. She had black hair in a bun on top of her head she had on glasses but you could tell she wasn't plain. She was wearing a short purple and black dress. She had on high heels that had straps and cords wrapped around her impossibly long legs. A boy with long red hair in a ponytail looked at her companions. He locked eyes with one of them. The one wearing green and black. The guy went a little red under his hair. 'Was that guy blushing? No wait, he's just laughing.' "Hey Kenshin are you all right?" asked the rooster-head. "I'm just fine Sano," said Kenshin, "where are Soujiro and Aoshi?" "They're at the table registering for us," said the one called Sano. Also registering were Riosuke, Byushi, and Mitsuko.
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"Hello sir! My name is Shoyru Byushi and this is my brother Riosuke. We're here to enter the tournament," said a very eager Byushi. "Whose the broad?" asked the slightly greasy man behind the table. "This is our sister, Mitsuko," said Riosuke. "No broads can fight." "She's not here to fight. She's here to assist us and observe. She's too pretty to fight anyway," explained Byushi. "That's for sure," said the greasy man as he eyed Mitsuko's chest. Mitsuko glanced over at Byushi, then at Riosuke. 'I should have insisted on another dress.' "Why is it exactly that girls aren't allowed to enter?" asked Riosuke in a soft but masculine voice. "Well men never really know how to fight them. If they go all out then they're sexist and evil. If the man loses then he was going easy on her and 'letting her win.' Plus his friends would never let it go. And if he doesn't fight because he's a gentleman then he doesn't get to compete in the tournament so he'll never know his potential. Plus girls always use little tricks like crying mid-fight or flashing him. Plus they don't have balls to kick so it's not fair." Riosuke blinked and nodded. He handed back the registration form. He then pulled his brother and sister away from the table and into an alley. "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all," said Kaoru. "I'm guessing this isn't just about the hair anymore," said Megumi. "No, it's not. It's that for the first time I have an opponent not holding anything back. They won't be afraid to hurt me. And that's a fighter's dream in a way but I'm not sure if I'm ready. And what if I take 'battle damage?' Don't you think there are two things they'll notice? And what if they kick us in the 'nuts?' We don't have any! Won't they notice that they're not there?!" gasped Kaoru. "You're giving up before we even start?" squeaked Misao. Kaoru looked away. "We're already here. We're already registered and you've already chopped of your hair. Something you've been crying about all day. You wanted this competition and now you're running away because you might have to try. I used to look up to you." With that Byushi left Kaoru standing in the alley. Kaoru blinked back tears and nodded to Megumi. Riosuke and Mitsuko exited the alley and looked for their brother. They found him standing awestruck out in the plaza. "What is it?" asked Riosuke. "Kaoru, Raccoon, Riosuke, whoever look at that guy. Is he the complete ultimate or what?" Raccoon and Fox followed Weasel's eyes to the perpetrator. It was a tall boy. He was beautiful. He had black hair falling into his ice cold blue eyes. "Or what. If he's the complete ultimate anything it would have to be the complete ultimate waste of your time. I thought we were here to fight," said Kaoru. Misao glanced at her sadly but with a tinge of anger. "You would know about wasting time wouldn't you?" threatened Misao. Before Kaoru could make a come back Megumi interrupted. "He's lovely that's for sure Misao," said Megumi. Misao smiled and stuck her tongue out at Kaoru. "But he looks so cold, so aloof, so angry and lost. Getting to him does seem like a waste of time." Misao frowned. "But Kaoru's right. You guys are here to fight." "Why do we find all the cute guys when we're disguised as guys?" whined Misao. "When you're disguised as guys," corrected Megumi. Kaoru and Misao glared at her. Megumi just laughed. "Attention all fighters," said the announcer in a heavy Dutch accent, "all fighters to the main stage. All of you." "I guess we should get going then," said Riosuke. Byushi and Mitsuko nodded and they entered the gate.
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Well that's it for my first chapter. How did it go? I hope the name switching wasn't too confusing. I had that in there so you'll sort of know what mode their in. When they joke about boys and stuff that was their girl sides coming through. I know I didn't describe the location much, I never do that. I like to let the readers imagine. If you think I should be more descriptive just let me know and it shall be done. I think I did the characters okay but I dunno. It is present day after all, anything could change right?
~Disclaimer~ I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or anything Kenshin related. I don't think I even own the fighting tournament since I based around the World Martial Arts Championship on DBZ.
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"A fighting tournament?!" exclaimed Kaoru. "Yeah," answered her best friend Misao, "this one's a really big one too. Much bigger than the last one." "That one was such a joke," said the two's other friend Megumi. "We should definitely enter," said Kaoru. "You guys would be great. Though I still don't get your fascination with it. You're teenage girls, you should focus on normal things like boys," said Megumi as a cute boy walked by. "Boys are anything but normal," said Misao. "And besides there's got to be more to life then boys and make up-" "And clothes," interrupted Megumi. "Right, and clothes. Even if we are teenage girls. But none of us have been very lucky in that department-" "But what about Dan?" this time Misao interrupted Kaoru. "None of us have been very lucky in that department so we have to find other things to use our energy and attention for something else." Megumi and Misao smiled. Kaoru finished taking her books out of her locker. She slid them into her backpack. "But, if you'll support us then we'll support you," said Kaoru as she put her backpack on, "so I guess we're going to the mall."
~*~*~*~
The girls were settling down at a table in the food court with their smoothies (mmm.smoothies) while Kaoru examined the flyer she had for the tournament. She was reading it for more detail. "Oh no," said Kaoru. Misao and Megumi looked up at her. "Did they leave the calories in your smoothie?" asked Megumi. "The competition is for guys only." "What?" asked Megumi. "Those sexist pigs!" yelled Misao as she rose to her feet, "Let's go there anyway just to give them a piece of our minds! What sort of competition is this! Blah blah blah blah." as Misao ranted on Megumi and Kaoru had a quieter conversation. "You know what you guys could do?" asked Megumi. "What?" inquired Kaoru. "You could disguise as guys and enter the competition anyway. That way, when you win, you'll feel even more victorious." "That's a great idea." "What's a great idea?" asked Misao. "Disguising ourselves as guys and entering the competition," explained Kaoru. "That might just work," said Misao. The others could see the wheels turning in her head. "You two sort of look like boys anyway," teased Megumi. The Raccoon and the Weasel glared at her. Then all three started laughing as they stood up and threw away empty cups. Ready to begin shopping.
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A week had passed and suddenly it was the day of the tournament. Kaoru had completely forgotten about it and the crazy plan. But at 6 o'clock that day there was knock on her window. She turned away from the window. The knocking persisted. Kaoru sighed and climbed out of bed. She opened her window and Misao climbed through. (Kaoru has a tree outside of her window.) Misao ran her fingers through her inky black hair. Kaoru gasped. Misao's long hair, which was usually in a thick braid down her back, was shorn just below her ears. "Why aren't you ready?" asked Misao. "Where is your hair?" shrieked Kaoru. "Well I had to cut it if I was to pass for a guy." Judging by the confused look on Kaoru's face, Misao figured she had forgotten. "The competition. The fighting tournament. Males only. Sound familiar?" "Mis, we were kidding. You should know by now that Megumi is never serious." "Now way. There is no way that I cut off my hair and spent a week picking out a name not to do this. Please Kaoru. I don't want to do this alone." Kaoru touched Misao's hair. She looked at her sadly and sighed. "I'll call Megumi." Misao leaped up and hugged Kaoru tightly. They both began to laugh.
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"It's awful," said Kaoru. "How is it awful? I cut it perfectly. You look boyish. Handsome sort of," defended Megumi. "I know, but I liked my hair just as it was. This was a stupid idea. Why are we doing this for a dumb tournament?" "It's not that bad," said Misao as she tried to style her hair, "hmm.Vash the Stampede or Yusuke?" Megumi giggled. "Have you two got any clothes? Maybe that will help." "I've got some!" chirped Misao. She opened her backpack and took out two fighting gis, a short dress and a whole lot of bandages and tape. "You two won't need that much tape," joked Megumi, "and who's that dress for?" "It's for you Megumi." "You're making me your whore?" said Megumi as she looked at the short black and purple dress. Misao handed Kaoru her gi, which was green and black. Misao's was blue and black. "You're not our whore, you're our assistant. And if we're being guys and we have a beautiful girl working for us of course she'll be under clothed. I brought you these," said Misao as she held up a pair of glasses. Megumi smiled and put them on. "I'm only doing this because you guys are my best friends. And if you have to chop off your hair the least I can do is wear a pair of glasses." Misao began to tape and bandage her chest. Kaoru gelled her bangs down over her aquamarine eyes. She used a bit of makeup to bulk up the look of her face. She sighed and picked up a roll of tape.
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Two boys and a girl dressed in somewhat matching outfits entered the tournament arena. "Remember, I'm Byushi and you're Riosuke." "Stop reminding me, I know my own name." "Do I get a fake name too?" "Why would you need a fake name? You're not in disguise." "I'm just feeling a bit left out. You and Raccoon get to masquerade as guys and enter locker rooms using fake names while I'm stuck being the hussy on the sidelines." "Sorry Megs, what would you like to be called? "You can call me Mitsuko." "Whatever Fox." "Whatever Weasel." "There's never anyone let to say 'whatever Raccoon' now I'm feeling left out." "Shut up Kaoru." "Don't you mean Riosuke?" "Yeah that. Hey look at that guy over there. I bet he's a girl in disguise too. Looks like you didn't have to cut your hair after all Riosuke," laughed Mitsuko. Riosuke turned his head and saw a guy with long auburn hair. The young man turned to look at him. Riosuke blushed, but it was Kaoru who was caught in his piercing emerald eyes. Kaoru realized how that must look and pretended to laugh at something Byushi had said. She tried not to look at the beautiful redhead with a scar on his face. "All I said was that maybe we should check in now," said Byushi. Riosuke giggled nervously and pressed his bangs down hoping to hide his face.
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"Wow, will you look at that girl over there?" said a fellow with spike brown hair. His comrades turned to look where he was pointing. The girl was stunning. She had black hair in a bun on top of her head she had on glasses but you could tell she wasn't plain. She was wearing a short purple and black dress. She had on high heels that had straps and cords wrapped around her impossibly long legs. A boy with long red hair in a ponytail looked at her companions. He locked eyes with one of them. The one wearing green and black. The guy went a little red under his hair. 'Was that guy blushing? No wait, he's just laughing.' "Hey Kenshin are you all right?" asked the rooster-head. "I'm just fine Sano," said Kenshin, "where are Soujiro and Aoshi?" "They're at the table registering for us," said the one called Sano. Also registering were Riosuke, Byushi, and Mitsuko.
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"Hello sir! My name is Shoyru Byushi and this is my brother Riosuke. We're here to enter the tournament," said a very eager Byushi. "Whose the broad?" asked the slightly greasy man behind the table. "This is our sister, Mitsuko," said Riosuke. "No broads can fight." "She's not here to fight. She's here to assist us and observe. She's too pretty to fight anyway," explained Byushi. "That's for sure," said the greasy man as he eyed Mitsuko's chest. Mitsuko glanced over at Byushi, then at Riosuke. 'I should have insisted on another dress.' "Why is it exactly that girls aren't allowed to enter?" asked Riosuke in a soft but masculine voice. "Well men never really know how to fight them. If they go all out then they're sexist and evil. If the man loses then he was going easy on her and 'letting her win.' Plus his friends would never let it go. And if he doesn't fight because he's a gentleman then he doesn't get to compete in the tournament so he'll never know his potential. Plus girls always use little tricks like crying mid-fight or flashing him. Plus they don't have balls to kick so it's not fair." Riosuke blinked and nodded. He handed back the registration form. He then pulled his brother and sister away from the table and into an alley. "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all," said Kaoru. "I'm guessing this isn't just about the hair anymore," said Megumi. "No, it's not. It's that for the first time I have an opponent not holding anything back. They won't be afraid to hurt me. And that's a fighter's dream in a way but I'm not sure if I'm ready. And what if I take 'battle damage?' Don't you think there are two things they'll notice? And what if they kick us in the 'nuts?' We don't have any! Won't they notice that they're not there?!" gasped Kaoru. "You're giving up before we even start?" squeaked Misao. Kaoru looked away. "We're already here. We're already registered and you've already chopped of your hair. Something you've been crying about all day. You wanted this competition and now you're running away because you might have to try. I used to look up to you." With that Byushi left Kaoru standing in the alley. Kaoru blinked back tears and nodded to Megumi. Riosuke and Mitsuko exited the alley and looked for their brother. They found him standing awestruck out in the plaza. "What is it?" asked Riosuke. "Kaoru, Raccoon, Riosuke, whoever look at that guy. Is he the complete ultimate or what?" Raccoon and Fox followed Weasel's eyes to the perpetrator. It was a tall boy. He was beautiful. He had black hair falling into his ice cold blue eyes. "Or what. If he's the complete ultimate anything it would have to be the complete ultimate waste of your time. I thought we were here to fight," said Kaoru. Misao glanced at her sadly but with a tinge of anger. "You would know about wasting time wouldn't you?" threatened Misao. Before Kaoru could make a come back Megumi interrupted. "He's lovely that's for sure Misao," said Megumi. Misao smiled and stuck her tongue out at Kaoru. "But he looks so cold, so aloof, so angry and lost. Getting to him does seem like a waste of time." Misao frowned. "But Kaoru's right. You guys are here to fight." "Why do we find all the cute guys when we're disguised as guys?" whined Misao. "When you're disguised as guys," corrected Megumi. Kaoru and Misao glared at her. Megumi just laughed. "Attention all fighters," said the announcer in a heavy Dutch accent, "all fighters to the main stage. All of you." "I guess we should get going then," said Riosuke. Byushi and Mitsuko nodded and they entered the gate.
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Well that's it for my first chapter. How did it go? I hope the name switching wasn't too confusing. I had that in there so you'll sort of know what mode their in. When they joke about boys and stuff that was their girl sides coming through. I know I didn't describe the location much, I never do that. I like to let the readers imagine. If you think I should be more descriptive just let me know and it shall be done. I think I did the characters okay but I dunno. It is present day after all, anything could change right?