Hey everyone! Well I'm back with the second chapter, and like I said, this
chapter's where the fun starts. Good news, ne?
@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~
"That brat's best off if she never comes here again," Kaoru told her cousin. "Who?" Misao asked. "Megumi or Rachel." Kaoru thought for a moment. "Both of them I guess," Kaoru answered. "Wanna hear some bad news?" Misao asked. Kaoru sighed and looked at Misao. "Kenshin offered Rachel and Jeremy a room here," Misao reported. Kaoru was boiling up. "KENSHIN!"
Kenshin and Aoshi looked up from their playing cards. "Yes, Kaoru?" Kenshin called back. "YOU- INVITE- RACHEL- ROOM!" Kaoru was so angry that her words couldn't come out correctly. "No one was willing to give her a hotel room," Kenshin explained. "Besides, we have to practice our duet." "DUET!?" Kaoru screamed. "It's about to get ugly," Misao whispered to her boyfriend. "We'll see ourselves out," Aoshi told Kenshin and Kaoru. Kenshin and Kaoru ignored them.
"WHAT DUET?" Kaoru asked. "Our lyricists got together to make a duet song for us," Kenshin calmly explained. "WHY DO YOU WANT TO PARTNER UP WITH HER?" Kaoru angrily asked. "I can sing just as good! If you were Shinta, you would turn that offer down and say, 'Go find another sucker to sing that duet with her.' But you're not Shinta and you never will be!" Then someone rang the doorbell. "That must be Rachel," Kenshin said. "I'll go answer it." "You do that," Kaoru said.
Kenshin walked down the stairs and opened the door. When he did, he thought he was looking into a mirror. Kenshin stared at his "reflection". "Is this the Himura residents?" the reflection asked. Kenshin just stared. Kaoru came down. "I'll help with the bags," she announced, but Kenshin didn't answer her. "Kenshin? " she said as she walked toward him. "What is it?" She looked out the doorway and screamed. "Holy ravioli!" she cried. "Who are you?" "My dear, Kaoru," Kenshin's reflection said as he walked in (how rude!). "It has been so long." "Wh-wh-who a-are y-you?" Kaoru asked, shaking. "It's me," the man answered. "Shinta. Onimachi Shinta." Kaoru gasped. "Shinta?" she asked. "You're dead, we have your funeral months ago." "I'm not dead," Shinta said taking Kaoru's hand in his. Now Kenshin was boiling up.
@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@**@*@*@*@*@*@
Kaoru poured some tea into a teacup for Shinta. (She was ignoring Kenshin). "So what did happen to you?" Kaoru asked. "After I got shot," Kenshin said after gulping down some tea. "I landed on the ground, nowhere near the water. I was a little hurt on the head, but a kind old lady helped me. I've stayed with her for a while in Kobe. When I read the newspapers and saw you were getting married, I knew I had to come back to you." "Shinta," Kaoru said. "I'm glad you came back, but it's too late to plan a future now. I'm already married." "Divorce him," Shinta smoothly said. "I'm the one you really love." "Sumimasen?" Kaoru asked. "Divorce him," Shinta repeated. "You only love him because he resembles me. If he looked nothing like me, you would avoid him. True?" Kaoru stayed silent. "No need to be polite," Shinta said. "You know you want to get rid of Kenshin. Besides, he was released from jail months before you came to visit." "How do you know that?" Kenshin asked. "Kenshin, you were in jail?" Kaoru asked. "It's not a big deal," Kenshin said. "I didn't kill anyone and I didn't take anything. on purpose," Kenshin said. "It's no big deal." "What did you do?" Kaoru asked. "No," Kenshin said. "I can't tell you," Kenshin said getting up from his chair. "It's too risky to tell anyone. Only my parents know. And now, I'll go outside and wait for Rachel and Jeremy to arrive." With that, Kenshin left the mansion.
@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@
Ooh, Kenshin seems REALLY angry. Nevertheless, the big deal now is: what sent him to jail? REVIEW!
@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~
"That brat's best off if she never comes here again," Kaoru told her cousin. "Who?" Misao asked. "Megumi or Rachel." Kaoru thought for a moment. "Both of them I guess," Kaoru answered. "Wanna hear some bad news?" Misao asked. Kaoru sighed and looked at Misao. "Kenshin offered Rachel and Jeremy a room here," Misao reported. Kaoru was boiling up. "KENSHIN!"
Kenshin and Aoshi looked up from their playing cards. "Yes, Kaoru?" Kenshin called back. "YOU- INVITE- RACHEL- ROOM!" Kaoru was so angry that her words couldn't come out correctly. "No one was willing to give her a hotel room," Kenshin explained. "Besides, we have to practice our duet." "DUET!?" Kaoru screamed. "It's about to get ugly," Misao whispered to her boyfriend. "We'll see ourselves out," Aoshi told Kenshin and Kaoru. Kenshin and Kaoru ignored them.
"WHAT DUET?" Kaoru asked. "Our lyricists got together to make a duet song for us," Kenshin calmly explained. "WHY DO YOU WANT TO PARTNER UP WITH HER?" Kaoru angrily asked. "I can sing just as good! If you were Shinta, you would turn that offer down and say, 'Go find another sucker to sing that duet with her.' But you're not Shinta and you never will be!" Then someone rang the doorbell. "That must be Rachel," Kenshin said. "I'll go answer it." "You do that," Kaoru said.
Kenshin walked down the stairs and opened the door. When he did, he thought he was looking into a mirror. Kenshin stared at his "reflection". "Is this the Himura residents?" the reflection asked. Kenshin just stared. Kaoru came down. "I'll help with the bags," she announced, but Kenshin didn't answer her. "Kenshin? " she said as she walked toward him. "What is it?" She looked out the doorway and screamed. "Holy ravioli!" she cried. "Who are you?" "My dear, Kaoru," Kenshin's reflection said as he walked in (how rude!). "It has been so long." "Wh-wh-who a-are y-you?" Kaoru asked, shaking. "It's me," the man answered. "Shinta. Onimachi Shinta." Kaoru gasped. "Shinta?" she asked. "You're dead, we have your funeral months ago." "I'm not dead," Shinta said taking Kaoru's hand in his. Now Kenshin was boiling up.
@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@**@*@*@*@*@*@
Kaoru poured some tea into a teacup for Shinta. (She was ignoring Kenshin). "So what did happen to you?" Kaoru asked. "After I got shot," Kenshin said after gulping down some tea. "I landed on the ground, nowhere near the water. I was a little hurt on the head, but a kind old lady helped me. I've stayed with her for a while in Kobe. When I read the newspapers and saw you were getting married, I knew I had to come back to you." "Shinta," Kaoru said. "I'm glad you came back, but it's too late to plan a future now. I'm already married." "Divorce him," Shinta smoothly said. "I'm the one you really love." "Sumimasen?" Kaoru asked. "Divorce him," Shinta repeated. "You only love him because he resembles me. If he looked nothing like me, you would avoid him. True?" Kaoru stayed silent. "No need to be polite," Shinta said. "You know you want to get rid of Kenshin. Besides, he was released from jail months before you came to visit." "How do you know that?" Kenshin asked. "Kenshin, you were in jail?" Kaoru asked. "It's not a big deal," Kenshin said. "I didn't kill anyone and I didn't take anything. on purpose," Kenshin said. "It's no big deal." "What did you do?" Kaoru asked. "No," Kenshin said. "I can't tell you," Kenshin said getting up from his chair. "It's too risky to tell anyone. Only my parents know. And now, I'll go outside and wait for Rachel and Jeremy to arrive." With that, Kenshin left the mansion.
@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@
Ooh, Kenshin seems REALLY angry. Nevertheless, the big deal now is: what sent him to jail? REVIEW!