A/N: Hey all! Chapter 3 of the currently untitled crossover is here! The crowd goes wild...ok, there is no crowd, but I had to flatter myself somehow. I know that the last chapter was considerably shorter than the first one, but this one is long just to make up for it! Yay! So, I'm gonna stop my rambling and let you read Chapter 3!
Disclaimer: We don't own any of the characters in either Harry Potter or Rurouni Kenshin, except for Mandi, as she is modeled after me, but sluttier. So, sue if you must, but I swear, nothing is ours...except for Mandi and the storyline...so yeah.
Summary: Mandi, Harry, and Ron end up in 19th century Tokyo after a freak accident with Mandi's time-turner. While there, they meet Kenshin and the gang, and Mandi quickly falls in love with Kenshin. However, she is faced with one obstacle: Kaoru. Lots of drama goes on as Mandi goes through all ends to get what she wants, while Kaoru tries desperately to stop it, and Kenshin...well, he just acts like Kenshin. What else will happen during the stay of these time-traveling teenagers? Read on to find out!
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
Each and every character in this fic, except for Sano and Mandi, are extremely out of character...you have been warned. If you can't handle out- of-characterness, then DO NOT read this story! Thanks!
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Everyone was coming with us on our journey much to my delight, so I didn't have to deal with Misao all by myself, and a major plus, Kenshin would be there! My hot man is coming with me! Woohoo! We spent the night packing.
Unfortunately, Misao's room was located right next to mine. And so while I was getting a few of my things together, including the clothes Kaoru loaned to me, which I would not touch, Misao, being the dear girl that she is, came into my room to bother me. Once again, she has come to bore me to death with her long stories of her and her travels with Aoshi. I'm afraid that I'll start drooling any minute now. The incriminating drop of drool at the corner of my mouth threatened to set her off complaining that I didn't care about her long tales, which would be entirely true of course.
"...So then he left me in Kyoto and I cried at first and... hey! Are you paying attention? I'm pouring out my life story to a new friend and your not even paying attention to me!"
Friend? Oh dear. If she can be overly irritating with strangers, just imagine what sort of things she'll find to torment her friends with. Maybe this assault on my privacy was all part of her amusement. I thought I was a traveling companion. Surely not a friend! Oh boy...
(The next morning...)
"Well we should go now. The sun is rising and we have to make it to the train station," Aoshi said in his monotone voice.
"This would be so much easier if I had my broomstick," Harry whispered to Ron.
"Wish we could apparate," Ron answered back.
"Stop complaining. Trains are obviously the fastest things around here. Remember, we're in 1878," I told them over my shoulder.
They grumbled in response.
(At the train station...)
"NO—WAY! I am not getting on that giant tea kettle!"
"Hmm?"
I saw behind me, Kaoru dragging Sanosuke by the ear into the train car. He did not want anything to do with this train did he? He was whimpering like a child about getting on. And what was this about a tea kettle?
"See? I told ya he was such a baby about trains!" Yahiko muttered to Harry, Ron and I. We watched him and it was all I could do not to burst out into fits of laughter. It's rather strange to see this tough-looking brute of a man cowering because he didn't like trains.
The train started us on our way to Kyoto to retrieve the reverse time- turner to get us back to our own time once and for all.
The train ride was rather hectic. Misao yelling the whole time had something to do with it.
"Weeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!"
What was this? An amusement park? My god. This train is going 25 miles per hour for Christ's sake!
"I gotta get outta here!!!"
That, ladies and gentlemen, would be Sano the Brave.
(Some time later...)
The train ride had ended, and we were now in the urban areas of Kyoto, Japan. When we had gotten off the train, Sano had fell to the ground and started kissing it.
"Thank you for getting me off that evil moving tea kettle!" he cried.
"Get up off of the ground! Stop acting like a damn child! You're a grown man!" Kaoru ordered, raising her voice dangerously. She had been screaming a lot in the past two days...gee, I wonder why.
Her screams weren't helping my headache that I had originally gotten from Misao's screams. However, those screams were out of pure delight...in causing me pain!!!!
I had to put an end to this pain-inducing screaming!!
"Will EVERYONE just SHUT THE FUCK UP??"
Misao gasped. Everyone else had already been accustomed to hearing my trash- talk. What can I say? I grew up in a very...er...dysfunctional...household.
Wow...there was actually silence...damn, I'm good.
However, Sanosuke had still not gotten up off the ground, so Kaoru had to resort to picking him up off the ground by the ear...that actually looked pretty painful.
"TO THE AOIYA!!!!!" Misao yelled—no—screamed, happily.
"Aoiya? What's that?" Harry and Ron asked at once.
"Our restaurant! It's down that way. COME ON LET'S GO!!!" she dragged me by the arm. Apparently, I had become her new best friend. Joy. Can't she bother Kaoru? I thought they were supposed to be friends. Why'd I get stuck in all of this!? GOD HELP ME!!! I'm her first target—all of the time. AHHHHH!!!! Great—just great...
Before I knew it, we were at this Aoiya place. An old man was at the door to greet us.
"JIIYA! (Gramps) I'M BACK!! Lookie, I brought Himura-san and Kaoru-chan and the others! And look! New ones too!"
Misao introduced us. This man was known as Okina. Aoshi strolled past him and into the Aoiya, uninterested in formal introductions. He was on his way to meditate now, I'll bet. What's with this Buddha worshipping here? Is he really that far away from earth? Everything he said seemed to be prophetic and mysterious, if you will. We would do better without his strange babble about the cosmos and whatnot though. You're not interested in us, Buddha boy; well we aren't interested in you...freak.
"Oh another young woman?" Okina said...oh my god, dirty old man at ten o'clock! When I say dirty, I mean dirty. Enough said.
After going inside the Aoiya—we, meaning Ron, Harry, and I—all learned more about Okina. We found out that he was the former leader of the Oniwabanshuu, which was a group of ninjas and spies...no way...were they really saying that Misao of all people was actually one of them? She can't be a ninja or a spy with that motor mouth attached to her face!!!!!
We couldn't stay at the Aoiya for long, for we really had to begin our journey. However, Okina convinced us to stay the night so we could have an early start in the morning. Once again, my room was next to Misao's. Wish I could share a room with Kenshin (dreamy sigh). That would be fun!
I was forced to share a room with Kaoru. Fun. We could barely be in each other's presence for five minutes, let alone the entire night! We had been making a habit to avoid conversation with each other unless absolutely necessary. Insults flew out of our mouths so fast you couldn't even say 'Oro'!
"What was it Yahiko called you, Kaoru? Was it, busu?" Now hear me out, I had no idea what it meant but I liked how it pissed Kaoru off so I went along with it.
"AH! Not you too! Evil bitch. Die." And with that, she turned around and fell asleep.
What the hell?
"Why you...!" Damn she pissed me off sometimes...no all the time. DAMMIT!!!! Unable to think of any insults, I fell asleep myself. Not that she would hear me in her deep sleep. Wonder if she snores...
(Next morning...)
After having many wonderful dreams about Kenshin, and killing Kaoru, I woke up rather abruptly at the sound of...yes...Misao's screams. Did that really have to be the first thing I heard in the morning? She just had to wake everyone in the entire household up!
"WAKE UP YOU LAZY BUMS TIME TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!" She bounded into our room, with that happy and psychotic grin on her face. With that, she turned and left. Damn her, damn Kaoru, damn everybody!! Oh, well, except Kenshin of course. How'd I get into this mess!!!!????
And from the room to our right...came...
"ORO!?"
"Aww you're up, I wanted to see you drool in your sleep Himura-san!"
"Of course you did. Should I make breakfast for everyone then, Misao-dono?"
"Naw, Aoshi made it already! COME ON LET'S GO!! Go get Kaoru and Mandi up!!!" She leapt out of the doorway. Where'd all this hyper energy come from anyway??
Kenshin yawned and strode to our room to get us up.
Meanwhile, Kaoru and I were getting changed for the day. Kenshin reached for the door handle. He slid open the door and found us half way through changing.
"ORRROOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" He practically yelled.
We both turned around in shock.
At the same exact time, we screamed at him. "DON'T YOU HAVE THE DECENCY TO KNOCK!!!????"
"ORRROOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" he shouted one more time and turned and ran.
He sped past Aoshi screaming, "They're gonna kill me!!!!"
Aoshi gave him a look.
"..."
The Aoshi trademark.
(A few minutes later...)
"Where the hell is that guy? I'm gonna kill him when I get my hands on him!!!!" Tut tut tut. Kaoru you're so violent. We don't want to kill my dear sweet Kenshin now do we? If you kill him, I'd have to kill you!
I just love violence.
"KENSHIIIIIN!" she screamed. I swear to God, the floor shook when she said this. The windows rattled too! I got scared...and I don't scare easily. "Where the fuck are you?"
Another gasp from Misao. She clearly wasn't used to language...
"Oro?" he cautiously replied. He was hiding behind Aoshi, who just so happened to be much taller than him. Aoshi was just standing there with a blank expression on his face, clueless as to what was occurring around him.
Kenshin was clearly scared of Kaoru...terrified, is more like it.
"What the hell were you thinking? Barging into our room without permission? Kenshin, I'm disappointed in you!" She was actually quite sweet when she said this...I was surprised. But I had spoken too soon. "I THOUGHT YOU HAD MORE RESPECT FOR WOMEN THEN THAT!"
"I'm sorry, Kaoru-dono. But I thought you were still asleep, de gozaru yo." Kenshin's tone of voice was one of deep sincerity, but his eyes were wide and fearful. He was terrified that Kaoru would beat his ass to a pulp.
"Yeah, you better be sorry. Don't let it happen again."
"Yes, Kaoru-dono." He looked to the ground, not wanting to look into her eyes—eyes that held a fire that neither I nor anyone else in the vicinity had seen before. I must admit I was quite scared myself. I wouldn't blame Kenshin for not wanting to look at her. Poor baby, I thought to myself. I'll save you from this evil bitch Kenshin...if it's the last thing I do!
Seeing that she had succeeded in terrifying Kenshin, Kaoru stormed out of the room in a furious rage. After a brief moment of silence where everyone was clearly too afraid to speak, the room cleared, and I ran to Kenshin to comfort him.
"Kenshin, don't worry about it. It's no big deal. It could've happened to anyone." I was being totally honest. I really didn't mind. Hell, if Kaoru hadn't been in the room I would've dragged him in and locked the door behind him. There would have been some serious oro'ing going on in that bedroom of mine...oh yes. Snapping back to reality, I listened to his reply.
I experienced sensual fantasies like that a lot. Especially around this guy.
"Amanda, you don't understand. I really am truly sorry for what I have done. However, Kaoru-dono does not seem to understand this. Every time I make even the smallest error, she will get so frustrated, and she'll yell. If you haven't noticed, she's quite frightening when she yells." He looked to the ground again, and I could've sworn he was about to cry.
Then I realized something—he had taken the –dono suffix out of my name. This was the first time he had called me 'Amanda', not 'Amanda-dono'. That couldn't mean...could it? At this point, I was extremely confused.
"Kenshin, why are you so intimidated by her?" This was a question that was burning deep down inside of me since the day we met.
"Don't you see how she treats me, Amanda? She does not treat me like an actual person. She's so...controlling. I can't get a word in edgewise...ever. She never lets me speak, and when I do get to speak to her, it's mostly apologies. Yet, I've just been so deeply in love with her for the past half a year, that I just ignored it. Now, since I've met you, I've realized that I can't live like this anymore. I don't want to be in love with someone that I can barely talk to." Tears were starting to fall, but since he was still looking at the ground, I didn't notice it. But then, he looked up, and I saw that he was crying. It broke my heart.
"While we're sharing this little heart-to-heart," I replied, "there's something I need to get off my chest."
"What would that be Amanda?" He looked into my eyes so deeply, I got weak at the knees. I didn't think I would be able to continue speaking, but I snapped back to reality, placing a hand on the table next to me to steady myself.
"Well, I just want to let you know that I feel absolutely terrible about what's happened between you, Kaoru, and myself over the past three days. It's all my fault."
Kenshin stared at me blankly, before replying. "But, Amanda, did you even listen to what I just told you? Kaoru-dono and I never actually had a relationship. A relationship has to be between two people, not one-sided as it has been between me and Kaoru-dono."
I shook my head, and then continued. "No, you really don't understand me. Everything is my fault. If I hadn't gotten that stupid time-turner to begin with, none of this would have happened! I wouldn't be stuck over 100 years back in time, I wouldn't be in Japan, and I wouldn't be having this conversation with you! If I hadn't shown up here, everything would be fine between everyone. I just want to go back home and have everything back to normal."
I had started crying myself now. This was just too much for me to handle. Tears were pouring out of my eyes, running down my face, with no end in sight. Unwilling for him to see me this way, I quickly looked down, and began to stare at my hands. I had suddenly found them very intriguing.
However, he seemed to see right through me. Looking at me, he seemed to see the Kaoru that he had left behind when he went to Kyoto not too long ago. After a few seconds that felt like an eternity, he pulled me towards him, wrapping his arms around me.
I stayed there in his arms, tears still freely falling, for an unknown amount of time. I felt so adolescent, crying as I was. I melted in his arms; I never wanted him to let me go. I wished the embrace could have lasted forever, but unfortunately, Kaoru walked into the room at the wrong time.
She walked into the room, and gasped in shock. She obviously didn't see me crying on his shoulder, because she abruptly turned and left the room in a huff. (This was seen out of the corner of my eye.)
A few brief moments later, our beautiful embrace was interrupted by Misao's screams...again. Boy, did that girl have a huge set of lungs.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU TWO ARE DOING? KENSHIN, HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO KAORU?" When she barged into the room, we broke apart, looking at the floor, then each other, then Misao, then the floor again. We couldn't speak, so we allowed the screaming to continue...we did deserve it after all.
"And you!" She pointed to me, an angry expression spreading across her face. I had never seen her angry before. She was scary. And she seemed to scream even louder when she was mad...and that was saying something. "YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT KENSHIN IS IN LOVE WITH KAORU. HOW CAN YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIM LIKE THAT?"
I figured I better say something, before things got violent. "Misao, calm down for a second, and let me explain."
"There's nothing to explain! Kaoru saw everything! She saw you guys hugging, and she came back to tell me to take care of you guys!" Misao was angry, but I'd bet my broomstick that Kaoru was angrier.
I had seriously gotten myself into a pickle this time. I decided to begin explaining, before the screaming began again.
"Kaoru obviously didn't see what was going on before Kenshin hugged me." Seeing the embarrassed look on Misao's face, I felt the incredibly familiar feeling of satisfaction, and continued speaking. "Yes, he hugged me, not the other way around. Kenshin was upset, because Kaoru had yelled at him yet again. Then, I spilled out my heart and soul to him about how none of this would have happened if I hadn't had my stupid time-turner in the first place. If you want to know more about the freakin' time-turner, go talk to Harry or Ron...they'll explain it. Where are Harry and Ron anyway?"
"They're with Kaoru, calming her down." Wonderful...just wonderful...they were probably putting their moves on her again.
"Anyway, after spilling out my heart and soul, telling Kenshin how I wanted to go home, I got upset myself, and I was crying, so he gave me a hug to calm me down. That was when Kaoru walked in. She didn't see anything that had happened before that. Go tell her that, although I don't think she'd believe anything that came out of my mouth." After making my little speech, I stormed towards the front door of the Aoiya, slamming the door behind me.
Kenshin stood there for a few more seconds, before saying to Misao, "Tell Kaoru it's over between us." He turned towards the front door, and began to chase after me. "Amanda, wait!" he screamed, before following me outside.
(Meanwhile...)
"Kaoru," Ron was saying, "it's okay. You don't need Kenshin. You have me."
"And me," Harry replied.
"Fine, you have both of us." Ron stated, before continuing his thought. "You've never needed him. He's not right for you. You have two great guys standing right in front of your very beautiful eyes."
"Yeah," Kaoru sniffed, wiping the tears away from her eyes. "You're right. I don't need him. In fact, I'm going to go tell him that it's over."
At that very moment, Misao stormed into Kaoru's room. "Kaoru, Kenshin told me to tell you that it's over between you."
Kaoru looked crestfallen. "It—it's over?!" She began to cry again. "How can he do this to me?"
"But Kaoru," Ron tried to reassure her. "You were just saying that you didn't need him and that it was over between you guys."
"You don't understand." Kaoru shot back. "He's not supposed to dump me, I'm supposed to dump him! He's ruining everything!"
"What a weird day this is turning out to be." Misao muttered quietly to herself. (Oh my god...quietly????? Her?????)
(Outside the Aoiya...)
I continued to run and run, completely unsure of where I was going, until I could run no longer. I ran, and fell to the ground, unable to support my weight, not only from fatigue, but also from crying so hard.
"Amanda!"
I heard Kenshin calling my name from quite a distance away. By the time I turned around, however, he was on the ground, by my side. Was he sure he was only a muggle? At the speed he got here, he had to have apparated...
"Amanda, it's okay. You don't have to cry anymore. I'm here." He leaned over to hug me again, but I pushed him away.
"Leave me alone! I want to be left alone right now!" As much as I wanted to be in his arms once again, I needed some time to think. I couldn't think straight while he was sitting right beside me. I felt terrible pushing him away, but I knew he wouldn't leave me...not just now. I knew he would stay with me until I was okay. That's just the way he was.
I know we had only known each other for three days, but I had grown closer to him than anyone I've known my entire life. Hell, I've known Ron and Harry six years, and I've never been this close to them. Kenshin was just different...he understood what it was like to...er...screw up all the time. My whole experience in Japan was just one big screw up. I just wished I could go back...er...forward...in time and just make sure this never happened. I wanted everything to go back to the way it was, but the only way that would happen were if I ended up back in the summer before 6th year—before I got the God- damned time-turner to begin with.
Once again, I had felt the need to apologize, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I swallowed hard, then began to speak, knowing that an apology was what really needed to come out of my mouth.
"Kenshin, I'm really sorry about everything. You and Kaoru have to stay together."
"Amanda, I'm afraid that's impossible. You see, we just broke up." Kenshin looked at me, and I could've sworn he was smiling.
"What do you mean you broke up? This isn't the way it was supposed to happen! I was supposed to apologize, and make you realize that you and Kaoru were meant to be together!"
"Amanda, I've told you. I don't want to be in love with someone who I can't have a conversation with. I want to be in love with someone who listens to me; someone who won't yell at me for even the smallest mistake. Someone who...well, someone like you."
Damn, he sure knew how to make a girl feel better, didn't he?
Before I had a chance to reply, it happened. He leaned closer, placed his hand under my chin, and pushed my head upward, bringing my lips to his. My heart melted, and it felt like we had become one. The kiss did not last very long, but in the few seconds it lasted, we had made a connection that neither of us had made with anyone else before. It was such a romantic moment.
We broke apart, and my tears had miraculously stopped. A small smile appeared on my face, causing him to smile as well.
"There's the smile I want to see. Come on, we have to get everyone else so we can begin our journey."
He kissed me again, then helped me off the ground, and we walked back to the Aoiya hand-in-hand.
(Later that morning...)
Misao was still in a confused state at the moment. She was sitting on the floor looking at Kaoru from a distance. Her eyes darted to the door when she heard footsteps. Her heightened ninja senses could pick up many sounds from outside. This was obvious seeing as how Kenshin and I were hardly near the front door to the Aoiya.
"They're here. Time to give 'em a piece of my mind!" she stood up and marched to the door, waiting for us.
"Misao-dono?" Kenshin saw Misao standing in front of the door, blocking their entrance.
"Come on Himura-san. Try and go in there."
"Huh? What do you mean?" He asked.
"I dare you to go in there and make Kaoru-chan's life hell once again!! Go on! I dare you! Go in there and make her miserable!"
He made a move to get around Misao. She blocked him again.
"NO WAY! You are not allowed to go in there!" Wow. Didn't she just tell him to go in there? "You shouldn't even be allowed to speak or even look at Kaoru after what you did to her!!!! Her pride is gone! It's all your fault Himura-san!! She hates you, she hates you!!!! I'll bet she wants to see you dead! And you—" she looked my way.
"What about me?"
"Stay out of my home."
"What??!! You can't say that to me! I thought we were friends?!" Why did I just say that?
"Yea well not anymore!"
"You're quick to judge."
"Yea and so are you!!! AHH! Get out!" Misao threw her old cape at them and slammed the door. This was the same cape that Kenshin had accidentally destroyed when he had first met Misao. The one he had used to block her attack and ended up filling it with holes. That brought back memories. Memories of the times when all of them were close friends.
"Where did it fall apart?" Kenshin wondered out loud. All of his friends seemed to be turning against him now that he was through with Kaoru.
I felt like pulling my wand out and blasting that damned door to pieces! How dare she kick us out!? We were supposed to go on this journey together!
(Ten minutes later...)
"They're probably gone by now," Misao told Kaoru as she slid the door open once again. She looked. We were still out there by the door. Waiting for her.
"What!? What are you still doing here? Did you actually wait this long for me to open the door? What's wrong with you?"
We looked in through the door, past Misao. There was Aoshi...meditating? At a time like this? What the hell?! He does not seem to know what was going on around him at all times did he? Okay, so Aoshi was sitting on a table meditating, and there was Kaoru, surrounded by Harry and Ron who were still trying to cheer Kaoru up and win her over. There was a minor argument between the two for her. Again. They never quit do they? Kenshin was doing his best to ignore everyone as he walked inside.
"Where's Sano?" Kenshin asked Aoshi, who was disturbed at being interrupted during his meditation period.
"I think he's in the bathtub—"
"(singing) Damn I'm good..."
"Singing..." Aoshi finished.
He was being short. I guess he wanted to get back to his meditating...o-k.
"Sano is a terrible singer by the way," I commented.
"He gets that way when he's had too many drinks. Has Okina given him sake again?"
"I believe so," Aoshi said simply.
"Great. Just what we need now. A drunk Sano."
"It's your own fault you know. You're the one who keeps an eye on Sano's drinking habits so you guys don't end up fighting again. Remember? Or are you too good to remember your friends now, Kenshin," said Kaoru form the corner.
"Kaoru-dono, there really isn't any reason for us to fight anymore. I'm getting a bit tired of it, de gozaru yo."
"Once again. It's your fault. You're the reason we fought over something as stupid as this you know," Once again, with the cruel comments. Ooh she knew how to put people on major guilt trips huh?
"That's not fair! It wasn't Kenshin's fault at all!" I said.
"Oh you're right. It's your fault." Damn. She got me.
"You're right, it is my fault." I shot back. "But I admit it. Unlike you, who won't admit that you've been treating Kenshin like shit—" another gasp from Misao— "ever since he moved in with you. He's told me everything. How he can't have a decent conversation with you because you never let him talk. You're the one pushing Kenshin away. Therefore, it's your fault that you guys are no longer together. In the three days Harry, Ron, and I have been here, you've pushed him farther and farther away from you, and closer and closer to me. So now, we have something to blame you for. That goes to show you that you can't blame everything on just one person alone. Everybody has to be blamed for something, because one person can't take the fault."
When I had finally stopped talking, everyone was gaping at me—wide eyes, mouth dropping to the floor, the whole enchilada.
"Th-that's not true! Tell her Kenshin! Tell her how I've been there! You can't deny it Kenshin. Who was it that kept you alive? Tell me, who kept you going in your fight with Shishio though you were on the verge of death!? It was me all along Kenshin! I was there with you! I was by your side!"
At least I had gotten her to stop focusing on me...
"Kaoru-dono, I do not deny that you have done that for me, but what about all the other times? The times when I had made but the smallest error, and you would never let me live it down? Then, when I could at least try to explain myself, you would interrupt before I even start speaking."
"Why would that even matter to you? I didn't know you were so sensitive about it."
"Exactly. You didn't notice. Try as I might to get your attention, you ignored my feelings regardless. And that's what I don't like about all of this."
Good...he was finally telling her how he felt about everything...maybe now I could succeed in getting them back together...
I would have to have Kenshin get over me first though...wouldn't I? Hmm but I do want to spend a few more hours with him at the least!
"Kenshin," Kaoru began to say, "Why didn't you tell me this—"
"You wouldn't let me! Haven't I already explained that?!" If I didn't know any better, I would've said he was getting quite angry...
She gasped. Obviously this was the very first time she had ever ever heard Kenshin yelling at her. It was suprising and very unlike his mainly placid nature.
I heard everyone else in the room gasp as well...Kenshin didn't seem to get angry very often, huh? But I had assumed as much. He was always to sweet...he really had no reason to get angry before now...
"Kenshin! Stop this please! I'm begging you, just stop it!!" Kaoru cried out to him, hoping he'd understand what she truly felt. She broke into tears once again. "How many times do I have to shed tears for the sake of being with you Kenshin!?" she was really hysterical now.
"Well," Kenshin shot back. "You're not with me anymore, so you don't have to cry over me!" It was horrible seeing her like this again. He felt that the only way to get through to her was by yelling. This wasn't normal for him. He hated making her cry. Seemed like he didn't care about that anymore. He turned around to leave the Aoiya once again, but I stopped him.
"Don't do this, Kenshin," I whispered to him. "Walking out on her yet again will only make things worse...you have to settle this now."
"Hey guys what's going on here?" Sano strolled in, towel at hand. He was whistling. At a time like this!!! He obviously missed a whole lot while he had been wrinkling in the bathtub.
"Nothing's been going on, my dear Sanosuke," I smiled sweetly. "What makes you think anything's been going on?"
I really hoped he noted the total sarcasm in my voice...wait, wait—plan forming. Pretend to fall for Sano (oh god how how can I do this??) so Kenshin will leave me? Then again...looking at this guy...who was now draping his towel over his head like a lunatic...I started to think twice about my decision. Ok ok there is no way in hell that would work. One—because he's a complete idiot, and two—because...he's an idiot for crying out loud. What more is there to say?!
"What's gotten into you?" He had a rather bewildered look on his face, obviously not catching the sarcasm. Shit...he really was a complete idiot.
"Never mind...let's just say you missed a whole shitload...Misao, could you please stop doing that?...while you were singing in the bathtub...by the way, you could really make do with some voice lessons...they'll do you good..."
"Hey! I'm a great singer!"
"Whoever told you that must have been on crack...oh shit." I had obviously said the wrong thing. His bewildered expression was suddenly contorted into one of anger, and he began chasing me around the room. As we were running around, behaving like children, I left Kenshin and Kaoru to resolve their problems on their own. Hmm...now that I think about it...being chased around by Sano was the first time I had actually had fun the whole time I had been here...all I had to do was be...myself...who knew?
While I was being chased around by a guy that was at least twice my height, I only heard bits and pieces of the fight that was still going on between the two former lovers.
"Kenshin," Kaoru said tearfully, "do you really not want to be together anymore?" Poor thing. She really was upset...man, I felt like shit now.
"Kaoru-dono," Kenshin replied, his tone of voice changing to one of true honesty, "it's not that I don't want to be with you anymore, it's that I can't be with you anymore. We're just not meant for each other."
This seemed like it was very hard for him to say...but he went out and said it. The dumb fuck...he shouldn't have worded it that way. He should have just said that they needed a break...guys really were dumb fucks...will they ever learn?
It was then that Ron decided to join the conversation. "Kaoru, I've already told you. You don't need him...you've got me!"
"And me..." Harry piped in.
I just answered my own question.
I made a sudden stop, causing Sano to run into me, knocking me to the ground. Kaoru and Kenshin both turned to look at us, lying in a heap on the ground, before they looked at each other again, and began to talk...not fight, but talk.
This was a major improvement. However, I did not get to hear the whole conversation, because Kenshin had taken Kaoru outside to talk to her.
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Wow...I just realized I can't write a cliffie worth a shit...oh well. What can we do? I'm working on it, and I think you guys will just hate me after you read the way the next, and final chapter ends...oh well.
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