A/N: Hey all! Omigosh, it's so hard to post the last chapter of a fanfic!
And I just realized I forgot to thank my reviews in the last chapter, so,
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Disclaimer: We don't own any of the character 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!
Note: ff.net was being stupid and I couldn't use QuickEdit on the chapter...so, I had to capitalize words that should have been italicized, and yada yada yada. Sorry bout that!
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(Ten minutes later...)
It was now almost noon, and the journey that we should have began six hours ago had not yet been started. I rounded everyone up, told them we would be leaving in a few minutes' time, and then went on my search for Kaoru and Kenshin.
When I found them, they were in the same spot where Kenshin and I had shared that marvelous kiss only hours before. It seemed they had FINALLY made up, for they were hugging!
Yay! I have succeeded!
"Hey, you guys!" I yelled to them. "We really have to get going. Me and my two wonderful friends are missing a whole bunch of school—we should really be getting on our journey!"
Shit...what was I saying? I was actually ENJOYING my little break from school...I couldn't tell Harry and Ron yet though. They'd probably think I've gone crazy and want to send me to St. Mungo's.
The two got up and walked over to where I was standing. I led them back inside, where we got together everything we would need for our journey, and then we were off!! (Finally).
(4 hours later...)
"Ugh! Is that a skeleton?" Ron quivered in fear.
"Look Ron, a spider!"
"HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"That'll shut him up for a while." Harry smirked.
"What the hell was THAT about?" Yahiko asked.
"GASP!!!!" Not again!!
"Ever want to get Ron good, tell him there's a spider on his shoulder. That should get rid of him for a few hours."
"Okay thanks for the advice on getting rid of him," Yahiko said, smiling.
"Anytime kid."
"I AM NOT A KID GODDAMMIT!!!! WILL YOU FUCKING PEOPLE STOP WITH THE KID THING!!!!???????"
(Awkward silence involving cricket noises.)
"GASP!!!"
"MISAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
It was my turn now...
"Harry, look! It's Cho Chang!"
"Where?" He quickly swiveled his head in all directions, looking for his one true love...other than Kaoru, that is.
Dumb fuck.
"Haha...gotcha last...I'm good!"
"Mandi, you are a bitch!"
"And I'm damn proud of it!...Misao, if you do that one more FUCKING time, I'm going to beat your ass to a bloody pulp!"
That shut her up...for a good few hours.
Okay, our moment of fun was over... for now... time to look for the reason we came here! The reverse time-turner.
"One question though. Do we have to DIG for it?" Harry asked stupidly.
We looked around at the vast and rather empty battlefield. Surely it would be in some sort of building right? Protected by hundreds of spells? Not dirt! Please not dirt! PING! "Oh god, I remember. It's—"
"Underground?"
"Yup."
"Dammit."
Well curse the good luck thing then.
"Ok," I began speaking. "If I can remember correctly, which I usually do, the reverse time-turner will be buried underground, exactly 500 paces from the river bank of the major river running through Kyoto."
"And this major river would be where? Do you see any water around this place?"
I looked around. I could have sworn I saw tumbleweed. Desert land? In Japan? Creepy.
Looking around once more, I saw what I desired.
"Look!" I shouted. "I see water birds! That means water's not too far away! Let's follow them and see where it leads us!"
So, for the next 30 minutes, we were chasing birds around the barren land, before we realized that instead of chasing them while they were on the ground, we should follow them while they're flying...we had a lot of fun scaring them away though...aahhh...good times, good times. Though it was clear they weren't leading us to water since they were actually running FROM us. And since we had no fucking clue, we just got aimlessly lost. Now what?
About 20 minutes later, I saw more birds, in the same spot where the first group had been. We were a bit smarter this time, and didn't chase the birds in every direction.
After following the birds in their flights for about an hour, we finally found the river!
"Yes!" Ron shouted, punching his fist into the air. "We're going home!"
"Not yet, Ron." I hated ruining the moment. "We still have to find the reverse time-turner. The book didn't say which direction to go in...so we'll have to split up. Kenshin and Sano, you come with me. Harry, Ron, and Kaoru, you go that way." I pointed to an area to my left. "Yahiko, you will go with Misao, and you will go that way." I pointed to my right. "If anyone finds anything, scream for me, and I will find you...I happen to have very excellent hearing."
"Uh, can Sano come with us instead?" Misao asked. "We need someone tall to protect us from...uh...birds."
"Well, I highly doubt you're going to get attacked by birds, but if you want Sano so bad, you can have him. I doubt he'll be of any use to us anyway...shit." I had said the wrong thing yet again...Sano chased me in a circle for about 15 minutes while everybody watched us, obviously entertained.
So, after we had all composed ourselves once again, we all went our separate ways. I had put myself with Kenshin purposely of course. I wanted to spend my last few hours in Japan with him, and him only. It was going to be quite depressing when we left...but that wasn't what I should have been thinking of right then.
(Sano, Misao and Yahiko)
"Do we really have to count 500 paces?" Yahiko complained.
"Can you count that high?" Misao laughed.
"Look! A bird is coming down!"
"Sano!!! HELP ME!!!!!" Misao screamed.
I guess he DID prove his worth after all.
(Kaoru, Harry and Ron)
"Will you all STOP and leave me alone!!??"
Once again, Harry and Ron had begun their ritual of hitting on Kaoru every once in a while. It amused them.
"Just having fun before we have to leave."
"Go find your kicks somewhere else!!!" she yelled, frustrated. I was NOT going to see the last of her violence that's for sure. "AMANDA! You're going to pay for pairing me up with these two pervs!!"
"Hey! I resemble that remark!" Ron retorted.
(Kenshin and me)
"I can't believe I actually have to leave," I said to Kenshin. "I was just starting to have so much fun. Before, when I didn't know how the hell to get home, I wanted to leave. Now, that I know how, I want to stay. I don't want to leave you."
"Well, put it this way. At least you get to spend your last few hours here with the one you really want to be here with."
"Kenshin, that made no sense."
"I know. It didn't."
"But you're right. Ever since I got here, I've been trying to get you to like me. Although, now that it's happened, I really want you and Kaoru to get back together." I really did. I was never going to get over the fact that I broke those two up. Even if it was for the best, they really should have done it on their own...they didn't need outside influences...cough, me, Harry, and Ron cough
"Amanda, I've told you this many times already, but I think you need to hear it again. Kaoru-dono and I talked about this. We've decided that it's for the best...so trust me, there is really no need to feel so guilty."
"I know, but I'm still going to feel bad forever..."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Ok...maybe not forever..."
"Is that your final answer?"
Is it just me, or does he sound like that muggle TV show host Regis Philbin?
"YES GODDAMMIT! THAT'S MY FINAL FUCKING ANSWER!"
(From a distance...)
"GASP!!"
(Back to me...)
"GODDAMMIT MISAO!! YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!!!"
"That's more like it..."
Damn, was he patient...he'd make a great father some day. He has the patience of a saint...I'm sure my kids will love him.
Oh boy...there I go again.
I'm such a dumb fuck.
As I've stated earlier, I should REALLY consider getting some serious therapy when I get back to England...er...Scotland...er...wherever the hell our school was...
(Misao, Sano and Yahiko)
"Phew! That was a close one!" Misao said. The evil birds were gone now so she was able to be her usual hyperactive self again.
"Misao, how can you be afraid of a bird? It's not like you," Yahiko said.
"Ahh let the weasel-girl be." Sano remarked. Smart-ass.
"I AM NOT A WEASEL-GIRL!!!!!! That's it! I'll kill ya! Katentsu tobi kunai!"
"EEEEE!!!!!" and off went Sano the Brave. Again. Fleeing for his life. First the giant teakettle and now the weasel-girl with the kunai's. Poor guy. Maybe there was more to him than I thought...he looks tough, but on the inside, he's a cupcake...
(Harry, Ron, and Kaoru...)
"Ok," Kaoru stated calmly...the first time she had been calm since they started counting their 500 paces, "we've reached 500. Now, you two start digging, and I'll...uh...supervise."
"Why don't you have to dig?" Ron asked.
"Hey, if you guys really liked me, you'll do what I ask of you." Immediately, the two boys started digging. She was really learning to use their love for her to her advantage...I think she learned it from me...
(Kenshin and me...)
We had gotten to our 500th pace, but when we started digging, we found nothing but dirt below us.
"Kenshin, do you think the other groups found anything?"
"If they had, they would have said something, de gozaru."
"Oh, I suppose they would." Suddenly, there was a loud scream from afar.
"KENSHIIIIIIIIIIN!"
"Oro?"
That word again...be still my beating heart...ok, back to reality.
Kenshin obviously wasn't going to answer the caller, so I had to do it myself...it sounded like Yahiko, so I figured it would be safe if I answered myself.
"Did you find something?"
"No!"
"Then what do you want?"
"We wanted to see if you found something."
Dumb fuck.
"NO! We didn't find anything either...let me ask Kaoru if they had any luck." I turned to my left, and screamed to Kaoru, "Hey, Kaoru, did you guys have any luck?"
"No!" She screamed back. "Did you?"
"No! OK, come back towards me, and I'll try to figure out something else." I gave the same message to Yahiko, and soon enough, the eight of us were all reunited.
"Ok, since we all went 500 paces in the only directions possible, it's possible that we're on the wrong side of the bank. So, we're going to cross the river, and then make camp for the night, considering it's getting rather dark out now. We'll start again early tomorrow morning."
I love being in charge. .
(Later that night...)
We had eight people, and only two tents, so we were forced to squeeze four people into each tent. There was two more boys then there were girls, so we split it up like so: Tent 1) Sano, Yahiko, Harry, Ron. Tent 2) Me, Kenshin, Misao, Kaoru.
Poor Kenshin...stuck in a tent with a bunch of girls...oh well...he was with me, so it was all good.
There I go again...
Of course, there was still a little bit of tension between Kaoru and I, considering that Kenshin was in the tent, but we weren't insulting each other back and forth like we had been the previous night.
(The next morning...)
We had all slept well, and we were up nice and early so we could get an early start. Ron, Harry, and I wanted to get home as soon as possible...we were really starting to miss the rest of our friends.
We split up in the same groups as yesterday, much to Kaoru's displeasure, and searched once again for the missing reverse time-turner. This damn thing was hidden well I'll tell you that much. I was getting sick of this!!!
"24, 25, 26, 27, 28..." Yahiko counted.
"ARGGGGHHH!!!!! SHUT UP ALREADY!!!!! Are you seriously going to count ALL the way to 500 while making us crazy at the same time??" Sano yelled.
Yahiko jumped on his head. He tended to do that sometimes. Just sorta, hop on and pull his hair and all...but anyway—
(Kaoru, Harry and Ron)
"OW!" Kaoru yelped in pain.
"What?" Ron asked.
"You stepped on my foot!"
"...I did?"
"You dumb fuck! Of course! I don't see anyone else around here who did!" And from the far distance..."GASP!!!"
Dammit...."MISAO!!!!! Shut the ....no...I'll only provoke her." Kaoru shoved her fist into her mouth and shut herself up. This would prevent Misao from fits of gasps every time she caught wind of profanity.
(Kenshin and me)
"I suppose Misao is at it again..." Kenshin sighed. He had heard Kaoru yelling at her...I think I heard Yahiko too. Everyone was pitted against her today! She really has to stop though.
"Yea...its kind of stra—AHHH!"
"Huh?" Kenshin turned around to find that I had...disappeared...he assumed I had vanished into thin air and started to panic.
"HEY!!! Help me up!!!" I yelled up at him.
"ORO!!! Her voice! Has she died and risen as a ghost?? Why am I hearing her voice!? Amanda-dono!!! Answer me! Are you a ghost or not?"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!????????"
"OROOOOO!!!! Where could it be coming from!!??"
Oh my god. When I get up there, he is going to die for being so stupid.
Finally, after about 15 minutes of him searching for me ABOVE the surface, I had managed to climb out of the pit I had fallen in WITHOUT his help.
"And thank you Kenshin for a job well done."
"ORO! There you are!!!! I found you!"
"No...you really didn't."
"Oro? But aren't you standing right in front of me?"
Oh my god. For this he must be put out of his misery.
"No this is an illusion..." I sighed.
"Really?"
"Did you hit your head?"
"Not sure..."
OH MY FUCKING GOD SHOOT ME...I can't believe my boyfriend is such a DUMB FUCK!!!
"Kenshin, see that ditch? About ten feet behind me?"
He peered over my shoulder to get a better look.
"Yeah...what about it?"
"I fell into it."
"That's impossible...you're standing right here in front of me! If you had fallen in, you'd still be in there!"
"Kenshin, I climbed out you dumb fuck!"
..."Gasp!"...
"MISAOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M GONNA GET YOU!!!" That girl was really starting to piss me the fuck off...
"You...climbed out?"
"Yeah, when I was calling your name, I was in the ditch, waiting for you to come over and find me...you didn't, so I had to resort to climbing out myself."
"Oro?"
"Never mind."
There was the word again...(dreamy sigh).
(That night...)
We still hadn't had any luck. This damn reverse time-turner was nowhere to be found.
We decided to set up camp, and then try AGAIN tomorrow morning. However, when we began to dig our pit for the fire...
"Hey, you guys!" Kenshin shouted. "I hit something! Help me dig it up!"
Ron, Harry, and I rushed over to help Kenshin dig up whatever it was he had hit.
"Oh...my...fucking...god..." I panted. All the running I did to get to him had made me breathless.
..."GASP!"...
"MISAOOOO!!!" All of us shouted. Now that all of us had screamed at her concurrently, she cowered in fear.
"Kenshin, you've done it!" I pulled the object out of the ground. "You've found the reverse time-turner! Oh my God I could kiss you!"
"Please don't." Ron and Harry complained.
At the same time, Kenshin replied, "Oro?"
Grrr...that word was really and amazingly starting to piss me off...
I kissed him anyway, much to the discontentment of Ron and Harry...not to mention Kaoru, who was extremely jealous, but quickly got over it when Ron and Harry went to go hit on her some more.
"Well, it's kind of late to go back now. I think we'll wait until morning. We get one last night together." The thought of this had brought tears to my eyes...oh no, not again...
"Please, don't cry...because once you start, you never stop."
I punched him playfully on the arm, and then continued speaking.
"I really wish you could come with me."
"I'm afraid that's impossible. I need to stay here, with Kaoru-dono, and Sano, and Yahiko, and everyone else who needs me."
"But I need you..."
I really didn't, but I was trying to make him feel guilty so that he would come with me...I knew it wouldn't work, but it was worth a shot.
"Kenshin?"
"Oro?"
Grrrr...not again.
"I just have one favor to ask of you."
"And what would that be?"
"You've been calling me 'Amanda' or 'Amanda-dono' ever since I arrived here."
"Well, that IS your name, is it not?"
"Well, it's my GIVEN name, yes, but I much prefer Mandi."
"Well, why didn't you say so?"
"Well, it's a name that I usually only allow my closest friends to call me...and you kind of fit into that category now..." My sentence trailed off, as I came to the realization that this would be our last night together...I would never see my hot man again!! This was so depressing!!
"Well, I'm honored to be in that category...you look exhausted. You should get some sleep. We have to see you off tomorrow."
Taking his advice, I headed off to the tent, and instantaneously feel asleep.
(The next morning...)
I was taken out of a sound sleep by someone shaking me awake. When I had opened my eyes and become oriented, I found that it was Ron.
"C'mon, Mandi, we're waiting for you! We have to go!"
"Five more minutes, Ron...please?"
"NO! NOW!"
"Yes, mother."
"Not funny."
"Oh, look...a spider."
"HOLY SHIT!!!"
"GASP!"
GRRRR..."GODDAMMIT MISAO!!!"
At least I could get in my extra five minutes now.
(Ten minutes later...)
After five minutes, I woke up, as promised, got changed, and then headed out to where all my friends were waiting. Everyone had tears in their eyes—including Sano, which was a HUGE surprise. They obviously did not want to see us leave.
We had spent the next ten minutes saying our final goodbyes, hugging everyone within reach. I got to Kenshin last, and spent the most time with him, since he was the one I would have missed most.
"Kenshin, I don't want to say goodbye."
"Everyone has to say goodbye sometime, de gozaru."
"Yeah, I suppose so." The tears that were welling up in my eyes finally spilled over, and this time, I knew it would take awhile for them to stop. "Goodbye, Kenshin."
There. I said it. Now, I'm really going to go wallow in my own self-pity...
"Goodbye...Mandi...I will miss you."
More tears...shit.
"I'll miss you too."
With those words, we shared our last kiss ever...or so I thought.
I found Ron and Harry, who were having a very difficult time saying good- bye to Kaoru, it seems they were trying to get her to come along, just as I had with Kenshin...hmm...guess I rubbed off on them too...
Kenshin came up to Ron and Harry, and pulled them aside, but not far enough where they were out of earshot.
"Take good care of her for me, okay?"
"No problem, mate." Ron replied. "And, take good care of Kaoru for us, okay?"
"Sure." Then, they said their last goodbyes, and the two boys joined me so we could leave.
I placed the reverse time-turner around my neck, and the three of us linked our arms together, so that none of us would get left behind.
If anything went wrong, we were basically screwed, because there was only one other reverse time-turner in the world...but nobody knew where it was.
I spun the reverse time-turner three times, which I knew would be enough to bring us back to 2003. We said good-bye to everyone, before we disappeared from Japan and ended up back at Hogwarts, our home.
We looked around at our surroundings. We were still in the same place where my original time-turner had shattered. The broken shards of glass and the grains of sand were scattered on the stairs below us.
Looking around once more, we found a big surprise.
It seemed that Kenshin, Kaoru, Sano, Yahiko, and Misao had somehow come into the future with us. They looked just as surprised as we did.
"Hey, guys," Yahiko asked nervously. "How in the hell are we gonna get home?"
"GASP!"
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Disclaimer: We don't own any of the character 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!
Note: ff.net was being stupid and I couldn't use QuickEdit on the chapter...so, I had to capitalize words that should have been italicized, and yada yada yada. Sorry bout that!
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(Ten minutes later...)
It was now almost noon, and the journey that we should have began six hours ago had not yet been started. I rounded everyone up, told them we would be leaving in a few minutes' time, and then went on my search for Kaoru and Kenshin.
When I found them, they were in the same spot where Kenshin and I had shared that marvelous kiss only hours before. It seemed they had FINALLY made up, for they were hugging!
Yay! I have succeeded!
"Hey, you guys!" I yelled to them. "We really have to get going. Me and my two wonderful friends are missing a whole bunch of school—we should really be getting on our journey!"
Shit...what was I saying? I was actually ENJOYING my little break from school...I couldn't tell Harry and Ron yet though. They'd probably think I've gone crazy and want to send me to St. Mungo's.
The two got up and walked over to where I was standing. I led them back inside, where we got together everything we would need for our journey, and then we were off!! (Finally).
(4 hours later...)
"Ugh! Is that a skeleton?" Ron quivered in fear.
"Look Ron, a spider!"
"HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"That'll shut him up for a while." Harry smirked.
"What the hell was THAT about?" Yahiko asked.
"GASP!!!!" Not again!!
"Ever want to get Ron good, tell him there's a spider on his shoulder. That should get rid of him for a few hours."
"Okay thanks for the advice on getting rid of him," Yahiko said, smiling.
"Anytime kid."
"I AM NOT A KID GODDAMMIT!!!! WILL YOU FUCKING PEOPLE STOP WITH THE KID THING!!!!???????"
(Awkward silence involving cricket noises.)
"GASP!!!"
"MISAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
It was my turn now...
"Harry, look! It's Cho Chang!"
"Where?" He quickly swiveled his head in all directions, looking for his one true love...other than Kaoru, that is.
Dumb fuck.
"Haha...gotcha last...I'm good!"
"Mandi, you are a bitch!"
"And I'm damn proud of it!...Misao, if you do that one more FUCKING time, I'm going to beat your ass to a bloody pulp!"
That shut her up...for a good few hours.
Okay, our moment of fun was over... for now... time to look for the reason we came here! The reverse time-turner.
"One question though. Do we have to DIG for it?" Harry asked stupidly.
We looked around at the vast and rather empty battlefield. Surely it would be in some sort of building right? Protected by hundreds of spells? Not dirt! Please not dirt! PING! "Oh god, I remember. It's—"
"Underground?"
"Yup."
"Dammit."
Well curse the good luck thing then.
"Ok," I began speaking. "If I can remember correctly, which I usually do, the reverse time-turner will be buried underground, exactly 500 paces from the river bank of the major river running through Kyoto."
"And this major river would be where? Do you see any water around this place?"
I looked around. I could have sworn I saw tumbleweed. Desert land? In Japan? Creepy.
Looking around once more, I saw what I desired.
"Look!" I shouted. "I see water birds! That means water's not too far away! Let's follow them and see where it leads us!"
So, for the next 30 minutes, we were chasing birds around the barren land, before we realized that instead of chasing them while they were on the ground, we should follow them while they're flying...we had a lot of fun scaring them away though...aahhh...good times, good times. Though it was clear they weren't leading us to water since they were actually running FROM us. And since we had no fucking clue, we just got aimlessly lost. Now what?
About 20 minutes later, I saw more birds, in the same spot where the first group had been. We were a bit smarter this time, and didn't chase the birds in every direction.
After following the birds in their flights for about an hour, we finally found the river!
"Yes!" Ron shouted, punching his fist into the air. "We're going home!"
"Not yet, Ron." I hated ruining the moment. "We still have to find the reverse time-turner. The book didn't say which direction to go in...so we'll have to split up. Kenshin and Sano, you come with me. Harry, Ron, and Kaoru, you go that way." I pointed to an area to my left. "Yahiko, you will go with Misao, and you will go that way." I pointed to my right. "If anyone finds anything, scream for me, and I will find you...I happen to have very excellent hearing."
"Uh, can Sano come with us instead?" Misao asked. "We need someone tall to protect us from...uh...birds."
"Well, I highly doubt you're going to get attacked by birds, but if you want Sano so bad, you can have him. I doubt he'll be of any use to us anyway...shit." I had said the wrong thing yet again...Sano chased me in a circle for about 15 minutes while everybody watched us, obviously entertained.
So, after we had all composed ourselves once again, we all went our separate ways. I had put myself with Kenshin purposely of course. I wanted to spend my last few hours in Japan with him, and him only. It was going to be quite depressing when we left...but that wasn't what I should have been thinking of right then.
(Sano, Misao and Yahiko)
"Do we really have to count 500 paces?" Yahiko complained.
"Can you count that high?" Misao laughed.
"Look! A bird is coming down!"
"Sano!!! HELP ME!!!!!" Misao screamed.
I guess he DID prove his worth after all.
(Kaoru, Harry and Ron)
"Will you all STOP and leave me alone!!??"
Once again, Harry and Ron had begun their ritual of hitting on Kaoru every once in a while. It amused them.
"Just having fun before we have to leave."
"Go find your kicks somewhere else!!!" she yelled, frustrated. I was NOT going to see the last of her violence that's for sure. "AMANDA! You're going to pay for pairing me up with these two pervs!!"
"Hey! I resemble that remark!" Ron retorted.
(Kenshin and me)
"I can't believe I actually have to leave," I said to Kenshin. "I was just starting to have so much fun. Before, when I didn't know how the hell to get home, I wanted to leave. Now, that I know how, I want to stay. I don't want to leave you."
"Well, put it this way. At least you get to spend your last few hours here with the one you really want to be here with."
"Kenshin, that made no sense."
"I know. It didn't."
"But you're right. Ever since I got here, I've been trying to get you to like me. Although, now that it's happened, I really want you and Kaoru to get back together." I really did. I was never going to get over the fact that I broke those two up. Even if it was for the best, they really should have done it on their own...they didn't need outside influences...cough, me, Harry, and Ron cough
"Amanda, I've told you this many times already, but I think you need to hear it again. Kaoru-dono and I talked about this. We've decided that it's for the best...so trust me, there is really no need to feel so guilty."
"I know, but I'm still going to feel bad forever..."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Ok...maybe not forever..."
"Is that your final answer?"
Is it just me, or does he sound like that muggle TV show host Regis Philbin?
"YES GODDAMMIT! THAT'S MY FINAL FUCKING ANSWER!"
(From a distance...)
"GASP!!"
(Back to me...)
"GODDAMMIT MISAO!! YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!!!"
"That's more like it..."
Damn, was he patient...he'd make a great father some day. He has the patience of a saint...I'm sure my kids will love him.
Oh boy...there I go again.
I'm such a dumb fuck.
As I've stated earlier, I should REALLY consider getting some serious therapy when I get back to England...er...Scotland...er...wherever the hell our school was...
(Misao, Sano and Yahiko)
"Phew! That was a close one!" Misao said. The evil birds were gone now so she was able to be her usual hyperactive self again.
"Misao, how can you be afraid of a bird? It's not like you," Yahiko said.
"Ahh let the weasel-girl be." Sano remarked. Smart-ass.
"I AM NOT A WEASEL-GIRL!!!!!! That's it! I'll kill ya! Katentsu tobi kunai!"
"EEEEE!!!!!" and off went Sano the Brave. Again. Fleeing for his life. First the giant teakettle and now the weasel-girl with the kunai's. Poor guy. Maybe there was more to him than I thought...he looks tough, but on the inside, he's a cupcake...
(Harry, Ron, and Kaoru...)
"Ok," Kaoru stated calmly...the first time she had been calm since they started counting their 500 paces, "we've reached 500. Now, you two start digging, and I'll...uh...supervise."
"Why don't you have to dig?" Ron asked.
"Hey, if you guys really liked me, you'll do what I ask of you." Immediately, the two boys started digging. She was really learning to use their love for her to her advantage...I think she learned it from me...
(Kenshin and me...)
We had gotten to our 500th pace, but when we started digging, we found nothing but dirt below us.
"Kenshin, do you think the other groups found anything?"
"If they had, they would have said something, de gozaru."
"Oh, I suppose they would." Suddenly, there was a loud scream from afar.
"KENSHIIIIIIIIIIN!"
"Oro?"
That word again...be still my beating heart...ok, back to reality.
Kenshin obviously wasn't going to answer the caller, so I had to do it myself...it sounded like Yahiko, so I figured it would be safe if I answered myself.
"Did you find something?"
"No!"
"Then what do you want?"
"We wanted to see if you found something."
Dumb fuck.
"NO! We didn't find anything either...let me ask Kaoru if they had any luck." I turned to my left, and screamed to Kaoru, "Hey, Kaoru, did you guys have any luck?"
"No!" She screamed back. "Did you?"
"No! OK, come back towards me, and I'll try to figure out something else." I gave the same message to Yahiko, and soon enough, the eight of us were all reunited.
"Ok, since we all went 500 paces in the only directions possible, it's possible that we're on the wrong side of the bank. So, we're going to cross the river, and then make camp for the night, considering it's getting rather dark out now. We'll start again early tomorrow morning."
I love being in charge. .
(Later that night...)
We had eight people, and only two tents, so we were forced to squeeze four people into each tent. There was two more boys then there were girls, so we split it up like so: Tent 1) Sano, Yahiko, Harry, Ron. Tent 2) Me, Kenshin, Misao, Kaoru.
Poor Kenshin...stuck in a tent with a bunch of girls...oh well...he was with me, so it was all good.
There I go again...
Of course, there was still a little bit of tension between Kaoru and I, considering that Kenshin was in the tent, but we weren't insulting each other back and forth like we had been the previous night.
(The next morning...)
We had all slept well, and we were up nice and early so we could get an early start. Ron, Harry, and I wanted to get home as soon as possible...we were really starting to miss the rest of our friends.
We split up in the same groups as yesterday, much to Kaoru's displeasure, and searched once again for the missing reverse time-turner. This damn thing was hidden well I'll tell you that much. I was getting sick of this!!!
"24, 25, 26, 27, 28..." Yahiko counted.
"ARGGGGHHH!!!!! SHUT UP ALREADY!!!!! Are you seriously going to count ALL the way to 500 while making us crazy at the same time??" Sano yelled.
Yahiko jumped on his head. He tended to do that sometimes. Just sorta, hop on and pull his hair and all...but anyway—
(Kaoru, Harry and Ron)
"OW!" Kaoru yelped in pain.
"What?" Ron asked.
"You stepped on my foot!"
"...I did?"
"You dumb fuck! Of course! I don't see anyone else around here who did!" And from the far distance..."GASP!!!"
Dammit...."MISAO!!!!! Shut the ....no...I'll only provoke her." Kaoru shoved her fist into her mouth and shut herself up. This would prevent Misao from fits of gasps every time she caught wind of profanity.
(Kenshin and me)
"I suppose Misao is at it again..." Kenshin sighed. He had heard Kaoru yelling at her...I think I heard Yahiko too. Everyone was pitted against her today! She really has to stop though.
"Yea...its kind of stra—AHHH!"
"Huh?" Kenshin turned around to find that I had...disappeared...he assumed I had vanished into thin air and started to panic.
"HEY!!! Help me up!!!" I yelled up at him.
"ORO!!! Her voice! Has she died and risen as a ghost?? Why am I hearing her voice!? Amanda-dono!!! Answer me! Are you a ghost or not?"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!????????"
"OROOOOO!!!! Where could it be coming from!!??"
Oh my god. When I get up there, he is going to die for being so stupid.
Finally, after about 15 minutes of him searching for me ABOVE the surface, I had managed to climb out of the pit I had fallen in WITHOUT his help.
"And thank you Kenshin for a job well done."
"ORO! There you are!!!! I found you!"
"No...you really didn't."
"Oro? But aren't you standing right in front of me?"
Oh my god. For this he must be put out of his misery.
"No this is an illusion..." I sighed.
"Really?"
"Did you hit your head?"
"Not sure..."
OH MY FUCKING GOD SHOOT ME...I can't believe my boyfriend is such a DUMB FUCK!!!
"Kenshin, see that ditch? About ten feet behind me?"
He peered over my shoulder to get a better look.
"Yeah...what about it?"
"I fell into it."
"That's impossible...you're standing right here in front of me! If you had fallen in, you'd still be in there!"
"Kenshin, I climbed out you dumb fuck!"
..."Gasp!"...
"MISAOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M GONNA GET YOU!!!" That girl was really starting to piss me the fuck off...
"You...climbed out?"
"Yeah, when I was calling your name, I was in the ditch, waiting for you to come over and find me...you didn't, so I had to resort to climbing out myself."
"Oro?"
"Never mind."
There was the word again...(dreamy sigh).
(That night...)
We still hadn't had any luck. This damn reverse time-turner was nowhere to be found.
We decided to set up camp, and then try AGAIN tomorrow morning. However, when we began to dig our pit for the fire...
"Hey, you guys!" Kenshin shouted. "I hit something! Help me dig it up!"
Ron, Harry, and I rushed over to help Kenshin dig up whatever it was he had hit.
"Oh...my...fucking...god..." I panted. All the running I did to get to him had made me breathless.
..."GASP!"...
"MISAOOOO!!!" All of us shouted. Now that all of us had screamed at her concurrently, she cowered in fear.
"Kenshin, you've done it!" I pulled the object out of the ground. "You've found the reverse time-turner! Oh my God I could kiss you!"
"Please don't." Ron and Harry complained.
At the same time, Kenshin replied, "Oro?"
Grrr...that word was really and amazingly starting to piss me off...
I kissed him anyway, much to the discontentment of Ron and Harry...not to mention Kaoru, who was extremely jealous, but quickly got over it when Ron and Harry went to go hit on her some more.
"Well, it's kind of late to go back now. I think we'll wait until morning. We get one last night together." The thought of this had brought tears to my eyes...oh no, not again...
"Please, don't cry...because once you start, you never stop."
I punched him playfully on the arm, and then continued speaking.
"I really wish you could come with me."
"I'm afraid that's impossible. I need to stay here, with Kaoru-dono, and Sano, and Yahiko, and everyone else who needs me."
"But I need you..."
I really didn't, but I was trying to make him feel guilty so that he would come with me...I knew it wouldn't work, but it was worth a shot.
"Kenshin?"
"Oro?"
Grrrr...not again.
"I just have one favor to ask of you."
"And what would that be?"
"You've been calling me 'Amanda' or 'Amanda-dono' ever since I arrived here."
"Well, that IS your name, is it not?"
"Well, it's my GIVEN name, yes, but I much prefer Mandi."
"Well, why didn't you say so?"
"Well, it's a name that I usually only allow my closest friends to call me...and you kind of fit into that category now..." My sentence trailed off, as I came to the realization that this would be our last night together...I would never see my hot man again!! This was so depressing!!
"Well, I'm honored to be in that category...you look exhausted. You should get some sleep. We have to see you off tomorrow."
Taking his advice, I headed off to the tent, and instantaneously feel asleep.
(The next morning...)
I was taken out of a sound sleep by someone shaking me awake. When I had opened my eyes and become oriented, I found that it was Ron.
"C'mon, Mandi, we're waiting for you! We have to go!"
"Five more minutes, Ron...please?"
"NO! NOW!"
"Yes, mother."
"Not funny."
"Oh, look...a spider."
"HOLY SHIT!!!"
"GASP!"
GRRRR..."GODDAMMIT MISAO!!!"
At least I could get in my extra five minutes now.
(Ten minutes later...)
After five minutes, I woke up, as promised, got changed, and then headed out to where all my friends were waiting. Everyone had tears in their eyes—including Sano, which was a HUGE surprise. They obviously did not want to see us leave.
We had spent the next ten minutes saying our final goodbyes, hugging everyone within reach. I got to Kenshin last, and spent the most time with him, since he was the one I would have missed most.
"Kenshin, I don't want to say goodbye."
"Everyone has to say goodbye sometime, de gozaru."
"Yeah, I suppose so." The tears that were welling up in my eyes finally spilled over, and this time, I knew it would take awhile for them to stop. "Goodbye, Kenshin."
There. I said it. Now, I'm really going to go wallow in my own self-pity...
"Goodbye...Mandi...I will miss you."
More tears...shit.
"I'll miss you too."
With those words, we shared our last kiss ever...or so I thought.
I found Ron and Harry, who were having a very difficult time saying good- bye to Kaoru, it seems they were trying to get her to come along, just as I had with Kenshin...hmm...guess I rubbed off on them too...
Kenshin came up to Ron and Harry, and pulled them aside, but not far enough where they were out of earshot.
"Take good care of her for me, okay?"
"No problem, mate." Ron replied. "And, take good care of Kaoru for us, okay?"
"Sure." Then, they said their last goodbyes, and the two boys joined me so we could leave.
I placed the reverse time-turner around my neck, and the three of us linked our arms together, so that none of us would get left behind.
If anything went wrong, we were basically screwed, because there was only one other reverse time-turner in the world...but nobody knew where it was.
I spun the reverse time-turner three times, which I knew would be enough to bring us back to 2003. We said good-bye to everyone, before we disappeared from Japan and ended up back at Hogwarts, our home.
We looked around at our surroundings. We were still in the same place where my original time-turner had shattered. The broken shards of glass and the grains of sand were scattered on the stairs below us.
Looking around once more, we found a big surprise.
It seemed that Kenshin, Kaoru, Sano, Yahiko, and Misao had somehow come into the future with us. They looked just as surprised as we did.
"Hey, guys," Yahiko asked nervously. "How in the hell are we gonna get home?"
"GASP!"
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