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Inuyasha...Yu Yu Hakusho...oh wait I mean I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, or
Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho at that matter...darn.
Chapter 4
Kaoru woke up the next day to find Dr. Genzai standing over her "ahh!" she cried in shock. "Your awake!" Ayame cried jumping onto the bed "your awake!" Suzume copied. "Well Kaoru I have enrolled you into your new High School" Dr. Genzai said proudly. Kaoru looked at him in shock "nani?!" she cried, "I barely know Tokyo, I just arrived here the other day, and I'm already enrolled into a school!"
Dr. Genzai held up her school uniform "we have fast service" he told her. Kaoru sighed 'it's only the second day here in Tokyo and my first day at a new school and I'll probably make myself stand out like a freak like I was back in Kyoto.' Kaoru took her uniform "arigato" she said as Dr. Genzai walked out of the room followed by Ayame and Suzume.
Kaoru looked the uniform that she was holding. It had a green skirt and a white shirt; it had a yellow ribbon and a green sailor collar. Her socks and shoes were just like the ones in Kyoto. The socks reached up to her knees and her shoes were black and would've passed as a formal flatfooted shoe to any outsider. She smiled and called down "I'm going to take a quick shower" she called down "alright" was her reply. Rushing into the bathroom she turned on the warm water and took off her old uniform and threw it on the floor. She gently placed her new one next to her towel on the rack and finally stepped into the shower.
She smiled at the wonderful sensation she was receiving from the water; she took some shampoo and let the water straighten her now unbraided hair. It was all sticky and dirty and the feel of the warm water felt good. She took some shampoo and placed it on her hands, then mixed it and scrubbed it into her hair, she could almost feel the dirt slid away. Washing off the shampoo she grabbed some conditioner and placed it in her hair also as to help remove the knots. Next she washed her dirty blood stained body. "The stupid hospital didn't even let me take a bath," she said as she took some soap and moved it all along her body washing and cleaning her smooth skin.
Finally she decided it was enough and she turned off the water. Grabbing her towel she began to dry her body, giggling when she felt the soft towel run along her now clean skin. She wrapped it around her tucking in a corned that way she was able to release her towel without it falling down to the floor. Her hair was still wet and she needed something to dry it with. Looking around she saw a brush hiding in the medicine cabinet, "perfect" she said when she took it. Underneath the sink she found a hair dryer "even better" she said happily.
Plugging in the hair dryer she turned it on and grabbed the brush and began to work on her hair. Finally after about two minutes her hair was dry and straight and knotless. She removed her towel and placed on her new uniform. Smiling at herself in the mirror she finally walked out of the bathroom with the towel back on the rack to dry. She carried her old uniform and threw it onto the floor in her room before running downstairs. "Ohayo" she said greeting them all happily. They looked at her in shock and Dr. Genzai smiled "she looks almost exactly like her mother, and thankfully has few traits from her father especially not having his anger problem." "Nani?" Kaoru asked when she saw him mumbling "huh? Oh it's nothing Kaoru, just thinking of how much you look like your mother" he told her.
"Oh," Kaoru said, "well I feel so much better now" "there's something missing" Dr. Genzai said looking over her. Finally it hit him and he ran out of the room calling behind him "I'll be right back" Kaoru sat next to Ayame and Suzume and they began to talk. Finally Dr. Genzai returned with something in his hand "turn around Kaoru," he instructed her. Kaoru listened and turned so she was facing the opposite direction "there now" Dr. Genzai said when he began to put something in Kaoru's hair "what are you putting in my hair?" Kaoru asked him. "Hang on a sec," Dr. Genzai told her, "there now" he said as he stepped away, Ayame and Suzume began to cheer in delight and they began to jump up and down telling Kaoru how pretty she looked.
"Go look in the mirror" Dr. Genzai told Kaoru. She walked over to the mirror in the downstairs bathroom and gasped at what she saw. She wore a pink ribbon in her hair, a beautiful pink ribbon "domo arigato Dr. Genzai" Kaoru said happily and bowed to the older man. "Hai," Dr. Genzai said, "well you had better be off to your new school don't want you to be late on your first day you know." Kaoru smiled and agreed and Dr. Genzai told her where to go and what to do when she got there. "Your case is by the door" he called after her "okay," Kaoru cried as she ran forward but she was looking back and waving.
Finally she turned around and saw her new carrying case by the door right where Dr. Genzai had said it would be. She grabbed it and opened the door, when she turned to close it she called in "ja ne!" then ran off.
She ran down the tiny hill that the house sat on and took a right turn, running straight she stopped at an intersection and waited for the cars to finally make a path for her to go through. When that happened she made a left turn and ran straight from there, her case was swinging by her side and her shoes were making noises as she ran. Sighing she took one last left turn and the Hamidake school came into view. It had gates in front of the doorway and kids were all walking in, in groups of friends talking.
Kaoru hesitated but slowed to a walk and followed the kids through the gates and into the school.
Kaoru looked around for the office where she was supposed to 'check in' as Dr. Genzai had put it. Finally finding it she walked in and bowed to the lady at the front desk "ohayo," Kaoru said bowing, "I am a new student here." "What's your name?" the lady asked bored "Kamiya Kaoru" "hang on a sec" the lady told her. "Okay" Kaoru said worried. What was school like in Tokyo? Was it different then it was back in Kyoto? It didn't seem that way...or at least not yet.
Kaoru turned her head and found the lady taking to some female, which Kaoru guessed, was a teacher. Sighing Kaoru watched as they looked over at her, finally the two walked over to her. "Hello there," the woman greeted Kaoru while the office lady went back to her desk. "Hi" Kaoru said quietly looking down "you're cute what's your name?" the woman asked Kaoru "it's Kamiya, Kaoru Kamiya." "Well hello then Kaoru," the older woman greeted her, "I am your new sensei" Kaoru bowed. "You will call me Rin- sensei," she told Kaoru who bowed once again.
"Now if you'll follow me please" Rin-sensei said making a following gesture with her hand, "I will take you to your new class." Kaoru followed Rin-sensei out of the office and through at least several hallways before she stopped at a classroom. Kaoru heard screams and yells from the other side of the door and watched Rin-sensei step inside. The noise of people's feet running to their desks and the chatter stopping, "ohayo class" Rin- sensei said. All the students stood up and bowed down "ohayo Rin-sensei" they all said at once. Kaoru smiled at this 'it's not that different after all' she thought happily.
Finally Kaoru walked in and everyone stared at her "class this is Kamiya Kaoru, she is a new student from Kyoto." Everyone remained quite "Kaoru please take a seat by that window" instructed her sensei "hai Rin- sensei" Kaoru said and walked over to the seat. Passing rows of people Kaoru blushed as they all looked and watched her pass. She finally reached her seat and Rin-sensei began the lesson.
After about 10 minutes into the class the door swung open and in walked a red haired boy. He acted calm and didn't even pay attention when Rin-sensei began to lecture him. He yawned and nodded his head obviously not paying any attention but surprisingly looked like he really was, "and why are you late this time Himura?" cried Rin 'this time?' Kaoru thought, 'how many times has he been late?'
"Ah who cares," he said, "I was late and you can't change it so who really gives a..." Rin-sensei stopped him before he could finish. "Just go sit down" she ordered, the boy shrugged and walked away from the teacher with his hands behind his head. Kaoru turned to see all the girls turn and watch him pass him or wait eagerly for him to pass her. Kaoru looked him over, he had red hair which she had already took in but it was long and fell down his back, and was neatly pulled back into a low ponytail. His eyes were surprisingly the color violet and there was a cross shaped scar that was placed on his left cheek. He was carrying his case over his shoulder and was enjoying all the attention he was getting from his female classmates.
Kaoru rolled her eyes when she saw that pathetic grin and turned back to the front where Rin-sensei was giving them an American History lesson. From behind her she heard the sound of gum, and she turned around to find that it was the red head chewing some gum with his mouth open. Kaoru blocked out the noise and went back to listening to Rin-sensei and taking notes. Sighing she became bored with the lesson and turned to look out the window, she smiled when she saw the trees blowing in the wind. She sighed and waited and finally she and all of her classmates were dismissed for lunch.
She opened her case and grabbed the lunch that Dr. Genzai had packed for her. She smiled "he's so good to me and he barely even knows me" Kaoru sat at her desk zoning out when all of a sudden there was a tap on her shoulder shooting her back into reality. Kaoru looked over to her right and saw a few people looking at her. "Hey there," said one girl, "my names Tae and these are my friends Tomoe, and Megumi" "hey" the two greeted Kaoru who replied with a greeting of her own. "Mind if we sit with you?" Tomoe asked Kaoru "sure go right ahead" Kaoru said with a smile. "So you moved here from Kyoto huh?" Tae asked Kaoru who nodded her head since her mouth was full of a bite of sandwich.
"Neat that girl over there is from Kyoto too," Megumi said pointing behind her towards a young girl that looked almost too young to be in High School. "Her names Misao" Megumi told Kaoru, Kaoru frowned when she saw Misao sitting by herself. "Why isn't anyone sitting with her?" Kaoru asked "well it's rumored that she had jump kicked her sensei, and no one wants to be her friend because if you look more closely at her you know that it's almost pointless to make friends because she'll probably go crazy and get kicked out again."
Kaoru was hurt by that it reminded her of back home, back in her school in Kyoto. She was never liked there, she didn't have any friends, and she was only visible when someone needed to be hurt or yelled at. "Well we should at least let her sit with us" Kaoru said "no!" they all cried, "that's really mean you know that right?" Kaoru asked them angrily. They remained silent and watched Kaoru get up and walk over to where Misao sat alone.
"Hey there!" Kaoru cried happily waving to Misao, "want to eat with me and my friends?" she asked. Misao looked at her in surprise "what?" she asked, had she heard correctly? Did someone really want to sit with her after the whole school learned what she had done back in Kyoto? "I asked you if you wanted to eat lunch with me and my friends over there" Kaoru repeated pointing over to where she and her friends were sitting. "Is this a trick?" she asked suspiciously "what?" Kaoru asked in shock, "what makes you think that I would trick you?" Kaoru asked Misao. Hesitantly Misao grabbed her lunch bag and followed Kaoru to the window.
Tomoe, Tae, and Megumi were in pure shock it was really happening, Misao was sitting with them. Misao who was unused to all this secretly kept her guard up just incase something happened. Kaoru got the others to talk to each other and Misao finally gave them her trust. She relaxed more and laughed and talked with the others who after a long talk from Kaoru had finally accepted her. 'She's amazing' Misao thought.
Kaoru had convinced Misao to eat with her and her friends, convinced Tomoe, Megumi, and Tae to give her a chance and they finally accepted her. She looked so innocent and from what Misao could tell she was innocent. They all talked until lunch was over and they returned back to their seats and listened to their new sensei.
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Kaoru sighed and listened as the bell finally rang announcing to all the students and teachers that school was finally over. Kaoru walked with her friends chatting her case was in front of her as she laughed. Finally they reached the bus stop where Tomoe and Tae would use to get home.
Misao talked about her old life in Kyoto "I was born into a family of ninjas and one day my sensei began to blame me and grade all my test incorrectly so my anger got the best of me and I yelled 'take this sensei' and I jumped out of my seat and charged at him. However right before I was in a few feet from him I jumped up and kicked him hard in the head, immediately I was thrown out and my family moved here to Tokyo where my training continues since I promised not to jump kick any more of my sensei's or any of my fellow classmates."
Kaoru smiled at Misao's story and sometimes even laughed when Misao added some extra stuff in just to make it funny. Finally Misao finished and asked "so what about your old life in Kyoto? Why did you guys move here?" Kaoru looked at her and opened her mouth but Misao said "oh sorry here's my turn tell me later k." Kaoru sighed and watched her run away. Finally Kaoru walked home now alone.
The house came into view and Kaoru ran inside when she felt some rain drops. Taking off her shoes she closed the door and dropped her case by the stairs. "Hey," she called; "I'm home" Kaoru smiled as she saw Ayame and Suzume ran over to her happily. Ayame tripped and Suzume tripped on her they both cried joyfully when Kaoru's arms caught them and wrapped them in a warm hug. They enjoyed the new energy and happiness that Kaoru brought to their home, before it would always be some boring since Dr. Genzai was always out, but when Kaoru came there was a new found joy and happiness that was brought into their hearts and the house seemed reborn.
"Welcome home my dear" Dr. Genzai said walking into the room "hello Dr. Genzai" Kaoru said as she placed the girls back onto the clean wooden floor. "I'm sorry for the sudden surprise but how was your day?" "That's alright," Kaoru, told him, "because my day was fine totally unlike it was back in Kyoto." Dr. Genzai laughed as the two girls ran upstairs so they could play with their toys. Kaoru enjoyed the smiles on the all their faces and the loving feeling the house gave out 'maybe I should send for Yahiko' Kaoru thought. "So you had fun," Dr. Genzai said as Kaoru followed him into the kitchen. Kaoru sat on one of the chairs after grabbing a soda from the refrigerator.
She sighed after taking a drink and looked over at Dr. Genzai who was washing dishes. He turned to look over at her and smiled, 'this man is so amazing,' Kaoru thought, 'it's almost as if he knows that I'm hiding something.'
"Hey Dr. Genzai" she said "hai?" he asked her "mind if I call my friends and go shopping for some clothes?" Dr. Genzai looked at her unsure, "after all my uniform is the only thing I have," she pointed out. "Alright" Dr. Genzai said with a smile 'might as well let her go out with her friends, and she's right about only having a uniform for clothes' he thought and reached into his pocket pulling out his wallet. "Here's some money for you to use," he said pulling out $150,000 yen for her.
Her eyes brightened and she looked at the money in her hand "thank-you so very much Dr. Genzai" Kaoru said happily. She ran out of the room leaving the money on the counter so she could grab her case. She ran back into the kitchen and placed her case on the table opening it and grabbing the paper that had the phone numbers of her friends that she had got during lunch. "Let's see now," Kaoru said as she picked up the phone "553-8532" she said dialing. The phone rang three times before someone finally answered it. "Hello?" came a males voice from the other line "hi there my I please speak with Misao?" Kaoru asked "sure," the man said, "one moment please." "Alright" Kaoru said as she listened "there's a phone call for you Misao" the man shouted happily "who is it?" "I'm not sure" the man replied "you're supposed to get their names first!" Misao shouted.
"Hello?" Misao asked grabbing the phone "hey Misao it's Kaoru" "oh hey Kaoru" Misao cried her voice lightening "what's up?"
"Well I was wondering if you wanted to go to the mall with me?" Kaoru told her, "I'm going to invite Tomoe, Megumi, and Tae too." Misao smiled and jumped up and down in place happily. "Sure okay when?" Misao asked "um...how about we meet at the school in five minutes?" Kaoru suggested "okay," Misao said happily, "Misao out." Kaoru hung up the phone and dialed Tomoe, Tae, and Megumi's numbers after she found out that she could talk to them all at once, "yeah sure" Tae said "in five minutes?" Megumi repeated "we will meet you there" Tomoe said in her usual calm controlled voice.
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Kaoru found everyone already at the school waiting for her "sorry I took so long," Kaoru said, "I live a long way from the school but close enough to get here and back on time." The others nodded and said it was okay before they walked back to the bus stop where they would take to the mall. "So the Hireka Mall is one of the most famous malls around here huh?" Kaoru asked as she and here friends got onto the bus one by one and paid the bus fee. Sitting close to the door the began to talk about the upcoming festival "I wonder who Kenshin will go with" Megumi thought "Kenshin?" Kaoru asked, "who's Kenshin?" the red head that stormed into the classroom Misao told her.
"He'll probably chose to go with me," Megumi said.
"What makes you think he'll want to go with you?" Tae asked.
"Are you expecting him to go with you then because if so then you're obviously wrong" Megumi cried. Tomoe and Kaoru sighed as they watched and listened to the two fight. Tomoe brushed a strand of her black her back behind her ear, and Kaoru pulled down the bus window "the breeze feels so good" she said happily.
Finally the bus stopped by a compartment store where two people got off and the bus went off again stopping at the town square. They all got off Tae, and Megumi had finally stopped fighting as they walked into the mall. Then it began, the wandering back and forth in hallways, up and down stairs, and in and out of shops. Kaoru decided to get some more stuff for her room so she could make it a little more, roomy.
So once she finished her clothes shopping the group all piled into the food quart for a break. They bought some desserts and they began to eat "I still don't see the big deal about this Kenshin" Kaoru said and she swallowed "oh come on Kaoru he's the hottest guy in the entire school." Tae said, "give me a break you guys," Kaoru said, "he's just a high school brat." 'Brat? Where did that come from?' she asked herself, 'I don't even know him and I'm calling him a brat?' Megumi, Tae, Misao, and Tomoe looked at her. "What?" Kaoru asked them, "did I say something?" "Kenshin Himura is not only the hottest guy that goes to Hamidake High School but also the most popular and richest" Tae cried.
"Yeah like those things will get you anywhere in life" Kaoru said to herself as they threw away their trash. They all grabbed their bags and walked to new stores, Megumi went into some store that had medical supplies, Tomoe lead them all into the bookstore "your joking right?" Misao asked as she and Megumi pushed her, Kaoru, and Tae inside. "Yes I'm serious" Tomoe said as she walked into the fiction section, she turned to see Kaoru and Misao looking around reading the different manga, Megumi was looking at books in the medical section, while Tae was looking through other books "this one looks interesting" Tae would say flipping through different book's and pages.
Finally they left with Tae carrying a fantasy book, Tomoe was carrying three books all about different topics that she found interesting in the fiction section. Megumi had walked out empty handed while Kaoru and Misao were laughing over the manga they had bought. "Oh this one next!" Misao cried pointing over at store that was definitely not in her style and that made the others wonder, that is until they walked over to the window and saw that Misao was pointing towards a group of people where Kenshin sat with. Finally they all got up "who are they?" Kaoru asked her friends as she was pulled out of the way of getting run over by the group of people. "Well that's Aoshi Shinomori, Sanosuke Sagara, and Soujiro Seta" Tomoe said pointing to each one of the boys in turn.
Kenshin turned at the sound of his name and saw the five girls standing there, he smiled when he saw Misao, Tae, and Megumi staring at him lovingly but his grin faltered a little when he saw Tomoe merely looking at the ground which was obviously to hide her blush. Then there stood Kaoru refusing to boy down "I still don't see what's so good about him" Kaoru said shocking Kenshin and his friends. The group walked away and the three girls snapped out of their daydream, and Tomoe brought her head back up her blush gone. Kaoru simply walked over to a water fountain but froze when she saw it hanging there in the window.
Her friends walked over to her and saw what she was looking at. There in the window was a beautiful kimono. It was dark purple with red and amber flowers designing it. Kaoru smiled, what she wouldn't give to have that kimono for the festival but she didn't have enough money to buy it. She sighed and her friends walked away from the kimono "that was a really gorgeous kimono wasn't it?" Tae asked her friends "yes it was and it would look great on you Kaoru" Tomoe said with a smile. "I don't have enough money to buy it though," Kaoru sighed, "but hey it would look great on any of us right" Kaoru said as she walked with her friends out the door and onto the bench at the bus stop.
"I have never done so much shopping in my life" Tae said with a sigh. "I bet our parents think we got ourselves lost" Misao said and they all began to laugh in agreement. "Here's the bus" Kaoru said "thank-you for pointing out that long moving automobile that's coming towards us Kaoru" Megumi said. "What?" Kaoru asked annoyed with that tone in Megumi's voice but the bus came to a stop and rested in different seats. Kaoru still upset about not being able to have that kimono.
Chapter 4
Kaoru woke up the next day to find Dr. Genzai standing over her "ahh!" she cried in shock. "Your awake!" Ayame cried jumping onto the bed "your awake!" Suzume copied. "Well Kaoru I have enrolled you into your new High School" Dr. Genzai said proudly. Kaoru looked at him in shock "nani?!" she cried, "I barely know Tokyo, I just arrived here the other day, and I'm already enrolled into a school!"
Dr. Genzai held up her school uniform "we have fast service" he told her. Kaoru sighed 'it's only the second day here in Tokyo and my first day at a new school and I'll probably make myself stand out like a freak like I was back in Kyoto.' Kaoru took her uniform "arigato" she said as Dr. Genzai walked out of the room followed by Ayame and Suzume.
Kaoru looked the uniform that she was holding. It had a green skirt and a white shirt; it had a yellow ribbon and a green sailor collar. Her socks and shoes were just like the ones in Kyoto. The socks reached up to her knees and her shoes were black and would've passed as a formal flatfooted shoe to any outsider. She smiled and called down "I'm going to take a quick shower" she called down "alright" was her reply. Rushing into the bathroom she turned on the warm water and took off her old uniform and threw it on the floor. She gently placed her new one next to her towel on the rack and finally stepped into the shower.
She smiled at the wonderful sensation she was receiving from the water; she took some shampoo and let the water straighten her now unbraided hair. It was all sticky and dirty and the feel of the warm water felt good. She took some shampoo and placed it on her hands, then mixed it and scrubbed it into her hair, she could almost feel the dirt slid away. Washing off the shampoo she grabbed some conditioner and placed it in her hair also as to help remove the knots. Next she washed her dirty blood stained body. "The stupid hospital didn't even let me take a bath," she said as she took some soap and moved it all along her body washing and cleaning her smooth skin.
Finally she decided it was enough and she turned off the water. Grabbing her towel she began to dry her body, giggling when she felt the soft towel run along her now clean skin. She wrapped it around her tucking in a corned that way she was able to release her towel without it falling down to the floor. Her hair was still wet and she needed something to dry it with. Looking around she saw a brush hiding in the medicine cabinet, "perfect" she said when she took it. Underneath the sink she found a hair dryer "even better" she said happily.
Plugging in the hair dryer she turned it on and grabbed the brush and began to work on her hair. Finally after about two minutes her hair was dry and straight and knotless. She removed her towel and placed on her new uniform. Smiling at herself in the mirror she finally walked out of the bathroom with the towel back on the rack to dry. She carried her old uniform and threw it onto the floor in her room before running downstairs. "Ohayo" she said greeting them all happily. They looked at her in shock and Dr. Genzai smiled "she looks almost exactly like her mother, and thankfully has few traits from her father especially not having his anger problem." "Nani?" Kaoru asked when she saw him mumbling "huh? Oh it's nothing Kaoru, just thinking of how much you look like your mother" he told her.
"Oh," Kaoru said, "well I feel so much better now" "there's something missing" Dr. Genzai said looking over her. Finally it hit him and he ran out of the room calling behind him "I'll be right back" Kaoru sat next to Ayame and Suzume and they began to talk. Finally Dr. Genzai returned with something in his hand "turn around Kaoru," he instructed her. Kaoru listened and turned so she was facing the opposite direction "there now" Dr. Genzai said when he began to put something in Kaoru's hair "what are you putting in my hair?" Kaoru asked him. "Hang on a sec," Dr. Genzai told her, "there now" he said as he stepped away, Ayame and Suzume began to cheer in delight and they began to jump up and down telling Kaoru how pretty she looked.
"Go look in the mirror" Dr. Genzai told Kaoru. She walked over to the mirror in the downstairs bathroom and gasped at what she saw. She wore a pink ribbon in her hair, a beautiful pink ribbon "domo arigato Dr. Genzai" Kaoru said happily and bowed to the older man. "Hai," Dr. Genzai said, "well you had better be off to your new school don't want you to be late on your first day you know." Kaoru smiled and agreed and Dr. Genzai told her where to go and what to do when she got there. "Your case is by the door" he called after her "okay," Kaoru cried as she ran forward but she was looking back and waving.
Finally she turned around and saw her new carrying case by the door right where Dr. Genzai had said it would be. She grabbed it and opened the door, when she turned to close it she called in "ja ne!" then ran off.
She ran down the tiny hill that the house sat on and took a right turn, running straight she stopped at an intersection and waited for the cars to finally make a path for her to go through. When that happened she made a left turn and ran straight from there, her case was swinging by her side and her shoes were making noises as she ran. Sighing she took one last left turn and the Hamidake school came into view. It had gates in front of the doorway and kids were all walking in, in groups of friends talking.
Kaoru hesitated but slowed to a walk and followed the kids through the gates and into the school.
Kaoru looked around for the office where she was supposed to 'check in' as Dr. Genzai had put it. Finally finding it she walked in and bowed to the lady at the front desk "ohayo," Kaoru said bowing, "I am a new student here." "What's your name?" the lady asked bored "Kamiya Kaoru" "hang on a sec" the lady told her. "Okay" Kaoru said worried. What was school like in Tokyo? Was it different then it was back in Kyoto? It didn't seem that way...or at least not yet.
Kaoru turned her head and found the lady taking to some female, which Kaoru guessed, was a teacher. Sighing Kaoru watched as they looked over at her, finally the two walked over to her. "Hello there," the woman greeted Kaoru while the office lady went back to her desk. "Hi" Kaoru said quietly looking down "you're cute what's your name?" the woman asked Kaoru "it's Kamiya, Kaoru Kamiya." "Well hello then Kaoru," the older woman greeted her, "I am your new sensei" Kaoru bowed. "You will call me Rin- sensei," she told Kaoru who bowed once again.
"Now if you'll follow me please" Rin-sensei said making a following gesture with her hand, "I will take you to your new class." Kaoru followed Rin-sensei out of the office and through at least several hallways before she stopped at a classroom. Kaoru heard screams and yells from the other side of the door and watched Rin-sensei step inside. The noise of people's feet running to their desks and the chatter stopping, "ohayo class" Rin- sensei said. All the students stood up and bowed down "ohayo Rin-sensei" they all said at once. Kaoru smiled at this 'it's not that different after all' she thought happily.
Finally Kaoru walked in and everyone stared at her "class this is Kamiya Kaoru, she is a new student from Kyoto." Everyone remained quite "Kaoru please take a seat by that window" instructed her sensei "hai Rin- sensei" Kaoru said and walked over to the seat. Passing rows of people Kaoru blushed as they all looked and watched her pass. She finally reached her seat and Rin-sensei began the lesson.
After about 10 minutes into the class the door swung open and in walked a red haired boy. He acted calm and didn't even pay attention when Rin-sensei began to lecture him. He yawned and nodded his head obviously not paying any attention but surprisingly looked like he really was, "and why are you late this time Himura?" cried Rin 'this time?' Kaoru thought, 'how many times has he been late?'
"Ah who cares," he said, "I was late and you can't change it so who really gives a..." Rin-sensei stopped him before he could finish. "Just go sit down" she ordered, the boy shrugged and walked away from the teacher with his hands behind his head. Kaoru turned to see all the girls turn and watch him pass him or wait eagerly for him to pass her. Kaoru looked him over, he had red hair which she had already took in but it was long and fell down his back, and was neatly pulled back into a low ponytail. His eyes were surprisingly the color violet and there was a cross shaped scar that was placed on his left cheek. He was carrying his case over his shoulder and was enjoying all the attention he was getting from his female classmates.
Kaoru rolled her eyes when she saw that pathetic grin and turned back to the front where Rin-sensei was giving them an American History lesson. From behind her she heard the sound of gum, and she turned around to find that it was the red head chewing some gum with his mouth open. Kaoru blocked out the noise and went back to listening to Rin-sensei and taking notes. Sighing she became bored with the lesson and turned to look out the window, she smiled when she saw the trees blowing in the wind. She sighed and waited and finally she and all of her classmates were dismissed for lunch.
She opened her case and grabbed the lunch that Dr. Genzai had packed for her. She smiled "he's so good to me and he barely even knows me" Kaoru sat at her desk zoning out when all of a sudden there was a tap on her shoulder shooting her back into reality. Kaoru looked over to her right and saw a few people looking at her. "Hey there," said one girl, "my names Tae and these are my friends Tomoe, and Megumi" "hey" the two greeted Kaoru who replied with a greeting of her own. "Mind if we sit with you?" Tomoe asked Kaoru "sure go right ahead" Kaoru said with a smile. "So you moved here from Kyoto huh?" Tae asked Kaoru who nodded her head since her mouth was full of a bite of sandwich.
"Neat that girl over there is from Kyoto too," Megumi said pointing behind her towards a young girl that looked almost too young to be in High School. "Her names Misao" Megumi told Kaoru, Kaoru frowned when she saw Misao sitting by herself. "Why isn't anyone sitting with her?" Kaoru asked "well it's rumored that she had jump kicked her sensei, and no one wants to be her friend because if you look more closely at her you know that it's almost pointless to make friends because she'll probably go crazy and get kicked out again."
Kaoru was hurt by that it reminded her of back home, back in her school in Kyoto. She was never liked there, she didn't have any friends, and she was only visible when someone needed to be hurt or yelled at. "Well we should at least let her sit with us" Kaoru said "no!" they all cried, "that's really mean you know that right?" Kaoru asked them angrily. They remained silent and watched Kaoru get up and walk over to where Misao sat alone.
"Hey there!" Kaoru cried happily waving to Misao, "want to eat with me and my friends?" she asked. Misao looked at her in surprise "what?" she asked, had she heard correctly? Did someone really want to sit with her after the whole school learned what she had done back in Kyoto? "I asked you if you wanted to eat lunch with me and my friends over there" Kaoru repeated pointing over to where she and her friends were sitting. "Is this a trick?" she asked suspiciously "what?" Kaoru asked in shock, "what makes you think that I would trick you?" Kaoru asked Misao. Hesitantly Misao grabbed her lunch bag and followed Kaoru to the window.
Tomoe, Tae, and Megumi were in pure shock it was really happening, Misao was sitting with them. Misao who was unused to all this secretly kept her guard up just incase something happened. Kaoru got the others to talk to each other and Misao finally gave them her trust. She relaxed more and laughed and talked with the others who after a long talk from Kaoru had finally accepted her. 'She's amazing' Misao thought.
Kaoru had convinced Misao to eat with her and her friends, convinced Tomoe, Megumi, and Tae to give her a chance and they finally accepted her. She looked so innocent and from what Misao could tell she was innocent. They all talked until lunch was over and they returned back to their seats and listened to their new sensei.
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Kaoru sighed and listened as the bell finally rang announcing to all the students and teachers that school was finally over. Kaoru walked with her friends chatting her case was in front of her as she laughed. Finally they reached the bus stop where Tomoe and Tae would use to get home.
Misao talked about her old life in Kyoto "I was born into a family of ninjas and one day my sensei began to blame me and grade all my test incorrectly so my anger got the best of me and I yelled 'take this sensei' and I jumped out of my seat and charged at him. However right before I was in a few feet from him I jumped up and kicked him hard in the head, immediately I was thrown out and my family moved here to Tokyo where my training continues since I promised not to jump kick any more of my sensei's or any of my fellow classmates."
Kaoru smiled at Misao's story and sometimes even laughed when Misao added some extra stuff in just to make it funny. Finally Misao finished and asked "so what about your old life in Kyoto? Why did you guys move here?" Kaoru looked at her and opened her mouth but Misao said "oh sorry here's my turn tell me later k." Kaoru sighed and watched her run away. Finally Kaoru walked home now alone.
The house came into view and Kaoru ran inside when she felt some rain drops. Taking off her shoes she closed the door and dropped her case by the stairs. "Hey," she called; "I'm home" Kaoru smiled as she saw Ayame and Suzume ran over to her happily. Ayame tripped and Suzume tripped on her they both cried joyfully when Kaoru's arms caught them and wrapped them in a warm hug. They enjoyed the new energy and happiness that Kaoru brought to their home, before it would always be some boring since Dr. Genzai was always out, but when Kaoru came there was a new found joy and happiness that was brought into their hearts and the house seemed reborn.
"Welcome home my dear" Dr. Genzai said walking into the room "hello Dr. Genzai" Kaoru said as she placed the girls back onto the clean wooden floor. "I'm sorry for the sudden surprise but how was your day?" "That's alright," Kaoru, told him, "because my day was fine totally unlike it was back in Kyoto." Dr. Genzai laughed as the two girls ran upstairs so they could play with their toys. Kaoru enjoyed the smiles on the all their faces and the loving feeling the house gave out 'maybe I should send for Yahiko' Kaoru thought. "So you had fun," Dr. Genzai said as Kaoru followed him into the kitchen. Kaoru sat on one of the chairs after grabbing a soda from the refrigerator.
She sighed after taking a drink and looked over at Dr. Genzai who was washing dishes. He turned to look over at her and smiled, 'this man is so amazing,' Kaoru thought, 'it's almost as if he knows that I'm hiding something.'
"Hey Dr. Genzai" she said "hai?" he asked her "mind if I call my friends and go shopping for some clothes?" Dr. Genzai looked at her unsure, "after all my uniform is the only thing I have," she pointed out. "Alright" Dr. Genzai said with a smile 'might as well let her go out with her friends, and she's right about only having a uniform for clothes' he thought and reached into his pocket pulling out his wallet. "Here's some money for you to use," he said pulling out $150,000 yen for her.
Her eyes brightened and she looked at the money in her hand "thank-you so very much Dr. Genzai" Kaoru said happily. She ran out of the room leaving the money on the counter so she could grab her case. She ran back into the kitchen and placed her case on the table opening it and grabbing the paper that had the phone numbers of her friends that she had got during lunch. "Let's see now," Kaoru said as she picked up the phone "553-8532" she said dialing. The phone rang three times before someone finally answered it. "Hello?" came a males voice from the other line "hi there my I please speak with Misao?" Kaoru asked "sure," the man said, "one moment please." "Alright" Kaoru said as she listened "there's a phone call for you Misao" the man shouted happily "who is it?" "I'm not sure" the man replied "you're supposed to get their names first!" Misao shouted.
"Hello?" Misao asked grabbing the phone "hey Misao it's Kaoru" "oh hey Kaoru" Misao cried her voice lightening "what's up?"
"Well I was wondering if you wanted to go to the mall with me?" Kaoru told her, "I'm going to invite Tomoe, Megumi, and Tae too." Misao smiled and jumped up and down in place happily. "Sure okay when?" Misao asked "um...how about we meet at the school in five minutes?" Kaoru suggested "okay," Misao said happily, "Misao out." Kaoru hung up the phone and dialed Tomoe, Tae, and Megumi's numbers after she found out that she could talk to them all at once, "yeah sure" Tae said "in five minutes?" Megumi repeated "we will meet you there" Tomoe said in her usual calm controlled voice.
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Kaoru found everyone already at the school waiting for her "sorry I took so long," Kaoru said, "I live a long way from the school but close enough to get here and back on time." The others nodded and said it was okay before they walked back to the bus stop where they would take to the mall. "So the Hireka Mall is one of the most famous malls around here huh?" Kaoru asked as she and here friends got onto the bus one by one and paid the bus fee. Sitting close to the door the began to talk about the upcoming festival "I wonder who Kenshin will go with" Megumi thought "Kenshin?" Kaoru asked, "who's Kenshin?" the red head that stormed into the classroom Misao told her.
"He'll probably chose to go with me," Megumi said.
"What makes you think he'll want to go with you?" Tae asked.
"Are you expecting him to go with you then because if so then you're obviously wrong" Megumi cried. Tomoe and Kaoru sighed as they watched and listened to the two fight. Tomoe brushed a strand of her black her back behind her ear, and Kaoru pulled down the bus window "the breeze feels so good" she said happily.
Finally the bus stopped by a compartment store where two people got off and the bus went off again stopping at the town square. They all got off Tae, and Megumi had finally stopped fighting as they walked into the mall. Then it began, the wandering back and forth in hallways, up and down stairs, and in and out of shops. Kaoru decided to get some more stuff for her room so she could make it a little more, roomy.
So once she finished her clothes shopping the group all piled into the food quart for a break. They bought some desserts and they began to eat "I still don't see the big deal about this Kenshin" Kaoru said and she swallowed "oh come on Kaoru he's the hottest guy in the entire school." Tae said, "give me a break you guys," Kaoru said, "he's just a high school brat." 'Brat? Where did that come from?' she asked herself, 'I don't even know him and I'm calling him a brat?' Megumi, Tae, Misao, and Tomoe looked at her. "What?" Kaoru asked them, "did I say something?" "Kenshin Himura is not only the hottest guy that goes to Hamidake High School but also the most popular and richest" Tae cried.
"Yeah like those things will get you anywhere in life" Kaoru said to herself as they threw away their trash. They all grabbed their bags and walked to new stores, Megumi went into some store that had medical supplies, Tomoe lead them all into the bookstore "your joking right?" Misao asked as she and Megumi pushed her, Kaoru, and Tae inside. "Yes I'm serious" Tomoe said as she walked into the fiction section, she turned to see Kaoru and Misao looking around reading the different manga, Megumi was looking at books in the medical section, while Tae was looking through other books "this one looks interesting" Tae would say flipping through different book's and pages.
Finally they left with Tae carrying a fantasy book, Tomoe was carrying three books all about different topics that she found interesting in the fiction section. Megumi had walked out empty handed while Kaoru and Misao were laughing over the manga they had bought. "Oh this one next!" Misao cried pointing over at store that was definitely not in her style and that made the others wonder, that is until they walked over to the window and saw that Misao was pointing towards a group of people where Kenshin sat with. Finally they all got up "who are they?" Kaoru asked her friends as she was pulled out of the way of getting run over by the group of people. "Well that's Aoshi Shinomori, Sanosuke Sagara, and Soujiro Seta" Tomoe said pointing to each one of the boys in turn.
Kenshin turned at the sound of his name and saw the five girls standing there, he smiled when he saw Misao, Tae, and Megumi staring at him lovingly but his grin faltered a little when he saw Tomoe merely looking at the ground which was obviously to hide her blush. Then there stood Kaoru refusing to boy down "I still don't see what's so good about him" Kaoru said shocking Kenshin and his friends. The group walked away and the three girls snapped out of their daydream, and Tomoe brought her head back up her blush gone. Kaoru simply walked over to a water fountain but froze when she saw it hanging there in the window.
Her friends walked over to her and saw what she was looking at. There in the window was a beautiful kimono. It was dark purple with red and amber flowers designing it. Kaoru smiled, what she wouldn't give to have that kimono for the festival but she didn't have enough money to buy it. She sighed and her friends walked away from the kimono "that was a really gorgeous kimono wasn't it?" Tae asked her friends "yes it was and it would look great on you Kaoru" Tomoe said with a smile. "I don't have enough money to buy it though," Kaoru sighed, "but hey it would look great on any of us right" Kaoru said as she walked with her friends out the door and onto the bench at the bus stop.
"I have never done so much shopping in my life" Tae said with a sigh. "I bet our parents think we got ourselves lost" Misao said and they all began to laugh in agreement. "Here's the bus" Kaoru said "thank-you for pointing out that long moving automobile that's coming towards us Kaoru" Megumi said. "What?" Kaoru asked annoyed with that tone in Megumi's voice but the bus came to a stop and rested in different seats. Kaoru still upset about not being able to have that kimono.