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- Chapter 5 -
Saitoh stared at the both of them covered in chalk. He picked up the duster from the floor. Brushing off some chalk dust around his eyes, he said in a tight, clenched voice, "what the HELL is going on here."
Kaoru's gaped around for words. She was speechless. She desperately felt like hiding under a table. Saitoh had always been scary but now he was hideously frightening.
"It was all my fault," Kenshin cut in, "I... started it. Kamiya hasn't done anything wrong. She was just waiting quietly for you to come back and I... got bored of waiting."
Kaoru's eyes widened in surprise. Why was Kenshin defending her? She had started the fight. Saitoh's eyes narrowed. "Himura, I hope you understand what this means. I know you're new to the school but that doesn't mean that you'll be getting off easy."
"I understand," Kenshin replied curtly, "I apologize for what I have done. I will gladly replace your dirtied clothes." Kenshin turned to Kaoru and looked straight into her eyes. "I'm sorry for getting you in trouble."
Kaoru found herself unable to stare back at Kenshin. She turned away and murmured quietly, "it isn't you fault, Himura-san. I'm just as much to blame."
"Hmph," Saitoh snorted, "I suppose I can relent this once. Kamiya, write a three-page apology and Himura, yours is double. Now go away and stay out of trouble."
Kaoru stared at Saitoh in surprise. Saitoh was actually letting them off? She turned to face Kenshin. He too looked just as bewildered. "Get out before I change my mind!" Kenshin and Kaoru scurried out of the classroom in hurry.
"Um... Himura-san," Kaoru called as Kenshin turned to leave.
Kenshin turned and faced Kaoru, "yeah?"
Kaoru smiled, "arigatou."
Kenshin stood still for a split second, not knowing how to respond. He regained himself quickly. "No problem." He muttered curtly and walked off.
Kaoru stared at Kenshin's back feeling somewhat disappointed. But what had she been expecting anyway? With a sigh she walked away, in the opposite direction.
"Airi," Okita said firmly, "we need to talk."
Airi looked up surprised. She smiled brightly. "Sure, sit down." Airi bit into her ham sandwich happily. "So what do you want to talk about Sou-chan?"
Okita bit his lip. This wouldn't be easy at all. "Okay," he began, "firstly, don't call me Sou-chan. Also, please don't hug me in public. Actually don't hug me at all. And don't go around telling everyone I'm your boyfriend when I'm not. I mean, its nothing personal but this is Japan. It's different from England. People aren't that open about things here." Okita looked at Airi apologetically. He fervently wished he hadn't said anything to hurt her. Had he been too blunt?
Airi opened her mouth slowly, "eh... Sou-chan..." She stared into his eyes.
Okita bit his lip. Damn, was she going to cry??
Suddenly Airi winked and smiled. "Sou-chan! Did I embarrass you? Eh, gomen but you were so KAWAII I couldn't help myself!"
Okita stared at Airi disbelievingly. He had never seen anyone like her before. "Wait," he started, "so you aren't offended at all?"
Airi shrugged, "I guess. But I understand why you said that. I mean, I only just met you yesterday, and I did embarrass you. And it was wrong of me to say you were my boyfriend when you aren't, even though it was only a joke. Gomen na."
Okita heaved a sigh of relief. "So you aren't mad at me?" When Airi nodded he asked, "so are we still friends?"
Airi nodded again taking another bite of her sandwich. She swallowed. "Ne, so I can't hug you anymore because you aren't my boyfriend?"
"Uh... putting it simply, yeah."
Airi grinned. "Ne, Soushi."
"Uh... yeah?" answered Okita feeling rather uneasy with Airi's grin.
"Do you want to go out with me?"
"WHAT?"
"The main features of a Japanese..."
Okita yawned loudly. A few girls behind him giggled. The teacher shot him a dirty look. He ignored it and stared into his textbook. His head was hurting and the boring lesson wasn't doing anything to help. The main reason for his headache was Airi. Although she had been joking, he still felt a little weird.
Okita shook his exasperatedly. Normally he didn't have trouble with girls. In fact he was confident that he was the best flirt out of all his friends. And yet here he was, having trouble with this one girl. It wasn't that he hated all the attention Airi gave him. He just found it slightly uncomfortable. He sighed and returned to staring at the blackboard like a robot.
Kaoru stifled a yawn. Class was so boring! Kaoru felt like going to bed.
Ouch!
Kaoru rubbed her head slowly. An eraser? There was a note tied to it. Trying to avoid the teacher's glance, Kaoru slowly unfolded the note underneath her desk.
Jou-chan!
Let's go to the Akabeko after school, yeah?
You still owe me that free lunch! :)
Sano
Baka. Kaoru thought to herself. She quickly scribbled a reply and passed it to Sano. Having lunch with Sano wouldn't be such a bad idea. Things were never boring when Sano was around.
Kenshin and Airi sat in the Akabeko.
"I'm hungry, aren't you?" Airi asked Kenshin, as soon as she took a sip of her water, "the last lesson was the worst! It was so boring, I almost fell asleep! How the hell am I going to keep up with this?"
"Not used to school in Japan yet, huh?" Kenshin asked with an amused smile.
Airi stuck out her tongue. "You bet. Everything's so tight and intense. Give me England any day! Things are so much freer there!"
Kenshin chuckled. "Anyway, it's really good to see you again."
"Yeah... two years is an awful long time, ne?"
"...Jou-chan, so this guy right..."
Kenshin and Airi turned their heads towards the entrance of the restaurant where Sano and Kaoru had just entered. Kenshin and Kaoru's eyes met. Kenshin suddenly got a weird uncomfortable feeling, as if he was doing something that he shouldn't have been doing.
Kaoru bit her lip. When she saw Kenshin sitting with Airi, smiling and talking, she had felt an unusual feeling of jealousy wash over her. What was wrong with her?
Airi smiled, "hey~! Kamiya-san! Sagara-san! Why don't the two of you join us for lunch?"
"Sure," Sano said and took a seat next to Kenshin, "what a coincidence running into the two of you here."
Sano and Airi slowly exchanged glances and smiled. Kenshin and Kaoru on the other hand, were looked at each other with total shock registered onto their faces.
Character focus: Kamiya Kaoru
Name: Kamiya Kaoru
Age: 18
Birthday: June
Height: 155cm (5 ft. 1 in.)
Weight: 41kg (90 lbs.)
Bloodtype: O
Occupation: student, 2nd year at Takatori
Family: Kamiya Gakuya, father, head of a large dojo
Kamiya Hanako, mother, daughter of a rich businessman
Kamiya Yahiko, brother
Sagara Sanosuke, cousin
Hobbies: practicing Kendo with her father
Characteristics: She can be short-tempered and a little demanding at times. She is sincere, caring and honest. Normally she is outgoing and confident but she gets shy about her feelings when it comes to love.
Character focus: Sagara Sanosuke
Name: Sagara Sanosuke
Age: 18
Birthday: February
Height: 179cm (5 ft. 10 in.)
Weight: 71kg (156 lbs.)
Bloodtype: B
Occupation: student, 2nd year at Takatori
Family: Sagara Ichirou, father, wealthy businessman
Sagara Juria, mother
Kamiya Kaoru, cousin
Kamiya Yahiko, cousin
Hobbies: lounging around doing nothing :D
Characteristics: Short-tempered and carefree with a strong sense of loyalty. He loves to tease Kaoru but cares about her deeply. He's very tender at heart and is currently going out with Sayo.
Character focus: Seta Soujirou
Name: Seta Soujirou
Age: 18
Birthday: September
Height: 163cm (5 ft. 4 in.)
Weight: 51kg (112 lbs.)
Bloodtype: AB
Occupation: student, 2nd year at Takatori
Family: Seta Michihiko, father
Seta Kiyori, mother
Seta Seika, sister
Okita Soushi, cousin
Hobbies: reading
Characteristics: Always pleasant and smiling. Never shows his emotion outside. If he does you can bet it's something really serious! Always calm and collected. Soft-spoken and much admired by people around him. One of the Hot 5 at Takatori.
The Hot 5 of Takatori High
After reading Soujirou's profile, I'm sure you are wondering what the hot 5 of Takatori is. The hot 5 of Takatori High are top 5 guys that have been labeled HOT by the girls. ^^ The hot 5 are (in no particular order):
Shinomori Aoshi
Okita Soushi
Seta Soujirou
Yukishiro Enishi
Himura Kenshin
Before Kenshin transferred to Takatori, the 5th guy was Sanosuke. ^^ However, now that he has a girlfriend(Sayo) Kenshin took his place as one of the Hot 5 at Takatori.
AN: Hope you enjoyed that then ^^ I'm kind of stuck on how to carry out the Romeo and Juliet rehearsals. Hopefully the next time I post, there'll be something about that, ne? ^^ Review onnegaishimasu~!!! ^^