Author's Point: I am sooooooooooo sorry I had this chapter ready for the longest time but I kept on forgetting to post it, I'm so sorry! And so now I'm back and with sooo much ideas!!!!! But not for this chapter so anyways enjoy and review, a lot.
Disclaimer: If I owned Rurouni Kenshin would I be writing fan fictions? Hmm...maybe but that's not the point, I do not own RK!
The Things You Do
By: Chibilover2000
Cinderella
Kenshin was on his bed sweating, rolling around, and muttering stuff. He was having a nightmare.
"Kenshin, you don't like me?"
Kenshin was floating in air, well who knows if its air since it's all black. In front of him was Kaoru who was standing there with tears in her eyes.
"Cruel! You're cruel! You could've said it in a nicer way!" She cried and then she started to run.
"Kaoru wait! I don't remember saying anything!"
Kenshin was about to run after her but then Megumi appeared in front of him.
"Megumi I didn't do anything!"
"I hate you! You're not my brother anymore!"
"Megumi wait let me say something!!!!!!"
But Megumi disappeared and then there was a bunch of people in front of him who had bats and were being led by Sanosuke.
"Sanosuke?" Kenshin asked.
"Let's beat him up!" Sanosuke roared
"What!?" Kenshin cried.
They all ran and started to hit him with the bat.
"Why are you guysowdoing this?" Kenshin asked.
"Becausehit we're an angry mob!" Sanosuke said.
"This doesn't make sense!"
In a while Kenshin didn't feel anyone hitting him no more, he was curled up in a ball to take the hits but then he uncurled himself and found a mature girl with a bat in front of him.
"Um...and you might be?"
She raised her bat and Kenshin covered himself, but she just threw the bat away.
"Huh?"
Then
she opened her shirt and revealed her breasts.
"Eh?????" Kenshin's eyes widened.
"Hi-ya!" someone cried.
Kenshin looked to his side and saw a determined Kaoru running then jumping into the air hitting the woman with a fly kick. The woman went flying and Kaoru landed right in front of him but she looked mad.
"Um..." Kenshin said.
She walked towards him and grabbed him by the collar.
"Kenshin, you perverted idiot!"
And she slapped him across the face.
All of a sudden Kenshin opened his eyes, his vision was a little blurry but he saw an outline of a figure in front of him.
"Who are you?"
"What do you mean who am I?"
Kenshin recognized that voice.
"Megumi?"
"The one and
only."
Kenshin rubbed his eyes and then he saw Megumi clearly
and she seemed real irritated.
"What are you doing in my room?" he asked.
"You called my name,
you said 'Megumi, I didn't do anything' and 'Megumi wait let
me say something' something like that...what happened?"
"I
had a weird dream."
"I know that"
Kenshin put his hand to his cheek and when he touched it he winced.
"It still hurts?" Megumi asked, "Wow, Kaoru has one hell of an arm."
When Megumi said 'Kaoru' Kenshin remembered what happened last night.
"KENSHIN YOU PERVERTED IDIOT!"
When Kaoru said that Kenshin still didn't tear his eyes away from the screen and more veins appeared
"That's not something you do in front of a girl!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed.
Kaoru stood up and stomped her way in front of Kenshin.
"SNAP OUT OF IT!" And she slapped him across the face.
"Well it wasn't my fault she was the one who rented the movie," Kenshin mumbled.
"What happened after she slapped you?" Megumi asked.
"I looked at her in surprise and then she looked kind of shocked like she couldn't believe what she just did so she took her stuff and ran out,"
"Sounds just like her."
"But still that hurt!"
"Well you don't exactly drool over one girl in front of another."
After Kenshin took a shower, brushed his teeth, put on his clothes, he went downstairs.
"Damn, I'm gonna be late!" Kenshin said.
"We have to leave in five minutes." Megumi said.
"Crap!"
Kenshin put a toast in the toaster and then took out some juice and poured some and drank it. Megumi stood up and started walking out.
"I'll be going now."
"Wait a second!"
The toast came up and Kenshin grabbed it and put it in his mouth, started to finish buttoning his shirt and ran after his sister. He ran outside but didn't see Megumi anywhere but he did see a girl outside who had her back turned to him, but judging by the ponytail Kenshin could tell who it is.
"Kaoru?" He said with the bread in his mouth.
The girl was surprised to hear her name and turned around in surprise.
"K-kenshin!"
"What are you doing here?" He asked, and still with the bread in his mouth.
"Well...um...you see...I..."
Kaoru's eyes started to wander around. Then she concentrated on Kenshin's face that looked totally clueless.
Kaoru got nervous.
"Um...."
She didn't know what to do so she bowed down.
"I'm sorry!" She cried, "I didn't mean to slap you, I'm so sorry!"
Kenshin looked down and Kaoru and blinked a few times.
'Hmmm...should I accept her apology or....'
He put his hand on Kaoru's shoulder and pushed her up a little indicating he wanted her to stand up. Then he shook his head with the bread in his mouth.
"You don't have to apologize, after all what I did was indecent."
Kaoru looked at him like she didn't hear a thing he said because she didn't, all she heard was:
"hhwhhhhhddldjwqldh ndjqwkdjwqdjqwkd dqwndkjendbne."
'Why is she looking at me like that?'
Kaoru lifted her hand and grabbed the bread in his mouth and took it out.
"I didn't understand a word you said," She said.
'Oh'
"I said that you don't have to apologize because after all what I did was indecent."
'Got that right' Kaoru thought annoyed, 'but at the same time you don't rent porn for your date...'
"Well I guess."
Then for moment they just stood there looking around and it was real awkward.
Kaoru then looked at the bread that she still had in her hand, she showed the bread to Kenshin like if she was offering it to him.
"Toast?"
Kenshin smiled and nodded.
"Oh! There you are I was looking for you." Megumi came.
Kaoru and Kenshin turned around and saw Megumi.
"Kaoru, you're here? Well that's perfect how 'bout you walk with us?"
'Well that was the other reason of why I came' Kaoru thought.
She nodded.
"Okay let's go"
On the walk to school Megumi was standing behind the two and was observing them.
'Hmm...they don't talk to each other, they don't look at each other, they look real awkward....really they are such beginners when it comes to a relationship, I guess it can't be helped I'll help them...and play with their minds a bit, hehehehehe'
"You know that the annual performance play is coming up soon." Kenshin said.
"Annual Performance Play?" Kaoru asked.
"At the end of each freshmen year there is a performance play where they make a show of anything."
"Why only freshman?" Kaoru asked.
"I don't know for sure but I guess it's because we're new comers, and at the same time the seniors help us since it's their last year."
"Then that means that Megumi is gonna help."
"That's right, I'm gonna be the director, and I'm doing auditions." Megumi said.
"In your freshman year what did you guys do?" Kaoru asked Megumi.
"We did Thumbelina." Megumi said in disgust.
"What's so bad about that, I like that story," Kaoru said.
"It's not that, it's that Megumi wanted to play Thumbelina but she just ended up getting the male part that was so funny." Kenshin said smiling.
Megumi hit him on the head.
"There's nothing funny with playing the opposite sex." Megumi said.
"What are we doing this year?" Kaoru asked.
"I'm not sure," Kenshin said, "what is it Megumi?"
"Eh????Cinderella???" Sanosuke and Misao screamed.
Kaoru told them about the show every year and what they'll be doing this year while Kenshin was in his locker.
"What's wrong with Cinderella?" Kaoru asked.
"Nothing, really," Sanosuke said.
"Are you planning to get a part?" Kaoru asked Sanosuke.
"If I get a part it's gonna be king, as far as I checked he doesn't say anything." He responded.
"Why not the prince?" Misao asked.
"Are you crazy that's so many lines, and anyway how much you wanna bet that no one is gonna want to play that part."
An idea hit Kaoru.
'If I get Kenshin to play the prince and I play Cinderella then we'll be able to kiss!'
"Oh, Cinderella (Kaoru) you are so beautiful, I love you!"
"I love you too, and you look dashing prince (Kenshin), I've been waiting so long for this moment."
And so they approach and...
"Kaoru?"
Kaoru snapped out of her day dream and saw that everyone went ahead of her, and Kenshin called her.
"Oh, sorry."
When she caught up to them she brought up something to Kenshin.
"Hey Kenshin why don't you try out for the prince?"
Sanosuke looked at the two with the side of his eye.
Misao smiled a bit, 'Well anyone would know what she wants.'
"Why?" Kenshin asked.
Misao and Sanosuke almost fell.
'Is this guy slow or something????' Misao thought and Sanosuke cleared his throat.
"Well wouldn't it be nice to be the star?"
"I'll have to go with Sanosuke with that, it is a lot of lines and who would want to?"
"Don't think about the other people, do you want to try out?"
"...not really."
The next day papers were put up for the children to put their names for what character they wish to play, and there was a slight problem....
"No one wants to play the prince?" Aoshi asked.
"And that's not all..."
"Since there's no prince there's no Cinderella either." Aoshi finished.
"This is real troublesome...."
"We can't force anyone to volunteer, so what are we gonna do? We can't have a Cinderella without the prince or Cinderella."
Megumi thought for a while.
"Hmmmm...."
"It's weird there's not one girl who wants to be the star because she likes to act."
"Maybe but not if you have to kiss a person you really don't like, that would be awful especially if it's your first kiss."
"I don't know what's wrong with that generation of boys, if I saw that no one volunteered for a part I would do it," Aoshi said.
Megumi's eyes widened.
"That's it!"
"What's it?"
"We'll tell everyone you're gonna play the prince and then the girls will come swarming."
"But seniors can't participate."
"It'll be a little lie."
"But can we lie?"
"We're not allowed to force anyone to come, I haven't heard anyone we can't say a little white lie."
"But that doesn't solve the prince."
"That's right the prince...hmm..." Megumi thought for a while and then it came to her, "Kenshin will do the prince."
"Wait a sec. then why
don't you just have Kenshin be the prince now, instead of going
with the crazy plan?"
"Because...it'll be more fun this
way."
"Fun?"
Megumi laughed evilly.
'That's right it'll be fun, what will you do Kaoru when you find out that Kenshin is playing the prince and some other girl will kiss his lips with hers? Hehehehehe...'
"Kaoru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Kaoru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!KAORU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Misao screamed while she ran across the hall towards her friend.
Kaoru turned around and saw her friend rushing towards her.
"Misao?"
"Kaoru!
Kaoru! Guess what I just heard!"
"What?"
"Aoshi is gonna play THE PRINCE!!!!" She shouted real loud.
"Whaaaat?!" The girls in the hall way gasped.
"Uh-oh."
All the girls that filled the hallways ran to the sign-up list, it felt like elephants were in the school.
"W-wait!" Misao called, "I'm the one who's gonna kiss Aoshi!" And she started running too leaving Kaoru by herself.
"These girls are crazy." Kaoru said astonished, "The only way I would wanna play Cinderella was if Kenshin was my prince."
After thirty minutes Misao came back with a long face.
"What happened Misao?" Kaoru asked.
"I was the first one to sign up."
"Why is that
bad?"
"Because that's the order we're going in and if I'm
first they might forget about me after all those other girls, my
chances of being with Lord Aoshi is really slim."
"Don't give up Misao, miracles happen." Kaoru said trying to cheer up her friend.
"I don't know...."
"Well they're not gonna want such a sad girl as Cinderella then you won't have a chance at all, and anyways this is about Aoshi you have to be very energetic."
Misao looked at Kaoru.
"You know, you're right! I can't give up not when Aoshi is the prize! Okay! I'm gonna get more energetic than usual!"
'Is that possible?' Kaoru asked.
"Thanks Kaoru!" Misao said while running down the hall.
"Any time" Kaoru said waving.
She sighed
'I really wish Kenshin would play the prince and me Cinderella that would stage our kiss...'
"Hey, Kaoru."
Kaoru turned around and saw that Kenshin was in back of her.
Kaoru told him about Aoshi playing the prince.
"Why don't you try out?" He asked.
"What?"
"I mean Aoshi isn't a bad...g...uy."
'God, that was hard to say that.' Kenshin thought.
"I don't know..."
"You could ask any girl how g...reat he is, wouldn't you wanna be on stage with him?"
Kaoru stared at Kenshin for a while and then became mad.
"I don't wanna have a stage kiss with Aoshi! I wanna have one with..." Kaoru trailed off because she couldn't say that last word.
'...you.'
Kenshin was surprised, he didn't know she was gonna react that way.
"I'm sorry I screamed." Kaoru said rubbing her forehead.
"I didn't say anything about a stage kiss, I didn't know that the actors are gonna actually kiss."
Kaoru blushed a little.
"Um...does that make you rethink about trying out for the prince?"
Kenshin thought for a while.
"The more reason not to do it."
"Wow!"
Megumi was looking at all the names for Cinderella.
"Look at this Aoshi!"
Aoshi came and took a look.
"You're really famous!"
"I really don't take it as a compliment."
"Oh come on, you saved the play!"
"I just hope they don't riot when they find out I'm not playing the part like when they rioted I wasn't on the basketball team."
"But didn't you decide that?"
"What can I say, they don't listen."
"Well we're gonna have a long time at the auditions so...let's get going" Megumi said picking up the list of girls, a pen, and her book bag.
After school in the auditorium there was a long line of girls and Megumi, Aoshi, and a new guy was sitting in the front seats.
"Aoshi, this is Soujiro, he'll be helping us this year." Megumi introduced.
"Pleasure to meet
you, Soujiro."
"Same for me, Mr. Aoshi."
"Call me
Aoshi."
"Sure thing Mr. Aoshi."
Aoshi didn't even bother he just sat down.
"Let's get started." Megumi said
She stood up and started to 'shush' the girls and when she got that accomplished she started.
"Okay, we will now start the auditions for Cinderella, but first I want to say that if you audition for this part and you get chosen you have to play the part no matter what, if you don't like these terms leave this audition now."
No one left.
"Okay first up for the part of Cinderella: Misao M."
Misao came practically jetting to the stage.
Megumi sat down.
"Misao read the scene where Cinderella stops the prince from leaving and asks to measure the slipper."
"Lord Aoshi!!!!!!!!! Watch me real closely, okay!?" Misao shouted.
Aoshi rolled his eyes and Megumi elbowed his arm and shot him a 'be nicer' look.
"Misao the scene please."
"Roger!"
Misao took a deep breathe and closed her eyes and then opened them.
"Hold on a second!" She called dramatically to someone who wasn't there.
Megumi, Aoshi, and Soujiro looked back to see who she was calling and saw no one.
"What are you guys doing? That was a line in the scene." Misao said.
"Oh, sorry it was just...so...realistic," Megumi said, "Continue."
"Hold on a second! Won't you let me try on the slippers?"
Misao froze her pose and looked at the three seniors and they looked at her.
"What?" Megumi asked.
"The step-sister's line."
"Oh! I forgot," she cleared her throat, "Ha! Do you really think that you would fit into the slippers, when you weren't even there?"
"There's no harm in me trying." She sort of begged, and she did it so well that the seniors actually believed her. Then Misao stood straight and put her hand on her waist.
"After that it's the other characters, that scene didn't have a lot of lines for me." Misao ended.
Megumi sat there really impressed at this girl's acting even though it was for a really, really short while, she looked at Aoshi and Soujiro to see what they thought and they seemed impressed too.
"That's ok," Megumi said, "It's all we need, thanks."
"Lord Aoshi did you see?" Misao asked.
He nodded.
Misao squealed.
'All right!' Misao thought as she got off the stage, 'I'll get that part!'
After all the rest of the freshmen auditioned Megumi ended the auditions.
"Thank you for taking your time to come to the auditions even though I'm pretty sure you didn't mind," she said referring to Aoshi, "we'll post the person who got the part tomorrow, and don't forget once you audition if you get picked you have to play the part no matter what."
"Yes," they all said at the same time.
"Okay, you can go now, be careful on your way home."
"Thank you," they all said.
As they all filed out the three seniors started to discuss the part.
"The only one I could remember was the first energetic girl." Soujiro said.
"She was good." Aoshi admitted.
"Complimenting one of your followers, Lord Aoshi?" Megumi asked.
"Stop joking."
"Well I have three I liked so I wanna call them back and look at them together and see which one was the best, what do you think?" Megumi offered.
"I'm fine with it." Aoshi said.
"I guess other girls were good too." Soujiro said.
"So it's decided."
"Hold up a sec. is Aoshi really gonna be in the play? I thought that wasn't allowed." Soujiro asked.
"Don't worry; the part of the prince will be played by a freshman." Megumi reassured Soujiro.
The next day at school the students were crowding the bill board that held the results.
Sanosuke, Kenshin, Misao, and Kaoru went to check it out, actually Kaoru took Kenshin along and Sanosuke followed.
On the way there someone stopped Kenshin.
"Congratulations man." He said patting him on the back.
Kenshin looked at him.
"Uh...t-thanks?"
When that guy left, some girls came and said.
"Give it your best, okay Kenshin?"
He stared at them too.
"O-okay?"
"What was all that about?" Sanosuke asked.
"I don't know."
Misao squealed.
"I wonder if I got the part!"
Misao ran ahead of them to see the results.
"Let's wait here for her, look at how much students there are there." Kenshin said.
Kaoru and Sanosuke agreed.
A while later Misao came with a confused face. Kaoru got worried.
"What happened Misao?" She asked.
"Kenshin you didn't audition right?" Misao asked.
"No." He said shaking his head.
"Well I think you better take a look at the board."
The four of them walked, well pushed their way to the front. When they got there and read what was on the board Kaoru gasped, Sano's eyes widened, and Kenshin's jaw fell.
The following people are being asked to audition again for the part of Cinderella:
Mihidori
Naoko
Misao
But that wasn't what surprised them, next to that paper, another one read.
The student who will play The Prince in the play Cinderella is:
Kenshin Himura.
"What?!" Kenshin shouted.
"Yo, congratulations on the part!" A guy said to Kenshin.
"I didn't sign up or audition for the part!" Kenshin shouted.
"Sure you didn't...the seniors are evil and they did this on purpose." The guy said sarcastically.
"They are!"
"Yeah whatever you say..." The guy said while walking away.
"Kenshin you told me you didn't want the part!" Kaoru said with a tone of anger.
"I didn't audition!"
"You must've Kenshin because you got the part." Sanosuke said.
"I thought Aoshi was gonna play the prince." Misao said.
"Oh, you guys read the results already," Megumi said. She just walked in on them.
Kenshin confronted Megumi.
"Megumi, what's going on here? Why am I playing the prince?"
"Well no one else wanted to..." she said innocently.
"What about Aoshi?" Misao asked.
"It was just to attract the girls; seniors aren't allowed to be in the play." Megumi said still with her innocent voice.
"What?!" Misao with two other girls shouted.
They all turned around and saw two girls who were the same age as the rest of them. (Except Megumi)
"What do you mean it was a lie?" A girl with blonde hair, blue eyes, and freckles said.
"Who is this Kenshin person?" The other one said who was a brunette, had dark brown hair, and a heart shaped head. (Well in anime who doesn't have one?)
"The red-head." Megumi said smiling while pointing at Kenshin.
They both looked fiercely at Kenshin who was kind of scared by them. They walked closer to him and started to inspect him.
"Well...he's ok," the blonde decided, "I wouldn't mind having a kissing scene with him."
Kenshin blushed and smiled a bit at the comment.
Kaoru's eyebrow twitched
'What are you blushing at?'
"He's ok, but he's no Aoshi." The brunette said.
"Hey..."
"It doesn't matter, we have to practice we have no time to waste, who knows how good this Misao person is." The blonde said.
The two girls walked down the hall.
"Um...I'm right here..." Misao said while they were leaving but they didn't hear her.
"Megumi, I can't have a kissing scene with Kenshin!" Misao cried.
They all started imagining it.
"Oh, Cinderella (Misao) you are so beautiful, I love you!"
"I love you too, and you look dashing prince (Kenshin), I've been waiting so long for this moment."
And so they approach and...
"Why are you all imagining that?!" Kaoru screamed.
"Well I'm not suppose to let you back out but you weren't part of my plan-I mean-I wasn't expecting you to act so well so I'll make an exception, but don't tell no one."
"Thank you," Misao said relieved.
"That's not the point!" Kaoru cried, "If Kenshin's gonna be the prince I-I-I..." When she noticed what she was saying she turned a little red, she let her head hang "...forget about it."
"I never agreed to play the part!" Kenshin stated.
"Oh please Kenshin?" Megumi asked, "I beg you, you're my only hope. Won't you do this last favor for me before I graduate? Leave me a good memory of this school. This reminds me I have to start fixing everything for my graduation...that's not the point! Kenshin, please, do me this favor?"
Kenshin looked at his sister's pleading face and knew he couldn't say no.
He sighed.
"Okay."
Megumi squealed.
"All right! I'll start fixing things up. See you later."
When Megumi left she started to smile.
'It's all going good, someone who is not Kaoru is gonna play Cinderella and is gonna kiss Kenshin, what will Kaoru do I do not know, I don't even know what will be the outcome of the play, I'm so excited.'
Kenshin then asked himself.
"What did I get myself into?"
"Deep shit." Sanosuke answered.
Kenshin gave him a questionable look and then Sanosuke pointed at Kaoru who was walking away.
Kenshin watched her walk away and then sighed.
"Why me?"
The school, actually, started planning this play since January so the props were already done; it was just a matter of picking the cast.
"Why didn't we ever hear about the play before?" Kaoru asked Megumi.
"Because they said it would distract you from your studies and stuff like that, it was a stupid reason really. Anyway Kaoru why are you here why are you here? This is the Cinderella audition."
"I wanna try out."
"Why weren't you here before?"
"I had an appointment."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
'I knew she would do this, but who cares if she auditions or not she isn't getting the part.'
"Okay, you'll be after Mihidori."
"Thanks a lot!"
Megumi walked towards the other two men and informed them there was another participant.
The first to participate was the blondie and her name was Naoko, so the other girl was Mihidori, then was Kaoru. The auditions started.
Megumi, Aoshi, and Soujiro sat down.
"Naoko, please start." Megumi said.
Naoko walked to the middle of the stage, she cleared her throat.
She fell to the ground (on purpose) covered her face with her hands and then started to sob, well at least sounded like she was sobbing.
"Why are you crying, my dear?" Megumi asked (as the fairy godmother)
Naoko gasped.
"W-who are you?"
"Why, I'm your fairy godmother."
"I have a fairy godmother?"
"Yes my dear."
"Why are you here?" Naoko asked sniffling a little.
"Well, I heard you crying, and it isn't a nice sight to see such a beautiful young lady cry. What troubles you?"
"Well, there is a ball going on tonight that is being hosted by the prince; you see he is looking for a wife. I wanted to be there tonight but my step-sisters and step-mother forbid me to go and ruined my dress that I spent so much time on."
"Don't fret my dear as I am here, and I'll make all your troubles disappear."
"How?"
"Why, with a wave of my magical wand."
"That's enough," Aoshi said. Megumi stared at Aoshi annoyed.
"Jeez, Aoshi I was getting into it," Megumi said.
"I think he's right, Ms. Megumi, today we don't have all day." Soujiro said.
"Okay, okay...Naoko that'll be all."
Naoko nodded and got off the stage, she walked pass Mihidori.
"Do better than that," she told her smiling.
"We'll see."
"Next up, Mihidori."
Mihidori walked up to the stage and stood in the middle.
"The same scene, please." Megumi said.
Mihidori cleared her voice and then began.
Tears came out of her eyes and she began to sob. The sound didn't sound as realistic as Naoko's but the tears made it just as good.
"Why are you crying, my dear?" Megumi asked (as the fairy godmother)
Mihidori eye's widened, she and gasped but she didn't say anything, Megumi waited for her line but she never said.
"Um..." Mihidori started, "Can I get a copy of the script?"
Megumi stared at her for a while and then she sighed, she gave her hers and then took Aoshi's.
"Sorry about that," Mihidori said.
"Its alright...just continue the scene." Megumi said.
Mihidori opened the book read her line, then closed the book and her eyes, then reopened them but the difference was that they seemed surprised.
"W-who are you?"
"Why, I'm your fairy godmother."
"I have a fairy godmother?"
"Yes my dear."
"Why are you here?" Mihidori asked.
"Well I heard you crying, and it isn't a nice sight to see such a beautiful young lady cry. What troubles you?"
"Well, there is a ball going on tonight that is being hosted by the prince; you see he is looking for a wife. I wanted to be there tonight but..."
Mihidori stayed quiet again for a while.
Everyone was quiet and they were waiting. Aoshi looked at his watch.
Mihidori's eyes started to wander, then she reopened the script book and read her lines, then closed it again and resumed to her spot.
"...my step-sisters and step-mother forbid me to go and ruined my dress that I spent so much time on."
"Don't fret my dear as I am here, and I'll make all your troubles disappear."
"How?"
"Why with a wave of my magical wand."
"We'll stop there now too...I hope you weren't into it Megumi." Aoshi said.
"No, not really."
"Okay, the last one, Kaoru." Soujiro announced.
Mihidori went down the stage and glanced at Kaoru who looked nervous, she gave her an insuring smile and Kaoru made a helpless face.
"Same scene." Megumi said.
Kaoru walked to the middle of the stage and closed her eyes and took a breath.
Kaoru covered her face with her hands and started to cry, seriously.
'Wow, that's impressing.' Megumi thought, "Kaoru really seems like she's crying.'
"Why are you crying, my dear?" Megumi asked (as the fairy godmother)
Kaoru moved her hand, her eyes were red and so was her nose, she sniffled.
"W-who are you?"
"Why, I'm your fairy godmother."
"I have a fairy godmother?"
"Yes my dear."
"Why are you here?" Kaoru asked sniffling again.
"Well I heard you crying, and it isn't a nice sight to see such a beautiful young lady cry. What troubles you?"
"W-well, there is a ball going on tonight that is being hosted by the prince; you see he is looking for a wife. I wanted to be there tonight but my step-sisters and step-mother forbid me to go and ruined my dress that I spent so much time on."
"Don't fret my dear as I am here, and I'll make all your troubles disappear."
"H-how?"
"Why with a wave of my magical wand."
Kaoru came down the stage because she knew that that's all they were gonna play. As she came down she wiped her eyes and blew her nose a bit, with a napkin. Mihidori went up to her.
"Wow, you can fake crying better than me!" She exclaimed.
"T-thanks."
'Even though I was really crying, I just let out all my anxiety and started to cry...'
Kaoru's eye and nose were still a little red after she finished 'crying.'
"Okay girls wait thirty minutes and we'll tell you who'll be playing Cinderella." Megumi informed them.
"Wait what about that energetic girl?" Soujiro asked.
"Um..." Megumi started, "she said she was sick and that she couldn't come and...that she's really sorry."
"Oh no, now that is a real shame," Soujiro said.
The three girls went to the back of the auditorium and sat while the three seniors talked.
"Kaoru will not play Cinderella," Megumi said right away.
"Why? She seemed very good," Soujiro said.
"I know her, and she's not stage material, she shy and all that stuff."
"Well if you say so Megumi," Aoshi said.
"Mihidori and Naoko seem the same acting level so I can't decide." Soujiro said.
"True," Megumi said.
"I have a resolution." Aoshi said.
"Yes?" Soujiro asked.
"Well I don't wanna seem racist or anything but Cinderella was originally well...um...blonde."
"That's true." Soujiro said, "But it doesn't seem right..."
"Ok, Naoko is Cinderella, agreed?" Megumi asked.
"I'm ok," Aoshi said.
Soujiro still seemed unsure.
"Mihidori seemed to forget her lines sometimes you know." Megumi pointed out.
Soujiro smiled.
"Now that's a reason, and anyway I don't remember the prince having red hair either."
"Girls!" Megumi screamed calling for the three in the back, "come over here!"
Kaoru, Mihidori, and Naoko walked towards the seniors.
'I hope I got the part, I hope I got the part, I hope I got the part..." Kaoru kept chanting silently to herself.
'I wonder what hair style I should do for the show..." Naoko thought.
''I don't care if I get the part or not, I wanted to kiss Aoshi," Mihidori muttered.
"We gave it a lot of thought and we came to the conclusion that...Naoko should play Cinderella." Megumi announced.
"Oh no!" Kaoru said.
"Guess it can't be helped." Mihidori said while sighing.
"All right!" Naoko shouted.
"Kaoru, Mihidori we thank you that you put it in your time to come to this audition and you guys act real well but we just thought that Naoko was more suited for it." Soujiro said.
"You two know the way out, right? Aoshi said.
"Mr. Aoshi!"
''What?"
"But, I-I-I..." Kaoru protested.
"Oh, did you want a part in the play Kaoru?" Megumi asked.
"We still need another step-sister." Soujiro said.
"What do you say Kaoru? Would you like this part? You get to dance with the prince." Megumi said.
Kaoru sighed.
'It's better than nothing...but still another girl kissing Kenshin...'
"Kaoru?"
"I-I'll play the sister." Kaoru said.
"Okay, we have the full cast now" Aoshi informed them.
"That's great now we can all leave, shall we go?" Megumi asked.
After a month of practicing the freshmen's show was perfect. The date for the play was a week before of the senior's graduation which is a day before the last day of school. There were still a few weeks before the play so they're still rehearsing.
Kaoru was walking home from buying groceries for dinner that her mom would cook.
'For the past few weeks Kenshin and I have been acting no different than usual, we would talk more than before and we've seen a few movies together and during them he would sometimes bring up Aoshi, what's up with that?'
Kaoru stopped walking and looked both ways before crossing. (Note: people get killed because they never look, so remember always look both ways before crossing a street.)
"But through this time we don't do anything that would let me know that...a relationship is starting to grow.'
When Kaoru got home she gave her mom the grocery.
"I'm gonna go to Megumi's house," Kaoru said.
"One of these days I wanna meet her," Her mom said, "who does she live with anyway?"
"Um...her brother."
"What about her parents?"
"I think they travel a lot."
"I don't know Kaoru...when the parents aren't around a lot kids don't exactly turn out that great."
"Megumi and Kenshin are great people; I'll bring them over one day to show you."
"Bring them over today."
"Today?"
"Is
there a problem?"
"They might have plans...like their parents coming back or something."
"True...bring them over one day I want to meet them."
"Ok, can I go over there now, though?"
"Sure be back before dark."
"Ok."
As Kaoru walked over to Kenshin's house she started to think about the kiss he and Naoko would share.
'They haven't kissed in practiced and they won't up till the real show but...I don't know if I'll be able to take it, I wanted that kiss for me.'
Kaoru was in front of the building.
'When we're not in rehearsal I don't mention the fact that Kenshin and Naoko have to kiss, I don't even look like I think about it, but it's in my mind 24/7.'
She was at their door.
'I wonder...what's gonna happen on the night of the show.'
Knock
"Who is it?" Megumi asked.
"It's Kaoru, Megumi."
"Ah! Kaoru, hold up a sec."
Megumi opened the door and let her in.
"Kenshin isn't here right now."
"Really? Where is he?"
"Sanosuke's house," Megumi said, "he doesn't come back 'till late so don't bother waiting."
"It's okay I don't come here only to see him."
"Oh really, I didn't know that."
"Megumi, come on you aren't painted on the wall."
"I was hoping I wasn't."
A few moments past where neither of them said anything.
"So tell me what's on your mind." Megumi asked.
"Nothing much, I was just thinking about the play."
"You're nervous?"
"I guess."
There was more silence.
"Are parents coming to the show?" Megumi asked.
"They can come?"
"Yeah they fit, not a lot of students are coming from the school except the seniors because they helped."
"The only person I think would go is my mom."
"Oh?"
"My dad works a lot he comes out late, so when he gets there there'll be no seats and he won't want to stand up the whole time."
"I guess...oh Kaoru would you like something to drink?"
Kaoru nodded.
For the rest of the time Megumi told Kaoru funny and embarrassing stories of Kenshin when he was younger and did things like wet his bed, and then it got late.
"Kaoru why didn't you stop by yesterday?" Megumi asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Because now that I think about it you come over everyday except Wednesday, what do you do that day?"
"Well, um...uh..."
Kaoru started to look around the room really nervous, and then she looked outside and saw it was getting late.
"Oh, um, I have to go my mom said to be back before late. Kaoru stood up.
"Kaoru what's wrong?"
"Nothing is." Kaoru walked to the door
Megumi went to the door.
"When Kenshin comes tell him I stopped by." Kaoru said.
"Okay."
"Good night."
"Good night."
When Kaoru left, Megumi closed the door she leaned on the door and thought for a sec.
'I wonder what is it that she can't tell me. Oh well I shouldn't get in anyone's business if they don't want me to'
Megumi took her mind off of that and thought of the play, and then she started to smile.
'Something tells me this year's play will be very interesting.'
And so it was the day of the play! Yay! Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Are you coming to the play mom?" Kaoru asked.
"I'll be there don't worry."
"Okay, I'm gonna go
to school now."
"Good luck in the play Kaoru!"
"Thank
you!"
Kaoru passed Misao's house so they can walk to school together.
"Are you ready for the play Kaoru?" Misao asked.
"Yeah, I guess." Kaoru said miserably
"Are you still bent on that kissing scene?"
"How would you like it if Aoshi was gonna kiss someone else?"
"Well obviously I would die—okay I get your point, but don't let that affect you when you're acting, it'll ruin the play."
"I got it."
Everyone in the cast were talking to each other saying things like 'I'm so excited' or 'I'm soo nervous' stuff like that.
"Everyone at their places?" Megumi asked she came in from the curtain.
"Yes!" They all replied.
"Everyone has their costume?" Megumi asked again.
"Yes!" They all replied again.
"Everyone knows their line?" Megumi asked once again.
"Yes, already!"
"Okay, okay everyone get ready the show is about to start."
"Okay!"
Kaoru walked around the stage looking for Kenshin, well how hard can it be to find a guy with red hair?
She did find him, he as talking with Sanosuke who was playing the king. Kaoru stopped for a moment to look at Kenshin, to her he looked great in that suit.
'He would be perfect...' Kaoru thought, '...if he was my prince!!! Why???'
"Kaoru!" Sanosuke shouted when he saw her, "Come over here."
"So you did actually get the part with the king." Kaoru said when she reached them.
"Well it was really last minute really, the old king got sick so I was the replacement."
"Do you have a lot of lines?" Kaoru asked.
"Not really."
"Oh..."
There was an awkward silence for a while when Kenshin decided to leave.
"Well the show is gonna start so I'll...leave...now."
Sano nodded, "Good luck out there, man."
"You too, father," Kenshin responded.
"Well, I would say good luck to you too Kaoru but I don't think you being an evil step-sister is gonna be a problem for you." Sanosuke said.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Kaoru asked kind of annoyed.
"How 'bout we leave it at that?" Kenshin intervened.
"Good luck Kenshin, break a leg..." Kaoru said, "Well not literally."
"I know what you mean and good luck to you too."
"The show is gonna start!" Megumi yelled.
"Bye!" Sanosuke said walking to his place.
"Bye, Kaoru." Kenshin said while he was beginning to walk away.
"Bye...I... hope you enjoy yourself." Kaoru said sadly.
Kenshin looked at her as he walked away with an 'I wonder what's wrong with her' face.
Kaoru walked to her place on stage, then the curtain opened and the show began.
The show went through starting with the introduction of Cinderella and her evil family, the arrival of the invitation to the ball, Cinderella helping her evil family get ready, then Cinderella getting ready herself, then the scene of where the step-sisters told Cinderella she can't go to the ball and ruined her outfit. In that scene Kaoru got to tear a little bit Naoko's dress and yank her necklace and she enjoyed it, let's just say she had misplaced her anger. After that there was the scene of the fairy godmother comes and turned everything all fancy and warns Cinderella about midnight, and so she rode to the ball where she went in and found the prince dancing with her evil stepsister Kaoru, well that's not exactly her name but the name of the actor.
'It feels real nice...having Kenshin hold me like this...' Kaoru thought when they were dancing.
'1, 2, 3...1, 2, 3...1, 2, 3...1, 2, 3...' Kenshin was counting his steps by looking down at his feet with only his eyes not his head so that he doesn't mess up.
Kaoru closed her eyes.
'I wish you would never let go of me." She whispered.
Kenshin looked up at Kaoru who he thought said something to him. When Kaoru opened her eyes and found Kenshin looking at her she smiled and he smiled at her back.
Then it was time for Kenshin to turn his head and gasp at the ultimate beauty that has just entered the room. And so he did, when Kenshin tore his gaze away from Kaoru she frowned a bit.
'Oh no now's the dancing scene with Cinderella; I don't want him to let me go...'
Kenshin looked back at Kaoru and let go of her.
'Wait no! Come back to me...'
He smiled and bowed to her and then walked towards Naoko/Cinderella.
'Don't leave....'
The spotlight left Kaoru and went to the two main characters.
Kaoru couldn't do anything but just watch the rest of the play, which she did.
So, the prince and Cinderella danced midnight struck and Cinderella ran away, and the prince found slipper.
"I swear I'll search every corner of this kingdom for her!" Kenshin declared. The curtain closed and the narrator spoke.
"So the prince went to different houses but he didn't find the girl he danced and fell in love with then. After searching a few more houses he was finally at Cinderella's home." The curtain opened.
The step sister (who wasn't Kaoru) tried out the slipper but it didn't fit, so then it was Kaoru's turn.
Kenshin took Kaoru's feet and was gonna put it into the slipper.
Sparks went up Kaoru's legs and feet.
'Her feet are man cold!' Kenshin thought.
Kaoru's feet slipped into the slipper and....it fit!
'Ehh?' Kenshin thought in surprise.
'Oh?' Kaoru said when she saw the fit.
Everybody's eye widened, well who ever was on stage close enough to see it.
"Um..." Kenshin said, "It does not fit you either like your sister." Kenshin said taking off the slipper quickly.
'It does so! But it's not part of the story...' Kaoru thought, so she went along with it.
"She's not in this house either," Kenshin announced, "Let us leave."
"Hold on a minute!" Naoko said coming down the stairs.
"Won't you let me try on the slippers?" She asked.
"Ha!" Kaoru laughed, "Do you really think that you would fit into the slippers, when you weren't even there?"
"There's no harm in me trying."
And so Naoko sat on the chair and Kenshin tried the slippers on her and....it didn't fit!
'Eh???' Kenshin thought again, 'didn't they get this measured?'
You see, in the play Cinderella wouldn't actually wear a glass shoe, she wore a regular one, but they made/had a glass shoe exactly for the scene where Cinderella leaves the shoe behind and when Kenshin is measuring their feet, and so since they were lazy they didn't bother measuring it.
Naoko gasped a little and anybody who could see that it didn't fit had their eyes widened.
"Um..." Kenshin said, "It fits perfectly!"
He took off the slipper and handed it to his companion.
"You are the beautiful maiden who I fell in love with at the ball!"
"What? Impossible!" The step-mom said, "Cinderella wasn't even there!"
"I was," Naoko announced, "I went at the last moment and fell in love with my prince."
"Cinderella is your name? Well..." Kenshin said and then got on one knee, "Cinderella, will you marry me?"
Naoko smiled.
"Yes, I will!"
And so Kenshin stood up and they hugged, the curtain closed getting ready for the next scene in five minutes while the narrator spoke. Everyone had to change quickly.
"And so the news spread all over the kingdom of the marriage of the prince and Cinderella. Laughter was heard all over the streets as they prepared for the fateful day, when Cinderella and the prince would marry. The step-sisters and mother all congratulated Cinderella and acted like family now that she was getting married to the prince, but that did not matter to her for she was gonna live happily in her life next to her prince."
Let's assume that's five minutes...So the curtains opened and there was wedding scenery with Cinderella and the prince. Kaoru as the step-sister was suppose to be in the stage but she couldn't bring herself to go because she couldn't be so near them when they kiss. Megumi noticed that Kaoru wasn't there.
'Where are you Little Kaoru? Are you by any chance planning something?' Megumi thought while she was looking around at the stage from her seat.
The bride and groom were in the chapel before the wedding started.
"Would kiss me one time before the wedding my prince?" Cinderella asked.
Kenshin blinked a few times.
"Um...sure my love." He said kind of unsure.
When they were close enough Kenshin asked her.
"Is that in the script?" He whispered.
"That's what mine said." She whispered back.
In the audience Soujiro looked for Megumi and when he found her he asked:
"Is that in the script, Ms. Megumi?"
"Yeah it is," she responded.
"Oh really I don't remember..."
'I just added that part at the last moment to have Kaoru squirm, it's two kisses now, what will you do Kaoru? Hehehehehe...' Megumi thought.
Back on stage Kaoru was watching and she was a little confused.
"I didn't read that." She said to herself.
Kenshin was getting closer to Naoko...
Kaoru put her hands on her chest.
'They're gonna...kiss..."
Closer...
"...kiss...that was suppose to be my kiss...."
Closer...
Kaoru started to hear her own heart beat.
Ba-boom. Ba-boom.
She started to breathe faster.
Closer...
Kaoru opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out, again.
'It's not fair...'
Almost touching.
'I'm the one who likes Kenshin...I like Kenshin! I LIKE KENSHIN...and yet...all...I did was...complain and didn't take any action...someone who really has strong feelings...wouldn't do that!'
Kaoru closed her eyes and ran into the stage.
"Hold on a second," she shouted.
Kenshin stopped where he was and looked up seeing a very determined Kaoru, Naoko looked up and gave a 'what the hell are you doing' look.
Everyone started in the audience gasped and then started to whisper things like
'What's happening?' and 'That's not part of the story' or 'Isn't that the evil step-sister?'
Megumi smiled.
'I thought so'
"Megumi, what are we going to do? No one is gonna know what to do!" Soujiro said.
"Calm down Soujiro, everything will work out...I think and hope." Megumi said.
Sanosuke was at the side and was looking at the scene.
'Uh-oh, I had a feeling Kaoru wasn't gonna keep calm...I should help out...'
He walked to the center.
"What is going on here? I demand an explanation!" He said in a deep voice looking at Kaoru.
"Cinderella," Kaoru said, "I can't allow you to kiss the prince."
"And why is that? I love him and he loves me." Naoko asked.
"Because..." Kaoru started but she didn't know what to say she so looked around and then looked at Kenshin.
'There's only one reason why I'm here' she thought.
"Because..." she said again, "I love the prince."
The other cast gasped and the audience started whispering again.
'This is turning out real good.' Megumi thought surprised.
"Ms. Megumi what are we gonna do?!"
Megumi ignored the hysterical Soujiro.
"I-I'm sorry I don't think I heard you well, come again?" Cinderella asked, and when she said 'again' she added an angry tone.
"I said that I loved the prince." Kaoru said loud and clear.
"But the prince loves me, isn't that right?" Naoko asked Kenshin.
"I...umm..." Kenshin thought.
'What should I do...this wasn't in the script!!!"
"Son?" Sanosuke
asked, "Which one of the two?"
Kaoru faced Kenshin.
"Prince, do you love me?" She asked.
Kenshin stared at her helplessly.
'Uh-oh, she isn't asking me as a step-sister asking the prince, she's asking like Kaoru asking me.' Kenshin thought, 'there's only one thing I can think of doing right now...' Kenshin thought.
"As I was with Cinderella, I couldn't seem to forget the sister..." Kenshin said, "I-I love both."
For a few moments there was silence between the cast, and the audience was silent too, well someone coughed but that doesn't count....then a miracle happened...Sanosuke came up with an idea!
"I have a proposal to solve this," Sanosuke started, "are you all willing to participate?"
"Anything for the prince's love," Kaoru said.
"I'm willing to participate." Naoko said.
"Ok," Sanosuke said, he signaled the stage hands to let the curtain down and they did, when the curtain went down.
In the audience everyone started to whisper stuff like, 'did that happen in the real story?' or 'I wonder what's gonna happen next' and 'I think that girl who plays the step-sister is crazy.' Behind the curtain what was happening was...
Kenshin sighed.
"What do you think you're doing?" Naoko asked Kaoru.
Kaoru couldn't answer she just looked down.
'...where did all my courage go?'
"And Kenshin, why didn't you say 'Cinderella' only?" Naoko asked Kenshin.
"Well...I couldn't say I didn't love Cinderella because I'm suppose to its part of the play but when it came to the step-sister..." He trailed off and just looked at Kaoru.
"Well it can't be helped." Sanosuke said.
"What's your plan?" Naoko asked.
"Yo, stage hands come over here, but two of you stay there to handle the curtains."
They students came over to Sanosuke awaiting his orders.
"When the curtain opens I want two of you take each aisle. The girls have to come down the aisle and enter the stage but they will have to pass the stage-hands who will try and stop them. Kenshin will be on stage in the middle, oh and you both start from the back of the stage."
"I don't get it," Kaoru said.
Sanosuke sighed.
"Just listen carefully when I'm explaining it to the audience."
"I'm going to get Kenshin because its part of the play," Naoko said, "I have no idea what your excuse is." She said talking to Kaoru.
"I have a good one believe me," Kaoru mumbled.
"Ok, the curtain is going up." Sanosuke said, he signaled the two stage hands to pull the curtain up, and so they did.
When the curtains were up everyone went to their place and Sanosuke explained the game.
"Cinderella and her sister will race down the aisle to get to the prince but on the way down there will be men of mine trying to stop them, whoever gets to the prince first stays with him, agreed?"
"Agreed," Kaoru and Naoko said.
"Agreed?" Sanosuke asked Kenshin.
Kenshin nodded.
"Yes."
"Okay...begin!"
Kaoru and Naoko started off running and Kaoru was in the lead, the first stage hand that was in Kaoru's way grabbed her and didn't let go, the first stage hand for Naoko grabbed her too but she easily got out.
'Shoot!' Kaoru thought, 'they're going easier on her because she's Cinderella and she's supposed to stay with the prince in the play...but'
Kaoru started to try get away from the stage hand by pushing forward but the stage hand would pull her back.
'...but...this isn't just a play to me!' Kaoru shouted in her mind.
"Let...me...go!" Kaoru said with her teeth clenched.
She grabbed the guy's arms with her hands and tried to take them off her.
"I said let me go!" She shouted and then with all her might she pulled his arm off of her and ran forward as fast as she could but he just ran after her.
She looked at where Naoko was and she was already at the first one and the second one didn't even run after her.
'Damn, they really want me to lose!' Kaoru thought.
Her first stage hand stood at the front of the stage so when Kaoru tried to go up he could stop her.
''Get out of my way!'' Kaoru shouted.
Kaoru picked up her speed and when she got a little bit close to the stage hand, who was in the front of the stage, she bent down and then jumped up over the boy. The boy could only look up in amazement as she jumped over him...and he caught a glimpse of her underpants so it kind of distracted him and he didn't ever think of just pulling her down as she didn't jump that high to be so above him.
The audience's jaw fell as they saw her jump over, the cast thought 'Wow' or 'Oh my god.'
When Kaoru was in the air for that split-second Kenshin remembered Kaoru in his dream where she fly kicked that chick that showed her chest.
'She seemed so determined in my dream...'
Kaoru landed right in front of Kenshin when Naoko was only three feet away from him.
'Oh no! 'Naoko thought.
Kenshin looked at Kaoru's face and she seemed just as determined as Kaoru in his dream. His eyes widened.
'This girl...'
Kaoru walked towards him.
'...is crazy.'
When Kaoru was just inches away from him, she threw her arms around him and then pulled him down and kissed him.
There was a period of silence in the audience up till...
"Now this is what I call a show!" Megumi shouted real excited.
Then everyone in the audience just started to clap and then whistle, ahhh...the power of psychology.
"You saw that? She jumped into the stage! She's amazing" Someone shouted.
"I thought it was gonna be the same boring ending, but it surprised me!" Another shouted.
More whistling was heard and there was some hooting.
"Jump over the guy again!" Someone else yelled.
"Ms. Megumi?" Soujiro asked.
"Yeah?" Megumi answered when she was done hooting.
"That girl Kaoru...she doesn't seem shy at all."
The curtain closed on Kaoru kissing Kenshin and then the narrator concluded:
"And so...the evil step sister won the race and stole the prince from Cinderella. They both got married and lived happily ever after."
Author's Point: That took along time to type! Oh well as long as everyone enjoyed it...Well I see everyone next time, oh one last thing though, in Japan Junior high goes until the ninth grade right? I kind of forgot but is high school only three years then?
Rain Angst: Yes, it was a perverted movie...I'm glad you thought it was funny. I'm so sorry, I kept on thinking 'I have to post the chapter' and I kept on forgetting, oh well I hope to see you in the next : Don't worry I think the second chapter is better than the first so...anyways yeah I would appreciate it if you could give me the lyrics or titles whatever you like. I'm glad you like my story and I'll try to remember to post my chapters on time, which won't be a problem since I have the next three already done....
Cincygurl22: Well thank god for our moms...Yeah well you wouldn't be afraid to yell at someone you like who's drooling over another girl so...anyways thanks for reviewing and hope to see you again!
Jouko-chan: Glad you liked it! Yeah...I'll try to update soon from now on unless something big comes up like tests and stuff...sniffs summer is almostgone I'm soo sad...well I appreaciate the reviews and hope to see yo in the future