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The Things You Do
By: Chibilover2000
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
Kenshin was on his bed sleeping peacefully when his alarm clock woke him up. When the noise went ringing through his ears, Kenshin started to groan and he put his arm over his eyes.
'I have to go to back to school already?' Kenshin thought miserably.
He slowly rose up, and got off his bed and practically dragged himself to the bathroom to wash up. While he was brushing his teeth he looked at himself in the mirror.
After the curtain closed Kaoru stopped kissing Kenshin, she looked down at the floor and started to feel embarrassed. Kaoru bit her bottom lip and started to run away from Kenshin.
'I just made a big scene in front of everyone…' she thought '…I got to kiss Kenshin but…but…now I don't have the face to look at him!'
Kenshin on the other hand just stood there like an idiot.
"What the…" he started to say, "…hell just happened?"
Kenshin sighed.
'Now everyone at school is gonna be making a fuss, spreading rumors and junk. I'm really screwed.' He thought.
After Kenshin got ready he walked to the kitchen where Megumi was sitting at the table drinking some juice.
"Good morning," Kenshin said, but his words kind of slurred.
"Everyone liked the show, the principle said it was the best he's seen in years, I'm getting a special reward at graduation, and it's all thanks to you." She said happily.
"Me?" Kenshin asked while he sat down.
"Of course, nothing would've happened if it weren't for you."
"Well I'm glad at least one of us enjoyed it," Kenshin mumbled.
Megumi drank some of her juice.
"You know…everyone at school is gonna ask what's up with you and Kaoru," Megumi started to smile evilly, "what do you plan to say?"
Kenshin poured himself some juice and then drank a little.
"Nothing."
"Nothing?"
"No matter what I say they're just gonna twist it into something they like…might as well not say anything and leave it to their imaginations."
"May I say something?" Megumi asked.
"You're asking?"
"Why do you say that?"
"Because if I know you…you would say something even if I say no."
Megumi and Kenshin were walking to school together when they started to hear some shouting.
"What do you think that is?" Kenshin asked.
"Why would you think I know?"
Kenshin ignored Megumi and started to walk towards the noise.
"If you loiter a lot you're gonna be late." Megumi said.
"Don't worry about it."
'Who says I'm worrying about it?' Megumi muttered.
She waited for the light to change so she can cross and when it did she didn't move. She looked through the corners of her eyes.
'But…I'm a little curious about what's happening…'
Megumi turned and started to walk to where Kenshin went to.
"Let go of the pole!"
"No! I don't wanna go!"
Kenshin was getting closer to them to hear what they were shouting.
"We're gonna be late!"
"Let go of me Misao!"
'Misao?' Kenshin thought.
He started to run when he got to the scene of where the shouting was coming from. Kaoru was holding on to a pole and she looked like she didn't want to go and Misao is trying to pull her off.
"Let go of the pole Kaoru!" Misao screamed.
A lot of people were around them watching and whispering things. Kenshin pushed his way in the crowd towards the girls.
"What are you guys doing?" He asked when he got there.
Misao looked up and saw Kenshin there staring at them.
"Kenshin!" She said surprised.
Kaoru looked up in surprise to see him there too she turned a little red and turned her head to the other direction.
"What's the problem?" He asked.
Misao got angry and marched right up to his face.
"You're the problem!" She shouted.
"Me?" Kenshin asked confused.
Megumi just pushed her way up to the front where she was surprised to find: Kaoru holding on to a pole, and Misao screaming right in Kenshin's face.
'What….?' She thought.
"She doesn't want to go to school because she doesn't want to see you!" Misao shouted.
"W-why…?" Kenshin asked still confused.
"I don't know what she's thinking! You try saying something to her I'm starting to make myself look like a freak." Misao said.
'I think it's a little late for that…' Kenshin thought but he just kept that comment to himself and walked towards Kaoru.
"Kaoru? Why are you doing this? You're making a fool out of yourself in public." Kenshin said.
"I-I don't know any of them! Why should I care what they
think?" Kaoru muttered.
"But…you care what I think right?"
Kaoru bit her bottom lip.
"Why don't you let go of the pole and come with me?" Kenshin said putting his hand on her shoulder but she just shrugged his hand off.
'Oh god, she's really making a scene! This is gonna get real embarrassing' Kenshin thought.
"Oh my," someone said.
Everyone except for Kaoru turned their eyes to three young girls who had uniforms from Kenshin's school who seemed surprised.
"What are you doing in a place like this, Mr. Himura?" A black haired girl with soulful eyes said.
"Who…?" Kenshin started to ask.
"Oh, sorry, where are our manners?" a purple/black-haired girl said, "My name is Milly, her name is Nichol," she said pointing to the black-haired girl who just spoke, "…and she is…" But Milly was cut off.
"We already met, isn't that right, prince?"
Kenshin looked in surprised at the girl who called him 'prince.'
"Oh! It's you, um…uh…oh yeah! Midori!" Kenshin said.
"Oh, you guys already met?" Nichol asked.
"Yeah, but how isn't real important." Midori said.
"That's all fine and all," Misao said, "but…what is it that you want?"
"Who are you to ask that, his assistant?" Midori asked.
"If you must know I happen to be the best friend of his—" Kenshin covered her mouth.
"Now, you're not gonna argue here are you?" He asked or kind of pleaded.
"I'm sorry, we were just surprised to see you at this…scene, but now that you're here and we're talking I just wanted to tell Mr. Himura…that I liked the play very much and that he was…v-very suited as t-the prince," Milly said, she seemed embarrassed when she said it.
"Oh...um…" Kenshin's eyes started to wander, "…thank you."
Kaoru turned her head around really sharply and her eyes burned with fire of jealousy.
'What is he doing?!' She thought angrily.
Kaoru let go of the pole and stood up, then she took Kenshin's hand and started to pull him.
"Let's go Kenshin; if we stay here any longer we'll be late for school." She said while dragging Kenshin past the three girls.
'What's her problem?' Midori thought.
Milly was just looking at the ground and was slightly red and Nichol was just studying them. (Kenshin and Kaoru)
Megumi watched Kaoru drag Kenshin away from everyone and then she went back through the crowds so she could catch up to them. Misao was the only one left when she saw that the crowd was still there.
"What are you all still doing here? Don't you have a life to get to? Go on, there's nothing to see here!" Misao shouted at them.
Little by little the crowd left.
Kaoru was still dragging Kenshin when Megumi caught up running.
"What was all that about?" She asked when she got next to them.
"It's simple, that if we stayed there we would've been late for school." Kaoru said.
"But…you were the one who didn't want to come," Kenshin said.
"Shut up," Kaoru said with a scary face.
"Yes ma'am."
"Heeeeeeeeeey! Were you guys planning on leaving meeeee???" Misao's loud voice called.
Kenshin was at his locker and Kaoru was right next to him still with her scary face and she was searching around like if she was just waiting for someone to come. Kenshin turned his head towards Kaoru made a helpless face and then sighed.
'She's gonna follow me everywhere…probably.'
"Hey Ken—" Sanosuke came to talk to his friend but when he saw the pissed Kaoru he slowly backed away.
Kenshin looked at his friend and gave him a 'Help me!' face but his friend responded him with a 'Sorry, man' face.
He got annoyed.
'Some friend you are…'
Some boys were passing through the two of them and then they started to whistle.
Kaoru changed her face from lock down Kaoru to embarrassed Kaoru.
"What a cute couple they make!" A boy said in a cute voice, while the guys he was with started to snicker.
'I knew something like this was gonna happen…'
"Excuse me?"
Kenshin turned his head and found a girl with a notepad and a pen in front of them.
"Yeah?"
"I'm Flay, a reporter from the school's newspaper, and I have good news for you."
"What?" Kaoru asked.
"You two are gonna be on the last issue of the school year!"
Kaoru and Kenshin both stared at her.
'That's not so great…' Kenshin thought
"Wait a moment isn't it a little late to start making the newspaper, school is ending in a week." Kaoru said
"We a little behind because we had to wait for the play, but
a lot of students are staying after school and coming on the weekend to get the
paper done."
"What do we have to do with the paper?" Kenshin asked.
"I'm doing a story on the new couple!" She said cheerfully.
Kenshin's jaw fell, and Kaoru turned red.
"But…that doesn't seem like something…you would put in a school newspaper…" Kaoru said
"Well it's going in the gossip section!" She said even more cheerfully.
'Great just what I need the whole school to know…but they might all already know….' Kenshin thought
Kenshin continued putting books into his locker.
"Also, people are curious of how you jumped onto stage, and let me just say that was really cool!"
Kenshin stopped what he was doing and looked at Kaoru.
'Actually…I never really thought about it, how did she do that?'
Kaoru looked at the floor.
"Ms. Kamiya?" Flay asked
"If it's okay with you, I rather not answer that," Kaoru said.
'Kaoru?' Kenshin thought.
"Oh that's not good, that's what everyone wants to know…oh well, could you answer some questions about your relationship?"
"Questions?" Kaoru asked.
"You know, who, what, when, where, why, and how?"
"If you don't mind I want to answer that." Megumi said as she walked up to them.
"And you are…?" Flay asked.
"Why, Kenshin's nice older sister."
"How do you know about them?"
"I was the one who set them up,"
"Tell me more…"
Megumi was sitting on a desk in an empty room with an embarrassed Kaoru and mad Kenshin in front of her. Kenshin slammed his hand on the table and looked at his into his sister's eyes. She looked at him with a straight face and he looked at him with a straight face…then Kenshin made a pained face.
"Owwwwwww!"
He held the hand he slammed with the other and started to blow on it, Megumi sighed.
"I don't know why you're so mad…"
"Why am I mad?! Because supposedly I went to Kaoru's house with flowers and a serenade professing my love to her and then…"
"…he took her out on a very romantic date in a very expensive restaurant and took her on a boat and gave her a very passionate kiss…and after that I have no idea what happened but what I do know is that…" Megumi shot her mischievous eyes, "…he didn't come home that night, what happened who knows?"
Flay turned a tinge red.
"How bold of you Mr. Himura…," Flay whispered to herself, "um, t-that'll be all, thank you." She said to them.
"What she interpreted was her own dirty imagination," Megumi said.
"Anyone would think that! That's what I thought you meant!"
"Then you have a dirty mind." Megumi stated, "Those porn magazines weren't good
for you I should've thrown them away before they ruined your mind…"
Kenshin turned red and Kaoru covered her face.
"W-why do you say that
all of a sudden?"
"More importantly Kaoru, why didn't you want to answer the question of why you
could jump so high?"
Kaoru removed her hand from her face.
"Because…it's not something I would want the school to know."
"Is it something your boyfriend should know?" Megumi asked.
Kaoru looked at Kenshin and then at the floor.
"Everyone says 'boyfriend,' 'couples,' and they tease us but they don't ask us if we think we're a couple, none of us ever declared it." Kaoru said.
Kenshin looked at Kaoru.
'Is she saying…that she doesn't want to go out with me?' Kenshin thought, he started to cry inside, "Thank goodness! Kaoru, I love you!'
"Are you saying that you don't want it?" Megumi asked surprised.
Kaoru bit her lip.
"I…I…I…"
"That's okay Kaoru, we don't have to be a couple, we could be…friends, you don't force yourself to say anything." Kenshin said while he smiled sympathetically…and happily inside.
"Don't say that!" Kaoru shouted.
Kenshin was a little surprised.
"I don't wanna be your friend!" she shouted, "I…I...I…"
"Didn't sleep well last night? Or are you just not a morning person? I think you're not a morning person since you have no rings under your eyes indicating that you didn't sleep," Kaoru said talking really fast, "but I guess that really doesn't matter, so…how's Megumi?"
"Why does it always end up me looking bad?!?!?!? Ah!!!! I need help!!!!!" Kaoru screamed.
"You should… know, didn't, didn't you read…my letter?"
"KENSHIN YOU PERVERTED IDIOT!"
"And so…the evil step sister won the race and stole the prince from Cinderella. They both got married and lived happily ever after."
"I…I…like Kenshin, very much!" she shouted pretty loud.
Megumi closed her eyes and smiled while Kenshin just stood there with his mouth a little open.
"Well then, Kenshin what about you?" Megumi asked.
Kenshin started to let his eyes wander.
'Uh-oh I'm on the spot again…'
He sighed.
"I…like you, too."
"I now you declare you a couple, just in time for lunch too, chao!" Megumi said standing up and leaving.
When Megumi left something hit Kenshin. He got mad again.
"Damn you Megumi! Why did you change the topic like that??!!!!!!"
Kenshin and Kaoru were sitting together in lunch; he was eating his sandwich while Kaoru just stared at hers.
"I…like you, too"
Kaoru smiled a bit.
"But…I'm still wondering how you were able to jump that high." Kenshin brought up.
Kaoru took a bite from her sandwich.
"Is it that bad?" Kenshin asked.
"It's not bad…just a little…embarrassing."
"Embarrassing?"
"If I tell you, you won't think anything different of me?" Kaoru asked.
"What do you mean?"
"You won't right?!" Kaoru asked but her eyes kind of begged him.
Kenshin nodded.
"You see…on Wednesdays…I take…kendo classes," Kaoru said and then took a bite of her sandwich.
Kenshin blinked and then started to inspect her body from head to toe.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" She asked embarrassed.
"No, nothing really, but I guess that just explains why your body isn't as feminine as the other girl's." Kenshin said.
Kaoru's eye twitched and then she scowled. She took her pudding, threw it at his face, and then she stood up.
"That's exactly why I didn't want to tell you!" Kaoru said angrily and kind of like if she was hurt, "Geez!"
She stomped her way outside of the cafeteria with everyone looking at Kenshin.
"Man, Himura you guys just started and already a fight?" Someone asked
Kenshin was walking around the school looking to see if he could find Kaoru.
"What did I say?" He asked himself.
He continued walking when he saw Misao.
"Damn vending machine! Give me back my money!" She screamed kicking the machine.
"Misao, I don't think you should do that…" Kenshin said.
"You shouldn't steal other people's money either!"
"Well you got me there," Kenshin mumbled while scratching the back of his head.
"Are you looking for Kaoru?" she asked.
"You know where she is?"
"Yeah, and she's really mad at you if you went over there she would probably sock you, hmmm…I wanna see that, come with me…"
"I don't know if I should take this as a favor…."
Misao grabbed Kenshin's wrist and pulled him towards where Kaoru was.
Kaoru was sitting on a chair with her legs and arms crossed, mumbling things like 'insensitive jerk' and 'idiot' and 'stupid idiot' When she heard someone come in she looked to see who it was and when she saw her she just 'hmph'ed and turned her head the other way.
"Um…Kaoru, I didn't mean to make you feel bad…personally, I don't think kendo is that bad…I used to practice it so…" Kenshin said.
Kaoru turned her head to face him.
"You took kendo?" She asked surprised.
Kenshin nodded.
"When?"
"When I was young, I wasn't ever in an orphanage, I lived with a man who found me and he started to teach me…but really…it was kinda like hell, I always had to cook, clean, and look after him. He said it was part of my training and it did help a little, but…I guess it doesn't matter now since I don't remember a thing, I'm no good at kendo now."
"Did you hate him?"
Kenshin sat down.
"You would think I should, but I don't. Even though he was an evil, sadistic, pushy man I couldn't ever bring myself to hate him since he was the first person to care enough to take me in…but I can't say the same for him, I think he hates me."
"Why?"
"Why? Because he threw me out, while I was coming back from getting water…"
Kenshin (younger version) was carrying a bucket full of water and bringing it back to a "house." When he got to the door he opened it and went inside and found a large man sitting down drinking sake.
"Master Hiko, I brought the water you wanted," Kenshin said.
"Get out."
Kenshin looked at the man.
"What?"
"You heard me, get out of my sight, leave this place, scram."
"You're j-joking right?"
Hiko stood up and drew his sword.
"Do you want me to kick you out?" He asked putting the blade to his face.
Kenshin started to tremble.
"W-why?"
Hiko kicked Kenshin in the stomach so hard that he went flying out the door. Kenshin landed on the floor on his face, he picked his head up slowly to look at his master. He tried to get up but he fell on his knees and coughed out some blood.
"You don't listen do you?"
Kenshin's eyes widened as he looked up and saw a huge pot going towards him. With all his strength he pushed himself out of the way as the pot shattered on the floor where he was.
"I never want to see your face again! And if you come back know that, that hour will be your last." Hiko threatened.
'W-why?' Kenshin thought.
Kenshin slowly stood up and started to stagger his way away from where he was kicked out. At a slow pace he made it far away to a place where a lot of flowers grew. There was a girl with somewhat black long hair humming and picking flowers. Kenshin groaned cause of the pain and startled the girl who turned around in surprise, when she saw the state in which he was in she gasped.
"What happened to you?"
"I don't even know,"
"Don't move I'll help you."
The girl left running and a few moments later came back with a bucket of water and a towel but Kenshin already passed out. When Kenshin came back to his senses the girl was cleaning up the blood and taking care of him.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"Y-yeah,"
"Whatever happened to you was really awful; you were in a bad condition."
"Who are you?"
The girl smiled.
"Is that something you say to a person who's helping you?"
"I'm sorry,"
"My name is Megumi, Megumi Takani, yours?"
"Kenshin Himura."
"Where did you come from Kenshin?"
"I lived with my master in his house, he was teaching me kendo."
"Kendo?"
"Yeah. I came back from getting some water when he kicked me out of the
house for some strange reason, it seemed like he really wanted me out,"
"How does he look like?"
"He's real tall and bulky ad real strong,"
"Really…"
"His name is Hiko, Master Hiko…well not anymore…why did he kick me out?"
"Do you have anywhere to go?"
Kenshin looked up at the sky.
"I didn't really think of that."
Megumi smiled.
"I see. Hey, Kenshin?"
Kenshin looked at her.
"Yeah?"
"How would you like to be my new little brother?"
Kenshin looked at her and blinked a couple of times.
"What?"
Megumi stood up and started to search the ground of flowers, when she found what she was looking for she smiled. She walked towards Kenshin and showed him a bouquet of flowers.
"Here, these are for you."
"Why?"
"Because…I made it especially for you," Megumi stood straight and then bowed, "It's a pleasure to meet you, little brother Kenshin."
"So that's how you met Megumi," Kaoru asked.
Kenshin nodded. Kaoru turned her head.
"Don't think that just because you took kendo also I'm gonna forgive you for telling me I have a bad physique."
"I never said that."
"Yes you did."
"I said you were different from the other girls and maybe a little less feminine but I never said it was bad."
"Really?"
"I don't know why you worried about it so much, because you're kind of in the middle. You aren't bulky like a man's body with a woman's head, but you're not exactly delicate as a flower…I like those types."
Kaoru smiled.
"Well, if that's the case…"
"Okay, you guys made up, come on chop-chop we're gonna be late," Misao said breaking up the reconciliation.
"Misao, you were there listening?" Kenshin asked.
"Where you thought I left to?"
The next day in the morning Kenshin was sound asleep when…
"THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Megumi screamed in Kenshin's ear.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!" Kenshin screamed when he heard the noise in his ear.
He started to breath heavily for a while because he was scared to death.
"M-Megumi, w-what happened?" he asked.
"In less than a week is my graduation and I don't have a dress, shoes, hair appointment, or anything!"
"Why did you wait to long?"
"It took me until now to convince mom that I didn't want her coming with me."
Kenshin started to yawn and rub his eyes.
"So…what do you want me to do about it?"
Megumi smiled evilly.
'Maybe I shouldn't have asked…'
Kenshin and Megumi were in a taxi heading for the mall, Megumi was smiling and Kenshin looked half-dead.
"Thank you so much Kenshin for volunteering to carry all the stuff I buy," Megumi said happily.
Kenshin sighed.
When they got to their destination Megumi paid the driver and they both walked into the mall.
"First let's buy the dress; it's the most important thing, is it not?"
"I guess," Kenshin mumbled.
"Okay, let's get started!"
Now let's fast forward this…Megumi and Kenshin enter a store someone asks if they can help, Megumi says she wants a dress and the person shows her a dress she says no, another dress: no, no to all the dresses. Megumi apologizes and leaves. They enter the next store and the same thing happened someone helps them, they show them all the dresses and she rejected all of them. This happen in at least six stores, Megumi decided to take a break and now she and Kenshin were on a bench drinking some soda.
"Megumi we're gonna be here forever," Kenshin whined, "Why don't you just pick one?"
"Because…it has to be special, it has to catch my eye and make me gasp and say '…this…is…the one!'"
"They're all just dresses, you know."
"So the man says," Megumi said, then she finished drinking her soda and stood up, "let's try that store over there," Megumi said pointing to a huge shop.
'Why, so you can reject all of them?' Kenshin thought but he didn't say anything to her just stood up and followed her.
The two siblings walked into the store and were surprised at what they saw. Megumi gasped and Kenshin's jaw fell.
"Whoa, dresses…" Megumi said.
"…lots of them…" Kenshin finished.
And it was true, lots of different dresses: size, material, design, colors…
"It's here Kenshin, I'm gonna find my dress here!" Megumi said happily.
'Yeah well…which dress?'
As Megumi walked in a worker came and asked if she needed help, she looked around and pointed at the ones she wanted to try out and the worker went to get them.
"Let's go Kenshin,"
"Okay…"
Kenshin was sitting on a soft cushion and Megumi was in a stall changing into one of the dresses, then she came out.
"Dress number one: very simple, light green with yellow flower designs at the bottom. It is a long dress, straight not puffy. A wide shoulder length with puffy short sleeve and a yellow collar. A yellow strap shoe-sandal would go nice with it." The worker said.
Megumi looked at herself in the mirror: front, back, side, and side.
"What do you think Kenshin?" Megumi asked while she turned to face her brother.
Kenshin glanced at it.
"It's nice," he said.
"That's it?"
He looked again.
"…and…green."
Megumi frowned.
"Pass me the next dress," she said as she went back to the stall.
"Okay," the worker said.
Megumi took a while in getting into the next dress and Kenshin's back was bothering him so he lay down on the cushion seat. Then she came out with the next dress.
"Dress number two: Black with clear crystals all over the dress that makes it sparkle. No sleeves. The end of the dress isn't straight but it's diagonal like on the right side of your leg the skirt is long but as you go to your left side its short. Clear shoes would go nice with it." The worker said.
Megumi looked at herself in the mirror: front, back, side, and side.
"What about this one?" Megumi asked Kenshin.
Kenshin looked at it.
"It's nice."
"You said that about the other one." Megumi said annoyed.
"So they're both nice."
Megumi sighed.
"Pass me another one," she said.
Kenshin yawned.
'Damn it, Megumi woke me up early this morning, and I'm so bored I might fall asleep right here…'
Megumi came out again.
"Dress number three: A pink dress. The top is like a tang top except that it has very short sleeves on the upper arm. The bottom skirt is very puffy and long, gloves that reach the upper part of your bottom arm come with it too. White or pink shoes would look nice with it." The worker said.
Megumi looked at herself in the mirror: front, back, side, and side.
"I don't know…something bothers me about this dress…what do you think it is…."
"I'll tell you what," Kenshin said, "you look like you're going to a wedding."
Megumi looked at herself.
"You're right."
The worker sighed.
Kenshin's eyes started to get heavy.
'Oh no…sleepiness…taking….over…'
Kenshin's eyes kept one closing and reopening, he was seeing blurry visions of Megumi entering the stalls again.
'…sleepy…'
Kenshin's eyes were closing.
'…good…night…'
Kenshin's eyes closed and he was snoring.
Megumi came out and looked at herself in the mirror and gasped.
"Dress number four: combination of dresses one and two. Color purple, no sleeves and v-cut. The same flower design as the first except the color is a lighter version of purple. The end of the dress is the same diagonal. And a purple scarf to put around your neck. A light purple or white sandal-shoe would go nice with it." The worker said.
"This is pretty! Look how nice it looks on me!" Megumi exclaimed. She whirled around in the mirror.
"Really, I was worried I wouldn't find anything because it was so late!" Megumi said.
"Not at all, now is a nice time to shop because we have left over dresses of when we ordered them because a lot of people were shopping."
"Kenshin look! I found the one I like! I…" Megumi turned around to see Kenshin sleeping on the cushion. Her eye twitched.
"This is actually very normal…guys don't like this kind of thing." The worker said.
'Do you think that something that is as important to me as my high school graduation dress is boring???' Megumi thought.
"So that's how it is…miss, I'm taking this dress please have it ready for me to pay." Megumi said.
"Right away."
After Megumi handed the dress back she started to change into her clothing.
"Don't worry Kenshin, I won't bore you anymore!' She screamed to herself.
She came out from the stall and towards Kenshin, she picked him up by the collar and double slapped him to wake him up.
Kenshin groaned and slowly opened his eyes and saw a mad Megumi in front of him.
"Megumi? What are you doing in my room?" He asked.
"We're not in your room we're at the mall," Megumi said annoyed.
"Is that so?"
"I'm gonna go pay for my dress be ready we're going somewhere after this."
"Where?"
Kenshin's eye widened and his jaw fell.
"Y-you're kidding me right?" He asked his sister.
"No."
"I can't go in there."
"Why not? I don't see any 'no men' signs."
"B-because! They're gonna think I'm a pervert!"
Kenshin and Megumi were standing in front of a lingerie store. Megumi took Kenshin's hand and started to drag him.
"W-wait! Megumi!" Kenshin said.
"This way…you won't sleep on me then." Megumi said.
"What?"
When the two entered the store all the customers looked at them. Megumi was looking around and Kenshin was looking down at the floor blushing.
"Now, which one do you want?" Megumi asked.
All the women and girls all looked at Kenshin.
Kenshin looked at his sister with his face flaming.
"W-we aren't here for me…its y-you who's buying."
"Hey, don't get shy…now…which one do you want take which ever…" Megumi said walking towards the bras.
"This one…" she said showing a white one, "…how 'bout this one…" she said showing a pink one, "…or maybe you want a panty?"
'Pervert…' People were thinking.
'What is he thinking…buying women's underwear…'
"Mami, why is that man buying things of women?" a girl asked her mom.
"Stay away from him, don't look at him, he's dangerous and weird."
Kenshin's face burned, he couldn't take the embarrassment so he ran out of the store.
"Hey Kenshin! Where are you going?" Megumi said going after him.
'Boys these days…' an old lady thought.
"Hey, Kenshin!'' Megumi shouted at Kenshin who was still running, "Wait Kenshin!"
Kenshin stop running but he was shaking.
Megumi caught up and started to catch her breath.
"Megumi, why did you do that?!" Kenshin asked, he was still red.
"You seemed bored so I wanted to liven things up for you." Megumi said innocently.
"But why like that??" Kenshin asked angrily this time.
"No need to get mad! I'm sorry, ok?"
"They think I'm a pervert…" Kenshin said sadly.
"But you're a cute pervert." Megumi said cheerfully.
"Somehow it doesn't sound right coming from you…"
"Let's just forget about this ok? Let's continue there's a lot of things I wanna buy."
Megumi was walking around the mall looking at the shops while Kenshin was carrying a bunch of boxes of things of what Megumi bought.
'I can't see anything, the boxes are in my way!' Kenshin thought helplessly, 'does she really need all these things for graduation?'
"Kenshin, we're entering a store." Megumi said.
"Again?"
"You got a problem with it?"
"You have all these things, why more?"
"I have a very good reason don't worry…we're going in."
Megumi walked around the store looking for something or someone. She saw a woman guarding the door to the changing rooms and walked towards her.
"Um…excuse me?" she said to the woman.
"Yes?"
"I saw something I like but I can't reach it, and I don't find anyone who works here, can you help me?"
"Sure."
The woman followed Megumi up till the part of the store that sells shirts.
"Oh." Megumi said, "I forgot something, can you wait for me here?"
"Okay."
Megumi walked back to where she was and where Kenshin was.
"Kenshin?"
"Yeah?"
"There's a place where you can rest right behind those doors."
"Really? Thank god!" Kenshin said while walking to the doors.
Megumi walked back to the lady laughing.
"Muahahahahahhaha…I'm so evil." Megumi said to herself.
Kenshin opened the door with his feet and walked in, he heard voices talking and they sounded mostly feminine.
'Finally…I can rest…'
Kenshin put down the boxes and then looked to see where the seats were but what he saw surprised him.
Girls…some half-naked….some naked….staring at him….surprised….
"Wha…" Kenshin said.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
There were shrieks everywhere and girls running around and trying to cover themselves.
Kenshin's face started to turn bloody red and he got a nosebleed.
"PERVERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Steam started to come out of his head.
"Wha…." Kenshin said again and then passed out.
Kaoru came out of Megumi's bathroom with a wet cold towel and walked into Kenshin's room. She went to Kenshin who was on his bed and put the towel on his head, and then she sat down.
"What in the world did you see that got you like that?" She asked worried.
Megumi came into the room.
"Why are you putting a towel on his head?" She asked.
"Because his head feels hot," Kaoru said putting her hand on his cheek, "and he's a little red…he could be coming down with a fever."
"I don't think he's red because he has a fever," Megumi said smiling.
"You think so?"
"Other than that…would you come with me somewhere to buy my shoes? I already know where I'm going and which one I want so it'll be quick."
"What about Kenshin? We can't leave him by himself."
"I said we weren't gonna take long…and if he wakes up don't worry he'll survive."
"I don't know…"
"I won't take 'no' as an answer." Megumi said grabbing Kaoru's wrist and dragging her with her.
"H-hey, Megumi, w-wait a minute!"
Kaoru and Megumi were walking in the streets when Megumi started to talk.
"I'm…graduation soon…" She said while she looked up at the sky, "I'm gonna have to part with everyone."
Kaoru remembered how Megumi and Kenshin met.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, little brother Kenshin."
'The way I look at things they care a lot for each other…so leaving Kenshin is gonna be Megumi's biggest problem.'
"Well…by leaving them, you'll be able to….meet new people."
"I guess…but do I really want to meet knew people?"
"You never know you could…meet the man of your dreams."
Megumi smiled.
"I guess…leaving people is good but at the same time sad." Megumi said.
"'Parting is such sweet sorrow'" Kaoru said.
There was some silence.
"When it comes time…to leave…Kenshin…will you…be…sad?" Kaoru asked while looking down.
Megumi looked at her, and then Kaoru looked up at Megumi and when she saw her face she cursed at herself.
'Idiot! If leaving him is her biggest problem and it makes her sad, why are you reminding her!!!!!!???'
"Kenshin…"
"Huh?"
"Kenshin…is a…nice person…" Megumi smiled, "…it'll be sad…to say good-bye to him…I think it'll be sad…because…" Megumi trailed off.
"…because….?"
"…because…of him…I…wasn't lonely…anymore…"
There was some silence again for a while when Kaoru said something.
"Kenshin…he was adopted…right?"
Megumi nodded.
"He…wasn't at an orphanage…he was living with a man…right?"
"How do you know that?"
"Kenshin told me…he lived with a man who hated him, and then kicked him out."
"Now…I wouldn't say that…"
"What do you mean?"
My parents were always traveling and I was always with them but at the same time no because…they paid no attention to me. They would leave me in a hotel where I knew no one, expecting me to make friends with other children my age. But I could never go near them…because it broke my heart to see them…playing with their siblings or parents…doing things with people that I always wanted to do…being with someone. All I had was things that my parents buy me…but nothing they bought me could fill the hole I felt in my heart. I would tell people that my chest hurts and that I have this feeling that I don't understand but they would just toss it aside saying it was just stupid things I was saying because I was child. Only one person understood me and saw how much I was suffering.
"I know I'm just a maid paid to take care of your child but I can't stay silent anymore."
"What is it what you want?" Mrs. Takani asked.
"Is it a raise?" Mr. Takani asked.
"This had nothing to do with me; it's about your child."
"Megumi? She's a happy child isn't she?" Mrs. Takani said.
"On the contrary she's miserable." The maid said.
"What are you saying?"
"She's always alone; she's never with the other kids all she does is watching them in envy."
"We can't help it we tell her to talk to them but she doesn't listen." Mr. Takani said.
"How do you go near someone who has things that you yearn for without suffering?"
"I don't seem to understand you." Mrs. Takani said.
"You guys as parents don't pay attention to her don't spend time with her, on the other hand the other children play with their parents and spend time with them and this make Megumi feel very lonely. Being an only child she feels like she is strangers with her own parents, strangers who just give her meaningless presents."
"Hold on a minute! Who do you think you are telling us these things?" Mr. Takani said.
"'There's this pressures on my chest, it won't leave me alone and it makes me sad. What is it? How can I make it go away? I don't like it! How do I make it go away?' Says your daughter."
"She just does that for attention!"
"You don't give her attention not a minute of your time! Do you think that's what parents do?!"
"You're very bold, being a maid and scolding your masters like that. You do know that I can fire you right now?" Mrs. Takani said.
"I love your daughter!" The maid cried, "It hurts me…a lot to see her like that! I don't care if you fire me; I don't care if I'm jobless and I starve to death, but…but…I beg of you, help that child, and give her a reason to smile again!"
'I don't like it! How do I make it go away?'
"And what do you suggest we do?" Mr. Takani said loosing his patience.
"A sibling would be nice for her…"
"You're kidding me, right?" Mrs. Takani asked, "Do you think that the way I move around I have time to have a child and take care of it?"
"You don't have to have one…there are many children in the world who are family less."
My main maid was fired for the lack of respect she had for my parents and telling them to adopt a child made them mad. The only person who cared for me…gone. I suddenly felt the pain get bigger, and bigger to a point to where I couldn't take it anymore so one day I left the house. For the next weeks on the news and newspaper was the notice of the disappearance of Takani's daughter. There were reward money, many policemen were on the case, and a lot of people were searching for me. Rumors were spread of how I ran away because my parents were abusive or my parents were bad. Their reputation was going down and their daughter was missing, it was real troubling for them. I was living with an old lady who seemed to always forget things but she was nice, unlucky for me her son was visiting, he found me, took me back, got his reward money and left.
"Megumi, my precious daughter! Why did you leave?" Mrs. Takani said
"Honey we were worried!" Mr. Takani said
I stayed quiet because I was still mad at the fact that they fired my maid.
"Are you really lonely? Are you really that lonely?" my mom asked.
Megumi looked into her mom's eyes and water filled her eyes. Her mom hugged her.
"I have great news my dear, me and your dad decided to get you a little brother, isn't that great? Isn't that great? So…so…don't ever run away again, okay?"
I was surprised for a moment when she said that and I kept on repeating it in my head.
'Little brother…little brother…little brother…'
A feeling of…relief filled me…relief that…
"I won't be alone anymore?" I asked.
My mom shook her head.
"Never again."
I counted the days up till the day we would go to the orphanage and I would get my brother. When the day came and we went I asked if I could go somewhere for a while, they were reluctant but in the end they let me go. I walked to a place where a lot of flowers grew. I started to pick flowers to make a bouquet, for a while I was by myself when a man came up to me.
"Um…little girl are you lost?" he asked.
I turned around and looked up at a huge man who was bulky and looked strong.
At first I was scared.
"I-I…I was j-just picking flowers, I-is that w-wrong?"
"No…I was just wondering if you were lost."
I calmed down a bit.
"No, I'm here with my parents; they're getting me a new brother."
"Brother?"
I nodded.
"I'm Megumi Takani and my parents are looking for a brother for me so I won't be lonely anymore."
"Um…well I'm Hiko…and…uh…well…I know you're family is really famous and…wealthy."
I nodded.
"How old does the boy need to be?" He asked me.
"Younger than me."
"How old are you?"
"Nine."
He looked like he was thinking for a while when he decided to leave.
"Well since you're not lost I guess I'll leave now…I hope you find a nice boy."
"Thank you."
Hiko left and I continued to make my bouquet. After a while I got hungry so I put down my flowers and left to eat. When I came back I continued working when I heard groaning, scared I turned around and saw a little red-head.
"My name is Megumi, Megumi Takani, yours?"
"Kenshin Himura."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, little brother Kenshin."
After I cleaned him up I dragged him to my parents.
"Mommy look I found a cute little boy!" I shouted.
My parents turned around and were surprised to see me with a boy.
"Who is this?" my mom asked
"Kenshin, I asked him to be my brother, is that okay?"
"Megumi you can't ask someone you just met…" my dad said.
"But…I want him as a brother."
"But we don't know anything about him like if he has diseases or not." my dad reasoned.
"We'll check." She said.
"Actually it might not be a bad idea…" my mom said, "it'll be hard to have all those children there looking at us and hoping that we pick them but if we just take this kid…"
"Are you serious?" He asked.
Mrs. Takani walked to in front of Kenshin.
"Hey, little boy, would you like to be become part of this family?" she asked.
Kenshin blinked a few times.
"S-sure."
"Then it's settled, welcome to the Takani family, Kenshin."
"Megumi…" Kaoru said.
"I think that when Hiko found out that we were looking for a boy he kicked out Kenshin hoping that we would find him and take him."
"What if you didn't?"
Megumi shrugged.
"It was all over the news the fact that Kenshin came into the family so he must've heard and then he could rest in peace knowing that Kenshin wasn't out there starving."
"True, but then…if he's so important…why do you tease Kenshin sometimes?"
"Because…I like to have fun once in a while." She said slyly.
Megumi and Kaoru got to the shoe store and got what they wanted. Megumi also went to a salon to make an appointment. They walked back to the house where Kenshin was still in bed.
"Geez…he's still in bed, but he's not that red anymore…Oh Megumi is your parents coming to your graduation?"
"Yeah."
"Oh, I'd like to meet them."
"No you don't, trust me….Talking about parents, Kaoru what did your mom say about the play?"
"She asked why I kissed the prince and I told her it was part of the play…"
"Are you sure? Everyone seemed surprised even the crew."
"It was the director's idea."
Her mom still looked at her.
"Is that so…?" she asked suspiciously.
"I don't think she believed you…"
Kaoru took off the towel.
"I don't think so, either."
Kenshin started to groan.
"Oh, he's waking up!"
But Kenshin didn't open his eyes he just started to mumble things.
"What?" Kaoru asked.
"sksjksk…sksjksk…sksjksk…"
"What?"
"Breast…" he mumbled, "…lots of breasts…breasts…."
Kaoru's eye twitched.
Kenshin mumbled some more and then opened his eyes slowly.
"Kao…ru?" He asked when he opened his eyes completely
"Did you just say….lots of breast?"
Kenshin blinked
"Kenshin you idiot!"
Kaoru knocked him on the head knocking him out again.
"Huh?" She said.
"Ahhhhhh!!!!! Kenshin!!! I'm so sorry!!!!"
Megumi's graduation came and it went all well. Megumi looked really beautiful. She won a lot of awards. Aoshi was also a hit, Kenshin mentioned that to Kaoru who just got mad.
At Megumi's graduation party a lot of people talked to Megumi and gave her presents. Who knows how but she was able to get a moment to herself, she was standing far away from everyone looking at the ceiling…distant…
"Congratulations."
Megumi was surprised by Kenshin who brought her a cup of soda.
"Thanks."
"You seem so sad for someone who's getting so much attention."
"I was just thinking about everyone I'm saying good-bye to…my friends…teachers…"
"Saying good-bye is real sad…but at the same time good, you know? You can meet new people."
Megumi laughed a bit.
"What's so funny?" Kenshin asked annoyed.
"Kaoru said the same thing…really, you two are really alike, real naïve yet nice…I'm glad she's your girlfriend."
Kenshin blushed and then drank from his soda.
The next day, the last day of school…
Kenshin was walking through the halls of depressed girls.
'What's wrong with them?' Kenshin asked himself.
When he reached the gang Kenshin saw that Misao was depressed.
'Oh, I know now.'
"I'm soo sad," Misao whined.
"Don't cry Misao…"
"How can I not? Lord Aoshi is leaving! What's gonna happen to the Aoshi club?"
"Well I guess…shut down…"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Kaoru sighed.
"Well…you know…you could visit his house, I heard he's staying there and not going to a dorm."
Misao looked at Kaoru.
"Really?"
She nodded.
"Alright!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aoshi's staying in this neighborhood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"What??? Really???" The girls in the hallways exclaimed, "All right!!!! Aoshi's staying near us!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
'I'll visit him everyday!' some girls said.
'I'll call him everyday!'
'I'll e-mail him!'
Kenshin laughed helplessly.
'I feel…kind of sorry…for him.'
The moment everyone has been waiting for is here, the time everyone wanted…summer!!!!!!!!!
Kaoru was running with a magazine in her hand. When she got to Kenshin's building she went in and went to their house.
Knock
"Who?" Megumi asked.
"It's me." Kaoru said.
The door opened and Kaoru walked inside. Kenshin was in the living room drinking coke and watching TV.
"Good morning, Kenshin." Kaoru said.
"Good morning…" He mumbled.
"Megumi look what I found!" Kaoru said.
"What?"
"Some things for your dorm!"
"Dorm?"
"Yeah, stuff to personalize it, I found real cute things…"
"Why would I need dorm things?"
"What do you mean 'why'? You need things for your dorm, I even found a computer."
"Kaoru, I'm not going to a dorm."
Kaoru gasped.
"Megumi you're not going to college?!"
Megumi laughed.
"I am, I am but I'm staying here in this house with my cute little brother."
"Hey…" Kenshin said.
"B-but why did you say that you would be sad when Ken…" Megumi cut her off.
"Oh, I didn't know you meant now, I thought you meant more in the future," Megumi then started to get suspicious, "why did you want me to leave Kaoru? Did you need Kenshin alone in this apartment for some reason?"
Kaoru turned red, and Kenshin choked on his soda.
"Huh, Kaoru? I can only imagine one thing a girl and a boy can do alone…in a….apartment…"
"T-that's wrong! You got it all wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The Couple of the Year
By: Flay Alstar
There is love in the air this year as two of our freshmen become a couple, Kaoru Kamiya and Kenshin Himura. They were introduced by Kenshin's sister, a graduate this year, Megumi Takani. It was love at first sight, as they both fell for each other. Himura made the first move as he went to her window with serenades and confessed his love, Kaoru accepted his love and they went out. After taking her to an expensive and romantic restaurant he walked her home and gave her a good-night kiss and now they're a happy couple. Let's congratulate these two freshmen on their relationship and hope that they live happily with each other and that their love lasts eternally.
Author's Point: The dress Megumi pick is really pretty I should know cause it's mine. Sorry if I didn't describe the dresses right I didn't know what everything was called…Okay so this is what I thought, everywhere I read Kenshin was the best in kendo, no one can beat him and that's how it's suppose to be 'cause he's the main character, even in my first fic he was the best so I decided to not make him the best, but note I never said he will be weak…I know this chapter was long, I know, but the worry I'll try to make the next short so up till then, chao!
Rain Angst:Thanks I try my best to make good chapters! Well it's not really if I like the song I just need a few about someone trying to gets someone's forgiveness because they did something dumb like cheat on the person they love or lie to them, it doesn't matter if I like them or not…and well about Kenshin not having the same feelings…if he did have the same feelings then we would've have a plot now would we?
Jouko-chanI'm glad you find it so funny, I don't know how I come up with it really, they just come into my mind…I thought that if the Cinderella story ended like it always does then that would be boring…so I twisted it a bit, I was kind of worried if you guys would like it, but I guess you did, I'm glad. I kind of wonder if you guys will like this chapter, oh well hope to hear from you again!
Cincygurl22: Well, I just thought that Sano didn't stand out much in the story so…I had him come up with a plan, no one would expect that.
So you really like Megumi's slyness, well let me just tell you, you haven't seen the last of her! Hope to see you a lot!
Britty1633wmconnect: It was weird…I answered your review in the other chapter but it didn't come up…I wonder why…well that's okay cause I'm answering now…whatever you wanna give me: lyrics, titles, artist…is fine with me, and I thank you in advance for giving them to me! I updated later than I was suppose to, sorry, but don't die one me!