Author's Point: Yeah sorry I guess a lot of time passed and I wouldn't be surprised or mad if everyone forgot about this fic but whatever I'm continuing anyway so enjoy the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin
The Things You Do
By: Chibilover2000
Amusement Parks
Kenshin was sitting on the couch watching television, which is no surprise, when Megumi came and got in front of the TV screen. Kenshin moves his head trying to see the screen but Megumi just gets in the way again.
"What?" Kenshin asked.
"School is gonna start in less than a week."
"I'll get my supplies later; you don't have to block the TV, jeez."
"I don't mean that, I wanna go somewhere."
"We went to the pool."
"That was a long time ago Kenshin!"
"I don't know why you're asking, you would make me go even if I said no."
"True."
"Where do you wanna go?"
Megumi flashed admission tickets to 'La La Land'
"An amusement park?" Kenshin asked.
"It's only gonna be here for three more days, and I heard it's good so we should go."
"Where did you get so many tickets?"
Megumi smiled mischievously.
"I have my connections."
Kenshin stood up.
"I don't want to go."
"You just said I'll make you anyway."
"I really don't want to go, I don't like amusement parks."
"Whatever just thinks about it, you need at least one more memory of this summer," Megumi said and left.
Kenshin walked to his room and lay on his bed and sighed, then the phone rang and Kenshin picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Yo!" Sanosuke said.
"Hey Sano."
"How are you?"
Kenshin started to get suspicious.
"Why?"
"What can't a friend ask his friend how he is?"
"No."
"Fine, fine, I'll get to the reason of why I called you."
"What?"
"Are you gonna help me, you never answered me, you just got mad and left."
"The Megumi thing? Sanosuke please, I'm frustrated already about you liking her, why would I want to help?"
"Come on Kenshin!"
"Sano...no!"
"Come on, friends are supposed to help each other, if you wanted something I would help you!"
Kenshin sighed.
"Sano..."
"Please, I'm begging you!"
Kenshin groaned.
"Fine, fine...ok look....um....Megumi has these tickets to an amusement park, go with her."
"Are you going?"
"No."
"You know she wouldn't let me go if you don't go!"
"Okay Sano that's asking too much I don't wanna go to the park."
"Why?"
"Because..."
"Because..."
Kenshin sighed again.
"Fine, fine I'll go."
"All right! Thanks a lot Kenshin!"
"I'll just tell you don't expect results, Megumi really doesn't like you."
"Don't worry I have my ways."
"Okay, Imma go tell Megumi I'm going."
"Okay, later."
"Bye."
Kenshin hung-up and sat there putting his hand through his hair.
"I really don't wanna go."
Megumi was drinking something when Kenshin came in.
"Megumi, you still have those tickets?"
"Yeah we're leaving in an hour."
"You were planning on taking me anyway, huh?"
"Of course."
"I wanna bring Sanosuke."
"Why?"
"Because...."
Megumi sighed.
"Fine, I'll invite Misao while at it; it was just gonna be Kaoru, you and me."
"Kaoru is coming?"
"Of course."
Kenshin thought for a while.
'You know I haven't been working on Kaoru and Aoshi....this might be a good opportunity...'
"Hey while you're at it invites Aoshi too."
Megumi looked at him strangely.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"All right...."
Kaoru was in her house packing her bag when her mom knocked on her door.
"Kaoru?"
"Yeah."
"I'm gonna step out for a while."
"Okay!"
She heard her mother's footsteps disappear.
Kaoru sighed.
'My moms been tight ever since Yahiko left, I know she's just worried about me so I don't end up messed up but she asks too much questions, and she keeps saying she wants to meet Megumi and Kenshin....I didn't even tell her I'm leaving to the amusement park....I'll leave a note...I'll probably be grounded though...'
Kaoru zipped up her book bag.
'But it's worth it to be with Kenshin.'
Amusement park
Kenshin was walking through the entrance with Kaoru right next to him talking but he wasn't listening because he was trauming up his plan to bring Kaoru and Aoshi together.
'First we'll go on the roller coaster ride which would freak out anyone, I'll set it up so Kaoru would ride next to Aoshi, and as the they go downhill really fast and Kaoru will get really freaked out and hold the hand of whoever is next to her which in this case will be Aoshi. And when the ride is over and she finds her hand on Aoshi's...'
Kaoru blushes and looks the other way.
"I-I'm sorry."
"It's okay..."
Kaoru and Aoshi sit there in awkwardness.
'Hmm...I think I'm watching too many romances that Kaoru brings me anyways.'
"Kenshin?"
Kenshin was brought back to the world.
"Yeah?"
"Did you hear what I asked?"
"Yeah."
"So what do you think?"
"That you're totally right."
Kaoru smiled.
"I thought you would agree with me."
"So, where to first?" Megumi asked.
"I wanna go to the water ride!" Misao said.
"Actually I think we should go to the rollercoaster ride and leave the water one for one of the last ones so we don't walk around most of the time wet." Kenshin said.
"I think Kenshin is right," Kaoru said.
"Okay so we'll go to the rollercoaster first," Megumi said
So they all got on line when they were discussing who was gonna get on with whom.
"I'll go with Kenshin!" Kaoru said linking her arm with his
"I kind of don't want to get on...." Kenshin said.
"What do you mean, it was your idea," Sanosuke said.
"You know I just don't wanna..."
"Could it be that you're scared?" Misao teased.
Kenshin blinked a few times and then put his hand in the back of his head.
"Well I guess you got me," he said laughing nervously, "but...that makes us uneven and I don't want Kaoru getting on by herself you know since the ride is so...you know..."
"Kenshin..." Kaoru said happily thinking that Kenshin is worried about her.
"I don't mind getting on by myself," Misao said.
"Then I guess that leaves Aoshi to go on with her," Sanosuke said.
"What about us, why can't one of us go on with her?" Megumi asked.
"We're getting on together." He answered.
"What?"
"So it's settled..." Kenshin said.
"Hold on a second if you care about her so much then gets on yourself," Megumi said.
"Huh?" Kenshin said, "But...I...uh..."
"Don't make up an excuse come on..." Megumi said pushing him on.
"Then I'll go one with Aoshi!" Misao said and Aoshi sighed.
"But..." Kenshin said.
"No buts..." Megumi said.
And so they all went on, Kenshin with Kaoru, Misao and Aoshi and Sano with Megumi, and just like Kenshin predicted Kaoru did hold the hand of who was next to her...which was him.
'Ok so that backfired...' Kenshin thought.
"I am never getting on another ride with you! You were screaming like a pansy!" Megumi screamed at Sanosuke.
"What do you want!? That thing went really fast!"
"Aren't you a man?"
Sanosuke got mad.
"It seems like you're one!"
Megumi got mad.
"What did you say?!"
"Um...how about we choose the next ride?" Misao said.
"Why don't you pick one Misao?" Kaoru suggested
"Um..." Misao started to look around, "I wanna go to the swings!"
"The swings?" Aoshi asked.
"You know, you sit on some swings and they take you really high and you swing around, it's really relaxing."
"Seems babyish." Sanosuke said.
"You should talk," Megumi said.
"What the hell is your problem...?"
Kenshin started to plan.
'Hmm...if they go on the swings together, Kaoru would probably be scared because of the height so...'
Kaoru is really scared on the ride and starts whimpering.
"Are you alright Kaoru?" Aoshi asks.
"I'm scared."
"Don't be...I'm right here, beside you."
"Aoshi..."
'Yeah...too much romances.'
"I wanna go on with Aoshi," Megumi said, "There's no way I'm going on with that idiot."
"Well, Aoshi promised Misao he would go on with her," Kenshin said.
"What?" Aoshi said.
"He did?" Misao said at the same time.
"Yeah remember?" Kenshin said winking real fast at Misao and then she got it, he wanted to help her with Aoshi!
"Yeah, you did!" Misao said dragging Aoshi with her to the line.
"H-hey, w-wait a second..." Aoshi said but he was dragged anyway.
"I guess I have no choice," Megumi said, "what bad luck I have..."
"Poor you," Sanosuke said sarcastically.
"Shall we go?" Kenshin said.
Kaoru nodded.
So they waited on line and right before they were about to get on...
"Oh shit!" Kenshin said
"What?" Kaoru asked.
"I forgot something!"
"Really, is it important?"
"Yeah, why don't you go on with Aoshi and...?"
"And Misao," Kaoru said.
"Yeah whatever," Kenshin said and then left.
Kenshin came back when the ride finished and was disappointed when he saw that Aoshi went on with Sanosuke and Megumi, Kaoru, and Misao went on together.
"Damn it!"
They were all walking through the park when they heard screams coming from this one ride.
"That ride seems good." Megumi said.
"Its suppose to be the best," Misao said.
"Oh really?" Sanosuke said.
The ride was that there were little space ship but they were really fast around, it made people dizzy by just watching it.
"Let's get on then," Kenshin said.
"Ok," Megumi said.
So Megumi got on with Sano reluctantly, Misao was gonna get on with Aoshi, and Kenshin was gonna get on with Kaoru. So Kaoru and Kenshin were in their seats and when Aoshi was passing by them to get to his seat Kenshin stood up.
"Aoshi could you hold my seat?" He asked.
"Where are you going?" Kaoru asked.
"To ask Sano something." Who was in the back while they were in the front.
"Can't it wait?"
"No."
Kenshin got up and went to the back while Aoshi was holding his seat. So, really quickly Kenshin got off the ride without anyone seeing him. He stood near the guy who was navigating the ride.
"Hey sir?"
"What?"
"It seemed to me that a seat was lose on the ride."
"What?!"
"I think, I'm not sure."
The navigator went to tell one of the workers to check the seats and while he wasn't looking Kenshin turned the controls so it would go faster than usual.
"Thanks for telling me kid."
"Yeah sure" Kenshin said resenting the 'kid' part.
So the ride was starting and Kaoru was wondering where Kenshin was.
'Where can he be?'
She looked out the window and saw Kenshin near the navigator talking to him.
'He got off?!"
But it was too late and the ride stated.
'Hehehe...' Kenshin thought.
Kaoru and Aoshi came out of the ride together.
"I'm really sorry about vomiting on you," Kaoru said.
"It's alright don't worry about it."
"It was really nice of you to hold my hair back for me."
"It was the least I could do."
"I'm really sorry."
"It's alright as long as you're alright."
"Aoshi..."
And they stare into each other's eyes.
'Way too much romances...'
The ride went faster than it was suppose to and people screamed louder than usual and got really sick, Kenshin got a little dizzy just watching them.
When the ride finished Kenshin stood near the exit waiting for them to come out.
Kaoru and Aoshi did come out together but they both went opposite ways, Aoshi went to buy something to drink and Kaoru came to Kenshin and looked sick.
"Kaoru are you alright?"
Kaoru nodded but then she turned green and vomited all over Kenshin.
"Oh god..."
The gang took a break and were eating lunch and Kenshin was sitting there depressed because none of his plans worked, Kaoru thought he was depressed because she vomited all over him.
"I'm really sorry."
"Huh? Oh, don't worry about it."
"Thanks for holding my hair back for me."
"Yeah well you wouldn't stop vomiting so..."
"I really am sorry."
"Don't worry about it, as long as you're ok..."
"Kenshin..." she said happy that Kenshin was being so nice.
Kenshin looked at Kaoru and saw her gazing into his eyes smiling.
'Oh I shouldn't have said that....'
So Misao is bothering Aoshi, Megumi and Sanosuke were arguing and them two were just sitting there.
"Um....everyone..." Kaoru said getting their attention.
"How about after this we go one the water ride? Of course we're gonna hafta wait a while since we just ate."
"Its okay," Megumi said, "so is that where we're going next?"
Everyone agreed.
"Okay, then the next ride is the water one," Kaoru said.
"I'm not getting on," Megumi said.
"Why not?" Kaoru asked.
"Because I don't want to get wet and risk getting sick before the first day of school," Megumi said.
"Old people are such party poopers," Misao said.
"Watch it." Megumi said.
"It's alright," Kaoru said.
"Misao you wanna get on?" Sanosuke asked, he wasn't gonna get on with Aoshi again.
Misao shrugged her shoulders.
"Okay."
'Oh wow, everything is working out without me doing anything,' Kenshin thought.
Kaoru comes out with her clothes wet and see-through with Aoshi, she attempts to cover herself because of embarrassment.
"What's the matter?" Aoshi would ask.
"It's embarrassing..."
"Don't hide yourself from me; I like everything about you..."
"Aoshi..."
They get closer to each other almost kissing...
"Yeah...uhh...I need to get something somewhere," Kenshin said ready to step out but when he was walking away Kaoru grabbed him.
"Not this time." Kaoru said dragging him inside.
Kenshin sat in the front so he got the most wet then behind him was Kaoru. Aoshi got on by himself, aww.....
Kaoru did get wet however and her clothes were pretty see through.
"Oh great..." she said, "Now every perverted man is gonna be staring at me..."
Kenshin came up with an idea.
"Yo Aoshi come here for a sec. I need to borrow that jacket from you!"
When Aoshi heard his name he came towards Kenshin and Kaoru and when Kaoru saw him coming she ran away screaming:
"No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't come near me!!!!!!"
The gang was walking through the park when Kenshin spotted the 'Love Boat'
'Hmmm....'
"Wow this is so romantic and pretty..." Kaoru said fascinated.
Aoshi was beside her.
"Not as pretty as you...."
How corny.
"Aoshi..." Kaoru said blushing. They get closer and closer until they kiss.
"I wanna go on the boat ride," Kenshin said pointing to the ride.
"The love boat?" Megumi asked.
"Oh! Oh! Oh! I wanna go!!!!!!" Misao said.
"Yeah!" Sanosuke said.
"Why not?" Kaoru said.
"Okay..." Megumi said a little bit confused of why Sano would want to go.
When they were all going towards the ride Kenshin went to Sanosuke.
"You wanna go on this ride?"
"Yeah, you see I have this master plan of how to get Megumi," Sano said.
"Yeah what is it?"
"First, I drill holes under our boat, actually someone I paid but still...then when we get to a point the boat will start sinking and fall down the miniature waterfall that's there, I've been on this ride five times so I would know....Anyways then I would rescue her and be the hero."
"Hmm..." Kenshin said, "You know at first that sounded very crazy, and stupid but now I'm sure it's just crazy! Anyways Megumi knows how to swim you idiot!"
"I know that's why Imma tie her shoe laces together without her noticing; you know I'm a pro at that."
"What are you crazy?! What If you don't make it, she could drown! It'll never work! Even my plans made more sense!"
"Plans?" Sanosuke asked, "What plans are you talking about?"
"Uh....uh...." Kenshin started to get nervous he didn't know what to say.
"What plans Kenshin?"
"Uh...uh...."
He looked around and then he spotted Kaoru talking to Megumi and then an idea struck him.
"A...surprise for...Kaoru."
"Oh....you knows you didn't have to make the long pause..."
"I guess..." Kenshin said and started to laugh nervously. They both walked to the line and stood there waiting. The thing was that there was a wall separating girls for boys so who you go with is suppose to be a surprise. But the lines were even, lucky for them, a little bit too lucky. It was set up that Megumi would go with Aoshi; Sano would go with Misao and Kenshin with Kaoru, which is no surprise.
"Hey Aoshi?" Kenshin asked.
"Hmm??"
"Could you go in front of me?"
"No"
Kenshin's eyebrow twitched.
"Please."
"No."
"Kaoru switched with Megumi so unless you wanna go with Kaoru you better switch with me."
Aoshi thought for a while.
"Well if you're gonna lie about it must be important." And Aoshi switched with Kenshin.
"Kenshin what are you doing?" Sano said
"Trying to get you with Megumi, come on switch with me!"
So them two switched so now it was Aoshi and Kaoru, Megumi and Sanosuke and Kenshin and Misao.
Meanwhile while this was happening the girls were waiting in line real excited...well Megumi wasn't but ehh...
As Kaoru was moving up she saw a hole in the wall that separated them from the boys, she wanted to check up on Kenshin to see if he was still there. So she looked through and saw Aoshi walking by, then after him was Sanosuke and then Kenshin.
'I thought he would do something like this....' Kaoru started to get mad, 'what the hell is his problem?'
"Hey Misao, can you switch with me?" Kaoru asked
"What? Why?"
"Don't worry just do it."
"But what about...?"
"Just come over here...." And Kaoru and Misao switched, so when they got to the front, they saw their partners.
"Lord Aoshi?!" Misao screamed.
Aoshi looked at who was gonna be his partner and saw Misao.
"Oh my god, it must be fate!" Misao exclaimed.
'Or just a bastard...' Aoshi thought.
"Hey wait a second why am I with this guy all of a sudden?" Megumi asked
"Yeah why am I with this girl?" Sano said of course he didn't mean it.
"Well Kenshin and I seem to be the only ones in place." Kaoru said.
Kenshin looked at Kaoru and saw that she was still his partner.
'How did that happen?' He sighed 'Nothing ever comes out right....'
"Okay stop the complaining and just get in a boat," the guy handling the ride said. And so Misao went in happily and Aoshi went in. Megumi and Sano went in pissed or so it seemed Sano went in there pissed. And Kaoru went in happy while Kenshin was disappointed.
They went inside the ride and Kenshin wasn't enjoying it.
'All of this look fake, I mean you can see the stars being held by the string.'
"This is so beautiful...." Kaoru said.
Kenshin looked at her in the corner in his eye and laughed a bit and said.
"Not as pretty as you," he didn't notice he said it aloud he was just remembering what Aoshi was suppose to say when he was with Kaoru and that it was very stupid.
"Kenshin that's so sweet...but very corny." Kaoru said.
"What?" Kenshin asked thinking when did he talk to her and then he remembered that he said it aloud and started to stammer.
"W-well I-I r-really didn't-t..."
"You know I've been meaning to ask you something about today..." Kaoru said seriously.
'Uh-oh don't tell me she's gonna lecture me...' Kenshin thought in horror.
"I noticed that the whole day you'---" Kaoru was interrupted with what seemed like a scream.
"What was that?" Kaoru asked.
"Someone screamed and it seemed really familiar," Kenshin said. Then he remembered Sano and his crazy plan.
"Oh no! Megumi!" Kenshin said and he wanted to go faster but you can't make a boat ride go faster so the only choice he had was to wait.
When he did get there he saw a broken boat, and two people in the bottom of the short waterfall.
"Are you alright?!" Kaoru shouted, "You need help?"
Megumi looked up and smiled.
"Oh thank god! The boat just started to sink all of the sudden and then the ropes that was tied it down broke and I fell off here and when I got to the water for some strange reason I couldn't move my feet!" Megumi said.
'I wonder whose fault that is?' Kenshin thought.
"Thank god, that this idiot came or else..." Megumi said, "I really do owe him one."
Kenshin stared at them.
'Something that was planned and that was really dangerous worked out smoothly and brought Megumi to like Sanosuke at least a little a bit more. How he got his plan to work I don't know but you got give Sanosuke some credit for pulling it off.'
So they were all enjoying their last ride, the Ferris wheel. So Sanosuke made Megumi promise to go with him on this ride for "saving" her life and for once they talked like normal human beings of course a few insults from time to time. So Misao went with Aoshi in another cart and she just drove him crazy. And Kaoru and Kenshin were in another cart sitting opposites of each other and neither of them talking. Then Kaoru decided to talk.
"You know..."
Kenshin looked at her.
"This whole...day you've been acting very weird."
"You would make excuses to not go on rides when you're the one who brought it up and it was like you were trying to set me up for something...."
Kenshin couldn't say anything; he couldn't find anything to say to defend himself.
"I'm not sure but I think that you were trying to set me up with...Aoshi...is that it Kenshin was it Aoshi?"
Kenshin still didn't talk.
"I felt like you wanted me to like him or something..." Kaoru continued.
Kenshin continued being silent.
"Say something!"
He bit his bottom lip and then started to be honest with Kaoru.
"I heard you say one day that you thought that Aoshi was great guy or something like that...so I thought that maybe...I could...try to set you two up...so....so..."
"You were jealous?" Kaoru said surprised.
"Huh? Oh. Yeah, whatever," he said, well he got out of that one, but he was almost gonna tell the truth...actually not really.
Kaoru smiled stood up and sat next to him and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Don't worry about...I would never like Aoshi...for many reasons but mostly because Misao likes him. I came here to be. With. You."
Kenshin looked at Kaoru and started to feel bad.
This is her day to make memories of the end of the summer, to make memories with him and here he was trying to force her to be with someone else...he was forgetting who is it that she likes right now.
They sat there in silence when Kenshin looked out the window and saw the lights.
"It looks nice right?" Kenshin said.
Kaoru looked out and nodded.
"Is that your house?" Kenshin asked pointing to a house in the left.
"No, the one to the right," Kaoru said
"Hey look there's the school."
"It looks pretty at night!"
And then they started to have a nice time looking at all the lit up buildings that the saw since it was pretty late outside. When the ride was over them two were the first to get off.
"I have a place I wanna go." Kenshin said,
"Shouldn't we wait for the rest?" Because the other four didn't come out yet.
"Don't worry about it." Kenshin said and then took Kaoru a little around the park until they found a photo booth.
"Oh, I get it," Kaoru said.
Kenshin and Kaoru went inside the booth and started to take pictures. Kaoru did the bunny ears to Kenshin and Kenshin stretched his mouth with his finger making that funny face at the camera. And so they ended their trip to the amusement park.
Kenshin entered his room and lay down on his bed and looked at his ceiling and smiled.
"That wasn't so bad."
And so school started a few days later.
Author's Point: Hey yeah I know I take too long but I'm sorry you know....so anyways two things actually number one: if any one out there lives outside the United States, like Japan would be good and would like a pen pal tell me you know just in the off chance any of you are interested. And secondly the next chapter: School starts and what's this Kenshin got some secret admirers? And they start making their moves on Kenshin? What is Kaoru going to do? Can she defend her man? Also Naoko comes back with plans of revenge because somebody Kaoru stole her spotlight in the Cinderella Play. Look forward to it!