Disclaimer: As much as I wanted... Rurouni Kenshin does not belong to me...
A/N: Oh my...... I am soooo soooooooooo sorry for not updating in such a loooooooong time!!!!! . Please please please forgive me... ó.ò I've been so busy... I travelled in Carnaval, then university started... then my pc broke down =S oi...
Anyways, I promisse to update more quickly now ^_^x I'll do the best I can at least... 9.9
Thanx again for the great reviews \(^-^x)/ And, mi dushi... thank you so much for taking your time to read this ;___; it means a lot to me!!!
And well... on with the chappie xD
Chapter 3Kenshin walked into the Dojo a little later then he expected. He had been so caught up on his thoughts that he hardly saw where he was going... only to find that he had gone far passed the Dojo gates.
As he enterred, he found himself face to face with a worried face; Kaoru's. Comming into a halt in front of her, Kenshin blinked in a somewhat puzzled manner.
"Is everything alright, Kaoru-Dono?" he asked.
"Is everything alright? 'Is everything alright?' he says... WHATS WRONG WITH YOU??? YOU LEAVE FOR THE SIMPLE TASK OF BUYING TOFU AND IT TAKES YOU TWO HOURS??? WHAT TOOK YOU?" she exploded, clearly he had scared her out of her wits by taking so long.
"Uuh... I.... Forgive me Kaoru-Dono... I didn't mean to worry you like that..." he appologized, looking down at his feet.
Kaoru realized she had made him feel really guilty, which was enough to soften her. She frowned and shook her hand i the air, as if waving the situation away.
"Aaah nevermind! I'm just glad you're back. You got the tofu, right?"
"Yes, right here." He smilled, holding the package up. "Again, I appologize for taking so long. You see, I ran into Katsumi at the shop – "
"Katsumi?? The red-haired girl that's been working for Tae?" she asked, her eyes wide as she shot him a startled look. Amazed at her reaction, Kenshin tilted his head sideways and went on with his explanation, "Er... yes, her. Well, she had lost her money so I helped her out, she seemed really worried... after all, it WAS Tae's money..."
"You...... you.... you paid for the girl's order...? she asked, on a dangerous tone Kenshin knew only too well.
"Well, yes I – " he began.
"You paid for ANOTHER girl's order with MY money???????" she yelled, fumming.
"Er... Kaoru-Dono... calm down... she needed... Kaoru? You... you are going a little red on the face... that can't be too good..." he said, stepping away slowly.
Knowing her only too well, he ran off to the kitchen without another word, leaving the enfuriated Kaoru on the gates.
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrr... KENSHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Later on that day, Sano stopped by the Dojo as usual. Obviously hoping to get a free meal, or a simple left over from breakfast. He spotted a rather distressed Kaoru at the front porch steps, she seemed very sad and was looking down at her toes, as if they were the most interesting things ever.
Sano gave a deep sigh and rolled his eyes as he sat down beside her. "Come on, spill it out. What happened this time?" he asked, knowing exactly where this was going.
Kaoru simply looked up at him and briskly turned her face from him again. "Its nothing... why don't you just go and ask your FRIEND for the left overs from breakfast?"
"As much as I want to, I couldn't live with the guilt of leaving this sorry creature here like this..." he said, placing his arm around her and smilling sweetly at her. She looked back at him and leaned her head against his shoulder and asked in what she thought was a 'casual tone'.
"Sano, what do you think of Katsumi?"
Clearly surprised at her question, Sano didn't quite understand what she meant. "Er, I dunno. I guess she's ok..."
"I mean, do you think she's pretty? Do you think you could.... er... say.... fall for her...?
Sano frowned at the question, * what on earth is she getting at??? *
"Well, I... pffff, I dunno. I guess she's pretty... but – "
"Do you think 'Kenshin' could fall for her?" she interrupted.
Sano chuckled at this. * why did I not see this comming? * Kaoru scowled at him for laughing at her and blushed intensely.
"Kaoru, listen... " he began, still amused by her way of thinking. "I think you got the whole thing wrong. You should know better than to think Kenshin would even look at someone else."
"But... but... the girl is so exotic, they seem perfect together..." she said, quite unsure of what she was saying.
"Perfect together??? Hahaha, Kaoru you can't be serious!" He laughed. Kaoru felt a little better at that. Maybe she was being paranoid... there was no sense in being jealous of a girl that they hardly knew.
"Well, I guess you're right..."
"Of course I am! Besides..." he started, not letting his chance to tease her slip away. " you know YOU are perfect for him... he could never cope with a very pretty girl..."
At that, Kaoru jumped away from him and punched him on the head as strong as she could. He quickly got to his feet and stormed away, laughing his head off. She reached for her boken (known to appear magically whenever Kaoru nedded it ) and ran after him, screaming at the top of her lungs.
Kenshin looked up at the clothes he had just finnishing hanging with a satisfied look on his face. He smilled to himself as he took in the nice scent of freshly cleaned laundry.
At that moment, an exasperated Sano came running right onto him, throughing them both into the water where Kenshin had washed the clothes win a loud 'splash'.
"Oro..." went the swirly eyed Kenshin as Sano got up, not even noticing him.
They could see Kaoru comming in the distance, and as she came closer Sano grabbed a white shirt from the string and through it straight on to her face, but she ducked and it feel to the muddy floor.
"AGH!" Squeaked Kenshin, his arm stretched out as if trying to hold the piece of clothe before it went to the ground.
As Kaoru stomped closer and closer, Sano kept snatching clothes from the string and throughing at her. Kenshin flinched as each clothe fell to the ground, as if a little piece of his heart was being torn out.
"HA! Take THAT! And THAT!" yelled Sano, obviously having loads of fun with the whole situation. Kaoru simply grabbed the clothes being thrown at her and tossed them to the floor.
Kenshin's eyes filled with water, he was about to weep when he finnaly decided to take action.
"STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP" he yelled, causing everyone to freeze at the spot. He walked up to them, scowling, and picked up the clothes from the ground. Walking away, he shot them one last angry look and stomped away, mumbling to himself.
He walked alone to the front porch and began to wash the clothes all over again. Still mumbling and cursing under his breath. That moment, someone knocked at the gates. It was a rather silent knock, a 'shy' knock.
Kenshin sighed and let go of the clothes, which sank into the water. He walked up to the gates and opened it. Katsumi was standing outside. She looked at Kenshin and saw his wet figure. Without even changing her expression, she said, "Maybe I should come back when it's a better time..."
"Oro?" said Kenshin, looking down at his wet clothes. He looked back at her, blushing and said with a crooked smile, "Aaah... oh don't worry. Please come on in."
A/N: Well, here it is... I'll try to upload the next chapter still today... hope you liked it... =) don't forget to leave ur review, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease... its really important ^_^x