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~*~*~*~*~ Us After This ~*~*~*~*~
Chapter 2: Meeting the Crew
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~…~ = Thoughts
"…" = Speaking
~*~Previously on Kaoru's thoughts~*~
~ Maybe this year won't be so bad after all… ~
As soon as she turned around she saw one of Kenshin's fan member trying to catch up to Kenshin. But before the girl ran any further ahead she turns around and gave Kaoru one of those frightening glares. Turning Kaoru's smile to a frown.
~ …But then again I might be wrong…~
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Chapter 2 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaoru walks down the hallway to her second period—English. As she walked how the hall, she began to think about Kenshin.
~Gosh…this morning was such a bad start for school…I hope that's the only class I have with Kenshin. I don't want trouble with his fan club. The glare that the girl gave me was frightening…anymore of those and I'll probably transfer school…~
Kaoru finally enters her English classroom and her eyes caught sight of a young girl with black hair tied into a ponytail, a pair of emerald eyes, dressed in a white tank top with a pair of dark blue shorts. Kaoru became happy and began to call the girl.
"Misao!"
Misao turns around from her seat, sees Kaoru, jumps up from her seat, and began to scream back at Kaoru, loud enough for the whole class to hear.
"AHHH KAORUUUUU!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE HERE!!! AHHH!!!"
Misao jumped off her chair and jumps excitedly all over Kaoru.
"Misao…you're the only person I know that's screams loud enough for the whole world to hear…!" She whispered.
"Oops…hehe sorry! Wow Kaoru, you're as bright as a tomato!!! I hope I didn't embarrass you that much."
Misao took notice of Kaoru wearing an oversized black jacket that loosely hung over her. She began to scan through her memories.
~ I never remember Kaoru had any jackets like that…that could only mean ONE thing—a guy! Hehehehehehehe… ~
Kaoru looked at Misao's face that was beginning to forma mischievous grin and began to run to the door. But before Kaoru could get out Misao tackled Kaoru from behind, pinned Kaoru down, and shot Kaoru a million questions all at once.
"Who's the guy? I know there's a guy since I've never seen that jacket before. TELL ME! Don't hold back any details! What's his name? Is he cute? Is he tall? Smart? Hot? Short? Ugly? Fat? Well-built? Don't just lie there and gawk at me! ANSWER!"
Kaoru, while trying to hide her red face manage to answer one question to Misao, which gave answers to all the other unanswered questions.
"The guy is Kenshin…"
Misao's eyes turned wide, and she screamed his name loud enough for the whole class to hear.
"KENSHIN!? You're going out with KENSHIN?"
The girls from the class heard Kenshin's name and quickly ran over to where Misao pinned down Kaoru. All of them stood there either looking ready to beat up Kaoru or to kill her.
Kaoru who is bright red right now began to grit her teeth.
She manage to say, "No, I'm not--"
All the girls from her class began to breathe out a sigh of relief—so did Kaoru and they began to head towards their seat. Everything went well until Misao opened her mouth again.
"Then why are you wearing Himura's jacket!?"
Kaoru began to turn back red again as all the girls she noticed stopped going to their seats, walk quickly backwards to Kaoru, and giving her a glare that clearly demands an explanation.
~ Aww man… Misao! …*sighs* this is going to be a long day…~
Kaoru cleared her throat and began to explain things.
~*~
Kenshin quietly heads over to his English class. He took a look around his class to see if any familiar faces were there. He finally saw his two best friends.
He began to call out, "Aoshi! Sano!"
A guy with brown spiked hair began to stand up. He has brown eyes, light skin, near six feet, and was dressed in a white t-shit showing his muscles, and a pair of blue jeans. His looks clearly cuts the word—gangster. He began to smile and called out to Kenshin.
"Hey Kenshin! Cool you're in my English class! Aoshi and I have been hoping that you would be in our class. Without you there won't be fun"
"What's that suppose to mean Sano?" Kenshin questioned.
"Every time you're here there's always chaos. It's so fun to see you go through all those fans of yours!" Sano replied.
Kenshin smiled and sheepishly said, "That's because they always appear when I least expect it. Besides, it's always you, you cause those chaos first!"
"No way! I'm just helping out with your popularity." Sano cried.
"What about yours? Don't you want to be popular with the girls?" Kenshin asked.
"Nah. I already got one special girl with me. I'm laying low now."
Kenshin began to wonder if Aoshi has been doing what Sano is doing.
Kenshin finally asked, "Hey Aoshi?"
The guy who was standing silently behind Sano began to face Kenshin. He is a tall guy with short ebony hair that goes down right before it hits the ear. He has cold emerald eyes, a face with no expression, and was dressed in dark black pants and a tight white t-shirt exposing his muscles.
"Yeah, what Kenshin?" replied to stoic one.
"You got a girl too?"
Aoshi face began to turn slightly pink as he nodded. Kenshin finally smirked and grabs a chair next to him, sat down, and put his arms over his head.
"Guess you guys weren't cut out to be like me huh?" Kenshin said to Sano as he began to brag.
Sano only snorted, "We're in High School now. The best thing to do is keep yourself with one chick that you dig, you know? Aoshi and I have already found one so why haven't you? I think you're the one with problems."
Kenshin sighs loudly and began to talk again.
"All the girls I've met have been good looking and all but they are all the same. All willing to love me, please me, agree with me even if I'm wrong. These girls are robots to really good-looking guys. They're all shallow. I want a girl that wants me for who I am, that's more independent, that's willing to share her own piece of mind."
Aoshi and Sano smiles at each other as they both thought the same thing.
~I know a girl who's like that! ~
Kenshin manage to get a glimpse of Sano and Aoshi's mischievous grin and began to wonder what those two are up to.
~ Something tells me that something bad will happen. ~
Kenshin cleared his throat to interrupt Aoshi and Sano's secret thoughts.
"So, uh, what's your girlfriends name Sano?"
"Her name is Megumi."
Kenshin choked and tried to hide his laughter.
"That girl that you kept calling 'fox' last year? That girl you poked every single day until she stuck medicine inside your drink that made you stuck in the bathroom for 3 hours!? Her!?"
Sano became angry and cried, "Yeah, her, man why are you reminding me those stuff that happened last year!?"
Kenshin turned his laughter into a slight chuckle.
" Sorry Sano. I was just surprised that's all. Wow…who would've ever thought that a rooster and a fox would get together after all those pranks last year? Like that one time she…"
Sano interrupts and said, "If you think Megumi is weird why don't you ask who Aoshi's girlfriend is?"
Aoshi then noticed the spark of interest in Kenshin's eyes. He tried to change the subject.
"She's not as important as Megumi. She's…"
"Who is she Aoshi?" Kenshin began to ask with a lot of interest.
Sano from the other seat began to laugh. Aoshi took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and began to open his mouth.
"She is Misao."
Kenshin just stood stunned with his eyes popping out and jaw hitting the ground. Sano who saw the whole thing began to laugh hard.
"I had never seen Kenshin do THAT before! I shall name it the 'eye popping, jaw dropping' technique! Whuahahahaha! Oof!"
Aoshi stood above the fallen Sano on the floor with one of his fists clutched tightly.
Aoshi turned his head to Kenshin and said, "Are you going to make fun of her?"
Kenshin's eyes wandered to where Sano was lying. A huge bump was clearly visible on top of the spiky head guy. He began to shake his hands furiously.
"No, no, no. I'm not making fun of Misao. I was just laughing to see how a hyperactive girl like her could be with a guy as stoic as you."
"I learn to like it." Aoshi replied with a smile.
"ORO?"
Sano who finally woke up from his unconscious state began to laugh.
"Kenshin, you still haven't gotten over that habit huh? Such a shame you don't us it to your advantage to get girls. They'll probably find it cute."
"Whatever Sano."
The bell finally rang and the teacher went it. Kenshin, Sano, and Aoshi sat down and paid attention to class.
~*~
The bell rang once again, and the doors burst open. Out came a blushing Kaoru and a happy chattering Misao.
Misao bounces down the hallway and was about to open her locker until Kaoru grabbed the collar of Misao's shirt and yanked her back.
"Misao, why couldn't you keep your mouth shut back at English class?" Kaoru said through her gritted teeth.
Misao smiled weakly, "Sorry Kaoru. I just wanted to see how famous this Kenshin Himura was! I didn't know that his fan club would go THAT dramatic over it! I'm so sorry to put you all through that trouble."
Kaoru let out a sigh but put on a big smile.
"Haha. I, too, also was curious how famous Kenshin was too. Guess now I know!"
Misao laughed and replied, "Then what I did was a good thing right?"
"Yeah, I was just lucky when the girls was about to attack me then teacher came in. Otherwise you'd be dead by now!"
Misao and Kaoru went to their lockers and headed towards their next class—history. Along the way there were a crowd of girls blocking the hallway.
~ I wonder what's going on up there? ~
"Guess we'll have to take the long way Misao."
Misao's face turns from happy to concern.
"NO!!! I must see Aoshi as soon as possible! Why must there be girls blocking the hallway at this time?" Misao whined.
Kaoru grabs Misao's shirt and dragged her all the way to their next class. Misao was just whining all the way.
~*~
10 minutes later
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"Hey missy you're late to class! What happened to you weasel girl? Not looking forward to see your boyfriend? Hahahahaha!"
Kaoru and Misao glare at Sano and throw their history books at him.
"Shut up Sano!" Kaoru yelled.
"Aoshi!!!" Misao screamed as soon as she spotted Aoshi.
Misao and Aoshi see each other and gather themselves somewhere near the corner of the room chattering happily with each other leaving Kaoru to talk to Sano.
"We had to take a detour. There were a whole bunch of girls blocking the hallway," Kaoru explained.
"Don't worry so much. The teacher's not here yet." Sano told Kaoru.
Kaoru looks around the room and finally realized that the teacher must've gotten stuck with the traffic outside the hallway. Finally a man with short brown hair, glasses, really thin, dressed in a white-collar shirt and khaki casual pants. Kaoru had a feeling that this teacher is going to be really hard to get along with.
~ He's so short, it looks like he got beaten up at school when he was a kid. Then he must've changed into a geek at school or something. ~
Finally the teacher opened his mouth and a nasally voice came out.
" Okay class my name is Mr. Matthews. This is a History class. We'll be learning about American wars, weird wars, ancient wars, civil war, lots and lots of wars."
~ Great. We're going to learn all about wars, he IS a geek. ~
A girl came in and interrupted Mr. Matthews talk about war. She has long black hair that reaches to her waist, violet eyes, pale white skin, dark red lips, and was dressed in a white-collar t-shirt with a small black mini-skirt.
She winks at the class and all the guys drooled except for Aoshi and Sano. Kaoru and Misao began to laugh their butts off. Sano stood up and walked over to the girl as soon as he noticed that the teacher was also staring at her. Sano puts an arm over the girls shoulder and glared at everyone who stared at her, everyone began to back down including the teacher.
Sano walked the girl to her seat and sat next to her.
"Megumi. Did you have to make an outstanding appearance or something? The teacher was checking you out!"
Megumi brush a few strands of her hair over her shoulder and plants a small kiss on Sano's cheek making him blush. Kaoru smiled at the couple.
"Megumi, why were you so late?" whispered Misao.
"Had to do something for the clubs. You know being a future doctor isn't easy Misao! Sorry for making all of you guys worried." Megumi replied.
The teacher coughs in front of the class and began his lectures.
~*~
The bell rang for the next period. The doors opened. Out came Sano and Megumi hand in hand, Aoshi and Misao walking close together, and Kaoru by herself.
"So what class are we all going to head to now?" Kaoru asks everyone.
Everyone replied, "PE!"
And all began to head to the locker rooms. Sano looked around and notices that Kenshin wasn't around,
"Hey Aoshi, why wasn't Kenshin at history class today?"
Aoshi merely shrugs and replied, "I think he was the one who caused that traffic during third period today."
Kaoru who heard all this began to scream. The two couples began to stare at her all weird.
"I can't stand that guy! He's so snobbish, selfish, stupid, and--!"
But then Kaoru voice was interrupted by a new voice.
"Sexy, smart, strong? Is that what you just said Kaoru? Why I am very flattered by your words"
Kaoru turns around and her jaw drops to see the redheaded yet gorgeous freak again.
"YOU AGAIN!?"
Kenshin approached Kaoru seductively and puts his face close to hers making Kaoru scared.
~ Don't touch me! I'm not one of those fan members of yours! So stay away from me! ~
Kaoru felt Kenshins hot breath near her face. He was getting closer and closer to her, pushing his body against her. Kaoru couldn't stand it anymore.
"Sano, Aoshi! Help me!" cried Kaoru.
Shortly Sano replied, "Hey Kenshin, leave missy alone or we'll have to hurt you."
Sano and Aoshi began to approach Kenshin with deadly eyes. Kenshin who saw the whole merely flicks his hair back and walk into the locker room. Sano and Aoshi follow Kenshin leaving Megumi, Misao, and Kaoru behind.
~*~ Boys Locker room ~*~
"Oi Kenshin, you shouldn't have scared Kaoru stiff like that." Sano said angrily as he began to change into his PE clothes.
"Jeez, I was only teasing, I thought that all girls like that stuff I do," replied Kenshin who was also putting on his PE clothes.
"Well Kaoru just isn't like the "girls" you thought of! She's different, don't consider her as one of those air headed fan club members of yours!"
"Okay, calm down Sano! We don't want you to crack any heads open!" Kenshin said coolly.
"I'll show you whose head is going to be cracked first." Sano started to crack his fingers.
"Now, now Sano. Violence is not required." Aoshi interrupted.
After that Sano calmed down and left outside to meet up with Megumi, leaving Aoshi to talk to Kenshin.
Aoshi finally faced Kenshin and said, "Don't underestimate Kaoru." Then he left to see Misao.
Kenshin was left dumbfounded.
~ Err…what was THAT suppose to mean? You don't suppose that she can beat me at challenges right? ~
~*~ Girls locker room ~*~
"Ohohohohohoho Kaoru, since when did you have this jacket? Ohohoho…and since when did you meet Kenshin and become close friends with him?" Megumi asked slyly.
"Megumi…Kenshin and I are not close friends AND I'm just borrowing this jacket because I'm cold."
"Are you sure it's nothing more than that little raccoon?" Megumi pressed herself close to Kaoru with eyes filled with interests.
Kaoru abruptly replied, "NOTHING more!"
"You two need to dress soon or we'll be late to class! Oh yeah, Kaoru, why did you get so scared of Kenshin back then?"
Kaoru began to grin and laugh maniacally.
"I want to fool him with my appearance. Did I look that weak and helpless?"
Megumi began to smile as she begins to figure out Kaoru's plan.
"Ah…so you wanted to make Kenshin believe that your like those girly girls. Since right now is PE and we are doing the volleyball unit, which is the sport that your pro at. I'm assuming that you're going prove Kenshin is very wrong then huh?"
"You're very smart Megumi. I'm pretty sure that Aoshi figured that out, but Sano might not be as bright…so are you going to be mad?" questioned Kaoru.
"No…I'm not…he knows who's good with volleyball and he knows not to mess with them."
Misao laughed out loud, making Megumi and Kaoru confused.
"What's so funny Misao?" Kaoru asked.
"Oh nothing, I'm just going to feel sorry for Kenshin."
Megumi asked, "Why?"
"Well it's because he had to find it out the hard way," replied Misao.
They all began to laugh and head outside towards where they meet their class.
~*~
"Alright class this year we'll be spending it half on doing volleyball and half on football. So if you want to change your class then too bad. You get what you get so don't whine about it. Got it class?" a rough voice said.
The whole class replied in a monotone voice, "Yes, Mr. Wilson."
"Okay class today we're going to view the game volleyball. Who's willing to volunteer?"
Mr. Wilson scanned throughout the whole class and saw three familiar faces from last year. He also noticed their eager faces to play.
"Kaoru, Misao, Megumi how about you three?"
All three girls stood up and walked to one side of the volleyball court without hesitation.
"All right, anyone is willing to challenge these girls? Hm…Mr. Himura how about you?"
Kenshin stood up and replied, "It'll be their honor to lose to me."
All the girls began to cheer Kenshin on and he began to wave to everyone as he head towards the opposite side of the volleyball court.
"Okay Kenshin, who else do you want to be on your team?"
Kenshin scanned around and all whole class became silent and worried. He saw Sano waving his arms furiously to not be picked.
~ I wonder why everyone is so silent all of the sudden and why does everyone look so scared? ~
"Hm…I choose Sano and Aoshi."
Sano looked like he got shot and fell down and the whole class breathe out a sigh of relief.
Sano crawled on the floor and held onto Kenshins leg.
"Please Kenshin! Don't make me face them! They're scary when they're combined! Don't—Kenshin—please no!" cried Sano as he was being dragged all the way to the volleyball court.
"Sano…how scary can they be? They're just girls!"
"Who said that I'm afraid of Megumi and Misao? The one I'm afraid of is none other than Kaoru! But when the three combines…that's like asking for real pain! REAL PAIN!!!" cried Sano.
"Just shut up Sano and play! Jeez how hard can Kaoru hit?"
Aoshi who said nothing the whole time began to talk.
"Sano just get up and play. Kenshin, I just hope you know what you're doing."
"Yes, I do so let's get started! Sano, Aoshi will hit the ball to you and you'll bring it to me. I'll do everything else."
Mr. Wilson began to talk, "Is everyone ready? You'll play your game up to 12 points and then switch side to start a new one. Best 2/3 wins. Everyone please review this game with interest. For those who were here last year would know what I'm talking about. For the new students, just pay attention."
Kenshin shouted to Kaoru across the court, "Are you ready to lose Kaoru? I don't want you to cry after all this ok? So be prepared."
Sano gets ready to serve the ball and the whole class began to watch with interest. Kaoru watched with eager eyes.
~ Watch Kenshin, I won't go easy on you. ~
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