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A/N Hey everyone..... Oh fine... since you all love it I'll continue it... On with it!!

FROM THE LAST CHAPTER

His concerned violet orbs clashed with her teary, sapphire ones as they stayed trapped in each others' gazes. He then pinned her small wrists to the wall as she tried to look away from him, "I... I'd rather not talk about it..."

CURRENT CHAPTER

He stared hardly at her as his eyes pierced deep into her heart, "Why? I know there's something wrong and it involves me... I wanna help you get over this problem... I don't wanna see you suffer..."

She averted her eyes away from him and stared down at her sandals as if it were the most spectacular objects she'd ever seen in her 17 years of busy, scheduled summers, "Its... Its not you... Its just... something else, but thanks for your concern..."

He gripped her shoulders tightly which shocked her, "I don't mean to be nasty and nosey, but I just wanna help you let it all out... I know it has to do with me, I've seen the way you look at me as if... I've done something."

Kaoru shook her head as she smiled sadly, "No no... you saw things the wrong way... I just haven't been sleeping well and this month's been pretty bad... you know exams, the kendo match..."

Kenshin raised his eyebrows, "I don't believe a word you're saying... I can read your eyes Kaoru, I'm not that dense."

"You wouldn't understand me Kenshin," she replied softly as she covered her eyes beneath her bangs.

He then tightened his grip on her small shoulders and shook her really hard, "God dammit just tell me and it'll all be over and done with! I just wanna help you, god you're so stubborn!"

"Well excuse me but I'd rather keep things to myself!" She snapped back at him rather harshly. "You know, you don't have to be so damn nosey.... I'm fed up of everyone and everything!"

The warm tears she had been trying to hold back for so long cascaded down her flushed cheeks which immediately caused guilt to conquer Kenshin, "Sorry Kaoru, I didn't mean it anyway like that.... Its just that.."

Kaoru shook her head, "You idiot, you think I'd really buy that excuse? After what you've said?"

She then choked on her sobs, but failed to do so as Kenshin pulled her into a warm embrace, "Shhhh.... Its alright Kaoru... I won't ask you then. Please don't cry, I don't like seeing girls cry.."

'A very sweet, beautiful and brave girl, might I add,' he mentally thought.

Shock overwhelemed her as she melted in his warm embrace, 'Is... Is this really happening? But he has a girlfriend...'

She tried to push him away but he held on tightly to her. She then slid down below and just managed to escape from his stretched out arms, ready to grab her. She then reached the classroom door and tried to open it, but seemed like someone had locked it from outside... Uh oh.... 'Damn you Sano... Why do you have to lock it at a time like this? Some class monitor...'

And at that very moment, Kenshin pinned her arms against the wall for the second time and she turned her averted her teary, sapphire eyes towards the glass window. Bingo.

She then kicked the most painful part of the male's body and quickly slid open the window. She then jumped out and it had finally hit her – She was on a sloped roof of a three storey building... Oh and how could we ever forget that she had a phobia of heights...

She gulped hardly as she eyed the large, school grounds with great fear, 'Oh god, what have I done? Oh thanks Kenshin... Thanks a lot... Ok, what do I do... what do I do?'

Then what she least expected to happen, had just happened. An auburn haired person jumped out the window onto the roof, "Kaoru! What are you doing? Get back here!"

She glared at him, "The door's locked from the outside you fool!"

He returned the glare, but it was much more serious than the stern look from before, "Kaoru, don't be so stubborn... Let's just get it over and done with.. then I'll figure a way to get us out..."

"Over my dead body," she snapped back.

She then walked over to the other side of the roof as quickly as possible to get away from him, who was following her as well.

She saw a large, oak tree which was not quite far from the roof top, but not too near either. She heaved a sigh of frustration as she saw the large gap between her and the tree, then she turned behind to see Kenshin catching up.

She jumped high up into the air and was about to land on the tree's branch until she slipped over the damp, slippery chestnut coloured branch. Fear overwhelmed her as she let out a piercing scream thinking that she'd be disabled for life, or maybe even face death, 'Oh no, this is just too soon!'

She then shut her eyes tightly, waiting for the worst to come...

But instead of hitting the ground as expected, she had landed in a pair of strong arms and felt her head lie against a slightly muscular chest... well,there wasn't much fat or muscle, just a bit might I add incase you're all so blur... no offence my lovely readers...

She the creaked open her eyes slowly and looked up into a pair of gorgeous violet eyes....

KAORU POV

Oh no, look at who just had to rescue me, the damsel in distress... Oh god, he looks really pissed off.... Uh oh, now I'm gonna hear it...

He glared at me angrily but at the same time I could see a hint of concern, "Kaoru, I never ever want you to do that again, ever. You could've died you know.... And I wouldn't forgive myself for that."

I tried to avoid looking into his eyes for the thousandth time that day as stared down at the ground, tears threatening to fall again, "Sorry Kenshin... Its just that I... I... I didn't really mean to concern you and all...."

He then helped me to stand up on my feet as his eyes softened at me, "Its alright Kaoru... But you could've died though... But tell me... why were you crying?"

I kept quiet for a moment as silence overtook the both of them. Finally when I was about to answer his question, the announcer announced, "Ok everyone, the kendo match is about to start now so please gather your teams..."

Gee, I never knew that the announcemeants could be heard from outside the gym room... oh well....

We both then quickly headed towards the gym room inside the green building... Why of all colours green, I really deteste it... Ok... getting of the topic, I see you're all falling asleep....

2 HOURS LATER

It was my turn to go against Kenshin... And it was the final battle to see which school would win the trophy for the best kendo team in the country, since we both teams beat every other kendo team in the country.

I was the new leader of the kendo team in our school which had brought me so much pride. Mum was really proud of me and so was my bratty little brother, Yahiko. That night when I had told her the great news, she gave me a big hug and I couldn't breathe cos of that. She then ordered pizza for the 3 of us to celebrate at home, I loved my mum more than anything else.

My dad had ran off with some other woman when I was about 8 and Yahiko was about 3, so he could vaguely remember anything about dad. I remember mum was crying so much and since then, her smiles have always been fake – or rather a mask you could say. I hated my dad so much for hurting the woman I had always looked up to as my saviour.

My dad was never home when they were together so I didn't really know much about him. I never wanted to see him again, ever. But I better proceed with the kendo match which concerns me against Kenshin....

I always felt slightly nervous when I was about to fight against someone, but never was I this fearful as Kenshin and I stepped onto the fighting area. We took our stances and then after the count of 3, we continued to stay still, but was the first to charge.

Both our shinais clashed against one another as we looked deep into each others' eyes and weird emotions suddenly overtook me as I felt butterflies fluttering in my stomach. It was pretty hard to concentrate on fighting as these weird feelings were controlling my body.

Suddenly out from nowhere he hit me from behind though it wasn't as hard but I fell to the ground as my vision went blurry and darkness overtook me.....

TO BE CONTINUED.....

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Ja ne!

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