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Chapter 2

In Comes Kaoru!

Beep Beep!

Kaoru groaned as she got up. 'Time for school…' she thought as she grabbed a towel and walked over to the lake to wash her face. She quickly washed up and got ready.

"Bye Okaasan! Bye Otousan!" She yelled as she walked out of the tent and started to head for school. "Keep the tent safe!"

Kaoru happily skipped to school when she saw two students she'd never seen before. One was short and had long red hair and a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek while the other was very tall and had hair in the shape of a rooster head. 'They must be new! The redhead looks very cute…-what am I thinking!' Kaoru thought to herself.

"Remember Sano, if any girl bumps into us or we bump into them, there's going to be a lot of commotion so you have to be careful!" Kenshin was reminding Sano for the 10th time. He saw Sano roll his eyes. "Sano, I mean it!" Kenshin shouted angrily. He turned to see a girl looking at them.

"Oro? Who are you?" Kenshin asked. The girl jerked out of her daze and suddenly started bowing quickly and apologizing over and over again.

"G-gomen! Gomen! Gomen nasai!" Kaoru frantically stuttered over and over again. Kenshin and Sano looked at each other. Sano looked about ready to laugh and Kenshin looked worried….that she might be sick or something.

"Um…there's nothing to be sorry about, Miss." Kenshin slowly said. Sano glanced at Kenshin and gave a weird look to Kaoru. Kenshin stomped on his foot painfully. Sano winced and put on a smile, though he was shaking from the pain.

"I'm Kamiya Kaoru! I'm so sorry that I've caused you trouble! I didn't mean it!" Kaoru exclaimed worriedly.

"Oh, please don't be sorry. There is nothing to be sorry for. My name is Sohma Kenshin and this is Sohma Sanosuke. We are new to this school but it doesn't seem like you are?" Kenshin introduced himself and Sano.

"Oh no! This is my 2nd year here! I'm a sophomore! What about you?" Kaoru said quickly.

"Ah, we are sophomores too! We also have eleven other cousins attending this school this year." Sano interrupted before Kenshin could say something to start a whole big conversation.

"Ah! Eleven!" Kaoru looked astounded. "So many!"

"Yes…the Sohmas' are a big family…" Sano said in a monotone voice. He was already used to these comments.

"Well, we should head for school now. Sano and I will be going now, Kaoru-dono." Kenshin cut in before Kaoru could say anything else.

"Oh…how about if we walk together then?" Kaoru suggested before Kenshin and Sano could get away.

Kenshin and Sano glanced at each other. "Er…Okay then…" Kenshin answered.

Kenshin, Sano, and Kaoru started talking to each other about everything. About favorite things, things they hated, what classes they were taking…In fact, they all checked their schedules and checked to see what classes were the same or not. Kenshin and Kaoru had every class together while Sano had 2 classes different. When they reached the school, Kenshin and Sano went part ways and Kaoru went over to her old friends, Okon and Omasu.

"Okon-chan! Omasu-chan!" Kaoru shouted while waving.

'She looked very happy…and really cute…'Kenshin hit his head. What was he thinking? 'Sigh…lets just get to class…'