Kenshin Rock!

Chapter 4-Pictures

Several people have asked me how old everyone is and so I'm finally going to tell you (yey!).

Megumi- 20

Kaoru- 19

Misao- 18

Kenshin- 25 (getting old isn't he? Lol)

Aoshi- 23

Kenji- 23

Sanosuke- 22

Hope that helped, here's chapter 4.

Kaoru just stood there with her mouth open, complete shock written all over her face as she stared at her visitor, "K...Kenshin?"

"The one and only, can I come in?"

"Oh, um... sure."

She stepped aside and let Kenshin in before she shut the door, "So... what brings you here, Kenshin?"

"Misao forgot her purse and I came to get it for her and to maybe convince you to come with us to lunch."

"The purse I can handle but I think I'll skip on the going with you."

"Why? Does Jerry actually have something happening today?"

Kaoru giggled, "Not really, same old stuff. You know, two girls fighting over one guy, husbands cheating."

"Oh, repeats, huh?"

"Basically, here's Misao's purse."

Kaoru handed Kenshin the purse and he playfully draped it over his shoulder, "Is it me?"

Kaoru rolled her eyes at him, "Oh definitely, the color is so you, Kenshin."

Kenshin chuckled and watched as a woman tried to bite one of the bouncers, "You sure you don't want to come with us?"

"I'm sure, you all will be fine without me."

"But I might actually have to have a conversation with my brother."

Kaoru giggled and shook her head, "It won't kill you to talk to your brother, besides, I'll just be in the way."

Kenshin went up to her and took her hand, running his thumb over her knuckles gently, "Come with us, I'll be lonely without you."

Kaoru looked up at him and saw a blank face but his eyes said more than his words. They were soft and asking as they stared into hers, making her heart melt even as she forced herself to look at the ground, "You'll have more fun without me."

"Please Kaoru?"

Kaoru looked back up at him and was surprised to see that he looked sad, she couldn't stand it when he looked that way. After a moment she sighed harshly and shook her head, "Will you cry if I don't go with you?"

"I might."

"Fine! Let me change."

Kenshin smiled as she left down the hall, his amber eyes glittering with excitement. He heard a scream and looked over at the TV to see a very tall woman yanking out another's hair, finding out it was a wig. He shook his head, "Looks like me and Kenji."

He shut off the TV and looked around at the livingroom, a couch rested against the wall near the door and a brown coffee table sat in front of it. The TV was on the wall opposite in front of the couch and from where he was standing he could see straight out the window. Above the TV was a mantle with pictures and his curiosity got the best of him and he glanced over the numerous photographs there.

One had all three of the girls in graduation outfits holding their diplomas, another had Misao holding a mangy looking dog. One picture stood out at Kenshin and he smiled when he saw Kaoru in a hakama and gi holding a bokken and a trophy, apparently from a martial arts tournament, "I should've guessed she was a fighter."

Suddenly he saw a picture hidden behind all the others and he picked it up, blowing some of the dust off of it before his face lit up with an amused grin, "No way! This is too good."

The picture was of Kaoru, probably when she was eight or nine, she had on a bright pink, flowing dress with flowers scattered about on it here and there. She had her hair up in a bun and wore a feathery crown (like the ones you can get at the Dollar Store). In her hand she had a little mask and on her feet she had fake glass slippers and Kenshin couldn't help but chuckle, "I can't wait to ask her about this."

"Ask me about what, Kenshin?"

He looked over at Kaoru and smiled evilly, holding up the picture for her to see, "Is this you? Are you Cinderella or the fairy god mother?"

Kaoru turned the color of Kenshin's hair and tried to snatch the picture from him, "Give me that! Where'd you get it?"

"I found it on the mantle, you were really cute."

"I was ugly! Now give me that before I hurt you!"

They fought a minute over the picture before Kaoru finally got hold of it, trying to pull it away from Kenshin, "Let go!"

"Make me."

Kaoru smiled and stomped his foot, making him let go of the picture. She put it on the table and huffed at him, "You tell one person about that picture and I will kill you, got it?"

"Got it."

"Good, let's go."

"Ladies first."

Kenshin held the door open and let Kaoru leave first but before he left he grabbed the picture from the table and put it in his pocket, shutting the door behind him as he followed Kaoru. Misao saw them coming and bounced up and down, "Yeah! You got her to come, how'd you do it?"

"I asked her and she said yes. Here's your purse."

Kenshin handed her the purse and she smiled, "Thanks, let's go!"

Misao got in the van and Kenshin helped Kaoru in before he got in himself and sat beside her. She poked him in the arm and smiled at him, "You looked really good with that purse."

"Really? I'm gonna have to get me one."

Everyone laughed and Sanosuke drove off towards the end of town. Once they reached the café they all piled out and found a table big enough for all of them to sit at. A waitress came by and they all ordered what they wanted and went off to get the order. As they waited the girls asked them about what they were going to play at Seijiro next weekend and they explained a few songs they were thinking about playing. Kenji was laughing at a weird face Kenshin was making at Misao and he glanced over to see a young girl sitting at a table by herself. She had long black hair tied into a half ponytail with a deep blue ribbon, she was reading something and from where Kenji was sitting he could tell that she was very pretty and couldn't help but stare at her.

Kenshin glanced at Kenji and noticed him looking at something behind them, he tapped Aoshi and pointed to Kenji, "Check out our drummer."

They all looked at him and saw his spaced out look as he looked gazed at something behind them. Kenshin turned around and spotted what he was looking at, a smile coming to his lips, "Oh I see, you found a pretty girl, go talk to her."

Kenji didn't answer, he just kept looking at the girl. Sanosuke leaned over and gently smacked him in the head, bringing him back to reality, "What?"

"That girl you're staring at, go talk to her."

"No, she wouldn't want to talk to me."

"I don't get you, you can talk to girls and break the ice for us but you can't do it for yourself."

"Well, I don't have to actually make the moves when it's your girls."

The guys all groaned and threw napkins at Kenji. Kenshin reached over and put a hand on his shoulder, "Just go and be yourself, it always works, girls can't resist you."

"You really think she'll talk to me?"

"I know she will, go on!"

Kenshin pushed him away from the table and Kenji went up to the girl, "Hi."

She looked up and smiled, "Hi."

"Mind if I sit?"

"No go ahead."

Kenji sat down and started a conversation with her, getting her to laugh almost instantly. Kenshin shook his head, "I love my little brother but there are times I truly worry about him."

"You think he'll get her number?" Sanosuke asked

"Probably."

The waitress came back with their orders and they started eating, keeping an eye on Kenji to see if he needed backup or not. After about ten minutes the girl got up to leave and Kenji shook her hand before she went off. He came back and sat down, a big smile on his face, "How'd it go, Romeo?" Aoshi asked

"Fine."

"Well give us details, Kenji." Kaoru said excitedly

"Well... her name's Chizuru and she's single. She lives a few blocks from the club and she said that she's going to come next weekend and watch us."

"Good, then you can impress her with your drumming skills."

"Girls normally go for the singer or the guitarists, drummers don't usually get the girl."

"All you gotta do is where something that will catch her eye." Misao said

"Yeah, girls like any guy in a band, it doesn't necessarily have to be the guitarists or the singer. Drummers usually have something to throw though is why we avoid you."

Everyone laughed at Megumi's comment, snickering at the playfully hurt look Kenji was giving her.

Kenshin poked him in the arm, getting his attention, "Did you get her number?"

"Was I supposed to?"

"Kenji!"

Everyone near him hit him playfully and they all had a good laugh, amused by his innocence. After lunch the guys decided to go to and practice a little bit and the girls happily agreed to come along and listen, they all piled back into the van and drove off. Twenty minutes later they arrived at an old warehouse and they all went inside, to the girl's surprise it was quite nice inside, a contrast to the worn, rundown look on the outside. Sanosuke unlocked the door and everyone filed into a huge room, there were several large windows around the room, making it very easy to see without the lights turned on. There was a couch and a few beanbag chairs scattered around the coffee table and opposite the coffee table was a small stage with several instruments and a couple of amplifiers.

"This place is cool! How long you guys been playing here?" Misao asked

"Since we got together about ten years ago." Aoshi explained as he started tuning his bass.

"So you guys have basically grown up together?"

"Yeah, we all know good blackmail on each other, like the time that Kenshin..."

"Sano!"

Sanosuke smiled at the threatening glare Kenshin was giving him and took the warning, picking up his guitar and fiddling with it. Kenji set up his drums and Kenshin tuned his guitar as the girls sat down on the couch, eagerly waiting for them to start playing. It only took five minutes for them all to get set up and Kenshin smiled, pretending there was a large audience, "Glad to have all of you beautiful ladies here today, we're gonna play a few songs and you tell us what you think. This song is by Chevelle and it's called 'The Red.'"

They started playing and the girls couldn't help but be amazed at how well they played. Kaoru was very impressed with how professional they were, just an hour earlier they were acting like teenagers, throwing things at one another and insulting each others' heritage. But now they acted like there wasn't anything wrong at all, they didn't even seem to notice that there was a world around them, they simply concentrated on their music and seemed to be off in another world as they played flawlessly. The song ended and the girls clapped and cheered, Kenshin announced another song and they began to play again. The little concert lasted about twenty minutes and the girls cheered loudly after they were finished, "You guys are great! You're gonna knock em dead at Seijiro!"

"Misao's right, you guys are awesome."

"Thanks, that's only a few songs we're gonna play, we haven't figured out which other ones we're gonna do yet. Hiko wants at least a one hour show."

"He's rough on you isn't he?" Megumi asked

"Not really, we've known him for years, he's actually pretty nice to us. You should see what he does to bands he doesn't like."

The girls giggled as the guys came and sat down in the beanbags. They talked for a long time, telling past experiences and how they'd gotten the band together and what they planned to do after the show. Aoshi glanced at the clock and his eyes went wide, "It's four o'clock."

"No way! For real?" Sanosuke looked at the clock and chuckled, "Shoot! Sorry girls, we didn't mean to keep you this long."

"It's alright, I've enjoyed myself." Megumi said, playing with a strand of Sanosuke's hair

"Would you like to stay for dinner? It'll be late by the time we get you back."

"Sure, we'd like that."

"Cool, so who's got dinner duty?" Kenji asked

"I did it yesterday so don't ask me." Kenshin said smiling

"How about we all go and get whatever we want?" Aoshi asked

"Sounds good, wanna come girls?"

"Sure Sanosuke, let's go. You coming Kaoru?"

"You go ahead Misao, I've already been drug out once today."

"Alright, see ya later."

Aoshi, Sanosuke, Megumi, Misao and Kenji all left and locked the door behind them, leaving Kenshin and Kaoru alone. Kaoru stretched and smiled, "So... what do you want to do?"

"Don't know, wanna watch a movie?"

"As long as it's not Freddy vs Jason I'm fine."

Kenshin laughed, "Ok, I can live with that, I'll be right back."

Kenshin got up and left the room and Kaoru got up and looked around, there was a small book case in the far left corner and she glanced over the books on the shelves. One in particular caught her attention, it was a worn black book and she took it out and smiled at the cover, "Kenji and Kenshin."

She flipped through the pages and found that it was a photo album, there were numerous pictures of Kenshin and Kenji when they were little, one had Kenshin pushing Kenji on a swing when they were six or seven years old. Kaoru smiled at one she found at the next page, it was Kenshin when he was nine. He had his hair in its usual ponytail, wearing a blue gi and gray hakama, in his hand was a sword and a trophy was beside him and a medal was around his neck. Kaoru read the caption and smiled, "Kenshin's first tournament, he placed first in weapons and first in sparring."

Kaoru continued through the album and the last one she couldn't help but laugh at. She took it out and put the album back, sitting down with the picture. It was Kenshin when he was five, he had on a blue hat with a yellow feather and he had on an old style prince outfit, it looked like something an actor would wear in a Shakespeare play. He had a toy sword in his hand and he was grinning, looking ready to fight, "I think I've got my revenge."

Kenshin came back into the room holding a movie and he glanced at her, "What you got?"

"You made fun of me about being Cinderella, right?"

"Yeah."

"Well guess what," she held the picture up and smiled, "I found my prince charming."

Kenshin turned pink and glared at her, "Where'd you get that?"

"I found it and I'm keeping it."

"I don't think so, give it!"

Kenshin tried to grab the picture from her but she moved off the couch and laughed, "You're not getting this back, it's mine and I'm going to show Misao and Megumi."

"That's what you think."

Kenshin lunged at her and Kaoru tried to run but before she could get three feet she felt Kenshin wrap one of his arms around her waist, using the other to try and get the picture, both laughing loudly, "Give me the picture Kaoru!"

"No! I wanna keep it."

"It's mine, give it!"

Kaoru managed to pull away and attempted to run again but this time Kenshin put his arm over hers, pinning them against her as he used his free hand to grab hers, getting hold of the picture, "Got it! Give it to me!"

"No! Let go you jerk!"

They were so caught up in their little wrestling match that they didn't hear the door open or notice the people in the door watching them, "Hey Kenshin."

They froze and looked over to see the whole gang grinning at them, "Can't you at least get a room, man?" Sanosuke asked playfully

"Guys? Hey... um... it's not what you think."

Kenshin let go of her and snatched the picture from her as he did so, putting it behind his back, "What you got there big brother?"

"Nothing."

Kenshin went to put the picture back but Sanosuke ran after him and grabbed it, showing everyone as Kenshin yelled at him, "Sano! Don't show them that!"

The guys snickered and the girls cooed, "Oh, you were so cute, Kenshin." Misao said with sparkling eyes.

"Yeah Kenshin, I didn't know you were Prince Charming himself." Aoshi laughed, unable to hold back the smile he had playing on his face.

"Alright, laugh it up, I was a dork as a kid."

"I thought you were cute, besides, Mom worked hard on that outfit. You haven't changed at all, except you're a little taller, now all you need to do is find a princess and live happily ever after."

Everyone laughed as Kenshin went up and gave Kenji a noogy, playful anger in his eyes, "I wouldn't be talking, now let's all shut up and watch a movie."

"Sounds good."

They all sat down and sorted out dinner and started the movie. Kenji looked over at Kenshin and saw him sitting next to Kaoru, closer than he should've been. He leaned over and whispered to him, "I see you found your princess."

"Don't start with me, or I'll find Chizuru and tell her about what you were last Halloween, King Arthur."

Kenji took the hint and turned his attention back to the movie. About half way through the movie Aoshi and Sanosuke were cuddled up with Megumi and Misao, the movie turning sort of mushy as the hero found a girl he liked. Kaoru was enjoying the movie, it had adventure and romance, she glanced over at Kenshin and saw that he looked kind of bored, obviously not the helpless romantic type. She smiled and unconsciously laid her head on his shoulder, Kenshin glanced at her and smiled, not objecting to the gesture as he went back to watching the movie.

Finally the movie ended and everyone stretched, "That was a good movie."

"It was, kind of mushy though." Sanosuke complained

"There's nothing wrong with mushy." Megumi said, giving him a hug

"It's late, we need to get you girls home." Kenji said as he got the keys

"Yeah, let's go."

"We need to wait, Misao."

"Why Aoshi?"

"Look at Kenshin and Kaoru."

They all looked to where Aoshi was pointing and snickered at the sight. Kaoru had her head against Kenshin's shoulder as he rested his head on top of hers, both sound asleep, "Looks like they enjoyed the movie."

"I'm not waking them up, you remember what happened last time I was volunteered to wake up Kenshin." Sanosuke said playfully

"I'll do it, jeeze, I don't know why you all are so afraid of my brother."

"He's evil." Aoshi and Sanosuke said together, getting snickers out of the girls.

Kenji went up and gently tapped Kenshin on the shoulder, "Kenshin, hey Kenshin."

"What man?"

"It's time to go, we need to get the girls home, you wake up Kaoru and we'll meet you in the van."

"Alright."

Everyone left and Kenshin stretched the best he could. He looked down at Kaoru and couldn't help but smile, she was beautiful when she was asleep. He moved some hair out of her face and gently tapped her on the cheek, "Kaoru... Kaoru."

"Hmm? What is it?"

"It's time to leave."

Kaoru sat up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to fall asleep on you."

"I didn't mind, come on, lets get you home."

He held his hand out to her and helped her to stand when she took it. They went out to the van and Sanosuke drove off once they got in. About thirty minutes later they arrived at the girl's apartment the guys bid the girls goodnight. Kenshin helped Kaoru out of the van and she smiled, "Thanks."

"Mind if I walk you?"

"Sure."

"I'll be back guys."

"Don't be too long Prince Charming we gotta go."

Kenshin gave them the finger and followed Kaoru up the stairs, ignoring their laughter as he went. Kaoru opened her door and turned to Kenshin with a soft smile, "Thanks Kenshin."

"No problem, you still coming next weekend?"

"I wouldn't miss it."

"I'll see you there then, goodnight Kaoru." he gave her a kiss on the cheek and left, not noticing the smile Kaoru flashed at his back, "Goodnight Kenshin."

Kaoru shut the door and went to bed, happiness running through her as she drifted off into dreamland. The next morning she woke up and greeted Megumi and Misao in the livingroom, "Good morning girls, what're we gonna do today?"

"I was thinking about going shopping for a new outfit for next weekend, wanna come?" Misao asked smiling

"I'd like to, I need a new outfit."

"For Kenshin?" Megumi teased

"Maybe, but lets go now before the crowds get too big."

"Good idea."

They locked the door and left, heading to the mall in search of new outfits for next weekend.

That's chapter 4! Thanks so much for all the reviews guys, you really inspired me to keep going. Hope you like it, more to come soon.