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Students had arrived to school Friday morning, some chatted with there friends outside, some inside.

Kaoru sat at her desk her head rested on her hand as she looked out the window, rain was barely coming down. Misao was talking with some of her other friends when she noticed Kaoru, she was pretty quiet.

She walked over to Kaoru and sat at the desk that was infront of her.

"Somethin' wrong?"she asked. Misao showed a cheer up smile. Kaoru just looked at her then smiled.

"No..."she said. Misao raised an eyebrow. She thought Kaoru was supposed to be happy today! She would be going out tonight with Kenshin.

"Whats wrong Kaoru-san?"Misao asked,"and I know its more than nothin' too"Misao said. Kaoru smiled.

"Its nothing ok!"Kaoru said smiling. The truth was, it was somthing to her. She's realized that all the drama that she had gone through this year Kenshin was always with her.

He had saved her from her death...twice, and he skipped school just to be with Kaoru when her father was ill. Of course Misao was with her too Kaoru adored her for that.

Kenshin was something else to her actually more than a friend...could it be that she was starting to like him more than a friend?


Friday night had come, Misao heard the doorbell and ran to the door. She opened it and saw Kenshin there standing there in a hakama (isn't that what they call it for mens japanses clothing right?)

His hair was in a loose pony tail, his top hakama was maroon and his bottoms were white. (yes! i made him look like in the meji era!)

"Hey Himura!"Misao said smiling,"Come in." Kenshin walked in, his sweet smile was showing.

"Konnichiwa Misao-dono, is Kaoru-dono ready?"Kenshin asked. Misao shrugged her shoulders.

"I'll go check if she is"Misao said running up the stairs to Kaoru's room.

A few minutes ran by quickly, he heard steps from behind him. He turned around and faced Kaoru.

She was in the pink sakura petals kimono (already explained detail of what it looks like.) Her hair was up in a light pink ribbon.

Kenshin was stunned of her beauty, the kimono fitted her just perfectly.

As Kaoru took her final step off the stairs she walked to Kenshin.

"Hi Kenshin"she said smiling although she was blushing a bit. Misao was upstairs looking at the scene beween the two.

"Good evening Kaoru-dono, shall we go?"Kenshin asked holding out his arm. Kaoru took his arm gratefully and they walked out the door.

When they stepped outside it wasn't raining anymore it was damp though you could feel the moisture in the air.

Kaoru looked infront of her to see what her transportation was going to be, but she hadn't expected a small limo infront of her.

When they neared the limo she saw across the limo the words "Japanese Restaraunt Escort." It was owened by the restaraunt that they were heading to.

"Ken-shin..."Kaoru's mouth was slightly open. Kenshin smiled.

The limo driver opened the door for Kaoru and Kenshin. As you know Kenshin had let Kaoru get in first.

Kaoru sat in the middle of the wide seat the limo smelled of leather and the seats were a shiny black leather.

She couldn't see much of the limo as it was dark outside and the limo was black.


When the limo stopped Kenshin opened the door and pulled his hand out for Kaoru to come out.

They walked inside and noticed everyone was in kimonos and hakamas. Waiters were rushing by with food on their plates while people came in and out of the restaraunt.

"Himura reservation"Kenshin said to the waitress at the desk who wasalso in a kimono.

"Ah yes follow me"she said. Kaoru was still of hold of Kenshin's arm she peered around the restaraunt and noticed it was just a simple authentic japanese diner,"Here we are"the waitress said openeing a shoji door.

Kaoru noticed it was a room it wasn't like the other ones that had no doors. They took off there sandles and stepped inside. They sat on there legs across from eachother with a low table between them.

They were handed menus and the waitress left the room and closed the shoji door. It was very quiet in the room, neither Kaoru or Kenshin said anything, they were probably to embarrassed to talk to eachother.

"Arigato for this Kenshin, it really lightened up my mood"Kaoru said smiling. Kenshin smiled also.

When they ordered their dinner they were left in silence again, finally Kenshin spoke out to relieve the silence.

"So hows Yahiko?"he asked scratching the back of his head.

"Hes doing ok, has some big test coming up so hes been studying pretty hard lately. I'm kind of shocked that hes still phocused on his school work due to the drama we've had this past month"Kaoru said. Kenshin smiled slightly.

He noticed Kaoru entwining her fingers.

"Are you alright Kaoru-dono? You seem...uncomfortable?"Kenshin asked. Kaoru looked up to him.

"Iie. Nothing at all"she said. She noticed that they weren't having good conversations there was nothing to talk about.

Finally the food had arrived as they ate Kaoru noticed Kenshin having some trouble with the chopsticks. She giggled,"Having trouble?"she asked politefully.

"Yes..I'm just having some trouble with these chopsticks, my parents never took me to these kind of restaraunts"Kenshin said. Kaoru smiled.

"Same here...what were your parents like?"she asked. Kenshin finally got the hand of the chopsticks and looked at her.

"Ano...they were loving, caring, but they were to overprotective"Kenshin said. Kaoru giggled.

"Too overprotective?"Kaoru asked. Kenshin nodded.

"Yeah, they never really thought that they were, but I thought they were wrong. There was this one time..." Kenshin started. It seemed like to Kaoru a conversation had started.


Kaoru layed down her chopsticks and wiped her mouth with a napkin. She then layed the napkin also on the low table and watched the waitress take her empty bowl away.

She looked at Kenshin and noticed that he was finished too.

"Arigato very much Kenshin for this dinner, I had a nice time"Kaoru said smiling. Kenshin smirked.

"The nights not over yet"Kenshin said. Kaoru looked a bit shocked of what he said.

"What?"she asked. Kenshin smiled then stood up.

"I'm going to take you somewhere"Kenshin said. Kaoru arose to her feet and put her sandles back on along with Kenshin.

They were followed by the waitress to a back room, when she opened the door Kaoru saw infront of her the most beautiful garden. There was a walkway too, almost like a park. There were fountains that were placed in the middle of bushes.

Trees, flowers, bushes of flowers and there was a small water fall too. Kaoru widened her eyes, this all belonged to the restaraunt.

"Care for a walk Kaoru-dono?"Kenshin asked holding out his arm. Kaoru took his arm and locked both arms around his.

As they stepped outside Kaoru noticed that the smell of freshly fallen rain filled the garden. The moon was out and it shined on the waterfoutain nearby.

They walked past the small water falland noticed small fish were swimming in the lake.

The water was shimmering from the moon so it sparkled every time you made a slight move. Kenshin looked at Kaoru who wasadoring the scenery. Her blue eyes also shined from the moon. Sparkles had shone up in her eyes as her blue eyes lightned up.

She looks so lovely...he thought to himself. Kenshin breathed in the jasmine from Kaoru. He loved her perfume.

The night was a bit chilly, but Kaoru felt warm when she was near Kenshin. A slight breeze came passing through and Kaoru tightened Kenshin's arm as she layed her head gently on his shoulder from the breeze.

Kenshin smiled while Kaoru blushed. They walked a bit further they could hear the sounds of crickets chirping the nightly song.

Soon they had arrived hear a mossy scene where trees slowly swayed from the breeze. From the cornor of Kaoru's eye she noticed something glow near the high grass.

She turned her head and noticed fire flies glowing. There were about twenty of them, they looked so lovely just floating around.

"Kenshin, look. Don't they look beautiful"Kaoru said smiling. Kenshin nodded.


"Its not like it, seeing fire flies come out this time of year"Kenshin continued,"It was told that when you see fire flies glow with a person that is very close to you, it is said that it brings true happiness to the one you most clearly care about"Kenshin said.

Kaoru smiled and layed her head on his shoulder just gazing at the beautiful fire flies with the one that she most cleary cared about.

AC: Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter...i know i did! well i'll tell you this...the story is not that close to being over i have much ideas in this pueny brain of mine! well on with chapter 14!