Hi everybody! Okies! Here's duh next chapter! …I am sooo very sorry for taking 4ever. It's just school again. Kinda got grounded…ya. But school will be over soon and then no more delays! I promise! Arigatou! And sorry again! ;

Chapter Eleven:

Kaoru followed Kenshin in to the school building, he took her into the office and told them what had happened and they allowed him to stay with her in each of her classes until her memory was back. Kenshin showed where to sit and he sat down beside her. She looked around and found other girls looking at her with an unfriendly expression.

"Ne Kenshin?"

"Hm?"

"How come those girls are giving me a rude stare?" He looked at the girls and chuckled.

"Don't worry about them. They're just jealous."

"Of what?"

"About you being the only girl I talk to as a good friend of course."

"Oh. So you've never had a girlfriend?"

"No."

The teacher came in and made announcements then they started class. Kenshin briefly explained each class to her and what they had been doing. Soon Kenshin brought her to the kendo room.

"All right guy's settle down. Your sensei, as you have heard, has had an accident and she has lost her memories. So for now I will assist her and please try to cooperate." Kenshin said. Kaoru looked at Kenshin. After school was over the two walked around the city and ended up going to the park where Kaoru sat down on the swings. Kenshin watched her as she swung. She stopped and took a bag of cookies out.

"Want some?" she asked gesturing to Kenshin.

"Sure." Kaoru smiled.

" I love cookies! About this school I go too. It's not that bad. People are really friendly and the friends that I have tried really hard to get my memory back also. They kept on talking about a lot of things." Kaoru took a bite out of her cookie. Kenshin sat on her right side and pushed backwards and swung.

" Hey Kenshin? Do you know Tomoe?" Kenshin stopped swinging.

"Ya. She's one of your good friends."

"Ya. It's kind of a blur but I think I remember her..or at least I think I know her. She looked familiar when I saw her. Then she talked with me telling me that she was sorry for not being there and also she talked about the past."

"Well. It looks like your starting to remember a bit. That's a good start."

"Who is this person that I fought with? What did the person want from me?"

"He wanted your power. To tell you the truth you have a twin sister Shinji told me the story between you two and how your sister died."

"My sister died?" Kenshin nodded " If she is dead than how come I have not seen her with the elders?"

"That's the thing. Shinji and the elders have been trying to find out what happened to your parents and your sister. The only suspect we have right now…is Enshi."

"Is he the guy I fought with?"

"Ya. But the bastard isn't getting away. You beat him up pretty badly also…so I'm guessing he's healing. So we'll take every opportunity till you regain your memories."

Kaoru turned her head to the left and found Shinji walking towards them. She stopped swining and smiled.

"Hi Shinji."

"Hey guys."

"What brings you here?" Kaoru asked.

"I was wondering. Can I hang out with you for a while?"

"Um.. Sure." Kaoru looked at Kenshin.

"I don't mind. I'm gonna be going home. Need to finish homework." Kaoru watched as Kenshin left and hesitated. She looked back at Shinji who was smiling at her.

"So. Since you're an angel like me. Lets get to know each other again! Why don't we go get some ice cream!" Shinji shook his head smiling.

"Even after your loss of memory your love for ice cream has not vanished." Kaoru looked at him and laughed.

ice cream store-

"So what do you want to do after this?" Kaoru asked eating her ice cream. Shinji paused to think and answered.

"There's something I need to tell you."

"Okay. So what relationship were we in?" The two got up and walked out of the shop.

'Kaoru…if I told you a lie then maybe you'll come to me and not to Kenshin…but..' Kaoru looked at him waiting for an answer.

"Both you and I liked each other and we went out," Kaoru looked at him surprised. ", but Kenshin stole you away from me."

"But how is it your fau-" Kenshin stopped her from talking by kissing her. Kaoru was in complete shock and wanted to move away but her mind reclined and her body didn't want to move, and what half shocked Kenshin was Kaoru responded just a bit. Kenshin backed away and looked at her seriously.

"I must confess Kaoru. I….I like you. But I'm sure you don't feel the same also since you don't remember me." Kenshin was about to walk away but Kaoru stopped him.

"W-when I didn't have amnesia ….did..did I like you?" Kenshin looked at her as she blushed.

"I don't know…" Kenshin turned around once again.

" I..i don't understand. But I've been with Kenshin since he was small." Kaoru was now confused.

"That's true. But we've known each other before that. Ever since you were assigned to him you never once left him. Except for the meetings." Kaoru looked at him feeling guilt.

'…They both like me. What situation was I in before?' her eyes widen and from the looks of it Shinji pulled her in to a hug.

"And ever since you were assigned to him we barley talked to each other because I was assigned on so many missions. But I won't let it happen again." Kaoru just stared to the ground not knowing what to say. Shinji let go and looked at her confused face. He sighed.

"Sorry. Nevermind. Forget what I have said."

-Kenshin's house-

Kaoru went inside the house and put her bag down on the couch.

"Kaoru is that you?" Mrs. Himura peaked through the kitchen door. Kaoru looked up at her and smiled a bit.

"Hi Mrs. Himura."

"You okay?"

"Yes. I'm just a little confused." Mrs. Himura went to her.

"About what?"

"…Nothing. I'm sure I can figure it out. Is Kenshin in his room?"

"Um. No. He didn't get here yet. Isn't he supposed to be with you?"

"He was but Shinji bumped into us and he wanted to hang with me for a while. Kenshin said that he would go home."

"I hope Kenshin is all right."

"I'll go look for him Mrs. Himura." Kaoru found him back at the park sitting down on a bench. Kaoru walked to him from behind and covered his eyes. Kenshin took this by surprise and put his hands on hers.

"Himura-san what are you doing here?" Kenshin, who had recognized the voice, smiled.

"Just thinking."

"I thought you were going home?"

"I changed my mind. What happened to Shinji?"

"He had to leave and he dropped me off at your house."

"I see."

"So what were you thinking about?"

"If you let me see I'll tell you." Kaoru took her hands down and sat beside him. She looked at him and waited for his reply as he looked around.

"Well?" Kenshin looked at her with an innocent face.

"What?"

"Tell me already!" Kenshin grinned.

"I was wondering..how do you feel about Shinji?"

"I don't know."

"Well then. If you're still deciding, then you don't mind going to the dance with me?"

"You mean the one that the school announced today?" he nodded with a smile. Kaoru's heart started to beat fast again.

'…should I go with him? It's just a dance….but then..Shinji…they both like me…I don't know who I like! Ahhhh! Damn it! Why me!'

"Come on. Lets go home." Kaoru looked at him as he started to walk then she caught up with him.

-the next day-

"So you never gave Kenshin an answer?" Misao asked walking over to her locker.

"No. I'm confused. Shinji told me yesterday that he liked me too."

"What! Kaoru don't tell me you still love Shinji!"

"So I did have feelings for him." Misao became quiet. ", This is frustrating, will you please tell me the real story about me, Kenshin and Shinji?"

-over with Kenshin-

"All right. I want you guys to run four laps around the building. After that do some stretches." The coach said. Kenshin ran beside Shinji as Shinji looked at him kind of annoyed. Right behind them was Sano

"So. What did you talk to Kaoru about? She looked kind of confused when I asked her to the dance with me." Kenshin said grinning. Shinji stumbled but kept on running.

"Nothing much. I just told her that we used to go out." Kenshin raised his eyebrows.

"Is that a fact. Hm. Trying to make it up for that incident before?"

"Wha-! How do you know about that!"

"heh this is just like a drama tv show." Sano said as he watched Shinji get mad.

"heh. Come on. She's my guardian angel. We're good friends. Of course she told me about it. Well it looks like I have some competition..again. The last one turned out to be a maniac. Are you one too? Wait don't answer that. I think I know. See you later!" Kenshin ran ahead.

"Hey! You son of a-" Shinji went after him. After the run Kaoru, who also had P.E. went over to Sano, Kenshin and Shinji along with Misao.

"Hey guys!" Kaoru said happily. Shinji looked at her shocked while Kenshin grinned.

"Hey Kaoru. We were just talking about you." Kenshin said putting an arm around her shoulder. Shinji glared at him.

"Really? About what?" she said looking up at him.

"Well-" Shinji tackled him but missed as he moved away from Kaoru. Some of the guys and girls around them watched them wondering what was going on.

"Hey. It's the three of them again." A person said.

"What? Who? You mean Kenshin?"

"Ya! It looks like Shinji was trying to fight Kenshin."

"Psshh! No one can beat Himura-san!" another girl said.

"So that means the love-triangle is still going on." Kaoru looked around confused as Shinji's face was burning red.

"Huh? Ne Kenshin? what are they talking about?" Kenshin grinned and took the opportunity to put his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him. The people around them looked at them and started to talk more. Misao and Sano sighed holding Shinji from attacking Kenshin.

"Mou..Shinji-kun. Your making a scene again." Shinji ignored Misao and looked at Kenshin who was whispering something to Kaoru's ear.

"Ne Kenshin? Why do you like making Shinji mad?"

"Because he likes you."

" That I already know of. Plus I asked Misao to tell me the truth about our relationship."

"Really? So your not mad?"

"At first I was. For you two lying to me! but then I guess being mad wont help my memory." Kaoru then started to blush. ", Also…I don't think I should be saying this..but I want you to know,..uh..Misao also told me that I did like you." Kaoru fiddled with her hands. Kenshin smiled at her gently.

"Don't worry. I won't take advantage of you. You shouldn't listen to what others say about who you really like. It should only come from you. Until then, we're just friends." Kaoru looked at him shocked.

'..he is totally different from the other guys…mostly guys would have taken advantage to something like that but he said he wouldn't.., my heart is speeding up, I feel like I have butterfly's in my tummy…do I really like Kenshin?' Kaoru coyly smiled.

"A-arigatou." She moved closer and kissed him on the cheek surprising Kenshin and the people around them. She realized that people were still around and she quickly ran away blushing madly. Kenshin, who was also blushing, watched her run away.

"Oh crap…." Kenshin dared not look back for he knew a certain someone was now outraged.

"H-I-M-U-R-A K-E-N-S-H-I-N!" Shinji broke free from Sano and Misao and chased Kenshin. Sano sighed shaking his head.

"Kenshin should seriously know when to stop teasing Shinji."

"Ya. But Kaoru did that on her own."

"I'll go stop Shinji. You go find Jou-chan."

"This is going to be a loooooong day." Misao said just before she went to find Kaoru.

-A/N-: okay! dun with this one! I'm working on the next one! I hoped you liked it…; sorry again! Thanx soo much my reviewers!