Kenshin Rock 2! Battle Of The Bands!

Chapter 1- Guitar Lessons

About six months have passed since Kenshin and Kaoru got together and their relationship continued to grow as time went by. One day Kaoru woke up and glanced at her clock which read ten thirty. She got up and got dressed, putting her hair up in its usual ponytail as she thought about what she was going to do for the day. She hadn't seen Kenshin in awhile, maybe she'd go see him, he'd been working hard lately and maybe she could help him relax a little. Kaoru smiled to herself at the thought of seeing Kenshin and went to Megumi's room peaking through the door at her, "Hey Megumi do you want to go..."

She paused in mid-sentence and stood in shock as she saw that Megumi had a visitor, a brown spiky hared visitor. She flushed and shut the door, "I'll go by myself then."

Megumi heard the door shut and glanced at Sanosuke above her, "Did you hear something?"

"No."

Megumi shrugged and kissed Sanosuke, ignoring the sound of the front door shutting as Kaoru left.

It took Kaoru about an hour to walk to the warehouse, her mind racing with thoughts about what she was going to do with Kenshin the whole time. When they first started dating he seemed a little distant, almost timid but now he seemed to completely trust her and they were getting closer each day and he was starting to open up more to her as well. She ran up the stairs and tapped on the door, hearing someone call out from inside, "Coming."

The door opened and there stood Kenshin, looking slightly angry with his hairbrush in hand. His face lit up into a smile the second her saw Kaoru, his anger vanishing, "Kaoru, hey baby."

"Hey Kenshin." she gave him a hug and he stepped aside to let her in, shutting the door behind her.

"What brings you here?"

"Well, Megumi has a visitor and Misao's at the mall and there's nothing on TV so I thought that you might be glad to see me."

"I'm always glad to see you, sorry I haven't called lately, Hiko's killing us over the contest next week."

"I know, he seems to be nervous about it. Hey Kenshin, why do you have your hairbrush?"

"Huh? Oh, Kenji stuck gum in my hair earlier and I had to get it out."

He set down the brush and hugged her again, pulling her against him in a close embrace, "I missed you."

"I missed you, Kenshin. So what songs have you guys been working on?"

"We've gone over so many songs I can't remember half of them, it's been hell lately."

"Well, maybe I can help you relax, get your mind off things."

Kenshin pulled away far enough to look at her and Kaoru saw the mischief sparkling in his eyes and he leaned towards her, "I think I can handle that."

Kaoru closed her eyes and let her lips meet Kenshin's, putting her arms around his neck as he pulled her closer to him. Kenshin slipped his fingers under her shirt and started pushing it up when the phone rang (they're luck). Kenshin pulled away and groaned, "Hold that thought, I'll be right back."

Kenshin ran to the other room and Kaoru heard him answer the phone. She sat on the couch and stretched, trying to hear what Kenshin was saying but he was too far away for her to hear much. She glanced down at the table and saw something she hadn't expected to see. In a small frame was the picture of her as a child, the one were she was Cinderella for Halloween. Kaoru picked it up and her jaw hit the floor, "I'm going to kill him!"

"Who're you gonna kill?"

Kenshin sat beside her and Kaoru glared at him, holding up the picture, "Why do you have this?"

"Because I like it, besides, that's how I came up with your song."

Kaoru flushed and punched him in the arm, "You're a jerk! I can't believe you kept this! I was so ugly as a kid!"

"It's impossible for you to be ugly, Kaoru, besides, there's nothing wrong with it, so give it."

Kenshin snatched it from her and put it behind his back. Kaoru tried to get it from him but Kenshin laid down and Kaoru laid on his chest pouting at him, "Kenshin, give it back."

"No, it's mine, I stole it fair and square."

"Oh fine then!"

Kaoru sulked to the other side of the couch and Kenshin set the picture back on the table before he scooted over next to her. He put his arm around and tried to kiss her but she turned her head away and huffed at him, getting Kenshin to chuckle, "Come on now, don't be that way, it's just a picture."

"Yes but it's an embarrassing picture."

Kenshin smiled to himself and pulled her closer to him, kissing her cheek before she tried to push him away, "No! Don't try to kiss and make up! I'm ticked at you!"

"Come on, Kaoru, don't be mad at me, you'll hurt my feelings."

Kaoru looked over and Kenshin gave her the sad face, the one with the big puppy dog eyes and the cute little pout that guys get but Kaoru simply turned away from him, "The puppy dog eyes won't work Kenshin!"

"Alright then," without warning Kenshin pushed her down on the couch, getting a squeal of surprise from Kaoru as she put her hands up to fend him off. Kenshin took her wrists and pinned them over her head, an evil smile on his face, "If that won't work then maybe this will."

Before Kaoru could move Kenshin put his mouth to hers and Kaoru struggled to get away from him. After a moment Kaoru gave in and relaxed into him, her anger leaving her as he pulled away to smile at her, "See, that wasn't so bad was it?"

Kaoru couldn't help but laugh, "You're a jerk! Why do you do this to me?"

"Because I know it works."

Kaoru smiled and kissed him, knowing full well that he was right, she just couldn't resist him. Kenshin let go of her wrists and moved his hands down to her waist, going for her shirt again when suddenly, "Kenshin!"

They parted and looked over to the door to see Kenji and Aoshi snickering at them, "Can't you get a room, big brother?"

"I've got a room we're just not in it at the moment."

Kaoru laughed and pushed him off of her, straightening herself out before she smiled at Kenji and Aoshi, "Hey guys."

"Hello Kaoru, nice to see you." Aoshi smiled as he set down a bag

"Aren't you ashamed of yourself, Kenshin?"

"What for, little brother?"

"Taking advantage of a young lady like that. What'd you do, throw her on the couch and jump on top of her?"

"Basically, I would've done more but you walked in."

"Pervert."

Kenshin laughed and Kaoru hit him playfully, putting her face in his shoulder to hide her blush. Aoshi was about to say something but his cell phone rang and he answered it, "Hello? Where are you? Sure I'll be there. You too, bye."

"Who was that?"

"Misao, her car died and she needs me to come and jump start it."

"I'll go with you, you don't know anything about cars. You two behave and keep your clothes on."

"Now Kenji, do you honestly think I'd do that here in the middle of the day?"

"Yes you would, you forget I've known you for too long, Kenshin. I'll be back later, bye Kaoru."

"Bye guys."

Kenji and Aoshi left and Kenshin hugged Kaoru, "Sorry baby, I didn't know they'd be back so soon."

"It's alright, a little embarrassment never hurt anyone."

They heard a loud thud on the window and Kenshin got up and looked down to see Kenji, "Give me your keys, Aoshi lost his."

"Alright, I'll be back, Kaoru."

Kenshin went to the other room and Kaoru got up and walked up to the small stage. She looked at the black guitar which she knew belonged to Kenshin and ran her fingers over the strings, listening to the sounds they made. She smiled to herself, enjoying the little music she was making then out of nowhere she felt Kenshin's arms around her waist and heard his voice in her ear, causing her to jump slightly, "Did I scare ya?"

"Yes, you seem to be good at that."

"Do you know how to play?"

"No, I've always wanted to play the guitar but my father believed that girls weren't meant to be rock stars."

They both chuckled and Kenshin put his chin on her shoulder, "I could teach you."

Kaoru turned around and smiled brightly at him, her eyes sparkling, "Would you?"

"Sure, come on."

Kenshin grabbed the guitar and sat on the stage, Kaoru following close behind, sitting beside him as he began to explain, "Ok, you're right handed, right?"

"Yes."

"Ok, set it on your leg and put your left hand on the fret board."

Kaoru followed his instructions and set the guitar on her right leg, holding the fret board in her left hand, Kenshin handed her a pick and showed her how to hold it, "Ok, just relax and have fun, that's mainly how you learn."

"By just playing around with chords?"

"Pretty much, how do you think I learned?"

Kaoru giggled and Kenshin continued explaining, "Ok, put your third finger on the third fret of the first string."

"The first string's the one closest to the floor right?"

"Yeah, now put your first finger on the second fret of the fifth string and put your middle finger on the third fret of the sixth string."

Kaoru stretched her fingers to where they would fit where Kenshin told her to put them and she pressed down on the strings, "Like that?"

"Yeah, now just strum down on all the strings."

Kaoru tried it but all she got was a dull buzzing sound, a flush coming to her face, "Sorry, that was bad."

Kenshin chuckled, "It's alright, everyone's gotta start somewhere. You're not pushing down hard enough, here let me help."

Kenshin sat behind her and put his hand over Kaoru fretting hand. Kenshin placed his fingers over hers as if he were playing and helped her push them down before he told her to strum again. This time Kaoru got a clear sound and smiled, "I see, if you don't press hard enough it'll sound dull."

"Yeah, it takes awhile to get used to it but you'll get it, try it again without me."

Kenshin moved his hand and Kaoru pressed down as hard as she could and strummed the strings, getting the clear sound again, "I did it."

"Alright, now try this one."

Kenshin taught her two more chords and had to help her with holding down the strings every once in awhile but eventually she got it. Then came the fun part of alternating between chords. Kaoru tried for nearly twenty minutes but she couldn't get from one chord to the other no matter how hard she tried. She sighed and leaned back against Kenshin, "I can't do it."

"It takes practice, it took me a week before I could go from G to C."

"I think you were born with a knack for this."

"No, I just practiced a lot is all, you'll get it."

"Thanks for trying to teach me but I think I'll stick to kendo."

Kenshin chuckled as Kaoru set down the guitar, leaning against him again before he put his arms around her, "What time is it?"

Kenshin glanced at the clock and had to squint his eyes to see, "It's four."

"I need to get home, I'm sure Megumi and Sanosuke are done by now."

"Doubt it, knowing those two they'll be at it until tomorrow."

"Probably, but I should go any ways, you've got a lot to do."

Kaoru got up to leave but Kenshin caught her hand and stopped her, "Hold on, you busy tonight?"

"No, why?"

"How about we go see a movie, get away from the others for awhile and just spend some time together."

Kaoru smiled, "I'd like that, can we see Titanic?"

Kenshin frowned and got a playfully disgusted look, "But that's a chick flick."

"So? We saw that horror movie you wanted to see last time, please."

Kaoru hugged him and gave him 'the look' and Kenshin sighed, "Alright, we'll see Titanic."

"Thanks."

Kaoru headed for the door but Kenshin stopped her again, "Where you going?"

"To change, I can't go to the movies like this."

Kenshin looked at her baggy T-shirt and worn jeans and smiled, "I don't see anything wrong."

"Well I do, I'll be ready in two hours."

"Alright, Aoshi and Kenji should be back by then and I'll be there to pick you up by six thirty."

"I'll be waiting, bye Kenshin."

"Bye Kaoru."

She gave him a quick kiss and left, smiling to herself as she ran home to get ready for her date.