Hey there readers! Welcome to Vanyd's wonderful world of RK (which she does not own), hehe. Right now I'm going through and re-editing a bit, so everything is currently getting a face lift as I continue the fic. I'm not doing anything extreme, so most of it will stay the same. Anyway, please excuse the random fanfic construction. .
Gym Brawl
"Why me?" Kaoru cried as the two drove towards the gym.
"Because we need to go man shopping!" Megumi prompted, "It'll make you feel better, promise!"
"But the gym? We're going to pick up guys at the gym? Megumi, for a doctor, you are not smart!" Kaoru whined, looking out the window, frowning at the outside world whizzing by.
"Kaoru! We're not going after the guys going to the gym. We're going after the trainers. All the trainers are bound to be muscular, cute, and amazing. We'll find a trainer/boyfriend for you. It's a good plan."
"Good plan, my butt." Kaoru mumbled, "You're only doing this cause you need to tighten that sagging ass of yours."
"I have the largest need to push you out of my car, and into the on coming traffic, but you're lucky mom would kill me if I did." Megumi shot back with a menacing smile on her face.
"You're just jealous because I'm still young and none of my body parts have begun to sag yet." Kaoru smiled. She usually didn't provoke Megumi, but she wasn't in the best of moods. If only Yahiko were around, then she'd have someone to take out her frustration on. She had just been dumped by her fiancé a couple weeks ago, andall of a suddenher sister dragging her to some gym? Her sister deserved to be irritated...
"She's just blowing off steam. she's in emotional pain..." Megumi mumbled to herself, resisting the urge to throttle her younger sister. Kaoru giggled and looked out the window with a smile.
"Kenshin, do we really have to do this? We've been at it for the past two hours!" Sano pleaded. Kenshin had him at the gym forever, and he was ready to go home. He was hungry, tired, in need of a shower, and feeling down right grumpy.
"Sano, if you wish to win the next match you must work harder then ever, that you must. This man is not someone to be trifled with." Kenshin said calmly.
"But no one seems happy about me hoggin the punching bag. Other people would like to use it too ya know!" Sano said, while the other people in the gym, who had been listening to the argument, nodded in agreement.
"Only half an hour more Sano; then we can leave."
"Finally!" Sano said, resuming to punch the heavy bag hanging from the ceiling.
"Megumi, do we really have to do this? I'm already sore from all the training I did at the dojo yesterday," Kaoru whined while Megumi pulled her into the gym.
"You were perfectly content up until we parked, and now all of a sudden you're back to hating this idea." Megumi said angrily, as she towed Kaoru behind her.
"That's cause I fell asleep in the car!" Kaoru said, turning towards the door. Unfortunately, she was unsuccessful due to Megumi's hands wrapped around her wrist. "You're claws are digging into me." Kaoru glared.
"Good!" Megumi said smiling, pulling Kaoru to the front desk of the gym. "We'd like to sign up to be part of your gym." Megumi smiled at the woman behind the counter.
"Please fill this out and return it to me when you're done. There's a small initial fee of 10 dollars and then a monthly fee of 40 dollars." the woman smiled, pushing the forms to Megumi.
"Thank you." Megumi said, accepting the papers. She walked to the other side of the lobby and sat in a chair. Kaoru plopped down into the chair next to her.
"10 dollars initially AND 40 dollars a month? That's robbery!"
"Oh relax, Kaoru. It's not that much. You're just cheap."
"Am not! I'm frugal." Kaoru sniffed turning her head to the side.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to provoke you. You've just been irritating. Please don't cry." Megumi said concerned.
"WHAT!" Kaoru turned back, infuriated and off guard, "Why would I be crying?"
"I heard you sniff, don't try to deny it." Megumi said shaking a finger at Kaoru.
Most of the people in the gym were now staring at the source of the yelling and watching in amusement.
"I sniffed for dramatic purposes; I was not going to cry! Jesus, could you stop treating me like I'm going to break?"
"Fine Kaoru, I'm sorry! Now will you please stop making a scene!" Megumi hissed. Her sister could be such a brat sometimes.
"NO!" Kaoru countered defiantly.
"Well, excuse me for being concerned about your well being!" Megumi said sarcastically.
"I was angry at you for calling me cheap, and all of a sudden you were treating me like I was going to sob myself to death! Now does that make sense to you!"
"Look, I never thought you would sob yourself to death! Cry a little, yeah, but not sob! Plus, you ARE cheap!" Megumi said smugly. With a frustrated cry Kaoru launched herself at her sister.
"What was that?" Sano asked looking around. He could have sworn he heard someone yell.
"I don't know..." Kenshin said, straining his ears to hear what the commotion was about. After a couple of seconds there was more yelling. Curious and concerned, the two males rushed off to find out what was happening. After fighting through a crowd they saw two girls tumbling on the floor cursing, yelling, and slashing at each other with their nails.
"Why won't anyone stop them?" Kenshin yelled, moving forward to help separate the two girls, Sano right behind him, ready to help too. In the process of pulling the two girls apart, they had managed to get a couple of scratches here and there, but nothing too bad.
"I am not cheap!" The girl Kenshin was holding onto yelled.
"Yes you are! And you can bet my ass is a lot more firm then yours!" the girl Sano was restraining shot back.
"Are you calling me fat?" Kenshin's girl asked. The girl Sano had nodded while grinning evilly.
"TAKANI MEGUMI, YOU ARE SO DEAD! If only I had my bokken!" The girl struggled more violently against Kenshin.
"Please, calm down, Miss." He whispered to her, and she stopped moving abruptly, like she had just noticed that someone was holding her back. She glanced around the room, and noticed that the whole gym was watching.
"Oh... Oh my God." Kaoru stuttered, looking over at Megumi who looked like she wanted to melt into the ground. The two men that were holding them back let go, but stayed close to them, believing that her and Megumi might all of a sudden start to fight again. Megumi walked towards Kaoru slowly, and the man behind her followed, just incase...
"Kaoru, maybe we should leave." Megumi said quietly, "I should not have brought you here against your will."
"You were only trying to help. I shouldn't have blown up at you." Kaoru said smiling slightly at her sister. Kaoru then turned towards the crowd and said, "Show's over. Go lose some weight or something!"
The crowd, realizing that the display was over, went back to the main part of the gym, leaving Kaoru, Megumi, and the two guys standing in the lobby. Kaoru was about to thank the men when the receptionist angrily stalked over to them. With a scowl and an unfriendly glare, the receptionist growled, "Please leave."
"It's just a gym for Christ's sake!" The spiky haired guy replied, irritated at the angry receptionist, who had ignored him, and walked away.
Kenshin stared at the back of the woman in front of him. She had long black hair that hung all the way down her back, and she had the smell of jasmine radiating off of her, a tantalizing smell that made him want to nuzzle his face into her hair. He hadn't even seen her face yet and he was already in a trance. 'Who is this woman?' He thought.
"Thank you." He was snapped out of his thoughts when the girl standing in front of him whispered, her back still facing him. "I'm sorry if we've caused you any injury." She said finally turning to him. She smiled a bit and her face seemed to flush. Kenshin stared at her face, her delicate features, milky white skin and deep blue eyes. Beautiful.
"You're welcome." He said, a bit shocked by how sudden his feelings were. He wanted to kiss her right there on the spot, despite the fact that he had just met her.
"We're so sorry for being a burden. If you would please allow us to treat you to lunch or something." the other woman said, bowing slightly to Kenshin and Sano.
"That would be great!" Sano exclaimed. He was never one to turn down free food, especially free food from a pretty woman. Kenshin nodded in agreement and said, "It would be our pleasure." He extended his hand out to the girl and said "I'm Kenshin. And my companion is Sanosuke."
"Pleased to meet you. I'm Kaoru, and this is Megumi, my sister." Kaoru said accepting his hand.