True to Your Heart
By: Misumi Kanegawa
Chapter 13
Kaoru's POV
"AH… wonder what I'll do now? I came to school so early today…" I mumbled to myself as I walked past the school gates.
I slowly made my way through the school building and leisurely headed up to my classroom.
"Hmm… it's nice going to school early once in a while I guess…" I told myself as I entered my classroom and sat down on my desk. I scanned the empty room for any sign of movement.
Nothing….
This is boring…
I gave out a loud sigh as I placed my arms on my desk and rested my head on them.
I wonder if Himura was telling the truth…
He should be- or else I'd kill him!
But… what if he wasn't… I mean… he could've gotten scared of me and just lied to me- just to escape my wrath!
I giggled slightly.
Yeah… that would be a good reason…
But I doubt that he'd do that to me…
He doesn't seem to be like those other guys I know
Those skeevy, good for nothing, idiotic, money lovers-
Sigh…
I'm sure he won't lie to me…
I think…
Oh well…
I sighed as I buried my face in my arms.
A close watch on him will determine that- If he's a liar or not…
He reminds me of someone though…
I can't…. remember who….
But they…seem….
So much…
A… like….. zzzzzz……
Normal POV
Misao dashed into the classroom as fast as she can. She slammed the door behind her as she tried to catch her breath. She looked around the room to see if anyone was in yet, but she only saw someone sleeping on Kaoru's place. A vein automatically popped on Misao's forehead. Angrily, she stomped her way towards the sleeping person and screamed to the top of her voice.
"YOU IDIOT! WAKE UP!"
Kaoru screamed in shock, jumping out of her seat and assuming a fighting stance. She blinked in confusion seeing a fuming Misao standing right in front of her.
"Uh… hi?"
"WHERE THE HECK HAVE YOU BEEN!" Misao screamed at her as Kaoru stepped back in surprise, "THOSE MANGY GUYS OF YOURS WENT AFTER ME AGAIN BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T THERE!"
"Uh… well… you see…"
"ARE YOU TRYING TO TORTURE ME OR SOMETHING!"
"No… um… I just came early… so…"
"SO WHAT! THEY'RE YOUR BOYS!"
"Demo… it's not my fault… and they're not my…"
"Ohayou minna-san!" Soujiro suddenly said as he walked in the classroom followed by Kenshin, Aoshi and Yahiko.
Instantly, Misao forgot about the incident this morning (to Kaoru's relief) when Aoshi walked in. happily, she skipped over to where he and the others were.
Soujiro eyed Kaoru as she sat back down in her seat. He started to walk over to her, when the door to the classroom suddenly opened.
"Soujiro-sama!"
Soujiro's eyes widened in surprise as Tomoe ran in and hugged him. Everyone, except Kaoru, turned around to look at them.
"Ah… Tomoe-san…"
"Come with me! Come with me! I want to give you something!" Tomoe said as she pulled Soujiro out of the classroom.
"Ah… T-Tomoe-san!" Soujiro stuttered in surprise as the door with a slammed shut behind them.
Everyone sweat dropped (except Kaoru of course who didn't really care about him).
Lunch Time…
"Ah… food…" Kaoru said happily, munching on her burger, "I'm soo hungry…"
"Hey Kaoru…"
"Yeah?"
"Look at that…"
Kaoru looked the place where Misao was pointing. To her disgust, she found out that Misao was pointing at Soujiro and Tomoe sitting together, alone at a corner of the cafeteria.
"Jeeze… was that all?"
"Don't you even care Kaoru?" Misao asked in annoyance, "That slut just got your friend…"
"And just who told you he was my friend?" Kaoru asked coldly, shooting Misao with a death glare.
Misao raised a brow at her friend.
'Jeeze, your hopeless Kaoru…'
"Hey, do you guys know where Kenshin went?" Yahiko asked, slurping some of his soup.
"Nope… haven't seen him at all… Although…" Sano said, raising a brow, "From where I'm sitting right now, I can perfectly see Tomoe… and Soujiro… and… and… HOLY COW!"
"What!" Yahiko said in surprise as Aoshi calmly sipped his tea.
"Those two just-just!"
"Who? Two? Who did what?"
"That's just wrong… that's major PDA (Public Display of Affection)…" Sano said as he continued to watch the couple from afar.
"What? Who? PDA?" Yahiko asked in confusion, trying to see what Sano was watching.
To his surprise, he saw Tomoe sitting on Soujiro's lap, French-kissing him!
Yahiko's mouth just dropped open. Sano nose was bleeding and Aoshi was just sipping tea, not caring about anything at all.
"If the teacher catches them like that- damn that's PDA- even me and Megumi wouldn't do that in school!" Sano said in shock as Yahiko turned away from the couple in disgust.
Dismissal Time…
"Woah! This sheet's almost full!" Sano exclaimed as he started writing his name on the paper pinned up in front of the school gym, "Good thing I came early!"
All of a sudden, he heard someone call his name. He turned around and saw Misao running towards him, followed by Aoshi who was just casually walking behind her.
"Hey Itachii!" Sano greeted Misao as she was reaching him.
"Stop calling me that!" Misao demanded as she kicked him in the shins.
"ITE!"
"Misao-san, do you think it's wise for you to join this MA club?" Aoshi asked walking up behind her.
Misao blushed, and then pouted.
"Mou… stop calling me –san! It's as if you don't know me!" Misao said, playfully punching him on the arm, "Besides, I can do this… I can fight to you know…"
"Yeah… no wonder people call you a tomboy…" Sano commented when Misao punched him on the face.
"Ahehehe…" Misao grinned sheepishly at Aoshi, "Don't mind him- he's stupid…"
Aoshi just raised a brow as Misao turned to write her name on the sign-up sheet. Then she turned to Aoshi and handed him a pink ball pen with yellow flowers on them.
Aoshi just stared at the ballpen in his hand.
Misao looked at him, then giggled.
Aoshi just continued to stare at the ball pen.
"Just use it to write your name…" Misao said, giggling some more, "It's not as if I'm giving that to you…"
Aoshi just shrugged as he proceeded into writing his name onto the sheet of paper before handing the nasty ball pen, in his opinion, back to Misao.
"What're you doing- joining this club anyway?" Sano asked as Misao placed her hands on her hips.
"Why? You've got a problem with that!" Misao asked raising a brow.
"Aren't you a bit… too little?" Sano snorted in laughter as Misao kicked him on the shins again.
"Agh! Stop kicking me! What's wrong with you!" Sano exclaimed.
"Nothing… maybe there's something wrong with you…" Misao taunted as Sano fumed.
"Why you-"
All of a sudden, Soujiro and Tomoe came walking towards them. Sano looked as them weirdly while Misao just glared at Tomoe. Aoshi on the other hand was just checking his watch.
"Konnichiwa minna-san!" Soujiro said, smiling as always, "hey look- the sign-up sheet!"
"Oh my gosh!" Tomoe gasped, "I can't believe it, Sano's ditching Megumi for a tomboy!"
"Nani!" Misao demanded as her blood began to boil.
"What the HECK are you talking about!" Sano asked, clearly displeased at what she just said.
"You heard me- why else would you be talking like that to her as if you know her!" Tomoe scoffed, brushing her hair off her shoulder.
Aoshi just stared at all of them calmly.
"Hey you-watch your mouth… you don't know what you're talking about…"
"Oh… don't I?" Tomoe said sarcastically
"Tomoe- I-"
SLAP!
Sano and Soujiro widened their eyes.
Tomoe stepped back from the impact of Misao's slap as Soujiro caught her by the shoulders.
"Daijoubu Tomoe-chan?" Soujiro asked softly as Tomoe slowly nodded, holding her hurting cheek with her hand. Sano tried to walk towards Misao, but stopped abruptly when Aoshi stepped up to her.
'Wow- and I thought he was already gone…' Sano thought scratching his head in confusion. The idiot…
"Hey-" Aoshi said when Misao screamed, "Don't think that that's all you're getting from me! Not only did you badmouth me- you also badmouth my friend- you're such a stupid git! Just who do you think you are!"
All of a sudden, a pair of muscular arms from behind grabbed her by the waist.
"What the fuck-" Misao said in surprise as Aoshi placed her over his shoulder.
"I'm bringing her home…" he mumbled as Misao started to curse out loud while beating on Aoshi's back.
"What the heck- Who are you! Put me down! Fuck you Tomoe! Let me GO bastard!" Misao's words continued to fade as Aoshi carried her out of the building.
Those who were left behind just sweat dropped.
"Okaaay…" Sano said rolling his eyes as he turned to Soujiro and Tomoe.
"Soujiro, you better bring her back home…" Sano mumbled, pointing to the shocked Tomoe clinging unto him, "While I make up a good defense against whatever she might tell her…"
Sano shuddered at the thought of what Megumi might do to hurt him.
"Two please…" Aoshi said to the old woman selling ice cream. The old woman nodded as she began scooping up 2 chocolate ice creams for him. Aoshi turned to a bench next to the ice cream cart where Misao was sitting quietly.
Aoshi sighed remembering that just moments ago, Misao was screaming and cursing at him, pulling his hair and kicking his chest just so she could run back to Tomoe and "kick her ass". Aoshi paid the old lady for the ice cream while taking them from her at the same time.
"Thank you very much…" Aoshi said politely as he walked over to Misao. " Here…" Aoshi mumbled, handing her an ice cream cone before sitting down next to her.
Misao mumbled a word of thanks as she just stared at her ice cream.
There was silence everywhere, except the occasional squawking of birds and ringing of bicycle bells.
"Um…" Misao mumbled after a few minutes of silence.
Aoshi just continued to eat his ice cream as if he hadn't heard her.
"I-I'm… I'm sorry about… about everything… 'Especially when I tried to hit you you-know-where… well how was I supposed to know that Aoshi was the one who kidnapped me'" Misao softly said, as she continued to stare at her ice cream which was slowly melting in her hand, "I really…. I really didn't… I didn't mean to… um… you know…"
"You're ice cream is melting…" Aoshi mumbled as he handed her some of the napkins that the old ice cream lady gave him.
Misao looked up at him before accepting the napkins. Her eyes looked as if she was about to cry. She bowed her head low as tears slowly fell down her face.
"I'm sorry…"
Aoshi just finished his ice cream as Misao continued to cry silently.
The sun was setting now. The ice cream lady had long gone, but Aoshi and Misao were still sitting on the park bench. Misao had finally finished her melted ice cream after she finished crying. Aoshi handed her his unopened water bottle for her to wash her sticky hands.
"Thanks…" Misao said softly as she began to wash her hands, "I'm sorry I had to put you up with all that…"
"…"
"I didn't really think you'd stick around after I cried like that…" Misao weakly laughed at herself, when she felt Aoshi standing from his seat.
Misao looked up at him as he extended a hand out to help her up. Misao closed the water bottle tightly before accepting Aoshi's hand.
"I'll bring you home…" Aoshi said as they started to walk down the now lighted street.
Misao noticed how quiet they were, but she didn't want to break the silence. She just wanted to relish the moment; Aoshi and her were walking over to her place, side-by-side and holding hands too. But she sighed inwardly when she stopped in front of a familiar looking house.
"We're here…" Misao said as Aoshi looked at the big dojo in front of them.
"You live here? This is a big dojo…" Aoshi said as Misao opened the wooden gates before them.
"My grandpa- Okina is his name… He used to run this dojo… but then, he already retired, so no one's teaching here anymore…" Misao replied softly, looking at Aoshi who was still holding her hand.
"Doesn't your grandfather have any student?" Aoshi asked looking a bit uncomfortable.
"Um… Yeah… he did- but the only one who did master his techniques fully now lives in Kyoto- well… that's what he said…" Misao explained.
"Is your grandfather the only one living with you?" Aoshi asked softly as Misao slowly shook her head.
Aoshi looked down at her as she replied, "Some of grandpa's students stay with us- all of them run a restaurant nearby… they make great food there…"
Misao smiled sadly as Aoshi let go of her hand. Misao looked up at him in surprise.
"I better go…" he mumbled as he turned to leave.
"Matte!" Misao cried, reaching out her arm to him.
Aoshi turned to look at her while she blushed under the street lamp.
"See… it's late… so… um, how about having dinner with us? Grandpa will surely be happy with some company…"
Aoshi looked at Misao's pleading eyes as he sighed.
"Gomen nasai… Misao… maybe next time…" he answered as he quickly walked away.
Misao stared at Aoshi's back still in shock as he continued to walk away. She just couldn't believe it.
'He said my name…'
To be continued...
(A/N: Ohayo Minna-san! Here's the next chapter- sorry for the long wait! I hope you like it... Though I know it really sucks- so sorry! I really get my mind to work… and my summer's about to end… waah!
Oh! BTW, I've revised the entire story once again, and I'll be revising to draw a sword too! So please wait for my updates… I'll finish them before school starts!
Okay- I'm just asking one favor from you guys-REVIEW PLEASE! Thanks to everyone who gave me reviews for the last few chapters! )