Hey every one! Wow, I was surprised to get so many reviews on just that
short little prelude ^.^ But I'm happy! Okay, like I said before, this one
is gonna be set in high school, so it may be a little different. The
pairings on this, for all who were wondering ^.~ I'm not sure of as of yet.
I guess I'll decide as the story progresses. I'm 100% all the way a K/K
fan, but I think it would be fun to write something a little out of the
norm. If you have an idea for me as far as the pairings go, don't hesitate
to share ^.^ Okay, well, on with the story!
Disclaimer: Once again, I'll admit (much to my chagrin) that no, I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or any of the characters. ^.^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kaoru slammed her locker shut. "That stupid, egotistical jerk!" She fumed.
"Calm down Kaoru, you can always get him back." Said a smiling, blue-eyed girl, falling into stride with Kaoru.
"Leave it up to HIM to pull something on the first day of school!" She ranted, ignoring the smaller girl beside her. "I mean, we're juniors in High School, you'd think he'd have grown up by now!"
Misao sighed as she watched her best friend stuff her ruined skirt into her backpack.
"I mean, really! Honey on my seat? That's so childish!" Kaoru zipped her backpack shut and hoisted it onto her shoulder. She was lucky she had brought a pair of jeans to change into today, or she would have to endure the rest of the day with either a wet skirt, or a honey-coated one.
"Does he have ANY idea how much I liked that skirt!? It was my FAVORITE one!!"
"Kaoru, can you keep it down? Every one is looking!"
"I DON'T CARE!" She yelled louder.
"Don't let him know you're upset about it, or else his goal will have been accomplished." Misao advised.
Kaoru sighed as the words registered. Misao was right. She wouldn't let that stupid jerk feel satisfied with what he had done!
"Jou-chan!" Called a voice.
"Hey Sano." She replied icily.
"I heard what Kenshin did. But don't take it out on me! Yeesh. I really don't understand why you two hate each other." Said the spikey haired boy.
"Hmph. It's a long story." She said, turning away. Sanosuke sighed and disappeared into the masses of students moving along the hallway, making their way to their classes.
Kaoru spent another minute or so letting off some steam, then wandered to her next class. Just then, the bell rang.
"Great! Now I'm late for class!" She muttered, picking up her pace.
"We. We're late for class. I'm still here you know." Misao said, pointing to herself.
"Sorry Misao, it's just been a hectic morning."
Misao nodded. "I know how it is."
They hurried into their Chemistry class and took their seats.
"Ahhh. Makamachi and Kamiya. Nice of you to join us. It's not good to be late on the first day."
"Gomen Mr. Makoto" They said in unison, bowing their heads.
Shishio rolled his eyes and continued his introduction.
"As I was saying, I'm Makoto Shishio, and I will be your chemisty teacher. You would be wise to pay attention in class and mix the chemicals correctly, lest you end up like me." He said, stroking his bandages.
Some students shifted uncomfortably in their seats. Kenshin just rolled his eyes. Makoto-sensai was all bark and no bite. He wasn't as cruel as people thought. His eyes wandered over to a raven ponytail. How he longed to reach out and yank it. He smiled at the thought of the teacher scolding her for crying out in class. He decided against it. After all, he had already pulled the honey trick. He listened somewhat attentively for the rest of the period, pushing all thoughts of the girl in front of him aside.
For Kaoru it seemed like hours until the bell rang, but as soon as it did, she was out of her seat and into the hallway.
"Yes! It's gym class next!" Kaoru loved gym class, in contrast to most of the girls, who usually faked a sickness or forged a doctor's note to get out of it.
Misao grinned. At least Kaoru's mind was off the honey incident.
The rest of the day passed by in a blur. Fortunately, no homework was assigned that day, so the students were free to do as they pleased.
"Hey Kaoru let's go to the mall." Misao suggested as they walked home together.
"You know Misao, I really don't feel up to going." Kaoru said.
"Hmm. That's too bad. I was going to see if there was another skirt you liked there... And if there was, being the great friend that I am, I was going to buy it for you... But I guess if you really don't want to-"
"Let's go!" Kaoru exclaimed, yanking Misao along as she changed directions.
"Hey, didn't you say you had kendo practice?" Misao asked.
"Yeah, but my dad wasn't feeling well this morning, so he'll enjoy the rest."
Misao watched the cars pass on the street. A muffled "OOF" was heard, and when she turned to look at Kaoru, she wasn't there!
"Watch where you're going!" Kaoru snapped.
"So sorry." Said a sarcastic red head.
Misao sighed. Hadn't Kaoru had enough of this guy for one day?
"Hey Misao."
"Hey Kenshin." Came the cool reply.
"Going somewhere?"
"It's none of your business, creep!" Kaoru hissed, picking herself up off the ground.
Misao waved her hand in a dismissing motion. "We're going to the mall. We don't want to be late." She said, passing Kenshin.
Kaoru did the same, growling and glaring daggars at him as she passed. He just smirked.
Still within earshot, she leaned over to Misao and said a little too loudly, "No wonder he doesn't have a girl friend."
That did it. Kenshin whipped around. "I could get any girl in our school if I wanted to!"
"Hmph. There are 500 girls in our school. You may be able to get 499, but there is one that you'll never be able to get, Kenshin Himura! And that one girl, is me." She said, not bothering to turn and face him.
"I wouldn't even want some ditzy, half-witted, aneorexic girl like you!" He shouted back.
Kaoru flinched. Ditzy? Only when he tripped her or did something to throw her off balance. Half-witted? She was one of the top students in the entire 11th grade! And then... aneorexic?
Kenshin grinned, knowing he had hit the mark. He turned to resume his normal route home, but froze and dialed a number on his cell phone.
"Hey Sano! Listen, I know we were suppose to go see that movie, but how about we go to the mall instead?.... Yeah, I know..... Okay.... Call the other guys then, ok?.... Alright, later!"
He grinned evilly and clipped his cell phone on his jeans. This was going to be fun....
**********
"Misao! This one! I love it!" Kaoru exclaimed, holding up a blue skirt with orange flowers.
"Okay, let's get it then." Misao said, taking it.
"But what if it's too much?" Asked Kaoru, searching for the price tag.
Misao waved her away.
"Nothing's too much for my best friend." She said with a wink.
Kaoru smiled and threw her arms around Misao in a hug.
"You're the best Misao!"
"I know." She said with a smirk.
Misao paid for the skirt and they headed off towards the food court.
A few feet away from the food court, Kaoru spotted Kenshin.
"Great!" She exclaimed.
"What?" Misao asked.
"HE'S here." Kaoru hissed. "I can't let him see me!" And with that she shrank back into a store.
Kenshin caught a movement out of the corner of his eye. It was Kaoru trying to sneak into a store. He smirked. Now was the time to put his plan into action! He glanced around at his friends. Maybe he should wait until she came out of the store.
As Kaoru backed up, she bumped into something. The "something" made an "oof" and tumbling could be heard. Kaoru turned around and saw a white haired stranger sprawled out on the floor.
"I'm so sorry!" She cried, thinking it had been an elderly man and she had killed him for sure. Much to her surprise the man got up and brushed himself off.
"It's quite alright. I'm sure you weren't trying to kill me." He said with a chuckle.
Kaoru looked closely at him. He was a teenager! His void grey eyes matched his spikey white hair perfectly, and he must have been at least 6 ft tall, if not taller. In a way, he was actually quite breathtaking.
"I thought you were-"
"An old man?" He let out another chuckle. "Many people make that mistake." He smiled, looking directly at her for the first time. He raised an eyebrow and all but dropped his jaw.
"I don't want you to think I'm trying to pick you up or anything, but in all truths you are the most beautiful girl I have EVER seen!" He said, staring at her as if he was mesmerized.
She blushed. "T-thank you sir."
"My name is Yukishiro Enishi." He said, offering his hand.
"I'm Kamiya Kaoru." She said, taking it hesitantly.
"Miss Kamiya, would you do me the honor of going out with me sometime?" He asked, gently pulling her hand towards him and planting a gentle kiss on it, while his eyes roamed over her figure.
She blushed harder. "I don't know. After all, I just met you. Besides, what's the chances of me ever seeing you again?"
He gently let go of her hand. "This is true my dear. Well, it was a pleasure meeting you." He said as he turned to go.
"Wait!" He stopped. "Maybe you could walk my friend and me home." She suggested. This was her chance to get out of this place alive.
"I would be delighted to." He said, taking her arm and walking out of the store with her.
Kaoru easily found Kenshin in the food court. She could see him try to shake himself out of his shell-shocked stupor. She flashed him a brilliant smile and recieved a scowl in return.
"Misao, are you ready to go?" Kaoru called out. Misao came trotting over to them.
"Yeah." Her eyes traveled over the eerie stranger. "I don't think we've had the pleasure of meeting, Mr...."
"Call me Enishi. Don't bother with formalities." He said with a charming smile.
"Right. Enishi. Pardon my asking, but just how did you meet Kaoru?"
"We bumped into eachother." Kaoru hastily explained, turning back to see if Kenshin was stupid enough to follow or try something.
"Quite literally." Enishi added.
"I see." Said the suspicious Misao. "Your hair is quite odd, how ever did it get that way?"
"Bleach. I was going for blonde, but I left it in too long. And well... this is the result. I actually kind of like it this way."
"So do you live around here?" Kaoru asked, trying to relieve Enishi of Misao's questioning.
"Yes, we just moved here yesterday. I would invite you over, but I don't think you would feel comfortable with that since we just met, and we're still in the midst of unpacking." He ran a hand through his gleaming hair.
"We?" Misao asked, raising an eyebrow.
"My sister and I." He replied, unshaken by her nonstop questions.
"I see. Well, here's our stop, thank you for walking us home." Misao said, opening the front gate to her home.
"I'll see you two beautiful ladies later then." Enishi said with a wave.
"Don't be so sure." Misao muttered, yanking Kaoru along up the steps.
They got into the house and Misao slammed the door.
"What was that all about?" Kaoru questioned, her crystal blue eyes wide with wonder.
"I don't like him." Was the reply.
"Why not? He's a perfect gentlemen."
"He's too smooth. Too refined."
"You shouldn't be talking. Your Aoshi-sama would probably be just the same if he ever talked." Kaoru said, stamping her foot.
This brought Misao to silence.
"While I'm here we might as well study Chemistry together."
"Alright." Said Misao, opening her backpack and taking out her textbook.
*********
"Who the heck was that guy she was with?" Kenshin scratched his head.
"You've asked that five times now, and I assure you, none of us have been able to figure it out within the last two minutes." Sanosuke said, rolling his eyes.
"I think Kenshin is jealous." Said Soujiro, his usual smile plastered onto his face.
"I am not!" Kenshin protested loudly. "Why in heavens name would I ever be jealous of some one that looks like a senior citizen!"
"Because he was with Kaoru."
"As if! Who could ever love anyone with a face like that!" He spat.
"Everyone. half the guys in our school think she's gorgeous, you seem to be the only one missing it." Sanosuke pointed out.
"Well that half of the school must either be blind or desperate." He said, crossing his arms and sticking his nose in the air.
"You're a jerk."
Every one turned to stare at Aoshi in shock.
"What did you say?!" Kenshin growled.
"I said, you're a jerk." Aoshi said, his ice blue eyes glaring straight back.
"Hmph. I'll let it pass this time. As for next time, I can't be held responsible for what happens." Kenshin said, turning away.
"A jerk and a coward." Aoshi said in his usual monotone.
Kenshin stiffened. "Whatever." And with that he walked away.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry it took me so long you guys, I guess I had a lack of motivation. o.O And writer's block to boot. I hope you guys liked this chapter, It's not as good as I hoped, but serves me right for being lazy. Anyway, thanks so much for your support and all, it means a lot to me! ^-^ Alrighty, See you in the next chapter!
~Seien
Disclaimer: Once again, I'll admit (much to my chagrin) that no, I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or any of the characters. ^.^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kaoru slammed her locker shut. "That stupid, egotistical jerk!" She fumed.
"Calm down Kaoru, you can always get him back." Said a smiling, blue-eyed girl, falling into stride with Kaoru.
"Leave it up to HIM to pull something on the first day of school!" She ranted, ignoring the smaller girl beside her. "I mean, we're juniors in High School, you'd think he'd have grown up by now!"
Misao sighed as she watched her best friend stuff her ruined skirt into her backpack.
"I mean, really! Honey on my seat? That's so childish!" Kaoru zipped her backpack shut and hoisted it onto her shoulder. She was lucky she had brought a pair of jeans to change into today, or she would have to endure the rest of the day with either a wet skirt, or a honey-coated one.
"Does he have ANY idea how much I liked that skirt!? It was my FAVORITE one!!"
"Kaoru, can you keep it down? Every one is looking!"
"I DON'T CARE!" She yelled louder.
"Don't let him know you're upset about it, or else his goal will have been accomplished." Misao advised.
Kaoru sighed as the words registered. Misao was right. She wouldn't let that stupid jerk feel satisfied with what he had done!
"Jou-chan!" Called a voice.
"Hey Sano." She replied icily.
"I heard what Kenshin did. But don't take it out on me! Yeesh. I really don't understand why you two hate each other." Said the spikey haired boy.
"Hmph. It's a long story." She said, turning away. Sanosuke sighed and disappeared into the masses of students moving along the hallway, making their way to their classes.
Kaoru spent another minute or so letting off some steam, then wandered to her next class. Just then, the bell rang.
"Great! Now I'm late for class!" She muttered, picking up her pace.
"We. We're late for class. I'm still here you know." Misao said, pointing to herself.
"Sorry Misao, it's just been a hectic morning."
Misao nodded. "I know how it is."
They hurried into their Chemistry class and took their seats.
"Ahhh. Makamachi and Kamiya. Nice of you to join us. It's not good to be late on the first day."
"Gomen Mr. Makoto" They said in unison, bowing their heads.
Shishio rolled his eyes and continued his introduction.
"As I was saying, I'm Makoto Shishio, and I will be your chemisty teacher. You would be wise to pay attention in class and mix the chemicals correctly, lest you end up like me." He said, stroking his bandages.
Some students shifted uncomfortably in their seats. Kenshin just rolled his eyes. Makoto-sensai was all bark and no bite. He wasn't as cruel as people thought. His eyes wandered over to a raven ponytail. How he longed to reach out and yank it. He smiled at the thought of the teacher scolding her for crying out in class. He decided against it. After all, he had already pulled the honey trick. He listened somewhat attentively for the rest of the period, pushing all thoughts of the girl in front of him aside.
For Kaoru it seemed like hours until the bell rang, but as soon as it did, she was out of her seat and into the hallway.
"Yes! It's gym class next!" Kaoru loved gym class, in contrast to most of the girls, who usually faked a sickness or forged a doctor's note to get out of it.
Misao grinned. At least Kaoru's mind was off the honey incident.
The rest of the day passed by in a blur. Fortunately, no homework was assigned that day, so the students were free to do as they pleased.
"Hey Kaoru let's go to the mall." Misao suggested as they walked home together.
"You know Misao, I really don't feel up to going." Kaoru said.
"Hmm. That's too bad. I was going to see if there was another skirt you liked there... And if there was, being the great friend that I am, I was going to buy it for you... But I guess if you really don't want to-"
"Let's go!" Kaoru exclaimed, yanking Misao along as she changed directions.
"Hey, didn't you say you had kendo practice?" Misao asked.
"Yeah, but my dad wasn't feeling well this morning, so he'll enjoy the rest."
Misao watched the cars pass on the street. A muffled "OOF" was heard, and when she turned to look at Kaoru, she wasn't there!
"Watch where you're going!" Kaoru snapped.
"So sorry." Said a sarcastic red head.
Misao sighed. Hadn't Kaoru had enough of this guy for one day?
"Hey Misao."
"Hey Kenshin." Came the cool reply.
"Going somewhere?"
"It's none of your business, creep!" Kaoru hissed, picking herself up off the ground.
Misao waved her hand in a dismissing motion. "We're going to the mall. We don't want to be late." She said, passing Kenshin.
Kaoru did the same, growling and glaring daggars at him as she passed. He just smirked.
Still within earshot, she leaned over to Misao and said a little too loudly, "No wonder he doesn't have a girl friend."
That did it. Kenshin whipped around. "I could get any girl in our school if I wanted to!"
"Hmph. There are 500 girls in our school. You may be able to get 499, but there is one that you'll never be able to get, Kenshin Himura! And that one girl, is me." She said, not bothering to turn and face him.
"I wouldn't even want some ditzy, half-witted, aneorexic girl like you!" He shouted back.
Kaoru flinched. Ditzy? Only when he tripped her or did something to throw her off balance. Half-witted? She was one of the top students in the entire 11th grade! And then... aneorexic?
Kenshin grinned, knowing he had hit the mark. He turned to resume his normal route home, but froze and dialed a number on his cell phone.
"Hey Sano! Listen, I know we were suppose to go see that movie, but how about we go to the mall instead?.... Yeah, I know..... Okay.... Call the other guys then, ok?.... Alright, later!"
He grinned evilly and clipped his cell phone on his jeans. This was going to be fun....
**********
"Misao! This one! I love it!" Kaoru exclaimed, holding up a blue skirt with orange flowers.
"Okay, let's get it then." Misao said, taking it.
"But what if it's too much?" Asked Kaoru, searching for the price tag.
Misao waved her away.
"Nothing's too much for my best friend." She said with a wink.
Kaoru smiled and threw her arms around Misao in a hug.
"You're the best Misao!"
"I know." She said with a smirk.
Misao paid for the skirt and they headed off towards the food court.
A few feet away from the food court, Kaoru spotted Kenshin.
"Great!" She exclaimed.
"What?" Misao asked.
"HE'S here." Kaoru hissed. "I can't let him see me!" And with that she shrank back into a store.
Kenshin caught a movement out of the corner of his eye. It was Kaoru trying to sneak into a store. He smirked. Now was the time to put his plan into action! He glanced around at his friends. Maybe he should wait until she came out of the store.
As Kaoru backed up, she bumped into something. The "something" made an "oof" and tumbling could be heard. Kaoru turned around and saw a white haired stranger sprawled out on the floor.
"I'm so sorry!" She cried, thinking it had been an elderly man and she had killed him for sure. Much to her surprise the man got up and brushed himself off.
"It's quite alright. I'm sure you weren't trying to kill me." He said with a chuckle.
Kaoru looked closely at him. He was a teenager! His void grey eyes matched his spikey white hair perfectly, and he must have been at least 6 ft tall, if not taller. In a way, he was actually quite breathtaking.
"I thought you were-"
"An old man?" He let out another chuckle. "Many people make that mistake." He smiled, looking directly at her for the first time. He raised an eyebrow and all but dropped his jaw.
"I don't want you to think I'm trying to pick you up or anything, but in all truths you are the most beautiful girl I have EVER seen!" He said, staring at her as if he was mesmerized.
She blushed. "T-thank you sir."
"My name is Yukishiro Enishi." He said, offering his hand.
"I'm Kamiya Kaoru." She said, taking it hesitantly.
"Miss Kamiya, would you do me the honor of going out with me sometime?" He asked, gently pulling her hand towards him and planting a gentle kiss on it, while his eyes roamed over her figure.
She blushed harder. "I don't know. After all, I just met you. Besides, what's the chances of me ever seeing you again?"
He gently let go of her hand. "This is true my dear. Well, it was a pleasure meeting you." He said as he turned to go.
"Wait!" He stopped. "Maybe you could walk my friend and me home." She suggested. This was her chance to get out of this place alive.
"I would be delighted to." He said, taking her arm and walking out of the store with her.
Kaoru easily found Kenshin in the food court. She could see him try to shake himself out of his shell-shocked stupor. She flashed him a brilliant smile and recieved a scowl in return.
"Misao, are you ready to go?" Kaoru called out. Misao came trotting over to them.
"Yeah." Her eyes traveled over the eerie stranger. "I don't think we've had the pleasure of meeting, Mr...."
"Call me Enishi. Don't bother with formalities." He said with a charming smile.
"Right. Enishi. Pardon my asking, but just how did you meet Kaoru?"
"We bumped into eachother." Kaoru hastily explained, turning back to see if Kenshin was stupid enough to follow or try something.
"Quite literally." Enishi added.
"I see." Said the suspicious Misao. "Your hair is quite odd, how ever did it get that way?"
"Bleach. I was going for blonde, but I left it in too long. And well... this is the result. I actually kind of like it this way."
"So do you live around here?" Kaoru asked, trying to relieve Enishi of Misao's questioning.
"Yes, we just moved here yesterday. I would invite you over, but I don't think you would feel comfortable with that since we just met, and we're still in the midst of unpacking." He ran a hand through his gleaming hair.
"We?" Misao asked, raising an eyebrow.
"My sister and I." He replied, unshaken by her nonstop questions.
"I see. Well, here's our stop, thank you for walking us home." Misao said, opening the front gate to her home.
"I'll see you two beautiful ladies later then." Enishi said with a wave.
"Don't be so sure." Misao muttered, yanking Kaoru along up the steps.
They got into the house and Misao slammed the door.
"What was that all about?" Kaoru questioned, her crystal blue eyes wide with wonder.
"I don't like him." Was the reply.
"Why not? He's a perfect gentlemen."
"He's too smooth. Too refined."
"You shouldn't be talking. Your Aoshi-sama would probably be just the same if he ever talked." Kaoru said, stamping her foot.
This brought Misao to silence.
"While I'm here we might as well study Chemistry together."
"Alright." Said Misao, opening her backpack and taking out her textbook.
*********
"Who the heck was that guy she was with?" Kenshin scratched his head.
"You've asked that five times now, and I assure you, none of us have been able to figure it out within the last two minutes." Sanosuke said, rolling his eyes.
"I think Kenshin is jealous." Said Soujiro, his usual smile plastered onto his face.
"I am not!" Kenshin protested loudly. "Why in heavens name would I ever be jealous of some one that looks like a senior citizen!"
"Because he was with Kaoru."
"As if! Who could ever love anyone with a face like that!" He spat.
"Everyone. half the guys in our school think she's gorgeous, you seem to be the only one missing it." Sanosuke pointed out.
"Well that half of the school must either be blind or desperate." He said, crossing his arms and sticking his nose in the air.
"You're a jerk."
Every one turned to stare at Aoshi in shock.
"What did you say?!" Kenshin growled.
"I said, you're a jerk." Aoshi said, his ice blue eyes glaring straight back.
"Hmph. I'll let it pass this time. As for next time, I can't be held responsible for what happens." Kenshin said, turning away.
"A jerk and a coward." Aoshi said in his usual monotone.
Kenshin stiffened. "Whatever." And with that he walked away.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry it took me so long you guys, I guess I had a lack of motivation. o.O And writer's block to boot. I hope you guys liked this chapter, It's not as good as I hoped, but serves me right for being lazy. Anyway, thanks so much for your support and all, it means a lot to me! ^-^ Alrighty, See you in the next chapter!
~Seien