Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin.
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When Snow Falls
Previously: We walked into the school building. Then who should be in our way but my former boyfriend, Himura Kenshin?
I stopped in my tracks. Soujirou didn't seem to notice and he walked on. Kenshin held his books in one arm, and stared steadily at me.
Soujirou was walking in the direction Kenshin was at and I quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him to a different corridor.
"Ano," Soujirou said. "Why are we going this way?" Soujirou asked.
"Um," I gave a sheepish smile and tried to think up a lie. He was going the right way but I could take him to my left and that would get us to the same classroom, only it would take a longer time to get there.
"Um, you were going the wrong way!"
"Oh. Gomen asai."
"Iie! It's all right! It was my fault for not telling you to go the right way!"
"Then let's go the right way!"
"Mm."
Soujirou and me talked and joked around. We made a deal that he would call me Kao-chan and I would call Soujirou Sou-chan. I thought the nicknames were admirably cute. I was beginning to feel like I had known Sou- chan forever.
It seemed like too short of a walk by the time we got to the classroom. I protested against the teacher but Saitoh-sensei (being the jerk he was) gave Sou-chan and me three detentions.
URGH!
We both chose seats in the back. Unfortunately, the seats were not next to each other. Once you got to know Sou-chan, he was really nice to be around. Sure, his 24/7 smile could get irritating and/or creepy but there always are disadvantages to everything! What can you do?
I chipped some of my nail polish during the class idly and thought about Kenshin. One word resonated in my head.
Why?
Why?
Why?
Why?
The bell rang (finally!) and I weaved my way through the crowd, eager to get to my next class. Gym.
I felt a hand clap on my shoulder and I turned. It was Soujirou.
"Hello!" I said cheerfully. "How was hell?" I asked.
Soujirou laughed.
"Fine."
"Good, what's your next class?"
"Physics."
"Mou, I have gym!"
"I can find someone else who has the same class."
"Iie! It's alright! I can take you there! It's on the way to the gym."
"Arigatou!" Sou-chan's smile (if possible) grew wider. I walked Sou- chan to his next class.
It was after that I just realized. Kenshin had gym at the same time I did. I hoped we didn't have to interact.
"Kaoru-chan!" A voice called and I turned. It was Misao.
"Hi!" I greeted her cheerfully. Misao frowned.
"Why are you all bouncy and happy?" She asked. I frowned.
"Why shouldn't I be?"
"Because!" Misao exploded, earning strange looks from passersby.
"Because why?"
"BECAUSE YOUR BOYFRIEND JUST KISSED ANOTHER GIRL!" Misao screamed. I clapped my hand over her mouth. Too late, everyone was already whispering and sending me sympathetic glances. I hated pity.
"Now look at what you did!" I hissed.
"Sorry." Misao whispered. I sighed.
"It's alright."
"What are you going to do about it?" Misao asked. We started walking again we had gym together.
"I don't know." I admitted. Was I supposed to do something other than be heartbroken?
"I know!" She yelled.
"Misao!"
"Sorry!"
Sigh.
"Anyways," I said. "You were saying?"
"I know what you should do!"
"What?"
"Ask the gym teacher if you could be paired up with him and then you can make him black-and-blue all over! Today we're using bokkens!"
I sweat dropped at this.
"Misao, in case you're forgetting something." I said through gritted teeth. I really hated it when people were better than me.
"Kenshin is much better with the sword than I am!"
"Yeah but you have more experience with bokkens!"
Sweat drop.
"Misao! I only have more experience with bokkens because they're easier to handle! Which means Kenshin will be even better!" I was really exasperated.
"Oh, right."
And here I was, thinking that my friends were actually smart.
The two of us arrived at the gym's locker rooms and we quickly changed, talking about nothing relevant.
I got a bokken. I felt revved up and just remembering what Kenshin had done made me want to kick something. Now, two words whirled in my head.
Hate him.
Hate him.
Hate him.
Hate him.
Hate him.
I mean, what right did he have to just kiss another girl? If he had broken up with me and then kissed her, maybe it wouldn't feel like my soul was being devoured by something evil.
Hate him.
Hate him.
Hate him.
Yura-sensei ordered the class to do 500 strokes. For each stroke, I thought one word.
Revenge.
Revenge.
Revenge.
Revenge.
Revenge.
But how was I supposed to get revenge? I stopped my strokes and stroked my chin thoughtfully.
What to do, oh what to do?
"Miss Kamiya!"
I snapped out of my reverie. Yura-sensei was glaring at me and I smiled nervously.
"Yes?"
"Are you done with your 500 strokes?"
"Um, no ma'am!"
I finished the rest of my strokes and did some stretches. Then, Yura- sensei pulled us altogether.
"Alright class!" She said. Everyone fell silent and looked at Yura- sensei. The boys ogled her.
Yura-sensei was quite beautiful. She had shoulder-length brown hair and a petite structure much like mine. Her blue eyes were three shades darker than mine and she was tanned a bit.
"Today, we're going to spar against eachother!" Yura-sensei said. She paired us up.
"Ayashi Akane and Shinomori Aoshi!"
"Machimachi Misao and Higurashi Kagome (AN: yes from InuYasha. Can't think of original Japanese names! ^^)
"Tendo Soonjoo and Kouga Kikyo!"
"Kamiya Kaoru and Himura Kenshin!" I froze. Did I hear her correctly? Yura-sensei rattled off some more names but I paid no mind to them. What was I to do now?
A felt a hand tap my shoulder.
"Ahem." I turned. Kenshin was there, smiling innocently at me. I felt my bottled up anger rise.
"What are you smiling about?" I snapped. He clenched me quite suddenly in a bone-crushing hug. I was shocked for a second then pulled away.
"What do you think you're doing?" I demanded. Kenshin's smile faltered.
"I would like to apologize for what happened earlier. It was a misunderstanding." He said. I knew what was going to happen next. It was always like that in soap operas. Either 'she is my cousin/relative' or 'I thought she was you'.
"I thought she was you."
Well, then. I knew I was being unreasonable but I loved Kenshin too much. I decided to let one kiss go.
"Oh Kenshin!" I clutched him and he hugged me back.
"Excuse me!" Yura-sensei said. She was about to point out that we were not sparring but just then, the bell rang.
"Good bye, Yura-sensei!" I walked away arm-in-arm with Kenshin.
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When Snow Falls
Previously: We walked into the school building. Then who should be in our way but my former boyfriend, Himura Kenshin?
I stopped in my tracks. Soujirou didn't seem to notice and he walked on. Kenshin held his books in one arm, and stared steadily at me.
Soujirou was walking in the direction Kenshin was at and I quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him to a different corridor.
"Ano," Soujirou said. "Why are we going this way?" Soujirou asked.
"Um," I gave a sheepish smile and tried to think up a lie. He was going the right way but I could take him to my left and that would get us to the same classroom, only it would take a longer time to get there.
"Um, you were going the wrong way!"
"Oh. Gomen asai."
"Iie! It's all right! It was my fault for not telling you to go the right way!"
"Then let's go the right way!"
"Mm."
Soujirou and me talked and joked around. We made a deal that he would call me Kao-chan and I would call Soujirou Sou-chan. I thought the nicknames were admirably cute. I was beginning to feel like I had known Sou- chan forever.
It seemed like too short of a walk by the time we got to the classroom. I protested against the teacher but Saitoh-sensei (being the jerk he was) gave Sou-chan and me three detentions.
URGH!
We both chose seats in the back. Unfortunately, the seats were not next to each other. Once you got to know Sou-chan, he was really nice to be around. Sure, his 24/7 smile could get irritating and/or creepy but there always are disadvantages to everything! What can you do?
I chipped some of my nail polish during the class idly and thought about Kenshin. One word resonated in my head.
Why?
Why?
Why?
Why?
The bell rang (finally!) and I weaved my way through the crowd, eager to get to my next class. Gym.
I felt a hand clap on my shoulder and I turned. It was Soujirou.
"Hello!" I said cheerfully. "How was hell?" I asked.
Soujirou laughed.
"Fine."
"Good, what's your next class?"
"Physics."
"Mou, I have gym!"
"I can find someone else who has the same class."
"Iie! It's alright! I can take you there! It's on the way to the gym."
"Arigatou!" Sou-chan's smile (if possible) grew wider. I walked Sou- chan to his next class.
It was after that I just realized. Kenshin had gym at the same time I did. I hoped we didn't have to interact.
"Kaoru-chan!" A voice called and I turned. It was Misao.
"Hi!" I greeted her cheerfully. Misao frowned.
"Why are you all bouncy and happy?" She asked. I frowned.
"Why shouldn't I be?"
"Because!" Misao exploded, earning strange looks from passersby.
"Because why?"
"BECAUSE YOUR BOYFRIEND JUST KISSED ANOTHER GIRL!" Misao screamed. I clapped my hand over her mouth. Too late, everyone was already whispering and sending me sympathetic glances. I hated pity.
"Now look at what you did!" I hissed.
"Sorry." Misao whispered. I sighed.
"It's alright."
"What are you going to do about it?" Misao asked. We started walking again we had gym together.
"I don't know." I admitted. Was I supposed to do something other than be heartbroken?
"I know!" She yelled.
"Misao!"
"Sorry!"
Sigh.
"Anyways," I said. "You were saying?"
"I know what you should do!"
"What?"
"Ask the gym teacher if you could be paired up with him and then you can make him black-and-blue all over! Today we're using bokkens!"
I sweat dropped at this.
"Misao, in case you're forgetting something." I said through gritted teeth. I really hated it when people were better than me.
"Kenshin is much better with the sword than I am!"
"Yeah but you have more experience with bokkens!"
Sweat drop.
"Misao! I only have more experience with bokkens because they're easier to handle! Which means Kenshin will be even better!" I was really exasperated.
"Oh, right."
And here I was, thinking that my friends were actually smart.
The two of us arrived at the gym's locker rooms and we quickly changed, talking about nothing relevant.
I got a bokken. I felt revved up and just remembering what Kenshin had done made me want to kick something. Now, two words whirled in my head.
Hate him.
Hate him.
Hate him.
Hate him.
Hate him.
I mean, what right did he have to just kiss another girl? If he had broken up with me and then kissed her, maybe it wouldn't feel like my soul was being devoured by something evil.
Hate him.
Hate him.
Hate him.
Yura-sensei ordered the class to do 500 strokes. For each stroke, I thought one word.
Revenge.
Revenge.
Revenge.
Revenge.
Revenge.
But how was I supposed to get revenge? I stopped my strokes and stroked my chin thoughtfully.
What to do, oh what to do?
"Miss Kamiya!"
I snapped out of my reverie. Yura-sensei was glaring at me and I smiled nervously.
"Yes?"
"Are you done with your 500 strokes?"
"Um, no ma'am!"
I finished the rest of my strokes and did some stretches. Then, Yura- sensei pulled us altogether.
"Alright class!" She said. Everyone fell silent and looked at Yura- sensei. The boys ogled her.
Yura-sensei was quite beautiful. She had shoulder-length brown hair and a petite structure much like mine. Her blue eyes were three shades darker than mine and she was tanned a bit.
"Today, we're going to spar against eachother!" Yura-sensei said. She paired us up.
"Ayashi Akane and Shinomori Aoshi!"
"Machimachi Misao and Higurashi Kagome (AN: yes from InuYasha. Can't think of original Japanese names! ^^)
"Tendo Soonjoo and Kouga Kikyo!"
"Kamiya Kaoru and Himura Kenshin!" I froze. Did I hear her correctly? Yura-sensei rattled off some more names but I paid no mind to them. What was I to do now?
A felt a hand tap my shoulder.
"Ahem." I turned. Kenshin was there, smiling innocently at me. I felt my bottled up anger rise.
"What are you smiling about?" I snapped. He clenched me quite suddenly in a bone-crushing hug. I was shocked for a second then pulled away.
"What do you think you're doing?" I demanded. Kenshin's smile faltered.
"I would like to apologize for what happened earlier. It was a misunderstanding." He said. I knew what was going to happen next. It was always like that in soap operas. Either 'she is my cousin/relative' or 'I thought she was you'.
"I thought she was you."
Well, then. I knew I was being unreasonable but I loved Kenshin too much. I decided to let one kiss go.
"Oh Kenshin!" I clutched him and he hugged me back.
"Excuse me!" Yura-sensei said. She was about to point out that we were not sparring but just then, the bell rang.
"Good bye, Yura-sensei!" I walked away arm-in-arm with Kenshin.