To Draw A Sword

By: Misumi Kanegawa

Disclaimer: I STILL do not own Rurouni Kenshin-I don't own anything I didn't make up. x

(By the way, this is my 1st RK fic...)

Chapter 16: A Short Kenshin moment...O.o


Kenshin's room…

"Jeeze Aoshi- I can't believe you could do such a pathetic thing…" Sano snorted as Aoshi gave him death glare.

"Well- are you clearly sure you're okay Himura-san?" Soujiro asked as Kenshin shrugged.

"Yeah- sure- I'm okay- I guess…" Kenshin mumbled lazily.

"Anyway- who are the people this drunkard picked on?"

All of a sudden, Aoshi brought one of his kodachis and tried to thrust it towards Sano.

Fortunately, Sano managed to stop the kodachi with both his hands in a praying like fashion- just inches away from his face.

Kenshin and Soujiro watched them in silence.

"Jeeze Aoshi- the more you don't keep your cool- the more you show us how you've broken the code of honor…" Sano mumbled as Aoshi just glared at him.

Silence filled the air.

Finally, Aoshi withdrew his kodachi and placed it back into its sheath.

Sano sighed then stared at his hands.

"Ack! Look what you did! I've got blood on my hands!"

"You mean my blood on your hands…" Kenshin mumbled with a sigh as Aoshi rolled his eyes.

"Oh! By the way- I've been meaning to ask you this… Did some weird girl appear out of nowhere when you guys were fighting the shrimpy kendo guy?" Sano asked, wiping his bloody hands on his handkerchief.

"A girl!" exclaimed both Kenshin and Aoshi at the same time.

Sano raised a brow at them.

"Yeah… a girl… cute too…"Sano mumbled as Kenshin stared intently at him.

Aoshi just stared at the floor angrily.

'Impossible- how'd he know-' thought both Kenshin at Aoshi.

"Anyway- that crazy girl just pops out of nowhere and started pissing me off!" Sano scowled as he leaned unto the couch, "But of course I'm too much a gentleman- so I let her off…"

"Right… you're just scared on what that fox woman might do to you-" Aoshi grumbled in annoyance as Sano glared at him, "Or maybe it's because of that stupid code of honor… which I think is really useless…"

"What does this girl look like Mr. Sagara?" Soujiro asked, interrupting Aoshi as Sano shrugged.

"Dunno… long black hair- blue eyes- height nearly the same as Kenshin's…" Sano mumbled jokingly as Kenshin glared at him.

'So it was the same girl…' Aoshi thought, rubbing his head in annoyance, 'Stupid bitch…. Trying to mess with the F4-'

"Oh! I remember something…" Soujiro mumbled, scratching his head, "She seems like- I think she's Myoujin-san's girlfriend…"

Sano widened his eyes in shock as he grabbed on to Soujiro's shirt.

"That shrimp has a girlfriend who's taller than her! YUCK! How disgusting is that!" Sano yelled, "I mean- how the heck can a shrimp like him who can't do kendo well get a pretty-looking girlfriend!"

"Uh… please don't spit on my face Sagara-san…" Soujiro said wiping spit off his face as Sano hit him on the head in embarrassment.

"That girl- who is she? Does she go to our school?" Aoshi growled menacingly as both Sano and Soujiro stared at him sheepishly, "I met her too in my fight- except there were two of them… two cute, sexy-looking ladies…."

'Jeeze- If I didn't know any better, I'd think he was hitting on them…' Sano thought to himself as he turned his head to avoid Aoshi's penetrating gaze.

"As far as I know- that other girl Sano was talking about does study in our school- I met her when I was teaching Myoujin-san how to do some real kendo…" Soujiro said smiling as Aoshi rolled his eyes.

"How about you Kenshin? Did you encounter that girl? The one with raven black hair?" Sano asked, turning his attention to Kenshin.

Kenshin just sat there, looking down on the carpeted floors without moving an inch. His mind seemed to be drifting of on a far off place- until Sano whacked him on the head.

"Oro!" Kenshin yelped, falling off his seat. Sano laughed as Soujiro just stared at them curiously.

"Oy! What's the matter with you Kenshin? It looked like you were in your own little world again!" Sano chuckled as Kenshin gave him a death glare.

"Shut up Sano- I was just- uh- thinking about all this…" Kenshin began as Sano interrupted.

"So? Did you meet the macho-chick when you were taking on the shrimp?"

Kenshin stared at him for a while before sighing.

"Yeah… So?" Kenshin muttered, clearly showing his disgust and annoyance to everyone.

"It is still my turn to fight him, right Himura-san?" Soujiro asked.

Kenshin looked at him silently.

"Yo? Kenshin? You okay?" Sano asked staring at Kenshin's dazed look.

"Seems like he's not…" Soujiro suggested as Sano hit him on the head.

"Jeeze- wasn't that obvious!" Sano yelled at him as Aoshi cursed under his breath about some rooster head being such an idiot.

"Just go on and get that guy when you have the chance- I don't think he'll be up for a while- Aoshi seemed to be dead drunk when he obliterated the shrimp…" Sano mumbled, lazily stretching his arms.

"Then it's settled! I get to play with Myoujin-san once again!" Soujiro smiled happily as Aoshi glared at him, swearing in his head for Seta's ugly looking smile.


The next day…

"Argh! My head!" Aoshi groaned as a bunch of maids came bustling up to him with medicines for him.

"That's what you get for drinking last night-" Sano said smirking as Aoshi rushed to the washroom with his face turning purple, "I've got a feeling he's gonna puke a lot of that nasty stuff-"

"Please Sagara-san, don't tease him… he seems to have a huge headache right now…" Soujiro said.

"Try a migraine!" Sano snorted as Soujiro looked at him with a confused look on his face, "Or a hangover…"

"Uh… Isn't that the same thing?" Soujiro asked as Sano shrugged.

"Hey- you tell me- you're the one with brains…"

"Does that mean you don't have any brains?" Soujiro asked innocently as Sano glared at him and smacked him on the head.

"Young master Himura…"

"Uh? Shinji? Sup?" Kenshin mumbled in monotone.

"Yes, um… do I have to prepare the other three rooms once more for the three young masters?" Shinji asked as Kenshin shrugged.

"Dunno… besides, they just slept over 'cuz it was late- I'm not really expecting them to stay tonight, that I don't" Kenshin replied with a sigh.

Shinji nodded, giving a small bow to Kenshin.

At the same time, Aoshi came out of the washroom, looking very VERY sick.

"Uh… but maybe Aoshi needs some rest right now…" Kenshin told Shinji thoughtfully.

"Shut up Himura- I don't need your sympathy…" Aoshi growled as the maids around him started pampering him up.

"Yo man- give it a rest- just get some sleep already- you look N-A-S-T-Y!" Sano taunted as Aoshi gave him a death glare.

"He's right Shinomori-san, it's best if you take some rest- I can just give you your homework and stuff like that for you later on…" Soujiro suggested.

Aoshi stared at him in disgust.

"I wish you'd leave that damn school part out…" Aoshi grumbled as he tried to wobble his way to an empty room, "No one disturb me okay! Not unless you guys wanna get killed…"

"Sigh… alcohol seem to make people cranky…" Soujiro mumbled with a sigh as Sano just snorted.

Kenshin smiled and gave Shinji a little wink.

Shinji nodded and headed over to Aoshi who just collapsed to the floor in exhaustion.


"Misao-chan! Ohayo!"

"Ah! Kaoru-san! How are you?" Misao asked happily as the young raven-haired girl ran towards her.

"I'm quite fine thanks- but I didn't really get that much sleep- I slept around 4 am!" Kaoru said, giggling to herself.

"What!" Misao exclaimed in surprise, her mouth falling open, "The moment I got home, I fell on the floor and slept! And when I woke up, I saw myself hugging one of grandpa's smelly shoes!"

Kaoru burst out laughing as Misao made a face; her cheeks were going pink from embarrassment.

"Mou! You're so mean!" Misao screamed at her as Kaoru just laughed harder.

Suddenly, they heard a bunch of girls whispering next to them.

"Hey look! There's only three of them!"

"Whoa! You're right!"

"Oh my gosh! It's Shinomori-san who's missing!"

"Woah! No way!"

"Wonder what happened to him!"

"Did he skip school again?"

"Are they talking about that idiotic playboy from yesterday? The one who was acting like a lunatic?" Misao whispered to Kaoru as she shrugged.

"Don't ask me… I don't know who they really are- you know how I am with names? I forget them easily…" Kaoru mumbled, rolling her eyes.

Misao giggled.

"Oh yeah… I remember that you only memorized the names of our teachers after a month!" Misao laughed as Kaoru hit her on the head.

"Don't rub it in baka…" Kaoru grumbled as she stared at the group of rich guys entering a classroom near them, "Oh shit! If they recognize me, I'm dead!"

"Wha- oh yeah- those other people you pissed off before" Misao said, quickly turning her friend to the other direction, making her face the window.

"What the heck are you doing!" Kaoru hissed silently.

"These group of gossipy girls can hide us a bit from them, just face this window and cover your face with one of your books so they won't notice you!" Misao explained.

"But-"

"Just do it!"


Kenshin's POV

I walked down the hall with both Soujiro and Sano talking next to me. I wasn't really listening to them though- but I think they're talking about food- liver and asparaguses mostly- why are they talking about liver and asparaguses?

I sighed inwardly, looking over to the scenery out the window. I like looking out the windows of the school. You get to see a lot of cool things most people don't really see- or maybe something they don't want to see.

As usual, I see those flock of girls gossiping by the windows- ugh- they're blocking my view!

I sighed as I shoved my hands in my pockets.

Maybe I should've stayed home with Aoshi… I could've watched some wrestling- or maybe some basketball.

I sighed as Soujiro and Sano turned to our classroom. They were still talking up to now? And now it's about vampire bats? Where do they get all this stuff!

Huh?

What was that?

I looked at the window those dreaded girls are blocking. Someone's whispering…

I stopped in my tracks as Sano and Soujiro entered our classroom.

'Hmm… it seems like there're two other girls over there…' I thought, 'If I stepped maybe a bit more to the side, maybe I could get to see their reflections…'

But just as I decided to just do that- I stopped.

Why was I so interested about some girls hiding behind this treacherous group of gossiping girls? And why am I suddenly using such big words!

I shook my head.

Something's wrong with me today… am I sick or something?

I felt my forehead just to make sure. Nope- I'm sure this is my normal temperature… I think…

I scratched my head in annoyance.

"Hey Kenshin!"

I looked up and saw Sano staring at me.

"What the heck are you standing out there for? Are you watching all the pretty ladies pass by without even telling me!" Sano snorted as I sweat dropped.

"Takani-san might get mad if she hears you saying that Sagara-san…" Soujiro pointed out as Sano shrugged.

"Jeeze… that's no fun…" Sano grumbled, walking back to his seat.

I smiled inwardly. Typical Sano- I wish I was like him sometimes- he's so… so… carefree… well… he's really laid back… but Aoshi's like that too… well…most of the time…

"Um… Himura-san? Aren't you coming in? Class is about to start…" Soujiro said to me.

"Uh… yeah… I- I-" I stuttered.

Why was I stuttering!

"Um… I- just- need- to-to-go-to the washroom! 'What a stupid way to lie Himura!'" I lied, quickly looking away from him.

"Uh… right…. Are you okay Himura-san?" Soujiro asked curiously as I sheepishly nodded my head, "Okay… make it quick though… class is about to start…"

"Uh yeah… sure…" I smiled at him as I tried to walk away as quickly as possible.

Jeeze… I'm so bad in lying… Wonder why I even try… I'm such an idiot…

I look to my side as I passed the window I've been so dying to see for the past 10 minutes.

Strangely enough, I see two girls each reading a book. That's not the strange part though… The smaller one with her hair in braids was reading her book upside down! And the taller girl with raven black hair had her book so close to her- it was like she was hiding her face instead of reading!

I sighed and rolled my eyes.

They must be one of those super obsessed fan clubs I've been reading about in mangas! Those who terrorized others who get too close to celebrities.

A chill suddenly ran down my spine.

What if- they were hanging around- waiting for us! THE F4!

GASP!

We're popular around here- well, maybe because they're scared of us- but other than that- why would they have a fan club for us!

YUCK!

Girls following you secretly to everywhere you go- even daring to enter the boys' washroom!

That's so disgusting, that it is…

Besides- I'm not a girl magnet and I hate girls- so I'm positively absolutely sure they're not after me! Well, I'm certainly hoping so, that I am…

But what about Sano? They could go after him- but I guess they can't anymore 'cuz he's already taken by Takani-dono…

Well, there is also Seta- he's got looks, that he has… but one would never be sure that he's into girls- he is quite unpredictable, that he is… Especially because of that weird smile of his…. shudder

Hmm… Then that leaves Aoshi! He's the one who loves girls so much! Yeah! I'm guessing those girls- even those gossipy ones shudder were waiting for him.

Well, I guess they were heartbroken 'cuz he didn't show up today….

I guess those weird girls with the books must be crying and are too ashamed to be seen with their red blotchy eyes…

Sigh...

I can't believe I lied to Seta because of a bunch of strange girls… of all things!

Girls are stupid…

I hate girls!

I shivered in disgust as I hurried to the washroom before the bell rings.

To be continued…


(A/N: Sorry for such a long update… I completely forgot the whole plot of this story of mine because of all that studying! Ah! I'm so sorry! Hope you forgive me for this completely random chapter of mine! I promise I'll make the next chapter better! I had to rush this 'cuz our internet wasn't that stabled! I'm SSSSSOOOOOOOO Sorry! Forgive me! Give some flames for this chapter! Please! I seriously seem to need some! Oh! And if you guys haven't read my other rk story "True to Your Heart", read it for me please! And tell me which's better, ok? Thanks!)