FREAK ON THE LEASH...
--Female Hitokiri Battousai
--R- rated for mature themes and language.
--Based under the neglected fic: Power of Love (Remake)
Synopsis: The sweetest flower that blows, I give to him as we part, for him it is a black rose, for me it is my heart.
(Internal synopsis: Kamiya Kaoru, a typical Ms. Goodie-goodie, assigned herself a psychology project, one in which it meant to rehabilitate the mind of the school's worst bad-boy punk, Kenshin Himura. Problem is, when the project is over, does that mean the emotions built are over as well?)
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-- Chapter 3- Trouble
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Wednesday 13th
Kaoru sat in the principal's office for about half-an-hour, listening keenly and grimacing at the distasteful conversation between her parents and the principal. The principal was relentless, battling her parents with aggressive and not to mention false accusations. This made Kaoru sink deeper into her chair.
What truly worried her wasn't the bickering of both parties, but more preferably the punishment her parents would chastise her with.
'Awww man' Kaoru groaned to herself, covering her face with both hands.
Kaoru sat there, not knowing what to do. At first she had an idea to jump out the principal's window and hitch school for a day, but then she figured she'd been in enough trouble for one day. The day was simply going from bad to worse and it's like the worse would never end.
Grimacing at the fact that anytime now her parents would come blasting through the door wearing man-hunter stares on the faces, really seem to scare the shit out of her and to think Kaoru's had enough. 'Mouuuuuuu' she groaned again.
Looking out the window, she seem to let her eyes trail on the sweet outdoors. It was so peaceful and untouched. All she wanted was some of that, some clean air and serene environment, yet what she did get was, 'torture, punishment and more punishment'
'This isn't my day' thought Kaoru, leaning back into the chair holding the handles with anger.
And to think she didn't cause it, 'It's that mushroom! Aghh, wait until I get my hands on you sucker, you'll wish you were never ever ever born! Ohh how I await that moment!'
Yet the more Kaoru worked herself up, the more she realized it wasn't worth aggravating the situation that seems to constantly get at her. Fed-up and perhaps tired from all the lies, troubles and coarse words, Kaoru agreed going home wouldn't be so bad.
And as if the poor girl could not have a minute to take a breath and breathe, she was intervened.
Intervened by doors crashing open and two man-hunters looking down at her. And oh boy, it wasn't looking pretty.
There she sat, slouching in her chair, wearing an uneasy not to mention nervous façade, but come on who wouldn't be scared!
Sitting up almost immediately, Kaoru beamed at her parents who folded their arms and wore stares of just pure death.
For a minute, Kaoru swore her heart stopped beating.
'Oh for cracks sake I'm innocent!'
Wishing they would hear her side, her mother started.
"Do you have anything to say about your nonsense young lady?" dropping all the key words like nonsense, and lady really seem to make Kaoru groan at the treatment.
"Ma…" she started slowly off, giving herself a minute to cool her own mind.
"Don't ma me missy. You know what you did was completely repulsive and not to mention absolutely out of the question. Oh gosh man Kaoru you know your father and I hate smoking and smokers for that matter. But what do we get for raising you in a good home with everything you could possibly need? What, what's that I hear, you're smoking! What next Kaoru, drinking, gambling, weaponry exchange?" her mother roared angrily seeing Kaoru's eyes shimmer with tears.
Sharply Kaoru gasped for air, wishing she would disappear. She didn't deserve this and what's worse, nobody was willing to listen to her.
"Y-You must believe me." She cried, "I didn't smoke…I swear" she cried with her face turning a shade of bright red.
"Oh is that so! And let me ask you Kaoru, how did that cigarette just get there? Did it just get up light itself and lay itself neatly on the floor? Huh, is that it, is that what you're trying to say to me?" asked the woman who coarsely spoke at her daughter.
"No…I didn't smoke it mom. All I know, was that I wanted some air so I stood outside, please, you must believe me" Kaoru cried.
"Kaoru, why do you need air, I mean weren't you suppose to be in class, doing schoolwork?" the mother asked very interestedly.
"Yes, I was, I just needed some air, that's all" Kaoru explained
"You make no sense Kaoru. I mean we dropped you off early this morning, a whole half-an-hour before class started and what's that you say? You need more relaxation, more air? Your audaciousness is boundless, isn't it?" incredulously the woman asked.
"Forget it Mrs. Kamiya, she'll battle you over and over. She wouldn't admit she did wrong, that's what she does, hmm Kaoru?" the principal spoke. His words sounding like howling on a cold night.
"Humph" her mother huffed watching Kaoru in a disgusted manner.
It was then Kaoru had enough. "I can't believe it…your own flesh and blood you don't believe, but you believe him. No offense and all, if you knew you cared about having kids and didn't care to listen to them, then hell you shouldn't have made me. Oh gosh what is with you people, here I am being accused for absolutely nothing. Nothing I tell yuh, I was framed good gosh, by a boy with red hair from our next door college" she shouted out to her last breath.
Both mother and principal were shocked. Kaoru's father though he stood angry at his daughter, he felt something anew, he felt as if his daughter really wasn't lying. The way she cried, defended herself and chose to speak beyond what her ignorant victimizers had to say, really made him reopen his eyes.
"You don't DARE shout at me young lady" rattled the mother.
"But mom, he's lying. I didn't do it" she lowered her voice.
"Kaoru how I wish I could believe you, but there's nothing but" "I believe you" interjected a voice.
"You do? Do you mean it daddy?" asked Kaoru in all her hurt.
He glanced her, seeing that her face showed no lies. There is something fathers can see in their daughters and its lies and truths. Though when Kaoru was smaller she was much more attached to him, he blamed time and his busy job for splitting them up, but still the relationship and instincts of father and daughter never really die.
"Yes Kaoru, I do" the father spoke.
"What?" the principal exclaimed.
"Mr. Yoshido, maybe what you saw wasn't exactly true. Maybe you yourself misinterpreted." The man spoke.
"How could I, a principal misinterpret a child smoking?" the principal battled.
"Mr. Yoshido, for your information if you see a child smoking, and a cigarette burning behind a child, means two complete different things. Sometimes you may get the wrong impression that a child's been smoking, but no, both situations shouldn't be looked at the same." Mr. Kamiya spoke.
"How dare you inform me? I am the principal of this college. Everyday I see students drink, smoke, cheat, lie, gamble and so on, the list is endless Mr. Kamiya. The way the students in this school defend themselves is unbelievable. You may think you know your daughter at home, but at school she's a completely different person, with a different life she has full control of. Don't believe her lies and false disguise…she doesn't tell the truth and I for one don't believe her" the principal reckoned.
"Mr. Yoshido, you're wearing me out. No, really you are. In a court of law what you say will put you straight behind bars. Not because you say it with drama, but that you say it with no evidence" Mr. Kamiya spoke.
"Are you trying to intimidate me sir? Do you have the right to speak to me this way?" the principal blinked back.
"Actually Mr. Yoshido, I could see that a lot of the students in this school were innocent but blamed because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. This causes kids to become bad, do bad things, in fact your affliction causes the school to degrade and it shouldn't have to be like that. Students are human beings and they deserve fair trails, they deserve to voice what really happened. If you can't analyze what they say and you victimize the child saying they're the culprit, they're the liar, it helps to make some good children, bad. And don't ask me if I have the right to speak the way I do, because for your information, I am a lawyer and I can sue you every penny in your pocket and relocate you to the far ends of this earth, not because you victimize my daughter and several other students, but that you didn't actually see her hold the cigarette in her hand. But to abide by the rules of this school, I'll have my daughter take a chemical test, to see if any carcinogens are in her blood, if there is, your punishment is your choice, if there is none, your sorry ass better have a good explanation" he paused, "and not just to me, but to the Prestige board of this school" the man spoke, rich and forceful of every word.
The principal was speechless.
Kaoru smiled, in an evil sort of way, 'stinking principal, bastard got what he deserved.'
Kaoru walked to her father looking up from her moistened eyes. Giving him a smile, she gave him a big hug, she knew it was corny but right now shit corny coz he was the only one who defended her.
"Thank you dad" she whispered, "for believing me" even if she was to be suspended, was to be expelled, was to be grounded, she was still happy someone actually took her side and read between the lines.
'Cheesy, corny, old, they can call it whatever, but I appreciate everything dad. No thanks to Assholes and assholes Inc.!'
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Pushing the door open, a crew of three boys were already taking a seat in their chairs.
'Completely busted'
The three turned around looking at their accomplice.
"Late again, hmm Mr. Himura?" the principal asked
"Yeah, needed to take a quick shit" Kenshin walked to the empty chair beside Enishi.
"You know how the indigestion is?" Kenshin spoke dryly, "tch, it sucks man…"
"Hmm, so I've heard." The principal nonchalantly spoke.
Kenshin took a moment to breathe, counting from numbers one to five slowly, knowing that the battle the principal wanted was coming.
"It's been the seventh time this week Mr. Himura" he started.
'One…two…three'
"I mean don't you get tired of causing all this unnecessary trouble, all this nonsensical aggravation? Don't you get fedup of making up these lies which you consider your excuses?" the man asked.
'Four…'
"Well answer me?" he shouted
'Five'
"Actually, I didn't do nothing wrong man. I was minding my own business yo. I aint do nothing. Some punks came up to me telling me a bunch of crap and I aint start no fight, they did, but I get blame for it coz you teachers and deans, all of y'all think its nice to point fingers and say the one who caused trouble before did it. That aint cool yo. I aint down for that. That's wrong man, and I aint like it!" he expressed himself.
"Impressive little speech of yours Himura, but I'll call you if I'm running for a rights protest, okay?" he sarcastically spoke.
"Right now the situation isn't about fair and who's not fair, its about an incident we reported in the girls college. Tuesday of this week, Mr. Yukishiro, Mr. Sagara, Mr. Chou and yourself crossed over onto the Girls College. You know the rules, though both colleges are under one name, that doesn't mean that boys can enter girls territory, and likewise for girls onto our domain. And to think that wasn't enough, I heard that some of the girls saw you gentlemen having sex with a few of the girls. Now I understand you're young and school can be tough and weary at times, in fact looking at more clearly I sometimes understand why you boys drink, gamble in the halls, break class or even chew gum. Heck I was young too, but that does not give you gentlemen any autonomy to cross the school boundary, enter female domain and not to mention jack them for easy pleasure. The last students that were in my office for sex offence were arrested and placed in juvenile jail." The principal uttered coldly and forcefully.
"Th-yeah right. It's not an offence to get blown with a girl, it's a free country man" Sanosuke, a tall fellow with a terrible anger management said.
"So you say. By chance, do you gentlemen know what statutory-rape is?" the principal asked.
The four boys kept quiet.
"It means when a boy gets blown with a girl before she's 18. In court the boys are punished not the girls. Regardless if the girl wanted to get blown with the boy or she started it, the boy will always be the one who the police press charges against. Why gentlemen, because this little female is under eighteen. If you gentlemen do not know what you all are doing, but know you're just relieving yourselves from torture and frustration, believe me you aren't. You're only causing more problems for yourselves. You gentlemen never seem to get it, that this is a prestige school, where some students make an effort to live the schools standard, but you gentlemen, you all are not affected, not motivated- not aware of the prestigious title around you. What more as a principal, a teacher and a motivator can I do to instill in you youths that you're ruining your lives?" the principal robustly inquired.
'Say what—say wha-?' Chuo thought.
'He really hasn't gotten jacked' thought Sano…
'Screw you asshole' Enishi thought.
Kenshin on the other hand just watched the man listening to everything he was saying, wishing that he could barf in his eye.
"Do you gentleman understand anything I've said, anything, anything at all?" the principal asked
The four wore alike features, those of fatigue, and hollowness.
"I needa take a piss" Enishi started, holding his crotch in a manner of protection.
"That's it!" the principal slammed his hands into the table.
The boys jumped.
"You gentlemen have really worn me out. Split my last nerve! I have just had about enough of all this nonsense, from now on no more Mr. Nice-guy, from now on there is gonna be some new changes, the first be, you gentlemen will do one hundred hours of work for this school in manual labour. Anytime, any day the school wants." The principal exploded.
"What the ass?" it flew out their mouths
"Yes you heard me correct. One hundred long hours of manual labour to this school any day, anytime the school requires it. Kapeech?" the principal asked.
"Look man I'm just pissed when you punish me, but ordering me to do slave work, nah man you're out of your mind. I aint doing none of that shit." Enishi rapped.
"Oh of course Mr. Yukishiro. I'm show the police will love to know all the explicit details of you and your little girlfriend getting horny behind the school. Sure, I mean she shouldn't worry, coz it's you they're pressing the charges against. Oh and why is that, because you had Statutory rape with a girl who is under 18. You're done for, all of you." He ended.
Kenshin clenched his fists. 'F—kers, all of them. Kill this f—king school'
Anger was seen and felt, it ripped across them like electric discharges, and it was well enjoyed to the principal. For once this gang of notorious four deserved to feel the outcome of all their wrong doings and wickedness.
A smirk of innocent fun came to the principal's face, "affected?"
They stared him ice and fire, both at the same time.
"Well I hope you gentlemen see that for such grand mischief comes a grand price. Don't hate me for what I did, hate yourself." He paused, "you are dismiss" he spoke.
The four boys stood from their seats slowly, muttering curses under their breath.
The four headed to the door, clenching their fists and jaws.
"Oh and one more thing gentlemen" the principal spoke.
They stopped not turning to see his face.
"The more trouble your cause, the more hours you will serve the school. Well, with that said, have a profitable and fruitful day…chao" he spoke.
They grimaced hearing him say those words. It felt as if metal panged deep inside of them. What an original feeling they thought.
Closing the door, the principal heard the quarrels and curses from the boys.
"Serving hours for screwing a girl. What the mother ass is that man? Sucks balls I tell you, this whole school needs a good screw!" a voice which sounded like Sano said.
"I'll tell you something man, this school bites. I can't do anything without getting in trouble for it. What the piss is that man! Gosh, next I know I can't even take a quick piss behind the school wall." Enishi quarreled.
"They're assholes man, all of them. Screw that, lets go to class before we face hours in freggin' labour." Kenshin spoke.
"Gosh man, this sucks balls! THIS SCHOOL F—KS!" Chuo shouted his voice echoing the halls.
The principal heard every last word, but what could he do? Nothing he presumed. Leaving them to be, he sighed to himself, asking himself what he did to deserve such punishment.
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"Will you hold up already, gosh Kaoru you walk so quickly" Misao rapped out at her friend who was speeding down the hall.
"Can't talk now Misao, I got matters to attend" Kaoru spoke sternly, as she knot her brows and kept walking with a hasty pace.
"Hey, hey, wait up! Kaoruuu! Hey, hey—aughh!" Misao shouted across the hall to her despondent friend who really did look busy.
'Busy? Like hello school's over, whatever matter she does need to fix, is over by now!'
Misao didn't listen.
How customary!
Misao, particularly a seventeen year old girl with a lot of spunk and not to mention aggressive wit, became an icon of beauty, smarts and gross. Constantly a competitor on campus's grounds, Misao found herself battling some of the worse female enemies. Those who were basically better at her in a subject, sport or skill. To Misao, having a college only of females became a huge problem. School isn't simple, maybe long ago when people were worried about their afro's and Kum-ba-yah, they forget to think there's something else than 'phunk.' Instead the youths of this century are force to survive, school is dangerous and it doesn't take a scholar to figure it.
By just looking around its seen.
Misao saw the halls being emptied as the bell hit 2:30pm. Misao wondered why Kaoru was such in a rush. Curious, as always, she couldn't help but satisfy her inner taste for curiosity. Running off to the end of the hall, Misao followed Kaoru's suit, being careful to conceal herself from her best friend.
Misao ran down the halls, bumping a few shoulders which wasn't so bad, until she lay flat on the floor from somebody she completely hated. Well not hated, just didn't like a lot.
"Fox"
"Weasel, how many times do I have to tell you don't run?" Megumi rattled.
"Look fox I'm way to busy, and I'm in no mood for a battle." Misao dusted off herself.
"Yeah, well tomorrow missy, we'll finish this one on one" Megumi emphasized.
"You know, for a minute there you actually had me thinking you were gonna beat me up. Hooray for the fact you and Kaoru-chan are good friends, coz shit I absolutely think you're a doll! Chao fox" Misao walked pass the slender, pretty-face.
Misao sighed.
I mean she didn't hate Megumi. It's just Megumi was so damn perfect.
'She's hot and every boy in our next door campus thinks so too. She's brilliant and she's the head of the girls' cheerleader squad. And to top things off, she's my best friend, friend.'
Misao silenced herself from her thoughts, bitter thoughts. Misao was busy and had plans to catch Kaoru in the moment.
Misao followed hot on the raven-head's heels making sure not to reveal herself just yet. Quietly she kept, running behind trees, peeking with her right eye, viewing her best friend run across into Boys College. It didn't bother Misao that Kaoru chose to go across, what bothered her, was why she was going across. Being straight forward, Kaoru was a girl who was hardly in tune with boys. She rarely gave them a look, and its almost like never Misao heard her speak about one, except for her father. There was a point in Misao's life she thought Kaoru was lesbian. That's when Kaoru explained she wasn't. She was a devout Catholic and it would affect her religion's beliefs. She assured her she was one hundred percent heterosexual.
To Misao's relief, the picture she'd long to be seeing was coming alive. Her best friend was crushing on a guy from the next door college.
Misao's curiosity grew to the point that she couldn't help herself to scream. And that's exactly what she did.
Affording herself a shrieking-screeching scream, which usually got you wincing and scratching your in pain, Kaoru turned around to see no one. But that scream, how familiar it was, in fact it could be no other than, "Misaoo" Kaoru shouted at the trees.
At first Misao figured that she should just keep quiet, but then Kaoru began calling again and again in that irritating 'pre-Britney-Spears' voice. The very voice she hated with her life.
Tired and a bit irked her best friend knew her to a 't', Misao came out, revealing herself to the cerulean eyed girl.
"Hey Kao-chan, what's up? Oh looksie looks at the time, okay well just came to say I love you, chao" Misao was taking off into her queue to leave the scene, but Kaoru halted her.
"Yame Misao. Really girl, what's up, why are you following me?" Kaoru asked very interested.
"Welll" Misao started in a low voice. "I just wanted to know why you were in such a rush, can I please know before my curiosity murders me?" Misao begged,
Kaoru blinked, "Misao" Kaoru started.
"Yeah?"
"You're crazy you know" Kaoru resumed her walking.
"I know, but you love me no other way" Misao followed on.
Kaoru walked with a pace, while Misao idled strolled. She still wanted to respect Kaoru and her privacy, so she chose to be inconspicuous.
Kaoru on the other hand was having a little battle in her head.
Exiting the school's huge two story barb-wire gates, she went to her extreme left. It was then Misao finalized her best friend finally got herself a catch, a man.
Proud that Kaoru was straight, and liked hotties, Misao wore her happy-peachy grin all the way to the other college.
She particularly liked her school for one thing. In English, there were two colleges under one roof, one name. During class, boys enter the Boys College where no female has ever gone. Likewise for the girls college. The school is so strict with the rules: that boys can 'never' enter female domain, a gate separates the two colleges. Which is a bit sad, since you're basically strangled with endless torture from girls. Misao actually thought to a point in her life her school was mono-educated.
But then she discovered, that at lunch times and recess, the gate is open so boys and girls can socialize. The cafeteria is shared and so this causes friends, friends and more boyfriends.
Misao walked pass some boys, feeling eyes of heat rest on her. Their eyes were rude since most of the day they were trapped inside not seeing one possible girl, until of course lunch or recess, but that's a long time from home time.
Misao realized that she was getting sidetracked.
'Yuh think?' thought her conscience
Then all of a sudden, Kaoru stopped. It was then Misao realized she was in a dream-world far from reality. Jerking away from the attention, she saw Kaoru take a deep breath before heading into a squad of what seem to be, "oh my gosh! No Kaoru…nooo!" spoke Misao, as Kaoru walked straight into a bad boy squad.
What came next truly surprised the shit out Misao.
--smack—
Kaoru smacked the Boys College bad boy, Kenshin Himura.
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