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Supernatural Love
Chapter Three: Class Hours
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All eyes turned to the redhead in surprise and Kenshin, embarrassed at his sudden outburst of thought, gave them a sheepish grin.
"Er…sorry about that." He said, almost shyly.
An awkward silence hung in the air for a moment but it was soon dispelled as people started to comprehend their bearings, one of them being Professor Hajime.
Thin eyebrows arched above a pair of topaz eyes as the Wolf looked intently at his crimson-haired student.
"Personally I don't care about your vast knowledge in the so-called 'street' vocabulary." Hajime drawled out.
"But, as long as you are attending my class, I would expect that you keep your tongue from speaking anymore of that 'language' in the near future. Do I make myself clear?"
Kenshin's cheeks burned a light shade of red as he grumbled in reply.
"Crystal."
"…Sir." He added after the professor gave him the 'look' again.
Hajime merely grunted in reply, though there was a smirk of satisfaction etched on his cigarette-ashen lips.
"Then you won't mind if I ask you to be Miss Kamiya's escort and show her around the campus?"
Although the sentence was a question, the stern gleam in the professor's topaz eyes left no room for any 'buts', 'ifs' and 'whatnots'.
"Hell no!"
The two words kept repeating into his head yet Kenshin forced himself to smile through gritted teeth and said.
"It'll be a pleasure."
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Kaoru hid an amused smile by pretending to give a soft yawn as she listened to the teacher and student's conversation.
She smirked quietly when she heard the redhead's reply.
Although the young man looked and sounded sincere, Kaoru saw right through the smile and the polite words.
The young female flicked a part of her loose raven hair behind her back and smiled.
This is going to be fun.
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"Miss Kamiya, please take the seat next to Mr. Himura, the idiot with the red hair and pansy violet eyes, so I can get on with my lesson."
"As you wish Professor," The young woman crooned out.
Majority of the male population in class sighed at the sound of the raven-haired girl's voice. It was sweet and melodious.
The heels of her knee-length tight leather black boots clicked softly as Kaoru made her way down the aisle towards Kenshin. The fabric of her skirt twirled around her long, lithe legs, exposing a creamy skin tone with each graceful step she took.
Kaoru pretended to ignore the whispers of her new classmates, her eyes focused in front. However, she could easily pick up what they were saying.
"She's hot!"
"I wouldn't mind being the one who'll escort her, if you know what I mean." A guy with black hair and brown eyes murmured to his friend beside him.
A few friends of the guy who said this snickered along with him.
Kaoru's face was steady and blank, yet inside she was smirking.
'Not a chance brother.' She thought ruefully.
Granted the guy was sort of cute and a little easy on the eyes but Kaoru knew that under the tough macho man exterior, he was a scared wimpy little boy inside like most of his kind.
Besides, she had other matters to attend to.
Gem-like indigo eyes took on a darker gleam as Kaoru let them settle on the redhead who sat just a few paces away from where she is now.
Kaoru expertly twisted her lips into a polite smile instead of the evil smirk she was just about to show. She could practically smell the anxiety and confusion radiating off the young human.
However, she would have to remain cautious. Kaoru knew that she had the upper-hand of the situation.
But she wasn't sure if that would continue to be so for long.
And that frightened her.
Just a little of course.
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Kenshin watched with wary violet eyes as the young raven-haired maiden sat beside him.
Noticing the look he cast her way, the young female smiled and held out her hand to him.
"Hello, Kenshin Himura, ne? Well it's nice to meet you, I'm Kaoru." She said.
Kenshin glanced blankly at the offered hand for a moment, hesitant. After awhile when Kaoru still didn't withdraw her hand, the redhead muffled a sigh and offered his own.
As they shook hands, Kenshin could've sworn that a flicker of eerie black flashed in the maiden's indigo eyes but as quick as it appeared, it vanished.
Kenshin let go of his hand's hold on the girl's as if it was intolerably hot. He tossed her a small smile; actually it was just a mere twitch of the lips.
"Same here, and I guess we'll be stuck with each other for the whole day." He said in a joking manner.
A playful smile slowly crept up on the young woman's lips, giving her a very seductive look.
"I don't mind. Why should I when I get to spend the whole day with someone as handsome and charming as you?" She replied, her voice crooning in sinful tones.
Something stirred deep in the folds of his pants and, unknowingly, Kenshin's face turned a slight flush of red as he crossed his legs in a manner as casually as he could.
The smile he had intended was one which a person does when someone's complimenting them, however what had curved up his lips was an uneasy smile full of wariness and a touch of temptation.
Kenshin fought a groan as he turned his eyes away from the very ravishing female and tried to focus on the Wolf's lecture instead.
Inwardly, he cursed the hateful side-effects of adolescence. Obviously, puberty hadn't left him as early as he had thought.
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Misao crocked up an eyebrow as she watched from behind Kaoru as the raven-haired young woman accidentally dropped her pen.
She snorted mentally.
Yes, and oh the wonder of it all that it had happened to fall at exactly on the floor in front of Kenshin's seat.
Misao watched on with interest as Kaoru bent down to pick up the fallen pen, the ends of her bloody red shirt hitched up to expose a small part of the g-string panty with the same shade of color.
It wasn't more then a few seconds, seeing as how their new classmate was quick to pick up her pen, yet it was enough to catch her red-haired friend's undivided attention.
Misao gave a small, almost insignificant cough and tossed a knowing look at Kenshin as he looked back towards her.
The redhead turned a pretty shade of red, embarrassed at being caught looking. Amidst it all, her friend had managed to throw Misao a dark glare before he turned his gaze back to the blackboard again.
The emerald-eyed young woman hitched her eyebrow higher. However, a small smile settled on her lips.
Nudging Megumi, who was sitting beside her, lightly on the ribs; Misao whispered softly so that no one else could hear her.
"Looks like Himura has his eye set on the new girl."
Megumi, who too had noticed the scene going on before her, frowned.
"I don't know…Even though I think she's better than most of the other girls gaga over Ken-san, I can't say that I approve of her."
Misao cast a questioning look at her dark-haired friend.
"What are you saying then? You don't like her?"
Megumi shook her head no.
"It's not that…I can't describe it…There's just something about her that unnerves me." She admitted.
Misao roll her eyes good-naturedly. "Sure…."
The smaller girl continued. "You're just grumpy that you no longer have the majority of the males here wrapped around your little finger."
Misao grinned and quietly began to sing.
"Megumi is jealous…Megumi is jealous…jealous…jea—Ouch!"
The cinnamon-eyed young woman had pinched Misao lightly on the arm.
"Shut up Misao." Megumi grumbled underneath her breath.
Seeing the glances cast their way by people near them, including Kaoru and Kenshin, Megumi made a silent vow as to make a certain annoying half-girl half-weasel her guinea pig on her medicinal return demonstration next week, which would involve a lot of needles and other sharp tools.
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"Are all people like that here?" Kaoru asked as she and Kenshin turned their attention back front.
The curiosity in her voice was genuine. Kaoru really wondered if all human had acted like those two behind them.
Kenshin, momentarily forgetting the awkwardness between them, chuckled.
"No, just them, thank goodness for that! Otherwise we all would've have been in the nut house by now." He replied.
"Ah, I see…" Kaoru let her voice trail off. She forced herself not to blink in confusion.
She couldn't comprehend the meaning of the redhead's words. What's so significant about a house that stores peanuts in it?
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Time had flown by quickly without any other mishaps going on. So it came as a surprise to the class when Professor Hajime suddenly stopped his lecture and fixed the papers on his desk.
"For your assignment, I want you to read the two next chapters in advance since we'll be having a long quiz tomorrow."
He ignored the disappointed groans emitting and dismissed the class.
Kenshin picked up his books and stood up, ready to join the crowd of students heading outside, when a hand softly tap on his shoulder.
The redhead turned around to see that it was Kaoru.
The young woman smiled as soon as she had Kenshin's attention.
"So… where to next Himura-san?" She asked.
Kenshin merely blinked at Kaoru. Fortunately, it wasn't long before realization drawn into him and he mumbled.
"Oh, yeah. Right."
He coughed in awkwardness. He had completely forgotten about escorting Kaoru the whole day when the thought of another test from Saitou flew into his mind.
"Can you wait here while I'll tell my friends? It'll only be a few seconds." He continued.
"I'm really sorry and…"
Kaoru simply waved her hand, cutting off Kenshin's apology.
"No, it's alright. I'll just wait here."
As if to prove her word, the young raven-haired female again sat down on her seat. Kaoru crossed her legs and glanced up at Kenshin to give him an assuring smile.
"Go, your friends are probably waiting for you." She told him.
"Ah, sure…Well then, I shall be going then."
Kaoru nodded her head slowly, her indigo eyes fixed on violet.
"Uhum…"
Kenshin coughed once more before he turned his back and started to walk towards his friends.
Feeling a bit guilty of his actions, Kenshin turned around and said.
"I'll be back not more than a minute, alright?"
Kaoru merely smiled in answer. "Yare, yare take your time. I'm in no hurry." She replied.
Kenshin nodded his head numbly before he turned and continue to make his way towards his peers, except that there seemed to be an increase in his speed as he moved swiftly.
As soon as Kenshin was out of earshot, Kaoru rolled her eyes good-naturedly at the redhead male's silliness, an amused smile etched on luscious pink lips.
Kaoru then narrowed her eyes, pretending to have difficulty seeing them when in actuality her eyesight was superb and sharp as always.
From her spot, Kaoru could see that the group Kenshin was heading towards at are composed of two females and two males. All of them seemed to have dark hair except for one who happened to be a brunette.
Kaoru hid a smirk.
Well, might as well relax while waiting.
The seemingly young female let her body go lax as she leaned against her seat, only cringing slightly when she was once again reminded of the absence of her long bat-like wings.
Unconsciously, Kaoru started to rub her shoulder.
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Sano smirked as he spotted Kenshin making his way towards them.
"Well, look who's coming to meet us now. It's lover-boy." He chided when Kenshin was within earshot.
The brunette winked and nudged Kenshin on the ribs.
"So, when are you two going to tie the knot and become a couple?" He joked, giving his friend a knowing wink.
Kenshin glared at his taller friend. He is not in the mood to deal with Sano's antics right now.
Seeing the seriousness of his friend's face, Sano turned serious as well and apologized.
"It's nothing Sano." Kenshin merely grunted in reply.
The event's of last night and just earlier had started to take its toll on the redhead.
Aoshi raised an eyebrow in question.
"What's wrong Himura?" He asked.
"Don't you guys see her?" Kenshin asked.
All four friends exchanged confused looks.
"Who 'her,' Himura?" Misao asked.
Sano and Megumi rolled their eyes. It was one of the few things that Aoshi and Misao had in common. They both prefer to call Kenshin by his last name.
"Kamiya Kaoru."
"What about her?" asked Megumi.
Misao's eyes brightened up. She gave a high squeal of delight.
"I knew it! Himura likes Kaoru! Himura likes…"
Both Kenshin and Aoshi cupped Misao's mouth. Aoshi's reason was that he didn't want the dark-haired young woman to embarrass herself and all of them, as well, while Kenshin's was, well…the blush on his face proved little.
"Don't be so loud, Misao!" Megumi scolded her friend when Misao was finally able to pry the two men's hands away from her mouth.
"Do you want everyone to hear you?"
Misao merely rolled her eyes.
"Whatever."
"Back to the topic, what are you saying Kenshin? If you mean that Kamiya's hot then I agree with you – Hey!" Sano cried out as Megumi whacked him on the head with her book.
"SANO!"
The brunette gulped nervously at the furious look on his girlfriend's face.
"Eh, I'm only human, Kitsune. I know a cute girl when I see one…"
When Megumi lifted her book higher in the air, ready to hit Sano again, he hurriedly continued.
"But you're the only girl in my life, Kitsune. I wouldn't want anyone else."
The sincerity of Sano's words helped to calm Megumi down a bit.
"Fine, I'll let this little episode slide for now." She mumbled.
Then she eyed Sano evilly. "But there better not be a next time or else…"
Sano smirked. "Or else what Kitsune?"
Now, normally a man with common sense would've known to not challenge a woman like Megumi but as luck would have it, Sano isn't exactly gifted in the comprehension area.
BAM!
Kenshin sighed as the others watched as Sano nursed a huge bump atop his head while a very smug Megumi carefully tucked her battered book inside her bag.
If things were going to continue this way, Kaoru would have to wait for a long, long time.
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Kaoru giggled as she saw the taller darker-haired woman of the two whacked the tall brunette male hard on the head.
Boy, is he going to feel that later when he goes to sleep.
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"Guys, I think Kaoru's the succubus I meet last night."
"What!"
Kenshin gave a huge sigh before he started to explain.
"Think about it, the being I saw last night had long pitch-black hair and pale skin."
Megumi rolled her eyes. "Well duh, Ken-san. Almost all of Japan's female population has black hair and porcelain skin." She remarked.
"Yeah but how many have indigo eyes like hers? The same ones as the succubus'? Explain to me that Megumi." countered Kenshin.
Megumi was quick to reply. "Well it could be that Kaoru's wearing contacts."
"Besides," She continued. "If Kaoru is indeed one of the 'beings not of this world', why is she here then, hmm? Also, how come everyone could see her in the flesh and blood, so to speak? Didn't you shake hands with her Ken-san? If she is not a human, then why are you able to touch her?"
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Suddenly, Kaoru picked up her name being mentioned again and her gem-like eyes narrowed in slight suspicion.
Her name was mentioned too many times already for it to be considered normal.
Also, being the curious supernatural being that she is, Kaoru silently got to her feet and crept closer towards the group of five.
With great flexibility and speed, Kaoru hid herself in the shadows of the classroom door, seeing as how they were right outside in the hallway.
Had they somehow managed to see right through her disguise? Did they notice anything that would make them think that she isn't as human as she seemed?
For the first time in her entire existence, Kaoru hoped that she was wrong
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"Well we could always do the 'Ghost Test'." Sano pointed out.
Everyone looked at the brunette queerly.
"Ghost Test?" They chorused.
Sano nodded his head. "Yep. It tells you if someone you know is actually a being of the supernatural."
Aoshi raised an eyebrow. "But isn't the test applicable to ghosts only?" He asked
Sano waved off the ice-blue-eyed man's comment.
"Nah, they only called it 'Ghost Test' since majority of us are only familiar with ghosts and apparitions."
"And are you sure that this test is true and not just another clever and yet stupid way to rid brain-lacking people of their hard-earned money?" asked Megumi.
Sano ignored the snide remark in the cinnamon-eyed girl's tone.
"Well, what have we got to lose anyway?"
Megumi snorted. "Just your dignity and respect."
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Kaoru smothered a chuckle.
'Ghost Test'? Of all the silly things that humans come up with these days.
Kaoru pressed herself against the wood of the door, wanting to hear more.
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Sano placed a slender book on Kenshin's opened palms.
"Here Kenshin, do the things prescribed in the book and you'll know soon enough if Kaoru's indeed as you suspected or not."
"Suspect what?" A voice suddenly piped up.
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Kaoru stood still, tensed.
That voice…It sounds very familiar.
Very eerily familiar
Kaoru turned around and muttered a curse as she saw her predicament.
The glass-pane just had to be placed so damn high up that she couldn't see through the door.
Stifling a grunt, Kaoru drifted her gaze somewhere else. Her indigo eyes sparked in satisfaction as she spied a lone, modestly large bag hung over an empty seat just beside her.
In one swift move, Kaoru yanked the said bag from the armchair. Strangely, it made no sound as she dropped it on the floor.
Without hesitation, Kaoru used the bag as a platform and stepped on it. She didn't care that the fabric of the object is a blinding white color and that her boots would surely leave a mark.
To her, it was entirely the owner's fault for leaving his possession unguarded in a public place.
Now eye-level to the glass door-frame, Kaoru was able to see who the voice belonged to.
Though she already had a deep hunch of whom its' owner is.
Her suspicions were confirmed when Kaoru finally saw the person Kenshin's group was talking to.
Eyes slightly opened in surprise, it wasn't long before a flash of black clouded over indigo depths.
What in the seven dimensions of hell is he doing here?
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To be continued:
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