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Response to the Reviewers
nilnil- Thanks for the review and for your response. I'll try not to make it abrupt and sudden…I know Kenshin appeared out of nowhere. I tried to make that chapter confusing as an intro so that later on, people's questions might be answered. As for Kaoru not having her magic…you can find that out later! Thanks again for the review and for telling me not to delete it! Hopefully this chapter is a little more clear than the first.
blooded wyngs- Thank you also for your review! I hope it is fun…it was kind of fun for me to write! Thanks for reading it! I'm happy you gave it a chance…it makes me feel better about myself! Thanks so much!
KC Evans- Also, a big thank you for your review as well! I'm glad you think the writing part is done well. As for the details, I had a feeling that things were quite abrupt and yes, sketchy. Thanks for pointing it out! I think I'll try to change things a bit. Well, Kenshin, as you'll later find out, is one for keeping his cool. Kaoru, on the other hand, is kind of panicky, and when she found out that he was demon, she was afraid because most times when the word demon pops up, it usually screams DANGER all over it. I don't know if I added how old Kaoru is and if they live alone or not, but I think I included it in this chapter, so hopefully it answers your question. Yes, the confusion was for the most part, quite deliberate, because I thought that maybe a little confusion would bring questions, and it'll be answered in the later chapters. (Well that's if people read it or not.) Well a big THANKS and much love for reviewing!
Yes, thank you everyone! Three reviews might not be a lot to you, but it's like a thousand to me! Hope this chapter doesn't put y'all to sleep…
Chapter 2
Kaoru awoke with a start the next morning. She looked around and sighed. So it was a dream after all…
She replayed the fragments of her dream in her head. It had Kenshin The Demon in it, but it made no sense at all. She saw herself getting arrested and thrown in a cell and there was Kenshin The Demon, singing, "BEFORE YOU LOCK MY LOVE AWAY! BEFORE YOU LOCK MY LOVE AWAY! BEFORE YOU LOCK MY LOVE AWAY! BEFORE YOU LOCK MY LOVE AWAY! Please, let me testify…you accuse me of…"
Well that was straight out shit-crazy. She shook her head to rid of the loopy dream.
All right, onto important matters at hand.
Just what the hell happened last night? He just APPEARED out of nowhere! And…what the hell was he talking about? She felt like she was flung into the middle of mass confusion, and was expected to know everything that was thrown at her. Wait, that made no sense either…ggrrrrr…
She decided that they got set off on the wrong foot so when she sees him today, she'll politely get them back on track and leave him to his Demonic Business.
What to say…she mused. How about, "Hi! My name is Kaoru Kamiya. I am 16 and live with my little brother Yahiko, who is 9. Yes, my parents are dead. I manage by working in a small coffee shop off the corner by the local mall. (I find the scent of coffee and brownies very relaxing after a hard day…) Anyways, yes, my brother is a wizard whereas I'm not, BUT I am a WTB, as you already know. Well, my favorite food is…"
Aw, spit. She might as well write a whole flipping Autobiography and hand it in to him.
Well, it was an idea.
Glancing at her clock she realized that she was LATE.
"CRAP!" she yelped and got dressed, packed her things and zoomed downstairs as quickly as ordinary-humanly possible.
Snatching a piece of toast from Yahiko's hands, she sprinted out the door, hopped on her bike and put the petal to the metal all the way to school.
Luckily, she made it in time. Unluckily, she forgot Kenshin The Demon's notes at home. She ferociously hoped he wouldn't need it today.
After meeting with Misao Makimachi, AKA, her Bestest Best Friend In The Whole Wide World, she set off to find that redhead to apologize for forgetting his remarkably ingenious notes.
The notes were brilliant. When she was doing her essay she found that things that weren't taught in class were jotted down on the sides and every sentence was filled with impeccable detail. This was sure to get her a Triple A Plus!
"Misao, do you know Kenshin Himura?" she had asked Misao.
The emerald-eyed girl shook her head. "No, why?"
"He lent me his notes for History when I lost mine. But I forgot it, and I need to apologize." She handed her the report.
"Wow, Kaoru! This is so good! I didn't know the teacher taught us this…either that or I wasn't paying attention…"
"The teacher didn't. I don't know where he got this from, but the details were amazingly awesome! As if he was there himself!"
Misao sighed. "Lucky…you will most definitely get that Triple A Plus. While I will get the normal old B or C."
"Don't worry Misao. You can add some details if you want. Just give it back before History."
Misao had gladly accepted and bounced off.
Now she was on a Demon Hunt and looking for any flash of fluorescent red hair. There was none.
She could have sworn that she scaled the whole school. She even asked around for him, but nobody has seen him. A few people didn't even know he existed.
He must be an anti-social guy…
She went up to Megumi Takani and her other cheerleader friends. "Have you seen Kenshin Himura?" She was sure she knew him. She knows everyone!
"Oh, you mean Sir Ken?" she replied. Sir Ken? What?
"Uh…ya…I guess…"
"Oh I don't know. I haven't seen him today. Why? What business does a raccoon girl have to do with Sir Ken?"
Kaoru growled. "Whatever you Evil Fox Lady. Bye." And she stormed off.
"I so badly want to turn her into a warty frog sometimes…" she muttered to herself. She wondered if Yahiko ever used his magic to punish someone. Although there was that time where he changed the clock so that school was released three hours early…
She sighed in defeat. Well he had said that she shouldn't come to school today. She wondered why. But here she was. At school. And he wasn't…
The bell rang, signaling the beginning of class.
After one last look, she hiked up her bag and trudged into class.
Okay, so he wasn't at school all day today.
During the whole school day she was on constant surveillance, looking out for Kenshin The Demon, but to no avail, finally gave into the conclusion that he wasn't at school that day.
Well, there's always tomorrow, right?
But she wondered exactly WHAT he was up to. Things were so abrupt and confusing that she didn't even know where to begin. Nothing made any sense, but at the same time, she felt as if she was a big part of this whole ordeal…like she was involved…Oh hell, that's what HE said…
She could just imagine him mocking her with that childish "I toldya so!"
She wrinkled her nose in annoyance. Now what. Wait for tomorrow to demand for answers? Or hire a team of Tracking-Down-People Experts and hunt him down?
She decided to wait. Hiring the Experts seem a bit drastic…and pricey…
Well, like she said before, there's always tomorrow…
Well Tomorrow came and went, but there was still no sign of Kenshin The Demon. Where could he be? What was he doing? Just WHERE THE HELL WAS HE?
She so badly wanted to drop it and pretend nothing happened. But it was just so hard! She hated to leave things unfinished. And this was just one of those Unfinished Businesses that she hated to leave behind.
It's time to put on the Investigating Kaoru Mode into action.
She whipped out her notebook and a pen. She felt so professional.
So…what does she know about him…
1. His name is Kenshin Himura.
2. He's kind of short, but still a couple inches taller than me.
3. He has red hair
4. Amber eyes
5. He's very sexy
6. And cute
7. And oh yeah, he's a demon.
Well, number 5 and 6 were kind of irrelevant but she felt the need to put that there. Besides, it made her list seem longer so it looked like she was very observant and knew a lot about her suspect.
So overall, she basically knew squat.
Well this sucks.
Finally calling Yahiko up, she asked him if he found anything out about demons.
He nodded and shared the information he found out.
" A Demon is an evil supernatural being, also known as the devil." He proudly announced.
"Yahiko, you twerp, you got that from the Dictionary, didn't you?"
He sheepishly nodded.
"Well where else am I supposed to look? I don't have a ground base of where to start, Ugly!" he protested.
She sighed. He was right. There was no background information that they could possibly use to start a research.
"Well the demon I met wasn't evil at all! He was quite nice and he even lent me his notes! So how do you explain that? That sounds very evil to me."
"What do you want me to research? Nice and Smart Demons? Where would I find something like that?"
"I don't know. Sheez…do SOMETHING. Please? I know this is like, a chunk of your life that you'll never get back…but please…do it for me?" she gave him her best Puppy-Dog Eyes and pouted.
He rolled his eyes in disgust. "Ya ya…whatever…just go do…whatever…" and he walked out of there.
Maybe tomorrow there she'll be lucky…
Another day went by and she started assuming the worst. Maybe he was sick. Or maybe he's on a Demonic Vacation. Maybe he died! Or she could have possibly been extremely crazy and mental that she hallucinated the whole thing and dug the notes out of a clean trash can.
She sighed, clearly frustrated. She decided to be optimistic. Being a pessimist certainly can't be good for your health.
Okay…tomorrow he WILL be at school…
No such luck. Did he say he went to this school? Or did he go to a different school?
Misao noticed her anxiety and constantly asked if she was okay.
"Is this whole Kenshin The Demon thing bothering you?" she asked. Misao, herself, was a witch. Kaoru always asked how she got her magic, but Misao shrugged and said that she noticed it the first day she got her…uh…crimson wave…(if you ladies know what I'm talking about…)
"So it comes the day you are sort of Officially A Real Woman…" she had mused. But alas the day had long came and wentbut there was still no Kaoru The Witch.
"I guess so…" Kaoru answered her friend's question. Actually, it was bugging the hell out of her! He's been gone for how long? Three days? Four? A week?
"Well I don't know much about demons…" Misao thoughtfully sipped her soda. "Although I DO know about curses."
"Really?" Kaoru picked up interest.
"Sort of. It's like a spell bound to them for eternity and most likely can't be lifted."
"Do you know about Demon Curses?"
"Not quite…but my grandfather told me a story once about a cursed demon. I'm not sure if it's true. But it was something about a demon, who was once a human but sold his soul to the devil…because the devil promised him things…I'm not sure what 'things', but it must have been good if he was willing to sell his soul to the DEVIL. Anyways, he was forever cursed…" She trailed off.
"With what?" Kaoru asked impatiently.
"I don't really know. Gramps sorta fell asleep on me at that point. He does weird things like that…"
Kaoru sighed. So did that mean Kenshin sold his soul to the devil? For what? What goods are promised to those who are cursed? Wait…what was his curse called…?
"What is Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu?"
"Um…a sword technique?" Misao guessed. Like Kaoru, she was a Rurouni Shinta fanatic.
"That's what I thought!" Kaoru exclaimed. "But he said it was like a curse!"
"Hmm…well, I'll go look it up for you, if you want." Misao offered.
"Thanks Misao! You don't know how much this means to me!" she hugged her best friend.
"Uh huh…probably because this demon was some sexy and hott stranger who you fell in love with at first sight!" Misao said slyly.
Kaoru blushed a furious red. "Whatever Misao. He's nothing to look at…okay maybe he is…but he isn't all that great! …Ya okay, he is…but-"
Misao cut her off as Kaoru rambled on. "Okay, girl. I gotta run. Call you later!"
After another quick hug, they went off their separate ways.
Kaoru walked back to the bike rack, hopped on her bike and hurried home. She afterall, had to go to work.
Late that night after she came home from work, she received a phone call from Misao.
"I only found out something really small…it's about that Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu thingymabobber."
"Go on!" Kaoru urged.
"Well, Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu is a Dragon's Curse."
"And…?"
"I told you it's really small!"
"Oh…well, thanks Misao. I'll talk to Yahiko about it. Later, okay?"
After they hung up, Kaoru called up Yahiko.
"What is it, Ugly? I need to practice for that Kendo Tournament coming up." He complained.
"I think this Kenshin The Demon has a Dragon's Curse. What is that?"
"I don't know. But it's really rare so there's barely any information on it." Yahiko replied.
"Well, find out what you can okay?"
He nodded and went back to training.
She lay in bed and thought about the Dragon's Curse.
Did he turn into a fire-breathing dragon or something?
Well, there's always…another time…to see him, right?
When she said 'another time,' she didn't mean two years later.
Days had turned into weeks and weeks turned into months. Through all this time, there was absolutely no sign of Kenshin Himura. Everyone acted as though he didn't even go to this school. It's like he turned into The Forgotten.
But Kaoru didn't forget. Each and every one of those days she thought about him. She thought about him and that night that she met him and everything he's ever said to her.
But two years later and on her Graduation Day, through the huge throng of people she saw a certain redheaded person standing in the middle of the chaos.
He was staring at her with his still gorgeous amber eyes.
She couldn't help but stare back. She didn't know why she was so afraid of him. Well it's been a little over two years, and he finally turns up! What could he possibly want now?
Kaoru was at a lost as to what to do now.Walk off and pretend she didn't see him? Well it was definately good idea. The only problem was that her legs would not move. She hoped he wouldn't recognize her and would just turn and walk away. So much for that idea...
Oh no! He was approaching! Run! Hide! Do something besides just standing here and staring like you are now! Her mind was screaming at her, but she just didn't listen.
Only a few feet away was he when she finally whipped around and pretend that she hadn't noticed. Taking a step away a familiar voice reached her ears.
"Hello, love."
She froze.
Okay…this chapter was kind of confusing so just bear with me! I felt like it was a little rushed…so tell me if it was, okay?
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