the 'IT' girl
bynyllemnev
Disclaimer: They are not mine… That's enough, isn't it? ;p
Chapter 2: Two and a Half Hour of 'Hell'?
"JERKS!"
Sano and Kenshin both turned to look at the source of the voice. Not too far from them was Kaoru, marching toward a group of nasty-looking seniors standing by the stairway.
"You JERKS!" she pointed an accusing finger at them, particularly to the biggest man in their group (which seemed to be the leader, by the looks of it).
"What?" the man stood straight, looking down at the smaller girl. "You got a problem 'bout something?" he asked coolly, smirking at his snickering minions.
"Yeah…" Kaoru said firmly, her eyes blazing with fire. "My problem is YOU!"
The man seemed to be taken aback. Who wouldn't? It's not everyday a girl (not a very well-built man or whatever – a GIRL!) talk back to none other than Mikan High's biggest bully.
"I don't understand." the bully seemed to be finding it harder to control his laughter. "What did I do?"
"The fact that you exist?" Kaoru said coolly, crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow. The man laughed with his minions.
"Did you hear that, guys? HAHA!" the man turned back at Kaoru, "A girl… HAHA… I… HAHA!"
"What's so funny, dork?" she said, narrowing her eyes. "Why laughing? 'Coz as far as I know, there's nothing funny!" she gaped at him in annoyance to find that the man was not paying attention to her. "I'm TALKING here!"
"HAHAHAHAHA!"
"Fine!" Kaoru frowned, "You asked for it!" and slammed her fist on the laughing man's face. He blinked in shock at the smirking girl in front of him.
"Wha-?"
"Now… it seems that I finally got your attention, eh?" she crossed her arms again. "Willing to listen now?"
But the man doesn't seem to be anything but that. From the looks of it, he was already fuming. "That's IT!" the man grabbed Kaoru easily by the collar of her school uniform. "You're –"
Kenshin didn't know how, what or when – the next thing he knew, he was standing here, his hand grasping the fist of the school's biggest ever bully to stop him from hitting this girl. "Oro?" he blinked as he gave the bully a look of pure innocence and confusion. ORO? How did I end up here?
"Another idiot?" the bully threw a glance at his minions who nodded at him. Kenshin gulped as a group of two or three students started lifting their fists at him. I'm dead.
"Teachers!" one student yelled and the bullies instantly dropped Kenshin. In a blink on an eye, before Kenshin even had the time to react, they were all gone and –
XXX
"How did I end up in here?" Kenshin couldn't help but to say.
"This'll teach you a lesson…" the girl beside him answered coolly, he turned to find her staring blankly at the wall in front of her. "…next time, you mind your own business, shrimpy!"
Kenshin gaped at her. He could not believe her! She's the reason why he's here in detention with her!
"Stupid shrimpy!" she continued. "I could've handled everything myself! But no—you had to jump in and ruin everything!"
"Ruin everything?" Kenshin snapped at her. "Handled everything? You could've hurt yourself if I hadn't…"
"A little black eye wouldn't kill me!" Kaoru finally turned to him, her eyes blazing with fiery rage. "What do you care, anyway shrimphead!"
Kenshin gaped wordlessly at her. He frowned and turned to stare at the wall in front of them, trying to calm himself, Breath, Kenshin, breath…
"Stupid." he heard her mutter under her breath as she leaned back on her chair and sighed.
"Why did you go to him like that, anyway?" He's going to stay with her for more two hours anyway, some conversation wouldn't hurt, or would it…
"…"
"I mean… don't wanna be nosy or whatever… it's just that…"
"Do me a favor, Himura." Kaoru turned to him, smiling at him coldly, "SHUT UP!" she spit out at him before turning to look away. Kenshin closed his eyes to control his anger.
"Fine!" Kenshin said to no one in particular.
They stayed quiet for a couple more of minutes before Kaoru spoke again, "Why are you so quiet?"
Kenshin turned to gape at her. She just told him to shut up and now, "Didn't you—"
"I told you to shut up on asking me about that jerk!" Kaoru turned to him, her icy blue eyes boring on him.
"Oh…" he closed his mouth and shrugged. "Okay."
"Good." she said, smiling a little – the first REAL smile that he had seen on her. Kaoru looked away and leaned back on her seat, "Then talk."
"What?" Kenshin frowned, This girl is SOO unpredictable.
"T-A-L-K… Talk… not to difficult to understand, huh?" Kaoru said in her usual sarcastic voice, "Or should I translate it to another language understandable by the likes of you?" she turned to him, "Pity though, I only know human language, if you know what I mean…"
Kenshin gave her a frown. How he wanted to answer back but – well, at least she's starting to drop the 'shrimphead' part eh?
"Come on now, shrimpy!"
'Wishful thinking!' Kenshin sighed. "What to talk about?"
"Anything. You think."
The redhead stared at her, Great, I think. "Er… What school?"
"Can't you think of something more interesting? More lively, perhaps?" she said with a threatening tone on her voice.
You think of a topic then! How Kenshin would like to answer that but he shook his head and he tried, "Love?"
"Wanna die?"
"Hehe, just kidding!"
"Let's talk about you." Kaoru said as if that settles the matter.
He can't say 'no' now, can he? Taking another sigh, Kenshin spoke again, "What about me?"
"Anything… your hobbies, what you like, what you don't like… everything!"
Kenshin blinked, why would she want to talk about him. "Okay. I like kendo, I also like basketball – though, I'm not so good…"
"Yeah… basketball, eh, shorty!" Kaoru chuckled a little. Kenshin gave her a frown. "And kendo… whooo!"
Kenshin fought the urge to answer back. "How 'bout you?"
"This, you want?" she lifted a fist and Kenshin lets a nervous chuckle.
"Just joking." he waved a hand in defeat. "Just trying."
"Hmp!" she turned to look away but, was it just him or was she really smiling.
"You're smiling…" he sighed, as he stared at her. She turned and gave him a confused look. "I've never seen you smile like that before."
"Yeah right, goof boy!" Kaoru snorted, the sarcastic air was back again, "Whatever you say!"
Kenshin only shook his head and leaned back on his seat. Must be my imagination – yeah, it is an imagination.
XXX
"You alright, Kenshin?"
Kenshin met up with Misao, Sano and Megumi by the hallway at the end of the period. He walked towards them, smirking, "I'm just fine."
"Mou! Whatever entered your mind to step into a fight like that!" Megumi stared at him in disbelief. "You're never the war-freak! That's Sano's role, eh?'
"Hey! I'm not war freak!" Sano glared at her but she only smiled at Kenshin in a matter-of-factly way. "Fine! I'm war freak! I'm everything bad!"
Megumi shook her head and the four of them began walking. However, before Kenshin could take another step, somebody had pushed him rather harshly forward.
"You're blocking MY way, SHRIMPHEAD!" Kaoru's cold voice reached his ears. Sano helped him up watching the raven-haired girl walked away with narrowed eyes.
"Man… your two and a half hour must be hell." his spiky haired friend said in a almost regretful tone.
It must be really an imagination… Kenshin frowned, watching Kaoru push a pair of freshmen students aside as she walked -- both gave her an enraged look.
To be continued…