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Author's Note: Ehehehe…. Sorry I wasn't able to update for… how many months? I've been so caught up at school… (Must… keep… grades… consistent…) Ehem… Even though my parents aren't grounding me… I'm grounding myself… weird eh? THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL REVIEWS! I APPRECIATE THEM! As our teacher said, finesse… so I won't go on wooting… I'll just say…
"BRAVO! BRAVISIMO! BRAVISIMO!"
Lol… if you read the beginning… you'll know what I've been up to other than studying all the time… REVIEW AFTER!
Chapter 4: Text Back... Please!
"No…. No… NNNOOOOO! Please… PLEASE! PLEASE… DON'T KILL ME! HAVE MERCY! IYA NAI! YAMETE!" Misao shrieked in fear…
"Misao! Misao what's wrong!" Okon pounded on her locked door. "Answer me, Misao! What's going on in there!" She yelled through the door, worried.
"Ne-chan! Don't bother me now! I'm already beating the ass out of Sorceress Ultimecia!" Misao yelled back as she gripped the controller of her playstation firmly… "NO SQUALL! Don't die on me now!" she pleaded frantically.
Okon did an anime fall outside Misao's room. "Misao! Isn't it better if you opened your algebra book for once!"
"Why bother? I'm already advanced anyway…" She muttered to herself.
"Makimachi Misao! Are you listening?" Okon asked irritated.
'Uh-oh… better not piss off Okon…' "Yeah, I am! Just wait! I'm about to… NOOOO! I……… DIED!" Misao cried out, dropping the controller and kneeling in front of the TV dramatically.
Okon sighed. "Will you settle yourself down?" at that, she headed straight to the kitchen, meeting everyone there.
"Why was Misao screaming?" Omasu asked, looking up from her homework (pretend that she's in college!)
"She's playing that game… again…" Okon said.
"Well you can't blame her… Final Fantasy is a spiff game!" Shiro said from the dining room.
"But I wish she would just do her homework for once! She is a smart girl… but… she tends to be lazy…" Okon said.
"Don't worry Okon… it's already in the genes…" Kuro said, glancing at Okina who was watching sports news… again…
"Jiya, can you turn off the TV and set the table?" Omasu asked, testing what Okina's reaction will be.
But Okina didn't turn to her… "Yes… later… I want to know who will be the next basketball champion! I hope it'll be Custards…" Okina said, concentrating on the TV.
Everyone looked at him blankly.
"Yeah…. It's in the genes…" they all muttered.
Misao set down the controller next to the play station and threw curses at it. She unlocked the door and went straight to the bathroom.
She washed her face and felt her cell phone vibrate. She opened the message and it read:
Ne… Kaoru… Well… I really can't meet you… I hope you're doing fine there… the kendo meet will be next week… I hope we can see each other then… But everything's fine right now! So don't you worry about us!
Kenshin… pls. Txt back
Misao stared at the message 'Aww… how sweet… BUT… it is NOT for me… and it ain't Aoshi!' She thought as she replied him back…
Hello… Kaoru's not here… to tell you… it's seven in the evening… but I'll let her know that you texted anyway… so
Goodbye 4ever…
Kaoru's friend.
She sent it and went down for dinner. She was pissed off because she was only a nostril close to finishing the game
Kyoto
Kenshin felt his phone vibrate. He was thinking about what he just did… 'It's seven o' clock… why did I text her again?'
He got his cell phone out and read the message:
Hello… Kaoru's not here… to tell you… it's seven in the evening… but I'll let her know that you sent her a text message anyway… so…
Goodbye 4ever…
Kaoru's friend.
He sighed as he read this. He soon replied:
Oh, that's fine… I mean… thanks… what's your name anyway?
He sent it and quickly flopped down on his bed. He was as usual, tired.
"BAKA DESHI! DINNER!" Hiko's voice reached from upstairs… and that annoyed Kenshin a lot.
"Yeah! I'm coming!" He got up and headed down. 'I'm gonna find myself an apartment one of these days…' he thought as he eyed his safe… dreaming about his dream home…
He went down and sat at the dining table… tonight's special… Fish… again…
'Amazing…' he thought sarcastically.
They were silent while eating… Kenshin had a miserable look plastered on his face while Hiko was sitting there, trying to remember something very important.
"Ah yes! Baka deshi, the meet was moved for two weeks from now." Hiko announced.
Kenshin didn't seem to care much. "Then… therefore… you conclude… meaning?"
"You have your stupid free time with that Rooster friend of yours."
"Sano really doesn't like it when you call him that."
"I know. That's what makes it fun. Annoying your friend is very entertaining…" he said rubbing his chin.
Kenshin was thinking of a way to meet Kaoru… he just realized that… with all the time he had… he could go to Tokyo and just say: "Hi…" "Hello" "How are you?" "I'm fine" "I love you…"
All of those… especially the last one… he wanted to tell her that… he wanted to tell her before she left… but he was much too late… he wasn't about to suffer. 'I'm going to Tokyo…'
"You're going to practice in the gym." Hiko said.
Kenshin didn't realize that he said that out loud. "What the friggin' for? We're already bound to win anyway." He said, irritated.
Hiko frowned. "Don't get your hopes too high. What are you going to do in Tokyo anyway?"
"I'm… never mind." He said as he lifted his plated and placed it in the sink. 'I did it again… Sano was right…'
(a/n: I feel like Chicken little right now…)
Tokyo… the next day…
"Hey Kaoru!" Misao called from the gate. She was riding her bike to school as usual, and this time she was early.
"Hey! You're early! It's a miracle!" Kaoru joked as she entered the school with Misao.
"Haha. Very funny. Hey, your boyfriend sent you a text message last night…." Misao said, stopping her bike and parking it with the other bikes.
"Misao! Stop calling him my boyfriend!" Kaoru said angrily.
Misao grinned. "Well he is… you like him, don't you?"
Kaoru blushed. "Well… nobody can really say that he feels the same way, right?" She asked, as they both went to the locker area.
"True… it's just like me and You-Know-Who…" Misao said dreamily.
"Misao, if you're just going to call him that, why not go straight to 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?" Kaoru asked, jokingly.
"Hahaha… Very funny, I'm choking with laughter… But listen, maybe we can discuss things with some smoothies later at the mall?" Misao asked.
"The mall?" Kaoru asked, as though she never heard of the word before.
"Yeah… after all, it is Friday. We should just waste our time doing nothing while drinking ice cold smoothies!" Misao concluded.
Kaoru smiled. "That sounds… tempting Misao, but I have to keep my brother company."
"How old is your brother anyway?" Misao asked.
"12"
"See? He's twelve years old! He can take care of himself! When I was eight, I started going to Nagoya by myself!" She said proudly.
Kaoru was thinking things over. "Hmmm… you have a point… but my grandfather told me to… unless…" She said, coming up with a plan.
"…Unless you can bring him with you." Misao finished for her.
Kaoru looked at her as though she was crazy. "What? Are you crazy?"
(--)
"That kid can be such a snoop! Especially because he misses snooping around with a stupid rooster friend of mine…"
-ooo-
Kyoto…
Sano was in the library when he suddenly sneezed.
"SSSSHHHHHHHHH!"
"Sorry… sorry…" He whispered.. 'Hmmm… somebody's thinking about me… I hope she's pretty…"
-ooo-
Back in Tokyo
Kaoru and Misao were heading to their classroom. "Well at least we can leave him in the arcade and we can talk…" Misao said.
Kaoru thought it over.
"C'mon, Kaoru… you don't have any choice now do you?"Misao asked, taking a seat on her chair.
Kaoru shrugged. "Guess not…"
"What are you two talking about?" Came the voice of Takani Megumi.
"Nothing that'll interest you, Kitsune." Misao said calling Megumi the nickname she hates the most.
"And why won't it interest me, Weasel Girl?" Megumi shot back.
"Because, Megumi, even though you have the beauty, the brains, and the brawn, you still don't have what it takes to accept a man's invitation for you to become his girlfriend." Misao said heatedly.
Megumi smirked. "Like you have somebody for you… you only dream of him, but not tell him, don't you? As for me, I'm still waiting for the right man to court me…" Megumi said dreamily.
-ooo-
Sano was lining up to take out a book when…
"A—A—A—A—AAAAAACCCHOOOOOOO!" He sneezed… again…
"SSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Sorry…" He whispered, embarrassed. 'That's it! Somebody's talking about me and I'm gonna find out who one of these days!'
-ooo-
Let's leave Sano to brainstorm on who's thinking about him… let's go back in Tokyo.
Megumi shrugged off from her dreams. "So, that's what you two were talking about? Boys and dating?" She asked with a smirk.
"No, actually Megumi, we were talking about fashion and shopping!" Kaoru said smiling sweetly, a hint of sarcasm in her tone.
"Yeah, something that will definitely bore you to death!" Misao said.
Megumi pushed back a lock from her shoulder. Her eyes were twinkling. "Well, tomboyish Misao's gonna go shopping later? Don't bother now, cause more things are important than shopping. Don't forget that you're in the soccer team… and our schools pride…" Megumi said.
"Oh!" Kaoru said, as though she remembered something.
"What is it, Kaoru?" Misao asked.
"I just remembered… I'm in the kendo club and… well we have a meet…" Kaoru said.
"The kendo meet was cancelled for next, next week." Megumi said.
Misao and Kaoru looked at her, silent.
"What?" Megumi asked them.
"How did you know that?" Kaoru asked.
Megumi grinned. "Well, I like being up to date all the time…"
"Actually, she knows all these things because she's editor in the school's paper." Misao said, boringly.
Megumi glared at her before the bell rung. She went back to her seat and left the two to talk.
"So, will we still be on for the mall later?" Misao asked.
Kaoru smiled. "Sure. I'm just gonna take my brother I guess…" Kaoru said.
Misao nodded and headed back to her seat.
Sano was exercising with his punching bag when the phone rang. He continued to punch it and let the phone ring… he had an answering machine anyway… with its VERY unique recording of his voice… the problem was… the beep was broken…
The ringing stopped and then came the answering machine… (aka Sano's voice):
'Hello, you have just contacted Sano's room, Sano's crack pit, or whatever you may call my room… Sorry, but if no one's answering your call, it obviously means that I'm out, DUH! Or maybe I'm just too lazy to get my heavy ass on the phone, or maybe I just don't feel like talking to you AT ALL… if you have anything important or USELESS to say to me, just leave a message after the beep ……… why isn't this stupid thing beeping! ……………… BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPP!'
After that, came Kenshin's voice. "Hey Sano… I know you're there… Listen, meet at the gym… you have a lot of explaining to do!" he said in an accusing way. He hung up and Sano was left dumbfounded.
'I wonder if he knows…'
After school…
Misao went back home to change in her casual attire. She wore a black sleeveless that fitted her perfectly and a white vest that said: "Don't make me push you off a cliff" and other scribbles. The vest had a hood on it.
She was left to choose between her usual old blue pants and a white mini skirt with little flowers and hearts on it that Omasu gave to her on her 14th birthday. (She never wore it)
The thought of her wearing a mini skirt sickened her… and her pants were already worn out.
'Darn! What now?' She thought. "I need new pants… three of them at least…" She muttered to herself. That's when she remembered that she lend Omasu her one and only pedal.
"Omasu!" She called, coming out of her room. Omasu popped her head out of her door that was only across Misao's room. "Can I have my pedals back?"
Omasu grinned evilly. "First, I want you to call me your beloved Ne-chan, oh so sweet and beautiful."She said.
"No way…" Misao said under her breath.
"Then I won't give them back to you…"
"Oh, beloved Ne-chan, you're so sweet and beautiful…" Misao recited. Omasu giggled as she threw Misao's pedals to her.
Misao was ready, the final touch was her hair… it was the usual braid, she covered her head with a white visor, wore her sneakers and she was off to the mall. (a/n: isn't it fun to dress up Misao in modern day clothes? -Evil grin-)
POPOPOPOPOPOP --- nothing important… just a divider.
Mall…
Misao strode in the mall, passing many teenagers in their casual wear. TGIF she would always say. Even though the fashion today was wearing the sexiest of clothes, exposing your belly button and a mini skirt that barely reached across your knees, she still wore what decent people would wear…. Besides she wasn't such a girl-girl anyway.
She saw Kaoru at the bar. She was wearing a blue shirt that was like a kimono (The details I mean…) and a pair of jeans that fitted her perfectly. She had her hair in the usual high ponytail.
She was drinking some smoothies. A young boy of twelve sat next to her. He had spiky black hair and wore a loose polo. Inside the polo was a white T-shirt that said: "Whattcha Lookin' at Ugly?" and a pair of loose jeans. He seemed to be grumbling about something.
(A/n: Finally… therefore… I conclude that it is very entertaining to make the RK characters wear modern day clothes.
Yahiko: I feel like a gangster in this outfit…
Azren: Shut up, Yahiko!)
Misao ran to her and patted her on the shoulder. Kaoru turned over at her.
"Misao-chan!" She said, grabbing her hands.
"Kaoru-chan! You look good in that outfit!"
"Thanks! You… you look COOL!" Kaoru commented, looking at Misao's posture.
"AHEM…" The boy next to Kaoru interrupted.
"Oh yeah… Misao, this is my little brother, LITTLE Yahiko-CHAN." Kaoru introduced, putting an arm on Yahiko's shoulder, emphasizing the words CHAN and LITTLE!
"Don't call me CHAN!" Yahiko said, irritated.
"Well hello, Yahiko-chan. I'm Misao, your sisters friend." Misao said as though she was talking to a five year old.
Yahiko glared at her and muttered something like "Ugly old hag" Misao had a nerve coming out of her. She had a temptation to strangle this little brat.
Unluckily for Yahiko, Kaoru heard what he said and hit him on the back of his head.
"OUCH! Busu! What was that for!" He said, rubbing his head.
"That was for being rude, brat. Don't call anyone a hag!" Kaoru yelled.
Luckily, there was a band visiting and the music was louder than their yells.
Misao watched as the two siblings were fighting like cat and dog. She understood that. She fought with her siblings a countless number of times.
She felt somebody tug on her sleeve. She turned around and smiled. A girl Yahiko's age smiled back at her. She wore a pink three-fourths with some silver dust as design and a skirt that reached her knees.
"Konichiwa, Misao-san." She said. She was a short girl, and was quite timid.
"Konichiwa, Tsubame-chan. What brings you here?" She asked her.
"Well, I'm here with my sister. She went to buy something. She said that I could go around." She said, timidly. The Makimachis were friends with the Sanjous. Ever since Misao's parents died, they gave their full support to the family. They were quite rich with their own five star restaurant and all.
"I'm here with a friend and her brother." Misao said, grabbing Tsubame's hand and pulling her to her side.
Misao tried to interrupt Kaoru and Yahiko's LITTLE spat.
"Uurrmm… Kaoru? Uuuhh… Kaoru…?"
Kaoru stopped from punching Yahiko and turned to Misao. Misao had a sweat drop on her forehead, and a young girl was hiding behind her.
"Nani, Misao-chan?" Kaoru asked, letting go of Yahiko.
"This is a friend of mine, Sanjou Tsubame." Misao introduced, as Tsubame stepped forward, she was looking at the floor, blushing.
Kaoru looked at her… and then her eyes twinkled. "Ohh… so this is Tsubame…" She said, looking at a flustered Yahiko. (A/n: Wahahaha! I am SOOO EVIL)
Misao looked confused. "You already know her?" Misao asked.
Kaoru shook her head. "She's Yahiko's classmate." She said and smiled at her. "Nice to meet you, Tsubame. I'm Yahiko's older sister, Kaoru." She introduced. (Tsubame studies in a public school no DUH)
Tsubame looked at her and smiled.
Yahiko was quiet as Tsubame. He had a flustered face and so did TSubame… does this mean anything or doesn't it?
They were silent, waiting for the two youngsters to say something, alas, not even a 'konichiwa' or a 'hi' came out of their mouths.
"Yahiko, we're gonna leave you at the arcade or anywhere you want to go, alright. Just meet us back here at the bar." Kaoru said.
"Tsubame-chan, are you going anywhere?" Misao asked.
Tsubame shook her head.
Kaoru had an idea. "Yahiko, why don't you accompany Tsubame until we get back?" Kaoru asked. Yahiko looked at her, bewildered. Tsubame's pink face turned the shade of hot redder.
"That's a great idea. Tae-san, will might as well call you in your cell…" Misao said.
Yahiko didn't say anything, he didn't say yes nor did he say no. He was just… stiff as a statue.
"Shall we go then, Misao?" Kaoru asked.
"Of course, Kaoru." Misao said as they started to walk off.
"Yahiko, stay in the mall and I mean IN the mall!" Kaoru shouted.
"Yeah, yeah!" Yahiko shouted back, irritated. He feel silent again.
Silence…
"So… nice day huh?" Yahiko started the awkward conversation… beginning with the weather as usual…
Let's leave those two love birds alone for a moment…
"Yeah, this friend of yours was saying that the kendo meet was next week and that he wants to see you." Misao said. She didn't really mind all of this. She felt like cupid right now.
Kaoru was silent. 'Their kendo meet is next week?' She thought sadly. There might've been a chance for them to meet; sadly the schedule has been changed. (Being in the varsity was hard in enough to understand!)
"Do you wanna reply him?" Misao asked.
Kaoru shook her head. "No, I don't have anything important to say anyway. Maybe next time." She said as she smiled at her. "Why don't we make use of our time enjoying now instead… better yet… let's try and find Aoshi here." She suggested.
Misao snorted. "Oh come on, Aoshi? Here? When will that happen… but still… it will be… unexpected…" She said, thinking of her Aoshi-sama and blushing.
Kaoru smiled. "So let's go and find him for you!" She said as she skipped along.
"Hey! Wait up!" Misao yelled.
Seasons of Love song play in the background
TBC….
A/n: a happy ending… was that a very bad cliffie? Sorry… I'll try to edit this chapter… it's just that our exams are next week already, we have two tests tomorrow and my poor, poor fingers are throbbing like crazy right now…. Ouch… GIVE ME REVIEWS! I WANT REVIEWS!
Not much KK here… I guess I gave away SOME things… if you know, don't just blurt it out because I will track you down and kill you. (Just joking) Seriously, I will hate it a lot. Review okay! Or else I will make scrambled pairings… I can always slip in Tomoe if no body will review…
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