Painted Chord

by -infidelmaki-

Thanks so much to Nyako, moonsnite, gabyhyatt for their reviews!

Just to let you know: I have chapters 1-9 already done lol...So I'll be updating frequently

infidelmaki-

Disclaimer: must you torture me with this? sighs i don't own RK sobs, runs away crying

Summary: An artist meets the guitarist of her dreams, the only problem is he has a split personailty disorder. So who is Kaoru really in love with? Kenshin, or his split personality 'Shinta'? (AU, KK, AMi, SMeg-- Rated T)

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Chapter Three

You Shook Me

Kenshin locked his gaze with a raven haired beauty sitting at bistro table. She was staring at him with the most amazing ocean blue eyes he had ever seen. He completely forgot about Tomoe. Suddenly, he felt a rapping on his shoulder. It was Aoshi, awakening him from his daze and signaling him to start the concert.

"Okay everyone! Here's an original. It's the first song I wrote lyrics for, so be nice to it please..." he joked, he really was workin the crowd. "It's called, Jasmine in the Fireflies" The lights dimmed, and Sano began to tap the cymbals lightly, simulating the sound of an evening rain. Aoshi began to strum on an acoustic guitar, and Katsu let his fingers walk with a light bass riff.

"In your eyes...I can see the ocean..." Kenshin began with a light blues like solo. He kept his eyes open this time, he couldn't shake his gaze from the beautiful woman with ocean eyes.

He was staring at her! It was as if...he was singing to her. She blushed and smiled at him. She rested her head on her hand and was swept away by his song.

"...so deep. So beautiful."

If only his eyes were hidden behind his dark sunglasses.

"The fireflies tonight seem to be drawn to you."

His guitar seemed to be like the buzz of a firefly.

"It seems so wrong...to say goodbye to you."

The mood suddenly became sad. Kaoru's hand moved to her eye. Why did she feel the need to hold back tears?

"It's so important...that you say that you love me..." Why did he feel so sad all of a sudden? He's sang this song so many times today, and he never felt this emotional before. He couldn't take his eyes off that girl. He felt as though he'd never see her again, that if he looked away she'd disappear.

"Please...don't look away." Kenshin could feel his voice begin to crack. Aoshi glanced over to Sano. Sano mouthed a 'what's wrong with him?' Aoshi shook his head and turned foward to Kenshin. Was Kenshin acting like that to win over the crowd? It did seem to be working. Kenshin had his female fans wrapped around his fingers. Especially that one in the front. She was sitting next to a cute little girl. Aoshi smiled. She is cute. She's even wearing her sunglasses in the dark. He chuckeled.

"Sayonara." Kenshin whispered into the mic.

Kaoru's breath caught in her throat. She became so cold that goosebumps appeared up and down her arms. Please don't say it again. Please stay... she whispered in her mind.

"...sayonara." Kenshin whispered even softer into the mic. This was the last song of the night. With his last chord, the lights ceased and the curtains closed. Kenshin unplugged Jasmine and stood up from the stool, wiping the sweat from his brow in the process. Why had that song affected him that way?

"Yo Kenshin...look!" Sano motioned with his drumstick while peaking out of the curtain. The entire audience was standing up and applauding. Sano jumped with excitement.

"Yay!" Sano cheered. Kenshin sweatdropped and joined him at the curtain.

"Look! It's her! She's actually here!" Sano followed Kenshin's eyes through the crowd stopping at a stunning woman dressed in white. She wore a white casablanca in her dark ebony hair, purple eyeshadow accecentuated her dark eyes and made her ivory skin glow. She was dressed in a comfortable white silk dress, that was cut off-the-shoulder and flowed dangerously high above her knees. Her white stilletos created a dangerous aura. Her emotions were very hard to read, and she was chatting quickly on a cell phone and writing something down in a small notebook. Kenshin smiled and looked over to the rest of the band. They were all grinning excitedly.

"...ru."

"Kaoru!" Misao turned up her volume. Kaoru snapped back to reality and looked up at her friend.

"Kao-chan are you okay? The concert ended a while ago. Let's go home" Kaoru looked longingly to the stage. She grabbed the pad and looked curiously at what she had drawn. It was a hastily done sketch of Kenshin. He had one hand resting on the mic stand, and the other hand held the neck of his guitar.

"Okay Mi-chan. Let's go."

A/N:kinda short...but I'm so tired! please forgive me DX

Next Chapter: Kashmir

Kaoru shifted on her futon. She opened her lids and viewed the man laying across from her. She brought her hand up and traced a cross-shaped scar.

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