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Yes...I'm late...again. I'M SORRY! I can't help it! It's just...I don't know. I'm so lazily (lol).

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Like A Season, It Keeps Coming Back

Chapter 4: Sanosuke & Aoshi

Kaoru tightened her grip to the paper and glared at the sleeping liar beside her. She wasn't sure what she was suppose to do now. Then the phone rang. But it wasn't the house phone so she checked her cell and it wasn't hers. Yahiko and Tsubame didn't have one yet so that could only mean that it belonged to Kenshin. She glared again at him and slowly, but carefully took his cell phone out of his pocket. The ringing had stopped already. She looked at his voice mail and found the caller.

It was Megumi.

She thought for a second at what she should do. Should listen to it and risk Kenshin waking up?...or should she leave it alone until Kenshin is willing to tell her about it? She could choose. She wanted to listen to it, but she didn't want Kenshin to find out and become mad at her. But why should he be mad at her? He's the one who hid her note from her. Kaoru nodded to herself and pushed the button. A voice came on. It said:

Hey there, Kenshin. I wanted to know if you'd read my note yet? Well if you did, I would like to know the answer. Hmmm...call me when you get this message okay? Bye.

(It hung up). Kaoru stared at it for a few seconds and then closed the phone. She turned to slide the phone back into Kenshin's pocket when his eyelids twitched. It frightened her like crazy! She quickly jumped back. After like a ten second countdown, his eyes opened. He turned to her. "What are you doing, Kaoru?" She looked away. He saw the note in her hand. "I see you've been going through my pocket." Kaoru froze. She'd forgotten that the note had been clearly visible.

"I...ah..--Wait a minute." Kenshin sat up. "Kaoru, that note is none of your business. Why were you going through my personal things in the first place?"

"Your personal things? Well excuse me if I didn't know that you were already about to go out with another girl!" He gave away a slight chuckle. "Who said that I was going to say yes?" She paused. "...You would turn her down?" Kenshin nodded. He rose from the couch and grabbed his jacket. "Well...it's time for me to go. I'll see you later?" She looked at him. "What? Your leaving? But you don't have your car."

"No, biggy. I can walk. I need the exercise anyway." He turned and walked out the door. She had followed him to open the garage for him but he seemed to get it open with merely his hands. Kaoru stared as he walked past the house and down the road. She looked down. He'd forgotten the note.

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"Kenshin! Wait up!" He turned around to see Kaoru running towards him. He waited for her and then continued to walk. Kaoru could sense a bit of anger in his voice. "Kenshin...I'm sorry about earlier...it was wrong for me to do what I did. Never will it happen again." He didn't understand a word she spoke to him but he could tell she was appologising.

"Kaoru, I said I wouldn't go out with Megumi. What else do you want?" She paused and then regained walking. "I...ignore what I said. I didn't mean for you to say no to her. She got to you first...she deserves you, Kenshin." She stopped walking. "I'm not your owner. I don't make these decisions for you...you do. Choose Megumi. Last night was...an accident. You were jrunk and someone spiked my drink...it was a mistake and I'm sorry."

Kenshin stopped. By now he was atleast seven feet away from her. He turned around and she was walking back to her house. He called out her name but she didn't listen. A peice of paper flew to his feet. He picked it up and it was the note that she had taken from his pocket. He swung his jacket over his shoulder and continued to walk.

He walked up to a white house with a green door. He knocked on it. "Coming!", said a voice from inside. The person gasped as she opened to find him. Kenshin smiled. "Hello, Ms. Megumi." Her face was covered in green stuff...which he couldn't figure out why girl wore that. Her hair and body was wrapped in a towel. and she had a cucumber slice over one of her eyes. But it quickly fell off when she saw him.

"Kenshin? What are you doing here so early?" He looked at his watch. "It's 5:30...p.m." Megumi blushed. Suddenly a girl with the same green stuff on her face as Megumi but short brown hair walked up from behind. She started smiling. "Oh..Megumi...is he the one you were talking about?" Megumi elbowed her. "Shh! Will you get, Yumi!"

She walked closer to Kenshin to shut the door behind her. "Sorry about that. So what brings you here today?" Kenshin thought to himself for a minute. "I have the answer to your note." Megumi turned bright red and then faded to a pale look. "Okay..."

"My answer is...yes." A sudden burst of screming came from inside the house. No doubt Yumi. Kenshin scratched his head and chuckled. Megumi jumped around him in a prance. When finished, she took off the towel from her head and huged him. "Thank you so much, Kenni!" Already she began to make nicknames for him. He started to wonder if he'd done the right thing.

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Kaoru san inside and shut the door. Yahiko and Tsubame were still in his room. She sighed and walked to them. "Hey! You cheated! You did the same move every time, Tsubame!"

"Well this is the only move I know how to do, little Yahiko."

"ARGH! Stop calling me LITTLE!" Kaoru began to laugh and walked out. She sat down and turned on the TV. Nothing was on. Just a bunch of Tom & Jerry and Scooby-Doo. Sci-Fi scared her and Lifetime was way too much drama. She didn't know what to do. Just when she was drifting into sleep, the door bell rang. She lazily rubbed her eyes and rolled over to get up. It rang again.

Kaoru hesitated but go up and opened the door. She looked up to find two boys looking at her. They both were around 6ft tall. One had short , straight black hair that gave off a green glow. The other just had short, spiky brown hair with a red bandana tied around his head. They looked down at her. The Brown-haired boy spoke out. "Hey. Are you Kamiya Kaoru?" She nodded.

"We're here for Kenshin." Kaoru looked at them awkwardly. "Ah..Kenshin left not too long ago. Why? Is he in some kind of trouble?" The other boy shook his head. "No. We're his friends. I'm Shinomori Aoshi and my partner here is Sagara Sanosuke. Can you tell us which way he went?" Kaoru nodded and pointed in the direction that Kenshin walked. They thanked her and walked away. Tsubame ran to beside Kaoru. "Big brother! Big Brother!" Yahiko and herself stared at her in confusion.

The brown haired boy turned around. "Tsubame?" She ran and huged him. "Big brother...why are you looking for someone?" He stared down at her. "We forgot to take Kenshin home last night and we need to find him. He glanced up at Kaoru. We went to that night club near the school. They said they saw him and you in there, so we checked everywhere for a Kamiya Kaoru and found your address." The boy beside him sighed. "We wouldn't have to go all detective on him if he would turn on his damn cell phone." Yahiko started laughing. "Him and Kaoru had a one night stand last night!" Kaoru froze and punched him in his arm. "You little jerk!"

Sanosuke chuckled and smirked at Kaoru. "So your Kenshin new girl, ha?" Kaoru blushed. "No. Last night was a mistake. He was drunk and I was daleirious. He's probably going to go out with Takani Megumi.

Sanosuke walked up to her and wrapped his arm around her waist. "Wanna make him jealous?" Kaoru was about to shake her head, "no way, jose!", but then something dawned over her. Maybe if she made him jealous, he'll realize what a big mistake he made by choosing Megumi over her.

"Uh.." Sanosuke smirked. "You don't have to. We could do that instant back up thing. If Kenshin and the doc. is going out, then we can make it quick and say that we are too. That way, Kenshin'll never know what hit him." Kaoru stared at him. That was actually a good plan if you think of it. "But...Kenshin'll never forgive you. I wouldn't want to mess up your friendship." Aoshi coughed. "Sano just likes interferring in relationships wether he knows the person or people like siblings or enemies. He enjoys getting people pissed." Sano laughed. "Yeah, well."

She looked at the door and then back at Sanosuke, who was still holding her waist. Yeah. This isn't such a bad idea. Kenshin'll see what a big mistake it is to choose Megumi over me. No way will she take him away from me! Or...maybe this Sanosuke guy is the one for me. This is so confusing...I shouldn't feel any hatred toward him nor Megumi. She got to him first. I have to remember that. Maybe dating this Sagara will help me to look past Kenshin and forget about last night.

Maybe this is for the best.

To Be Continued...

AN/ Kaoru seems alittle evil in this chapter, I know. But don't worry...she'll come around! hahaHAHA! I'm weird.

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