Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin.

Sorry for being late! I'm gettin better though...maybe (rubbing head)

Warnings: If you've read an of my other stories you'll know how my phone conversations thing works. But for those who haven't,...even though this is in my other chapters...I'll explain again. The (>) symbl stands for another person talking...And so does the one without. That's sounds confusing, ha?

Enjoy!

It Started With A Prank Call

Chapter 10: Just too Weird

Kenshin changed in the bathroom while Kaoru changed in his bedroom. He came out to find Kaoru looking at her hands in fear. She looked as if she was about to cry.

He sat down beside her in sillence. "What if I'm--GASP!" Kenshin looked and his knees.

"Don't worry, your not."

She stared at him in terror. "How do you know?"

"I just do.We didn't do that...you still were somewhat dressed." Kaoru thought back for a momment. That's right...I was partially dressed...but that still doesn't mean that we didn't--gasp! Kenshin looked at her. It frightens her just thinking about it. He felt sorry for her so he decided to try and cheer her up. He put his hands around her and rested his head on hers. "It's going to be okay.Your not what you think you are, Kaoru."

She didn't know what to do, but she felt somehow relaxed in his arms. She closed her eyes and tried to hold her tears back. Then she realized that what she did with Kenshin wasn't a bad thing--wait! what am I thinking, of course this is a bad thing! I can't date Kenshin...all we ever do is pretend like it never happened when we're at school. Kenshin let go of her and pulled her up to her feet. He spoke in a soft and comforting voice.

"What do you say we get out of here?"

Kaoru nodded and dried her tears. Surprisingly, she accepted his handin hers. They both walked outside. Kaoru's car was still where she had left it. She remembers that she left her keys in Kenshin's bedroom so she quickly ran back for it.

Kenshin's cell phone suddenly began to ring. He answered tiredly.

Hello?

Hey, there baby.>

Tomoe!

Yeah...um...about earlier I-->

SAVE IT! I have nothing to say to you. Goodbye-

Wait! Please...just let me explain...>

Explain what Tomoe? That you got jrunk and mistaked him for me?...or that he just happened to pass by you in the coolest car so you couldn't resist?...or maybe that you wanted to look cool so you totally blew me off and now he dumped you so you want me back?

...I...I-->

That's what I thought.(He hung up)

As if cued, Kaoru came running back with her keys. Kenshin was in a trance...she noticed his angered look. "Is everything okay Kenshin?" He instantly came back to reality. He looked at her for a minute and then nodded.

"Yeah..."

"It's a Saturday right?"

"yeah, why?" Kenshin smirked. "What do you say we go to the beach?"

Kaoru started blushing ,almost suddenly smelling suntan lotion. "U-Uhhh...well I..." "Great I'll be right back." With that, he rushed in and out off the house with his beach gear. He packed it all in the back seat of Kaoru's car and hopped into the front. He stared at her. "Well...? What are you waiting for?"

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"YOU DID WHAT?" Megumi screamed. Kaoru started blushing. Kaoru had left Kenshin in the car while she went to get her swim stuff. "I didn't really think I would stay there the entire night...sorry about that." Kagome hit her in shoulder. "You bad, bad girl." Startled, she jumped away. "No-no...it's not really like t--well I don't really know how it happened...at first it was just to say thank you...and then...it just...it just happened." Kayko started to giggle. "Yeah, sure...it was just that simple."

Kaoru packed her bathing suit in a bag along with suntan lotion and a towel. The girls noticed this. "Where ya going?" Kaoru blushed again.

"Kenshin insists that we go to the beach." You guys are welcome to come along." Kagome rushed into her bedroom to get her stuff as did Megumi and Kayko. They all came out with their bathing suits under their clothing. Kaoru changed into her bathing suit and put on a pink tank top with dark blue shorts on. Megumi hadn't worn a top. It was the top peice of her bathing suit. And had had on light blue kaprees (don't know how to spell that). Kagome had on a white t-shirt that you could clearly see her bathing suit through considering her bathing suit was colorful along with some frizzly dark blue shorts. And Kayko hadn't worn a shirt either, though she had on a pair of light blue pants with dark blue strips on it.

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RING RING RING

(Kenshin answers)

Hello?

Please Kenshin, just let me explain.>

sigh I told you, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!

PLEASE! JUST ALEAST HEAR ME OUT!>

...you've got 3 minutes.

thank you...well it all started when I was outside my school with Kikyo...>

Begining of Confession

Hey, Kikyo, what's up? Nothing much. I was gonna stop by the mall later, wanna come with? Yeah, sure. (At the mall...) Hey Tomoe...looky over there at that guy! Isn't he hott? Tomoe shook her head. No not really. My heart belongs to Kenshin. Kikyo started laughing. Well I dare you to go over there and cuddle up to him. So she did. Then Kenshin comes along and she's too tongue-tied and makes an arrogant comment.

End of Confession

...and that's what happened. I just got tongue-tied that's all.>

Kenshin? Did you hear me? Are you there?>

...what exactly do you take me for?

(shocked)...w--w-what are you talking about? It's the truth, Kenshin!>

Is that right? Well I'm not ready to forgive you yet.

But you do believe me right?>

(silence)

I need to think about this, Tomoe.

Ohh Okay, sure. Just tell me when you've decided our future.>

I will. (they hung up)

Kenshin suddenly heared a weird stampeed noise. He turned his head to find Four girls had been racing toward him. It was Kaoru, Kayko, Kagome and Megumi. Kenshin held himself expecting them to run over him but they stopped once at the car. Megumi looked at the full backseat with all Kenshin's stuff in it.

"And where exactly are we suppose to sit?" Kenshin glanced at her and chuckled. "Beats me." Megumi shot him a glare and pushed his stuff out of the way. They sat down and waited for Kaoru to start the car.

"Hey, Kaoru?"

"Hmm?"

"What are you doing?" Kaoru flipped up her mirror and began appling lip gloss. Kenshin layed his head back.

"(sigh)...Girls..."

This caused a laughter to spread throughout the car. Kaoru flipped back her mirror and handed it to Megumi, who did her makeup and then passed it on to Kayko, who passed it to Kagome. Kenshin lifted his head up. "So if you girls are done now, I'd like to get some waves in before I turn 40." Kaoru started to giggle and hit the gas, making Kenshin's head fly back.

There was a ringtone going off. "Who's is it?" Everyone checked their cell phone and it turned out to be Kaoru's.

Helllo?

Hi, there.>

Oh, hey Sohjiro. What's up? (Kenshin began to frown.)

I was wondering if you were okay. I haven't seen you since Thursday.>

Oh, well I was at school Friday...I just had to spend the day in the nurses office.

Why? Is everything okay?>

Yes, I'm okay. This guy just came up to me and attacked me an I couldn't...

...Ohhh...I understand.>

I'm still alittle shaky. Sometimes I feel scared just being by myself...(Everyone hearing this conversation and becoming silent)...but I'm fine so far since I have my friends with me.

Are you sure you'll be okay, Kaoru? 'Cause if you need me, I'm there.>

No...it's okay. I have five bodyguards with me.

Okay, well take care.>

I will...and you too.

Sure. Bye>

Byes.(they hung up)

She caught sight of everyone stopping their conversations and listening to hers. Megumi leaned closer to her. "Are you sure you're okay, Kaoru?" Kaoru had been really annoyed by everyone's pitty. "Yeah, I'm just glad it didn't get any worse...if Kenshin hadn't been there...I would've died." Kenshin felt as if he could kill someone if they spoke his name. He really despised Jine Udo. He was never going to forgive him for trying tohurt Kaoru.

Kenshin pushed the radio button and "Freckles(RK opening song)" came on. Kaoru started singing along with it. Kenshin started laughing hearing the rest of them join in.

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Kenshin got out of the car and picked up his stuff from Megumi's grasp. He took off his shirt, revealing his ab muscles. Kaoru tried not to notice but she couldn't help it. Kenshin put on his sunglasses and through his towel over his shoulder and waited until the girls were done unpacking.

The heated sand began to pour into Kaoru's sandals as she followed her friends toward the ocean. Kagome and Kayko immediately dropped their stuff and took off their clothes (they still had their bathing suits on) and headed for the water. Megumi flipped out her beach chair and started to fall asleep after telling everybody to wake her up in 5 minutes so she could turn over.

Kaoru sat next to Megumi and removed her pink tanktop. She opened a bottle of suntan lotion and started putting some on. Kenshin sat down beside her (he already removed his shorts). He stared out at the sea for a moment before quickly snatching the suntan lotion away from Kaoru. She glared at him.

"Kenshin, give it!" Kenshin squirted some in his hand and set it down beside him, knowing that she was going to take it.

After she was done she put it near Kenshin, who was struggling with his back. She started giggling and took the bottle away from him. It was now his turn to glare.

"Hey! I'm not done!" Kaoru felt her anger rise but she cooled it off.

She didn't respond to his ignorant comment. She just started to rub the cream onto his back. Kenshin was going to turn around and push her away but let it slide. He felt awkwardly comfortable when she touched him. He was kind of used to it anyway. He could feel his cheeks heating.

Kaoru started to blush as well. She didn't understand why she did that. Truthfully, she didn't understand why she did any of the stuff she does around Kenshin.

She continued to rub the lotion onto his back. She glanced at Megumi, who was grinning at her. She turned even redder. I can't believe Megumi is watching this! Kenshin couldn't help but feel sleepy when her soft fingers reached him. They were like cotton. He felt like he could colapse on her. And that's exactly what he did.In fact, itcaused Kaoru to fall back as well. She wasn't paying attention at the time. He layed there asleep on top of her.

Kaoru looks down at him with shock and confusion. Kenshin? He didn't awake. She poked his head. He sheeply pushed her hand away. Megumi let out a light giggle and quickly looked the other way when she knew that Kaoru was embarassed.

Kaoru layed her head back and sighed. "This day is just too weird."

Kaoru lifted her head and rolled Kenshin off of her. She took a deep breathe before slapping him on his head. He awoke shouting at her. "OW! WHAT'S YOUR DEAL?"

Kaoru shot a glare at him. "My deal? Don't you mean what's yours!" Kenshin paused. He remembered that he had colapsed on Kaoru. He felt his cheeks heat and turned away. Kagome and Kayko came running toward them. They were dripping with salty water. "Why aren't you guys coming in?" Kaoru got up and let her shorts fall. At first she was kinda embarassed because of Kenshin being there, but soon found that she didn't really care. She ran off with Kayko. Kagome turned to follow but stopped and looked at Kenshin instead.

"Kenshin, you coming?"

Kenshin blinked. "Huh? Oh, yeah." He got up and followed Kagome to the water. He could feel the rush of salt through his nose and a cool breeze flew upon them. He enjoyed coming to the beach. He ran into the water without a care of where Kagome was. She was already in anyway. Kenshin dove under and seized to open his eyes for they would be soaked with salt if he dared. So he rose his head to catch a breath.

He looked around and saw nothing but an orangey-red. A chuckle came to him as he removed the hair from his face. Now he could see little children swimming around being specifically watched by their parents. Some that were older tried to surf, but had no luck. Another person was a man who was laughing as he lifted his son in the air.Kenshin couldn't help but smile.

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Kagome caught up with Kaoru and Kayko. "Hey you guys." Kaoru didn't see anyone with her. "Hi, Where's Kenshin?" Kagome shrugged. They swam around for a while (Like an hour) and began to become tired. Kayko swam up to Kagome. "Hey, Kagome? Are you hungry?" Kagome felt her tummy rumble and nodded. They got Kaoru and and headed toward Megumi. Kaoru turned around. "What about Kenshin?" Kayko smiled.

"We'll wait for him."

Not too long from then Kaoru and Kayko caught sight of someone. He had long wet red hair that sparkled in the sunshine. His skin was a smooth tan. It matched his abs and muscles perfectly. And then He lifted his bangs...it was...

0-0-0-0-0(rewind in time to Kenshin)

Kenshin searched around for Kaoru and the others. He didn't see them. He swam closer to shore so that if anyone was to be in the ocean he could have spotted them. He still didn't see them. Now he was walking out of the water and towards Megumi. He smiled as he saw the girls sitting around her. They turned to the boy. "Hey, Kenshin."

"Hey. How long have you guys been on land?" No one answered because they were staring at his chest. Kenshin started to laugh and sat down beside Kayko.

They were still alittle shaken up by their sudden interest in him. No way could they think Kenshin was hott!

Megumi layed her head back and sighed. "It's getting kind of late you know...maybe we should head home." Kaoru looked at the sky. "Yeah, your right.We should be heading back."

They all stood up and got their stuff together bringing it to the backseat of Kaoru's car. Kenshin sat down in the drivers seat and Kaoru approached him. "What are you doing?"

"I'm driving, what does it look like?"

"No your not driving, Kenshin! I wouldn't trust you with my car if you paid me!" Kenshin pulled out his puppydog eyes. Her friends started to "awwwwwww" him. Kaoru couldn't resist it so she gave up trying and sat painfully in the passengers seat, still not thinking him driving her car was a good idea.

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Surprisingly Kenshin got them to his house safe and sound. He got out and was handed his stuff. He waved them goodbye and walked through the door of his house where he could hear them drive away. Though what he saw was not of what he was expecting.

It was Tomoe.

She had sat on the couch waiting for him to come home. He put down his stuff beside her and walked away (as if not even noticing she was there). Tomoe got up and followed silently behind him. Kenshin knew she was though

So he opened his door and turned around. "Leave." At first it frightened her, but she wouldn't give up. "No, I won't. Not until you forgive me." Kenshin became annoyed. "I will not forgive just yet Tomoe...for what you've done, I'm surprised I'm even beginning to miss you at times. So you should be honored of just that."

Tomoe stood cold and confused as he closed the door behind him. Even though he hasn't really forgiven me...still...he's getting somewhat close. But what about that Kamiya girl. She's probably...definately the reason that this forgiveness thing is taking so long. She's keeping him away from me! That little brat! Shewon't get Kenshin, I won't let her!

To Be Continued...

A/N: Hehehehehehe intadesting, ha? Yuppers! get ready for the next chapter'-'