Authors Notes: Ok everyone! I really got my new 'Light by Angel wings' story up! So if anyone here was interested in reading it, I have it posted! Ok on with the show! Oh! And thank you all for the reviews!
Chapter 6: First practice
Kaoru was extremely excited to hear that she was accepted onto the team. She almost forgot that she had to deal with her own team as well. She decided that she would talk to them when school was finished and head right over to her new teams practice after. That is...if they understood just how dire her situation really was.
That afternoon, after the bell rang, Kaoru called for a meeting with her team. She decided to gather in the gym that day. It was around 2:35, and most of her team were know there, gabbing with each other while exchanging gossip. Once her team was all gathered, Kaoru's voice boomed over the chit-chat, causing silence to dominate the large area.
"Ok everyone. Listen up. I'm really sorry that I had you all gather so suddenly, but I have an announcement. I'm going to be transferring teams." Once Kaoru was done saying that, the whole crowd went up into an uproar.
"What?! You're switching to a different team!?" They all seemed to shout that one question. Kaoru started to get a headache from all the noise, and shouted a 'quiet' but not loud enough so she would sound cruel.
"Listen. I have a very good reason. It's a family thing...I...don't want to talk about it. I'm so sorry everyone about doing this to you. But if I didn't...my life would be on the line. And I'm not exaggerating it. So please understand." Kaoru spoke as gently as she could without sounding too desperate. A couple of the girls looked unsure. Kaoru started to lose hope until someone stood up from the group. Misao, her best friend, stepped down from the bleachers of where they all sat, and paced to Kaoru's side.
She had raven hair with turquoise highlights; a braid cascading down her back from the base of her neck. Her Aqua eyes shined with a fiery glow. For a little while she was silent. Not saying a word to anyone. She looking determined at the team. Finally she spoke up.
"Well? Are you all just going to sit there like a bunch of knuckle heads? I have never doubted Kaoru in my life and I won't start now! If she really needs to do this, then I'm with her all the way." Misao said, her voice filled with pride. Kaoru looked at her with a thankful smile. The minutes passed, and a few more girls rose and walked down to Kaoru, standing next to her. Then a few more. And finally, the whole team was on her side.
"No matter what, we'll stick with you all the way." One girl said, breaking the silence.
"Yeah. You're our captain and our friend. We never betrayed you, and we won't start now." Another voice piped out, followed by more and more comments. Kaoru was smiling warmly at everyone, thanking them over and over. Soon, all the girls were all huddled together in a group hug.
Kaoru thanked the gods for the love of her team mates, and let herself get enveloped in the hug.
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It was now 7:27 and it was starting to get dark. Kenshin was waiting on the field for when Kaoru should arrive. Their practice started at 7:30, and he was starting to get worried. She said she was going to explain the ordeal to her team, and then come to the practice. It wouldn't take her 5 hours to try and get her team to understand...would it? Kenshin then cringed at the thought. He hoped Kaoru was ok.
"Oi, Kenshin! What's the matter? You're spacing out and everyone is already waiting for practice!" His friend, Sanosuke Sagara, approached him from behind. His spiky brown hair and cinnamon eyes seemed glow from the beaming moonlight. Kenshin just turned his head back to where he was staring at the entrance of the field.
"Not everyone..." Kenshin answered in a cool tone. Suddenly, as if on cue, Kaoru came running onto the field towards Kenshin.
"Hey!! I'm really sorry I'm late! I promised to take the team out for ice-cream and it got a little hectic!" Kaoru yelled towards Kenshin while running to him.
'5 hours to get ice-cream? Must of really been hectic!' Kenshin thought. Kenshin smiled and sighed in relief. He was worried for no reason. He thought that her father may have gotten to her. But why would she go back there? Kenshin then remembered when he almost choked her to death, and then his face saddened. There was that reason. But then her sweet voice caught him off guard.
"Ok I'm here. Now are we going to practice for an hour? And then go to your house? Because I think that we might still have time to get some ice-cream for us. I didn't get some so...yeah." Kaoru said, giggling a bit at her last comment. Kenshin shook his head to clear his thoughts, and then smiled at her.
"Sounds fine to me. Now Kaoru. I want you to meet my best bud, Sano. He's also on my soccer team." Kenshin said to her, pointing out Sano who happened to be right there. Kaoru had to look up a bit to meet his face, but then smiled at him and greeted him.
"Hello Sano. It's a pleasure to meet you." Kaoru then laughed when Sano gave her a noogie. He glanced down at her and grinned.
"Nice to meet you too, Jou-chan." Sano then looked at Kenshin and decided to embarrass his friend a bit.
"Kenshin over there has told me so much about you." Sano said in a humorous tone. He glanced at Kenshin and almost laughed when he saw how Kenshin kept waving his hands and using his finger to 'slit his throat' as in telling him to shut his mouth.
"R-really?...W-what has he said?" Kaoru asked in a tender voice, blushing a bit, but intent on hearing what Sano had to say.
"Oh yeah. He keeps saying about how good looking you are and how much he loves hanging around you and how sexy you are and that you have great sex appeal and that you make him so-" Before Sano could finish his ranting about Kenshin's opinion on her, Kenshin ran behind Sano and punched him as hard as he could, smack dab on the back of his hard head. Sano fell to the ground, groaning in pain.
Kaoru was flushing so deeply, that a tomato would be considered pink compared to her face. Kenshin, after getting over his anger, looked at Kaoru with a nervous grin. Sure...everything that Sano said was true. But he didn't have to tell her that!
"Eh heh heh. Don't mind Sano, Kaoru. He's just a little strange. Let's get to practice now shall we? Eh heh..." Kenshin stuttered out the phrase, pulling Kaoru gently by her arm away from the injured Sano and onto the field.
Kaoru approached all of her new team mates, and stopped once she reached them. They all seemed to stare at her. Kenshin then stepped out from behind her and said,
"Hey guys. This is the new team mate the coach was talking about. She's really a good player so no complaining. But be careful. She's fragile." Kenshin explained the to the team, gaining a lump on his head from Kaoru when he mentioned she was fragile. All the guys started to converse silently amongst themselves. Finally, they all nodded their heads and smiled towards Kaoru. Kaoru glanced at Kenshin, hoping for an answer to their looks.
"Kaoru...welcome to 'The Crimson Knights.' " Kenshin announced with a grin on his face. Kaoru's face then brightened up. She was glad to be accepted so easily. She jogged over to the group, and started chatting with them. Kenshin just stood in his position, smiling at her.
"Alright everyone! Listen up! We have a new addition to the team as Kenshin has said! Her name is Kaoru Kamiya! I hope you all respect her and boys...keep out of trouble will ya?" The coach stated while all the guys seemed to glance away, embarrassed. Kaoru just sweat dropped, smiling nervously.
"Ok we are going to do dribbling drills, and keep away drills. Form a circle and two people get in the middle. One person is going to have the ball and the other is going to try and get it. After a while, we'll add more people in to try and get the ball. Still if the person obtains the ball, the whole team will go for it. Make the circle nice and big now!" The coach barked out the words, not letting anyone miss them. They all nodded in obedience.
In a matter of minutes, they formed a huge circle. The coach stood in the middle, facing each of the players by turning around slowly. His gaze stopped on Kaoru. He smiled.
"You. C'mere for a sec sweety." He said it in a fatherly tone so not to frighten her. Kaoru slowly emerged from within the large circle. Once she reached the middle, he looked around the circle again, a hand around Kaoru's shoulder in a comforting way. He smiled once his gaze reached Kenshin. He knew they were familiar with each other so he decided to let them have a go.
"Kenshin. You and her are acquaintances right? Let's see what she's got." The coach smiled when Kaoru gave him a glare. Stepping out from the circle, Kenshin joined Kaoru, chuckling as he watched her glare at the coach. Her glare was then directed to him, and Kenshin gulped nervously before apologizing numerous amount of times. Kaoru shook her head and then caught sight of Sano, who was magically cured from the severe pounding on his thick head.
He was making some gestures to Kaoru such as smooching, and things. Kaoru knew that it was a reminder of what Sano claimed Kenshin had said about her, and flushed a cherry red. Kenshin then tapped her on the shoulder, and she seemed to jerk away from her 'dream-like' state.
"C'mon! It's time for some drills." Kenshin smiled as Kaoru nodded. Kaoru started out with the ball, testing the feel of it beneath her feet before she started. Then, she slyly slipped past Kenshin with it, dribbling it this way and that. Kenshin quickly caught onto what she was doing, and sped after her. He reached her with ease, but getting the ball from her was no picnic. He tried many times to pry it away from her with a foot sweep. He tried, and failed miserably at. Kaoru had the ball still, and this time, 6 guys were after her. She slipped right past them, silkily weaving herself through them without one of them even touching the ball.
After what seemed like forever, the whole team was exhausted. Well...except for one. Kaoru still had the ball in her possession, not one player laying a cleat on it. Kaoru started to giggle as she watched the whole team sprawled on the ground, breathing hard. She spotted Kenshin out of the group by his orange-red hair, and jogged to him. She immediately noticed that his shirt had been thrown carelessly to the ground as he started to get overheated. Revealing an extremely well chiseled chest, tone color of a tan hue, bedded in sweat. Kaoru blushed a cherry red again as she tried to ignore his very attractive feature, and focus on his handsome face.
'Where did handsome come from?!' The thought passed through her mind as she gasped silently, embarrassed. Kenshin's heavy breathing died down and he opened his amethyst orbs to gaze at Kaoru's blushing figure. He smiled and laughed with exhaustion. Kaoru then looked down to see him laughing at her. Her embarrassment turned to anger within seconds.
"What are you laughing at?! I beat all of your buddies at this simple game and yet again here you are, exhausted, and laughing like an idiot!" Kaoru babbled, huffing with furry. Slowly and almost painfully, sitting up, Kenshin just smiled and put his hands up in defense.
"I was only laughing at your expression. It sort of looked like you had just walked in on someone bathing that's all!" Chuckling slightly, Kenshin answered her. Kaoru's expression changed again to a look of realization.
"Oh...uh...sorry about that. I'm just not used to seeing you....uh...shirtless." Kaoru replied, blushing again. She swore that she never had blushed that much in her life! Well as much as she remembered.
With that, Kenshin laughed again and ran his hand through his sweaty hair. He stood up, grabbing his jersey, and bid his coach a farewell. The hour of soccer practice was over, and Kenshin and Kaoru decided to go out for a late ice-cream.
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"Kaoru, I thought you said that you brought your team out for ice-cream. Didn't you get some? And wouldn't you be broke if you did?" Kenshin asked her, confusion played in his violet eyes. Kaoru laughed quietly as they walked down the dim streets.
"I didn't have any, but they did. And most of them had their own money so it's cool." Kaoru replied, approaching the ice-cream window after a comforting walk with Kenshin. Kenshin then jogged over next to Kaoru while glancing at the menu board.
'There are so many choices to choose from! How could Kaoru sit around and wait for her whole team to decide what they were going to have!?' Kenshin thought to himself. She had a truck-load of patience. He'll defiantly say that. Kaoru's voice suddenly broke through his chain of thoughts.
"I'll have a Vanilla soft-serve with a little bit of peanut butter sauce. That will be all for me." Kaoru answered the worker politely, and stepped aside for Kenshin to make his order. Kenshin stuttered a bit, unsure of what to get. Finally getting a decision, he spoke with a bubbly tone,
"I'll have a cookie-dough blizzard please, with chocolate ice-cream for the mix. Thanks that will be all." Kenshin smiled as the worker jotted the orders down, than handing it to one of her partners. Kaoru and him watched as they skillfully put together their simple orders, then handing it to them through the widow, exchanging the treats for the very reasonable amount of chash.
Once satisfied, Kenshin and Kaoru walked back to his house, ice-cream in hand. They chatted with each other in a friendly manner, causing a few laughs to erupt.
"Yeah! Then there was a time when my best friend Sano fell asleep in theatre, and I decided to mess with him telling his it was six-o'- clock, when it was only three thirty! He flipped out!" (A/N: I actually did that to a guy in my theatre class this week! OMG that was so funny!!) Laughing heartily, Kenshin managed to tell Kaoru the humorous story with loosing his ice-cream in the process. Kaoru also laughed quite a bit while exchanging some of her funny stories.
"Oh yeah? Well there was a time for me when my best friend Misao and I were at Margaritas, a restaurant,
(A/N: This also happened to me...only me though oO and yes! Margaritas is a restaurant here in Auburn Maine! :D Though this takes place in...some other place! XD)
and we had just finished a concert for our choir and it was my birthday. But that's besides the point. Anyway, we were still dressed in our outfits when this really freaky man with a short red and pink afro and tattoos all over his body with a muscle shirt and pink sun glasses with scary dark tan skin and unnaturally white teeth came up to me and said,
'hey are you a waiter?' and I'm like 'nooo... cowers in fear' then he said 'oh are you sure? You look like a waiter and all' and I was like 'yes! I'm not a waiter scared out of wits' then he left us...it was really creepy...then I saw him again with his arm around one guys shoulder...it disturbed me."
(A/N:...ok...all of that, with the concert and it happening on my birthday which is June 4th...is true! That guy was REALLY freaky! Not to mention that he has this sort of high-pitched voice. It wasn't gay sounding just high-pitched. It was really freaky!! He kept asking me if I was a waiter and it creeped me out! Oo)
Breaking out into laughter, Kenshin's mind was picturing what Kaoru's experience looked like. (A/N: It was a nightmare!) Kaoru just huffed until the breeze struck her bare arms. She began to shiver a bit as goose bumps started to form on her skin. Kenshin took note of this and didn't think twice before taking off his jersey, and draping it over her shoulders. Kaoru looked at him with confusion.
"Kenshin, I think it's really sweet of you to do this but...won't you be cold now?" Kaoru questioned his smile, as he took off his soccer cap that he had on his head the whole time, placing it lopsided on Kaoru's head, causing a smile to appear from Kaoru's face; her eyes partially hidden under the hat.
"I'm fine. Don't worry 'bout me! Let's just get home and settle down." Kenshin replied with a reassuring tone, also while giving Kaoru the second noogie she had that day. Kaoru just giggled a bit, fixing the hat by placing it backwards so the front was facing the back. Kenshin chuckled and nudged her playfully. She looked really cute like that.
Suddenly he received a nudge from Kaoru's side. He nudged her again, this time with more force, but no less gentle. Kaoru stumbled to her left, then looked at him bewildered. The look in her eyes said 'did you just do that?' but her gaping mouth that was curved into a smile assured him that she was having fun all the while. Kaoru then wound up, and charged, bashing him with her shoulder but not budging him an inch, causing her to recoil and fall. Kenshin started laughing as Kaoru sat on the ground, rubbing her sore behind. Kaoru then glared at him and got right up. She charged at him again, ramming into his back this time, but getting the same results.
She sat there on the side walk with a sore bottom, while the night just prevailed, and a buff guy walking ahead of her; sometimes glowing with the light of the windows he passed on the dark path. Kaoru got up again and decided to take it at a different angle. She then snuck unseen into an ally that would lead her to where she wanted. Kenshin turned around to see Kaoru out of sight. He blinked twice before saying her name.
"Kaoru?...You there?" Kenshin was just about to start walking back when he felt something ram into his chest hard, knocking him down onto the solid cement. He started to curse silently until he felt something rumbling beneath him. He looked down to see Kaoru, laughing hysterically at him.
"Oro...?" Kenshin squeaked out as he watched her laugh. Kaoru just shook her head and continued laughing. Kenshin suddenly realized an extremely cold rush to his face. He just noticed that his ice-cream, what ever was left of it, was splattered all over his face. Kaoru continued to laugh in his lap while Kenshin started to yelp and wipe it off furiously. Once he was done, Kenshin couldn't help but laugh as well. Things were going to be quite interesting for a while. That was for sure.
OMG that was long! I'm sorry for the delay! Writers block! XD please review! :D
Chapter 6: First practice
Kaoru was extremely excited to hear that she was accepted onto the team. She almost forgot that she had to deal with her own team as well. She decided that she would talk to them when school was finished and head right over to her new teams practice after. That is...if they understood just how dire her situation really was.
That afternoon, after the bell rang, Kaoru called for a meeting with her team. She decided to gather in the gym that day. It was around 2:35, and most of her team were know there, gabbing with each other while exchanging gossip. Once her team was all gathered, Kaoru's voice boomed over the chit-chat, causing silence to dominate the large area.
"Ok everyone. Listen up. I'm really sorry that I had you all gather so suddenly, but I have an announcement. I'm going to be transferring teams." Once Kaoru was done saying that, the whole crowd went up into an uproar.
"What?! You're switching to a different team!?" They all seemed to shout that one question. Kaoru started to get a headache from all the noise, and shouted a 'quiet' but not loud enough so she would sound cruel.
"Listen. I have a very good reason. It's a family thing...I...don't want to talk about it. I'm so sorry everyone about doing this to you. But if I didn't...my life would be on the line. And I'm not exaggerating it. So please understand." Kaoru spoke as gently as she could without sounding too desperate. A couple of the girls looked unsure. Kaoru started to lose hope until someone stood up from the group. Misao, her best friend, stepped down from the bleachers of where they all sat, and paced to Kaoru's side.
She had raven hair with turquoise highlights; a braid cascading down her back from the base of her neck. Her Aqua eyes shined with a fiery glow. For a little while she was silent. Not saying a word to anyone. She looking determined at the team. Finally she spoke up.
"Well? Are you all just going to sit there like a bunch of knuckle heads? I have never doubted Kaoru in my life and I won't start now! If she really needs to do this, then I'm with her all the way." Misao said, her voice filled with pride. Kaoru looked at her with a thankful smile. The minutes passed, and a few more girls rose and walked down to Kaoru, standing next to her. Then a few more. And finally, the whole team was on her side.
"No matter what, we'll stick with you all the way." One girl said, breaking the silence.
"Yeah. You're our captain and our friend. We never betrayed you, and we won't start now." Another voice piped out, followed by more and more comments. Kaoru was smiling warmly at everyone, thanking them over and over. Soon, all the girls were all huddled together in a group hug.
Kaoru thanked the gods for the love of her team mates, and let herself get enveloped in the hug.
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It was now 7:27 and it was starting to get dark. Kenshin was waiting on the field for when Kaoru should arrive. Their practice started at 7:30, and he was starting to get worried. She said she was going to explain the ordeal to her team, and then come to the practice. It wouldn't take her 5 hours to try and get her team to understand...would it? Kenshin then cringed at the thought. He hoped Kaoru was ok.
"Oi, Kenshin! What's the matter? You're spacing out and everyone is already waiting for practice!" His friend, Sanosuke Sagara, approached him from behind. His spiky brown hair and cinnamon eyes seemed glow from the beaming moonlight. Kenshin just turned his head back to where he was staring at the entrance of the field.
"Not everyone..." Kenshin answered in a cool tone. Suddenly, as if on cue, Kaoru came running onto the field towards Kenshin.
"Hey!! I'm really sorry I'm late! I promised to take the team out for ice-cream and it got a little hectic!" Kaoru yelled towards Kenshin while running to him.
'5 hours to get ice-cream? Must of really been hectic!' Kenshin thought. Kenshin smiled and sighed in relief. He was worried for no reason. He thought that her father may have gotten to her. But why would she go back there? Kenshin then remembered when he almost choked her to death, and then his face saddened. There was that reason. But then her sweet voice caught him off guard.
"Ok I'm here. Now are we going to practice for an hour? And then go to your house? Because I think that we might still have time to get some ice-cream for us. I didn't get some so...yeah." Kaoru said, giggling a bit at her last comment. Kenshin shook his head to clear his thoughts, and then smiled at her.
"Sounds fine to me. Now Kaoru. I want you to meet my best bud, Sano. He's also on my soccer team." Kenshin said to her, pointing out Sano who happened to be right there. Kaoru had to look up a bit to meet his face, but then smiled at him and greeted him.
"Hello Sano. It's a pleasure to meet you." Kaoru then laughed when Sano gave her a noogie. He glanced down at her and grinned.
"Nice to meet you too, Jou-chan." Sano then looked at Kenshin and decided to embarrass his friend a bit.
"Kenshin over there has told me so much about you." Sano said in a humorous tone. He glanced at Kenshin and almost laughed when he saw how Kenshin kept waving his hands and using his finger to 'slit his throat' as in telling him to shut his mouth.
"R-really?...W-what has he said?" Kaoru asked in a tender voice, blushing a bit, but intent on hearing what Sano had to say.
"Oh yeah. He keeps saying about how good looking you are and how much he loves hanging around you and how sexy you are and that you have great sex appeal and that you make him so-" Before Sano could finish his ranting about Kenshin's opinion on her, Kenshin ran behind Sano and punched him as hard as he could, smack dab on the back of his hard head. Sano fell to the ground, groaning in pain.
Kaoru was flushing so deeply, that a tomato would be considered pink compared to her face. Kenshin, after getting over his anger, looked at Kaoru with a nervous grin. Sure...everything that Sano said was true. But he didn't have to tell her that!
"Eh heh heh. Don't mind Sano, Kaoru. He's just a little strange. Let's get to practice now shall we? Eh heh..." Kenshin stuttered out the phrase, pulling Kaoru gently by her arm away from the injured Sano and onto the field.
Kaoru approached all of her new team mates, and stopped once she reached them. They all seemed to stare at her. Kenshin then stepped out from behind her and said,
"Hey guys. This is the new team mate the coach was talking about. She's really a good player so no complaining. But be careful. She's fragile." Kenshin explained the to the team, gaining a lump on his head from Kaoru when he mentioned she was fragile. All the guys started to converse silently amongst themselves. Finally, they all nodded their heads and smiled towards Kaoru. Kaoru glanced at Kenshin, hoping for an answer to their looks.
"Kaoru...welcome to 'The Crimson Knights.' " Kenshin announced with a grin on his face. Kaoru's face then brightened up. She was glad to be accepted so easily. She jogged over to the group, and started chatting with them. Kenshin just stood in his position, smiling at her.
"Alright everyone! Listen up! We have a new addition to the team as Kenshin has said! Her name is Kaoru Kamiya! I hope you all respect her and boys...keep out of trouble will ya?" The coach stated while all the guys seemed to glance away, embarrassed. Kaoru just sweat dropped, smiling nervously.
"Ok we are going to do dribbling drills, and keep away drills. Form a circle and two people get in the middle. One person is going to have the ball and the other is going to try and get it. After a while, we'll add more people in to try and get the ball. Still if the person obtains the ball, the whole team will go for it. Make the circle nice and big now!" The coach barked out the words, not letting anyone miss them. They all nodded in obedience.
In a matter of minutes, they formed a huge circle. The coach stood in the middle, facing each of the players by turning around slowly. His gaze stopped on Kaoru. He smiled.
"You. C'mere for a sec sweety." He said it in a fatherly tone so not to frighten her. Kaoru slowly emerged from within the large circle. Once she reached the middle, he looked around the circle again, a hand around Kaoru's shoulder in a comforting way. He smiled once his gaze reached Kenshin. He knew they were familiar with each other so he decided to let them have a go.
"Kenshin. You and her are acquaintances right? Let's see what she's got." The coach smiled when Kaoru gave him a glare. Stepping out from the circle, Kenshin joined Kaoru, chuckling as he watched her glare at the coach. Her glare was then directed to him, and Kenshin gulped nervously before apologizing numerous amount of times. Kaoru shook her head and then caught sight of Sano, who was magically cured from the severe pounding on his thick head.
He was making some gestures to Kaoru such as smooching, and things. Kaoru knew that it was a reminder of what Sano claimed Kenshin had said about her, and flushed a cherry red. Kenshin then tapped her on the shoulder, and she seemed to jerk away from her 'dream-like' state.
"C'mon! It's time for some drills." Kenshin smiled as Kaoru nodded. Kaoru started out with the ball, testing the feel of it beneath her feet before she started. Then, she slyly slipped past Kenshin with it, dribbling it this way and that. Kenshin quickly caught onto what she was doing, and sped after her. He reached her with ease, but getting the ball from her was no picnic. He tried many times to pry it away from her with a foot sweep. He tried, and failed miserably at. Kaoru had the ball still, and this time, 6 guys were after her. She slipped right past them, silkily weaving herself through them without one of them even touching the ball.
After what seemed like forever, the whole team was exhausted. Well...except for one. Kaoru still had the ball in her possession, not one player laying a cleat on it. Kaoru started to giggle as she watched the whole team sprawled on the ground, breathing hard. She spotted Kenshin out of the group by his orange-red hair, and jogged to him. She immediately noticed that his shirt had been thrown carelessly to the ground as he started to get overheated. Revealing an extremely well chiseled chest, tone color of a tan hue, bedded in sweat. Kaoru blushed a cherry red again as she tried to ignore his very attractive feature, and focus on his handsome face.
'Where did handsome come from?!' The thought passed through her mind as she gasped silently, embarrassed. Kenshin's heavy breathing died down and he opened his amethyst orbs to gaze at Kaoru's blushing figure. He smiled and laughed with exhaustion. Kaoru then looked down to see him laughing at her. Her embarrassment turned to anger within seconds.
"What are you laughing at?! I beat all of your buddies at this simple game and yet again here you are, exhausted, and laughing like an idiot!" Kaoru babbled, huffing with furry. Slowly and almost painfully, sitting up, Kenshin just smiled and put his hands up in defense.
"I was only laughing at your expression. It sort of looked like you had just walked in on someone bathing that's all!" Chuckling slightly, Kenshin answered her. Kaoru's expression changed again to a look of realization.
"Oh...uh...sorry about that. I'm just not used to seeing you....uh...shirtless." Kaoru replied, blushing again. She swore that she never had blushed that much in her life! Well as much as she remembered.
With that, Kenshin laughed again and ran his hand through his sweaty hair. He stood up, grabbing his jersey, and bid his coach a farewell. The hour of soccer practice was over, and Kenshin and Kaoru decided to go out for a late ice-cream.
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"Kaoru, I thought you said that you brought your team out for ice-cream. Didn't you get some? And wouldn't you be broke if you did?" Kenshin asked her, confusion played in his violet eyes. Kaoru laughed quietly as they walked down the dim streets.
"I didn't have any, but they did. And most of them had their own money so it's cool." Kaoru replied, approaching the ice-cream window after a comforting walk with Kenshin. Kenshin then jogged over next to Kaoru while glancing at the menu board.
'There are so many choices to choose from! How could Kaoru sit around and wait for her whole team to decide what they were going to have!?' Kenshin thought to himself. She had a truck-load of patience. He'll defiantly say that. Kaoru's voice suddenly broke through his chain of thoughts.
"I'll have a Vanilla soft-serve with a little bit of peanut butter sauce. That will be all for me." Kaoru answered the worker politely, and stepped aside for Kenshin to make his order. Kenshin stuttered a bit, unsure of what to get. Finally getting a decision, he spoke with a bubbly tone,
"I'll have a cookie-dough blizzard please, with chocolate ice-cream for the mix. Thanks that will be all." Kenshin smiled as the worker jotted the orders down, than handing it to one of her partners. Kaoru and him watched as they skillfully put together their simple orders, then handing it to them through the widow, exchanging the treats for the very reasonable amount of chash.
Once satisfied, Kenshin and Kaoru walked back to his house, ice-cream in hand. They chatted with each other in a friendly manner, causing a few laughs to erupt.
"Yeah! Then there was a time when my best friend Sano fell asleep in theatre, and I decided to mess with him telling his it was six-o'- clock, when it was only three thirty! He flipped out!" (A/N: I actually did that to a guy in my theatre class this week! OMG that was so funny!!) Laughing heartily, Kenshin managed to tell Kaoru the humorous story with loosing his ice-cream in the process. Kaoru also laughed quite a bit while exchanging some of her funny stories.
"Oh yeah? Well there was a time for me when my best friend Misao and I were at Margaritas, a restaurant,
(A/N: This also happened to me...only me though oO and yes! Margaritas is a restaurant here in Auburn Maine! :D Though this takes place in...some other place! XD)
and we had just finished a concert for our choir and it was my birthday. But that's besides the point. Anyway, we were still dressed in our outfits when this really freaky man with a short red and pink afro and tattoos all over his body with a muscle shirt and pink sun glasses with scary dark tan skin and unnaturally white teeth came up to me and said,
'hey are you a waiter?' and I'm like 'nooo... cowers in fear' then he said 'oh are you sure? You look like a waiter and all' and I was like 'yes! I'm not a waiter scared out of wits' then he left us...it was really creepy...then I saw him again with his arm around one guys shoulder...it disturbed me."
(A/N:...ok...all of that, with the concert and it happening on my birthday which is June 4th...is true! That guy was REALLY freaky! Not to mention that he has this sort of high-pitched voice. It wasn't gay sounding just high-pitched. It was really freaky!! He kept asking me if I was a waiter and it creeped me out! Oo)
Breaking out into laughter, Kenshin's mind was picturing what Kaoru's experience looked like. (A/N: It was a nightmare!) Kaoru just huffed until the breeze struck her bare arms. She began to shiver a bit as goose bumps started to form on her skin. Kenshin took note of this and didn't think twice before taking off his jersey, and draping it over her shoulders. Kaoru looked at him with confusion.
"Kenshin, I think it's really sweet of you to do this but...won't you be cold now?" Kaoru questioned his smile, as he took off his soccer cap that he had on his head the whole time, placing it lopsided on Kaoru's head, causing a smile to appear from Kaoru's face; her eyes partially hidden under the hat.
"I'm fine. Don't worry 'bout me! Let's just get home and settle down." Kenshin replied with a reassuring tone, also while giving Kaoru the second noogie she had that day. Kaoru just giggled a bit, fixing the hat by placing it backwards so the front was facing the back. Kenshin chuckled and nudged her playfully. She looked really cute like that.
Suddenly he received a nudge from Kaoru's side. He nudged her again, this time with more force, but no less gentle. Kaoru stumbled to her left, then looked at him bewildered. The look in her eyes said 'did you just do that?' but her gaping mouth that was curved into a smile assured him that she was having fun all the while. Kaoru then wound up, and charged, bashing him with her shoulder but not budging him an inch, causing her to recoil and fall. Kenshin started laughing as Kaoru sat on the ground, rubbing her sore behind. Kaoru then glared at him and got right up. She charged at him again, ramming into his back this time, but getting the same results.
She sat there on the side walk with a sore bottom, while the night just prevailed, and a buff guy walking ahead of her; sometimes glowing with the light of the windows he passed on the dark path. Kaoru got up again and decided to take it at a different angle. She then snuck unseen into an ally that would lead her to where she wanted. Kenshin turned around to see Kaoru out of sight. He blinked twice before saying her name.
"Kaoru?...You there?" Kenshin was just about to start walking back when he felt something ram into his chest hard, knocking him down onto the solid cement. He started to curse silently until he felt something rumbling beneath him. He looked down to see Kaoru, laughing hysterically at him.
"Oro...?" Kenshin squeaked out as he watched her laugh. Kaoru just shook her head and continued laughing. Kenshin suddenly realized an extremely cold rush to his face. He just noticed that his ice-cream, what ever was left of it, was splattered all over his face. Kaoru continued to laugh in his lap while Kenshin started to yelp and wipe it off furiously. Once he was done, Kenshin couldn't help but laugh as well. Things were going to be quite interesting for a while. That was for sure.
OMG that was long! I'm sorry for the delay! Writers block! XD please review! :D