Yay! I got some reviews! I would like to thank all my lovely reviewers. Sorry for the late update, but your know, homework and birthday parties kept me busy. Well, here's chapter 2:
Underneath it All- Chapter 2:
Disclaimer: If I owned Rurouni Kenshin, why the hell would I write fanfics about it? Honestly.
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Kaoru came home angerly from school.
"Kaoru, what's wrong?" asked her mom, Yukari (I'm gonna call her mom that from now on). Kaoru ignored her mom's question and stormed upstairs.
"What's with Kaoru?" asked her dad, Toshiro (I made that up ok? I'm not really sure if it's a Japanese name). Yukari shook her head and replied, "I don't know. I'm guessing it's those teen hormones. That's what you get from PMS".
"Yeah, that's probably it"
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Kaoru threw her backpack across her room. Appearantly, after lunch, Kenshin was flicking peices of paper at her head and kept pulling her hair (gently). This got her very irritated, so she yelled at him, therefore adding an additional 50 to the 100 lines she wrote after school.
"That ass!!" hissed Kaoru. "How on earth can I get him back without getting in trouble?". Her train of thought was rudely interupted by the phone. She walked over to the phone and answered "Hello?" slightly pissed off.
"Hey Kaoru!" said Misao cheerfully. "It's Misao".
"And Megumi" said another voice. "We're on a three way". Kaoru simply grunted.
"Are you ok?" asked Misao. That was the wrong question to ask Kaoru right then.
"WHY THE HELL WOULD I BE OK? I GOT A FUCKING DETENTION! I HAVE THE MOST ANNOYING ASS IN THE WHOLE WORLD SITTING BEHIND ME IN CLASS AND YOU'RE ASKING IF I'M OKAY!?". Misao held the phone a safe arms length away from her ear. On the other hand, Megumi was rather calm and relaxed.
"Kaoru, cool down" said Megumi. "He may be an ass but you have to admit that he's one hot ass".
"He's not hot! He's the most self conseded bastard I've ever met!" scowled Kaoru, but in her mind she screamed 'What the hell am I saying!? Of course he's the hottest, sexiest, ass I've met!'.
"Well, Kaoru, the only reason why he keeps bugging you is because you react to it. If you stop yelling at him, he'll loose all interest and stop bugging you" said Misao, seeing that it was safe to put the phone back to her ear. Kaoru thought for a while.
"Hmm, you're right! But I still want to get back at him for what he did"
"Ok, we'll help you" said Megumi. Kaoru smiled evilly.
"Ok, I've got a plan. First we'll..." her voice going more quite as she told them the plan.
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Kenshin walked home alone with his backpack slumped over his right shoulder as usual. He rang the buzzer to the gate of his mansion. "It's me" he said lazily. The gate opened and he walked in. A waiter opened the door for him and took his backpack. Kenshin walked upstairs and into his room. He changed into his blue gi and white kanata pants (is that how you spell it? Correct me if I'm wrong), put his hair into a high ponytail, and grabbed his sword. He walked out into the courtyard and practiced his training in the little patch of forest behind his house. With his god like speed he slashed at the leaves and branches causing them to snap all at the same time. He then listened for any sign of an animal.
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Kaoru finished telling them of her plan as they started laughing. Yukari knocked on her daughter's door. Kaoru stopped laughing and said "Come in". Yukari came in holding a dog leash.
"Kaoru, it's time to walk the dog" said Yukari. Kaoru nodded.
"Listen guys, I gotta go walk the dog. I'll see you guys tomorrow". She hung up the phone. "Mom, I gotta change, I kinda smell from school".
"Ok, but hurry" said Yukari. Kaoru nodded as Yukari left the room, closing the door behind her. Kaoru changed into pink sweatpants, a baby pink tank, and a pink zipper sweater/hoody. She put her hair up in a high ponytail, grabbed the leash and got the dog, Shinta.
They went out the door and started their evening walk. Shinta, a beagle dog, walked happily with his tongue sticking out. Kaoru led him into the park. The park had a jungle gym, a huge slide, swing sets, everything you'd see at any old park, but this park had a haunted forest next to it. Kaoru shivered as a cold breeze past her. Shinta, growled at the forest and started barking.
"What's wrong Shinta?" asked Kaoru. Shinta kept barking. Droplets of water started to pour. A pair of red eyes glimmered in the forest. Kaoru backed up as Shinta's barking came louder. The red eyes came out to reveal the most disgusting, hugest, rat Kaoru had ever seen. Shinta barked louder and tugged harder on his leash. Kaoru was too frightened to move, but kept a good grip on the leash. Shinta gave one final tug and the leash snapped. He ran in after the rat as they both disapeared into the forest.
"Shinta!" Screamed Kaoru. She looked at the pitch-black forest and shuddered. "I've gotta find him, even if it means I have to go in there". She immediately sprinted into the forest.
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Kenshin was bored out of his mind. All he killed for the past few hours was 30 mice, 2 rabbits, and 15 gophers. He thought it was time to pack up when he felt rain drops fall on his face. He was about the leave when he heard the faint sound of hissing and barking. He immediately took off following the sound. He ran through a patch of bushes and saw a beagle dog fighting off a cat-sized rat.
"Now that's what I call interesting" said Kenshin as he grinned and aimed his sword at the rat. The rat moved it's target to Kenshin as it jumped at him. Kenshin swung his sword, slicing half of it's body, but the top part of the rats body was still conscious as it landed on his face clawing, creating a vertical line across his left cheek. He yelled and threw the rat off him and it smacked into a tree, instantly dying.
He whiped his cheek with his gi, which was now covered in rat blood. He looked down at Shinta who was whimpering at him with those puppy dog eyes. He smiled and picked up Shinta, whose leg was bleeding from being bitten. He turned and started heading towards the house.
"SHINTA!!!!!" yelled a voice in the background. Kenshin turned and looked around. "Shinta!! Where are you?!". Kenshin stood there, narrowed his eyes from where the noise was coming from. Shinta started barking. "Shinta?" came the voice again.
'That voice sounds farely familair' thought Kenshin. The bushes started to shake as a girl emmerged from them. She was all covered in dirt, her hair all messed up, soaking wet with tears running down her eyes.
"SHINTA!" screamed Kaoru. She immediately ran up to Kenshin and hugged him, along with Shinta. Kenshin stood there dazed at this beautiful girl (it's dark so he can't see her clearly). He closed his eyes and smelt her. She smelt so familiar, but he couldn't really remember where it was from. 'Hmm, smells like jasmine' he thought.
Kaoru backed away and started patting Shinta on the head. "Oh, thank you so much!" she said, not taking her eyes off Shinta. Kenshin looked at her eyes. A pretty sapphire blue. He stared at her face, her smooth creamy white skin, slightly smudged in dirt, her pink lips, her small nose, and raven black hair. She was, with out a doubt, the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.
Kaoru stopped patting Shinta and looked up at Kenshin. Her happy face soon turned into a disappointed one. She lifted her hand and touch his cheek. Kenshin felt him self blush as her soft, gentle cold hand touch his warm face.
"You're bleeding" she said. He stared blankly at her. A bolt of lightning and crack of thunder interupted the moment. Kaoru looked up and Kenshin kept staring at her.
"I better go" she said. She took Shinta from Kenshin and was about to leave when he grabbed her arm.
"It's cold out, you'll catch a cold. Would you like to come in my house until it stops?" he asked. 'What the hell am I doing? I barely know her and yet I'm asking her to come in'. Kaoru looked at him and smiled.
"Sure" she said. Kenshin smiled and led her to his house. It was all dark from a black out. Kenshin led her to the living room where his mother sat looking at the fireplace. His mom turned and looked at them.
"Oh my, I didn't know you had a girlfriend" she said.
"She's not my girlfriend mom" twitched Kenshin, "She just got lost and she would have caught a cold, so I invited her in".
"Oh ok" she said standing up. "I'll get Suzu to get her all washed up and a new change of clothes while we wash hers". Kaoru was too busy admiring the huge house to hear what she just said. Kenshin's mom (we'll call her Sakura) rung a bell and a middle-aged maid came in. Kaoru looked at the maid and then at Sakura.
"Get her washed up, give her a new change of clothes, and wash hers" said Sakura. Suzu nodded and took Kaoru's hand.
"Huh? Wha-" was all Kaoru could say. She was led upstairs and to one of the many bathrooms. Suku filled up the bathtub and told her to take off her clothes. Kaoru did as she was told and gave Suzu her wet ones. She dipped her self into the tub and relaxed in the tub.
*Meanwhile*
Kenshin stared at Kaoru as she was led up the stairs. He smiled to himself.
"So who is she?" asked Sakura, smirking at her son as his cheeks turned red.
"I don't know. She was in the forest out back because her dog ran in chasing a rat" he said. Sakura looked down at Shinta.
"Looks like he'll need some treatment too" she said. Kenshin looked at her as she rang for another servant. The servant took Shinta and left for another washroom. Sakura looked at Kenshin.
"You need a bath too. You stink and you're all covered in blood" said Sakura. Kenshin shrugged and sat down. "You're getting blood on my couch!"
"I'll take a bath later" said Kenshin, his eyes closed.
"I don't think that'll impress that beautiful girl upstairs in the bathroom" teased Sakura. Kenshin's eyes shot open and before you knew it, he was in his personal bathroom washing up. Sakura smiled and stared at the fire.
"I sure hope that she's the one that will melt his frozen heart"
To be continued...
Well, that was chapter 2. I really hope you liked it. again, I'm sorry for the 2 week update. I sure hope some of you are still interested in this fic. Please review. Oh ya, I'll be doing some review responses:
Kaoru Gal- Thanks for the review! I really appreciate it. ya, I do notice that Kenshin's personality does change. I guess because it'll seem a bit more weird if Kaoru changed or something.
Knshn4eva- don't worry, I didn't take your review as a flame. I understand how you feel, and I'm sorry if I made you feel that way. Don't worry, Kenshin will become more sweet later on. It's just that Kenshin is a bit Battousai-ish right now, he'll change personalities from now and then ok? Please don't get at me for doing that. And I promise that I won't make him as stuck up as he was in the first chapter. I hope you'll accept my apology.
Nicky9- Ya, that is so true! And thanks for reviewing!
Karen- Thank you for saying that this doesn't suck! It made me feel so wanted. Don't forget to review this chapter.
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Ya sure- Ya, I had that feeling while I was writing this chapter.
Until the next chapter...
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