Gomen for not updating in a long time! Many of you guys had some questions about the last chapter. I'll answer them as soon as I'm done this chapter. Oh ya, last chapter I forgot to do a disclaimer. So I'll do double for this one.

Disclaimer #1: No, I don't own Rurouni Kenshin. I'm too poor right now.

Disclaimer #2: I really hate doing this, NO I DON'T OWN RUROUNI KENSHIN!!



Chapter um....8? No wait...7!

Underneath it All

~**~

'You only see

What your eyes want to see,

How can life be

What you want it to be?

You're frozen,

When your heart is not open.'

-Frozen by Madonna



Last night was very frightening for Kaoru. Kenshin was acting so cold and distant. Not like the cocky, stuck-up, bastard she usually saw him as. Today she hoped that he'd be back to normal, then she'd get at him for bruising her wrist.

Looking at her wrist, she noticed that it was all blue and purple in some parts. Cringing her face in disgust, she grabbed her purple colored bandage roll and began wrapping her wrist while mentally cursing Kenshin in her head.

~*~

The first bell rung as Kaoru sped as fast as she could to get to school. 'Where the heck is my stupid science text book. Professor Shishio is going to kill me!'. Kaoru, with her misfortune, had searched all over her house looking for her text book, unaware of the time that passed bye. Thus, making her late.

After a while of running, she stopped to think, 'Wait a minute, Professor Shishio doesn't care if people are late! He never even does the attendance! He only cares about our assignments, plus he didn't assign us anything last night except for that stupid project which is due in two weeks!' Kaoru grinned at her sudden realization. Science was first period, so she could take all the time she wanted. The last bell rung and she was a good three blocks away from the school.

"MWHAHAHA!! Let it ring!!!!!!!" cackled Kaoru, who was suddenly in a hyperactive mood. Kaoru stopped cackling after a minute with her eyes wide open. "Oh my gosh! I'm starting to sound like the Professor! Maybe I should stop before I creep myself out." After that she shut her mouth and continued walking.

Several minutes passed bye as she continued her way to the school, taking her sweet time by stopping by the café on the way and ordering some breakfast. Looking for that stupid text book had caused her to skip breakfast. She ordered 2 pancakes, one egg, and a glass of strawberry-kiwi juice. Consuming even more time, she ate her food slowly. Finishing off her juice, she exited the café and continued walking 'First period begun about 45 minutes ago. Oh well, that'll teach Kenshin for hurting my wrist last night. Yet, I still can't fight off the feeling that something is not right'she thought. She paused and started thinking if she forgot anything besides her science text. 'Lets see, lunch money-check, books-check, binder-check, pencil kit-check, bra...check! Everything seems to be in place' she thought. All of a sudden, a wave of reality hit her. She was late for home room! Home room with Professor Hiko!

"EEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!"

Mailmen stopped in their tracks, Cars screeched to a halt, Birds flew from the trees, dogs paused and looked up from peeing on fire hydrants, and students all turned towards the windows.

"What in Kami-sama's name was that?!"questioned Professor Shishio. Everyone looked at each other wide-eyed.

"Whatever it was, it sounded like a raccoon choking on a squealing mouse" retorted Sano. Everyone nodded in agreement.

*Meanwhile*

Kaoru was panting like a dog with rabies. She ran the last two blocks like her life depended on it. Whenever a student was late for home room in Professor Hiko's class, the longer the student is late, the harsher the punishment. So far she was 55 minutes late, second period was about to begin. Unfortunately, she had Professor Hiko second period, so without wasting anymore time she barged into Professor Hiko's class.

"It's so nice of you to realize that there is school today Ms. Kamiya" said Professor Hiko in a monotone voice.

"Gomen, gomen, Professor Hiko. I lost my science text book and-" she was interrupted by the dinging of the bell. Students left the room, some even snickering at her bad luck.

"I want you to stay up here for a moment Kamiya" said Hiko, again in a monotone voice.

'This is not gonna be good...' thought Kaoru as she stood there as she was told. Her class started to flow into the room like water flooding a glass. Everyone seemed to ignore her as they came in, even Kenshin, Misao, and Megumi. She took a quick glance and noticed that his eyes were a glowing amber, just like they were after his swordsmanship practice last night. 'He's probably mad at me for not being there during science'. After everyone took their seats (except Kaoru) Hiko prepared himself for a lesson. Misao noticed Kaoru at the front of the room and thought, 'Oh no! Poor Kaoru, Professor Hiko is probably gonna do something really embarrassing to her'. Meanwhile Megumi sat there grinning like the fox she is. 'Hehe, Kaoru, you dumb tanuki. Whatever punishment the Prof. is going to give you, I'll be sure to take advantage of it'.

Hiko took out a weird machine with two bulbs, one green saying 'True', the other red saying 'False', and with what looked like funny shaped headphones. "I bet you all are wondering what this odd looking instrument is", Everyone nodded their heads, "This, my stupid students, is a lie detector, and our own Ms. Kamiya will be the demonstration" finished Hiko. Kaoru's eyes widened. 'Shit!' her mind screamed. "Everyone will ask Ms. Kamiya one question. Have fun! Embarrass her as much you wish. It will be her little 'reminder' of what will happen the next time she is 55 minutes late. We'll start with Shinji". Hiko shoved the headphones on Kaoru's head and nodded at Shinji to begin.

And then it started, Kaoru was asked a range of questions from: 'Are you a drag queen' to 'Are your breasts real?' all through which Kaoru was blushing like mad. Luckily for her, all she answered in 'No' were proven 'True'. Finally, it came to Misao's question. She smiled lightly at Kaoru, giving Kaoru the sense that she wasn't to ask her a super embarrassing question...or so she thought.

"Do you like someone?" grinned Misao. Kaoru's face dropped. 'You bitch! Misao, how could you?' After a couple seconds of silence Misao added on a "Hm?" bringing everyone to pay more attention. Kenshin looked up from his seat and gazed directly at Kaoru. It seems as though this was an interesting subject.

"No..." said Kaoru, slowly. Everyone, including Hiko, leaned in closer to see which bulb would light up. The seconds seemed to pass by ever so slowly as a light blinked from the bulb of the color...





And you'll find out the color in the next chapter.

Gomen for ending it so soon, but I'm really not in the mood to write. I know that it's been a month since I've updated and we just had the holidays, but lately I've been interested in making anime music videos. About 2-3 months ago, I made this K+K video to the song "#1 Crush" by Garbage. I love Garbage! You don't have to, but I do! Anyways, it's a pretty good video and I really want you people to see it. Yet, there's just one problem. I don't have a webpage to post it on and it's too big of a file to send. But don't worry, I plan on making a webpage after I've made about 4 more music videos. I'm well on my way since I made another music video of Kenshin to the song "It's Been a While" by Staind. Personally, I like this one better than my #1 Crush video.

To be honest, I sort of copied some of NHMK's video effects. NHMK is this really good one-person video production. He is a genius I tell you! He doesn't have any Rurouni Kenshin videos, but if you're interested in Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Blood, and some other animes, than I really recommend that you go to his site and download them. I promise that you won't be disappointed. He is like my video hero! I really admire him.

Here's his website: www.nhmk.com



Now go there and get downloading! Oh, but before you go, please review please! And sorry I haven't done any review responses for like, forever, but I promise that I'll do them in the next chapter. I'm not sure when I'll be updating, so I can't really promise that you'll be seeing the next chapter anytime soon. I'm just in a video making mood for now. But I'll eventually get over it. Until next time...



Ttyl, bibi

*Dev



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