Nana Mae - OI! I made a few mistakes in the first chapter... I put in the key that Saito was thirty-one, but in the story that he was twenty-nine. I meant thirty-one, just to clarify! Anyway, better get to the usual...
Disclaimer- I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or any of it's beautiful men -sigh-... Oh, and I don't own Altoids either!... XP I mean I have them... I'm in possesion of them... But... Gah, you know what I mean!
Rating- Rated T for slight adult situations, possible rough language(Because I'm not sure yet... XP) and strange humor.
Oh, and I forgot other people's ages last time!
Yahiko- 15
Tokio - 29
And I don't think I have to do the summary again... Anyway! Let's get to it!
Note- Review responses at bottom of page...
Love At First Sense
Chapter 2
Intro To The Troubled Beauty
"Megumi, I told you I'm coming! Don't rush me!" Kaoru carefully spoke into the headset connected to her cellphone as she drove along to the meeting place.
Megumi's howling laughter started up again.
Kaoru winced.
Of course she loved Megumi... Like a sister, really...
Oh, but that laugh!
Megumi always tried to cover it up with a delicate hand, but it always slipped right past it, sounding like a howling fox.
Kaoru would've glared at the damn earpiece if it was in her line of eyesight, but she settled on the redlight that was keeping her from her destination.
"I'm coming, Megumi, now shut up and order me a coffee..." Kaoru took off the earphones and tossed them into the backseat.
"Ow!" A young voice yelped.
"Kaoru!" A teenaged boy poked his head between the front two seats.
His hair was pitch black and spiked up every which-way possible.
Dark brown, almost red eyes flickered as he stared at the woman in the front seat.
He wore a dark yellow, overly big sweatshirt and baggy black jeans which eventually led to thick, dark brown sneakers... though, they were so big they almost looked like boots.
"Sorry, Yahiko..." Kaoru muttered, russling the teen's hair.
"Why'd you throw it back there, though?..." Yahiko moved his head away and tried to fix his hair.
Kaoru sighed, "Megumi was being a bossy fox again..."
The light finally turned green, and Kaoru pressed down lightly on the gas pedal.
Yahiko was her adopted brother, but after her mother died and her father left, Kaoru was left with the responsibility of taking care of and raising him when she was fourteen and he was five.
"I don't understand why you like her so much..." Yahiko sat back in the backseat again.
".. Hm, I love her... But, she... Just has her moments..."
"Moments?... Ha, try 'endless periods of time'..." Yahiko muttered.
"Yahiko!" Kaoru tossed a box of Altoids back at him.
"EYAH!" Yahiko yelped and rubbed his forehead, where he had gotten hit.
Kaoru snickered quietly to herself as she pulled up to the cafe, known as The Delicacy.
The Delicacy was a cafe in the tiny city of Keebon.
And Keebon was the tiny city right smack dab in the middle of Nevada.
What with everyone being overly obsessed with L.A. and Vegas, no one ever payed attention to the little nobody-city in the middle of it all.
Kaoru sighed as she slipped her car into the small space...
Something caught her eye as she parked though...
Dark red...
It flashed through her mind... Before it disappeared through the doors of the cafe.
Yahiko was already out of the car, rapping on the driver's seat window, "Kaoru, you getting out?..."
Kaoru blinked as he opened the door, then shook her head, "Heh, sorry, Yahiko..." She stepped out.
"Uh-huh, now let's just go and see Aoshi!" He hurried into the cafe.
Kaoru smiled.
Yahiko was one of 'The Ice Man's biggest fans.
And Kaoru was pretty sure Aoshi didn't mind in the slightest.
Aoshi was tall and extremely built.. But not full of nasty-looking bulges like some freaky wrestler... Just noticably muscular.
His black hair was short, but those bangs always fell into his ice blue eyes.
And he always looke professional.
A button-up shirt and dress pants ended with shining black dress shoes. But he always wore the same tie...
A black tie with decorative white swirls all over it.
Kaoru sighed as she started toward the swinging doors...
But stopped to check herself.
If she didn't look nice when going to see Megumi, she might not get out of there with all of her pride intact.
Her long, ebony hair was up in a nice, high-ponytail. Her lipstick was a soft light pink, light mascara, a soft brown eyeshadow that was almost unnoticable.
She wore a light coffee-cream colored top and a light tan denim jacket over it. White capris matched well with the outfit, as did her soft white tennis shoes.
'Not too casual... Not too fancy.. Damn it, that fox had better like it...' Kaoru thought as she walked into the cafe.
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Yahiko was sitting on the barstool at the counter, right next to Aoshi, who was grinning and sipping his coffee as the teen told him about the day he'd had at school on Friday.
Yes, Saturday...
Kaoru heaved a sigh of relief as she sat next to Megumi, on another one of the barstools.
Megumi smiled and patted Kaoru's back, "Hey there, girl..."
"Heya... I'm here... Where's my coffee?..."
"Coming up... So?..." Megumi tapped her pink-painted nails against the counter.
'Shit...' Kaoru thought as Megumi's gaze wondered to her expectantly.
Kaoru was desperate... So she tried to focus on something else.
Megumi was looking nice today.
Her long black hair was pulled up into a bun, though her bangs fell and curved delicatly, accenting her lovely face. She was wearing a light purple, sleeveless shirt with frills at the shoulders and dark blue jeans that led to light purple sandals.
"You look very fancy today, Megumi..." Kaoru stated shakily, smiling.
"C'mon, Kaoru, you haven't found one yet!"
Kaoru winced, "W-well... I've been busy with school work..."
It was slightly true. She did have school work from college... But not that much...
"Liar!"
"Well, you haven't found anyone either!"
"But at least our best friend Aoshi was kind enough to accept me... You could ask the owner of the cafe!" Megumi said, motioning to him.
He was tall and nice-looking... But... was a little too old for Kaoru.
"Shigure is engaged, dumb fox..." Kaoru muttered as she buried her faced in her arms on the counter.
"Oh... Yeah..." Megumi sighed, "Well, who do you want to go with?..."
"I don't know..."
"Let me rephrase that, who are you desperate enough to go with?..."
"Shut up..." Kaoru groaned in woe for herself.
Megumi snickered, "Fine... What would your ideal man look like?..."
At that, Kaoru slowly sat up.
"Uhh.. I don't know..."
But that color flashed through her mind again.
"... He has to have... something red..."
"Like blood? Honey, everyone has bl-"
"No! Like... hair.. eyes..."
"Lipstick?"
"NO!" Kaoru couldn't help but giggle at her friend's silly suggestion.
"But... Red eyes?... You want a guy who stares at the TV all day and stays up to play on the computer all night?..."
"Fine. I want him to be a redhead..." Kaoru said matter-of-factly.
Megumi was already looking around.
"Oi, Megumi, stop!" Kaoru whined as her friend went into prowl-mode.
"... Ooooh... Look at that guy..." Megumi motioned with her head toward a tall man... with messy red hair.
It looked almost greasy as he brushed it out of his dark green eyes. His clothes were baggy, hiding a thin, though slightly muscular body.
Kaoru stared for a moment, then shrugged, "Eh... I don't know, I can't just walk up to someone and ask them to go to a wedding with me..."
But Megumi was already heading for him, "Megumi! W-wait!"
Megumi smirked as she turned to Kaoru, "Then you go ask him!"
But both girls stopped as a brown haired man was pushed from his seat.
Kaoru pretended not to notice.. But the dark red color was presented to her sight again...
And she stopped, staring at the man with the sunglasses that shaded his eyes, the one laughing nervously as his dark friend shoved the brown-haired man down again.
Megumi slowly followed her friend's gaze... Then grinned as she hurried back over to Kaoru, "Wow, nice pick! I bet the eyes behind those shades are beautiful, huh?... Guys with beautiful eyes always hide them..."
But Kaoru wasn't listening.
That man was so... familiar...
She almost knew the color of his eyes, but...
It was almost as if she did, but couldn't remember.
"... and I were going to, but we decided we'd... Kaoru?..." Megumi had been going on about how she and Aoshi had been planning a vacation for the three, and, of course, Yahiko, and that she should find someone to invite along.
Kaoru quickly looked to Megumi, "Uh, yes?" She said quickly
Megumi stared at her, "... Is he that good looking?..."
"H-ha! I was just... A-analyzing! He doesn't look wedding-date material, don't you think?.. Let's go..." Kaoru was suddenly getting up.
"What?" Megumi hurriedly grabbed Kaoru's shoulder, "But he could be your lipstick man!"
"I don't want a lipstick man!" Kaoru giggled helplessly in her frustrated and confused state..
Then when she saw the look that Megumi was giving her, she sighed and gave up.
Kaoru looked to them again, almost panicking when she saw a small woman take a seat next to the lovely redheaded man...
And sighed with unreasonable relief when the girl hurried around to sit with the grumbly older man.
Megumi's eyes were on the brown-haired man, "Hey.. That guy looks nice..." She sounded more like she was talking to herself.
Kaoru smiled slightly as she sat back down, her coffee ariving just when she needed it...
She reached for it...
Her eyes still on the redhead...
But she froze completely when he reached up to remove the sunglasses...
Revealing breath-takingly beautiful amythest gems that glimmered in question and... shock?...
Both seemed frozen in time as both pairs of wonderous eyes locked...
-End of Chapter 2; Intro To The Troubled Beauty
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Fix-up Facts
Keebon in a fictional place that I made up... I know that there is some other place right smack-dab in the middle of Nevada, but for my story... It's Keebon! Please, do not eat me alive... Or no more of those fine-looking SekihoWabanGumi Men!
Author's Notes
I hope you all like it! This chapter didn't come out as well as planned, but at least 'The Troubled Beauty' is out... XP Next chapter will be 'Sight', alright! Best wishes, thank you for reading, and have a nice life!
-Nana Mae-
P.S.
I really was expecting to get tons of flames for Sano's 'bi' debute... XD I'm really glad I didn't! Because he was just playing! XD