Nana Mae - Wow, two chapters in one day! I'm on a roll!... XP Okay, this is it for today... Please enjoy! And here's the routine...
Disclaimer- I do not own Rurouni Kenshin!... He is too ultimatly cool!
Rating- Rated T for slight adult situations, slight language and strange humor.
Warning- This chapter is loooooooooooooooong... And doesn't get to the point until pretty much the end... So enjoy everyone's playful banter!
Love At First Sense
Chapter 3
Sight
Kaoru's grip tightened on the mug's handle.
Kenshin's sunglasses nearly slipped from his fingers...
One thought passed through their minds...
'I've never seen eyes more beautiful...'
Kaoru was the first to pull away, quickly looking to Megumi and asking her to pass her the packets of creamer and sugar.
Kenshin reluctantly did as well, because Saito was now cursing out loud, "Damn it, Misao, you're dead if you don't let go of my arm!"
"Saito..." Kenshin's serious tone caught all three Manslayers' attention.
Sano stared at the shorter man, "Hey, Kenshin, you okay?..."
"I want to switch assignments..."
"What?" Saito blinked, "But you're right in the middle of one right now!"
"Yes, but I've found Megumi Takani smells like bacon..." He said with distaste.
".. Bacon?..." Sano muttered, "I like bacon..."
"Trust me, it's not right on a woman... But please, do you know the name of that woman?... The one next to Miss Takani?..."
Kenshin pointed carefully... To the woman who was hitting her head a little more than lightly against the counter top.
Saito turned slowly, the fact that he was looking was barely noticable.
"Wow! That's Meg-?" Sano started but both Misao and Kenshin smacked a hand over the rooster's mouth.
Sano nodded obediantly, but kept his eyes on the doctor as both Misao and Kenshin slowly lowered their hands.
Saito was grinning, "Hm... Catch your eye, Himura?..."
Kenshin placed his glasses back on, pushing them up the bridge of his nose with a certain finger.
Saito grinned and flashed that finger right back at the scowling redhead.
"Just freakin' tell me who she freakin' is, freakin' bastard..." Kenshin hissed lowly.
"... As you wish..." Saito reached into the pocket of the jacket at his side, puling out a pack of eighteen papers that had been stapled and folded in half.
He undfolded them then flipped through them, then, finding the page, he passed it to Kenshin.
The page read;
'Kaoru Kamiya
Enlisted adoptive sibling along with adoptive parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kamiya.
Adoptive brother; Yahiko Myojin
Age- Three years
Height-'
Kenshin stopped reading, "This is all her brother's stats..." He folded the papers back again and tossed them back to Saito.
Saito caught them, sticking them back into his jacket pocket, "Adoption agencies aren't stupid, Himura... They won't give so much information about the actual family than they will about the adopted child..."
Kenshin sighed, "Well, boss, I'm quittin' one job and moving to the next..."
"... What about Megumi?... We need the info on her..."
"I'll do it!" Sano volunteered quickly.
Both Saito and Kenshin turned to look at the overly excited roosterhead.
Misao giggled and leaned against Saito's arm, "Aw, Sano's got a crush!"
Sano, surprisingly, grinned and nodded, "Shit, she's a hottie, thanks Kenshin!" He grabbed Kenshin's hand as if he were worshipping it...
"Stop holding my hand..." Kenshin muttered boredly as he fixed his sunglasses.
"Why? I'm thanking you..."
"She'll get the idea that you're gay, dumbass..."
Sano immediatly dropped Kenshin's hand, linking his fingers behind his head and whistling as if nothing had happened.
That had Misao cracking up.
Saito smirked, "... Who says he isn't?..."
"... I hate you..." Sano said darkly.
Kenshin sighed, rubbing his head, "Sano, you hate everyone..."
xXoloXx
After Kaoru had looked away, she hadn't been able to keep her mind off those beautiful eyes...
But she gladly kept her gaze away from them.
She'd just stared at him like some kind of freak!
She started to hit her head lightly against the counter top...
Megumi laughed and sat next to her, "Thinking you don't have a chance in hell with him?..."
"No... Not a chance in anywhere... Even if we were shoved into a box together and had to live with eachother for years and died together!"
Megumi slowly scooted back on her barstool, "... Kaoru... Is there a reason why that might ever come to be?..."
Kaoru lifted her head, glaring daggers at Megumi, "... Yeah, you can shut up now..."
Megumi laughed, "Ah, that's why I love you!"
"Yeah, yeah. whatever... You think Aoshi could drive Yahiko home?... I have to run some er-"
"Sure..." Aoshi's voice bursted to Kaoru's ear from behind.
"Ack!" Koaru nearly spilled her coffee.
"Th-thanks, Aoshi..." She took a breath... And out came Megumi's howling laughter again.
Kaoru sighed, standing up and heading for the door, "Bye, Yahiko, see you at home, okay?..."
"Love ya, sis!"
"Love you, too, bye!"
Kenshin blinked as Kaoru stood up.
"Crap..." He hurried to stand, walking briskly toward the space just behind her.
As he passed behind her, time seemed to slow.
Unknowing to her, he swiftly reached into her pocket with long thin fingers and tugged her keys out enough for them to slip out...
And then time returned to normal as they hit the ground.
Kaoru blinked, turning around, "Oh... Whoops..." But, before she could even bend down, Kenshin was already holding them out to her, "You dropped these, Miss..."
Kaoru blinked... Then gulped.
'Shit... shit... shit shit shit...' Kaoru thought as her heart started pounding again.
Now that she was up close, she could almost see through the shades... See through to his questioning glance, from which the color was hidden by the sunglasses.
"Miss?..." Kenshin set a hand on her shoulder.
Something was... off about his left cheek, Kaoru observed.
Like... like it wasn't supposed to...
Gah, she didn't know!
All she knew was that this man was handing her her car keys and touching her shoulder... with... an incredibly... soft... hand... That... That was brushing against her neck!
"... Are you okay?..."
"Th-thank you!" She took the keys and forced a smile, "Sorry... I've got a headache and I tried to bend down but I guess the blood rushed to my head so I was, like, momentarily unconscious, totally not staring at you!" She said it all in a jumble.
Kenshin blinked, lowering his hand, "U-uh... Well... You're welcome?..."
"Yes, thank you... Sorry for the trouble, good bye!" She hurried through the door.
Kenshin watched her for a moment, then grinned.
He walked back over to his table of Manslayers, taking his seat next to Sano with a proud grin.
"... She seemed pretty messed up.. What'd you do?..." Sano asked, sipping from the tea that he'd recently been served.
"Dropped her keys..." Then he slowly pulled out his own keys, selecting a black button encased in a tiny cube, "And put a tracking system on her neck..."
"Oooooh, nice job..." Misao leaned over the table to flick at the button.
Kenshin grinned once again, "... I really didn't need to do much, either... I'm just too irresistible..." He said, tossing his head back as his hair swished.
Saito almost laughed, "Hmph... Amusing..."
Sano chuckled, "... Yeah, very..."
"Yeah, well at least I'm not hitting on other men..." Kenshin said simply as he stood.
Sano glared at him, "Bastard..."
"Retard..." Kenshin uttered back.
"Damn you..."
"Please do..."
"Holy shit, stop being such a freakin' smart mouth!"
"Do I sense a hint of jealousy?..."
"Go away, you... loser..."
"Pure genius, gay... I mean, guy..."
"Asswipe, get the hell outta here!"
"Yessir!" Kenshin chortled merrily and walked toward the door.
"Bye, Kenshin, see you later!" Misao called.
Saito merely waved a hand.
"Buh-bye, folks!" Kenshin called before stepping out.
xXoloXx
Kenshin had been sitting in his room all day, the scanner up on his computer, following everyplace that the tracking system followed little Miss Kamiya.
So far, she'd been to the bank, the college, the high school, and the grocery store.
Kenshin smiled, "Doesn't mind spending time, huh?..." But a swift knock on his window sill roused him from his thoughts.
Quickly looking back to his computer, which showed that Kaoru was still in the grocery store, he hurried to his window.
He opened it and poked his head out.
Misao stood on his sill effortlessly.
She was dressed in black pants, a black T-shirt a leather jacket and black, leather boots.
"C'mon, we have work to do... Battousai..."
Kenshin grinned at his gang nickname...
All of them had one.
Saito was Wolf, Sano was Zanza, Misao was Ninja...
And of course, Kenshin was The Battousai.
His eyes tinted a golden amber as he stepped out onto the sill as well, closing the window, "Then let's get to it, Ninja..."
Both jumped off and landed carefully on the ground one story below.
Then, since both were so light, they took off in what seemed like the speed of light...
When they finally got to their destination, Kenshin was out of breah and Misao was bounding about around him, "C'mon, Battousai, Wolf's got the plans for Miss Kamiya!" She grabbed Kenshin's hand and pulled him into the dark shack.
Saito sat inside, in front of his computer, a dark hat placed on his head and slightly sheilding his eyes. His long trechcoat was black as well, hiding his white business shirt and black dress pants that led to plain black sneakers.
"Hey, Wolf..." Kenshin waved, pulled the sheet bandage off his left cheek...
What was beneath the bandage was an 'X'-shaped scar... What The Battousai was most famed for...
Kenshin's eyes flashed amber as he felt his excitement rising.
Man, he loved his gang!
Sano hurried from the other room, "Battousai!" He called, nearly tripping, but he caught himself.
'Zanza' was wearing white pants that almost looked too short for him, black kung-fu slippers, bandages around his chest and a loose over shirt that had the japanese character for 'evil' on the back. Also, the long ribbon tied around his forehead was red.
He handed Kenshin a dark brown trenchcoat and hat, "Retie your hair, put on the coat and hurry up, she's just about done at the grocery store!"
"What? How do you know?..."
Saito rolled his eyes, "You should know, I'm capable of hacking through almost any security firewalls, Battousai, so hurry the hell up because she's leaving!"
Kenshin hurriedly grabbed the trench coat, pulling it on. Then he quickly pulled out his low ponytail, redoing it into a high-ponytail then hurrying out, "Seeya, Manslayers!"
"Seeya!" Misao waved.
Sano sighed, looking to Saito, "Oi, Wolf, why does he have to have such a strange way of information gathering?..."
"... It may be strange, but it's very effective... Deal with it, Zanza, because I think this one's gonna be good..."
xXoloXx
Battousai had to breathe extremely slow as he waiting outside the grocery store just as Kaoru found her car in the darkness.
'Sight... Almost complete...' He thought, trying desperatly to calm his breath.
He grinned as she stopped, looking around.
And he took his chance as she looked toward him.
His camera zoomed in a flashed.
"... Bingo..." And he was off.
-End Chapter 3; Sight
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Author's Notes
I'm sorry, this chapter didn't get to the point until the very end and that's why it's so long! -sweatdrop- I apologize! I had to introduce the Manslayers in their actualy gang routine! So, just to clarify, Saito or 'Wolf' hacked into the grocery store's security camera screens and was able to watch as Kaoru left. Yes, the grocery store was nearby, Kenshin did not run all the way downtown or anything XD. The next chapter 'Scent' is the one that actually got me started on this fic. I was thinking about how strange it would be if Kenshin just walked up to someone and sniffed them... Then I placed Kaoru in the picture and things went a little haywire... I'll have it up by the 30th at the latest! Look forward to it, because it will be good! Thank you, all my reviewers, you keep reviewing and the story will keep coming!
-Nana Mae-