Nana Mae - Look, more for you peoples! XD
Disclaimer- I don't own Rurouni Kenshin... -sweatdrop- Not that I could...
Rating- Rated T for adult situations, rough language and strange humor.
Warning- Heh heh... At the end of the chapter, Kenshin, Sano and Saito talk about boobs... XDXDXD Such a funny word! -cough- Anyway...
Onto the story, my lovelies!
Love At First Sense
Chapter 6
Sound
"So, what do you want?..." Kenshin asked as they stood in line at the town's burger place, Shawnee's.
"... Uh... Just a hamburger, some fries and a Coke, I guess..." Kaoru said, reaching into her purse.
Kenshin placed a hand over hers, "No, no, I'm paying.."
Kaoru blinked.. Then couldn't help but smile, "Oh my, what a gentleman..."
"Yup, willing to lay down this much cash to impress a pretty girl I met on the street..." Kenshin smiled as he removed his hand.
Kaoru smiled slightly.
Hm... He was cute and funny...
Oh, she might be in trouble...
She let her gaze avert to look outside the window of the burger place.
Lots of people passing by, and past them were cars, past that was the next street over...
"Kaoru?..." Kenshin tapped her shoulder lightly after he'd finished lightly.
Kaoru blinked and turned her head to him, "Heh, sorry, just thinking about something..."
Kenshin watched her for a moment, then shrugged and headed over to a corner table.
Kaoru hurriedly followed.
"Soooo..." Kenshin said as he sat across from Kaoru, "If you don't mind my asking, what was the reason for my falling victim to your misconception?..."
Kaoru was silent for a moment, staring intently at him...
Then she smirked as she sat back, "Out of cellege already?..."
"And right into law..." Kenshin said with a sigh.
"Hm..." But something clicked in Kaoru's head, "Wait... You're a cop?..."
"Detective agent, slash assistant, actually..." Kenshin pushed up his glasses, "Why?... Scared of me now?..." He asked with a grin.
"No! Oh, I was about to call the police when you... Oh my gosh, you made me forget all about it!"
Kenshin stared at the once-again frantic Kaoru.
"Hey hey... What are you talking about?..."
"Some guy cornered me in an alleyway and-..." But she froze in her position...
Hands about to slam down on the table, elbows pulling in toward herself...
Kenshin froze too, his arms crossed over his chest as he didn't even dare to breathe...
".. What are we doing?..." Kenshin whispered after a few moments.
"... Oh... my... god..." Kaoru slowly lowered her hands.
Kenshin blinked.
"HE SNIFFED ME!"
Kenshin jumped, "Wah!"
"Oh, I'm definitly reporting this! It's sexual-harassment! I'm gonna kill that guy! Oooooh..." Kaoru growled as she suddenly reached into her purse.
Kenshin looked around to the staring people, "H-heh... She's... uh... Forgotten her pills!... Right... Kao-"
"DAMMIT, WHAT'S THE NUMBER?" She cried as she desperatly pounded on the keypad of her cell phone
"Kaoru!" Kenshin grabbed her arm.
"What?" Kaoru snapped...
Then both were silent...
Kenshin's hand around her wrist softened.
And they were so close now...
Kenshin had leaned to to try to catch her and Kaoru had leaned over to shout at him...
Both were within a whisper of the other...
"... S-sorry..." Kaoru pulled back quickly, then lifted her phone, staring at it intently as a blush rose on her cheeks.
Kenshin slowly sat back... A grin on his face.
"No worries, friends..." He waved to the random people, "I think she's going through her monthly rit-"
But he was silenced as the phone collided with the side of his head.
"Okay, I'm kidding!" He whined as he barely caught it, rubbing his head.
"Order number 74!" The woman at the counter called.
Kenshin stood up cautiously, "... I'm going to get the food..."
Kaoru tried her best to continue scowling...
Oh, but that innocent face was too cute!
She slowly smiled... Much to the worried Kenshin's relief.
"Order 74?..." The woman called again.
Kenshin hurried over to her, "Thank you..." He smiled.
The woman was silent for a moment, looking from Kenshin to Kaoru...
"... Could you try to keep her a bit more calm?..." She whispered.
Kenshin would've sweatdropped, had it been an anime universe(... which our universe practically is! XD).
"Yes, I'm sorry..." He bowed his head, taking the food then going back to the table.
... He tried hard to avoid the strange gazes he was getting...
And he nearly tripped when he heard someone behind him whisper...
"Good lookin' couple, but they both seem like whacks..."
'Wh-what did I do?' He thought morosely to himself as he sat down.
"... Sorry, I have that craziest freak-out sessions..." Kaoru apologized meekly.
"... No shit..." Kenshin said dully, "You're ruining me..."
"Why?... It's not like we're on a date..." Kaoru laughed softly, selecting her food and setting it before her.
Kenshin looked to her.
... That laugh..
Didn't quite sit right with him...
He slowly started to unwrap his burger, "... You sound... almost upset..."
Kaoru gave an unladylike snort, "... Well, you would be too if the only guy you could get to go to dinner with you was one you randomly slapped and called a pervert..."
"... But that's like a fairy-tale romance..." Kenshin laughed slightly, trying to lighten the mood, "I thought you women were crazy about those kinds of things..."
Kaoru tore off the top of her straw wrapper, sliding the straw out, "... Are you saying something could possibly come of this?..."
There was no way to read what she was feeling at that moment...
And Kenshin...
Kenshin Himura, 'The Battousai'...
Was speechless.
He swore he had words tucked away somewhere...
But when she lifted those sparkling dark blue eyes to him, he couldn't quite think of anything...
"... I'm not going to depress you, because this is supposed to be positive payback... But, let's just say I've never been very good at keeping very much at all..."
Kenshin smiled softly, "... You know, I was expecting you to be one of those delicate, fake, don't-even-look-at-me girls..."
"... Hm. Sorry..." Kaoru muttered, sipping from her Coke.
"... No. I like this... I like you..." Kenshin smiled.
And Kaoru froze.
If he hadn't been wearing those sunglasses...
If he'd shown her his eyes at that moment...
She swore she would've melted.
"... You like me?... Why do you like me?..." Kaoru asked, slowly starting to smile.
"I don't know, I just started out thinking you were looking fine in that skirt..." He winked as he drank his Dr. Pepper.
Kaoru blushed slightly, then stared right back at him, "... And then what?... Start checking out my boobs?..."
Kenshin choked, "Kaoru!"
"What?... Isn't that usually the first thing that goes to a man's brain?..."
Kenshin stared at her... Then started to laugh, careful to keep it quiet.
Kaoru glared playfully at him, "Fine... Then what came next?..."
"Well..." Kenshin had slowly started to calm down, "It wasn't that..." He said as he reached over and flicked her forehead.
"Hey..." She rubbed her forehead, but was smiling slightly.
"First of all, you're funny, sarcastic... And no one could just walk past you without giving you a second look..." Kenshin said matter-of-factly.
"So.. you're saying I'm funny and pretty?..."
"No. I'm saying you're hilarious and beautiful..."
"Beautiful?..." Kaoru blushed slightly, "But you don't even know me that well..."
"... I'm sure you've got a beautiful personality, too, judging by the tiny samples I'm getting... But you don't really need to get to know someone to know they're beautiful... Do you?..."
Kaoru's cheeks were burning.
"... You're just trying to get into my skirt..." She said stubbornly, after a long pause.
Kenshin's grin was devilish, "Maybe..."
"Oh, you!" She threw a frie at him.
Kenshin smiled as he dodged, "Okay, okay... I was kidding... But, you really are beautiful... And no matter how much you deny it, I'm gonna keep telling you so..."
"... You're a stubborn guy, aren't you?..."
"I'm a nosy detective..."
"... Does that mean I'm gonna get interrogated?..."
"Unless you'd rather be strip searched..."
"Perv..."
"Why, thank you..."
xXoloXx
They had been sitting there for hours...
Almost everyone had left except for a few people who had come in after them.
They'd talked about their ages, their jobs, their lives at home...
And Kenshin had touched the subject of Kaoru's mother carefully.
"So... My mother really loved that fragrance, and now I always wear it..." Kaoru finished her explanation.
Kenshin had removed his glasses a while ago, and Kaoru had seemed somewhat distracted by them for a bit...
But as she got into the subject of her mother, her eyes had gotten dreamy.
Kenshin smiled as she'd talked about the first time they'd taken Yahiko out to a picnic... And how he'd tried to eat a pill bug.
And how her mother had tried to bathe Yahiko while talking on the phone for a job interview... Then ended up sinking her boss' words to the bottom of the tub along with Yahiko's toy shark.
Kenshin could tell the woman loved her mother dearly as she talked about her...
And that reminded him of something... The woman had said...
And she slashed at him, catching his left cheek in a diagonal slash.
But he finally caught her, grabbed her shoulder and pushing her back against the wall as he held the gun to her throat.
"... My... babies..." She reached out with the knife... gently running it opposite of the first slash.
The amber-eyed man was frozen.
"... I'm so sorry... My.. Ka-"
And the gun sounded... Blood splattering onto the man as he let her fall the the ground.
"... Kenshin?..." Kaoru was waving a hand in front of him.
Kenshin blinked... Then caught her hand in his with a soft smile, "Sorry... All those stories of your mother... Remind me of something..."
Kaoru blushed again as she watched his thumb stroke her hand absently, watching her new friend slowly drift back into dreamland.
Kaoru was fine with this for now...
She rested her other arm on the table as she watched him think...
And sighed slightly.
'Why does such a beautiful man... Look so troubled?...'
xXoloXx
"Wow..." Kaoru looked up at the sky as they walked, "It's late... How long were we out?..."
"Well... You slapped me around six and I think we were at Shawnee's for about three or four hours..."
Kaoru smiled, nudging Kenshin slightly, "Man, we can talk..."
"... We?... Excuse me, but you were doing most of the talking..."
"Well, you didn't seem to be protesting..." Kaoru giggled and practically danced up the steps to the apartment complex.
"... You have nice stories..." Kenshin said with a shrug as he followed her up.
"Ahh..." Kaoru sighed as she stood in front of the door, "Thanks for taking me out and walking me home...And... For not arresting me because I randomly slapped you..."
"No worries, I don't have to right to arrest... I could get a warrant and search your house, though..."
"Jerk..." Kaoru hit his shoulder lightly.
"Okay so, was the date good enough for a kiss?.."
"What?" Kaoru was blushing yet again.
"... Well, do I get a kiss?..." Kenshin grinned.
"... You want a kiss?..."
"Duh, I'm a guy..."
"... Fine..." Kaoru muttered stubbornly.
She leaned forward a kissed his cheek, smiling when she pulled back.
Kenshin pouted, "That's it?..."
"... For now..." Kaoru smiled as she opened the door.
"Fine... But now I know where you live..."
"Yeah yeah..." Kaoru walked in, then turned as she stood inside the complex.
Kenshin watched her suspisciously.
Kaoru suddenly put on a sensuous grin as she reached out and straoked his cheek lightly, "I had a great time tonight..." She said in a low, sultry voice.
Kenshin's eyes widened as it took immediate effect on him...
Then glared darkly at her as she pulled her hand back and giggled, "That was dirty..." He muttered
"I know... Good night, Kenshin..." She said as way of dismissal, starting to close the door.
Kenshin's glare softened into a smile, "... Good night, Kaoru..."
And the door closed...
One thought passed through both minds as Kenshin turned to leave and Kaoru started toward the elevator.
'Still has the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen...'
xXoloXx
Kenshin walked down the street... His mind as heavy as his heart.
He couldn't be...
Man, he'd gotten himself mixed up in something bad this time...
Kenshin immediatly jabbed his elbow back...
"Ow!" Sano yelped as he held his side, "I thought I had you that time!"
"Shut up, rooster, I'm thinking..."
"Oooooh..." Sano bent down to walk evenly with his shorter friend as he whispered to him, "Excited about the next phase of the game?..."
"... I've gotten through sight and scent... And I've just finished sound..."
"And?..."
"... She... sounds great..." Kenshin explained lamely.
"... Sound is when you listen to her stories, though... right?..."
"Yup..."
"And what's next?..."
"... T-touch..." Kenshin stuttered, hiding his blushing cheeks by hanging his head so his bangs fell over his face.
"Oh-ho-ho!" Sano chuckled, "Gonna have fun with that one, huh?..."
"... Sure..."
Sano blinked... "Hey... Kenshin?..."
"What?.." Kenshin muttered irritably.
"... What's wrong?..."
"W-well... I don't know... It's just that... Kaoru's kinda..." Kenshin started to make strange hand gestures.
"... Ooooh... She's not something you're excited about?..."
"No..."
"... Um... Not pretty?..."
"... She's... very... very well endowed..." Kenshin stated, walking faster.
"WHAT?"
But Sano's explosion stopped him dead in his tracks as he winced.
"You're afraid to go on because she's got big melons? KENSHIN! THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!" Sano was completely freaking out.
"S-Sanosuke! I really need time to think about things, please don't make this a big d-"
"So... Himura's a little inexperienced?..." Smoke drifted from the shadows outside the streetlamp.
"... H-hi, Saito!" Kenshin waved to the shadowy figure nervously.
Saito smirked, walking up to Kenshin and bending down to meet his eye level, "... It is your method, Himura... You've got to finish it..."
"... B-but, I didn't know how... well... how big she was until her shirt kinda.. slipped..." He coughed lightly.
Sano was still freaking out in the background.
Saito smirked, "Poor Himura..." He straightened, "Unable to fulfill an assignment he chose himself because of a girl's cup size..."
Kenshin's face was so red it almost matched his hair, "You... You're all just sick-minded freaks! I'm gonna finish the assignment!"
He huffed, starting down the street again, brushing forcfully past Saito.
Saito grinned as he watched the shorter man stomp off into the night...
Then stuck his foot out as Sano tried to pass by... tripping the poor rooster head.
"... Whoops..." He said simply as he started off.
"DAMN BASTARD! That wasn't funny!"
Review Responses-
Happylovegirl - Yeah, I realized she didn't fight too much... XP But it's because he's so over-poweringly sexy! XD No, I'm kidding... Well, hope you liked their date! I, personally, thought it was cute... XP
Bbzachariah - -starry eyes- M-my first COOKIE!... Thank you for reviewing, much love to you! -munching cookie-
Chrispecks - Awww, thanks! I hope you liked this chapter, it was fun to write! And it's just for you! XD My lovely reviewers!
Anonymous - Thank you for reviewing, and here's the next chapter! HAVE FUN WITH IT!
ELLIE 31773 - Answering them in order... Yes, they are the same person, but The Battousai switched really fast... All Kenshin has to do to 'become' Battousai is will his eyes to turn amber, pull his hair up higher and wear the trench coat and hat!... Since he's always wondering around at night, his dark red hair almost looks brown. Yes, Misao is going to meet Aoshi... Very soon, actually! Kaoru hasn't met Saito yet... yet... Oh, here! 'Since When do Roosters Hunt?' HAHAHA! For you!
Reignashii - I liked the rabies part, too! XD Thank you so much for reviewing! I was feeling down, then I went to check my reviews and I read your nice, long review and I was like 'Oh! I'm in a writing mood!' Thank you, you're such a help! Hope you liked the chapter!
Jasmine Blossom625 - Ha ha ha! You made it sound like his title! 'The Pervert' instead of 'The Battousai'! ... Anyway, thank you so much for reviewing! Enjoy the rest of the story when it's up!
Author's Notes
The next two chapters are going to take a break from our lovely KenKao pairing!... The next chapter 'Since When Do Roosters Hunt?' is going to be for SanMeg fans and the chapter after that, 'The IceMan's Ice' is going to be for MisAOshI lovers... XP I love that name... MisAOshI.. Their names fit together so perfectly!.. Anyway, thank you for reading, look forward to the next chapters, darlings! Much love! Have a nice life!
-Nana Mae-