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I DO NOT OWNRUROUNI KENSHIN!

A Wild Rose

Summary: Kaoru, a young heiress to a huge fortune runs away from home after a proposal of marriage. On her journey to get away from her family, she meets up with some very different people and finds love in one of them. But what happens when her family finds her? KaoruxKenshin

Chapter 2

"Miss?" His voice had awoken her. She shot up and also hit his head. She let a small gasp escape her beautiful lips. She was only a teenager. Her raven hair was tied down in a low braid that fell against her shoulders. Her pale skin looked so fragile, like it could break at any second. He took a step back from her and sat back down.

"What-what… Where am I?" Her voice was soft and gentle, Kenshin liked it. He shook his head and gave her a small smile.

"Sorry Miss, I just found you passed out in the woods, I thought you needed some attention, so I brought you here." Kaoru smiled slightly and nodded.

"Thank you, I might have died."

"I don't think you would have." Kaoru touched her shoulder and felt a tight pain run through her whole body. She rubbed it gently and looked at to the stranger.

"When you fell, you fell on your shoulder. It looks to me like there is just a bruise there, but I'll get the doctor tomorrow, tonight you may sleep. I will see you in the morning." Kenshin rose from her side.

"Excuse me?" Kaoru questioned.

"What is it?" Kenshin asked and turned around.

"Your-Your name please?"

Kenshin smiled. "Kenshin."

"Kaoru."

"Nice to meet you Miss Kaoru." Kaoru blushed and turned her head away.

"It's nice to meet you too." Kaoru exhaled as he exited the room. Who was he? Why was he so nice? What was going to happen? She had no idea what was going to happen next.

xXx

Kaoru yawned as she turned on her side, the sun shinning in her face. She rubbed her hurt shoulder and sighed.

"What a beautiful morning." Kaoru said to herself and ran her finger through her hair; she looked around the room and remembered that she was in Kenshin's dojo. She missed Tsubame already. She sat up and looked down at her clothes; she was still wearing her kimono, she pushed the blanket off of herself and stood up, walking over to her bad that was placed in a corner.

She searched through and found her favorite one, a dark green with small flowers on it, she quickly undressed and slipped on the new kimono, she should thank Kenshin for letting her stay here. She turned around and looked outside. She was surprised to see that boy from the woods there. She opened the rice paper doors and stepped outside, her footsteps soft against the wooden floor. The boy turned around.

"What are you doing here old hag?" Was the first thing he said to her. Kaoru stopped in her tracks, she shook her head.

What the hell was he doing here?

Kenshin was sitting down against the dojo, his head turned as he saw her walking towards them. The boy had one hand on his hip the other on a bokken. Kaoru looked at it; it was the same bokken that he had thrown at her.

"I should ask you the same question." Kaoru answered and crossed her arms across her chest.

"I live here you idiot." The boy muttered and turned to Kenshin. "What the hell is she doing here?"

"She need a place to stay, I let her stay here."

"But Megumi won't like it."

"Like what?" Kaoru questioned.

"You." The boy said. Kaoru glared at the young boy.

"Yahiko… Please don't be rude to Miss Kaoru." Kaoru looked at the boy, she knew him! She couldn't believe she knew this boy that was so rude to her. He was her sister's first boyfriend, the one that she had missed ever since the day he had disappeared.

"Yahiko?" Kaoru repeated and Yahiko shot death glares at her.

"Yea, what does it mean to you?" Yahiko questioned.

"You knew my sister… Tsubame." Yahiko's head shot up at the sound of her name. "But then you disappeared one night and never came back."

"It doesn't matter, it was too long ago."

"You broke her heart!" Kaoru said and pointed at him. He was a monster, he was so rude to her and he broke her sister's heart.

"Now, now, Miss Kaoru, that is enough." Kaoru nodded slightly and sat down on the floor, her legs swinging back and fourth. She sighed and ran her fingers through her long raven hair.

"Hello?" Another girl's voice sounded. Kaoru looked around and then her eyes settled on Kenshin who was looking at her also.

"That's Miss Megumi."

"Ah, Kaoru, I see you are awake." Megumi said and smiled slightly at her as she tried to handle four bags of groceries. Kaoru stood up and offered to take one. Megumi nodded and handed her two. Kaoru followed Megumi to the kitchen and wondered how she knew her name.

"Wondering how I knew your name?" Megumi questioned as if she was reading Kaoru's mind. Kaoru nodded and smiled sweetly at Megumi.

"I use to work for your father, I met you when you were about two or three years smaller." Megumi placed the bags on the counter and took Kaoru's bags.

"I don't remember…" Kaoru simply said and Megumi nodded.

"That doesn't surprise me." Megumi laughed and shook her head, her long locks falling at her waist. She stopped laughing and got down to business.

"You are allowed to say here as long as you need… Until your shoulder gets better and everything… But you will have to help out around here… Is that okay?" Megumi asked and Kaoru nodded quickly.

"Of course, you are too nice Miss Megumi."

Megumi smiled. "I know."

xXx

Kaoru closed her room's doors. She would be staying here for a little while until she could get enough money and move to the next town. She exhaled and looked around the room before walking away from the door and sitting down next to her bag. She had met some pretty weird people and for some reason she had connects to most of them. She hadn't expected any of their encounters with her.

If Kenshin hadn't found her on the forest floor, she wouldn't have met any of these people, though she was grateful that Kenshin had found her. She probably would have died if she was left on the forest floor. She didn't know if these people were real or not, they were so random, all the time and it made no sense to her. Yahiko and Megumi knew her from her family and Kenshin was just an outsider that she might have been destined to meet. She loved his red locks, they were wonderful. She sighed and looked through the window; she saw Yahiko training with the bokken. She had no idea how she was going to survive; she had never cleaned a dojo before or cooked… All of their appearances in her life were brief before this moment.

She knew that she knew Kenshin from somewhere, but couldn't place her finger on it. It was weird to be back in the presence of Yahiko who had been to her house about a million times when Tsubame and him were still going out. She wondered if this was the place for her, should she move on and reject the invitation of a place to stay for a little while? I mean, if they knew her, she must know them from somewhere.

This was confusing. She made a list of all the people she had just met for the first or second time.

There was Yahiko, who she knew from her sister and he was a crazy idiot who she hated. Tsubame had always loved him, but Kaoru had deeply hated him for everything he had done to her sister. She was sure that Yahiko hated her also because of all the names he called her over and over again.

Then there was Kenshin. Who was the nicest person on earth and also was very mysterious. He talked to her as if he had known her forever, but she had only known him for a couple of hours. She found him to be very smart and stupid at the same time. Which she didn't really think was possible.

And lastly there was Megumi. Who was as much nice as much as crazy. She had offered to let her stay here for as long as she wanted and she was thankful for that. She had asked for Kaoru to help out around the dojo which Kaoru had never done before. Somehow, Megumi knew who she was when Kaoru didn't know who she was.

She wondered who was next.

"Hey fox! What's for dinner?"

She braced herself for the next encounter. She stood up and brushed off her kimono. At least for this one she was ready.

End of Chapter 2

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