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Chapter 1, Part 2- The Fault of Death and To Meet Again
I turned the doorknob to my front door. I crept in slowly, closing the door behind me. Noticing all the lights in my house were turned off, except the dim light shining from the kitchen, I definately knew my Okaa-san already went to bed.
A sigh of relief escaped me. Knowing my okaa-san was already asleep, I wouldn't have to worry about getting scolded for coming home late. It was 10:37 PM, when she had called me earlier it was 9:42 PM.
That guy...
Damn him...
I had met this tall auburn-haired guy at the subway station. He was an attractive guy. Though, he was the reason why I came home so late! I gave a small silent,"Heh".
Believe it or not, he talked to me. Not many guys talk to me, so it was kinda surprising. What surprises me even more, was that he had called me, beautiful.
Lovely, right?
The sad thing was that, I didn't even know his name! The first guy in my life calls me beautiful, and I didn't even know his name...
God, I'm pathetic.
I walked slowly down the hall, towards my room. Suddenly, the hallway lights snapped on.
Crap...
Well, I'm dead...
I stopped and turned around to see my okaa-san in her nightgown, arms folded, and the words,"YOU'RE BUSTED!" written across her forehead (well, not literally...). She raised an eyebrow.
"Uhm...okaa-san. W-What are you doing up?" I asked, nervously.
She glared at me.
I gulped.
"Why are you home late?" she asked, in a serious tone.
"I told you I had after-school credit classes!"
"Don't you dare raise your voice at me, like you did over the phone!"
"I wasn't! I was just trying to sa----"
Suddenly I was cut off by her hand slapping me across my face. My mouth hung open and I only stared at her. She stared at me right back.
"Not only do you raise your voice at me, but you even lied to me..."
"I-I didn't ever lie to you..." I said, in a small voice.
"Don't lie to me, Kaoru! You have a boyfriend now, don't you!" she yelled.
"W-What are you talking about? I don't have one!"
"Don't you lie again to me...! Why else would you come home late?"
I clentched my fist. Why didn't she believe me?
"I told you I don't have one..."
I turned around and stomped away towards my room, slamming the door behind me. I threw my bag down and flung myself onto my bed.
Anger overswept me...
Damn her...
Suddenly, all the things in my life that made me both sad and angry came back to me...
I felt tears...
I sighed and picked up my accoustic guitar laying near me. I began to strum some notes I had made up not too long ago.
"Anata no soba ni ite sonna shiawase ni mo
nee nande ushinau made wa zutto kidzukenaide
dore dake ai wo okizari ni
dore dake kokoro madowasu?"
This was a song I had wrote called,"Things Left Behind" for my older brother, Shouji, after he passed away. Shouji, was only 17-years-old when he died...he was the one who taught me how to play the guitar...
I could remember it, like it was yesterday..
It was the fall of my ninth-grade year, I was at a music audition. The chosen person at the music audition was given a record deal with Tokyo-Rox Records, a famous record company.
Shouji had signed me up, saying:
"You have the talent, Kaoru. You will definately get that record deal and become a rockstar like you dreamed of and I want you to become it!"
After that I remember him giving me a big hug and tickling me...and I remember laughing like I never did before.
Back then, the only person who ever supported and was my only friend was Shouji. My okaa-san didn't ever approve of me, playing the guitar, and having a dream of becoming a famous rockstar. She often said that it was "un-ladylike" and that rockstars are usually good-for-nothing high-school dropouts that did unnecessary things(she was talking about drugs mostly...). She always wanted me and Shouji to only focus on our education and get into good schools...but, I didn't.
I failed most the time, unlike Shouji, he was smart and was living up to my okaa-san's wishes. He always got into the high acedemic schools that I would never get accepted into, because I would fail my tests. To me, it was like my okaa-san liked Shouji better than me.
Anyways, at the music audition, I could remember that it was almost my turn...
"Number 18, please report to the audition room."
I flipped my small piece of paper over, reading the numbers of 18. I felt my heart beganning to beat fast. It was my turn...
I began walking down the hall with my guitar in my hands. At that moment, I was so happy and excited, yet nervous. This was the only chance of a lifetime, it was either now or never. I knew I had to do this, so I could fulfill my dream.
Suddenly, I saw my okaa-san standing at the end of the hall. Her face was pale and she had a strange look on her face that I've never seen before.
"Okaa-san, what are you doing here?" I asked, worried.
A tear came down her face...
"Kaoru, let's go..."
"W-What? Why?"
She grabbed me by my arm and began dragging me down the hall. I resisted and pulled away.
"I can't! I have to audition! You don't understand how important this is to me!"
I saw more tears roll down her cheeks.
"T-There's no time..."
She grabbed my arm and pulled me. Before I even realized it, I was at the hospital...standing in front of Shouji's dead body lying on a bed.
I could remember the harsh feeling I had that moment. Everything I dreamed about was shattered...
Suddenly, my life-long dream to become a rockstar, became pointless...
My okaa-san stood behind me, crying softly.
"H-He was on his way to your audition when...when he got hit by a car..." she sobbed.
My heart stopped.
I felt liquids form in my eyes. He was on his way to MY audition?...
"I-It's your fault...It's all your fault...!" she yelled.
I turned around, astonished.
"W-What...?"
She shook her finger at me.
"If your hadn't of ever had that pathetic dream of becoming a rockstar, he'd still be here!" she then ran out of the hospital room, crying.
Suddenly, it had occured to me...
It was my FAULT...
If only I'd never wanted to become a rockstar and went to that damn audition...maybe...just maybe...he'd be here.
The truth hurt...
I felt like killing myself..
I felt like my whole existance became suddenly pointless...
I hated myself.
The only friend I ever had, Shouji...I lost him..
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I set my guitar down beside me and layed back in my bed.
"Shouji.." I whispered.
After his death, I had removed the stupid dream of mines of becoming a rockstar out of my life. I only focused on my education, trying to live up to my okaa-san's wishes. Not only did I hate myself for being the one who caused my own brother to get hit by a car...but my okaa-san hated me also. She even began to stop talking alot to me and stopped celebrating my birthdays..
You know, it hurts alot, when your own mother hates you...
It hurts alot..
I felt tears rolling down my cheeks. I began to cry...
I had no friends..no-one at all...
Soon, I realized I had cried myself to sleep...
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BEEP!
BEEP!
BEEEEEEEP!
Damn it...
My eyes popped open, letting in the bright sunlight, that blinded me. I covered my eyes, rising from my bed, and noticing it was...wow...1:46 PM! After last night, I guess I was thinking too much and just totally passed out. Atleast, I didn't have school today, gladly enough it was Saturday. I stood up and stretched my arms far out.
Grrrrr...
My stomach growled, haha...meaning I was hungry.
Anyways, I walked out into the kitchen, noticing a small white piece of paper in the middle of the table. I picked it up seeing that it was okaa-san's handwriting scribbled on it...
At work and won't be home til late tonight, feed yourself tonight. Bye.
Wow...
What kind of note is that? "Feed yourself, tonight. Bye." What happened to the usual loving mother-to-daughter,"Sorry hun, love you!" I sighed. Like that would ever happen...my mom never tells me she loves me or anything nice. I opened up the fridgerator and scanning through trying to find something to eat.
Bacon? No. Eggs? No. Breakfast items? No, not at 1 in the afternoon, heck no. Mayonaise? No. A jar of jelly? No. Left-over noodles from three nights ago? Ew no.
My eyes fell upon a to-go box from the Mandelien Restraunt sitting beside the jar of jelly.
Bingo. Food...yay.
I grabbed it and opened it up..
Ah what the heck...
There's no food in it...thanks, okaa-san.
I rolled my eyes, throwing the box away, and walking into my room to change. I guess that means I'd have to go out and buy myself food. I slipped into some blue jeans and a Last Blossom, blue and black hoodie (my fave), and got my small wallet of money, then headed out the door.
I began to walk down the street, no even knowing where I was going, because the truth is...I don't know. Where could I eat!
As I walked past a fancy coffee/doughnut cafe called, The Lounge, I heard loud music from inside.
"Kimi ga seou itami no hate ni wa
miushinatteita kanousei ga matteite
namida mo sugi ni wasurete shimatte
atarashii kairaku ni oboreru mon sa!"
I stopped dead in my tracks. Wait a second, I knew that song! It was "Barairo No Sekai" by Last Blossom! I immediatly walked back and went into the cafe...and died.
Seriously, I died...(well not literally)...almost atleast..
Why...WHY WAS HE THERE!
Right when I walked in, I saw HIM, the auburn-haired guy on the cafe's stage, singing "Barairo No Sekai" with some other guys playing instruments.
No way...
When the song finished, the cafe owner walked on-stage and got the microphone from the auburn-haired guy.
"Thank you, Himura-san and the rest of Last Blossom for that excellent performance!"
I couldn't believe my ears...that guy was...Last Blossom's singer, Kenshin Himura? I was a huge fan of Last Blossom, but I never really knew what they looked like...nor have I seen them live.
Kenshin got the microphone back and said,"Thank you, Shigure-san and thank you for all that watched us here today. I hope you all enjoyed our performance." He looked around while saying it and then he finally layed his eyes on me."Ah..well um, we'll be performing again later tonight, good-bye everyone!"
The whole cafe clapped. Kenshin grinned at me and got off stage with his bandmates. I couldn't believe it, it was Kenshin Himura from Last Blossom. I watched him walk towards me. My palms became sweaty and I began to feel absolutely nervous.
"Well, well. If it isn't, Kaori!" he said, happily and smiled.
Ooh I liked his smile...but great...he didn't really even remember my name correctly like he said he was.
"It's Kaoru." I corrected.
Kenshin laughed.
"Ah gomen, Kaoru. So, what brings you here? OR is it that you wanted to see me?"
"W-What? I didn't even know you were here!"
He pointed at my hoodie."Looks like you did, though."
He winked.
I looked down and noticed I had my Last Blossom hoodie on. Crap, I forgot. I folded my arms and covered it.
"W-Well, still I didn't know!"
He laughed.
"Hey Kenshin, uhm...who's this chick?" a guy with spikey-brown hair came up to him.
I turned red.
"Ah, this is Kaoru Kamiya, this is my girlfriend." he said and grinned at me.
"W-WHAT?"
He and the spikey-haired guy laughed.
"She's a beauty..." the spikey-haired guy said and smiled."My name is Sanosuke Sagara, but call me Sano, anyways, I'm the drummer of Last Blossom." He held out his hand and I shook it.
"Ah, nice to meet you, Sano.."
Oh my god, I can't believe it. I was actually meeting Last Blossom. (well atleast some of the members)
"Yo, Ken. I'm gonna get Soujiro and Aoshi." Sano said and ran off.
Kenshin faced me."So, hun. Whatcha doing?"
Hun?...He's calling me HUN?...(hey, I kinda liked it)
"Uhm, I was looking for a place to eat, that is until I heard you guys playing and I came in here."
"Ah, I see. Wanna come eat with me and the band?"
Wow, go out and eat with Last Blossom? I was definately starting to have a good day..
"Um well, would it be okay?" I asked.
He laughed."Of course, silly! Well, unless you don't want to..."
He stuck out his bottom lip and began whimpering.
"Fine."
"Yay!" he clapped his hands."Well, be right back! I'ma get the guys."
With that, he dashed away. I stood there...damn was I just so happy. Not only did I meet him again, but I'm getting to eat with Last Blossom! I can't believe I didn't even know that he was the singer of Last Blossom. I felt so dumb.
I saw Kenshin come back with his bandmates."You guys, Aoshi and Soujiro, this is Kaoru Kamiya, my GIRLFRIEND!" he introduced me.
"W-What..?"
Again, he calls me his girlfriend...
Aoshi Shinomori, the bassist of Last Blossom, was a tall guy with short black hair and icy-cold blue eyes, he looked so...so..I don't know, emotionless? I couldn't at all read his face. All he did was nod his head at me. Soujiro Seta, guitarist and backup singer, was a short guy with short dark colored hair and blue eyes. To me, Soujiro was somewhat weird...he didn't even stop smiling. Creepy...
"Nice to meet you, Kamiya-san!" chimed Soujiro and shook my hand.
I smiled.
"Ah, no nice to meet you, Seta-san."
"Please call me Soujiro." he said, never stopped smiling.
"Alright, Soujiro, then please call me Kaoru."
He shook his head, smiling still, and looked over at Kenshin.
"So Himura-san, where are we going to eat?" he asked.
Kenshin lightly hit Soujiro on his arm."You moron, I told you to stop calling me that, call me Kenshin. It's weird when you do that, dude. We've known each other since forever you know."
Soujiro laughed."Ah-haha sorry."
"I guess we could go out to that restaurant down the street." Kenshin said and looked at me."What's a good restaurant around here?"
Everyone looked at me.
"Uhm...Uh, I-I really don't know." I said, nervously.
"Hey! I saw a small corner restraunt called, Tokyo Shines down the street. It looked pretty good." said Sano.
"Well, I guess we're going to Tokyo Shines." said Kenshin and smiled at me.
When we entered the restaurant of Tokyo Shines, it was full of old people. We all sat down at a table in the corner.
"Nice choice, Sano." said Kenshin.
Sano laughed.
"I'm sorry, but why are we eating here?" I asked.
Kenshin laughed."Sorry, we needed to eat at a place that wasn't full of younger people, who would be our fans and raid us. But you know, if you don't want to, we could eat somewhere else." he said.
"Ah, no! It's fine." I said and smiled.
A waiter came up to us with menus and placed it on our table.
"What would you guys like to drink?" he asked.
I suddenly started laughing and everyone looked at me.
"Sorry.."
I studied our waiter, he was kind of tall, long curly hair, and had a somewhat ...gay voice. I read his name tag...
"Hi, my name is Kamatari." it read.
Ah, I don't know why I'm making fun of him for..
"I'll take a bottle of sake." Sano said.
"Dude, no not now.." said Kenshin, glaring at Sano.
"Ah fine, water please."
"I'll have a cup of tea, please." said Aoshi.
"I would like to have a Orenji soda." said Soujiro, smiling.
"Ah...uhm. How about Orenji for me too?" said Kenshin.
Everyone looked at me.
"And you, miss?" asked the Kamatari.
"Uhm, water please." I said, nervously.
Kamatari scribbled it all down."I'll take your orders after I bring you your drinks." then he walked off.
I watched everyone at the table get their menus and looked at it. It was weird. I was eating out with Last Blossom, because I met the singer on a subway, he said I was beautiful, yet I'm confused. Why would he ask me to eat with his bandmates?
"So, what are you getting, hun?" he said, setting down his menu.
There he goes again with the hun.
I blinked.
"What?" he asked, smirking.
"Umm..what? Sorry, I'm like...confused..." His eyebrows frowned.
"About what?"
"Like, this whole situation! I don't even know who you are. And your calling me hun..." I pointed out.
He laughed.
"The point of eating out with someone is to getting to know them, Kaoru. Besides, I think your attractive." he said and winked.
For one split second, we made eye contact. I melted...
"So, what are you getting again?" he asked.
I hurried and got back into focus. I grabbed my menu and scanned through.
"I guess I'll just get a salad." I said.
"WHAT! A salad and water!" he cried and slammed down his menu. His jaw flew open."Who the heck orders just a salad and water?"
"I do..." said the waiter, Kamatari walking up to us."I totally lost like five pounds on just eating salad and water!"
Kenshin raised his eyebrow at him.
"Uhm, well what do you guys want?" he asked.
"I would like to have the number 15 without the celery and------...dude, is that lipstick your wearing?" said Sano.
Kamatari laughed."No! It's Lancome's new flava lip-gloss, silly! It's really pretty isn't it?"
Everyone gave him a strange look. (seriously, I think he's gay..) He gave a nervous look and looked at Sano.
"You were saying?"
"Uh yea, a number 15 without the celery and no onions, please."
Kamatari scribbled it down.
"I want some okonamiyaki." said Kenshin.
"With green onions?" asked Kamatari.
Kenshin nodded.
"And for you, darling?" Kamatari looked at me.
"I'll have a ...umm..a..." Kenshin stared at me like he was going to eat me alive.
I could almost hear him chanting.."Get something else or dieeee..."
"A bowl of hot ramen!" I quickly said.
Kamatari nodded and scribbled it down. After he got everyone's order he left.
"Man, something is up with that guy..." said Sano, rolled his finger around his head."Craaazzzy..."
Everyone laughed.
"Soooo, what made you change your mind?" asked Kenshin, with a grin and folded his arms.
"Because you threatened to kill me..." I said.
He laughed.
The restaurant began to play some music.
"Afuredasu namida nara ima wa tomenakute ii
kanashimi no saigo ni wa hikari ga sashikomu hazu
Stay...Stay...Stay...Stay..."
I had recognized the song, instantly. It was "I Will" by Sowelu.
Before I realized it, I was singing outloud along to the song..
"Sou, onaji kimochi shinjiteta
keshita MEMORI- mitsumeteta
ima anata ni aenai kedo
setsunai omoi kakushite..."
I noticed everyone at the table staring at me with their mouths hung open.
"Ah, I'm sorry. I really love this song..." I said, feeling stupid for singing outloud.
"W-Wow...you're amazing.." said Kenshin.
"Yeah. Wow. Are you in a band?" asked Sano.
Aoshi nodded.
"Really. You have an amazing voice, Kaoru-san." said Soujiro, STILLLLLL smiling.
I turned red.
"N-No, but I can play guitar and all." I said.
"That's great. You're talented." Kenshin said and smiled."I'd love to see you play the guitar sometime."
Kenshin stared at me.
"What?"
"You know your eyes remind me of some guy..."
"Who is he?"
"His name is Shouji..."
I stared at him.
"S-Shouji?"
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"It was my fault.."
Thank you for reading ! Oh I forgot to mention this in my other chapter 1, part 1...that all the songs I will use are probably other artist's song..like the first on in the other part was called,"Fourth Avenue Cafe" by L'arcenciel, that song was one of Rurouni Kenshin's theme song. (3rd ending, I believe...correct me if I'm wrong) and the first song..."Things Left Behind" by Nana Kitade (whom sings the ending for FullMetal Alchemist) and the third song where Kaoru sings, "I will" by Sowelu is one of FMA's theme song.
BTW...I made up Shouji...
anyways, its 4 AM...IM DONE...I started this at like 2 am...crap I suck at writing..IM SO SLOW lol...anyways...please read and review loves you...
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