Who was that Skateboarding Fool?!
By animeluverthatiam
Disclaimer: Not mine! I don't own a thing! I only own myself, and I made an IOU to myself so not even that is true!
A/N: *sneezes* Yep, it's official… I'm sick… Well, I'll try to make this chapter ok even thought my brain is full of snot…
Chapter 5: Battered Faces and Bruised Egos.
Kenshin stared at the new student who was pulling moves better then Kenshin's. He couldn't even speak because his vocal cords would not function. It was insane. 'I… I can't believe this… He's better then me!'
"Yo, Kenshin? Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Sano asked.
"Yea… I am…" Kenshin said, finally regaining his voice.
Aoshi finally came to a stop at the top of the half pike. Everyone who was watching clapped for him, except Kenshin, of course.
Aoshi walked by the group of skaters and stopped in front of Kenshin. "So, you are this town's renowned skater," he said, more of a statement then a question.
Kenshin nodded.
"Well, if you are so good, let's see your moves."
'Uh oh.' "Ok. If you really wanna see them, I'll show 'em to ya." Kenshin climbed the half pike, for some reason feeling very intimidated. 'Here goes nothing.' Kenshin dropped in. He started with many basic tricks, a kick-flip, a 360, and a few more various tricks. 'Now, let's hope I can nail this last trick…' Kenshin built up speed, getting bigger and bigger air. After getting about 6 feet above the half pike platform, he attempted to do 900 front-flip kick-flip. However, poor Kenshin hadn't perfected this trick yet, and he landed flat on his face and slid a bit.
"Ohh…" all of his skater buddies said, in sympathy for their poor friend.
"Kenshin! Buddy! You ok?!" Sano cried as he ran to his injured friend's side.
Kenshin started to slowly move and tried to get up. He looked at Sano, blood pouring out of his nose. "Do I look like I'm ok, Sano?"
Aoshi walked over and shook his head. "If that was your best move, then you have no chance this Saturday at the competition. What I was doing was child's play. I haven't even begun to skate serious. I will win this competition, and I will be this town's best skateboarder." Aoshi walked away.
"He thinks he's so high and mighty… C'mon, buddy, let's get ya home." Sano lifted Kenshin up, putting his arm around his shoulders and letting Kenshin use him as support.
The blood had somewhat stopped from his nose, but still oozed from the cut on his forehead. And he also had many tiny cuts and a type of rug burn all over his face.
"I will beat Aoshi… but first… I think I'm gonna pass out…" which is exactly what he did.
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Kaoru and Misao chatted happily as they made their way home. Kaoru had made a promise to herself to avoid Kenshin at all costs. However, this would be difficult considering that she had to walk past the skate park to get home.
As they were passing the skate park, Kaoru stopped walking. She had seen a flash of red. Then, she heard the impact. She visibly flinched. She knew that whatever had happened had to have hurt badly. Misao had kept walking but turned around and went back to her friend when she noticed she wasn't there.
Kaoru gasped when she saw a very tall man carrying a badly hurt Kenshin. 'But why do I care? I do I care if he's hurt?!' She saw his many cuts and soon to be bruises.
"Kaoru, isn't that Kenshin?" Misao asked, pointing to the redhead.
Kaoru nodded. She suddenly had the urge to run over and make sure he was ok. 'What is wrong with me?!' she thought. "Come on, Misao. We should be going."
"But, Kaoru, don't you wanna see if he's ok? I mean, even though he's a skater, he's a human being, too. He gets hurt just like everyone else."
"I need to get home. I have a lot of homework to do," Kaoru said, keeping her voice as even as possible, while inside, she was tearing herself apart. She so badly wanted to go help him, but another part kept reminding her that he was a skater, nothing more.
Misao stared at her friend as Kaoru walked away. "I can't believe you, Kaoru! I can't believe that you let your own reasons for hating skaters corrupt you!"
Kaoru kept walking, not looking back, for fear that Misao might see the tears in her eyes threatening to come out.
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Kenshin finally came to in his room. He sat up, but instantly laid back down. He had a throbbing headache. He suddenly remembered why. He also remembered something else. He remembered seeing Kaoru look at him with concern in her eyes, but she walked away. 'Why?' he thought. 'She looked concerned, but she didn't help me.'
Sano walked in, seeing Kenshin was awake. "Yo, bud! How you feeling?" Sano said, in a somewhat loud voice.
"Sano, please, talk quieter. I've got a major headache."
"Sorry, bro. But, besides the obvious, you look like something else is wrong. Tell your best bud what's wrong."
"Well, you see…"
A/N: Wow… this chapter was especially hard. I wonder why. Poor Kenshin got hurt. Both physically and emotionally. I say he should just give up! (All K&K fans throw things at me) AHH!! OK, OK!! I didn't mean it!! Well, here are my thanks for those who reviewed:
sync*in: Sorry. I'm getting to the romantic parts. I want some type of drama and stuff and yea… But it is coming…
Skipper: Here's a somewhat of a cliffhanger. I'll keep on rockin' as long as I can keep the snot outta my brain.
Ayumi: Thanks a lot. Well, I continued. And I plan to continue more…
SailorLoneStar: I'm not planning to put Shishio in, but I might change that… Hiko is like the ultimate teacher and he knows what his pupils are thinking. Especially Kenshin, cuz he's so transparent. You did help me a little.
Kamimura Kaoru: Here's the update. Thanks for your nice comments.
Crystal: Yep, Aoshi is here!
bell: I don't know… what is wrong with skateboarding? Yep, it's from "Skater Boy." I don't know…
sammy-chan: Calm down please… You have so many comments, I don't even wanna try to respond to all of them…
Spellcaster the Diamond: Well he is better then Kenshin. At least right now he is. Here's the update. Hope you know more.