Who Was That Skateboarding Fool!
By Altia
Disclaimer: I can't think of anything original to say here… so I'll just say I don't own it!
A/N: Gah… what a horrible time I've been having. Stupid school. Well, at least it's spring break now! Woo! Anyway, without further ado, Chapter 24!
Chapter 24: What of Megumi's Plan? The Bad Luck Light.
When Kaoru got to school Wednesday morning, a young man she knew from her science class approached her. He was basically what everyone could call a nerd.
"Um, Kaoru, I know something that I think you'll be interested in knowing," said the nerd.
"Oh, really?" Kaoru responded.
The nerd pushed up his glasses, which had slipped from the bridge of his nose, "Yes, well, there's been this big, tall guy walking around telling all the guys that if Kaoru Kamiya asked them to the prom, they should say they had dates already."
Kaoru's eyebrow raised. "Did this tall guy have hair like a rooster?" she asked.
The nerd nodded, "Yes, I don't know his name, but he does have hair like a rooster."
That sounded an awful lot like Kenshin's best friend, Sanosuke. "Thank you for telling me this," Kaoru said politely.
The nerd nodded before quickly walking off.
A sudden flash of anger went through Kaoru. Just something about that whole situation didn't seem right. Kenshin's best friend, Sano, going around and telling every guy that they should tell her they had a date! Not thinking rationally, Kaoru jumped to the conclusion that Kenshin must be behind this. She stormed off in search of the redheaded skater.
Kenshin was just putting away his books in his locker when a very irate-looking Kaoru approached him. She slammed his locker closed, nearly taking his fingers off in the process.
"Kaoru? Is there something wrong?" Kenshin asked with a nervous smile on his face.
"Don't you even try to act innocent with me, Kenshin!" she yelled. "What? You didn't think having me as a girlfriend was enough so you had to get your crony to tell all the guys to reject me if I asked them to the prom!" Kaoru glared at Kenshin, resisting the urge to smack him in the face.
Kenshin's eyes widened. What the heck was Kaoru talking about? "Kaoru, wha-?"
Kaoru couldn't hold her urge back any longer. She gave Kenshin a solid smack across his face, "I don't ever want to see you again!" With that, Kaoru turned on her heels and walked off.
A bewildered Kenshin slowly raised his hand to his offended cheek, a look of shock plastered on his face. What had just happened?
Kaoru sat under a tree, crying tears of frustration and sadness. 'Maybe I was wrong about Kenshin. Maybe he is just like those other skaters…' she thought, bringing her knees up to cover her face.
Kaoru didn't seem to notice her two best friends come and sit beside her. A worried Misao and Megumi attempted to comfort the sobbing Kaoru.
"What's wrong, Kaoru? What happened?" Misao asked, putting an arm around Kaoru.
Megumi offered her silent support by putting a hand on Kaoru's shoulder.
Kaoru managed to contain her sobs enough to speak. She raised her head, her cheeks soaked with the tears she had just shed. "Kenshin… he… did… something… horrible!" Kaoru cried, breaking down into sobs again.
Megumi and Misao exchanged worried looks.
"What did Kenshin do?" Megumi asked.
"He… got Sano to… tell the guys… not to go… with me to prom… He's just like… all those other skaters!" Kaoru sobbed, new tears spilling down her cheeks.
Megumi gasped slightly. Her plan had backfired. She needed to fix this, now. "Kaoru, listen to me. Kenshin wasn't the one who did that… It was me. I thought that you and Kenshin would need a push in the right direction, but all I did was make it worse," Megumi confessed, lowering her head.
Kaoru looked up at Megumi in shock, "Is that true? Then…!" Kaoru gasped. "I have to go apologize to Kenshin!" Kaoru got up and ran back into the school, hoping and praying that Kenshin was still there.
Misao looked at Megumi, "Well, that was interesting."
Megumi just sighed and kept her head down. She hoped she hadn't screwed up Kenshin and Kaoru's relationship.
The skater aforementioned above was not in school. He was slowly skating home. He didn't even feel like going to practice at the skate park. 'What was Kaoru talking about?' he wondered still. He really needed to talk to Sano, but didn't feel like talking to anyone.
He finally made it home. He tossed his skateboard in the corner and began to walk up the stairs to his room. However, before he did, he noticed the flashing light on the answering machine he had neglected the night before.
He sighed and went over and pressed the little button that said 'play.'
An automated voice came on. "You have one unheard message. First unheard message:"
Kenshin hesitated going up the stairs as an unfamiliar male voice came from the loudspeaker.
"Hello, I am calling from the Yokohama Hospital Emergency Room. I'm calling for a Mr. Kenshin Himura. Mr. Himura, you're parents were involved in a very bad car accident. If you could give me a call at…"
Kenshin stood in shock. His parents had been in a car wreck? Could this day get any worse? He grabbed the phone and quickly called the number given.
"Hello? Yeah, this is Kenshin Himura. My parents were involved in that car accident? Yes… Yes, I'll come immediately! Thank you, bye!" Kenshin hung up the phone and grabbed his car keys.
'I've got to get to Yokohama Hospital! But I gotta drive safe…' Kenshin hopped into his Jeep and sped off towards the hospital that held his parents.
Kaoru didn't find Kenshin at school. This alone had worried her. When she got home, she tried to call his home, but only the answering machine picked up. She left a short, sweet message.
"Kenshin, it's me. Listen, I'm sorry about today. It was a big misunderstanding. Please call me back, if not I'll see you tomorrow. I love you, bye."
Kaoru sighed. She was worried. Kenshin usually always picked his phone up. 'He's probably listening to loud music, or maybe he's outside.'
Still, this didn't help Kaoru's worrying. She could tell something wasn't right, and she really wanted to find out what.
A/N: Woo, evil plot twist! Hm, hopefully after the AP tests in May I'll be able to get on a regular update schedule. Until then, you'll just have to cross your fingers and hope I get time. Leave me a review! Tell me how evil my plot twist is!
enchantedsleeper: Sorry it took so long. Well, first she had to deal with this newest plot twist! Yes, eventually. Shishio was just there for comic relief really. I don't think anyone really knows where Kenshin's scar came from… Yes, so many questions…
tintin-chan: Yes I take forever, don't I? I don't bow to anyone's requests! Yes, me too…
crasyducky: Yes, and this time was a slow update…
Kiryuu-500: I know I'm mean. Sorry for the slow update, minion.
Maui: Yes, I've been writing this for quite a while. I try to keep the characters in character. It's hard sometimes though.
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kik-ting: Yes, but Shishio deserves it. Now you know about the light.
RavenC: Yes, poor Kenshin. Kaoru has her reasons to be revealed at a later time. Here's the update.
jessica: Thanks. Enjoy.
angelblade402: Thanks for your constructive criticism/question. The reason for that is, that is just my style of writing. Even though I'm almost 18, I've never had a boyfriend, nor been on a date. So if I seem a bit hesitant on writing romantic things, it's because I've never actually experienced anything like that. Hopefully that answers your question.
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bryttaney: Thanks. Yup, lots of love. Very scary. Poor Kenshin. Obviously Kenshin and Kaoru did. Yea, it took me forever to find the right name. Sorry for taking so long. Enjoy!