Kendo Club

Ch 2 Part 1

Hey everyone! Sry this took me so long, but my writing schedule's been a little 'off'' lately. Alright, this is the FIRST part of Ch 2. The second part will come as soon as I'm done writing it. Hopefull this weekend. ;) Meanwhile... please read and review!

The next morning Kaoru walked through the school doors to be met with the call of 'Kao-chan!' from her friend Sano. She looked around her to see Sano sitting on the bottom step of the stairs leading to the main office and classrooms down the halls on either side.

Kaoru smiled, waved and walked over to him. "Hey Sano, what's up? Where's your girlfriend." She teased, smiling when Sano blushed and protested, "She's not my girlfriend, she's my girl friend."

"Mm hmm." Kaoru commented disbelievingly, then turned to greet two more of her friends as they walked over. "Hi Misao, Aohsi."

"Kaoru!" shouted the small, hyper black-haired girl as she ran over and hugged Kaoru tightly.

"Misao, you'll choke Kaoru if your not careful." Aoshi commented, separating them with a small push on opposite shoulders. Afterwards Misao moved to Aoshi's side, keeping a close watch on the crowds of students moving past them.

Kaoru opened her mouth to ask Sano something about homework when she caught a glimpse of flaming red hair coming quickly towards their group. "Kenshin! Over here!" She called, raising an arm to wave at him.

The red-head looked up, then smiled shyly at her to show his recognition. He then came towards them to stop at Kaoru's side, smile and nod his head.

"How are you Kenshin?" Kaoru asked, glancing towards her friends to notice them looking oddly at Kenshin. She glared at them then turned back to smile again.

"Fine, thank you Miss Kaoru." Kenshin answered, and then silently glanced over at his unnamed companions.

"Oh, silly me." Kaoru exclaimed once she noticed, "here, let me introduce you." She put a hand on Kenshins shoulder, vaguely noticing when he stiffened under her touch. Kaoru pointed at each of her friends in turn. "That's Sano Sagara, short for Sanosuke. Watch out for him, he has a sharp mouth. His girlfriend Megumi should be around here somewhere as well. They usually don't leave each others side." Kaoru teased and was rewarded when Kenshin gave a small smile. Enheartened she continued, "The short, currently chattering girl is Misao Makimachi. Never give her coffee or sugar at the same time, you'll get a migraine as quick as you can say 'caffeine.'" Kenshin smiled again, nodding when Misao took a breath to call his name cheerfully. "Next to her is her boyfriend Aoshi Shinomori. He's quiet almost all of the time, but makes it up with his skills at Kendo."

Kenshin's face paled slightly but he managed to smile and nod. "Hello, its nice to meet all of you."

Sano smiled back, picking his teeth with the ever-present toothpick. "Kenshin right?"

"Yes."

Suddenly the first bell rang, causing them to jump slightly at the loud chimes. They then noticed that they were the only ones left near the stairway, everyone else had already departed to their classes.

"I suppose we should get to our classes." Aoshi suggested as calmly as ever.

Sano laughed. "Yeah, weasel and Jou-chan don't want to be late for their classes again. They don't want to get their first ever detention."

Misao glared at him, "Listen, rooster head, just 'cause your late all the time doesn't mean I, or Kaoru, will be." She grabbed Aoshi's hand and gently led him away, alternating between chatting to her boyfriend and glaring at Sano over her shoulder.

"We should go too Kenshin, you don't want to be late to your first class." Kaoru said looking worriedly up at the clock.

"Where are you two going?" Sano asked as he carelessly tossed the toothpick away.

"History. You?" Kaoru answered, after glancing at Kenshins schedule.

Sano grimaced. "Health." He stood up. "Alright, I'm going. See ya later." Sano waved and walked away, casually turning and walking down the right hand hallway.

"Come on Kenshin, we have to hurry!" Kaoru exclaimed worriedly, grabbing his wrist and starting to run down the hall, with the red-head running next to her easily keeping up.

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They stopped inside the history room just as the bell rang, being saved from a near detention, or tardy mark. Together they let out sighs of relief, then looked around the room to realize that the teacher wasn't even there.

"We're lucky, Mr. Hajime usually punishes late students." Kaoru told Kenshin as she guided him through the jungle of desks, filled with loudly gossiping students, to two seats arranged next to each other in the back of the room.

Just as Kaoru finished taking out her notebook and history book and then began to arrange them on the desk, the teacher walked through the door, frowning angrily as he walked over to set his briefcase on the chair by his desk.

"Saito." Kenshin whispered, his face paling drastically as his fingers clutched desperately at the edge of his desk. Kaoru glanced over at him worriedly, whispering as Hajime began talking. "Kenshin, are you alright?"

He glanced over at her and Kaoru noticed with surprise that his eyes were now violet, with sparks of amber flickering in them. "I'm sorry Kaoru, what did you say?"

She patiently repeated her question and Kenshin forced himself to smile as he answered. "Yes, thank you." Kaoru nodded and then turned back to listen to Mr. Hajime, worried about Kenshins sudden distantness.

Saito's POV

I smirked at the students groans that accompanied my orders for them to get out their notebooks to take some notes. What did they expect from this class, there's notes almost every class and they've already been here for half a year. Miss Kamiya of course already had her notebook out and pencil ready. But I wondered if she was being a suck-up or was just very organized.

"Alright, I'll take attendance while you get out your notebooks." I told them, then walked over to my desk and took out my teacher's handbook to then open it to the correct page. Glancing up at the class I noticed only a few students had done as I asked. "Now!" I barked, they didn't used to call me a wolf for no reason, then smirked again as most of them jumped and began scrambling for their things.

As I scanned down the list, checking people off for being present, I read a name that I hadn't heard in a while, Himura Kenshin. 'So you came back Battousai, but why, for revenge?' I thought darkly, scanning the room for the familiar figure until I saw the familiar flaming hair hiding at the back of the room.

Kenshin's POV

My mind is racing, why Saito? Why now, just when I had just begun to recover from my past. When Miss Kaoru spoke to me and I turned to look at her, I noticed the sudden worry in her eyes and realized that my eyes must have turned amber.

I took a deep breath and forced myself to calm down so my eyes would go back to normal. Just when I had managed to calm myself down enough to stop worrying, Saito called my name.

"I understand we have a new student joining us. Himura Kenshin will you stand please?"

I swallowed and replaced my mask again then forced myself to stand. 'I spoke too soon.' I thought annoyed.

"You are Himura Kenshin?" Saito asked. 'Yes, of course you idiot, do you really have to ask?' I thought sarcastically and answered, "Yes, sir."

"I see. And I suppose you're new to town as well?" Duh.

"Yes sir."

Saito scowled at me and I had to force myself not to smile.

"Don't call me sir, my name is Mr. Hajime." He spoke slowly, as if I was slow. Idiot.

"I'm sorry Mr. Hajime. I guess I was brought up too polite for my own good." At my remark there were laughs from the rest of the class, quickly hushed when Saito scowed darkly at me. A scowl that could easily compare to the sharpness of his sword. I smiled back at him.

"Sit down." He growled. When I had done so he calmly rolled the cart to the front of the room, masking his emotions, but he gave himself away when he slammed an overhead on top of the projector and turned it own with a slam of his hand.

I smirked, glad to have been able to get through to Saito and slouched in my seat, supposedly absorbing the lesson on, what else, World War I.

There were five minutes left in class, and no one was paying attention to the teacher. Saito had been trying to get the students to settle down for the past ten minutes, and was only now giving up. This time persistence didn't pay off so he settled on just giving them the homework.

"Alright, for next class read the next section and do an outline!" Saito yelled over the chaos and talking from the class. "Himura, see me after class!"

Kaoru turned to Kenshin and asked uneasily, "Will you be alright Kenshin? Do you want me to stay after with you?"

Kenshin smiled, but shook his head. "Thank you for your offer Kaoru but please don't worry, I'll be fine."

She smiled, but was obviously still worried about him. "Alright." Kaoru forced herself to say.

"What class do you have next?" Kaoru asked, scanning Kenshins schedule after he wordlessly handed it over to her. "Ah, chemistry with Ms. Kinswi. I have her too. Don't worry, she might be a little strict but other then that she's a wonderful teacher."

Kenshin smiled at her, but then the bell chimed and the volume rose even higher as the students picked up their belongings and joined the rush to get out of the door. Kaoru smiled reassuringly at Kenshin, picked her things up and joined the crowd, then she was gone.

Kenshin slowly refolded his schedule, put it back in his pocket and made his way up to the front where Saito was standing, purposefully avoiding eye contact with his new teacher. Then Kenshin stopped in front of Saito, silently gazing at the floor.

Saito smirked at him. "It's wonderful to see you again Battousai." He emphasized the name at which Kenshin's head jerked up to glare at him with a cold amber stare.

"Don't call me that. I don't go by that name anymore." Kenshin told him with an icy tone. Saito smirked at him again.

"Of course not, now that you're slower and older then before." He teased, causing Kenshin to glare coldly at him again.

"What do you want?" Kenshin asked coldly, turning to look out the window.

"To warn you." Saito said simply, and took out a cigarette, lit it and began smoking.

"You know that there's a no smoking rule at this school?" Kenshin asked, looking warily at the cigarette.

"Yes, but what can they do to me?" Saito smirked.

Kenshin rolled his eyes. "Oh, let's see. They could fire you." He told Saito sarcastically, meeting his teachers eyes and then looking away again.

"No they couldn't." Saito scoffed. The bell to start the next class rang, causing them both to look up at the clock. "You had better go to your next class, but you'll need a pass."

"You said you wanted to warn me about something." Kenshin reminded him, adjusting the position of the books under his arm.

Saito took a draw on his cigarette. "Right." He paused and there was an awkward silence.

"So?" Kenshin prodded the other impatiently.

"Patience Battousai, patience." Saito told him, still smoking.

Kenshin scowled at him. "What do you students think about your disgusting habit?"

"I don't smoke in front of them." Saito informed him, then took the cigarette out of his mouth and dipped it in a glass of water on his desk. "As I was saying, I wanted to warn you to watch your back. Old enemies of yours are still around town and they want revenge for your past deeds." Saito said, then threw the cigarette into the trash bin. "So keep a close tab on your friends, but don't do anything to make them suspicious." Then Saito did a rare thing, he smiled. "But why am I telling you this, you already know all about this type of thing. What was it someone famous said? 'Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer'? That's good advice for your situation."

"I'll keep that in mind." Kenshin looked around, "Don't you have a class now?"

Saito shook his head. "No. I have third hour free. But you don't." He moved to stand in front of his desk, ripped a piece of paper off of something and scribbled a note on it. After Saito handed it to Kenshin with a smirk.

Kenshin took it and quickly read the message. 'Please excuse Himura Kenshin for being late. I needed to talk to him about a certain matter. Saito Hajime.' He glanced back up at Saito.

"What class are you supposed to be in now?" Saito asked, looking at the clock once more.

"Chemistry." Kenshin answered, remembering what Kaoru had told him.

"Turn left out the door, go down the hall, and down the stairs. It's the room at the end. Your teacher is Ms. Kwinski." Saito directed Kenshin, then turned absently back to his desk.

Kenshin nodded, gripped the piece of paper tightly in his hand and walked to the door. Just before he went out Kenshin paused in the doorway. "Saito," he paused before continuing quietly, "thank you, for your warning I mean." Then Kenshin quickly left and walked down the hall, following Saito's directions.

"Your welcome Battousai." Saito quietly told the empty room.

Okay, well thats Ch 2 part one. So... how was it? Good I hope. A lot of work went into it. Of course I already knew what I wanted to write... but still. And the same goes for Part 2 Ch 2. I know what I'm going to write... I just have to write it.

I want you all to know that I did extra research on this chapter... not really. but did you like Saito's entrance? I like him, although he can be a bit annoying at times... all he does is smirk! (Like in this fanfic. oops.) But yeah, more action coming soon. I promise.

To my reviewers:

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Well thats all for now! I promise not to be too long with the next chapter. And i hope you guys enjoy it! See y'all soon.

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