Rurouni Kenshin Highschool Madness!

By Sora Himura

Disclaimer: You know the drill, I don’t own Kenshin, just the DVDs, Sora and Rikkuse…for now…

Chapter 5: Kenshingumi at the Mall!

A week and a day had passed, and it was Friday. Kaoru spent the whole time ignoring Kenshin, but she became friends with Sano, Rikkuse, and Soujiro, especially Soujiro. She spent a lot of time with him, because he was so understanding in the matter of everything. And she liked that he was smiling a gentle smile all the time. Kenshin noticed this and got a little upset. She had really meant it when she said she wasn’t going to speak to him again.

“And she probably really hates me too.” Kenshin thought to himself. He sighed and kept looking for Sano. Then Sano’s familiar voice sounded behind him.

“Hey, what’s wrong, Kenshin? Why are you so down?” he asked him, putting his hand on his shoulder. Kenshin just frowned even more.

“Nothing, Sano. Nothing’s wrong. Everything’s just going perfectly, that it is.” He lied. Sano saw right through him, which wasn’t very hard, considering the expression on Kenshin’s face.

“Yeah, right. Listen, Kenshin. If that girl wants to be like that with you, then ignore her. There are plenty more fish in the sea.” Sano told him, trying to cheer his buddy up.

“But Sano, you know it just isn’t that easy.”

“Man, right now you look so down that it would appear nothing could get your spirits up again. Cheer up! Listen, today I’m planning to go with the gumi to the movies. Misao’s bringing someone. And you know what that means, don’t you?”

“What?”

“Kaoru is one of Misao’s best friends, so Misao convinced her to come. How would you like to tag along?”

“What’s the point? Kaoru will just…pretend I’m not there or something, and that will make me more upset, that it will.”

“I’ll tell Misao and Soujiro to try and convince Kaoru to forgive you, okay? I’m sure she’ll agree. Now, will you come, Kenshin? Please? Anyway, I don’t think I can survive an evening in the mall with 3 girls. Please?” He begged Kenshin, almost on his knees. Kenshin sighed.

“Although you won’t be alone… Rikkuse and Soujiro are coming too… since you sound so desperate… Alright, Sano. I’ll do it for your sake.”

“Alright!! Look your best tonight, Kenshin!”

“What did I get myself into? Ororororo…” He said, feeling dizzy already.

Later, Kaoru was talking with Misao on the phone, while getting ready to go to the movies.

“Okay, explain this to me again, Misao. You’re telling me that you and Soujiro want me to forgive Kenshin Himura?” Kaoru yelled at the receiver. Then Misao shot out from the other side of the line.

“Oh, C’mon Kaoru! Kenshin’s a pretty nice guy. I’m sure he just wants to be friends with you and didn’t mean to embarrass you or anything.”

“Why are you asking me this?” Kaoru replied back, while drying her hair with her towel and looking at her face in the mirror.

“Because Kenshin’s one of our best friends too, you know? And we like hanging out with him as much as with you. But if you don’t forgive him, when we hang with you, we can’t with him, and vice versa. Now, please, Kaoru. Will you forgive him?”

“Hmm, I’ll think about it.” She replied, hanging up and grabbing her brush from her dresser. She sighed and turned on her Raccoon Radio. As she brushed her hair, she listened to the words of the song.

“ ‘I can’t take. I hate you, but I love you, I can’t stop thinking of you…’ Hmm. That seems familiar…“ She blushed. She knew that song resembled her. She says she hates Kenshin, when she really likes him a lot. She’s always thinking of him, either in a hateful or cheerful way. Why couldn’t she forgive him? Just because…?

“It’s because he beat me up in kendo…” she thought to herself. Okay. That was stupid! She only hated him because he had beaten her? He was really nice, and a gentleman, and he was also…cute. She made up her mind. She grabbed the phone and dialed Soujiro’s number. He had been the first to call her, and she had told him she would call him when she made up her mind.

“Hello, who’s this?” answered a voice from the receiver.

“Soujiro? It’s me, Kaoru.” She replied, happy that he was still at home.

“What’s up? Did you make up your mind yet?”

“Well, I decided I’ll forgive him if he shows he’s worthy of being forgiven.”

“And that means…if he asks for forgiveness, right?” Soujiro asked. On the other side of the line, Kaoru shook her head.

“Not just that. He must show me how good of a person he really is. I want to see if he really isn’t a bad person.”

“Oh, ok. Well, bye. I have to go. We’ll be waiting for you at the mall. In front of the movie theater, alright?”

“Sure. Bye, Soujiro.” She hung up. “I hope Kenshin asks to be forgiven. I really want to forgive him…” she then brought her attention to getting dressed for tonight.

Later, at the mall:

(A/n: I’ll dedicate the next paragraph to describing what everyone’s wearing. For those of you who love description…)

Sano was wearing jeans, a long-sleeve black shirt, and black sneakers with red markings, to match his red headband. Sora was wearing jeans, a red tank top, a white jacket and tennis shoes. She also had on a bracelet with little star-shaped charms that matched her earrings. Megumi was wearing a jean skirt, a dark green top, and black sandals. On her finger she wore a golden ring with a diamond, a present Sano had given her on her birthday. (Sano’s family has money. His allowance is HUGE! 300 dollars a month! I wanna be Sano’s little sister!) Rikkuse was wearing baggier jeans than Sano, a dark blue and red t-shirt, sneakers and around his neck he wore a silver chain. From the chain hung a lion-shaped charm. Misao was wearing jeans, a white long-sleeve shirt and white sandals. Soujiro was wearing khaki long pants and a white t-shirt, and black shoes.

“Kenshin, we’re so glad you decided to come!” said Megumi, winking at him as he joined the group. Kenshin just laughed sheepishly. He was wearing black jeans and a dark blue long-sleeve shirt. Around his neck was a silver chain with a dragon charm, the last present his mother had ever given him.

“Oh, you’re looking fairly decent tonight, Kenshin!” Rikkuse teased.

“At least he dresses nicely all the time, unlike a certain someone we all know…” Now it was Sora’s turn to tease.

“Well, at least I’m not a cross-shaped Scar-faced weirdo!”

“What was that?” Kenshin and Sora glared at Rikkuse, pulling out their reverse-blade swords. (God knows where those came from…) Rikkuse quickly hid behind Misao, but seeing it was no use, (Misao’s too short) jumped behind Sano.

“Thanks, Sora. I’m glad YOU can control my baka brother. I know I can’t.” Sano laughed, grabbing Rikkuse by the collar.

“Hey, how come you guys are carrying your swords with you today?“ Megumi asked.

“Oh, just to be safe. We heard Kurogasa’s in the area. He killed three more people last night.” Sora answered. “You can never be too careful.”

“That’s right! I have my kunais with me, too!” Misao said excitedly.

“What about you guys?” Asked Kenshin to Sano, Rikkuse, and Soujiro.

“Me, I have my reverse-blade kodachi.” Said Rikkuse.

“I have my reverse-blade sword, too.” Said Soujiro smiling.

“And my Sano has his punches and kicks, and the Futae no kiwami isn’t that right, sweetie?” Megumi said, hugging Sano and kissing him in the cheek, causing him to blush a little.

“I guess whoever messes with us today will end up in big trouble.” Sano smirked.

“Well, Misao. How long is Kaoru gonna take, anyway?” Soujiro asked.

“Kaoru’s coming. Oh man. I’m in for one heck of a bad night, that I am.” Kenshin said.

“Why do you say that, Kenshin?”

“Why do you guys ask? You know that all she does when she sees me is turn her face at me, and talk to you guys, leaving me out of everything.”

“Oh, don’t worry, Kenshin. Maybe it’ll be different.” Said Sora.

Then finally, Kaoru entered the mall and ran over to the group.

“Hey, you guys. I’m sorry I’m late.” She apologized. She was wearing red Capri pants, a black tank top, and black sandals. Her hair was tied up in a red ribbon, and she had on a silver bracelet with 6 small heart charms.

“I’ll say. What were you doing?” Misao questioned.

“I had to make dinner for Yahiko before I left. I’m really sorry.” (Poor Yahiko-chan)

“That’s okay, Kaoru. Now let’s go see some action!” Soujiro said, raising his fist in the air. Kaoru looked at the group, and she immediately spotted Kenshin.

“Didn’t expect to see you here, Himura.” She said, pretending to still be in bad terms with him.

“Trust me, I wasn’t going to come in the first place, but Sora and Sano convinced me.” Kenshin replied coldly.

“Aww, come on, Kaoru. Give him a break. You know, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say you two are in love with each other!” Misao teased with a big silly grin.

“WHAT????!!!!!!!!! THERE’S NO WAY I’M IN LOVE WITH HIM/HER!!!!!!!!!” they yelled at the same time, although blushing a little. Misao sweatdropped.

“Okay. Okay! That settles it. Let’s just forget about that and go watch the movies!”

The rest of the evening passed without incidents, except when they came out and Rikkuse tried to scare Misao by sneaking up to her and he almost got skewered by her kunais. Then the group walked to the arcade to play some video games.

“Well, guys. What do you want to do first?” Sora asked.

“I don’t know about you guys, but Kenshin and I have a score to settle in ‘Dance Dance Revolution’. Let’s go, Kenshin!” Sano said, dragging a swirly-eyed Kenshin with him.

“What about you, Misao?”

“I challenge Rikku to a game of air hockey!” She declared.

“Challenge accepted!”

“Me and Sora can tag-team with you guys, if that’s okay.” Kaoru said.

“That’s okay, but what about you guys?” Rikkuse asked Megumi and Soujiro.

“We’ll go be the audience in Sano and Kenshin’s competition. Megumi sure will be rooting for Sano, so I guess I’ll root for Kenshin.” Soujiro said, him and Megumi starting to walk towards the ‘Dance Dance Revolution’ Machine.

“So, um, Rikkuse. Is Kenshin good at ‘Dance Dance Revolution?’” Kaoru asked shyly.

“Are you kidding? Kenshin rocks! Nobody has ever beaten him! That’s why Sano always challenges him, with the hope of being the first one to beat him.” Rikkuse told her.

“Why do you ask, Kaoru?” said Misao with a sly grin, sort of like Sano’s.

“Oh, I just wanted to know. That’s all. Hey, do you think he’s going to apologize to me some time in the near future?”

“If you want to forgive him that badly, then why don’t you start by apologizing to him first?” asked Rikkuse, while trying to keep Misao from scoring a point.

“Apologize to him? For what?” Kaoru questioned.

“For what happened on the first day of school. He just wanted to be friends with you. You say you hate him ‘cause he beat you that day. If I were you, I’d brag of having lasted those 5 minutes against HIM. He’s a MONSTER with that sword!”

“But he embarrassed me in what I’m best at, kendo.”

“He tried not to embarrass you too much. Trust me. That wasn’t even 30% of his skills, what he used on you.”

“Th…THIRTY PERCENT??!!! WHAT IS HE, A DEMON????!!!!! HE CAN’T POSSIBLY BE HUMAN!!!!”

“Yep, I’m just really really tough.” Kenshin said, approaching the group, a face-fallen Sano following after him.

“Let me guess… Sano lost again?” Misao guessed right. Sano had been creamed.

“Oh, well. I guess it’s time for me to go home.” Kaoru said, heading for the door.

“But, wait! You’re going all alone? It’s dangerous! Kurogasa might be near. It’s better for us to go in pairs or something.” Soujiro exclaimed.

“I’ll be alright.” Kaoru said, as she went out the doors.

“Well, let’s go, Kenshin.” Said Sora to her cousin, heading to the door too.

“Sora, you go on ahead. I need to do something.” he told his cousin, who afterwards was pretending to be a little reluctant to go. Kenshin knew why…

“What are you doing?” she asked, worry reflecting in her violet eyes. ”I really don’t want to walk home on my own. No matter how good I am, I’m still afraid of Ji-nei Gudo.”

“Hey, Rikkuse. Do you mind walking Sora home? I really don’t want a girl to be alone at night with that murderer around. I know you’ll take good care of her.” Kenshin told Rikkuse, who thought it was all too good to be true. He was going to walk alone with Sora! Maybe now he could ask her what he’d wanted to all January.

“Hey, this might work to our advantage, Megumi. With my baka brother out of the way, we can take a nice romantic ride in my car. Hey, what do you think, babe?” Sano smiled at Megumi. All she could do was beam at him.

“It’s settled then. Come on, Sora. I’ll walk you home.” Rikkuse told her, opening the door for her. She walked out, obviously feeling much safer. And besides, she thought she was lucky. She liked Rikkuse, after all. They had been friends their whole lives, living only a block from each other.

“Misao, I’ll walk you, so you don’t have to be alone. And besides, we ARE next-door neighbors, after all. What do you think?” Said Soujiro with his non-stop smiling. Misao eagerly agreed. The last thing she wanted was to encounter Kurogasa alone, with just her kunais and kenpo to protect her, which wouldn’t be much help against this mad-man’s Japanese sword.

“Well, see you guys on Monday.” Said Kenshin, heading to a restroom to change clothes. Only Sano knew why. Then he set off the way Kaoru had gone.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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