Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Always Friends ❯ Mixed Emotions ( Chapter 5 )

Always Friends

Talking "…."

Thoughts `….'

The next characters PROV **********

Mixed emotions

Chapter 5

On the way back to the Akabeko, my thoughts keep wondering to Kenshin. I didn't know why. I blinked when I realize that he asked me what the photo looked like. I blushed. `Did he like me?' I thought. `Why would he ask me that?' all these questions came flooding into my head and sooner then I knew it I was standing at the front door of the Akabeko. My thoughts stopped and then they turned to Enishi.

I hope he wasn't angry with me…I did make a big commotion. I took a deep breath and walked in. inside it was the same as it was before Sanosuke came in. a few people looked at me weirdly but I can understand that. I scanned the room for Tae and I saw just walking though the kitchen door. I walked over to the bar and sat down. I looked at the coffee that Tae had pouring me before and it was cold. I put my elbow on the bar and rest my head on my palm.

I felt some one towering over behind me. I swallowed. "What was all that about before?" asked the stern voice. I turned around to see Enishi there with his arms cross, frowning down at me. I looked at the ground like a little child has been told off by their parents for something they did. I started to fidget and try to find the right words to explain what happened. "I'm…err…I…err…didn't…Ohh!" I mumbled. I signed and looked up at him. One of his eyebrows was raised. "It's a long story" I said finally. He closed his eyes and smiled. He walked over to the seat next to me and sat down. "I have a lot of time, tell me what happened" he said.

I blushed and looked away. I didn't know weather to tell him or not. "Kaoru?" he called. I quickly looked at him and looked straight back at the wall. "It's…really embarrassing…what happened" I said. He chuckled. "I'm sure it's not that bad" he said. I slowly turned and looked at him. "It is" I said plainly.

He narrowed his eyes thinking. "Let me guess?" he asked. I nodded my head in agreement. He would never guess. I smiled and giggled. "Hmm…Lets see…umm…How old are you Kaoru?" he asked. I blinked and looked at him weird. "What?" he asked confused. I shook my head. "I'm 19 years old" I said proudly "and how old are you?" I asked. "21" he said. "Now…Let's see…You went to a friends place and had some alcohol and did something stupid?" he confirmed with a nod. I was a bit stunned. "Yeahhh…How did you know?" I asked confused. He smiled. "Ahh, Drunken madness" he said. "Drunken…madness?" I repeated confused. "Yeah, when yah drunk and you have no idea what the hell you're doing and have no control over you're self" he half giggled. I signed and lightly dropped my head on the bar counter.

I felt a warm hand land on my shoulder. "It can't be that bad? I have to admit that I have done some very embarrassing stuff and it still makes me embarrassed when I think about it. I always wonder why I exactly did some of the stuff I did" Enishi said comfortingly. I looked up at him amused. "What did you do that was so embarrassing?" I asked. He took his hand off my shoulder and looked away. "Maybe some other time, you're changing the subject" he said. I saw a faint blush on his cheeks under his sun glasses. He looked at me "What?" I looked closer at him and a huge smile crossed my face. "Enishi are you blushing?" I asked completely amused. He quickly turned his head away from me so I couldn't see. "Enishi you are blushing. Oh my god Enishi's blushing"

"No I'm not." He said annoyed. "Yes you are" I giggled.

He shoved his hands into to his face and covered his face from view. "Stop it, you're making me blush even more Kaoru" he said. I started to laugh at him. He looked at me. "Then why don't you tell me what happened with you and that tall lanky guy?" he said. I stopped laughing in a instant and I blushed. "Nothing happened to me and Sanosuke! It's was with someone else" I snapped. My eyes widened and my hand slapped my mouth and stayed there. "I can't believe I just said that" I mumbled into my hand. "Opps…" I said quietly. Enishi smirked evilly. "Oh so now it's someone else?" he said curiously. I looked away.

"Kaoru what ever you did you probably didn't mean for it to happen" he said seriously. I looked back at him pathetically. "Come one Kaoru just tell me" he said. I shook my head. He smiled. "I'll tell you what I was blushing about before if you tell me first" he said. I didn't get time to answer because Tae came in holding a phone. She walked up to me and handed me the phone. I took it and covered the voice speaker and mouth "who is it" she smiled and shrugged. "Err…one minute Enishi" I whispered. I put the phone to my ear and said "Hello?"

"Hello Kaoru?" asked a chirpy voice. "Yes this is Kaoru…is that you Misao?" I asked. "Yeeesssss" she squirreled. I took the phone a bit away from my ear because it was really high pitched. "Why are you so happy Misao?" I asked. "Sanosuke called me on my cell phone and asked where I was and he said that he had something really important to tell me" she said happily "Anyway I gave the address of my work and he came by and showed me the photo of you and Kenshin. It was SOOOOOOO cute. Then he asked where you would be and I said that you would probably be at home. So he went there but you weren't there and I told him to go to the Akabeko and he did. I haven't heard from him since. Did you see him there?" she asked

"Yes I did and I tell you what he won't be able to stand up by him self. I taught him never to mess with me. He paid for what he did" I said coldly. I heard Enishi giggle; I turned to him and glared deathly at him. He stopped giggling and looked at the roof innocently.

"Kaoru is he alright?" Misao asked concerned. "Yeah he should be fine, a few broken ribs and a couple of burses." I said casually. I heard Enishi gasp and saw him look at me in shock. I couldn't help but smile evilly.

"What time do you finish work?" I asked. "Umm…about 5pm" she said. "Alright I got to go. I'll see you then. Bye" I said. "Bye" she replied. I hang up the phone and looked around for Tae. "Tae?" I called. She came and I handed the phone to her while saying thank you.

"Well that was a pretty serious conversation" said Enishi. I looked at him and he was looking at me. "Did you bash up that tall lanky guy that came in here before?" he asked. "Yeah I did" I said proudly. "Now why did you do that?" he questioned "Did it have to do with last night?" I blushed and looked at the wall again. He put his rested elbow on the counter and looked at me. "It didn't it, otherwise you wouldn't be blushing" he half laughed. I gripped my hand and I completely forgot that I had to pay for the broken wooden spoon. I turned to him still blushing slightly and handed him what was left of the wooden spoon. He held out his hands and took it. He looked up at me confused. My eyes drifted down to the bits and pieces of the spoon and they drifted back to his face and then quickly darted to the wall. "I…err…kinda…stole it…and use it to…bash Sanosuke…sorry…" I confessed. Enishi frowned and then started to laugh.

I looked at him weird. He put the left over's on the counter and wiped some of the tears that was forming in his eyes. He looked back at me amused, "Know wonder why he would have a few broken ribs" he half laughed. I smiled.

"I'll pay for it" I said. He shook his and still having that bright smile on his face. "Nah it's alright, don't worry about it" he said. I looked at him and he looked at me. We stared at each other for a while. I quickly realized what I was doing and blushed furiously and looked away. "I got to go Enishi, see you some other time" I said while not looking at him in the eye. When I look at him in the eye I…just wont to do something…like…kiss him…I gasped at the thought and blushed even more. I stood up and so did he. "Is there something wrong Kaoru?" he said while putting a hand on my shoulder. I looked at his hand and said quickly "No there's nothing wrong"

"Then why are you blushing?" he asked concerned.

"I have to go. I completely forgot that Kataha will be coming to my house soon I got to go seeya Enishi" I said and walked away quickly. "Bye" he called after me.

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I got a bit curious and confused. `Why did Kaoru leave in a hurry? Oh she had a friend coming to her house…but why was she blushing?" I wondered. Tae came in with some coffee. I looked at her. "Where's Kaoru?" she asked. "I made this coffee for her"

"She left in a hurry saying that she had to go and see a friend by the name of Kataha" I said. "Kataha?" she asked. "Do you know her?" I asked. I knew that Tae was Kaoru's best friend and she would do anything for her. "No I don't" she said. I frowned. `That's weird…if anyone knew who this person was she would or that Misao girl she was talking about' I thought. Tae signed and put the coffee on the counter. "Would you like some coffee Enishi?" she asked me politely. "Yes that would be nice. Thank you Tae" I said while sitting down again. Tae poured the coffee and I drank it slowly. I kept on wondering you this Kataha person was.

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I was speed walking down the mains streets of Tokyo and then suddenly broke into a run. I was running the complete opposite direction of my apartment but I didn't care. I keep running and running until I bumped into someone and I fell back and I heard a muffled "Oro"

I opened my eyes to see who I bumped into and I couldn't believe my eyes. I was still on the floor and the person got up and looked down at me. He was as shocked as I was. We stared at each other. I couldn't close my mouth but I did. I got up and dusted my self off. I looked back at him.

His long flaming red hair was waving in the wind and his violet eyes were staring into mine. `What a beautiful site' I thought. I blinked. `What was I thinking? First I was thinking about kissing Enishi and now I'm daydreaming about this hottie in front of me. `Hottie?' Where did that come from?' I thought. I started to get extremely frustrated.

"M-miss Kaoru…" Kenshin spoke softly.

I shook my head back into reality and looked at him. "Are you alright?" he asked concerned while taking a step forward. I signed. "Why is life so complicated sometimes?" I asked myself out loud. Kenshin looked at me confused. I realized what I said and looked at Kenshin. He was so close to me. Well not that close but close. But it sure did feel like it. I felt a slight blush crawl it's way onto my cheeks while I looked at him.

"Are you alright Miss Kaoru?" he asked again. "Yeah I'm fine…" I said slowly while drooling at the sight of him. He was still wearing what he was wearing when I first bumped into him before. I started to panic for no reason at all but I just did. "Umm…Kenshin I'm sorry for bumping into you before hope you are alright because I know I am well see you some other time oh yeah tomorrow well then yeah then bye" I said so quickly and bolted away.

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I watched Kaoru run off from her fast statement and I was left there standing confused. `She sure does like to run off all the time' I thought and smiled. `I wonder way she was running so fast? Did something bad happen? Ws it something I did?' I was starting to get confused and I started to walk back to my house.

Once I arrived I thought where she was heading in such a hurry.

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I thought I was going to collapse any minute. I stopped running and walked over to a brick wall and leaned against it. My eyes slowly drifted closed to wonder in my thoughts.

`I can't believe I just bumped into Kenshin just after I was talking to Enishi. What am I going to do? What do I mean "What am I going to do" it's not like I have a crush on Kenshin and Enishi?' my eyes shot open. "Did I just think that" I asked my self out loud. `Oh yeah I have a crush on Kenshin and Enishi' I thought miserably. `I'm caught between two men…" I said myself.

I thought on it for a while but then a cold wind blew and I shivered. It was already starting to get dark and I looked around. `Where the hell am I?' I thought. I growled in frustration. I was in a place I have never been before and I had no idea where I was…lost…lost in the madness of love…

I signed and pushed my self off the wall. I should start to find a way back home before it's completely dark. I had to keep my head clear and re-trace my steps from when I bumped into Kenshin. I tired to remember where that was but I just ended up getting even more lost.

`Maybe I should look for a pay phone or something' I thought while looking up into the sky. The sun started to set and the sky turned amber, red. Those two colours reminded me of Kenshin and I wondered what it would be like to run my fingers through his long fiery red hair. I shook my head to get the thoughts out of my head and tried to concentrate on what was happening now.

I turned a corner and the lights down the street lit up. I walked down the empty street. Tree's were leading down to the other end of the street while shadows were cast everywhere. All the apartments had their lights on or off and the stairs that lead up to them and mats. I kept walking down the street when I heard some yelling. I stopped and turned around and looked where the yelling was coming from.

It was a male and a female fighting over something. It was coming from the other side of the street and I looked over to the house. I saw the two figures waving their hands at each other and mouths moving, while their shouting was echoing down the empty street. The man was much taller then the women. They stopped yelling and the taller figure turned around and walked out of view.

I heard the door to the house open and the figure stepped out and slammed the door shut. The man chucked his jacket over his shoulder and started to walk down to where I was standing. I started to get nervous and I kept my eye on him. He stopped right across from me and looked over to me. I had a million and one things running through my head but the one thing I stuck to was `run'. Just as I was about to the man spoke up. "Jou-chan is that you?" asked the figure. The man started to walk towards me and he got into the light. "Sanosuke?" I whispered.

"Hey what's up" he said causally as if nothing happened, he walked beside me. I looked at him concerned. "Don't worry about me what about you?" I asked. "Huh? Besides the earlier beating from you I'm doing just fine" he stated. "Sagara Sanosuke, you and I both know that's a lie. What happened in there" I said while pointing to the house that he just came out of.

He looked over to the house for a while and looked back at me. "I don't know what you are talking about Jou-chan" he lied. I glared at him and growled. He looked at me and frowned. He huffed and turned on his heel and walked away. I looked at his retreating figure and I ran after him. "What are you doing out this late at night anyway Jou-chan you know it's dangerous, especially for a girl" he said. I looked at the ground and signed. "I got lost" I said plainly like a child. I heard Sanosuke chuckle besides me. "Come on Jou-chan be serious"

"I am serious" I huffed. "How could you have got lost?" he asked. "I got so caught up in my own thoughts that I wasn't paying any attention to what I was doing and where I was going…and I got lost" I said pathetically. Sanosuke looked down at me and smirked. "And what would you be thinking about that made you get lost hah?" he questioned. I glared at him, "that's none of your concern right now so…" I stopped walking and pulled him to a bench and shoved him down to sit. He groaned a bit in pain and glared back at me. "What did ya have to go and do that for" he complained. I pointed a finger at him "Now you shut your trap and tell me what happened back in that house of yours" I ordered.

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`I can't believe this is happening to me' I angrily thought. I glared back at Jou-chan and I knew from the look in her eyes she wouldn't let me leave. `Why are women so darn stubborn' I thought. I signed and leaned back into the bench. `I guess it would be nice to talk to someone about my problems and get advice' I looked back at Jou-chan who was impatiently waiting for my response. "You may as well sit down…it's a long story" I said angrily.

She walked over to me and sat down looking sat me. I glanced at her and closed my eyes.

"The person I was fighting with was… this girl that I thought was a friend but turned out not to be…" I paused; Jou-chan put a warm hand on my knee for comfort.

I signed I didn't know how to start what happened so I started at the very beginning.

"It started when I meet this girl called Clare. She came from USA and she was very attractive. Blonde, golden hair and green eyes. I meet her at a bar. We talked for…at least 5 hours and she gave me her number and told me to call her sometime. I agreed and I was happy that I meet a nice girl. A couple of days past and I decided that I would call her. I was a bit nervous at first but I called her anyway. She picked up the phone and we talked. She asked if I wonted to meet up with her that day. I said yes and we meet up. We had a great time but it started to get dark and she said that she wonted to see my place. I thought it was a bit weird but I said ok.

We got to my place and I got us some sake. We had a couple of drinks then I remembered her advancing on me…and…then I blanked out."

I stopped; it was a bit hard to talk about something so deep; that still hurt. I felt Jou-chan's hand squeeze my knee. I looked over at her. "Listen you don't have to continue if you..."

"No…I wont to" I cut in, she gave me a sorrowful smile. I looked up at the stars and waited a few minutes to gather my thoughts to say what I was about to say.

"I woke up in the morning and I felt some what different…I was in bed and I had no idea what happened…and…when I got up I was naked…I freaked out, I had no idea how what had happened and how I got like this…I put some pants on and went down to the kitchen where I remember I blanked out…I called for Clare but I didn't get an answer. I looked around for some kinda note or something but found nothing…I wonted to know what happened last night and I thought that I should call her and ask.

I call her about 5 times but no one picked up…I got frustrated and decided to clean up what was left from last night. I chucked some cups in the bin, when I did that I saw a bright orange container…I picked it up and it was some kinda medication…I knew I wasn't on anything so I flipped it around and read the label…" I signed at the memory and pulled the container out of my jacket.

I handed it over to Jou-chan and looked back at the shining stars. I heard her gasp. "She drugged you" she whispered. "Yeah and that's not all…" I angrily said. Jou-chan looked at me and I looked at her. "When I blanked out she took me to my room and…"

TBC...

A/N: Muuuuuuuahahahahahahahahahah! Is that a good cliff hanger? Well I promised I would update and I have. I just got back from my holiday and I had SO MUCH FUN! I got heaps sun burned all well. Well PEOPLE I don't think I will be able to update soon…maybe this week sometime…I have bloody school next week on Tuesday. Yr 10 WOW! Eheheheh kinda excited to see my friends again. WELL REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have no Idea what's going to happen in chapter 6? Got to think about it. I got a rough idea but ain't gonna say anything. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!