Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ To Draw a Sword ❯ six ( Chapter 6 )

To Draw A Sword

By: Misumi Kanegawa

Disclaimer: I STILL do not own Rurouni Kenshin, but I'm STILL a big fan of it!!!

RK Rules!!! =)

Anyway, let's get on with the story... (By the way, this is my 1st RK fic...)

Chapter 6: Study Problem

Japanese Words:

Busu-ugly

Nani- what

Gomen- Sorry

Baka- stupid

Ite - Ouch

Yahiko coughed and coughed. He felt very hot all over. He tried moving his hands, but every inch of him seem to ache horribly. He grunted as he slowly began to stir. He slowly opened his eyes. He blinked a couple of times before his vision began to clear.

Yahiko tried to turn his head to one side to scan his surroundings.

"Agh…"

Yahiko twitched in pain while he closed his eyes to stop his eyes from watering.

Click!

"H-Huh?"

"Yahiko-chan… are you awake already?"

"Ah- Stop calling me little!!!"

Someone pulled a chair next to him and sat next to him.

"Humph… You're already severely injured, and you're still rude! Baka!"

"What the heck are you doing here anyway Busu?! And where the heck am I?!"

Suddenly, Kaoru hit him on the head slightly as Yahiko quickly yelled in pain.

"If only you're not that injured, I'd hit you harder!"

She crossed her arms in annoyance as Yahiko sighed.

"Fine- I'm sorry Kaoru. There- Happy?!"

Kaoru stared at him for a while before she sighed. She took a cold wet towel from on top of a coffee table next to her. She then took one of Yahiko's arms and began rubbing it gently on his bruised arm.

"Ite-Ite-Ite-"

"Aww- quit howling… You just survived your match with that red-head baka- and now you're crying like a baby?! Jeeze… I can't believe you at all…"

Yahiko looked up at her with questioning eyes.

"What are you talking about? How did you know-?"

"Jeeze Yahiko, how couldn't I know?! The red tag was on your locker for crying out loud!" Kaoru snapped as she wrapped some clean bandages around his forehead, "Jeeze, you've got like a big cut and a huge bruise on your forehead…"

"Hey- It's not like I like it being there!" Yahiko protested while pouting at her as he sighed, "Hey- hold on…where the heck am I anyway?! This doesn't look like my room-"

"Gee… You noticed?!" Kaoru sarcastically said, rolling her eyes as she placed her hands on her hips, "It's my room, okay? So don't pee on it or anything-"

Yahiko turned bright red as Kaoru giggled.

"Just kidding"

"Jeeze… stop tormenting me already!"

"Well… I just called Dr. Genzai… He'll be here shortly to look at you…" Kaoru said, standing up from her seat, "I'll get you something to eat…"

"Eww… you're cooking?! I'd rather have another round with Himura!"

"Fine- Starve to death for all I care!" Kaoru grumbled as she started to walk right out of the room.

"M-Matte!!! I was just kidding for crying out loud!" Yahiko exclaimed as Kaoru turned around to glare at him, "Jeeze… I'm sorry already- `Yuck- why does she have to be the one cooking?! Disgusting?!' Give me something descent though- I hate my food when it's burnt to a crisp-"

"Humph- I wished I did leave you with Himura-"

"Hey- I was just joking!" Yahiko said as Kaoru gave him a death glare before storming out of the room.

`Jeeze… What's with busu…?'

Meanwhile…

`Hmph…who was the dumb stranger- trying to butt in through a fight…' Kenshin thought as a pair of guards opened the huge gates to a huge mansion for him.

`If only I knew what school that freaking girl was from-" Kenshin thought in as a tall mid-aged man in a suite walked up to him.

"Young master Himura, you're back…" he greeted as Kenshin broke away from his thoughts.

"Oro?"

"Your tutor has been waiting for you for hours young master…"

The middle-aged man quickly opened the door to the mansion for Kenshin.

"Who cares- I don't see why I need him, that I don't…" Kenshin grumbled as he walked in through the door.

"But young master…"

"Really Shinji… I don't really care about my grades, I can just follow Sano and the others- it's that simple, my aunt won't be able to notice a thing-"

"Young master, Lady Yukino wishes you to be well educa-"

"Blah Blah Blah- It's just the same old thing- Lady Yukino wishes I do this- Lady Yukino wishes to do that- What am I?! Her dog?!"

"Y-Young master-"

"Fine- I'll go see what the old geezer wants…" Kenshin said with a sigh as he headed up a grand looking staircase made of ivory, "If he thinks he can trick my aunt that easily, he's absolutely wrong with me, that I am positively sure."

"Hmm… I see nothing's broken at all… But you do need to rest a lot Yahiko… and eat lots of vegetables…"

"Yuck! I hate vegetables!"

TWACK!

"Ite! That hurts!!!"

"Don't you have any manners at all you little brat?!" Kaoru said in disgust as Yahiko began rubbing his aching head.

"Really busu- if you want me to get better- I suggest you stop killing me for a change-" Yahiko grumbled as Kaoru eyed him evilly, "And I told you busu- I'm not little!!!"

"Who're you calling busu you little shrimp?!"

"I'm not little!!!

Dr. Genzai sighed at the two bickering before him. He checked his watch while packing all his medical things in his Black Hand bag. He sighed again as he turned back to the two who were still bickering.

"Well, it's best if I leave now… It's getting dark…" said Dr. Genzai as Kaoru turned to him in embarrassment.

"Gomen for keeping you here so long, Dr. Genzai…" Kaoru said, bowing in embarrassment.

"That's okay Kaoru-chan… it's really all part of my job…"

"Well… How about staying for dinner?"

"Ah… eherm… well…" Dr. Genzai said uncomfortably as Yahiko smirked from behind him, "Ah… no thank you Kaoru… ah… I already had my dinner…"

"Oh… uh… okay…" Kaoru said smiling as she opened the door to the room, "Let me see you out the door then Dr. Genzai…"

"Arigato Kaoru… That is so kind of you…"

Once Dr. Genzai and Kaoru left the room, Yahiko started howling with laughter.

When Kaoru came back, she saw Yahiko still giggling on her bed.

"Mou- What's so funny may I ask?!" Kaoru demanded, placing her hands on her hips.

Yahiko started giggling louder as Kaoru gave him a death glare.

"HA- even Dr. Genzai doesn't want to taste your cooking!!! You're the worst cook ever!!!"

BLAG!!!

"Ite!!! Stop it!!! I'm not yet that well you know!!!

"Well you better shut up Yahiko-chan!!! If you criticize my cooking one more time- I'm shoving you off the window!"

"B-But your apartment is on the eighth floor!!!" Yahiko stammered, his face turning pale.

"Humph- then I suggest you shut up if you still want to live-" Kaoru snapped as she sat down on her seat next to her bed and got some food from the nearby coffee table, "Besides- All I made was Tea, Fruit Salad and Vegetable Salad-"

"Yuck! I hate Vegetables!"

TWACK!

"Stop complaining and start eating- you act so much like a little brat sometimes Yahiko-chan," Kaoru sighed in annoyance as she got up from her seat.

Yahiko watched her walk to the door and open it. She turned back to look at him as she sighed.

"Listen- I'll call the school- I'll tell them you're not coming tomorrow- is that okay with you?"

Yahiko blinked uncertainly at her as he nodded his head. Kaoru smiled at him.

"Just stay there for just this time- but tomorrow, if you get better- you're going back down to your apartment-got that?!" Kaoru said as she crossed her arms, "And don't go peeing or anything on my bed okay?! I love my bed-"

"What do you think I am, a little kid?!" Yahiko exclaimed indignantly as Kaoru started to giggle.

"Well duh…" She said smiling as she walked out of the room, closing the door behind her.

Yahiko sighed, shaking his head in disgust.

`Jeeze…Girls…'

The next day… a bus stop near Tokyo High…

"Ohayo Kaoru-chan! How are you?"

"Ohayo Misao-chan… I'm fine, don't worry about me…"

"So… where's Yahiko?"

"Huh?"

"You two always come together, right?"

"Um… you see…" Kaoru said, scratching her head in embarrassment as both of them turned to a street that wasn't paved yet, `This is the place…'

"Well? What happened to him?! HELLO?!" Misao said irritably, waving her hand over Kaoru's dazed expression.

"Huh? Wha- Did you say something?!" Kaoru asked, jerking her head back in surprise.

Misao pouted at her as Kaoru sighed.

"Gomen… I'm guessing you were talking about Yahiko-chan…"

"Well duh…"

"He's at my place… He's resting…"

Suddenly, Misao froze her place. Kaoru turned around and see Misao's face turning red.

"Y-You- and Yahiko- sleeping in one roof?!" Misao gasped in shock as Kaoru hit her on the head.

"Mou- stop thinking dirty thoughts girl!" Kaoru exclaimed, blushing madly, "He slept in my room, I slept on my living room couch!"

"But still…" Misao mumbled, shaking her head furiously, "Why was he sleeping with you anyway?"

"I saved him from them- one of them that is…" Kaoru mumbled, looking away from her, "I saved him from Himura…"

"NANI?!?!?!"

Suddenly, Misao started running around in circles around Kaoru.

"This- is not good… not good at all…" Misao mumbled to herself as Kaoru watched her in bewilderment, "… not good at all…"

"What are you mumbling about?!" Kaoru exclaimed, halting Misao to a stop, "And stop going around in circles- you're making me dizzy!"

"Kaoru! This is bad! Himura- of all people! Himura?!" Misao said gloomily, "If they find out…"

"If they find out what? Who's gonna find out? You're not making any sense at all…" Kaoru said hotly as she let go of Misao.

"C'mon then- we better head for school- we're going to be late…" Kaoru mumbled, leaving Misao behind her.

"HA! You arrived at last! Where were you? I wanna hear the details of the fight you had with the little shrimp, Sano said, laughing out loud as Kenshin sat down on a nearby bench"

"Shut up Sano- I'm not in a mood to talk today" Kenshin snapped as Aoshi stared at him.

"Why? Did that punk do all of a sudden- defeat you or something?" Aoshi said smirking as Kenshin glared at him, "Ha- the great Himura, defeated by a shrimp!"

Suddenly, there was a clash of swords. Kenshin had his sokabattou out while Aoshi blocked it with his kodachis acting like scissors.

"Don't you dare insult me like that-" Kenshin snarled at him as Aoshi just glared at him with- his eyes giving Kenshin his usual cold look.

The two broke up and was ready to attack each other again, when Soujiro suddenly swung his katana between them and stopped it midway- blocking any possible attacks the two want to give the other. Aoshi cursed under his breath as he sheathed his kodachis.

"Guys… let's not fight… we're the greatest around here- there's no chance a mere child like him could actually defeat Mr. Himura," Soujiro said smiling as Kenshin quickly sheathed his sword, "I'm sure it has nothing to do at all with it… Mr. Himura always does his best in battle…"

"Yeah right- except when it comes to girls…" Aoshi muttered sarcastically as Kenshin blood boiled hot. He clenched his fist hard as Sano snickered.

"Hm… I'm guessing it just had something to do with his studies… hahaha- a total nerd…" Sano scoffed as Kenshin turned to him with his eyes turning gold, "Hey- just kidding! Jeeze, you look scary with your eyes turning a different color… it's like you're one big psycho you know…"

"Hmph…" Kenshin mumbled as he turned away from them. "So what if I do have study problems? What do you care?"

"Jeeze Kenshin- We're your friends- of course we care-" Sano said, turning to the other two, "Right guys?"

"I don't really want to put it that way… I can still beat him up if I wanted to…" Aoshi grumbled, rolling his eyes.

"What's wrong with your studies anyway? You're like the brainiest guy among us!" Sano exclaimed as Kenshin shrugged.

"Let's just talk about something else…" Kenshin grumbled as they heard the bell ring, "Oro?"

"Mr. Himura! We're going to be late!!!" Soujiro exclaimed running past him as Kenshin just blinked at his friends fleeting backs, "MR. HIMURA!!!"

"Oro Oro Oro…" Kenshin said as Sano came back for him and carried him by the collar and dragged him inside the school building.

Later that lunch... Misao and Kaoru walked in the cafeteria. But all of a sudden, Misao stopped Kaoru from going any further.

"What's wrong?" Kaoru asked as Misao pushed her right out the cafeteria, "Did the Slushie machine explode again like last week?"

"Uh… I don't think so…" Misao said, blinking before she shook her head furiously, "Matte- that wasn't it- You can't go in there Kaoru-chan-"

"Uh… and why not…? I paid for the miscellaneous fees of this school too you know," Kaoru said, crossing her arms, "Besides, I'm hungry- so move…"

Kaoru tried to walk past Misao, but Misao just spread her arms out in front of the cafeteria doors- blocking Kaoru's path.

"What- is- with you?!" Kaoru exclaimed hotly as she tried pulling Misao away from the doors, "Let me through!"

"No way!!!"

"Why not?!"

"Because-"

"Because what?!"

"Because…"

"Because?"

"Because-"

"Just tell me already!!!"

Misao sighed as she pulled Kaoru to the side away from the cafeteria doors.

"You can't go in there… cause… cause… because they're in there…" Misao stammered as Kaoru blinked at her blankly.

"Wha-?"

"I said, they're there!" Misao said in disbelief, "You know- The F4!"

"So…"

"So?! You can't just walk in there?!"

"Yes I can…" Kaoru insisted, "I'm not scared of them-"

"Use your head Kaoru- Yahiko's absent today because of one of them- what more if the four of them joined forces against you?!"

Kaoru sighed. There was no point arguing against an obvious thing such as that.

"Then if you won't let me in- Get me something good to eat and meet me out in the school garden, okay?" Kaoru said as Misao nodded.

"But you owe me- I don't give things away for free- especially food!" Misao said grinning sheepishly as Kaoru fell down anime style.

"So… you're telling me… you failed math- and science- and English-"

"Jeeze Sano- you don't have to recall every pop quiz I've failed yesterday-" Kenshin grumbled as he leaned on his seat, "You can just check my whole class list, I've failed everything on it except PhysEd, Health and Home Ec."

"Well… I don't think anyone really fails those subjects…" Aoshi said, combing his hair, "I told you- there's no point studying-"

"I suck at everything…" Kenshin groaned hitting his head on the table.

"Gee Mr. Himura… you can follow my method" Soujiro said smiling, "I only study when there are tests coming up- if it's just pop quizzes… I just guess… it's easy"

"Right…" Kenshin said sarcastically, "And how do you suppose that will help my grades go up?""

"Bribe them with money of course!" Soujiro said smiling as Kenshin made his head fall on the table.

"Argh!!! You guys are not helping!!!" Kenshin complained as a group of passerby's looked at them curiously.

"Jeeze Himura- you don't have to over react-" Aoshi said, rolling his eyes as he winked at a cute lady who just passed by.

"Hmm… and your tutor got mad at you- and threatened to call your aunt in the US?" Soujiro asked as Kenshin sighed in defeat, placing his head on the table and covering it with his hands.

"That's harsh… why didn't you just try bribing him?" Aoshi asked as Kenshin began hitting his head on the table, "Hey Hey HEY! Don't start killing yourself off yet!"

"Oro Oro Oro" Kenshin said swirly eyed as his head fell with a thud on the table.

"Jeeze Kenshin, you don't have to worry about it so much-" Sano said, patting Kenshin on the back, "We'll help you!"

All of a sudden, Aoshi Soujiro and Kenshin looked at him with stricken faces- there eyes as wide as they can be!

"What?"

"Are you nuts?! Are you trying to ruin our perfect ways of living?!" Aoshi exclaimed in disgust as more people turned their heads towards their direction.

"Are you sure you're trying to help me?! Or are you really trying to flunk me?!" Kenshin indignantly exclaimed as Sano crossed his arms.

"What… It sounded like a good idea…" Sano said shrugging as Kenshin threw his arms in the air.

"Jeeze! You don't even study yourself! How do you suppose you can help me?!" Kenshin exclaimed loudly as whispers begin to scatter everywhere.

"Hey- I could do a favor for a friend-" Sano said, looking for someone in the massive crowd of students, "We could even ask my girlfriend for help- Megumi's studying a lot-"

"Yeah- unlike you-" Soujiro said giggling as Sano glared at him.

"Really- I still stay it's a bad idea- I mean- I don't even know the first thing about studying?!" Aoshi grumbled, "The last time I tried to study was back in elementary!?"

"Our school has a volunteer group run by students that can help students in need with their failing grades. Anyone interested or has a desperate study problem should head down to the principal office and get a sign up sheet right now! But Hurry! Before all the available volunteers are gone!!!"

The group looked at Soujiro with stunned faces. Soujiro sweat dropped seeing the three of them stare at him like that as if he was some kind of lunatic.

"It was in this morning's announcement-" Soujiro said in embarrassment as he sighed, "Fine- Fine- I'm shutting up…"

"No way are we getting help!" Aoshi exclaimed firmly, hitting the table with his fist, "Our rep's gonna be ruined!"

"Well, do you have a better idea?" Sano asked, raising a brow as Aoshi shrugged.

"I don't do the thinking around here…" Aoshi Said, leaning back on his chair lazily.

"Well, it's either the three of us help Kenshin study, or we have to ask for help and ruin our reputation around here…" Sano said as Kenshin sighed.

"I nominate the three of us to help Kenshin study…" Soujiro said, smiling as Aoshi glared at him.

"Yup! I second it..." Sano said as Kenshin sighed again.

"We're not electing someone guys… You say that when we're nominating a candidate…" Kenshin grumbled as the rest of the group just shrugged.

"Who cares… all's fair in studies and politics!" Sano said jokingly as Kenshin hit his head again on the table.

"But- what about the kendo guy?" Aoshi asked, combing his hair again as Kenshin looked up at him in surprise.

"Oh yeah… him… who's turn is it anyway today?" Soujiro asked, scratching his head.

"We don't really have to worry about the guy, I asked someone this morning- the guy from yesterday is absent today, Sano said, nudging Kenshin on his side, "You really did a good job as always Ken-san!"

"Oro?"

"Well, that's settled then! We can meet at Kenshin's place after school!" Soujiro said, smiling as he turned to Aoshi.

"What are you looking at smiley boy?" Aoshi asked as the three others looked at him pleadingly- especially Kenshin who was doing the puppy dog pout, "Jeeze! Alright! I'm coming! Stop it with the faces! It's sickening!"

The three did hi-fives as Aoshi went sulking in his seat.

Later after class, the F4 went over to Kenshin's mansion…

"I swear… I never knew books can be so heavy…" Sano grumbled as Soujiro smiled at him.

"Well, what did you expect? Studying isn't fun and games." Soujiro said as the four of them entered the mansion gates.

"Jeeze… remind me next time not to agree on anything that includes studying…" Sano whispered to Aoshi as Aoshi shrugged.

"Hey- it's your idea- you just dragged me into this…" Aoshi grumbled coldly as Sano sighed in annoyance.

"Where's your girlfriend anyway?" Soujiro asked Sano as he just shrugged.

"Said she's busy and she couldn't cancel it out…" Sano said with a sigh, scratching his head.

The four of them entered the mansion and headed up to Kenshin's huge room. Sano quickly dropped his bag on the floor, running towards Kenshin's king side bed and began jumping on it. Aoshi placed his back on a nearby coffee table and sat down on a comfy armchair right in front of a huge wide screen TV. Soujiro and Kenshin placed their bags on the study table by the door and sat down on the couch next to Aoshi.

"I like your bed Kenshin! I can jump a lot higher on your bed than on mine!" Sano exclaimed as Kenshin looked at him in disbelief.

"And I thought you guys were going to help me study!" Kenshin demanded at he heard Aoshi open the TV.

"I didn't say anything! Only those two guys over there!" Aoshi mumbled as he changed the channel to ESPN.

"How about helping him out for a while then? You're not trying to help at all-" Soujiro asked, removing the plug to the TV.

Aoshi glared at Soujiro coldly as Soujiro just smiled at him. Sano stopped jumping from the bed and went over to his bag on the floor and picked it up.

"Fine- but I'm telling you- I do NOT like this-" Aoshi grumbled as he stood up from his seat and headed for his bag.

"Jeeze- how come my books are so dusty?" Sano asked, coughing as he opened a thick Science book.

"Gee… I don't know… maybe you haven't been studying-at all!" Aoshi said sarcastically opening one of his dusty text books.

"HA! Speak for yourself! You haven't been studying either!" Sano said, chuckling as Aoshi just stared coldly at him.

"C'mon guys- I need to study Math first…" Kenshin said, putting on a serious face as he sat down in front of his study table while opening his book to his current lesson.

The rest got their Math text books and began reading them.

Minutes later…

"O-KAY!" Sano exclaimed, slamming his book and throwing it behind him, "I've had enough of that!"

"Me too…" Aoshi mumbled, following Sano's lead.

"Maybe a good snack will do us some good!" Soujiro suggested, closing his book and heading out the room. Sano and Aoshi nodded at each other as they ran after Soujiro.

"Oro Oro Oro?" Kenshin sighed, scratching his head in irritation.

`This is gonna be harder than I thought…'

(A/N: Ohayo Minna-san! Gomen for not putting another fight scene yet! I promise I'd make it in the next chapter. Anyway, if you noticed, the chapter's a bit longer than usual. It's also based on- well it mostly is- about the F4… I couldn't think of anything to do with Misao and Kaoru yet… writer's block… well, anyway, I hope you liked this chappie- even though I think it's a bit weird… oh well… Anyway, like I said, this is my first Rk fic, so please bear with me if it's not what you've expected, I promise I'll do better next time! -starts scolding herself again! Anyway, I hope you'll still continue to read my story!!! And thanks to everyone who gave me a review! I really appreciate it!!!)