What'd You Say [Kenshin]

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Kristina had lost her brothers, but the valentine's party hadn't happened just yet. A thought of joining the Chasers had crossed her mind but she didn't see herself leaving Isidore just to go there. She slowly made her way down the street, currently wearing a long sleeve blue shirt with blue jeans. She was on her way to the school to go collect her homework because she had missed so many days of school. The teachers were nice to her, they knew about her brothers being murdered and choice not to give her a hard time for missing so many days of class. They also knew that if she wanted good grades she would be able to make the homework up even though she had missed so much. She knew how to do the work after all, just as smart as Garrett, while he was smarter than her but she still knew the assignments unlike Nicholas who hadn't cared for school.

Though with her many fights in the past came many people who felt sorry for her as well as those who wanted to pick a fight with her. By the time she made it to the center of town, she had finished two fights already. Both were without her powers. She wasn't as tired as one might have expected from a girl that shouldn't be pulling herself into fights but it didn't matter. Just as she thought she would finally be getting some peace and quite somebody else had bothered to show up and give her a hard time. She pulled out her phone, checking to see what time it was before shoving it back into her pocket.

[Kenshin Hikari]

"Sigh~"


A sigh of boredom escaped his lips as Kenshin's board weaved through the snow-dusted streets of Argi, kicking up the white powder for the dregs that walked the sidewalks. He wore a pure white hoodie with jeans and of course his beanie, this cold weather was perfect for it all. Kenshin gazed aimlessly at the screen of his phone, shuffling through his endless library of songs as he searched for the perfect tune for tonight's ride. His thumb tapped play just as Ken leaned his body into a tight corner, his head bobbing in rhythm with his chosen song. This was all he ever needed to clear his head and calm his nerves; school was starting to try on him. Being cooped up in class rooms and having to listen to old geezers rabble on about nothing was nothing short of torture for someone like Ken.


As he turned the corner, the sight of the school looming in the background made Ken grimace at the thought of having to go back in just a few hours. Closing his eyes and shutting away the thought, Ken leaned to take another sharp turn to get away from the school. As he peeked his eyes open for just a moment, a figure was suddenly in front of him. Ken had just fucked up. A sudden panic came over him as he tried to veer to the side of the figure, causing his icy board to slip out from underneath his feet and sending Ken ass-first on the ground with a thud. "Ow. f***." Ken blurted out as he rubbed his back, gritting his teeth as he hobbled up to his feet. "The f*** is my board...?" Ken growled as he turned around, coming face to face with Kristina, a disgruntled look upon his face. "Oi oi...ya' see where my board went?" A real charmer this one.

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Kristina could hear something behind her but as she turned to take notice he had swerved out of the way, she watched him fall off of his board, landing on his ass. She was tempted to ask him if he was okay but his swearing made her frown. She watched as he looked around, asking himself where his board where before looking at her. He then asked if she had seen where his board went and she pointed it out to him. "Over there." Right where you left it. She changed her face expression to a blank one as she looked him over. His skate board was kind of cool, but never in her right mind would she dare getting on one. "Are you okay?" She asked finally, before rudely being interrupted by some old classmates. "Hey Kristina.... seeing as Garrett isn't around to do my homework, would you care to do it for me instead?" He never learns. She found herself grinning at Kenshin before looking at the other boy.

"I only do my own homework, your just jealous because I get passing grades after missing so many days of school." The comment was harsh, but she was trying to piss him off. "I hear your brother was killed, such a shame. I lost the best person to do my homework, so I suppose you'll have to do." Mention a brother wasn't as bad as mentioning two, but the fact that he had the nerve to make the comment, made her sore. "All right fine." She walked towards him before punching him square in the face. "Mention my brother or brothers again and I'll do worse. As for your homework get off your lazy ass and do it yourself." These boys didn't get the memo that she had better control over her water element now. The one lunged towards her and she kicked him, he bumped into Kenshin.

[Kenshin Hikari]

Ken's eyes scanned to the right where the girl pointed, letting out a sigh of relief to see his board wasn't broken. Then his eyes scanned back. Then down a little. Then down a little more. Then right back up to her eyes as he waved her off as he started towards his skate board. "Don't worry 'bout me sweet-cheeks." Then all of the sudden, something like nails on a chalkboard of a voice called out. "The hell..?" Tonight was supposed to calming, a primer for the school life. Then these assholes had to show up.

Sure, Kenshin was no stranger to unsavory acts, but holding someone up for homework? That's just pathetic. Kenshin watched Kristina coldly as she started to approach the group, thinking she was giving in to the whims of these punks. "These academy kids are s-..." His thought suddenly cut short as her fist finds it mark, and the fight suddenly erupts. Kenshin could hardly find himself more dumbfounded in his entire life as he watched this most unassuming girl throw a mean hook into this nerd's face. Then the thud of a body hitting his snapped him back into reality. He looked down at the punk with an awful glare as Kenshin cracked his knuckles. "Oi...get the f*** outta' my face." With a quick slide back, and then a sudden lunge, Kenshin sent a devastating uppercut to the thug's gut, stepping on his face and kicking him over on to the ground as he reeled forward from the pain. "Eat shit you nerd..." Kenshin swore at the thug as he kicked snow in his face before walking away back towards his board.

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Kristina didn't seem to mind his comments, seeing as it wasn't one of the few things that she had let bother her. Though she almost forgot he was still there until he made his comment, but causing the guy she had kicked to bump into him was on accident. She would have dragged the guy away from him but she was two busy with the other two that had chosen to lung towards her. I'm tired of taking blows just to get a clear shot. She used her arms to block any hits towards her before kicking out, sending the one closest to her on the ground. Giving her a chance to see that Kenshin had kicked the guy who had bumped into him, before returning back towards his board. Well I suppose I should be grateful it wasn't towards me... She decided in her head as she forced herself to pay extra attention to the guy still in front of her.

Something strange then happened, she was no longer on the ground and yet she was moving in the air before falling to the ground. Was that his power? She thought in her mind as she slowly got to her feet. Before she could get onto her feet though she was in the air again. I have to do something.... On her way down to the ground she felt something hit her in the stomach, forcing the wind right out of her. Once more she was on the ground trying to stand up slowly. The guy using the power on her was laughing, as he seemed to enjoy finally having the winning edge against her. She stood on her feet, trying to decide on what she would do next before she was once more in the air. Damn... She created a water ball and threw it towards the guys face as she was being thrown, towards Kenshin. Move... move... move...

Being thrown into him didn't seem very appealing but if he moved out of the way she would crash into the ground instead, something she moved desired right this second because she didn't want to cause him anymore trouble. So far he hadn't seemed to notice that she was being throw straight towards him. "Look out...." She called towards him, clearly more interested in crashing into the ground instead of into him. She braced herself expecting for him to move so that she could crash into the ground instead. This is going to to hurt like hell.

[Kenshin Hikari]

After leaving the unfortunate victim of Kenshin's inner rage writhing on the ground, Kenshin took a deep breath to center himself once again and calm his temper. Sticking his hands in the pockets of his hoodie, Kenshin stood a good distance behind Kristina to observe her fighting style and techniques. Everything kept to the basics, kicks and punches before the Academy bullies started pulling out their real tricks. "Honestly?" Kenshin growled under his breath as he saw the meek display of telekinetic powers these guys were bringing to the table. This misuse of their power only served to piss Kenshin off even more, if they wanted to show off, Kenshin was about to make damn sure they could back it up. His feet starting to move instinctively towards the group, he could no longer just stand back and watch. Then he saw Kristina flying through the air.

"Shit..." He sighed heavily as he braced his feet and opened his arms wide to catch Kristina in his embrace, barely moving an inch as she made impact into his body, powdered snow kicking up all around them as Ken held his ground. He looked down at her, realizing his hands had cupped her breasts unintentionally as he caught her, a devilish grin crossing his lips as he gave them a nice squeeze and nodding his head matter-of-factly. "Seems like you're in my debt now Mhm. Mhm." He then glared forwards as he let Kristina drop to her feet, taking a bold step in front of her as he glanced back over his shoulder. "I got this." In a blinding flash of light, Ken was gone. His feet gliding across the ground effortlessly as he closed in on the ESP user, a white glow enveloping Ken's hands and feet. He could feel resistance hitting him as the Academy dreg tried to keep Kenshin away but with a flash to the left and then a flash to the right, Kenshin was just too hard a target to keep up with when he was riding the rays.

In an instant Ken was face-to-face with his target, a grin crossing his lips as he saw that priceless expression of the Academy slug as Ken's glowing hand grasped over his face, a searing hot pain blistering the skin on his face as Kenshin forced him to his knees as the light on his hand grew more and more intense. "What?! I don't hear you laughing now!" Kenshin lifted his hand as the thug passed out from the pain, letting him fall with a thud. "Tch..." Kenshin grunted as he turned his back to the pile of trash, shaking his hand as he walked back towards Kristina. "Dammit...that's gonna' hurt like a b**** in the morning." Even his own hand had a few blisters on it. When Ken's temper flares, sometimes his powers burn out of control as he loses himself to his own rage. Thus is the price.

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Kristina hadn't expected him to arm his arms wide to catch her, she wasn't one for wanting to fall into people but he had caught her none the less. She at first didn't notice where his hands were until he had squeezed them, she was tempted to punch him just because out of all the places his hands had to be there but his words pulled her out of her thoughts. Maybe he had done it on accident? I'll forgive him this one time... She decided, forming a small smile on her face. "Seems that way." She agreed when he let go and she stood on her feet, regaining her balance. He then moved in front of her, clearly stealing her fight. "Wait no..." She started when he told her he had this and had already moved towards the group. He isn't so bad himself... She thought to herself when she noticed he was close to his target, she couldn't help but smile when she noticed the face expression from the guy who had attacked her, it looked like fear had finally kicked in.

It is about time.... She couldn't say that she felt sorry for him when the guy called him out of no longer laughing. She noticed the guy had passed out, but couldn't avoid smiling until Kenshin had turned around. She forced a fake expression on her face when he walked over towards her. "I believe you." She spoke, as if trying to get his attention on her. "You stole my fight.... I suppose I should be thanking you." She spoke before allowing the smile to appear on her face again. "I really doubt they will ever bother me again." Though if they do, I'll be sure to kick their ass myself next time. She had paused before adding, "I'm Kristina or Kris." She wasn't going to bring up him catching her, it wasn't going to happen. She already had a line of guys, Isidore and Fritz, though Fritz was less likely just because he seemed to want to keep his distance from everybody.

She knew that Dream liked her as a sibling but she didn't know his second personality named Fang loved her, but it would be safe to assume that if Kenshin wanted to join the line by all means. "Thanks." She finally added, truly grateful that he had caught her instead of letting her fall to the ground. "Are you okay?" She asked finally, he seemed to be focused on his hand.

[Kenshin Hikari]

Kenshin made a beeline path to his skateboard even as Kristina tried to grab his attention, at this point not much else mattered. He stepped down on the lipped end of his board, kicking it up into his hand as a sigh of relief escaped his lips. "I would've killed those guys..." Ken shook the dreaded thought of those guys smashing his board out of his head before turning back to face Kristina. He looked her body down once again before gazing at her smiling face; a look of curiosity in his eyes and a faint blush crossing his cheeks. "Eh?! The hell am I feelin' right now?" Kenshin quickly turned around and waved her off again. "Yeah yeah...I'm Kenshin, nice ta' meet ya' or whatever y'know?" Kenshin peeked over his shoulder as she took attention to his hand.

He was masking it pretty well, the pain. Then again it was a pain he had felt over and over again back in those early days of training. He lifted his blistered hand and looked it over as he spoke to her. "This? It's just like a sunburn, just gonna' itch like a mother fu-.." He cut himself short as he looked at her, something felt wrong letting this girl hear those kinds of words coming from his mouth. "It's fine." He mumbled as he shook the sting from his hand once more putting it back into the pocket of his hoodie. Turning his head to the side, Kenshin glanced over at the school. "So..you headed there? You a Chaser too?" Kenshin obviously saw her abilities just now, water manipulation so far as he could tell. He wondered just exactly how common people with extraordinary powers like his were. He began to chew on the corner of his lip as anticipation began to race through his body. There has to be someone worthy of truly letting loose on in there. Right?

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Kristina watched him closely, noticing the swearing but truth be told she wasn't bothered by it. It was weird how he was acting around her though, at least he seemed to notice her caring about his hand. His face expression, where had she seen it before... oh yeah, she used it all the time, though he would know more about her if she mentioned it, maybe that wasn't a bad thing though. "If you say so." She answered him back, more swear words before he avoided saying it anymore. "I don't go there yet." She answered him back, "I had to collect my homework from the other school after missing to many days. It's weird having the teachers being so nice to me over the big reason for not showing up. Considering I tend to ditch on a normal bases..." What could she say, she was to smart to go to class, she didn't need to sit there for hours, though having Isidore as a project partner gave her reason want to not miss anymore.

Though she just got her powers, then her brothers are murdered. Before getting her powers her aunt had harassed her foster mother before killing the first and second foster mother. Then the harassment was on her cell phone. Later finding out her aunt was behind all of this. Turned out despite the fact that she was nothing like her mother or father her aunt wanted her kin dead anyway. The Mafia, Kristina never wanted to think about her relatives ever again. "I think I'll transfer to this school though. As for those students, at this point I can't tell which school they went to because I've missed so many classes, though they used to attend the other one with me." She didn't mention how she used to pick fights with them all the time, it wasn't something he needed to hear after all. Though since he asked if she was headed there she decided to just say yes.

"Well since getting my water element, I was able to get the school to allow me to practice in the pool area." She had been on her way home to her friends house, but now she would go to the gym instead. "So are you a Chaser?" She asked finally, finding it much easier for her to run into them now that she is friends with Candy and Dream. She was deep in thought, but pulled from it. "Where you headed over there?" She asked finally, "You can go with me if you want." She offered, being friendly was easy for her. She had no idea what thoughts were in his mind.

[Kenshin Hikari]

Kenshin turned around to face Kristina once again after regaining his composure, his cheeks going white in the cold aside from the light red flustered blush that had come over them. As he looked into her eyes however, his expression grew a bit solemn as he could see that slight tinge of pain that was impossible to hide inside her blue orbs. He remembered hearing the leader of the group of thugs say something to her about her brother being murdered just before the scuffle broke out. "So that's it..." He could easily recall the feeling of losing a family member and could only guess how she really felt inside. "Well...if you continue to fight like that then yea, you should transfer in..." Kenshin said with a small chuckle, he had enough of the downers for one night.

"And yeah, I'm a Chaser I suppose..." It still didn't feel right to say out loud. He was still only about a year into the real Chaser courses in the Academy and couldn't get over being considered one of the 'good guys'. Certainly he wasn't on the side of Darkness but he hated all of the cockiness the came from most once they got into the Academy. But hey, he'd take all the motivation to crack skulls he could get at this point. Nothing else seemed to calm his fiery temper when it got out of control.

"There...?" Kenshin asked as he looked to the school and then back at her as he shook his head. "Hell no!" He dropped his board and hopped on it and began to fidget back and forth on it. "Nah tonight was supposed to be a chill night before classes tomorrow...but seeing as that's been all shaken up..." He sighed heavily as he tilted his head to the side to look at her. "I guess I'm free to do whatever now." Kenshin said as he skated a small circle around Kristina.

"What did you have in mind?" Kenshin asked curiously as he came to a stop in front of her again.

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Kristina gave a fake smile, "Yeah, I missed so many days of school because my brothers were murdered." So not just one, but two, but the boys had only bothered to mention one. "I'll think about it." She gives him a friendly smile, really thinking about joining but unsure seeing as Isidore is at the other school she attends, but being a Chaser sounds much more worth while. "You fight pretty well too." She answered him back, Kenshin reminded her of Nicholas, not taking crap from anybody. "Oh cool." She answered him back, getting more of a reason to want to join. He asked if she was talking about the school, "Yes." She found herself laughing lightly when he said his comment. "Sorry, that was my answer when I first moved to this town a few months ago." Good old memories, but then again the ditching was still likely to continue anyway.

She watched him hop onto his board, she had never been on one before, but it seemed like it was fun. "Sorry about that." She answered him back, hoping she hadn't ruined his relaxed night. She found herself smiling at him, "Well I don't have to go over to the gym." Why did flooding some lawns just pop into my head? She thought to herself trying to forget about it. She turned her head to follow him, leaving a brief second of being unable to see him before he was in front of her again, seeing him skate around her in circles seemed like he was having a blast. When he stopped in front of her with his question she just smiled over at him. "Hm... I'm terrible with choices." She tended to just go where ever, but since he asked she figured she might as well figure out a spot where they could go.

A thought then crossed her mind, "Is that easy?" She asked before glancing down at his skateboard and then back at him. "You make running the skateboard look easy." She added, still not sure of where she wanted to go, but it did seem like fun how he was on his skateboard. When it came to balance she was pretty good at it, but she never had a chance to be on a skateboard before.

[Kenshin Hikari]

"Oh Yeah it's super easy..." Kenshin said with a shrug as he skated another ring around Kris, this time kick-flipping over the sidewalk's edge. He stopped in front of her again, this time hopping off his board and sliding it forward towards Kris. "Go on try." For Kenshin, skateboarding had become more akin to walking at this point. He had picked up the hobby more then ten years prior and the difficulty of just standing on the board escaped him now. "Wait..." Ken's mind suddenly began to process what exactly what he had just done. He looked down at his board for a moment and then back up at Kris with a blank stare.

He had never so graciously offered someone his board to ride. Let alone a clear rookie. Ken raised his right palm and felt his forehead to make sure nothing he didn't come down with a fever. But nothing. "Ah, what the hell!" He shook the thought off quickly as walked beside her, sliding his skateboard closer to her feet. "Alright, it's all about where you put your feet..." Kenshin instructed her, showing her how he positioned his right foot forward and the left in the back. "Then just lean your body subtly forward and backwards to move straight or back; lean left to right to drift to the sides..." Ken hoped this would at least be some sort of fun for the night and, if even for a moment, take her mind off her murdered brothers.

He stepped back and looked at her with a big grin and a thumbs up. "You got this!" Kenshin could only hope Kris had some sort of balance but he'd be fast enough to catch her just in case.

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Kristina looked at Kenshin when he claimed it was easy, he circled her and did a cool move on the sidewalk edge before stopping in front of her. He told her to go on and try it and she found herself surprised, she was never offered a skateboard to try and learn before. It was a good thing she hadn't gotten on yet because he had then said wait and she found herself looking at him, in no rush to try it. I'm I getting cold feet? She was stuck in her own thoughts that she hadn't noticed Kenshin having second thoughts, but his words pulled her out of her thoughts. She had lifted her foot up to step on the skateboard, but that wasn't the proper way to use it unless you wanted to fall off when you tried moving. When he walked beside her and explained how she was supposed to step onto it, she did just that.

She stepped onto the skateboard, proving to have really good balance. She just didn't know how to get this thing to move without falling off is all. She slowly started trying to move on it, at first it was hard, but at least she was taking it slow. As she moved, she was having a hard time trying to get it to turn without losing her footing. She jumped off and ran after the board to turn it around before bringing it back towards Kenshin. "How'd you get it to turn around?" She found herself losing her balance each time she tried getting it to go to her left or right, it would be nice not having to jump off just to go back the other direction.