Disclaimer: Do not own them
Loosely based on the Whole Nine Yards. And I think you can tell by now that this is an AU.
Main pairing: Kenshin/Kaoru, maybe some others…
Also, English is not my Mother tongue, so be prepared for mistakes.
Chapter I
Akira Kiyosato had never complained about his life though he had every reason to do so.
He had a wife. The wife was a gorgeous woman and there was probably no one who could call her ugly. But Akira had stopped loving her a long time ago. Her beauty had been what had attracted him but her character was something that her look could not hide. She too didn't love him, perhaps she hadn't loved him even back then when they had been getting married. So they were coexisting together like flat mates, not like a husband and a wife. And yes, it meant that Akira lived in celibacy for a long time.
He was a dentist. A plain typical (…) average dentist. Day after day he went to his place of work, greeting his nice assistant and then doing what a dentist usually did. During the years he got used to bloodcurdling state of some of his customer's teeth. He had to. His wife got also used to something during their years living together. Yep, money, maybe they were not that rich but they didn't complain.
After work he went home. What usually greeted him wasn't like on those American movies. There was not a dog, children nor the wife cooking the dinner. After all his wife was allergic to dogs, they didn't make sex for ages (and as you probably knows it's necessary to make children) and he was the one, who made the dinner.
But this day was different. When Akira got out of his car the first thing he noticed was the black car on the drive of the house next to his. It wouldn't be that surprising if yesterday the house had not been uninhabited. So, the first thing Akira did was his obligation as the neighbor.
He put his best smile as he knocked to the doors. He waited patiently and his smile didn't falter, though he had been waiting quite long till the doors finally opened. The dentist at once felt dread. His new neighbor turned out to be rather a short man. His amber eyes at first scanned surroundings as if looking for something and before they settled on Akira. The man in front of Akira had long red hairs gathered into high samurai-like ponytail. He was dressed casually in navy blue t-shirt and black pants. It wasn't his bloodcurdling eyes or his bloody red hairs that terrified Akira, though they were terrifying on their own. It was cross shaped scar on his new neighbor's left cheek that made the dentist want to run away screaming for help.
The man in front of him was Himura Kenshin. The Himura Hitokiri Battousai.
Maybe here, in Tokyo, someone else would not recognize the Battousai, the one, who had killed God only knew how many people. He was also the one who had betrayed his old pals and had told few things about their not-so-legal business. Now, the entire Kyoto mafia (if not every Japanese Mafioso) were after him. Akira would not know about this if he had not been raised in Kyoto, also known as the Sin City, due mafia's activity there. There were many photos of the Battousai in Kyoto's newspapers. Now Akira was 100 sure that he was incredible pale and sweating from the fear he felt.
"Are you alright?" deep and calm voice reached Akira's ears. He nodded vigorously in response, though he felt as if he was about to faint. "Are you sure?" the same voice asked again. Cold amber eyes scrutinized him carefully.
The faint sound got out from Akira's throat and he finally was able to use his voice, he stuttered "Ye… Yes"
"I'm Ken Shimura, are you one of the neighbors?" he asked. You couldn't tell that he was impolite but the cold and unemotional note in his voice didn't allow you to feel relaxed in his presence. That, and those amber eyes looking at you with a cold calculation in them.
"Y… yes, yes… I live in that blue house over there, Mr. Shimura" Akira answered nervously and pointed his house. 'Ken Shimura my ass' was his thought but he didn't say this aloud being afraid of getting killed.
"And your name is…?" the Battousai asked again.
"Oh, where… where are my manners… I'm Akira Kiyosato, nice to meet you" he replied again, wishing that he had not decided to meet his new neighbor. The Battousai nodded in response. "Ah… Uhm… I better get going… it's really nice to meet you" the dentist finally stuttered not standing the aura the shorter man gave of.
"Ah, yes, it's nice to meet you too" was the polite answer and Battousai calmly watched as his neighbor got to his house before closing his doors.
Ok, it's quite short, but it's just a beginning, later will be longer. And you can review, you know? I would be grateful.