Midnight Run In
Part 1
Midnight Visitors
"Kenshin, lock the front gate," Kaoru handed Kenshin the keys and he walked out into the courtyard and up to the gate.
It was a rather eerie night, fog had come into the streets making it look almost ghostly to the rurouni who put the key in the gates door. He heard a scream and looked up with a rather nervous look on his face and ran into the street.
He ran toward the scream his sword almost drawn when he felt something was incredibly wrong with running into the fog. His eyes were searching for the person who was endanger only to find someone kneeling down. "What happened?" he asked walking up to the person.
Kenshin found himself gasping for air, he was leaning against a wall looking around for the person who had been near a corpse of a woman. Her eyes were staring up at him with a dead look in them, he blinked and then started to yell for someone to help.
**
Yamagata saw the sickened look on Kenshin's face when he spoke about going out to lock the Kamiya Dojo gate and hearing a scream. "There is no evidence that Himura did anything wrong," he told the policeman who had arrested Kenshin. "Take those off him and let him go home. His sword wasn't even with him. There is no way it could be drawn and there is no sign of a cut."
The handcuffs were removed and the samurai nodded his head feeling rather sickened. "Can I go home?"
"Yes, Himura you may, maybe I should accompany you," Yamagata helped him to stand. "You look like you need a good rest. I'll be by in the morning to talk to you about this."
The dojo was a good five blocks away from the station and Kenshin felt relieved when he reached the front gate. "Thank you, Yamagata for helping me home," Kenshin bowed and walked into the dojo locking the gate behind him.
**
The next morning Kenshin felt like a ton of brick hit him, he lay on his back shivering and Kaoru was looking him over. "He was fine yesterday," she put her hand on his forehead. "I'm calling Megumi."
His eyes were glazed and Sano had to admit that something was up. "Hey, Kenshin, do you want some miso soup, Kaoru made it? It isn't half bad,"
Sano's friend nodded and sat up a little then wished he didn't. "Take it easy, Kenshin, you'll choke yourself if you drink it that fast."
Lying back down, Sano could not help but notice something small on his friend's neck. "Hey, where did you get that?"
"What?" Kenshin muttered rolling onto his side.
"Those two holes in your neck, it looks like-" Sano jumped up and ran into the kitchen putting garlic all around the room. "Kyuuketsuki!"
"Sanosuke, that smells horrible, leave me alone," Kenshin was whining.
Kaoru returned with Megumi who was blinking at Sano who was hanging garlic around the room.
"I'm not even going to ask," Megumi blinked and knelt down to look at Kenshin. Putting her hand on Kenshin's forehead and frowned. "There isn't a fever, so he shouldn't be sick at all."
"Check his neck," the tall man in white was saying as hung another strand of garlic. "According to what this European said when he came to my village as a child, garlic is a sure way to protect one's self from kyuuketsuki."
Megumi checked both side of Kenshin's neck and saw the two punctures. "There has to be a logical explanation for this. Sano, will you stop putting those things up, the smell is giving me a headache. And it isn't going to help Kenshin any. I'm sure he was bit by a spider and he's having an allergic reaction to it."
"Fine, but if Kenshin grows fangs and starts to kill people, don't come crying to me," Sano walked out of the room.
"Fangs?" Kenshin blinked and looked up at the ceiling. "There is no such thing as Kyuuketsuki."
**
The idea of being a slayer wasn't Ryuu Yuki's idea of a life style, she walked through one village after another destroying nests of vampire as she went. Her training as a slayer had started when she was ten, though in truth her brother, Kyuuka was more qualified as a slayer.
Yuki's long brown hair was up in a high ponytail, her eyes were quick and almost black. She walked down the streets of Tokyo seeking a place to stay the night. She had no intention of staying in Tokyo long, though for some reason she sensed danger. She was standing in front of a dojo looking up at it. "Kamiya?" she blinked at the sign and then walked passed.
She walked up to an inn and asked for a room. "I'm sorry miss, but we're full tonight." The owner was looking at her and shook his head.
"I see, this is the only inn within miles of here," she told herself as she walked out into the streets. "Can't sleep in a tree."
She walked from one place to another offering money to people to stay just for one night. She found herself back at the Kamiya dojo and rang the bell at the gate. A woman walked out and smiled. "Hello, how can I help you? I'm Kamiya Kaoru, the teacher at this dojo."
"I am Ryuu Yuki, I was wondering if I could spend one night here, the inn is full and I have been traveling such a long way," Yuki whispered and bowed.
"Of course, and you won't have to pay a bill." Kaoru led her into the Dojo and saw a look on the girl's face brighten.
"This is such a nice place, I couldn't guess that there was garden in here from the front gate. Who planted all these flowers?"
"One of my other borders, Himura Kenshin."
Yuki blinked, of all her years of traveling as a slayer, she never would have guessed the man who had murdered her brother so brutally would catch her eye once more.
**Ten Years Ago**
"I said no!" Ryuu Kuroi yelled at his son, Kyuuka who was standing holding his katana. "We are vampire slayers, not bodyguards."
"Oto-san, the revolution is happening all around us. Katsura's men could come in here and take our home. I want to defend it Saitou offered to teach me," Kyuuka was standing his ground as his father rolled his eyes. "As heir to the Ryuu title, I have to fight and defend our home."
Yuki watched her brother walk off into the house disgusted with his father. "Oni-chan, what are you doing?" her ten year old mind wasn't like her brother's. "Why was Oto-san yelling?"
"Its nothing, Yuki-chan, you shouldn't listen in like that, it isn't polite." Her brother was sitting down and looked at her. "So how did you do on the trails? I want to hear everything."
"I don't think I did that well, Oto-san said I was too slow to react. He was thinking of sending me to see Hiko-juukei to learn traditional sword."
"That's not what Oto-san told me," her brother laughed. "He said you improved and he can't wait to take you on a slaying mission."
Yuki giggled and smiled up at her brother who got up. "I have to go, the Shuganate want to speak to me. Do you wish to come along? You don't have training until tomorrow, you might like Kyoto."
She nodded and followed her brother to the road. They walked a few feet where men dressed in blue met them. "Hello, Ryuu Kyuuka," said one dressed in blue that was a good hair taller than her brother was.
"Hello, Saitou, it is good to see you. This is my little sister, Yuki, I was taking her to Kyoto for her birthday gift."
"I shall join you then," Saitou nodded and told his men to leave. "What has your father said about you joining the Shogunate?"
"No, his answer will always be no," Kyuuka shook his head. "He doesn't realize that vampires don't exist anymore. We train as slayers and for what reason?"
"You shouldn't judge your father so, after all, there maybe a time when vampires will come again. Though your skills are highly needed, Kyuuka."
"I agree, I will join regardless what father says. I will defend my family against the revolution, so my sister will not have to see anymore bloodshed."
**
Yuki had only seen Okita once or twice at the house, Kyuuka and the boy became good friends by the end of the year. "If my father wasn't so dead set against the Shogunate, Okita, I would betroth you to my sister," Kyuuka laughed as they finished up their drinks and walked to town.
"I would be honored to have your sister as my wife, she is a ray of sunshine here," Okita was waving to her and she waved back.
It was a lovely summer morning when she and her brother went out. It was a bodyguard job to be sure, but Yuki was not phased in the least that her brother was seen on the streets with the Shugonate. Being a small child she had no idea what was going to happen on this day. She had walked up to the shrine as usual, not really caring, she just wanted to watch her brother.
"Miyaseki Kenshu," the words were soft and almost dark. The men turned and gazed upon a face of a mere boy of sixteen or so. Small in height, reddish hair, and eyes those were indigo and filled with hatred.
Yuki's blood ran cold when she saw the man, her brother pulled her into the shrine and locked her in the shelter. "Stay there, Yuki, don't make a sound. This is Hitokiri, if you value your life, say not a word."
He ran from her and into the battle, she heard the yell and suddenly looked out. Blood spattered onto her face and she looked upon the face of the man who killed her brother. She stayed silent and watched as he walked away, then when she was sure she was safe she ran into Kyoto right into Okita's arms. "Oni-chan, dead! Okita-kun!" she wept for hours and in his arms as he tried to get her to speak.
"You saw the assassin?" Okita asked in disbelief.
"Hai, plain as day," she nodded as Saitou patted her on the head.
"I will take you home, Yuki-san, I will tell your father what has happened. Right now, I fear for the safety of you, Yuki. You have seen a murderer."
That night Yuki and her family were smuggled out of Kyoto. "Yuki-san, don't worry about this, your brother had not died in vain."
**Present**
"I hate the Hitokiri Battosai!" Yuki told herself. "Even if the rumors are true, I hate him for taking away my brother!"
She sat in Kaoru's room as the other girl searched for an extra bed. "There we are, now, the bath is down the hall to the right. There are three other people here, so you have to be patient with them. I should warn you, Kenshin has been sick, so you might not see him moving around a lot."
"Thank you, Kaoru-san." She bowed and waited for Kaoru to leave. She set down her things and brought out the items to slay a vampire. She did not plan on doing anything about the man, Kenshin until she was sure if was him. She put the bow and quiver of arrows down, then she laid out the large sword used to kill a vampire. "Raise not this sword on the living, slay only those of the dead who walk again," she remembered her brother telling her countless times.
"As a slayer, I will protect the living regardless of who they are," she recited back in her memory. "For I am a slayer, for I am a protector of the living, for those who are damned shall not take another life!" That oath was recited no matter how people thought of it now in the modern age.
She turned and looked into the face of the murderer himself.
"Strange oath," he whispered and coughed slightly. "I maybe mistaken, but those weapons are used for slaying vampires?"
"I am of the Ryuu clan, the vampire hunters of Japan. I know who you are Himura Battosai."
"Another life, Ryuu-dono. I remember you, though you were a small child, that you were." His movement was rather slow and he smiled at her. "I apologize for the wrongs I set against you."
"You had your chance to kill me when I was small, why did you not? You knew I saw you kill my brother, yet you did nothing." Her words were soft and rather upset.
"My orders were to kill Kenshu, your brother knew what he was doing when he rushed at me. Why I did not kill you was easy, I didn't slaughter children." He sat down and looked at her silently as if in thought. "You may if you want to, you may kill me."
"Now that I see you again, I cannot. I will not forgive you, Himura," she spoke softly and looked at him.
"How is Okita?" Kenshin asked softly. "I know that you were going to be married to him when you came of age."
"Father would have nothing to do with him. I would have been disowned if I married him, Okita knew that father did not approved of Shugonate. I have not seen him in ten years."
She blinked and then saw that something was not right, she sensed the vampire had been victimizing Kenshin horribly. "May I see your wound, the one on your neck?" she whispered.
He moved his head to the side. "As I thought, a vampire, you were the one making this place uneasy to me. When did you get this?"
"The night before, I don't remember what happened. I heard a scream, went to help, then found myself leaning against a wall."
Black out? The girl's eyes widened. "Only an ancient would do that!" she blinked and dug through her bag. "Sleep with this under your pillow." She brought out a protection tag. "I know you won't believe me, but if you don't you'll be closer to death if you don't do as I tell you."
**
It was night when Yuki sat out in the courtyard, she decided to keep an eye on Kenshin, just making sure that what she did was right. She cursed herself for helping the man who murdered her brother, but her vow was to protect all living people from the dead.
She knew that Kenshin wasn't going to do as she requested she knew he wasn't superstitious. The mist filled the courtyard and she saw Kenshin rise from his bed, his eyes were glazed and he looked as though he was sleepwalking.
She sat in the tree and drew her bow, the arrow was ready for anything. Then she saw a figure appear in front of Kenshin who only stood there staring off into space.
"You smell of blood still, battosai. After all these years," it hissed and brought its prey to its lips. Just before it could open the wound in the human's neck again, it dripped some of its blood into Kenshin's mouth. "Servant you shall be, no rest shall ye have after death."
Now! She shot the arrow and the vampire turned and hollowed in pain dropping Kenshin. "Foul beast, this one is not for you!" she growled and brought out another arrow.
The vampire vanished into mist before she could shoot another arrow at it. "Dammit!" she climbed out of the tree and looked down at Kenshin. I sure hope he was kidding about making him a servant, she saw the blood on Kenshin's lips and gasped in horror.
Opening his eyes and blinked. "Oro?"
"You idiot, I told you to sleep with the talisman under your pillow, but did you listen?" Yuki dropped him. "Now look what has happened. You drank some of that monster's blood!"
"Oro!" he blinked and stood up, he put his fingers to his lips and looked down, he saw blood on his fingers and he looked over at Yuki was yelling at him.
"I should just stake you right now, it will put you out of your misery!" she was ranting pulling him back into the house.
"I don't understand," he whispered and then passed out.
**
The morning sunlight stung Kenshin's eyes, he pulled the blanket over his eyes and rolled over. "I thought he was getting better, now he's worse," Kaoru whispered and looked at Megumi who was standing silently looking over at the new border. "That's Ryuu Yuki."
"You mean, the Ryuu Yuki. She's one of the last surviving Ryuu slayers!" Megumi was whispering frantically. "I've heard all about her. The Ryuu clan is one of the most dangerous vampire slayers in all of Japan."
"Really?" Kaoru blinked and then saw Yuki walk up to them.
"It isn't a normal illness that Kenshin is suffering from. He has two days of human life left, once he's turned, I will kill him," she walked down the hall and into the bathroom.
"Wait! Kenshin is reformed, vampires, they're all dead!" Megumi shook her head, taking the woman's hand. "What has Kenshin ever done to you?"
"Murdered my brother," Yuki's voice was strong. "I have no intention in helping him."
"Then you would be betraying your oath to defend all living people," a child's voice was heard and she turned to see a boy looking at her. "Kenshin may have done bad things in the past, but no one deserves to be turned into a vampire."
Yuki stared at the boy who was looking upset. "I will do what I can for him, but in my heart I will never be able to forgive him."
Part 1
Midnight Visitors
"Kenshin, lock the front gate," Kaoru handed Kenshin the keys and he walked out into the courtyard and up to the gate.
It was a rather eerie night, fog had come into the streets making it look almost ghostly to the rurouni who put the key in the gates door. He heard a scream and looked up with a rather nervous look on his face and ran into the street.
He ran toward the scream his sword almost drawn when he felt something was incredibly wrong with running into the fog. His eyes were searching for the person who was endanger only to find someone kneeling down. "What happened?" he asked walking up to the person.
Kenshin found himself gasping for air, he was leaning against a wall looking around for the person who had been near a corpse of a woman. Her eyes were staring up at him with a dead look in them, he blinked and then started to yell for someone to help.
**
Yamagata saw the sickened look on Kenshin's face when he spoke about going out to lock the Kamiya Dojo gate and hearing a scream. "There is no evidence that Himura did anything wrong," he told the policeman who had arrested Kenshin. "Take those off him and let him go home. His sword wasn't even with him. There is no way it could be drawn and there is no sign of a cut."
The handcuffs were removed and the samurai nodded his head feeling rather sickened. "Can I go home?"
"Yes, Himura you may, maybe I should accompany you," Yamagata helped him to stand. "You look like you need a good rest. I'll be by in the morning to talk to you about this."
The dojo was a good five blocks away from the station and Kenshin felt relieved when he reached the front gate. "Thank you, Yamagata for helping me home," Kenshin bowed and walked into the dojo locking the gate behind him.
**
The next morning Kenshin felt like a ton of brick hit him, he lay on his back shivering and Kaoru was looking him over. "He was fine yesterday," she put her hand on his forehead. "I'm calling Megumi."
His eyes were glazed and Sano had to admit that something was up. "Hey, Kenshin, do you want some miso soup, Kaoru made it? It isn't half bad,"
Sano's friend nodded and sat up a little then wished he didn't. "Take it easy, Kenshin, you'll choke yourself if you drink it that fast."
Lying back down, Sano could not help but notice something small on his friend's neck. "Hey, where did you get that?"
"What?" Kenshin muttered rolling onto his side.
"Those two holes in your neck, it looks like-" Sano jumped up and ran into the kitchen putting garlic all around the room. "Kyuuketsuki!"
"Sanosuke, that smells horrible, leave me alone," Kenshin was whining.
Kaoru returned with Megumi who was blinking at Sano who was hanging garlic around the room.
"I'm not even going to ask," Megumi blinked and knelt down to look at Kenshin. Putting her hand on Kenshin's forehead and frowned. "There isn't a fever, so he shouldn't be sick at all."
"Check his neck," the tall man in white was saying as hung another strand of garlic. "According to what this European said when he came to my village as a child, garlic is a sure way to protect one's self from kyuuketsuki."
Megumi checked both side of Kenshin's neck and saw the two punctures. "There has to be a logical explanation for this. Sano, will you stop putting those things up, the smell is giving me a headache. And it isn't going to help Kenshin any. I'm sure he was bit by a spider and he's having an allergic reaction to it."
"Fine, but if Kenshin grows fangs and starts to kill people, don't come crying to me," Sano walked out of the room.
"Fangs?" Kenshin blinked and looked up at the ceiling. "There is no such thing as Kyuuketsuki."
**
The idea of being a slayer wasn't Ryuu Yuki's idea of a life style, she walked through one village after another destroying nests of vampire as she went. Her training as a slayer had started when she was ten, though in truth her brother, Kyuuka was more qualified as a slayer.
Yuki's long brown hair was up in a high ponytail, her eyes were quick and almost black. She walked down the streets of Tokyo seeking a place to stay the night. She had no intention of staying in Tokyo long, though for some reason she sensed danger. She was standing in front of a dojo looking up at it. "Kamiya?" she blinked at the sign and then walked passed.
She walked up to an inn and asked for a room. "I'm sorry miss, but we're full tonight." The owner was looking at her and shook his head.
"I see, this is the only inn within miles of here," she told herself as she walked out into the streets. "Can't sleep in a tree."
She walked from one place to another offering money to people to stay just for one night. She found herself back at the Kamiya dojo and rang the bell at the gate. A woman walked out and smiled. "Hello, how can I help you? I'm Kamiya Kaoru, the teacher at this dojo."
"I am Ryuu Yuki, I was wondering if I could spend one night here, the inn is full and I have been traveling such a long way," Yuki whispered and bowed.
"Of course, and you won't have to pay a bill." Kaoru led her into the Dojo and saw a look on the girl's face brighten.
"This is such a nice place, I couldn't guess that there was garden in here from the front gate. Who planted all these flowers?"
"One of my other borders, Himura Kenshin."
Yuki blinked, of all her years of traveling as a slayer, she never would have guessed the man who had murdered her brother so brutally would catch her eye once more.
**Ten Years Ago**
"I said no!" Ryuu Kuroi yelled at his son, Kyuuka who was standing holding his katana. "We are vampire slayers, not bodyguards."
"Oto-san, the revolution is happening all around us. Katsura's men could come in here and take our home. I want to defend it Saitou offered to teach me," Kyuuka was standing his ground as his father rolled his eyes. "As heir to the Ryuu title, I have to fight and defend our home."
Yuki watched her brother walk off into the house disgusted with his father. "Oni-chan, what are you doing?" her ten year old mind wasn't like her brother's. "Why was Oto-san yelling?"
"Its nothing, Yuki-chan, you shouldn't listen in like that, it isn't polite." Her brother was sitting down and looked at her. "So how did you do on the trails? I want to hear everything."
"I don't think I did that well, Oto-san said I was too slow to react. He was thinking of sending me to see Hiko-juukei to learn traditional sword."
"That's not what Oto-san told me," her brother laughed. "He said you improved and he can't wait to take you on a slaying mission."
Yuki giggled and smiled up at her brother who got up. "I have to go, the Shuganate want to speak to me. Do you wish to come along? You don't have training until tomorrow, you might like Kyoto."
She nodded and followed her brother to the road. They walked a few feet where men dressed in blue met them. "Hello, Ryuu Kyuuka," said one dressed in blue that was a good hair taller than her brother was.
"Hello, Saitou, it is good to see you. This is my little sister, Yuki, I was taking her to Kyoto for her birthday gift."
"I shall join you then," Saitou nodded and told his men to leave. "What has your father said about you joining the Shogunate?"
"No, his answer will always be no," Kyuuka shook his head. "He doesn't realize that vampires don't exist anymore. We train as slayers and for what reason?"
"You shouldn't judge your father so, after all, there maybe a time when vampires will come again. Though your skills are highly needed, Kyuuka."
"I agree, I will join regardless what father says. I will defend my family against the revolution, so my sister will not have to see anymore bloodshed."
**
Yuki had only seen Okita once or twice at the house, Kyuuka and the boy became good friends by the end of the year. "If my father wasn't so dead set against the Shogunate, Okita, I would betroth you to my sister," Kyuuka laughed as they finished up their drinks and walked to town.
"I would be honored to have your sister as my wife, she is a ray of sunshine here," Okita was waving to her and she waved back.
It was a lovely summer morning when she and her brother went out. It was a bodyguard job to be sure, but Yuki was not phased in the least that her brother was seen on the streets with the Shugonate. Being a small child she had no idea what was going to happen on this day. She had walked up to the shrine as usual, not really caring, she just wanted to watch her brother.
"Miyaseki Kenshu," the words were soft and almost dark. The men turned and gazed upon a face of a mere boy of sixteen or so. Small in height, reddish hair, and eyes those were indigo and filled with hatred.
Yuki's blood ran cold when she saw the man, her brother pulled her into the shrine and locked her in the shelter. "Stay there, Yuki, don't make a sound. This is Hitokiri, if you value your life, say not a word."
He ran from her and into the battle, she heard the yell and suddenly looked out. Blood spattered onto her face and she looked upon the face of the man who killed her brother. She stayed silent and watched as he walked away, then when she was sure she was safe she ran into Kyoto right into Okita's arms. "Oni-chan, dead! Okita-kun!" she wept for hours and in his arms as he tried to get her to speak.
"You saw the assassin?" Okita asked in disbelief.
"Hai, plain as day," she nodded as Saitou patted her on the head.
"I will take you home, Yuki-san, I will tell your father what has happened. Right now, I fear for the safety of you, Yuki. You have seen a murderer."
That night Yuki and her family were smuggled out of Kyoto. "Yuki-san, don't worry about this, your brother had not died in vain."
**Present**
"I hate the Hitokiri Battosai!" Yuki told herself. "Even if the rumors are true, I hate him for taking away my brother!"
She sat in Kaoru's room as the other girl searched for an extra bed. "There we are, now, the bath is down the hall to the right. There are three other people here, so you have to be patient with them. I should warn you, Kenshin has been sick, so you might not see him moving around a lot."
"Thank you, Kaoru-san." She bowed and waited for Kaoru to leave. She set down her things and brought out the items to slay a vampire. She did not plan on doing anything about the man, Kenshin until she was sure if was him. She put the bow and quiver of arrows down, then she laid out the large sword used to kill a vampire. "Raise not this sword on the living, slay only those of the dead who walk again," she remembered her brother telling her countless times.
"As a slayer, I will protect the living regardless of who they are," she recited back in her memory. "For I am a slayer, for I am a protector of the living, for those who are damned shall not take another life!" That oath was recited no matter how people thought of it now in the modern age.
She turned and looked into the face of the murderer himself.
"Strange oath," he whispered and coughed slightly. "I maybe mistaken, but those weapons are used for slaying vampires?"
"I am of the Ryuu clan, the vampire hunters of Japan. I know who you are Himura Battosai."
"Another life, Ryuu-dono. I remember you, though you were a small child, that you were." His movement was rather slow and he smiled at her. "I apologize for the wrongs I set against you."
"You had your chance to kill me when I was small, why did you not? You knew I saw you kill my brother, yet you did nothing." Her words were soft and rather upset.
"My orders were to kill Kenshu, your brother knew what he was doing when he rushed at me. Why I did not kill you was easy, I didn't slaughter children." He sat down and looked at her silently as if in thought. "You may if you want to, you may kill me."
"Now that I see you again, I cannot. I will not forgive you, Himura," she spoke softly and looked at him.
"How is Okita?" Kenshin asked softly. "I know that you were going to be married to him when you came of age."
"Father would have nothing to do with him. I would have been disowned if I married him, Okita knew that father did not approved of Shugonate. I have not seen him in ten years."
She blinked and then saw that something was not right, she sensed the vampire had been victimizing Kenshin horribly. "May I see your wound, the one on your neck?" she whispered.
He moved his head to the side. "As I thought, a vampire, you were the one making this place uneasy to me. When did you get this?"
"The night before, I don't remember what happened. I heard a scream, went to help, then found myself leaning against a wall."
Black out? The girl's eyes widened. "Only an ancient would do that!" she blinked and dug through her bag. "Sleep with this under your pillow." She brought out a protection tag. "I know you won't believe me, but if you don't you'll be closer to death if you don't do as I tell you."
**
It was night when Yuki sat out in the courtyard, she decided to keep an eye on Kenshin, just making sure that what she did was right. She cursed herself for helping the man who murdered her brother, but her vow was to protect all living people from the dead.
She knew that Kenshin wasn't going to do as she requested she knew he wasn't superstitious. The mist filled the courtyard and she saw Kenshin rise from his bed, his eyes were glazed and he looked as though he was sleepwalking.
She sat in the tree and drew her bow, the arrow was ready for anything. Then she saw a figure appear in front of Kenshin who only stood there staring off into space.
"You smell of blood still, battosai. After all these years," it hissed and brought its prey to its lips. Just before it could open the wound in the human's neck again, it dripped some of its blood into Kenshin's mouth. "Servant you shall be, no rest shall ye have after death."
Now! She shot the arrow and the vampire turned and hollowed in pain dropping Kenshin. "Foul beast, this one is not for you!" she growled and brought out another arrow.
The vampire vanished into mist before she could shoot another arrow at it. "Dammit!" she climbed out of the tree and looked down at Kenshin. I sure hope he was kidding about making him a servant, she saw the blood on Kenshin's lips and gasped in horror.
Opening his eyes and blinked. "Oro?"
"You idiot, I told you to sleep with the talisman under your pillow, but did you listen?" Yuki dropped him. "Now look what has happened. You drank some of that monster's blood!"
"Oro!" he blinked and stood up, he put his fingers to his lips and looked down, he saw blood on his fingers and he looked over at Yuki was yelling at him.
"I should just stake you right now, it will put you out of your misery!" she was ranting pulling him back into the house.
"I don't understand," he whispered and then passed out.
**
The morning sunlight stung Kenshin's eyes, he pulled the blanket over his eyes and rolled over. "I thought he was getting better, now he's worse," Kaoru whispered and looked at Megumi who was standing silently looking over at the new border. "That's Ryuu Yuki."
"You mean, the Ryuu Yuki. She's one of the last surviving Ryuu slayers!" Megumi was whispering frantically. "I've heard all about her. The Ryuu clan is one of the most dangerous vampire slayers in all of Japan."
"Really?" Kaoru blinked and then saw Yuki walk up to them.
"It isn't a normal illness that Kenshin is suffering from. He has two days of human life left, once he's turned, I will kill him," she walked down the hall and into the bathroom.
"Wait! Kenshin is reformed, vampires, they're all dead!" Megumi shook her head, taking the woman's hand. "What has Kenshin ever done to you?"
"Murdered my brother," Yuki's voice was strong. "I have no intention in helping him."
"Then you would be betraying your oath to defend all living people," a child's voice was heard and she turned to see a boy looking at her. "Kenshin may have done bad things in the past, but no one deserves to be turned into a vampire."
Yuki stared at the boy who was looking upset. "I will do what I can for him, but in my heart I will never be able to forgive him."
