Find Yourself

Rating: NC-17 for strong language, violence, many adult situations…

Summary: After receiving a new serving wench, Battousai embarks on a quest to find a worthy foe! But will Kamiya Kaoru sneak her way into the hunter's heart?

Disclaimer: I wanna own Ken! Oro? But no, I don't... Blah…

Chapter 1: Inn

"Stupid girl!" was followed by a loud clear SLAP of flesh on flesh. "This was my favorite gi! You shall pay for this!" A woman's cry sounded loudly from the guesthouse.

All of which, the master of the inn clearly heard. Takeda Kanryu was, unfortunately, not concerned.

Kitchen Mistress, Sekihara Tae, heard the commotion as well. Tae had known Kamiya Kaoru since they were both girls. Tae shut her eyes and squeezed them tightly closed. Physical abuse to Kaoru was not a new thing. Often were slaps, pushes, and other such things. To meet Kaoru was to sometimes think her vain. To cover the bruises she used heavy, thick makeup and elaborate kimonos. Tae always cursed their boss, Mr. Takeda, for what happened to Kaoru. How dare he allow his own servant to be treated in such ways!

Back in the guesthouse, Kaoru was being backed into a corner.

"Aren't you just a pretty piece of flesh? I think I'll take my due pound…" the man threatened as he moved closer to her. The grin on his face was ugly and she searched for something, anything, to smack it away with. She could smell his lust rising and gathering below his belt. Her reached forward and laid a hand on her creamy white thigh. In her head, tormented thoughts reigned.

I've always been able to fend them off before.

Why not just give up?

BASTARD!

A loud CRACK rang as the man's features suddenly convulsed. Kaoru screamed again as his hand slid up her thin serving skirt. The man, however, had slumped forward, his head in her lap, and ceased breathing. She slowly opened one eye and peeked to see Tsukayama Yutaro, the common serving boy, standing where the horrid man once knelt, shinai in hand.

"Get up, quickly! Before the other guests come to see what's happened!"

Though the boy was younger she eagerly obeyed his command. Trying not to touch the pervert as much as she could help it she hefted him from her path and ran.

Kaoru ran... and ran… into the night she kept running until she collapsed. The muscles of her legs, though accustomed to standing as long as she was commanded, had finally given out. With a sob that shook her entire body she clung to the bark of the nearest tree and wept.

((A/N: I'm sorry this is a short chapter, but its only the beginning! Please remember that this is my first fic EVER and I'm just writing what I tell myself… And I am very strange… I'm open to flames, anything that you can possibly give me to help me with the storyline, characters, ANYTHING… Please please please please R+R…

Of course this means Rest and Relaxation… Or Rail Road… But it also means Read and Review… wink wink nudge nudge

Love you all and thanks bunches!))

((A/N again: As you may have noticed, I'm gonna stick a buncha original characters in here, their names are the same but I'll prolly give 'em different backgrounds and stuff… ))

A/N (9/12) I'M GOING TO EDIT ALL OF THIS AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE IT… Finally, I know but hey… Whaddya want from me? sheepish :P