Summary: Our sweet Kaoru is not as innocent as we think. She was actually an assassin during the Bakumatsu. But she was not just any assassin, she was aGeisha Assassin! Now it would seem her past is catching up with her. Why? What will the others do when they find out? Most importantly what will her husband, Kenshin, do/say about this?

AN: Konnichiwa! I'm Anime Freak86! I hope you enjoy the fic and I will accept any flames! ( I wouldn't though! Because my true love, Aoshi, will hurt any who hurt my feelings!) Right Aoshi? …Aoshi?

Aoshi:glares: Why am I here again?

Ken: You are here to please the authoress and make her feel safe, that you are indeed.

Yahiko:snickers: yeah. That is because she has got you whipped and I'm more worried about your safety from HER than I am about her's.

AF86:eyebrow twitches: You take it back! Or Else!

Y: Or else what?

AF86:evil grin: or else I'll call Kaoru and tell her you compared her to skunk AND called her UGLY!

Y: You wouldn't!

AF86:grabs a mega phone: OH KAORUUUUU! YAHIKO SAID YOU SMELLED LIKE A SKUNK AND YOU WERE MAULED BY THE UGLY TREE SO OFTEN THAT YOU BROKE THE MAGIC MMMIIIRRRRROOOOORRRR!

: Yahiko runs away screaming 'NNNOOOO!':

Kaoru: WHAT? WHERE IS THAT BRAT! I'LL KNOCK HIM OUT SO BAD HE WON'T REMEMBER WHAT DAY IT WAS:she brings out brand NEW bokken made ofpetrified wood:

AF86:grins evilly: He went that way. :points in yahiko's direction:

Ka: Thank you :starts running with bokken swinging wildly: YAHIKO YOU ARE DEAD! YAHHHHH!

Ken: Oro? On with the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ruroni Kenshin. I only own the OC's.

Prologue

China and porcelin clinked and drunk, loud laughter wafted in the night air. Dark and forboding, an uniformed warrior approached the infamous Iris Teahouse. Upon entering, the man's cold eyes sought someone. That someone was the ring leader and madame of the structure.

The madam, known as Madame Blossom, walked to the stiff figure," How may I be of service? Or are you here for another kind of service?"

"I wish to have an audience with one of your flowers…"he sneered. "Her name would be Shina."

Nodding, Madam responded," I will fetch her at once. Please excuse me for a moment."

With that and a bow, she was off to "Shina's" private quarters. Kamiya Kaoru, a.ka Shina, sat quietly and listened to her boss patiently. Kaoru was a beauty in her own right. Her face was lightly powdered because she was naturally pale and lips were painted a sensuous red. The blue eyes had a glazed, empty look in them but deep down she was miserable with this way of life. She had no more time to ponder these emotions because she had a visitor.

Hitokiri Battousai observed the petite figure shifting through the shadows. Long raven tresses were all he could see. The woman in the shadows looked upon her target with cold, sapphire eyes. Entering the inn, she prepared to unsheath her katana. Just she had revealed the cherry blossom engraved blade a reverse blade sword was about to strike her from the side. As soon as Hitokiri Kasshin blocked the blow, her sapphire gaze met cold, amber orbs.

Steel clashes echoed in the cool night. The only witnesses to this battle lay with the two fighters and mother nature. Kasshin went in to strike the final blow but Battousai struck first.

When the female hitokiri dared to look down, her loose kimono had blood upon it. Battousai left, leaving her to find a deep wound curved around her left breast. (AN: her outfit is sort of like Yumi's, Shishio's girl, but more elegant and is made to allow bigger steps to be taken!) It would become a scar and the most incriminating evidence to her secret past.

AN: what ya think? I have more written but I want to test how the prologue is taken by my readers. Please review and be honest with your opinion! Till next Ja!