Dark Stormy Night

Chapter 1

AN: VOICE CAST: Richard Cansino as Hitokiri Battousai

Vic Mignogna as Tatsu

and Luci Christian as Tetsu

Tetsu ran to get out of the sudden thunderstorm that had formed over the street of Kyoto. "Damn it!" he yelled. "This totally sucks! I was going to go on a date with Saya, but I guess God had other plans for me!" he screamed.

The young red head found shelter in an alley under a long roof. "At least something went right tonight," he mumbled. The rain really started to come down.

Tetsu sat down and hugged his knees to his chest, trying to keep warm and dry. Tetsu wandered around in his thoughts. I wonder if Saya is caught in this rain as well? Is she mad at me? Does she know that I couldn't make it because of the weather? If I see her again, I hope she's not mad at me, thought the young page.

The young boy let his eyes rest. Then what he heard next was normal for him. An ear piercing scream filled the night air. "Huh?" said Tetsu, getting to his feet and looking at the direction that the scream had come from.

He followed from where he thought the scream had come from. He went through the soaking wet alleys until he found what had happened.

His eyes widened at the sight that lay in front of him. Shinsengumi members were cut up, bleeding, and some bodies were still moving, despite the owner of them being dead. "Oh, God," he whispered. He looked for the culprit that had done this to his fellow members.

His eyes found him. A teenage boy, a few years older than he was, but much taller, stood over the bodies. He wore a navy blue gi, a dark gray hakama, had blood red hair tied high in a high samurai ponytail, and had a cross shaped scar on his left cheek.

That didn't scare him, nor did the fact that the katana that he had had blood dripping from the hilt of the sword to the edge of the sharp blade. The thing that made Tetsu tremble were this guy's eyes.

Amber eyes narrowed in slits that had been glaring at the bodies. Tetsu had guessed that this guy had been the one who killed his Shinsengumi friends, if you would consider them friends.

Tetsu stepped out slowly and took a hold of a katana that had been formally used by a Shinsengumi member. His eyes darted back and forth between the sword and the assassin. Tetsu then got a good grip on the sword and stepped out from the shadows that were concealing his body.

When he stepped out, no one was there except for the dead Shinsengumi members. "What the? Where did he go?" asked Tetsu looking around.

Then he felt something cold under his neck. He guessed it was a blade. Nothing else could send shivers of fright down his back. Tetsu gasped. The young boy felt a hand wrap around his neck. Tetsu dropped his own sword. Tetsu had fallen into a trap!

"Who are you?" asked the teenage boy holding Tetsu. Tetsu didn't answer. Okita had taught him even if he was going to get tortured, never reveal the secrets of the Shinsengumi. "I'm lost," said Tetsu pretending. "Please, sir, don't' kill me," he said as scared as he could be.

"You saw me. You know," said the teenager. Wait a minute! cried Tetsu's mind. Okita told me to beware of a guy with amber eyes, a cross shaped scar, and blood red hair. That guy was called Battousai and he was the #1 enemy of the Shinsengumi!

Tetsu gasped inwardly. "Oh crap. Can this night get any worse?" asked Tetsu forgetting the fact that he was being held hostage. "What?" asked Battousai. "Are you apart of the Shinsengumi?" he asked.

"Tetsu!" someone called. Battousai looked up and saw a man older than he was. He guessed he was the kid's dad. "Tetsu!" he called. Battousai smiled. "So you're name is Tetsu, huh?" the assassin asked.

Tetsu stiffened. "Tatsu!" he called. "Down here! Help me!" called Tetsu. Battousai narrowed his eyes until they were totally in slits. "Big mistake," said Battousai.

Tatsu heard his brother calling, then ran down an alley from where he guessed where his brother was. "Tetsu!" called Tatsu. Then he saw his brother with a katana at this throat. "Oh, God," said the older brother. "Stay where you are or your son dies," said Battousai. "He's my little brother," snarled Tatsu.

"Whatever," said Battousai stepping forward while Tatsu stepped back. "Let him go!" yelled Tatsu. "No, I'm taking the kid with me," said Battousai stepping out of the alley with a defenseless Tetsu in his arms. Tatsu tried to go after him, but slipped in the mud and blood combined. Battousai chuckled. "You should really take in your surroundings," he snarled.

Tatsu looked around him and saw the bodies of the Shinsengumi slain. "Tetsu, please tell me you didn't witness this," said Tatsu. Tetsu yelled "NO! I just saw this guy standing over them and I put 2 and 2 together."

"Your never going to get away with this," whispered Tatsu. Battousai smiled. "Of course I am, after all I am Hitokiri Battousai," said Battousai. Tatsu and Tetsu gasped at the same time. "The number one enemy of the Shinsengumi," said Tatsu.

"So you two are apart of the Shinsengumi," said Battousai. Lightning flashed and thunder roared over the three teenagers. "I'll be coming for you next," said Battousai taking his sword away from Tetsu's neck and pointing it at Tatsu before disappearing into the night.

"Dam you Tetsu," was all that Tatsu said before running to the Shinsengumi headquarters to fill them in on the situation.