The Break Down
Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin doesn't belong to me.
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'blah' mind talking.
'blah' thoughts.
Chapter One.
Kaoru sighed as she sat on her couch and watched the fireplace as a fire raged within it. Her apartment was dark, except from the flickering light from the flames. When she had been a little girl the dark had never scared her. She figured that if she couldn't see them, they would see her. In fact, Kaoru loved the dark. It was where she felt safest.
Calmly, without taking her eyes off the fire, Kaoru grabbed the wine glass on the table next to her and took a drink. Maybe tonight would be her night off. Only god knew how badly she needed one of those. Thinking back, she figured her last night off had been months ago.
'Kaoru.' There went her hopes off a night off. Being a multi power Tenshi, her boss had ordered her to form a mind connection with him the instant she signed up, thus giving him the power to talk mind to mind to her whenever. The mind connection, however, limited him to that. He could only talk to her mind to mind, but not read it, unlike her since one of her powers was telepathy. She tended to block the thoughts and images of other people's minds, though. Too many people in her head tended to give her a migraine. The mind connection allowed him to talk to her, even when her barriers were up.
'What?' Kaoru answered, getting up to wash her glass and place it back in the cabinet.
'I want you to meet me in one hour at the Black Witch. The usual room.' His voice entered her mind and she shuddered. She hated the feeling of having no control over something in her own head.
'Understood.' Kaoru replied and went to her room to get ready. Looking through her closet she grabbed a navy blue halter top and black jeans, stuffing her knee-high, high heeled boots under the jeans. After sweeping her hair up into a high ponytail she only needed one more thing before she was ready to go. Walking over to a table she grabbed the middle sword from a stand of three and swung it on her back. A meeting with her boss meant no job tonight, but she never knew what drunks would be at the whorehouse he always met her at.
Grabbing her keys she locked up her apartment and walked out to her red Ferrari, jumping in and driving off. A red light stopped her at an intersection and she watched as three school girls walked across the crosswalk, laughing and having fun.
Three girls were walking in a mall, joking around. They looked to be around 15-16 years of age, and free of worries. They walked in and out of stores, not buying anything, but having fun all the same. Then a guy called one of the girl's names and she ran to him and threw her arms around his neck before kissing him.
A horn honked behind her, breaking her out of the vision. Shaking her head she drove on, watching the scenery change as she got closer to the seedier part of town. She rolled her eyes as she watched scantily clad women stood at their corners, waiting for a john. After a few moments she saw a big sign the read "Black Witch" in bold, red letters. Finding a parking space she got out of her car and hit the lock key. She walked to the front doors, ignoring the drunken men that were cooing at her and trying to get her attention.
Walking in she stood there for a moment, letting her nose and eyes get used to the thick haze of smoke from the cigarettes and weed. After her nose and eyes stopped burning she continued to the back room. If she walked fast enough she could probably get through without any interruptions. The fates were with her today and she got to the other side without any trouble. Nodding to the two guards on either side of the door as they opened it she stepped through. Her boss was sitting at a table, flirting with one of the prettier, cleaner whores. When he saw Kaoru, however, he sent the woman on her way and motioned her to sit.
"Sake?" He asked her as she sat down. She nodded and he poured her a cup before getting to business. "Have you ever heard of a guy by the name of Tashiki Nokumuri?"
Kaoru nodded. "He's the biggest business leader in Japan; owns several large businesses, billionaire, and most eligible bachelor." She offered how much she knew. He nodded and handed her an envelope to look at, thick from the information it carried. The envelope contained everything from a picture of Tashiki Nokumuri to statistics and pretty much his whole life story.
"Exactly. Well our recent sources have told us many terrible things about Mr. Nokumuri. Apparently he has been smuggling in drugs from the United States, selling little girls to China, etc. Unfortunately, he is so rich that the police can't even hold him in jail overnight. So, the police have asked us to…help out. Tomorrow night Mr. Nokumuri will be going to his favorite nightclub, a place called Silent Night. You will meet him there and kill him, without any other casualties and without anybody seeing you. Do I make myself clear?" Her boss asked, taking a drink of sake. Kaoru continued looking through the package and found information on the nightclub, from the times its open to how much security to expect and escape routes, etc.
She nodded and he went on. "If you are seen it will be all over for us. You are the strongest Estle I have ever encountered, and you are the only one I trust with this job, Kaoru."
Kaoru nodded again.
"Okay. Go home, have a good night's rest and I'll contact you tomorrow after the mission. Try not to kill anyone on your way out, okay?" She nodded once more before standing up and walking out the door, leaving her cup of sake untouched. Hopefully she would be able to get to the exit without any trouble. The thought quickly left her when she felt a hand grab her ass. Stopping suddenly her eyes narrowed as she heard men laugh behind her. Whirling around she walked up to the man who had grabbed her ass.
"Gohei." She said his name in a menacing voice.
"Hey pretty lady! Why don't you join us? I'm sure we could show you a real good time." He said, loud and drunk. Her bright blue eyes narrowed even further.
'Good time, eh? I'll show him a good time.' Gohei's laughter stopped suddenly and he stood straight up, stiff as a board. Then he grabbed a small knife he had hidden in his pants and began stabbing himself in the stomach repeatedly. By this time everyone had stopped laughing and was watching him in horror. He didn't stop until he was covered in stab wounds and bleeding profusely. After watching him drop to the ground Kaoru turned around and walked out of the building.
Once back in her apartment she put her sword back on the stand and jumped in the shower, turning the water to scalding hot. She didn't wash or anything, just stood there and let the water flow over her body. After a while she got out and put up some black, silk pajama shorts and a matching spaghetti strap shirt. Going through her apartment Kaoru went to all her windows, locking them with huge bolts. Then she went to her door and locked the three different bolts. Once everything was locked and she was absolutely sure no one would be able to get in she walked back into her bedroom, turned off the lights and slid underneath her covers.
The next morning, Kaoru was making coffee and she got a tingling feeling in the back of her mind. Sighing she pressed the start button on her coffee maker and went to grab the phone. About five seconds after she had the phone in her hands it went off.
"Hello, Misao." Kaoru said, answering the phone.
"How did you know it was me? That's no fair." Kaoru rolled her eyes at the pouting sound in her friend's voice as she sat down on her couch.
"Lucky guess. How are you?"
"I'm great! Actually, can you meet me at the coffee house in about an hour? I have so much to tell you!" Misao said excitedly. Kaoru groaned quietly.
"Yeah, sure. I'll see you then." She agreed before saying goodbye and hanging up. Kaoru got ready quickly, once again only wearing dark colors. In fact, all she ever wore were dark colors. Walking out of her apartment she made sure the door was locked before leaving to meet her friend.
She got to the small coffee house about fifteen minutes early, but that didn't bother her. While she waited she bought two coffees for herself and Misao before sitting at a table in the corner. These were the times she was glad she had learned to put up barriers around her mind when she was young; there were about fifty people inside the coffee house and if it wasn't for her barriers they would all be inside her head right now, thinking the most random stuff. The last time it had happened she had been drunk and had accidentally let her barriers down. She had had a horrible migraine for a week and it wasn't from the alcohol.
"Hey, Kaoru!" A voice yelled out from the other side of the coffee house. Kaoru looked up and saw Misao standing in the doorway. Smiling she waved Misao over.
"Hey, Misao. How are you?" Kaoru asked once Misao had sat down and begun drinking her coffee.
"I'm great, almost as great as this coffee! How do you always know what to get me?" Misao said, rolling her eyes in exaggerated pleasure.
"It's the same thing you always get when you come here, Misao. Now, what did you have to tell me that just couldn't wait?"
"Oh yeah! Oh my gosh, Kaoru, I met the most amazing guy yesterday! His name is Shinomori Aoshi and he's just so dreamy! He is really tall and he has a really nice body and he has the most gorgeous ice blue eyes I've ever seen!" Misao gushed, a starry look in her eyes.
"And how exactly did you two meet?" Kaoru asked.
"Oh, he knocked me down in the middle of the street on accident and took me out to ice cream and a walk in the park to make up for it. Kaoru, I think I'm in love!" Kaoru let Misao obsess some more, pretending to be interested. After a while Misao had finally run out of things to say so they said their goodbyes and went their separate ways. Kaoru looked at the clock and saw she had some time to kill before she had to go to Silent Night, so she pushed all of her furniture in her very large living room out of the way and began doing katas.
After a few hours of katas she looked at the time and noticed it was almost nine pm. Groaning she decided to put her furniture back the next day and jumped in the shower. After the shower she put on some clubbing clothes, which mainly consisted of a black, jean mini skirt and a blood red halter top that stopped just above her belly button. Looking in the mirror she smiled viciously. She was dressed to kill.
End Chapter.
This was just an introductory chapter, meant to introduce Kaoru and a few of her powers.
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