Disclaimer: i SO do not own RK .

Blessed are the ignorant

Chapter 1:

Tokyo

Sweet melodies filled the small dining area following each strum of the fingers on the koto. With a quiver of the last note, she rose from her sitting position and took a deep bow at her solemn audience. No applause and no cheers…business was to be discussed between the various shoguns and their samurais who together consisted her audience. Especially so in this war torn state of time in this dreaded country.

As she stepped past the curtains and out of the door she wondered if her music had managed to bring some amount of fleeting peace to these men. She shook her head free of her thoughts and sighed. Now was not the time to worry about such fools. Not when you have a couple of vampires on your back anyway.

Calmly, she left the house thanking the man who opened the door for her. She walked until the house was out of sight – in the woods and with a glowing blue orb from her right hand, transformed it into a bunch of small knieves and threw them skillful at the tree beside her.

"How long are you going to keep at this?" she demanded icily.

"Kamiya Kaoru, the hybrid…now why don't we…talk this over?" came a voice from behind the tree. Following which a group of men emerged from the shadows.

She glared at them...vampires …with only one sad desire, her powers. And she thought that they would all have learnt by now, considering the amount of their population she had wiped out. With a blue orb emerging from both her hands…screams resounded through the dark night.

Kyoto

"Another tried to take her powers" muttered Aoshi after reading an intelligence report he had received from the trusty pigeon of the oniwabashu.

A low chuckle was heard from across the room Aoshi was in; made by a man with flaming red hair and glittering amber eyes. "Fools," he muttered, "a hybrid with the blood of both a vampire prince and a fairy princess, hence inheriting unlimited powers would not lose or give in easily…otherwise there would be no game…no need for strategy." His lips curved into a cynical smile.

He craved …no needed her powers being born into an aristocratic family meant duties and living up to reputations. He had created his own, the fearsome Battousai - slayer of thousands. But such reputation had its price. People feared him and enemies were repent. Though a vampire replenishes his energy after rest, his powers are not like some unlimited rechargeable battery. They had their lifespan too were beginning to wear out and with as much enemies as there is air to breathe, he could not risk this weakness. Already he could feel the lost of little shards of his power after each intensive battle. He wanted his strength back and would not settle for less then or equal power nourishment.

"She would be in Kyoto soon…" Aoshi noted. Battousai smiled once again…everything was falling in place.

"Akebeko Tea House's famous koto performer…I am looking forward to its comforting music"

hehe first fanfic… pls do drop by some comments..thanx!

hmm..for those wondering what a koto is, it is a string instrument born around the fifth to third century B.C. in China. Originally it had only 5 strings but increased to 12 strings and then to 13. It was the 13-string koto that was carried to Japan during the Nara period (710-794). Initially, it was performed in ensembles with other stringed and wind instruments, but eventually it came to be performed by itself. It's also commonly performed with the shamisen and shakuhachi or as accompaniment to songs. I happen to take music as a subject.

yup..this fanfic is set during the Bakamatsu period.