Author's Note: Hiya.. This is my second fic.. Hope you like it! Battousai RuleZ!! Don't know who's gonna be who.. Tell me who do you want to be together.. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Hitokiri Battousai was a well known warrior in the whole world for his skill, strength, coldness and the two most important personalities he had.. His amber eyes and his X shaped scar. But even though he was a legendary person, he was still 25 years old!

Battousai was working under King Katsura for the Ishin Sisshi Kingdom. He had captured and defeated most of the small or big kingdom and they were all under the Ishin Sisshi Kingdom now.. except for three kingdoms, Oniwabanshu, Shinsengumi and Kamiya Kingdom. Oniwabanshu and Shinsengumi were defeated once a long time ago but both of the kingdoms rebelled and managed to get back their independence. The Kamiya Kingdom was the strongest kingdom for they were never defeated.

Battousai was walking through the busy city of Raven with his lover, Tomoe. Tomoe was the only person who could bring out the brighter side of Battousai.. Well, not entirely. Tomoe never saw him smile even once to her and they were already together for 4 years!

But still, Battousai was kinder and softer around her. His smile was the only thing Tomoe desperately hoped to see.

People bowed to Battousai as they passed him, yet some whispered behind his backs. Only a glare from Battousai sent these people running for their dear life.

"Himura.. I heard that you're gonna go for another battle. Is it true?" asked Tomoe monotonously.

"Hai," replied Battousai.

Tomoe only sighed. No matter how long she asked him, he would always reply with a short answer.

"With who?"

"With the Kamiya kingdom.. the next day after tomorrow," replied Battousai, emotionless.

'Kamiya Kingdom!' Tomoe gasped. Her heart clenched with worry and concern. "Kamiya Kingdom.. The undefeatable kingdom.. Promise me you will be back safe," Tomoe begged. She didn't know what she would do without him.

Battousai's eyes softened at this. 'At least there's someone who cares for me..,' Battousai thought.

"I promise. I will not die before I can go back to your arms again, Tomoe.. Koishii," Battousai said softly as his lips touched Tomoe's. They kissed passionately as if they were the only ones in the city. Well of course, many eyes were set on them.

"My dear fellow! In just a few minutes, we will be going to a battle with the undefeatable kingdom, Kamiya kingdom. The strongest kingdom of all and it's my dream and my ancestor's before me to defeat and make the kingdom as part of ours. So, as my army, you should do whatever it takes to win. If you die, you will die with honor of your country!" King Katsura's voice echoed through the military hall.

Every each of the army had two or three katanas with them.. even Battousai had two. King Katsura was everyone's idol. He had once confronted the evil Shishio, head of Juppon Gatana clan who killed the people of Ishin Sisshi mercilessly. They both engaged in a fierce battle, and King Katsura managed to kill Shishio but he himself was injured badly.

Battousai, however, respected King Katsura because of his wise personality and how his words could calm all the soldiers.

Battousai snapped back to reality as he heard King Katsura announced, "For this battle, Battousai and Takasugi will be your leaders. All of you should follow their orders! Now.. The time has come! Prepare for battle!"

Thousands of armies began to march into the battlefield while shouting, "Defeat Kamiya Kingdom!"

The battle started quiet heatedly. When the Ishin Sisshi arrived at the battlefield, they were struck with fear when they saw an endless number of Kamiya soldiers.

Battousai were seen covered in blood. He slashed and stabbed all the soldiers that got in his way. He had killed so many, yet there were still more coming his way.

Thousands of men lay dead on the ground and some kept fighting. Blood everywhere and the smell of the place was like rotten fish. Seconds seemed like hours for Battousai as he became more tired.

'Am I gonna die here? Like Katsura said, if I die, I will die in honor.. I will die in honor.. Wait! No way! I will not die! Tomoe is waiting for me.. Her smile.. I have to see it.. Her voice.. I have to hear it.. Yes! I will live!' Battousai thought, feeling his strength coming back to him.

"I WILL NOT DIIIIEEEEE!!!!" Battousai screamed as he jumped and leapt down from air to attack more men.

After 2 days of battling, only about 50 people left of the Ishin Shisshi including Battousai himself. The Kamiya Kingdom men were getting less but there were still about 200 or 300 of them. Even if the Battousai was the most feared Hitokiri, he was still a human, who can get tired and he couldn't defeat all the enemies by himself. The other men besides Battousai were weak and unskillful. They would surely be killed in just a few seconds.

Battousai sighed. Is this how it gonna end? Will he never gonna meet Tomoe again? "No.. I will not lose! I will kill all of you! I will not fail Katsura!" Battousai growled. Some of the enemies gulped in fear as they saw Battousai's golden eyes shone with the urge to kill.

Battousai was about to attack when a very loud and demanding voice spoke. "Hmm.. Interesting! You're not gonna give up, are you? Even if you are the best hitokiri, you will not win this battle. There is more of my army to come. But I like your personality, never give up."

Battousai searched for the person who spoke. Then he sighted a very proud man riding on a horse. 'Hmm.. He must be the head of the army.. I have to kill him! But how? There are a lot of men protecting him.'

As if reading Battousai's mind, the person said, "I am Yamagata, the captain of the honorable army of Kamiya Kingdom. Ishin Sisshi wants to capture Kamiya Kingdom, is it? It won't be that easy," Yamagata chuckled making Battousai's blood boiled, "There's a way-"

Battousai cut in, "Yes, by defeating your army, and thus, Ishin Sisshi kingdom will take over yours. Now, prepare to die!" Battousai was about to slash forward when Yamagata laughed.

Yamagata grinned, "Patience, my boy. All Katsura wants is to make Kamiya kingdom part of his kingdom. Now that I found you and you surely are the right person for her. There's no need to continue this fight. Take me to Katsura."

Battousai was having a hard time deciding. He glared at Yamagata, yet Yamagata just smiled with no sign of fear. The deadly hitokiri cursed under his breath before leading Yamagata back to the military camp. Battousai kept thinking about Yamagata's words along the way, 'You are the right person for her. Who's her?!'

Yamagata was in Katsura's camp for hours now. No one was allowed to come in even Battousai. Battousai was ordered to wait outside and he was getting impatient. He was about to enter the camp when suddenly Katsura and Yamagata stepped out. As usual, that Yamagata was smiling but Katsura had this serious expression as if he was deciding a very important matter.

Yamagata rode his horse once again and spoke to Katsura, "Think of it carefully." With that, he ordered the rest of his army to retreat to Kamiya Kingdom.

"What was that all about?" asked Battousai curiously.

"I need to talk to you. Let's talk a walk," Katsura said.

They walked in silence for a while. Battousai nearly jumped when Katsura suddenly spoke up, "The King has a princess named Kaoru. She's 19 years old and a very pretty woman as rumors had said. And.. uhmm.. the king wanted to find a very talented young man to be her husband and.. Yamagata was ordered to find this 'Mr. Right Guy' so.. I don't why but.. he.. chose you."

"WHAT?!!" exclaimed Battousai, his eyes going from amber to golden again.

Katsura nearly scurried away but he glued himself on the spot and calmed Battousai down, "You have to do this. If you are willing to marry Kaoru, Kamiya will agree to share their kingdom with us. Even though they don't give their kingdom to us but sharing was enough! Please! You know how important it is to me!"

Battousai whispered, "But what about Tomoe?" He felt his body trembled in anger. 'No way I'm gonna leave Tomoe.'

Katsura then grinned, "I know you will say that. Don't worry. I heard that the princess has some sort of sickness and she's going to live for only about 5 to 6 months. You just have to be patient for that long and after that, you're free with Tomoe!"

Battousai thought of this carefully, 'Only 5 or 6 months. It's not so long and Katsura and the Kings before him had always wanted to have Kamiya Kingdom in this kingdom. Yes. I mustn't be selfish. It will be alright.'

"All right," Battousai agreed.

"Very well then! I will inform this to Koshijiro Kamiya, the king of Kamiya Kingdom. Thank you very much.. Himura," Katsura stated happily.

Battousai only sighed. 'I'm sorry.. Tomoe'

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HoNeyZRiNoA: So.. How was it? Tell me if you want this fic to continue. If there are so many grammar mistakes.. I'm sorry.. I'm very sleepy dudes! Bye Bye! v(o)v