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My Afterlife: Chapter 2

Kuronue's POV

She came at me. A silver dagger flew by me. She pulled out her sword and tried to cut my head off. I ducked, and she attacked again. I blocked and this kept going on for a while. I felt fine, but she looked exhausted, like she hadn't slept for weeks. I wondered.

"Why are you so tiered?" I asked blocking another one of her attacks. "You look like you've been through hell and back"

"What is my business stays my business." She said. She started to get more aggressive. And three daggers flew at me one by one. Fortunately I wasn't hit but that gave her just enough time to cut me. A line of blood started to trickle down my arm.

"Very good, you can fight, but how's your footwork?" I asked. I moved forward watching her. She kept glancing at mine, and then at her feet then back at me. She may have been able to attack well and was an excellent fighter, but she couldn't keep her stance. Her footwork was terrible. I backed her into a corner, and grabbed her by the neck. I was much taller than she was. She was only maybe 6'0. 6'1. me being almost 7'0. I squeezed her neck almost choking her. I pushed her a little farther, and she dropped her sword. The other one was still attached to her waist. I grabbed it and yanked the leather strap connecting it, and threw it to the other side of the room.

"I could do it you know. I could kill you so easily right now. Just a quick turn to one side." I looked at her. Her hair fell slightly in her face covering her eyes. With my other hand I brushed it away. When I looked closer at her eyes, I noticed that they were green with flecks of silver in them. Her hair did have red highlights in them. She was very pretty. I could have fun with her. When I looked at her once again, I noticed that there wasn't any fear of me in them. Not of death either. Then I tried something.

"Your name isn't Sakura, is it" I asked her. She had a look of surprise in them

"How did you know?" she asked me. He voice came out as a whisper. I let up on the pressure on her neck.

"I didn't, it was just a lucky guess. Now what is your real name?" I set her down on the floor, and released my hand from her neck. I looked at her skin. It was flawless and pale. Prefect. She was very different than anyone I had ever met before, and I wanted to know more. For some reason she intrigued me.

"My name is Rose." She said going to retrieve her weapons. I picked up my sword from the ground and waited. I didn't know for what, but something. Maybe this girl, this woman, had the answers I needed for my questions.

"Who are you?" she asked me after she had picked everything up.

"My name is Kuronoue." She looked up sharply, and narrowed her eyes at me.

"Are you the same Kuronue that died here? Are you the same one who was a comrade of Yoko the bandit?" Rose asked

"Yes" I said almost amused. People hadn't forgotten me. I wondered how long I had been dead for. Well here was my only chance to ask and get an answer.

"You said that I died here. How long ago was that?"

"Almost 70 years ago" Rose looked at me with a look of almost pity or sadness. Then she looked at me like I was her worst enemy.

"Yes you are defiantly Kuronue the Thief and bandit that everyone knows. You and Yoko both." She started to walk away but I stopped her. Rose walked around me and turned down a hallway.

"Come with me please, your arm is cut." Rose said not turning around to see if I would follow. Somehow I thought that she was drawn to me as well. I wanted to find out as much as possible about this woman before something happened. I knew that she was my key to the living. I had no idea what happened to Yoko or the rest of my men. For all I knew they could all be dead. That was a thought for another time.

Disclaimer: Yay, I finished the chappy!! And a cookie for everyone. I really don't know where I'm going with this, but I hope that some of you like it. Thank you if you reviewed. Well until I decided to update….