Nori: YAY CHAPTER THREE!

Tama: PARTAYYY!

Nori: Yes, it's always a party when Nori is around.

Tama: Sure…you could say that.

Nori: Anyways, I will be doing the disclaimer today. Ah-hem. I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or the characters or the song Pretty Handsome Awkward by the Used, but I do own all the OC's and ideas. READ!!!!!

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The guitar was loud. Drums in a steady rhythm. The low bass made the room shake.

Kickin' it out!

Ruri and Kanta had decided to separate for a while. Kanta had some friends that he wanted to meet up with and Ruri decided to check out the scene. She wanted to see if any new Secrets had come to the club tonight.

Your dream vacation,

Is my hostage refuge,

A work in progress,

You bleed just like you puke while running a mile!

She walked through the crowd. Everyone was dancing to the music. Ruri smiled. This was really the place to be.

Hey, are you ok?

You look pretty low!

Very handsome awkward.

Do you feel ok?

You look pretty low.

Very handsome awkward!

While Ruri walked she would find some of her Secret friends. She'd stop for a moment and dance and talk to them and then continued to walk. She wanted to see if she could find anyone new and interesting, not that her friends weren't.

Your market value,

Your resurrection,

Your shallow concept,

Help yourself.

I hope you choke and die!

Ruri walked, and then finally she found someone that intrigued her. He was closer to the bar and looked kind of wasted. And even though he looked tired and drunk, Ruri still found something attractive about him.

I know you meant it,

Nice fucking disguise, so hallow,

Embrace the burn!

You bleed just like you puke while running a mile!

He was tall. Not quite six feet, but close to it. His hair was orange and shaggy. It looked a bit tangled. His skin wasn't tan, but he wasn't pale and it was flawless. His eyes flashed a bright reddish brown color. He was wearing a coat with long pants, but Ruri could tell that he was quite muscular! She walked closer to him.

'Yea, he's definitely drunk,' Ruri could smell the alcohol just a few feet away from him. He seemed like he was about to pass out. That didn't stop her from approaching him, though.

Hey, are you ok?

You look pretty low.

Very handsome awkward!

Do you feel ok?

You look pretty low.

Very handsome awkward…

"Hey," Ruri said, standing next to him at the bar. She smiled. "What's your name? I haven't seen you here before."

"Name's Chase," he slurred a bit. "Never really been known about here before." He yawned, obviously growing tired from the alcohol. Ruri giggled.

You look pretty low…pretty low…pretty handsome awkward!

That's when everything started to go crazy. The music cut off, along with the lights and the rest of the clubs power. All the Secrets screamed, wondering what was going on. This wasn't supposed to be happening. Even if there was just a powersurg or something, which rarely happened because of all the technology, the club had many backup generators.

Then a gunshot was heard and a quick flash of light was seen. More shrieks followed.

"Nobody move!" a man's voice came. "You all are under arrest! We know about these underground Secret clubs and gangs!"

"No," Ruri gasped. "The Organization!"

"What?" Chase asked, obviously too drunk to realize what was going on.

"The W.W.P.O.! They're here!" she shouted and grabbed his wrist. "We have to get out of here before they find us!" She began to run through the crowd dragging Chase towards the nearest exit. The club's lights hadn't gone back on yet, but being a skilled member of the W.W.P.O. Ruri had to train her eyes so they were well adapted to the dark.

"Where are we going?" Chase asked Ruri as she pulled him behind her.

"Anywhere but here!" Ruri shouted in a whisper. "Now come on or I'll leave you behind!"

At that remark Chase became a bit more serious. Yes, he was still wasted, but he seemed to understand the danger of what was going on at the moment.

Everyone in the club was running around frantically trying to get away from the Organization, some had a bit of luck and had gotten away already, but others were already shot and dead, lying on the floor. Chase looked around as they ran and saw some of the dead bodies. In the back of his mind he was glad that he was drunk and would hopefully forget these awful sights by tomorrow morning.

Finally, the two reached one of the exits. It was one of the few that was barely being used at the moment. Ruri picked up her pace and held onto Chase's wrist tighter so she wouldn't lose him. She couldn't just let the poor drunk dude die!

Right as they were about to run through the door though, a member of the W.W.P.O. jumped in front of the two. Ruri gasped and quickly covered her face from her nose to her chin. She knew whatever member of the Organization it was would recognize her right away even without her heels, wig, or contact. Most assassins of the W.W.P.O. had photographic memories; Ruri wasn't to that level yet, though.

"This is the end of the line for you two," the girl standing in front of them said. She held a small handgun in each hand. She pointed both of them right at the two and a red dot of light appeared on both Ruri and Chase's foreheads, they were targets.

"You wish," Ruri said, her voice was a bit muffled though from her hand being over most of her face. She let go of Chase's wrist and sprinted towards the girl. Ruri knocked the guns out of her hands, jumped and kicked her right in the face. The girl who worked for the Organization went flying out of their way. Ruri turned around to Chase, her hand still placed firmly over her mouth and nose.

"Come on," she said, motioning her arm for him to follow. He just nodded and ran after her, both running as fast as their legs could carry them away from the club and the Perfection Organization.

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Everything was black. Chase felt like he had been hit in the head with ten thousand bricks, but at the same time his whole body felt warm and comfortable. Especially, on his right side. He wasn't sure why, but his right side felt a hell of a lot more warmer than his left, it was weighed down a bit more, too. It all felt so good though.

He could barely remember anything from the night…or even day before now. Where was he? And why did his head hurt so damn much?

Chase opened his eyes to be blinded by light. This did not help his headache at all. He squinted for a bit until the pain went away and his eyes became more adjusted to the light. Once he could fully see he took in his surroundings.

Chase was in a room painted dark red with hardwood flooring. There was a golden Chinese looking dresser on the other side of the room with a circle mirror to match it handing above. Some clothing items just seemed to be thrown there. He looked to his left and saw two doors. One had artwork painted and drawn all over it and the other was just plain white. Chase had no ideas where the doors led.

Then Chase looked down at himself. He was lying in a queen-sized bed, covered with a plain black comforter. That explained why he was so warm. Then he looked over to his right…to see a girl lying there. She looked young, maybe in her mid to late teens. Her skin was tan and she seemed rather short for average women these days. Her hair was what stood out to him the most. It was bright red and cut short, except for one long chunk of the left side of her head. She explained why he felt that extra weight on his right side.

Chase began to think more. How the hell did he get here? And who the hell was this girl? Why the hell was he in bed with her? Then his eyes went wide.

"Shit," he said out loud. "I hope nothing happened last night!"

His voice must've caused her to wake up because after he said that she began to stir. Ruri sat up and rubbed one of her eyes and stretched. Once she was done she looked down at Chase.

"Chase, I'm glad you're awake," she told him. "How's your head?"

Chase just looked at her in confusion. How did she know his name? Who was she, anyway? He could tell obviously she was a Secret, but how did they meet? What went on between them?

"It hurts…a little," he said slowly, still confused. Ruri smiled and stood up. She was still wearing her clothes from last night.

"That was a close one last night," she told him. "I'm glad we're still alive."

Chase's eyes went wide and he just nodded slowly.

'What…did we do it that much?' he asked himself.

"Well, I'm going to go take a shower, I really need one," Ruri said. "Just stay here and after I'll see if my Oma can make us breakfast."

Chase just sat there with wide eyes still and nodded again as Ruri walked away. He was freaking out. He had no idea where he was first of all. He couldn't remember anything that went on last night. He had no clue who the hell that chick was or what they did together. For some reason he really couldn't remember anything from yesterday. He wasn't sure why. And on top of all that he had a horrible migraine.

"What do I do?" he asked aloud to no one in particular. "What did I do is a better question…" He corrected himself.

Chase got out of bed and stretched. He looked out the window. It seemed to be a bright day. There were no clouds in the sky, the sun shone bright. Even though it was such a nice day out, Chase felt like shit. He still had a splitting headache, his legs felt rather sore, he wasn't sure why, and his stomach felt uneasy, partly because he was so nervous to find out what had gone on the previous night.

He walked back to the bed and sat down. He balanced his elbows on his thighs and put his head into his hands. He felt so horrible; he didn't know what he was going to do. If he and that girl did do anything last night…he hoped he had protection. He really didn't need a girl he had sex with getting pregnant right now.

After about ten minutes, the bathroom door opened to reveal Ruri. She was in a new outfit and her hair was damp. She walked over to chase and sat down next to him.

"Want some aspirin?" she asked. He just nodded without looking up. She smiled and walked over to the door. Just as she was about to open it, he stopped her.

"Wait," he said. She looked over at him.

"Yes?" Ruri asked.

"What happened last night? You and I…we didn't…"

Ruri tilted her head to the side in confusion. She had no idea what he was talking about. Then it hit her.

"Whoa no!" she put up her hands. "Nothing like that happened, don't worry. I'll explain after I get you some medicine and I ask my Oma to get us some breakfast, ok?"

Chase nodded and Ruri left the room.

Ruri walked down what felt like ten thousand stairs and through twenty different hallways until she got to the kitchen where she found her Oma, as always.

"Red! You're awake," the old woman said and ran to give her granddaughter a hug.

"Morning Oma," Ruri said and smiled. Her Oma was the only one who called her Red, obviously because of her red hair.

Ruri's Oma was about the same height as her with short curly blonde hair. Her eyes were bright blue and her skin was very pale. The woman was very thin. She seemed so fragile that if you just touched her she would fall apart.

Her name was Adolfina. In German it meant "noble wolf". It was a very fitting name for her, too. When Adolfina was younger she was a wild child, but she was still wise and could compose herself when need be. The elder woman was still like this. She was always known as Ruri's crazy grandma. But, she always looked out for Ruri and she always believed in her.

Ever since Ruri was a baby she looked up to her Oma. She believed everything she had done was great. She loved her so much.

"Oma, can you make me and one of my friends some breakfast?" Ruri asked. "He slept over last night. He's in my room right now, he doesn't feel well."

"Ohhh, had a boy sleep over last night, did we?" Adolfina asked and nudged Ruri's arm. "What's the lucky one's name?"

Ruri rolled her eyes.

"Nothing happened," she told her. "And his name is Chase." Ruri grinned.

"I'll make you two some waffles, is that alright?" Adolfina asked. Ruri nodded and sat down at the kitchen table while her Oma cooked. "So, tell me about this Chase fellow."

Ruri sighed.

"Well, he's really nice and cute, and was, uh, kinda drunk last night," Ruri rubbed the back of her head. Adolfina just laughed.

"You know, that's how me and your Opa met," she told her granddaughter. "We were at a bar, he was wasted, he hit on me a bit, brought him back home, then a couple weeks later we got married."

Ruri shook her head. That was Adolfina for you; she was a very spontaneous woman. She was the only woman that Ruri knew who waited only two weeks after meeting a guy to marry him.

Then Ruri became serious. She had to tell her Oma how Chase was a Secret. She knew that Adolfina wouldn't mind or anything, it just always scared her to say it out in the open where anyone could hear really.

"He's a…" Ruri looked around to make sure they were the only two there at the moment. "Secret, too." She whispered the last part. Adolfina nodded and said nothing more as she cooked.

"There's more…" Ruri said and looked down. She had to tell her Oma what went on last night. She couldn't just keep it to herself; she would feel awful if she did. "Last night, I went to this Secret club…and it got found out by the Organization."

Adolfina immediately stopped what she was doing and turned around. Her eyes were wide.

"They didn't see you, did they?" she asked in a worried tone. Ruri shook her head.

"I don't think so," she said. "They cut off all the power before they came in. One girl tried to stop us from leaving, but before she could recognize me, I covered my face."

Adolfina let out a sigh of relief.

"You need to be more careful, Red," she told her. "I can't lose my only granddaughter."

Ruri looked down, ashamed. She hated worrying her Oma like that, but she couldn't just keep something so important from her. They always told each other everything, and Ruri needed to get that out into the open.

Ding! The timer went off. Adolfina pulled the waffles out of the toaster along with some sausage and two glasses of milk and the handed two plates to Ruri that was on a carrying tray.

"Here you go, sweetie," Adolfina said. "Once you two are finished come back down. I want to meet this Chase guy." She winked at Ruri. Ruri giggled and nodded.

"Thanks, Oma," she said. "We will."

Ruri headed back upstairs but stopped in the bathroom first to grab some aspirin for Chase's headache. She walked all the way back up to her room and opened the door where she saw Chase laying face down on her bed. Ruri giggled at him, he looked kind of funny like that.

Chase looked up and saw that she was back with a tray of food.

"Hungry?" Ruri asked. Chase nodded and sat up. Ruri set the tray down and took a plate for herself. Chase did as well. The two ate in silence and Chase took the medicine that Ruri had gotten him.

After about fifteen minutes Ruri broke the silence.

"Feel a little better, yet?" she asked. Chase nodded again.

"A lot," he told her. "Thank you."

Ruri smiled.

"It's no big deal," she told him. "Do you remember anything that happened last night?" Chase shook his head.

"No, I have no idea what happened throughout the whole day pretty much," he told her. "Do you know why I can't remember anything?"

"Well, you were pretty wasted last night," Ruri said. "I met you at this Secret bar and…"

Ruri began to explain everything to Chase. How they met. What happened with the W.W.P.O. How they just escaped the club last night. Things like that.

"And that's about it," she finished her story. Chase just stared at her.

"Wow…" he said. "We barely made it out of that place." Ruri nodded. "I'm so glad you were there, I would be dead now if it weren't for you."

Ruri smiled.

"You would've made it out," she told him. "If you weren't so drunk." The two laughed. After a minute of laughter Chase and Ruri both heard a crash from downstairs. Both jumped to their feet, immediately alert.

"What was that?" Chase asked.

"I'm not sure," Ruri said. "No one but my Oma is home right now, this can't be good."

Ruri ran over to her dresser and grabbed her Dao and sprinted out of the room. Chase followed her as quickly as he could. He was still suffering a bit from his hangover. Ruri was running so fast, he couldn't keep up. Then, she turned the corner and disappeared.

Chase turned the corner a few seconds after her and wasn't paying attention and ran right into her back. He walked next to her, looking down into her eyes. He noticed how wide they were, filled with shock and fear. Chase looked straight ahead and saw that the whole entrance to the mansion was blown apart.

"What happened?" he asked her in astonishment.

"I-I-I I don't know," Ruri stuttered. "But, I think I have an idea."

Ruri ran from the entrance to the kitchen. Her Dao was still in hand, just in case she needed it. She heard the heavy footsteps of Chase following behind her. She knew he was still tired from his hangover, but she had to get to her Oma, before anything bad happened.

Ruri burst through the kitchen doors to see a scene that horrified her. Five people cornered her Oma. Five assassins that worked for the W.W.P.O. She saw that Adolfina was crying and begging them to leave and telling them that she knew nothing, but they were too persistent and stayed surrounding her.

At the sound of the doors opening each of the assassins turned around. Ruri's blue and violet eyes went wide. Each assassin wore a mask covering their faces, but she could recognize all of them just by seeing their eyes.

One of them was her friend that worked for the W.W.P.O. She was a Perfect, but nicer than the others. The girl was the same rank and Ruri and they had known each other since they were little. She was one of the few that Ruri really cared for and trusted. Her name was Riana Sumoyo.

The other three were people that she became friends with but they weren't that close. They all still looked out for each other, but they never hung out outside of the Organization. Their names were Kuroko, Ryuo, and Yuhi.

The last that Ruri could easily recognize was Etsu Mina. She was her stepsister and a total bitch. If it weren't for Ruri's father, Etsu would've ratted Ruri out years ago. She couldn't stand Ruri and Ruri couldn't stand her. Her half brother was the only one that kept the two from killing each other.

Chase finally caught up to Ruri and stood, leaning on the doorway for support, panting. He looked up and saw the Organization.

"What's going on?" Chase asked, fear dripped from his words.

"R-Ruri?" Riana asked. And stepped closer to her friend. She could easily recognize Ruri without her disguise on. "Please tell me you're just dressing up for some party. Please tell me that everyone is lying, you really aren't a Secret…right?"

Ruri stood her ground and glared at the five assassins. Chase stood beside her still panting, but ready to fight if he needed to.

"Get away from my Oma, now," Ruri ordered. "All of you."

"Red, get out," Adolfina shouted through her tears. "They'll kill you!"

Etsu looked from Adolfina to her stepsister and laughed.

"We finally got you, Ruri," she said. "After all these years of hiding, the Organization finally found you out!"

"Shut up, Etsu!" Ruri shouted.

Etsu stopped laughing and stomped over to her. She picked up Ruri by her collar and glared at her. Ruri just glared back.

"You have no right to talk to me like that," she said in a venomous tone. "I'm older than you and I outrank you. Plus, you are a Secret, and I am a perfect. Everything about me is better than you."

Etsu dropped her and continued to glare.

"Kill her," was all she said without breaking her gaze. None of the Organization behind her moved. Etsu looked back at them. Each one looked scared and reluctant. "Do as I command, now! Or it will be you who end up dead!" she shouted.

Ruri looked back at them and saw that they were about to move. She gasped and ran out of the room, past Chase, who just stood there. Etsu smiled at the man and then he began to run.

Ruri looked back at him and saw that he was following her. She smiled; maybe they would both be able to get out of this alive. Ruri continued to run. She knew where she had to go. She needed to go into the basement to the time machine that her dad invented. He told her that if he was ever not home and the W.W.P.O. found out about her true identity to run to the time machine and leave this era. Only she and him were the ones who knew how to control the machine, so that if the Organization did find out, they wouldn't be able to track her.

Etsu walked out into the hallway and saw her team chasing after her stepsister and her friend.

"They're heading for the basement," she shouted. "Stop them before they get to the time machine!" She looked back at Adolfina. "As for you…" she said and stepped closer.

Ruri kept running as fast as she could. She was beginning to get a bit tired, but she wasn't anywhere close to running out of energy. Then, she heard the sound of something moving through the air towards her and it was fast.

She spun around and glided across the floor from all the momentum she built up, to see what it was. Ruri saw a small poisonous dart heading straight for her. She unsheathed her Dao and swung at the dart right when it was about to hit her. Then, behind it she saw five-pronged shuriken being thrown. Her eyes went wide and she built up even more speed. She dodged them by running and jumping; she put one of her feet onto the wall and pushed off, propelling herself to the other side of the hallway. All the shuriken hit the wall that she pushed off of and exploded, causing Ruri to be flung further down the hall.

Ruri landed on her hands and knees. She heard Chase's footsteps behind her again. She turned around and saw his figure through the smoke running towards her, along with four more behind him. She gasped and stood up and began to run again.

After a couple more minutes of running, she finally reached her destination. She was at the basement. She flung the door open and ran down the steps. There were so many and they swirled, kind of like something you would see in a castle. It took a few more minutes of running down stairs until she reached the time machine.

It was large and filled up the whole room. There were so many computer screens, buttons, knobs, anything you could think of. There was a large cylindrical tube that could fit about two people at the furthest end of the room.

She ran over to the machine and began to press all the buttons that she was instructed to. She had to get it ready to go before the assassins got down there. She ran over to the dial that had all the era's she could go to. Right now she didn't care what era she went to as long as it wasn't this one, so she just spun the dial and stopped it. Without even looking at where it landed she hit the final button and ran over to the tube that she had to stand in. She waited a moment; she needed to get Chase out of there, too. But, where was he?

That's when she heard his footsteps coming down the stairs; she could tell though that her friends from the W.W.P.O. were right behind him. There was no time to get him in there. She had to activate the machine.

Right when she was about to pull the lever to activate the machine, Chase turned the corner from the stairs.

"Wait!" he shouted.

"Chase, there's no time!" Ruri yelled to him. "I need to go."

"I know," he said to her. "First, I need to know your name! I wanted to thank you for everything, but I don't even know your name!"

Ruri just looked at him.

"It's Ruri," she called to him. Riana, Kuroko, Ryuo, and Yuhi were just coming into the basement. "Ruri Himura!"

Then, she pulled the lever and disappeared from the room into a whole different time period.

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Nori: Ohhh, what's this? Doesn't that last name sound familiar?

Tama: You're retarded, and holy shit this chapter is long.

Nori: Yea I know, I needed to make up for lost ground.

Tama: Whatever that means. Read and review please!

Nori: No flames!