Kenshin was on his way home from another long day's work, thinking of what
to put in the next issue of Samurai X when a man jumped in front of his rush
hour traffic parked car. The man pulled out a gun and pointed it at Kenshin.
"This time it's for real Kenshin, you caused my sisters death, and I won't rest until
I cause yours as well!"
"Enishi, who are you fooling? You know as well as I do
that the gun isn't loaded, heck, I doubt you'll even pull the trigger."
"That's where you're wrong, Kenshin! It is loaded this time and I will pull the trigger,
now, prepare to die!"
"Uh-hu, sure, whatever." Enishi pulled the trigger with a half-crazed look on his face,
and a stream of water came out and hit Kenshin's window. Kenshin then turned
the windshield wipers on, "thanks Enishi, I've been meaning to wash the windshield for
the past week, and now it's half done." Kenshin then started to drive forward,
"the traffic is starting to move, so unless you want to get hit, I advise you move," Kenshin said.
Enishi then moved out of the way, "do not think this is over yet Kenshin!" he yelled as
Kenshin drove off.
"How was your day at work?" Karou asked.
"Same as usual, though my way home was a bit different then it has been for
a while."
"Oh?"
"Yeah, I had a run in with Enishi, and this time he actually shot at me, with a water gun."
"I-I'm sorry about that Kenshin, I really hoped he'd be getting better since he
started having therapy."
"It's okay Karou. It's not your fault that your sister died. After all, it was I who was driving the car when we got in the accident."
"I know, but it was I who insisted we go to the movies that night and ..."
"Karou," Kenshin interuppted, " you didn't know that there would be a drunk driver, and you didn't know that he would cause us to crash, if theres anyone to
blame, it's him."
"K-Kenshin, thank you," Karou said as she leaned onto Kenshin, lightly hugging him, "thank you for trying to comfort me."
"I take it then that it didn't work."
"It worked a little, which is enough for now."
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Interlude 2
"That's it, Kanryu's mansion, come back to get me in an hour."
"Are you sure it's smart to be left without back-up, sir? After all, there's no gauranty that this will work out all smoothly," asked the car driver.
"I am well aware of this, but don't worry, I'm not alone, there are two others hiding around the mansion just in case."
"Very well sir, see you in an hour then," said the car driver as he drove off.
"Yes, in an hour", the yet to be named man said to himself. He stood at the gate for a few
second's before pushing the buzzer, and then told them who it was. A minute later and a tall, thin man came and let him in.
"Follow me," said the tall man.
"Hai."
He followed the man to the building, and then to a set of stairs that lead to Kanryu's office on the second floor, and then entered the room when the man he was following enterd the room. Kanryu was sitting in his chair, with his back to the door, looking out of his window.
"He's here," said Kanryu's underling.
"Hmm, thank you, JIn-e, you may wait outside the door."
"You sure?" JIn-e asked, "what if he tries something?"
"I wouldn't do that, it's unlikely that if I tried to do something like that, I wouldn't make it out alive."
"You're right about that," Kanryu said with a smirk. "I guess you're smarter than you look,
but enough chit-chat. Let's get down to bussiness, shall we, Anji?"
Dun, dun, dunnnnn!
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, sorry I took so long, I'll try to post sooner next time, it's just that I'm working on another story and going to college, but I have the summer off, so I should get another chapter or two before the end of summer, please R&R!
My reviewer
Lauren S. - Thanks for the trouble of looking up there ages, I'll keep it in mind for other stories, and sorry about the long wait I'll try o update more often in the future.
