Warnings: First of all this is going to be eventually be either a Tomoe & Kenshin, and even further down the line maybe a Kaoru & Kenshin fic. I love certain pieces of cannon to much to change that.

Second, this chapter and perhaps a couple more for a little while will feature Kenshin as a she temporarily. I do not have have a Saitou tryst planned, so there shouldn't be any slash in this fic. Even with regards to one of Kenshin's own comments. There is a plot twist later, but no Yaoi planned for this fic.

Of course I own nothing related to Rurouni Kenshin, so don't bother asking me for money, 'cause I am certainly not making any off of this. This is for amusement purposes only, and slight wonder...

Also Rin has a very filthy mouth, beware.

Last time:

-"Sorry to disappoint, but I lost that before your grandfather was born. I will however, take that statement as a complement, seeing as I am a lady at present." Kiirie added with a small smirk of her own to confuse him. Saitou merely looked bemused by the development, he opened the door and escorted her into the Mibu den. She frowned at the expression that suddenly crossed his face.

"Who would have thought that you could spar with words as well as you spar with swords Battosai." As they worked their way deeper into the den of Mibu's wolves she had the sneaking suspicion that she was going to have a hard time sleeping for the first couple of nights. A couple of dirty looks, and one almost beheaded officer later she was sure of it.-

Welcome to Mibu...


~LATER~ Rin's first visit...

Kiirie was in the middle of brushing her hair when his scent caught her nose, she smiled and worked her way out to the roof. Rin was nearby, he was burning that annoying herb still that clung over his scent. It was funny how long it took her to figure out that Rin covered up his scent with herbs, she had always been close by him so she never noticed. Rin currently was trying to look for a way into the Wolves' den, she snuck up behind him.

"Looking for someone?" Kiirie whispered in his ear, Rin jumped and looked at her in confusion for a moment. She was standing downwind from him still, "I wouldn't get any closer or Saitou will be out here Rin san." Rin drew his sword, his eyes narrowed, Kiirie could smell the fear rolling off at him. As they circled on the roof top with Kiirie backing away, Rin finally caught her scent.

"God fucking damn it Himura! Don't do that ya freak of nature," Rin hissed sheathing his sword, "I suppose you think that's funny." Kiirie frowned, she had hoped he would get over his annoyance at her secret keeping and surprises.

"Not really, I miss Katsura sama," she said with a sigh, "I suppose you have something for me?" Her voice was soft, they were back to rooftop strolling again. The younger vampire handed over a thick black envelope. She opened it before him, flipping through the pages faster than Rin could read, "I see, I'll stop by to see Katsura soon then. This is most troubling, even if it isn't much of a problem. Thank you Rin, I have agreed to take the title after the human war reaches a calmer point. At that time I will bestow upon you a rank fitting your loyalty." Rin rolled his eyes looking at her with slight annoyance still.

"That just means more work you ass," the younger vampire retorted. Kiirie smiled, it seemed that Rin hadn't looked too far into things.

"Not if you get to be a Lord, then you can hire to do that work for you," Kiirie reminded the young vampire beside her, "I appreciate your hard work on my account Rin." The blond scowled sitting down on the roof top signaling for Kiirie to join him.

"If you really appreciate it you'll tell me what the hell is going on," the vampire spoke softly, "someone's raising hell and Yue san is missing. The wolves are all uppity in their ceremony, and they aren't the only ones. The rest of the nightlife is in an uproar, someone's causing trouble Himura. I'll find out what I can, but you're going to have to stop them. You are the only one with the authority to stop them." She frowned sitting down beside him, this was the first she had of these disturbances.

"I will find the moonlight maiden Yue. As for this disturbance, can you round up some volunteers to locate the source and report to me?" Kiirie asked, "I can understand if I'm asking too much of you. We have a lot of ground to cover, and I have assignments to accomplish. I'll meet you here three days after the festival, but right now I have to go. Thank you Rin, for all your hard work." Kiirie watched Rin nod as she took off using the Mitsurugi's godlike speed, someone was watching her… She shivered, the ki in this area was disturbing, so much dark ki it sent her instincts into overdrive, even the ones long since buried.

Kiirie growled, her hair was on end, she snaked through buildings alleyways looking for anything to explain the ki that was surrounding the area. Seeing no other choice, she let her ki fly through the area forcing out the foreign ki. Whomever was responsible was visibly startled, the ki was trapped within hers and Kiirie shifted her form in the shadows to that of the ever known Hitokiri Battosai, it was a good thing that Kiirie had started this venture in a yukata vs. a Kimono.

As Kenshin, he continued towards the closet ki, trapping each source in place with his massive ki. He turned around a doorway, there stood a man cowering trapped in place by his own energy. Kenshin sent another wave at the poor man was in the wrong place at the wrong time it seemed, the man fell to his knees as the red head came into view.

"Who are you, and what are you doing?" Kenshin asked approaching slowly, his ki was wrapped around the being in front of him like steel chains, "do you think it's funny to stalk people?" He tugged in his ki attracting the man's undivided attention.

"No… you can't be," the man quivered in fear, especially when Kenshin realized that it wasn't Japanese the man was speaking. His eyes widened, that was clearly Chinese he stepped back allowing his ki to strangle the man as he took off running. There were at least seven more beings trapped in his ki, he tightened it until he felt the ki fade to nothingness. He took off again in the godlike speed making his way back to Rin, the vampire of course didn't see him until he knocked him over.

"What the fucking hell man!" Rin hissed, "get off me." Kenshin obliged quickly, helping the other man to his feet. Rin looked at the wild expression crossing his face, and instantly drew his sword.

"Did you feel the presence earlier?" Kenshin growled, his back to Rin's trying to track any other hidden ki's. He felt the blond nod.

"I felt that freakish wave of ki that you must have sent out, then I felt some others fighting it. They vanished though," Rin confirmed looking around, "why are you so flighty right now?" Kenshin cracked his knuckles looking around, Rin was officially nervous.

"Those men were watching us, they also spoke Chinese, which dialect I am unsure," his voice dropped when he felt a familiar ki making its way towards them quickly, "Saitou is coming…" Rin sheathed his sword, Kenshin could feel his unease slowly going down. The wolf's ki was alone, none of his pack had followed the captain. "I knew that dialect very well at one time Rin, it is not a good sign to see Chinese agents here." The wolf skidded to a stop before them, blood dripping from his fangs, Kenshin bent down to his eye level, "the traitor does not seem to be my only issue right now. There are foreigners, agents looking for me again. This is my assumption anyways." Saitou changed before them, the lanky wolf lighting a cigarette looking around the area.

"So it was your ki that did that… No wonder I saw so many humans fleeing blindly into walls. Highly amusing in the long run Battosai," Saitou informed him with a deadly smirk, "I assume these agents are enemies of yours?" The red scowled, it actually sent a shiver down the wolf's spine.

"Enemies? That's putting it lightly," he spat, "if the Chinese are here something has happened, something that has them looking for me again. I'm not going back, ever." Saitou raised an eyebrow and took a drag of his cigarette in quiet amusement.

"I'll send word that any foreigners matching those in this area are to be dispatched to the underworld immediately," Saitou decided, "no one threatens our count and gets away with, right vampire?" Rin nodded in agreement, Kenshin himself was relieved that they weren't trying to kill each other.

"We'll take care of your Chinese problem, you focus on that disturbance I told you about," Rin was off, possibly working his way back to the Choshu hotel. Saitou remained, Kenshin sighed he supposed that he should probably explain something to Saitou about what had him so terrified. He wasn't sure that he could, he actually was very close to paying a house call to Hiko on the matter.

"Battosai, whatever it is that has you worked up can't be good for any of us," Saitou's statement startled him. It was so down to earth that it shocked him, "you don't have to trust us, but with a ki that can kill like that there is no doubt to your identity as the heir to the counts. That sort of power in the wrong hands could damn us all, be careful on your errands Battosai." The wolf leapt down to street level, he never even saw the smile gracing the red head's face.


Author's notes: Chiburi is the name of that oh so impressive blade flick Kenshin and them (sword users in general) are always doing to clean the blood off their swords.

If you have any questions pertaining or about the random Japanese I leave scattered in these, feel free to ask me or google translations if you'd rather.

The Chinese guys are back! What will Kenshin/Kiirie do about it? Looks like Rin and Saitou are going to take care of it, but where did Tomoe go?