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Sabbi: whoa… these people must not like you Anzu….

Me:…WHAT IS THIS? THREE REVIEWS?

Corey: haha, no one loves you Anzu!

Me: ::chucks boken at Corey's head::

Corey: o_X.. Medic!

Me:…OK…will you PLEASE review if you read my story, cause if you don't, I will think you don't like it and I won't continue it.

Sabbi: yeah, and no more commercials ether!

Me: okay folks, read, and R-E-V-I-E-W

Corey:.. Why are you spelling spam Anzu?

Me:….just read…

Kenji struggled with the ropes that bound him. None of his training prepared him for this. The men around him wore the same uniform; a black kendo alfit with red tiger strips all over it.

" Should we do this now?" asked one of the many men.

" Sure. Its worth a try." replied the other. The men surrounded him; and began to chant. Kenji began to feel an immediate sensation in his head, as if someone was deleting everything in his mind. 'They're brainwashing me!' thought Kenji. He had to keep his mind focused. However, the chants were seeping through his head.

"Forget the past forget your friends kill the Battousai, make him meet his end."

' I can't listen to this!' thought Kenji desperately. But it was beginning to work.

Forget the past forget your friends kill the Battousai, make him meet his end.

It wasn't going to stop.

Forget the past forget your friends kill the Battousai, make him meet his end.

One can only put up with it for so long.

Forget the past forget your friends kill the Battousai, make him meet his end.

'Mother, father, forgive Me.' was Kenji's last thoughts before his mind was erased.

Kenshin, Kaoru, and Sano made their way into town. Tae was immediately out there to greet them.

"Oh Kaoru, it was awful." said tae one the verge of tears.

"Do you know where Kenji is?" asked Kaoru hopefully.

Tae nodded quietly, "last i saw him, he was being dragged across town by two men wearing black kendo alfits."

Kaoru was silent. Her son...was unconscious...taken away...if anything happened to him...she would...

Kenshin noticed the look on Kaoru's face. It was a look Kenshin had never seen on his beloved's face, and was a little shaken at it. Her face was full of fear, dread, and anger. This was why he didn't want her to come; he knew she wasn't emotionally prepared for this fight.

"Tae-San," asked Kenshin quietly," did you see which way they went?"

Tae sighed, " they were screaming to the entire town where they were taking him. Its hard not to know."

"Where? Where did they take him?" asked Kenshin hurriedly.

" By the cheery blossom groves. The haunted one, Setsuna. They're waiting for you there."

"Thankyou Tae-San!" said Kenshin. And they ran to where they knew was the only cherry blossom field where numerous people have died. Setsuna fields...the haunted grove of death.

Kenji's eyes fluttered open. But he wasn't Kenji anymore. His eyes were a dark emptiness. No color surrounded his pupils, only black. He stared blankly at the men surrounding him.

"Good good." said the man who was clearly the leader, by the way all parted when he walked their way, " our young one has finally accepted his fate. To be with us!" all applauded.

" Now my young apprentice, what is your purpose?"

Kenji recited a much-learned line.

"Forget the past forget your friends kill the Battousai, make him meet his end."

"Very good young one." said a satisfied leader, "Now we must wait for the Battousai t come.

"Forget the past, forget your friends, kill the Battousai, make him meet his end." repeated Kenji again, as they all waited for Kenshin to come.

"What's up with this Setsuna fields?" asked Sano still running, "when she said that, you two looked like your heart stopped."

"Well Sano," replied Kenshin. He might as well give him a little heads up on what they were heading into," that field has almost as deadly of a past as i do." He now had Sano's complete attention. His past always got someone's attention," it started when a little girl disappeared into the grove, and turned up outside the trees. Her body was completely massacred." Kenshin sighed. It was he who had found her. "Kenji was five at the time, and we were scared as much as anyone else who had children. However, after a whole year without another problem, the rumors vanished. The next year another person turned up. This time, a full-grown man in little pieces. Fears rose again, and we sent men into the grove to find the creature who did this to him. But all of the men turned up in complete carnage." Kenshin didn't want to talk about it anymore. He was sure he got the point across.

" We're here." said Kaoru's shaky voice. The stood outside it for only a second, and after another argument between Kenshin and Kaoru, they all ran inside.

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Sano: ::holds up cellphone to ear:: can you hear me now?

Kenshin: ::holding other cellphone a few feet away:: yup

Sano: good. :: Sano takes another step:: can you hear me now?

Kenshin: yup

Sano: what is the point of this?

Kenshin: yup. I mean, I have no idea

Sano: wait a second, I can't hear you! Kenshin! Where'd you go!?

Kenshin: I'm right here Sano….

Sano: No!! Kenshin!! Piece of Crap! ::Chucks cellphone at ground::

Kenshin: ^_^; umm.. Cingular wireless works for us, so it'll work for you…

Me: HAHAHA! Thankyou gpigprincess for the idea!

Sabbi: now people, you see that little bow in the lower left hand corner that says review?

Corey:….no..

Sabbi: ::hits Corey over the head:: YOU REVIEW TO COREY!

Corey: all right, all right…you guys better review.. I really want to see the end of this story…can I have my chocolate bar for saying that?

Anzu: ::tosses Corey chocolate bar::

Corey: WOOT!!!

Anzu: R&R