Later that night, back at the kenshingumi's-or what was left of it- cozy little apartment on s.main in New York City...
"I don't believe it..."Cichiri sighed and sipped her tea."I don't frikin' believe it..."
"Nor do I."Kenshin said sitting down at the kitchen table."But people like us have to accept death for what it is..." Kenshin began a speech, but his voice trailed off as he looked across the table toward the refrigerator.
"I think,"Binsoku said, sitting down herself and getting into the conversation," that he died for the best. Think of it this way," She responded to the others' hurted and confused looks,"we'll save a lot of money, since we wont have to buy all that much sake anymore...Aw, who the hell am I kidding? I miss him already..."
"I think we all do, Ms.Binsoku."Kenshin responded and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
Trying to cheer the two up, Cichiri responded," He had a lot of friends.... Thank god, only six of them pressed charges..."She finished off with a small giggle. To that, Kenshin responded with an 'oh my god you're so immature' look.
"Ahem." Cichiri said, clearing her throat."So who do you guys think is behind all this BS?"She asked and put her tea down."I don't think Kaurou has the guts, Jine is already dead...." She said, going through the possible answers.
"Oh my god..."Binsoku said, wide-eyed" I just noticed something...Megumi, Yahiko, and sano...."
"What is it?"Cichiri said more concerned now.
"They all died...on their own birthdays."
The trio was quiet now...deep in thought."I'm next, then."Came Cichiri's scared little voice."3 days..."
Kenshin was the first person who acted, and got his jacket."We have to find this guy before that day, then, don't we?"
Doing the same, Binsoku added,"Yah. Cichiri," Binsoku said, helping Cichiri out of her chair,"I don't want you to die..."
"I don't want to die either, but..."Cichiri said facing Kenshin,"If I do, you guys have to promise to accept it, and not do anything about it, and just find them."Cichiri said, looking at them seriously.
"I can't promise that..."Kenshin said angrily and went to start the car.
With a sigh, Binsoku followed him, and sat in the back seat assuming that Cichiri was Kenshin's lover.
Cichiri got in too, with a small 'hmm', and that was all. Then Kenshin pulled out of the driveway.
"So, where are we going, ladies?"Kenshin asked once they had gotten to Main Street.
"I hear Central Park is going to have a concert for that girl who did lead in the play."Binsoku said."How about we go there?"
"No,"Cichiri questioned,"Shouldn't we go back to the opera house and investigate a little more?"
"Yah,"Binsoku agreed,"Go there, Kenny." She said with a chuckle and poked him in the back of the head.
"Please don't call me that." Kenshin said as the trio was close to the opera house.
Trying her best to sound disappointed, Binsoku groaned and added to her remark, "oh, o-k..."
Walking into the opera house, whose doors had been nailed shut but were opened again, she saw a grown woman at the stage, standing facing the door.
"HEY! What the hell are you doing here?" Cichiri yelled and ran toward the woman,"Get OUTTA here! It's dangerous!"
"I-"the woman fell silent at the sight of Kenshin and Binsoku. "I'm sorry."She said again. "I'm an L.A.P.D here in training. I just wanted to see what things were like in the opera house after what happened. I'll leave."She said almost whispering and got off the stage.
"Wait," Cichiri said, turning around,"What's your name?"
"My name? Uh.... Uh...."She said and panicked."Are you going to report me?"
With a laugh, Cichiri responded friendly,"No! I just want to know your name!"
"Oh."The woman smiled,"Its Kaite. Kaite Whrit."
"Thanks, Kaite."Kenshin said and pointed to the door."But please go before you get hurt."
"OK!"Kaite said happily and ran up the steps to the door and exited.
"Do you think..."Binsoku thought a loud,"That SHE might have some thing to do with it?"
"I don't think so;"Cichiri responded and went on the stage."She's just a girl who needs a job. Like that girl who calls herself 'Battosai's Angel..."Cichiri said with a chuckle at 'Battosai's Angel'.
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BA: WHO WANSTA KNOW!!! I DO HAVE A JOB SO MLEH!
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"Battosai's who?"Kenshin asked, confused.
"My creator...."Cichiri added and help Binsoku up.
"Thanks."
"No problem."Seeing something behind the curtains going backstage she pulled out her gun like it was a reflex test."HEY! I told you to get out of here, Kaite!"
No answer.
"Kaite?"Kenshin asked and started towards the curtains."Is that you?"Pulling back a curtain, he revealed a small hole in the floor."Whazzis?"
"What's what?"Binsoku asked and walked over hurrily. Cichiri was the last one over."
"Don't go down there yet."Cichiri beckoned,"I don't know if we can trust that or not, and where it goes. Lets see if we can find some doors or something first. Go through all our options."
"I agree,"Kenshin added and ran toward one side of the theater."I'll check over here, Binsoku can check the other side, and Cichiri"He said, facing her,"You're the bravest and most legal one of all of us, so you should go where you like."
"I'm gonna check backstage. That's where I saw that.... Thing, going to."She said, shaking and pulling her gun back out.
Quickly, Binsoku asked, "When you gat your badge, do you get a permit for that thing?"
"Uh."Cichiri said, thinking,"I think so...he, I HOPE so."She said with a chuckle and went backstage.
About five minutes later, Cichiri screamed,"HOLY MATROMONY, MOUSEMAN!"
Running backstage, Kenshin and Binsoku found Cichiri... And a parrot was flying around her head. The parrot was saying,"Kaurou, Kauru, Kauru! BWAK!"
"Get it away from MY HEAD!!!!"Cichiri screamed at the top of her lungs and swatted at it, running around and screaming.
Kenshin couldn't help but to laugh. He grabbed it by its tail and shoved it back on its cage.
"Where'd it come from?"Binsoku asked when she stopped laughing.
"HEY! I may be a cop, but cops can't handle things like obnoxious parrots!"
"Oh, really?"Binsoku asked and cocked her eyebrow.
"Yes, REALLY!" Cichiri said and cowered behind Kenshin. Moving, Kenshin pointed,
"Parrot."
"AH!"Cichiri screamed and hid behind Kenshin. "Keepitawayfromme!"Cichiri said, talking as fast as she could. Regaining her senses and realizing there WAS no parrot; Cichiri went towards the other side with a sigh."Hey,"Cichiri said,"I found something."She said, feeling around.
"What's wrong, Cichiri?"Binsoku asked, and looked at the hole Cichiri was feeling around."It's lit up."
"Yah, but...I'm blind."Cichiri said and cautiously stood up and grabbed something.
"I thought you could see, though!"Binsoku yelled."How did you see that-Kaite-girl?"
"I heard her breathing. My other senses are so advanced it almost makes up for it."
"Oh."Binsoku said, slowly and nodded."Kenshin did you-?"She stopped herself from finishing as Kenshin nodded.
"I don't believe it..."Cichiri sighed and sipped her tea."I don't frikin' believe it..."
"Nor do I."Kenshin said sitting down at the kitchen table."But people like us have to accept death for what it is..." Kenshin began a speech, but his voice trailed off as he looked across the table toward the refrigerator.
"I think,"Binsoku said, sitting down herself and getting into the conversation," that he died for the best. Think of it this way," She responded to the others' hurted and confused looks,"we'll save a lot of money, since we wont have to buy all that much sake anymore...Aw, who the hell am I kidding? I miss him already..."
"I think we all do, Ms.Binsoku."Kenshin responded and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
Trying to cheer the two up, Cichiri responded," He had a lot of friends.... Thank god, only six of them pressed charges..."She finished off with a small giggle. To that, Kenshin responded with an 'oh my god you're so immature' look.
"Ahem." Cichiri said, clearing her throat."So who do you guys think is behind all this BS?"She asked and put her tea down."I don't think Kaurou has the guts, Jine is already dead...." She said, going through the possible answers.
"Oh my god..."Binsoku said, wide-eyed" I just noticed something...Megumi, Yahiko, and sano...."
"What is it?"Cichiri said more concerned now.
"They all died...on their own birthdays."
The trio was quiet now...deep in thought."I'm next, then."Came Cichiri's scared little voice."3 days..."
Kenshin was the first person who acted, and got his jacket."We have to find this guy before that day, then, don't we?"
Doing the same, Binsoku added,"Yah. Cichiri," Binsoku said, helping Cichiri out of her chair,"I don't want you to die..."
"I don't want to die either, but..."Cichiri said facing Kenshin,"If I do, you guys have to promise to accept it, and not do anything about it, and just find them."Cichiri said, looking at them seriously.
"I can't promise that..."Kenshin said angrily and went to start the car.
With a sigh, Binsoku followed him, and sat in the back seat assuming that Cichiri was Kenshin's lover.
Cichiri got in too, with a small 'hmm', and that was all. Then Kenshin pulled out of the driveway.
"So, where are we going, ladies?"Kenshin asked once they had gotten to Main Street.
"I hear Central Park is going to have a concert for that girl who did lead in the play."Binsoku said."How about we go there?"
"No,"Cichiri questioned,"Shouldn't we go back to the opera house and investigate a little more?"
"Yah,"Binsoku agreed,"Go there, Kenny." She said with a chuckle and poked him in the back of the head.
"Please don't call me that." Kenshin said as the trio was close to the opera house.
Trying her best to sound disappointed, Binsoku groaned and added to her remark, "oh, o-k..."
Walking into the opera house, whose doors had been nailed shut but were opened again, she saw a grown woman at the stage, standing facing the door.
"HEY! What the hell are you doing here?" Cichiri yelled and ran toward the woman,"Get OUTTA here! It's dangerous!"
"I-"the woman fell silent at the sight of Kenshin and Binsoku. "I'm sorry."She said again. "I'm an L.A.P.D here in training. I just wanted to see what things were like in the opera house after what happened. I'll leave."She said almost whispering and got off the stage.
"Wait," Cichiri said, turning around,"What's your name?"
"My name? Uh.... Uh...."She said and panicked."Are you going to report me?"
With a laugh, Cichiri responded friendly,"No! I just want to know your name!"
"Oh."The woman smiled,"Its Kaite. Kaite Whrit."
"Thanks, Kaite."Kenshin said and pointed to the door."But please go before you get hurt."
"OK!"Kaite said happily and ran up the steps to the door and exited.
"Do you think..."Binsoku thought a loud,"That SHE might have some thing to do with it?"
"I don't think so;"Cichiri responded and went on the stage."She's just a girl who needs a job. Like that girl who calls herself 'Battosai's Angel..."Cichiri said with a chuckle at 'Battosai's Angel'.
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BA: WHO WANSTA KNOW!!! I DO HAVE A JOB SO MLEH!
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"Battosai's who?"Kenshin asked, confused.
"My creator...."Cichiri added and help Binsoku up.
"Thanks."
"No problem."Seeing something behind the curtains going backstage she pulled out her gun like it was a reflex test."HEY! I told you to get out of here, Kaite!"
No answer.
"Kaite?"Kenshin asked and started towards the curtains."Is that you?"Pulling back a curtain, he revealed a small hole in the floor."Whazzis?"
"What's what?"Binsoku asked and walked over hurrily. Cichiri was the last one over."
"Don't go down there yet."Cichiri beckoned,"I don't know if we can trust that or not, and where it goes. Lets see if we can find some doors or something first. Go through all our options."
"I agree,"Kenshin added and ran toward one side of the theater."I'll check over here, Binsoku can check the other side, and Cichiri"He said, facing her,"You're the bravest and most legal one of all of us, so you should go where you like."
"I'm gonna check backstage. That's where I saw that.... Thing, going to."She said, shaking and pulling her gun back out.
Quickly, Binsoku asked, "When you gat your badge, do you get a permit for that thing?"
"Uh."Cichiri said, thinking,"I think so...he, I HOPE so."She said with a chuckle and went backstage.
About five minutes later, Cichiri screamed,"HOLY MATROMONY, MOUSEMAN!"
Running backstage, Kenshin and Binsoku found Cichiri... And a parrot was flying around her head. The parrot was saying,"Kaurou, Kauru, Kauru! BWAK!"
"Get it away from MY HEAD!!!!"Cichiri screamed at the top of her lungs and swatted at it, running around and screaming.
Kenshin couldn't help but to laugh. He grabbed it by its tail and shoved it back on its cage.
"Where'd it come from?"Binsoku asked when she stopped laughing.
"HEY! I may be a cop, but cops can't handle things like obnoxious parrots!"
"Oh, really?"Binsoku asked and cocked her eyebrow.
"Yes, REALLY!" Cichiri said and cowered behind Kenshin. Moving, Kenshin pointed,
"Parrot."
"AH!"Cichiri screamed and hid behind Kenshin. "Keepitawayfromme!"Cichiri said, talking as fast as she could. Regaining her senses and realizing there WAS no parrot; Cichiri went towards the other side with a sigh."Hey,"Cichiri said,"I found something."She said, feeling around.
"What's wrong, Cichiri?"Binsoku asked, and looked at the hole Cichiri was feeling around."It's lit up."
"Yah, but...I'm blind."Cichiri said and cautiously stood up and grabbed something.
"I thought you could see, though!"Binsoku yelled."How did you see that-Kaite-girl?"
"I heard her breathing. My other senses are so advanced it almost makes up for it."
"Oh."Binsoku said, slowly and nodded."Kenshin did you-?"She stopped herself from finishing as Kenshin nodded.