Kidnapped!

/Disclaimer: I do not own ANY of the RK characters, which is everyone except Amaya. I DO own the character Amaya. Any coicendence in her personality, name, etc etc to any other person's character is purely accidental./

Chapter 1

Hiko was sitting in his house, working on his latest pot, when he heard a loud knock on the door. He sighed and ignored it, but it grew steadily louder. When it sounded as if the door would break, he finally said, "Come in."

The door burst open to reveal, suprisingly enough, a small girl, clad in very simple clothes. She stomped in, slamming the door behind her.

Hiko looked up to see if he knew this person, then payed attetion to his pot again. "You know, you don't have to make the house shake by purposely stomping and slamming things. I'm sure I'll be able to remember your presence without all that noise."

To this, the girl huffed and sat down in front of Hiko. She sat there waiting for about 15 minutes, before Hiko finished his pot and set it aside to dry. Hiko looked up. "What do you want?"

"I want you to teach me the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu." She stated simply, staring at him levely.

"You must have the wrong man. I know nothing of that."

"Yes you do. You are Seijiro Hiko, the thirteenth master of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu."

Hiko nodded. "Very good. You have researched and found me, against all of my personal wishes. Why do you wish to learn it?"

Her eyes drifted to the floor as she thought about what she should say. She finally spoke, "Revenge."

Hiko sighed, thinking. Finally he stared directly into her eyes. "I appreciate your honesty, but... if you're going to learn the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, you're going to learn how to use it. I will glaze my pot, then teach you."

Two hours later Amaya dragged in the last 20lb bags of soil. "Ok.. done" She flopped over onto the bags.

Hiko looked up from his vase. "No, you aren't. Remember what I said? I said prepare a garden, not leave 10 20 pound bags in my house. Now go out there. You have my instructions."

Amaya coughed. "Okay.. Hiko..sensei.." She started dragging the bags outside, one by one.

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Yahiko knocked on the Kamiya dojo door. He waited patiently as Kenshin pulled himself away from his son and wife to answer the door.

"Ahh..! Yahiko! Thanks for coming. Kaoru and I wanted to ask you a question." Kaoru appeared behind him.

"Mm?"

Kaoru spoke up this time. "We want you to look after Kenji for.. umm..-"

"For the whole night. We should be back by... 10 am." Kenshin interrupted Kaoru.

"Umm.. sure." Yahiko shrugged. "When do I start?"

"How about now?" Kenshin suggested.

Yahiko nodded and went inside as Kaoru and Kenshin left together. "Alright Kenji..! What're we gonna do tonight?"

Kenji blinked, then reached out and poked Yahiko. "Aah.. don't do that!" Yahiko grinned at him, then immediatly started to poke him back.

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"Now.. you understand what you will /not/ do with the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, correct?" Hiko circled Amaya, burning a hole in her with his eyes.

She nodded. "Use it to Avenge, or any of my personal wants."

"Very good. Since you have trained your body before you stomped into my house, we may start right with attacks. Now, follow me..."

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Kenji was finally asleep, and Yahiko was wiped out - Kenji sure was hyper for his age. Yahiko fell into his old bed and immediatly fell into a deep sleep.

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Early that morning Yahiko woke up feeling cold. Odd, he had checked all the windows the night before. Or did he...? He got out of bed and checked Kenji's room, just in case.

But.. He wasn't there.