STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY:

Rurouni Kenshin and The Shinsen Gumi does not belong to me, I just borrow them. But I Love them a lot.

So PLS dun sue me… I am just a poor 16 yrs old student.. Thanx

AUTHORS NOTES: This story is base more on Kaoru's view in the Shinsen Gumi… then Kenshin's view in the Ishin Shishi. The characters in Shinsen Gumi are all real well except for Kaoru… duh… anyway I did a little research on The Shinsen Gumi… It did help me a little… if anyone has more information on the Shinsen Gumi… do leave it in the review or you would like to E-mail me the resources… Me E-mail is: ruriko_ukiya@hotmail.com. Thanks a lot… Please if you are a Shinsen Gumi fan… please do not feel Offended… Thanks again.

Warning: I don't really have a good command of English… So forgive me for my grammatical mistakes.

Akai Tsuki

Chapter 2: The Fight That I Wanted You DIED

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All of them nodded at once and their expression changed immediately. All of them wore a stern face.

"The rest of the captains from 4 to 10… all of you would be staying here in case those Ishin bastard would come here. As for also just in case we need reinforcement. AM I BEING UNDERSTOOD."

"HAI!" Everybody in the meeting ground said out instantly while standing up with their weapons by their side.

"Alright… this meeting will end here… we will start preparing at dawn. DISMISS!" Serizawa rose his hands up in expressing the finishing of the meeting.

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The next sun rise was only about 2 hours away. Kaoru couldn't sleep. She was thinking about her parents. She leaned on the wall. As she twirled her one of the kodachi. When suddenly someone talked through the window which scared her as half of her life flew off.

"Oi… you can't sleep?" The mysterious voice talked. She recognizes his voice. She opened the window.

"Susumu kun… you really shouldn't scare me in the middle of the night like that." Yamasaki Susumu the only ninja in Shinsen Gumi. Although he was strict at times but he only show his true emotions to Kaoru as he treats her as a younger sister.

"Ah… suman Kaoru chan… I didn't mean to… So hows Saitou?" Susumu asked. He didn't quite like Saitou a bit… but knowing that he was an honorable man, Susumu allowed him to be with Kaoru.

"Oh please… don't tell me you have never torn your eyes off Hajime… Susumu kun… don't worry about me…. And for your information Hajime is fine." Susumu could only internally groan at the facts.

"Anyway… Susumu kun… don't forget our 5 laws ne…

Rule no 1… Not allowed to deviate from the path proper to men.

No 2… Not allowed to leave the Shinsen Gumi.

No 3… Not to raise any money privately.

No 4… Not allowed to take part in other's litigation.

Lastly No 5… Not allowed to engage in private fight especially within the group."

Kaoru finished proudly. Just to find Susumu cleaning his kunais. Kaoru was fuming.

"Oh… I see you are finished." Susumu stop wiping his kunais to only hear someone knocking the door.

"It's so late… I wonder who is it." Kaoru turned towards the door.

"I better go now… see you next time… oh yeah by the way, it's your sweetheart." Susumu finished as he jumped back onto the roof. Hearing that it was Saitou, Kaoru quickly ran to open the door.

"Hajime… why are you here?" Kaoru asked innocently while fidgeting with her gi and hakama.

"And what took you so long just to come over here to open the door?" Saitou arched his eyebrows.

"And I believe that there was a person here before me?" Saitou went forward another step forcing Kaoru to move back again.

"Well… I can see that I can hardly hide anything from you. Susumu kun was here just only before you knock the door. So… why are you here?" Saitou could only sigh.

"Well… I couldn't really sleep and I heard you talking to yourself, I was afraid you couldn't protect yourself… so I decided to check up on you." Saitou said as he put a hand on the hilt of the Katana. Kaoru blushed as knowing that Saitou cared so much for her.

"Hey… since the both of us can't get any sleep… wanna go out to the street?" Kaoru asked while hopping that Saitou would go.

"Okay… if you insist." Saitou said as he turned his back and started walking back to his room.

Kaoru also closed her door in order to change her clothes.

Kaoru wore a baby blue kimono along with a white obi. Her kodachi hang inside her kimono on her back. She allowed her hair to flow freely in order to hide the kodachis.

"Are you ready?" A muffled response came behind her door.

"Just a moment." Kaoru replied as she bent and took her bag and walked towards the door.

In a second she was outside along with Saitou by her side.



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'Dammit… can't an assassin get his rest.' Kenshin cursed the neighbors beside his room. As he could hear moans and names said by when the two people unite. Kenshin decided to go out for a walk… he couldn't stand it anymore.

He stood up from his original place and place his katana at his side. Soon he was on the street.



*****Street*****

Saitou was wearing his normal gi and hakama. While Kaoru was in her kimono. They didn't want unwanted attractions by wearing their uniform. But little did they know… they have already attracted many people's eyes.

Saitou wrapped Kaoru's shoulders with one of his arm while the other on the hilt of his sword. He glared at the passer bys who looked at Kaoru with those lecherous eyes.

Kenshin was walking down the same street as Kaoru and Saitou was. Kenshin's eyes suddenly caught hold of the couple, Kaoru and Saitou. He looked at Saitou.

'Damn, he looked familiar.' Kenshin winced at what he saw. Beside him was a lady.

The girl's raven hair framed her face. She also had amazing blue eyes, face that of a goddess and flawless skin. She was a remarkable lady in everyway.

'Ki… Kirei…' Was all Kenshin could think at the moment where Kaoru and Saitou pass by him.

Kaoru felt someone looking at her. She turned back and looked. There she saw a man with fiery red hair, amethyst eyes slowly changing to amber. The man's eyes widen as she looked at him.

"Kaoru?" Saitou asked Kaoru out of concern. Kaoru hearing Saitou's voice turned back to look at him and smile while she shook her head.

"Daijobun yo…" Kaoru said while she smiled at Saitou.

Saitou then continue to look at the front while pulling Kaoru along.

Kaoru looked back again. She smiled and turned back to where Saitou was as she laid her head on his shoulders.

Kenshin also turned back to wear he was walking.

'Guess I won't be seeing her again… She smelled like Jasmine…' Suddenly Kenshin internally scolded himself.

'I'm going crazy… better stop it.' Kenshin repeated and shook his head and walked away.

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Soon it was night time… their time for their mission. Okita Souji, Kamiya Kaoru and Saitou Hajime. The top captains hid at their respective places. Then the signals came.

Hijikata Toshizou, the vice captain gave the signals. He raised his hands. He gestured 3 and pointed towards the building where the Ishin Shishi held their meeting. Saitou nodded as he knew 3 meant the third captain. He and his group of members walked swiftly towards the nearest corner to door and waited for the next instruction.

Next Hijikata continued by gesturing 1 and gave the instruction of the back door. Okita nodded as he and his group went to the back door.

Lastly, Hijikata gestured 2 which was Kaoru's turn and gestured to her to stay put and slay anyone who has escape Saitou. Kaoru although unhappy with her post but still agreed as she knew that disobeying Hijikata wasn't a good idea.

Hijikata then gave the signal for them to invade.

All of them charged in and fought the Ishin Shishi. On that night all hell broke lose.



Kenshin also fought hard. Luckily for Katsura, he didn't attend the meeting. He killed a lot of the Shinsen Gumi. Then he saw Saitou, he remembered instantly as he saw him down the street. Most of the more important Ishin Shishi members have already escaped. But little did they know that at the back, Okita was already waiting there.

Kenshin swiftly dodged away from The Shinsen Gumi as he left the bloody scene for the rest of the assassins. He left by the back door. There he encountered some of the body of the Shinsen Gumi and some from the Ishin Shishi. He followed the trail of blood.

Kaoru also did her job by killing almost most of them who have escape through the front door. Saitou have come out of the building along with Hijikata behind him.

"Where's Okita?" Saitou asked.

"I'll call for him." Kaoru volunteered as she ran to the back door. She saw no one there. When she wanted to go back to report to Hijikata she heard swords clashing.

'SOUJI CHAN!!' Her mind screamed.

She ran towards the direction. She was shocked to see the scene. Okita was coughing blood and most of his members were killed by the mysterious red head. She didn't care for her safety, her mind could only think about her 'brother' Okita.

"SOUJI CHAN!!" Kaoru ran towards Okita as his body was sprawled across the ground while he coughed… blood. Kenshin looked at the scene. He didn't notice that Kaoru was the lady he saw in the morning yet instead he thought that she was a he and that he was one of the Shinsen Gumi. Kaoru looked defiantly at Kenshin.

"YOU BASTARD!!" Kaoru yelled at him. Her voice held pain, hurt and hatred. Then she found out it was the man she saw earlier.

'So… he's one of the Ishin dogs… I should have known.' Kaoru thought.

"Be careful… he is Battousai… *cough cough* Please be careful." Okita said in between his cough.

"Shh… you are in no position to fight… you are sick… Souji chan no baka…" Kaoru whispered to Okita as he smiled at her.

Kenshin was getting annoyed at Kaoru. Her mere presence made him annoyed… why? He thought.

"Let's get done with it Battousai." Kaoru's voice sounded defiant towards Kenshin. She stood up and unsheathes her pair of Kodachi.

Kenshin looked at her although he thought all the time that she was a he. He grinned as he saw the baggy uniform.

"Too big of a uniform? Or are you too small boy?" Kenshin smirked as he flicked of the blood on his katana as he prepared for his next battle.

"You talk too much Battousai… Ikutsu!" Kaoru started the battle.

Kenshin was shocked as the so call 'boy' suddenly became blurred as her many forms surrounded him. He kept his guard up and looked from left to right as she went on.

Kaoru decided to make her move.

"SHI-NE!" Kaoru shouted as she slashed Kenshin on his back. Luckily because of his quick reflexes he saw it coming and he only got cut on his hand. It was not fatal but the cut was deep enough. But little did Kaoru know that Kenshin had already plan for his counter attack.

"That was my line wasn't it." Kaoru's eyes widen at the recognition that he decided to counter attack her. She was to slow on dodging his coming hit.

"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu Ryuu Kan SEN KOGARASHI!!!" The hit nearly got correct place at her neck. But due to the block Kaoru gave he only manage to threw her to the near by tree.

"KYAAA!!!" Kaoru screamed when she lost conscious when her head hit the tree. Before she lost conscious the only words that she managed to say out was…

"Haji… me…" Kaoru gave into the darkness.

Kenshin went forward ready to precede his last thrust to send the 'boy' to heaven. But unfortunately Okita was up and stopped Kenshin's doing.

"I would not allow you to continue even if I am DEAD!" Okita went flaring as his eyes narrowed into slits, this was the first time Okita got angry over something. Kaoru was like his sister no matter how he looked at it.

Kenshin backed away from his sudden appearance. Suddenly a kunai flew towards his direction, he successfully dodged the kunai.

"We will meet again… Sayonara…" Kenshin replied curtly as he turned and ran away.

"I'll get you one day… Battousai." Okita said to no one in particular as he also fainted due to the lost of blood.

Susumu came down from the tree and walked towards Kaoru and Okita. Then he carried Kaoru. As he heard Saitou and Hijikata along with the other members.

"Kaoru…" Saitou went towards Susumu. Kaoru opened her eyes and saw Saitou. She reached out to him. She was now in the arms of Saitou. As for Okita, Hijikata carried him.

'Battousai… one day… one day, I'll get you…' Kaoru thought as darkness came and claimed her again.

All of them set out to their headquarters.





TBC……

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Author's Notes:

How is this chappie?? Do r&r ne… thank you…

Thank you for the support minna san.. *sobz* me so touch… THANKS A LOT!! Hope you would like this ficcy… Arigatou Gozaimasu… ^__^

Minna san… sorry… I have forgotten about Yamasaki Susumu on the introduction page. Okay… he is the only ninja in the Shinsen Gumi… he is also the head of discipline in the Shinsen Gumi… Hijikata and Kodou have big a lot of faith in him and rely on him also… I kinda like him… he is something like Saitou… mysterious yet a handsome knock out… hehe~ anyway thanks lot…



I would like to thank all readers and reviewers… Especially these people::



SakuraCherryBlossom = Imoutou chan… Yeah… Shinsen Gumi rulez…. But… I also like Ishin Shishi… yappie… Harada Sanosuke is a character model for Sagara Sanosuke.. tupz.. here you are… me decided continue.. thanks for the support and help…



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chibi-angel = Arigatou gozaimasu…thanks for the support and encouragement ne… your ficcy is nice too… Thanks a million.



yue = well… I myself am also not sure how I got the crazy idea where Saitou and Kaoru being a couple. Haha~ Yupz.. bout the spy part.. you're right ne… Hee~ yuppie Saitou is going to have another reason to kill our Battousai… anyway thanks for the support and encouragement ne… Arigatou….



marstanuki = Well… since this is in Bakumatsu no Doran… of course this is a Battousai x Kaoru ficcy… so.. hope you like it.. but of course in the starting it would be a Saitou x Kaoru ficcy… So be patient ne… Arigatou….



Hatokirei = Well… you like Saitou a lot don't you… hehe~ Thanks for the compliment… Well here you are… the 2nd chapter… Thanks for reviewing… Arigatou gozaimasu…



Kimiko chan = Hey, thanks a lot, you were really a life saver… thanks for the suggestion… Me can use it in this ficcy… hehe~ Thanks a lot… by the way… you better update soon too ne… I am working on the next chappie too… Hehe… Arigatou…



omochi = Yupz… Don't worry about the pairing… all this is just temporarily… hehe~ Well… OF COURSE…. Kenshin is a NORMAL guy…. Hehe~ Thnaks for the support ne… Arigatou Gozaimasu…