Chapter 6
By Crystal
*Screw the disclaimers ^^;; Mina and Ryosuke belong to XenoMark*
Halloween finally arrived and Mina was dressed as a swordsman. Kenshin of course, didn't approve of her outfit, since she was using a real sword for it, but Mina was stubborn. Kenshin left the house with Mina and dropped her off at Kaoru's and friends' house for Halloween, then he went home to change his clothes. For some reason, killing with a turtleneck didn't seem good. He might as well dress as a real swordsman so nobody would give him any weird looks.
Mina was sitting on a couch in their family room, fingering her sword, thinking. She didn't even know why she bothered coming, she could've just left right here and nobody would've noticed... Until it was too late anyways. But that was too late, because Toshiko already came out with her costume. A snow princess with a mini skirt. She was all white, of course. Misao was even worst, a 'ninja'. Probably to match her 'Aoshi-sama' when he wasn't paying any attention to her. Aoshi was dressed in a ninja suit. Misao snorted. Kaoru dressed up as a bunny with a short mini skirt on.
Mina eyed them all, don't they get cold? She asked herself. Soujiro was dressed as a bum, messed up hair and clothes, Megumi didn't dress up except wore a long skirt and a turtleneck and Sano didn't dress up either. Thank god, at least some people were in their right minds. And she was talking about herself too, it wasn't her fault her brother made her dress up for Halloween. Ryosuke, Yahiko and Tsubame had left already, since they were going out with their own friends.
The whole group left the house with Mina at the rear, eyeing the whole group again. If she didn't know any better, she'd think they were insane, but then, everyone on the streets would be insane since they all dressed up and were joking around. The more she eyed Misao, the more she hated her. That woman just annoys the heck out of her.
Didn't she know showing emotions were dangerous and showed you were weak? Her own eyes were devoid of any emotions right now and she wasn't about to show any emotions for a long while. Except with Kenshin. He was the only person she could trust with her life, and he'd save her from some bastards that wanted to rape her. Or some bastards that were her 'customers'. Thank god Kenshin had saved her that day, or else she'd be dead.
Although it would probably be better off if she was dead. Then she wouldn't have to kill. But she would be dead. The group stopped in front of a house and the girls dragged the boys, with the exception of Megumi and Sanosuke, who stood there like parents. She, herself stood beside the two non-insane people and watched the insane people ring the door bell.
"Aren't you going, Mina?" Sano asked. She shook her head no. "Then why are you dressed up?"
Mina nearly growled and wanted to curse him, but instead, said calmly, "Because my brother asked me to." She hated being questioned. Oh how she wanted to unsheath her sword and cut his head off. But of course, Kenshin wouldn't approve of that. She didn't know what was wrong with her, but she was always pissed off of everyone for some odd reason, except Kenshin. Kenshin was an exception to everything for her.
Misao hopped happily back to Mina, "Hey Mina! Why aren't you getting candy? Scared? Mina-chan scared of candy?" She giggled like a drunk, then hopped her way back to her Aoshi-sama to chat again.
Oh, if the temptation before wasn't enough, the temptation now certainly was. Of course, Kenshin wouldn't approve of killing, but what if he didn't know? But then again, Mina didn't want to murder innocent people, but what if they really got on your nerves? How about hurting them? Just a lil? And that was what Mina was going to do. She, Hitokiri Kensai scared of candy? I think not.
Around half an hour later of walking around houses, Mina's candy bag was still empty and Misao was still taunting her about being afraid of candy. Finally, Misao had decided to go to the washroom at one of the restaurants. When she almost disappeared inside the restaurant, Mina told them that they should go on and that she'd bring Misao to them. They approved and moved along.
Now Mina was smirking, her eyes were no longer violet, but amber. But she kept her face hidden by looking at the floor, if anyone saw her right now, they would probably run away until they were ten miles away from her. Her smile was evil, pure evil.
Waiting until Misao came out of the restaurant, she whistled quietly. And as she came out, she grabbed her by the wrist and threw her into an alley. "Mina?" Misao squeaked, freaked out at seeing Mina with amber eyes.
"Hey Misao. Listen, if one word of this gets out. Your Aoshi-sama will pay." She said this while pointing at her katana.
"Aoshi-sama is way better than you!" Misao said, proudly, but still scared at the insane woman in front of her who was threatening her.
Mina grinned, her grin mocking, "Oh you want to bet, Misao-chan? I can beat you without a single hand." Without warning, Misao launched herself onto Mina, thinking she could beat her alone. Mina didn't even bother unsheathing her sword, she didn't want blood, though she did want Misao hurt. She turned around, bent down and pressed her sword handle down, making her sheath go up and hitting Misao in the stomach. Then she turned around ninety degrees and pushed her against the wall with her shoulder. Misao was already hurt enough, although she wanted to hurt her even worse. "Not a single word, Misao." She said threateningly.
Misao nodded and followed her out the alley, Misao winced, but walked by herself, trying as much not to show any pain. As they walked, Mina heard something in the alley and turned around. Much to her surprise was her beloved brother kissing Kaoru. She felt her blood boil and the want for blood came.
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"You guys go on, I'll go back and check on Mina and Misao." Kaoru said. They agreed and walked slowly, glancing back once in a while until Kaoru disappeared from view.
While Kaoru was walking back towards the restaurants, someone suddenly jumped and appeared in front of her. This guy's hair was dyed red, a cross scar on his cheek, his eyes amber and he was wearing one of those Japanese gi along with a daisho. His gi was splattered with blood and suddenly, he turned around to look at her. For a second, she though it was fake blood, but the blood dripping from his sword down the floor was unmistakably real. And her eyes widened. That man was Kenshin. She saw his body stiffen for a moment. "Battousai!" He narrowed his eyes at the direction of the voice and dragged Kaoru in an alley.
"Quiet." He said, his amber eyes scanning everywhere.
"Kenshin... What are you doing? I thought you said you were busy."
"Shut up." He said, covering her mouth with his hand.
Kaoru bit his hand and he hissed, "Himura Kenshin, don't try to avoid my question." She said, while struggling and then stopped when she saw his terrifying eyes glaring at him. "Wait... You're... Battousai?" Another yell from the person that was looking for him. "LET ME GO YOU-"
And Kenshin did the unthinkable, he crushed his lips against hers, hoping that would shut her up. And it certainly did. He suddenly felt a battle ki behind him and turned around, sheathing his sword again and standing in a Battoujutsu stance. "Mina."
"Hitokiri Battousai." Mina said, she was no longer Mina, but Kensai. Her blood boiled, wanting to kill Kaoru so much.
Kenshin finally noticed that her eyes were no longer violet, but amber and he held Kaoru closer. "Don't run away if you don't want to me killed." He whispered to Kaoru, then face Kensai. "Hitokiri Kensai..."
Author's Notes: Okay, cliffie, but I didn't know what else to put for this chapter. So anyways, yeah. Read and review! Later!
By Crystal
*Screw the disclaimers ^^;; Mina and Ryosuke belong to XenoMark*
Halloween finally arrived and Mina was dressed as a swordsman. Kenshin of course, didn't approve of her outfit, since she was using a real sword for it, but Mina was stubborn. Kenshin left the house with Mina and dropped her off at Kaoru's and friends' house for Halloween, then he went home to change his clothes. For some reason, killing with a turtleneck didn't seem good. He might as well dress as a real swordsman so nobody would give him any weird looks.
Mina was sitting on a couch in their family room, fingering her sword, thinking. She didn't even know why she bothered coming, she could've just left right here and nobody would've noticed... Until it was too late anyways. But that was too late, because Toshiko already came out with her costume. A snow princess with a mini skirt. She was all white, of course. Misao was even worst, a 'ninja'. Probably to match her 'Aoshi-sama' when he wasn't paying any attention to her. Aoshi was dressed in a ninja suit. Misao snorted. Kaoru dressed up as a bunny with a short mini skirt on.
Mina eyed them all, don't they get cold? She asked herself. Soujiro was dressed as a bum, messed up hair and clothes, Megumi didn't dress up except wore a long skirt and a turtleneck and Sano didn't dress up either. Thank god, at least some people were in their right minds. And she was talking about herself too, it wasn't her fault her brother made her dress up for Halloween. Ryosuke, Yahiko and Tsubame had left already, since they were going out with their own friends.
The whole group left the house with Mina at the rear, eyeing the whole group again. If she didn't know any better, she'd think they were insane, but then, everyone on the streets would be insane since they all dressed up and were joking around. The more she eyed Misao, the more she hated her. That woman just annoys the heck out of her.
Didn't she know showing emotions were dangerous and showed you were weak? Her own eyes were devoid of any emotions right now and she wasn't about to show any emotions for a long while. Except with Kenshin. He was the only person she could trust with her life, and he'd save her from some bastards that wanted to rape her. Or some bastards that were her 'customers'. Thank god Kenshin had saved her that day, or else she'd be dead.
Although it would probably be better off if she was dead. Then she wouldn't have to kill. But she would be dead. The group stopped in front of a house and the girls dragged the boys, with the exception of Megumi and Sanosuke, who stood there like parents. She, herself stood beside the two non-insane people and watched the insane people ring the door bell.
"Aren't you going, Mina?" Sano asked. She shook her head no. "Then why are you dressed up?"
Mina nearly growled and wanted to curse him, but instead, said calmly, "Because my brother asked me to." She hated being questioned. Oh how she wanted to unsheath her sword and cut his head off. But of course, Kenshin wouldn't approve of that. She didn't know what was wrong with her, but she was always pissed off of everyone for some odd reason, except Kenshin. Kenshin was an exception to everything for her.
Misao hopped happily back to Mina, "Hey Mina! Why aren't you getting candy? Scared? Mina-chan scared of candy?" She giggled like a drunk, then hopped her way back to her Aoshi-sama to chat again.
Oh, if the temptation before wasn't enough, the temptation now certainly was. Of course, Kenshin wouldn't approve of killing, but what if he didn't know? But then again, Mina didn't want to murder innocent people, but what if they really got on your nerves? How about hurting them? Just a lil? And that was what Mina was going to do. She, Hitokiri Kensai scared of candy? I think not.
Around half an hour later of walking around houses, Mina's candy bag was still empty and Misao was still taunting her about being afraid of candy. Finally, Misao had decided to go to the washroom at one of the restaurants. When she almost disappeared inside the restaurant, Mina told them that they should go on and that she'd bring Misao to them. They approved and moved along.
Now Mina was smirking, her eyes were no longer violet, but amber. But she kept her face hidden by looking at the floor, if anyone saw her right now, they would probably run away until they were ten miles away from her. Her smile was evil, pure evil.
Waiting until Misao came out of the restaurant, she whistled quietly. And as she came out, she grabbed her by the wrist and threw her into an alley. "Mina?" Misao squeaked, freaked out at seeing Mina with amber eyes.
"Hey Misao. Listen, if one word of this gets out. Your Aoshi-sama will pay." She said this while pointing at her katana.
"Aoshi-sama is way better than you!" Misao said, proudly, but still scared at the insane woman in front of her who was threatening her.
Mina grinned, her grin mocking, "Oh you want to bet, Misao-chan? I can beat you without a single hand." Without warning, Misao launched herself onto Mina, thinking she could beat her alone. Mina didn't even bother unsheathing her sword, she didn't want blood, though she did want Misao hurt. She turned around, bent down and pressed her sword handle down, making her sheath go up and hitting Misao in the stomach. Then she turned around ninety degrees and pushed her against the wall with her shoulder. Misao was already hurt enough, although she wanted to hurt her even worse. "Not a single word, Misao." She said threateningly.
Misao nodded and followed her out the alley, Misao winced, but walked by herself, trying as much not to show any pain. As they walked, Mina heard something in the alley and turned around. Much to her surprise was her beloved brother kissing Kaoru. She felt her blood boil and the want for blood came.
* * * * *
"You guys go on, I'll go back and check on Mina and Misao." Kaoru said. They agreed and walked slowly, glancing back once in a while until Kaoru disappeared from view.
While Kaoru was walking back towards the restaurants, someone suddenly jumped and appeared in front of her. This guy's hair was dyed red, a cross scar on his cheek, his eyes amber and he was wearing one of those Japanese gi along with a daisho. His gi was splattered with blood and suddenly, he turned around to look at her. For a second, she though it was fake blood, but the blood dripping from his sword down the floor was unmistakably real. And her eyes widened. That man was Kenshin. She saw his body stiffen for a moment. "Battousai!" He narrowed his eyes at the direction of the voice and dragged Kaoru in an alley.
"Quiet." He said, his amber eyes scanning everywhere.
"Kenshin... What are you doing? I thought you said you were busy."
"Shut up." He said, covering her mouth with his hand.
Kaoru bit his hand and he hissed, "Himura Kenshin, don't try to avoid my question." She said, while struggling and then stopped when she saw his terrifying eyes glaring at him. "Wait... You're... Battousai?" Another yell from the person that was looking for him. "LET ME GO YOU-"
And Kenshin did the unthinkable, he crushed his lips against hers, hoping that would shut her up. And it certainly did. He suddenly felt a battle ki behind him and turned around, sheathing his sword again and standing in a Battoujutsu stance. "Mina."
"Hitokiri Battousai." Mina said, she was no longer Mina, but Kensai. Her blood boiled, wanting to kill Kaoru so much.
Kenshin finally noticed that her eyes were no longer violet, but amber and he held Kaoru closer. "Don't run away if you don't want to me killed." He whispered to Kaoru, then face Kensai. "Hitokiri Kensai..."
Author's Notes: Okay, cliffie, but I didn't know what else to put for this chapter. So anyways, yeah. Read and review! Later!