Chapter One

This is an AU fic. The parings are K/K, S/M, and maybe a little A/M later on.

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On a dark street, a short young man walked towards a secluded alleyway. He stopped and looked into the entrance to the alley. A man smoking a cigarette was leaning against the wall.

"You're late Battousai......." he told the young man, and took a drag on his cigarette.

"Do you have the information?" the young man asked after a few moments of silence.

The man leaning against the wall shifted his cigarette to the other side of his mouth and pulled out a small manila envelope from his back pocket. "I couldn't find much," he said. "It seems that he's planned everything."

"I see......." With that, the young man grabbed the envelope and walked away, leaving the other man alone.

He watched the young man leave and threw his cigarette onto the ground to stomp it out before going on his way.

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The young man stepped from a black BMW and walked into the police department's office.

"Yo Kenshin! Wazup?"

"Hey Sano, I didn't think you were gonna be here this early in the morning."

Sano just shrugged. "How was your day as the Battousai? Did you find any clues about Kurogaza?"

"Yeah, I spoke with my new connection, and I found out that he may be attacking a woman this time."

"Who is it?" Sano asked surprised.

"I'm still not sure......" Kenshin told his friend. 'He can't know that the one Kurogaza is after is the woman he's in love with....... He might want to protect her and end up committing a crime himself......'

"Kenshin?" Sano asked concernedly. "Are you all right?"

"Oro? Oh yeah, I'm fine Sano, don't worry about it."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I've been thinking.......should I propose to Tomoe?"

"Why're you asking me? She's your girlfriend, not mine! Anyway, I'm a little short on cash......."

"Here Sano," Kenshin said, handing him some money. "Go buy me a coffee and get something for yourself. I'll be at my desk."

Sano went to do as he was asked, and Kenshin went back to his desk and began to re-read the info that his new connection had given him. He was investigating the Kurogaza case.

An assassin, Udo Jineh, was a supposed psycho who enjoyed killing. His most recent victims had been three very important people. Two men and a woman. Seto Kaiba had died, and left an enormous company in the hands of a 10-year-old orphan. Kanryuu Takeda left an entire enterprise broke, and left more than two-million people unemployed. Bulma Briefs, the daughter of a famous scientist, left her large company without a particular person to run it.

The intercom above beeped loudly. "Baka deshi, come to my office immediately!" a man ordered.

Kenshin stood and immediately went to his boss's office. "Yes?" he asked the man who was sitting behind the desk.

"Well, tell me what you've found out about Kurogaza."

"I think I might have found your next target," Kenshin answered truthfully. "I need your permission to go there."

"Hmmm......." the man nodded. "Who is it?"

"Well, I personally think it's either Merryl Striffe or Megumi Takani sir."

"Okay, Merryl Striffe has bodyguards, so I'll send Sagara over there. You and Tomoe can take Megumi, since she lives alone."

"Yes Sir."

"And when do you suppose he's going to strike?"

"During next week's party at the Mikamura hotel."

Hiko Seijuro nodded his head and began filing papers. "You can go now, baka deshi."

Megumi Takani and his girlfriend were and she was like her younger sister. So they were all good friends. Kenshin went to find Tomoe, and they both headed for Megumi's apartment.

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*knock* *knock*

The door opened to reveal a pretty young woman. "Tomoe, Kenshin! It's been awhile!" she cried, and hugged the two of them. "Come on in," she invited.

They entered the apartment and took a seat.

"So......." Megumi asked. "What brings the both of you here?"

"Megumi, have you heard of Kurogaza?" Tomoe spoke up.

"Yeah, on the news......why?" she answered, confusion in her eyes.

"Are you going to that party you told us about?"

"Yeah, I have to. My father wants me to go do business with the Striffe's, so I have to go to sign some papers. Why?"

"We think Kurogaza will strike there, and we want to go there with you as your bodyguards," Kenshin told her.

"WHHHHHAAATTTTT??"

They waited patiently for the hysterical woman to calm down. Tomoe was trying to comfort her, and if looks could kill......Kenshin would be dead and buried.

"Tomoe," Megumi asked. "Are you and Kenshin going to go with me because I'm the next target?"

"It could be anyone," Kenshin said. "We just need to get into the party because we weren't invited, so we're going to go as your bodyguards."

Megumi nodded her head. "So, will you come here tomorrow?"

"If you want, I can stay here with you until after the party," Tomoe offered.

"Thanks Tomoe, I'd appreciate it."

"Then I'll see you tomorrow!"

Kenshin left them alone, and Tomoe, seeing that Megumi was still a little shocked, tried to make her concentrate on something else. "Wow!" she exclaimed. "One o'clock already!"

"Did you have lunch already?" Tomoe asked.

"No."

"Then let's cook something! I haven't eaten since yesterday!"

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Well this was my firs story's chapter.I borrowed (is that how you write it? ;_;)Bulma from DBZ,Meeryl from Trigun,Seto and his brother from Yugioh and Mikamura from G-gundam........In case you didn't know Kurogaza was udo jinhe I think it was his codename or something like that.Thankyou kitten kisses for helping me on my gramar and spelling.Until next chapter!