Chapter 8: Akada

Kenshin sighed as he returned to his room later that night after staying up for about 2 hours with the police trying to tell them about the situation. He just wanted to curl up in his futon and go to sleep…of course; Tama and Ayako were already ahead of him.

"HELLLLOOO MR. HIMURA! ARE YOU FWINE!" shouted a Tama.

"Sessha does not wish to speak with you right now Tama, Ayako." Kenshin saw Ayako step out from behind Tama who pouted.

"Why not?" asked Ayako.

"Sessha does not wish to tell you the reason Ayako-dono." Said Kenshin.

Tama looked at Ayako as her friend smirked at her. "Well…I guess we won't tell you the good and bad news then Mr. Himura," said Tama.

"Oro?" Kenshin perked up. "News?"

"Yes…news, Mr. Himura." Said Ayako.

"Sessha…sessha will listen now," said Kenshin. A little…wait never mind…

"Well Mr. Himura. The good news is, Tama was able to alter the magic she worked on you, so the spell is more bearable. The bad news is…Tama can't remember the words to undo the spell."

It took a minute for the information to process in Kenshin's mind before he screamed. "ORO!?"

Tama sweat dropped, as did Ayako. "Uh…yes. You see, we were going to turn you back into a girl today, and forget about the 82 days left, but Tama seems to have forgotten where she put the spell and can't remember it…so until we find it, our superior Akada said we can't use anymore magic…which sucks…so Mr. Himura. Me and Tama…erm, we'll be going now…bye!" shouted Ayako.

Tama nodded as she blew a bit of pixie dust at dream Kenshin. "Sweet dreams Mr. Himura…"

Kenshin woke up dazed. He yawned and scratched his red hair. It was probably afternoon because he heard the laughter of Ayame and Suzume outside his window.

"Sessha has got to stop sleeping so late." He stood up and put his gi, tying it tight in the front part and hakama, and started to walk toward the entrance of the dojo to begin his morning duties. First he went to go cook lunch and then went to do the laundry. Kaoru had told him that he needed to go out and buy some daikon radishes for the stew that she was going to attempt to make that night.

"Hmm... hm…hm…daikon radishes…daikon radishes, la la la…" Kenshin smiled. "What a great evening, de gazoru yo."

Kenshin had been rounding the corner about to go into the dojo, when a woman stepped in his way. "Oro?" Kenshin had walked right into her and she stumbled backwards. "Oh, sessha is sorry…"

The woman didn't say anything but cocked her head to the side and looked at Kenshin. "Are you Himura Kenshin?" she asked.

"Yes, that is sessha. Is something wrong, de gazoru yo?" asked Kenshin.

"No. My name is Akada. Superior to Ayako and Tama. I have come to see what they've been doing that has the committee so worked up."

Kenshin blinked. "Oh, you mean Ayako-dono and Tama-dono. Well they bother informed sessha last night that Tama lost the solution to the spell that…they created to turn sessha into a girl."

Akada slapped her forehead. "Oh jeez…I always have to clean up behind those two it's sickening." Akada sighed. "I'm sorry Mr. Himura for all the trouble they have caused you."

Kenshin smiled. "Well. Sessha was a bit peeved at them at first, but sessha is learning to cope. He doesn't mind. As long as he gets turned back into a guy, sessha will be happy."

Akada sighed once again. "You don't understand Kenshin. The magic that they've been doing is forbidden. No one is supposed to know that the committee exists. No humans, only…" Akada gritted her teeth as she forced herself to say this. "…witches."

She sighed and wiped a piece of sweet trickling down from her eyebrow. "Ever since the two were born in the 14th century, they have been trouble for us all. Tama has always been the more quiet of the two and keeps to herself while Ayako was the loud one who loved to do stuff. Tama spent her days locked up in her room while Ayako always wanted adventure. Then one day, Tama and Ayako came up with this weird plan. They called it project "Sex Change" otherwise known as to us, "Project GB". GB stands for Gender Bender, and that's when Ayako started to get board of the project and went off to do her own thing. That's when Tama had tested her experiment on a rat and it worked. The plan had worked. She had created a new type of magic. The blue dust she sprayed on you in her made from lots of different plants. That's as far as her report went. The rest is ripped off since an incantation went with it. She is the only one who knows the reversal incantation also. The two have been on the run for two reasons. One is the committee wants the dust before the two can do any more damage and second, they are considered one of the best in the whole agency."

Kenshin gave a low, "Oro…" and whistled.

Akada sighed. "I fear the worse. The committee said if they keep on going on with these retarded experiments, they would be expelled and cast out. I can't let that happen since they are my charges and I am responsible for whatever happens to them."

Kenshin blinked. "Would it help if sessha told you that they have been visiting sessha in his dreams?"

Akada raised an eyebrow. "Oh no, not again." She sighed. "They got a guy in the mental hospital for that."

Kenshin shook his head. "Sessha will not go mental." He smiled. "Sessha has too strong a foundation for that." .

Akada heard something vibrate on her hip. "Well Ken-sama. I have to get going. If I need to tell you something else, I will contact you. Don't tell your friends just yet, I will tell them when the time is right." And with that, Akada took her hand and with a wiggle of her fingers, she disappeared in a poof of snow.

"Oh, how strange sessha's life has become in these past few days…" Kenshin sighed.

"I'm home Kaoru-dono!" shouted Kenshin as he flung open the door to his house, hoping for once to just have some normal time after all the chaos he had been subjected to.

The universe, however, had other plans.

As soon as Kenshin entered the kitchen, he was greeted by the sight of Kaoru crazily chasing a squawking chicken as it fled through the kitchen, into the living room. Kaoru briefly stopped her wild chase to turn to Kenshin, "Oh Kenshin! You're home. I was TRYING to make some chicken for dinner, unfortunately, the stupid meat vendor got it wrong and sent me a LIVE chicken instead of a dead one."

Kenshin gave a confused, "Oro?"

Kaoru giggled and patted Kenshin's red head, "Oh Kenshin! You're so adorable."

Kenshin, confused by Kaoru's unusually happy demeanor, thought to himself, someone's had too much sake… However, he did NOT wish to insult Kaoru-dono, at the risk of being painfully beaten to oblivion with a bokken. He merely smiled and nodded.

Kaoru turned; ready to pursue the wayward chicken, which was probably currently hiding, suddenly turned and stopped. "Oh! Kenshin, two girls stopped by today for you." She paused, pursing her lips, "I think their names were Tama and Ayako."

The dramatic, doom music could literally be heard as Kenshin fainted, radishes dropping to the floor… only to have the chicken run by and eat them.

Kaoru, paying no mind to the fallen rurouni, turned to the chicken, visage marred by an evil look. "Hello Mr. Chicken. Have you met Mr. Knife?"

Kaoru and Kenshin's neighbors shrugged to themselves as they noticed the black silhouette of a woman raising a knife and cackling madly shown through their windows: This sort of stuff happened regularly at the dojo.