~Rain at Night. Deep into the Night~

disclaimer: I don't own RK.... blah, blah, blah.

Warning: I don't like cheesecake. And I changed this original chap because I didn't like it?

Plus, this isn't really a NEW chapter but a replacement. Still about the same story plot but different way of getting there. That doesn't make sense....oh well.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ chapter 3: Jasmine Tease

She was at her garden at night, watering the plants shooting up from the ground. The moon shone down, giving a silver tint to everything.

The hairs at the back of her neck rose up in fear, realizing there was someone else with her. Soft thuds paraded through the gravel path, louder each time as they came closer. Her movements froze back and eyes widened as nothing came up to her for escape.

'No one should be here. Except for me.' There was no one home because she was the only living member in her family and the only other people that lived with her were some servants but even they went to their own homes. She felt safe in the garden because no one would bother her but she never expected hearing someone else here.

She was soon overcome with some kind of sleep potion when a cloth covered her nose and her mouth, forcing her to breathe it in. There was a mumbled no and she fell limp in her kidnapper's arms and was dragged away to who know's where. (A/N one comment. THAT was really bad - kidnaping!... sorry! I couldn't think of anything)

All that was left of her was the small bucket on the ground with water dripping out and a piece of cloth.

~* couple of hours later and a couple of miles away*~

After the ordeal, she finally woke up. She felt a numbing pain at her wrists. She tugged at it but immediately in return, received a gnawing burn. "Rope?" She murmured in a silent but groggy whisper. She opened her eyes to see what was happening around her and caught sight of her ankles also wrapped around in rope. She tried to escape it, but each time she moved, the rope seemed to tighten even more and hurt. "No luck. Ugh."

"That's right, missy. Can't have you running away. Now, can we?" A man in his late-thirties was sharpening his knife collection for the next future use. She noticed that he wore tattered old clothes and some armor with some jewels and gold adorning it. 'I bet they were stolen goods.' Was the first thought that came into her head. 'Bandits. A whole group of them. Taking jobs for hire just to get money in return.' The other men, also clad in the same thing as the man in front of her, were relaxing around the fire that burned brightly.

"What do you want with me?" Her head finally seemed to be back to reality and snapped back at the man, wondering why she was here. "Let me go this INSTANT!" She was pissed off and that wasn't good.

"Relax. Your name?"

"Why should I tell to the likes of you? Humph." She turned her head and ignored all other questions that came.

"What do you want with me?" She asked nicely and with calmness. But no answer came. "I said, what do you want with me? Hey! Listen when someone is talking to you!!!" All her formalities broke and she started to yell swears and profanities that no proper women should say. (A/N Pretend she's saying this: @%#&*#&35@!^@&#*$^$*@&*%$ Hehehehe .)

Her curses and yelling started to bother the other men because it was late at night and many wanted to sleep. They had no solution to this problem because they couldn't keep her quiet. They tried bribery and threats but she just got louder.

That was how Battousai found them. The young woman tied to a tree with a group of bandits-men surrounding her. Her temper still hadn't worn off, so you could still hear her yelling and swearing.

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what a boring chapter. I think it's because I'm lazy. I just wanted to make sure that you knew what happened to Battousai and the other woman. (Can't tell you who she is yet, but I bet you already guessed. I mean, it's not that hard.)

hope you write me a comment-thingy!

ps. I hope you liked it so far!!!!!