Rating: R VL (for violence, language, sexuality, and a bit of yaoi)
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the people mentioned in this story except for myself.

A Strange Person
Enter Tokyo, Japan
Chapter 4: A Deadly Plot

I woke in my bed with my wounds tended to. I noticed Megumi tending to Sano in the next bed. "Where is he? Where did he go?" I asked. "Who?" she asked. "The man that was in the dojo! Where did he go?" I demanded. "There was no other man in the dojo. When we returned we only found you and Sano on the floor in the dojo," Megumi replied calmly. "Damn! Someone else was here. I don't know why though," I said in frustration. -------Meanwhile------- "Is the plan set into action?" a man in a hooded, black robe asked the man who attacked Sano and me. "We are experiencing some minor difficulties in killing off the Battousai's friends. Kersu was defeated but has another plan, and Kyotico let his hormones take over and was imprisoned," Replied the smaller man in a blue gi began, "It seems that another swordsman is boarding at the dojo." "Then he must be taken care of as well. Kill them all and bring the Battousai here," the dark man commanded. "Yes, milord," the smaller one acknowledged. -------Back at the Kamiya Dojo------- "Adam, will you do me a for?" Kaoru asked me. "Of course," I replied. "Will you take Kenshin and go to the rice stand and get five pounds of rice?" she asked in a sweet tone. "Okay," I said as I went off in search of Kenshin. I found him walking in the yard and told him what Kaoru asked of me. We left down the road towards the shops. After about ten minutes of walking, we came to the stand. Kenshin ordered the rice and we left. It took longer to walk back because we had the rice. We opened the door to the dojo and walked in.
We walked into the kitchen and no one was in there. The food was still cooking for dinner. "I wonder where Miss Kaoru and everyone else went," Kenshin said. We looked around the dojo and found no one. We looked outside and found nothing. We went back into the kitchen and I noticed a piece of paper on the table. I quickly read it and handed it to Kenshin who also read it. The note stated:
We have you friends. If you don't want them hurt come to Kakeru Castle in Kyoto.
Kersu of the Juconosrti "What's the Juconsorti?" I asked. "A group of people who wreak havoc throughout Japan. The police have been after them for years now," Kenshin, replied, "I must go alone." "No way! I'll come to," I said. "No, you stay here. I can't risk you. You still have to get home," he said as he headed to the door. I figured there's no point in arguing because there was no way I would win it. I lay down on the floor. I started to think again. It seemed like I'd been doing a lot of thinking lately. I turned on my side and saw another piece of paper. I grabbed it. It read:
Kenshin, we decided to go to the Akabaeko instead of eating in. Meet us there.

Kaoru

I leapt up and ran outside to the road, but Kenshin was nowhere to be seen. I even ran down both ways for about half of a mile and didn't find him. So I decided to go into town and find this Akabaeko. After asking about fifty people (well it was really more like seven) I finally found it. I went inside and found everyone. "Where's Kenshin?" Sano asked. "He.note.Kyoto." I tried to say 'He found a note saying that you guys were taken to Kyoto and went after you' but I was out of breath from running. "Say that again but use sentences this time," Sanosuke said sarcastically. "Kenshin found a note in the dojo telling him to come to Kyoto if he doesn't want you guys hurt. He told me to stay and then I found your note and." I ran out of breath trying to say it all at once, "I saw Kaoru's note and looked for this place and found you." "So Kenshin went to Kyoto?" Kaoru asked with a worried tone in her voice. "I looked to see if I could stop him but I couldn't find him," I explained. "And I wouldn't try to follow him," some man said as he seemingly appeared out of nowhere, "Follow him and I'll kill you all." "We're not afraid of you," I said arrogantly. "Really?" he said and he moved instantly behind me. Then I heard the tearing of fabric. I looked down and saw that there was an X cut through my shirt, but my skin wasn't touched. The cut spread across the entire front of my shirt. The now useless fabric fell to the ground. I stood there in awe of the man's incredible speed and accuracy. "Remember this warning," he said and just disappeared. "What should we do now?" Yahiko asked. "For one thing, get me a new shirt, then we go to Kyoto," I said. "But we don't even know where to go once we get to Kyoto," Megumi said in despair. "I do," I began, "I read the note as well. He will go to the Kakaeu Castle. "Great, then we're off to find Kenshin!" Yahiko said in a cheerful voice. Kaoru's expression changed from worry to hope. I ordered a meal and we ate. Once we finished we went back to the dojo. Kaoru moved me out of Yahiko's room into Kenshin's because he wasn't here. We all went to sleep early that night. I woke to a sound out the window. I got up and went over to it. I scanned the view for the cause of the disturbance when I felt strong arms wrap around my upper body, restraining my arms. "Gotcha," The person whispered in my ear.

And that ends chapter 4. Another suspenseful moment!!! Not again!!!