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Summary- There is a legend of a Vampire, who kills everyone he meets. A Vampire who never felt compassion. His name, Kenshin Himura. He is known as the Battousai and this.. is his story of learning Compassion. And maybe, falling in love.

(_) AN

:_: What the Charactor is Reading

"_" Talking

'_' Thoughts

*_* Sounds or sudden noises

Well, I just got a review that asked if I was spelling 'Sama' wrong. Well, I got with my version because for one, I'm used to it and two, that's how it was translated to me.

Sorry if you don't agree with me. I hope it doesn't become a big deal.

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Learning Compassion

Part Four- Araising Problems

After a few hours of serving people and not getting anywhere, Shishio finally decided it was time he closed the doors to the Taloon. He was already tired of being called names behind his back and having drunk men throwing up everywhere.

He cleaned up the last table as the finally group left the Taloon. He sighed as he threw the rag behind the counter and sat down. His feet were sore from running around getting everyone's orders. It was late into the night. As far as Shishio knew, the time was about 2 in the morning. Jiro never thought about buying a clock for the Taloon. Shishio would have to yell at Jiro for that.

Just when he was going to lock the doors, Yumi came out. She leaned against the door frame with her Kimono riding low on her shoulders. Her burns marks almost completely gone. He figured as much. She was resting all day and had quick treatment. For a vampire, she was healing a little slower then usual.

"Hai Yumi?" He questioned, almost knowing she wanted something.

Yumi strolled up to him, not saying anything. She swayed her hips in the rymthic pattern. "No one is here." She started with a very seductive voice. "I feel so alone."

"Yumi-San." Shishio said in a slightly warning voice. He wasn't sure what she was up to. He trusted her enough not to kill him, but did he trust her enough not to bite him? She was tricky and almost completely unloyal to anyone. But, she was loyal to him and Tomoe. He never really knew why, she just was.

She walked to him and stopped only inches shy of toughing. He could feel his heart starting to beat a little faster. What was this feeling burning from his very core?

"I never thanked you for your help." She said in an almost whispering tone of voice. She moved a little closer to him, causing him to back up. He felt hard wood behind him. The door to the Taloon. It was supposed to be locked. He was suppose to lock it. But, he was pinned against it. Yumi moved closer, this time letting her breast touch his lower chest. He looked down at her.

"Yumi-San..." He said, tring to some threatening, but coming up short of that. He could feel the little sparks that he felt when he was touching Yumi before, shocking his chest now.

"You feel that.. don't you?" She questioned him.

"Feel what?" Shishio questioned back, almost too quickly.

Yumi smiled. She knew he was lying. He was a horrible lier. She could feel his heartbeat rise inside of his chest. She could feel his breath touch her face and his lips were in her view. They were slightly parted and moved with his breath. She wanted to capture his breath and take it within herself. She stopped breathing a long time ago.

She moved her hand up, touching the side of his arm. Little shocks being sent through their contact. She raised her hand up and touched the side of his face. "Don't lie to me, Shishio-San."

His voice was caught in his throat. He never had a woman touch him the way Yumi was now. He had women before, yes, but never having this touch. This, gentle and intoxicating touch. Her smell was going into his nose as he breathed. The smell of soft body oil and a strange scent. One that could not be described by a human. It was the smell of a woman. That was the only way to put it.

He stared down at her slightly glazed, red eyes. They were hungry. Not for blood, but for him. He had no idea what to think at that moment. How could he allow himself to feel towards a vampire?

He was about to tell her to stop with her touches, when she pressed her lips to his. Fire, rose form his chest and spread through out his body. His whole body felt like it was on fire. He felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. He never had a kiss like this.

Yumi was tired of the looking game. She wanted more. She wanted to taste his lips. When she connected with him, she felt her whole body shiver. It was the most shocking kiss she had ever felt! She wanted more. She wanted more of him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed herself against him. He wasn't pulling her away, nor was he helping. Yumi didn't care. She wanted him and no one was going to stop her from getting what she wanted.

Shishio felt her arms wrap around his neck and her body pressing against his own. He was in a little bit of shock and finally was hit with what was truely happening. Yumi was kissing him. His eyes slowly fell closed. Not only was Yumi kissing him, but he was enjoying it.

He wrapped his arms around her waist. He moved his lips with her, showing her what he wanted. He could feel Yumi comply. She was willing to do anything he wanted her to do. He was sure of it. He opened his mouth and demanded that she do the same with his actions. She complied with his demand. He was eager to taste her, as was she to him.

He took the domonaite role now. He turned her and pushed her onto a table. He never let go of their ever-lasting kiss though. He brought his hands up from around her waist and started to touch her shoulder. His hand slid down, under her Kimono. He was going to get what he wanted.

Then, something happened that for the life of him, he would never forget.

"Uhem." Said a voice.

Shishio nearly jumped twenty feet in the air. He quickly got off of Yumi and turned around. He kept himself in front of Yumi on purpose, to block the person's view of her. He did not want anyone to see her in such a way. It was not proper.

He nearly growled in anger. The person who had stopped him from taking what he wanted was the person he hated the most right now.

"Himura." Shishio nearly growled out.

"I can always come back later if you weren't finished." The Battousai said to him with a smirk. "Though, it shouldn't take that long. A minute or so would do."

Shishio this time, did growl at the Battousai. He couldn't believe the man in front of him was insaulting him of being an able man in bed! How dare he! "What the hell do you want Himura?"

"I came by to check how the Gathering was doing, but apparently they are slacking off, if they are taking your path. Or is it, you seduce your opponiet, then strike? Is that the new way of doing things?" The Battousai questioned Shishio.

"Himura. It is none of your business what I do in my personal life." Shishio started, nearly fumming with pure anger. He had never been insaulted like this in his whole life! How dare this man! "Besides, the rest are out on missions. And what, prey-tell have you been doing to help the cause?"

The Battousai never left his calm defence down once. "I have already killed three vampires tonight. It seems like you haven't even gotten started."

"I am merly staying here to get information from people passing through here. Jiro-San and Tomoe-San are out on a mission. Since they both left, I am here to make sure nothing happens to the Taloon." Shishio answered the Battousai's unasked question.

The Battousai snorted at the answer he got. "You let Jiro-San go with Tomoe-San? Baka."

Shishio clentched his teeth in anger, he was about to let loss on the Battousai in pure anger, when a little sound turned all their attention away. There was a shadow moving just outside of the window. The Battousai and Shishio both looked out the window. They silently agreeed not to fight for the moment.

The Battousai slowly opened the door and walked out. Shishio followed him, both of them with their hands on their swords. Yumi watched from the doorway. She had corrected her Kimono. It was no longer following off her shoulders.

The Battousai listened closely for any other sound, when they both heard a small noise. They whipped their heads to the direction the sound came from. The bush shook. They pulled out their swords, ready to attack anything that came out. Shishio was about the attack the bush, when the Battousai put his sword in Shishio's way.

"Don't." The Battousai said simply. He put his sword away and walked up to the bush. Shishio and Yumi watched as the Battousai walked to the bush and reached in. He pulled out a small child. She was cring slightly, probably knowing she was in trouble with him. Yumi and Shishio looked at one another in confusion.

"Kaoru-Dono! What are you doing here?" The Battousai asked, his eyes turning slightly golden in color. He was pissed at her. She could have gotten hurt!

"Himura-Sama! I...I...I.." She studdered, tring to spit out words between her sobs. "I.. I was.. I was worried.. that you .. would leave.." She started to sob, choking on her sobs and giving short, raspy breathes.

The Battousai's eyes softened at that. She was worried he would leave like her parents did to her. He couldn't really blame the child for doing that. It is natural for childern to become afraid of something once it has happened to them. He had learned that one by himself, the hard way.

He brushed her bangs from her forehead, with a gentle touch. "I would never leave you like that Kaoru-Dono."

Kaoru nodded, sobbing too much to speak. She wrapped her small arms around his neck and put her face into his shoulder. The Battousai carried the child inside the Taloon, not caring much for the looks he was getting for the act of kindness.

While Shishio was distracted by his shock with the Battousai's kindness, Yumi slowly slipped away. She inched away from him and quickly made her way into the forrest. She couldn't stand being around Shishio much longer. Her feelings were jumbled together and mixed up. She couldn't pick out one emotion for more then two seconds before another would puch it's way above the rest.

The heat from her passionate incounter with Shishio was still in her chest. It almost made her feel like she had her heart beat back. It was a very strange feeling.

Her skin was still filled with goosebumps and her skin almost felt pastey from all the 'action' she had recieved that night.

She found a safe place where she could sit down. She was far enough that if she felt like a good scream, there was a good chance Shishio wouldn't hear her.

She leaned against a tree, feeling the bark on her reveiled back skin. The grass, slightly misty. It dampened her Kimono. She could barely feel the moisture through her Kimono.

She sighed as she started to think to herself.

'Why? Why did I kiss him like that? He will never expect me because I am a vampire.' She thought to herself. Then, she nearly slapped herself for her own thoughts. "What the hell am I thinking? I am acting like a girl with a crush! Dammit."

She gave another sigh, this time, in anger. 'I wish I could be human, so Shishio-San would love me.'

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"Who is this?" Shishio questioned.

Shishio didn't notice Yumi has gone, yet. He was still confused by the Battousai's act of kindess towards this child. Ever since he meet him, he never assumed anything from the Battousai. Of course, besides the regular slayer and swordfighter. That was about it. Shishio expected the Battousai to talk down to the child for her very stupid move, but he was comforting the child's sob and fears. He was stunned, to say the least.

"Shishio. Fetch Kaoru-Dono some water. She needs to calm her breathing." The Battousai ordered, not even looking up to see if Shishio was going to perform his demand, or not. He trusted the man would do as he demanded.

Shishio grumbled something under his breath about stupid, stone-cold sword fighters, before going to get the glass of water for the child. He had a heart. At times, he didn't seem like he had a heart, but he did. He couldn't stand sobbing childern. It was one of the things that just really got on his nerves.

The Battousai sat down, and had Kaoru in his lap. He held the child to his shoulder, rubbing her back. He whispered comforting words into her ears, calming her breathing and sobs.

The Battousai would later, go out and take out his embrassment on vampires, but right now he had a child to attend to. The only child he really gave two yen about.

He could live if the other childern died. If Kaoru died... he wasn't sure he could take it. He felt an instant connection with the child that he was comforting. Ever since he heard her laugh in the forrest, to the time that he found her in the bush, he knew he had connected with the child.

It was a very strange thing for a vampire to do. To connect to a human child. Connecting at all is very unusal for Vampires to do. But, even if he didn't want to connect with anyone, he connected with her. He wasn't sure if it was a fatherly compassion for the child, or a sence of her becoming his compainon later. He wasn't sure of the true heart behind the connection, but he was sure for one thing. No matter how hard he tried, he wouldn't be able to leave the girl.

He nearly growled at himself when he came to the conclusion. He was connected with someone. And so quick too. How could he allow himself to connect to someone? And why a child?

Shishio handed him the glass of water, with a sour look on his face. Kaoru took the glass and gulped it down. Her breathing slowed back to normal and she looked from the Battousai to Shishio.

"Who are you?" She questioned to Shishio.

"I'm Shishio." He answered, still sour about having to do something the Battousai ordered him to do. Atleast that made the girl stop cring.

"I'm Kaoru! Are you a friend of Himura-Sami?" She questioned. Her eyes were bright and questioning to him.

"Iie. We are not friends." He answered simply, not wanting to explain anything to the child. He sat down across from the strange pair. His arms crossed infront of him in displeasure.

"Kaoru-Dono. I'm going to take you home in a few minutes. I need to ask Shishio something. Will you go to the back and fetch me a glass of water? My throat is slightly sour." He questioned in the most gentle voice Shishio had ever heard.

Shishio's eyes widen a little at the Battousai's gentleness. He felt a hunderd times better about being around the Battousai now. He now knew that the Battousai wasn't completely heartless.

Kaoru nodded her head happily. She bounced off to go get the glass re-filled for The Battousai. Shishio looked from the girl's back to the Battousai.

"Nani?" Shishio questioned.

"I need to know, where exactly did Tomoe-San go?" The Battousai questioned.

"I sent her to Kyoto with Jiro-San to kill a few vampires. Nothing they couldn't handle by themselves." Shishio answered with full confidence that he made the right choice.

"You fool!" The Battousai said, standing up. "Don't you know that many large groups of Vampires are showing up at Kyoto?! They are planning to take it over completely! They are taking out the government first, then taking over all of Japan! I thought you knew this!"

Shishio's jaw fell slightly. "NANI?! You can't be serious? My sources would have said something if they were planning something like that!"

The Battousai growled. "Then your 'Sources' SUCK! Every Vampire in all of Japan knows about this."

"Then why didn't Yumi-San say anything? She would have reported it to us." Shishio said, standing up too. They both glared at each other.

"Maybe if your lips were busy with hers, she could have!" The Battousai said, growly loudly at him, his eyes going completely gold. "Demo, there is a good chance something could have leaked that she was working with you guys, so they covered it up for her. She probably didn't even know about this. Demo, I do."

"That's bullshit." Shishio said, sitting back down. "They aren't planning anything like that."

"Iie. You are Bullshit." The Battousai said, snorting. "Kaoru-Dono's parents were either bitten, put into slavery or burned to death by now. Want to know where she is from?"

Shishio raised an eyebrow in couriousity. Where was the Battousai going with this conversation?

"She is from Kyoto you Baka! Half the town was burned to the ground and taken over by Vampires! You made the biggest mistake you could possibly make by sending Tomoe-San there! Every vampire would die a thousand times just to get their hands on a slayer!" The Battousai said, glaring at the man infront of him.

"Then, we have to leave now and warn them!" Shishio said, standing up. He was about to run out the door, when The Battousai grabbed his arm.

"Baka. They are way gone by now. We have to perpare and get everyone together if we want to win this one." The Battousai said, snorting at Shishio's stupidity.

Shishio pulled out of the Battousai's grip. He glared at the shorter man. They both heard a glass hit the ground. They turned to see little Kaoru with tears traveling down her face. The Battousai's eyes widen. All of his yelling probably scared her.. and what if she heard the part about her parents probably being dead?! The child would hate him!

"Kaoru-Dono.." The Battousai started, his eyes turning to a soft blue, almost purple color.

"Iie.... Iie.. Himura-Sami... My p-parents aren't dead... They're alive... right?" Kaoru questioned, ignoring the little bits of sharp pain in her ankle. The glass shards had cut into her skin on her ankle. Blood was traveling down her ankle.

The Battousai could smell the blood from where he stood. He was nearly 20 feet from the girl, maybe more. He could smell the blood just like it was infront of his nose. His eyes started to turn from the soft color to a slightly red color. He was becoming hungry for blood.

"Kaoru-Dono..." He started. He didn't know what to say to the child. The blood was clouding his mind as well as her sad expression. Why couldn't he keep his temper in check? If he hadn't exploded like that, Kaoru wouldn't have heard.

Kaoru's tears over-flowed on her cheeks. She turned and ran out of the Taloon. The Battousai quickly turned to run after her, but Shishio grabbed him.

"We have to get the others and go to Kyoto. Tomoe-San's life depends on it Himura." Shishio said. They both looked at each other.

He would have to make a choice. He could go with Shishio and save Tomoe... but he would leave Kaoru to do so. Could he do that? He loved Tomoe... but... he had a connection with Kaoru... a connection he never had before..

What was he going to do?

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Misao and Yahiko paced around the small house, waiting for Battousai and Kaoru to return. They both kept stealing glances towards the door. Every second felt like an hour to the childern, who waited for their favorite people to come back.

Yahiko sighed. "I'm getting tired of waiting. Why don't we go look for them or something?"

"We can't! Himura-Sami told us to stay put. Besides, Kaoru-Chan is out there." Misao explained to the younger boy.

Yahiko stuck out his tongue at her. "You're just afraid of those bad men! Well, I'm not! I'll fight them all myself if I have to. I don't want Kaoru-Chan and Himura-Sami to get hurt in the forrest."

Misao didn't want to admit it, but she was feeling the same way. She simply stuck her tongue back out at Yahiko. "Suck it up."

Then, they heard someone turn the knob. They both turned their heads to the door, perpared to fight or run. Then, they caught sight of who it was. A tear-Stained, puffy-eyed, sobbing mess of a child, Kaoru.

"Kaoru-Chan!" Misao shouted, leaping to the older girl. She wrapped her arms around her. "I was worried."

"Misao-Chan. I'm going to Kyoto." Kaoru said, getting out of the younger girl's grip. She walked over to the cabnets and pulled out some guaze. She started to wrap her ankle with it.

"Kyoto? Demo, we promised we'd never go back!" Misao said. Yahiko was nodding along with her.

"Why do we have to leave, Kaoru-Chan?" Yahiko asked, frightened by the sudden boldness of Kaoru and her taking back on their promise.

"I have to. Himura-Sami says my parents are probably dead. I have to go see if my Mama and Papa are alright." Kaoru answered, completely her very poorly-done wrappings. She stood up and walked over to the door.

"Matte! We'll come with you." Yahiko said to Kaoru. Kaoru turned to her friends.

"Iie. You have to stay where it is safe." Kaoru shoke her head. "Demo, don't tell Himura-Sami where I am going."

"Nani?" Misao questioned. She tilted her head to the side. "Alright Kaoru-Chan. We won't say anything to him. Right Yahiko?"

Yahiko made an innocent sound. A halo appeared over his head. Both girls glared at him.

"Yahiko-Chan! I'm serious! Don't tell Himura-Sami anything!" Kaoru nearly shouted at the younger boy.

"Alright. I promise." Yahiko said with a sigh. He knew it wasn't right, but he promised. Now, he couldn't tell Himura where Kaoru was going. He knew this wouldn't end well.

Kaoru bid farwell to her friends, before leaving the old house. She headed directly to Kyoto. Or atleast close to it.

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I know this chapter is short also. I was going to fill this chapter with details and everything, but it slipped my mind to do so. I also came back from my visit with my Grandparents. ^_^ They say hello to your reviews. (I don't even think they know what the internet is... that's scary..)

I know this chapter is a bit fast pacing. That's because I want you guys and girls to understand the fast pace that Kenshin is going through. Everything is turning and twisting on him all of a sudden. I wanted all of you to fell that. Please review! (I'll correct the spelling in the last chapter. It will be better by tomorrow.)

Jap. Terms for those who don't know.

Gi-The name for a jap. shirt

Eto..:Ummm... huh..

Hai-Yes

Iie-No

Demo-But, However

kisama-Bastard

Gaki- rugrat, anklebiter, little person

Oi-Hey (Some people say it's translated into 'Wow'. Though, I'm not sure. I'm pretty positive it's 'Hey'.)

Nani- What?

Matte- Wait

Arigato- thank you

sayonara-Good bye

Name endings.

-San :It's basically like saying Mr. or Miss. or Mrs. It's used for someone you respect.

-Chan :Friends use it. Kinda like a pet name. Or little.

-Sami :Used for Gods, or highly respected people. Lords, Masters, etc...

-Dono :Miss (It is corrected. Thank you reviews who gave me the correct translation)