Hello this is part 2 ^^ please please review.it would help a lot. I swear!!! Hehehe this is about kiera and what she did before she err...met Kaoru and Yahiko ^^ I swear there is a plot to all this... unless you already found out the plot since it's probably so obvious in part 1 of journey. Oh yeah italics are thoughts.

Disclaimer: I don't own some of the characters.. except kiera.. and who ever I feel like making up. Is that alright with you?

Maiden of No Regrets

Chapter 3

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Why did it have to be now? Why did it have to happen to me? He needs to find someone better, at least someone who won't be killing for the first time tonight, She thought to herself. She calmly wiped her tears with her Kimono and went back home.

"I won't think of this now, I have to make sure everything is perfect for tonight. She took out her Taisk and cleaned it with the violet cloth.

"This is the first time you'll be used to kill tonight," she said rubbing the dull edge of the Taisk against her cheek.

A lone tear creeped its way down her cheek and stained the unscratched surface of the Taisk.

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Inside the private dinner room was a boisterous crowd. You can hear the laughter of many men and clicks of chopsticks against the bowls.

Kiera carried the bottles of sake while trying to adjust her ribbon back into place. Everything was going fine, the mistress nodded at her and let her into the room. There was perhaps 25 men in the room like she was told. They all had their sword against their shoulder or left beside them like any moment now they would be attack. These were very smart men and always seem to be on the alert. This wasn't going to be very easy.

@#@#@# JUBIN

The panel slip open and a beautiful geisha slid into the room carrying the tray of sake with elegance. She wore an off the shoulder kimono in the color of blue and gray. Her hair was piled up on her hair and in it laid a discreet butterfly pin. It took was also of gray and blue. Her lips were painted red and her skin covered in rice powder. She was small boned but not of the dainty sort. She seem like a strong woman, just like Kiera. His Kiera, oh how he wished he would have ran after he that earlier but it was too late. She was gone in a dust of cloud before he pulled out of his misery. The Geisha reminded him so much of Kiera. The way she moved and the quick smile.

Tonight his friends were particularly noisy as if they knew that Kiera had turned him down. They knew that he was going to ask her to be his betrothed today and had planned this dinner for them. When he came back dejectedly, they had pulled him to this dinner instead of letting him drown in his own sorrows.

"Hey, Missy!" "Can I please get some more sake?" A friend of his cried out in his deep throated voice.

"I don't know why you're drinking so much. I should be the one dead drunk, you're not the one that got dumped," Jubin said irritably.

"Don't take it out on me just because she decided you weren't good enough for her Jubin." Tomah said, while the geisha poured him some sake and quickly moved to the other members of the group.

Jubin growled, "Shaddup, you jerk!! I thought you were my friend, you're suppose to cheer me up, not pissed me off."

"Jubin you are being such a baby, if you want her that bad then tell her so and see what she says. If she still dumps ya then hehe you and her were never meant to be. Who wants a wife that cares only about how much you have in your money pouch (ack for lack of better words)."

"Right!! I'll go talk to her tomorrow and see if she'll take me back while I crawl on my knees and beg her."

"Ehh?? Yeah you CAN do that too."

"Ugh, forget it I'll try to convince her to marry me, just you watch."

Never said you couldn't Jubin.

They got back to being pals again and started fighting over the food. Jubin forgetting about the Geisha.

#@#@ Kiera

The too men were still arguing after she pored her second bottle of sake. She had gotten a good look of the man called Tomah but the other man was hidden by her bangs. He sounded familiar but she shrugged it off.

It was time for the entertainment, most of the men were drunk and the other had let their guard down. It was time to move and fast.

She took out her Taisk with a swished and some of the men looked about in alarm. When they saw she had pulled out a colorful fan they had calmed down. The room silently calmed down and they waited for her to start the dance.

She open the Taisk and it flutter out in a tinkle of bells. The ribbons adorning it hid the sharp blades so it looked like an ordinary fan.

She began the dance, telling the story of a woman who lost her lover in a battle. It illustrated the woman-waving goodbye to her lover. The woman was wasting away waiting for him to come back, only to find out that he had died in the battle. She grieved for him at first and went on with her life. One day she couldn't stand the empty spot beside her anymore. She then jumped into the river to join her beloved. The final scene was of her lover coming back and finding the grave of his lover. Her lover left with another woman, never looking back at the woman who died for him.

It was beautifully done and most of the men that were awake were awestruck by the performance. Kiera had done it as if she too had been through this very story. But here she was in the flesh not dead.

She took the chance while she still had it. She pulled out the colorful ribbon and with that swung her Taisk at the men. The sharp blades separated from each other and rammed into the men throat. She had only killed 12 of them.

The round disc returned to her and she flung it again while it bounced around the room killing and not stopping. She pulled out her sword from the screen behind her as 2 rushed at her with their sword.

She ripped off the bottom of her skirt showing a couple of daggers. She blocked the first attack and kicked the man into the other man charging at her. She quickly buried her sword into 1 of them and turned around. She used her sword at the charging man and gutted him like a fish. His blood staining the front of her kimono

A bottle of sake was thrown at her and using her sword, she knocked it but the contents of the sake running down her face. She felt the rice powder run off her face and pulled one of the Taisk blades out of the dead man's throat. She threw it at the man nearest to her and heard him fall down with a slump.

Her disc was still bouncing around the room and there were 7 men left. She didn't know what to do now, suddenly 4 of them rushed at her and having no choice she charged and cleanly cut the men.

They fell to the floor and just to make sure the shoved the sword through their chest one by one. They were drunk anyways, she thought to herself. They won't feel much of the pain.

She looked up at the remaining men as one of them escaped. It was just one she thought to herself. What can he do?

She caught her discus and hanged it back on her belt. She would retrieve the blades later. There was only 2 men left now, it was the man Tomah and. No It couldn't be. Jubin!

He apparently recognized her too. He stared at her in shock and whispered.

Kiera?

Kiera? Tomah asked. What was she suppose to do now? She had to kill them she knew that but she couldn't. She loved Jubin and this was never suppose to happen. Her training came to her and her eyes turned a dark black. These were just men, there was plenty more of them in the world.

She slowly moved into her stance. "It is time for your death. Prepare yourself for you will only have one."

She rushed forward and slashed Jubin with such speed he could barely react to defend himself.

Tomah charged her and used his sword to slash her shoulder. It was her first sword wound. It wouldn't be her last. She disappeared and left them in alert before she appeared behind Tomah and used her sword to slash his shoulder. She then forced the sword into his shoulder and pulled it down his back as if he was carving turkey.

Satisfied with her handy work she turned to Jubin.

"What are you doing Kiera?"

"My job", she sneered at him.

I thought you were the sweetest and innocent person I ever met. How could you do such a thing and kill all these men? Why did you kill them?"

" I was order too, and I did. It's as simple as that."

You Bitch, you were probably tricking me all along. Deceiving me that first day we met till now. SO what was I? Your pawn in this sick killing of yours? Getting to the group using me? I can't believe I fell for it."

Trying to hold the tears back and letting her bangs fall over her eyes.

"Yes, that's all you were a pawn. Every whisper of endearment you made to me was laughable. Each touch disgusting. I'm glad it's over so now I don't have to see you're revolting face anymore. Get ready to die my dear beloved."

She slowly collected her Taisk blade while collecting herself and attaching it back to the discus. Why was he here? Why do I have to kill him. Oh mother I have to kill him, my love. How could I do such a thing.

She turned around and saw Jubin in a battle stance. Here we go.

They both charge and with an unexpected move she jumped behind Jubin and slashed her Taisk into his back. It dig into him and she pulled it out, sending out a shower of blood. He fell to the floor and his blood mingles with a tear stained on the shiny surface. She knew he was dead because she had laced the Taisk with poison. She dropped the Taisk and it clatter to the floor forgotten.

@#@#@# Kiera I got to my knees and cradled his head in my arms. He was still breathing and I quietly whispered in his ears. I Love you too Jubin. More than you can dream of. I rocked myself while still holding him against me. I slowly laid his body down on the ground. I pulled out my butterfly pin and rest it on top of his body. I kissed him for the last time and stood up. His blood had seeped into the ribbon of the Taisk and the stain is still there. A mahogany box was found next to his things. There was a note in the box that was address to me:

Kiera I love you so much and I want to present you with this box for your fan. The box will always protect the fan. Like how, no matter what, I will always protect and love you.

I kept it to remind me of his love and mines and the stain so that I would never forget that he is a part of me always. I quietly left the dinner room.

I took my beloved last name even though we never married. So now, I was known as Kiera Matokai and that day I left my training and travel through Japan. I stilled killed but with every death, there was aching pain in my heart. I was also wounded the night I killed Jubin. He had made a deep slash in my heart that still bleeds.

How was it?? Good I hope. This is just a lil background info on Kiera, Poor poor girl. Please review I need you to review.. heheh thanx for the people who reviewed :-p