Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this fanfiction.

Author's Notes: Kenshin has killed Saitoh and become Battousai once again. Will Kaoru and the others be able to stop him and bring him back hime?

Battousai Once Again

By: Emilee

Chapter1: Kenshin vs. Saitoh

Kaoru glanced out the window at the morning clouds as it started to rain.

*I think I am going to see what Kenshin is making for breakfast,*Kaoru thought as she walked her way to the kitchen. "Where is he? Maybe he is in his room, but usually he gets up before I do." *He has been acting peculiar lately. He didn't do the laundry yesterday and he said he had something to do when I asked him to get some tofu. I wonder what is going on.*

Sure enough he was still asleep. Kaoru walked over there and woke him up and she said "Kenshin, what is wrong with you? You have been acting strange lately." "It is nothing,"Kenshin said with an innocent look on his face. He knew something was going on but he didn't want to tell anyone because it would worry them. "Kenshin will you get me some tofu since you couldn't get it yesterday,"Kaoru asked. "Yes Ms. Kaoru, I will."

As Kenshin was walking he was stopped by Saitoh. "Hello Battousai.,"Saitoh said with a grimace on his face. Saitoh drew his sword and told Kenshin to do the same. He attacked and hit Kenshin. When he opened his eyes they were amber. Kenshin was enraged and his heart was a burning flame. He came up and knocked Saitoh into a tree. Saitoh came out fast but Kenshin turned and countered. Back at the dojo, Kaoru was wondering *What is taking Kenshin so long? Maybe I should go and check on him.* When she got there she saw Kenshin and Saitoh fighting and all of the sudden Kenshin stabbed Saitoh in the heart. Saitoh died instantly. Kaoru was standing there in fright knowing that Kenshin couldn't have done that but then she saw the amber in his eyes. She spoke the word "Ken...shin..." Her words turned him back to normal, and then he saw his bloodstained sword and Saitoh lying on the ground, his body lifeless. He looked at Kaoru in shock and he ran off. He ran deep into the forest. Kaoru yelled, "Kenshin wait!!!!Don't go!!!" She went back to the dojo hoping that he had come back where she could talk to him, but he wasn't there. She told Sano and Yahiko what happened and they couldn't believe it. "Kenshin couldn't have done that."Yahiko said. "It wasn't Kenshin that killed Saitoh, it was Battousai the manslayer."Kaoru said with a sad look on her face.

Kenshin thought* Why did I kill him? Why? WHY? WHY!!! "I have broken my oath to never kill again. I have to become Battousai again."Kenshin said as his eyes turned amber.



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