Disclaimers--*holds paintbrush and paints on paper and raises it to
readers* "Rurouni Kenshin does not belong to me"
Author's Notes: Explainations will come on the next chapter.
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Leigh--There isn't any romantic about Rei and Kaoru because they are cousins. Yes, I might think of Battousai waking up from Kenshin!
Dfourthhorseman--K&K will come in later chaps. I can't really squeeze in WAFF right now because explanations MUST come first or else everyone will be definitely confused.
Silvertenshi--Gomen for the cliffhanger! I can't really put all of it in one chap! It will be too long. As I said, explainations will come on the next chapter. (More explainations.)
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Chapter 3: Mysterious Legends
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Kaoru's eyes twitched at her other name. Rei continued to growl at Hoshi. Kenshin and Sano looked wide-eyed and confused at the same time.
"Who's Tsuki?" Sano asked out loud.
Hoshi smirked, eyeing Kaoru warily. "You didn't tell them yet, Tsuki." She said.
"I am willing not to," Kaoru answered flatly. "But your sudden appearance will force me to, somehow."
"Hoshi!" Rei cried, shielding Kaoru from her gaze. "What the heck are you doing?" He asked, gesturing at Yahiko, who was unconscious at the ground.
"The boy happened to meet me in a wrong time, Rei," Hoshi replied. "He just had to be stubborn." Kenshin's eyes flickered with faint amber, Sano readying his fists. Rei and Kaoru glared at Hoshi, and if looks could kill, she would have been dead a hundred times. Sano charged without warning, his anger getting better of him.
"No!!! Sano!" Kaoru cried, her eyes wide with horror. Before Sano's fist came in contact with Hoshi's form, she raised up her hands, pointing to Sano, and then sent him flying, crashing on the dojo wall, then out to the ground.
Kenshin blinked, not really knowing what had happened. /How could she do that? Stop him with only one point of her finger?/
Rei snarled, this time, his blue eyes cold, and his long fangs appeared. Hoshi smiled, then did the same, snarling at each other.
"How dare you hurt Kaoru-chan's friends!" Rei said, wind circling his form.
"The only way to bring Tsuki back is to eliminate all of them!" Hoshi replied, her hand lifting in a circular motion, until fire escaped from her hand. "With them alive, Tsuki will refuse to come!"
Kenshin, still standing, registered what they were saying, glancing at Kaoru in the middle of it. She was watching them, a hard stare directed to the woman named Hoshi. But he, on the other hand, was left in the dark, their appearance frightening. It reminded him somehow of his shishou's stories, about myths of a mysterious being, human in form, and had cold, piercing eyes, with long white fangs who drank blood from living people and only came out in the night. Kenshin tried to recollect it, hoping to remember what they were called.
"Vampires, Kenshin," He heard Kaoru's voice speak. She was looking at him, recognizing his thoughtful gaze, then, unexpectedly, must've read his mind. "Mysterious being which are called vampires are human in form, dead in soul, but alive in body. Long white fangs used to tear open the skin of the human victim's neck and drink their blood. Coming out only in nighttime, making their piercing eyes much more cold. They have unusual powers, being psychic, concerning telepathy and mind-reading--at least, that's how vampires are described in books."
"H-how do you know of these things, Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin managed to ask, finding his voice.
Kaoru turned her gaze back to Hoshi and Rei. "Do not believe legends and myths of vampires, Kenshin. Not everything is true." She whispered.
"What do you mean?"
"Explainations come later, Kenshin." She replied. "For now, I have to stop my cousins from killing each other."
Kenshin nodded. "Hai." He unsheathed his sword. "Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu..." He plunged his sword on the ground, making soil and rocks fly to the direction of the two fighting. "Dou Ryu Sen!"
Hoshi and Rei felt the attack, instantly dodging it, making them wide apart from each other. Kaoru walked in between them, her eyes narrowed dangerously into slits.
"Go away, Hoshi!" Kaoru said, her voice cold. "You are not welcomed here!"
"No!" Hoshi screamed, ready to make another attack, ensuing a fireball in her hands.
"Hoshi!" Another man's shout stopped her from doing so.
"Otou-sama," Hoshi's eyes widened. "What are you doing here?"
Honou's blue-green eyes looked down upon Hoshi. He was standing up in one of the tree branches, his hands balled into fists. "I have come to bring you back, Hoshi."
"Demo--!"
"No more arguements!" Honou bellowed. "Enough of this foolish attacks, Hoshi! You know better than to hurt your own cousins!"
Hoshi gritted her teeth. Her father was strict when it came to her, and he belatedly forbid her to use such enormous powers to her kin. That was the golden rule of their clan: Never use powers against fellow clanmates, unless authorized to do so. And she, Hoshi, had deliberately broke it.
"Yes, otou-sama," She hissed, turning to look at Rei and Kaoru. "I'll be back for you!" With that, a quick turn as she disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Honou glanced softly at Rei and Kaoru.
"Forgive Hoshi, Rei, Kao-koneko." Honou said.
"I might." Rei answered.
"I will, for now." Kaoru replied grimly.
Honou bowed to them, before he, too, disappeared from sight.
Both Rei and Kaoru turned, finding Kenshin staring at them. Sano had stood, clutching some of his injuries. Yahiko had regain consciousness, and had heard their conversation.
"Kaoru-dono, I think now is the perfect time to explain all this," Kenshin said, his face confused but stern.
Kaoru nodded, going inside the house, Rei trailing behind her.
------To Be Continued-------------
Author's Notes: Explainations will come on the next chapter.
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Leigh--There isn't any romantic about Rei and Kaoru because they are cousins. Yes, I might think of Battousai waking up from Kenshin!
Dfourthhorseman--K&K will come in later chaps. I can't really squeeze in WAFF right now because explanations MUST come first or else everyone will be definitely confused.
Silvertenshi--Gomen for the cliffhanger! I can't really put all of it in one chap! It will be too long. As I said, explainations will come on the next chapter. (More explainations.)
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Chapter 3: Mysterious Legends
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Kaoru's eyes twitched at her other name. Rei continued to growl at Hoshi. Kenshin and Sano looked wide-eyed and confused at the same time.
"Who's Tsuki?" Sano asked out loud.
Hoshi smirked, eyeing Kaoru warily. "You didn't tell them yet, Tsuki." She said.
"I am willing not to," Kaoru answered flatly. "But your sudden appearance will force me to, somehow."
"Hoshi!" Rei cried, shielding Kaoru from her gaze. "What the heck are you doing?" He asked, gesturing at Yahiko, who was unconscious at the ground.
"The boy happened to meet me in a wrong time, Rei," Hoshi replied. "He just had to be stubborn." Kenshin's eyes flickered with faint amber, Sano readying his fists. Rei and Kaoru glared at Hoshi, and if looks could kill, she would have been dead a hundred times. Sano charged without warning, his anger getting better of him.
"No!!! Sano!" Kaoru cried, her eyes wide with horror. Before Sano's fist came in contact with Hoshi's form, she raised up her hands, pointing to Sano, and then sent him flying, crashing on the dojo wall, then out to the ground.
Kenshin blinked, not really knowing what had happened. /How could she do that? Stop him with only one point of her finger?/
Rei snarled, this time, his blue eyes cold, and his long fangs appeared. Hoshi smiled, then did the same, snarling at each other.
"How dare you hurt Kaoru-chan's friends!" Rei said, wind circling his form.
"The only way to bring Tsuki back is to eliminate all of them!" Hoshi replied, her hand lifting in a circular motion, until fire escaped from her hand. "With them alive, Tsuki will refuse to come!"
Kenshin, still standing, registered what they were saying, glancing at Kaoru in the middle of it. She was watching them, a hard stare directed to the woman named Hoshi. But he, on the other hand, was left in the dark, their appearance frightening. It reminded him somehow of his shishou's stories, about myths of a mysterious being, human in form, and had cold, piercing eyes, with long white fangs who drank blood from living people and only came out in the night. Kenshin tried to recollect it, hoping to remember what they were called.
"Vampires, Kenshin," He heard Kaoru's voice speak. She was looking at him, recognizing his thoughtful gaze, then, unexpectedly, must've read his mind. "Mysterious being which are called vampires are human in form, dead in soul, but alive in body. Long white fangs used to tear open the skin of the human victim's neck and drink their blood. Coming out only in nighttime, making their piercing eyes much more cold. They have unusual powers, being psychic, concerning telepathy and mind-reading--at least, that's how vampires are described in books."
"H-how do you know of these things, Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin managed to ask, finding his voice.
Kaoru turned her gaze back to Hoshi and Rei. "Do not believe legends and myths of vampires, Kenshin. Not everything is true." She whispered.
"What do you mean?"
"Explainations come later, Kenshin." She replied. "For now, I have to stop my cousins from killing each other."
Kenshin nodded. "Hai." He unsheathed his sword. "Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu..." He plunged his sword on the ground, making soil and rocks fly to the direction of the two fighting. "Dou Ryu Sen!"
Hoshi and Rei felt the attack, instantly dodging it, making them wide apart from each other. Kaoru walked in between them, her eyes narrowed dangerously into slits.
"Go away, Hoshi!" Kaoru said, her voice cold. "You are not welcomed here!"
"No!" Hoshi screamed, ready to make another attack, ensuing a fireball in her hands.
"Hoshi!" Another man's shout stopped her from doing so.
"Otou-sama," Hoshi's eyes widened. "What are you doing here?"
Honou's blue-green eyes looked down upon Hoshi. He was standing up in one of the tree branches, his hands balled into fists. "I have come to bring you back, Hoshi."
"Demo--!"
"No more arguements!" Honou bellowed. "Enough of this foolish attacks, Hoshi! You know better than to hurt your own cousins!"
Hoshi gritted her teeth. Her father was strict when it came to her, and he belatedly forbid her to use such enormous powers to her kin. That was the golden rule of their clan: Never use powers against fellow clanmates, unless authorized to do so. And she, Hoshi, had deliberately broke it.
"Yes, otou-sama," She hissed, turning to look at Rei and Kaoru. "I'll be back for you!" With that, a quick turn as she disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Honou glanced softly at Rei and Kaoru.
"Forgive Hoshi, Rei, Kao-koneko." Honou said.
"I might." Rei answered.
"I will, for now." Kaoru replied grimly.
Honou bowed to them, before he, too, disappeared from sight.
Both Rei and Kaoru turned, finding Kenshin staring at them. Sano had stood, clutching some of his injuries. Yahiko had regain consciousness, and had heard their conversation.
"Kaoru-dono, I think now is the perfect time to explain all this," Kenshin said, his face confused but stern.
Kaoru nodded, going inside the house, Rei trailing behind her.
------To Be Continued-------------