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After her nightmare Kaoru couldn't sleep a wink more. So she had stayed up all night, mostly staring up to the ceiling, still unaware of Battousai outside the door. Then she heard footsteps walking away and she got up and looked out the door but no one was there so she decided she might as well get up. Tying her yukata tightly she walked out into the kitchen, grabbed a glass, and poured herself some water.
Battousai had decided to get up, away from the door and go take a bath to wake him up some more, he didn't get much sleep. Kaoru had kept him up most of the night, not that he wasn't used to it by now. After all he also had some nightmares of his own killing people from the past assassination orders. It was for a better future he believed and that's what kept him going. To bring an era of peace he would risk his life for. He smiled as he closed his eyes and his eyes became softer.
Kaoru drank her water slowly and was relieved that it was cold. She felt warm, she thought she may have a fever and water would help to cool her down. She sat on the floor, legs stretched out under a table, which she kept her water on. A door opening alerted her, she looked over to where she heard and saw Battousai but he wasn't glaring at her like he usually did. She could swear his eyes were softer looking and had a bit of purple in them. She didn't know how long she stared at him but when she turned away she felt a blush come to her cheeks. He admitted it and there was no denying it to himself that she was beautiful. He didn't even want to imagine the pain she felt to have made her cry and he was glad he didn't have to see her. He shook his head he didn't want to fall in love with her only to have her taken away.
Kaoru got her blushing under control and watched him walk in front of her then he stopped. She looked up at him, "You are coming with me. You have an hour. Be ready by then." Then he walked away leaving a fussing Kaoru glaring after him. 'Him and his commands and no explanations!' She thought angrily. She decided to get a bath herself so she got up, walked to the bedroom grabbed a kimono and went into the mini-bathhouse.
Battousai had gotten orders to take Kaoru to a rather not-so-great place. Rather a slut house, where girls cut their kimonos up to their thighs and guys drooled after them. Why the hell he had to take her to such a place was behind him. The paper Soujirou had given him simply stated:
/Bring the girl over to the 'teahouse,' leave her there. Someone will be there to accompany her.\
He didn't like the idea one bit, but he would have to trust the person accompanying her. If he failed he would just kill him. He shook his head again where'd that come from?!
An hour later Battousai had stepped out of his room with wakizashi and katana on him and looked at Kaoru. She was wearing a pink kimono with blue butterflies stretched out on it. She was glaring at him when he started looking down at her feet and finally up to her face. "Follow me," he commanded as she started to follow him out the door.
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"Are we there yet?!" Kaoru exhaled. They had been running for a while and she thought they had gone all over Kyoto at this rate. Battousai had to grab her arm and drag her along with him, "would you stop fussing?! Like you never ran before..." he mumbled under his breath. Which caused an angry Kaoru to almost hit him. "Too slow," he grinned at her and then turned his head back around, which caused Kaoru to become even more angry. "Here," he stopped and let go of her hand. "Battousai." Someone called from the entrance of the restaurant. He nodded and pushed Kaoru forward which caused her to shout "HEY!" Battousai shook his head, "you're staying here. I'll be back once my mission is over." Kaoru mouthed 'why' which was unanswered as Battousai turned his back on her and began walking away.
"I'll take care of her Battousai..." the man grinned grabbing her wrist which she immediately snatched away from him. "Perv..." The man laughed and walked into the restaurant followed by Kaoru.
A group of men stood outside a building holding guns and katana's. A figure approached them walking slowly one man shouted, "someone's approaching, is it the Battousai?" They prepared their guns the figure came into the light nearby them and they began firing at will. In a instant their bodies were dead laying on the ground, not a bullet had hit him. He peered into the building sensing ki's, estimating about thirty bodyguards around his target. He ran into the entrance of the building and immediately shouts of panic could be heard as blood splattered onto the walls. Thirty ki levels instantly disappeared and a blood curdling scream was proceeded as Battousai slain his target. Jumping out of a window from the building one foot appeared on the ground as he sped off in to the darkness.
~Meanwhile~
Kaoru and this man were sitting at a table across from each other and every women that went by she gasped. The man had laughed at her every time she did, too. She glared at him, "what's so funny?" This guy was drunk and continued to drink even more which caused her to get more angry at him. "Never seen such a place, have ya? Ha ha ha..." Kaoru let out a low growl, why did she have to be here? Across the room a guy kept looking at her, which was making her very uncomfortable. She got up from the table, "where are you going?" the man asked her. "To get some fresh air," she stated which caused another wave of laughter from the man. She shook her head and continued her way out the door. Leaning against the wall of the place, she sighed and closed her eyes. The door opened and she was about to look and see who it is when her mouth was covered by someone's hand and she was dragged in a dark alley next to the place. She was slammed hard into a wall which caused some blood to form on her head. She looked up to see it was the man that was staring at her before. He grabbed her wrists and she screamed.
Battousai had been walking back to the teahouse walking slowly katana and wakizashi sheathed when he heard a scream and ran to where he had heard it from. He turned the corner to see Kaoru being pinned to a wall and a man slowly starting to undress her. He wasted no time in unsheathing his wakizashi and putting it to the mans throat. "Battousai..." Kaoru managed to whisper before she fainted. Battousai slit the man's throat and he collapsed to the ground. He picked her up gently and walked through the blood of the man and ran out of the alley.
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Kaoru woke up to see everything around her in a blur, she made out a black haired women inspecting her head, "...who?" The women told her to hush and held up three fingers, "how many fingers am I holding up?" Kaoru strained her eyes, "three... but their blurry." The women nodded to herself, "just as I thought. It'll take a while for her eyes to adjust back to normal." She continued looking at Battousai, "I'm giving you these herbs, mix them in some tea and give them to her every 4 hours." He nodded. The women stood up, "goodbye Ken-san," she giggled. He glared at the women, how he hated that she called him that. "Yes, goodbye Megumi." He said sternly as she left he looked the door. "Who's... Ken-san?" She asked, "No one." He answered irritated. "Oh..." Kaoru shivered and wrapped her arms around herself. Her kimono had a few rips in it which exposed some of her skin and made her cold. A blanket was wrapped around her then and she looked up to see him putting it around her shoulders. She smiled, "thank you." He sighed, he would ask her later why she had been outside.
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After her nightmare Kaoru couldn't sleep a wink more. So she had stayed up all night, mostly staring up to the ceiling, still unaware of Battousai outside the door. Then she heard footsteps walking away and she got up and looked out the door but no one was there so she decided she might as well get up. Tying her yukata tightly she walked out into the kitchen, grabbed a glass, and poured herself some water.
Battousai had decided to get up, away from the door and go take a bath to wake him up some more, he didn't get much sleep. Kaoru had kept him up most of the night, not that he wasn't used to it by now. After all he also had some nightmares of his own killing people from the past assassination orders. It was for a better future he believed and that's what kept him going. To bring an era of peace he would risk his life for. He smiled as he closed his eyes and his eyes became softer.
Kaoru drank her water slowly and was relieved that it was cold. She felt warm, she thought she may have a fever and water would help to cool her down. She sat on the floor, legs stretched out under a table, which she kept her water on. A door opening alerted her, she looked over to where she heard and saw Battousai but he wasn't glaring at her like he usually did. She could swear his eyes were softer looking and had a bit of purple in them. She didn't know how long she stared at him but when she turned away she felt a blush come to her cheeks. He admitted it and there was no denying it to himself that she was beautiful. He didn't even want to imagine the pain she felt to have made her cry and he was glad he didn't have to see her. He shook his head he didn't want to fall in love with her only to have her taken away.
Kaoru got her blushing under control and watched him walk in front of her then he stopped. She looked up at him, "You are coming with me. You have an hour. Be ready by then." Then he walked away leaving a fussing Kaoru glaring after him. 'Him and his commands and no explanations!' She thought angrily. She decided to get a bath herself so she got up, walked to the bedroom grabbed a kimono and went into the mini-bathhouse.
Battousai had gotten orders to take Kaoru to a rather not-so-great place. Rather a slut house, where girls cut their kimonos up to their thighs and guys drooled after them. Why the hell he had to take her to such a place was behind him. The paper Soujirou had given him simply stated:
/Bring the girl over to the 'teahouse,' leave her there. Someone will be there to accompany her.\
He didn't like the idea one bit, but he would have to trust the person accompanying her. If he failed he would just kill him. He shook his head again where'd that come from?!
An hour later Battousai had stepped out of his room with wakizashi and katana on him and looked at Kaoru. She was wearing a pink kimono with blue butterflies stretched out on it. She was glaring at him when he started looking down at her feet and finally up to her face. "Follow me," he commanded as she started to follow him out the door.
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"Are we there yet?!" Kaoru exhaled. They had been running for a while and she thought they had gone all over Kyoto at this rate. Battousai had to grab her arm and drag her along with him, "would you stop fussing?! Like you never ran before..." he mumbled under his breath. Which caused an angry Kaoru to almost hit him. "Too slow," he grinned at her and then turned his head back around, which caused Kaoru to become even more angry. "Here," he stopped and let go of her hand. "Battousai." Someone called from the entrance of the restaurant. He nodded and pushed Kaoru forward which caused her to shout "HEY!" Battousai shook his head, "you're staying here. I'll be back once my mission is over." Kaoru mouthed 'why' which was unanswered as Battousai turned his back on her and began walking away.
"I'll take care of her Battousai..." the man grinned grabbing her wrist which she immediately snatched away from him. "Perv..." The man laughed and walked into the restaurant followed by Kaoru.
A group of men stood outside a building holding guns and katana's. A figure approached them walking slowly one man shouted, "someone's approaching, is it the Battousai?" They prepared their guns the figure came into the light nearby them and they began firing at will. In a instant their bodies were dead laying on the ground, not a bullet had hit him. He peered into the building sensing ki's, estimating about thirty bodyguards around his target. He ran into the entrance of the building and immediately shouts of panic could be heard as blood splattered onto the walls. Thirty ki levels instantly disappeared and a blood curdling scream was proceeded as Battousai slain his target. Jumping out of a window from the building one foot appeared on the ground as he sped off in to the darkness.
~Meanwhile~
Kaoru and this man were sitting at a table across from each other and every women that went by she gasped. The man had laughed at her every time she did, too. She glared at him, "what's so funny?" This guy was drunk and continued to drink even more which caused her to get more angry at him. "Never seen such a place, have ya? Ha ha ha..." Kaoru let out a low growl, why did she have to be here? Across the room a guy kept looking at her, which was making her very uncomfortable. She got up from the table, "where are you going?" the man asked her. "To get some fresh air," she stated which caused another wave of laughter from the man. She shook her head and continued her way out the door. Leaning against the wall of the place, she sighed and closed her eyes. The door opened and she was about to look and see who it is when her mouth was covered by someone's hand and she was dragged in a dark alley next to the place. She was slammed hard into a wall which caused some blood to form on her head. She looked up to see it was the man that was staring at her before. He grabbed her wrists and she screamed.
Battousai had been walking back to the teahouse walking slowly katana and wakizashi sheathed when he heard a scream and ran to where he had heard it from. He turned the corner to see Kaoru being pinned to a wall and a man slowly starting to undress her. He wasted no time in unsheathing his wakizashi and putting it to the mans throat. "Battousai..." Kaoru managed to whisper before she fainted. Battousai slit the man's throat and he collapsed to the ground. He picked her up gently and walked through the blood of the man and ran out of the alley.
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Kaoru woke up to see everything around her in a blur, she made out a black haired women inspecting her head, "...who?" The women told her to hush and held up three fingers, "how many fingers am I holding up?" Kaoru strained her eyes, "three... but their blurry." The women nodded to herself, "just as I thought. It'll take a while for her eyes to adjust back to normal." She continued looking at Battousai, "I'm giving you these herbs, mix them in some tea and give them to her every 4 hours." He nodded. The women stood up, "goodbye Ken-san," she giggled. He glared at the women, how he hated that she called him that. "Yes, goodbye Megumi." He said sternly as she left he looked the door. "Who's... Ken-san?" She asked, "No one." He answered irritated. "Oh..." Kaoru shivered and wrapped her arms around herself. Her kimono had a few rips in it which exposed some of her skin and made her cold. A blanket was wrapped around her then and she looked up to see him putting it around her shoulders. She smiled, "thank you." He sighed, he would ask her later why she had been outside.
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