Author's Note: In this chapter I changed some of the original plot line so it would go with my story, so please forgive me. Some of the characters are out of character so forgive me on that as well. The fighting scene is lame, I know. So I need your help to tell me their techniques. I hope you all enjoy this chapter.

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Chapter Three: Kidnapped? Pills? Plans?

The bed felt nice and warm, and the user wasn't all that happy with the idea of getting up and away from it. Though he knew that he had a job to do, and slacking off was not part of it.

Kenshin woke up and early and suited up. The letter was clear: Meet Soujiro and his men at 8:00 in the morning at the edge of the Oniwanbanshu mansion. Be ready to defend him at all costs. Kill as you please.

He had thought that he wasn't suppose to, he guessed that they had changed their minds.

Strapping on his swords, he quickly left the building, and headed to his position.

~*~*~*~*~

Takasugi woke up early and went to get his early paycheck downstairs. As he went to the elevator, Katsura stopped him. He only smiled and bowed to him politely.

"Good morning sir. I believe that Himura is already on duty," said Takasugi.

"I have a job for you. You'll get paid double," said Katsura handing him an envelope.

Takasugi opened it, and looked at him confused.

"But..." started Takasugi as he read it over.

"Get ready and go now. No questions," said Katsura as he left down the elevator.

Takasugi cursed under his breath, and went to do as he was told.

~*~*~*~*~

Soujiro and his guards walked slowly to the gates. He didn't even get to say good bye to his little cousin, so he was kind of down. His guards were traditional Japanese ninjas, as were all of the Oniwanbanshu members. He looked one last time at the mansion and stepped out of the large gates to the mansion; locking behind him.

Men in black and white jumped out at him. He was caught off guard, and he was barely able to jump back from a blade.

His men were struggling to even keep on their own feet. He grabbed at the first sword that he saw, and attacked his attackers. But more came to take their place.

Having been still a bit dazed from the sudden attack, he didn't see the sword that was coming down on him. Though before the attack came, a red blur came in front of him. He heard the clash of steel, and then a scream and blood splattering on the ground.

He looked at his saver, the man was short with red hair, but his battle aura was beyond normal and it was just like Aoshi's.

"Get back in the mansion," said the man, as he killed off five more men in one swing.

Soujiro was about to, but got attacked in the shoulder. He turned around and used his sword to get rid of three men. Blood smeared all over his body shamelessly. He decided that he wasn't going to leave, he would kill them all.

~*~*~*~*~

By the time that Kenshin got there, the battle had started. Then when he took one look at their uniform and techniques, he knew that they really were from the Bafuko.

He saw his target, and went into assassination mode in an instant. The men were easy enough to kill, and he killed off five more without any thought. He knew that Soujiro would get injured badly, and Hiko wouldn't like that. So he yelled, "Get back in the mansion." He killed off another five easily enough, but he wasn't able to get to him before someone hit him in the shoulder.

Then he saw that the young man that he was suppose to protect was very skilled with the sword, but knew that the sudden attack had caught him off guard.

Battousai had to kill them all now. So he got in a stance, and in a flash his cape was covered in blood; him kneeling on the other side of the group of men. As he stood up, all of them fell in their own pools of blood. He quickly went over to Soujiro who was growing faint.

Suddenly more men came, he recognized Takasugi in the crowd. They came over to get all of the bodies out of the way.

He saw Takasugi struggling with a girl with raven-hair, then he knocked her out.

Something blue fell to the floor at where they were. Kenshin was about to go over and ask what was going on, but the men that were cleaning up the place were in the way.

So by the time they cleared out, all was left was the blue item. He walked over and saw that it was pills, he quickly pocketed it, and went over to help Soujiro into the mansion.

~*~*~*~*~*~

Kaoru had woke up late, and wanted to see Soujiro off. So she ran down to the gates to try and stop him to give him a hug. She froze as she saw a fight before her.

She backed off so that she wouldn't get in the way. When the fight finished, she saw that Soujiro was injured, she ran over to help him. Her medicine in her hands.

Before she reached him, a hand covered her mouth. She kicked and tried to scream and get out of his hold, but was covered by all of the commotion of the dead bodies. The man was cursing and suddenly a hand came down to her neck painfully and all went dark. She felt her pills drop from her hands and down to the ground.

~*~*~*~*~

"Thank you for your help," said Aoshi, as Kenshin and Soujiro were led into his office.

"Are you okay Soujiro?" asked Misao, as she saw his bandages of blood.

Dr. Genzai had come in a few minutes ago to wrap his wound. He went to get medicine.

"You are?" asked Aoshi looking at Kenshin.

"Kenshin Himura of the Japan Assassination Board," said Battousai bluntly.

Aoshi eyed him seriously, so he was part of the other assassination group.

"Sorry to interrupt, but where is Kaoru?" asked Dr. Genzai as he came in with her medicine.

The three stared at each other, concern written all over their faces.

"Search the whole area. Did she take her pills yet?" asked Aoshi concerned.

"No, that's why I asked you," said Dr. Genzai in an almost panic.

Kenshin looked at them strangely. Were they looking for that girl?

"Mr. Himura, did you by any chance see a 20-year-old with raven black hair and sapphire eyes while we were fighting; she's our cousin?" asked Soujiro hopefully.

Kenshin had his hands in his pockets and toyed with the blue bottle of medicine. Takasugi must have had a good reason to kidnap her. He'd just have to play it cool.

"I'm sorry but I didn't," lied Kenshin smoothly, as he had on a cold mask.

"I see, you can leave now. I'll have a talk with the J.A.B. tonight. I want all of the men looking for her," said Aoshi as his messenger ran out to give the message.

Kenshin bowed lightly and walked out of the main room.

"Where could she be?" asked Misao in a whisper, as she left to find her friend.

~*~*~*~*~

Takasugi carried the girl up to their apartment, he thanked that she was light. He leaned her against the wall as he took out his keys to open the door.

Once he got it open, his other two roommates gave him odd looks. He ignored them, and placed her on a couch.

Even if she was light, it was still tiring to carry her. He slouched on the couch across from her.

"Who's the new chick?" asked Sanosuke, as he went over to see her better.

"Don't touch her," said Takasugi angrily.

"Why are you so upset? Is she the one?" teased Sano, as he sat next to his friend.

"My orders straight from Katsura himself, were to kidnap her and bring her back to live with us, until he says so. He said not to harm her or touch her if possible," said Takasugi in disgust.

"But you already did," said Sanosuke grinning.

"After I got her here you moron," said Takasugi as he hit Sano upside the head.

Just as Sanosuke was about to yell back, the door flung open and showed an annoyed Kenshin.

"Hello, have a nice day?" asked Sano hoping not to get yelled at from the Hitokiri.

He glared at him, and walked over to Takasugi after he eyed the girl on the couch.

"Did you know that the girl that you kidnapped was the Leader of the Oniwanbanshu's cousin, and he's searching for her? If he finds out that you kidnapped her, it'll ruin the chance of the J.A.B. ever getting to have a partnership with them," said Battousai coldly and seriously.

Takasugi sat up straight, and was highly confused. "Katsura told me to kidnap her, I had no idea what so ever that she was Aoshi's cousin," said Takasugi truthfully.

"What in the world is Katsura thinking? He does know that we really need the Oniwanbanshu for help. Did he know that she was Aoshi's cousin?" asked Sanosuke eyeing Kaoru.

"What do we do now?" asked Takasugi frantically.

Kenshin had no idea either, he just closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.

"If we don't want to betray anyone, then I say we just leave her here. No one will know or care in this building for that matter, so it's not an issue," said Enishi suddenly.

The other three could only nod to that. Their eyes fell on the limp form on the couch.

~*~*~*~*~*~

"She's no where to be found. Where could she be?" asked Misao worried, as they all reported back to Aoshi's private office.

"We need to find her before sunset tonight, or we'll have to follow the trail of dead bodies. I don't want to talk to the police about that. Base 3 understands, and Soujiro will have to stay here for his injuries," said Aoshi, as he fell back into his chair; frustrated, he closed his eyes.

"Damn those Bafukos. I say that we join forces with the J.A.B. and get rid of Shishio once and for all," said Soujiro angrily, as he pounded his right hand on the table.

"Misao," said Aoshi seriously.

"Yes Leader?" asked Misao standing like a soldier.

"We need to get help to find Kaoru, before the nightmare begins. Send a message to Saitoh and Jineh. Their skills are needed," said Aoshi seriously.

"You want their help?" asked Soujiro questioningly.

"We must forget about the past Soujiro. Go now," said Aoshi seriously.

Soujiro became angry and annoyed at this. Misao bowed, and quickly left to do her job.

~*~*~*~*~*~

Kaoru slowly woke up to a pain in her neck and head. She shook her head, and sat up. As her eyes focused, she saw the man that captured her, and she screamed.

Takasugi startled from her scream, and screamed as well.

"Shut up Takasugi. Calm down Missy, we're not going to hurt you," said Sanosuke as he walked up to her with a cocky smirk on.

"Don't get close," said Kaoru as she backed up in the sofa.

"These two won't harm you. You have our word," said Enishi from the table nodding.

She didn't believe them, they all looked untrustworthy. Kaoru shook her head defiantly.

"Look here Missy, we might not be the best gentlemen, but we'll keep our word," said Sanosuke, as he tried to place a hand on her shoulder.

Kaoru flinched away, she didn't know who they were or why they had taken her.

Right then Kenshin walked out from a shower, and he stared at the scared girl.

"Help us here Kenshin. She won't even let me help her," said Sano as he back away.

"I thought you weren't suppose to touch her," said Battousai coldly.

Sano glared at him, but then went to sit next to Takasugi.

Kenshin walked over to Kaoru and sat down next to her. She moved away from him, his presence wasn't at all a good one.

He took the blue bottle out of his pocket, and handed it to her.

She stared at it wearily, afraid that he had done something to it. He took her hand forcefully and placed the bottle into her hands. At that moment blue pools met flaming gold ones. Kaoru stared into his eyes, something in them told her to trust him and yet to fear him.

Kenshin stood up, and went to get something to drink and sat down with Enishi.

"Oh so you trust the Hitokiri but not us. How nice," said Takasugi annoyed. The innocent girls always went to Battousai, none of them ever even looked his way.

Kaoru shakily opened the bottle, and took out a pill. Her breathing became rigid as she tried to place the pill in her mouth. She looked out the window and saw the sun go down.

As she moved the pill to her mouth, it dropped from her hands to the floor.

She moved a hand to her head. All the blood was moving to her head and pulsing painfully against her skull. The toxin in her body was circulating again. She closed her eyes shut.

Sanosuke and Takasugi stared at her with a cocked eyebrow.

"Are you okay?" asked Sano as he went to see her.

Kaoru didn't answer, her breathing became harder as she tried to get a pill in her mouth.

By then Kenshin and Enishi walked over to see if she was okay.

"Oh my. What if she ...she dies on us? Katsura isn't going to like that," said Takasugi scared now of the bosses temper when he saw that the girl was dead.

"Don't say that," snapped Sanosuke, he didn't want to have anything to do with her death.

Kenshin moved over to her, and took one pill into his hand. He had to force her hands from her face, and tried to pry the pill into her mouth. Her cousins and doctor were afraid because she didn't take her pill, he didn't want to find out what would happen if she didn't get it on time.

"Don't just stand there," said Battousai coldly.

The three nodded, and went over to help pry her hands away. They had to hold down her feet and arms, she was trying to get loose. She shook her head frantically, the pulsing was driving her crazy, and she started to scream in pain.

Kenshin held onto her mouth securely, and forced her to open her mouth. When she let out a scream, he popped the pill into her mouth. Then he closed her mouth and tilted her head up, so that the pill could slide down her throat securely.

Slowly she stopped moving, and her whole body stopped. She fainted onto Kenshin's shoulder. The others stared at her, before releasing her small form.

"For such a small girl, she sure has a lot of strength," said Sanosuke, since he was holding her legs, and she was kicking wildly.

"One of us should always remind her to take those pills. I don't think I can do this everyday at sunset," said Enishi as he almost got scratched by her nails.

Kenshin placed her back on the couch, and stood up with the others.

"What happens if she doesn't take the pill?" asked Takasugi a bit nerved at the thought.

"We've only got to wait a week to find out," said Kenshin darkly.

"What!?" asked the other three in shock.

"There are only seven pills left," said Kenshin as he held up the bottle.

The others stared at each other, then at the sleeping Kaoru.

~*~*~*~*~*~

"Why did you have Takasugi bring that girl to their apartment?" asked Hiko.

"To test her so called "hidden strength." Those four are our best assassins, and the toughest too. If she can beat them, then it'll prove that she is the perfect person to help us get rid of Shishio," said Katsura calmly.

"You'll only have to wait a week. What happens if she kills them?" asked Hiko angrily.

"Battousai can take care of it, unless you have no faith in your student and flesh and blood. I am sure that she will be able to break him. She is a very important subject in our plan. It'll prove most interesting," said Katsura with a chuckle.

"My nephew will not break that easily. She is not needed, he can easily dispose of Shishio on his own. So stop toying with an innocent girl," snapped Hiko, he hated messing with women.

"No, I'll be helping her get to know and control her "other half." Did you think that I would try and control her if she couldn't control herself? The reason for her staying in their apartment, is because I know that your nephew will help her," said Katsura confidently.

"Uh huh. Well I don't care, as long as you keep our top assassin alive, and you don't make us the sworn enemy of the Oniwanbanshu group," said Hiko, as he leaned back in his leather chair.

Katsura smiled out the window at the glowing lights of Tokyo.

~*~*~*~*~*~

Two tall figures in the night were facing each other at the forest edge of the Oniwanbanshu territory. Each with a sword, yet one had twin blades. They both had narrowed faces, but the one with twin blades had gray hair and deadly red eyes.

Aoshi walked over to them calmly, his sword to his left.

"What do you want with us Aoshi? I thought that we had settled our difference long ago, do you wish to have a rematch?" asked the one with twin blades.

"Jineh, I have not come to fight you two again. I have come to ask a favor, or you could say an alliance. We are all enemies of the Bafuko, so why should we be enemies? I need your help to get rid of him, and to find my cousin Kaoru. By now she had probably transformed, and I need your keen skills to find her," said Aoshi calmly.

"Why should we help you, what is in it for us?" asked the one that had to be Saitoh.

"The chance to kill the man that ruined your lives, by stripping you, Saitoh, of the ability to use your right arm. For you Jineh, you can kill that man that kicked you out of your job as a hitokiri. By working as my men, you can kill as you please, and not get caught.

Though only those that I choose for you to kill," said Aoshi calmly.

The two thought about this, before extending their hands. Aoshi smirked and shook their hands.

"What do we do now?" asked Jineh.

"Find my cousin Kaoru, and kill her kidnappers. Then when I join with the J.A.B., we'll go after Shishio," said Aoshi, as he handed each of them a recent picture of her.

"The J.A.B. huh? Looks like I joined the right group," said Saitoh, as he studied the picture.

The three nodded, and then went off to try and find Kaoru again.

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AN: As I told you, I made some of original plots change from the anime series. Though I hope you still enjoy my fan fic. Please review.