Author's Note: This is going to be my last chapter posted until a very long time. Want to know why? It's because school for poor me starts August 18. I have to go in early, so because of my unusual early start, I can't update until the weekends from then on. I'm going on a week or so road trip, so I won't be able to update because of that. I shall go on August 8 and I don't know when I'm coming back. But before the 18th is all I know. So I hope you like this chapter. Though I'm hoping to put up a new one before I leave. I look forward to come back to many reviews waiting to be read.
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Chapter Six: Kirei and Kanna
Kenshin rushed over to Kaoru, she was curled up into a ball and shivering like crazy. He looked out the window and saw that it was setting and Kaoru hadn't taken her pills yet, why didn't he realize that early?
He pried Kaoru out of her position and took the bottle out of his coat.
Kaoru began to thrash around and screamed.
The rest of the people in the apartment rushed in then.
"Oh shit! We forgot about her medicine," said Sano rushing over to help his friend.
The other two men tried to help, but the sun was going down. She screamed and Takasugi covered his ears, it was like nails on a chalkboard. He got punched in the face by the hand that he was trying to hold.
"Megumi get her the medicine," shouted Kenshin over the shrieks.
She tried to get to her, but her hands and legs were flying all over despite the other four men holding her down. Megumi got Kenshin's bottle and took out a pill. She tried to open Kaoru's mouth, but to Takasugi's relief, she had clamped her mouth shut.
"You've got to drink it. Sir Ken, open her mouth," said Megumi.
Kenshin tried to, but Kaoru ended up biting him. He hissed but tried again. This time the others were loosing their grip on her. She was becoming stronger and eyes turning a golden color.
"Hold her still," yelled Kenshin.
"We're trying but she's strong," said Sano trying to avoid getting kicked in the face.
"Put your weight into it," said Enishi, though he was failing miserably as well.
Kaoru let out a scream, Megumi was sure she was able to beat and opera singer, that made them all let go to cover their ears. Then suddenly she went limp. She didn't move.
"What happened? Is she dead?" asked Takasugi a bit nervous.
"Give her the pill now," said Megumi handing it to Kenshin.
He walked over to her and was about to open her mouth when Kaoru's eyes snapped opened to reveal a dark gold color. There was no sign of blue in them.
Kaoru's eyes scanned the room as she sat up abruptly. She saw their swords but didn't move.
"Are you okay Missy?" asked Sano carefully.
"Where am I? Who are you people?" asked Kaoru her eyes betraying nothing. It seemed if she had gotten all the characteristics of an assassin.
"I don't understand. Why isn't she attacking? You all have weapons. I thought that if she saw a weapon she would attack," said Megumi shaking her head.
"Swords are weapons of the past. Not of the present modern day. They are not a threat to me," said Kaoru coldly.
"I understand now. You're parents were killed by a gun. So you only attack those with guns, since it reminds you of the killer that killed your parents," said Megumi nodding in understanding.
Kaoru tensed at the reminder of the memory.
"How do you know that?" asked Takasugi.
"I did a background check on her as I got the pills," said Megumi calmly.
"If she's a different personality, then what's her name? Is it still Kaoru?" asked Sano.
'The names Kirei. Now tell me yours and why am I here? Where are my cousins?" asked Kirei as she scanned the room again.
"So she's not a threat so long as we don't show her a gun. Poor policemen," said Takasugi.
"I asked you a question," said Kirei, her eyes narrowing dangerously.
"You are a prisoner here, you can't talk to us like..." began Takasugi.
Suddenly his sword was out of its sheath and at his throat. Kirei's hand holding the hilt.
"Damn she's fast. Maybe even faster than you Battousai," said Sano with a whistle.
"Answer me," said Kirei, her voice harsh and commanding.
"You're here for tests on your two personalities. Your cousins lift you here in our care so that we can help you control your two sides. I'm Megumi, that one is Enishi, Sanosuke, Kenshin, and the one that you have captive is Takasugi. He's not that bright. So can you please release him from your hold?" asked Megumi.
The others cocked an eyebrow at her.
"We must gain her trust," said Megumi in a whisper.
Kirei released Takasugi and threw him back his sword.
"Now why would you want my trust?" asked Kirei.
Megumi gulped, she had heard.
"So that you won't kill us. Follow me, we'll go take your tests," said Megumi sweetly, trying to cover her nervousness.
Kirei looked at her for a moment and then the others before standing and nodding.
Kenshin flipped out his cell phone and then called Hiko to explain things.
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"Really now? Don't let her see any guns. I thought that it would be for all weapons, she was that quick you say. Get her trust? Well get it you dimwit. Tell Megumi to send the tests of Kaoru and Kirei's to me as soon as she gets the results. We'll send a limo for you, with her, you can not allow her out. There are too many policemen on the look out. She kill them all most likely," said Hiko as he hung up.
"So my plan has worked. Soon she'll be ours. All we need to do is have her gain full trust of your nephew. Then if the Oniwanbanshu want her back, then they'll have to get her. She has a killer spirit in her, her destiny is to kill. Her cousins won't allow her to. So most likely she'll stay with us. Now to make up an excuse. Kirei doesn't know the past that well. How about we say that we saved her from the Bafuko. Aoshi will believe that, and he'll allow her to stay since we're basically on the same side. And with Takasugi's story, they'll most likely believe it too," said Katsura with a grin.
"What happens when she becomes Kaoru again?" asked Hiko organizing his papers.
"Tell the others not to give her any of the pills. They're going to have to get use to Kirei. Tell them to keep them just in case though," said Katsura.
Ty the messenger bowed and left to do as he was told.
Then there was a call.
"What is it?" asked Hiko.
"Lord Aoshi and Misao have come to talk to you sir," said the secretary.
"Let them in," said Katsura with a grin.
A few minutes later the two were sitting across from them looking serious.
"Lord Aoshi. We had sightings of your sister. I'm sorry that we were not able to bring her back to you," said Katsura with a fake apologetic face.
"We know. Though I fear that she has changed. We need your help to find her," said Aoshi.
"How do you know?" asked Katsura, trying to sound curious.
"A street man had her bottle, and only one pill was missing. That means that she didn't get her pill today," said Misao terrified.
"Don't worry. I had my men look in the area. We have them looking all over Tokyo for her, just be patient. I'm sure that we'll find her soon dear," said Katsura.
"Thank you. That's all we had to tell you. We'll meet again. Once this is over, we'll discuss about Shishio," said Aoshi with a respectful bow and left with Misao in tow.
Once they left, Katsura grinned at Hiko who only rolled his eyes.
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"Let's get back to the apartment for dinner," said Sano happily as they left the clinic. He was happy to be away from all those needles.
They all piled into the limo and Kenshin sat next to Kirei. How was he going to get her trust?
"I had a test earlier today, didn't I?" asked Kirei in a hushed voice to him.
"... Yeah you did. How'd you know?" asked Kenshin.
"I feel like most of my blood has been taken out of me," said Kirei closing her eyes.
"You need to relax. Just drink a lot of water when we get back," said Kenshin.
Kirei nodded and soon dozed off. She leant on his shoulder.
Kenshin tensed but then relaxed as he felt her breathing grow normal and body relax too.
"Hey Ken..." began Sano.
Kenshin pointed at Kirei and then made a silent movement by placing a finger to his lips.
Sano smiled at the cute picture and nodded.
Takasugi was about to make a smart comment when Sano and Megumi hit him upside the head, she needed her rest. They didn't need an angry girl that can kill go after them for disturbing her.
Kenshin carried Kirei up to the apartment, she was fast asleep. He placed her on the couch and brought out the blankets for her.
"Hey Megumi. Do you think she'll become back to Kaoru once she wakes up, or will she stay like this until we give her another pill?" asked Enishi quietly as to not disturb the sleeping girl.
"I'm not sure. We'll just have to wait to find out," said Megumi.
"Well as long as there are no guns around, we're all safe," said Takasugi.
"Can you make something to eat Kenshin?" asked Sano in a normal tone.
Kirei stirred and Megumi and Takasugi hit him upside the head this time.
"You only did that to get revenge Takasugi," hissed Sano holding his head.
"So? Your point is?" asked Takasugi with a grin.
"Why you..." began Sano angrily.
Kirei began to wake up slowly, he got his again.
She sat up, her eyes were still burning gold, though it showed a bit of jade green too. Kirei looked around again.
Kenshin smiled at her and gave her a glass of water that she happily took with a smile.
"I'll make dinner," said Kenshin standing up.
Suddenly his wrist was caught by delicate ones. He cocked an eyebrow at her, and blinked to make sure he was seeing right. Her eyes were completely jade green.
"Megumi," said Kenshin loudly so she would come over.
"Why are her eyes green?" asked Sano as he saw why Kenshin froze.
"This must be another personality," said Megumi.
"I thought that Kaoru only had two because of the fumes," said Takasugi.
"It could be that this one is really the bipolar personality of Kaoru. I think that she was never shown, because the pills must have stopped this side from appearing as well," said Megumi as she took out her cell phone to call Hiko.
"So she had three personalities. This one looks innocent enough, so it's good, bad, and normal?" asked Sano scratching his head.
"That's right. I'll have to do a test on her," said Megumi.
"No," said Kenshin.
The others stared at him.
"She lost enough blood. The reasoning she was sleeping was because of the lost of it. You should at least let her get it back," said Kenshin as he sat down beside the green-eyed Kaoru.
"Who's making dinner then?" asked Sano, his stomach growling.
Kenshin was going to stand, but Kaoru wouldn't let go of his arm.
"You're kind of busy. I'll make it," said Enishi, keeping in a laugh.
He got a growl from Battousai. Then turning to Kaoru he smiled.
"What's your name?" asked Kenshin coaxingly.
"Kanna," said the personality shyly.
Kenshin couldn't help but smile, this side was so modest that it shocked him. Kaoru wasn't at all this modest.
He slowly took her hands off of his arm and looked into her eyes. She nervously looked into his burning golden eyes, but then looked away shyly.
"Tell me, do you know who Aoshi and Soujiro are?" asked Kenshin, he wanted to know if all three personalities knew the same things.
She shook her head.
"Do you know who I am?" asked Kenshin, he doubted that, but a part of him wanted to know.
She nodded. He just blinked at her.
"Who am I?" asked Kenshin, he hoped she really knew.
She whispered his name into his ears in such an innocent manner that it made him sound like such a great person. Though in reality he wasn't innocent at all.
"Okay. Do you know who those four people over there are?" asked Kenshin as he pointed to them, they all looked at her hopefully.
She shook her head.
"That's not right. Why does she remember him but not us?" asked Takasugi.
"Is is because Missy has a crush on the deadly Battousai?" asked Sano with a grin.
Kanna fell into dark shades of red and looked down at the couch, hiding her face with her hair.
Sano grinned at Kenshin who glared at him.
"Dinner will be done shortly," announced Enishi.
"Yeah," said Sano as he sat down waiting to be served.
Kenshin stood up, but Kanna held onto him. He smiled at her and helped her stand, then led her to the table. Where she didn't look at anyone else.
"Don't be shy. I'm Takasugi," said Takasugi with a smile that didn't mean anything else, he felt sorry for her, she acted like a cornered rabbit.
She only nodded as they others introduced themselves.
This new personality was going to take a while to get to know, as well as live with.
Their mission was just getting stranger and stranger by the second. One minute they have Kaoru, then Kirei who was just about to slaughter them like greased pigs, and now they have this sweet and innocent Kanna. Kenshin mentally shook his head, things were definitely not going to be the same again
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A/N: I know that it was short, but I really wanted to update so I can go get ready for my vacation trip. Well hoped you like it. I'll try and update before I go. That depends on the demand for another chapter.
Okay so I gave her three personalities. It's kind of like Heaven, Earth, and down below. I made Kirei kind of nice since Kaoru was still recovering form her blood lose. She's like Battousai, so the others will soon learn not to mess with her. The reason that Kanna remembered Kenshin was because he was the only person that was nice to all of their personalities, meaning that she is trusting him as Katsura's plan.
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