Afterwards...

I haven't updated cuz I don't think anyone reads this, oh well, I update now cuz I think its fun. Anyway.. Here we go!! Oh yeah. Sorry about the weird border. And I think I changed the format of the real writing.

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Kenshin wakes up suddenly "That dream.. it felt so real. That means that I have to tell Saitou my decision in the morning. I hope I can sleep." Kenshin drifts into sleep once again.

"KENSHIN!! WAKE UP!!" yells Miss Kaoru. "You're going to miss breakfast! And Saitou is already here!!" Kaoru keeps yelling at Kenshin until he finally wakes up. "How are you? Did you sleep well?"

"Oro? Oro?" Kenshin wakes. "What happened?" Kenshin thinks "I shouldn't have to worry everyone by telling them about my dream. "I'm fine, how about you Miss Kaoru?"

"I slept like a baby, but I could've sworn I heard something from your room last night, but then again it could've been my imagination!" says Miss Kaoru.

"So Kenshin, what's your decision?" Sanosuke walks into the room.

"You'll find out after breakfast, Sano." Kenshin gets out of bed and washes his face in a bucket of water. Then he heads out for breakfast.

The entire gang (Kenshin, Kaoru, Sano, Yahiko, Megumi, Tsubame, and even Saitou) eats breakfast. Afterwards. they are all sitting (except Saitou who is standing) right outside the entrance to the dojo.

"So Battousai, what is your decision? I haven't got all day!" Saitou asks Kenshin impatiently.

"My decision. is. no. I decline your offer to go defeat this other hitokiri." Kenshin says while staring at the ground, though his voice is serious.

"WHAT?!" Sanosuke yells as he stands up immediately.

"As I thought it would be. I guess that leaves me in a bad position. I didn't want to resort to this, but. rooster head. Would YOU like to go on this mission?" Saitou says sort of in an irritated way.

"If Kenshin isn't going, then I'm not either." Sanosuke says as he sits back down.

"Dang, I guess I'LL have to do it then. Darn. " Saitou leaves the dojo.

"Uh. Kenshin? Why didn't you take that mission? You haven't been out for a long time." Kaoru says as she walks behind Kenshin.

"That isn't important." Kenshin says quickly as he starts to stand up.

"Well actually, I wanna know too." Sanosuke says too as he stands up.

Now everyone is asking why and Kenshin just says "I'm going to go on a walk that I am." So Kenshin leaves for his walk.

Kenshin thinks "I shouldn't tell them, I don't want them to worry. I shouldn't have to tell them." Kenshin wanders around the town looking at the ground and thinking these same thoughts over and over. He finally decides to go back home.

"Miss Kaoru?! Sanosuke?! Yahiko?! Miss Megumi?! Is anyone here?!" Kenshin walks into the Kamiya Dojo and finds it's completely empty. He rushes to the rooms and finds nothing, but the owners' belongings. He goes to his own room and notices a note.

Battousai,
I have your friends! Meet me in the forest south of the
Town if you ever want to see them again! Come tomorrow
At sunrise and we will meet in the center of the forest! There
Will be a cabin. Don't go in if you want to see your friends alive
Again! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

Hitokiri Ryu.

"Hitokiri Ryu?! That's the man that Saitou warned me about, the other hitokiri!" Kenshin rushes outside the dojo. It is nighttime. A beautiful night. "RYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!" Kenshin screams at the sky, releasing his swordsmen sprit (or sword ki) shattering some glass and shaking the tile on the roof of the Kamiya Dojo. "I WILL COME TO GET MY FRIENDS BACK! HEAR ME!!!!!" Kenshin continues to yell.

"So he has received the letter. excellent." A man is inside a cabin, in the middle of a forest, looking at 6 bodies on the floor, knocked out. "Now he will receive what he deserves."

The next morning, at sunrise.

"It's time." Kenshin gets up and walks to the entrance of the Kamiya Dojo. Then leaves.

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alright. Pretty weird huh? Yep. thanks for reading. I'll get chpt 4 soon too!