Sorry for the late chapter!

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"Yukishiro… Tomoe Yukishiro."

Tomoe… Why does that sound very familiar? And her fragrance… "That's a very nice name." He said as they walked together. "Thank you."

"If you don't mind… May I ask why you decided to be what you are now?" Kenshin asked. She smiled.

"I really didn't want to. I was forced to."

What is this? I feel something warm inside me… "Oh."

"And you?"

"I just wanted to live my own life… I ended up here."

"How did you end up like this?"

"I met my friend Sano and after a while we got along. I was always suspicious of what he does when he's missing. So, I sneaked around." She giggled.

"Like a spy?"

"Maybe."

"What happened after that?"

"They took me in."

"How bout the silent man?"

"Oh, we were ordered to kill him… It turned out that he was blackmailed and we offered him to stay with us."

"So… You turned out to be nice persons?"

"Yeah… I think so." She stopped walking and Kenshin stopped and looked back at her. "What's wrong?" Kenshin asked. "I have to do something before I go back to where we're staying." She smiled. "Oh, ok. I guess I'll see you when the mission begins?" She nodded. Kenshin turned and started to walk again.

Somehow… It feels like I've known her all my life… but I just met her. That's impossible. He sighed and entered the door of the hotel. He looked around. No sign of Aoshi or Sano. He proceeded to the elevator and went in. It felt so nice to see her… and to be around her… but somehow this feeling seems… dead. The door opened and he went out.

He opened the door number two-o-one. He sweat dropped. "Aoshi… What's with the guns all over the room?" Kenshin asked as he closed the door. "Nothing." He answered but he didn't look up at the red hair. "Where's Sano?" Kenshin asked as he looked around. "Taking a bath... He whined about having trouble with some ugly humans." Kenshin smiled. "I should've known…"

He walked towards the door of the shower room. 'Knock-Knock' "Sano?" Kenshin heard a grunt inside. "Will you please hurry up? I have something to talk about." He heard another grunt. He turned back to Aoshi and sweat dropped again. "Aoshi… Don't point the gun at me…" Kenshin whined.

Aoshi puts the gun down. He started to gather up the guns and put it back into his large bag. "Oi, Kenshin. This better be important…" Kenshin smiled as Sano sat down on his bed, wearing only his pants and a towel on his head. Kenshin walked towards the center. "Does anybody have a clue why Seijuro Hiko wants us to have girls as partners?"

The two just stared at him. "I thought not… Guys, do you get a weird feeling when you're around them?" They nodded. "That it feels like… you've known them for so long?" The two had big eyes and nodded. "Does anybody know why?" The two shook their heads. "That dark haired woman." Kenshin and Sano looked at Aoshi. "I don't feel the same way about her… and I don't like what I feel about her…"

"Yeah… I feel the same way too…" Sano added. Then it seems I am the only one who feels like this for her. "Let's get to sleep. We have to wake up tomorrow to start the mission." Sano and Aoshi nodded. Kenshin turned off the lights and lay down on his bed. He didn't felt sleepy but he force his self to sleep.

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"We haven't had breakfast yet!" Sano whined.

"We'll get it later!" Kenshin debated.

"But that'll be LUNCH!" Sano answered back.

"It'll be Dinner if you don't do as I say." Sano stood up from his bed and followed Aoshi and Kenshin outside.

At the elevator, everyone was quiet. They were always like this when a mission is up. No one talk. They got out of the hotel and waited for a taxi, which arrived after two minutes.

Kenshin sat at the front. He looked outside. He felt so sleepy and bored. He stared at the trees that they quickly pass by with the houses, birds and people. I want to do this quickly.

At his back, Aoshi and Sano were doing the same thing. They stared outside their window and watched the quickly passing images. None of them wanted to do this. Boys just wanna have fun.

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They arrived at the mansion. Nobody seems excited. As they entered the mansion, they saw many servants bowing at them until they reached Seijuro Hiko's room.

"So, what's the plan?" Kenshin asked as he entered the room. "So excited? Kenshin?" The man asked. "I just want to get this over with." He replied with no emotions. "Girls." Misao, Megumi and Tomoe came out of the door to the man's left. They bowed at the three men. "You'll have to attend a ball. Enishi prepared it for everyone to attend. I got everything you'll need." Sano, Aoshi and Kenshin went out of the room.

"What a weird man you've got, Kenshin." Sano whispered. "I know."

"Excuse me." It was a servant. "I will lead you to your rooms." They followed the servant.

The servant stopped and bowed at them and left. Aoshi opened the door and went in. Sano followed and then Kenshin. "Our bags are here." Aoshi said. "And there are ancient clothes in front of us." He added. Sano and Kenshin stared at the clothes on their beds.

On Aoshi's bed, there were a white shirt, white pants and a white long coat.

On Sano's bed, a long white coat, white pants and… "Bandages?" Sano questioned.

On Kenshin's bed, a red gi and a hakama. ~

"He didn't mention that it was a party with costumes required." Kenshin sweat dropped. Aoshi picked up the clothes and went straight to the shower room. Sano removed his shirt and started putting on the bandages. Kenshin was still looking at his clothes. Why's mine the weirdest?

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It was ten in the evening and everyone was ready. The three went down and met the girls. Their jaws dropped.

Misao was wearing a ninja suit. Megumi was wearing a light green kimono. Tomoe was wearing a white kimono with a white shawl.

 "Shall we?" The three girls asked and the three boys nodded. They went out of the mansion and saw three limousines. "One for Misao and Aoshi, another for Sano and Megumi and the last one's for us." Tomoe said.

They entered the limousines.

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It took them an hour to reach the said place. Everyone went out of the limo's and nodded at each other. They entered the building in pairs.

Inside, there was an over three hundred thousand person. They split up and went to look for Ensihi.

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Notes:

~ Is Gi the upper cloth and Hakama the pants?

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