Temptation
Standard disclaimer applies. I wish Kenshin is mine but he isn't
Authors note: Please read and review. Tell me what I did wrong and what I should have done.(
Thank you no-one-of-impotance and the squirrel for your review and here is the next chapter for you two.
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Chapter 1
2003, Japan. Police station.
"In the recent months there have been several bodies of young women around the age of 16-18 found dead in the local Tokyo district. It seems like we have a psychopath on loose. Each one of the victims is found strangled and raped. There are also bite marks on both the neck and breast area, some have large quantity of blood loss. However the victims show no signs of struggle."
Kenshin narrowed his eyes. The method of attack sounded too similar to how a vampire would execute it. Before coming into Saitou's office he knew the killer would not be your everyday normal nutcase, Saitou never handed him cases that are remotely easy to crack but he sensed something was different this time.
"This freak we have running around is not stupid. He left no evidence behind the scene and so far the idiots before who were handling this case did not find any new clues." Saitou leaned back on to his chair behind the desk and lit up a cigarette.
There was this gleam in Saitou's eyes that Kenshin did not quite like. Saitou was up to something.
"There is a vital clue that the idiots missed, each one of the victims attended this local high school." He stopped to draw in a puff of smoke.
Kenshin's muscle tensed, no this didn't sound good if Saitou wanted to have a team to watch over the school he wouldn't have called him in and that could only mean.Kenshin felt himself cringed inwardly. no Saitou wouldn't dare to ask him to.
"I want you Himura to go undercover as a student to detect if the freak is amongst the school population." Saitou finished with a smile.
"No." Kenshin replied instantly.
Saitou annoyingly cocked one arrogant brow "You have no choice." and draw in another breathe of cigarette "think of it this way, there are no other members in our police force with the same youthful physical appearance as you have."
Kenshin growled silently at him, he had him there and he knew it. Never once did he think his youthful appearance would give him a disadvantage. There must be another person in the whole of Tokyo police force that looks young.
"How about Kamatari?" There he had him, Kamatari, the outspoken homosexual would be better suited for this mission. Kenshin had no experience at all with social relationships, all he knows is how to interview and arrest abnormal people.
Saitou snickered. "You are asking a freak to seek out another freak. Kamatari will not be able to perceive what is considered abnormal and in the end you will still have to go in undercover. I reject your suggestion. Go and get ready. You are expected to be at school on Monday."
"I refuse." Kenshin replied more firmly this time refusing to back down, amazingly he could feel sweats forming underneath his black shirt. Schoolwork is something he is not prepared to do, studying pop culture is not possible, but having stay in a classroom with thirty or more people and to also form a social relationship with them is impossible.
"Your refusal is denied."
Kenshin grounded his teeth. This would mean he had to use his last resort. Kenshin gazed into his eyes and tried to use his psychic power to Saitou's change mind. Saitou gaze met Kenshin's without flinching.
"You can stop using your little trick. It's futile on me." Saitou grabbed a folder on the desk with his free hand and threw it near Kenshin. "In the file is all the information you need for the case. Your name has not been changed because your personal file is wiped out from the main computer system. I do not believe this freak will hack into the main system anyhow. If you do not have any question you are dismissed."
Kenshin's face hardened, Saitou's will and mind is too strong for his power to change his decision. How he wished he had just stayed isolated up in the mountains and ignored the world like he did for the last one hundred years or so. But no, he had got sick of bickering with his own mind and had to join the police force. Now look what happens. This was entirely his fault.
"No sir." with a silent sigh he picked up the file and turned to walk out of the room before Saitou could say more.
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Kenshin sat silently at the corner of the popular Akabeko where most of the local teenagers come to hang out. From the file Saitou gave him, it stated that he should first come to this restaurant to learn to how to behave like a normal teenager. Kenshin snorted quietly. He had been observing the teenagers for more than 3 hours and he still had no idea what he is supposed to learn. The waitress was also beginning to give him a funny look. Kenshin sighed softly. He can't believe he is wasting his time on something so tedious. As he moved to pay the bill a girl coming in from the entery caught his attention. She was some how different from all the other teenagers in the room. The power she projected out was larger than life. She was average in height, had none of the modern makeup women use; her long ebony hair was tied up in a high ponytail, her eyes were large and clear. She was a vision. He sat back down on to his chair immediately, watching her from across the room with his acute vision as she walked to meet up with her table of friends and sat down. He growled slightly as his sense heightened dangerously, the jeans she had on fitted perfectly. Her skin was flawless, not deathly pale but with a touch of sun evident from her light tan. Now that she has settled down he could see her eyes were a striking blue - the eyes that still see the world in wonder. She leaned forward to grab the manual, her blue top opened up slightly to show the top of her sweet curves. His mouth dried up instantly, his eyes flashed amber. Stop looking she is not for you. Kenshin warned himself. He grounded his teeth as pent-up emotions flooded through him. Anger. Disbelief. Lust. How could it be that a stranger but also a little teenage girl can bring up such a powerful sense of longing that he had long forgotten. Ever since Tomoe he had went out of the way to avoid these feelings. Feelings reserved only for Tomoe. He shook his head. No, lust is normal for men. Even for monsters like him. Looking at her one last time, he got up and left.
********* Local High School
"This is getting really creepy, you know the loud mouth Nabiki in room D? The caretaker found her dead this morning in the P.E shed." Misao leaned forward and whispered to Kaoru from the across the desk during the lunch break.
"Poor Nabiki." Kaoru frowned in concerned. There has been one too many deaths related to the school recently.
"She was such a snob but still she did not deserve to die like that." Misao leaned back.
Kaoru nodded with agreement, no one deserves to die a violent death.
"Hey Kaoru." Misao paused to scan the classroom and leaned forward once more "in the news, they said everyone of the girls had bite marks on them. Do you think it's a vampire?"
Kaoru's eyes widened in surprise, she had never thought of such a silly notion. "Of course not! Misao there are no such thing as Vampires in this world, they only exist in myths and fiction." Misao shrugged her small shoulders. "Talking about Vampires, a new pupil arrived today. I heard he is really pale but very cute."
Guys again. Although Kaoru and Misao had been best friends since god knows when, she had realize very early on that the definition of "cute" for a guy is very different between the two of them. Anyway the opposite sex so far has not caught her interest at all. But she should at least humour Misao.
"Oh so which room is he in?" Kaoru asked absent-mindedly as she attacked the bento in front of her.
"The same as Sanosuke, didn't you realize that there are hardly any girls left in this classroom since the lunch break have started?"
Kaoru looked up from her bento and scanned the classroom. Misao was right, the normally noisy classroom seem so quiet without the girls. This new guy must look pretty good.
"Want to go and check him out?" Misao wiggled her eyebrows.
Curious, Kaoru nodded.
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Kaoru stared in disbelief when she arrived outside Sanosuke's classroom with Misao. A large crowd of girls have formed near the doorway all hoping to meet the new pupil. Misao jumped up a couple of times before she saw Sanosuke standing in the back of the classroom in the midst of girls.
"HOT WATER COMING THROUGH!" Misao shouted out as she grabbed the stunned Kaoru's hand and pushed through the sea of star struck girls. After what seem to be hours of push and shovel they reached Sanosuke at last.
"I'm I glad to see a couple of sane girls finally." He smiled in relief. "Why are all the girls going nuts over this new guy, when there is me?"
Misao shook her head in regret. "I'm sorry rooster head you were never considered a catch anyway."
"You girls just don't even recognise a good catch when you see one." Sanosuke snapped back.
Misao looked around to see where the new guy was. "HA! We are here to meet the new guy, where is he? Hurry up and introduce us already, Kaoru wants to meet him."
Kaoru gasped in horror, how could she make it sound like she was the only one who wanted to see him? Before she could throttle Misao the girls behind them pushed her, making her stumble further into the crowd and right into the arm of Kenshin. Angered by her fall Kaoru jumped back up and turned around to tell off the girls before she saw whom she stumbled into.
"BACK OFF!"
In a flash the whole crowd backed 5 meters away from the angry Kaoru.
Still puffing with anger Kaoru turned around to see the mysterious new pupil now standing next to Sanosuke. She almost stopped breathing. Never in her short life have she felt so affected by the opposite sex. He was simply too beautiful. He has long striking red hair tied up loosely around his neck. He was short in comparison with Sanosuke, but his lack of height was compensated with his large mesmerising amber eyes. Deep intelligence shone through them and at the same time his emotions were well guarded. She has this feeling nothing ever escape from his attention. As beautiful as he is with perfect pale skin, a cross scar on his left side of his face stopped him from looking too feminine. He is simply the most handsome man she has ever seen.
He had Cooley kept his eyes on hers while she stood there stupidly staring at him. Misao jabbed her finger into her side to stop her from starring.
Sanosuke cleared his throat before he begun his introduction, he pointed at Misao. "Yeah this is Misao, one of my good mates." He turned and pointed to Kenshin. "This is Kenshin."
"Hi, welcome to our school." Misao smiled warmly.
Kenshin nodded but kept his eyes on Kaoru.
"And this is Kaoru." Sanosuke pointed at Kaoru who still had her eyes on Kenshin.
Kaoru smiled. "Hi, my name is Kaoru, nice to meet you Kenshin."
Tension filled the group rapidly when Kenshin kept on starring at her. Abruptly he turned and walked out of the classroom, leaving the flabbergasted group behind.
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He splashed the cool tap water over his face. Kenshin stared into the reflection of himself on the mirror. The boys' toilet was the only quiet place he can find to avoid all the girls hounding him.
Never could he have known that the high school girls were such a wild bunch but the real shock came when he felt her presences before he saw her. Imagine his astonishment when he realized the girl from the restaurant was attending the same school as he is. He had deliberately stepped back further from Sanosuke when she approached but even god himself was playing tricks on him when she tripped and fell into his arms. The brief moment when the weight of her small warm body pressed against his made him flare with desire, the smell of fresh jasmine taunted his nose. When she had turned around and shouted out her displeasure he had wanted to laugh, she had done exactly what he had wish to do for the last half an hour. But when she turned around and stared at him face on he could do nothing other than stand there and drink in her beauty. There is something about her that he can't quite figure out; she had looked even more enchanting close up than afar. The smile she give so sweetly jolted him within. He couldn't speak, all he knew was he had to get out of there before his instincts took over.
"Kaoru." He softly whispers, tasting her name on his lips.
Kenshin clenched on to the sink tightly, why do he feel like he is about to lose control whenever she is near?
With firm determination he must avoid her at all cost.
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Author's note: that is all for now, don't forget to ell me what you guys think (
Standard disclaimer applies. I wish Kenshin is mine but he isn't
Authors note: Please read and review. Tell me what I did wrong and what I should have done.(
Thank you no-one-of-impotance and the squirrel for your review and here is the next chapter for you two.
*******
Chapter 1
2003, Japan. Police station.
"In the recent months there have been several bodies of young women around the age of 16-18 found dead in the local Tokyo district. It seems like we have a psychopath on loose. Each one of the victims is found strangled and raped. There are also bite marks on both the neck and breast area, some have large quantity of blood loss. However the victims show no signs of struggle."
Kenshin narrowed his eyes. The method of attack sounded too similar to how a vampire would execute it. Before coming into Saitou's office he knew the killer would not be your everyday normal nutcase, Saitou never handed him cases that are remotely easy to crack but he sensed something was different this time.
"This freak we have running around is not stupid. He left no evidence behind the scene and so far the idiots before who were handling this case did not find any new clues." Saitou leaned back on to his chair behind the desk and lit up a cigarette.
There was this gleam in Saitou's eyes that Kenshin did not quite like. Saitou was up to something.
"There is a vital clue that the idiots missed, each one of the victims attended this local high school." He stopped to draw in a puff of smoke.
Kenshin's muscle tensed, no this didn't sound good if Saitou wanted to have a team to watch over the school he wouldn't have called him in and that could only mean.Kenshin felt himself cringed inwardly. no Saitou wouldn't dare to ask him to.
"I want you Himura to go undercover as a student to detect if the freak is amongst the school population." Saitou finished with a smile.
"No." Kenshin replied instantly.
Saitou annoyingly cocked one arrogant brow "You have no choice." and draw in another breathe of cigarette "think of it this way, there are no other members in our police force with the same youthful physical appearance as you have."
Kenshin growled silently at him, he had him there and he knew it. Never once did he think his youthful appearance would give him a disadvantage. There must be another person in the whole of Tokyo police force that looks young.
"How about Kamatari?" There he had him, Kamatari, the outspoken homosexual would be better suited for this mission. Kenshin had no experience at all with social relationships, all he knows is how to interview and arrest abnormal people.
Saitou snickered. "You are asking a freak to seek out another freak. Kamatari will not be able to perceive what is considered abnormal and in the end you will still have to go in undercover. I reject your suggestion. Go and get ready. You are expected to be at school on Monday."
"I refuse." Kenshin replied more firmly this time refusing to back down, amazingly he could feel sweats forming underneath his black shirt. Schoolwork is something he is not prepared to do, studying pop culture is not possible, but having stay in a classroom with thirty or more people and to also form a social relationship with them is impossible.
"Your refusal is denied."
Kenshin grounded his teeth. This would mean he had to use his last resort. Kenshin gazed into his eyes and tried to use his psychic power to Saitou's change mind. Saitou gaze met Kenshin's without flinching.
"You can stop using your little trick. It's futile on me." Saitou grabbed a folder on the desk with his free hand and threw it near Kenshin. "In the file is all the information you need for the case. Your name has not been changed because your personal file is wiped out from the main computer system. I do not believe this freak will hack into the main system anyhow. If you do not have any question you are dismissed."
Kenshin's face hardened, Saitou's will and mind is too strong for his power to change his decision. How he wished he had just stayed isolated up in the mountains and ignored the world like he did for the last one hundred years or so. But no, he had got sick of bickering with his own mind and had to join the police force. Now look what happens. This was entirely his fault.
"No sir." with a silent sigh he picked up the file and turned to walk out of the room before Saitou could say more.
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Kenshin sat silently at the corner of the popular Akabeko where most of the local teenagers come to hang out. From the file Saitou gave him, it stated that he should first come to this restaurant to learn to how to behave like a normal teenager. Kenshin snorted quietly. He had been observing the teenagers for more than 3 hours and he still had no idea what he is supposed to learn. The waitress was also beginning to give him a funny look. Kenshin sighed softly. He can't believe he is wasting his time on something so tedious. As he moved to pay the bill a girl coming in from the entery caught his attention. She was some how different from all the other teenagers in the room. The power she projected out was larger than life. She was average in height, had none of the modern makeup women use; her long ebony hair was tied up in a high ponytail, her eyes were large and clear. She was a vision. He sat back down on to his chair immediately, watching her from across the room with his acute vision as she walked to meet up with her table of friends and sat down. He growled slightly as his sense heightened dangerously, the jeans she had on fitted perfectly. Her skin was flawless, not deathly pale but with a touch of sun evident from her light tan. Now that she has settled down he could see her eyes were a striking blue - the eyes that still see the world in wonder. She leaned forward to grab the manual, her blue top opened up slightly to show the top of her sweet curves. His mouth dried up instantly, his eyes flashed amber. Stop looking she is not for you. Kenshin warned himself. He grounded his teeth as pent-up emotions flooded through him. Anger. Disbelief. Lust. How could it be that a stranger but also a little teenage girl can bring up such a powerful sense of longing that he had long forgotten. Ever since Tomoe he had went out of the way to avoid these feelings. Feelings reserved only for Tomoe. He shook his head. No, lust is normal for men. Even for monsters like him. Looking at her one last time, he got up and left.
********* Local High School
"This is getting really creepy, you know the loud mouth Nabiki in room D? The caretaker found her dead this morning in the P.E shed." Misao leaned forward and whispered to Kaoru from the across the desk during the lunch break.
"Poor Nabiki." Kaoru frowned in concerned. There has been one too many deaths related to the school recently.
"She was such a snob but still she did not deserve to die like that." Misao leaned back.
Kaoru nodded with agreement, no one deserves to die a violent death.
"Hey Kaoru." Misao paused to scan the classroom and leaned forward once more "in the news, they said everyone of the girls had bite marks on them. Do you think it's a vampire?"
Kaoru's eyes widened in surprise, she had never thought of such a silly notion. "Of course not! Misao there are no such thing as Vampires in this world, they only exist in myths and fiction." Misao shrugged her small shoulders. "Talking about Vampires, a new pupil arrived today. I heard he is really pale but very cute."
Guys again. Although Kaoru and Misao had been best friends since god knows when, she had realize very early on that the definition of "cute" for a guy is very different between the two of them. Anyway the opposite sex so far has not caught her interest at all. But she should at least humour Misao.
"Oh so which room is he in?" Kaoru asked absent-mindedly as she attacked the bento in front of her.
"The same as Sanosuke, didn't you realize that there are hardly any girls left in this classroom since the lunch break have started?"
Kaoru looked up from her bento and scanned the classroom. Misao was right, the normally noisy classroom seem so quiet without the girls. This new guy must look pretty good.
"Want to go and check him out?" Misao wiggled her eyebrows.
Curious, Kaoru nodded.
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Kaoru stared in disbelief when she arrived outside Sanosuke's classroom with Misao. A large crowd of girls have formed near the doorway all hoping to meet the new pupil. Misao jumped up a couple of times before she saw Sanosuke standing in the back of the classroom in the midst of girls.
"HOT WATER COMING THROUGH!" Misao shouted out as she grabbed the stunned Kaoru's hand and pushed through the sea of star struck girls. After what seem to be hours of push and shovel they reached Sanosuke at last.
"I'm I glad to see a couple of sane girls finally." He smiled in relief. "Why are all the girls going nuts over this new guy, when there is me?"
Misao shook her head in regret. "I'm sorry rooster head you were never considered a catch anyway."
"You girls just don't even recognise a good catch when you see one." Sanosuke snapped back.
Misao looked around to see where the new guy was. "HA! We are here to meet the new guy, where is he? Hurry up and introduce us already, Kaoru wants to meet him."
Kaoru gasped in horror, how could she make it sound like she was the only one who wanted to see him? Before she could throttle Misao the girls behind them pushed her, making her stumble further into the crowd and right into the arm of Kenshin. Angered by her fall Kaoru jumped back up and turned around to tell off the girls before she saw whom she stumbled into.
"BACK OFF!"
In a flash the whole crowd backed 5 meters away from the angry Kaoru.
Still puffing with anger Kaoru turned around to see the mysterious new pupil now standing next to Sanosuke. She almost stopped breathing. Never in her short life have she felt so affected by the opposite sex. He was simply too beautiful. He has long striking red hair tied up loosely around his neck. He was short in comparison with Sanosuke, but his lack of height was compensated with his large mesmerising amber eyes. Deep intelligence shone through them and at the same time his emotions were well guarded. She has this feeling nothing ever escape from his attention. As beautiful as he is with perfect pale skin, a cross scar on his left side of his face stopped him from looking too feminine. He is simply the most handsome man she has ever seen.
He had Cooley kept his eyes on hers while she stood there stupidly staring at him. Misao jabbed her finger into her side to stop her from starring.
Sanosuke cleared his throat before he begun his introduction, he pointed at Misao. "Yeah this is Misao, one of my good mates." He turned and pointed to Kenshin. "This is Kenshin."
"Hi, welcome to our school." Misao smiled warmly.
Kenshin nodded but kept his eyes on Kaoru.
"And this is Kaoru." Sanosuke pointed at Kaoru who still had her eyes on Kenshin.
Kaoru smiled. "Hi, my name is Kaoru, nice to meet you Kenshin."
Tension filled the group rapidly when Kenshin kept on starring at her. Abruptly he turned and walked out of the classroom, leaving the flabbergasted group behind.
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He splashed the cool tap water over his face. Kenshin stared into the reflection of himself on the mirror. The boys' toilet was the only quiet place he can find to avoid all the girls hounding him.
Never could he have known that the high school girls were such a wild bunch but the real shock came when he felt her presences before he saw her. Imagine his astonishment when he realized the girl from the restaurant was attending the same school as he is. He had deliberately stepped back further from Sanosuke when she approached but even god himself was playing tricks on him when she tripped and fell into his arms. The brief moment when the weight of her small warm body pressed against his made him flare with desire, the smell of fresh jasmine taunted his nose. When she had turned around and shouted out her displeasure he had wanted to laugh, she had done exactly what he had wish to do for the last half an hour. But when she turned around and stared at him face on he could do nothing other than stand there and drink in her beauty. There is something about her that he can't quite figure out; she had looked even more enchanting close up than afar. The smile she give so sweetly jolted him within. He couldn't speak, all he knew was he had to get out of there before his instincts took over.
"Kaoru." He softly whispers, tasting her name on his lips.
Kenshin clenched on to the sink tightly, why do he feel like he is about to lose control whenever she is near?
With firm determination he must avoid her at all cost.
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Author's note: that is all for now, don't forget to ell me what you guys think (
