Chapter IV
Silent Anubis; Alluring Thief
A Rurouni Kenshin Fanfiction
Original Storyline by: Nobuhiro Watsuki
New Storyline by: Zac
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It was late at night, and Kenshin and his friends were quite away from home so they decided to break camp at a nearby forest. Everyone had fallen asleep except the three Espers. They made a campfire out in the open to discuss how life has been going.
"So where did you go since you arrived here on Earth Kaze?" Kaori asked, putting in firewood. "Well, I wanted to make more of my skills so I built a dojo not far from the Kamiya Dojo, and decided to become a teacher." Kaze replied, sitting down, warming her hands by the fire. "Where is Kaitou?" Kaori asked.
"Out looking for more wood I think..."
In the woods, Kaitou was indeed looking for more wood, he had his sword drawn, cutting down twigs and branches until a green flash flared before his eyes, making him pass out right in the woods.
A few hours passed, then Kaze got up. "Kaitou is really late... I'm going to look for him, you wanna come?" Kaori nodded and got up, following Kaze into the woods. "Kaitou! ... Hey stupid!! Kaitou!! You little butthead show yourself!!" Kaze just looked at Kaori. "Thats... not a nice way to get his attention..."
They went in deeper in the woods. "I sense his life energy, he's around her somewhere..." Kaze looked around. "There!" They ran up to him shaking him. "He's fallen uncontious..." Kaori said. "Damn..." She muttered. "Can you heal him with your Holy Light?" Kaze asked. "I can try, but my healing magic is mainly for cuts and wounds..."
Kaitou coughed and waved his hands. "It's... not necessary" He opened his eyes and just sighed, leaning against a tree. "What happened?" Kaitou just looked up. "I don't know, I just saw a green flash of light and then I passed out... ... ... ... And... my sword is gone!! Er... freakin thief must have stolen my sword..."
"Well let's not worry about it now, we'll look for it tomorrow alright?" Kaze and Kaori helped him up as they walked back to camp...
In the morning, Kaitou was already up, looking in the woods for his sword. "Damn... either I dropped it or that damn thief stole it... Shit, I can even see anything with all these leaves on the ground..." He searched for about another hour before giving up. "Screw it..." He started back at the camp.
"... Come on! You know I can cook!" Kaori shouted. "No way you little freak! Your not burning the woods down like you did with the Ancient Sakura Blossoms!" Kaze and Kaori were fighting over who got to cook the breakfast. "Uh... May I make a suggestion?" Yahiko said. The two girls looked at him with fury and rage. "Uh... nevermind..."
"You never want to anger a god, let alone two females..." Kenshin said. "WHA!" Kaori and Kaze tackled him. "Why do you mean by that you little freak!"
"I still wanna make lunch!!"
Kaitou just sighed and shook his head. "Those two will never change..." Sanosuke walked up to him. "Something wrong? You look like you have alot on your mind..." Kaitou nodded. "Yeah, it's just last night I was getting more wood for the fire and I saw this green light, and then just passed out. Then when I woke up, my sword was missing..."
"So you think someone stole it?" Sanosuke asked. "It's possible... either that or I must have dropped it." Kaitou replied. Kaoru walked out of the tent with a green mask on. All the guys dropped their jaws and pointed at her. "What...?" Kaoru said. "It's to maintain my beauty!" Yahiko just started to laugh. "What are you talking about? Beauty? More like ugly! HA HA HA... OW!" Kaoru had apparently kicked him.
"But really Lady Kaoru, what is that stuff?" Kenshin poked her face, sniffing the stuff that was on it. "It's called a face mask... ... ... your not supposed to eat it... you might get sick..." Kenshin just fell. "Too late..." Kaori and Kaze were still fighting over the fire.
"After lunch, we'll go back to the village and Kamiya Dojo that we will, I have a few things I need to buy as well..." The all nodded and finally got Kenshin to do the cooking, not being very happy with Kaze and Kaori fighting all the time. "How can you possibly put up with it all the time?" Sanosuke asked Kaitou. He just laughed. "I have no idea, sometimes I wonder that too..."
After the team had finished eating they took the tent down and began heading toward the Kamiya Dojo. Not too long after they had gotten into the village, everyone was running around in a hectic matter. "Whats going on here?" Kaze asked. "Help! Theirs a thief on the loose! It's been killing people too!" A lady screamed, running through the town.
"Why is everyone making such a big fuss over a thief..." Yahiko asked. "Well, this must not be an ordinary thief, that I know..." Kenshin said. But something was funny about the three Espers. Kaitou began glowing blue, Kaze was glowing silver, and Kaori was glowing red. "Whats going on?" Kaitou asked. They looked up and saw the thief, apparently she was glowing green. "Green?" Kaori said. "This only means one thing... that thief is Ayame..."
- Commercial Break -
"Wait... a green light in the forest... and then I passed out... Ayame must have my sword!" Kaitou ran off ahead, chasing after his sister. "Give me back my sword Ayame!" The thief just went bug eyed and ran off, into the forest to where Kaitou and the gang followed. "I got this covered!" Kaori held up her staff and shouted. "Grid Lock!" The same thing happened but... a different result came up.
"The hell? You know little sister, you have to stop depending on your magic so much. Sure you're a magician but if you know how to, your staff can be a deadly weapon." The thief said, landing softly on her feet. "Who are you?" Kaze asked. "My, my, Kaze, you of all people should know who your own sister is right? It's me Ayame!" Ayame just smiled and winked. "Oh yeah Kaitou, here's your sword back. I found it in the hands of another thief trying to outsmart me."
He took the sword from Ayame. "Thanks... but... so your not the thief who was killing people and stealing things were you?" Kaitou asked. "Oh about that, yeah I'm the one stealing the things, but killing people? Hell no, I only kill if I have a reason too you know?" Kaze and Kaori just looked at each other. "Oh yeah, Kenshin, you guys, this is my sister, Ayame. The fourth Esper." Kaori said.
"It's nice to meet Ayame finally. So now that you guys found each other, what now? Do you guys have a mission to complete?" Kenshin asked. "Actually... were supposed to prevent the next Esper War by hunting down the creep that was responsible for it the first time." Ayame said, crossing her arms. "The guy? Who is he?" Kaoru asked.
"We actually don't know his real name, all we know is his name he goes by..." Kaori said, leaning up against a tree. "Yeah... he goes by 'Silent Anubis'" Sanosuke stepped up. "Anubis? Isn't that some kind of animal resembling a dog?" Kaitou nodded. "Yeah, an anubis is a dog in Egypt, a country far from here. Some others worship them, so I'm assuming Silent Anubis' warriors worship him as well..."
"Have you came across any?" Yahiko asked. "Actually... We were attacked or had to kill someone at least three times now. I'm guessing all these people have something to do with this anubis guy..." Kaori said. "Well, what about that question you asked me about the thief that was going around killing people, how did this come up?" Ayame asked.
"Well when we arrived in the village, we heard a woman say that a thief was not only stealing things, but also killing people..." Kenshin said. "Go anything on this guy at all?" Kaori asked. "Well not that I know of, but I do remember hitting that creep with a blast of my energy and then retrieving Kaitou's sword back not too long after that. The little wuss ran off in fear!" Ayame started to laugh.
"Well anyway you guys, no matter what we should find this thief and put a stop to his evil ways, we can't having him on the loosing and running around killing people, am I right?" Kaoru said putting her hands on her hips. "Yeah... For once your serious..." Sanosuke said. "Whats that supposed to mean?" She screamed.
The team decided to split up and walk around, searching for clues and asking the victims about this shady character. One of them said to Kaitou that this thief is part of the Shinobi. "Shinobi? That's the name of samurai's we killed off in the first Esper War..."
Around the corner at the food market, Kaori got the same reply. "I thought we disposed of the Shinobi..." But Kaze got a different answer. She found out that this thief is usually seen in the old abandon house on the top part of the mountains. "The mountains? But... why would anyone hide there? It's full of demons and assassins..."
When the team came together they told each other what they found out. They put their resources together and it all lead to one thing. The ninja was apparently working at the old dojo that went out of business a few eleven thousand years ago. They decided to go right away, making their way up the mountain. "Augh... I'll tell you something you guys, I'm not a nature girl! I hate walks! I hate the bugs! I hate everything that crawls!" Kaze shouted.
"Don't tell me your already short of breath..." Kaitou asked. "Come on..." He pulled her up from the ground. "You just need to exercise your legs more, you're a very powerful martial artist but your lacking nature skills..."
It wasn't long before they decided to break camp next to the dojo. "Now you guys have to be quiet, I don't wanna get caught and get slaughtered by this thief..." Kaoru said. "Your just scared you little wimp!" Yahiko said, sticking tongue out. "You little twerp! THAT'S THE LAST STRAW! I'M NOT PUTTING UP WITH YOUR CRAP ANYMORE!!" She clamped her mouth shut.
"Who's out there?!" A voice came from the dojo. "Ok you guys lets go and just kill him and get it over with!" Everyone looked at Kaze. "Were not here to kill... were just here to stop this guy... ... and maybe break a few fingers and arms and legs..." They switched their eyes to Sanosuke. "Geez, all you guys think about violence don't you? Now lets all go in there and kick some butt!" Kaori said. "... I'm thinking of violence ain't I?" They nodded their heads.
"Who's out there?!" Kenshin got up. "Ok lets just go!" They all jumped out of their tents and ran at the dojo. The thief screamed at the charging people and disappeared in a cloud of smoke. "Hu? Where did he go?" Kenshin stopped, but was receiving punches from no where. "WAHHHH!! I can't see where he is!!" Kaoru cried.
"I got this!" Kaori held her staff up high. "Evil spirits, be gone!" With that her staff flashed and the thief re-appeared. "Damn you!" Kaori just smiled. "Let's get him now!" Ayame ran up and shouted. "Boomerang Smash!" She took out a very large boomerang and threw it at the thief, making him fly backwards into the nearest wall.
"Your killing and thieving days are over." Kaze said, clenching her fists. "Sucker... Punch!" She send a punch at the thief, only missing because he ducked, and she punched the wall, making the whole dojo fall down in pieces. "Heh... guess I don't know my own strength..." She smiled. Kenshin ran up to him, swinging down the reverse blade sword, breaking his thumb. "There, you are no longer able to use any weapon of any sort now that your fingers have been broken. Now tell me, who are you working for?" He said calmly. "I wouldn't tell you even if my arm was ripped off!" Sanosuke just walked up to him and smiled. "Then maybe I should rip your arm off them..." Being as strong as Sanosuke, he started to pull on his arm, making him scream. "Ok ok ok! I work for this guy named 'Silent Anubis' his lair is a few miles from here, but it's useless, his place is so heavily guarded, you would have to be invisible to get in there!" The thief laughed.
"Oh, and one more thing." Kenshin started. "You'll return the items you stole from the village people..." The thief just looked up at Kenshin. "And if I refuse?" Sanosuke just smiled again. "I'll have to rip your arm, AND leg off... how's that?"
"Ok! I'll give them back! Here take them!" He threw a whole bunch of items back at Kenshin's feet. He bent down and grabbed them and everyone left the dojo. "Stay out of trouble..." Kenshin said.
So once again we find our hero's being the winners and completing another mission. But what they don't know, is that they have a whole other day to face with new challenges and tests...
It was late at night, and Kenshin and his friends were quite away from home so they decided to break camp at a nearby forest. Everyone had fallen asleep except the three Espers. They made a campfire out in the open to discuss how life has been going.
"So where did you go since you arrived here on Earth Kaze?" Kaori asked, putting in firewood. "Well, I wanted to make more of my skills so I built a dojo not far from the Kamiya Dojo, and decided to become a teacher." Kaze replied, sitting down, warming her hands by the fire. "Where is Kaitou?" Kaori asked.
"Out looking for more wood I think..."
In the woods, Kaitou was indeed looking for more wood, he had his sword drawn, cutting down twigs and branches until a green flash flared before his eyes, making him pass out right in the woods.
A few hours passed, then Kaze got up. "Kaitou is really late... I'm going to look for him, you wanna come?" Kaori nodded and got up, following Kaze into the woods. "Kaitou! ... Hey stupid!! Kaitou!! You little butthead show yourself!!" Kaze just looked at Kaori. "Thats... not a nice way to get his attention..."
They went in deeper in the woods. "I sense his life energy, he's around her somewhere..." Kaze looked around. "There!" They ran up to him shaking him. "He's fallen uncontious..." Kaori said. "Damn..." She muttered. "Can you heal him with your Holy Light?" Kaze asked. "I can try, but my healing magic is mainly for cuts and wounds..."
Kaitou coughed and waved his hands. "It's... not necessary" He opened his eyes and just sighed, leaning against a tree. "What happened?" Kaitou just looked up. "I don't know, I just saw a green flash of light and then I passed out... ... ... ... And... my sword is gone!! Er... freakin thief must have stolen my sword..."
"Well let's not worry about it now, we'll look for it tomorrow alright?" Kaze and Kaori helped him up as they walked back to camp...
In the morning, Kaitou was already up, looking in the woods for his sword. "Damn... either I dropped it or that damn thief stole it... Shit, I can even see anything with all these leaves on the ground..." He searched for about another hour before giving up. "Screw it..." He started back at the camp.
"... Come on! You know I can cook!" Kaori shouted. "No way you little freak! Your not burning the woods down like you did with the Ancient Sakura Blossoms!" Kaze and Kaori were fighting over who got to cook the breakfast. "Uh... May I make a suggestion?" Yahiko said. The two girls looked at him with fury and rage. "Uh... nevermind..."
"You never want to anger a god, let alone two females..." Kenshin said. "WHA!" Kaori and Kaze tackled him. "Why do you mean by that you little freak!"
"I still wanna make lunch!!"
Kaitou just sighed and shook his head. "Those two will never change..." Sanosuke walked up to him. "Something wrong? You look like you have alot on your mind..." Kaitou nodded. "Yeah, it's just last night I was getting more wood for the fire and I saw this green light, and then just passed out. Then when I woke up, my sword was missing..."
"So you think someone stole it?" Sanosuke asked. "It's possible... either that or I must have dropped it." Kaitou replied. Kaoru walked out of the tent with a green mask on. All the guys dropped their jaws and pointed at her. "What...?" Kaoru said. "It's to maintain my beauty!" Yahiko just started to laugh. "What are you talking about? Beauty? More like ugly! HA HA HA... OW!" Kaoru had apparently kicked him.
"But really Lady Kaoru, what is that stuff?" Kenshin poked her face, sniffing the stuff that was on it. "It's called a face mask... ... ... your not supposed to eat it... you might get sick..." Kenshin just fell. "Too late..." Kaori and Kaze were still fighting over the fire.
"After lunch, we'll go back to the village and Kamiya Dojo that we will, I have a few things I need to buy as well..." The all nodded and finally got Kenshin to do the cooking, not being very happy with Kaze and Kaori fighting all the time. "How can you possibly put up with it all the time?" Sanosuke asked Kaitou. He just laughed. "I have no idea, sometimes I wonder that too..."
After the team had finished eating they took the tent down and began heading toward the Kamiya Dojo. Not too long after they had gotten into the village, everyone was running around in a hectic matter. "Whats going on here?" Kaze asked. "Help! Theirs a thief on the loose! It's been killing people too!" A lady screamed, running through the town.
"Why is everyone making such a big fuss over a thief..." Yahiko asked. "Well, this must not be an ordinary thief, that I know..." Kenshin said. But something was funny about the three Espers. Kaitou began glowing blue, Kaze was glowing silver, and Kaori was glowing red. "Whats going on?" Kaitou asked. They looked up and saw the thief, apparently she was glowing green. "Green?" Kaori said. "This only means one thing... that thief is Ayame..."
- Commercial Break -
"Wait... a green light in the forest... and then I passed out... Ayame must have my sword!" Kaitou ran off ahead, chasing after his sister. "Give me back my sword Ayame!" The thief just went bug eyed and ran off, into the forest to where Kaitou and the gang followed. "I got this covered!" Kaori held up her staff and shouted. "Grid Lock!" The same thing happened but... a different result came up.
"The hell? You know little sister, you have to stop depending on your magic so much. Sure you're a magician but if you know how to, your staff can be a deadly weapon." The thief said, landing softly on her feet. "Who are you?" Kaze asked. "My, my, Kaze, you of all people should know who your own sister is right? It's me Ayame!" Ayame just smiled and winked. "Oh yeah Kaitou, here's your sword back. I found it in the hands of another thief trying to outsmart me."
He took the sword from Ayame. "Thanks... but... so your not the thief who was killing people and stealing things were you?" Kaitou asked. "Oh about that, yeah I'm the one stealing the things, but killing people? Hell no, I only kill if I have a reason too you know?" Kaze and Kaori just looked at each other. "Oh yeah, Kenshin, you guys, this is my sister, Ayame. The fourth Esper." Kaori said.
"It's nice to meet Ayame finally. So now that you guys found each other, what now? Do you guys have a mission to complete?" Kenshin asked. "Actually... were supposed to prevent the next Esper War by hunting down the creep that was responsible for it the first time." Ayame said, crossing her arms. "The guy? Who is he?" Kaoru asked.
"We actually don't know his real name, all we know is his name he goes by..." Kaori said, leaning up against a tree. "Yeah... he goes by 'Silent Anubis'" Sanosuke stepped up. "Anubis? Isn't that some kind of animal resembling a dog?" Kaitou nodded. "Yeah, an anubis is a dog in Egypt, a country far from here. Some others worship them, so I'm assuming Silent Anubis' warriors worship him as well..."
"Have you came across any?" Yahiko asked. "Actually... We were attacked or had to kill someone at least three times now. I'm guessing all these people have something to do with this anubis guy..." Kaori said. "Well, what about that question you asked me about the thief that was going around killing people, how did this come up?" Ayame asked.
"Well when we arrived in the village, we heard a woman say that a thief was not only stealing things, but also killing people..." Kenshin said. "Go anything on this guy at all?" Kaori asked. "Well not that I know of, but I do remember hitting that creep with a blast of my energy and then retrieving Kaitou's sword back not too long after that. The little wuss ran off in fear!" Ayame started to laugh.
"Well anyway you guys, no matter what we should find this thief and put a stop to his evil ways, we can't having him on the loosing and running around killing people, am I right?" Kaoru said putting her hands on her hips. "Yeah... For once your serious..." Sanosuke said. "Whats that supposed to mean?" She screamed.
The team decided to split up and walk around, searching for clues and asking the victims about this shady character. One of them said to Kaitou that this thief is part of the Shinobi. "Shinobi? That's the name of samurai's we killed off in the first Esper War..."
Around the corner at the food market, Kaori got the same reply. "I thought we disposed of the Shinobi..." But Kaze got a different answer. She found out that this thief is usually seen in the old abandon house on the top part of the mountains. "The mountains? But... why would anyone hide there? It's full of demons and assassins..."
When the team came together they told each other what they found out. They put their resources together and it all lead to one thing. The ninja was apparently working at the old dojo that went out of business a few eleven thousand years ago. They decided to go right away, making their way up the mountain. "Augh... I'll tell you something you guys, I'm not a nature girl! I hate walks! I hate the bugs! I hate everything that crawls!" Kaze shouted.
"Don't tell me your already short of breath..." Kaitou asked. "Come on..." He pulled her up from the ground. "You just need to exercise your legs more, you're a very powerful martial artist but your lacking nature skills..."
It wasn't long before they decided to break camp next to the dojo. "Now you guys have to be quiet, I don't wanna get caught and get slaughtered by this thief..." Kaoru said. "Your just scared you little wimp!" Yahiko said, sticking tongue out. "You little twerp! THAT'S THE LAST STRAW! I'M NOT PUTTING UP WITH YOUR CRAP ANYMORE!!" She clamped her mouth shut.
"Who's out there?!" A voice came from the dojo. "Ok you guys lets go and just kill him and get it over with!" Everyone looked at Kaze. "Were not here to kill... were just here to stop this guy... ... and maybe break a few fingers and arms and legs..." They switched their eyes to Sanosuke. "Geez, all you guys think about violence don't you? Now lets all go in there and kick some butt!" Kaori said. "... I'm thinking of violence ain't I?" They nodded their heads.
"Who's out there?!" Kenshin got up. "Ok lets just go!" They all jumped out of their tents and ran at the dojo. The thief screamed at the charging people and disappeared in a cloud of smoke. "Hu? Where did he go?" Kenshin stopped, but was receiving punches from no where. "WAHHHH!! I can't see where he is!!" Kaoru cried.
"I got this!" Kaori held her staff up high. "Evil spirits, be gone!" With that her staff flashed and the thief re-appeared. "Damn you!" Kaori just smiled. "Let's get him now!" Ayame ran up and shouted. "Boomerang Smash!" She took out a very large boomerang and threw it at the thief, making him fly backwards into the nearest wall.
"Your killing and thieving days are over." Kaze said, clenching her fists. "Sucker... Punch!" She send a punch at the thief, only missing because he ducked, and she punched the wall, making the whole dojo fall down in pieces. "Heh... guess I don't know my own strength..." She smiled. Kenshin ran up to him, swinging down the reverse blade sword, breaking his thumb. "There, you are no longer able to use any weapon of any sort now that your fingers have been broken. Now tell me, who are you working for?" He said calmly. "I wouldn't tell you even if my arm was ripped off!" Sanosuke just walked up to him and smiled. "Then maybe I should rip your arm off them..." Being as strong as Sanosuke, he started to pull on his arm, making him scream. "Ok ok ok! I work for this guy named 'Silent Anubis' his lair is a few miles from here, but it's useless, his place is so heavily guarded, you would have to be invisible to get in there!" The thief laughed.
"Oh, and one more thing." Kenshin started. "You'll return the items you stole from the village people..." The thief just looked up at Kenshin. "And if I refuse?" Sanosuke just smiled again. "I'll have to rip your arm, AND leg off... how's that?"
"Ok! I'll give them back! Here take them!" He threw a whole bunch of items back at Kenshin's feet. He bent down and grabbed them and everyone left the dojo. "Stay out of trouble..." Kenshin said.
So once again we find our hero's being the winners and completing another mission. But what they don't know, is that they have a whole other day to face with new challenges and tests...
