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Chapter 4 The Hired Assassin
"For wanting to find these guys badly Kenshin sure isn't moving very fast is he? Is he going to pick up the pace? I'm ready for a good fight." Sano said popping his knuckles.
"Who knows? Probably he'll keep going like this and we'll never get anywhere. Seems like he wants to take everything slow anymore." Yahiko said with a sigh.
Sano smiled looking back. "Doesn't seem like he is taking things slow with Missy anymore."
Yahiko turned around and looked back. Kenshin and Kaoru were kissing and holding hands. "Ewwwww! Gross! That is disgusting. I say we pick up the pace!"
"I'm with you on this one." Sano said as they both ran forward still following the trail.
"Now where are they going?" Kaoru said.
"You know Sano, always ready for a fight. Probably thought we were walking to slow." Kenshin answered.
Kaoru heard a strange whistling noise. It sounded like the one from last night. She quickly moved closer to Kenshin. He turned to her in concern. "Is there something wrong Kaoru?"
"No, I-I guess not. Maybe I was just hearing things." She said looking around the forest.
She felt Kenshin's small but soft and strong hand squeeze hers. Questioningly she looked up into his purple eyes.
"Do not worry Kaoru. I will protect you. I promise you that. No harm will come to you." She smiled at this knowing he would not break a promise to her. Not after the last promise he had broken. Kaoru leaned on him as she walked along with him now.
"Kaoru?" Kenshin said quietly.
"Yes?"
"You know what I like most about you?"
There was silence.
"You don't care about my past. You see me for who I really am and what I could be. I love that about you. When you welcome me home I feel for once that someone cares and that I have a reason to live. I love spending time with you because I fell happy when I do."
Kaoru smiled.
Kenshin stopped walking and grabbed her other hand. He stared into her glittering blue eyes and felt free.
"Kaoru."
"Yes Kenshin?"
The smile that he gave her then shone like the sun. "Kaoru, will you marry me?"
Kaoru couldn't speak she just stood there and her mouth moved up and down.
"Kaoru do you need some time?"
"Oh Kenshin! No, I'll tell you now. Nothing could make me happier than to be your wife. Yes, of course I will marry you."
"Kaoru!"
The sun seemed to be shining through the trees only on them. It was as if all of nature was watching them. They kissed each other, as they never had before. Kenshin and Kaoru were the two happiest people in the entire world at that moment in time.
Kenshin then pulled out a ring. It had a diamond in the middle and the gold band of it sparkled. How in the world Kenshin could have afforded something like that was beyond Kaoru.
"I was going to give this to Tomoe before she died, but now it goes to you my love. Will it do for an engagement ring?"
"Of course Kenshin! It's beautiful! I don't deserve something like this."
"Course you do." He said slipping it on her finger. "You have made me a real person and for that I owe you everything."
They stared at each other for a while just enjoying each other's company when suddenly they heard someone yell.
"Where the hell are you guys?" They could tell it was Sano.
Kaoru and Kenshin both blinked in surprise. They had totally forgotten about the search. "I believe we should hurry that we should." Kenshin said running after the trail.
He listened for Kaoru to follow and didn't hear it. Stopping after a couple of steps he turned around to see what was wrong. "Kaoru?" He said.
To his horror when he turned Kaoru was not where she had been. Instead there was a man in a ninja suit who was running off with Kaoru. She was unconscious and had blood trickling down her face.
As the ninja ran off he dropped a note and said, "If you want her body back Battousai you must come to the coordinates in the letter from my Master. Then maybe you can save your own life as well." The man then laughed evilly as he disappeared into the depths of the forest.
Panic and hatred rushed through Kenshin. Memories flooded back. His blood started to boil and he only had two thoughts on his mind: Save Kaoru and kill this man and his Master and anyone else with them. This could not happen to him again. He would not allow his and her happiness to be taken away.
"Kaoruuuuuuuuuu!!" he screamed at he top of his lungs.
His eyes narrowed and the wind picked up. Kenshin's eyes turned to the deadly amber color. Kenshin was pissed. They would pay dearly for this with their lives. Kenshin would see to that, no matter if it cost him his life as well. Even if he would turn back to the Battousai he would save her no matter what the cost.
