Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN RUROUNI KENSHIN!!!!!! Thank you. Now to the story!!!!!
Author's Notes: Kaoru is an assasin that goes by the name Death's Shadow. she is looking for the Battousai. But what if she finds out that Battousai was the one that found her on the street? How would she react? Find out!!!!
Girl Assasin Prologue
I feel so wreckless without my family. Why that Battousai is gonna get a piece of my mind.
I'm gonna find him and kill him. Just like he did with my family. I promised my family that I would
get revenge. That I would kill the Battousai like that. But now that I can't find him, I'll just have to
keep my ears open and listen for clues that may lead me to him. He's gonna get it.
My family was my inspiration. I will have to find a good teacher that would be able to
teach me a techniqe that would match the Battousai's movements and I would be able to
counterpart it. He won't be able to stand a chance against me. The Death's Shadow is my
name. Kamiya, Kaoru used to be my name.
I used to be such a sweet girl five years ago. But that was such a long time ago. My
parents were alive then. Yahiko was my little brother. Mother was always helping me along the
way. Father would always try to scold me into taking care of the dojo when he died. But that
was five years ago. And five years ago, Battousai killed my family. The reason he spared me
is unknown.
All I need is the Battousai's techniqe to beat him. That's right, I'm planning to beat him at
his own game. I want to see him suffer the pain that I had when I was eleven years old.
I was lost on the road looking for a place to hide. I wanted to get away from my
troubles. I started crying and I tripped over a rock. After that I fell unconcious. When I woke
up, I found a man and a nice woman staring at me. They looked really old and energetic.
They wanted to help me. But what I didn't know was that the people that took me in was a
famous swords master. He taught me how to use a sword and he trained me so well that
sometimes I would beat him in sparrings.
But what I didn't know was that he taught me the Battousai's art of the sword. I didn't
know that until later. Five years later, they let me go out into the world and look for a job. They
both treated my like I was their own. They treated my like I was their only daughter. Then
both of them were killed by someone. The first person that came in my mind was Battousai.
I completlely despise Battousai. I became a wanderer. I knew that both of them would
die, someday. So I ran away afraid of what would happen if I stayed to long.
While I was wandering, I came upon a city called Kyoto. And this is my story.
Chapter One
Goodbye Kaoru
"Hey Misao! Wake up Misao! We're gonna be late for school again because of you
you big goon!!" Kaoru yelled.
"That gives no excuse to just barge into my room without knocking." Misao yelled
back sleepily.
"It gives me every excuse I could make up." Kaoru giggled. "I got you again!! Today
is Sunday you sleepyhead!!" she said.
"You guys are so loud in the morning. I'm thinking I should move." somebody said.
"No Aoshi! You're not going anywhere. I won't let you!!" Misao cried. Suddenly
getting up.
' I'm surprised. Misao stopped yelling at me because Aoshi was just kidding about
moving.' Kaoru thought surprised.' Ooooh. I know how to get back at her for backing down
on our fight.'
"That's right Misao. Aoshi is moving somewhere else. And he's not coming back.
He told me because he didn't want to hurt your feelings." Kaoru said dramatically.
"How could you not tell me Aoshi?!! Why?" Misao said falling to her knees and
started the waterworks.
"Because you always sleep late and you always wake up late." Kaoru said while
winking at Aoshi to signal that she was playing around with Misao.
"And besides," Aoshi exclaimed, " I'm tired of being late for school."
"I'll never sleep late again if only you don't go!!!!!" Misao said with her hopes rising.
"Okay!! We have a deal." Kaoru said shaking her friend's hand.
"What do you mean ' we have a deal'?" Misao asked.
"Oh nothing. I'm just saying that Aoshi lost to a bet that whoever gets Misao to
say ' I'll never sleep late again' ." Kaoru sayed playfully.
"WHAT??!!!!!!!!! AOSHI!! YOU LOST TO A BET????!!!!!!'' Misao screamed angrily.
"Ooooooh. KAORU WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, YOU'LL BE A DEAD CHICKEN!!"
"What's all the ruckus?" Sanosuke asked. He just got in.
"Oh nothing. It's just that Aoshi lost to a bet that never existed." Kaoru said.
"KAORU!!!" Misao screamed. " That's it. I wanna fight you. And I'm
not gonna lose!!"
" I'm using a sword. None of your weak little knives can stop me." Kaoru said suddenly
serious.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Elsewhere
"Good job killing the old geezers." Megumi said. " How about the girl?"
"She wasn't there when I came. She must've been out or something."
"Battousai!! I hired you to kill not to let someone out of your grasp!''
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay. It's just that this is the second time you let her escape. Next time you won't
be so lucky."
He nodded obediently.
"Anyway, Shishio wanted me to tell you who your next assignment is." Megumi said.
"So.....who is it?" he asked patiently.
"Your next assignment is to kill Makimachi, Misao. We'll deal with Kaoru later.
You will do your assignment tomorrow night."
"Yes ma'am."
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"So you really want to do this, huh."
"I'm determined. You have pushed me around long enough. I'm tired of being a joke. This
is my only chance to prove to you that I'm no failure." Misao announced.
"Misao..what if you get hurt? I mean it's not nice when two friends have a fight.
Especially like this." Aoshi said.
"Yeah...you saw how good Kaoru whipped those bandits three weeks ago." Sano said.
"I don't care about what I saw. I only care about fighting Kaoru."
' Wow... this girl is even more determined than me wanting to kill Battousai.' Kaoru thought.
" You know what? I don't feel like fighting today. I just want to sleep. 'And have dreams of
me finally getting revenge on the two familys that got killed by Battousai.'
"What?!!" Misao asked confused. " It's morning right now. You can't be going back to sleep
now?!!"
" I had a nightmare last night so I didn't get to sleep." Kaoru said.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Somewhere else around the dojo
"You know what Ayame? Do you know what I think about Kaoru?" Suzume asked.
"No. What do you think of her?" Ayame asked back.
" I think she's cool. She always seems to be playing games with us."
"Hey.....let's see if she wants to play with us now." Ayame said.
Both of them saw Kaoru coming out of Misao's room and run into her room. Both of them
saw her crying. And both of them went into her room and saw Kaoru gathering her stuff.
" Kaoru.... what's wrong?!!" Suzume asked sitting beside the older girl.
"Oh. It's nothing. It's just that I can't live here anymore without people bothering me. I really
thought that this place with all these people in it were my family. But I guess I was wrong. I was
really wrong." Kaoru said trying to stop the tears from falling.
' She's really trying to be brave. She's trying to show us that she is really strong and
willhearted. So it's no use trying to tell her to be quiet.' Ayame thought.
" Where will you go?" Suzume asked.
" I'm moving away from this place. I don't want to see this family break up with me." Kaoru said quietly.
"So Kaoru won't play with us anymore?!!!" Suzume asked trying not to cry.
" No I'm sorry. I can't play anymore."
"Well I guess this is goodbye." Ayame said.
" Well goodbye. And tell everyone I said goodbye!" Kaoru said waving her hand in the air
and leaving the dojo.
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~BlackFrost~
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