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Special Thanks to chris37!!!!!You were my first reviewer!!!!!! This chapter will probably answer some of

Your questions.

Chapter Two

Friend or Foe

            ' Wow...... I never thought I would walk again to a new town and find new friends. All over.

But wait. Maybe an assasin should never make friends. Maybe they are left alone.' Kaoru thought.

' If I don't make friends, then they wouldn't have to be sad. That would be better. And maybe I

shouldn't teach anyone my techniqes.' she thought while gripping her sword.

            Then someone broke her train of thought.

            "Where are you headed?" asked a man that was sitting on a rock.

            Kaoru stopped walking.

            "I'm going anywhere except for Kyoto. I don't want to go back there ever again."

            "Why?" asked the man.

            ' Strange... he has purple eyes.' she thought. " Because somebody that I broke up with

lives there." she answered coldly.

            " Oh...." he said.

            ' He has red hair.... what kind of a guy is this?' Kaoru thought.

            " What's your name?" he asked again breaking her train of thought.

            " My name is--"  ' He could be working with Battousai. I better just make up a name.' she

thought. " My name is Ayake, Kaguya." she said abruptly.

            " Oh. My name is--"  'I better make up a name better than Battousai' he thought. " Ummm,

my name is Himura, Kenshin." Kenshin said.

            "Nice to meet you Kenshin." she said coldly. Then she spotted a sword on his left side.

" Do you use that sword often?'' she asked suddenly interested.

            "Umm. Yeah sure I do." he answered nervously.

            "Can I see it?" she asked.

            " Sure." he handed her the sword and she looked at it with awe.

            " It's a reverse blade sword!!!" she said.

            "Yeah. My father gave me that when I was little." Kenshin said.

            " Hey wanna fight?" she asked while giving back his sword.

            " Sure." he said. He then covered his eyes with his bangs and then looked up again.

            ' What beautiful purple eyes.' she thought. But when he looked up, she noticed a change in him. ' What happened to those eyes? Now they're amber!!' she thought wildly. ' Time for me to

change to.' she thought and did the same. 'Remember Kaoru to hide your heart whenever you

have an encounter!' she remembered those words like a bell.

            She unsheathed her sword and then took her battle stance. And he did the same. Then

all of the sudden, Kaoru lunged forward and aimed her sword at his chest. Then all of the sudden he just dissappeared and appeared right behind her. Of course she knew this and put her sword crossing her back and at the same time, he hit it.

            ' What?!!!!!! SHE DID NOT JUST BLOCK THAT ATTACK!!!! THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!!' Kenshin  thought. Then Kenshin lunged at her this time. She easily blocked the attack by stepping to the side. Kenshin was surprised agan.

             Kaoru just chuckled at her opponent's surprise. " You should not be surprised since we both are using the same technique." she said. "We are even in power, strength, knowledge, and speed. So I guess I'll have to forfeit. Even though the great Death's Shadow does not forfeit." she said angrily while sheathing her sword. He did the same.

            "Oh..... So you're the famous Death's Shadow that I've heard about so much." he said quite surprised.

            "Yes I'm the Death's Shadow and I'm a wanderer looking for the Battousai. I want to kill him for killing my family. Or both of my family's." she said. " Are you working for the Battousai?"

            Kenshin stiffened at the sound of his true name. "NO." he said nervously.

            "Hey...why so tense? It's not like you're looking for someone to kill are you?" she asked finally relaxed.

            "Actually, yes. I'm looking for a girl named Makimachi, Misao. She is one of my many assignments. I have to kill her because..... because...... I don't like her." Kenshin lied.

            "Me neither. She broke up with me back there at Kyoto." Kaoru said while pointing her thumb behind her. "But why her?"

            'The reason why is because I'm eliminating anyone with any connections to Kamiya, Kaoru!' he thought.

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What do you think of it now? Good enough? I guess you were right chris37!!! It was because of her connection. But

Kaoru might turn against her friends. Who knows? Review!!!!!!

~BlackFrost