The Sword With Out A Name
By: Sakura
Chapter Review-Mysterious killings have appeared in Tokyo, and they only seem to get worse. Gensai-sensai tries to cheer every one up by taking them out to the Akabeko. But that dosen't seem to help. As Kaoru spots two people there, a man and a girl, and the girl looks just like her!
Chapter 2
Heart and the Unknown (Part 1)
It was true, this girl, looked just like Kaoru. Kaoru could do nothing but stare. It wasn't like it was normal to walk into a place a see your unknown twin!
Kenshin noticed her aw, and looked over to the man and the girl.
The girl, was dressed in a normal very plane dark blue kimono, and didn't seem to be enjoying herself very much, her head was faced down where her bang dropped into her face a bit, and she was holding something, but because of the wall in between the tables Kenshin couldn't make out what it was.
The girl seemed to notices people were looking at her, because she glanced at Kenshin and Kaoru slightly then went back to her omniscient state. The man was also pretty serious, but she seemed to be having a much better time than the girl. It was strange though, they didn't talk. They just sat while the man drank his sake. They seemed to be waiting for someone, which was the only thing Kenshin could think of.
Kaoru glanced over at Kenshin to see him watching them as well. Then he turned away and looked at Kaoru. "That lady over there looks just like you, that she dose, Kaoru-dono." He said with a smile.
She nodded, but didn't really say anything after that, and didn't look back at the girl, she had the coldest eyes.
It was only a few minutes later that another man walked into the Akabeko. He looked fairly old; he was in his early 30's but looked older. He was dressed in a nice western business suit, a reddish-brown color. He talked to one of the waiters then sat down at the table with the girl and the man. The man stood up and greeted him, Kaoru, trying not to look like she was snooping, couldn't hear what he was saying. It was also becoming obvious to the others she was spying; she leaned forward and touched the hotpot with her hand. "Iee!" She backed away quickly, and noticed everyone looking at her.
"Looks like the lady is a bit of a nose." Sanosuke said laughing a bit.
"Are you ok Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin asked her.
She brought her hand out, so he could see it "I'm ok, it just surprised me that's all."
The fact that Kaoru had been watching the three people so exuberantly made Yahiko get a bit curious himself, he peeped around the corner, since he had sat on the edge backing the three people it was easy for him to see what was going on. He could see the man better than Kenshin or Kaoru could as well. He was wearing a very plain greyest blue kimono, it was quite dull. He could also see the girl, very clearly. He looked to see what she was holding, he followed the shape of it, and he knew what it was.
'Eh? A Katana? She has a Katana?'
He looked back and Kenshin and the others, who where all staring at him intentionally. He sat there for a moment not really sure what to do.
"Well?" Both Kaoru and Sano said at the same time, they glance at each other, made a strange face, and then looked back at Yahiko.
"Did you hear anything?" Kaoru asked
"Or see anything?" Sanosuke finished.
"Now, now it's none of our business what they are doing, that it isn't." Kenshin waved his hand about very Anime like. Kaoru and Sanosuke gave him a glare and he backed up a bit.
"She has a Katana, that's all I saw." Yahiko finally spoke.
"She?" Sanosuke questioned. "The girl has a Katana, a real one?" Yahiko nodded.
It was around this time the girl and the two men got up paying Miss Tae. The two men left first still in conversation while the girl followed behind, the sword hanging from her belt.
Not long after the three people left Kenshin and the gang joined them(meaning they left too^^)After the strangely nosey ordeal Gensai-sensai spoke up.
"That man who walked into the Akabeko was the assistant governor Takashi Naboku; I don't know the other man was or the women."
"Assistant governor? What dose that mean?" Yahiko asked knowing nothing about politics.
"It means he helpeds the real governor out, with paper work and meeting I'm guessing." Kaoru told him.
"Yes, yes, I believe one of the people involved in the killings recently was his boss."
The group looked around at each other suspiciously, except Kenshin who was off in his own, much more experience world.
Gensai-sensai, and his granddaughters, Suzume and Ayame, left before they reached the dojo. So the group went on back to the dojo with out them.
At a mansion across town, the same girl that was in the Akabeko sat very still her eyes never changing. They were very dark a looked to be all most all black. The two men were also there, drinking and talking.
Takashi looked over at the girl and back at the other man. "You sure she will get the job done? She is a woman after all?"
The other man smiled and laughed a bit. The girl didn't even move, but Takashi rolled his shoulder back staring at the man in confusion.
"Her!? A 'Woman'?" He laughed a bit more then stopped. "Trust me; she'll get the job done better than any man." Takashi didn't not look so placid about the situation they were talking about
"Perhaps she slips? It'll leave evidence behind that will trace her back to me."
The man frowned a bit, "Kenashi come here." He motion for the girl to come closer to him. She got up very strait walked over to him bowed and sat back down.
"Hai." Her voice was very monotoned, and it gave Takashi shivers.
"Tell the man. Are you a woman?"
She barely moved but answered "I am a hitokiri, nothing else." This seemed to please the man, and scare Takashi.
Kenshin had woken up very early, he had a dream, a dream he hadn't had in a long time, about the Bakumatsu in Kyoto. He looked up at the rising sun, he was starting a small breakfast, and he smiled a bit while stirring the miso.
"Hmm?" Kenshin's eyes jerked a bit when he relised something, the man at the Akabeko, he had seen him before some where.
Kaoru had woken up early as well, but not near as early as Kenshin, she woke up because she could smell something cooking. She walked out side, dressed in a sun bathed yellow kimono with a pattern of white flowers on it. Kenshin was sitting on the ground, cooking. His back was turned and he didn't seem to notice her walk out. She looked at him for a while after he didn't say or do anything she became a bit worried, not really knowing why; she stepped down onto the ground.
Kenshin was in his head thinking of where he had seen him before, he remembered seeing him with the ishin, and he had met him once. His name was Sejii Hatsuma, he remembered him from his messy black hair, and childish features.
He turned very sharply and fast when Kaoru approached. His eyes widen seeing the look on her face, she seemed concerned, but a bit frighten. He jumped when he relised he had his hand on his sword, and took it off quickly.
"Ohayo Kaoru-dono." He smiled to her.
She got closer and got down so that her kimono wouldn't touch the ground. "Ohayo Kenshin." The concern in her eyes didn't leave.
They were quite for some time, till Kaoru shuffled her feet and spoke.
"Kenshin, I was thinking...." She was cut off, when some one started knocking at the front gate.
Both Kenshin and Kaoru looked at it for a while, and then Kaoru got up to answer it. The chief Police was there, "Police Chief!?" He bowed politely
"I'm here to see Mr. Himura."
Kaoru nodded and let him in.
Kenshin sat with the Police chief. There was silence, Kaoru brought in tea, and him and Kenshin drank it quietly, Kaoru sat down near Kenshin looking back and forth from the two men.
The chief police put his cup down. "Himura, I am sure you're aware of the strange events happening..."
Kenshin nodded "That I am."
"Well, as you may also know, the police have been looking into this, but, I'm afraid not enough. We have no evidence so far as to who might be behind this."
Kenshin nodded again.
"But..." He continued. "We did get one word as to where the next killing might happen. We have men posted there but..."
"You would feel better if I went, is that not correct?"
The chief stopped for a moment "Ah, yes...that is correct...were not even sure if it will happen there..."
Kenshin stopped him. "I understand that I do." He smiled a bit "I'll be there."
Kaoru had to leave the room for the rest of the conversation, which the chief said was top secret. She wasn't so sure, but she did it anyways.
It wasn't long after that the Chief police left, bowing very deeply to Kenshin and thanking him, and then Kaoru for the drink.
The rest of the day went on normally, but quite...
During the evening Sanosuke came over, they laughed and had a good time, but Kaoru could tell there was something else on Kenshin's mind. They all parted for bed, Kenshin too, but when all went quite, he stirred, and put up his bed.
Kenshin walked out side the dojo, were a police officer was waiting for him.
"Follow me Himura-sama."
Kenshin followed, the streets were dark, and dead quite.
The house the arrived at was an old Japanese mansion. There was security posted everywhere, they let Kenshin and the cop through.
The chief police was there to greet Kenshin. He wouldn't be telling him the details, Kenshin guess. The government liked to keep this kind of thing quite.
To so call victim to be was not present, he was at the police station.
But someone else was there; he walked quietly out of the shadows. He had short black hair that seemed to have a natural ability to stay sticking up no matter what he did. His eyes were a mix of three different colors, blue, brown, and green. Each color was oddly separated from the other. His face was childish, and smooth, but it gave off an apparently uninviting expression.
"Is everything in place chief?" He asked
Kenshin turned to him, and in a bit of surprise, though, not shown on his face, saw that this man was they same one that was at the Akabeko.
"Mr. Sejii Hatsuma? Sir? Where you not suppose to leave? This situation might become dangerous." Mr. Sejii's attention was then drawn over to Kenshin, who gave him his Rurouni blank stare.
"Hmm?" He seemed to be thinking for a moment "Ah yes I know you!" He finally replied, his full attention on Kenshin. "The strongest Ishin Imperialist that put fear into the hearts of every swordsman during the Bakumatsu. Himura Battousai!"
Kenshin looked more closely at him. Yes, he did know this person; he joined the Ishin three years before the revolution ended. He had not seemed much of him, because he was in another section, but he had seen him once, he looked very much like what he dose now. "But now." Kenshin added to him "I'm only a Rurouni." He looked over Kenshin then back at the chief.
"I only came to see if everything was going as planned?"
"Yes." Replied the chief "There is no need to worry sir, we'll be sure to capture the culprit with Mr. Himura with us."
It was then they hear a noise from out side, the slice of a sword and a small mutter of death.
"He's here!!" Yelled the chief moving his hand to tell the troops to move in on the swordsman.
It was then an older looking man came in the room.
"Mr. Gouha!!" The chief yelled at him
"What are you doing here?!" finished Mr. Sejii and he started to rush forward to him. Kenshin stopped him.
"Wait..."
Mr. Gouha stumbled forward, and then fell over, dead. Blood stained all over his back. Standing over his cold dead body, in the dark, was a figure holding a sword, with long wavy hair up in a high pony tail. It sheathed the sword quickly and ran. Kenshin followed swiftly behind him.
The chief ordered al of his men to follow.
Kenshin was still right behind him, the police on the ground could not keep up and when they all ran into a dead in they lost sight of both the killer and Kenshin.
'He's fast!' Kenshin thought has they flew over the building tops. Quickly Kenshin used a wall near him to go above the killer; he drew his sword quickly and brought it down on him.
With a lightning fast speed, the killer had apparently drawn his sword as well; the two swords meet with a clang. The killer pushed hard back ageist Kenshin's sword, making then lock in on position. But at this angle Kenshin could see the persons face. Long strands of black hair flew into there face, eyes were narrowed, looking at Kenshin. Cold, ice like, but yet, unemotional, the eyes of a true killer.
This person Kenshin notice, by the fair skin, and fairly small body, this person was a girl. This person looked a lot like Kaoru.
"Who are you?" She jumped back a bit.
"I....." She hesitated as if she was about to say something else but changed her mind at the last moment "Kenashi, Hitokiri." She drew her sword up a bit "I cannot let you live." She went low to the ground, putting her sword right out in front of her. "Ikuyo!"
Kenshin thought, he had seen this stance once before. He had also heard the name Kenashi before, but was she the same person? The girl they had brought in, she had been only 11 at the time, Kenshin remembered seeing her, he also saw her battle once before.
She went out at him, at amazing speed. From the ground she brought her sword up, hitting Kenshin's with such a hard impact he was thrown back a bit.
"Why are you killing these people?" Kenshin asked her as he blocked another one of her attacks
"This is none of your concern!" She jumped back a bit, and then lunged forward in an attack that greatly resembled one of his own. He blocked it, but he was pushed back again. Kenashi keep on pushing him back, until, with out really noticing, they both fell off the roof on the two stories building. His breath was knocked out of him by the impact of the ground. Rain started to fall. Kenshin could feel Kenashi's weight on him, he looked quickly. Her arm was bleeding, and he noticed her sword was behind him. She was still moving, and he rolled her off quickly.
She looked up at him, and looked around for her sword, when she tried to go for it, she fell back in pain.
"Try not to move." Kenshin told her trying to examine her wounds. She glared at him. "Stay back! I'm not done yet..." She rolled over and grabbed her sword and pointed it at him. She got up shakily "Get up!" She yelled at him "Fight me!" He got up slowly; his sword was still in his hand. He looked at it for a moment, it had blood on it.
Kenshin looked back up at her, her arm was still bleeding, and the blood washed off her and on to the ground from the rain.
'Had his blade cut her?' he didn't know, they fell so fast, he hadn't had any time to see it.
She raised her sword, and was about to go at him when an all too familiar voice came from behind him. "Kenshin!!" Sanosuke came up from behind her. She turned around, in a talented way she move her sword around to him. Sanosuke jumped back, she had nicked him arm, but nothing more.
Her head was spinning, and her target fell in and out of focus. The pain in her leg was at its pinnacle in pain and her arm made it worse. She didn't even notice Kenshin, come up when she was looking at Sano, and hit her in the stomach, knocking her into darkness.
Kenashi woke, it was sunny, and she could hear birds out side. She was lying somewhere she knew not. Her hands were tied and her feet, but, her leg had been bandaged up and her arm was as well. She looked around the room curiously.
*Slid*
The door to the room slid open, Kenashi squinted from the light. The person closed the door behind them.
"So you're up?"
A woman stood there. She had long flowing black hair. "I'm Megumi." She added "The person who did your bandages..." She sighed, after Kenashi did nothing but stare, coldly. "Well...who knew such a young girl could be so much trouble...I really can't believe you the same girl who's been in the papers, the same hitokiri."
Kenashi said nothing. Which made Megumi a bit mad "Well do you not talk!?"
Still she said nothing, Megumi walked over to her, slowly, as if she would attack her any minute. And set a food tray down. She backed away quickly, and walked back over to the door. She opened in and seemed to be in thought; she then looked back at Kenashi. "I'd be thankful if I were you girl, we could have turned you in, or you could be eating Kaoru's cooking." With that she closed the door fast, with a loud slam.
Megumi sighed as she stepped out of the room, looking up to see Kenshin, Kaoru, Sano and Yahiko.
"So? How is she?" Asked Kenshin
She looked at Kenshin seriously, almost angry like "She scares me; however, she is awake..." Megumi walked off slowly, shoving through Kaoru and Yahiko, and disappearing in a near by room.
Kaoru looked to the door. She had a deep sick like feeling in her gut, she wanted to go into the room, she wanted to see her, wanted to comfort her some how.
Kenshin looked at her, and as if reading her thoughts said "I think we should let her be for a while longer, that I do."
Kaoru looked at him, and back at the door, then she nodded in an unwanted agreement.
Kenashi looked at her surrounding, she felt sick, and she didn't want to be here. She looked down at the tray beside her bed; she kicked it over violently with her feet. She grimaced in pain as her leg started to hurt again, but she was so mad, confused, and sad, she could care less for it.A sick sadness over whelmed her, but she refused to cry, even though it hurt her head and made her dizzy to resist it. Right then all she had on her mind was to get out of here, and kill the one who had put her there in the first place. "Battousai…you'll get your retribution."
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Wow, there the second chapter^^it was pretty long huh? This my first fanfic so go easy on me, please R&R!!^^And any comment that would help me in my writing would be most appreciated!! As long as your not mean^^' I'm a sesitive person, that I am.
~*~Sakura~*~
I'm also hoping to put one chapter up at lest every two weeks. Hopfuly sooner. Thank you.
By: Sakura
Chapter Review-Mysterious killings have appeared in Tokyo, and they only seem to get worse. Gensai-sensai tries to cheer every one up by taking them out to the Akabeko. But that dosen't seem to help. As Kaoru spots two people there, a man and a girl, and the girl looks just like her!
Chapter 2
Heart and the Unknown (Part 1)
It was true, this girl, looked just like Kaoru. Kaoru could do nothing but stare. It wasn't like it was normal to walk into a place a see your unknown twin!
Kenshin noticed her aw, and looked over to the man and the girl.
The girl, was dressed in a normal very plane dark blue kimono, and didn't seem to be enjoying herself very much, her head was faced down where her bang dropped into her face a bit, and she was holding something, but because of the wall in between the tables Kenshin couldn't make out what it was.
The girl seemed to notices people were looking at her, because she glanced at Kenshin and Kaoru slightly then went back to her omniscient state. The man was also pretty serious, but she seemed to be having a much better time than the girl. It was strange though, they didn't talk. They just sat while the man drank his sake. They seemed to be waiting for someone, which was the only thing Kenshin could think of.
Kaoru glanced over at Kenshin to see him watching them as well. Then he turned away and looked at Kaoru. "That lady over there looks just like you, that she dose, Kaoru-dono." He said with a smile.
She nodded, but didn't really say anything after that, and didn't look back at the girl, she had the coldest eyes.
It was only a few minutes later that another man walked into the Akabeko. He looked fairly old; he was in his early 30's but looked older. He was dressed in a nice western business suit, a reddish-brown color. He talked to one of the waiters then sat down at the table with the girl and the man. The man stood up and greeted him, Kaoru, trying not to look like she was snooping, couldn't hear what he was saying. It was also becoming obvious to the others she was spying; she leaned forward and touched the hotpot with her hand. "Iee!" She backed away quickly, and noticed everyone looking at her.
"Looks like the lady is a bit of a nose." Sanosuke said laughing a bit.
"Are you ok Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin asked her.
She brought her hand out, so he could see it "I'm ok, it just surprised me that's all."
The fact that Kaoru had been watching the three people so exuberantly made Yahiko get a bit curious himself, he peeped around the corner, since he had sat on the edge backing the three people it was easy for him to see what was going on. He could see the man better than Kenshin or Kaoru could as well. He was wearing a very plain greyest blue kimono, it was quite dull. He could also see the girl, very clearly. He looked to see what she was holding, he followed the shape of it, and he knew what it was.
'Eh? A Katana? She has a Katana?'
He looked back and Kenshin and the others, who where all staring at him intentionally. He sat there for a moment not really sure what to do.
"Well?" Both Kaoru and Sano said at the same time, they glance at each other, made a strange face, and then looked back at Yahiko.
"Did you hear anything?" Kaoru asked
"Or see anything?" Sanosuke finished.
"Now, now it's none of our business what they are doing, that it isn't." Kenshin waved his hand about very Anime like. Kaoru and Sanosuke gave him a glare and he backed up a bit.
"She has a Katana, that's all I saw." Yahiko finally spoke.
"She?" Sanosuke questioned. "The girl has a Katana, a real one?" Yahiko nodded.
It was around this time the girl and the two men got up paying Miss Tae. The two men left first still in conversation while the girl followed behind, the sword hanging from her belt.
Not long after the three people left Kenshin and the gang joined them(meaning they left too^^)After the strangely nosey ordeal Gensai-sensai spoke up.
"That man who walked into the Akabeko was the assistant governor Takashi Naboku; I don't know the other man was or the women."
"Assistant governor? What dose that mean?" Yahiko asked knowing nothing about politics.
"It means he helpeds the real governor out, with paper work and meeting I'm guessing." Kaoru told him.
"Yes, yes, I believe one of the people involved in the killings recently was his boss."
The group looked around at each other suspiciously, except Kenshin who was off in his own, much more experience world.
Gensai-sensai, and his granddaughters, Suzume and Ayame, left before they reached the dojo. So the group went on back to the dojo with out them.
At a mansion across town, the same girl that was in the Akabeko sat very still her eyes never changing. They were very dark a looked to be all most all black. The two men were also there, drinking and talking.
Takashi looked over at the girl and back at the other man. "You sure she will get the job done? She is a woman after all?"
The other man smiled and laughed a bit. The girl didn't even move, but Takashi rolled his shoulder back staring at the man in confusion.
"Her!? A 'Woman'?" He laughed a bit more then stopped. "Trust me; she'll get the job done better than any man." Takashi didn't not look so placid about the situation they were talking about
"Perhaps she slips? It'll leave evidence behind that will trace her back to me."
The man frowned a bit, "Kenashi come here." He motion for the girl to come closer to him. She got up very strait walked over to him bowed and sat back down.
"Hai." Her voice was very monotoned, and it gave Takashi shivers.
"Tell the man. Are you a woman?"
She barely moved but answered "I am a hitokiri, nothing else." This seemed to please the man, and scare Takashi.
Kenshin had woken up very early, he had a dream, a dream he hadn't had in a long time, about the Bakumatsu in Kyoto. He looked up at the rising sun, he was starting a small breakfast, and he smiled a bit while stirring the miso.
"Hmm?" Kenshin's eyes jerked a bit when he relised something, the man at the Akabeko, he had seen him before some where.
Kaoru had woken up early as well, but not near as early as Kenshin, she woke up because she could smell something cooking. She walked out side, dressed in a sun bathed yellow kimono with a pattern of white flowers on it. Kenshin was sitting on the ground, cooking. His back was turned and he didn't seem to notice her walk out. She looked at him for a while after he didn't say or do anything she became a bit worried, not really knowing why; she stepped down onto the ground.
Kenshin was in his head thinking of where he had seen him before, he remembered seeing him with the ishin, and he had met him once. His name was Sejii Hatsuma, he remembered him from his messy black hair, and childish features.
He turned very sharply and fast when Kaoru approached. His eyes widen seeing the look on her face, she seemed concerned, but a bit frighten. He jumped when he relised he had his hand on his sword, and took it off quickly.
"Ohayo Kaoru-dono." He smiled to her.
She got closer and got down so that her kimono wouldn't touch the ground. "Ohayo Kenshin." The concern in her eyes didn't leave.
They were quite for some time, till Kaoru shuffled her feet and spoke.
"Kenshin, I was thinking...." She was cut off, when some one started knocking at the front gate.
Both Kenshin and Kaoru looked at it for a while, and then Kaoru got up to answer it. The chief Police was there, "Police Chief!?" He bowed politely
"I'm here to see Mr. Himura."
Kaoru nodded and let him in.
Kenshin sat with the Police chief. There was silence, Kaoru brought in tea, and him and Kenshin drank it quietly, Kaoru sat down near Kenshin looking back and forth from the two men.
The chief police put his cup down. "Himura, I am sure you're aware of the strange events happening..."
Kenshin nodded "That I am."
"Well, as you may also know, the police have been looking into this, but, I'm afraid not enough. We have no evidence so far as to who might be behind this."
Kenshin nodded again.
"But..." He continued. "We did get one word as to where the next killing might happen. We have men posted there but..."
"You would feel better if I went, is that not correct?"
The chief stopped for a moment "Ah, yes...that is correct...were not even sure if it will happen there..."
Kenshin stopped him. "I understand that I do." He smiled a bit "I'll be there."
Kaoru had to leave the room for the rest of the conversation, which the chief said was top secret. She wasn't so sure, but she did it anyways.
It wasn't long after that the Chief police left, bowing very deeply to Kenshin and thanking him, and then Kaoru for the drink.
The rest of the day went on normally, but quite...
During the evening Sanosuke came over, they laughed and had a good time, but Kaoru could tell there was something else on Kenshin's mind. They all parted for bed, Kenshin too, but when all went quite, he stirred, and put up his bed.
Kenshin walked out side the dojo, were a police officer was waiting for him.
"Follow me Himura-sama."
Kenshin followed, the streets were dark, and dead quite.
The house the arrived at was an old Japanese mansion. There was security posted everywhere, they let Kenshin and the cop through.
The chief police was there to greet Kenshin. He wouldn't be telling him the details, Kenshin guess. The government liked to keep this kind of thing quite.
To so call victim to be was not present, he was at the police station.
But someone else was there; he walked quietly out of the shadows. He had short black hair that seemed to have a natural ability to stay sticking up no matter what he did. His eyes were a mix of three different colors, blue, brown, and green. Each color was oddly separated from the other. His face was childish, and smooth, but it gave off an apparently uninviting expression.
"Is everything in place chief?" He asked
Kenshin turned to him, and in a bit of surprise, though, not shown on his face, saw that this man was they same one that was at the Akabeko.
"Mr. Sejii Hatsuma? Sir? Where you not suppose to leave? This situation might become dangerous." Mr. Sejii's attention was then drawn over to Kenshin, who gave him his Rurouni blank stare.
"Hmm?" He seemed to be thinking for a moment "Ah yes I know you!" He finally replied, his full attention on Kenshin. "The strongest Ishin Imperialist that put fear into the hearts of every swordsman during the Bakumatsu. Himura Battousai!"
Kenshin looked more closely at him. Yes, he did know this person; he joined the Ishin three years before the revolution ended. He had not seemed much of him, because he was in another section, but he had seen him once, he looked very much like what he dose now. "But now." Kenshin added to him "I'm only a Rurouni." He looked over Kenshin then back at the chief.
"I only came to see if everything was going as planned?"
"Yes." Replied the chief "There is no need to worry sir, we'll be sure to capture the culprit with Mr. Himura with us."
It was then they hear a noise from out side, the slice of a sword and a small mutter of death.
"He's here!!" Yelled the chief moving his hand to tell the troops to move in on the swordsman.
It was then an older looking man came in the room.
"Mr. Gouha!!" The chief yelled at him
"What are you doing here?!" finished Mr. Sejii and he started to rush forward to him. Kenshin stopped him.
"Wait..."
Mr. Gouha stumbled forward, and then fell over, dead. Blood stained all over his back. Standing over his cold dead body, in the dark, was a figure holding a sword, with long wavy hair up in a high pony tail. It sheathed the sword quickly and ran. Kenshin followed swiftly behind him.
The chief ordered al of his men to follow.
Kenshin was still right behind him, the police on the ground could not keep up and when they all ran into a dead in they lost sight of both the killer and Kenshin.
'He's fast!' Kenshin thought has they flew over the building tops. Quickly Kenshin used a wall near him to go above the killer; he drew his sword quickly and brought it down on him.
With a lightning fast speed, the killer had apparently drawn his sword as well; the two swords meet with a clang. The killer pushed hard back ageist Kenshin's sword, making then lock in on position. But at this angle Kenshin could see the persons face. Long strands of black hair flew into there face, eyes were narrowed, looking at Kenshin. Cold, ice like, but yet, unemotional, the eyes of a true killer.
This person Kenshin notice, by the fair skin, and fairly small body, this person was a girl. This person looked a lot like Kaoru.
"Who are you?" She jumped back a bit.
"I....." She hesitated as if she was about to say something else but changed her mind at the last moment "Kenashi, Hitokiri." She drew her sword up a bit "I cannot let you live." She went low to the ground, putting her sword right out in front of her. "Ikuyo!"
Kenshin thought, he had seen this stance once before. He had also heard the name Kenashi before, but was she the same person? The girl they had brought in, she had been only 11 at the time, Kenshin remembered seeing her, he also saw her battle once before.
She went out at him, at amazing speed. From the ground she brought her sword up, hitting Kenshin's with such a hard impact he was thrown back a bit.
"Why are you killing these people?" Kenshin asked her as he blocked another one of her attacks
"This is none of your concern!" She jumped back a bit, and then lunged forward in an attack that greatly resembled one of his own. He blocked it, but he was pushed back again. Kenashi keep on pushing him back, until, with out really noticing, they both fell off the roof on the two stories building. His breath was knocked out of him by the impact of the ground. Rain started to fall. Kenshin could feel Kenashi's weight on him, he looked quickly. Her arm was bleeding, and he noticed her sword was behind him. She was still moving, and he rolled her off quickly.
She looked up at him, and looked around for her sword, when she tried to go for it, she fell back in pain.
"Try not to move." Kenshin told her trying to examine her wounds. She glared at him. "Stay back! I'm not done yet..." She rolled over and grabbed her sword and pointed it at him. She got up shakily "Get up!" She yelled at him "Fight me!" He got up slowly; his sword was still in his hand. He looked at it for a moment, it had blood on it.
Kenshin looked back up at her, her arm was still bleeding, and the blood washed off her and on to the ground from the rain.
'Had his blade cut her?' he didn't know, they fell so fast, he hadn't had any time to see it.
She raised her sword, and was about to go at him when an all too familiar voice came from behind him. "Kenshin!!" Sanosuke came up from behind her. She turned around, in a talented way she move her sword around to him. Sanosuke jumped back, she had nicked him arm, but nothing more.
Her head was spinning, and her target fell in and out of focus. The pain in her leg was at its pinnacle in pain and her arm made it worse. She didn't even notice Kenshin, come up when she was looking at Sano, and hit her in the stomach, knocking her into darkness.
Kenashi woke, it was sunny, and she could hear birds out side. She was lying somewhere she knew not. Her hands were tied and her feet, but, her leg had been bandaged up and her arm was as well. She looked around the room curiously.
*Slid*
The door to the room slid open, Kenashi squinted from the light. The person closed the door behind them.
"So you're up?"
A woman stood there. She had long flowing black hair. "I'm Megumi." She added "The person who did your bandages..." She sighed, after Kenashi did nothing but stare, coldly. "Well...who knew such a young girl could be so much trouble...I really can't believe you the same girl who's been in the papers, the same hitokiri."
Kenashi said nothing. Which made Megumi a bit mad "Well do you not talk!?"
Still she said nothing, Megumi walked over to her, slowly, as if she would attack her any minute. And set a food tray down. She backed away quickly, and walked back over to the door. She opened in and seemed to be in thought; she then looked back at Kenashi. "I'd be thankful if I were you girl, we could have turned you in, or you could be eating Kaoru's cooking." With that she closed the door fast, with a loud slam.
Megumi sighed as she stepped out of the room, looking up to see Kenshin, Kaoru, Sano and Yahiko.
"So? How is she?" Asked Kenshin
She looked at Kenshin seriously, almost angry like "She scares me; however, she is awake..." Megumi walked off slowly, shoving through Kaoru and Yahiko, and disappearing in a near by room.
Kaoru looked to the door. She had a deep sick like feeling in her gut, she wanted to go into the room, she wanted to see her, wanted to comfort her some how.
Kenshin looked at her, and as if reading her thoughts said "I think we should let her be for a while longer, that I do."
Kaoru looked at him, and back at the door, then she nodded in an unwanted agreement.
Kenashi looked at her surrounding, she felt sick, and she didn't want to be here. She looked down at the tray beside her bed; she kicked it over violently with her feet. She grimaced in pain as her leg started to hurt again, but she was so mad, confused, and sad, she could care less for it.A sick sadness over whelmed her, but she refused to cry, even though it hurt her head and made her dizzy to resist it. Right then all she had on her mind was to get out of here, and kill the one who had put her there in the first place. "Battousai…you'll get your retribution."
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Wow, there the second chapter^^it was pretty long huh? This my first fanfic so go easy on me, please R&R!!^^And any comment that would help me in my writing would be most appreciated!! As long as your not mean^^' I'm a sesitive person, that I am.
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I'm also hoping to put one chapter up at lest every two weeks. Hopfuly sooner. Thank you.