The Sword With Out A Name
By: Sakura
Disclaimer: All characters or Rurouni Kenshin do not belong to me.
Chapter Review: Kenashi has left, and now, Kaoru is a bit edgy...would Kenashi really go back to killing for that guy? And who was she really? Maybe.....it was time to find out....
Chapter 4
A Sword With No Name, And A Past No A Future
Before I go on, I would like to apologies, for my lateness, I could give a hundred excuses, but nothing would help you know? So instead, I give you the rest of the story^^
Thank you to all the readers^^
~*~Sakura~*~
My name....?
Is not really Kenashi, but I will not tell you my real name, for I do not remember it. It is a name long ago forgotten with the past, it's a name I fear to bring up, it is a past I fear to discover, a past I fear, a past....that will come after me...
Kaoru lay awake in bed, it had been only a day since Kenashi left, and the sky was still grey, and the rain was still falling. She turned over once more, questions pouring into her head, untill, she slowly drowned in them, and fell in to an unpleasent sleep.
But it was that morning the clouds parted, and Kaoru, found her self feeling much better, and got on with her lessons. Still, later in the day, she begain to feel uncerten again and wondering, and at dinner she voiced it.
"I want to find out more about her."
Both Kenshin and Yahiko stopped eating and looked at her blankly. Kenshin was about to speak up, when the door flung open, and Sanosuke came in and sat down.
"Yo, sorry I'm late for dinner, you guys still got some grub though right?"
Kaoru glared at him, "Unfortantly...yes...we have extra...." She vilontly threw a boll or rice at him. He cuaght it just in time before it hit his face.
"What's wroung with the messes? Is it one of 'thoese' days or what?" Kaoru shot him another univiting glare.
Kenshin smiled and replyed "No, she was about to disscus somthing on her mind with us, it's ok Kaoru-dono, you may continue."
She calmed down "Well, I huh......"
There was a short pause.
"...hehe...I don't really remeber anymore..."(Everyone falls over)
After a few more bites of food, she rememebered what was going on(Kenshin remebered to whole time.....)And they ended up telling the whole thing to Sanosuke(who had no clue, though he knew about Kenashi...just not what happened.)he was a bit too interested in Kaoru's opinion.
"I want to find out about her...I mean, who is she, and what was she talking about last night, and who who was that guy?" She sighed. "I know this is none of my buisness but..." She didn't finnish out loud, for she wasn't sure she knew what she was going to say to begain with, and she didn't want Sano to make any comints, or Yahiko for that matter. '...I felt something...about her...' She though putting her head down.
None said anything else on the matter though, Kaoru wasn't quite sure if they didn't care, or maybe just didn't want to talk about, though she couldn't see why. She spent the day in silance, and hardly spoke, she was to busy stuck in her own mind.
Her change did not go unoticed however, Kenshin, Yahiko and even Sanosuke could see somthing was wrong, but, didn't know what to say about it, none of them knew anything...did they?
"Hiruma Battousai...?" Seji Hastuma said slowly thinking to him self. He had been like this since Kenashi had come back, and had told how she was caught.
He finaly went to Kenashi she was sitting on the edge of the house, staring at the quite night. "Kenashi." He said softly but very sturnly. He didn't suprse her, she turned around slowly and looked at him with her deep eyes "I've deiced it best for you to lay low for the time being, do not step out side, and defently do not do anything else with out my permision. Instead, I want you to pratice. You'll need it."
She bowed to him. "Yes sir, I understand."
"I knew you would." He shut the door behind him.
She stared at the door...Actualy...she had no idea, the thoughts flew through her head on what he could be planing. She begain thinking, of why she was there...what was she doing here?
'Wait' she did remeber it was a little over 14 years ago, but it was as vivid in her memory as yesterday.
She could remeber this, she could remeber the first time she meet him, the first time she felt, somthing fimilar, something she had felt before, but never had.
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She was a young girl at the time, 11 years of age, or at lest, she thought that was so.(Don't worry she's right^^)
It was in the city of Edo( old name for Tokyo)she had not a home to go home too. It was there in the city, when she was dieing of hunger and thirst, she stole something. It was only a pickel, but the shop keeper made a big deal out of it. He grabed her hand and shook it till the pickel fell out of her hand. He threw her down and started yelling, Though, she didn't hear what he was saying because the next thing, she had drawn her sword from her belt, and killed him. She stared down at him for a while and then back to the blood running off the sword. It was simple to her, her had hurt her, and she didn't like it, so, she figured 'death' was a good enough sentince for him doing her harm.
It had been very early, and not many people had been out to see this, but one person was, and one person did, his name was Seji Hatsuma.
He was carful in walking up to the battered girl, her kita was in rags, and she was very dirty head to toe.
She pointed her sword at him as he walked up. "Stay away." She had said. "Don't come near, or I shall bring 'death' apon you as well."
He had looked at her funny, then started laughing. "Young miss shall bring 'death' apon me? That I do not doubt." He looked at the dead man beside her. "You then are not effected by the fact you just killed someone?"
She justed stared at him "I have done it before..." He sarted walking a bit closing and she drew back a bit, her sword still up.
"Miss..." He got down a bit so he was more even with her, looking right into her eyes. "What is your name?"
"...You don't plan on hurting me too then?"
He laughed again "No of course not, I can see no reason to hurt you."
She lower her sword a bit, but looked at him with diss trust "...I don't know my name..."
"Ah...Is that so?" He put his hand out a bit "Come with me, and we shall find it." She hesitaned to reach out with her free hand. "It's ok....I promise I will not harm you."
Finaly she reached his hand, it was warm in the cold air, and she felt relived. He walked with her, away from the incident, to a near by hotel.
When he entered there was pretty lady at the front.
"Seji-sama welcome back....ah...." She caught sigh of Kenashi. "What? Who Seji-sama?"
"A girl with no home, I found her wondering the street."
She looked at Seji and back at Kenashi. "Well here let me take her, and we shall get her bathed, and dressed." The pretty lady took Kenashi's arm gently and pulled her toworred her, she relunctly let go of Seji's hand.
"Whats your name child?" the lady ashed as she walked with Kenashi to the wash room.
"Your pretty..." was all that came out of Kenashi's mouth.
She laughed lightly. "Well that's nice of you to say...unless your to say your name is yourpretty?"
Kenashi shook her head. "No...I don't know my name..."
"Ah..."
It was the when Seji showed up with a white kinomo in his hand. "Kenashi."
"Huh?" She lady asked.
"Her name is Kenashi."
"Oh Kenashi is it, well she should have said so." The women laughed agian lightly and took the clothing from Seji thanking him for bringing it and bowing.
Kenashi looked at him confused. "Ah..." but she cut off as she was drawn away by the lady.
The lady cleaned her up, and dressed her in a kinomo. However, before the women even started butting the obi around her Kenashi took it off.
The lady started at her "Young girl what are you doing?"
She stared at the kinomo on the ground, only wearing the under shirt. "I don't like it." She commented. "It's uncomfible, and tight."
"It's what all respectible women wear dear."
Kenashi clutched her sword in her other hand(she had refused to let it go)"I'm not a women."
The lady laughed "Or course you are dear, what are you talking about."
"I'm a swordsman." The lady stopped laughing. And looked at Kenashi.
"Dear...Swords are for men...defintly not for little girls." She grabbed the sword(it's sheathed)in Kenashi's hand. Kenashi reacted emeditly, the lady had grabbed the sheath, and Kenashi jumped back, drawing the sword out, bringing it up and pointing it at her. "I will not wear it."
The lady jumped back. Frusterated at Kenashi's stubburnesse, she opened the door "Fine, wear what you wish!" and slamed it shut behind her.
Kenashi put her sword down and sheathed it again. She when through the closet near her and found some pants to her liking, hamaka pants.
She stuck her sword in her belt right as the door opened again. She grabbed her sword with her hand but did not draw it, it was Seji.
"Kenashi!? Why did you treat Okami-san like that?"
She dropped her hand from her sword. "She tried to take my katana away, I won't let anyone do that."
He sighed. "Ah..." He walked up to her slowly. "Look Kenashi...it's like this...if you wish to weild your katana, do it among your enemies, not your friends. I can understand you doing something if you are scared, or, if someone else has a katana pointing at you, but please do not ponit it at anyone inocent."
She looked at him "Innocent?" She repeted.
He put his hands gentely on her shoulder "Yes, a person who has not done harm to you, or someone else close to you."
She looked up at him, ashamed, that she had done somthing not to his liking, but she was also confused she had never been taught about this. "Ok, I promise I will not draw on anyone 'Innocent' again..."
He smiled at her "That is a good girl." He said lightly patting her head. He sighed, and took her hand again, "Come on now, and come eat. I bet your starving."
She said nothing, but followed him. She liked his hand...
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'That was a long time ago,..' Kenashi thought as she sat. 'People change a lot over time.'
"Ten years is enough to make someone rot." she whispered to herself then she drew her sword slowly from the sheath, the blade shimered in the moonlight. "I wonder how long one can last like this?"
She sat there for a little, but she could not longer stand her curiousity. She wanted to know what Seji was up to, she had a faint idea that she knew the answer already. She was hopful though, for something different. The house was fairly large, and it took a while for her to locate him. She opened one door after another, when after way around the house from her own room, she heard the sound of wood clattering to the ground, and the movment of a sword. Seji had not been in the house, he was out side in the garden practising. She came up to him quitely, she had not seen him weild a sword for years. Yet as she saw him practicing, she took note that his skill had not dimisnished it seemed. She thought he was very elegant with the sword, though not as good as herself(she had beat him many times)his fighting was like the flow of water, fluid. As she watched him she left something swell up in her chest, and her face became hot as she looked at him.
He stopped suddenly after another wood dummy had fallen to the ground cut in half. "Kenashi...shouldn't you be resting?" He said with out looking at her, he whiped the sword of with a towle and sheathed it, his face facing the ground the whole time.
She came forward. "I am not tried." She stated simply looking away from him.
He smiled at her, though she didn't see it. "Tomorrow is the day." He walked toward her, and Kenashi made extra sure he couldn't see her face, it was so hot, she was sure something was wrong with it. "You remeber me telling you long ago? That I would make sure you would be strongest."
Kenashi nodded but didn't look at him.
"Even though the Bakumatsu has died, there is still a change for you to find your title..."
She turned her head towards him, the color in her face had vanshied.
"If you kill the Battousai you can rest in peace Kenashi!"
"Ie..." Kenashi answered silently and softly.
"Kenashi if you do this we can both be happy." He put his hands on her shoulder.
The past few weeks had completly changed the girl in front of him. Her eyes where still cold and silent, but they held a gaze that was different than the one she had before, and Seji feared this change in her.
She lifted her head to him "Is it what you want? For me to keep going on like this?"
He knew it... "So your giving up? You have to keep killing Kenashi, I won't let you give up! It's a perfectly good bussneiss in these times, and it keeps you here." His last words where said in a way Kenashi had never heard him speak before. He either talked to her as if she was a child, or he was strick, and sturn to her. This tone had been different, but she didn't reconise it.
She pulled from his grip, and turned away. "Then I'll need practise." She turned and looked at him sturnly with her cold eyes "Oyasumi Seji-san." She left him quickly, out in the dark.
Kaoru woke up refreshed the next day, all that thinking had worn her out. Though she hadn't given up on Kenashi. She knew it was rude to butt into peoples lives, but...Kenashi didn't seem like a bad person. Kaoru wondered why she was like the way she was, why did she contenuie to kill after the revolution? And where did she come from?
Kaoru got up and dressed in a yellow and blue flowered pattern Kimono. She brushed her long hair and tied it up in her normal ponytail form. When she went outside she found Kenshin already up. She had over slept a bit, and he was usuly up before her anyways. She was glade though that he had already fixed something for breakfest...she didn't feel like making them anything.
Kenashi was practising when Seji left with a small note in his hand. He didn't want her coming with. The Battousai had done something to her that could cause her death. He hated him for it. He feared that Kenashi had was starting to think like him, even like Himura, and he couldn't stand it. It took him less time that he tought it would to get to the Kamiya Dojo. The front gate wasn't open, but he wasn't planning on using it anyways. He jumped on to the fence surrounding the dojo. And landing perfectly in the front yard facing Kenshin.
Kenshin looked at him, and stopped cleaning.
"Sumimasen. I have intruded." He bowed, put did not lower his gaze to Kenshin. Anger filled his face. "I have a letter for you, Himura-san." He pulled out the small peice of paper from the pocket in his sleeve.
Kaoru watched from the house, she had just finnished the cleaning her part when she heard his voice. She watched Kenshin walk slowly up to Seji, and take the paper from his hand. He read the front, but did not open it. "It's from Kenashi, I believe it is to thank you for your kindness." He said angerly and sarcasticly. He bowed his head and little, and then when out the way he had come in.
Kenshin opened the letter where he stood, and Kaoru went running toward him. "Kenshin!? What does it say?"
He turned toward her, and put it in her hand. "It is a challange."
Kaoru opened it quickly it said...
~Battousai
~
~I can not forgive you, not for beating me, and not for keeping me there. I want to finnish what started.
~I will come for you in three days. You have no right to tell me that I shouldn't be how I am, you should know, but then maybe you don't know. For the sake of my honor as strongest I will kill you. I can not back down.
~
Kaoru was is shock 'but why...' she couldn't get why Kenashi was so mad, she didn't seem very mad...she seemed perfectly fine here. "Why?"
"She did not write that, that she didn't." Kaoru heard Kenshin speak from behind her, he had gone back to the laundry.
"What?" She asked him, not quite understanding what he ment. "She didn't write it? So she's not going to fight you."
Kenshin shook his head "No, she will come." He shook the cloth in his hand to get the excess water out of it. "She does not have that hand writing."
Kaoru was still confused "....Ummm...you know her hand writing?"
"She wrote a letter to Seji-dono while she was here, I happened to see it...that is all."
"Oh..." Kaoru looked down at the letter again "But she's coming?"
Kenshin got up and went over to Kaoru smiling "She'll do it for him." He said taking the letter from her. Kaoru just stared at him. Figuring out what he said on her own. She understood after a moment, and said nothing more. She guessed though, from Kenshin's tone. That he did not wish to fight her. Kaoru could not blame him.
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Ending this chapter here^^I havn't work on it in a while because our old computer got all messed up, then I got a new one, so I ahd to put my work on the new one, and for some reason this chapter's file became corrupted...so I had to rewrite it. I am only going to write one more chapter on this. I may do more with the story but the again I may not^^' I am hoping to go through these and spell check them throughly and correct them. I know they are not edited very well^^'
~*~Sakura~*~
By: Sakura
Disclaimer: All characters or Rurouni Kenshin do not belong to me.
Chapter Review: Kenashi has left, and now, Kaoru is a bit edgy...would Kenashi really go back to killing for that guy? And who was she really? Maybe.....it was time to find out....
Chapter 4
A Sword With No Name, And A Past No A Future
Before I go on, I would like to apologies, for my lateness, I could give a hundred excuses, but nothing would help you know? So instead, I give you the rest of the story^^
Thank you to all the readers^^
~*~Sakura~*~
My name....?
Is not really Kenashi, but I will not tell you my real name, for I do not remember it. It is a name long ago forgotten with the past, it's a name I fear to bring up, it is a past I fear to discover, a past I fear, a past....that will come after me...
Kaoru lay awake in bed, it had been only a day since Kenashi left, and the sky was still grey, and the rain was still falling. She turned over once more, questions pouring into her head, untill, she slowly drowned in them, and fell in to an unpleasent sleep.
But it was that morning the clouds parted, and Kaoru, found her self feeling much better, and got on with her lessons. Still, later in the day, she begain to feel uncerten again and wondering, and at dinner she voiced it.
"I want to find out more about her."
Both Kenshin and Yahiko stopped eating and looked at her blankly. Kenshin was about to speak up, when the door flung open, and Sanosuke came in and sat down.
"Yo, sorry I'm late for dinner, you guys still got some grub though right?"
Kaoru glared at him, "Unfortantly...yes...we have extra...." She vilontly threw a boll or rice at him. He cuaght it just in time before it hit his face.
"What's wroung with the messes? Is it one of 'thoese' days or what?" Kaoru shot him another univiting glare.
Kenshin smiled and replyed "No, she was about to disscus somthing on her mind with us, it's ok Kaoru-dono, you may continue."
She calmed down "Well, I huh......"
There was a short pause.
"...hehe...I don't really remeber anymore..."(Everyone falls over)
After a few more bites of food, she rememebered what was going on(Kenshin remebered to whole time.....)And they ended up telling the whole thing to Sanosuke(who had no clue, though he knew about Kenashi...just not what happened.)he was a bit too interested in Kaoru's opinion.
"I want to find out about her...I mean, who is she, and what was she talking about last night, and who who was that guy?" She sighed. "I know this is none of my buisness but..." She didn't finnish out loud, for she wasn't sure she knew what she was going to say to begain with, and she didn't want Sano to make any comints, or Yahiko for that matter. '...I felt something...about her...' She though putting her head down.
None said anything else on the matter though, Kaoru wasn't quite sure if they didn't care, or maybe just didn't want to talk about, though she couldn't see why. She spent the day in silance, and hardly spoke, she was to busy stuck in her own mind.
Her change did not go unoticed however, Kenshin, Yahiko and even Sanosuke could see somthing was wrong, but, didn't know what to say about it, none of them knew anything...did they?
"Hiruma Battousai...?" Seji Hastuma said slowly thinking to him self. He had been like this since Kenashi had come back, and had told how she was caught.
He finaly went to Kenashi she was sitting on the edge of the house, staring at the quite night. "Kenashi." He said softly but very sturnly. He didn't suprse her, she turned around slowly and looked at him with her deep eyes "I've deiced it best for you to lay low for the time being, do not step out side, and defently do not do anything else with out my permision. Instead, I want you to pratice. You'll need it."
She bowed to him. "Yes sir, I understand."
"I knew you would." He shut the door behind him.
She stared at the door...Actualy...she had no idea, the thoughts flew through her head on what he could be planing. She begain thinking, of why she was there...what was she doing here?
'Wait' she did remeber it was a little over 14 years ago, but it was as vivid in her memory as yesterday.
She could remeber this, she could remeber the first time she meet him, the first time she felt, somthing fimilar, something she had felt before, but never had.
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She was a young girl at the time, 11 years of age, or at lest, she thought that was so.(Don't worry she's right^^)
It was in the city of Edo( old name for Tokyo)she had not a home to go home too. It was there in the city, when she was dieing of hunger and thirst, she stole something. It was only a pickel, but the shop keeper made a big deal out of it. He grabed her hand and shook it till the pickel fell out of her hand. He threw her down and started yelling, Though, she didn't hear what he was saying because the next thing, she had drawn her sword from her belt, and killed him. She stared down at him for a while and then back to the blood running off the sword. It was simple to her, her had hurt her, and she didn't like it, so, she figured 'death' was a good enough sentince for him doing her harm.
It had been very early, and not many people had been out to see this, but one person was, and one person did, his name was Seji Hatsuma.
He was carful in walking up to the battered girl, her kita was in rags, and she was very dirty head to toe.
She pointed her sword at him as he walked up. "Stay away." She had said. "Don't come near, or I shall bring 'death' apon you as well."
He had looked at her funny, then started laughing. "Young miss shall bring 'death' apon me? That I do not doubt." He looked at the dead man beside her. "You then are not effected by the fact you just killed someone?"
She justed stared at him "I have done it before..." He sarted walking a bit closing and she drew back a bit, her sword still up.
"Miss..." He got down a bit so he was more even with her, looking right into her eyes. "What is your name?"
"...You don't plan on hurting me too then?"
He laughed again "No of course not, I can see no reason to hurt you."
She lower her sword a bit, but looked at him with diss trust "...I don't know my name..."
"Ah...Is that so?" He put his hand out a bit "Come with me, and we shall find it." She hesitaned to reach out with her free hand. "It's ok....I promise I will not harm you."
Finaly she reached his hand, it was warm in the cold air, and she felt relived. He walked with her, away from the incident, to a near by hotel.
When he entered there was pretty lady at the front.
"Seji-sama welcome back....ah...." She caught sigh of Kenashi. "What? Who Seji-sama?"
"A girl with no home, I found her wondering the street."
She looked at Seji and back at Kenashi. "Well here let me take her, and we shall get her bathed, and dressed." The pretty lady took Kenashi's arm gently and pulled her toworred her, she relunctly let go of Seji's hand.
"Whats your name child?" the lady ashed as she walked with Kenashi to the wash room.
"Your pretty..." was all that came out of Kenashi's mouth.
She laughed lightly. "Well that's nice of you to say...unless your to say your name is yourpretty?"
Kenashi shook her head. "No...I don't know my name..."
"Ah..."
It was the when Seji showed up with a white kinomo in his hand. "Kenashi."
"Huh?" She lady asked.
"Her name is Kenashi."
"Oh Kenashi is it, well she should have said so." The women laughed agian lightly and took the clothing from Seji thanking him for bringing it and bowing.
Kenashi looked at him confused. "Ah..." but she cut off as she was drawn away by the lady.
The lady cleaned her up, and dressed her in a kinomo. However, before the women even started butting the obi around her Kenashi took it off.
The lady started at her "Young girl what are you doing?"
She stared at the kinomo on the ground, only wearing the under shirt. "I don't like it." She commented. "It's uncomfible, and tight."
"It's what all respectible women wear dear."
Kenashi clutched her sword in her other hand(she had refused to let it go)"I'm not a women."
The lady laughed "Or course you are dear, what are you talking about."
"I'm a swordsman." The lady stopped laughing. And looked at Kenashi.
"Dear...Swords are for men...defintly not for little girls." She grabbed the sword(it's sheathed)in Kenashi's hand. Kenashi reacted emeditly, the lady had grabbed the sheath, and Kenashi jumped back, drawing the sword out, bringing it up and pointing it at her. "I will not wear it."
The lady jumped back. Frusterated at Kenashi's stubburnesse, she opened the door "Fine, wear what you wish!" and slamed it shut behind her.
Kenashi put her sword down and sheathed it again. She when through the closet near her and found some pants to her liking, hamaka pants.
She stuck her sword in her belt right as the door opened again. She grabbed her sword with her hand but did not draw it, it was Seji.
"Kenashi!? Why did you treat Okami-san like that?"
She dropped her hand from her sword. "She tried to take my katana away, I won't let anyone do that."
He sighed. "Ah..." He walked up to her slowly. "Look Kenashi...it's like this...if you wish to weild your katana, do it among your enemies, not your friends. I can understand you doing something if you are scared, or, if someone else has a katana pointing at you, but please do not ponit it at anyone inocent."
She looked at him "Innocent?" She repeted.
He put his hands gentely on her shoulder "Yes, a person who has not done harm to you, or someone else close to you."
She looked up at him, ashamed, that she had done somthing not to his liking, but she was also confused she had never been taught about this. "Ok, I promise I will not draw on anyone 'Innocent' again..."
He smiled at her "That is a good girl." He said lightly patting her head. He sighed, and took her hand again, "Come on now, and come eat. I bet your starving."
She said nothing, but followed him. She liked his hand...
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'That was a long time ago,..' Kenashi thought as she sat. 'People change a lot over time.'
"Ten years is enough to make someone rot." she whispered to herself then she drew her sword slowly from the sheath, the blade shimered in the moonlight. "I wonder how long one can last like this?"
She sat there for a little, but she could not longer stand her curiousity. She wanted to know what Seji was up to, she had a faint idea that she knew the answer already. She was hopful though, for something different. The house was fairly large, and it took a while for her to locate him. She opened one door after another, when after way around the house from her own room, she heard the sound of wood clattering to the ground, and the movment of a sword. Seji had not been in the house, he was out side in the garden practising. She came up to him quitely, she had not seen him weild a sword for years. Yet as she saw him practicing, she took note that his skill had not dimisnished it seemed. She thought he was very elegant with the sword, though not as good as herself(she had beat him many times)his fighting was like the flow of water, fluid. As she watched him she left something swell up in her chest, and her face became hot as she looked at him.
He stopped suddenly after another wood dummy had fallen to the ground cut in half. "Kenashi...shouldn't you be resting?" He said with out looking at her, he whiped the sword of with a towle and sheathed it, his face facing the ground the whole time.
She came forward. "I am not tried." She stated simply looking away from him.
He smiled at her, though she didn't see it. "Tomorrow is the day." He walked toward her, and Kenashi made extra sure he couldn't see her face, it was so hot, she was sure something was wrong with it. "You remeber me telling you long ago? That I would make sure you would be strongest."
Kenashi nodded but didn't look at him.
"Even though the Bakumatsu has died, there is still a change for you to find your title..."
She turned her head towards him, the color in her face had vanshied.
"If you kill the Battousai you can rest in peace Kenashi!"
"Ie..." Kenashi answered silently and softly.
"Kenashi if you do this we can both be happy." He put his hands on her shoulder.
The past few weeks had completly changed the girl in front of him. Her eyes where still cold and silent, but they held a gaze that was different than the one she had before, and Seji feared this change in her.
She lifted her head to him "Is it what you want? For me to keep going on like this?"
He knew it... "So your giving up? You have to keep killing Kenashi, I won't let you give up! It's a perfectly good bussneiss in these times, and it keeps you here." His last words where said in a way Kenashi had never heard him speak before. He either talked to her as if she was a child, or he was strick, and sturn to her. This tone had been different, but she didn't reconise it.
She pulled from his grip, and turned away. "Then I'll need practise." She turned and looked at him sturnly with her cold eyes "Oyasumi Seji-san." She left him quickly, out in the dark.
Kaoru woke up refreshed the next day, all that thinking had worn her out. Though she hadn't given up on Kenashi. She knew it was rude to butt into peoples lives, but...Kenashi didn't seem like a bad person. Kaoru wondered why she was like the way she was, why did she contenuie to kill after the revolution? And where did she come from?
Kaoru got up and dressed in a yellow and blue flowered pattern Kimono. She brushed her long hair and tied it up in her normal ponytail form. When she went outside she found Kenshin already up. She had over slept a bit, and he was usuly up before her anyways. She was glade though that he had already fixed something for breakfest...she didn't feel like making them anything.
Kenashi was practising when Seji left with a small note in his hand. He didn't want her coming with. The Battousai had done something to her that could cause her death. He hated him for it. He feared that Kenashi had was starting to think like him, even like Himura, and he couldn't stand it. It took him less time that he tought it would to get to the Kamiya Dojo. The front gate wasn't open, but he wasn't planning on using it anyways. He jumped on to the fence surrounding the dojo. And landing perfectly in the front yard facing Kenshin.
Kenshin looked at him, and stopped cleaning.
"Sumimasen. I have intruded." He bowed, put did not lower his gaze to Kenshin. Anger filled his face. "I have a letter for you, Himura-san." He pulled out the small peice of paper from the pocket in his sleeve.
Kaoru watched from the house, she had just finnished the cleaning her part when she heard his voice. She watched Kenshin walk slowly up to Seji, and take the paper from his hand. He read the front, but did not open it. "It's from Kenashi, I believe it is to thank you for your kindness." He said angerly and sarcasticly. He bowed his head and little, and then when out the way he had come in.
Kenshin opened the letter where he stood, and Kaoru went running toward him. "Kenshin!? What does it say?"
He turned toward her, and put it in her hand. "It is a challange."
Kaoru opened it quickly it said...
~Battousai
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~I can not forgive you, not for beating me, and not for keeping me there. I want to finnish what started.
~I will come for you in three days. You have no right to tell me that I shouldn't be how I am, you should know, but then maybe you don't know. For the sake of my honor as strongest I will kill you. I can not back down.
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Kaoru was is shock 'but why...' she couldn't get why Kenashi was so mad, she didn't seem very mad...she seemed perfectly fine here. "Why?"
"She did not write that, that she didn't." Kaoru heard Kenshin speak from behind her, he had gone back to the laundry.
"What?" She asked him, not quite understanding what he ment. "She didn't write it? So she's not going to fight you."
Kenshin shook his head "No, she will come." He shook the cloth in his hand to get the excess water out of it. "She does not have that hand writing."
Kaoru was still confused "....Ummm...you know her hand writing?"
"She wrote a letter to Seji-dono while she was here, I happened to see it...that is all."
"Oh..." Kaoru looked down at the letter again "But she's coming?"
Kenshin got up and went over to Kaoru smiling "She'll do it for him." He said taking the letter from her. Kaoru just stared at him. Figuring out what he said on her own. She understood after a moment, and said nothing more. She guessed though, from Kenshin's tone. That he did not wish to fight her. Kaoru could not blame him.
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Ending this chapter here^^I havn't work on it in a while because our old computer got all messed up, then I got a new one, so I ahd to put my work on the new one, and for some reason this chapter's file became corrupted...so I had to rewrite it. I am only going to write one more chapter on this. I may do more with the story but the again I may not^^' I am hoping to go through these and spell check them throughly and correct them. I know they are not edited very well^^'
~*~Sakura~*~