Hitokiri of the Bloodless Moon: Well, I guess I will try to write more to this. I was babysitting last night and got a great idea. Would anyone like to read a fic about Kenshin turning (some how, but I have no clue how) into a toddler and Soujiro, Enishi, and Aoshi have to baby sit him? Just an idea, tell me in your review.

Tokyo Samurai

Chapter three: A little Trouble for Soujiro




The market was full of people. Many young women were shopping for kimonos and accessories. Other women were grocery shopping with young children at their skirts. And there were plenty of men around selling their wares or settling business. Yahiko ran through the crowd as he skipped from one stand to another looking for the perfect gift to give Tsabuma. Yahiko didn't notice the man who had almost tried to rob the Akabeko earlier nor did he notice the Tenken who followed after that seedy man.

Yahiko stopped at a stand with less people crowding around it. The stand was run by an old woman; she was sitting on a stool reading a news paper. Yahiko was amazed at the wares on her table. There were lots of jewelry, necklaces and earrings. Yahiko new that Tsabuma didn't have her ears pierced, so earrings were deffinantly out of the question.

Mean while, two men stood on the other side of the street in an alley way, watching people go by and keeping a particular eye on Yahiko. The first was the robber, and the second his friend.
"Well, Jess, what do you have to say," the second man asked the first.

"Look Aki, I know it was a mess up. But, that kid has friends that care for him, I have the perfect plan," Jess replied.

"Just as long as you pay up," Aki replied before walking off.

Soujiro watched as Aki walked into the flow of people. Jess, the man who had been following Yahiko was still at the mouth of the alley way. Soujiro landed lightly behind him. The man did not notice the young man as he pulled out a knife and circled to stand in front of him.

"Hello there," Soujiro greeted with a smile on his face, not the one he usually wears when greeting someone. Jess looked surprised and then he growled loudly.

"What the hell do you want, kid?" Jess asked angrily.

"Maa, maa, is that anyway to greet someone with a weapon in their hand?" Soujiro asked; his smile turned dangerous.

"Hn, what do ya want?" Jess repeated his question.

"Gomen Nasai, but, I have been troubled over the reason to why you are following my young friend," Soujiro stated.

"I don't know what you mean," Jess objected. Soujiro looked behind him to see Yahiko pay for whatever it was he bought. Then he turned back to the man he was holding at bay with his knife.

When Soujiro turned around, he got a fist in the side of his cheek.
"Well, that will leave a mark," Soujiro smiled happily before decking the man, hard in the side of the head. Jess fell backwards and didn't get up from the ground. Soujiro smiled as he put his knife away and walked into the flow of people. No one noticed the little fist fight, and no one noticed the body on the ground.

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Yahiko hummed as he walked back to the dojo. He fingered the butterfly shaped locket he had bought with the little yen he had. It was made out of dark iron that had been melted into the shape of the butterfly. On the wings of the butterfly, there were small yellow gems around the rim, and the same gems on the antennas of the piece. It was then that someone took step beside him. Yahiko looked up to see Soujiro smiling down at him. Soujiro took note of the locket.

"Girls like that sort of thing, I'm sure that Tsabuma-chan will love it," Soujiro said.

"Arigatou for the idea Soujiro, I didn't know who to ask, and I really didn't want to ask Kenshin. He is as clueless as they come when the subject is about girls. He doesn't even notice Kaoru when she tries to get his attention," Yahiko replied.

"Probably because he likes her," Soujiro said.

"Kenshin? Like that ugly girl? No way!" Yahiko retorted.

"Well, I know from experience that you can't guess at what the Battousai is thinking," Soujiro said.

"Kenshin ain't no Battousai any more, so stop referring to him like that!" Yahiko yelled. Soujiro chuckled.

"I guess you are right," Soujiro said. Then the two walked on in peace. Soon, Soujiro stopped. Yahiko looked up at him.

"I...need to go do something, take care," Soujiro said as he turned from the road and walked into the forest. Yahiko watched him go, then once the Tenken was out of sight Yahiko went on his way to the dojo.

Kaoru paced the porch way of the dojo when Yahiko walked into the yard.
"Hay Ugly, what's up?" Yahiko asked.

"You! Where in the world were you?" Kaoru asked as she tapped her shinai against her leg.
"I had to do something, important," Yahiko replied.

"Really? Like saving the Akabeko...again!" Kaoru asked a small smile on her lips.

"You ain't mad at me?" Yahiko asked.

"Of course not, I am glad that my number one apprentice was able to take down a robber and safe lots of innocent people from the threat of losing money!" Kaoru said as a grin broke out on her face.

"Arigatou Kaoru-Sensei," Yahiko said as he ran to his room. Kaoru smiled a she went off, then she too turned to go to her room to get ready for dinner. She stopped in middle stride.

"Did...he just call me 'Sensei'?" Kaoru asked her self. When she was sure Yahiko had, she jumped up for joy.

"Hai! He did! Soon, he will be a master at Kamiya Kasshin Ryu!" Kaoru said happily to herself.

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Hitokiri of the Bloodless: Well, how was that? I'm glad that I chose Soujiro to help Yahiko out instead of Kenshin like I had first planned. But hay, what can one do? Especially when I get good reviews and someone just HAPPENS to mention Soujiro and how there aren't enough fics about him. Well, I am planning on writing one that totally revolves around him soon. I just need to finish a fic or two first. Please review and thank you to everyone whop has reviewed so far.

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