Author's Note: Sorry that I didn't quite explain the clothing, but when you're trying to visualize this think of the type of clothing that you see in Rurouni Kenshin; I thought that it would have been obvious since this is a Rurouni Kenshin fic.... Sorry about that!

Tears of Infinity

By DemonicShdAngel

Chapter Two

A loud boom was heard as the flapping and crying of birds filled the air. The azure sky was blocked out by the swarm of terrified creatures as trees fell to the floor with a loud deafening sound that echoed to the nearby village.

"How could I have been so weak? I should have been able to protect her!" shouted a deep voice full of guilt as he pounded his fists against third tree that morning.

"You couldn't have prevented what happened, they were demons Sanosuke! Now stop destroying the forest and let me look at your fists rooster head," scolded Megumi in her normal violet kimono, her voice holding a bit of sympathy for the man before her.

Staring over at Megumi, who was standing by the flap of their hut, Sanosuke only looked up at the sky before walking dejectedly towards the doctor.

"I know that you feel bad for letting them get away with Kaoru, but you can't blame yourself, and then punish yourself for something that you couldn't help," said Megumi in a motherly tone, causing Sanosuke to lift up his head and look at the woman who was only a few meters away from him.

"I know, but I can't help but feel helpless. I mean, Kaoru's so innocent and now she's who knows where? Can I help it but feel a bit uneasy from the fact that one of our best friends are in the clutches of merciless demons?" asked Sanosuke as he sighed and looked at Megumi and beyond her to where Kaoru might have been.

"Did you say demon?" asked a dark and sinister voice from behind them, just near the forest.

Jumping in front of Megumi protectively, Sanosuke balled his fists ready to strike whoever was out there.

"W-who's there?" Megumi stuttered as the voice of man seemed to come from every direction; she had a bad feeling that whoever was out there wasn't exactly the nicest of people.

"My apologies for listening in on your conversation, but I couldn't have helped but hear you talk about your friend getting captured by demons," answered the voice.

"What about it?" asked Sanosuke; his eyes scanned the area around him, hoping to spot the mysterious being.

"Well I happen to be a demon exterminator," replied the voice as a shadowed figure stepped out from the forest and walked closer to them.

The man had gray hair that looked like a light violet from the way that the sun hit his head, and his emerald eyes seemed almost frightening along with the broad grin that he was giving them. He wore a large straw hat that allowed his hair to fall to his shoulders and land on his black cloak that enveloped his body. Even if he seemed in his late thirties, the shape of the man's body showed that he was still a great fighter, and the katana at his hip only made his appearance seem even more intimidating.

"Who are you?" asked Megumi as she stepped to Sanosuke's side, feeling a little better knowing that the man before her was a demon hunter and could possibly help them find their lost friend.

"I am Udou Jinei and have come here to Tokyo after hearing that the Demon Lord had lost his mate around here. I was hoping on finding her and saving her from the clutches of the Black Dragon Demon. I see that your friend has been captured, so that leads me to think that she was his mate, and that could only mean that they have taken her to Kyoto. To the Ruby Realm where all demons live," said the man as he walked up to the two shocked couple.

"Kaoru can't be the Demon Lord's mate!" said Sanosuke, failing to take in the fact that his friend might have slept with the most dangerous creature in the world.

"Ah, but she was forced to be his mate. I track down demons; therefore I know a lot about their kind and have gained a lot of knowledge from my hunts. If your friend was caught by demons, then that means that your friend is either in the Ruby Realm at this very instant or she's been devoured by those demons," stated the exterminator.

"The demons last night kept talking about how they were going to bring Kaoru to a male demon," said Megumi as she tried to remember what the two demons exactly said last night.

"So your friend is the Black Dragon's mate," said Jinei with a broad grin on his face; his teeth sparkling in the sun.

"How do we get to the Ruby Realm?" asked Sanosuke as he took a step towards the man.

"You're willing to go the Land of the Demons to retrieve your friend?" questioned Jinei, as if testing his loyalty.

"Yes, anything to get Kaoru back," said Sanosuke as he pounded his fists together.

"Then we must first go to Kyoto, where the Land of the Demons border the Land of the Humans," said Jinei.

"Let's get going then!" said Sanosuke with a grin, happy to know that he's found a way to help Kaoru come back to them.

"Wait a minute, you're heading towards Kyoto you can't just go empty handed; you haven't even eaten breakfast yet rooster head! Why don't we all go to the village and tell the others while the two of you eat? I'm sure that Tae will be happy to supply you guys with all the items that you'll need," said Megumi as she placed her hands on her hips.

"Well I guess that works too…. What do you say Jinei?" asked Sanosuke as he looked at the older man.

"I have been traveling nonstop for the past few days; a nice rest seems good," said Jinei, glad that he was not only going to get a chance to rest and get free food, but with Battousai's mate's friends with him, he'll be able to lure her in his grasp all too easily.

"Udou-san," cried out Megumi, bringing the man out of his thoughts.

"Hurry up!" shouted Sanosuke as the two led the grinning back towards the village.

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The 19-year-old groaned as she tried to move, her body screaming in protest from the slightest of movements. Her entire body was sore and she knew that she wouldn't be able to walk correctly for a few days after what happened last night. Gritting her teeth, she cursed her luck at being found and brought back to him; the creature that had taken her innocence at such a young age.

Tired and exhausted, Kaoru allowed herself to remain still in the pile of red satin bed sheets that raced over her like water as it glided over her milky white skin. Leaning her head back, she was glad that her 'mate' had last positioned her on a nice soft pillow.

Looking around the dark room, she noticed that the black burnt out candles from last night were replaced by red burning ones. The light enveloped the entire room, giving the place a comfortable feel and due to the low flames. It would have been considered romantic if it weren't for the fact that the two in the bed didn't exactly love each other.

Eyes falling back on the bed, Kaoru smiled lovingly as she saw the calm face of the demon beside her whose blanket only reached up to his abdomen to her right. The demon actually looked sweet and kind while he was sleeping so peacefully, and a part of her engraved the way that he looked into the back of her mind and heart. His fiery red mane flowed like blood around him; the calm breathing of the youkai was relaxing, and the scar on his left cheek only added to the demon's beauty. If Kaoru hadn't loathed him so much for what he had done, she might have fallen in love with his handsome features. As her mind added the final details to her memory, she had a gut feeling that he hadn't slept so luxuriously for the past year; just like her self.

Kaoru stared up towards the dark ceiling and thought about her dream last night, and furrowed her brow when she realized that she didn't have a nightmare. As she thought about it, the only conclusion that she could come to was the fact that she no longer had anything to be afraid of. Before, she had the haunting fear that he'd come and bring her back, but now that she was back she didn't feel scared of anything. Kaoru smiled as she processed the information; she really had nothing to be afraid of now that she was back. Heck, the only thing she had to endure was Battousai, everything else she didn't have to worry about; not any more. Battousai would make sure that she was safe, make sure that she was fed, that she was clothed, washed, and cared for. He wouldn't allow anyone to do anything to her physically or mentally, well maybe except for himself, but all that mattered was that she was alive and well right?

Mentally slapping herself because of her thoughts, she didn't notice the fact that the body beside her was slowly moving and that her own was slowly relaxing.

"Have a good sleep koishii?" asked a dark yet gentle voice in her right ear, causing the teenager to stop breathing completely as the words drifted through her.

Kaoru narrowed her eyes as the sun met the dark moon, battling one another to be the one to light up the world. But in reality and this world, Kaoru knew that the sun always outshone the moon, no matter how bright or hard the moon tried to win.

Turning her head to the left, she only glared at the youkai who was now on top of her and closed her eyes when her wrists were pinned above her head.

"Answer my question," demanded Battousai as their noses barely graced one another.

"Yes," snapped Kaoru coldly before adding "anata," when the weight of the creature above her increased.

"That's good," said the Black Dragon as he caressed his lips above Kaoru's for a few seconds before quickly rolling back to his side of the bed and releasing her from his hold.

"Don't you have to leave to…" began Kaoru as she supported herself with her head on her right hand, her body turned to face the youkai's.

Supporting his head on the palm of his left hand, he mirrored the woman beside him with a grin.

"I see that you've already forgotten that I told my new advisors to look after my realm for a while, and for that while we're going to make up for the year that we've wasted," said Battousai with a victorious grin when he saw Kaoru's eyes widen in what seemed like utter disbelief and irritation at his inhuman like ways.

Reaching a claw hand out, the Demon Lord trailed a burning path from between his mate's eyes, through the valley of her breasts, and then to settle on her thigh; pulling away the satin covers as he took in her delicious body. Looking into eyes that flamed with an inner fire, he took pleasure in pulling her lithe form towards his own. Knowing that she couldn't do anything to stop him, he gladly moved his head into her lavender caresses and took in the familiar scent of nature and tinge of jasmine, Battousai slowly closed his eyes. He knew that she wouldn't move, because for one his hold on her was firm and the fact that if she did she'd only be rubbing herself against him and he had no problem whatsoever about that. From knowing the female before him for more than half a decade, he knew that she'd never do anything that would pleasure him; for some reason he had no problem with that as long as she was by his side.

Tightening his hold around her waist and back, the demon fell into a light slumber, leaving only enough room so that the female had enough space to breathe and sleep comfortably as well; he wasn't that inconsiderate.

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The Ruby Realm was to say the least a magnificent and enchanting world even if its Ruler was a legendary Black Demon and the last of his kind. Even if one were to live there their whole life they still wouldn't be able to explore the sacred world of the demons. The place was just too big, and you couldn't just walk past the gardens they were just too beautiful to skip; you just had to stop and smell the flowers. Because it was the land of the demons, the place was in tune with nature and held most of nature's own beauty.

This world was a reflection of how the Human world had once been; a land full of life with trees that soared to the sky, flowers littering the ground and creatures living happily off of the world without a care in the Universe. Hills filled with luscious grass that would sparkle from the dew of after the rain, and upon the tallest hill in the Realm stood the prided castle of the Black Dragon himself that looked out at the entire land. Around the base of the gigantic castle made of stone were ten smaller palaces that belonged to the ten Demon Lords of the Demonic Land. Beyond the center of the Realm was nothing but nature and the other youkai roamed free across the land, living in caves, mountains, and the forest like they had in the Human World centuries ago.

But this world was only created because the humans changed; the moment that large buildings were made and business was form the demons knew that they couldn't and wouldn't adapt to the mortal life. That was when the ancestor of the demons created another world that was still on the same planet with the humans, yet it was not. As the years went on the demons realized that they needed the humans so that they could feel superior so demons began to escape the barriers in the Demon World and some even lived with the humans. It was because of this that the existence of demons were once again known, and when the demons realized that they were feared they began to reek havoc on the other world until the humans revolted and began to kill the demons off with their own numbers.

Being out numbered one to one hundred the demons came back to the Ruby Realm, but some still desired to return to the human world to capture the humans for enjoyment or to escape from their own kind for a while. Thus the elder youkai created certain portals that connected both worlds that were located in the busiest of places around the world so that when the demons arrived they wouldn't stand out in their human form. One of these portals was created right in the center of the city of Kyoto, Japan.

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The sun's mighty rays reflected across a pond that shimmered as Sakura petals fell leisurely onto its surface. Around the pond was a field of wild flowers and trees that dwarfed the palace that owned the pond. A small balcony over looked this marvelous pool of fish and life, and a single figure cloaked in a black robe that glided on the floor stood on the edge of the balcony. Her hands folded on the marble rail, she watched the water sway with the wind with keen sea green orbs. The wind danced with her ebony braid as she stood with one leg over the other.

"What are you thinking about Misao?" asked the male figure from last night in the same robes as the girl, his indigo spheres watching the female's every movement from the twin doors that led into the mansion like home.

"Nothing Sou," said the demon as she turned to face him with a smile.

"You're thinking about Lord Battousai's mate, aren't you?" Soujiro stated as he looked deep into her eyes and knew that he was right when she turned towards the pond again.

"Well, it was something about her and her eyes…. They looked so…so innocent, but there was something else there too," said Misao, voicing her thoughts to her friend.

"If we didn't turn her in our Lords…" began the wolf demon, but was cut short by the younger wolf demon.

"I know. If we didn't bring her in, then we might not be alive right now as well, but I don't know why, but I feel a bit guilty," said Misao truthfully as emerald gems met sincere sapphire crystals.

"You're too kind Misao," said Soujiro as he leaned against the rail, his back to the pond so that he could see the wolf demon's face.

"I'll take that as a compliment," said Misao sarcastically as she moved her elbows on the rail and looked out towards the rest of Ruby Realm that was already up and going about on their own business.

"If you feel so bad, you can just ask Lord Aoshi if you can go to Lord Battousai's castle and ask to see Lady Kaoru," said Soujiro as he crossed his hands over his chest and looked at his companion to see if she liked the idea.

"I can't just go in and ask something like that! We need a better plan to get closer to her and ask her if she's alright," said Misao as she rubbed her chin in thought.

Standing up straight, Soujiro stared at his friend with a raised eyebrow before asking, "What do you mean 'we'?"

"Hey, you helped bring her to the castle as well! You can at least come with me to make sure that she's okay," said Misao as she looked at him expectantly.

Before the wolf demon could speak, a man in a red robe walked out, his deep jaded eyes covered slightly by his black bangs.

"Lord Aoshi," the two said in unison as they bowed with one hand on their stomach and the other behind their back as it was accustomed.

"Lord Battousai has ordered you two to his Throne Room at noon today," said Aoshi as he looked at the two seriously who nodded in understanding.

"I better go tell Lord Shishio…" started Soujiro as he moved to leave but stopped when Aoshi didn't move out of the way.

"Shishio already knows that you two are expected to be at the castle. He's also expecting good behavior as well," said Aoshi as he looked at Misao, saying silently that it applied to her as well.

"Yes Lord Aoshi," said Misao with a serious expression on her face.

"I have to get back to Counsel Hall for a meeting, and I don't want to be interrupted," warned Aoshi as he narrowed his eyes at the two nodding demons.

"We'll stay clear of trouble milord," reassured Soujiro just before Aoshi vanished back into the large mansion.

"Yes! Now we have a perfect excuse to see Lady Kaoru again," said Misao as she clasped her hands together, a large smile on her once gloomy features.

Sighing, Soujiro only followed as Misao quickly bounded into the mansion after her Lord.

"Why me?" questioned Soujiro as he looked p into the sky as if he had just been cursed.

"Hurry up Sou! We don't want to be late!" shouted Misao from inside.

"I'm coming, hold onto your head!"

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A/N: That's all for now, thank you all for being so patient with me.