Hitokiri of the Bloodless Moon: Hay everyone! Gomen Nasai that I have not updated this fic in a while; I kinda got stuck on the fight scene that is in this chapter. I watched 'The Last Samurai' twice before I got the courage to write this, and damn it, it still might be just a bunch of crap anyway, But I will try my hardest not to write crappy like. Anyway, I was also grounded from my computer for three days, my fault entirely and I told my Mom that I should be grounded from my lap top because most of my life takes place on it. Well, three days isn't too bad, but I do hope that I am even with my best friend, I mean, she got grounded from the phone, and seeing her friends, not from the computer like me.

Dedicated to Bloody Akiko Nagi the Insane, because she is my best friend in the WORLD and I would be a very boring person if she had not come into my life. Let us just say that my weirdness level, on the scale of 1-19, is a 22 because she has contributed to the growing of it. We are the weirdest set of Best Friends anyone has ever seen and I think that comes into play in our jointed fic 'Evil is Human'. So, if anyone wants a good Vamp fic, than I suggest that one.

Kyoto Ninja



Chapter 6: For the Love of a Ninja



Soujiro Seta stood in his attack stance, glaring wonderfully at Inichi Kasha, the man who wanted to take his Love away from him. Soujiro didn't exactly know why Misao would agree to become his wife, but, he did not care. He loved her with all of his heart, what more could he do for her than fight for the honor of her hand in marriage. Well, that step would come later, first, he had to beat the crap out of Kasha.

"I will not go easy on you, boy!" Kasha yelled, in a lightning stroke, Kasha had his sword aiming at Soujiro's throat; who did not flinch as the sword swung closer to his throat. 'Wait for it' Soujiro thought, and, as if on queue, when thee sword was barely touching his skin, Soujiro ducked out of the way and faster than light, he was behind Kasha. Kasha turned quickly, it was like he was expecting the move. Soujiro swung his sword at Kasha, who blocked and stepped out of the way.

"Is that all you got, boy?!" Kasha asked.

"That is just the start," Soujiro smiled evilly, sure, he might be a wonderer, but he still remembered the lessons that Shishio had given him.

They might have been outdated, and certainly he had to find a new belief. But, the fact of the matter was, the best Swordsman is the one who is left standing at the end of the fight. Soujiro nodded to himself, He might have been beaten by Kenshin, but that was only because had been delusional, He had believed in something that was true for only one man, while Kenshin had another truth, and now...Soujiro knew that the only truth he needed, was the truth that came from Misao.

"I will win, and you will lose," Soujiro said, that was when he disappeared once more, and became visible behind Kasha, Soujiro swung his sword in an arc, cutting through the fabric of the Ninja wedding outfit and drawing blood. Kasha yelled painfully, but he was then in a rage.

"No mere BOY will win against me!!" he yelled, his anger fueled his thrust; Soujiro was caught off guard and gasped painfully as Kasha twisted the sword around in his gut. Soujiro pulled away from Kasha, and the sword slid out of his middle. Soujiro grasped his middle and bent over in order to catch his breath. He hardly heard Misao yelling his name nor did he notice the tears that had filled her once vibrant blue eyes and were now streaking down her cheeks.

Soujiro stood painfully, and brandished his weapon at Kasha.
"It will take more than that in order to take care of me," Soujiro said, a smile pasted on his lips and his blue eyes emotionless. Kasha just looked at him, not sure what he was going to do about the boy. So, Kasha did the first reasonable thing that came to his mind. Kasha let out a battle cry; he lunged at Soujiro, aiming for his neck. Soujiro stumbled backwards and blocked the attack.

"Soujiro! Don't give up!" Misao yelled as the two combatants blocked each others attacks. Kasha saw that Soujiro was getting tiered, and it was all from his first successful attack. Soujiro tried to push the pain to the back of his mind and damned himself to hell because he knew he should have been faster than he was. Shishio would have had his head for that one, of course, that was if the man was still alive, and weather or not Soujiro had allowed himself to fall in love with Misao.

"I will have Mikamachi for my wife, and then the Onniwabanshuu Ninja's have to take orders from me," Kasha said to Soujiro, but loud enough for Misao to hear. Misao felt her face heat up with anger, and Yuki could have sworn that she saw steam come from her ears. Soujiro shook his head.

"That will never happen, Misao-san loves her group, she would never let you have it," Soujiro replied softly.

"Than why did she agree to marry me?" Kasha asked.

"Because...well, I don't care why, I just know that I love her, and I will not let you take her away from me," Soujiro replied, and with that Soujiro lunged at Kasha, his sword...aiming for his throat.

Yuki gasped as she watched the young swordsman lunge at her love. She just couldn't bare it any more. She left the safety of the tree and ran to the fighter's. She jumped in front of Soujiro and spread her arms wide. Soujiro gasped suddenly and pulled his arm back, he then jumped to the side of the woman and slid to a stop in front of the tree that Misao still stood behind.

"Yuki, get out of the way!" Kasha ordered.

"No! I can not let this go any longer, I can not let the only man I love die because of this!" Yuki said strongly as tears now ran down her cheeks.

"What?" Misao couldn't help but ask, Yuki smiled at her.

"Your lover is wounded, I suggest that you two leave now," was all she said as she turned to Kasha.

"Right, c'mon Soujiro," Misao said and took his hand. Soujiro sheathed his sword and let Misao drag him to the rope that still hung along the cavern wall. Soujiro insisted that Misao climb up first, she glared at him before she started to climb. After she had climbed up a little ways, Soujiro followed.

Kasha glared at the two climbers before turning to Yuki.
"What do you think you are doing? I had him!" Kasha yelled.

"No, you did not, he would have killed you, and all for the love of Misao-sama," Yuki replied.

"But..." Kasha could not find any words.

"I love you, but, if it is not me that you want...than who?" Yuki asked. Kasha did not answer her, he turned and walked out of the cavern garden, by that time, Misao and Soujiro were just climbing to the top of the cavern. Misao dusted off her kimono as Soujiro popped his head up.

"Thank you for rescuing me," Misao said as she helped Soujiro to his feet.

"I had to be yelled at otherwise I would not have gotten here on time," Soujiro said.

"Well, I thank whoever it was who yelled at you," Misao laughed.

"Well, Yumi-sama always had a way of getting me to do things," Soujiro laughed as well, then the two strode down the mountain path, hand in hand, and as happy as ever.

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Aoshi kept himself from smiling as he saw the two lovers walking beneath the Sakura tree's; Misao wore a red Kimono with white plumb blossoms on it, her hair was in a bun. But, she did look pretty, though, she always did. Then, he noticed that she and the young Tenken were holding hands. Aoshi felt warmth grow inside him, people might describe him as an 'ice block' but, Aoshi knew that he was happy for the both of them. And if they were happy...than damn it, he would be too.

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Hitokiri of the Bloodless Moon: okay, I will most deffinantly finish this soon. It may be finished in 4 chapters. But, I am not sure. Please review this. I would love to see what you think. I also want everyone to know that I am writing an e-mail news letter; it is called 'Writer's Workshop: how to write Fan Fiction', there are already two issues out but I can e-mail these two issues to anyone new on my e-mail list. Please, just leave your e-mail address in your review if you are interested in the news letter.