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Battousai got off of Kaoru, and started walking.
"Come!" He said, turning his head to look at her, his eyes shining in slight irritation. He turned away again his bright red hair bobbing slightly.
"Hmph!" Kaoru grunted as she got up and straightened her rumpled kimono.
'I think I'll have to wait a bit before I make my next move...' She thought as she put a fair distance between her and Battousai.
' I refuse to open my mouth again! That- that GUY doesn't deserve to hear my voice!' She screamed in her head as she hopped on one foot, waiting for the 'pit stop' (Heheheh) so she could fix her sandal.
After awhile of hopping, she started getting tired, but refused to stop.
'I will NOT show weakness to him!' She said determinedly inside her head.
Finally, Battousai got hungry enough to stop at a local food shop. That gave Kaoru enough time to fix her sandal.
Battousai came back out. He went up to Kaoru and offered her some food, but Kaoru refused to take it.
"No," She said simply as if denying something unimportant. The manslayer's eye twitched ever so slightly. Instead of anger he felt a twinge of desire. Her long legs, her flat stomach, her large, plump- Battousai snapped out of his thought realizing he was staring.
'Oh my... Is the Great Battousai, staring at lil old ME?' Kaoru asked herself sarcastically.
"You will eat," Battousai said suddenly.
"I will not!" Kaoru said, enraged that he would order her around like that.
Instead of answering, Battousai just put the food gently in Kaoru's hand, and turned away.
Kaoru was shocked. He seemed so gentle and caring, but of course, she new that Battousai was as emotional as a rock. If he did have any feeling for her, then it was carefully hidden.
Just then, they heard battle cries. Battousai looked out into the distance and saw a group of people coming their way. He continued staring, closer and closer they came, until Battousai could make out some of them. It was the enemy!
Battousai took out his katana, while Kaoru was wondering what was going on. Then she spotted them too. She looked around for her bokken, but couldn't find it anywhere. Kaoru gulped, but refused to run away. If she were to die, she would do so with honor.
The Manslayer knew Kaoru was helpless, because he himself had taken her weapon (He didn't want another lump on his head). She was defenseless, and he was going to protect her, since it was his fault, but if she made a foolish move, it was her own fault.
"Stay where I put you if you don't want to get killed," Battousai said in an emotionless voice.
WARNING: MILD VIOLENCE AHEAD
Battousai grabbed Kaoru and hid in the shadows. As soon as they got close enough, he told Kaoru to stay there, and close her eyes. She had no idea why she would have to close her eyes, but she soon found out.
The first man that met Battousai, was killed almost instantly by a sword right through his forehead. The next one was luckier, he only got it through the stomach.
Then as he pushed his sword into one man, another one came behind him. Just as the other man was going to push his sword into Battousai, Battousai sidestepped him and the man's sword plunged into one of his comrades. Then he took his weapon, and stuck it through the man's heart.
Unknown to the fighting men, Kaoru moved a bit to get a better look. She saw, just in time as Battousai slashed his enemy, a blood bath splashed over the dead bodies of the men. It even sprayed her.
Just then, it started raining. As if to wash away all the blood on him, Battousai just stared up into the sky.
Kaoru was angry. No not angry, furious. She was fuming under her soaking hair, and kimono. She was still standing in the battlefield, watching as Battousai just stared up in the sky. Finally she could stand no longer.
"Would you just... MOVE!" She yelled at the 'statue' standing in the middle of the bodies.
When he would not reply Kaoru's eye twitched ever so slightly.
"BATTOUSAI!" She screeched, as she stomped her foot on the ground.
"Yes?" He asked quietly, staring at her soaking appearance.
"..." Kaoru was so angry she couldn't put it into words.
'Why that little- How dare- I could just- ARG, He kept me out here for over an hour! Now he has to pay with my temper!!' Kaoru came to the conclusion that Battousai was going to pay for keeping her out in the rain for over an hour.
"Are you coming?" Kaoru was snapped out of her thoughts by Battousai's voice. She looked and saw he was walking down the path.
Kaoru, who was still fuming, ran after Battousai. When she caught up with him, she slipped in some mud, and fell. She tensed her body, ready for the fall, but found it never came.
After some time of waiting to hit the wet ground, she opened her eyes only to stare into deep ember ones.
"Thank you..." She muttered as she was set on her feet very gently.
' He's so gentle... but he's so cruel too...' Kaoru thought as they took shelter under a large willow tree.
After about an hour or so watching the rain pour down, Kaoru started to get bored. She looked at Battousai, his eyes were closed and his hands were on his sword. She new he wasn't asleep. She looked back to the rain; it just made dull splish splashes.
"What is your name?" Kaoru asked Battousai timidly.
"..." Battousai remained silent.
"How old are you?" She asked another question.
" 18," He replied quietly.
"Really? I'm 17!!" She said excitedly
"..." Silence replied to her exclamation.
"Why aren't you talking to me?" Kaoru pouted.
"Because I don't feel the need to chit chat all day," Battousai said in an emotionless voice.
"Oh..." Kaoru said, her spirits let down.
Three seconds later
"Now will you talk to me?" She said hopefully.
"..."
"I won't bug you again if you talk to me," Kaoru said sweetly. Battousai knew this wasn't true, but decided to talk to her anyway.
"What do you want to know?" Battousai said, emotionless.
"Well... what's your name?" Kaoru asked again.
"Himura Kenshin," He replied quietly.
"Oh, I'm Kamiya Kaoru!" She said, twirling her damp hair around her finger.
"What fighting style do you use, Battousai?" Kaoru asked, even though she new the answer.
"Do not ask questions you already know," He said, making eye contact. Without knowing what he was doing, Battousai had his eyes start to trail down her blood stained Kimono, then, a bundle of mental pictures came to mind and he shook them away. This wasn't the time to be thinking these things. Maybe when the war was over.
"Battousai?!" Kaoru yelled in his ear.
"Did you hear me?"
"Yes, I did now," He replied, trying to keep his voice steady.
'What was I thinking?! I cannot think such thoughts of this girl, yes that's right, she's a GIRL a little girl, and I'm a man! She has no experience what so ever, I can smell it!' Battousai reasoned himself. All he wanted to do right then was pound his head on the tree, and he would of if Kaoru wasn't there. Instead, he tightened his grip on his sword.
"Ohhhhhhhh Battousai!" Kaoru sang. Battousai knew this tone, this was promised pain if he didn't do something.
"Yes?" He asked quietly, waiting for the blow.
"Answer my question!" She yelled.
Kenshin didn't get to talk, because Kaoru disappeared.
"Wha?!"
He looked through the willow trees just in time to see a couple of bandits scurry down the road with Kaoru on their backs. He could hear her screaming.
"BASTERD put me DOWN!! If you don't – Battousai!!" She screamed, realizing she'd rather be under the protection of him, then at the mercy of these perverted bandits.
Just then the rain poured down harder than ever, and he couldn't see a thing, but he could sure hear.
"Heeelp me!!"
Another scream could be heard, as there was a loud thump. Then it was followed by silence. That meant Battousai couldn't follow them.
A day later
Battousai sighed as he went through a small village. Every since Kaoru was stolen, he just walked around bored. Just then he saw a sign.
RAVEN HAIRED BEAUTY FOR SALE
He was mildly interested so he walked into the building. There sat Kaoru, in a large wooden cage in the air, with perverted, drunk men trying to get into the cage.
"Am I hearing... 1,000?!" one of the slave traders yelled over the crowd.
"2,000!!" A man in the crowd said.
"3,000!!!!!!!" And it just kept going and going.
"BATTOUSAI!!!!!!!" Kaoru screamed when she saw him. The crowd went quiet. Then whispers broke out.
"The Legendary Battousai?!" They whispered frantically as the crowds parted to let him through toward Kaoru.
When Battousai finally got to Kaoru's cage, he took out his sword and got ready to cut through her prison. A man stepped towards him and he looked at him with intense predatory amber eyes. The man just ignored him and unsheathed his sword.
"Get away from the cage! If you want the girl then you have to-"The man never got to finish because Battousai had walked up to him and dug his katana into his flesh.
"Ugh..." Blood started to trail out of the man's mouth as he stared wide eyed at Battousai. Battousai just thrust his sword deeper and twisted it around. He then pulled his sword out and the man dropped to the floor in a bloody mess.
"Anybody else?" Battousai said dangerously as he expertly flicked the blood off his katana.
Everyone stayed silent. Nodding, he jumped to Kaoru's cage and with one swipe she was free. She jumped out, wincing in pain and Battousai quickly picked her up.
After he walked a little out of the village, he stopped to check Kaoru over.
"Hmmmm..." He said as he gently looked for a cut of any kind.
That's when he noticed that Kaoru was very pale, and she was shaking.
That's when he found the small knife in the small of her back.
Okay! This is chapter three that's revised.