I'll Get You Back!
A Rurouni Kenshin fanfiction written by- RoyalJester
Disclaimer- I do NOT own Rurouni KenshinA/N- wow!! I wrote this WAY sooner then what I was planning to. Oh well. I made you readers wait long enough. By the way. Thank you all soooo much for your wonderful reviews!! Sure it was lacking in number but you guys made it all up with your kind words. Thank you!!
Wow. Many of you really like Misao/Soujirou. I'm beginning to like them as well. Lol. And someone asked if I was going to write another Souji/Kaoru ficcie?? Hmmm. Well I've thought about it. But I would like to finish my other stories before I start a new one. Also- I wanna finish my challenged story from BlackJazzer which...I haven't started yet. Lol. But if I fail, she gets one of my stories. EEK!! Its just a harmless game. But still, I wanna WIN!!!
!!!!ONTO THE STORY!!!!
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The stench of blood sickened the remaining fighters as one figure dragged her eyes along the motionless bodies with blank eyes. Her own blood was hot as it dripped down her body as sweat stung her eyes. Her face pale from loss of blood as she shook in fury. Taniko was truly alive. She had an alliance with the Battousai to slay her. Weren't Taniko and her friends? How long had she been united with their old master?
Kaoru hung her head as the sound of swords slamming against one another echoed through the room. She shook her head violently as she took a step back. The images...the past...her past full of blood. She remembered the stench from so long ago. The blood of her enemy. Suddenly a voice screamed out full of anger.
"KAMIYA KAORU!"
Kaoru flung her head behind her to reveal a boy with spiky black hair and tan skin that was stained with dirt. Her breath was caught in her throat as she managed to whisper out.
"Myoujin Yahiko"
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Aoshi's eyes were dulled as he tried to sense out his opponent in pure darkness. His opponents Kenki were blazing as he pulled his swords down to his side. His icy blue eyes suddenly turned to the side as he let out a scream and flung his swords up meeting a blade.
Konjiro shook with fury as he tried to slay Shinomori Aoshi. He was a ruthless fighter who held no emotions as no one could read his mind. Aoshi flipped back one of his swords as the other one held up his opponent's sword. His eyes full of anger as he met Konjiro's cold stare.
In an instant he whirled back his swords as he kicked Konjiro who stumbled. Aoshi slammed his sword with full strength into Konjiro's back that stiffened instantly. He fell down motionless as Aoshi couldn't help but let a smirk escape onto his lips.
He enjoyed the noise of his blade connecting with Konjiro's back as he whirled them back into the sheath as he suddenly heard a scream of agony as he instantly remembered Megumi. He walked in pure darkness towards the noise of shuffling as he made out the figures of his fiancée and the figure she was helping.
"Megumi, is everything well?" he asked gently as he saw her nod.
"She'll make it through. I'm not sure what to say about the ones inside." She said as fright lingered in her voice. Aoshi nodded as he stared towards the castle.
"Humph." He said as he left in an instant. Megumi watched after him as she smiled in the slightest and turned back to the girl as blood stained her hands.
Aoshi entered the palace, as bodies were scattered everywhere. Some were moaning, as most of them were lifeless. He quickly glanced up at the remaining enemies. Sanosuke was taking on two men at this moment as Kaoru was defending herself with a boy who could be easily struck down. He then heard his brother scream in pain as Soujirou fought the battousai. Suddenly, a figure grabbed his ankle as he turned down to a first year that was wounded.
Aoshi quickly lifted him up and brought him outside to be tended to.
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Soujirou's usually cheerful eyes widened in pain as he felt for the first time, a blade cut clearly through his body. His left shoulder caused his entire body to scream out in pain as he held in a holler that would pleasure the Battousai. Soujirou whirled his blade around connecting with the Battousai's leg as Himura jumped back in pain. In response the battousai twirled around his own blade in Soujirou's shoulder that let a scream escape.
It angered him at how he could possibly be hit. But, he was just playing with the Battousai's mind, making time for Kaoru to gain strength. The battousai realized that and became angered giving him more strength.
"Soujirou!" someone cried as he opened his eyes and met blue with his. Kaoru was trying to run to him, to help him, but a figure stood in her way as he blocked her again.
Soujirou could feel the worried stare of Kaoru as he closed his eyes in a flinch. He knew Kaoru was watching him in pain as the Battousai suddenly kicked him harshly in the torso as he slammed against the ground, after sliding along the blade. His chest screamed in pain but he wouldn't show it. That was what he was known for, being emotionless. He hadn't even unleashed his deadly attacks, but it wasn't his fight, he reminded himself as he closed his eyes.
"Soujirou!" She screamed out again. Soujirou tried to rise but the Battousai kicked him again as he smirked at the blood that escaped this mans mouth as he rolled over.
"Do not worry Soujirou!" Kaoru shouted as she shook her head and noticed Soujirou go unconscious. She then stared at her old friend, Yahiko, who held anger in his eyes.
"Tell me!" Yahiko screamed. Kaoru stared down at him.
"Tell you what!"
"Why didn't you come after me!" he screamed again as Kaoru shook her head.
"I would have if I knew the truth! Yahiko. I was betrayed as well!" Yahiko flung his sword forward as he ran after Kaoru who easily dodged it. "Please! I will explain later!" Kaoru called out as she tried to run past him. Yahiko instead stepped in front of her as she held pain in her eyes. "Forgive me." She whispered as Yahiko rose his sword pointing at her. He cocked an eyebrow at what she just said when her sheath suddenly slammed itself into his head as he fell over unconscious.
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A brutal laughter rung though the palace as Kaoru gazed up at Battousai who had his arms folded over his chest. His auburn eyes shined with fury as he flicked his red hair. Kaoru took a slight step forward as she settled her katana in place. She couldn't help but smile in the slightest as she glanced along the castle. Many of the students were alive as they helped their comrades as the enemy was slain easily. Only Battousai remained.
"You seem to have lost your touch." Kaoru exclaimed as Battousai only smirked in the slightest.
"Have you forgotten my touch Kaoru?" he whispered as he slowly walked up to her and ran a hand along her milky cheek as she stepped back, anger in her eyes as sweat rolled down her forehead and the stench of blood covered her body in an aroma shield.
"Do not place your filthy hands on me again." She coldly stated as Himura laughed and wrapped his hand on her throat as she was at a halt under his touch. Her eyes met with his as she remembered them being softer then this. But it was all a game. She used to like his touch, blush whenever he met gazes with her...he brought her face up as he gazed into her eyes and lowered his face to hers capturing her in a rough, yet warm kiss.
(Flashback with Battousai training Kaoru and Taniko. After every --- it's a new scene.)
Arms wrapped around her body as she held tighter onto the handle of the sword her master had given her. She felt warm breathing trickle her raven hair as he grasped her hand gently over his and showed her how she should release her katana. She nodded as her master took a step back and watched his apprentice Kaoru.
She steadied her eyes on the target just ahead of her as she grasped the handle tightly in her fist. In an instant she unleashed her katana as she sliced the pot and quickly pulled it back instantly slicing it. Her master walked over to the pot as he grabbed it in his hand and smirked, as it remained whole.
"That must have been the best Modoshi Giri (2) I have ever seen that it is." Her master said as she smiled. His red hair flickered in the wind as his kind eyes met with her gaze. She glanced down to the ground as a blush rose onto her cheeks.
Taniko let out a grunt as she walked away sternly. She could feel Kaoru watch after her in confusion, as Himura seemed to find amusement as he watched after her as well.
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Everyone sat in the dojo as they ate quietly after training harshly with each other. A voice cut through the silence.
"Himura-sensei, what are we doing this evening?" Taniko asked as she stared up at her master with fiery red hair as his eyes lingered over Kamiya's figure that didn't seem to notice.
"Nothing – I have more important events occurring this evening." He said as he turned and left. Kaoru watched after him as she blushed in the slightest.
"A meeting once again I presume?" Taniko said as an observation.
"Must be figuring out what item we should get next." Taniko nodded as she buried her face in food as Kaoru stared at the cushion her master was sitting on. Who did her master have contacts with to tell him what item to get? She let out a sigh. She trusted her master.
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The two girls of the age of sixteen sat at their training dojo that they had basically lived at for nearly a year. They were awaiting their master who had left to go do to a meeting that he usually went to. It was still a mystery to them what he did there and who he met with. Suddenly, a figure walked into the room as his face dripped with sweat. The two girls rose as they bowed at their master who nodded at them.
"Did you fair well in your meeting?" Taniko asked as Kenshin cast a glare at her.
"It was everything I expected it to be." He answered as he slid his door shut. Taniko and Kaoru glanced at one another in worry at his cold-tone.
Weeks had past since that occurrence with the meeting her master had had. Kaoru couldn't help but wonder, what was it about? She let out a sigh as she slid the rice-papered door open when Taniko was suddenly pushed to the floor.
Kaoru's eyes flashed to her master, Kenshin Himura, who had obviously pushed her down. She bowed in the slightest as he met her gaze.
"What happened?" Taniko shot up as she left outside quickly as she muttered out.
"Nothing." Kaoru rose an eyebrow as she left after her best friend and wondered what she could have done to anger their master.
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She leaned against the trunk of a Sakura tree as the winds gently played with the flowers that drifted down. She breathed in the night air deeply as the aroma caused her to smile. She was falling in love with her master. She couldn't help it. Just the way he was so calm in battle, how his gentle touch caused her face to flush. The way he twirled his blade around when he thought no one was looking. She hung her head as she couldn't help but let a gentle laugh escape.
"What are you laughing about?" A deep voice asked as she turned around in alarm. She blushed in the slightest as her master walked up to her and leaned against the tree beside her. She shook her head.
"Nothing of importance."
"Everything is important when it involves you Kaoru-chan." She smiled at him in the slightest as he gently put a hand on top of hers.
"I just can't believe how everything is perfect, how the earth seems to be at peace in this time." She heard a deep chuckle as she turned her gaze to him.
"You are perfect." He whispered as he put his hand on her cheek. He brought his lips to hers gently as he captured her in a kiss.
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She grabbed a boy's wrist as she held onto it tightly and flung him roughly against the wall. His dark eyes widened in shock as Kaoru watched him carefully at the boy who tried to steal her coins.
"Let me go!" he screamed.
"What's your name?" Kaoru asked as she smiled gently at his black spiky hair.
"Myoujin Yahiko" Kaoru nodded as she then dragged him back to their dojo.
Yahiko meanwhile tried to escape when Kaoru kneeled onto the ground, Yahiko stood, wonder in his eyes, as his face was stern. A man with fiery red hair circled around him, observing him.
"You have no home?"
"What's it to you!" Yahiko called out as the man chuckled in the slightest.
"You will remain here." He said as he walked off. Kaoru smiled as she grabbed his wrist and pushed him into the hot pools making him bathe.
Kaoru circled around her own personal assignment as he swung his bokken forward, gaining strength in his arms. She smiled in the slightest as he complained of sore arms. She would always tell him that if he ever complained, it would be thirty more strokes, and that's exactly what he did as he cursed with each one.
Yahiko flung his bokken to the ground as he curled up on the grass and felt the moisture on the grass as he clenched it under his fists. He let out a deep breathe as his arms felt like they could no longer move as his sweat went into the grass. A shadow fell over him as he forcefully lifted his head up as a cruel yet gently voice told him that it was time for laps.
He let out a grunt as he rose and followed closely behind Kaoru as they jogged around the lake. He couldn't wait until it was time for a real assignment.
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Not even days had past when Kenshin had to go off to another meeting. This time, his apprentices were allowed to attend. It was off in a few villages from their home as the night was dark and no jewels in the sky in sight.
They stopped in front of a building that was made of marble as their master turned around to glance at them.
"You three will stay here." He said as Kaoru and Taniko looked at one another in shock. Yahiko grunted. "Understand?" he asked sternly as they nodded. He suddenly leaned in to Kaoru and kissed her on the cheek quickly as he tapped his sword and left into the building as the doors slammed shut.
Kaoru blushed in the slightest as she glanced at Taniko who clenched her teeth and turned to glance elsewhere. Kaoru let out a sigh as she stared into the darkness as rain suddenly began to pound against the ground.
After an hour or so of Yahiko tapping his sword against the ground, Kaoru sat up and turned to Taniko who had her dark eyes closed and her breathing was calm.
"Taniko – what do you think Master Himura is doing?" she asked, Taniko glanced at her as she shrugged in the slightest.
"Have you ever wondered what he does in there?" Kaoru turned her gaze to the door as she rose.
"I'm going to find out what exactly that is. Are you coming?" she asked Taniko who nodded excitedly and they opened the door without a sound. "Yahiko, stay here." He grunted harshly as he sat back down.
They slowly made their way up the staircase as silent creaks echoed through the deep room. They heard yelling as their master's voice bounced against the walls and rung their ears.
"You will get me that sword!" Kaoru turned to face Taniko who shrugged as they leaned against the door as Kaoru creaked it open.
"Now – you know what the agreement is. Slay the two foxes that have been stealing my paintings!" a deep voice screamed out as Taniko and Kaoru glanced at one another.
"Foxes?" Taniko mouthed as Kaoru turned her head the other way. They were known as the foxes. Kaoru smirked in the slightest. Her master was most likely playing the government. She trusted her master.
"I will discuss this matter with you later." Their master said as Kaoru and Taniko quickly rose in fright.
"Hold it right there Battousai!"
"Battousai?!" Kaoru said in anger. Their master.... was Battousai? The manslayer? It couldn't be! Suddenly, screaming filled their ears as the sound of metal hitting someone echoed in their ears as Kaoru ran out rapidly. Taniko entered the room in which screaming was being heard. "TANIKO!" Kaoru screamed as Taniko beckoned Kaoru onward.
"Get help!" Kaoru nodded as she ran off, Yahiko ran after her as her zori sandals slammed against the muddy ground as rain clouded her sight. Her master, the man who stole everything to help the villagers, including her heart was a killer. He was training her to become a killer, just like him. She slowed down as she breathed in deeply as she stood in front of the police station. Yahiko shortly reached her.
Dare she send them to arrest her master? Her love? But then again, he had played with them. He used them. He was going to slay them. But, for a year she had spent almost everyday by him. Learning from him. Feeling his warm yet deadly touch as he showed her how to hold a sword. Because of him, the village was at peace. Everyone had plenty of rupees to pay for what they needed to survive. The battousai, this man who was famous for slaying many, was a savior.
She shook her head. She wouldn't have pity on this man. She entered the station rapidly.
She ran back with the guards as they were screaming and yelling with death in their eyes. They entered the palace when suddenly, Taniko crawled out, her hand placed tightly on her stomach as blood dripped through her fingers. She suddenly fell down the marble steps as she slammed against the ground.
"Taniko!" Kaoru shouted running to her friend's aid. Taniko smiled up at Kaoru, her breathing shallow. Yahiko kneeled next to them with fright in his eyes.
"I got him Kaoru...I got him." She whispered. Kaoru nodded as she ran her hand through her friend's hair.
"Oh Taniko."
The guards let out shouts as they lifted the battousai up and carried him down the stairs, blood dripped from his body as it fell onto the ground. Kaoru stared up at the motionless body. His chest lifted up in the slightest. He was still alive. The guards carried him out as Kaoru shouted back.
"Where will he be taken to?"
"The police station here. Not to worry, he won't be released." Kaoru nodded as she stared back down at Taniko. How could she drag her friend to this? How could she drag Yahiko? But, she could still save Yahiko from this life.
"Yahiko – you must leave."
"What?!" he called back. A faint whisper agreed with the idea.
"Send him to my family" Taniko whispered, closing her eyes. Kaoru nodded as she glanced up at Yahiko.
"We will return for you." Yahiko only turned his gaze elsewhere.
"You promise?"
"hai."
(3 back to Kaoru Batt. Fighting. End of flashbacks!)
When she instantly felt his lips on hers, she pushed him back roughly as he let a laugh escape. She wiped her mouth as she spit near his foot. She jumped back in the slightest as she grabbed her handle with ease, her auburn eyes piercing him.
"Unleash your sword Battousai!" Kaoru shouted, he couldn't help but smirk in the slightest. Ashishu was coming out, the person he had trained for to defeat, not Kaoru. But Ashishu. The emotionless fighter. The personality he had tried to make in Kaoru while he trained her so she could fight by his side, as the woman battousai.
"You make the word battousai sound injustice. When you are also given that name." She clenched her teeth.
"For different reasons! You got yours for killing innocent villagers! I got mine for slaying the enemy!" She shouted as she watched her old master flick his hair to the side as he clenched onto his handle.
"Because of you, Kamiya, I was sent to prison instead of remaining at that jail. Because of you, I was almost slain." Kaoru nodded in the slightest as she plastered on a smile.
"And I will finish my task soon...to rid your life from this world. Taniko never helped me did she? That night you were sent to prison; that's why Taniko was angered with me. Because it would be harder for her to free you. That night I found out you were the Battousai and Taniko stayed to help you...you pierced yourself to make it look as if you were wounded...just as Taniko did. You and her came up with a scheme so quickly I hadn't seen it before. You would go to jail so you would be safe, become healed, Taniko would release you. That is why she forced me to go after the Ninjitsu Tek so soon... knowing you would be there to slay me. How your plan failed..." she whispered.
(1 flashback with Kaoru and Taniko AFTER the Battousai was sent to prison that Kaoru put him in. NOT the Jail.)
The figure sat as she put her hands into the flowing river as the coldness cooled her down as she breathed in deeply. Taniko was healed, she would make it. How brave she was to go in there to stop their master, who was truly the Battousai. Kaoru couldn't help but remember the last few weeks as she trained harshly in anger at a sudden betrayal. What confused her, was that suddenly sparked a new person in side of her, someone who wanted revenge. All of a sudden, a figure stood behind her as she dipped her head into the river to drink.
"Why did you send him to prison?!" Kaoru shot up, staring at her in confusion.
"I had to do what was right Taniko. Certainly you must agree." Taniko growled.
"He was fine in jail!" Kaoru cocked an eyebrow.
"Taniko – we will never see him again. In Jail he had a possibility to escape, now he doesn't." she watched in confusion as Taniko grunted and twisted her handle of her sword.
"The Ninjitsu Tek. We must get it this evening." Taniko whispered out of breath. Kaoru cocked an eyebrow at her as she stared at her friend's beet-red face.
"You are still injured Taniko. We will not be going after that sword." Kaoru said as her friend growled.
"I am not a child! We are the same age and I will not let my injury bring us down. We will receive the greatest sword that has ever past this land."
Kaoru let out a sigh as she rose.
"Fine – but I will guard you with my life."
"Just as I will for you." They smiled gently at one another as Kaoru left to prepare for that night that would change her entire life.
(3 back to the fight with Batt. Kaoru END OF FLASHBACKS!!)
"You are not as clever as you look...koiishi." (darling) Kaoru whispered.
This caused the battousai to anger as he let out a growl and unleashed his katana that created an echo through the entire room that was now silent. Kaoru smirked in the slightest as she kept her sword in the sheath. This would be it, a life full of betrayal, a life of heartache, this was what it came down to. All because of a friends jealousy.
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1. In the past. This will just be a variety of flashes. When a new set of '---' comes, that would be a new flashback. Got it? GOOD!
2. Modoshi Giri- this is a technique where the user can cut an object and not destroy it. The object that was sliced can be easily put back together without any markings!!
3. And we're back to the normal time...life thingy...uhhh. END OF FLASHBACK!!! Lol. My bad...their will be another flashback, but a short one. YAY!!!.
A/N- WOW!!! I Totally didn't think I would stop their!! WOW!! Lol. I should continue...but muwahahaha!! Please read and review!! Oh...and in case you're still confused –
That night Battousai, Kaoru, Taniko went to the 'meeting' Battousai was talking with them about receiving a special sword if he killed the foxes (Kaoru Taniko) blah blah. They get in fight. Taniko goes in there and strikes the deal with Battousai as she helps him slay the rest of the dudes in the meeting while Kaoru goes get the police.
Taniko and Battousai hurt one another. Battousai goes to prison. A while later, Taniko wants to get the Ninjitsu Tek because she released the battousai and they made a deal to meet there where he would slay Kaoru who had gotten the name as a battousai for slaying the bad peeps. So the bad peeps want her gone, Battousai is the man to do it...the police of the village that Kaoru and Taniko live at are in with Battousai.
They trap Kaoru as well...blah blah. They staged Taniko's death...blah blah blah blah blah. MAKING THE STORY!!! YAY!!!
Now to Thank my Reviewers!! YAY!!!
anabell I said Yahiko would fight Kaoru? LOL!! I did put that...Oy. Lol. My bad...well. They kinda did here. It will have a more 'depth' argument/fight later. Thanks for liking my last chapter and thanks for staying with this story!! YAY!!! You rule! Also - Misao told Yahiko to help not knowing their past together.
BlackJazzer- I do twist everything don't I? Well, I actually got the idea from someones review...not sure whose. But they said that Kaoru and Kenshin should know eachother from the past. So thats how this idea came into my head and how it connected with the rest of the story.
Msn-chan- Hiya! Thanks for liking my story, YAY!!! ANd yes, I will be writing another Soujirou/Kaoru story. But not until I'm done with my challenge ficcie that I haven't started yet... Thanks for the great reviews and I hope you like this chapter!!
Tenken's Lover- Thanks for the review!! Yeah, I'm beginning to like Souji/Misao. I never even CONSIDERED them before, but they work...
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Flaming Amber- a few peeps will die...muwhahaha. . Wow. You read this story all day? That would KILL me! I'm very lazy...lol. I'm really BAD at romance...but I WILL try...I have been trying actually...but no one notices!! (cries)
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