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Battousai was waiting patiently next to the hall way where Kaoru had left to go to the restroom, and he had been waiting for a good 5 minutes.

"Did Kaoru fall in the toilet or something?" he wondered to himself. After another 5 minutes of waiting, he decided to go see if she was in fact still in the restroom, or if she found a way to escape him again. Battousai knocked lightly on the door. "Kaoru, are you in there?" he called, and received no answer. He slowly opened up the door (An: He's got to be really brave or really stupid to do that!) When he saw no one was there, he automatically assumed Kaoru had escaped somewhere.

Battousai then looked around for a door, he spotted one that seemed to lead to the back exit. He opened the door warily, and only saw an alleyway. Just as he was closing the door, a familiar scent caught his attention. It was blood. Not just any blood, mind you, but Kaoru's blood. He scanned the ground and noticed a lead pipe, it was used to knock her out.

Battousai's calm golden eyes suddenly burst into a churning pit of anger. He growled low and deep, the perfect picture of a beast on the hunt. They had touched something that was his. No, they had hurt something that was his, and they must pay dearly. Battousai sprinted to his car where he had stashed his sword. He clipped it to his belt. Now this wasn't a Sakabattou, this was the sword that killed hundreds of men during the revolution.

Battousai used his god-like speed to reach the corner of the street, where he felt the receding Ki of an old foe.

"Enishi, you've goon too far this time," Battousai thought as he seethed with rage. "You aren't going to get out of this one alive."

He followed the figure, coming closer by each second. And he wasn't surprised when he arrived at the warehouse in the district that could only be described as 'the bad side of town.' Enishi and his goons had always hung around here.

The smell of Kaoru's blood grew stronger, and he realized she had been cut with a knife of some kind. His eyes which were a seething mass of gold, suddenly hardened into the stare which had so many Samurai of the olden days on their knees begging for mercy. These were the eyes which made grown men freeze up in fear, for they were filled with anger, hate, and a primeval sense of ownership.

He slowed his pace, "Let them get ready for me," he thought. "It wont do them any good."

As he opened the door to the warehouse, there was a creak of old hinges and a distinct rustle of bodies moving. He sensed the Ki of the three of them, Enishi, Gohei (Sp?), and Shishiou (Sp?). After securing their places, he hunted for Kaoru. In the dim light he could make out her thin shape in the corner, she was unconscious. And, after his eyes adjusted, he saw numerous cuts and bruises on her skin that showed signs of her being beaten. He growled low in his throat. And, on a purely animal impulse, he tested her Ki to check if she had been claimed, she hadn't.

Suddenly, the lights flickered to life. "Poor babies, can't fight in the dark can you?" Battousai taunted. He knew this would grind under Enishi's skin. Enishi had always hated him, without really knowing why. Maybe it was because at their dojo, Battousai had always won the fights, and Enishi never got recognized. But the real reason lay in the past. (Minor spoiler alert) Enishi's soul was still grieving for his sister's death at the hands of Battousai, and that hate was carried into the next life. (End alert)

Enishi stepped forward out of the shadows, his blade drawn. "I hide from no one, Himura (he doesn't know about Battousai)

"No, but you kidnap and beat up innocent girls to get at those you hate; and that is much worse." Battousai told him, radiating silent anger. He wasn't one to shout at his opponent, his silent foreboding presence did the work for him.

"Silence Himura!" Enishi shouted as if he owned the world. "I wont be fighting you. Shishiou will take care of that for me. And if you manage to defeat him, I will then be your opponent. I fight no weaklings!"

Battousai shook his head in amazement. "He's even more egotistical than before." he thought. "If that's possible."

Shishiou walked forward out of the shadows. He was covered in the same bandages as ever, which often made you ask if he ever changed clothes. He drew his blade and immediately attacked.

Battousai was anticipating this and dove forward to intercept the other man's sword. The sound of the clash reverberated throughout the large room. Shishiou jumped back, his eyes showing surprise. He didn't expect Battousai to have such strength behind his attacks. Battousai was determined to end this quickly, for Kaoru's sake. He lunged in faster than the eye could see and stabbed Shishiou through the middle. And with his old habit, he wiped the bloody sword on the body of his foe.

He heard a grunt behind him and turned. Ah, yes, he had forgotten Gohei, who now had a knife to Kaoru's throat, and a thin steam of blood oozed from the marks it was leaving.

"How dare you kill my friend!" Gohei spat. "I'll kill the girl for what you did." He made to slice the knife across Kaoru's throat as she lay unconscious. But before he could even breathe again, Battousai had back flipped and cut off Gohei's head. The hot blood spilled on the ground and all over Kaoru.

"What have I done!?" Battousai groaned to himself. "I killed two men. I killed again after swearing to Kaoru never to kill again!" then he thought harder. "No, wait, Kenshin made that promise, not I."

He turned around with a firm resolve to see this through until the end. He heard clapping.

"Good job." Enishi told him. "You defeated my goons, but you wont beat me!"

"And, what, pray tell, makes you so sure?" Battousai countered.

"I know because I've hated you since the moment we met. For some reason I knew you, and my hate is too strong for even you to fight, Himura. You and that little bitch will die!" he shouted.

"Don't you dare lay a finger on Kaoru again." Battousai told Enishi, voice so deep it was almost a growl. "I'll kill you faster than you can blink."

"Well then," he walked over to Kaoru. "What if I do this?" he asked and kicked her hard in the side.

Normally Battousai would have killed the offender by now. But, he was going to hurt Enishi like no blade could, just before killing him.

"Congratulations Enishi. You have just succeeded to do something no one from the revolution has ever done before," he paused. "Really piss me off me off." And it was true. If he was homicidal before, now he could have given Satan a run for his money. "And in light of that, I'll tell you the truth. You know why you hate me, Enishi, it is because I am the Hitokiri Battousai. I killed your sister Tomoe over one hundred years ago. You have never fully forgiven me." (An: I like Tomoe, but the anguish is for the plot)

Enishi froze. His stare was of pure hatred. "You bastard," he spat. "You killed Tomoe."

"Yes," Battousai sneered. "And what are you going to do about it?" This was perfect mockery of the voice Enishi had used earlier about Kaoru.

Enishi charged. His emotions had gotten the better of him. Battousai sidestepped to anger Enishi. He kept just out of the reach of Enishi's blade so that he was using up all his energy pointlessly. As Enishi made a wrong step, Battousai brought up his blade to rest lightly on Enishi's throat, a throat he would have a great deal of joy cutting. But as he prepared to sink his sword into flesh, he heard a voice.

"No."

Battousai looked around.

"Don't do it." Kaoru said, standing up shakily, her face a mask of pain. "Don't kill him. No one deserves death, not even him."

All that anger and rage Battousai had previously had disappeared at the knowledge Kaoru was alright. He replaced the sword in its sheath. "Very well Koishii."

Then, Enishi stood up, using his last ounce of strength, he drew a gun and shot. At first, Battousai thought he had missed his target, but as he heard the shriek of pain behind him, it dawned on him. Enishi wasn't aiming for him, but for Kaoru, who was his only weakness.

Using his god-like speed, Battousai caught Kaoru before she hit the ground. The bullet had hit her side, narrowly missing her vital organs, but she could still die due to lack of blood. Battousai shuddered with fear and rage.

"What if she doesn't make it?" He asked himself silently. "What if?"

Then he picked her up, and ran to his car at a speed that made godlike seem slow.

"I can't bring her to a hospital." he thought nervously as he ran. "They ask too many questions, I'll just have to do the best I can at home." As Battousai was no stranger to wounds, he had a medical kit and the necessary materials to remove he bullet.

As he neared the club, everyone was inside so no one saw him lay Kaoru's limp body in the back seat, buckle her in, and cover her up with his jacket. He swung into the car and floored it. They shot across town at a speed that couldn't have been anywhere near the speed limit.

Due to this amount of skillful driving, they reached his apartment in about five minutes. He immediately laid her on his bed and got his medical kit. After removing all his sheets, Battousai removed her shirt, skirt, and undergarments, blushing furiously as he did so, for they were covered in blood; chanting at the same time "It's to save Kaoru, not take advantage of her."

Turning on his lamp brightly, he used a damp cloth to clean the bullet hole. Then, using a pair of surgical tongs, he removed the bullet, thanking god she was unconscious. After that was done, he sewed up the hole and placed a bandage over it to stop the blood flow.

Done with the hard part, he cleaned her other various cuts and bruises and applied Neosporin. He then covered her up with the covers, placed a bottle of painkillers next to the bed. Battousai then collected all her dirty laundry, almost laughing at the irony of acting like the Rurouni, and then went to call an old acquaintance.

When Kaoru awoke, the first thing she noticed was a mind numbing pain in her side. The next thing she noticed, was that she was butt naked in someone else's bed. And after a night clubbing, that was never a good thing. Though, after further scrutiny, the wound appeared to be a bullet hole. It took her a few minutes to remember the happenings of the night before. Then she saw the painkillers, which she took gratefully.

Now her next order of business was to find Battousai, and some clothes. She wrapped the sheets around her and toddled out into the next room, where she found Battousai, and another man.

"I'm sorry." Kaoru stuttered blushing. "I didn't know you had company, but if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could I have some clothes?" she asked, then promptly fell over as her side went numb.

Thank god for Battousai's reflexes, she wasn't hurt any more than she was already.

"Forget the clothes thing." Kaoru admonished. "I don't think I can move."

"Koishii," Battousai murmured in her ear. "I don't want you to get any more hurt, you have to go back to bed and get well."

"Can I stay on the couch in here with you?" she pleaded.

Battousai sighed in consent and laid her on the couch, so that she was sitting in his lap and he could hold her upright. She laid her head on his shoulder and smiled up at him.

A cough interrupted them. Battousai looked up. "Ah, yes," he said. "This is Mr. Saitoh, he's going to make sure I don't get arrested."

"Well, Battousai, that is the plan." Saitoh told him. "This is the second time you get in trouble for saving this girl."

"Second time?" Kaoru asked. "What do you mean, second time?"

"Did you have to bring that up in front of her, Saitoh?" Battousai asked unhappily. "It was a long time ago."

"What did you do?" Kaoru pressed, curious.

"I'll explain." Saitoh told them. "When you were about, 13 Kaoru, Battousai had been following you—"

"You were stalking me?" Kaoru asked him.

"As I said," Saitoh cut in, "he had been following you to make sure you would be okay going home from school. That day, a man had been following you home and it seemed as if he wanted to rape you. Battousai here beat the man to the brink of death. Then we, the police, found the man and Battousai had to pay to get his record wiped."

Kaoru wasn't listening. "You were stalking me Battousai?" she asked again.

"Oro!" Battousai said and then smacked himself in the head. "I did not just do that!"

"Stop changing the subject. Explain."

"I was just making sure you'd be okay, just following you."

"Stalking me you mean."

"Fine fine." Battousai gave up, exasperated. "I'm a stalker, I stalked you!"

"Awwwww." Kaoru cooed. "I'm so glad you cared."

"What sort of painkillers did you put her on?" Saitoh asked.

"Ibuprophin." He replied. (Sp? That stuff makes me freak out. I get all loopy.)

Kaoru smiled, snuggled closer to Battousai, and promptly fell asleep, much to the dismay of the two men in the room.

"This one will cost you much more than the last one. You killed two of them, two!" Saitoh told the smaller man.

"How much, to, you know, destroy the evidence?"

"I'm talking a few hundred because you're an old 'friend'."

Battousai smiled, and dug out the cash. "Done deal."

Battousai then wrapped his arms under Kaoru and picked her up. He took her to his bed, which had been cleaned after all the blood from the night before, and laid her down.

He then went to sleep on the couch, completely forgetting about work. Battousai removed his shirt and then decided maybe he should check on Kaoru, just to make sure she was alright. Kaoru was lying there peacefully, and he felt compelled to stay with her.

"Screw virtue." he thought and crawled in to sleep with Kaoru. Then another idea came to him. On a purely animal instinct he lightly bit down on her neck, drawing a few drops of blood. Kaoru just gave a light hiss of pain in her sleep and clutched on to Battousai. She was now marked as his, and no other man could take her away without a fight, not that they could before, but he truly possessed her now.

"Now you're all mine, Koishii." Battousai thought happily. "Mine."

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