Author's Notes: Hey, thank you all for reviewing, though I got a few touchy ones. * hint hint nudge nudge * For those who don't know, lol means laugh- out-loud. Also, Kenshin just talks that way when he says "That I do" at the end of a sentence. Sorry, just trying to get with Kenshin's character. . .There, now that that is all cleared up, let's continue on to the story, shall we?

Disclaimer: I don't own my muses, I just play with them.

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Chapter Ten

Kaoru gasped. 'Why did Kenshin just say that. . . Enishi. . .'

Saitoh nearly smirked, 'What's wrong, Battousai? Cat got your tongue?'

Meanwhile, Kenshin was having his own battle.

[Sessha is VERY confused!!] Rurouni cried. [Why did sessha see all those . . . visions???]

(Oh, can it will you?)

[ORO???]

Battousai sighed, (I honestly don't know what they were either. They could have been visions of the future. . .) his face turned hard and his amber eyes flickered angrily. (Or memories of the past.)

"Oi. . Kenshin. . ." Sanosuke moved his hand over Kenshin's face.

Kenshin snapped out of it, "ORO???"

Everybody. . . except Saitoh. . . fell down anime-style.

Misao sighed, "What does 'oro' mean anyway?"

In a very stiff and unemotional voice, Saitoh told her, "Quite literally, it means 'oh no'."

"Oh I get it!!!" Misao said with a large smile.

Kaoru frowned at Kenshin. 'What the heck is going on with you, Kenshin?' she turned back to Saitoh. "Thank you for that information. But can you tell me just who this Hitokiri Battousai was?"

Saitoh smirked. "But of course. Battousai and I were arch rivals when I was part of the Shinsen-gumi, and he was part of the Ishin-shishi. We battled in Kyoto many times, and every time, neither of us won. There was always a distraction, which I think is because Battousai was just lucky. I would have killed him if it weren't for all those distractions. . ."

Kenshin suddenly started chuckling with his eyes closed, and was about to say something very rude back to Saitoh, when he realized Saitoh couldn't have been talking to him. '. . . What is going on with me?'

Misao frowned. "And just what's so funny, Himura?"

Kenshin looked up at her with innocent eyes, ". . . I really don't know. . ."

Saitoh stood up. "Well, I believe my business here is done." He walked out of the room. When he reached the front porch, he saw Enishi standing behind a tree, watching him. When he reached the tree, he chuckled and said, "Don't worry. . . I told them."

Enishi smiled, and his white hair blew in the furious wind blowing against him. "You gave them all the facts except for one little thing?"

Saitoh nodded. "Everything I told them was the truth. . . I just didn't tell them all of it."

Enishi snickered, and he pushed his glasses up higher on his nose. "Very good Saitoh. Here's some money."

Saitoh glared at him, and pushed the money to the ground. "You must remember, Yukishiro: I work for one man and one man only, and that's myself. Nobody else. I just did what I did to finally kill Battousai. Piece. . .by piece. . ."

Enishi grinned evilly. "I knew that Kenshin Himura was the Battousai; I recognized him from the start. But. . . why didn't he recognize me?" he looked up at the sky as if it held the answer.

Saitoh looked up at the sky also. "That. . . I still don't know."

~*~

It was later that night when everybody sat down at the dinner Kenshin had made. Sanosuke's eyes grew as large as his stomach. "Wow!!! Kenshin!!! This looks awesome!!! Not like the usual trash we always get. . ."

"WHAT WAS THAT???" came a scream from Kaoru.

"OWWW!! PAIN!!! OH THE PAIN!!!"

Battousai sighed. (This is getting really stupid. . .)

Rurouni just nodded because he had just stuffed his face with food.

(Well at least it's interesting stupidity. . .)

Everybody was quite as they ate, well. . expect for Sanosuke, who kept softly groaning from the bump on his head. All were lost in their thoughts.

(I think we should find this Hiko guy.)

Rurouni nodded again, face still stuffed with food.

(And maybe we should even ask Kaoru. . .)

Rurouni swallowed his food all down, very loudly. [Would it be wise to bring Kaoru-dono into this all?]

Battousai grumbled, (That's what I'm trying to figure out. . .Her parents were in this after all. . .) his amber eyes flickered. (And if what we saw was true, it means we killed her father.)

Rurouni let out a sigh. [This is not good. . .] he perked up a bit. [At least Enishi can't get in here anymore with the police watching it and everything. . .]

(HA!!! Enishi can't get in here alive even without the police.) He grinned evilly. (For ya see. . . you've got ME around. . .haha. . .WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT????)

The phone ringing scared Kenshin so much that he nearly fell out of his seat, and everybody just watched him as he cried out, "ORO!!!"

Kenshin got up and picked up the phone. "Hello, Kamiya/Makimachi residence."

"Hey there Battousai."

Kenshin's eyes widened, and he whispered, ". . .Enishi?"

"That's right. It's me. Thought you got rid of me didn't you?" the person on the other side of the line laughed.

Kenshin smiled at everybody else who were now staring at him, and then he brang the wire-less phone into his room and he closed the door. His eyes turned amber, "What is it you want?"

"I want to know if you can remember anything from the days of the Bakamatsu."

Kenshin glared at an invisible person. "I wasn't part of the Bakamatsu. . ." he said, but his train of thoughts were, 'I mustn't let him know I'm a robot. . .'

"Oh come now, Himura. You were alive during that time now weren't you? I would say you were . . . oh. . . fifteen?" Enishi snickered.

Kenshin's eyes narrowed tightly. "Yes. . . I was fifteen. . ."

(Better go with the flow, as I say. . .)

"Well, I have reason to believe that you were the one who killed both of Kaoru's parents!"

"I told you before," Kenshin said, his voice had a choking sound to it, "I wasn't there. I was. . .at school."

"I dunno. . . I remember seeing you."

"And how would you do that? You were only thirteen."

"But how do you know that?" Enishi asked.

Kenshin groaned, ". . . Saitoh Hajime told us." His head was throbbing suddenly and his heart was racing. Kenshin didn't feel too good. . .

Enishi sighed, "Well, I guess I'm getting nowhere with you. . ."

Kenshin was getting angry. "What was the point of you calling me anyway?"

"Oh I dunno. . . I just wanted to talk."

"No. You had a reason."

Enishi smirked, "Well, if you must know, I was planning on making a day and time with you to have a fight."

Kenshin growled, "There's no way I'm going to fight with you! You'd lose anyway."

(Hey! Hey!!! HEY!!! I want some of this conversation too ya know!) Battousai yelled.

Rurouni shook his head. [No way. . .]

Enishi growled back, "Coward!"

Kenshin's eyes had amber sparking through them. "FINE THEN!!! Bring it on!!!" his Battousai side cried.

Rurouni gasped. [Oh no! Oh dear! Oh no!]

Enishi smiled. "Ahhh. . . That sounds better. How about later on tonight. . . at midnight."

"Name your place!" Kenshin growled.

"The park. Deep in the forest."

"You're on!" Kenshin hung up the phone and threw it into the wall on the other side of the room.

On the other side of the line, Enishi smirked. 'It worked. So he is just like everybody said. Provoke him, anger him, and he'll fight with you. Heh.'

Kenshin's eyes turned back to violet. He sighed, and fell onto his futon. 'Ohhh. . . what have I done. . .'

A single tear fell down his cheek.

Kenshin's eyes widened, and he touched the salty water with his hand. 'Is that. . . a tear?'

To Be Continued. . .

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