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On with the story!

Chapter Eleven

Kenshin couldn't figure out why he had cried. The mystery hit him like nothing else had, and Kenshin couldn't get any sleep. It wasn't until eight that Kaoru checked on him.

Kaoru walked into the dark room, where only one lone figure pretended to sleep on his futon. "Kenshin?"

No reply.

"Kenshin!"

Still no reply.

Kaoru frowned, getting really upset. "Kenshin Himura, you answer me right now!!!!"

Kenshin turned around on the futon. "What is it, woman?" he asked, in that same, cold voice that he had the first time he met Kaoru.

Kaoru got really angry at that. "Don't you DARE call me woman!! You know my name!!! It's KAORU!!! Kaoru KAMIYA!!! HELLO???"

Kenshin sighed, and closed his eyes. ". . .I'm sorry Kaoru. I-I don't know what came over me."

Kaoru softened at that. She walked over to the futon and got down on her knees. "Tell me what's wrong, Kenshin."

Kenshin grumbled something under his breath.

"What?" Kaoru asked.

Kenshin sighed, "I said, do you know who Hiko Seijiro is?"

Kaoru's eyes widened. ". . .Yes I do."

Kenshin nearly smiled. "Can you tell me who he is?"

Kaoru thought carefully about her words, "Well. . . First of all, I don't know much about him, but I do know that everybody in town believes he's a crazy old man who stays up all night working on creating different things.

"The only way I know him is when he helped me put you together. You see, he gave me all your body parts, and it was him and him only that made you come to life. He gave you a heart, and a brain, Kenshin. Freaky, isn't it?" Kaoru finished.

Kenshin's eyes widened at her story. "He. . .he helped you make me?" he asked.

Kaoru nodded.

Kenshin looked down at the floor. "I see. . ."

"Why, what do you have with Hiko Seijiro?" Kaoru asked. "Do you know him personally?"

Kenshin closed his eyes once more. "I think. . . at one time. . . I did know him. I had memories of him, when I was a boy." He opened his eyes. "But how can that be? I was never a little boy."

Kaoru frowned. "I don't, Kenshin. I really don't know."

Kenshin sighed, and rolled over so his back was facing Kaoru. "Thanks for the information Kaoru. Goodnight."

Kaoru climbed over him and got right in his face. "Hey, hey, HEY mister!!! Don't turn away from me like that!"

Kenshin nearly smiled and rolled over to the other side.

Kaoru climbed over him again and got right in his face once more. "Kenshin!"

Kenshin rolled over again and again, and Kaoru chased after him. By now, Kenshin was giggling like a little girl playing with her dolly.

Kaoru was very ticked off by all this. "Kenshin!. . . Kenshin!!!. . . Stop it!!! Kenshin would you listen to me??? . . . Kenshin!!! . . . hello??"

Kenshin frowned up at her, "Oh be quiet would you? I'm trying to get some sleep!!!" he rolled over again and stayed there. Kaoru got right up in his face again.

"I want to know what your problem is, and I won't be quiet until you tell me!!!" she yelled in his face.

Kenshin smirked. "I know what WILL get you to be quiet."

(Watch the pro, Rurouni. . .) Battousai snickered.

Kaoru smiled, "Oh yah? And how's that?"

Kenshin just said, "Like this," before he brushed his lips against Kaoru's. 'This might be the first and last kiss we ever get, so I better spend my time wisely. . .'

Rurouni nodded. [Enishi will KILL us. . . ] then he added, weakly, [De gozaru yo.]

Battousai just rolled his eyes.

Kaoru's eyes widened. 'He's kissing me!' her mind screamed. 'Get him off!!!' but then something clicked in her mind. 'His lips are so warm. . . so soft. . . but how can that be? He's a robot. . . right?'

Their kiss was a soft one, but passionate. Kaoru had to lie down next to Kenshin on the futon in order to get closer to him; and get out of an uncomfortable position.

Kenshin cut off the kiss after what seemed like an eternity. He smiled. "See. . . you're quiet."

Kaoru touched her lips with two of her fingers, then quietly giggled for a few moments. "Wh. . . why did you do that?"

Kenshin cocked his head. "Because I wanted you to be quiet. . .?"

"Other then that."

Kenshin sighed, and closed his eyes. "I. . . I don't know why exactly. I-I don't want to talk about it. I don't feel good. . ."

Kaoru pouted. "Aww. . . please tell me. . ."

Kenshin turned away, as if he was playing some kind of hide and seek game.

Kaoru pulled him back to facing her. She smiled, "I'll do a magic trick, Kenshin, that will make you feel much better. Just close your eyes."

Kenshin frowned at her, then calmed down and closed his eyes. What came next was very unexpected, but not a bad thing.

Kaoru had pressed her lips against his, asking for another kiss. And oh boy, Kenshin wanted to do more then that.

'Where are these feelings coming from anyway?' he thought.

Rurouni had glasses on as he read in a book called 'Dictionary of Humans'. [Well, it says here, that those weird feelings we're having right now are called our hormones.]

Battousai snickered.

Kenshin frowned as he thought, 'What's THAT one from????' something didn't feel right. . .

Battousai snicker got louder. (THAT, my boy. . . is called being 'aroused'.) he laughed.

Kenshin blushed, but still continued to kiss Kaoru. ((AN: NOTHING HAPPENS!! Just kissing, okay? Okay.))

Meanwhile, from the open door, Sanosuke and Misao watched them. "This is TOO good. . .Do you think they're in love?" Sanosuke asked.

Misao punched him in the head. "Isn't it obvious you idiot???" she turned back to the kissing couple and got serious. "But I don't know about Kenshin. There's something about him that seems. . . inhuman."

Sanosuke laughed. "Well, it's not like he's a robot or something!"

~*~

Midnight came so quickly, that Kenshin didn't know it was happening. He was planning out his battle with Enishi. 'Hmmm. . . I need a weapon. . . Maybe some sword shops are still open. . .'

Kenshin sneaked out of the house, when everybody had gone to sleep. He made sure especially that Kaoru was asleep, still on his futon, before he left the house. He kissed her forehead. "I'm sorry, Kaoru, but I have to leave you now," he whispered.

He went over to the shops in town, but none of them were opened. 'Maybe Enishi is a nice guy and he gives his opponent a weapon. . .'

(I highly doubt it. . .)

Rurouni nodded.

Kenshin sighed. 'Well. . . better get going to the park. . .' he ran, like a mouse, to the park, and went into the woodsy area. Sure enough, there stood Enishi, with that evil smirk on his face.

"So you decided to come, eh?"

Kenshin frowned.

Enishi looked him over. "You decided to come with no weapon?" he laughed. "I thought as much. Here, catch." He threw a katana at the ground where Kenshin stood. "It won't be a real fight unless you have a sword. Otherwise, I'd kill you instantly."

Kenshin picked up the katana, and unsheathed it, and watched as Enishi did the same with his sword. "If you want to taste the ground, feel free to attack me."

Enishi laughed. "Bring it on, Battousai."

Kenshin frowned at him. ". . . What did you just call me?"

"Battousai. I recognized you from the start. You're the Hitokiri Battousai, the manslayer. But you won't slay this man! NO! This man will slay YOU!!" Enishi charged with his katana raised high over his head.

Kenshin looked up.

[What do I do. . . WHAT DO I DO???] Rurouni screamed.

Battousai smirked, (Relax. . . leave it all to me.)

Kenshin glared at the sword coming towards his head, and immediately his eyes converted from fragile violet to deep, hard core amber. He blocked Enishi's attack with his sword, tilted to the right above his head. Enishi's sword pushed Kenshin's sword down, so of course, Kenshin moved to his left and raised his katana, nearly cutting off his ear, but, like a professional, missed it just barely.

Kenshin raised his katana and struck down at Enishi. Enishi stepped back with his right leg and blocked it. Both men were furious, but not furious enough to make this a real fight.

The battle continued, strike, block, strike, block, strike block. It kept going on and on, and Kenshin was starting to tire down. 'Why oh WHY did he have to pick the hour late at night???'

Battousai winced. (He knew we'd be weaker at night. . .)

Kenshin thought for a moment, as he and Enishi stepped back to take a breath. 'Weaker at night. . . that's not necessarily true.' His mind scanned all the information he knew about Japan's history. 'Aha. Found it. Battousai was known for his killings at night, and how he was like a panther in the darkness.'

Battousai grinned, (Yah, well, maybe Battousai was but. . .) he caught himself. (Hey. . . my name is Battousai. . .)

Rurouni raised an eyebrow. [You're just now realizing this?]

(Shut up!)

[ORO!]

Enishi breathed heavily. He grinned and chuckled. "This is getting nowhere. So I suppose I'll just have to call on one of my pets. . ." but he was interrupted.

A bone chilling voice filled the air, with no other emotion then anger. "I told you before, Yukishiro, I am NOT your pet." The owner of the voice stepped out of the shadows of the trees. "Come now Battousai, it's my turn."

Kenshin's eyes widened. ". . . Saitoh Hajime. . ."

Saitoh grinned. "That's right." Then he turned serious and frowned, "I will finally defeat you, Battousai!!! After ten years of waiting for you to return, here you are!!! And I can finally kill you!!"

Kenshin frowned. "No. . . You've got me mixed up with somebody else. I'm not the Hitokiri Battousai."

Saitoh glared daggers at him. "Oh really? You sure look like Battousai to me. Your name is Kenshin Himura, correct?"

Kenshin gulped, and nodded.

"Then you are the Battousai." Then he grinned. "But I will fight you, JUST to make sure."

Kenshin growled at the back of his throat, and raised his katana into a 'shomen' position. He tucked his chin into his chest, and whispered, "Come."

Before Kenshin knew it was happening, another memory flashed before his eyes.

(Awwwwwwww damnit, not AGAIN!!!)

`~`~`~`~FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`

A man with black hair, amber wolf-like eyes wore a green with white stripes like daggers on each sleeve, raised his katana. He was apparently one of the Shinsen-gumi. "Finally. . . I have met you, Battousai. And now, I will defeat you!"

Kenshin recognized this man. That was Saitoh.

"Hn. Very well, I'll fight you, but I take you for pity." Said another voice. . . Kenshin's voice. No. . . it wasn't Kenshin's voice. . . it was. . . Battousai.

Saitoh growled at him. "DIE!!! BATTOUSAI!!!" he charged at Battousai with his sword pointed straight at him, with Saitoh's fingers on the flat side of the blade, as if to push it more. Saitoh moved with incredible speed, but it couldn't match the Battousai's speed.

Battousai dodged him, and Saitoh's eyes widened. Battousai was the only one who could dodge that attack. Battousai raised his sword, and his amber eyes widened with anger. The sword was just about to connect with Saitoh's head, when an alarm went off, and many police officers with guns ran towards them.

"Stop your fighting!!!" they yelled, and threatened them with their guns.

Battousai smirked, 'Ha. Leave it to the local police to ruin my fun.' He turned to Saitoh, and said, "We'll meet again."

Saitoh nodded, "Oh I'm sure we will." Then he thought, 'Battousai let a fight down just by some puny police?'

Battousai started to walk away, until he suddenly practically flew around and slashed angrily at the police.

Five seconds ago, there were eight police total.

Right now. . . .zero.

Saitoh watched as Battousai wiped the blood from his sword, looked at Saitoh with those piercing amber eyes, then ran off into the night.

Saitoh smirked, "Yes, I dare say we'll meet again. And next time I will defeat you, Battousai."

`~`~`~`~END FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`

Kenshin fell to his knees, and Saitoh and Enishi watched him, very confused. Kenshin breathed heavily. 'I did not just see that. . . I didn't. . .'

Enishi raised an eyebrow, and whispered to Saitoh, "What the heck is his problem?"

Saitoh shrugged. "I don't know. . ."

Kenshin finally stood back up, and, with gleaming, piercing amber eyes he finally realized he needed to take these memories into full swing, and Saitoh smiled at his words. "Yes. I am the Hitokiri Battousai, and I will fight you again, Saitoh Hajime!"

To Be Continued. . .

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