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Chapter 5:
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"Kenshin!!"
"Stop it please!! Don't hurt him!" Kaoru shouted, tears pouring out of her eyes as she watched Kenshin fall on the bloody ground.
"NOOO!!! Kenshin!!" Kaoru shouted as she rushed to Kenshin to shield his body with hers.
The sickening sound of metal piercing flesh was heard throughout the room.
Kenshin caught Kaoru in his arms, ridding him of his remaining strength. An agonizing cry escaped Battousai's lips as he held Kaoru tightly to his chest.
"Kaoru."
From that moment, Kenshin cried, cried for the person he loved.
"K-Kenshin," Kaoru said weakly as she cupped his cheek with her cold hands. "Your safe, thank-kami."
"I'm so sorry," Tears started falling on Kaoru's blood stained cheeks. "That I'm a burden to you. I'm sorry that I only gave you pain and suffering."
Kaoru pulled back some hair that was falling messily on Kenshin's shoulder.
"Maybe when I'm gone you'll be happier ne?" Kaoru said as she chocked on her words.
"No, Kaoru, don't say that please, stay with me, I need you."
"I love you." And with that Kaoru fell into eternal sleep, never to wake again.
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"Kaoru!!" Kenshin flung herself upright, panting.
'It's just a dream.' Kenshin turned to look at his side and found Kaoru to be nowhere beside him.
'Kaoru. No it can't be, it has to be a dream'
Kenshin dashed outside his room frantically searching for Kaoru, checking every room in the headquarters.
Kitchen? No, not there.
Dining room? No, not there.
Meeting room? No, not there.
Courtyard? No, not there.
Furo? Kenshin was so worried that he didn't even bother on knocking on the door, that he barged right into the furo.
Suddenly, Kenshin heard screaming.
"IYA!!!!!!! KENSHIN NO HENTAI!!! OMAE WA HIDOI!!!"
And everything went black.
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Kenshin woke up to see beautiful, sapphire eyes staring worriedly down at him.
And to one major headache...
"Itai."
"Oh Kenshin I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to, it's just that I got surprised when you suddenly barged in the furo!" Kaoru said fussing about with her hands clutching her kimono.
"No it's my fault Kaoru I didn't knock first, that I didn't."
"But Ken..."
Just then, Kaoru found herself in a bone-crushing embrace.
"K-Kenshin..."
"Thank god that it wasn't real." Kenshin whispered as he buried himself deep into Kaoru's swan-like neck.
Kaoru returned Kenshin's embrace. "What wasn't real?"
Kenshin tightened his hold on Kaoru, his hold on her never wavering. "Nothing."
"Demo..."
"Don't worry about it, Kaoru." Kenshin said, smiling.
"If you say so." Kaoru smiled back.
Just then, a crisp knock sounded on the sliding door.
"Himura, Katsura-san commands your presence in the meeting."
"Aa, tell him I'm on the way." Informed Kenshin.
Kenshin turned to Kaoru, meeting her gaze. "Kaoru, I want to you to stay here. Don't go anywhere without me by your side."
"But Kenshin I don't – "
"No buts. Do you hear me?"
"Hai." Kaoru said turning to away from Kenshin.
"Good."
All Kaoru heard was a faint click of the door as Kenshin exited his quarters.
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"Good morning gentlemen, we are here to discuss about our current plans in eliminating the Shinsen-gumi."
"My dear friends, Takasugi, my right-hand man is here to inform us if the current situation at hand." Katsura addressed, with much authority.
"Yes," Takasugi cleared his throat. "Well we are currently in a close relationship with the Shinsen-gumi, but of course, that is only an act. In an time-span of three months, gentlemen," Takasugi addressed, "we should have eliminated eliminated all of the Shinsen-gumi if, if everything goes on smoothly."
Mumbles and whispers can be heard throughout the meeting room.
"Katsura-san," One of the board members spoke. "How sure are we that everything will go on smoothly? How are we so sure that our plan is flawless?"
"I assure you that we have the best assassins around namely, Hitokiri Battousai," heads turned to Kenshin, who acknowledged them with a nod. "Seta Soujiro and many more highly skilled assassins. And on the subject of spies infiltrating our base, well we have assigned men, men that have been with us for years, to monitor the comings and goings of men in the Ishin-shishi headquarters. They will be recording everything, and if an Ishi-shishi assassin or worker is suspected to be a spy, then we will eliminate that person immediately, without second thoughts." Katsura explained confidently.
"How about Shinsen-gumi's assistant leader, Hajime, Saitou?"
"Hajime, Saitou had been eliminated by our top assassin, Battousai." Takasugi informed the board of members.
"For now we still have a number of Shinsen-gumi members to eliminate, if all goes well we will be able to met our estimated deadline, which is three months. Thank you gentlemen for giving your time in hearing the current issued the Ishin-shishi is going through. This meeting is dimissed."
"Himura-san, stay." Katura commanded.
"Aa." Kenshin spoke, emotionlessly.
"Here is the name of the person you will be assassinating tonight, make sure the person is dead before you leave." Katsura said, handing Kenshin the black enevelope.
"Hai." With a bow Kenshin exited the room intent on performing his assassination assignment.
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