Okies guys!!! Lets countinue!! Haha so far kaoru is still remembering her past! Just to tell you there is gonna be a lot of flashbacks! Haha sorry..i have ta do it otherwise it just wont make sence! And I know it's kinda like the Ova on some parts…but..hey..w/e lets just countinue…

Chapter Three

Kenshin grabbed Kaoru and hid. "Shinta what's happening?"

"Shhh please not right now…just follow me okay?" Kaoru nodded

'Kaoru…..i cant promise that I'll live…but Shinta will not leave you alone….' Her father took out his sword and blocked Yukishiro's attack. All Kaoru and Shinta could hear we're the sounds of the swords and then it went silent. Kaoru afraid of what might happen ran out to her father.

"Kaoru!"Shinta shouted.

Kaoru ran to her father. There she saw the Yukishiro guy, he was holding his sword to her father's neck.

"Papa!" Kamiya looked at her. 'Kaoru…no…..i cant let her see this……I'm sorry……Kaoru……………….'

"NO! don't let her see this Yukishiro! She doesn't deserve this!" Kamiya cried out. Yukishiro grinned.

"Tch…too bad…and after your life…I'll kill her too.." Yukishirio then pierced the sword through his neck then took it back out. The body fell to the ground blood splashing everywhere. Kaoru's eyes widen and held her breath. '……………….Papa……….'

Kaoru saw Yukishiro walking over to her but she didn't move she just looked at her father who was now dead. Yukishiro was about to attack her but Shinta quickly ran to her and blocked his way by hugging Kaoru. Soon enough it started to rain.

"Yukishiro! That's enough!....we were only gonna kill Kamiya, and we did..we never said about killing his daughter." His comrade said kind of feeling bad for her. Yukishiro looked at the two.

"Tch……whatever…." He drew is sword back into his sheath and walked away.

End of flashback

Kaoru was deep in thought she almost forgot that she was still in the bathhouse. She got up and changed into clean clothing. The first thing when she came back was she went to her room and slept. In the middle of the night Kaoru woke up and had forgotten to eat, so she went outside. She also noticed that she was not the only one awake but Himura too.

She looked up at him. "….I was wondering when you would notice that you haven't eaten yet." He said taking a seat. Kaoru just kept on eating.

" Kenshin…." Kaoru looked at him.

"….before..you asked what my name was…and it is Kenshin." Kaoru just nodded. Unfortunately that was as close as she could get from him saying sorry for killing the man she knew.

Kaoru looked at Kenshin like she had seen him before in the past. '…….it…cant be him….' "…soo..i heard that you joind the Ishin Shishi when you were at the age of thirteen….such a young age for killing don't you think? Why did you join? And what about your family?" Kenshin kept quiet.

"…gomen-nasai….it's a habit of being nosy sometimes…….so why are you awake?"

" I'm a light sleeper so…I heard footsteps and went to check it out…"

"oh…….." There was silence for a while then Kaoru got up. "well…I think I'll go to bed now….good night." Kenshin watched her leave and just sat there, a few minutes later he got up and went to his room.

Kaoru decided to follow Kenshin and get to know him better the next day. She went to make breakfast for the comrades and then went to Kenshins room bringing some food. She knocked on his door.

"What is it.." came a demanding voice.

"..Umm…it's me Kaoru…can I come in?" not hearing any reply she went in thinking it was okay. Kenshin was sitting down with his eyes closed and a sword leaning on his shoulder.

"Um…I brought you food…" Kenshin slowly opened his eyes.

"……………." Kenshin looked at the food it was soup.

"….Do you sleep like that? Sitting down?"

"..Why do you care?"

"Well because…isn't it uncomfortable?...and plus it looks like you bed hasn't been touched at all…….."

"…..Why did you come here…is there something you have to say?"

"ah.. yes…Katsura-san asked me to tell you that you have been assigned to assassinate someone today….and…I just thought that I would bring the food here…since your not gonna eat out there….." she said fidgeting with her hands.

"……Tell Katsura-san that I'll take the assignment…."

"okay…." Kaoru got up and left the room.

"Hey Jou-chan….you wanna gamble with us?" Sano said with the other men. Kaoru sighed in disgust.

"You know I won't gamble Sano it's against the laws…. And you shouldn't play either..your just wasting your money." Sano shrugged

"hey..better than doing nothing.." Kaoru went to Katsura's room.

"Kenshin said that he would take the assignment…." "oh…really…since when did you know his name?" he said amused.

"…..um..i asked him…I cant call him Himura-san forever…." Katsura laughed.

"Well…he doesn't like people to know his name so I call him Himura…"

"….Is Kenshin his real name?"

"…well from what I know yes it is…why do you ask?"

"…….No reason……I'll be leaving now.." Katsura chuckled

Kaoru found her day pretty boring for her so she just trained in the dojo. Kenshin was also walking to the dojo but found Kaoru in there.He watched for a few minutes on how she trained and noticed that some of her moves were wrong. He heard him curse when she did the moves wrong.

"…..man…I don't see how I'm going to learn this crap…."

"…You cant get it right because your doing it all wrong…" Kenshin said startling her. He came towards her and showed he the right way by putting his arms around her and placing his hands on hers to control the sword. At this point Kaoru was blushing on how Kenshin was so close and he could hear his steady breathing. ' ……ahhh..he's making me uncomfortable!.....'

" I want you to try it by yourself…see if you do it right this time." He said letting her go.

"uh…okay…." Kaoru stood in fighting position and then tried Kenshin's teaching.

"..um…did I do it right?" she asked looking at him

"..almost there..but first I want to see how you fight……plus I guess this could be my training for the day" Kaoru was a bit shocked. '…is he….giving me lessons?...wow…weird…..' Kaoru shook her thoughts away and went to her fighting position.

'okay…just pretend that…it isn't Kenshin….just pretend……damn it! How can I pretend when I know he's the best assassin! I cant win against him!' Kenshin was tired of waiting for her to attack so he attacked her first.

'ahh!........what do I do?????' Kaoru quickly blocked his attack and moved away from him, but as soon as she moved he was already making a next move. Kaoru suddenly became serious and dodged his attack.

'ok……he's not really giving his all…so…I'll just give it my all…' Kaoru held her sword in front of her as Kenshin came swiftly to her.

'…what's she doing?' he thought as he swung the sword to attack her. He soon found her gone but being the battosai he felt her ki and she was behind him. He quickly turned around and blocked Kaoru's attack. Kaoru ignored his block and sent another attack and again Kenshin blocked her attack. The clanging of the swords were heard for a while then it stopped. Kenshin blocked her attack and then knocked her sword off her hand. It was over, Kenshin had won. Kaoru was panting and trying to keep her breathing steady.

"….You did good……but you can do better…." Kaoru picked her sword up and returned it.

"….Where did you learn that technique?" he asked

"….I learned it I guess……."

"Why did you join the Ishin Shishi?"

"Well…I……." she stopped and thought to herself '…..why did I join?......' "….I ..dont know…….well….so there won't be anymore killing in the future…" her eyes saddened. "…and so none of the future kids wont have to suffer of losing their loved ones……" Kaoru looked at him sadly.

"……Why did you have to leave?" she asked softly '..why did you have to change?......Shinta?' Kenshin raised an eyebrow.

"….Sorry…I know this isn't making any sense….just forget what I said…." She smiled slightly. "..um..i think I'll leave now…" Kaoru walked out, she clearly knew that Kenshin was Shinta although she did not know why he did not look familiar these past two years. '….i guess…I forgot about Shinta…haha…and I said I wouldn't forget him…'

Flashback

It was raining and a boy was hugging a girl. Kaoru had seen her father killed right in front of her eyes and was close to being killed except Shinta protected her.

"…Kaoru........i am sorry….." he said softly. Kaoru looked at him slowly, tears suddenly spilled from her eyes. She started to cry, burring her face on his chest. Shinta comforted her for the lost of her father.

"Kaoru…..we must find shelter……you might get sick…"

"..but…but Papa…."she said softly

"….We will bury him once the rain has stopped…but for now lets find some shelter…kay?" Kaoru nodded. They found a shelter and thankfully it was perfect enough to fit two people in.

Hey!!! Sorry I'm stopping here so suddenly! But I'm gonna be hanging out with my cousins soon…they're picking me up sooo….i'm sorry!!! I know I also stopped in a flashback on the last chapter and I'm sorry!!!ok bye!