Chapter nine:

'…I feel warm…..' Kaoru moved her hand up but it was placed on another hand '…..huh???....who's ..hand is this?' Kaoru slowly opened her eyes and in front of her was Kenshin.

'..huh?! what the!! How did-………' she just remembered that Kenshin pulled her over to him and wrapped a blanket over them. It seemed that Kenshin's position was moved (Kenshin was sitting up when he pulled her over), because they were now laying down. Kaoru looked at his sleeping form.

'…..he looks handsome……………..ah! what am I thinking?!?! How embarrassing!' Kaoru noticed that she was a little bit to close to him and tried to move back but Kenshin's arm was over her and wouldn't let her move.

'…what the heck!! How did his arm get there!!!!???' Kenshin opened his eyes because he felt someone trying to move. It was Kaoru who was blushing.

"…….uh…..your arm…umm..can you let go?....please?" '..oh how embarrassing this is.…..' Kenshin moved his arms away and sat up. Kaoru also sat up looking away from him. Kaoru moved her hand to the back of her head, sometime in the night she put her hair down without knowing.

"umm….soo…ya…I'm going to change…." She said standing up. Kenshin stared at her as she went out the door then faced forward. The two ate breakfast and then left the rundown house. They stayed quiet until they reached their destination.

Different scene

A maid went upstairs of a house and went to a bedroom. There sat a girl with long black hair that was tied. Her skin color was a bit pale. The girl who was looking out the window turned her head.

"Tomoe-san…..I'm sorry to bother you, but you should at least go outside thinking about your lost wont make it any better…"

"….He died with honor.."

"….I will let you make your choice, but please consider to go outside." With that the maid left. Tomoe got up and went out.

(hey pplZ Tomoe is gonna be here for a while sooooooooooooooo ya…….)

" Kenshin? Are you okay?" Kaoru asked looking at him. The two of them stopped by a inn and sat down near the window. Some of the men eyed Kaoru grinning and talking about her. Somehow Kenshin was the only person who noticed and gave the men a glare.

" You do know that a couple of men were eyeing you? And it was annoying me."

" I noticed, but I usually ignore men like them....why? afraid one of them is gonna steal your wiiiife?" she said teasingly. Kenshin just looked at his cup.

" heeey come on I was just joking!" she said laughing. Kenshin looked up to find a girl entering the inn and sat down at a table. Kaoru noticed and looked at the girl.

'….it's Tomoe-san…..great what a coincidence..'

" You better not be falling for the victim" Kenshin looked at her.

" The person you were just looking at was Tomoe….the one who we are to kidnap." She said giving a slight smile.

"It's best that we not talk here, you never know if people would want to eavesdrop on us. Lets go." The two left, night was soon to take over and they would have to kidnap Tomoe.

"Hey Kenshin...do you really need me to come with you to kidnap Tomoe?"

"Katsura-san asked us to do this so that means you have to."

"I know, but it'll be kinda awkward.." after that the two walked in silence. Katsura saved them a house up in the mountains where they would be staying. Kaoru looked at the house. It was perfect, well for a couple at least. In the front was a small garden where you could plant food and in the house were three rooms.

'heh…looks like Katsura-san planned it out very well..' Kaoru put her stuff down in her room that she picked. In the room a futon was already in it's place and other things which amused Kaoru.

"Kaoru.." she turned to find Kenshin at the door.

"You should get ready…" Kaoru sighed

"Couldn't we just do it tomorrow?" Kenshin shook his head then left. Kaoru pouted, slid her door shut and changed in to her gi. The two swiftly moved along the streets that were now empty. Once they reached the house Kaoru quickly knocked out a guard who was on duty, while Kenshin went ahead in the house quietly looking for Tomoe without waking anyone eles. Kaoru caught up with him when he had found Tomoe.

There Tomoe was sitting down and turned to face them. Kaoru stayed behind the shadows not wanting Tomoe to see her face. Kenshin quickly went to her and caught her before she could escape.

'…okay….she's gonna figure out sooner or later….just get it over with.' Kaoru walked up to her not looking at her and tied her hands and covered her face with a cloth. The door opened and Kaoru quickly turned around took her sword out.

" I will handle this" she said calmly. Kenshin gave a nod, opened the window and jumped out bringing Tomoe with him. The person ran to where Kenshin jumped off but was blocked by Kaoru.

" I'm afraid I cant let you pass." Kaoru attacked him making him pull out his sword and block Kaoru's attack. Kaoru jumped behind him and knocked him out by hitting his neck with the back of her sword. Hearing more footsteps, Kaoru quickly went out through the window and into the streets. Once she got home she found Tomoe sitting down. She looked at Kaoru.

"Kaoru-san…it's been a while.." Kaoru didn't say anything

"Who knew that you would be a assassin"

"I don't kill, just injure" Kenshin then appeared in the room, Kaoru looked at him then looked back.

" .and you work with the battosai.." Tomoe said looking at him. Kenshin ignored her and grabbed her arm leading her into the room that was left.

" Don't bother to escape, because I'll know when you try." He then shut the door and went back to Kaoru.

" We will leave tomorrow, get some rest." He said before he went into his room. Kaoru sighed and followed his command. Sometime that night Kaoru was awakened by hearing splashes of water. She slowly went out of her room and outside. There Kenshin was washing his hands. He usually did this, sometime in the night when they were at the hideout he would wash his hands for who knows how long, then he would go back to his room. Kaoru went to him. She noticed that the wound on his face reopened and blood was dripping down. Kaoru got a rag, wet it and wiped the blood. Kenshin looked at her.

"….how long has this been happening?" Kenshin looked at the water in the bucket.

" Two days after I received it. Akira was the name of the man who gave this scar.. and it keeps bleeding no matter what…….."

"Your nightmares…..you dream of the people you've killed and blood everywhere…." Kenshin looked at his hands.

"….But you ignore the dream and continue because …..it's for the new era we are to make…." Kaoru put the rag down and sat in silence for a bit. Then she looked at his hands.

"Blood, thats what you see when you wash your hands sometimes at night, even though there isn't any?" she asked softly. Kenshin didn't reply. Kaoru put her hand on his, which made Kenshin look at her. Her blue eyes looked back at his amber ones with sorrow, sorrow because Kenshin had to deal with it everytime. Kaoru hugged him wrapping her arms around him. No one had been there to comfort him, to say that things would be fine. But now Kaoru was there.

' I understand your pain…..' "…your not alone anymore Shinta." Kenshin who was staring at the ground slowly closed his eyes.

Hey!! Sorry that was kinda short!hehe…Hope u liked that last part there hahaha….dont know why I'm laughing but…ya…haha Hang in there Kenshin!