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Now, on with the chapter.

Blood Red Love

Chapter Three

Bishies, Mafia, and More

I laughed as Misao made a comment on Yahiko's social skills. I was having a great time with my newfound friends, and was already best friends with Megumi, Tae, and quirky little Misao. I giggled again and glanced sideways at Yahiko who kept peeking at Tsubame and then blushed and turned away. I quickly informed the girls of the blossoming crush that Yahiko had Tsubame. They laughed along with me.

"Ah, the wonder of young love. How I wish I was still young." Megumi said and sighed dramatically. Misao frowned at her.

"What do ya mean 'wish you were still young'? You are young! You're only 23!" She blurted out. Megumi blushed and quickly covered up Misao's mouth while Tae and I laughed as the men looked back towards us, confusion and suspicion in their eyes. We only grinned at them and continued on with our chat.

"Ne, Kaoru-chan, do you have a man in your life?" Megumi asked suddenly. I balked and froze my steps.

"N-Nani!?" I squawked, blushing furiously. Megumi and Tae sent sly glances at me.

"Well, do you?" Tae asked as she, Megumi and Misao cornered me against a lamppost.

Or what I thought was a lamppost. A cough was heard from behind me and I swiveled around only to stare into laughing turquoise eyes. I blushed deeply and noticed that the other girls had backed up and were strangely quiet. I frowned at the stranger, a blush rising to my cheeks as I took in his handsome features.

"Um, Gomen Nasai." I mumbled as I looked down. I expected he would yell at me, but he did the exact opposite.

He laughed.

My head shot up and I stared, wide-eyed as he chuckled deeply. Suddenly my embarrassment was taken over my anger.

"And just what are you laughing at? I apologized, didn't I?" I growled slightly. He stopped laughing and smirked at me, his silvery white hair shining in the sun.

"Yes. My apologies. It's just that I usually don't have such a pretty girl come and lean up right against me." I flushed again and glared at him. By now the guys had noticed that we were not with them, and came back for us. I gasped as Sano pulled me back behind him. His face was a little pale.

"Why are you on this side, Yukishiro?" Aoshi snarled softly as he stood beside Sano, Kenshin on Sano's other side. I frowned and turned to Megumi, who was deathly pale.

"Megumi-san? What's going on?" I asked, confused by the sudden actions of everyone.

"That's Yukishiro Enishi, the Mafia King of China, and some parts of Japan." Tae whispered, answering for a frowning Megumi. My eyes widened and I stared at the man before me, wondering how he could possibly be part of the Mafia. But then....I had thought those men could not have been part of a gang. My eyes glazed over as the memory flashed before my mind.

::Flashback::

I smiled at the man as handed me a flower. My father laughed and ruffled my hair.

"Say thank you, little Kaoru-chan." He said and I looked back to the smiling man who had given me the flower.

"Arigatou." My childish voice said quietly as I ran off to put the flower into some water.

-Two Weeks Later-

"Stop it!" I cried as the 'Flower Man' shoved a knife into my father's back as some other men proceeded to rape my mother before my very eyes. The man glanced at me and only laughed as he dug the knife further into my father. My father stared at me with sad eyes, blood running down his face.

"Kaoru...Take Yahiko and r-run. Now!" He gasped out. I opened my mouth to argue, but when I noticed that the other men were almost done with my mother, I grabbed Yahiko's hand and started to run, with only a brief glance back as I heard a muffled scream and then silence. I ran as fast as I could, needing to get out of there before those men came after my brother and I.

::End of Flashback::

I took a deep breath and held back the tears that threatened to fall. I had just now noticed that I was shaking.

"Kaoru? Kaoru-chan, what's wrong?" I heard Tae's voice ask worriedly. I just pushed a hand to my forehead, trying to forget the bloody and obscene images from appearing. I snapped my eyes shut, trying to block out the men forcing themselves onto my mother, and then making us watch while they killed her and my father.

"Kamiya! Get a hold of yourself!" Megumi snapped and I stared up at her with wide eyes.

"W-What happened?" I asked as I stood on shaky feet. The others just looked at me weirdly. I glanced towards where the man, Enishi, had stood moments before, only to see his silvery white head disappear from view.

"Kaoru-dono, let's get you home." Kenshin said soothingly as he and Sano walked towards me.

"O-okay." I said, dazed. Why did the appearance of that man strike up that memory?

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::Enishi's POV::

"Kamiya! Get a hold of yourself!" My head snapped up as I heard this, my eyes wide. I stared at the shaking girl, a look of pain and horror on her face. My lips tightened as I quickly turned on my heel and left.

Kamiya....

Than that means...that this is the girl. And one of them, presumably the boy, is her brother.

I mentally snorted. That means the first part of my job was done. Now all I had to do was the last part...which I was NOT looking forward to.

I can't believe that I'm doing this for Old Man Kamiya.

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Shiroi Hikari: Well, pretty cool chapter. At least I introduced Enishi, and part of what his purpose is. I also put another part of Kaoru's past in, and what Enishi is planning. Yep. Actually, I don't know if I explained Kaoru's past in any of the previous chapters, and I'm too lazy to go and check, so whatever happened has been replaced by this. Yep.

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