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Escapeing Destiny

By: Moon Baby

Warnings: This might be rated R for violence... (There is a certain part of the chapter that makes it so...)

Chapter 4

Sun light filled the place...

It played on the features of a lithe enchantress.

Though to all that looked at her they wouldn't be able to tell that she was. Kaoru was slowly becoming awake; in her mind she heard a deep mumbling voice.

Her eyes fluttered open to greet the sunlight.

For a moment she forgot where she was, and thought she was just having a horrible dream...

Even though that wouldn't be comforting either, since all of her dreams came true...

As she became more aware of her surroundings she noticed that she wasn't at the Inn were Kenshin and her had stayed the last night. Kaoru was in a forest, looking up at a bright blue sky. She blinked, ' Why do you only travel when I'm a sleep?...'

' Because I don't like it when I have to stop all the time.' Came a deep, cold, seeming forlorn voice in her head. It made her tremble with anticipation, he was here... somewhere... Kaoru sat up.

'Oh, so you don't think I can handle running and walking on the road to who knows where? Well, You're wrong... I'm not a pampered princess...' Memories flashed through her head, the ones she always wanted to forget about... She shivered mentally, and physically; she bowed her head and hugged herself... ' Don't think that I'm a person that hasn't gone through anything... Because even though you have killed, and are more blood stained then I am, I'm sure I have gone through more horrible things then you have...'

'What do you mean by that?' Kenshin looked down at her from where he was sitting high up in a tree.

'What? That I have gone through more horrible things then you have?'

'No, that I'm more blood stained then you are.'

Kaoru's eyes widened when out of who knows were Kenshin dropped right in front of her, his cape flying around him, his hair also flying behind him, but it was restrained at the nape of his neck, his golden eyes gaping into hers like they where doors. They sat there for what seemed like an eternity, and when Kaoru thought that he saw enough of her truth-bonded sole, she looked away. ' Battousai you know of what I am, of what I may see, of what I can do... Do you think that you are the only one who has kidnapped me before? I really think that out of all of them that were men, you're the one that's closest to humanity. But to survive them and to get back home I... I had to... well decapitate some of them.' Kenshin raised his hand to her chin and raised it so that he was looking in her eyes again, some how it hurt him to see her tear fall down her face.

'You killed them, you mean.' Kenshin thought to her raising an eyebrow, a bit skeptical.

"Yes..." Kaoru said putting her head down like she had done a devious crime, more tears escaped her closed-tight eyes.

"But you used powers, not a sword." Kenshin said in a remorseful tone.

"No. I used the weapons that I could get. But some of them, yes, I was forced to use my powers." Kaoru said putting her head lower into her chest, she was a bit surprised of his use of emotion, but was too caught up wallowing in despondency.

"You don't like using your skills, do you?"

"I like using most of them, but the enchanted future, past, present, and mind part... no I don't. I like my skills surrounding the spells, elementals, potions, and shape changing. I also like to fight with a sword, Kunai knives, what tactics I have learned training, and using the skill reminds me of my late father..." Kaoru looked up to Kenshin to see that he was alert. "What? What's the matter?"

'Someone is coming.' Kenshin's now cold voice came into her mind.

Kaoru was a little upset that she had, had him using emotion, and now he was disinterested again, but she listened intently all the same, she could her the fait steps of feet, 'It's more then one person.'

'Yes, there are three, maybe four.' Kenshin looked at Kaoru, 'Stay.' He thought menacingly giving her a glare almost as bad.

'What? I'm as good as you are at fighting!' But Kenshin was not to be swayed.

'Only if you use your powers. If you didn't have them, I could kill you in a second where you are. But that little detail, is keeping me from killing you, and the fact that Hiko told me to only kill you only if it was necessary-...' Kenshin stopped thinking to her and looked back to hear the intruders.

'I thought you said, and I quote, I was ordered to kill you. But you just said that you weren't ordered to kill me you were ordered to kidnap me, and if it was necessary then kill me.'

'Killing is faster. I wanted to go home. You would have caused more trouble then you're worth. And it was raining.' Kenshin thought to her irritated.

'Yeah... Thanks. Hey! I don't cause that much damage!' Kaoru thought back with a scowl on her face, as she crossed her arms over her chest tightly.

'You already did.' Kenshin thought to her in a neutral tone; that sounded like it was supposed to be under his breath if it wasn't thought to her.

'Really? How? In what possible way did I cause that much trouble?' Kaoru gave him a glare.

'Princess, you may find this no trouble at all, but I think that it is like a curse to have a women in my head.' Kenshin thought to her, very irritated, and angry.

'Oh that...' Kaoru said rolling her eyes, her arms loosening on her chest.

'It's great you are paying attention. It really is.' Kenshin thought to her in a mock tone.

'Can you stop being arrogant for one second!? Do you really think that I like this?! It's as much as a curse to me as it is to you!' Kaoru thought to him, trying her damnedest not to yell.

'Well that's news to my ears.' Kenshin thought to her in the same mocking tone.

Kenshin could hear her growling in his ear. He smirked; it's been awhile since he could make someone angry.

Kenshin saw 3 men and a woman come into sight, he heard Kaoru growl louder, and he glanced at her...

Kaoru's eyes were silts and glazed, a shaking fist scrunching her pathetic excuse for a dress on her thigh. He saw a memory that wasn't his pass through his head. Kaoru was in the same position as the woman in front of them was; all of the men were the same as in the memory. Kenshin just looked at Kaoru, she was glaring her hardest. She was whispering 'but I killed him' over and over.

The memory in Kenshin's mind went further he saw them start to rape her, but something flashed before they could do damage... Kaoru's skin turned a light red, and instead of ice blue eyes, they had flames in them. The men though didn't seem to notice, and the leader of the bandits kissed her, Kenshin saw her bite his tong off, and spit it out of her mouth, she sat up in an angry flare. She threw the man off her, and looked at the remainder men. The men went to their leader, and turned him over, Kenshin heard them gasp in shock as they saw his face. The mans face had 3rd degree burns on his face, the skin around his mouth was burned off to the bone, and blood was oozing out of his head. The dead mans lackeys shook with fear and ran away.

Kenshin just looked at Kaoru stunned, he didn't think she could do that. She was glaring death to all.

'Come on, lets go.' Kenshin ordered, as he got up from his place and walked the other way from the seen, while grabbing Kaoru's hand making her follow him.

'What!? No! We have to go back! We have to help that girl!' Kaoru was pulling a tugging every which way to get out of his steel like grip.

'No.'

'WHY?! I don't want what happened to me to happen to her.'

Kenshin stopped, turned on his heal and glared at her. 'This is why I don't travel with other people, especially women.'

'Well, this is why I hate men!' Kaoru turned on her heal, and ran to the girl.

'Why does this always happen to me?' Kenshin and Kaoru thought at the same time. Kaoru just grinned, and Kenshin glared at her fast running form.

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Kaoru could hear the screams of the other girl...

'I'm not going to make it on time!'

Kaoru ran faster... Kaoru broke through the grove of trees, and ran at the first man she saw. The leader was on the floor panting, and holding his ribs.

"Oh! So you want to be done too, huh?" He got up, wiped the blood off his mouth, and cackled. Kaoru glared at him.

"You need to do something better with your life." Kaoru stated.

The man just looked at her, and laughed. "Oh! And you're going to stop me little girl."

Kaoru just smiled, "I'm not going to stop you..."

"WHAT!" Everyone around her said surprised, and the girl on the ground gave her a pleading look.

"No, because stopping people is slowing them down.... On magic terms... And I'm not going to stop you I'm going to drown you."

The man just looked at her wide-eyed, when she said magic he had stopped laughing all together. 'That's how my brother died!'

"OH! So it was your brother last time, huh? Well I fried him, and I'm not going to fry you I'm going to wash you out."

The man did a double take, "You can read thoughts!"

"Why of course, you don't miss anything, do you?" Kaoru winked at him.

"You killed my brother?" His eyes looked like they were set a blaze. In Kaoru's mind, she saw a brief flash of a sword and blood splashing every were... She was nauseated at first 'cause she could smell the blood as if she had killed them her self... But when she looked back up... she didn't see any dead men at all...

The man laughed, "You don't seem to be in the shape to fight, are you sick little girl?"

"Enough talk." Kaoru stated. She didn't want to smell the blood, and she new that the smell of seawater could wash it out. She waved a hand at the girl and a golden shield formed around her. Looked back at the men, and noticed that it wasn't men now... It was A man, just one,

'The other two must have escaped...'

'I got them already...' Kaoru heard Kenshin in her mind.

'Really? They escaped and you cleaned them up....'

'No they escaped like the cowards they are, and I killed them.'

'That's what I meant, I was trying to not have any gory details.'

Kaoru put her arms strait above her head, hands over-lapping her left hand under her right, palms facing out. Kaoru put most of her energy in to her hands, and a red-eyed, blue water-dragon came out of her right palm. The man looked like he was about to shit bricks, and was cowering in front of a tree. Kaoru smiled at him, and she brought her hands down strait in front of her. The Water dragon divided from her hands and waited patiently in front of her...

Kaoru looked at the dragon, "Refute," the male dragon looked back at her. Kaoru looked back at the man in front of her, and she nodded at him... "Make sure that this man will never reproduce again, and if he makes a fuss... Kill him." The dragon looked back at the man, and bared his teeth, in what seemed like a smile. Refute immediately went after the terrified man, a wave of water to back him up, he had a smile on his face, he never got to kill on a mission.

Kaoru looked away from the bloody scene, she could hear the man yell and scream in pain, the man had made a fuss... She looked back at Refute. He ripped apart the stupid man, and ate him limb by limb. Refute smiled at Kaoru, and bowed, then dispersed in a wave of water. The big gentle wave went above her head; it cleaned up the big bloody spot on the ground. The bloody smell in her nose disappeared. Kaoru looked at the woman in her aura made shield. The woman looked relived, entranced, and terrified at the same time. Kaoru walked toward her, took the shield down, and smiled at her.

"Are you okay?" Kaoru asked.

"Yes I am quite alright now..." The lady said, with a smile.

Kaoru turned around and looked up to see Kenshin come out of the trees. She smiled at him, relived that he was okay, but was disgusted at the fact that blood was oozing and dripping off of him... She chanted a cleansing spell, and all of the blood disappeared...

Kaoru didn't have to tell Kenshin anything he saw, and felt all of it. And he turned to the saved women, and glared, it was an 'if-you-hurt-her-you- are-dead' kind of glare. But the women only smiled innocently at him...

'Don't trust her Kaoru... Her aura seems evil.'

Kaoru turned to look at the women she saved, and checked her aura... 'I don't feel any thing wrong with her...'

'No... you don't... but I do.'

Kenshin walked over to the women, "We'll take you as far as the next town... that's it." Kenshin said in a venomous voice, and a glare that could kill, he turned on his heal and walked back to Kaoru.

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'So the red dragon doesn't trust me at all... What a very smart man'

The Lady, Gladreal, gave an evil grin. 'I've got you right were I want you now Jasmine blossom... Those stupid men were only decoys... You will see the gates off hell very soon...'

HEY!!!! Well that's it folks! I'll up-date soon.

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Ja.

Moon Baby.