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HEY PEOPLE!!!! Okay I was very gimped (with a sever sprain to my right foot) which means I could pay more attention to this story and you will be getting more chapters faster... * Scratches head * I think... But I didn't and there you go. Plus, I had a four-day weekend to type this. ^______^ ;; So off that subject. I'd like you guy's to tell me what you think of this story! ^__^:

FYI: So here is a different story, it might be a one shot. I haven't decided yet. Kenshin is not 28 he is 35 and Kaoru is 25 not 18 like she is in the actual story line. AND! It is in normal time and date. ^^; It's not going to be as interesting as Escaping Destiny, but I'm going to take a whack at it. I don't think there is going to be as many bad guy's either, but then again I have not thought of the rest yet. But I do have a plan for the story…

Whole Summary: Kenshin is a lawyer and met a girl online nine years ago.... but they didn't meet in a chat room, Kenshin doesn't know her personally, but when a new neighbor moves in he finds that she acts just like his nine year friend... Who is she? Does he know her? Then she gets caught up in this court case he is defending. What does she have to do with his client? Read and find out!

And so far that's the story line. What did you think of The Court Case?

You people are the best! Thank you so much! (I know I know I say that too much... -__-;;) But really you guys encourage me and I like that I'm entertaining people. AND I'M SOOOO SORRY I DIDN'T GET THIS OUT SOONER. Thanks to you guys putting me on author alert * looks at readers suspiciously * I'm finally getting my butt in to gear. Other then that I'm very happy with were this story is going and I don't think I'm going to change it any time soon.... But I know that I get spelling errors; I try to fix them all, but some how some of them just escape me.
-____-;; But that's okay since I know that you guy's catch them anyway... ^___^ CurlsOfSerenity! ^___^ now you have another reason to wave your finger at me other then a very late chapter... *hides behind pillow * ^-^;; Chiki! Thank you so much for reviewing my story and giving me advice, it means a lot to me. You are one of my most favorite authors. All of my readers! I love ya guys! Thank you all so much for reviewing and encouraging me! And if you guy's ever read my Bio on my profile, you'll be up-dated weekly on what's keeping me from typing Escaping Destiny… and I'm so sorry I haven't up-dated in a long time… it seems that I can't do every thing at once even if I wanted too. And I hope I give you people another chapter that you like. ^-^ So on with the story.






Escaping Destiny

By: Moon Baby



Chapter 6




Candles...

Candles were everywhere in the gigantic room, all were lit. A woman was sitting in the middle of the room, her elegant lavender kimono tucked under her. White plum flowers printed all over it. Her obi was the richest red. Her hair as black as charcoal, her lips a radiant red. Her dark blue aura giving off chilling icicles. In her hands was a small crystal that had a band dropping down from it, as a neck-a-lace would.

The woman closed her eyes while chanting an incantation. A bright flash of brilliant white irrupted from the crystal. The woman stopped chanting and opened her eyes. A screen of a red haired man in agony showed. The woman smiled more.

The woman looked intently in to the crystal, her hands waving around it like a sorceress would. The screen played more of what was the outcome of her orders, a venomous smile on her face. Her coal black eyes filled with merciless glee. Tomoe laughed with cruelty at the scene that played before her. "Finally the Battousai is getting what he so deserves!"

There was a loud knock at her door. Her head swung around to look at the door. Her face in a snarl, "Who disturbs me?" Tomoe stated like a snake.

"Mad' am, your brother is here to see you." A servant said a little nervously.

Tomoe sighed exasperated. "Tell him that I'm busy."

"B-but Mad' am he says it's urgent." The servant stated he was sweating with nervousness. As he looked behind him to see Enishi pointing a sword at his head.

Tomoe sighed again, "Fine, Fine, send him in." She waved her hand and the scene went black. The crystal stopped glowing and dropped back into her hand. She put it around her neck.

Enishi entered the room in a warrior type grace. "Sister, Shishio has set up with his half of the bargain. He says now it's your turn."

Tomoe smiled, "All right."

~*~

The warriors smiled wickedly and walked closer and closer...

Then...


They all stopped and sighed with relief.

One knelt down to Kaoru, and looked at her injuries, then looked at Battousai's injuries.

"Interesting." This one said. "Very interesting."

Kaoru looked up, she knew that voice. Her eyes widened as she saw the one person that she wouldn't believe she would see again.

"Megumi? Megumi is that you." The warrior smiled.

"Hello Kaoru." Megumi took off her facemask that only covered her nose and her mouth. She smiled at her long time best friend and rival.

"But how? I thought that you were going to kill us." Kaoru looked down at Kenshin and noticed that his wound was gone. Kaoru's eyes widened further, and looked at her own wound, which was now gone as well.

"The sight of the Tomoe's crystal is off us. We must move now. I'll explain everything later. Come, you must stand. Unfortunately Sir-Ken is still out, so we'll have to carry him. Netishiki would you pick him up please. I trust that you know were to go. We'll meat you there."

"Yes, ma'am." A tall woman stepped forward. Her unique sky blue eyes were the things that Kaoru was only able to see of her face. She picked Kenshin up and sped off.

Megumi looked down at Kaoru. She helped her stand up. Kaoru extended an arm above her head in a grace like manner; glowing bubbles and lights surrounded her in a sphere. They broke and faded away...

In the end Kaoru had a glow to her skin and she could run fast. She had cast a haste spell. After that, they all sped off into the forest...

~*~

Yahiko walked along a dirt path. He walked until there was only trees beyond the eye could see. He stopped. He looked one way then the other on the long path. No one was coming.

Yahiko smiled. 'Good, Good. At least I'll be alone.' Yahiko looked back at the greenery before him. No one knew were he was, but he knew exactly were he is going.

He walked off the path and onto the tall grass. Into the trees he went; he walked for what seemed like hours. It was like walking on memory lane. Here Kaoru, him, and his mom would play. They weren't supposed to, play here, that is. A while ago his father forbade them from coming here.

They didn't know why, he just did. Yahiko walked further down the path, where it steadily got darker and colder. Soon it got to a point where there was no sunlight, but Yahiko kept walking. He knew were he was going.

There was a cave up a head. One only he and Kaoru knew about. He walked into the cave; he walked for five minuets more. He saw a light up ahead and ran toward it.

It was bright so he shielded his eyes from the sunlight.

By the time his eyes got used to the sunlight he was all ready standing by the big oak tree in the middle of the field. Yahiko looked around at the scenery. It was just as beautiful as he remembered it. It was a huge field, with pretty flowers and what gardeners would call weeds. Trees lined the area showing that a forest was several walking steps away.


The only tree that gave shade to the field area was the tree he was standing under now. Yahiko lied down under the tree with his arms folded under him. He shut his eyes in hope of metatation and rest. A soft breeze blew by ruffling his cloths and hair.

^*^*^
(..::Dream::..)

Yahiko was standing in a corner of an unfamiliar room; it was dark, the only lighting the room was three candles on a Japanese table and torches surrounding the perimeter of the chamber...

One person was seated at the table; it was a woman...

She had an air of elegance about her, her strait black hair down; it looked like it could touch the floor from were he was standing. She was wearing a very flexible kimono, it seemed. There was an apron covering it. It looked like she was a doctor ready to tell some bad news to a person...
He heard a pit-pat on the wooden floors of a hallway; he felt a presence behind him. He turned around...

But it was too late. He shut his eyes and put his arms up as he got ready for the person to run right into him...

ready...

ready...

ready...

He cracked open an eye; the person had stopped... He was face to face with her... His eyes widened. It was Kaoru! God how he missed her! He ran to her. "Oi! Ugly!" Is she deaf? Didn't she hear him? "Oi! Kaoru! Kaoru? KAORU!!!" It seemed like she was looking right threw him.

He walked over to her and slapped her... Or he thought he did, he didn't even contact with her skin. He looked up and his eyes widened, his hand went right threw her! He waved his hand in and out of her a couple of time to see if it was his mind playing games with him... It wasn't...

"WHAT?!" Yahiko was shocked... Kaoru walked forward right threw him into the room behind him. He turned around, and saw her sit across from the doctor lady.

"Megumi?" He heard Kaoru say.

"Kaoru, I figure that you want to know what's going on."

"Yes, Megumi I do..."

"Well then I suggest you be patient for a while because this is going to take sometime..." Megumi stated.

"It all started when we moved. We were traveling through the woods, when bandits attacked us. My father died in the incident. My mother was taken as their pleasure doll; and about a week later she committed suicide. After that, I was sold to a slave dealer. Kenshin just happened to be there when I was being sold off and bought me... But instead of him being like a normal master he allowed me in his home and told me that I was free. He's been a close friend of mine ever since.

I met his master. Hiko, well, Hiko is Hiko I guess, it's hard to describe him... But one things for sure he is an arrogant, ignorant ass. Kenshin and him often discussed every thing behind closed doors... But ever since they found out that I was your friend they had a suspicious interest in me... But I met Sano there..." Megumi, for once in her life looked wistful.

"Sano?" Kaoru asked, with a small smile spreading across her lips.

Megumi smiled. "Sanosuke Sagara has to be the most dumb witted person I have ever met... and he is also the most generous in kind... But any way... Kenshin and Hiko let me in on their plot about the most dreadful woman that is trying to kill the 'Battousai'... " Megumi stated this last sentence in soft tones. "They told me who he is too... It's kind of hard to believe isn't it... That he happens to be the Battousai."

Kaoru raised her chin up a little, and in a mean voice, " I don't think so. He fits the part perfectly."

Megumi smiled at the unclaimed challenge to the Battousai. They obviously go into many warm acts together... Even if it has been 10 days since Kenshin kidnapped her. Megumi knew that Kenshin liked Kaoru other wise his wouldn't have taken her so far with out killing her. And Megumi saw the glow in Kaoru's eye already at talking about him. 'I wish they knew it though...'

Yahiko blinked. Since when was he able to read minds. This must be Kaoru's doing... Showing him that she was all right, through mind. She often did that to comfort him as a child. And now she was doing it again. No one knew about it though... But ever since the first time she calmed him down she and him had a mind connection... It was very little though, the only reason why is because it happened when he was a baby and she had to baby-sit. All though, it really only was because she didn't have she full powers.

Yahiko felt something tugging at him...

'I guess it is time to wake up...' Yahiko thought. Then he heard a voice...

'Yahiko...' A sweet and soft voice whispered in his head.

'Yahiko...' the voice said again. It sounded like a girl's voice.

*(End of dream)*

"Yahiko, you have to wake up. Yahiko..."

"Tsubame?" Yahiko opened his eyes and looked up.

He saw the chocolate eyes of his crush. She smiled, "Did you have a nice nap?" His eyes widened and he looked around. She giggled.

"What time is it?" Yahiko asked in panic.

She giggled again. "It's half past noon. You're fine. Your mother sent me to find you and tell you that you can take the day off. She told me that you had a lot to think about."

Yahiko sighed relived. Tsubame smiled sadly, "Would you like to talk about it?"

Yahiko looked at her in the eyes, to see worry in them and some thing other he couldn't recognize. His eyes softened.

"Sure." He said. She smiled at him. He moved so she could sit down next to him. She sat down with her knees up. She wrapped her arms around them while resting her head on her knees.

"My cousin has been kidnapped, or so we think. That's what everyone thinks, but... But I think that she wasn't kidnapped. I think that she wanted to go, or at least she was willing. Maybe... Maybe she was 'kidnapped' but after a while she was willing. Either way I think she isn't coming back." Yahiko looked pensive, as if he thought about this a whole lot. He looked at Tsubame to get her opinion.

"What do you think, Tsubame?" Tsubame just looked at him with support.

"I don't know what to think, Yahiko. I didn't know your cousin that well, but she was always nice to me. I bet you know her better than anyone. If you think that she wasn't kidnapped, then she probably wasn't kidnapped."

"You don't think I'm crazy, then?" Yahiko asked with concern.

Tsubame laughed, "Of course I don't, Yahiko-chan."

Yahiko glared, "Don't call me chan!"

Tsubame kept laughing, "Oh, I'm sorry."

~*~

Tomoe walked down a muddy path to a dead Battousai. 'This is perfect, now all I have to do is cut off his head, hang it on my wall, drain the girl's power's for Shishio, and my end of the bargain will be finished.'

To Tomoe everything was going to plan, or so she thought.

There was a minor problem to her plan...

Tomoe walked closer and closer to the place were she knew Battousai and the Jasmine Blossom were.

But when she got there... There was no sign of Battousai or the Jasmine blossom.

'What?' Tomoe looked around, she looked everywhere, but there just wasn't any clue as to where they had gone. She was shocked of course, but then the shock turned to burning hatred. 'Someone has betrayed me, and turned my warriors against me.' Tomoe glared at the ground and everywhere else her eyes landed on.

She glared at the flowers, the grass, and the trees...

But there!

What is that?...

Tomoe walked closer to a willow tree. Where there was a glinting thread on this tree; she could have easily missed it, her and her anger. Tomoe smiled, this was good. As she walked closer she noticed that it was much more then a thread, it was a hair, two of them. Her smile widened if she had fangs they would be barred. Her cold eyes twinkled with evil happiness.

She examined the hairs, they were not the beauty's or the beast's, but someone else's. They belonged to a person that was dear to the Jasmine Blossom. Someone very dear, indeed...

She picked up the hairs, and walked back down the path from which she came. Tomoe was pleased with her self, not as pleased as she could have been, but pleased all the same...

She was going to reek havoc on this person who saved the Jasmine Blossom and Battousai. They were going to pay for taking away her revenge...

~*~

They had gotten to the base an hour ago...

Kaoru walked into Kenshin's room, and walked over to him. She sat in a wooden chair that was at the side of his bed. She looked down at her hands to see she was fiddling with the sleeves of her brand new dress Kenshin had got for her.

She sighed. Once again, she was saved by him. Megumi had explained everything to her. It was all imaginary, an illusion. 'I'm so stupid! I can't believe I forgot that Megumi could control time, minds, and medicine. She made every one think that we were under control of Tomoe, who ever that is. Then she stopped time so we could escape with out a trace. Well, with out Tomoe noticing.'

Megumi was very useful as a doctor, and as an enchantress.

Kaoru heard a rustle of cloths on a bed; She stopped her musings, and she immediately looked up...

To see Kenshin's lavender eyes staring strait at her. They were so close; their noses could touch if either one of them breathed in too deep. A blush spread across Kaoru's nose and cheeks. To Kenshin, she looked beautiful while blushing.

Kenshin leaned in more; he started to lift his hand to her cheek, to see if it really was as soft as it seemed. He stared deeply in to her blue eyes. Kaoru looked at his hand, as it was a mere millimeter away. She started to speak but nothing came out. Kenshin smiled, and she stopped her jarring and smiled back.

'You have beautiful eyes.' He thought to her.

Kaoru smiled more. Then she was confused. As she looked at his eyes.

"What?" He asked her.

"Your eyes are lavender. I thought they were golden." She smiled, missing the fact that his eyes widened a little. "Either way, I love each shade." She said with out thinking. Kenshin's eyes softened, but they widened a sliver more.

Kaoru thought he looked hansom with a true smile, and immediately was determined to make him smile like this more often. He snickered at her thought.

She looked at him confused... But then her eyes widened, and she blushed. Kenshin snickered and leaned in more, they were a mere centimeter away. Kaoru's eyes darkened and closed half way. Kenshin didn't think twice then...


THUD!

They heard, "OUCH! That HURT!"

They look simultaneously across the room to see Megumi sprawled out at the door. Medical supplies everywhere. She looked up from her face-plant and laughed a little embarrassed.

"I'm sorry to disturb you from what you were doing." Megumi smiled a knowing smile, and Kaoru blushed a bright red. "But I have to dress his Majesty's wound again." Kaoru's eye's widened. And she snapped her head to Kenshin.

"Majesty?" She said her chin dipping down and her right eyebrow raising.

Kenshin rubbed the back of his neck and laughed a hesitant laugh.

"You're kidding me!" Kaoru blasted out. Standing up while pushing back her chair faster then a horse. "You are... are..." She laughed hysterically, and started pacing before him back and forth. "A King! And you didn't tell me!" She looked at him and glared.

"Well..." Kenshin started.

"AND you! You didn't tell me either and you knew!" Kaoru rounded on Megumi who was dusting herself off. Megumi smiled at Kaoru and then smiled at Kenshin. "I believe this is in your court your Majesty." She curtsied and walked out the door. Kaoru just stared blankly at the door for what seemed like an eternity. Kenshin cleared his throat. Kaoru turned to look at him.

"I-ah-" Kenshin started feeling and knowing her anger…

But the thing was…. It wasn't being pointed at him. She was angry with herself. He looked at her closely. He didn't hear any of her thought's because she wasn't thinking anything, but he sure felt her inner
turmoil and he sure felt her beating herself up…

"Kaoru." Kenshin said. But she didn't answer, and he felt her beating herself up more. 'Kaoru' He said in her mind. She turned to him once more. Her hair swishing with her movements, her dress ruffled along too. Her cloak elsewhere in the room. Her milky white skin glinting more in the candlelight. Mesmerized he walked toward her, but she backed away. He stopped, breaking out of his reverie.

'Kaoru.' He said softly in her mind. 'You didn't do anything. I didn't tell you, and I never thought to tell anyone that. It's not just you. No one really knows about that except my family, and a few close friends.'

He took a step and she didn't move, then he took another and another. Gaining courage, he walked to her. He was barely two feet away.

'It's not your fault. It's not like your going to ask out of the blue and say, "Hey are you a King." No one does that, at least no one I know.' He walked closer to her and she didn't move. He smiled and touched her cheek, smiling when she unconsciously leaned into it.

'I know.' If she thought that any softer he wouldn't have been able to catch the thought.

'Then why are you angry at your self?' He looked at her with concern.

"Because, I... um...I don't know. I guess because I forgot for a moment that I was kidnapped by you, and you are my enemy." She looked up at him, he knew that there was a hidden question or feeling in that statement. Maybe it was a challenge. But what she said unnerved him, she was right, that, she was abducted by him, and they were enemies. She was the next queen to the thrown of the Kamiya's, and he is the king of the Seijuro's. There was not supposed to be anything between them...ever.

~*~

"From South to North,
From West to east,
Curse this pest,
Let wrath she taste,
Let her be in her deathbed in two days best."

Tomoe dropped the strands of hair in the potion after saying the spell. She smiled. "I hope you die," she said with venom. "And take Battousai and Jasmine Blossom with you."


~*~

In the far distance, a cry of shear agony was heard. The yellings of people close to her, panicked. For she, and only she, was the sole doctor for miles around...




OKAY! That's it! ^__^;; Don't be mad, it's only a cliffhanger! ^O^ and that's all I can think of. So you're stuck until the next chapter. Well, for all the holiday's I missed typeing for you people:

Merry Christmas and
Happy Hanakah, (O_O sp!)

And HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! I hope you are spending today with the ones you care about. ^__^

Ja Ne for now,

Moon Baby.