Disclaimer: ::Sighs:: I don't own rk...
A/N: Thank you, I'm sorry for fooling you guys with my Authors note. I really appreciate everyone's support. And I am apologizing for such a 'rough' chapter, I didn't want to tamper to much more with it otherwise I would probably end up ruining it... so this is how it is going to stay until I completely edit this story.
I am sorry I haven't been updating regularly.... I have been bogged down with essays, and applications X.x;; but that isn't really an excuse is it? Truth is I have had writers block. (but the result is some nice one-shots that I might post eventually)
A certain flame (and the criticism of it XD ) has given me some inspiration, so I guess I owe you a thanks Sir Anonymous, I wouldn't have gotten this chapter out so fast if it weren't for you. ::evil cackle::
"It seems that Tokyo is starting to fill up with some interesting new figures." Sano said looking around.
Kenshin looked at Kaoru and she nodded thinking along the same track as him.
"Subaru." Kaoru subconsciously gripped her bokken even tighter as she said this aloud.
"Very good guess, Tanuki," Stated a drawling voice.
"Saitou," Kaoru said as everyone within the dojo faced the mibu wolf. "What are you doing here?" She spat, feeling a little put out that the man didn't even wait for a proper invitation into her home.
Saitou ignored the girl's distaste, "I have some information that you might find interesting..."
- - -
After sharing his information with the Kenshin-gumi, Saitou took it upon himself to leave, but first he had something to do.
"Tanuki," His cold voice made her cringe. "I hate being your messenger boy, don't let it happen again." Saitou handed the girl a letter.
"I-" She glanced down at it. "Umm... thank you,"
The officer shrugged before taking a drag from his cigarette. "Don't let it happen again."
And with that The Mibu wolf left the place in Tokyo he hated to be the most.
- - -
It had been hours since Saitou had left. The Mibu wolf had known better than to keep the ex-hitokiri in the dark, it would only bring him a larger headache later on.
What Sanosuke said was true, followers were gathering in Tokyo, all of them seemingly interested to see the actions of the Kamiya dojo.
"We can do nothing, Subaru holds the fate of all of us in his hands. He has a weapon that we cannot counter." Saitou warned, leaving the residence to ponder over the exact meaning of it.
Kenji was fine, or at least as fine as any baby taken from his family could be. It would seem that Subaru was keeping the child well taken care of. That sprung up a new worry, why? Why was he going out of his way to do that?
It seemed that Chou had been sent to dig up information and get into the 'inner circle' of Subaru's plan. He was where most of the information about Kenji's wellbeing had come from, but some of his recon on what Subaru was actually planning was lax to say the least. All that one could say was he was planning something, and it would happen soon.
Kaoru sighed, looking up at the pail blue sky above her. 'This seems too surreal.'
"...Kaoru?" Her husband had asked her something, she had been too engrossed in her own thoughts to pay attention to the real world.
"I'm sorry anata, what did you ask?"
"What was in that letter? Ever since you read it you seem to be more deep in thought than usual, that you did."
"The letter was nothing important, I had asked the police chief to keep me updated on the man who attacked me, you know since one of Saitou's little spies seems to be working with the man. But that isn't what I was thinking about, I was just taking in what Saitou had told us."
"Kaoru, you shouldn't worry yourself so much, right now there is nothing that can be done."
"You should listen to your own advice sometime." Kaoru muttered absently
"Oro?!" Kenshin heard his wife loud and clear. "What do you mean by that?"
"Nothing." Kaoru responded walking off towards Misao, she didn't feel like an argument at the moment.
- - -
Time seemed to pass slower now, unease seemed to be at an all time high in the days following Saitou's visit. Kaoru more than anyone, seemed anxious, she had taken to pacing through the complex of the dojo over and over. Or at least she had until Sanosuke begged her to stop, claiming it made him more nervous than Kenshin's cold stare, which he had grown accustomed to wearing lately.
Night had fallen uneventfully exactly one week after Saitou had visited. Kaoru stared at the ceiling of her room.
Megumi still insisted on not letting her husband share a futon with her until she was satisfied that Kaoru was more than healed. Kaoru sighed, Megumi had become quite the worry wart.
Silently Kaoru stood from her futon, and opened the drawer that held her training clothes. She took care to keep herself calm, Kenshin would know she was awake otherwise, it was one of the few downsides of his ability to sense her ki, she was never alone. But then again, the upside of that was that she was never alone. ((A/N: Ironic ne?))
Kaoru opened her shoji a crack and looked up and down the hall, she could hear the snores of the young Tokyo samurai, and the ex-gangster coming from their own rooms. They had refused to leave the Dojo after Kaoru's return, they feared something else would happen, and they would be helpless once again otherwise.
Being careful not to make a sound Kaoru exited towards the training hall. Deftly she picked up her favorite bokken, and attached it to her side. Kaoru silently slid out of her home and walked away into the forest. She wandered for a moment in the underbrush before she felt someone grab her by the elbow, and yanked her around to face them.
"Where in Kami-sama's name do you think you're going?"
To be continued...
A/N: wow this chapter is shorter than I thought it would be... oh well I have something pretty important in store for the next chapter. The real fun is about to begin!
