Chapter 2

Mission In Progress

Battousai stared at the small dojo. 'There's no way that such a small dojo will have any guards. Like I would waste any time on them anyway. Well, might as well let myself in since it doesn't appear that anyone will welcome a hidokiri to their home with open arms.' He thought to himself as he looked for a window that was opened wide enough for him to get in. He found one toward the back and entered.

He was surprised at how desolate the dojo was. Even dojo's that were closing had more that what this one did. Battousai felt no remorse as he walked around looking for the rooms for his targets. After three trips, he got lost on the first two trips and had to backtrack to the way he came in, he finally found a door marked with the sign of a dojo master. Battousai opened the door and walked in. 'How dumb can these people be? They must want me to kill them and they deserve to die due to their stupidity but that's not what I was sent here to do.' Battousai thought to himself as he approached the sleeping form and began drawing his katana.

Kaoru Kamiya was getting ready for bed when she heard a noise. It sounded like someone cussing. Instinct told her that there was someone else in the house, someone who wasn't friendly. The cussing stopped outside her father's room. Even though she was afraid, a fear for her father had her heading toward the room with a bokken in hand.

Battousai stared at his newest victim. He still held the bokken at which he had tried to defend his life. That bokken had not lasted very long against a katana. The broken pieces were all that remained. He wiped the blood on the father's shirt and turned at the sudden presence he felt.
There before him was the girl he was supposed to kidnap, with another bokken. She looked past him to the body of her father. When she finally looked at him he could clearly see the rage in her eyes. She charged and swung. Her blows didn't connect. She raised her shocked eyes to his face. He then saw the rage replaced by fear. Kaoru quickly turned and ran. Battousai smirked at the fleeing form and began to chase.

Kaoru ran blindly out of the dojo into the forest. After running for 10 minutes she decided to stop. As she sat down and leaned against a tree, her eyes began to change color. Battousai approached not noticing the change occurring.

"Are you going to come nicely or do I have to take you the hard way?" He asked.

"I refuse to let you take her." A cold yet powerful voice answered him. Battousai's last thought before feeling pain was 'What the Hell is going on?'

"In case you were wondering, my name is Night Flash. I don't appreciate anyone interrupting my training session." Night Flash replied her katana was drawn and covered with blood. Battousai quickly looked and saw that his side had been cut and it had happened so fast he didn't notice it. Night Flash just stood up from her crouching position and readied herself to strike again.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* That's all for now. Please R&R. Kenshin will from now on do the disclaimer. I do not own Rurouni Kenshin. Thanks to all my reviewers.

The victim ran as far as he could but could not escape the dragons that pursued him. On one dragon's shoulder a shadow emerged. The victim was slayed by the shadow's sword. ~ Night Flash legend.