Dark Passion

Chapter 2

Inside of the luna temple, and ancient temple buried underground that can only be found if you know where to go, lay a young women named Kaoru. This girl had endured things that no human should have to endure. Her childhood had been lost at the age of 5 on one faithful night. A night that ruined her childhood dreams. A night that stole her happiness. A night that forced her to grow up way before her time. The night she truly saw the definition of a monster. A night that filled her with nothing but hate and revenge. The night that her family was taken from her. It is that very night that plagues this woman's dreams constantly. A night that no matter how hard she tries she can never forget.

Kaoru's Dream

A five year old Kaoru had just woken up from her afternoon nap. She walked down the hallway to the living room and smiled at the sight she was greeted with. Her dad was in the kitchen making his famous sushi for lunch, while her mom Mei taught her two sisters some fighting techniques. They looked like they were having fun. She joyfully skipped over to them.

"Sayo, you have to extend your arm more for better aim! And Shiago stop being distracted!" scolded her mother.

Kaoru ran over to her sixteen year old sister and gave her a big hug. Sayo was the oldest and mom was always the hardest on her. Sayo kissed Kaoru's nose.

"Hey kiddo! Why are you up so early?"

"I couldn't sleep! How do ya people except me to sleep win todays me birthday?" asked Kaoru with her own unique five year old language.

Her eleven year old sister, Shaigo, laughed.

"Kaoru my present to you is the gift of speech. I promise from now I'll use all my extra time to improve your speech," joked Shiago lightly.

"My speech is fine tank ye very mush!" Kaoru defended.

Her mom smiled at her. Kaoru loved her mom's smile. It was a special smile that she only gave Kaoru.

Then her dad came out and announced that lunch was ready.

Her mom and Shiago walked to the kitchen while she and Sayo stayed behind. Sayo looked down at Kaoru and smiled. She bent down so that she was eye level with Kaoru.

"Kaoru you're growing up to fast! Before you know it mom will be teaching you how to fight too."

"But Sayo why do we need to learn how to fight? Fighting does nothing but get people hurt. I don't want you, mommy, and Shaigo to get hurt." said Kaoru. Her eyes started to water.

Sayo just smiled.

"But Kaoru fighting is a beautiful thing. You don't have to fight to hurt people, you can fight to protect people too. You'll understand when you're older. But I want you to promise me that you'll never stop fighting. That you'll never stop trying to protect people."

"I promise!" shouted Kaoru with new determination.

Sayo gave Kaoru a big hug. Then she took Kaoru's hand and placed it on the sapphire that hung around her neck.

"Kaoru an old lady gave this to me after I saved her from a... monster. It was a gift for protecting her." Kaoru looked at the sapphire that hung around Sayo's neck. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen and she hoped on day that someone would give her one.

"This necklace is a symbol that I will always stay true to my duty. I will always protect people." Kaoru eyed the necklace as if it was worth all the gold in the world. "I'll never take this necklace off because I'll never stop protecting people. I'll wear it till the day I die..."

The scene changed and Kaoru was in a closet and couldn't breathe. Fire surrounded her house and she couldn't get out of the closet. There was blood everywhere and she gasped as her father's body fell in front of her feet. Tears poured out her eyes and she didn't know what was happening. She saw Sayo back up. She had her dagger and was fighting a man with red hair and a scar that was given to him by her other sister Shiago. Shiago snuck up behind the vampire while Sayo distracted him. Her mom wasn't there. She had went to but ice cream. Shiago was about to stab the man that had fangs when a female vamp with black green hair grabbed Shiago. Everything went in slow motion. She watched as Shiago struggled and the monster bit her neck. Kaoru was frozen and couldn't move. Shiago screamed. It was the loudest most terrifying sound Kaoru ever heard and then the closet gave to the flames and collapsed on top of her. She couldn't breathe and as her eyes closed the last thing she thought was "Happy Birthday".

End Dream

Kaoru woke up panting. She hated that damn dream. Every time she woke up from it she felt like she still couldn't breathe. She got up and took a long shower washing away the last remnants of the dream. As she looked into the foggy mirror she sighed at her reflection. Sure she was beautiful she couldn't deny that. She had the perfect shape and long black hair like her mom. But her blue eyes she got from her father. Her fathers eyes were always bright and full of joy. But her eyes were the darkest blue. They told the story of her life. Sadness, loneliness, guilt, and the thirst for revenge. She went to her small closet and put on a black leather skirt with a black shirt that said Dangerous in sparkly red letters. She let her hair hang down since she was going to patrol tonight.

After the death of her family, her mom had found her and rushed her to the hospital. The smoke from the fire had entered her lungs causing her to wheeze and when the closet had collapsed on her a piece of wood had hit one of her major nerves causing her to be paralyzed from the waist down. The doctors didn't think that she was ever going to walk again, but she kept her word to her beloved sister Sayo and never gave up fighting. Three months later Kaoru was able to run on her own.

Her mom then took her to this temple and told her that the reason that their family was murdered was because they were Kamiya witches. The most powerful breed of vampire witches that ever existed. She explained that a vampire witch's main duty was to protect humans from vampires. She explained that the monsters that killed her sisters and father were actually blood sucking beast called vampires. The vampires wanted to take out all the Kamiya witches so that their kind would be safe. Kaoru always smirked at that thought because obviously those vampires missed one. Bad move because Kaoru grew up to be stronger than her sisters and even her mom the legendary Mei Kamiya.

After she gained this information she went into training automatically. When she turned ten she gained strength and her special power of summoning energy into balls. She could also hit someone with a mental blow that sent them flying. She also received her Kamiya dagger. The Kamiya daggers are enchanted and can only be used by a Kamiya The blade is also the only known blade that is powerful enough to cut a vampire and not allow the vampire to use its healing power. Each Kamiya only gets one dagger, but Kaoru has three because she posses her sisters daggers.

She strapped her daggers around her thigh and inspected herself. She was ready. Another vampire was going to die tonight. And she always prayed that it was Battosai. She was about to leave when she heard a noise from downstairs. Her deep blue eyes narrowed and she took out her favorite dagger with the blood red 'K' on the hilt. It was midnight so the whole temple was covered in darkness. She stealthily made her way down the stairs. She backed up against a wall and listened. The person was in the kitchen. She couldn't see who it was but she felt their ki. She crouched down and crawled into the kitchen ever so silently. Once she saw a pair of legs she swept her arm under them causing them to fall backwards. She didn't waste anytime and pounced on the person. She sat on top of their stomachs and pressed her blade against the person's neck.

"Kaoru! Put down the blade, its just me!" the person screamed fearfully.

Kaoru's eyes widened. She would know that voice anywhere. She got up and switched on the light. She was right.

"Tomoe, I am sooo sorry. I thought you were a vamp or something," said Kaoru hugging her best friend. Tomoe and Kaoru had met during witch camp when they were ten. Tomoe was from another witch clan and didn't have nearly the same amount of skill as Kaoru, but they became best friends regardless.

Tomoe just smiled and shook her head.

"Sorry Kao. I just wanted to grab a bite to eat and I didn't want to wake you. I'm sorry if I startled you." Tomoe was always sweet (AN: I can't believe I'm writing this) and never complained. She was constantly apologizing even when she did nothing wrong.

"So Tomoe, why are you here?"

Tomoe's eyes got all big and Kaoru knew she was mentally beating herself for forgetting.

"We have a new mission."

AN: Hey thanks for all the reviews! Me and Aoshigal4eva greatly appreciated them. I know this chapter was totally boring and didn't show battosai but I wanted people to understand Kaoru past before she and Battosai meet in later chapters. I hope I didn't disappoint anyone and don't worry the next chapter is all about Battosai and the rest of the gang. Lastly this is a Kaoru/Battosai fic so don't go getting any ideas about Battosai and Tomoe. I am not a Tomoe fan and you can expect major Tomoe bashing in the near future, so if you like Tomoe don't read it. Hope you give the story a chance and PLZ REVIEW!