Dark Passion

Chapter 5

For fourteen years I have waited for this day to come. The day that I finally meet the Hitokori Battosai. He has taken everything that I held dear, and for that he shall pay with his life. He shall not leave here alive!

- Kaoru Kamiya

Kaoru pushed her foot forward in attempt to smash Battosai's head, but he ducked at the last minute. He growled and Kaoru turned around and glared with eyes so cold they would put Aoshi's to shame.

"Listen witch- girl," he hissed. "Apparently you don't know who I am."

They circled each other never losing eye contact.

"Oh no, Battosai. I know you all too well."

Kenshin lunged at Kaoru in attempt to slice her throat, but he was hit with another energy ball before he was within one foot of her. He hit the wall with a loud cracking sound as his shoulder blade popped out of place. His body immediately healed the damage done.

Tomoe watched the fight progress in horror. She was worried for her best friend. She desperately wanted to get Kaoru out. It's not that she didn't think that Kaoru could take Battosai, its just that as of now Kaoru was hurt and was still healing. Kaoru's power was weakened. This fight was not looking too good for Kaoru. Not only that but with each energy ball that Kaoru threw she was losing more energy. Tomoe wanted to help but if Kaoru couldn't deal with Battosai there was no way that a weak level four like herself could do anything.

Sakura, on the other hand, was already thinking of a way to make sure that both Kaoru and Batts would make it out okay. Both Batts and Kaoru were her friends and she wasn't ashamed to admit it. She might be a vampire witch, but never in all her life had she actually killed one. In fact, she was on a first name basis with most vamps in this town.

Kaoru took out the dagger that once belonged to Shiago. Shiago might not have been able to kill Battosai, but that didn't mean she couldn't. Battosai charged again with a series of kicks and punches. He was fast too. He kept her constantly defending herself so that she wouldn't have time to attack.

Kenshin smirked. His plan was working. He could already tell that this girl was weak. If he kept it up she would eventually tire herself out. He let his voice float across her mind.

' Are you getting tired my little firefly?'

Kaoru glared harder(if that was possible). He was making a point. She needed to break his defenses or else she would end up being killed. As she turned to the left she saw how he slowed down for a second to also turn. That's all she needed. She took her dagger and plunged it into his shoulder. He hissed and bent over in pain while Kaoru yanked out Shiago's dagger. Battosai's red eyes widened as his shoulder did not heal. Impossible! The only blade that could do this would be a Kamiya blade. But they're all dead. Who was this girl?

Kaoru smiled a dangerous smile and let her voice drift over Battosai's mind.

' What's wrong Batts, not as strong as you thought you were?' Her words were slow as if teasing him.

Battosai grew out his fangs and stood up despite the pain in his shoulder. They circled each other again, waiting for the perfect moment to attack the other.

Sakura cursed under her breath as she saw both Battosai and Kaoru get hurt. They were going to kill each other! She looked behind her and saw Tomoe. She had forgot that she was here. This was perfect! Tomoe had the gift of teleportation! She could teleport them out of here. The only problem was that they needed to find a way to get Kaoru without getting in between the fight. This might be harder than she thought.

"You know firefly, I don't know where you got that pretty little blade, but I want you to know the last family to have blades like that were the Kamiyas'. You might not know who they were since I killed every last one of them." He gave an evil laugh. " You know if you want to, I can personally show you how I did it."

At that last comment Kaoru lost all strategy. He was talking about her family's murder as if it was funny! He would pay for that comment! Kaoru's rage took over and her ki sky-rocketed. She held out her hand and summoned all her remaining energy into one massive energy ball .It might not have been the smartest move, but her rage blinded her.

Kenshin cursed under his breath as he saw the amount of energy the girl was summoning. If only he had his kantana with him. Then he could easily defeat her. But as of now all he had were his fangs and nails. They would have to be enough.

The energy ball flew straight towards Kenshin. He jumped over it, but what he didn't expect was for the ball to follow him and go into the air. The was a huge explosion and Kenshin came tumbling down to the floor.

He lay there eyes wide open. He had never came across a witch with enough skill to not only summon energy but control it too. Not even the Kamiyas' could do that. ( if only he knew) The witches power made him want her blood even more.

A figure made their way to the nightclub "Red Dust" . As vampires realized who it was they scurried out of the way and hid, for they did not want to feel the person's wrath. The person smiled at them. He finally figured out Battosai's whereabouts. Battosai would finally pay for what he did to his sister.

Sakura gasped as she saw Batts fall. Tears stung her eyes. She couldn't let Kaoru kill him.

Kaoru was exhausted but she wouldn't rest until this bastard was just a pile of dust. She took her dagger and limped over to where Battosai lay too weak to move. As she stood over him she let her words float over his mind one more time.

' Payback's a bitch, huh?'

Battosai's darker side would not allow him to be defeated. His eyes went from red to pure gold and as Kaoru struck down Battosai dug his claws into her side.

Kaoru's eyes opened in a silent scream as Battosai's claws pierced her skin. Battosai dug his claws deeper into Kaoru's skin. Tears rolled down Kaoru's face. Would she suffer the same fate as her sisters? As Battosai ripped his claws out Kaoru fell backwards fell straight into Sakura's arms as her world turned black. She had used more energy than she had.

Battosai stood up slowly while grabbing his damaged shoulder. His eyes were still deep gold.

"Move Sakura." Even his voice was huskier.

Sakura looked up at Batts. Her eyes widened as she saw his newly found gold eyes. But she refused to let Kaoru die. Kaoru needed to get medical attention now.

"Batts, listen to me. Go home. You're also hurt. This fight can continue another day when both of you are stronger." Her green eyes were begging him to just leave.

But this darker side of Battosai was the side that thrived on death. This was the side that so boldly disrespected King Hiko. This was the side that wanted Kaoru's blood.

"If you know what's wise Sakura you would move out the way. Otherwise, I will not hesitate to kill you too."

He took his claws and slowly licked off Kaoru's delicious blood. It slid down his throat giving him more power. The taste of his "firefly's" blood was addicting. He NEEDED more.

Battosai lunged forward, but Sakura used her gift of speed and reached Tomoe in less than a second.

"Get us out of here now!"

Tomoe hugged Kaoru and Sakura and they disappeared from the club.

When Sakura opened her eyes they were in the luna temple. She cradled Kaoru closer to her body and followed Tomoe to Kaoru's room. As they started to treat Kaoru's wounds, the voice of Mei Kamiya popped up in there head.

' Meet me downstairs. The door is open.'

Sakura had never really met Miss Kamiya so she didn't know what to expect, but she could tell it wasn't going to be pretty by the terrified look on Tomoe's face. Sakura once again picked up Kaoru's unconscious form and carried her to Miss Kamiya's chambers. When she walked through the huge doors she saw a middle-aged looking woman sitting on a red sofa.

"Hello. Come in my dears." Kaoru's mom's voice was friendly, like she was in a good mood.

Tomoe looked down the whole time. Sakura might not have known what to expect, but she sure did. Miss Kamiya hadn't seen Kaoru yet, and when she did all hell would break loose.

Sakura followed Tomoe's lead and sat down with Kaoru when they were directly in front of Miss Kamiya. She saw how the woman's eyed narrowed once she saw Kaoru's condition. She figured she was worried about Kaoru's well-being so she spoke up.

"Miss Kamiya, I know you're probably worried about Kaoru, but she just needs to rest for a couple weeks in order to gain her strength back."

"Tomoe. Tell me what happened." It was an order not a request.

"Um...we got into a fight at the club and Kaoru was injured."

"Ha! Figures my pathetic daughter couldn't even defeat some weak vampires in a night club."

Sakura was angry. How can a women talk about her own daughter like that!

"Your daughter is not pathetic. She fought excellently and she was not paired up against some weak vampire she was fighting the Hitokori Battosai," said Sakura not knowing about the Kamiya's past.

Mei was silent for a long time. When she spoke her voice was low and dangerous.

"Are you telling me that my daughter fought the Battosai and lost. She let him live?" Mei never raised her voice, but that just made her seem more lethal.

Sakura was stunned. She was expecting something more along the lines of "Oh no! The Battosai, is she okay?". She didn't know how to respond so she just nodded her head.

"You may go but leave Kaoru here."

Tears rolled down Tomoe's face she knew that as soon as they left Mei was going to "punish" Kaoru for failing, even though it was her fault that Kaoru was weak in the first place.

"Please miss Kamiya! Kaoru needs to rest! Let us take her to her room!" Tomoe begged.

Kenshin tried to walk out the club, but he was too weak and ended up collapsing on the floor. Not long after that he felt the ki of someone powerful coming towards him.

"Battosai, I've found you at last."

Tomoe got on her knees and continued to beg Mei not to punish her daughter.

"I SAID GET OUT!"

The whole room went silent. Tomoe dried her eyes and led Tomoe outside the door. Sakura glared at Mei as the large doors closed locking Mei and Kaoru inside. Sakura didn't know what happened inside those doors, but as they made their way upstairs the sound of a whip cutting through flesh echoed through the temple.

AN: Well I'm done with another chapter. I have to admit this chapter was not my favorite and it is shorter than the others because I had a lot of homework lately, but I figured it was better to give you guys a sucky chapter than no chapter at all.

Review Responses:

Kirin'sdaughter: wow! um..those are powerful words. blushes Thank you so much for the complement all though I'm sure you probably will take back what you said after this horrible chapter!

Aya45: Thank you and just to let you know I update once every weekend no exceptions, so you can always no when I'll be updating.

Jing-Jing: Thanks, I'm glad you read it. The summary doesn't do it justice.

Reignashii: You're killing me with all your request. It's been 5 chapters! Why don't you just wait and see what other characters will present themselves. ...but I do love you're crazy reviews oh and I think that Tokio has to be some kind of robot because no human being would willingly marry saito! tehehe!

royal bluekitsune: That sucks that you got grounded, but I promise to make the next chapter super good so that it will be like a mini celebration to celebrate you not having to go undercover! Don't worry I'll make the next chapter worth your wait!

Neko-Yuff16: yeah I know! Like poor kaoru you have a hot red headed vampire that wants to bite your neck. You must be the unluckiest person in the world! winks

half-breed-demon-fox: Thanks! It was hard to figure out everyone's personality. I mean in most stories either Kaoru has too much attitude or she is all shy and sweet. Well I decided to make Kaoru wild and dangerous( except for when it comes to her mom then she gets all emotional). I figured that the story would be more interesting if Battosai had a bit of a challenge to get Kaoru to fall in love with him. And I mean a BIG challenge.

I hope you guys don't lose faith and me and keep reading! Don't forget to REVIEW!