I was playing BR 3 and had the sudden urge to write a fic on it. This will be a Keniko, because I love them and there aren't enough Keniko fanfics out there. So, for everyone who loves Mole-boy and Catgirl as much as me, enjoy.....

I don't own Bloody Roar.

Prolouge

They faced each other in the shadows of an abandoned warehouse. Both were wary, not knowing what the other would do. It had been years since they last saw each other, under very different circumstances. Back then, it had been master and servant, creator and slave. The silent young man in the dark ninja suit had always been dangerous and lethal, fufilling his missions with the cold efficiancy of a machine, the perfect weapon in the right hands. But, now, he was even more deadly; now, he was AWARE, and the fury shining from those steel gray orbs was more disturbing than all the nights when Bakuryu returned from a mission completely drenched in blood, his eyes as blank as a robot.

Busuzima smiled. He'd heard his perfect assassin was calling himself Kenji Ohgami now, but that changed nothing. He was still Bakuryu, no matter how much the boy wanted to deny it.

"Why did you call me here?" the mole zoenthrope demanded. His voice had changed, too. Deeper now, more mature. The boy would be seventeen in a few days, almost a man, yet he could still detect a hint of the old Bakuryu in his voice. "I swear, Busuzima, if you're back to bother me or my friends, I'll tear you to pieces right now."

"Wouldn't dream of it, my boy," Busuzima countered with a careless grin, though he didn't doubt the ninja's statement. When it had been just the two of them, Busuzima could do anything he wanted to the boy without raising so much as a peep of protest. But now, it was different. Bakuryu had found himself a family, something Busuzima dreaded would happen. It meant unwanted attatchments. Even though the boy cared little for his welfare, Busuzima could see him fighting like a demon to protect his friends. How irritating. He would have to proceed very carefully from now on. "I just wanted to drop by to see how my little experiment was doing," he continued, feeling the situation out. Folding his long arms across his chest, he gave the boy a wide smirk. "So, how's family life these days, Bakuryu? Still living with the wolf-man?"

"Don't call me that!" Bakuryu snapped, exactly the reaction Busuzima was hoping for. "I have another name. Bakuryu is not a part of my life."

"Kenji, my dear boy," Busuzima smiled, a very chilling smile, "Bakuryu will ALWAYS be a part of your life."

The boy stared at him coldly, eyes glittering, every inch the assassin Busuzima raised him to be. The scientist felt a sudden flare of pride. "You've seen what you came for," Bakuryu said in a voice devoid of emotion, and crouched to leap up into the shadows. "This conversation is over."

"You've been having hallucinations lately, haven't you?" Basuzima called out, before the ninja could pull his vanishing-in-a-puff-of-smoke act. He saw Bakuryu pause, then glance up at him startled, and knew he had hit a nerve. "Hallucinations, nightmares, violent mood swings....go ahead and stop me if I'm wrong." He grinned at the ninja, knowing he wasn't wrong, knowing Bakuryu had to be listening. He saw him hesitate, then slowly straighten again.

"What do you know about it?" he asked reluctantly.

"I know everything about my creaton," Busuzima grinned. "You see, Kenji Ohgami, this false name and identity you've taken for yourself won't protect you, or your friends, from Bakuryu much longer. He is too much a part of you, even though you deny it. He is fighting for control, and he is MUCH stronger than you realize. Because Bakuryu IS your true self. He's you, even though you deny it."

"That's not true!"

"Why then, does he keep haunting you?" the scientiest pressed. "You know the truth, boy! Kenji Ohgami is the fake, the mask, the lie that Bakuryu is fighting to overcome."

"Shut up!"

"You can't hold out forever, boy," Busuzima said in a near whisper, watching his creation stagger back, clutching his head like he was afraid it would explode. "You're not strong enough to destroy him once and for all." He smiled inwardly, and closed the trap. "But, I can."

Well, there's the prolouge. Chapter one will be up soon. Like I said, I just had the urge to write a Bloody Roar fic, so I'm not expecting reviews, though reviews are always appreciated.

Arigato,

Silverkitsune