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We Did It Wrong

Chapter 2

Found You

Crowds parted as two cloaked figures walked calmly into town. Sanosuke, drunk as he was, paid no heed to the fact that people were not moving away from him. Hid immediate thought was 'I'm not that ugly.' When he saw the cloaked figures moving towards him, he thought they wanted a fight. "What, you wan fight?" His voice was slurred. He then tripped over himself, about to fall on his face, but the shorter cloaked figure caught him, then looked to the other. After a nod, the figure holding him let down her hood, revealing a girl.

"You're drunk." She sniffed disapprovingly.

"You're pretty." He said. He's definitely very, very drunk. She just rolled her eyes.

"Sensei, can we please just go?" She asked the other cloaked figure, who laughed and let her hood down.

"How about we get him inside?"

"Fine, help me. He's not as light as you are." They carried him into a nearby hotel. "Does this belong to anybody?" the shorter one asked.

"Sano! There you are." Kenshin smiled.

"Two pretty girls. Lovely life . . ." Everyone except him sweatdropped.

"He's with us. We only just realized he was gone. Sorry."

"That's all right. My name's Naheka, and this is my apprentice, Hikaru. We're looking for someone. You might know him. His name is Shinomori, Aoshi." Everyone looked at the two girls like they were insane.

"Do you know him?" Kenshin asked carefully.

"Not exactly. I have some information that leads me to conclude that his life is in danger." Hikaru supplied.

"He's pretty strong, I think he can handle himself." Sanosuke stated, sitting down, not appearing drunk anymore.

"Perhaps. But the person that he may be battling in the near future is not human, and is nearly immortal. We're supposed to fight him, not Shinomori. Do you have any idea where Shinomori is?" Hikaru asked. Both hers and Nahekas faces were devoid of any emotion.

"He's supposed to be coming from Osaka. He wants to travel with us for some weird reason or another." As soon as Kaoru mentioned Osaka, Hikaru's eyes started moving, like she was reading something. Naheka held up a hand as a motion to keep them quiet.

"He's an idiot, holding a battle in a dungeon with torches lit. It's a cellar beneath a farmhouse, but the house is old, and there's a long passageway. We can figure out where it leads when we get there. We should get there right on time if we run."

"Good, let's go." Naheka nodded.

"Wait, we'll come with you." Kenshin said, getting up.

"Only if you can keep up with us." They started running, and Kenshin and Sano were able to keep up for a while, then started to lag behind as the girls sped up. Then they stopped after an hour of running. They were at the farm. As Kenshin and Sanosuke caught up, they opened the cellar door and crouched, not in sight of whoever was behind it. They heard yells as two men came up. They paused, seeing how far away Kenshin and Sano were from the door. They were impaled before they could turn around. They fell, dead, green liquid on the girls swords.

"I hate those things. They always fall for a simple trick."

"How the hell were you two able to last so long without breaking a sweat?" Sano was out of breath.

"That was just a jog." Hikaru said. "If we really ran, we could circle around Honshu in one day." The girls turned around and walked down the cellar entrance, leaving Kenshin and Sanosuke to stare after them.

Aoshi and bad guy

"Pathetic. A human like you thinking he can defeat me, an immortal? Well, it looks like nobody is coming to your rescue. I think I'll end your suffering and kill you now!" Aoshi was on the floor, near death. The bad guy raised his sword.

"COWARD!" Hikaru came running up behind him, sword at the ready. "Odei, you're mine!" He turned around and blocked her blow just in time. She came at him again, harder this time, and he had more trouble.

"So, you've grown much stronger since the last time we met, Hikaru."

"You bet I did, after what you did to Rin and Kazeka!" The torches were blazing in Hikaru's anger. She went after him again, this time leaving a scratch.

"I must commend you for doing an excellent job in your training. But, you're not strong enough."

"What?" Odei held up his hand and Hikaru was sent flying. She landed next to Aoshi. Odei came closer as she struggled to get up. His power was holding her down.

"I said you're not strong enough. Now, where's you're master?" Hikaru smirked.

"Well, if I told you, it'd ruin the surprise." Odei felt something wet cover his mouth and nose. He tried to shake it off, but the water kept coming.

"What a simple trick you fell for." Naheka's voice came from the water.

"Couldn't you tell that I was just a diversion? Naheka never leaves me to fight any one by myself. She's my leash." Hikaru laughed evilly before fainting.

Odei released his grip on Hikaru and slammed all of his power into Naheka before disappearing. She fell to the ground, body returning to normal, unconscious. Kenshin and Sanosuke finally had come down to see what was going on. Shortly after Naheka slipped into unconsciousness, Hikaru's body started glowing red.

"What . . .?" Sano started. Flames surrounded Hikaru's body. When they parted, a Fire fox was standing there, and it started to nudge Aoshi. Kenshin walked over and lifted Aoshi onto Hikaru's back.

"She wants to carry them back to Kyoto." Kenshin explained, picking up Naheka. He carried her piggy back style. Hikaru licked Naheka's hand before carrying Aoshi up the stairs.

"Hey, where'd your swords go?" Sano asked. Hikaru paused, looking back at him. She sniffed, then walked on.

"Sano, I don't think you made a good first impression." Kenshin smiled at his companion. "besides," he continued, more seriously, "These girls aren't human. They're just vessels." Sano stared, open mouthed.

"How do you know . . ."

"Because she turned into a fox." Kenshin nodded towards Hikaru, who started to act strangely. They saw Aoshi open his eyes for a moment before slipping into unconsciousness again. Hikaru seemed worried, then she just started running straight to Kyoto. Miraculously, Aoshi wasn't falling off.

"Hey, wait up!" Sano tried to catch up, but Hikaru was a fox, and a lot faster than him. "What's with her!"

"She looked worried about something. I wonder what's wrong?" Kenshin wondered aloud.

Another chappie done, and the next one is on the way! Naheka, please don't kill me, it'll end up fine! (Runs away anyway).

Hisui: R&R pplz! She's just afraid that her sensei is going to be upset about a few things, that's all.