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Okay! Here I am again! What should I say now…uhm…I do not own Rurouni Kenshin…? Ya, that must do it! But like always, lets look at the reviews!

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And here is chapter twelve! Enjoy!

Prev: He is not more then my ally Shishio-sama. Nothing more, nothing less." Shishio only nodded again. He had to believe her and Sojiro. He hadn't the time to look out for them. And, if Sora got captured and Sojiro would go after her, they would both be weak. If you were weak you were useless to Shishio, you would become his prey. "Good. You can go now." "Thank you Shishio-sama." Said Sora bowing to Shishio and leaving the room.

The next day, Shishio gathered the Juppongatana from east-Japan in the room with the couch in it.
( AN: Aargh, doesn't that thing have a name or something? )

Shishio told his plans about the Big Kyoto Fire. Sora was surprised about the plan. It was really smart of Shishio to do something like that. She didn't care about the people who lived there. She once lived there too, when her mother was still alive. Nobody came to help when they heard her scream, nobody opened the door when she begged to let her in, nobody…nobody was there for her and her mother. She closed her eyes for a second and opened them again. They deserved it. They all deserved to die. Each one of them. She listened at Shishio again.

"In the letters I send to the Juppongatana from west-Japan, I already explained everything, so they are aware of this plan."

Sora looked around. Sojiro was next to her, smiling of course. Anji was listening carefully to every word Shishio said. Houji stood next to the couch and Yumi sat next to Shishio. Iwanbo stood next to Anji, grinning like there was no tomorrow. Henya was standing against the wall, keeping an eye on Sora. A few minutes later, the meeting was over. Sora turned around and walked to Henya. She was sick of it. He was always watching her like a guard dog. Sora wanted an explanation.

"Why are you always looking like that?"

Henya just looked at the girl, his eyes looking in hers. It gave Sora the creeps, but she didn't think about admitting it.

"Answer me Henya."

Sora could see the grin appearing on Henya's face behind his mask.

"What's so funny?"

"What's wrong girl? Are you afraid of me or something?"

"I have a name you know. And why should I be afraid of you?"

"I don't care about your name. You're just a girl in my eyes. And believe me. You should be afraid. I could kill you in no time…"

Now it was Sora's time to grin.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that Henya."

Henya's grin disappeared and his eye's looked angry.

"We'll see about that…" He lowered his voice. "This evening, at the top of the mountain, ten o'clock, we'll fight there and see who's the strongest."

Sora raised an eyebrow.

"I don't think Shishio-sama would like it when his Juppongatana fight each other."

"Shishio-sama doesn't have to know. Or are you trying to get away from the fight?"

"Of course not, that would be something for you to do."

Henya snorted and left the room.

So it happened that Sora silently got her katana's at ten minutes before ten that evening and left her room. She closed the door behind her and walked trough the hall, trying to make no sound. Nobody had to know what she was doing there in the hallway with her katana's already in her hands.

Finally Sora reached the exit without someone noticing her. She walked into the cold evening air and started her way to the top of the mountain Hieï. Suddenly she remembered her little walk with Sojiro again. Sora smiled, stroking her red hair out of her face. Her first kiss with a boy, Sojiro. She didn't know him long, but god, she loved him so much.

Sora was almost at the top. Only a few more steps and she was there. She tightened her grip on her katana's and her smile disappeared. Henya was already there, standing with his back at Sora. Like he could feel her presence, he turned around facing Sora.

"I was already thinking that you didn't dare to come."

Sora grinned. "You wish."

"Not such a big mouth girl…Now, let's get things started…"

With a fast move he opened his jacket. Sora's mouth dropped open a bit. Henya suddenly looked much bigger, he was really skinny, he looked like he had batwings, there was a sword on his arm and around his neck was dynamite.

"Surprised girl?" grinned Henya.

"I must say I am…"

He lightened some of the dynamite and tossed it before his feet.

"Are you insane? We're on a mountain! You can't use dy…"

There was a loud bang and Sora almost fell on her back. She opened her eyes. There was smoke, but no sign of Henya.

"What the…! Did he blow himself up!"

Sora heard a weird noise above her and looked up. Again her mouth dropped open from surprise. Henya was flying right above her. With a great speed, Henya approached Sora from the air. Sora jumped away quickly, avoiding Henya's attempt to hit Sora with his sword. Henya lightened again some dynamite and threw it at Sora.

"What the hell? Henya stop that!"

She threw one of her katana's to the dynamite so it would go in another direction. It worked. The dynamite flew to the right, her katana to the left. The dynamite exploded, before it hit the ground and Sora ran at her katana to get it again.

"What's the problem girl? You don't like dynamite?"

"Are you out of your mind Henya! We're standing on a mountain top! Do you want everything to collapse!"

"The only thing I want is to defeat you!"

Again he approached Sora with his sword. Sora ducked and rolled away. She jumped up again and looked at the sky where Henya was flying. She held her katana's firmly and began to run. With a yell she jumped high enough to reach Henya. Henya's eyes grew from surprise when Sora appeared before him. Sora hit Henya on his shoulders with the backside of her katana's. Henya yelled and fell, slamming on the ground. Sora landed a few feet away from Henya. He sat up right, his hand on one of his shoulders. Sora walked to him.

"We must stop this Henya. It's too dangerous to fight with dynamite on a mountain. And by the way, now you know that I'm stronger then you. So, let us just stop this okay?"

Sora couldn't see Henya's face, because it was in the shadow of his hair. Sora turned around and started to walk away. Suddenly, Henya raised his head, he stood up again and ran to Sora. Before Sora could do anything, Henya's hand was covering her mouth and his sword was at her neck.

"Stupid girl! I'm not that easy to defeat! It was a big mistake to turn your back at me!"

Henya wanted to strike, but Sora bit his hand. Henya yelled and pushed the girl away. Sora turned around.

"You're even more pitiful then I thought you were! Sneaking behind my back like some bat!"

Henya looked at his bleeding hand, and then he looked at Sora.

"You're going to regret you did that!"

He ran to Sora, his sword draw. When he was almost right in front of Sora, Sora jumped and kicked Henya's head. Henya almost fell to the ground again, but he turned around hastily.

"I'm not only good with my katana's you know. Now, let's stop this useless fight."

Sora ran to Henya. Henya wanted to take some dynamite but Sora saw this.

"O no you don't!"

Again she threw one of her katana's to Henya's hand. It worked. Henya dropped the dynamite. Sora jumped and kicked Henya several times in his stomach. Blood came out of Henya's mouth and he fell on his back again. Sora landed and picked up her katana. She looked at Henya. He was outside conscience.

"Finally…" Sora sighed. "Now, I must get him back inside. If I leave him here he will probably freeze…"

She walked to Henya and tried to carry him. Good thing he was so skinny, she could lift him a bit of the ground. She slowly walked back to the entrance of Shishio's secret hideout. She had a little bit trouble with opening the door and carrying Henya at the same time, but she made it and now she walked trough the hall again.

"I seriously hope that nobody sees us like this…"

Suddenly she stood still and looked at Henya. What was she going to do with him? She didn't know were his room was.

"He's in a bad shape…Maybe its better that I bring him to the doctor."

Her arms were getting tired and she felt happiness when she saw the door of the hospital room. She knocked the door and waited. In a few seconds the door was open.

"Um…ya…can you help him please?"

The doctor nodded.

"Of course I can. Just lay him on the bed."

And so Sora did. She turned to the doctor.

"Call me when he is better okay? And don't tell this to anyone."

The doctor nodded again and disappeared in another room. Hastily, Sora walked back to her room. When she was back in her room, Sora closed the door and leaned against it. She sighed in relief.

"Good that I'm back here…My god…I just got one of my allies outside conscience…"

She laughed.

"I hope Henya finally realizes that he doesn't stand a chance against me."

Sora walked to her closet and got in her pajamas. She was tired because of the fight, but mostly of carrying Henya all the way back here. Sora got under the covers of her bed and immediately fell asleep.

The next morning, Sora was on her way to the hospital room. She wasn't concerned about Henya's health, she just wanted to be sure that he would give up his attempt to defeat her. Sora knocked the door and opened it slowly. Henya was sitting on the bed. Sora could see bandages around his shoulders and stomach where she kicked him the other day. Henya looked up.

"What are you doing here?"

Sora closed the door behind her.

"A good morning to you too Henya."

"If you tell anything about this to anyone, I will certainly kill you." Said Henya in a hiss.

"Don't worry. If I do, I will be in trouble. Now, can u stand? You must leave this room before anyone sees you and asks what happened."

"Of course I can, don't be so stupid."

Henya stood up and putted his black-blue jacket back on. Sora left the room, followed by Henya. They both walked to the eating room. Sojiro was there and he smiled when he saw them enter.

"Ha Miss Sora, Henya-san! Good morning."

"Good morning to you too Sojiro."

Sora sat down, so did Henya, but only further away.

"I heard from Shishio-san that the Juppongatana-from west-Japan will be here in about three days."

"Ha, that's good news. I can't wait to see them."

Sora and Sojiro both smiled and begun with their breakfast.

I'm sorry it took me so long to write this chapter ( 6 days )! I hope you liked it.
But I have a question. When Sojiro goes away for three days to get cookies, and he comes back, he opens the box of cookies and you can see a letter. Now my question is what's in the letter? The didn't translate it on the DVD's I got… If you know it, put it in a review please!

Till the next chapter!