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Swords of the Man Slayers

Chapter 2 The Hunt

Yuya and Red Tiger sat on the floor in a restaurant. Yuya was having tea, while the Red Tiger had sushi.

"Ok" Yuya started" We need to gather the facts, before we help Kyo." She took a breath in. "I'll be surprised if Kyo even finds the Battosai."

"Don't doubt what he can do." A smile crossed his face. " I bet by the time we're done he'll already have beat the Battosai."

Yuya didn't like that idea. "I hope not, because then we couldn't get his head, and collect the bounty."

"Good point." Tokougawa agreed.

Silence followed. Neither of them really wanted to speak, about Kyo anymore. Both were coming up with ideas on how to find their next bounty. The silence was broken by a small argument next to them.

The argument started over who was the strongest warrior. Four names came up most often. Two were ones Yuya knew well. The Battosai and Demon Eyes Kyo, but the other two she hadn't. The others were Sagara Sanosuke and Soujirou Seta. . "Every one knows that Demon eyes Kyo would win." One of the older men protested."He's faster then Sanosuke."

"Yes, but the Battosai and Soujirou are far faster the Kyo." The man next to him said. "The only problem is that Sanosuke is far stronger then all of them." The black haired man stopped. "This is a hard choice."

Listening to the argument gave Yuya an idea. Slowly she walked towards the group.

Now every man was starting to agree with the black haired man. The man had made his final choice the Battosai. He explained his answer. "I've seen the Battosai fight. As fast as lightning he struck men down."

The older gray haired man from before spoke again. " Perhaps, but I saw Demon eyes Kyo fight. Lucky that I lived to tell the tale." A giant smile lingered on his face, like it was an honor to live, which it kinda was. "Demon Eyes Kyo is fast and strong, while the Battosai's only fast."

"Excuse me." Yuya interrupted. "Can I ask you for your help"

The five men looked over at her. The younger ones more so the the older ones. The older people were more annoyed then the others. The black haired man looked at her kindly. "So what would a young lady like yourself need help with"

"I just have a question." She answered. Before he could say anything Yuya continued."You said you saw the Battosai , so what does he look like"

The man only looked at her. "True I've seen the Battosai, but it was dark . All I saw was his long red hair and cross shaped scar on his left cheek. Don't know what good that would do you, because they're common facts." He paused trying to remember something "Now I remember! The Battosai is now living in a dojo by the center of town."

Finally Yuya had what she wanted to know. Now I'll find Kyo tell him where the Battosai is. Have Kyo kill him, and collect the reward. Politely she bowed to the man, before her and the Red Tiger left. Not before noticing a person who looked a lot like Kyo sitting in the corner. His eyes were covered by shaggy black hair. The two completely ignored him, and continued to walk.

"Now we find Kyo before he goes on a killing spree." the Red Tiger explained.

Yuya nodded. Quickly the thought occurred to her If Kyo killed more people the reward for jhis head would go up, but that would wreck her plan of leaving once the Battosai was dead. "Let's go find Kyo."

Silently Kyo walked up behind them. "So did you find where he is" His voice was calm, but full ambition.

His voice caused both Yuya and Tokougawa to jump. "Kyo" Yuya said surprised.

Kyo's eye's demanded an answer immediately. "Ah.. Yeah we found something." Yuya informed. His glare thinned to evil eyes. "He supposedly lives in a dojo by the center of town."

"Anything else" He asked again.

Red Tiger tried to take Kyo's anger from Yuya. "He has a scare on his face, like a cross."

"Good" the tension in his voice left. "Now I'll go find this Battosai." Quickly he headed towards the center of town.

After about five minutes of walking the group arrived at the center. "Now what" Kyo demanded."I'm getting bored."

"Can you be any less patient" Yuya said angered by his impatience. "I've been looking for a dojo, or for the Battosai."

A young boy came up to Kyo, and asked"you're a samurai."

"Looks like we have a genius." Kyo stated rudely.

Yuya just stared at the little boy, until he spoke again. You must be looking for the other samurai." Now Kyo was also staring at him. "He lives about a mile from here." The young boy pointed south.

Again the travelers were off searching for the famed Battosai, and the dojo where he lives.