Author's note: Back again with chapter 3. Well, you might have noticed a few mistakes in the other two chapters and will probably continue noticing them. Well, I really stink at reading and Language Arts and that there explains everything.
Disclaimer:I don't own anything Rurouni Kenshin or Yu-gi-oh.
Chapter 3Kaiba paced the floor in his room at Kaiba Corp. There had to be an explanation to what happened to Yugi. He wouldn't fall to think that there was such thing as ancient magic now." He went back to his computer to re-watch what happened, thanks to the video cameras set up all over the town. Kaiba just couldn't figure it out. First, Yugi's there, enjoying his victory and the next thing you know, he disappeared in a black shadow-like ball. This was just not making any sense.
Back where the duel took place, Tristan, Joey, and Tea searched everywhere for the tenth time. Joey was about to tear up anything that came in contact with his fist, Tristan was ready to give up, and Tea was almost in tears. They've been searching for hours but nothing came up. The closest thing they would have for a clue would have been Bakura, but he was long gone by now.
Tristan looked over at the other two and said, "I'm calling it a night. There's nothing here anyway."
Tea gave him a stern look. "Tristan, Yugi's our friend. We can't just abandon him."
"But there's nothing we can do. It's been a while now and not a clue has shown up. What else are we suppose to do? Wait for Yugi to come back? I doubt he'll be coming back anytime soon. Look, Tea, if you want to stay, you can, but I don't think you'll get anywhere."
Joey then joined in on the conversation; "I'm wit Tristan on this one. We woulda found somethin' by now anyway. Sorry Tea, but I'm leavin' as well."
Tea sighed knowing that this would be a battle she wouldn't win. "Alright, I guess you guys are right, but I'm still coming back each day." With that said she walked off with the others and back to home.
By the time Kenshin got back, Yugi had already explored the whole house. It was much different from his normal modern day houses. Yugi jumped at the sound of the door opening. After a quick check, he managed to see that it was indeed Kenshin. The only thing different about him was that he was splattered with blood. Yugi rushed over to him just in case he needed any help.
"Kenshin, are you alright? Let me help you," Yugi said. He felt that he could trust this guy. He did, after all, save him once already.
"I'm fine," Kenshin grumbled pushing Yugi away. "It's just blood anyway. I'm not injured."
"Oh, then what happened?" Yugi asked not sure what was going on.
"We're in the Bakumatsu, it's hard to go out and not get bloodied," Kenshin said as he looked down at his clothing. "Now come, I shall introduce you to Soku-san. He will be your kendo teacher. You will call him by the name Soku-sensei. There will only be a few days that you will need to go there. Soku-san is very busy. You will attend his classes two of the seven days a week. On the other five days, you will stay here, and only here."
"But, when do I get to go outside?"
"When you are going from here to there or there to here."
"But…"
"No buts. Now let's go," Kenshin ordered.
Yugi knew better than to argue so he followed close behind Kenshin. The view wasn't that bad during this time. Though he knew he wouldn't be able to see the outside that often, he couldn't help but wish that he could. They reached a small village and toward the back was a huge dojo. They continued walking that way until they reached the dojo itself. Kenshin opened the door to reveal an empty room. Kenshin sighed at this. "Soku-san, it's just me, Himura," Kenshin yelled to the dojo. This confused Yugi. Why would Kenshin be talking to someone who wasn't there?
"Ah, Himura-san, I had no idea it was you," said a man coming out of a hidden door. The man was tall but pretty old. His hair had grown white from age and had and had a small beard on the end of his chin. The outfit was the same as what Kenshin and Yugi was wearing. "It's been so long, I never thought I'd see you here again. What is it that brings you here?"
"I have someone that I need you to train," Kenshin said pushing Yugi forward. The man looked Yugi over a while, his eyes settled on his hair and millennium puzzle for a while.
"Hm, well, I guess I can help you. After all, you are the…" Kenshin pulling him away cut off Soku. This left Yugi confused once more and wondered what Soku was going to say.
"You are not to mention anything about me to this kid. Battousai is just a myth and I am nothing but an amateur swordsman. Do you understand?" Kenshin's eyes dared the man to say otherwise. Soku nodded his head quickly to show that he understood. Kenshin then turned and spoke to Yugi, "I'll be gone for a few days. I'm sure you'll be able to find yourself back home. Until I come back, you will listen to whatever Soku-san says. Now, if he says run, you run. If he says hide, you hide. If he tells you to jump off a cliff into a pile of swords, you do it." Yugi's eyes widened in fear at this and gave a quick glance to see if this might please Soku. Kenshin spoke once more, "but if he does, he'll have to deal with me." At that, he turned and glared at Soku who shivered in return.
"Don't worry Himura-san, he'll be fine with me."
"Good, now I'll be on my way. I should be back in about two days," Kenshin said as he turned and left.
Yugi looked up to see Soku sighing, as if in relief. The old man then turned and grabbed something off the wall. He tossed it to Yugi, who fumbled it but managed to hold on. He looked down to see a wooden sword in hand. 'I know what this is. It's a bokken. Yugi said now getting a good grip on it. 'It's a wooden sword and are more firm than the shinai. The only reason for that is because the shinai are hollow.'
Before Yami had anytime to talk back to Yugi Soku interrupted him. "First, I would like you to practice on a downward strike. Raise your sword up over your head, and then bring it down with all your force. Yugi did what he was told and continued through with the lessons. By the end of the lessons Yugi's arms were in so much pain that he could barley open the doors to leave.
'Wow, I'm sticking with dueling. The way of the sword is way to hard for me," Yami said.
'I know what you mean, but I'm sticking with it whether or not I like it. Kenshin didn't seem like he was kidding when he told us about the Bakumatsu, so if we want to survive we have to learn how to protect ourselves.' Yugi soon came upon a fork in the road. Both of the paths led into the forest and later disappeared. 'Now what am I suppose to do?'
'Um, take the right path. I may be wrong though. I don't know for sure.'
'Okay,' Yugi walked on the right path until it disappeared from under his feet. He looked around until he found a little opening not that far off. He walked off in that direction with his hopes up of him coming close to home. He soon stopped after hearing voices and realized that he had gone the wrong way. Once again, his curiosity had gotten the better of him so he inched forward and peeked over a bush. There he saw a whole group of men instead of just two and they all carried a weapon of some sort. They all wore a blue and white outfit with matching headbands. There was one that really caught Yugi's attention. He was sitting on a rock with his sword drawn and in hand. His black hair was all tied back in a ponytail below his headband. Only four things of hair fell down in front his face. Then, another man came forward and dared to speak to this man.
"Saitou-kun, you have permission to go to your next post now."
"Oh, good," said Saitou looking up from his sword. "I was wondering if you'd ever get here Okita-kun."
Okita smiled in an embarrassed kind of way, "Yes, well, we got a little held up."
"Battousai?" Saitou asked a little to eager. Okita shook his head with a little smile upon it. "What a shame. We haven't been able to fight Battousai in quite some time now. Well, I guess we'd best get going now." Saitou said getting up, sheathing his sword and putting it at his waist in the making.
"Oh, wait," Okita said to stop him. "Did you find yourself a spy yet?" Saitou shook his head causing Okita to sigh in disappointment. "Saitou-kun, you're the only one that doesn't have a spy for your group yet."
"Okita-kun, I'm the leader of the third Shinsengumi unit. Trust me, I know what I'm doing," Saitou said and walked away. Half of the group followed him out while the other half stayed with Okita. Yugi now found no more use of being here so he slowly walked away making sure not to make any noise. After re-tracing his steps and this time going on the left path, Yugi soon found his way home. It was empty, as he expected. He sighed and lied himself down on the floor from exhaustion.
'Well, that was quite and adventurous day,' Yugi said. 'Remind me to never again listen to your advice when it comes to directions again.'
'Yes, well,' Yami said, 'what's bugging me now is what they said. They apparently are a group called Shinsengumi and they need a spy for something.'
'Or spies,' Yugi added as he, too, recalled the conversation.
'Yes, or spies, but what really gets me is this Battousai person.'
'Yeah, I'd like to figure out who this Battousai is myself. He must be really good if that one guy was looking to battle him. Maybe someday I'll be able to meet Battousai face to face.'
'You'd best hope he's on our side then,' Yami said laughing at Yugi's eagerness. 'Well, you should get some sleep. After all, you had a long enough of a day already.'
'Yeah, some rest sounds great,' Yugi said as he walked over to a futon. 'Well, it's not my bed but it will have to do.' Yugi said as he climbed into the small bed and drifted off to sleep.
Author notes: Okay then, we now have Chapter 3 up and running. Great, huh? And it was up so much faster than Vanished. Well, nothing much left to say than, please read and review. I always look forward to hearing your comments.