Author's note: Hm, I was writing this chapter and I was wondering. Why is it that Yugi and Kenshin are called by their first names while Kaiba and Saitou are called by their last? Why don't we all just call them Moto, Himura, Kaiba, and Saitou or Yugi, Kenshin, Seto, and Hajime?
Disclaimer:I don't own anything Rurouni Kenshin or Yu-gi-oh.
Chapter 7There was a buzz around the camp that something happened to Battousai. Saitou was pleased to find out that he wasn't dead. "Well, what is it?" Saitou asked a little more anxious than he should be.
"Actually, it's nothing of any importance," the man said to Saitou, "Battousai has just a difference in his appearance. He now has a cross on his left cheek instead of just a vertical slash."
"Hm, so now Battousai has a cross shaped scar on his left cheek along with his red hair? Very well, this information is greatly appreciated," Saito said and excused the man. He then turned to Kaiba who happened to be there at the time. "What is it you want?" Saitou asked rudely.
"Who is this Battousai you speak of?" Kaiba asked counteracting the question with one of his own.
"A man who, if you ever battle him, you'll never survive," Saitou said in a deadly tone, which made Kaiba shiver. "Now get back to work."
Though Kaiba is his regular self around the other Shinsengumi, he never acts the same around Saitou. It was just because of all that power that one man had. Kaiba shrugged it off and left to go back to work. Another member stopped him though. "Kaiba-san," Kaiba had been able to gain the respect of a few members of the Shinsengumi because of his attitude. "You've been asked to join a meeting," the man said.
"Where at?" Kaiba asked in his usual uncaring tone.
"Just at the small shire. You best hurry."
Kaiba took off in the direction. He entered to see nine other men in there. The man standing in the front of the group smiled and said, "Glad you could make it Kaiba-kun. Come, join us." Kaiba did what he was told though he didn't know any of these men. They were obviously from the Shinsengumi but he's never seen them around. "Ah, Kaiba-kun, you're the newest and I believe the last of the group. Welcome. We are the ten elite spies for the Shinsengumi. We each come from a different unit such as you are from the third. Now you all may be wondering why we are having this meeting. It's because there is a rumor that Battousai is around here somewhere." At the mention of the name Battousai the other members started to talk. "Yes, yes, calm down. Well, to continue, Battousai has been seen around here. It's our job as the elite spies to find out where he is. Everyone knows that right now he is the biggest threat to the Shinsengumi. If anyone finds anything of importance they are to report it directly to their unit leader. Got it?" Everyone nodded. "Oh and one more thing. You all may know what he looks like but I've just been recently informed that he now wears a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek. That's all that is different from him though. He still has his red hair and still stands at the same height. All that's different is his scar. If you find him, try your best to follow him but if he sees you we all will remember what brave acts you did to support the Shinsengumi. That's all I must say. Now, let us go find our Battousai and please our leaders," the man said and the whole group cheered. The small meeting finished and everyone went their separate paths to get back to their own unit. Kaiba had high hopes for finding Battousai. Saitou might actually respect him if he did this one thing.
Kenshin hadn't been leaving as often as Yugi would have expected. He always seemed to be careful around Yugi. It looked as if he was always making sure that it was truly Yugi instead of Yami. Yugi finally chose to try and end this. Yami was trustable and Yugi didn't know why Kenshin wouldn't trust him. Yugi went out to find Kenshin. "Kenshin? Kenshin where are you?"
"In here Yugi," Kenshin called back from the training room.
"Oh, there you are. Um, I just wanted to ask you a simple question."
"What is it?" Kenshin asked.
"Well, it's a matter of Yami." Kenshin snorted at the name of Yami. "I know you don't trust him, but I just want to know why. So, why is it that you don't trust Yami?"
"He's a complete stranger."
"So was I but you found it in your heart to trust me."
"Well, um, er," Kenshin said at a loss for words. "I just can't trust him."
"This has something to do with what happened while you were gone, right?" Yugi hit it right on. Kenshin was so shocked that he recoiled a bit. Yugi didn't let that go unnoticed so he nodded saying that he knew it. "Look Kenshin, whatever it is, you can tell me."
"No, I can't. I'll just say that I cannot trust anyone anymore."
"Kenshin, if someone did something to you, it doesn't mean that everyone else is the same way. You should learn to trust again."
Kenshin thought about this for a while then smiled at Yugi. "You're right. I shouldn't be like this. I have been acting very rude to your friend Yami. I hope he can find it in his heart to forgive me."
Yugi was silent for a while then smiled back at Kenshin. "Yami says that he forgives you."
"Now Yugi, you have just now proven yourself to be one of the strongest men out there in Japan. As I said before, I'll take you to see Kyoto. Now get ready, we shall leave soon." With that said, Kenshin left the room to get ready himself.
'Yami, did you hear that? Kenshin's going to take us to see Kyoto!' Yugi said with a great amount of enthusiasm. He's always wanted to see it but never go to go.
'Yes, I did, are you pleased?'
'You bet I am, I've been waiting for this ever since the first day here.'
'Yes, Kenshin isn't that bad of a guy.' By now, Yugi managed to tie on his shoes. He then ran off in search of Kenshin. He was found in his room messing with a piece of paper.
"Ah, Yugi, you're ready?" Kenshin asked. Yugi nodded his answer. "Alright then, shall we go?" Yugi nodded once more. He left the room but once Kenshin came out he was rubbing on the paper to his left cheek.
At this, questions formed for Yugi. "What's that for?"
"Um, oh, it's actually here to hide my scar. Nothing much about it." Kenshin said as if it was obvious.
"But why do you need to cover your scar? Nobody's going to recognize you from it, right?"
"Oh no, no, I just don't want people to stare at it. Well, if you're ready let's go," Kenshin said as if he wanted to get off the subject. Yugi didn't bother him about it anymore; he was too excited to stall the trip any longer. Then the two walked out of the house to go explore Kyoto.
Kaiba didn't want to wait any longer. He just had to go find this Battousai right away. He changed out of his outfit into something more casual. Then he ran off to the towns in Kyoto in search of this one man. While he was wandering around one town something caught his eye. It was two people walking side by side. They were both shorter than the average height too. The tall of the two was pointing out stuff to the other. He had long red hair that was tied in a high ponytail. The other looked a lot like, "Yugi?" Kaiba asked himself out loud. "What's he doing here? Oh, wait, he came here before me. But who's that man that he's with?" Kaiba asked some more while examining. "Saitou-san said that Battousai had red hair and a cross shaped scar on his left cheek. That man has red hair but I don't see a scar. Unless," Kaiba looked closer, "He's hiding it under that bandage." All of this got Kaiba excited. Now all he had to do was follow then and hope for the best.
"And over there's the…" Kenshin said during his touring but stopped. Someone was there and gave off an enemy aura. Kenshin looked around in search for the source. He turned his gaze to Kaiba who suddenly turned in his heals and stared walking in the other direction. Yugi looked up at Kenshin in confusion. He didn't want to interrupt anything that Kenshin was doing, so he didn't talk. Beside, Kenshin's scowl looked as if he didn't want to be bothered. "Yugi, do you know that man over there?" Kenshin asked.
Yugi looked over to where Kenshin was scowling. He saw the back of Kaiba's head shook his head. "No, the only people I know in this time are you, Soku-sensei and Mio-kun. I can't possibly know that man."
"Well, he seems as if he knows you," Kenshin said not taking his eyes off Kaiba.
"Huh? How do you…oh yeah," Yugi asked but then remembered Kenshin's ability to read other people's ki. "I'll be back," Yugi said and ran off to Kaiba. "Um, excuse me?" Kaiba kept walking as if nothing happened. This tome Yugi tapped his shoulder and asked excuse me once more. Kaiba once again kept on walking and ignoring Yugi. Now Yugi was getting a little irritated. "I said excused me," Yugi said and grabbed Kaiba's shoulder and spun him around. "Kaiba?"
"Hands off Yugi! What make you think that you can touch me?" Kaiba asked rudely.
"W-what are you doing here? How'd you get here?"
"That's none of your business. Now I'll be on my way."
"Do you have a place to stay? I mean, I can't really see you making any friends in this time to stay with."
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"Nothing. I jus thought that you'd want to stay with Kenshin and me. That's all."
"What make you think…" Kaiba said about to burst but soon stopped himself. This could be his chance. This Kenshin could very well be the Battousai he was looking for. "Well, fine," Kaiba said while crossing his arms. "But just because I need a place to stay," he said adding that part in to make sure that Yugi didn't get ideas.
"Great, I'll go ask Kenshin," Yugi said and ran off. When he came to Kenshin he smiled and said, "You were right. I do know him."
"Okay, then shall we go?" Kenshin asked. He didn't like this guy. He didn't seem like the guy to hang out with and his ki gave off a little bit of something that seemed so familiar to him. That little bit of ki reminded him so much of his enemies.
"No, wait, Seto here needs a place to stay. He's all by himself. Can he stay with us?"
"Oh no, no way. There's just something about him."
"Well, I know that he can be a little crazy when he wants something, but he should be no harm. He'd most likely be only a danger to me and that's nothing to worry about. Come on Kenshin, you should try to trust him."
"I, um, oh fine. He can come along," Kenshin said with no pleasure in his voice.
"Oh thank you Kenshin. I'm sure that Kaiba will be very pleased." Yugi waved his hand in a motion for Kaiba to follow. Kaiba listened and the three of then made their way back home. Some of them more willing than others.
Author Notes: Hey look! A new reviewer. I feel so loved now. Well, there you have chapter 7. I know, it was really cheesy. The whole purpose of this chapter was to get Kenshin to trust and accidentally let an enemy into his home. Some of you are probably thinking, "Well, why would he need to learn to trust?" Well, truth be told, this is on my perspective. If I have someone betray me and I trusted them so much you would have the hardest time getting me to trust others. So, that's why I made it like that. Plus, if you haven't noticed, Kenshin is easily persuaded when it comes to people he cares for. So there you have chapter 7 be sure to read and review.