Author's note: Noooo! I'm off of my goal. Well, I haven't really been working on it as much as I hoped but ah well. Hoping all of you that are reading this will post reviews. Welp, here's Chapter 8 for ya.
Disclaimer:I don't own anything Rurouni Kenshin or Yu-gi-oh.
Chapter 8Yugi, Kaiba, and Kenshin all neared the house. Kenshin opened the door to let Kaiba and Yugi in. Though when Yugi came to enter behind Kaiba Kenshin stopped him. Yugi looked up at him in confusion, Kenshin motioned him away to further off. Kenshin and Yugi walked off but the Kenshin spoke. "Look, Yugi," Kenshin began, "I hope you can keep some things about me from this man."
"Like what? I don't see anything that you would need to hide from him."
"Just don't tell him of some things. Can you promise me that?" Kenshin asked and looked as if he was pleading.
You looked at Kenshin and saw that he was desperate. "Alright, what is it that you want me to keep from him?"
"Just my scar actually," Kenshin said and pointed to where his left cheek where his scar would be if not covered up.
"But why your scar?" Yugi asked innocently.
"Just because. Now can you promise me that?"
"Yes, of course."
"Good, now let us go back inside before your friend wonders what's going on."
Though Yugi wouldn't consider Kaiba his friend he agreed to go back in the house. When the two entered they saw Kaiba looking around the house. Well, looking is too nice of a word. He was more or less examining the entire house. Right now he was on the ground tapping the floor and listening for something of any sort. Yugi's voice startled him. "Um, Kaiba, what are you doing?"
Kaiba swiftly got up and looked over at the two that stood there in question. "Um, I was just getting use to the house."
"Right," Kenshin and Yugi said harmoniously in a sarcastic tone.
"Well, you two make yourself comfortable. I need to go out for a while. Just don't break anything and it would be safer if you stay inside. Though if you truly wish to go outside I will not make it a rule against you.," Kenshin said and left the house. Yugi smiled. Kenshin was getting better and better at learning to trust them. He was glad to have a friend like Kenshin.
Kaiba smirked as Kenshin left. He then turned his attention over to Yugi in pursuit of answers. "Hey, Yugi, what's up with Kenshin?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Yugi asked in confusion.
"He wears a bandage on his left cheek. I was wondering why?"
Yugi didn't know what to say. Kenshin said to keep his scar a secret so Yugi was to respect that. Thus Yugi said the first thing that came to mind. "Bandage? What bandage? I don't know what you're talking about."
"Yugi, what's he hiding?" Kaiba asked this time a little more forceful.
"Nothing. He just got a scab because I accidentally pushed him and he ran into a rock. Nothing else."
"Are you sure it isn't any scar of some sort?"
"No, of course not. Why would he have a scar?" Yugi said sounding as innocent as he could.
"Well, whatever, I'm going out. I probably won't come back though."
"Hm, why's that?"
"I can't stay with two losers. I don't know what I was thinking before," Kaiba said and exited the building. The truth was that he was headed to the Shinsengumi grounds. He had a few things that he wanted to report.
Once Kaiba got there the first thing he heard was, "Where the hell have you been?" Kaiba turned to see Saitou standing there with his arms crossed while glaring at Kaiba.
"I, um, went in search of Battousai, sir," Kaiba hastily said.
"Without my orders?" Saitou asked in a rude manor.
"Um, no sir, I went as one of the ten elite spies. I thought it was our job."
"Well, then what did you find and you had best found something. You never leave Shinsengumi grounds without my permission and come back empty handed."
Kaiba didn't know what to do. He wasn't even sure if Kenshin really was the Battousai that everyone's been ranting about. Kaiba thought it would be best to just repot what he got. "Sir, I went in search of this Battousai and found someone that I knew before. He was with a man that fit the description of this Battousai. Everything was there but the scar. On his left cheek was a bandage instead of a scar. When asked what was under it Yugi responded that Kenshin only had a scab. The I returned here."
At the name Kenshin, Saitou perked up. "What was that name you said?"
"Um, Yugi?"
"No, no, the other one."
"Oh, Kenshin."
"And he didn't sense you or anything? Are you really that good at hiding your ki?"
"Actually he saw me face to face. He even let me in his house."
"He let you in his house? Where is that? Why didn't he kill you? Does he trust you? Did you talk to him?" Saitou asked now going on rapid fire with questions.
Kaiba couldn't help but smirk at this. He found out what Saitou had wanted and was now in power. "Well," He began, "I never really talked to him but he sorta talked to me. Well, he really was telling to just Yugi and me that he would be gone for a while. I'm not sure if he trusted me though. He always gave me these weird looks and he probably didn't kill me because Yugi was there. Yes, he only let me in his house because Yugi asked him to let me in though. Truth be told, the house isn't that far off but if he hadn't brought us there I would never had found it." Kaiba concluded the answers to Saitou's questions and looked to see how Saitou would react.
Saitou was standing there grinning from ear to ear. He then turned his back to Kaiba and spoke. "You have a your job well. I expected that out of you. Good Job." Saitou walked off and out of sight. Kaiba rushed off to go get back in his Shinsengumi outfit when he heard Saitou in the background. "Members of the third Shinsengumi unit, through all of our efforts Battousai has been found. Tonight we shall strike and take Battousai down in the making." After Saitou's little speech many people cheered in excitement. Though Kaiba wasn't out there cheering with all the others he was sure grinning at his success.
Kenshin was making his was back home when he heard the cheering. "Hm, I wonder what's that all about?" He wondered to himself but just shrugged it off. He knew that he was living near the Shinsengumi because sometimes the best place to hide is right next to where you're hiding. The last place they would check would be on their own ground, so why not close to that? Kenshin was near home now but only sensed one ki and that was Yugi's. Kenshin entered the house and called to Yugi. "Hey Yugi, where's Kaiba."
Yugi popped his head out from around the corner. He was about to ask how he knew Kaiba was gone then remembered how mysterious Kenshin really was. "Um, he left. He said he probably won't come back either."
"He WHAT?" Kenshin burst out. Kenshin recalled a few things that he noticed from before. First was the part of ki that Kaiba gave off, that bit reminded him so much of the Shinsengumi. Then, when he and Yugi entered the house, they found Kaiba on the ground tapping the floor. Lastly, he heard cheering coming from the last spot that the Shinsengumi stayed. What if Kaiba was a part of the Shinsengumi and told them where he was staying? No, not what if, he is part of the Shinsengumi and told then where he was staying. "Yugi," Kenshin cried again, "Gather your stuff and be quick about it!"
"But why do…" Yugi asked with confusion.
"Just do it," Kenshin called and hurried him off.
Yugi was very confused now. How could Kaiba's leaving end up in making Yugi need to gather all his stuff? He entered the room where he stored all the stuff he had. He grabbed his old school clothes and put the duel disk with his deck on his arm. He also managed to grab a little bit of food that he stored before he ran off. He found Kenshin in the kitchen also storing up some food. "Kenshin, I have all of my stuff but why…" Yugi asked but got cut off yet again.
"I'll tell you latter," Kenshin said as he turned and made his way for the door. "For now we must leave. Now go!"
Yugi ran outside and waited for Kenshin to catch up. He was over closing the door then ran off himself. Yugi thought it would be best to follow Kenshin so he did so. Soon Kenshin stopped in the middle of the forest. "What's happening?"
"Latter! Here you can leave your stuff here for now. It's getting dark, something will probably happen soon. Now come, follow me, but be quiet about it." Kenshin walked off and Yugi followed obediently. They made their way back to the house. Kenshin and Yugi now sat in the brush nearby the house as they watched. "It should be anytime now…" Kenshin was right. In about two minuets, many Shinsengumi ki popped up out of nowhere. Then the group appeared with Saitou in front next to the boy Kenshin knew as Kaiba.
"So, this is it?" Saitou said examining that house. "Very clever indeed to be so close and yet so far." Saitou walked up to the house door and called, "Oh Battousai, I know you're in there. Won't you let me in?" There was no answer. "If you don't let me in, I'll let myself in." Still there was no response. Saitou now drew his blade. "I'm coming in," he warned before he slashed the door open. He walked in and was out of sight for a few minuets. When he came back outside his sword was once again sheathed and the man wore a smirk. "Looks like Battousai is not home. I guess I was too eager that I forgot how skilled Battousai really is. AH well, let's leave him something to say that we know that he's around. Burn down the house." At Saitou's last sentence all kindness erased from his face. He now looked dead serious and walk kill anyone that chose to oppose him. Some of the Shinsengumi lit their torches and threw them all at the house. In a few seconds the little hut was engulfed in flames. Kaiba felt guilty at the same time relieved. He wasn't even sure if Yugi was still alive.
Kenshin and Yugi watched from the sidelines as the place they called their home was destroyed. Kenshin paid more attention to Saitou than anything else though. While Yugi found this a great time to talk to Yami.
'Aw man, how could they do such a thing?' Yugi complained as he watched.
'Yugi, it's that name again,' Yami said recognizing it, 'Battousai'
'Yes, it seems familiar but from where?'
'That's it! Remember that one time after your first lesson? You were trying to find your way back here but got lost in the making.'
'That was your fault.'
'Yes, well, we ran into a group of people. '
'Hey! That one in the front looks like the one we saw!'
'Yes, that is correct, but do you remember what they were talking about?'
'Um, one told the other that he could go to a different post and that one asked what took so long. The other said that they got delayed.'
'And what did this one man hope that he was delayed for?'
'He was hoping that it was someone or something called Battousai.'
'And what is this man talking about?'
'He's searching the house for Battousai.'
'That would make you think that this Battousai lives here, right?'
'You don't mean to tell me…' Yugi asked as he looked toward Kenshin.
'Kenshin may very well be Battousai.'
Author notes: Ug, I've been bad, I didn't keep my goal. But this chapter is a little longer than the others so be happy. Well, at the end it really sounds like Yami's playing 20 questions with Yugi. I didn't really mean for that to happen. Well, I left with a cliffhanger just because you need one of those every one in a while. I hope you're enjoying it so far. As always read and review. Thanks.