Disclaimer: I do not own Rouruoni Kenshin or any of the characters.
A/N: this is my first Kenshin fanfic and it's mostly based only on the movie and the ova's. So if I make mistakes please tell me. Please review!
Chapter one: Navy blue eyes.
The streets of Kyoto were silent, broken only by the soft voices of the two men…talking as they walked. Kenshin loved walking at night and Sanosuke usually accompanied him. The next day was supposed to be Kaoru's birthday and they were discussing what exactly to get her…actually Sanosuke was asking Kenshin what to get her because as usual he had forgotten all about it.
The night was beautiful, it was autumn and the reddish leaves drifted softly to the ground, the full moon bathed the street in a pale silky light like a lovers caress. Kenshin leaned against a the bridge rail, smiling a little as Sanosuke's panic stricken voice rose higher and higher as the conversation progressed. Suddenly the smile died on his lips, he tightened his hold on his sword…a whizzing noise broke the silence as Kenshin pushed Sanosuke out of the way, drawing his sword to deflect the shuriken coming towards him.
He stood rigid listening, but he heard nothing…when suddenly the sound of running footsteps reached his ears and he turned not a moment too soon, blocking the sword that had almost decapitated him.
Before he could assimilate what was going on, his opponent attacked him with a series of slashing movement, all of which he was just in time to block. Sanosuke watched helplessly, the fight was a blur, he couldn't see one move from the next and could end up hurting Kenshin if he tried to help. Kenshin desperately watched for an opening, so he could stop defending and start attacking, but none came. Finally he saw just the opening, perfect for a Hiten Mitsurugi's Flying Sky Dragon Flash. He leapt, blotting out the moon for a moment, and then bearing down on the ninja. There was a clash of metal. Sanosuke gasped, the ninja had shifted position, bending down and bringing up his sword, holding it vertical above him of him. If Kenshin hadn't realized and shifted as well he would have been impaled on the ninja's sword, and the ninja was too low to have been hurt by Kenshin's sword, reverse blade or not.
Kenshin's eyes narrowed…as he panted slightly, it had been a surprise, the last move he had expected. He brought his sword up again, as the never ending series of slashes started again. This time he blocked, using his sheath as a distraction, and bring his sword up from below, the ninja moved a little too late, as the blunt edge of the sword hit his thigh, bruising it badly. By the time Kenshin could regain his balance, the ninja's hilt hit him hard on his right shoulder, sending him flying backwards. A shuriken hit him the left shoulder followed by two more. He grunted with pain, trying to get up, trying to move his arms. He made it up just as a finger came out of nowhere lightly poking a nerve, he fell completely unable to move his upper body.
Sanosuke leapt in front of Kenshin and the ninja. He threw a right hand face punch, when the ninja standing normally blocked it and reached for his face. He jumped back, but that gave the ninja time to punch him in the ribs. He groaned and lunged for him, using all the strength and concentration he could. Suddenly he found himself at an advantage…he had gotten into a body lock with the ninja, who was shorter and more slender. He bore down hard forcing the ninja too the ground. He found himself staring into two deep navy blue eyes, he'd never seen navy blue eyes that dark before…Suddenly the ninja cursed softly…it was a woman! Sanosuke, hesitated for a split second a little shocked, a woman could beat him! That was all the ninja needed, she slipped out of his grasp and a shuriken grazed his cheek.
"Battousai…I'll be back for you!" she disappeared into the night.
Sanosuke helped Kenshin, who had regained most of his movement by now. He yanked out the shuriken, which had not gone too deep, a clever and quick distraction. They both walked back home, Sanosuke almost dragging Kenshin alongside him.
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Kaoru's birthday went fine…a little washing up and she never found out about the fight that had occurred. Sanosuke rustled up a small poem from somewhere, (which everyone realized was copied), but he was forgiven.
Later that day, Sanosuke lay back on his futon thinking. He couldn't forget that ninja…a woman who beat him! She would be the kind of woman he'd chose to love someday; he'd never thought to find a woman good enough to beat him! He shook his head ruefully at how modest he was being…he had never realized he was so arrogant! Those dark navy blue eyes…he breathed a little sharply, here he was trying to fantasize about the woman who'd try to murder him and Kenshin…but she didn't did she? She could have once she escaped the body lock….why didn't she?
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Kenshin sat at the restaurant picking at his food…god; he'd had enough of Kaoru's cooking for the day. She had gotten a recipe for birthday cake from Yokohoma and even the dogs wouldn't touch it!
Though this sukiyaki was very good, he heard the rustle of a kimono and a light scent drifted in the air, he looked up and found himself looking at a very beautiful woman, long hair tied up in a split peach fashion, with dark navy blue eyes and deep red lips. Her midnight blue kimono had silver cranes worked up on it and matched her silver-white under kimono perfectly.
"Would you like some tea?" hr voice was like the swish of trees on the breeze but with hint of steel like determination.
Kenshin nodded and watched as she drew back a sleeve of the kimono, to expose a slender white arm. "I hope you are enjoying you're food?" the polite question jolted him out of his reverie.
"Uh…yes it's very good…in fact its perfect!" he said realizing a word like perfect could hardly be used to describe sukiyaki. She smiled slowly.
"Thank you, I made it. Though you could hardly describe sukiyaki as perfect…sushi perhaps, but unusual for sukiyaki. It's like you haven't eaten good food for days."
Kenshin gave one of his idiot smiles. For some reason the woman stirred up a lot of strong feelings in him, underneath which…his assassin need to kill floated and he didn't need to battle that now. "Actually I haven't. We don't have a lot of tasty food at home."
The woman grinned. "Ah…thank you for eating here. Excuse me, but I have a lot to do yet." She glided almost to her feet and disappeared. Kenshin sighed, that was one woman, who had a very strong presence…he wondered why he suddenly felt the urge to kill.
Behind the wall, the dark blue eyes narrowed as she smiled a grim smile. She fingered the shuriken under her kimono…no, the time would come again and soon!
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A/N: I hope you liked it. I know its kinda short, but it seemed like a good place to end. Thanks for reading!