Hello there oh new reader…You are now beginning to read Golden Eyes, a Rurouni Kenshin fanfic. This is my 2nd fan fiction story so I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it…-
"Kaoru! Grab my sword!" called out her father. Kaoru looked up from giving hay to the horses. 'Why would father want his sword--?' Her thoughts were interrupted by his panic-stricken face.
She ran inside the dojo and reached up to take the beautiful sword down from the shelf. All of a sudden she heard bloodcurdling screams outside her home. Not even bothering to close the door, Kaoru went outside again. What she saw was beyond belief.
Half of the village was already destroyed, fires burning houses, screams filling the air and blood running in what seemed like rivers. This could only mean that… he was behind all of this. Kaoru leaned against the doorframe, the sight hitting her like a freight train. "Kaoru!!"
She looked to her left, her father drenched in blood, trying to help their neighbors. Running over to him, Kaoru handed him the sword, "What is going on?!" Kaoru's father tied the sword to his waist not looking up.
He shook his head, "Kaoru I cannot answer your question at the moment. Help me carry Oriande inside." At first glance Kaoru saw that Oriande's leg was broken and that she had various injuries. "And Kaoru…"
Looking up, she noticed that his eyes held a warning, "What ever happens today Kaoru, you must not--" "Dad…I know…" She smiled trying to show that whatever he was telling her about, was not important to fuss over.
Kaoru did as she was told and lifted the elder woman onto the tatami mats in the dojo. Oriande reached up with a hand, "K-Kaoru? What's--?"
Dodging the question Kaoru answered, "Oriande, you should rest right now." Oriande put her hand next to her body.
"Yes child…I should." As the old woman grinned, Kaoru noticed that her father disappeared. Getting up slowly with caution, Kaoru proceeded to the back entrance, spear in hand. Sliding the rice-papered door open a notch, she gasped in horror.
Her father was being beaten, kicked and prodded with swords of soldiers. Kaoru slammed the door open and cried out, "FATHER!!!"
Hitting the soldiers while making her way through the circle that surrounded her sole parent, a man with blood-red hair and golden amber eyes followed her moving figure. Kaoru set the spear next to her and picked up the sword next her father's body. "Hold on dad…just hold on." She set the weapon in front of her and a soldier came from her left. He swung the sword over her head, but Kaoru ducked just in time to slash at his legs.
As her enemy buckled over, two more came running at her, coming from opposite directions. When they came close enough, she jumped up and sliced the two together. "K-Kaoru…don't h-hurt yourself…" came a mumble from her father. "Dad! Stay with me…come on…when's my birthday?" Kaoru asked, wanting him to stay awake. Fighting off another warrior, she looked down at him. "Father…?" That split second earned her a gash on her arm. Muttering curses under her breath, thrust her family's sword, killing the soldier instantly. "Au…August….thirty-first…" came a low reply. A weak smile covered her face, "Good, good…uh, what's my favorite color?" She turned around, "Dad?" It was too late…another warrior had stuck a spear into his chest. "Nooooooooooo!!!" The man who did that is going to regret that he was ever conceived, let alone born…thought Kaoru, charging at the grinning soldier. Seconds later, his head was swept off his neck, blood splattering her face.
She knelt down next to her now deceased parent, tears threatening to spill over. Behind her, she felt a flaming ki, surpassing the heavens. Turning around slowly, gold met azure and Kaoru couldn't feel her legs. What the hell…? Kaoru thought, panicking. It's…it's the-- "Battosai." He smirked and drew his sword, "Come." Excuse me? she thought. Now there was a concept, her, Kaoru Kamiya, assistant master of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu…against BATTOSAI!?? That is wack. And wack was her world…sadly. She had to defend her and her ancestors' name…she had no choice.
Slowly, Kaoru stood up, gripping the sword until her knuckles were white. The Battosai saw this and chuckled inwardly in his mind. Kaoru had been staring at the ground and she closed her eyes, breathing deeply. I must…not…nooo, I shouldn't…father…. Instantly, when she looked up, her eyes had turned green. Not like a forest green but like a lime green. Battosai was taken aback and it showed on his face for a second, it disappeared as fast as it had come. He put on a little smirk before Kaoru disappeared from his sight…too bad he could read ki.
She was coming from the side and he was ready to parry her sword before she was gone again. This time she came from behind, but the manslayer disappeared from view. She blinked and felt a burning sensation on her leg. Dammit…! She thought pissed off that she had left her guard down. Turning around, Kaoru saw the Battosai crouched, still in the same position he had just attacked her. Suppressing her ki, Kaoru vanished, knowing that this time the assassin couldn't predict her moves so easily.
Battosai grinned as she left his before his eyes yet another time. "The same trick will not work well if you keep repeating yourself." He called out into the chilly air. Not a moment after he finished did he sense, her coming from above. "AAAAAHHH!" He simply pointed his sword upwards, which didn't surprise Kaoru much. Taking out a short sword from behind her, removed his katana out of the way. She grinned but fell into his trap the moment he was gone from her eyesight. Spinning her head, it was too late. Kaoru blacked out.
After Kaoru fell into unconsciousness, Battosai grabbed her by the waist, not letting her fall onto the blood soaked ground. Well, she's already covered in it…may as well, he thought. He must admit that she had put up quite a fight, even though she hadn't lasted 10 minutes. "Battosai!" cried a familiar voice from behind.
Flicking the blood off his katana and sheathing it, he turned around. "What do you want Gohei?" Gohei was about to answer when he noticed a female in his arms. "Oh? Has the mighty manslayer found himself a lady?" He hooted over to Battosai. The assasin narrowed his eyes, "What is it that you need to tell me?" Unsuspecting Gohei didn't know better and pressed on, "Don't change the subject Himura. Have you claim--" He was cut off when Battosai withdrew his sword and pointed it to Gohei's jugular with his god-like speed. "Gohei," he paused, "if you don't tell me what you came here for in the next 10 seconds I will kill you." Adding encouragement to the larger man before him, he added more pressure, a trickle of blood flowing down his neck. Gohei noticed he wasn't kidding and told him, "K-Katsura wants us to go b-back to headquarters and prepare for our next mission."
Enclosing his sword into it's cage, Battosai picked the unconscious girl in his arms and picked her up bridal style walking to a stable. Some other soldiers were there, stealing the horses from the now dead village. One of them spoke up, "Oh! Hello Battosai!". Battosai knew that is was Soujiro who was talking to him but he didn't approve of being spoken to so cheerfully after destroying a village. It didn't suit him. "Soujiro, get me a horse." Soujiro went off and took a black one which was already saddled. "Here you go."
Battosai fought the urge to roll his eyes at the youth. He put Kaoru on the front of the saddle and then rose onto the animal himself. Kicking the horse slightly, it moved into the direction where the front of the line was. Turning the horse 50 degrees, he now faced where most of the men under his command were. "Soldiers! We're heading back to Kyoto. Take anything you want or anything or anyone you want. Follow when you are ready." And turning into the direction Kyoto he could hear the men cheering behind him.
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