"Battosai." Battosai made eye contact with his superior, "…"
"Show her where to get washed up." The assassin nodded and went towards the girl. 'Why? Why does she have another side like me?' He pondered. Kaoru tossed the katana away from Gohei and kicked him. "You EVER," her voice threatened, "EVER mess with me again and I swear to Kami that I will castrate you and feed it to the pigs." Gohei only moaned in pain, unaware that he was supposed to reply. Kaoru kicked an especially large gash, "You HEAR ME YOU FUCKING PEDOPHILE!" The hentai made out a raspy yes in response. "That's right you sick bastard…" she whispered, making to kick him again.
Battosai saw this and, using his ungodly speed pulled her back from the bloody, yet living corpse. "GODDAMMIT YOU BASTARD! I HOPE YOU DIE A PAINFUL TORTUROUS DEATH! I ALSO HOPE I'M THERE TO SEE IT!" She screamed at Gohei, now unconscious. Battosai pulled the girl from the gory scene and took her outside where she finally broke free of his iron-like grip. "Let me go!" He now noticed that her eyes had returned to their normal navy blue instead of the bright green they once were. She was panting, 'Probably from all that screaming.' The red-haired assassin thought. He grabbed her hand and began to pull her towards the woods.
"Where are you taking me?" Kaoru asked loudly. He smirked, "Into the woods." She saw him smirk and it made her shiver. "Why?" She was nervous. Plenty nervous and she for one didn't like the feeling. "Because." His smirk grew even wider. He was being purposefully vague, making Kaoru thankfully angry instead of being nervous. She jerked her hand out of his own, yelling, "Why do you have to be so damn conspicuous! Why can't you just give a normal answer instead of always playing games! Why do you have to be such a pompous, arrogant, insolent, cold, mean JERK?" She emphasized the last word by jabbing her finger into his chest, which quickly taught her not to poke the guy when he slapped her. Hard.
"And why must you be such a child?" He glared at her, the smirk long gone. A part of her preferred that smirk instead of his accusing amber eyes. Kaoru stared right back at him, deciding that she would defy him with all mind, heart, soul and blood. And Battosai saw that through her now stormy blue gray eyes. But before he could make another comment, Kaoru walked past him. "Where do you think you're going?" He asked, seizing her arm. The girl turned her eyes to him, coldly answering, "I'm going to the hot springs." Without waiting for an answer, she tried tugging her arm out from his grip. "Let. Me. Go." She hissed, her eyes flashing the odd green they were earlier that evening.
Battosai inwardly grinned at seeing this quick change and began dragging her to the hot springs nearby. Kaoru wanted nothing more than to punch the redhead out cold. She would die happy if she had the chance. But Kaoru didn't want to die in the godforsaken headquarters of the Choshu. Life was still ahead of her and she didn't want to lose that opportunity to be happy though many unpleasant things had taken place lately it seemed. How could she escape? Kaoru thought this over. What would set her free from this hell? What did most men want…Gohei…It clicked.
Instead of defying him, why not play his sick game? She had to smile at her cleverness but quickly wiped it off her face so her predator wouldn't know her plan. Kaoru no longer tried to pull her arm away from him, but slinked up next to him, hugging his arm. "Battosai…."the girl said lowly. He looked at her, startled. What had brought this on? "What are you doing?" "I'm cold." She replied with bright, wide eyes. He saw right through her. His hostage was planning to make an escape. "Really? Now we can't have that now can we?" Battosai said sweetly. To Kaoru's surprise, he picked her up bridal style and yet again began walking to the springs. Kaoru was about to make a fuss, when she remembered her plan. She wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face into his chest, "Thank you so much. I feel a little warmer, but…I'm still chilly."
The assassin mentally raised an eyebrow, and was pleased that she wanted to continue her little plan. 'Well, then…this is turning out better than expected.' The two of them thought, oblivious to what one another had just done. They finally reached the springs and Kaoru was about to leap out of his arms to get clean when he sat on a rock. With her still in his arms. "You said you were cold, ne? Where do you think you're running off to, dearest?" As if the whole fact of Kaoru was in the arms of the world's most feared hitokiri wasn't enough, he just HAD TO add an endearment at the end of that question. Escape forgotten, Kaoru squirmed in his embrace. "Let me go, let me gooooo." She whined. "I thought you were still chilly." He tightened his grip around her, making the girl even more petrified. "I won't be if you let me into the springs! I'm covered with that bastard's blood anyway! It's so gross!" Kaoru protested, knowing this wasn't coming to what she hoped for.
"Mmmmmn…No. I think you should stay here. Besides, I think the blood on you looks very good." Poor Kaoru was shaking from fear at that point. "You see? I'm right. You're so cold that you're shivering. Maybe I should warm you up…"Battosai added thoughtfully, liking the way his captive girl shook even more. He knew that she wasn't shaking because she was cold. It was 78 degrees for Kami's sake. He repositioned her so that she was straddling him. Kaoru was horrified at this because it allowed him full view of everything he wasn't supposed to see. 'May the gods curse you Gohei! Look at what's happening to me all because of you! If you weren't such a sinful bastard, I wouldn't be in this situation! Damn it!' Kaoru squirmed and twisted, trying to break from the hitokiri's grasp.
'If the girl wouldn't move so damn much, maybe I wouldn't have moved her.' Battosai thought to himself. He paused. 'Yeah right…but still…this is getting to be annoying.' So he did the unexpected. He pinched her butt.
That woke Kaoru up from her movements and when she figured out what the assassin did, she gasped. No man was supposed to do that! Especially when they weren't married to another no less. Battosai took advantage of her gasp, and kissed her.
Oh my gosh Oh my gosh Oh my gosh Oh my gosh Oh. My. Gosh. sighs To my readers. I apologize profusely. bows I am soooo sorry that I have taken so damn long with my updates.
Tomboi: bows Forgive this unworthy one.
Readers: watch intently
Tomboi: bows lower This unworthy one has had no time.
Readers: still watching intently, now armed with weapons
Tomboi: is on the ground This unworthy one is not allowed to be on the computer/laptop on weekdays.
Readers: glaring daggers, cocking weapons
Tomboi: squeaks out Please don't kill me…?
PS. I had a lot of fun writing this chapter, especially with the end. Sorry it's short but like I said before, I haven't had time. sweatdrops and runs
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