DISCLAIMER: Rurouni Kenshin and Rurouni Kenshin characters are exclusively owned by Watsuki Nobuhiro, Shueisha, Sony Entertainment, Jump Comics and associated parties. Please note, this is purely fiction and for entertainment purposes only. This story is not meant for sale or profit.

Summary: A/U story set in present times. Kenshin and Sano run a detective agency. Their new case involve protecting a young girl's life. Can they do it without driving each other crazy? Major OOCness. (This ficcie will be like a pun to all those cool James Bond type spy movies. I love that stuff.) My Roommate the Spy, Comedy/Drama Fanfiction by Gypsy-chan Enjoy! (created 6/02, updated 12/05 and posted 2/06)

Author's Notes: Just a reminder, Shinta is really Kenshin who use to be Battousai. Confused? (Gypsy-chan scratches head). Sorry about that, but I think most of you get the point. Anyhoo, this story sort of took on a mind of it's own. It wasn't suppose to have too much drama but, what can I say. Anyhoo, on with the chappie!

MY ROOMMATE THE SPY
PART 4

"Shinta... Battousai, whoever you are... help me!" Her voice was suddenly muffled.

"Kaoru-dono!"

"Now Battousai, you and I have some unfinished business." She stepped back from Kenshin, with her weapon still pointed at him and smiled, "Shall we get started?"

Battousai turned and eased into his fighting stance. "Let's go."


As Sayo pulled the trigger, her body suddenly hit the floor with a loud thud. The bullet which was so carefully aimed at Battousai's head, whizzed past his right ear and lodged into the far wall. A tall thin man calmly stepped out of the shadows and into Battousai's line of vision.

"Close call eh little buddy," Sano said as he stood over Sayo's unconscious form cracking his knuckles.

"Too close," Kenshin replied, sighing inwardly in relief. "It's good to see you."

"Well," he started, putting his hand in his pocket and pulling out a fishbone, "I hadn't heard from you in a while so I thought, what the heck, better go inside and investigate."

Kenshin simply shook his head and smiled at his partner. After sticking the fishbone in his mouth, Sano glanced down at the young woman lying at his feet. "You know, she's kind of cute. She sort of look like an old girlfriend of mine... without the gun of course."

"Sano," Kenshin began, turning the conversation back into a more serious one, "an old adversary of mine took Kaoru-dono. She and the woman lying on the floor are former assassins who now work as bounty hunters. I'm not sure who they work for yet but I do have my suspicions. Did you see Kaoru-dono or anything unusual while you were outside?"

"No, not a thing."

The red-haired man cast his worried eyes to the floor. "I'm sorry sensei and Kaoru-dono for letting both of you down."

"Don't worry little buddy," Sano said after noting how disappointed his partner was. "I used to work the streets for a few small time yakuzas ten years ago. I still have a few underground connections. I'm sure I can find out something."

Hope seem to spring back into Kenshin's eyes as he lifted his head up to face Sano. "Good. See what you can come up with. I'm going to check out a few leads myself. We should..." Kenshin paused mid-sentence. He felt the presence of another approaching his partner from behind. Sano felt it too. As the person drew closer, Sano waited for a signal from Kenshin before turning and knocking the weapon out of his attacker's hand while at the same time grabbing the person up by the wrist. Sano stared down at the "weapon" in disbelief.

"A... medical bag?" He blinked twice before staring into the dark brown eyes of a beautiful young woman. "You tried to attack me with a medical bag?"

"Let go of me you big dumb jerk," Megumi yelled as she struggled against him.

The spiky haired young man was immediately smitten by Megumi. "She's hot!"

"Lady, if you wanted my attention all you had to do is... Oww!" Sano released Megumi's wrist after she jabbed her left elbow into his stomach.

As Megumi bent down to reclaim her medical bag, she noticed Sayo on the floor. "What's going on here," she demanded while taking her fingers and pressing it against the left side of Sayo's throat. After feeling a faint pulse, she stared up at Kenshin. "Who is this woman Mr. Himura?"

Kenshin was taken by surprise. "How did you..."

"Know," she finished saying for him as she rose to her feet. "I'm a detective working under cover for Hajime Saitou. He planted me at the school several days ago as a backup." She paused and looked between the two men and then back to Kenshin. "Where's the Kamiya girl? Is she back in her room?"

Kenshin lowered his head. "No. She was taken by an old adversary of mine as Miss Sayo held me at gunpoint."

"Oh my god," Megumi gasped. "What are you going to do now?"

"There's no time to explain," he said after lifting his head. "Miss Megumi, could you please take care of Miss Sayo? We don't want to involve anyone else in what's happened here." Megumi nodded to him as he turned his attention to his partner. "Sano, we must hurry. Kaoru-dono's life is at stake."

"Right!" As Kenshin ran off, Sano pulled a card out of his pocket and handed it to Megumi. "Give me a call next time you get off duty. We can talk about some detective stuff over dinner."

Megumi rolled her eyes at the tall spiky haired young man. "Shouldn't you be going Mr. Sagara?"

Sano winked at her before running down the corridor. Megumi shook her head and smiled inwardly as she glanced at his card. "What a jerk... very cute... but still a jerk."


On the other side of town, Saitou Hajime sits inside a dark, dingy bar awaiting his informant. After downing a large cup of black coffee, he reached inside his top pocket and pulled out a cigarette. While taking out his lighter, a tall thin man approached him. The man flicked his own lighter and lit Saitou's cigarette. Saitou took a long hard drag on his cigarette and slanted his eyes at the man whose hair spiked as high as straws on a corn husk broom.

"You're late," Saitou remarked curtly, after exhaling a billowy cloud of smoke into Chou's direction. "I don't like to be kept waiting Sawagejou Chou."

"Aww come on Inspector Fujita," the spiky haired man drawled, "give a fellar a break." He cocked his head to the side and squinted his left eye at Saitou. "You know how hard it is to get a cab to come to this part of town."

Saitou grunted at Chou's lame excuse. Putting the cigarette back to his lips, he inhaled deeply then blew large rings of smoke into Chou's face. The spiky-haired man coughed and waved the offensive smoke away before casting his eyes over to the bartender.

"Hey buddy..." the bartender glanced over to Chou. "...give me a scotch on the rocks. My friend here will have the same."

Saitou put his left hand up. "No alcohol for me thank you."

Stunned by his response, Chou squinted one eye at the tall dark man with the wolf like features.

"What's this Fugita? I never figured you for not drinkin' liquor."

"Well," he started, holding the smoldering cigarette between his white-gloved fingers, "I found during the days when I worked as a hired assassin, drinking made me want to use violence excessively. So, since the beginning of my career in law enforcement, I have refrained."

Chou chuckled loudly. "Ha, ha, ha! If that don't beat all!" He slapped the palm of his hand down on the bar counter top. At that moment, the bartender placed the shot glass full of whiskey in front of Chou. "Well, I'm a hard core drinkin' man myself," he said after lifting the glass to his lips and chugging down the harsh liquor. He motioned to the bartender to give him a refill after setting the empty glass down on the counter. "Say, why don't you and me go shoot a game of pool before we get started?"

"I do not like to waste my time Mr. Chou," the grim-faced inspector replied as he watched Chou down another glass of scotch. "Do you have the information I need to find the girl?"

"Well that depends," Chou remarked flippantly. "The way I figure, that girl is a hot commodity." He took the back of his hand and wiped the liquor from his mouth. "If I don't like what the police is offerin', I can take my information elsewhere. Ya' know," sticking out his chest proudly, "I'm still a big part of the underground world."

"A whipped dog shouldn't bark so loudly. I would suggest you tell me what I need to know before I lose my patience."

Chou began sweating profusely after looking into Saitou's cold amber eyes.

"Okay, okay," he said after swallowing down the large knot that had suddenly lodged itself inside his throat, "But first you've got to guarantee police protection in case things backfire and they come after me. Is it a deal?" Chou sat eagerly awaiting Saitou's response.

Without a word, Saitou simply took a final drag from his cigarette, exhaled deeply then grounded the butt into the ashtray sitting on the counter.

"Uhm..." Chou started, squinting his left eye at Saitou, "I'll take that as a yes."

"Take it anyway you like," came Saitou's cool response. "Now, tell me what I need to know."

"Alright," Chou answered swiftly. "The girl is at..." He went on to relate Kaoru's whereabouts to Saitou. When done, Saitou stood calmly and walked over to the door. Before leaving, he reached inside his top pocket for another cigarette. After realizing that he had finished his pack, Saitou plopped some change into the vending machine near the door, to buy a fresh pack of cigarettes. With the fresh pack in hand, he stepped outside and went straight to his car. After getting in, he pulled out his cell phone to contact his assistant.

"Okita, I've located the girl. The area where she is being held is restricted. It will take hours before I can get authorization from those morons at the head office. Battousai, however, is the only one who can get in there unnoticed. Contact him immediately with the girl's whereabouts. I'm sending you the coordinates now." Saitou text messaged the coordinates into his cell phone. Within seconds, Okita had the information.

"Got it," Okita said after receiving the final piece of data.

"Tell Battousai no more slip ups."

"Yes sir," Okita replied with a slight cough.

"You should do something about that cough."

"Yes sir," Okita replied again. "It's nice to know that you care Saitou-san."

"I don't," came his dry response before disconnecting the call.

While still in the car, Saitou took out the pack of cigarettes he had bought earlier in the bar and lit a cigarette. After taking a quick drag, he began uttering curses because the cigarette wasn't as good as his usual brand. He made a mental note to have the bar closed after the case with Kaoru was over. Any bar that couldn't afford to sell his brand of cigarettes didn't deserve to be in business. Putting the keys in the ignition the disgruntle detective drove off.


"Let me out of here you jerks," Kaoru hollered as she pounded on the door that kept her imprisoned. "Do you hear me! Open this door right now! I want to go home!"

The guards sitting at a table on the outside of the cell door ignored her demands. They sat laughing and talking as they played several rounds of cards.

"Aarrgh!" Kaoru growled as she watched the guards playing cards through the small peephole on the door. "Idiots," she muttered, "How dare they just ignore me. I'll make them pay... that is... if I ever get out of here."

The frustrated young girl sighed heavily and slumped to the floor. "Why is this happening to me? One minute I'm at my school preparing for exams and the next, I'm blindfolded, drugged then thrown into this wretched cell." She closed her eyes and drew her knees closer to her chest. Imagines of her roommate flashed inside her mind as she rested her head upon her knees.

"I wonder what happened to Shinta... no, I mean that guy that Yukishiro-san kept calling Battousai? He promised to save me. Why hasn't he come for me?" A single teardrop fell from her eye. "I wish this whole day would just go away. I want to go home."

Suddenly a fat gray mouse jetted across the floor. Kaoru jumped up and shrieked. "Eeeeek! A mouse! A mouse!"

She rushed over to the door and began frantically pounding on it. "Let me out of here," she screamed at the top of her lungs. "There's a mouse in here! Open the door and let me out!"

"Hey, pipe down in there," one of the guards yelled back. "I can't concentrate on my game."

A third guard walked over to where the other two guards sat. "Who's winning Gohei," asked the tall heavily built man.

"I was until that girl started all that yelling," Hiruma Gohei snapped. "If she makes me lose again, I swear I'm going to go in there and punch her in that big fat mouth of hers."

The tall guard gave his friend an evil grin. "I'll keep her quiet." He strolled over to the cell door, with his friends looking on, and unlocked the door. As the door creaked opened, the mouse that caused Kaoru to panic, scurried out the door.

Kaoru quickly backed away from the door once the guard entered. As the large man stepped into the light, the young girl gasped in horror upon taking in his appearance. The man had a huge scar with stitches going down the middle of his forehead and along the sides of his cheeks. Judging from the amount of stitches he had, it appeared as if the man's whole face was being held together by mere threads. When the guard stepped closer, Kaoru noticed several chains layered around his neck and waist. From the thickness of the chains, she knew he wasn't wearing them to make a fashion statement.

"Hey girly," he called in a raspy voice, "What's the matter? Are you lonely in here?" He inched closer to where she stood.

"No," she yelled while raising her fists in a defensive manner. "Stay away from me you creep or you'll be sorry!"

The huge guard let out a deep throaty laugh as he looked down upon the petite young girl who stood in defense before him.

"You sure have a lot of spunk." His voice then turned serious as he suddenly cast one of his concealed weighted chains he had hidden in his long sleeves around Kaoru's wrists and pulled her body against his. Lifting her up by the collar, he growled through his tobacco stained teeth, "I... hate... spunk!" Kaoru felt as if she were going to be sick as the smell of his rancid breath entered her nostrils.

"Take your hands off of me you filthy animal," she hollered while struggling against the disgusting man.

"Listen girly," he hissed while bringing her within inches of his grotesque face, "if you don't quiet down, I'll break every bone in your puny little body after... I've had my way with you." Kaoru cringed as he put his face into her hair and sniffed it. "Ahhhh.. there's nothing more exciting than the smell of fear in a woman... ahahaha!"

"Hey Akamatsu, the boss is looking for you," Raijuuta said as he approached the cell door. "Hurry up and get out of there."

Akamatsu nodded to Raijuuta then snatched the chains from around Kaoru's wrists. She let out a yelp after the chains were abruptly removed. The huge guard flung the young girl's body down to the cold hard floor as if she were a mere rag doll.

While walking toward the door, Kaoru growled up at Akamatsu, "You beast!"

The disfigured man paused and turned back to face the young girl and smirked. "I let you off easy this time. Next time, I won't be so gentle." He slammed the cell door and locked it from the outside.

Several tears squeezed out of Kaoru's eyes as she sat rubbing her bruised wrists she received from the chains. Hearing the guards laughing and speaking indecent things about her made Kaoru angry. Now she was determined more than ever to escape.

"No matter what it takes, I'm going to get out of here," she swore in an undertone.

The young girl rose to her feet and began carefully taking in her surroundings. She took note of where the mouse had entered, then began making plans to escape.


After receiving the information to where Kaoru was being held, Kenshin used his former training to break into the heavily guarded compound. Once inside, he noticed two security guards leaning against the side of a medium-sized utility truck taking a smoke break. While they stood distracted, Kenshin was able to slip inside the back of the vehicle unnoticed. When the older guard finished his cigarette he flicked it to the ground, then opened the door on the driver's side of the truck and got in. The younger guard discarded his cigarette inside a half filled cup of coffee and then tossed it into a nearby garbage can. Once strapped inside the passenger side of the truck, the taller guard put the vehicle in gear and drove off.

While still hidden in the back, Kenshin pulled out his cell phone and sent an encrypted text message to Sano.

"Have you found the girl," the translated text message read.

"Yes. Southeast corner of building five," Sano answered back through text messaging.

Kenshin peered out the tiny window in the back of the van, then scrolled through the layout of the compound using tracking software he had on his hi-tech cell phone. After comparing his location to that of Kaoru's he was relieved to know she was only a few buildings away. The former assassin knew he had to move quickly before the utility truck reached Gate four. According to the information he received from Sano, Gate four was a restricted area. The last thing Kenshin needed was to deal with a team of guards. It wasn't as if he couldn't handle them, but his main concern was getting to Kaoru before anything happened to her. Using a copper pipe that was hung on the wall of the truck, Kenshin snatched it down and banged it once it against the inside wall. When the shorter guard heard the noise, he arched his brow and turned to his friend.

"Hey Iwazumi, did you hear that?"

"Yeah," Iwazumi replied, "go back there and check it out."

The younger guard carefully slid the door panel open that sealed the front part of the truck off from the back. As he stepped inside, the guard was suddenly ambushed. The loud noise of the truck motor served to drown out the guard's cries for help. After a few moments of silence, Iwazumi grew worried.

"Hideo, are you alright? what's going on back there? Hideo!"

There was no response. Iwazumi pulled over to investigate. Jumping out of the truck, Iwazumi stood outside the back door grumbling. "That fool better not be pulling another one of his stupid pranks. I'm not in the mood for that today."

"Hideo..." no answer, "Hideo, stop goofing off and open the door."

Kenshin kicked the door opened knocking Iwazumi to the ground. The stunned guard stared up at Kenshin. Before giving him a chance to react, Kenshin quickly overpowered the man rendering him unconscious. Grabbing rope from the back of the utility truck, Kenshin tied both of the unconscious guards up and dumped their bodies into the back of the truck and locked it. Dressed in an extra guard's uniform he found in the truck, Kenshin quickly jumped into the driver's seat and drove the utility truck to building five, where Kaoru was being held captive. As he entered the building, he noticed several guards unloading a truck.

"Hey buddy, give us a hand over here," one of the guards shouted.

As not to raise suspicions, Kenshin went over and unloaded the truck as instructed. When he had finished his task, the guard forced him and another guard to ride on the back of the transporter so that none of the boxes would fall out. The driver went down a long dimly lit corridor. Kenshin discretely cast his eyes on the boxes he helped put on the transporter. From what he could surmise from the label, the boxes were filled with lethal weapons.

"There's enough weapons to wipe out a small country. I wonder who is behind all this?"

When the transporter truck turned down another corridor, Kenshin was ready to make his move.

"Hey, where do you think you're going," asked one of the guards who was sitting across from Kenshin.

"Smoke break," Kenshin said after jumping off the transporter. The driver waved him off and continued down the corridor. Kenshin casually strolled past two armed guards. He was still dressed as one of them and hadn't aroused anyone's suspicions. Seeing an empty room, he quickly ducked inside. On the far right wall, he noticed a vent. Using his BlackBerry, he mapped out a way through the ventilation system to get to Kaoru. Within seconds, Kenshin had removed the vent cover and crawled into the vent duct. As he made his way through the narrow passage way his thoughts were on Kaoru.

"Please forgive me Kaoru-dono for not protecting you. I promise, once I have found you, I will never let you out of my sight again."


TO BE CONTINUED

Author's Notes: Opps! Thought this chappie was going to be the end, but it got so long that I had to split it over two chapters. So this little ficcie will end on chapter 6... for real . Okay, I'd like to apologize for the long delay in updates. I've had some major setbacks and I still have really bad writer's block. Trying to get inspired like before is very hard. But, I always feel much better whenever I get reviews on my stories and emails from all those who regularly visit my website. Thanks sooo much everyone and please, don't stop sending me your encouraging thoughts and great suggestions. Your kind words really helps! As for this ficcie, well hope everyone can stay with me till the end.

Okay, in this chappie my fav part was the bar scene with Saitou and Chou. I couldn't help but use the part from Episode 28 where Saitou speaks with a man named Shibumi in a restaurant. That scene was so cool in the Kyoto arc. And for those who are fans of the RK manga, I'm sure you will get why I had Megumi hit Sano with a medical bag. LOL, that was just way to funny when I read it in the manga. So I kinda of altered that part slightly and plotted it in here. Also, in the next chapter, you will see a much stronger and take charge Kaoru. Hope you like it. Anyhoo, got to get back to finishing up the next and last chapter to this crazy little ficcie. Enjoy!