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 and posted 3/06)

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 5

"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."


Outside Kaoru's cell, sat a different guard. He was the replacement for Gohei and Raijuta. The two more senior guards didn't think it necessary to have more than one person watching Kaoru. From their last check, she was resting quietly in her cell.

"The brat is sleep for now," Raijuta said to the rookie guard.

"But don't let down your defenses," Gohei warned, "she may try something."

"Yes sir," Oguromaro answered.

While the three men continued to converse, Kaoru laid quietly on the dirty mattress inside her cell listening intently to what was being spoken by her captors. As their voices faded into the background, the young girl sat up slowly and fixed her attention on the door. "It's quiet... too quiet. I need to find out what's happening out there before I can set my plan into motion." With those thoughts in mind, Kaoru quickly rose to her feet and eased across the floor. Upon reaching the cell door she peeked out the small window and saw the replacement guard playing solitare.

"Now's my chance," the determined young girl uttered in a low tone. Kaoru went back to her mattress, inhaled deeply then began moaning loudly.

"Oooohhhh," she moaned, "I'm sick. Guard, I need a doctor, I'm sick. Please help meeeee..."

The young guard went over to the door and looked in. He saw her on her knees with her arms wrapped tightly around her stomach.

"What's the matter with you," he asked as he watched her rocking back and forth and whimpering.

"I... don't feel good," she sobbed. "I need a doctor."

The young guard started to open the door but then remembered what Gohei had said earlier. A large smirk appeared on his face.

"Humph, thought you could fool me eh. Well I'm not buying it."

"Please," Kaoru whimpered as she began dragging her body toward the door, "I'm very serious. I need help. I feel dizzy. I..." Her eyes rolled back into her head as she suddenly slumped to the floor.

Oguromaro arched a brow when he saw her lifeless body lying on the floor.

"Hey... girl... get up!"

Kaoru didn't respond. He became annoyed by what he thought was a lame attempt to escape.

"Fine, stay that way you stupid girl," he hissed while walking back to his small table.

Kaoru remained in the slumped position. A few minutes later, Oguromaro walked over to the cell and peeked in. She hadn't moved an inch. He huffed and walked back to the small table to resume his card game. After several moments, he found he couldn't concentrate on his game.

"I know that Gohei-san said that she might try something but suppose she really is sick? Gohei-san will kill me if something happens to her. I better go in there and investigate."

The young guard unlocked the cell door. He eased across the room, keeping his hand on his weapon in case she tried to attack.

"Girl... hey girl," he took his foot and nudged her in the side, "I said get up. Stop screwing around and sit up."

Kaoru still didn't respond. Oguromaro became worried. As he knelt down and reached for her shoulder, Kaoru suddenly grabbed his forearm and pulled him down flipping his body over hers. Before he could counter her attack, Kaoru was on top of him slamming her fist into his face. The force that she used combined with the way his head hit the floor knocked the young guard out cold. Grabbing his keys and weapon, Kaoru locked him in the cell.

"I hope he stays quiet for a while," she said standing outside of the cell. "I better leave before those other three jerks come back." Kaoru hurried to the outer door and into the corridor.

"So, far so good. Now to find a way out of this horrible place." Pausing for a moment, Kaoru scanned the area. She noticed a door on the right side of the hallway. "Hmmm... I wonder if that door will lead to the outside. If not, then there has to be a telephone or something I can use to call for help."

After taking a look around her, Kaoru padded down the hallway to the door. As she extended her hand to the doorknob, she suddenly hesitated.

"What if... what if there are more guards are in this room? I..."

Her thoughts were cut off as she heard sounds of heavy footsteps echoing down the corridor.

Kaoru swallowed the large lump in her throat and thrust her hand on the doorknob. "It's now or never," she uttered while quickly opening the door and ducking inside. The room was dark and cold.

"An empty room," she sighed. "Now to find a telephone."

Feeling around for a phone in the darkened room, a strange scraping noise was heard coming from the vent over Kaoru's head. Her eyes widened at the sound.

"Oh my god! They must have found me? I need to find a place to hide!"

Her left hand brushed against something cold and round. It was a knob to a closet within the room. Kaoru quickly opened the door and hid inside. Pressing her ear against the door, she listened to the noise outside of the room. The sounds on the other side of the door was that of a person climbing out of an overhead vent. Her heart began to beat profusely as the person, now inside the room, drew near the closet door.

"I won't let them put me in that cell again. There must be something in here I can use as a weapon."

Backing further into the closet, Kaoru groped around until her hand brushed against the hose of an upright vacuum cleaner.

"Mou! I was hoping to find a mop or a broom. How am I suppose to defend myself with a vacuum cleaner? Think Kamiya, think!"

An idea suddenly came to mind. The resourceful young girl grasped the long steel tubular part of the vacuum cleaner hose and pulled off the attachments that was over the end. With her ears listening intently to the slight turn of the door knob, Kaoru began to silently coached herself.

"Don't be afraid. You can do this. You're the captain of the kendo team. Just stay focused and be prepared to strike."

As the door to the closet opened, Kaoru sprang into action. Summoning all the strength she had, the courageous young girl shoved the steel tubular part of the vacuum cleaner into the stomach of the intruder causing him to stumble backward and fall to the floor. While still dazed from her attack, Kaoru raised her weapon and brought it down upon the intruder. This time, Kaoru was caught by surprised when the man caught her make-shift bokken in midswing.

"Kaoru-dono, don't be afraid," Kenshin said as he held Kaoru's weapon within inches of his face. "I won't hurt you."

Kaoru cocked her head to the side when the man on the floor called her by name. "That voice... it sounds like..."

"Shin-ta?"

Kenshin nodded slowly. Kaoru arched a brow as she took in his appearance. "Why are you dressed like one of those guards? Are you working for them too?"

"No," he answered swiftly, "I had to disguise myself in these clothes in order to rescue you." He rose to his feet slowly as not to frightened the young girl. "Kaoru-dono, I know all this is strange to you, but I can assure you I mean you no harm. I am working undercover for the police. My mission is to protect you."

She blinked twice. "Under cover police... mission to... protect me?"

Kenshin nodded. "Yes. However, I never expected things to get this complicated. Please accept my apologies," he replied, bowing deeply in the process. "I will explain everything to you later after we have left this place. Please, we must hurry before..."

Kaoru balled up her fist and whacked him over the head while he was still in his bowed position.

"You jerk," she hissed through clenched teeth.

"Orooo!" "Didn't see that coming," he thought as he rubbed the back of his sore head.

"Why should I believe anything you say," she continued. "You've lied to me from the moment I first met you."

"Kaoru-dono, I'm sorry for betraying your trust in me, however it was necessary in order to protect you."

"Shinta... no, that's not what those other psycho assassins called you back at school. I believed they called you Battousai, am I right?"

"I don't go by that name anymore. My name is Himura, Kenshin Himura."

"Well Mr. Himura, it's obvious that your original plan to "protect me", she gestured the words with her fingers, "didn't work. This "rescue", she gestured the word with her fingers again, "attempt is pretty lame too. I think I'd be better off in the hands of the enemy. At least they are consistent."

"Kaoru-dono, you have good reason not to trust me after everything that has happened. But please," he dipped his head deeply again, "allow this unworthy one another chance to protect you."

The young girl sighed heavily as she gazed at the back of Kenshin's lowered head. "Oh all right. But you better get me back home safely or I'll make you sorry."

Kenshin raised his head and smiled a brief thanks before escorting her to the door. After making sure the corridor was clear, they headed for the nearest stairwell.

"Why are we taking the stairs? Wouldn't the elevator be faster," she asked pointing to the elevators they had passed.

"Yes, the elevator would be faster but there are security cameras hidden inside. I've already altered the camera on this stairwell before I came to get you. Once we get past here, we can..."

He stopped mid-sentence upon hearing the sounds of two guards coming down the stairs.

"What? What is it?"

"Someone is coming," he said in a low tone while gently pushing her behind him. "Don't worry I'll protect you Kaoru-dono. Just stay behind me and let me handle this."

The moment one of the guards opened the door, Kenshin quickly took him out. While fighting the second guard, a third one had come up behind Kaoru. She turned in time administering a swift thrust into the man's abdomen knocking him off his feet. By the time Kenshin had finished with the man he noticed Kaoru standing triumphantly over the unconscious guard holding the steel tubular vacuum cleaner part she used to render the man unconscious.

"I'm the captain of my school's kendo club. I've faced tougher opponents than that jerk," she finished saying while pointing to the man on the floor.

Kenshin stared briefly at the raven-haired girl. "Kaoru-dono is one courageous girl, that she is."

"Don't just stand there," Kaoru called from the third stair step, "Let's get out of here."

Before Kenshin knew it, Kaoru was at the top of the stairs and reaching for the doorknob. With godlike speed, he was upon her grasping her hand, pulling it back before she was able to turn the knob. Kaoru gave him a questioning look.

"If you go first, I can't protect you," he replied in an undertone.

The raven-haired girl reluctantly stepped behind Kenshin. Pulling out a heat sensitive device, Kenshin quickly scanned the door. If there were any guards nearby the hand-held device would detect their body heat. After noting that the way was clear, the former assassin opened the door and led Kaoru down a narrow corridor. While walking behind Kenshin, Kaoru's mind began to cast doubt on her "protector".

"Why am I blindly following this man? He could be leading me into a trap." Casting her eyes on the back of the red-haired man, she began to recall her interaction with Kenshin earlier in the day. "Hmm... He was so different this morning during breakfast. So kind and gentle. I guess for now I will do as he asks. However, the moment I see my way out of this situation, I will leave him."

Following the directions Sano had texted him earlier, Kenshin made it to what appeared to be an unguarded storage area.

"We should be safe in here for the moment," he whispered as he quickly scanned the area.

"Safe for the moment," Kaoru repeated as she took in her new surroundings. "What is that suppose to mean?" She turned back to him with a huge scowl on her face. "You told me you were going to get us out of here. What's taking so long?"

"Please, be patient Kaoru-dono. I'm working on it. Sano," Kenshin called through his micro-transmitter embedded in the watch he was wearing, "talk to me. Where are..."

Kaoru rolled her eyes, shook her head and let out a loud exasperated sigh before walking across the room.

"Be patient, I'm working on it," she mouthed in an mock tone. "All this waiting really sucks." Kaoru poked out her bottom lip and plopped her back against the wall. "I bet I could find a way out of here faster than he or his friend." Casting her eyes downward, she noticed several multi-colored buttons behind a small glass panel. "Hmmm... this looks interesting. I wonder what this button will do?"

On the other side of the room, Kenshin was finishing his conversation with Sano. "That's great! We'll meet you at that location in ten minutes. Keep the engine running. Kaoru-dono," Kenshin called, then paused mid-sentence when he saw Kaoru kneeling next to the wall. "What is she doing?" He cocked his head to the side and squinted his eyes in the direction she was crouched.

"Guess what, I found a way out," Kaoru proudly chirped from across the room. "All I have to do is press this button and then that big steel door over there will open and we'll be free."

Kenshin glanced over to the steel door then back to Kaoru. His eyes suddenly widened as he realized what would take place if she pushed the button. "Noooo! Don't touch that!"

He ran across the room as fast as he could but didn't make it in time. Kaoru had already pressed the button and within seconds, a loud blaring sound and bright red lights began to flash.

"Wait," Kaoru cried as she watched iron gates around the room descend over every possible escape route, "That's not suppose to happen! I don't understand why the door didn't open!"

"The button you pushed is actually a mechanism to secure the room in case of intruders," Kenshin answered as he watched the doors swiftly closing around them. "This room will be flooded with armed guards within a few minutes. Please go over there and stay down until I tell you it is safe."

"No," Kaoru shot back defiantly. "I'm not going go cower in some dark corner. It's my fault that I pushed the wrong button. I'm going to stay here and fight with you."

With a long exasperated sigh he turned to face the determined young girl. "Kaoru-dono, while I appreciate your courage and willingness to fight, it will be difficult for me to protect both of us if you stay."

"I'm tired of hearing how you want to protect me," Kaoru growled out in anger. "Do you think just because I'm a girl that I'm too weak to defend myself? For your information, I have trained in the art of Jujitsu and am proficient in Kendo. So stop treating me like a child and let ME protect MYSELF!"

"Why does she have to be so stubborn," Kenshin grumbled inwardly as he watched the young raven-haired girl taking up her fighting stance.

"Then I shall allow you to protect yourself," he replied defeatedly. "Please take your place along side me here Kaoru-dono."

The moment Kaoru turned her focus to where Kenshin pointed, the former assassin, who is also well versed in the art of Jujitsu and Aikido, swiftly administered a blow on the side of her neck rendering the young girl temporarily unconscious. He caught her lifeless body into his arms and carried her over to a large pile of boxes.

"Sorry Kaoru-dono," he uttered in a undertone while gently laying her body on the floor. "This unworthy one vowed to protect you, that he did." A stray strand had fallen acrossed Kaoru's face as her head rested to the side. Kenshin carefully lifted the misguided strand and tenderly cupped it behind the ear of the brave young girl. "Your father would be proud of you... So am I."

The heavy sounds of footsteps echoing down the hallway pulled Kenshin out of his inner musings. With Kaoru now safely tucked away, the former assassin quickly got into position. As if on cue, the heavy security door opened slowly revealing twenty armed guards. They rushed into the room and surrounded the red-haired man. Glancing at his uniform Emon Jumonji, a higher level security guard, spoke first.

"This area is off limits to level one guards. Why are you in here?"

Kenshin flashed a goofy grin and gave a quick apologetic bow. "Please forgive this unworthy one for entering this highly secured area. This one must have taken a wrong turn on the way to the men's room, that he did."

The short stocky guard arched a brow at the fiery-haired man. "A wrong turn you say?" Kenshin simply nodded. "I think you're lying," replied Jumonji as he slanted his eyes at Kenshin. "You will be severely punished if you don't tell the truth. Now I'll ask you once more. Why are you in this restricted area?"

"As I stated before, I made a wrong turn," Kenshin repeated. "There is nothing more to say."

Jumonji stared into Kenshin's eyes but was unable to read any emotions. "That little twerp may be telling the truth. However, there is something about him that I don't like." Removing his weapon from off his shoulder, Jumonji handed it to the guard standing next to him. "Since you insist on lying, then I have no choice but to beat the truth out of you." The stocky guard stretched his neck from side to side, cracked his knuckles then crouched into a fighting stance.

"I do not wish to fight you. However, if you insist, it will be at your own risk," he finished saying in a deep baritone voice.

Jumonji arched a brow and squinted one eye at the diminutive fiery haired man. Amber eyes beamed back at him. "What's this? Those eyes are the eyes of a murderer! How can that be? He seemed like a total wimp a minute ago. I better not take this fight lightly." As Jumonji prepared to make the first strike another voice was heard coming from the rear.

"Hey Jumonji, why do you get to have all the fun." Kenshin glanced past Jumonji at the tall heavily built guard who was pushing his way toward the front. "Let's see how well he does against my new toy." The guard removed the safety lock on his deadly weapon and began brandishing it in front of Battousai. As he aimed the little red light towards Battousai's forehead, Jumonji's eyes suddenly widened.

"Senkaku, you fool! This area is filled with chemical explosives! "What are you trying to do? Blow us all away?"

"Sorry Jumonji, guess I forgot about that." Senkaku put the safety lock back on the weapon and handed it to Jumonji. "Besides," he turned to Battousai sporting a huge sardonic grin. "I can take care of this runt with my bare hands."

"Come," Battousai beckoned to the presumptuous guard.

Senkaku charged forward, his body shifting slightly to the right. Battousai noticed the slight shift. He suddenly became a blur and ended up behind his opponent.

"Ha! I knew you were a coward," Senkaku bellowed as he turned to look behind him. "Striking your opponent from behind? How weak!"

"Think again," Battousai said as he suddenly appeared in front of Senkaku. Using a hard thrust of his elbow, he jabbed the gigantic guard into his abdomen.

Stumbling backward into a wall, Senkaku grabbed his stomach and growled. "I'll get you for that you little maggot!" He snatched down an axe that was hanging on the wall and circled behind Battousai. "Let's see you weasel your way out of this attack!" Senkaku smirked as he swung the axe within inches of Battousai's face.

"Stand still you little insect," he barked as Battousai dodged his every attack.

The fight between Senkaku and Battousai grew intense. Some of the guards were amazed by the way Battousai easily evaded Senkaku's moves. No one had ever matched the speed, strength or skills of their unit leader. Senkaku was clearly agitated by the fact that his opponent was still standing. Suddenly, like a bull rushing out of a pin, the gigantic man charged at Battousai holding the axe high over his head as he ran. The former assassin stood his ground until Senkaku was nearly upon him. With the style and grace of an accomplished matador, Battousai stepped aside at just the right moment. Blinded by rage, Senkaku hadn't notice a cylinder metal pipe that Battousai was standing in front of. At the speed he was going, he wasn't able to stop himself in time from tripping over the metal pipe. Senkaku twisted his right ankle as he fell to the floor. The axe that he had in his hand was now lodged deeply in the far wall. Not willing to give up, the injured man slowly stood to face his adversary.

"This... ends... now," he panted before making a desperate lunge at Battousai.

With eyes trained on Senkaku's injured ankle, Battousai quickly slid his left foot in a circular motion and pivoted to the right at the precise moment of Senkaku's attack. He then grabbed the huge man by the forearm and used his full body weight to roll Senkaku over his hip. A loud cracking sound was heard as Senkaku's body went crashing to the floor. His right leg was broken in two places as his full weight fell upon his twisted right ankle. Once down, Battousai slammed his fist into Senkaku's abdomen knocking the remaining wind out of him. The other security guards became angry after seeing what happened to their leader. One by one they charged at Battousai only to be beaten to a pulp.

On the other side of the room, Kaoru slowly blinked her eyelids open. "Kami... wha.. what happened?" She rubbed the back of her neck then abruptly jolted up to a sitting position upon hearing sounds of fighting. Turning to the source of the noise she found several men attacking Kenshin. She squeezed her fists together causing her knuckles to grow white.

"That jerk! The nerve of him knocking me out. I'll show him I am no man's weakness!"

The enraged captain of the kendo team stood up and began hollering, "Hey you creeps! Over here!"

Battousai's eyes widened. "Kaoru-dono! Stay down," he shouted in between punching his assailants.

One of the guards broke away from where the others were fighting Battousai to pursue Kaoru. As he stood near the spot he saw Kaoru he scratched his head. "Where's that little..."

"Here I am," she yelled as she thrusted her steel tubular "bokken" on his shoulder. The guard fell backward allowing Kaoru to strike again. Within minutes the guard was down and out. Her victory was short-lived however as another guard, taller than the first, came from behind and grabbed her around her waist. As she struggled against her attacker, she inadvertently dropped her weapon. The tall guard laughed as he continue to squeeze the air out of her body. Kaoru knew that if she didn't act fast she would end up with several broken ribs. Using a technique demonstrated by one of her senseis Kaoru quickly began applying pressure to the cuticles of her attacker's thumbnails. The guard tried to keep her within his iron-like grip but he was in too much pain, from the pressure Kaoru kept applying, to continue in his assault. He immediately released her. Once on the floor Kaoru used a rounded kick and knocked the guard off his feet. She quickly administered a succession of punches to his face not giving him time to defend himself. As the guard began to lose consciousness, a third guard approached Kaoru from behind. He wrapped his left arm around Kaoru's neck and held her in a choke hold. Instinctively, Kaoru raised her arms and pulled at his elbow in an attempt to break his hold. Her attacker only squeezed harder. Kaoru began to feel faint.

"I... I will not die here like this!"

With a renewed sense of strength, Kaoru sunk her teeth as hard as she could on the man's exposed forearm. Her attacker was momentarily stunned, which is all the time she needed to slam her clenched left fist backward striking the man in the groin. As the injured man bent over in pain, Kaoru quickly pivoted on her heels and used her right knee to smash her attacker under his chin. The man was knocked unconscience after his head struck a blunt object as he fell to the floor. Kaoru turned and noticed Kenshin fighting two men. A third guard who had been knocked to the floor earlier by Battousai stood up. He pulled out a dagger he had hidden under one of his pants leg and began approaching Kenshin from behind.

"Kenshin! Look behind you!"

Recognizing the voice, the young guard grinned wickedly as he whipped around to face his new prey. Battousai, still fighting the other men, knew he wouldn't be able to reach Kaoru in time. Even though he yelled for her to stay back it seemed as if everything suddenly began to happen in slow motion. Battousai watched in horror as the spirited young girl took up a familiar fighting stance.

"That's the Kamiya Kasshin-ryuu defense succession technique, Ougi no Mamori Hadome! If she doesn't execute it properly, she could die!"

Kaoru grimaced as her attacker grew closer. "Oh crap! It's that guard I attacked earlier and locked inside the cell. He's coming too fast for me to execute my moves. I'll have to block his attack." With that, she raised her arms in front of her face and weaved backward as her attacker began his assault on her.

"I'll make you pay for locking me in that cell," Oguromaro yelled as he continued attacking her. With every cut she received, Kaoru winced in pain but refused to stand down. The young guard was impressed by the way Kaoru narrowly escaped each thrust of his blade.

"Good defense, but stupid move." He pointed behind her. "You've back yourself into a corner. Give up now and I'll go easy on you."

"I'd never give up to a jerk like you," she growled while standing in defense.

"Have it your way," Oguromaro hissed as he took the knife into his left hand and thrust his blade at her again. This time, however, the blade didn't touch Kaoru. At the precise moment Oguromaro wielded his blade, Kaoru crossed her arms in front of her face and locked the flat part of the knife with the back of her hands. She then twisted her wrists, stripping the weapon away from Oguromaro thus throwing him to the ground. Once down, Kaoru followed up with a second form of attack, succession technique Kamiya Kasshin-ryuu Hawatari. By the time Battousai reached her, her attacker had been incapacitated.

"You see," she gushed after glancing down at her handiwork. "I told you I can take care of myself."

Kenshin frowned in response. "That was a very reckless thing to do Kaoru-dono. What were you thinking using a move like that. You could have been seriously injured. The Kamiya Kasshin Hadome defense technique was designed to use with two swords and not one short blade." Kaoru jerked her head and arched her brow upon hearing him speak of her father's succession technique.

"Wait... I learned that technique from my father. It has been in our family for generations. How do you know so much about my family's technique?"

Kenshin kicked himself mentally. "Baka! Why did you have to say that! Now she's going to want answers to things I don't have time to explain."

Kaoru narrowed her eyes at him as he stood contemplating his next move. "Don't ignore me," she said pulling the material on his shoulder. "How did you know about..."

Grabbing her by the wrist, he simply said, "You're injured. We need to stop the bleeding before we move on."

"Ouch! That hurts!" Kaoru yanked her wrist from out of his grip. She glanced down and saw a thin trail of blood running along her forearm. With all the excitement, she had completely forgotten about the injuries she had sustained earlier. Kenshin eased behind her and removed the ribbon from her hair as she stood surveying her injuries. Upon hearing the sounds of material ripping, the young girl whirled around and caught Kenshin tearing her ribbon.

"Hey jerk! That's my favorite indigo ribbon!"

"I'll get you another one," was all he said as he continued ripping the ribbon in half. Kaoru huffed and turned her head as he wrapped one piece of the ribbon tightly around her forearm to stop the bleeding. He did the same thing to her other arm. When her arms were completed bandaged, Kaoru looked at his handy work. She bit her bottom lip and lowered her eyes.

"Thank you," she said softly. The room suddenly grew quiet. By the time Kaoru looked up, Battousai was at the door.

"Hey! I was apologizing to you!"

"Let's go," he said dryly.

Kaoru clenched her fists.

"Before the end of this day, he's going to need someone to protect HIM from ME!"


TO BE CONTINUED...

Author's Notes: Okay, hope you enjoyed this chapter. As promised, I gave Kaoru mega fighting parts. I think she did a great job of defending herself. For those of you who has read the managa, you will noticed that I based one of her fights off Volume 21, Part 182. It's sort of like a watered down version of the succession technique of Kamiya Kasshin Ryu called the "Hadome" followed by the "Hawatari". I know it is used with two weapons, but I altered it's use for my story. Anyhoo, I'm finishing up the final chapter. More than half of the chapter is done. So until next time, Enjoy!