Hey Minna-san!!!! This chapter and henceforth will have new form of writing and I'll be editing it as well. Aya45

DICTATOR- I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or any of its characters I just made up the plot for my story!

Swishing away,

The true me all gone,

Changing as time goes by,

Innocent sapphire eyes turn to deadly glares,

Let my innocent eyes change, because before, them are others...

Chapter 2

The katana that will change me forever

Kaoru was meditating on the dojo floor this was her first time Aoshi had suggested that she meditate so she can focus her energy and ki. Kaoru thought to herself, "Hmm.. Aoshi is right, meditating does let me focus my energy and ki maybe I should change my ways of only using a wooden sword...and use a true katana a Japanese sword..." Her thoughts where cut short when she could sensed a familiar aura a couple of centimeters away she said aloud "Do you need something Kenshin?"

Kenshin was not surprised that Kaoru could sense his ki but a little bit taken aback by the firmness and a little pinch of hastiness in his Kaoru's voice.

Kenshin nevertheless said, "Ah... Kaoru-dono sessha is going to Sano's place to gamble he asked sessha to come I should be back in an hour or so Yahiko is coming as well."

Kaoru thought for a second and replied, "Alright Kenshin."

Kenshin nodded and Yahiko was already waiting outside for Kenshin as he reached the young boy, they both walked toward Sano's place. Kaoru quickly stood up and said aloud "Perfect this will give me time to buy me a katana demo if they see me as a girl buying a sword they'll be kind of suspicious ...---

-OF COURSE! I'll dress up as a man!" Kaoru grinned inwardly

15 minutes later

Dressed as a boy

Kaoru quickly locked the front gates and went to a small sword shop where they sold bamboo swords, bokkens, katanas, kodachis, daggers, kunais, and ext.

Kaoru was wearing a blue gi and a white hakama and had her hair in a traditional man's bun. She went straight to the katana's and saw a beautiful katana, which had a dark blue leather hilt and a black sheath she choose that one and quickly got a kodachi that was not that expensive she thanked the man quickly and grabbed the sword and kodachi. Running all the way home she could see Kenshin was not back yet! Kaoru could here voices and laughing, she hurriedly unlocked the gate and ran to her room shutting her shoji door firmly.

Kenshin "Taidama! Kaoru-dono?"

Kaoru changed and put back her katana and kodachi in her drawer and was planning to state that night about how she wanted to change her swordsmanship.

Kaoru hid her anxiety and called out, "In my room Kenshin, I'm coming!"

Kaoru opened her shoji door and walked out toward the kitchen she saw Yahiko and Sano arguing and Kenshin smiling enjoyably, she smiled softly and asked, "How was it?"

Kenshin turned around and replied, "Well we got some money but then---

Yahiko cut in and finished off by stating, "Sano waged for it and ended up losing the freaking money and it was more then 1000 yens!"

Sano instantly retorted, "Don't go blaming this on me Kenshin say something!"

Kenshin looked over at his best friend and then at the young boy of 12 and replied, "Well Yahiko don't be so hard on him it's his instinct."

Yahiko burst out laughing and fell to the ground holding his stomach from the pain while he was near tears. Kenshin looked at him puzzlingly and said his famous "Oro." Sano had his pupil dilated and said "I thought you where my best friend man why did you go and say that was my instinct?"

Kaoru looked at the two men and the one young boy and muttered to herself, "How am I going to tell them that I'm going to leave?"

Kenshin thought he heard Kaoru say something but saw that she turned around and left but what was this feeling he had that something bad was going to happen.

Kaoru went to her room and got out her sword which now had the smell of jasmine she said to herself, "This sure is heavier then my bokken but it is a----

Kaoru trailed of and took out the sword from its sheath and looked at it admiringly, gingerly she did some practice swings with it and smiled joyfully. Then she saw images of men and a shadow and that familiar smell...jasmine...the figure slashed the men in half and never even moved, it's eyes were narrowed and the blood so red redder then Kenshins hair. That figures eye the color they look like there...blue. Kaoru snapped out of her imagination and quickly resheathed her sword and put it back in her drawer, she then saw it was almost nighttime, sighing she went to the kitchen to see Kenshin cooking, Sano chewing his ever-famous fish bone, and Yahiko practicing his swings. Kaoru got up the courage and then said rather quickly "I'm...not going to teach Kamiya Kasshin Style anymore because I have found out that a sword is not used only for protecting the weak."

Everyone stopped what they where doing and yelled out, "NANI!"

Kaoru hated to repeat herself yet she said again, "As I said I have been thinking about---

Yahiko interrupted hastily, "Busu! You can't just stop teaching me kenjutsu!"

Kaoru snorted and replied, "yea right I can do what ever I want." Her jaw tightened and she averted her gaze from Kenshin's light lavender colored one.

Kenshin looked at Kaoru and asked, "Kaoru-dono why have you decided this?"

"Because...that is what I have decided...maybe it is my need to become stronger." She stated flatly.

Sano looked at her rather ashamed and then asked Kaoru sourly, "Why? Jou-chan."

Kaoru didn't answer and turned her head from the three males as she thought, "I must do this leave everyone Kenshin, Sanosuke, Yahiko, Megumi, Misao, even Aoshi I guess, Tae, Dr.Genzai, Tsubame, everyone I must leave them the sword told me so, this katana will change me forever."

Kaoru sighed and turned around saying grimly, "You would never understand no one would I'll be in my room I am not hungry."

Kenshin, Sano, and Yahiko looked at Kaoru and then said altogether, "Why?"

To be Continued...

A/N- Hey! Reviews, Megumi and Misao will be in the next chapter and so will the other characters. Aya45 ja ne!