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By the way this is a rewrite of the chapter.


"HA!" Kaoru shouted as she gracefully launched an attack on the firewood.

"Good job Princess Kaoru! That was such a beautiful blow! No wonder you're called the 'Butterfly' " cried Tsubame as she watched Kaoru finish all her targets in less than a second.

"Thank you Tsubame," Kaoru smiled. She loved that nickname- Butterfly. Being a dragon slayer, and a princess of a slayer clan, she trained for nearly all her life to become the best of the best! Slaying and the movements must be done beautifully and gracefully. And since she was 18 today she would get to go with her father to exterminate the dragons. She had never exterminated a dragon before or seen one except the drawings of one. It was pathetic she knew….. But her parents kept her in the dark and kept her in the village. In her time she would exterminate what needed to be exterminated like pests and such. And she was never short of suitors!

"Kaoru, your father is calling you," called her mother. "Yes mama!" Kaoru replied back "I'll see you later Tsubame!"

"Bye princess, please be safe! And before I forget here's your necklace." Tsubame replied and left. Then Kaoru turned and walked her way. Her necklace; like everyone in the village had a jewel that could be strung on to be a necklace, bracelet, or other accessories. Why every one had one? She didn't know.

"Kaoru we are going to leave now. Are you ready?" "Let me check if I have everything first father" she started to check her stuff. Sword? Check! Hidden knives? Check! Arrows? Check! Bows? Check! And so on forth. "I'm ready!"

"Good, follow me Kaoru" then he started to leave and she followed. Then they stopped. Kaoru gazed at the dragon slayers. There were about 50 of them going with them today. How exciting! She thought to herself. She was anxious and excited. "Kaoru you're fingering with your stone again" Kaoru looked at her fingers and found herself playing with her necklace with her blue jewel. "Don't lose the jewel Kaoru. It's very important. Everyone has one but if you were to lose it…." Then her father stopped speaking his sentence.

"What would happen father?" She asked him.

"I'll tell you another time Kaoru" he turned away and then in a loud voice, boomed "we set off now to hunt!" And there was a loudly booming cheer.

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"Father….. What's that?" Kaoru pointed to a glittery green mound.

Her father smirked, "a dragon." 'What really? I was the first to catch sight of this creature! Boy am I good!' Then the 'dragon' turned and it faced her. Then time stopped. The dragon was one of the most beautiful creatures she had ever seen. "ATTACK!" Then time started again. Something suddenly pained in her chest. 'Oh great. I'm turning soft. I could kill pests, rodents, and other things but I can't bring myself to kill a darn dragon! '

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"Is Misao back yet?" a man in black with cold blue eyes asked a man with fiery red hair with amber eyes.

"Not that I'm aware of………"

"Some dragon lord you are"

"Oh gee, thanks a bunch Aoshi…" the amber man said sarcastically.

"I am happy to be of services Lord Kenshin…."

"Aoshi…….. What day is it today?"

"Um it's sometime in spring?" Then Aoshi froze.

"The traitor clan…"

"Exactly" Then they men quickly rushed away.

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"STOP, I ORDER YOU ALL TO STOP!" Kaoru's voice rang out. Everyone stared at her. Even the dragon she tried to save was staring at her.

"Kaoru…? Why are you protecting this dragon?" Her father asked her.

"I-" she utter another word there was roars in the air. Four angry dragons suddenly appeared. A brownish golden dragon, a very icy coldish color dragon (guess who!), a purple, and an amber blood red dragon (now really guess who!). On their foreheads, there was a jewel on each of their forehead. Just like our villages! Thought Kaoru.

"Misao! There you are you little-!"

'Voices? Or a conversation! I can actually understand this growling language!' Kaoru thought amazed

"Aoshi sama!"

"Weasel……You better explain or else you're in deep shit weasel"

"I AM NOT A WEASEL!"

"Back on track people"

"Yeah yeah……Let's go weasel girl"

"Fine… WAIT I AM NOT A WEASEL!" Then the green dragon stared at Kaoru. "Aoshi sama and Kenshin kun? Can we please bring the girl over there with us?"

"What are you thinking Misao! Look they're firing! Let's go already!"

Then there was a roar. One of the dragons had been shot in the shoulder. Suddenly the green dragon, slightly smaller than the others, swiftly dashed over to Kaoru. And before she could scream or her father and his men react, the dragon grabbed the collar of her shirt and dragged her in the air (you know like how a dog not really 'bites' its babies but they carry them). Kaoru was shocked. Yes she was. Why was a dragon kidnapping her? And she did the thing she lease expected herself to do. Scream. But she immediately stopped because her collar was choking her and well- she ran out of air. Then she started to thrash with the air left in her. The dragon- which seemed to understand that she needed air swung her on its back.

"I wouldn't stab me if I were you" the dragon said to her in growl language. The dragon was right! If she stabbed the dragon she would go down with the dragon. Down about…. Maybe….. 10,000 feet!

"Misao you brainless baka!" Suddenly said a voice.

"She's from the dragon slaying clan! Don't you think she might go rogue and try to exterminate us!"

"But she saved me from her own people!" Misao the dragon said.

"…………………"

"…………………"

"…………………"

"…………………"

"So there! We bring her to our place if she won't kill us while she's there!" Misao chirped.

"Very well then. I approve"

"Thank you Kenshin san!"

"What have I gotten myself into!" shouted Kaoru. The red, blue, and brown dragons seemed amused.

"Girl we will not hurt you if you do not hurt us" the purple one said suddenly to her.

"Yeah! Listen to what Megumi says!" Chirped Misao.

"What if they're going to eat me! What if they're going to use me as a hostage! What if-" the endless possibilities seemed to go through Kaoru's head.

Kaoru was silent during the whole entire ride as Misao, Megumi, and the other three dragons spoke among them. "Father's going to murder me if I make it out alive!"

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Kaoru couldn't believe what she saw. A castle in the sky! In. The. Sky. Floating. This is just a baaaaad dream…….. She thought to herself.

"Here we are!" chirped Misao.

"I really can get annoyed with her cheerful mood……" Kaoru thought to herself.

"Now I'm going to transform into my other form!" Misao said.

"Uh… sure you do that," Kaoru replied.

"MISAO" the dragons yelled at her. Then there was a 'poof!' and there was a petite young woman.

"See? I look almost human!"

"Uh, dragons can transform themselves to look human!" Kaoru shouted. "Yeppers! But not the pet ones!" shouted Misao. Then suddenly there were other three 'poofs!'. And there was a tall bird headed man, a very tall man with icy blue eyes, and a beautiful woman that looked like a fox. "As you can see….. (Points to the woman) that's Megumi! (Points to bird head) That's Sanouske! The mister bird head! And…. (points to the icicle man) This is Aoshi sama! And the red amber dragon over there is Kenshin! Our kingie king guy! Transform Kenshin!" Misao chirped.

"Who let her near the bag of sugar again!" shouted the woman named Megumi. Suddenly Kaoru felt very light headed. And it was lights out for her. "Lookie! Slayer girlie goes bye bye!" was the last thing she heard.

"She fainted…." Then Sano guffawed. Aoshi stared at the girl and poked her with a stick.

"It's from shock I believe," Megumi suddenly said. 'POOF!'

"Tell the servants to prepare a room. Sano bring the girl to the room later," commanded the red head.

"Your majesty…. Look," Megumi held up Kaoru's jeweled necklace.

There was a silent moment. Then Sano whistled.

"I believe we have a Kasshin here" Aoshi said icily. Then Kenshin walked away.

"Kenshin you're shot" called Sano after him.

"I'll treat it myself" he called back.

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Kaoru blinked herself awake. She was in a very elegant room. Even more elegant than her own! Then she saw hazy amber eyes. She blinked again. And again. And again. Her vision became clearer. Then there was a man with red hair and amber eyes sitting on a chair examining her. He was so gorgeous… she thought to herself. Then she forgot why she was here and stared shocked at his shoulder. He had an arrow buried on his shoulder. He looked like he wasn't even in pain. "Are you ok?" she asked him. He didn't say anything.

"Uh, are you there?"

"Obviously" rang his deep but silky baritone voice.

"Would like me to pull it out for you? I mean I've done this before and stuff….." She started. Then with an amused look he turned away and the arrow was in front of her. But then something caught her eye. It was a dagger. 'Is he testing me? Well I can be trusted! No Kamiya would double cross a wounded soul'Then she grasped the arrow and pulled on it gently. She could feel the young man flinch. Then she pulled the arrow harder and it came out. He started to hiss under his breath through clenched teeth. Swiftly Kaoru tore her shirt and wrapped it found the wound. "I think you should go get a better bandage after this," she smiled. 'Wait…. What am I doing here again?' she asked herself.

"Thank you very much, um, Miss….?" The man started.

"Kaoru. Kaoru Kamiya."

"Kaoru…" he said tasting her name. "Isn't that the dragon slayer's princess's name?"

Hesitantly Kaoru nodded. The man didn't say anything for a while.

"Kenshin. Kenshin Himura. That is my name, I hope you will… Enjoy your stay here…. Princess…"

"So this is the butterfly that everyone speaks of..." Kenshin thought to himself. Then he turned and walked off.

"HIYAYAYAYAYAYAYA!" Boomed a hyper voice. Then a blur came and Kaoru found herself face to face with the Misao girl. "HIYA!" she greeted again.

"Misao I told you not to go to the sugar… AGAIN" shouted Megumi after her. This was going to be a very…. Interesting visit…. Kaoru thought to herself.


Gomen everyone if the dragon conversation confused you. This lowly author apologizes. (bows bows) GOMEN GOMEN GOMEN! And by the way, the reason why I let Kaoru take the arrow out of Kenshin's shoulder is to show Kenshin that Kaoru can be trusted. As in not killing the whole castle! Kenshin was also testing her if she would kill him right on the spot.

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