Edit posted 2/19/2011
Later~Choshu later on~
Kenshin sat watching the whole scene unfold, it was rather amusing to watch Katsura's new found uneasiness. He had finally heard about Kenshin's little… 'side trips' as he had decided upon calling them. Katsura did not know he was responsible, but he was now fairly concerned about a widely unknown factor of the war. He was fighting werewolves, and he had scant against them. All he knew was that only Himura Kenshin could face off against them, but he would never allow him to be found out. As the Battosai he had committed quite a few murders, in fact he had to admit he had left the largest body trail in the group.
Katsura had yet to suspect that the young man himself was supernatural, so that was well. He did however have a rather prominent issue he was facing, how to feed now that his senses were coming back without gathering enough power to let the canines find him. That or leaving a scent for them to follow, he had often resulted in some pretty interesting techniques to keep them off his trail. More often than not however he had to cut off their noses for they would get to close.
Katsura was just given some rather shocking news it seemed. Time to make an appearance and see if he could make himself useful anytime soon, after all he was the best of the Choshu assassins and he made that quite clear. Katsura had mistaken his newly showing coldness as his growing used to the situation, when in truth he was preparing Katsura for the realization he wasn't quite as young as the Choshu leader had assumed.
"Something wrong Katsura?"he asked feigning concern. It was amusing to watch the expressions play across the man's face. While the man was nice, Kenshin still didn't trust him as far as his secrets went yet, the man had too many burdens to bear at the moment. It was also becoming clear he was only receiving more.
"It's nothing Himura, nothing that you can't take care of with a few nights of assignments," Katsura looked into the small garden with weary eyes. He had taken whatever news it was in good stride, but it certainly didn't seem to be nothing. "The Wolves of Mibu are back in town, their numbers are up, and quite a few of your next targets have hired them as escorts it seems. I've had to reconfigure about sixty assignments since not all of our men are accustomed to dealing with such targets discretely." Kenshin would have snorted, had it not taken back some of the process he was making on distancing himself from the others.
"The wrath of heaven shall fall upon the heads that oppose us and all that… Right? I suppose I should count myself lucky I don't have to socialize in order to get along, just act menacing and such," Kenshin fingered the hilt of his blade lightly, "give me as many as it takes to end the war Katsura. I will cut you a path to the end, and I will without hesitation." Kenshin had turned at this point and was about to walk away when Katsura's hand came down on his shoulder. He peeked over his should with a cautious glance.
"Thank you Himura, I needed to hear that," Katsura whispered, "I'll have the assignments given to you immediately." Katsura's hand left his shoulder, and heavy footsteps sounded in the direction heading away from red head. Kenshin walked very slowly showing his uncommon grace as he tried not to jump in excitement at the idea of assignments. Assignments meant he could leave, and that meant he could scout the town to find out more about the Canine turf war that was going on.
He had long suspected that some of the Shinsengumi were Canines, but he had yet to find true evidence on the matter. What Katsura was about to assign him was promising for finding out more. What better way to investigate something quietly than to have a corresponding assignment? He could not think of a more opportune way of taking care of the matter. He would prepare for the assignments, carry them out, scout for his own records, and finally he would establish some rules for them to follow.