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Chapter Six
A/N: Woah. I can't believe it. I put chapter five up, and 3 hours later I had 64 reviews! I'm totally shocked! I can't believe the fantastic feedback I've been getting for this story!! I love ff.net now! Heh! This one isn't to long.. but I'm still recovering from chapter 5! It took me at least 5 or 6 hours to write! (How sad..)
Kaoru did not reply to Hiko. She stood rubbing her neck and staring at the ground. Finally, she lifted her eyes. His hair was a nice green color. His long mane was pulled back into a low ponytail and tied at the nape of his neck. Kaoru was amused to see that he had two dangling pieces of hair framing his face, sort of like her own.
The tall man wore a huge trench coat. It was white with a red lining - the shoulder pads stuck out so far that they looked like spikes! Kaoru finally formulated a response.
"Hello, Hiko Seijuro. I'm the girl your assassin guy kidnapped. And I want to know why."
He was amused. She wasted no time. Much like the man standing next to her.
"Tell me what you know." He said pleasantly.
"Battousai came to my father's mansion, killed 14+ people, chased me down, kidnapped me, and then brought me here." Two days laid out in a whole 8 seconds.
"Battousai? Oh my. You didn't even tell her your real name?" Battousai sighed, giving Hiko and annoyed glare. Then Kaoru felt his eyes on her.
"Kenshin."
"AND?"
"Himura. WHAT does my real name have to do with ANYTHING, Hiko?"
"Nothing at all. I just figured that the nice girl would like to know it." Kaoru snorted. She turned back to Hiko, without responding to Kenshin's name. It was going to be hard to call him that - it sounded a lot more innocent than Battousai.
"That's all well and good, Mr. I-employ-a-murderer. But how about you tell me WHY now?"
"Take a seat, this might take a while." Kaoru took a seat on one of the high-backed chairs. Kenshin sat next to her. She glared at Hiko.
Battousai examined her out of the corner of his eye. She certainly was brave, glaring at that man in such a manner. If Hiko was able to employ someone like him, wouldn't she figure that he had to be pretty deadly, as well? Either she was really, really stupid or quite brave. He was willing to bet on choice two. She'd shown herself not to be a helpless child just minutes before. Oops, Hiko's talking.
"First of all, my sincerest apologies for the ill-timed kidnapping. I hear you're celebrating your 18th birthday today?"
"None of your business. TALK." Kaoru was getting annoyed, and it was easy to see. He was being so fake.
"Fine. Your father, Miss Kamiya, is quite possibly one of the highest enemies of the Syndicate."
"Huh?"
"He's made quite a few enemies, turning in our operatives, and the like."
"So why not just kill him?"
"Because it would be much to obvious. If suddenly the man who'd been causing the syndicate all of this trouble were to turn up dead - We'd have one heck of a trial on or hands if we were ever caught. And then there's this whole thing about it being 'illegal' to kill someone. You know." Kaoru was not amused.
"So you kidnapped me WHY?"
"Because you are useful to us."
"How."
"If your father knows we have you, he will not turn in any more operatives, and life will get so much easier." There was a knock at the door. "Enter." A young man entered. He had extremely spiky black hair, and he wore a yellow t-shirt and green pants. His brown eyes were amused.
"Sir. I just received word that another three operatives have been captured. Turned in by Koshijirou Kamiya." Hiko's jaw dropped. His red eyes widened in shock.
"But.. that means.." Kaoru's voice was bland.
"He doesn't ACTUALLY care about me. Or did your information fail to mention that? My birth killed my mother. He hates me. He taught me some of the moves of the Kamiya Kasshim style to save face. And those guards? Little more than hired thugs. To save face. That man never actually cared about me, my father doesn't care if I live or die." Kaoru's voice stayed oddly steady throughout her entire speech. Her eyes filled with tears, but she did not allow any to fall, she just blinked them away and leveled her gaze on Hiko.
The boy chuckled. "Hello. I'm Yahiko." He strolled on out, taking his own sweet time.
"Then that leaves me no choice. I'm sorry Miss Kaoru, but I'm going to have to send you home. In a box. Yes, bad cliché, I know. But true." He drew a short sword from a hidden sheath. Kaoru didn't move. 'Huh. Aren't I supposed to be having crazy thoughts like, 'is this it?' and forgiving people and stuff? How odd.' "Ken- Battousai. Kill her." He tossed the sword to Battousai, who caught it, and looked at it with the strangest expression.
He stood, and gazed down at the girl in front of him. She was still sitting.
Battousai lifted the sword up to swing. A little voice in the back of his mind shouted.
'Stop you IDIOT! Do you realize what you're doing? Those thoughts you were having earlier - those were not me! Those were you!'
'Shut up.' He thought harshly. The voice quieted as he readied his swing.
Battousai swung hard and true, directly for her throat.
At the last minute, he adjusted his swing and the sword barely grazed Kaoru's cheek. Rather than spin himself onto his butt, he released the sword and it flew into a wall. The momentum behind it caused the sword to imbed up to it's hilt.
"Mr. Seijuro, I have a request."
"Yes?" Even though his favorite assassin had just disobeyed his direct orders, his tone was still quite amiable.
"Can I have her?" Kaoru stared at him.
"I thought you didn't like wordly pleasures." Battousai glared at him. "Let me think about it."
Minutes ticked by loudly.
Finally Hiko sat up and nodded. "Alright, Battousai. She is yours. But if she comes between you and your work, you both die."
'What am I DOING?' He wondered.
"Agreed."
And that was it.
A/N: Yes. I, the official president of the 'Kill All Romance' club am starting to write romance. *shudder* I can't believe it..
Kenshin: I'm sure that it'll suck.
Dove: Geez Kenshin! You're supposed to be polite and stuff! What's this? *Holds up package*
Kenshin: *shrug*
Dove: *Opens it and sees video tape. Puts it into the VCR* I'm a little scared.. it's from some guy named 'Not Sano'. Hmmm.
Video Tape: *Plays the entire scene of Kenshin trying to get Dove-chan off of his leg, and her sinking her fangs into his thigh.*
Dove: Where. Is. Sano? *growl*
Sano: *Smiles innocently* My turn to read! *Skillfully avoiding Dove-chan's strangling hands*
Moonblossom – Heh. Good idea. Maybe. Reread the very end of chapter 2, I changed it and added the procurement of the knives. ^-^
CurlsofSerenity – Thank you! I'm glad you like it. I've decided that instead of filler chapters that's what I'm going to do. ^-^
Daine – Lol. Thank you. Someone else gave me the idea, but I loved it so much I couldn't help it! The idea is totally thanks to 'The Weird One'. ^-^
Yuki – Don't worry, I didn't go in-depth with Sekihoutai because I'm planning on bringing that into the story a bit later. Thank you for telling me what you thought, though. I'll remember that, when I bring the babysitting thing in.
Kurokumo – Good, 'cause knowing me I'll probably do it again. *stares at the wall* Why are you looking at the wall?
Jenny – thank you! ^-^
Midoriko - *Smile* I hope you and Aoshi-san have lots of fun together. *Sideways look* Wouldn't want that to happen.. *grin* Don't worry about the carpet, I'm installing a new one soon! ^_-
Okay. 76 reviews for chapter seven. I'll bet y'all can't reach that! *Issues challenge with evil grin* I'm going to post one last 'goodbye' kinda filler chapter. But it's only because the filler is vital to the real chapter 7. The filler and chapter 7 will be posted at the same time, don't worry. ^-^ And then, due to the OVERWHELMING amount of 'no more!' reviews that I received, I'll just stick with my oh-so-amusing author notes and leave it at that. Enjoy!
Dove: I hate you, so much, Sano.
Sano: You could never hate this face.
Dove: *Sigh* That's so not fair. Why are you almost as cute as Kenshin? It's just WRONG!!!
Kenshin: Hey, waittaminnit!
Sano: *Laughs*
Dove: *Growls*
Kenshin: *Looks insulted*
Chapter Six
A/N: Woah. I can't believe it. I put chapter five up, and 3 hours later I had 64 reviews! I'm totally shocked! I can't believe the fantastic feedback I've been getting for this story!! I love ff.net now! Heh! This one isn't to long.. but I'm still recovering from chapter 5! It took me at least 5 or 6 hours to write! (How sad..)
Kaoru did not reply to Hiko. She stood rubbing her neck and staring at the ground. Finally, she lifted her eyes. His hair was a nice green color. His long mane was pulled back into a low ponytail and tied at the nape of his neck. Kaoru was amused to see that he had two dangling pieces of hair framing his face, sort of like her own.
The tall man wore a huge trench coat. It was white with a red lining - the shoulder pads stuck out so far that they looked like spikes! Kaoru finally formulated a response.
"Hello, Hiko Seijuro. I'm the girl your assassin guy kidnapped. And I want to know why."
He was amused. She wasted no time. Much like the man standing next to her.
"Tell me what you know." He said pleasantly.
"Battousai came to my father's mansion, killed 14+ people, chased me down, kidnapped me, and then brought me here." Two days laid out in a whole 8 seconds.
"Battousai? Oh my. You didn't even tell her your real name?" Battousai sighed, giving Hiko and annoyed glare. Then Kaoru felt his eyes on her.
"Kenshin."
"AND?"
"Himura. WHAT does my real name have to do with ANYTHING, Hiko?"
"Nothing at all. I just figured that the nice girl would like to know it." Kaoru snorted. She turned back to Hiko, without responding to Kenshin's name. It was going to be hard to call him that - it sounded a lot more innocent than Battousai.
"That's all well and good, Mr. I-employ-a-murderer. But how about you tell me WHY now?"
"Take a seat, this might take a while." Kaoru took a seat on one of the high-backed chairs. Kenshin sat next to her. She glared at Hiko.
Battousai examined her out of the corner of his eye. She certainly was brave, glaring at that man in such a manner. If Hiko was able to employ someone like him, wouldn't she figure that he had to be pretty deadly, as well? Either she was really, really stupid or quite brave. He was willing to bet on choice two. She'd shown herself not to be a helpless child just minutes before. Oops, Hiko's talking.
"First of all, my sincerest apologies for the ill-timed kidnapping. I hear you're celebrating your 18th birthday today?"
"None of your business. TALK." Kaoru was getting annoyed, and it was easy to see. He was being so fake.
"Fine. Your father, Miss Kamiya, is quite possibly one of the highest enemies of the Syndicate."
"Huh?"
"He's made quite a few enemies, turning in our operatives, and the like."
"So why not just kill him?"
"Because it would be much to obvious. If suddenly the man who'd been causing the syndicate all of this trouble were to turn up dead - We'd have one heck of a trial on or hands if we were ever caught. And then there's this whole thing about it being 'illegal' to kill someone. You know." Kaoru was not amused.
"So you kidnapped me WHY?"
"Because you are useful to us."
"How."
"If your father knows we have you, he will not turn in any more operatives, and life will get so much easier." There was a knock at the door. "Enter." A young man entered. He had extremely spiky black hair, and he wore a yellow t-shirt and green pants. His brown eyes were amused.
"Sir. I just received word that another three operatives have been captured. Turned in by Koshijirou Kamiya." Hiko's jaw dropped. His red eyes widened in shock.
"But.. that means.." Kaoru's voice was bland.
"He doesn't ACTUALLY care about me. Or did your information fail to mention that? My birth killed my mother. He hates me. He taught me some of the moves of the Kamiya Kasshim style to save face. And those guards? Little more than hired thugs. To save face. That man never actually cared about me, my father doesn't care if I live or die." Kaoru's voice stayed oddly steady throughout her entire speech. Her eyes filled with tears, but she did not allow any to fall, she just blinked them away and leveled her gaze on Hiko.
The boy chuckled. "Hello. I'm Yahiko." He strolled on out, taking his own sweet time.
"Then that leaves me no choice. I'm sorry Miss Kaoru, but I'm going to have to send you home. In a box. Yes, bad cliché, I know. But true." He drew a short sword from a hidden sheath. Kaoru didn't move. 'Huh. Aren't I supposed to be having crazy thoughts like, 'is this it?' and forgiving people and stuff? How odd.' "Ken- Battousai. Kill her." He tossed the sword to Battousai, who caught it, and looked at it with the strangest expression.
He stood, and gazed down at the girl in front of him. She was still sitting.
Battousai lifted the sword up to swing. A little voice in the back of his mind shouted.
'Stop you IDIOT! Do you realize what you're doing? Those thoughts you were having earlier - those were not me! Those were you!'
'Shut up.' He thought harshly. The voice quieted as he readied his swing.
Battousai swung hard and true, directly for her throat.
At the last minute, he adjusted his swing and the sword barely grazed Kaoru's cheek. Rather than spin himself onto his butt, he released the sword and it flew into a wall. The momentum behind it caused the sword to imbed up to it's hilt.
"Mr. Seijuro, I have a request."
"Yes?" Even though his favorite assassin had just disobeyed his direct orders, his tone was still quite amiable.
"Can I have her?" Kaoru stared at him.
"I thought you didn't like wordly pleasures." Battousai glared at him. "Let me think about it."
Minutes ticked by loudly.
Finally Hiko sat up and nodded. "Alright, Battousai. She is yours. But if she comes between you and your work, you both die."
'What am I DOING?' He wondered.
"Agreed."
And that was it.
A/N: Yes. I, the official president of the 'Kill All Romance' club am starting to write romance. *shudder* I can't believe it..
Kenshin: I'm sure that it'll suck.
Dove: Geez Kenshin! You're supposed to be polite and stuff! What's this? *Holds up package*
Kenshin: *shrug*
Dove: *Opens it and sees video tape. Puts it into the VCR* I'm a little scared.. it's from some guy named 'Not Sano'. Hmmm.
Video Tape: *Plays the entire scene of Kenshin trying to get Dove-chan off of his leg, and her sinking her fangs into his thigh.*
Dove: Where. Is. Sano? *growl*
Sano: *Smiles innocently* My turn to read! *Skillfully avoiding Dove-chan's strangling hands*
Moonblossom – Heh. Good idea. Maybe. Reread the very end of chapter 2, I changed it and added the procurement of the knives. ^-^
CurlsofSerenity – Thank you! I'm glad you like it. I've decided that instead of filler chapters that's what I'm going to do. ^-^
Daine – Lol. Thank you. Someone else gave me the idea, but I loved it so much I couldn't help it! The idea is totally thanks to 'The Weird One'. ^-^
Yuki – Don't worry, I didn't go in-depth with Sekihoutai because I'm planning on bringing that into the story a bit later. Thank you for telling me what you thought, though. I'll remember that, when I bring the babysitting thing in.
Kurokumo – Good, 'cause knowing me I'll probably do it again. *stares at the wall* Why are you looking at the wall?
Jenny – thank you! ^-^
Midoriko - *Smile* I hope you and Aoshi-san have lots of fun together. *Sideways look* Wouldn't want that to happen.. *grin* Don't worry about the carpet, I'm installing a new one soon! ^_-
Okay. 76 reviews for chapter seven. I'll bet y'all can't reach that! *Issues challenge with evil grin* I'm going to post one last 'goodbye' kinda filler chapter. But it's only because the filler is vital to the real chapter 7. The filler and chapter 7 will be posted at the same time, don't worry. ^-^ And then, due to the OVERWHELMING amount of 'no more!' reviews that I received, I'll just stick with my oh-so-amusing author notes and leave it at that. Enjoy!
Dove: I hate you, so much, Sano.
Sano: You could never hate this face.
Dove: *Sigh* That's so not fair. Why are you almost as cute as Kenshin? It's just WRONG!!!
Kenshin: Hey, waittaminnit!
Sano: *Laughs*
Dove: *Growls*
Kenshin: *Looks insulted*