Hi! This is the second chapter and I hope you guys review this story! This chapter was really fun to write since well I can't spoil it, can I? Well here's the chapter!
"Aoshi!" Misao yelled as she locked her house. "Shishio, Yahiko, are you sure you guys aren't coming with us? I mean it will get us there faster since there isn't going to be as much cars. Besides, Aoshi's parents let him borrowed their van."
Shishio thought for a moment and grabbed Yahiko by the hand. "If you say so…" He muttered on his breath. The three siblings made their way towards their childhood (Shishio's and Misao's) friend and slide into the car.
"Hey Aoshi!" Shishio greeted with smile. Aoshi returned the smile back and started the car. Misao was in the front seat, right next to Aoshi. She was blushing really hard, and Shishio couldn't help but burst into laughter. His little sister was always like that! However, he felt sorry for his sister. She fell in love with a man who seems to be dense enough to not know this girl likes him!
They reached at someone's house in 5 minutes, and Sanosuke came out with Sayo. Her arms were linked around Sanosuke's arm tightly, and Shishio waved hi towards them as they made way to the car. "Yo Sanosuke! I guessed you tame the peaceful girl today!" Sanosuke just grinned at him and took a seat at the back.
"Hey doesn't mean that I'm shy and quiet at times doesn't mean that I-" Sayo stopped and blushed furiously. "Never mind…"
Shishio looked over to Sanosuke, and he leaned towards Sanosuke. "Do you like her?" The guy whispered to the rooster boy.
"I like her as a sister, but it doesn't seem like that to her…" Shishio let out a soft chuckled.
"You got your eyes set on someone foxy, am I right?" Sanosuke gulped, and for the first time, Shishio saw the boy blushed really hard. Harder than Sayo, who was still blushing. "You got to be kidding…Who is it?"
"I doubt you know her! She's in the same class as me. How would you know her? You are a senior in high school already!" He hissed. Shishio just shook his head.
"I know almost everyone in your class, Sanosuke. You have to remember that I am the brother of Kaichou, or to be exact Kaoru. I'm also in student council, so I know almost every people in which class."
Sanosuke let out a groaned. "Student Council is pretty tough. I can't really see how you are related to Kaichou. She's so…"
"Nerdy?" Shishio finished for him. "Yes I know, but you have to look beyond the appearance. She is not what she is actually-"
"Shishio!" Yahiko interrupted him. He shot his older brother a look that said you are almost spilling the beans. If Kaoru found about this, she's only going to kill you! "I-I-um…Can I talk to the rooster guy?"
"Who are you calling rooster?" Sanosuke barked at him. Yahiko slide his hands on his hair, trying to give him a clue that it was his hair.
"Oh forget it! Anyway, I got backstage passes to go see and hang out with Saya! She gave-"
"Yahiko!" Misao bellowed at him. She realized the two couples at the backseat stared at her like she was a psycho. They were the only two people in the car that didn't know who Saya was. "By she, he meant me. I ran to her on the street, and she kindly gave me nine backstage passes!" The two couple nodded.
The car finally stopped, and Megumi came running towards the car. She took a seat in the back and growled at Sanosuke. "What are you doing here?"
"Going to see the concert, duh!" He tried to make an imitation of Megumi's voice. She just rolled her eyes and tried her best to ignore him.
Shishio's eyes raised, and Sanosuke knew from that look that his secret was revealed. "You better not say a word about this!" He hissed.
"Of course I won't, but you are crushing on a fox Sanosuke. I never thought you would like someone this feisty." Shishio admitted.
"Never thought what?" Sayo interject in the conversation.
"Nothing important, Sayo…" Sanosuke said calmly. The girl raised one of her eyes in suspicious but decided to drop it.
About five minutes later, Yumi and Kenshin came out of the house together. They walked towards the car, and Yumi immediately jumped on Shishio's lap. (Side note: Kenshin and Yumi aren't lovers or siblings! They are cousins.) "Hi my sweetheart!" She purred and laid her head against her boyfriend's shoulder.
"Hi Yumi," he said so softly that it could have made an angel just fall in love with him.
"Shishio…" She said under her breath and lifted her head for a kiss. He returned it passionately and closed his eyes. They were so under the heat that they forgot there was people in the car.
Yahiko left out a fake cough, getting the couple's attention back into the world. "Here's the pass everyone…" He muttered under his breath and gave each of the people a pass. When Aoshi finally got his, he started driving again. This time, it was towards Tokyo Dome City.
Kaoru took a peek from the backstage and saw lines already at the front door. Well, she couldn't see them but she could hear them calling out her names in spirit! "OMG! This is the first concert I have ever done! How am I going to do? How am I going to do?" She muttered under her breath. No matter how many methods she used to calm herself down, it wouldn't work.
The uneasiness in her stomach; the sweat dripping from her face; she didn't know what to do. She had a feeling something was going to happened, and she didn't like it a bit. Kaoru slowly paced back and forth in the back, trying to calm herself down-once again.
It took almost an hour for the whole crowd to finally get in. She knew it was about to time. About time to start the concert, but she felt like something was warning her to not to start at all.
However, she walked onto the stage nervously. Kaoru tried to make sure she didn't make herself looked like a fool, and she looked at the people's faces, one by one. Before she introduced herself, she let out a deep sigh. "Hi everyone!" She yelled in glee. The crowd roared back in excitement, and Kaoru finally felt relaxed. "I'm Saya, and I'm glad you guys are all here!"
Aoshi, Misao, Kenshin, Yahiko, Shishio, Yumi, Sanosuke, Megumi, and Sayo were all in the front seat. Kenshin stared at the celebrity before him. The girl had the same vibe as Kaoru, and she even sounded like her! Kenshin shook his head. I have a task and that why I came along. Most likely those foolish creatures will appear and tried to-Kenshin let out a deep breath. He wasn't going to let himself get caught off guard.
Music started playing, and the lights around the stadium dimmed. He saw Saya's sapphire eyes that glowed throughout the stadium, and he couldn't help but gazed at them. He knew those eyes were rare for a human being, and he knew it himself that this girl wasn't human at all.
Darling, the dream worlds disappears, and the world starts to reveal itself.
I can see you all confused, and I just want to reach my hand out.
But you will never turn your back to look at me.
All I am to you is just a shadow that lies within your friends. When you stared at me, I looked like a strange and I hold onto your hands tightly.
Why can't dreams be real?
Why can't you love me like you love her?
Why can't you look at me? She's dead…
The girl sang with all in her hearts, and she kept singing. It seemed like the song took forever, but nobody minded it. The song was beautiful and so sad. The girl looked like she was expressing her feelings, but Kenshin knew that it just her being sad over the lyrics. The eyes told him almost everything he needed to know, and that is probably why the boss told him to go to that concert.
Kaoru noticed the redhead in the front seat and noticed him watching every moves of her. She hated this uneasiness. It was something she couldn't bear, especially jock head (AU name for Kenshin) looking all amused at her moves. Well, maybe not amuse but he watched her like she was his prey.
Aren't the fireflies beautiful? I'm sure you would love them!
I'm just like the fireflies too, but you won't take a look at me,
I know I can't replace her, but I want you to at least return my feelings.
Only my dreams can satisfied me since you won't do the same in real.
It hurts so much, but I know we can never be together expecting in my dreams.
Kenshin looked around the stadium. He could feel the creatures even more closer, but he couldn't confirmed where they were. The creatures would most likely be in disguise, so that just made the job even more difficult.
Misao saw Kenshin looking around the stadium anxiously, and she couldn't help but wonder what he was worried about. She looked around the stadium and felt a shock ran through her body. You can't be serious! Not now! Misao nudged Aoshi in the arm. He raised his eyebrow in confusion, and Misao shot him a look.
"Danger is on the way!" She hissed at him. Aoshi's eyes risen, and he quickly looked around.
"I can't tell where they are!" He hissed back at Misao. Misao just nodded and grabbed pairs of shuriken out of her belt pockets. Aoshi pulled a dagger from his belt, and he started muttering a chant.
Misao suddenly realized who Kenshin was. He was putting up a defense aura around him! She glared at him, and Kenshin probably know who she is too. "Aoshi, hurry up!" Their presence is coming by closer, and I can feel it!"
Kaoru, I'm sorry! Misao looked up at her and gave her a smile when they both made eye contacts. I'm sorry, but I have to go do something right now… She got up from her seat and ducked down on the ground. Misao started crawling, not wanting to get yelled from the audience.
Kaoru continued on singing, but she was wondering why in the world is her sister crawling around the floor like a cockroach. The singer stopped when she heard a shriek came from the crowd, and Kaoru looked up. The only thing she saw was people's head lifting up to see why was someone screaming their head off. She gulped because she could see it clear. A man with an arm that was all demon-like sliced the guy's head off.
"It's a monster!" A person yelled. Before Kaoru knew it, the people in dome started heading out towards the exited door. She saw the monster shred the human fake skin off him, revealing the true being.
She saw Kenshin was still standing there, along with Misao and Aoshi. Three other creatures appeared and started lunging toward Kaoru. She grimaced and hopped down the stage. When the monsters were just closed enough, she released a protection barrier. The monsters were trying to get through the barrier, but Kaoru wouldn't budge. Misao threw the shuriken towards the monster and quickly backed away.
Aoshi threw his dagger across the floor and pulled out two twin kodachi. He started charging towards a monster and swung his sword around. The monster grabbed the sword's blade and threw it across the room. He grabbed Aoshi by the arm and started twisting it around.
Aoshi's eye widen and started screaming in pain when the monster quick him to the side.
"Aoshi!" Misao yelled and grabbed more shuriken from her belt. With that, she kept throwing them towards the monster and did a high kick in the air towards the monster. Misao quickly kneel towards Aoshi and grabbed his hands into hers.
Kenshin was staring at a monster. He pop the sword out if its sheath with his thumb and disappeared in thin air. Kaoru narrowed her eyes in confusion. Before she could focus on the battle, she crashed into the wall. The singer let out a scream as she hit against the solid rock.
A monster hurdled to her and grabbed her by the neck. Kaoru just to jerk away from him, but his grasps just tighten even more. "Where. Is. The. Sword." The monster hissed at her.
"W-Wh-at sword are you t-talking about?" Kaoru said weakly. She knew that she was going to die where she was standing. She knew that the monster will kill her after she spit the answer out. The only problem was that Kaoru didn't know what he was talking about.
"I'm talking about the ten swords that can give you power. I'm talking about the sword that can eliminate or turn a soul into a monster. The Soul of blades is what I'm talking about. I know that you know where it is, so don't play dumb with me, Sorceress!" Kaoru's eyes widen, and she tried to kick with all her might. The monster yelped in pain and finally let go.
The singer tried to gasp for air, but she knew it wasn't the best idea in the world. Kaoru started walking as fast as she could. She knew that there was more monsters in the dome city, so Shishio and Yahiko must have been fighting them. The girl kept running and running inside the walls. A long piece of wood would block her way, but she would go under or over it.
The monster was running after her, and she knew it. Kaoru heard the monster's footstep running towards her. Why did she had the powers to see through thing that people couldn't see? It's really not surprising that the monster wanted the Soul of blades and went to look for her. She also had the power of taking someone's memories, but the memories will always remain with her. Whatever the memories hold, she can feel the emotion and sometimes she expresses them out too.
"Get back here, Koishii!" Kaoru shivered when she heard the way he said her name. She kept running and winced when a glass shard stabbed her foot. Kaoru quickly pulled the shard out, not trying to yell in pain and kept running.
Misao got up and pulled her primary weapon, kusarigama. She hold on to the chain and started swirling then sickle part over her head. The girl dashed towards a monster and whipped it forward. It created a large gash over the chest, and the monster snarled at her.
The monster lunged towards her and landed a scratch on her face. Misao stared in shock and was about to stabbed the monster with her weapon. However, the monster reached there before her and pinned her down to the floor. He raised the weapon and made a stabbed for her body.
Misao froze and felt blood oozing out of her body in pain. She screamed as long as she could, and she saw Aoshi slowly lifting himself up. He lunged towards the monster, pushing him off of Misao.
They both wrestled, and Misao just stood there. She was going to use her kusarigama and stabbed the monster, but Aoshi sent her a meaningful look. The girl immediately knew what the look meant and sent him a caring look.
"Sorry Aoshi…" She muttered under her breath as she ran to Kaoru.
Kenshin pulled back from the monster and slid his hand through the sword's tip. He licked the blood and glared at the monster. The monster chuckled evilly before he crossed his arms.
"This is the Battousai the manslayer, am I right? You are as powerful as everyone's say. The red flaming hair tied up in a high ponytail and the amber gold slit eyes makes you really noticeable, you know?" The monster said.
Kenshin just bend his knees before he charged towards the monster again. The monster and Kenshin's sword clashed together, leaving sparks flying everyway. "Just shut up," he snapped at him.
The monster, once again, chuckled at the foolish statement. "Boy, do you think you can defeat me? I'm the ultimate monster of all, Cerberus. And don't mistaken me for the hideous dog with so many heads, okay?"
Kenshin put his sword back in the sheath and did a position. His hands were close to the sword, and he was waiting for the right time to pull it out. When the target made the first move, Kenshin did a counterattack and then hit the man with his sword on the flat part. He then did a side kick and stabbed the sword through the body. Blood started flying out, hitting Kenshin in the face. He closed his eyes so that none of the filthy blood would sting his eyes.
"That is what you get for messing with Battousai," he muttered on his breath. Kenshin slowly opened his eyes and felt the singer's presence running around. He couldn't see her, but he knew she was behind those walls. Her chi was blaring with power, and Kenshin use his god-like speed to crash into the walls. When he went through the walls, he saw the singer running. Most likely if people were being chased by a monster, they would have fears in their eyes. However, this girl didn't had fears at all. She looked determined, but what for?
The girl saw Kenshin and slowly backed away. "I know you want but I'm not going to help you find it!" She snapped at him.
Kenshin lifted his eyebrows up, wondering if she really did knew. Maybe it was kind of obvious, but who knows? The boss wanted him to kill the girl after he was done killing the monsters. Another question broke into his head. Why did the monsters wanted her? Why did his boss assigned him to kill the girls afterward? She's going to be a witness so I can understand that…He took a step towards her and saw the monster finally appeared.
"You bitch!" The monster yelled as raised his hand. Kaoru was about to put her defense guard up, but it was already too late. The monster cut Kaoru's face and kicked her as hard as he could. She slammed against the wall and tried to get up. However, her muscles were restraining her from doing so.
"Now you will tell me where it is, or else I'll kill you!" The hideous creature threatened her. Kaoru slowly rise her head and shook her head now. The monster become furious and was about to land an attack on her, but he was stopped by the redhead.
"Let go of her…" Kenshin said, his voice low and deep. The monster wanted to burst out laughing, but he didn't. He heard about this man in the rumors, but he never expected them to be true.
"B-B-Battousai?" The monster almost shrieked. Kaoru tried to keep her eyes opened to see Kenshin. He's Battousai…Kaoru couldn't believed it. There was no way that he was Battousai! Battousai was the strongest person and vampire living on Earth!
Kenshin didn't say anything and took a step towards the monster. "Let go of her, or I'll be the one that kills you." He snapped at him. His words sent ice towards both the monster and Kaoru.
She thought for a moment. He doesn't know that I'm Kaoru. With the warning, Kenshin swung his sword around with lightning speed. The monster collapse on the floor. His blood sprayed and some of them hit on Kaoru's face. She stared in disgust and looked up at Kenshin. He stared at her with his amber eyes that could slit anyone. His eyes use to be lavender, but Kaoru guessed that he just in his vampire mode.
"What do you want?" She snapped at him as she tried to stand up. The stubborn singer almost collapse on the floor, but she caught herself just in time.
"Why are the monsters chasing after you?" He finally asked. Kaoru looked up at Kenshin, not knowing whether to answer or not. She never trusted this guy since they first met in middle school, and she wasn't going to start now.
"Why should I tell you?" Kenshin blinked several times and looked like he wanted to slap himself in the head.
"Why can't you be like everyone else?" He demanded. Kaoru lifted one of her eyebrows up in suspicious.
"What do you mean like everyone else?"
"Every time people hear the name Battousai and see Battousai, they all feel fear. When I demanded a question, the people can't help but speak the truth. But you are different." He explained, and Kaoru sighed tiredly.
"Let me repeat this: Why should I tell you, Battousai," she asked indignantly. Kenshin looked down on her without having to lower his chin down.
"I need to know since I work under an organization: Choshu. I do what I have to do."
"Which is…?"
"Eliminating demons and eliminating people that will cause trouble." He stopped for a moment before he continued on. "I have to know why the demons are roaming around the city, causing trouble. Along with some people, but not much.
"And for some apparent reason, they came after you. Why is that?" He glared at her, and Kaoru gulped. This Battousai was different from Kenshin. At school, Kenshin is a person that is happy-go-lucky all the time. But when it comes to his vampire mode, he is all serious and dangerous.
"I-I'm not telling you!" Kaoru snapped at him. "How many times do I have to tell you that? Why don't you go do some research on your own-you know?" Before she knew it, Kenshin grabbed her by the arm and pushed her to the other side of the wall.
"I need to know-now. I need to know why they came after you! It wouldn't made sense if they just attack randomly in the blue!" Kenshin yelled at her. "If you tell me, I won't have to kill you…" Kaoru blinked several times, and Kenshin realized what he just said. He cursed himself for the statement he just said. It was his order to go and kill the singer so there won't be any witnesses.
"Kill me at this spot then. I don't have to tell you anything because it's my secret," the girl replied. Kenshin glared at her and wrapped his hands around her soft neck.
"You-" He stopped when he saw a girl staring at the two of them.
"What are you doing to her Kenshin?" Misao yelled as she ran towards them. She pushed Kenshin away and went in front of Kaoru. "If you are trying to hurt her, I'll swear I'll kill you!" She warned and pulled her weapon even closer. "What is up with the killing threats?" Kaoru mumbled.
"Get out of the way, Misao," Kenshin said coldly. Misao just shook her head with a determination look.
"No Kenshin. I won't allow you to hurt her." She replied calmly.
"You don't even know this singer, so why would you protect her?"
"Because I want, and I do know her, Kenshin. Saya and I are like sisters." Misao answered calmly before she took a look at Kaoru.
Kenshin glared at the two girls before he put his sword back in his sheath and walked away silently into the dark. He saw Aoshi on the floor laying, but he wasn't dead. The guy was just exhausted, and Kenshin threw something at the guy.
Aoshi picked up the object he threw and realized it was bandages. He was going to say thanks to the redhead, but he disappeared before he had the chance to. "Aoshi!" The guy turned around and saw Misao dragging Kaoru. Her arm were over Misao's neck, and Kaoru flashed a weak smile towards Aoshi. His eyes squinted when he saw a trail of red follow her foot.
"Did Kenshin came out the same way you guys did?" Misao and Kaoru nodded at the same time. He realized why he gave the bandages towards him. "Kaoru, may I see your foot?" Aoshi asked politely. Kaoru just sat down and laid her legs on Misao's lap. He examined her foot and saw gushes of blood still coming out.
"Misao, can you make Kaoru stay still? I'm afraid she is going to try to jerk away from me when I put this bandage on. And Kaoru, it's going to probably sting a lot." He warned as he place the bandage firmly on top of the wound. Kaoru winced at the pain.
"Kaoru, stay still…" Misao said softly. The three couples heard a door opened, and they found Shishio and Yahiko running towards them.
"Are you guys okay?" The two brothers asked in unison. All of the three nodded, and Yahiko's eyes popped out.
"What happened to you, Kaoru?"
"I stepped on a glass shard…" She said, embarrassed by the fact that it is true. At any moment, Kaoru thought her little brother was going to laugh his head off but he didn't. He just stared in guilt, which was surprisingly the first time he ever showed her that expression.
"Don't worry, both of you," Aoshi spoke up. "She's going to be fine as long she doesn't put pressure on it." He was finally done dressing her wound and got up. "Is Megumi, Sayo, Sanosuke, and Yumi still here?"
"They all left already in a taxi," Shishio answered. "Why don't we all go back home? I think we already do too much here…" All of them agreed and started heading back towards the van.
On top of a roof, a person with red flaming hair was looking down at the downtown. The lights were beautiful, but the guy didn't paid attention. He heard footsteps behind him, and Kenshin turned around.
"Boss," he bowed down. The boss gave him a smile before he walked over to where Kenshin was.
"Did you accomplish the tasks, Himura?" He questioned the young boy. The boss saw him tense up a little.
"I accomplish 80% of the task, Katsura…" The boss sighed, shaking is head in disapproval.
"I put a lot of faith in you, Himura. I put a lot of faith for you to accomplish the task completely without mistakes. What could you have left the 20% open?" Katsura, his boss, looked over to Kenshin. He saw Kenshin wasn't upset but frustrated.
"The singer, Saya, knows something I don't. She knows why the demons and monsters are roaming around the city. I demanded her to give up the answers, but she wouldn't budge to say it. I even threaten to kill her, but she still didn't." Katsura raised his eyebrows. Suddenly an hypothesis hit his head, and he grabbed Kenshin's arm.
"I need you to track that girl down, okay? We need to know every detail there is, so we can make the world safe. I'm asking this to you, Kenshin. Not as Battousai, but as you. You need to get the Soul of Blades so you can become the strongest of the strongest. I know you already are, but you need to be stronger than you really are. We are counting on you, Kenshin. We need to kill anyone that has the ability to threaten this organization." Kenshin just nodded and bowed before his leader. He started walking down the stairs and looked up at the sky. There were millions of stars today, and Kenshin felt the cold ice wrapped around his heart started to melt.
"I'll go search for a prey along the street to drink blood off of…" He muttered under his breath as he walked the endless road of stairs.
Hope you guys like it! :D
Translation:
Shuriken- a throwing dart weapon (in the anime, you see that Misao always use it alot. It's almost like daggers)
Kodachi- Twin blades that are Aoshi's primary sword use
Kusarigama- A weapon that has a sickle attached to a chain (If you watch Inuyasha, you will probably know what I'm talking about. Sango's little brother weapon is a Kusarigama)
Choshu- A clan that Kenshin was in when he was Battousai in the Bakumastu (The leader was Katsura Kogara)
A/N [AUTHOR'S NOTE]
I got some notes! Hurray! Okay, so the fanfiction is like combined with many animes that I don't want to list now. Well anyway, I got some part of the stories by others that inspired me to a story like this! :] I'm going to put the stories that inspired me on the next chapter. I know the first chapter had a different feeling then this chapter and sorry for that! D: And yes, Kenshin is a vampire and Kaoru is a sorceress kind of. Well I hope you guys like this chapter! And if you guys are hook readers on Tenshi Guardian High, I won't be working on it for a while, but I'm still writing the story though! Stay tune and review please! ^^
