Chapter 5: Never be Alone when you know a demon is there

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Swearing maybe noticeable in the chapter

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Kaoru and Sojiro glared at each other until the director told them to stop. "That was great, guys! I think I made the right choice for you both to be the main characters!" Hoji exclaimed with a delightful face. "We definitely found our Rin and Kaito! Would you guys agreed?" The group nodded without any hesitation. Their performance was splendid! It took the couple just five minutes to memorize and recite the words out loud.

"You guys can relax on the chairs, while I get the rest of the people to perform." Hoji pointed out to the two chairs close by the entrance, and Sojiro offered his hand out to Kaoru. She simply took it, her hand laid softly on top of his smooth skin. He tugged her forward, and they both sat at the chair quietly.

"Sojiro!"

"Kaoru!"

They both stopped and stared at each other confusedly. The two teens just called out their name at the same time, and the both blushed furiously. Kaoru forgot what she was going to ask him, and Sojiro just looked away. He didn't want her to see his face. It was too embarrassing!

"Um…What did you want?" Sojiro asked hesitantly. The boy noticed that Kaoru flinched a little bit, and her shoulders tensed up.

"N-N-Never mind!" She almost yelled at him and turned away. What am I doing? I wanted to ask him what was wrong, but I know that I will cause trouble! I just know it! "Errrgh!" Kaoru groaned loudly and laid her head into her hands.

Sojiro curiously watched Kaoru, lifting an eyebrow up. The boy wasn't stupid enough to know she was going to ask him about that time. He sighed and stared at the ceiling. No matter what, he has to fulfill his task. No disobeying or die.

"What are you doing? Hey! Get back over here!" A lady screamed. She was reciting her parts, and it seemed like she was playing the role of a parent.

"But I have to go! Mom, I have to go see him! Sensei…I love Sensei!" The 'daughter' screamed.

"They are really good…" Kaoru whispered in amazement. Sojiro nodded in agreement, but he was only focusing on Kaoru. Her soft, delicate, black raven hair flowed down behind her back. The eyes of her sparkle like precious jewel from the river, and Sojiro had to stop himself from thinking. He couldn't fail this task, not even for her. If only she wasn't a sorceress, Sojiro wouldn't have to make her his captive.


"Um…May I…ugh…help you?" A lady asked from the counter table. Before her, stood was a handsomely tall man. His hairstyle was very rare and resembled a rooster's head. The guy leaned on the wall and stared at her lazily.

"Hello, Sexy," Sanosuke purred. His warm, black coffee eyes were so hot that the lady had a nose bleed. "Well that takes cares of it…" Sanosuke muttered. "I actually found the lady kind of cute…" He admitted and nudged Kenshin to come besides him. His friend stood tall or short with a frown.

"That lady was sort of cute? I want to puke right now!" Kenshin said with disgust and cupped his mouth from puking. "Plus she's out of your age and size!" Sanosuke snickered and punched him in the elbow.

"I was kidding, dude! You don't have to take me so serious-you know!" He grinned helplessly. "Now we'll have to do something since the camera just saw that. By any chance do vampires have-ugh-magic?" Sanosuke questioned. He pleaded that they did, so they could make themselves disappear for two minutes at least.

"Yes there is, my brother. I can put a magic barrier around us so that cameras won't notice us. "With that said, a magic barrier that was red surrounded them. To test the strength, Sano punched his hardest and stared in amazement as there were no scratches.

"Kenshin, I got a plan to get up there, but you won't like it…" Sanosuke's voice trailed off, making Kenshin suspicious.

"What's the plan?"

"You will most likely kill me if I tell you, but it's probably the only way to get us up there without being-ugh-weird. Well, it would be weird but just in this form…" Sanosuke said with a frowned. Suddenly, his friend's eyes were big and he tried to run. "Oh you get back here, you baka!" Sanosuke yelled as he tried to reach for Kenshin's collar. He was scared as hell as Kenshin is, but it wouldn't matter unless somebody knew it was them. No one wasn't even going to remember this or know about this. "I called Misao over here, so she's almost here…"


"That was so terrific!" People exclaimed and somehow got flowers, throwing at the two ladies. The girl who played the daughter was simply laughing cockily, while the other lady just smiled calmly as if the world was never going have some war. Think about that one more time old lady… "Let's take a break! In any minute, some ladies should bring a cart filled with snacks and drink." The director announced, making the crowd go wild. Several ladies, already married, walked over to Hoji and were simply flirting with him. Hoji even enjoyed their company, and Kaoru wanted to break that guy's neck now.

"You. Womanizer!" Kaoru wanted to yell and make the Earth, somehow, opened up and swallowed him. She crossed her arms and cursed the guy. Womanizer, flirters, players, jocks, redhead…Once again, Kaoru cursed but to herself this time. It reminded her about a simple person. Well, not simple, but someone infuriating that it makes her blood want to explode. How dare did she think of him right now? How dare did that Hoji dumpling guy, dress badly, had almost the same characteristics as Kenshin!

Sojiro gulped nervously when he saw Kaoru talking to herself in a low whisper, maybe lower, but he couldn't hear a word she was saying. From her face, he could tell that she was apparently in a bad mood. "Ugh, Kaoru?" She ignored him and continued on with the curse talk.

There was a sudden knocked on the door, and Kaoru jumped in front of the door. With that doing, she pulled the door knob with a twist and examined the two figures before her. "Oh shit…" She cussed out loud. The celebrities turned toward Kaoru's way, and she gulped nervously, not knowing what to do.

"You ladies got here quicker than I though you guys would be! Now people make way for the ladies," The director said as he stands up against the wall. The ladies put the carts to where he was and simply stood there, supposedly serving the guests before them.

"Get all you want now! But in a single file, okay. I don't want any traffic," his voice gentle but piercing. The celebrities, as always, gracefully walked towards the cart in a line. Kaoru immediately jumped in the line. She was impatient and tapped her foot in a beat. Her arms were crossed over her chest, and her face was a simple scowled.

When it was finally her turned, she slapped the table with her palms. "What. Are. You. Doing. Here?" Kaoru asked, a growled hint in the voice. Misao stood there; all dressed up in a maid suit, and was twirling her braid nervously.

The two people next to her-well-she were just surprised. Sano, really tall to be a lady, but yet, he still looked like a girl. His hair was deflated, put into curls. The dress he was wearing…oh…Kaoru couldn't even start on that! It was simply just too…not right for him. The legs didn't fit so well with the dress because it was too hairy, and he had-ugh-a very big flat chest. It was stupid how the other celebrities didn't notice this was a guy! And of course make up was applied. Just one word for Sanosuke, he was an ogre.

Kenshin, on the other hand, was just woah. His hair was put in a long side pony-tail, and his eyes really brought out the dress he was wearing. The red velvet ran through his body, and Kaoru bit her lips hard. She spotted a little bit of make up on him too! Oh, she just wanted to burst out laughing, but she didn't. The boys weren't too familiar with Saya, so it was best not to laugh like a lunatic.

"We just wanted to help out! Right, Sana?" Misao asked with a smile. Kaoru's eyes wavered over to the tall guy. He stiffened up and gulped nervously. How much he regretted lying to Misao wasn't going to safe him. He needed her to bring the make up kits and the clothes since that was his plan of getting in. Kenshin didn't understand his plan. The plan he thought was to go distract the people and run.

Sanosuke knew that it was going to take ten years until Kenshin finally forgive him. "Y-Yeah Misao," his voice shaky. He tried really hard to imitate a girl's voice and soften it up. The guy noticed Kaoru examining him, and he tensed up a little more. Did she found out that I'm a guy? Please someone tell she didn't found out!

"Y-You…I saw you at that concert! What are you doing? Dressing up like a girl!" Kaoru almost shouted but Misao cupped her mouth really quickly.

"Get some food and go behind the cart, okay?" Misao gave her a sandwich and a coca-cola can. Kaoru immediately took it and went around the cart. "Now what were you saying?" Her sister asked, gaining a glare.

"Those two girls are guys, aren't they?" Kaoru asked suspiciously. She realized that Sanosuke was sweating furiously, and Kaoru stared in disgust. "Look, you two have to get out of here. Especially you, Kenshin," she said coldly. Kenshin narrowed his eyes in confusion, wondering how she knew it was him. More importantly, how did she know the name!

"Get. Out. Of. Here. Battousai!" She hissed at him and grabbed his wrist. "I'm not giving you any answers, okay? I'm not stupid enough to not know why you are here. Plus how did you even know I was here?" She demanded and released her grip on him. The hands went to the side of the hips.

Kenshin wanted to slap that girl and pull out his sword to her neck. The problem was that he forgot the sword. Even without the sword, he could still threaten her. "Look, Saya, I know that you know why the monsters are in town. More importantly, they were coming after you. Most of the time, monsters and demon don't go messing with a human. Or should I say sorceress?" He said with a grin displayed on his face. The redhead caught Saya's expression and locked it inside of his head. He clearly loved that expression from her. The sapphire eyes were burning wildly and her voice sharp.

Sanosuke looked back and forth from his friend to the singer. Did Kenshin just say sorceress? You got to be kidding me! "Ahem!" He faked with a cough, grabbing the two arguing people's attention. [Side Note: Misao is not talking because she serving the people]

"What?" They both screamed in unison. Suddenly their eyes searched the other and blushed [both] furiously.

"It seems like my friend forgot to tell me that whole story," Sanosuke said with a glared towards his best friend. "I believe I need an explanation…" The two people before him just stared at him. Then, they headed back arguing.

"Just tell me the damn thing, you stubborn girl!" Kenshin lunged towards Kaoru, pinning her to the floor. She spit in his face and kicked him in the groin. He squealed in pain and finally released her.

"Saya, why won't you tell him?" Sanosuke asked softly. Kaoru's eyes looked into his eyes and sighed tiredly.

"If I tell why, this guy would most likely want the same thing to. And no I'm not going to tell you either! I don't trust any of you two!" Kaoru admitted furiously. She saw Misao turned to look at her and sent her a warning look. The singer rolled her eyes and sent a look back that said, I know that I can't trust Kenshin. He's Battousai, remember? Also a vampire, hello? Sister, wake up!

Misao just snickered and handed a person their chips. "Would you like anything else with it?" She asked politely. Behind her, Sanosuke tried to keep his calm. He wanted to tear these clothes out because they were too darn tight on him. However, it was probably better than Kenshin. He actually fit in the clothes, more than what Sanosuke thought, looked like a girl as well.

"Kenshin, you okay?" He whispered over to the friend. The redhead didn't replied and gulped loudly when a man whistled over to him. "Oh mother…" The rooster guy groaned and shielded Kenshin behind his back. "If only you were taller and bigger, this wouldn't have happen."

Kenshin punched him as hard as he could, making Sanosuke bit back a whimper. Tears started stinging his eyes and he quickly blink them back. "I would have never been in this situation if you thought dig deeper in this plan!" The redhead almost yelled, but Sanosuke kicked him to be quiet.

Then, Kenshin glanced over to Saya who was talking to a man. He seemed to be about an inch taller than the singer and simply just flirting with her. The blood inside of Kenshin was started to boil, and he quickly looked away. Not wanting to hear or see them, the redhead also covers his ear, for the smiling puppet was talking in an extremely loud voice.

"Seem like someone is getting jealous…" Sanosuke rang the jealous out, the words mumbled under his breath. It was perfectly clear to Kenshin though, the words becoming a song in his ear. Misao elbowed Kenshin playfully, grinning like a fool she can be.

"It seems like it, Sano. I see that my friend is in love with my sister!" Misao exclaimed and then cupped her mouth quickly, sentient to what she just had said. Kenshin and Sanosuke looked over to Misao, expressions displayed on their face in confusion.

"Your-"

"Sister?" Kenshin continued for Sanosuke. The two boys cocked their head towards to Misao, who was silence.

Got to think fast, Misao. They might mistake Saya for a sister I never told them. If they were smart enough, they might actually find out-

"Saya is like my sister! We've been best friends since forever!" Misao intended to look crazy by jumping in the air and squealing. "Who would have thought that I was best friend with a celebrity?"

Sanosuke and Kenshin exchanged looked before shrugging it off. With that action, Misao let out a relieved sigh and continued giving people their food. It was so close but yet so far. Misao cannot speak a word about this to Kaoru, or else she would get killed. She shivered and tried to focus on the celebrities right in front of her.

Kenshin, on the other hand, was trying to focus on not being a doll to the male celebrities. Once when he gets back, he will definitely kill his best friend. It wasn't going to be just a simple torture; it was going to be the torture that his friend will never forget as long as he lived. He let a little bit of his chi come out of the mask, wanting to let Sanosuke know what was going to happened to him. However, the friend was too dense to realize about the chi and continued on serving.

He, too, was also being hit by some male celebrities. Normally, Sanosuke would have punched them in their face, but he didn't. It was unusually for him to be like that, but he assumed that the friend knew his place in the situation. He was suppose to "work" here.

"Hey cutie pie!" Someone's voice rang in Kenshin's ear. Oh brother, Kenshin didn't want to deal with this here! It just a waste of his time. His one and only goal is to get Saya now, but with this loser, he would be an obstacle to everything. The male came even closer to him, and Kenshin wanted to punch that guy. His breath smelled like garlic, and he was ugly looking.

"Sir, don't lean on the cart. You will only break it with your weight alone…" Kenshin snarled at him, imitating a lady's voice. The guy before him grinned to the point where Kenshin feel like puking.

"I see this lady is feisty, which is even better…" The guy licked his lips, and Kenshin finally snapped. He grabbed a can of soda and threw it at the man. The guy didn't see it coming and was knocked off balance, landing on the ground. Several people gasped in shock and crowded around the poor injured man. Kenshin cracked his knuckles and sent death glares towards the man.

"Serves you right," He snarled. A lady went over to Kenshin and slapped him out of the blue. The red started spreading across his cheek, and Kenshin's eyes darted over to the lady.

"You, young lady, need to learn how to control and learn your actions. You knocked down one of the greatest actors that stepped on foot. Do not expect you can do anything you want. This is showbiz industry, and you don't belong in it." The lady snapped at him, and Kenshin just wanted to throw another soda-at her though.

"Look I got no time to waste, fat-" The words came out as a muffled when Sanosuke cupped his mouth.

"Gomen Nasa!" His friend pleaded and bowed down. "He-I mean-She's just in a very bad mood today. Her parents-ergh-kicked her out of the house because of something…Yes…because of…something…"

The lady just glared at the two "girls" before she went over to the actor and helped him up. The actor took a look at Kenshin and smiled wickedly.

"You bastard!" Kenshin yelled, not remembering to imitate a girl's voice. He threw his fist out towards the man and went to reach for a soda can. However, Sano and Misao pulled him back with a tug.

"K-Kenshin!" Misao said with a struggled. He didn't listen, only wanting to kill that man. Several people went up to three kids and started arguing with them. The producers weren't there at the moment, causing the room to be even more of a ruckus.

"You bitch! You can't do that Usui!" One man yelled as he tugged on Kenshin's hair. The redhead winced but finally grabbed a soda can. He tried to throw at the man who was tugging his red, flaming hair, but it hit another man.

"Errgh!" The man, who got hit, groaned and grabbed for Kenshin's neck. Then, a lady kicked Misao by accident, but Misao wasn't going to let the lady loose. She grabbed the lady's hair and tugged on it as hard as she could. The actress screamed in pain and grabbed for Misao's braid, doing the same thing.

A man threw a sandwich at Sano's head and regretted doing that, only wanting to hit Kenshin's face. The rooster let go of Kenshin and chased after the man. He threw a chair at the actor, but the chair missed hitting the wall. The wall had a little crack from the impact, but Sanosuke couldn't care less. He even noticed the actor, Seta Sojiro, joining the fight. It was oddly strange. The actor was known for being a kind, gentle, and calm person. A person who also didn't get involved with these type of nuisance situation.

"That is enough!" Someone screamed out loud in a commanding voice, piercing through their eardrums. Immediately, everyone cupped their ears tightly, wanting the sound fade away. The actors, actresses, and the others looked over to who was commanding them. They only found Saya sitting on a chair, drinking fruit punch. It couldn't be Saya, or so they thought.

The young singer stood up from the chair, slide the chair in front of her, and stomped a foot down on the chair. This caught the people's attention, and the crowd finally grew silent. Everyone was frozen from their position, and Kaoru couldn't help but stared in disgust at the damage they did. There was a large crack on the wall, a chair lying right beside it. There was a ketchup stain on the wall as well, along with mustard, and maybe dirt too. Misao was tugging on someone's hair, while the lady had her braid. Sanosuke's dress was ripped into two down at the bottom, but he didn't care. Kenshin had a crowd of people surrounding him, all wanting to kill him for his actions.

With a jaded sigh, Kaoru pushed the chair out of her way and walked silently over the people. "Three words to describe everyone in this room: You-are-crazy!" She yelled at them, trying to get everyone to look at her. "You don't even know why Usui got punch, do you? If you think he's innocent, then think again. FYI, which means for your information, I'm out of here!" Kaoru yelled as she grabbed Sanosuke's arm. Sanosuke was about to say something, but her glare told him to shut up. Kaoru then pushed the lady away and saw the lady was about to slap her. However, Kaoru just elbowed her in the guts and took Misao. Last, but not least, she pulled Kenshin away from the crowd and sent glare towards the celebrities.

"Thank you, my seniors!" She said with a bow before she slammed the door shut behind her. As Kaoru pulled them away, she could feel Misao tugging on her sleeve and took a look at her sister. She didn't intended to be a glare, but she was just so frustrated back over there. Sojiro was about to tell her important before the redhead couldn't control his temper and threw a freakin soda at Usui!

"I want you guys out of this building now!" She demanded agitated. "Battousai, Sanosuke, I want you guys to not ask me about what's going, for I do not want you to tell me. I do not want to repeat this a hundred times to you, understand? Now leave!" With that said, she tried pushing them into the elevator door, but the three didn't budge.

"I can't leave now…" Kenshin spoke up, the iris in his eyes tinted with gold.

"I'll make you leave," Kaoru said with a growl behind her throat. "I will not confess, simple as that."

"I'll make you confess, whether you like it or not," Kenshin snapped coldly. It sent a shiver down towards her spine, and Kaoru tried to shake the feeling off.

"Or what else? Threaten me like more than a hundred times?" Kaoru snapped back at him with her arms crossed over her chest. "Don't make me laugh. So why don't you guys go into the elevator and leave!"

The redhead bit his lips and took a step forward to the singer. Kaoru immediately noticed he was walking towards her and took a step back, not wanting to be near him. "W-What are you doing!" Kaoru tried to yell at him. However, it turned out waver, and Kaoru cursed herself.

"I want the damn information now. I don't even see why you don't want to give in the answers! It would be less pain in the butt for you and me!" Kenshin pointed out. But that statement, however, applied only to Kenshin. It would be a pain in a butt for her. She wasn't going to allow this guy to know she was the key to getting the Soul of Blades.

"It would for me! Now can't you guys go-"

"I'll take it from here," Sojiro's voice interjects. She immediately turned around to look at him and saw bodyguards with him. "Boys, lead them to the front lobby." He commanded powerfully and took Kaoru's hand in a sweep. The actor before her seemed to be glaring at someone, and she couldn't help but resist seeing where he was looking at. Battousai…

As Sojiro dragged her back in the room, she felt pair of amber eyes staring at her, threaten to kill her. She tried to get rid of the odd feeling that was burning her everyway, but it would take at least an hour to get it off. Or maybe when Kenshin wasn't in sight. The young singer quickly laid her hand softly on the cheek, capturing the warm heat that was slowly giving off. It was warm, caring, loving, and sensual. She couldn't resist but closed her eyes in daze of the feeling. The word sensual ran through her hand more than once. Her eyes immediately snapped open, and Kaoru shook her head furiously. What was she thinking?


When they both finally step foot in the room, it was already back into party mode. The stomach was turning and twisting that she offered herself a chair to rest on. "You okay, Saya?" Sojiro asked soothingly, almost to point where it sounded like a lullaby. She shook her head and closed her eyes.

"It's only the afternoon, yet I'm already-"

Sojiro smiled upon her angelic face and softly brushed the hair out of her face. Making sure nobody looked at the couple, he landed a kiss on her forehead.


"Damn that bitch! So stubborn and so irritating! I just want to stab her with my freakin' damn sword!" Kenshin muttered on his breath and punched the elevator buttons furiously. Misao gasped, while Sanosuke jumped up.

"Kenshin!" Sanosuke asked, startled by his action. "You are bleeding!"

His best friend rolled his eyes and snickered. "I didn't know until now!" He said sarcastically and took a look at his knuckles. Only red was to be seen, and Kenshin wiped his knuckles onto the skirt of the dress.

"Kenshin, you don't understand the situation if she tells you!" Misao almost yelled at him. She was about to give him a piece of her mind but stop when Kenshin glared at her. Eyes that were golden slit. "Kenshin…?" Her voice trailed off and knew who was in front of her.

"Just be quiet. I need to calm my head now…" Kenshin started rubbing his temples back and forth, not knowing how to spit the information out of her. All he knew was that it was take a lot more work than just threaten the girl, and it wasn't going to be easy as well.


[Side Note: It's around evening-night] As Kaoru got home, her thoughts were far away. She was wondering about the monster that haunts her dreams. No matter how much she wanted to run away from it, it would always followed her. They wanted the Soul of Blades. Once they have their hands on it, it will be doom for anyone.

She stepped into the mansion front porch and grabbed her keys. Once she inserted it into the slot, she gave it a twist and walked into the house. The smell of lavender hovered around the air.

"Mother? Shishio? Yahiko? Misao?" Kaoru called the name of her relatives and pulled the fake glasses that she used for school. "Hello? Anyone home?" No one replied, causing Kaoru to feel goose bumps on arms and back. She gulped and felt her legs shivering. It was really dark in the house, so Kaoru flipped a couple switches on.

When she went into the kitchen, she saw a note and picked it up.

"Dear Kaoru, my beautiful daughter-"

Kaoru frowned slightly in confusion. Was he mother trying to write her a note or a love letter? She shook her head and continued on reading.

"I don't know what to say from here, but I didn't want to leave you. Not at all! Please don't mistake me for abandoning you."

Oh gosh. Kaoru couldn't help but groaned out. She was exaggerating over with this note. It wasn't the first time she did though. Her mother wrote worse letters, all too dramatic than it was suppose to be. One time her mother left a note for going to the grocery, and it turned out to be a too dramatic note that could have been easily mistaken for a drama movie.

"I took Shishio, Yahiko, and Misao with me to downtown since I left something there. Don't worry Kaoru, I will never abandon you. Your mother will always love you.

-Love, your mother, Miyuki."

Kaoru furiously crumpled the piece of paper and tossed it in the trash. "Mother, why are you always dramatic?" She mumbled under her breath and slumped down on the couch. Even the lights were turned on around the house, it was surprisingly too dim.

There was a click noise from upstairs, and Kaoru froze. A sound popped from the kitchen, and she heard the stairs creak, as if someone was coming down. She grabbed a pillow from a sofa and clutched it against her. This isn't happening! This isn't happening! Suddenly a light bulb burst from upstairs, and Kaoru immediately jumped from her seat. She went to grab her glasses and pulled them on. There was somebody in the house; she knew it, but there was no chi presence.

Kaoru immediately raised her hand in the air and started gathering both positive and negative charges. A vein of lightning spark against her hand and cackled as more charges started collecting.

When she was done finally charging lightning, she slowly tip-toed out of the living room. If this monster was coming after her for the Soul of Blades, she might as well move out of town.

She heard something creak behind her and turned around. There was nothing, and Kaoru gulped slowly. She felt her legs started to shake and her heads sweating. A light bulb burst, and Kaoru jumped again. The lights all around the house black out, and Kaoru couldn't see anything. It was an endless trail of darkness.

"Boo!" Kaoru's eyes widen and felt a chi suddenly bursting towards her. "I got you, Koishii" She finally saw the monster's face under the lightning's spark. The girl gasped in shock, and without thinking, she released the lightning.


[A/N]:

I'm guessing you guys didn't expect that to be Sanosuke's plan. Kenshin's mind of the plan wandered somewhere off. Who would have thought Kenshin would be in a dress and working that thing out? o.O

The end part with Kaoru alone in the house really gave me a chill when I read it over night, but I hope you guys like the story. Review it please as well! Thank you for the people who took the time to review as well. It brings a smile to my face (even if it was two comments).