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Chapter 4 – Power Control

Kaoru laid on the soft apartment bed thinking about the events through the past couple days. She had taken the news of her and her father being a vampire quite well because she had thought of even worse possibilities then him just being a night walker.

True she never knew he was until the fateful night but she had been having strange dreams and wasn't scared of vampires or other creatures. She knew they existed she had glimpsed many things in her childhood but her favorite was her father showing her two creatures of excruciating beauty. A mermaid and a unicorn.

A ten year old Kaoru giggled as her father through her easily in the air.

"Daddy when are we going to where ever were going!?" She questioned him still laughing with joy, her father smiled and put a finger to her lips.

"Your mother must not know of what I am going to show you, from now on you are to never tell a soul of what you see. Promise?" He asked she nodded quickly in response.

"My lips are sealed, I promise!" Her eyes glittered with innocents as she began to run after her father as he started down a trail.

"So what are we going to see?" She pried a little more but her father didn't give in.

"You'll see my sweet princess." He just smiled as she pouted and walked along side him.

"Here we are." He said softly as he crouched down low in the bushes. "Don't make a sound and you'll see something magnificent." She nodded and they sat there for at least an hour. Finally there movement in the trees across from them and a silver stallion stepped out to the shimmering lake in front of it.

"Daddy its gorgeous!" Kaoru exclaimed slightly still whispering for fear it would run away. "What type of horse is it?" She asked as her dad put his finger to his lips to quiet her a little.

"Take a good look at him." He said and she looked even harder.

"He's a unicorn!?" She gasped and he nodded.

"But I thought they didn't exist? That's what mommy said!"

He nodded and she just continued to stare at the magnificent creature.

"You're right most people don't believe they exist but they do now keep watching."

She nodded and kept her eyes glued to the lake and unicorn. Kaoru heard a splash to her right and turned her eyes from the unicorn for the first time.

What she saw caused her to gasp once more as a young woman swam towards the stallion.

She had long silver hair like the unicorns pelt with a reef of roses decorating her head. As she reached the silver stallion Kaoru saw a long graceful magenta colored tail behind her.

"Daddy she's a mer…" She trailed off as the mermaid made its way to sit on a rock and talk to the unicorn.

Kaoru watched the two correspond until her father tapped her and told her it was time to go and that she must keep her promise and never tell anyone and even if she did they were unlikely to believe her anyway. She promised once again and finally gave in to her father to leave.

Even though she never told anyone what she saw she always believed it was true when in class they said how they were only fairy tales she believed other wise.

A knock on the door startled her as Kenshin walked in with a tray of food.

"Didn't know if you were hungry or not so I made you this." He said handing over the tray of orange juice and French toast.

"Thank you, Kenshin what time do we start training?" She asked quietly as she swallowed her food and took another bite.

"In about thirty minutes, the training will end at three. Training starts at ten." He said standing and leaving her to finish her breakfast in peace.

Why did she feel nervous to talk to him? Something about him seems familiar, she realized this when they met at the park for the second time but she could never understand why he seemed so.

Sighing she finished off her food and took the plate to the sink. Turning around she saw no sign of anyone except Aoshi who was still stuffing his face expressionless. Smiling he pointed outside so she went to her room changed into her gorgeous new fighting suit and joined the others outside everyone seemed to be there including the children.

She reached the others and Kenshin tossed her a sword, she stumbled slightly under the weight but soon gripped it firmly as Kenshin seized his own sword and took his stance in front of her.

"Ok now grip it with both hands for the moment until you get use to the weight and are able to distribute it to only one hand. We will practice with two hands for the moment the switch understood?"

Kaoru nodded and took her own stance as Kenshin attacked swiftly yet slowly. She blocked his first blow but was pushed back by the weight. Swinging at Kenshin she almost hit him but his speed moved his safely out of the way.

"Not bad but don't just swing aimlessly actually try to hit me it works a lot better." He said as he attacked from her left she slide out of the way and swung the sword dangerously at Kenshin. She hit him! Kaoru had sliced the sleeve of Kenshin's outfit and blood slowly began to seep through and onto the red cloth.

"Good now one hand!" He called as he attacked her again this time from the right. She wasn't quick enough and he caught her arm. Flinching slightly in pain her eyes flashed her deadly blue and she attacked swiftly as if she knew exactly what to do.

Kenshin and Kaoru fought for about ten minutes before Kenshin through his sword aside and knocked her over onto the ground. Pinning her underneath him as she scratched and clawed to break free and pin him.

"Kaoru snap out of it!" Kenshin said and just as quickly as they changed they reverted back to their normal color. Shaking her head Kaoru looked at Kenshin then at her position. Her face gone from light golden to the color of an apple instantly, then SLAP!

Kaoru slapped him and started ranting about how to treat a woman.

"Damn you weren't yourself I had no choice you wouldn't calm down!"

Growling she stormed away from them but Aoshi caught her hand. "You can't leave yet were not done, you have to learn archery now."

Groaning she walked over to the bows and arrows and grabbed a few and turned to the targets. She raised and knocked an arrow and let it fly when it hit everyone stared. It hit exactly in the middle of the red target. After she released the others she turned away from the rest and walked inside still fuming about Kenshin.

It wasn't that he actually made her mad but the fact that he had embarrassed the hell out of her! Her heart was still hammering inside her chest at the thought! Sighing Kaoru decided to leave and take a walk.

Kenshin stopped her on the way out and apologized but said he couldn't think of any other way to calm her down. She finally gave in after his please became annoying and he accompanied her on her walk.

"Is there a park nearby?" She asked staring ahead of her at the trees and buildings covering the earth.

"Yes it's about a mile from here but it's about to rain we shouldn't be out here." He answered and she frowned.

"So, rains rain it never hurt no body lightning hurts people."

Kenshin smirked and nodded as he led the way to the park. When they reached it Kaoru ran to the nearest swing and began to swing back and forth as a light drizzle started overhead.

Cursing slightly as the drizzle turned to a full down pour. Kenshin smiled and gave her the I-told-you-so look as they started back for the apartment only ten minutes after getting there.

Kaoru noticed a small puddle and began to jump in it like a six year old, causing her new dress to become covered at the bottom with mud.

"What are you doing?" Kenshin questioned puzzled at her behavior.

She giggled and pulled him back towards the apartment right before letting out a nice little sneeze.

"Damn I caught a cold!" She muttered then Kenshin sneezed as well.

Damn we both caught a cold, Aoshi's going to kill us!"

He said as they walked in the house and went to change immediately.

Kenshin threw his clothes to the floor and a letter with a gold seal glittered on the bed. Cursing her ripped the letter open and read it. It was from Hitokiri his brother.

Dear Kenshin,

It's been a long time baby brother and your fiancé awaits your return, you have a job here to not just to avenge our dear fathers death. Mothers getting worried (yes after your confession of us she came to live with me) she says that you have been away long enough and that you must come and visit. You are to return before the end of the week.

Love,

Hitokiri

"Damn it I was hoping to avoid this!" Kenshin said throwing the letter aside and continued to dress.

Well now I hope your at least satisfied a little, it's not as long as 3 but it was stll pretty long.

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