Sorry for the long wait! Here is the fourth chapter, I hope you enjoy it! I updated the first 3 chapters by a lot, so you could go back and read it all over again. I just felt that the quality of the first three chapters weren't good, so I decided to update them by a lot. This is the first fight scene, so the quality won't be so good. I'm really sorry!

Disclaimer: I do not own Hakuouki and its characters, only my OC.

Kanari's POV

"Oi Tsukikage, don't stray off too far."

Kazama's questioning was annoying enough, and now he was ordering me around to stay in front, in his sight.

"Stop giving me orders! And stop calling me Tsukikage! I have a name. Kazanari. In short, Kanari."

"Hmph. Fine. You know your body size is too small. In a way."

"What? That's why I didn't like you from the beginning, that teasing is getting on my nerves." I wanted to punch his face.

While I was running towards him to land a blow, Kazama countered by flipping me over.

"Ow! You didn't need to be that hard!" I shouted.

"I didn't use much strength. You were just too light," he said with a smirk on his face.

Suddenly, we heard some sounds of shuffling through the bushes. Suddenly, we were surrounded by a group of ronin. Studying their appearance, I knew they were the ones who attacked me last night.

"We won't be letting you go today!" one of them shouted at me.

"I'm sorry, but all of you are going to have to die, taking on an opponent like me!" I shouted confidently.

However, the situation was more serious than previously. They had around 20 men surrounding me, ready to attack. Suddenly, one of them lunged at me.

I immediately reacted to that, returning the blow using my katana, causing a loud clang to sound. This was continued with continuous clashing of swords, with me stabbing them one by one. If they really wanted to kill me, I had to dispose of them.

All of a sudden, one man came from behind me. I immediately drew out my short sword, and stabbed him. However, there was one more from beside me and I was slow to react.

Right in front of me, Kazama knocked him down using his hands, took the man's sword and stabbed him. He continued with some more attacks with the sword he got and finished up the rest quickly.

"Too weak. Your reaction's too slow," Kazama said while smirking.

"You didn't bother using your sword."

"They were small fry."

"Your skill improved, Kazanari," Amagiri said.

"Well, I did go through some training from my mother though…didn't know it worked that well."

"We should leave soon. We don't want anyone to find out about us."

We had a long walk. It was a while before we could reach the nearest town, and it was dark. We managed to find an abandoned hut to get rest. After we settled, Amagiri took off.

"Does he always do that every day?" I asked.

"Yes. It is to gather information or any news with the Satsuma. Don't know when he even actually sleeps."

I went to get firewood from the outside, since Kazama was too lazy to do it. However, it was pitch dark when I was done. I had my weapon with me, but I wasn't sure if anyone was out there to attack me.

Suddenly, I saw a shadow at the corner of my eye. I dashed towards it hurriedly. When I was about to attack it with my dagger, the shadows' hand caught it.

"Not fast enough. Again."

Kazama. I sighed and wriggled my hand out of his grip, keeping my dagger.

"Girls shouldn't be out in the dark so long."

"We needed firewood, you should be glad I bothered to get it. We wouldn't be warm without wood. Why did you come here for? I can handle going back alone."

"You should be glad that I bothered to come pick you up."

Argh. He was annoying as usual. "It's not like I needed you to help me!"

"Whatever. This shall save us some time." Kazama then grabbed me close, and we teleported back to the hut. I got dizzy right after it.

"Don't do that again, my head hurts now!" I squealed. He simply ignored me.

I looked at the hut. There was a fireplace, and a single, worn out futon. I didn't know where that came from. I started a fire, and started cleaning my sword. Soon, it was done, and I decided to rest up.

However, when I turned around to rest, the bastard Kazama was already in it.

"I'm sleeping on the floor," I declared.

"Get in." he muttered.

"You hentai! What do you plan on doing?! I'd rather sleep on the floor than sleep in the same futon as you!"

"Just get in." he complained, as he grabbed my arm harshly and pulled me into the futon.

"Oiiii! Stop it! Get off me!" I squealed as I struggled in his grip."

"I'm only doing this because Amagiri is going to kill me tomorrow if you fall sick because of the cold."

Kazama's arm suddenly slid behind me and pushed me closer to him. I flushed.

"You better not do anything or I'll really murder you tomorrow." Kazama chuckled upon hearing that.

"I'm only interested in one woman as my wife. Not you. You're too brutal to be my wife. Unless you want me to take you away?"

"Take me away?! No way! I wouldn't want to be with a hentai like you! And who's that woman you're interested in?" I squealed while still flushing.

"Shut up and stop moving and I'll tell you tomorrow."

"Hmph."

I saw Kazama chuckle a bit and let out a smirk.

"He's really annoying," I thought as I closed my eyes.

The next morning, I woke up to see Kazama cuddling me like an idiot.

'"Get off me you baka!"

Kazama had just woke up, and he said," You really make a very nice thing for cuddling."

"Wha…? You just harassed me you hentai!"

Without saying a thing, he got up and muttered," Amagiri isn't here yet. Something must be up."

I decided to get out of the hut for a while. Kazama's annoying talk was starting to get me extremely angry. Suddenly, Amagiri came into the hut and said," I have news to report. Apparently, the Satsuma wants us to stay in Kyoto."

Hope you enjoyed that! As usual, please do review!