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Well, Kirei Seductress and 'Other' are in a tie. Please vote later on. But for now just read this chapter...
Warning: There will be some foul language in this chapter!! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Recap of last chapter:
"Kirei Seductress! Come here! We need your help!! Kirei Seductress!!"
Kaoru whirled around to see a hitokiri running towards her. 'Who's Kirei Seductress?' she thought.
The hitokiri spotted her. "There you are Kirei Seductress! We need you to defeat Battousai!!"
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Chapter Sixteen:
50 Percent Brainwashed
"I'm bored..." Sano complained.
"Yeah! You're only bored when that fox lady isn't around!!" Ayame said sweetly.
Sano's face turned red. "Don't say that Ayame!!"
"Why?" she asked innocently.
Misao butted in. "No reason why Ayame!! Just play with your sister for now! Run along!!"
Suzume pouted. "I'm hungry!"
Misao's face brightened up. "I'll get something from the kitchen!! What do you want?" she asked.
"I want a sandwich." Suzume said. "With peanut butter and belly!"
"You mean jelly." Sano corrected as he sat down Indian style with his hand folded.
Suzume smiled. "Tank oo"
Misao turned to her Aoshi. "What would you like Aoshi-sama?"
"...."
"Aoshi?"
"Miso soup." He said quietly.
Misao nodded. She turned to Ayame. "You want the same thing as your sister right?"
Ayame nodded.
Misao then turned to Sano. But just as soon as Sano opened his mouth Misao walked to the door.
"HEY! AREN'T YOU GOING TO TAKE MY ORDER?" he screamed.
A slap greeted his face. He turned around to see Ayame and Suzume standing there with pouts on their faces and their hands on their hips. "Nobody screams at Misao." They snapped.
Sano stared dumbly at them. 'When did they get the courage to slap me?' he thought wildly. Then he turned back to the door. "I'll just have miso soup as well." He sighed. He was already prepared for a feast.
Ayame and Suzume giggled.
Misao just smiled. She walked outside and headed toward the kitchen.
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Kaoru just kept on staring at the hitokiri. "Who are you?" she finally asked.
"My name is Joshua. The Hitokiri Battousai has challenged you to a match!" Joshua said.
"I know that already. Please send word that I will be there soon. But right now I have to change into something more suitable." Kaoru said.
Joshua bowed and quickly went to tell the Battousai the word.
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Joshua finally reached the Battousai. "Well?" Battousai asked.
Joshua bent down with tiredness. It took him a minute to collect himself and stand fully before the Battousai. "She said that she would come. But she had to change into something more suitable." Joshua said.
Battousai sighed in unhappiness. 'Great. Just when I want to battle she has to change into something more suitable...Just my luck!' Battousai thought. "Okay. Fine! I'll wait." He said. His eye color switched back to violet and he smiled at everyone.
Everyone sighed and smiled at each other, thankful for the different change in the Battousai's eye color.
But what everyone overlooked was the most important. Kenshin's eye color still had that tint of amber in it. That meant that the Battousai was still there no matter what he looks like on the outside.
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Kaoru decided to wear the same clothes that she had worn when she had her first battle. She cut her hair to a shoulder length height. 'Well since Joshua gave me that nickname, Kirei Seductress, then I think I'll dress up as one. Maybe just to lure the Battousai in so that I could kill him when he least expects it!' Kaoru thought.
She decided to wear some make-up. She put some blush, red lipstick, powder, earrings, and some eyeliner. She looked at herself in the mirror. 'Still doesn't look right!' she thought. The clothes that she was wearing made a different contrast in her appearance. So she just wore her black kimono. She looked back at the mirror. 'Now that looks better!' She thought.
The black kimono, the silver obi, and the silver flowers matched well with her face contrast, a murderous look. The slit that went up her kimono showed beautiful legs (it sounds weird to me when I say that since I'm a girl! ^^; don't mind me!! Heh! Just passing the time here!). Kaoru, being satisfied at what she was seeing, took her katana and quietly closed the door to her room.
"I'm on my way Battousai!!" She said happily. As she walked down the many halls she met many other people. People like Megumi, Dr. Genzai, Mr. Shishio (who seemed to be in a hurry to the northern side of the warehouse), Yumi, Misao, and Soujiro. But the only people that really intrigued her were Mr. Shishio, Misao, and Soujiro.
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When she met Mr. Shishio the conversation went like this.
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Kaoru was just walking to the northern side of the warehouse when all of the sudden somebody bumps into her. "Hey!" she was about to yell at the person who bumped into her.
The person turned around and nearly glared at her. But when he saw her, his features became soft (I think I like Shishio better when he had all of his evil stuff going on! ¬_¬; just continue reading!!). "Oh I'm sorry Kaoru! Where are you going?" Shishio asked.
"I'm going to the northern gate really. I'm supposed to battle the Battousai there." Kaoru said.
That statement made Shishio became uneasy. "Really? Why are you battling the famous and legendary Battousai?"
"Because he killed my family and I want revenge... Plus he requested that I battle him." Kaoru muttered
"Oh really?"
Kaoru nodded.
Shishio started to pull something out of all the bandages that he had. It was a bottle that read, 'Non-toxic'. "It's non-toxic."
"As if I didn't know that Uncle Shishio! It says it right there!" Kaoru pointed to the word in black. She rolled her eyes.
"Oh yeah!" Shishio said as he scratched his head. "I guess I forgot! But you have to drink that before you battle the Battousai!"
"Why?"
"It's supposed to be a booster! It's supposed to boost your powers so that you won't forget any of your moves that you're supposed to use!" Shishio said. So far it sounded okay to Kaoru.(now all of ya'll know that he's lying right there on the spot! *audience says 'duh!* ¬_¬; okay...)
"Okay. I'll drink it right before." She promised.
A second later, Shishio disappeared.
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The meeting with Misao was different and was under different circumstances.
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Kaoru had just finished talking to Shishio. Kaoru looked at the bottle that she held. She put the bottle to her nose to see if it had any odor. 'Nope!' she thought. She was being careless and turned a sharp corner and smacked right into somebody else.
"YIKES!!!!" the young girl screamed.
Kaoru looked up from the bottle. She apologized to the girl. But when the girl looked at her, she nearly smiled. "Hi Misao!" Kaoru said.
Misao looked up. "Hi Kaoru! What are you doing here?" Misao asked.
"I'm a guard at the northern gate plus I have a battle with the Hitokiri Battousai!! Finally Misao!! My dream is coming true!! I'm going to finally meet the Battousai and kill him for what he has done to my family!!" Kaoru said. She quickly changed the subject not wanting to dwell on it too long. "So what are you doing here?" Kaoru asked. She saw a tray with three bowls miso soup, peanut and butter jelly sandwhiches, and water. "What's this for?"
Misao smiled brightly. "These are for Ayame, Suzume, Aoshi-sama, and Sano. They were hungry so I found my way to the kitchen!"
Kaoru nodded and was about to leave when Misao continued to talk.
"I also saw some guy with red hair and amber eyes glaring at a lot of people. He seemed to be picking on one particular person. I think every one called the man the Battousai?" Misao said.
Kaoru froze in her spot. "What did you just say?"
"I said that they called him-"
"No! What did you say he looked like?" Kaoru interrupted.
"It was some guy with red hair and amber eyes." Misao repeated. "Why is he that important to you?"
Kaoru nodded again. "No reason." Kaoru said. Then she left Misao to her own business.
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After that she met up with Soujiro
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After Kaoru had spoken with Misao she continued her way to the northern gate. 'The Battousai can't be Kenshin! The way that Misao had described the Battousai sounds exactly like Kenshin! Except for the amber eyes. Kenshin doesn't have amber eyes!! Good.' She thought. 'I don't have to fight one of my friends. But doesn't Kenshin's eyes change color when he fights? '
Kaoru kept on walking when she felt a shadow following her. She turned around with her hand on the hilt of her sword. "Who's there?" she asked.
Soujiro stepped from behind a pillar and smiled (some of you have been complaining that Soujiro never smiles anymore! Sorry!!) at Kaoru. "Sorry Kaoru! Just following you to see if you'll be alright." Soujiro assured with a boyish smile.
Kaoru lifted up a perfect eyebrow. She clearly wasn't convinced.
Soujiro looked closely at her. "You put on make up!" He looked up and down her body. He noted the kimono that she was wearing. "Nice kimono." He said. "You cut your hair!!"
Kaoru smiled. 'Finally! Somebody notices!!' she thought. "Yes I cut my hair. It's so that nobody would recognize me." She said.
Soujiro smiled back. He loved the way she looked. He loved the way that her eyes would shine when something exciting happened, he loved the way that she smiled, and he loved those beautiful, tantalizing eyes. (no this is not a Soujiro/ Kaoru fic. This is just Soujiro's desire for Kaoru. ¬_¬ don't worry! He's going to like somebody else!!) "So where are you going?"
"To the northern gate. I'm supposed to battle the Battousai." Kaoru said. She noticed the way that Soujiro kept on staring at her. Kaoru walked around him and swayed her hips from side to side. She noticed the sweat that came down his face. She noticed his nervous smile as he kept on staring at her body. His hand started to twitch. "So Soujiro," she said as if she had all of the time in the world. "How is your day?"
"J-just fine." Soujiro smiled. "A-and you?"
"Just fine." She said. She stood behind him and put her arms around his shoulders and breathed heavily into his neck. She whispered into his ear, "I know you like me. But you can't have me yet!" She let go of him and ran off to the northern side of the gate.
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Kaoru smiled and walked off leaving a confused Soujiro behind. 'Good. At least I know that my charm is working.' She thought. Kaoru silently ran to the northern gate and spotted somebody sitting there with many people surrounding him. 'That must be the Battousai!' Kaoru thought. But when she looked closer, she saw that he had flaming red hair with violet eyes mixed with amber. "No..." she whispered. "It can't be."
Sitting there was Kenshin with is katana at his side. He looked up and saw Kaoru and smiled. "Hi Kaoru!" he said cheerfully.
"Hi Kenshin. Why are you still waiting here?" She asked.
"I'm supposed to fight somebody that goes by the name Kirei Seductress." He said. The whole crowd gasped. She finally made it. They cheered in happiness and ran away just in case someone might hit them.
Joshua ran up to Kenshin. "That's Kirei Seductress!! She's the girl!!" he said then ran away like the rest.
Kenshin frowned. "No! She's my friend. She can't be the one I'm supposed to fight."
"Yes she is." A different voice said.
Kenshin turned around and spotted Shishio with his arms crossed. "Mr. Shishio!!"
"Yes Kenshin, it's me. Don't worry about me right now though. You have to fight Kaoru and when you do she'll join our side." Shishio said.
"What do you mean 'she'll join our side'?" Kaoru asked.
"It doesn't concern you right now for the fight is about to begin." Kenshin defended. He lunged forward with his hand still on the hilt of his sword until he reached Kaoru. He whipped out his sword from its sheath and brought it down heavily but Kaoru blocked it with her sheath and took out the sword inside the sheath and swung hard to hit Kenshin. But Kenshin blocked it. So he jumped up and landed on the other side of the ground with his battle stance ready. "Are you ready to die?" he asked. His eyes were now a glowing amber color. He lunged forward again and this time started to slash at Kaoru diagonally. Kaoru blocked each attack that Kenshin threw at her and vice versa. It was an evenly matched battle. It was a war between both of them to see who would win. Finally somebody could match the Battousai's power.
"Kaoru!! You forgot to drink the stuff!!" Shishio shouted from the sidelines.
Kaoru nodded and took out the little bottle and pulled the cork from the top. She poured the liquid into her mouth. But halfway through the bottle Battousai interrupted and took the bottle from her hand and drank the remaining left. "NO! You weren't supposed to drink that!!" she shouted.
"I can drink it if I want to." Battousai retorted. Suddenly they both stopped talking and fell on the grass with their swords still in their hands.
Shishio had his head in his hands. "No! This wasn't supposed to happen!! She was to be taught by the best we have!!"
Suddenly Yumi, Megumi, Dr. Genzai, Aoshi, Misao, Ayame, Sano, Suzume, Tomoe, and Soujiro appeared behind Shishio. "What happened?" they all asked at once.
Misao stepped up and explained that they had heard cheers and clangs of metal. "So what happened?" she repeated.
Shishio looked up. "Kenshin, the Battousai, had a fight with Kaoru, the Kirei Seductress." He said. Then he explained what they had done.
Tomoe wept a terrible sob. "NO! My husband is brainwashed!!!" she cried.
Soujiro came behind her and started to rub her back. "It's okay Tomoe. Let's just hope he'll remember."
Tomoe turned halfway and nearly smiled but it was quickly replaced by a frown. She turned to Kaoru's unconscious body. "This bitch made my husband lose his memory!! I don't fuckin' care if she loses her memory!! I just want my husband back!!!" Tomoe cried. She took out a dagger and brought it up high above her head. "And for that I'm going to kill each and every one of her friends." Tomoe said. She turned to Misao and brought the dagger down. It hit Misao's shoulder.
"Aaaahhh!!!" Misao screamed out in pain. She slapped Tomoe across the face but Tomoe wasn't there to receive it. Instead she was heading toward Sano and Aoshi.
"Both of you will die too!" She brought the dagger down on Sano's shoulders. So now both of his shoulders were bleeding. She turned to Aoshi. She could see that he was somebody that could fight well. But Aoshi forgot his sword inside his dorm. Tomoe stabbed him too, even though he put of a great fight with his speed. Tomoe now turned to Ayame and Suzume. "Awww!! It's a wittle girl and her wittle sister!!(to think she'll be like that if she had kids!! Eww...) It doesn't matter! They're still those bitch's friends!!" This time Tomoe took out another dagger hidden in the sleeve of her kimono.
Tomoe brought both daggers down to Ayame and Suzume's frightened faces.
Down...
Down...
Down...
Down it went...suddenly there was a sound of metal hitting metal. There was a sword. Tomoe looked at the person who drew their sword against her daggers. It was Kaoru!! Kaoru?
Tomoe frowned and dropped the daggers to the floor. "You bitch! What did you do to my husband?" she asked angrily. She was unhappy to see that her husband was still on the floor.
Kaoru didn't say anything. She didn't even say one peep when Tomoe slapped her across the face.
Tomoe huffed and turned around to get her daggers again. By then Kaoru had her sword down. Tomoe picked up the daggers and brought the daggers down again to hit Ayame and Suzume. Then there was another sound of metal hitting metal. Tomoe sneered at Kaoru.
"Do not ever hurt the children. You are endangering your life even more than it was before. In other words, you hurt the children, you die." Kaoru said. Her voice was low and dangerous but still sounding sweet and full of life.
"Nonsense! I can hurt the children as much as I like!!" Tomoe dropped her daggers again and slapped Suzume on the face. Suzume started crying.
"Kaoru! Please help!! She's going to hit Ayame too!!" Suzume cried with a desperate voice. "Finish her off!!"
Kaoru only threw a glance at Suzume and Ayame. She nodded and easily cut off Tomoe's beautiful head. There was a gurgling sound of pain as she did this. "You have disobeyed my orders. You will lose something very precious to you. And that is your life." Kaoru said. She turned around and picked up Ayame and Suzume. "Are you okay?" she asked sweetly. Ayame and Suzume nodded.
Soujiro and the rest of them raised their eyebrows. Shishio stepped forward. "I don't understand! It was supposed to make you brainwashed!"
It was Kaoru's turn to raise her eyebrow. "What do you mean? That stuff that I drank was supposed to make me not remember things?" Kaoru asked. She put Ayame and Suzume on the floor.
Shishio nodded. "Yes! You are supposed to be brainwashed! I don't know why it didn't take full affect!"
"Maybe it has to do with the fact that I drank half of that nasty crap!" Battousai said as he stood up from where he lay. "So it probably will only work 50 percent on both of us. You ever thought of that Shishio?"
Shishio made a face. "I just simply forgot that's all. Don't make such a deal out of it." Shishio retorted.
Kaoru walked up to Kenshin. "I killed your wife." She said flatly. No emotion showing on her face.
Kenshin's eyes widened. "What? You did what?!" he screamed. Tears filled his eyes.
Kaoru looked in those eyes again and smiled. She hugged Kenshin. "You're back!" she whispered happily. She knew, now, when the Battousai was there. His eye color was pure violet. But there was something bothering him because his eyes were furrowed. "What's wrong?" she asked. Suddenly she was pushed back harshly.
"You KILLED my own wife!! How dare you!! You should at least be disgraced by this... this... infamy!!" Kenshin yelled.
Kaoru's eyes began to grow darker. "How dare you call this infamy!! Do you know what she was going to do? She has already hit one little girl and was planning to hit the other one! Do you want your children to be beat up like that if they ever made you faint or something? Your wife was overprotective!! From the first day she saw me, she glared and hated me with all of her might. She secretly despised me. The first day that I met her when I said hi, she gave me the icy shoulder. She did all of this behind your back or when you were somewhere else." Kaoru hissed. "She was going to hurt everyone until you were alive! Surely that's something to rejoice about but she was going too far for anyone's liking. Two innocent little girls Kenshin! Just two!"
Kenshin began to sweat heavily. 'Damn. This girl is getting to me. She doesn't seem to be brainwashed now!' Kenshin thought. "So?"
"So? SO?! If she had gotten her way, there would have been two less people in the world! Much less, the entire universe Kenshin! Who knows what their future could have been! They could have been some beautiful model, or some famous person that can change Japan forever! But it might not have happened just because somebody killed them in their early years. Do you know how much that hurts?" Kaoru asked. "Please Kenshin! Try to understand what I am trying to say!"
Shishio started to get a headache. He was pretty tired of all of the yelling so he went inside. Everyone else followed for bandaging. Everyone left except for Kaoru and Kenshin, who were still arguing. They continued their argument for about two minutes then went inside.
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That was an extremely long chapter for me!! *sighs in relief* please review on this!! I need to know what you guys are thinking after this long drought...
BlackFrost
Here are the votes!!
Kirei Black Butterfly: 1 vote
Kirei Black Flower: 2 votes
Kirei Seductress: 4 votes (including my vote)
Other: 4 votes
Well, Kirei Seductress and 'Other' are in a tie. Please vote later on. But for now just read this chapter...
Warning: There will be some foul language in this chapter!! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Recap of last chapter:
"Kirei Seductress! Come here! We need your help!! Kirei Seductress!!"
Kaoru whirled around to see a hitokiri running towards her. 'Who's Kirei Seductress?' she thought.
The hitokiri spotted her. "There you are Kirei Seductress! We need you to defeat Battousai!!"
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Chapter Sixteen:
50 Percent Brainwashed
"I'm bored..." Sano complained.
"Yeah! You're only bored when that fox lady isn't around!!" Ayame said sweetly.
Sano's face turned red. "Don't say that Ayame!!"
"Why?" she asked innocently.
Misao butted in. "No reason why Ayame!! Just play with your sister for now! Run along!!"
Suzume pouted. "I'm hungry!"
Misao's face brightened up. "I'll get something from the kitchen!! What do you want?" she asked.
"I want a sandwich." Suzume said. "With peanut butter and belly!"
"You mean jelly." Sano corrected as he sat down Indian style with his hand folded.
Suzume smiled. "Tank oo"
Misao turned to her Aoshi. "What would you like Aoshi-sama?"
"...."
"Aoshi?"
"Miso soup." He said quietly.
Misao nodded. She turned to Ayame. "You want the same thing as your sister right?"
Ayame nodded.
Misao then turned to Sano. But just as soon as Sano opened his mouth Misao walked to the door.
"HEY! AREN'T YOU GOING TO TAKE MY ORDER?" he screamed.
A slap greeted his face. He turned around to see Ayame and Suzume standing there with pouts on their faces and their hands on their hips. "Nobody screams at Misao." They snapped.
Sano stared dumbly at them. 'When did they get the courage to slap me?' he thought wildly. Then he turned back to the door. "I'll just have miso soup as well." He sighed. He was already prepared for a feast.
Ayame and Suzume giggled.
Misao just smiled. She walked outside and headed toward the kitchen.
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Kaoru just kept on staring at the hitokiri. "Who are you?" she finally asked.
"My name is Joshua. The Hitokiri Battousai has challenged you to a match!" Joshua said.
"I know that already. Please send word that I will be there soon. But right now I have to change into something more suitable." Kaoru said.
Joshua bowed and quickly went to tell the Battousai the word.
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Joshua finally reached the Battousai. "Well?" Battousai asked.
Joshua bent down with tiredness. It took him a minute to collect himself and stand fully before the Battousai. "She said that she would come. But she had to change into something more suitable." Joshua said.
Battousai sighed in unhappiness. 'Great. Just when I want to battle she has to change into something more suitable...Just my luck!' Battousai thought. "Okay. Fine! I'll wait." He said. His eye color switched back to violet and he smiled at everyone.
Everyone sighed and smiled at each other, thankful for the different change in the Battousai's eye color.
But what everyone overlooked was the most important. Kenshin's eye color still had that tint of amber in it. That meant that the Battousai was still there no matter what he looks like on the outside.
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Kaoru decided to wear the same clothes that she had worn when she had her first battle. She cut her hair to a shoulder length height. 'Well since Joshua gave me that nickname, Kirei Seductress, then I think I'll dress up as one. Maybe just to lure the Battousai in so that I could kill him when he least expects it!' Kaoru thought.
She decided to wear some make-up. She put some blush, red lipstick, powder, earrings, and some eyeliner. She looked at herself in the mirror. 'Still doesn't look right!' she thought. The clothes that she was wearing made a different contrast in her appearance. So she just wore her black kimono. She looked back at the mirror. 'Now that looks better!' She thought.
The black kimono, the silver obi, and the silver flowers matched well with her face contrast, a murderous look. The slit that went up her kimono showed beautiful legs (it sounds weird to me when I say that since I'm a girl! ^^; don't mind me!! Heh! Just passing the time here!). Kaoru, being satisfied at what she was seeing, took her katana and quietly closed the door to her room.
"I'm on my way Battousai!!" She said happily. As she walked down the many halls she met many other people. People like Megumi, Dr. Genzai, Mr. Shishio (who seemed to be in a hurry to the northern side of the warehouse), Yumi, Misao, and Soujiro. But the only people that really intrigued her were Mr. Shishio, Misao, and Soujiro.
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When she met Mr. Shishio the conversation went like this.
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Kaoru was just walking to the northern side of the warehouse when all of the sudden somebody bumps into her. "Hey!" she was about to yell at the person who bumped into her.
The person turned around and nearly glared at her. But when he saw her, his features became soft (I think I like Shishio better when he had all of his evil stuff going on! ¬_¬; just continue reading!!). "Oh I'm sorry Kaoru! Where are you going?" Shishio asked.
"I'm going to the northern gate really. I'm supposed to battle the Battousai there." Kaoru said.
That statement made Shishio became uneasy. "Really? Why are you battling the famous and legendary Battousai?"
"Because he killed my family and I want revenge... Plus he requested that I battle him." Kaoru muttered
"Oh really?"
Kaoru nodded.
Shishio started to pull something out of all the bandages that he had. It was a bottle that read, 'Non-toxic'. "It's non-toxic."
"As if I didn't know that Uncle Shishio! It says it right there!" Kaoru pointed to the word in black. She rolled her eyes.
"Oh yeah!" Shishio said as he scratched his head. "I guess I forgot! But you have to drink that before you battle the Battousai!"
"Why?"
"It's supposed to be a booster! It's supposed to boost your powers so that you won't forget any of your moves that you're supposed to use!" Shishio said. So far it sounded okay to Kaoru.(now all of ya'll know that he's lying right there on the spot! *audience says 'duh!* ¬_¬; okay...)
"Okay. I'll drink it right before." She promised.
A second later, Shishio disappeared.
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The meeting with Misao was different and was under different circumstances.
~*~
Kaoru had just finished talking to Shishio. Kaoru looked at the bottle that she held. She put the bottle to her nose to see if it had any odor. 'Nope!' she thought. She was being careless and turned a sharp corner and smacked right into somebody else.
"YIKES!!!!" the young girl screamed.
Kaoru looked up from the bottle. She apologized to the girl. But when the girl looked at her, she nearly smiled. "Hi Misao!" Kaoru said.
Misao looked up. "Hi Kaoru! What are you doing here?" Misao asked.
"I'm a guard at the northern gate plus I have a battle with the Hitokiri Battousai!! Finally Misao!! My dream is coming true!! I'm going to finally meet the Battousai and kill him for what he has done to my family!!" Kaoru said. She quickly changed the subject not wanting to dwell on it too long. "So what are you doing here?" Kaoru asked. She saw a tray with three bowls miso soup, peanut and butter jelly sandwhiches, and water. "What's this for?"
Misao smiled brightly. "These are for Ayame, Suzume, Aoshi-sama, and Sano. They were hungry so I found my way to the kitchen!"
Kaoru nodded and was about to leave when Misao continued to talk.
"I also saw some guy with red hair and amber eyes glaring at a lot of people. He seemed to be picking on one particular person. I think every one called the man the Battousai?" Misao said.
Kaoru froze in her spot. "What did you just say?"
"I said that they called him-"
"No! What did you say he looked like?" Kaoru interrupted.
"It was some guy with red hair and amber eyes." Misao repeated. "Why is he that important to you?"
Kaoru nodded again. "No reason." Kaoru said. Then she left Misao to her own business.
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After that she met up with Soujiro
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After Kaoru had spoken with Misao she continued her way to the northern gate. 'The Battousai can't be Kenshin! The way that Misao had described the Battousai sounds exactly like Kenshin! Except for the amber eyes. Kenshin doesn't have amber eyes!! Good.' She thought. 'I don't have to fight one of my friends. But doesn't Kenshin's eyes change color when he fights? '
Kaoru kept on walking when she felt a shadow following her. She turned around with her hand on the hilt of her sword. "Who's there?" she asked.
Soujiro stepped from behind a pillar and smiled (some of you have been complaining that Soujiro never smiles anymore! Sorry!!) at Kaoru. "Sorry Kaoru! Just following you to see if you'll be alright." Soujiro assured with a boyish smile.
Kaoru lifted up a perfect eyebrow. She clearly wasn't convinced.
Soujiro looked closely at her. "You put on make up!" He looked up and down her body. He noted the kimono that she was wearing. "Nice kimono." He said. "You cut your hair!!"
Kaoru smiled. 'Finally! Somebody notices!!' she thought. "Yes I cut my hair. It's so that nobody would recognize me." She said.
Soujiro smiled back. He loved the way she looked. He loved the way that her eyes would shine when something exciting happened, he loved the way that she smiled, and he loved those beautiful, tantalizing eyes. (no this is not a Soujiro/ Kaoru fic. This is just Soujiro's desire for Kaoru. ¬_¬ don't worry! He's going to like somebody else!!) "So where are you going?"
"To the northern gate. I'm supposed to battle the Battousai." Kaoru said. She noticed the way that Soujiro kept on staring at her. Kaoru walked around him and swayed her hips from side to side. She noticed the sweat that came down his face. She noticed his nervous smile as he kept on staring at her body. His hand started to twitch. "So Soujiro," she said as if she had all of the time in the world. "How is your day?"
"J-just fine." Soujiro smiled. "A-and you?"
"Just fine." She said. She stood behind him and put her arms around his shoulders and breathed heavily into his neck. She whispered into his ear, "I know you like me. But you can't have me yet!" She let go of him and ran off to the northern side of the gate.
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Kaoru smiled and walked off leaving a confused Soujiro behind. 'Good. At least I know that my charm is working.' She thought. Kaoru silently ran to the northern gate and spotted somebody sitting there with many people surrounding him. 'That must be the Battousai!' Kaoru thought. But when she looked closer, she saw that he had flaming red hair with violet eyes mixed with amber. "No..." she whispered. "It can't be."
Sitting there was Kenshin with is katana at his side. He looked up and saw Kaoru and smiled. "Hi Kaoru!" he said cheerfully.
"Hi Kenshin. Why are you still waiting here?" She asked.
"I'm supposed to fight somebody that goes by the name Kirei Seductress." He said. The whole crowd gasped. She finally made it. They cheered in happiness and ran away just in case someone might hit them.
Joshua ran up to Kenshin. "That's Kirei Seductress!! She's the girl!!" he said then ran away like the rest.
Kenshin frowned. "No! She's my friend. She can't be the one I'm supposed to fight."
"Yes she is." A different voice said.
Kenshin turned around and spotted Shishio with his arms crossed. "Mr. Shishio!!"
"Yes Kenshin, it's me. Don't worry about me right now though. You have to fight Kaoru and when you do she'll join our side." Shishio said.
"What do you mean 'she'll join our side'?" Kaoru asked.
"It doesn't concern you right now for the fight is about to begin." Kenshin defended. He lunged forward with his hand still on the hilt of his sword until he reached Kaoru. He whipped out his sword from its sheath and brought it down heavily but Kaoru blocked it with her sheath and took out the sword inside the sheath and swung hard to hit Kenshin. But Kenshin blocked it. So he jumped up and landed on the other side of the ground with his battle stance ready. "Are you ready to die?" he asked. His eyes were now a glowing amber color. He lunged forward again and this time started to slash at Kaoru diagonally. Kaoru blocked each attack that Kenshin threw at her and vice versa. It was an evenly matched battle. It was a war between both of them to see who would win. Finally somebody could match the Battousai's power.
"Kaoru!! You forgot to drink the stuff!!" Shishio shouted from the sidelines.
Kaoru nodded and took out the little bottle and pulled the cork from the top. She poured the liquid into her mouth. But halfway through the bottle Battousai interrupted and took the bottle from her hand and drank the remaining left. "NO! You weren't supposed to drink that!!" she shouted.
"I can drink it if I want to." Battousai retorted. Suddenly they both stopped talking and fell on the grass with their swords still in their hands.
Shishio had his head in his hands. "No! This wasn't supposed to happen!! She was to be taught by the best we have!!"
Suddenly Yumi, Megumi, Dr. Genzai, Aoshi, Misao, Ayame, Sano, Suzume, Tomoe, and Soujiro appeared behind Shishio. "What happened?" they all asked at once.
Misao stepped up and explained that they had heard cheers and clangs of metal. "So what happened?" she repeated.
Shishio looked up. "Kenshin, the Battousai, had a fight with Kaoru, the Kirei Seductress." He said. Then he explained what they had done.
Tomoe wept a terrible sob. "NO! My husband is brainwashed!!!" she cried.
Soujiro came behind her and started to rub her back. "It's okay Tomoe. Let's just hope he'll remember."
Tomoe turned halfway and nearly smiled but it was quickly replaced by a frown. She turned to Kaoru's unconscious body. "This bitch made my husband lose his memory!! I don't fuckin' care if she loses her memory!! I just want my husband back!!!" Tomoe cried. She took out a dagger and brought it up high above her head. "And for that I'm going to kill each and every one of her friends." Tomoe said. She turned to Misao and brought the dagger down. It hit Misao's shoulder.
"Aaaahhh!!!" Misao screamed out in pain. She slapped Tomoe across the face but Tomoe wasn't there to receive it. Instead she was heading toward Sano and Aoshi.
"Both of you will die too!" She brought the dagger down on Sano's shoulders. So now both of his shoulders were bleeding. She turned to Aoshi. She could see that he was somebody that could fight well. But Aoshi forgot his sword inside his dorm. Tomoe stabbed him too, even though he put of a great fight with his speed. Tomoe now turned to Ayame and Suzume. "Awww!! It's a wittle girl and her wittle sister!!(to think she'll be like that if she had kids!! Eww...) It doesn't matter! They're still those bitch's friends!!" This time Tomoe took out another dagger hidden in the sleeve of her kimono.
Tomoe brought both daggers down to Ayame and Suzume's frightened faces.
Down...
Down...
Down...
Down it went...suddenly there was a sound of metal hitting metal. There was a sword. Tomoe looked at the person who drew their sword against her daggers. It was Kaoru!! Kaoru?
Tomoe frowned and dropped the daggers to the floor. "You bitch! What did you do to my husband?" she asked angrily. She was unhappy to see that her husband was still on the floor.
Kaoru didn't say anything. She didn't even say one peep when Tomoe slapped her across the face.
Tomoe huffed and turned around to get her daggers again. By then Kaoru had her sword down. Tomoe picked up the daggers and brought the daggers down again to hit Ayame and Suzume. Then there was another sound of metal hitting metal. Tomoe sneered at Kaoru.
"Do not ever hurt the children. You are endangering your life even more than it was before. In other words, you hurt the children, you die." Kaoru said. Her voice was low and dangerous but still sounding sweet and full of life.
"Nonsense! I can hurt the children as much as I like!!" Tomoe dropped her daggers again and slapped Suzume on the face. Suzume started crying.
"Kaoru! Please help!! She's going to hit Ayame too!!" Suzume cried with a desperate voice. "Finish her off!!"
Kaoru only threw a glance at Suzume and Ayame. She nodded and easily cut off Tomoe's beautiful head. There was a gurgling sound of pain as she did this. "You have disobeyed my orders. You will lose something very precious to you. And that is your life." Kaoru said. She turned around and picked up Ayame and Suzume. "Are you okay?" she asked sweetly. Ayame and Suzume nodded.
Soujiro and the rest of them raised their eyebrows. Shishio stepped forward. "I don't understand! It was supposed to make you brainwashed!"
It was Kaoru's turn to raise her eyebrow. "What do you mean? That stuff that I drank was supposed to make me not remember things?" Kaoru asked. She put Ayame and Suzume on the floor.
Shishio nodded. "Yes! You are supposed to be brainwashed! I don't know why it didn't take full affect!"
"Maybe it has to do with the fact that I drank half of that nasty crap!" Battousai said as he stood up from where he lay. "So it probably will only work 50 percent on both of us. You ever thought of that Shishio?"
Shishio made a face. "I just simply forgot that's all. Don't make such a deal out of it." Shishio retorted.
Kaoru walked up to Kenshin. "I killed your wife." She said flatly. No emotion showing on her face.
Kenshin's eyes widened. "What? You did what?!" he screamed. Tears filled his eyes.
Kaoru looked in those eyes again and smiled. She hugged Kenshin. "You're back!" she whispered happily. She knew, now, when the Battousai was there. His eye color was pure violet. But there was something bothering him because his eyes were furrowed. "What's wrong?" she asked. Suddenly she was pushed back harshly.
"You KILLED my own wife!! How dare you!! You should at least be disgraced by this... this... infamy!!" Kenshin yelled.
Kaoru's eyes began to grow darker. "How dare you call this infamy!! Do you know what she was going to do? She has already hit one little girl and was planning to hit the other one! Do you want your children to be beat up like that if they ever made you faint or something? Your wife was overprotective!! From the first day she saw me, she glared and hated me with all of her might. She secretly despised me. The first day that I met her when I said hi, she gave me the icy shoulder. She did all of this behind your back or when you were somewhere else." Kaoru hissed. "She was going to hurt everyone until you were alive! Surely that's something to rejoice about but she was going too far for anyone's liking. Two innocent little girls Kenshin! Just two!"
Kenshin began to sweat heavily. 'Damn. This girl is getting to me. She doesn't seem to be brainwashed now!' Kenshin thought. "So?"
"So? SO?! If she had gotten her way, there would have been two less people in the world! Much less, the entire universe Kenshin! Who knows what their future could have been! They could have been some beautiful model, or some famous person that can change Japan forever! But it might not have happened just because somebody killed them in their early years. Do you know how much that hurts?" Kaoru asked. "Please Kenshin! Try to understand what I am trying to say!"
Shishio started to get a headache. He was pretty tired of all of the yelling so he went inside. Everyone else followed for bandaging. Everyone left except for Kaoru and Kenshin, who were still arguing. They continued their argument for about two minutes then went inside.
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That was an extremely long chapter for me!! *sighs in relief* please review on this!! I need to know what you guys are thinking after this long drought...
BlackFrost