From: The Fox From: The Fox Usual disclaimer... This story is a What If , if the life has gone differently... Very Oocness and sillines....Beware your neurons. *HOW CAN I FORGOT THIS??? IV.- " He did hurt Kaoru?" asks the soft voice of Soujiroo, bewildered. "Ten years is a long time... when you can corrupt, Yukishiro." the voice of Misao is full of warning and hate as the tall policeman rise effortlessly to his feet. He took off his glasses, and then folds them. The gray hair looks strange against his thin face: he can't have more than thirty years. " Yes, ten years is a long time, battousai, when you can...ruin yourself." Yukishiro Enishi unsheds his sharp katana, and starts circling the dojo. Misao take a step forwards, her face determinate, but she stops feeling a hand grip her gi. - It's Okay, Aoshi-dono. Everything will be fine.- she whispers, feeling the concentrated, sharp worried eyes of Aoshi in her back. He lets go the cloth, but she can see in his face unrestrained fear, under his usual mask of calm. She turns to Enishi, preparing his kunai. Ready to fight the last Tiger of Mibu, she waits. The sun hides behind the mountain, and Enishi, with a sudden movement jumps forward, his long fingers touching the katana slightly. Misao jumps over his head, gracefully, her braid free in the wind: but Enishi changes his tactics and with a strong thrust upwards stab her waist making Aoshi's eyes widen. -Misao...!- The girl was thrown like dirty clothes to the floor. Aoshi jumps to protect her, kodachis in hand, but he was stopped when Misao rise again. Wordlessly aparting him, Misao walks again to his opponent, as Enishi prepares a strange position that remember a tiger, his shining eyes waiting in anticipation. Misao charges...her kunais fled... but Enishi evades them and then punches the hurt waist. Misao falls, and Soujiroo scream her name. When the braid falls free, the tie touched by the blade, she opens her eyes. And Aoshi's world froze in terror. That yellow orbits of horror... Misao charges again. This time, she vanishes into hair and a perfect kick in the nape sends Enishi against the wall, hard. When she talks, her voice was cold, and deep. " In that time, we need a technique that can kill in a second, Enishi. You learned from our Shishou very few things. I chose the Hiten Mitsurugy. You chose your own path with the Shinsengumi. " she breathed, smiled, and a very wide yellow eye looks to Enishi's form, rising slowly. " In your feet. I don't think you want to end in this way." " End, eh?" Enishi's voice was deeper too, and his eyes were mirroring hers when he raises, a sick smile in his thin lips as he bleeds. " I didn't thought in that way but... I just had changed my mind." Soujiroo looks to Aoshi in fear. His face was tight with froze terror. " Her eyes Soujiroo, as just like... than when she fights Jin-e..." The fighters crossed one, two times. Enishi's blade makes her bled again. Misao's kunai and feet make him cough. But when a kunai finds the handle of his sword, the blade cracks, and flying, ends stuck in the wall. " I will cut your head." says Misao, a crazy smile in her lips as she charges to Enishi, who was waiting with his hands almost empty. " Matte, Misao, NO!!- Cries Aoshi desperantly. If they continue, his Misao will be gone, gone... Misao jumps in the air... And suddenly a leather whip makes the kunai fall from her hand. A rush and Misao was hanging from Enishi's strong arms, which were strangling her. "It's over!!" yells Enishi, his voice clear and furious."It's over now!!" " No " screamed Kaoru, hanging from Kenshin's arms in the door, as Aoshi looks the scene with wide eyes. " He is going to kill her!!" Misao raise a trembling hand, and suddenly her last kunai was deep in Enishi's hand... The two opponents falls apart, gasping and panting. " Don't you think...we can... end now...?" smiles Enishi, cracking his knuckles. " Good idea..." was Misao's answer, her face a mask of insanity. The both engaged themselves in a battle of velocity. Aoshi's face pales, and tries to run to stop them. But he can't move his legs. He can't move at all. He tries to shout, but he don't have voice: he tries to finds strength to move, but he don't have nothing. His Misao is vanishing...his Misao his bleeding... " YAMETTE!!" When Okubo stops the fight Aoshi almost can't recognize his Misao. But then, she close her tiny fist... ... and punches herself!. When she open again her eyes, the mad yellow is gone. And when she smiles to Okubo, Aoshi can't help but like a rush of wind he take her in his arms... " You...Are you again!" "Oro! Itaiii...!!!" " You are hurt!" " Aoshi no baka, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!" yelled Kenshin in anger, looking Misao paling in Aoshi's arms. He takes control immediately, shouting an order to Soujiroo." I need bandages, now!" **********hehehe+************* --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in forms and passwords with just one click! Comes with $50 in free coupons! Click Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------