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Yumi could not help to get impatient, time passed by... slowly. She discussed with the pair living in the house and catched up on things she'd missed while training in the mountains. They both were secretly a part of the shinsengumi too. Not that they did anything actively, they just supported the shinsengumi and therefore they had allowed them to use their house. The man in the house worked as a secretary for one of the richest mans in Osaka. The wife usually stayed at home... and during these long hours Yumi learned a lot about her. About her family, about her relationship with her husband, about what food she liked the most, about what store she usually bought her food from... all of this quite useless information, but Yumi liked hearing the woman talk, even if it was about the most unimportant things.

((is the sakura in front of or behidn the houe?))

Suddenly it struck Yumi, she had to get away from here. She realized she knew the woman in the house too well, she was starting to involve emotions. Her relationship with the woman should not get better than it already was, at least not under the current circumastances. "We have to leave." She told Kai suddenly, "We have to get out of here. We've been at the same place for too long." Obviously Kai couldn't understand anything anymore. Yumi was gradually also getting more worried that he migth suddenly get stubborn and demand her to answer his questions. Something like that could be very dangerous. But right now, they didn't have time. Neither of them said anything during the dinner. It was clear to the young pair that something was very wrong, but they remained quiet, obeying the rules set by the Shinsengumi. It's better that way, Yumi told herself. After the dinner, when the pair had left to do some shopping, Yumi and Kai left the house. Only leaving one small note behind them:

Thank you for taking care of us.

Yumi and Kai just wandered around the city. They always followed the main streets that were crowded with people. Since Yumi was slowly running out of options she decided to sleep outdoors on the streets.

Chaos opened his eyes immediately when Yumi stepped outside the house. He rose and moved quickly toward the city his energy full from the continual state of rest he had been in. He stretched on his way and pulled his straw hat on and down a bit his katana ready. He found her quickly and trailed her staying back far enough to avoid detection keeping his aura hidden from her knowledge, but within view to see where she was going. He followed her and passed by when she got down to sleep on the street. He didn't look like he did the last time she saw him so she wouldn't recognize him. He went to a law official and told him about the woman sleeping on the street and the young boy she had...kidnapped. Chaos offered to take the boy into his own custody and take the woman into jail for such horrible things...the law official obliged quickly moving down the street and getting a few others with him. He told her to come with them and that they had a few questions for her. They were all dressed like ronins...since that is what the officials wore. Chaos watched in silence waiting for the boy. She was cornered and on a crowded street...she wouldn't get far by running...and she couldn't risk a public eye...she had planned her own doom...but was it right...he would worry about that later...but not right now.

Chaos saw them approaching and knew from the swagger that they weren't friendly. He slid out two katanas and looked at the officials "If you don't move or take care of her then I will have to do it myself..." They wouldn't move and in fact began to become more violent because of the drawn weapons. Chaos shook his head and spoke again as they surrounded him. "You are in my way...die" As he finished that only a single flash of metal could be seen before he began walking forward and all the officials began falling with vital parts of their bodies cut...necks, heads...guts. He passed by the dieing officials his eyes golden again as he paced toward Yumi quickly. "I have been sent to kill you Yumi-san...I don't plan to let anything get in my way." He had been thinking and always did so but at moments like these he wondered if it was really worth it...

Chaos did trust his abilities to hide. And he did...he blended in almost immediately and became just another person in the crowd...and unfortunately for Yumi most the crowd was running in her direction...He didn't look the same somehow. By his style of holding himself and the way he moved he had changed. His weapons were no longer visible and so none feared this old decrepid(sp? XD) looking man. He ran past the others and up to Yumi. His voice pierced the area straight to her ears. "You should be careful...you never know when someone might hit you..." A dagger sliced under the cape hitting the boy's tricep on his left arm...possible rendering it useless for the rest of his life. As quickly as it was out...it was back in and he was gone...lost in the crowds again...He didn't want to hurt the boy...but if she treated it soon enough...within the next hour by a professional doctor she wouldn't have anything to worry about...but he was letting her know...that he didn't fear the officials...and could dissappear without a trace left...just some crazy man attacking officials...he was nondescript as well...she should have noticed that first off...He could hide himself and reappear without drawing attention...there was a man with black hair in a straw hat and a yukata...that described about all of the men in Japan at the moment...he was a chameleon(sp? XD)...and he was after her...

Chaos bumped into her and looked at her with cold grey eyes. He then turned and moved away from her going through the crowd easily and it closed up immediately behind him. Just like that he was gone and the image faded with any other man in those streets...except for those cold grey eyes...many hand grey eyes...but few, if any as cold as those...