Soujiro kept thinking about how his was the frirst major mission since he became an officer. And though he'd never admit it, he was a bit nervoues, this was, after all, a big raid. That, and there was the posibillity of a weapons dealer being involved, not just a wealthy drug smuggler.

"First big mission, kid?" Beshimi asked, breaking the silence."

"Yeah, how'd you know?"

"I've seen that look before," he replied, "don't worry, just follow your orders and I'm sure you'll do fine."

"Uh, thanks." Soujiro wondered to himself why Beshimi was acting like this, he usualy mostly seemed to ignore others. 'Oh well, all I he could think of.'

--

'What am I doing,' Enishi thought to himself. He was heading to Kanryu's mansion, thoughhe really didn't know what he was going to do once he was there. 'Shouldn't I just leave this to the police? If I go barging in there, I'll most likely only make things worse!'

Meanwhile...

Tsubame being escorted towhere she didn't know, the larger of the two men was named Anji, and the smaller, Shishio. After the introductions, both left, and then a few minutes later Anji came back, and tould her to follow him. Though she really didn't want to, she did, since she wasn't sure what would happen if she didn't. On her way to whatever place the where going, they came across some other people, one in particular, a creepy looking blind man with a scar across his face, scared her more so than usual, for even though he was blind, it seemed as though he could see her, right her into her very core. She was was so caught up in her thoughts that she almost didn't notice that they had stoped. "We're here." Anji stated.

The police teams where nearing the mansion, reconfirming the attack stratagy before they made there final move. Beshimi and Soujiro where to take a quick scouting run first, then signal for the others to come according to was the situation.

'Hmm', Soujiro thought to himself, 'either there arogant, only moving one person gaurding the east and south wing and one for the west and north, or there confident there alarm systems. I guess we'll find out which it is soon. He and Beshime confirmed there sightings, and then signaled the others to come in for there move.

Enishi couldn't seem to control hilmself, as he still found himself going to the mansion he kept trying get away, but then just wind up taking alternate routes in getting there. He finally decided that all he was doing was delaing the inetibal and just went straight to the mansion.

Back to Tsubame...

"Leave us, Anji," said the man at the other end of ther room. Anji left, though Tsubame had the feeling that he didn't care for being tould what to do be this man. 'What's going on?' Tsubame thought. 'Why don't they just kill me and get it over and done with?' She was starteld out of her thoughts she noticed that the man was standing next her and reaching out to touch her face. 'Wha? Was I really zoning out long enough for him to get all the way other her?' She was to nervouse to move, as he felt her face, and loked up and down.

"Mmm, such a fine specimen, if I do say so myself. Which I do, heheh."

'Such a creepy laugh', she thought, wait, did he say "specimen"?' She was then sure here worst fears where realised. "w-what do you plan on doing to me?", she managed to squek out.

"Heheh, you'll find out soon enough."

Meanwhile...

Aoshi lead the charge, jumping over the fence, then took cover in the bushes, until the others where over as well. He motioned for them to spread out, to take down the gaurds as swiftly as possible.

'This is almost too easy', Aoshi thought to himself, 'could it be a trap?' Just as Aoshi finished that thoughta bullet wized by his head. 'I knew it!', he thought he looked up to see several men come out from a small utillity shed. 'There where some in hiding, probably nore else where as well.' "Hanya, Beshimi, and Soujiro, finish cleaning up out here, everyone else, inside. Shikijo, bring in the heavey attilery, we need to bust down the door."

"Aye sir!", they all responded.

Shikijo then pulled out the rpg and shot the main door. The splintered everywere when the grenade hit. "Alright, where in!", he yelled.

'I hope I'm not to late', was all Enishi could think. He was now only a few blocks away, when he was told that the street to the mansion was blocked off, he drove a block away, got out, and then ran using alley ways, planning to go around the cops. As such, it was taking even longer to get there, but he still had to do his best. Enishi stopped to catch his breath. 'Good,' he thought, 'almost there, just around this corner.' Little did Enishi now at that moment...

Tsubame was running down the hallway as fast as she could. She had kicked kanruas hard as she could when he started toughing her and thenran out, a bit suprissed that there was no one out in the hall. After she thought for a few seconds, she decided to go left, the oposit of the way they had taken her, hoping that she could find her way out. After running down some halls she stoped for a moment, 'whats that sound?' she asked herself. Seeing a window, she slowly walked to it, after taken in a breath she peeked out side. "What"!? she almost yelled. It looked like a war zone out there to her. 'What do I do know?' She then heard people running. 'What do I do? It sounds like there coming this way!' Just then a door burst open. "Enishi!" "Tsubame!," thet yelled at the same time. "What are you doing here?", Tsubame asked.

"No time to explain, we gotta get out of here, I'll tell you later."

"O-ok,"Tsubame replied. But as she followed him, she couldn't help but wonder why he was here, and how he knew where she was.

"Hhmm, so, you have betrayed us, after all."

"Who!?" Enishi said as he turned toward the sound. "Usui!"

Just then, Usui raised his gun toward them, and Enishi started to get in front of Tsubame. The next moment he heard a shot, and then a thud, as something hit the floor. He was confused, who got shot? He was in front of Tsubame, with his back to Usui, so he know she was safe, and it obvisaly wasn't him. As these thoughts rushed through his mind, he heard a scream, just a fraction of a second after he heard the thud. Right after that scream...

"Soujiro!!" Tsubame had yelled.

"Heheh, one cop down", Usui spoke up,"he's fast, I almost didn't notice him. Well now that he's out of the way, its your tur..Ouff!"

Tsubame looked up, saw Enishi next to Usui, beating on him. "Wha?", was all she could say.

"Nnya, Tsubame, h-help me plese."

"Huh?" she looked down, and saw Soujiro starting to get up. "Soujiro! Your'e ok!"

"Well", Soujiro responded, "I'm not so sure about that, but I am alive, at least. Help me up plaese."

"O-ok", she managed sqeak out. As she helped him get up, she looked back other to Enishi, standing other the man he had just beattan. "Enishi, help me plaese."

"Hhm"?, he looked other. "Oh! Good, your alive Soujiro." He walked over to Tsuubame, who had managed to get Soujiro up. "Here", he said as he reached to Soujiro, "let me help him Tsubame, just worry about yourself."

"O-ok." She felt kind of guilty, knowing that she wasn't much help, why, she could barly help herself! Or at least that's how she felt.

After a bit, they made there way through the halls and where reaching the front door. 'How is it Ehishi knows his way though here so well?' Tsubame thought. As she was thinking of all the possible reasons, his voice broke her out of thought.

"...Here."

"What?" Tsubame asked.

"I said wait here," Enishi reapeted. Tsubame nodded her head, and then Enishi walked over to the busted down door. He peeked outside and saw that the fighting was more or less done and the police where looking for whatever they could find to use in court, along with making sure they had got everyone. HE thenslowly went out into the open with his hands up in the air, so that they didn't think he was going to shoot them.

"Look! Theres another one, and it looks like he's giving himself up!" Yelled a cop.

"I'll get him", repleid Hyo'toko.

"Actually", Enishi spoke up, thats not quite what I had in mind." He turned his head around and yelled out, "Tsubame! Go ahaed and help Soujiro out!" Then a moment later Soujiro and Tsubame where in view.

"It's ok everyone," Soujiro called out, "there on our side."

"Please!" Tsubame blruted out, "please help us, he's been shot."

"Somebadey call an ambulance!" yelled one of the cops.

And soo, time want on, to about a week later...

"So Enishi had been working as an undercover cop for the past month?" Tsubame stated.

"Yes", Soujiro said and nodded, "we needed some one to work undercover in order to prove Kanryu was a drug dealer. But we wanted to make sure it was someone that was from out of the area, to unsure that he wasn't rekandised."

"I see...", Kaoru said. "So does that mean you're going to go back to Sapparo know now Enishi?"

"No, I've..been thinking for a bit, and decided that maby its time I go home, so I'm asking to be transfered to Kyoto, than way I'm closer to everyone."

"That, sounds nice, Enishi", Kenshin said.

"So then", Yahiko blurted out, "you where just preatending to be crazy this who'll time?"

"Yeah, thought if I acted crazy, they just might belive me a bit more. After all, they all seemed a bit wackoy themselfs. Well, anyway, I better get on other to the depatment and find out how my transfer is coming along."

"And I need to get other to Megumi before I'm late", said Soujiro.

"I'll go with you Souj," said Misao as she folled Soujiro to his car.

"Well, I guess I should be off too, that comic isn't going to draw its self, after all."

"Ok kenshin," Kaoru said. She walked over and kissed him goodbye. "Don't be late for supper know."

"I won't."

"Well, I'll better get over to the dojo, oh and Yahiko, it's close enough you're no longer grounded." Yahiko jumped up in excitment, and was about to say something, but Kaoru said somethin first. "But if you ever stay out so late again, your grounded untill you move, is that clear mister!?"

"Yeah, yeah."

"I want more enthousinasume than that!"

Yahiko straitaned up and did a mock salute. "Yes ma'am!", he barked out.

"Thats better," she said as she walked off to the dojo, "don't forget to be home by one o'clock to take other the lessons."

"Yes Kauro." He then turned to Tsubame. "So, what now?"

"Well, I have today off," Tsubame stated, "so what ever you want to do."

"It's been a while since I've been to the Akabeko, so, how about there?"

"That, sounds nice", Tsubame said with a smile.

And so, they walked off together, holding hands, for the first time in months.

Fin.

I know, I know, kind of a lame ending, I'm sorry, but I was getting tired of writing it but was determined to finish it, to that I good work on other prodjects, and so that I could be happy about finishing it. Well, it been nice, I'm gald its done, though it does seem odd to finally be down with my first fanfic. I'll try my best to start working on the others soon, and work really hard to update more often, well thanks for all of your support to those of you who did, see yah latter