Love and Pride
By Kaoru Kamiya

The sun was setting slightly. The colors splattered around the sky.
The different colors mixed slowly into the night sky. Kaoru sat on the
dojo roof with Kenshin. Kenshin's arm was wrapped around her and she
had her head rested softly on his shoulder. They watched the sky turn
darker and darker as the minutes went by...

"Do you have to go tomorrow, Kenshin?" Kaoru asked him as she turned
her head slightly.

"Hai, Kaoru. the government needs me again..." Kenshin replied as he
looked over at her. She was beautiful and he did not want to leave her.

Kaoru frowned slightly, "But, i need you too..."

"Kaoru..." Kenshin put his hand under her chin and tilted her head up,
"I will always be here with you..." He then gave her a soft kiss on the
lips.

"Ken...shin..."

Their kiss broke and they stared at each other. Kenshin looked sad even
though he would only be gone for a couple of days...

"I'll be back as soon as i can... i promise..." Kenshin said as he
kissed her again.

"Okay..." Kaoru sighed as she leaned up against him again.
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"I'll see you soon!"Kenshin said as he waved and walked down the
streets. Kaoru waved back and walked back into the dojo. It was quite
lonely for some reason today. Sano was out gambling and spending all
her money that she loaned him and Yahiko was over the Akabeko helping
Tae with the daily chores of the restuarant. Kaoru sighed again. She
then walked around the dojo, doing chores like washing the clothes and
fixing the broken walls.

//Boring job... The only thing that ever made chores interesting was
watching Kenshin...\\

She loved staring at Kenshin when he did his chores. She just loved him
so much.

Koaru tilted her head as she heard footsteps coming toward her.

//Probably Sano asking for more money\\

She looked behind her and saw a dark figure standing there.

//NOT SANO\\

She picked up her broom.

"What do you want?" Kaoru asked as she held up the broom ready to
defend herself.

The person only laughed and charged at her. Kaoru jumped to the side
and hit the stranger with the end of the broom. The person staggered
back and grunted. Then the person turned to face her. It was a tall
strong looking man. He glared at her and ran toward her again. She
jumped to the side again but was caught off guard by the man's sword,
which cut into her side. She fell to the ground and dropped her broom.
She held her side as the man walked up to her.

"What do you want! you walk in to my dojo and attack me! You have some
nerve!" Kaoru felt the tip of the sword under her neck.

"I just need you... that's all" The man said.

"What? Why?"

"To get Battousai to come out and... play" the man then bent down and
hit Kaoru in the back of the head with his sword hilt. She collapsed
and the man picked her up and swung her around his shoulder...

"Let's see how much Battousai has become weak over the years..."
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