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Summary: Kenshin during the war. He promised her the he would return and he is going to do everything he can to keep that promise.

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The sun was setting and darkness was seeping in. The cold air was biting to the flesh but this was a usual occurrence. As usual as the darkness that was welcomed into his room. It's something he craved for and also something he hated. He hated it for it meant that he had work to do, another person to slay. What he craved for is the darkness that brought him memories of her. Someone so dear to him that he would not let go. Even in memory, she has been with him. Yes, the hitokiri battosai is in love. In love with one slip of a girl. A smile graced his face as he thought of being with her after the war ends.

Once the sun had finally set, he stood. Banishing all thoughts of the girl into the back of his head but not before he took the blue ribbon she gave him and tied it onto the hilt of his sword. Another night of killing, another night to make the sky rain blood.

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"Kenshin, don't you think these flowers look pretty on me?" She smiled.

"No" he replied curtly, trying to hide a laugh that he knew was coming upon hearing her reply.

"What? Fine! Be like that" the girl huffed as she walked away from him.

"Wait" He pulled her arm, stopping her. He turned her so she would face him. One arm curled around her waist while the other caressed her face. "It pales in comparison to you"

She smiled her beautiful smile. A smile that was only meant for him. The smile that has given him meaning into his life.

"I love you kenshin"

"I love you too"

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'Kaoru…'

Amber eyes snapped open and scanned the room. Nothing but the sound of the woman in the futon was heard. He sighed and cursed himself for putting himself into this position. He never meant to bring her back into the inn, but he had little choice. She was a witness, who actually fainted right in front of him. What was he to do? Leave her there? No, he was a better man than that.

He looked back towards the woman. She had been asleep since the night he brought her back. She was beautiful, he had to admit that but there was something odd about her. Something he couldn't put his finger on. Shaking his head, he figured he was over analysing it. He had too much on his mind he didn't want another to add into his list.

Forgetting about the woman in his futon, he shifted his thoughts to his dream. A grin formed at the memory of it. A dream of his past, of a memory he would never forget. He closed his eyes and tried to picture the beautiful blue eyes girl of his dream. She was the one thing that kept him sane in this madness of war. She was the reason why he was in the war. The one he wanted to protect and the one he would return to after the war ends.

"You promise to come back to me right?"

A promise he had no intention to break, for it would break her heart and that's the last thing he'd want to do.

"You're the only one I want to go back to"

Was the only answer he gave her, which brought more tears to her eyes. How he hated to see her cry and what made it worse was that he was the cause of it.

'Don't worry love. This will soon be over and I'll be able to see you again. Soon my love, soon' With that though he closed his eyes and tried to have a short rest before dawn came.

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