Disclaimer : Rurouni Kenshin, Microsoft, Sony and all the other money spinnin' companies don't belong to me. And the song definitely isn't mine.

A/N : I think this fic is a little angsty, coz it takes place after Kaoru gets "killed", so there might also be some spoilers there. This fic is gonna be either 2 or 3 parts, cos I'm breaking the lyrics up alot, I can't take the whole song in one chapter, it'll be too long.

Hero

What good is Hiten Mitsurugi.. what good is Himura Kenshin....

Kaoru... dono.....

Kaoru......

My sakabatou clattered to the ground, my knees felt weak all of a sudden and I collapsed to the ground after my sakabatou. Tears started streaming out of my eyes as I surveyed the scene before me, I clenched my fist in anger as more tears appeared.

Would you dance, if asked you to dance

The only person that meant the world to me... now she was gone. What good am I if I cannot even protect the one that I loved ? The one woman who meant the world to me...

Would you run, and never look back

Now I knew what hurt really is... this was even worse than with Tomoe... now I really know what true love is... I know what disappointment felt like...

Would you cry, if you saw me crying

I would never have wanted to share my past with her, all my sins, all the blood which stained my soul... I did not deserve an innocent soul like hers. I deserved to die and rot in hell. If I cried, it would be secret. No one would understand, no one ever does.

Would you save my soul tonight

I think she was the only one who could actually free me from my madness, prevent me from going crazy. She had walked in one night, and found me crying, silently. I wouldn't have wanted to drag her in. But she gave me no choice. It felt weird, to have her comforting me instead of the other way round, as it usually was. I sobbed quietly onto her shoulder, she, rocking back and forth, like as if I was a baby.

Would you tremble, if I touched your lips

It was then, that I overcame all my past fears and got a little braver. I stopped, abruptly; I stroked her cheek gently, telling her that I was going to be alright; thanking her for what she had done for the past few months. She took my comment the wrong way, thinking that I was going to leave. My thumb wiped away her tears slowly, and then it traced it way down to her lips, where I gave her her first kiss.

Would you laugh, oh please tell me this

Was she nothing more of a friend, who would only laugh with me and nothing else ?

Now would you die, for the one you love

Or was her fate; her destiny, connected with mine ? Were we really destined to be ?

Hold me in your arms tonight

Now I didn't care if my sins tainted her innocence.

I can be your hero baby

I didn't care that I was eleven years older than her.

I can kiss away the pain

I didn't care what others would think.

I will stand by you forever

All that mattered was that I knew that I loved her. And I knew that she loved me back.

You can take my breath away