Disclaimer: I'm back...so is this damn disclaimer thing.

Nanakiyoda: Wow...am I back and ready to roll.

Tealraptor: I take it you liked your break?

Nanakiyoda: What break?

Tealraptor: Nevermind.

BTW: Five weeks later.

KAORU

I stretched as the morning sun hit the beach house. Walking out to the water, I felt the cool waves brush against my feet. This is paradise...The sound of seagulls cawing echoed through the air. The fresh sea air filled my nose with the pleasant smell. The breeze from the ocean brushed gently on my bikini clad skin. It seems so surreal...like this is all a dream.

"Miss Kaoru, be careful...there may be some jellyfish on the beach!" I heard Kenshin call out to me. Jellyfish? A month ago it was zombies, crazy people, mutants and Nemesis and now jellyfish? Like that is the least of my worries...Besides...I want to relax a bit more...

"Kenshin, didn't I tell you to stop calling me that?" I yelled over my shoulder. I looked at my shoulder and saw a jagged scar running across it. From the wreck.

"I know my koishii but I cannot resist." I heard Kenshin whisper into my ear. I smiled as he wrapped his arms around me and kissed my cheek gently. One good thing that happened...

"Well...I won't be a Miss much longer." I said, reminding him about what had happened last night. I looked down at my hand and glanced at the ring again. He chuckled. Then he looked at my shoulder and examined the scar. He stitched it up himself...of course, I don't remember much of the pain since I drifted on and off into sleep for about two weeks after Raccoon.

"This looks much better...but it is permanent. I'm sorry that I couldn't do any better." Kenshin apologized and I looked back out at the sea. Always placing the blame on himself.

"It's better than being dead. Besides...the only opinions that matter to me now are yours and my own." I said, trying not to remember all of the events at Raccoon. He nodded and kissed the scar gently. He doesn't like remembering either...but then again, what he saw was worse.

"I think your skin is beautiful." He said and hugged me closer. I smiled meekly. Sano...Kenshin saw Sanosuke die. He has nightmares about Raccoon every night...I do too but at least no one I knew and cared for died in front of me...

"Kenshin, do you think it is time we started to look for the others?" I asked him. It's all Umbrella's fault...they have to pay. They lied about Raccoon, calling it a nuclear meltdown. Now, the government and media are praiseing them as heroes.

"One more day koishii..." He muttered and breathed onto my neck. I leaned back into him and smiled. Poor guy...thinks I'm going to give it up...haha...

"Alright Kenshin...but I'm still not going to share a bed with you." I said and pulled away. Turning around, I saw him smiling meekly, blushing. We may be engaged but I won't...

"Aw...could you at least sleep beside me? You know...like during Raccoon?" He asked. I smiled at him. Kenshin...you lovable basturd. I nodded and tackled him to the ground. Pinning him under me I stared into his eyes. He smiled, tried to buck me off, and gave up.

"One condition. You come with me anywhere I wish, no questions asked." I told him. He nodded. I closed my eyes and pressed my lips against his. With him beside me...nothing can get in my way...Umbrella will fall and everyone can breathe easier, knowing that one less evil Corperation in the world is destroyed. I just hope that everyone is okay and still alive...Misao, Aoshi, Jill, Megumi, and Soujiro. What could they possible doing at this very moment...they may even be on a mission with their lives in danger while I'm sitting here, making out with Kenshin...dammit I'm so selfish...

MISAO

I ran to the door, fighting to pull my pants up and around my waist, while trying to eat my piece of toast that occupied my mouth. I tripped and hit the ground hard. The door opened and I saw a pair of feet enter. As I looked up, I blushed and smiled, the toast still in my mouth.

"Misao, quit goofing off. If you want to be taken seriously and help out the team, you need to be professional." Aoshi said to me, scolding me for being in my current position. I stood up and buttoned my pants. Straightening my shirt, I nodded.

"I'm sorry...but if I wanted to be professional like you...I wouldn't have much of a dating life." I teased at him. He looked back towards the door, ignoring me. Someone woke up on the wrong side of the futon this morning.

"Come on. They're expecting us in twenty-five minutes." He said and ushered me out the door of the apartment I was living in. It's Okina's apartment but I'm borrowing it.

SOUJIRO

I looked around the tube I was in. I couldn't remember what had happened, or what was going on, or why I was here. The world flashed in different colors and slurred together. I closed my eyes again and returned to the restless sleep.

MEGUMI

I yawned as I looked over my reports. I had wrote down as much as I could remember. My work with Dr. Aquino had exposed me to the research on the antidote to the virus. The formula was complicated but it was the least I could do. Misao can picklocks and steal important information, Aoshi can find anything on Umbrella and handle all the legal support, Jill and Carlos are the muscle...I must recreate the antidote. It was tiring work. I looked over at the clock, it said 1:34 a.m. I stood up and stretched, grabbed my notes and locked them away in my safe beside my bed. It had been long since I had a need for them, since I had memorized the formula by heart. I laid down and rolled over in my bed, falling fast asleep.

KENSHIN

I pulled Kaoru closer to me as she fell asleep in my arms. I can't believe she wants to leave this place to go back to hell. Then again...she promised Katsu...I just hope she realizes that she is putting her life back into danger. The scent of jasmine washed over me. I looked back at her face. She was sleeping so peacefully. I smiled at her then frowned. The body of a young man was slumped against the wall, blood splattered around it...not it...but Sanosuke...his head had been crushed by the massive hand of Nemesis.

"Kenshin..." I heard Kaoru mumble in her sleep. I glanced back at her, wishing that I was where she was. She rolled closer to me and mumbled something but I couldn't hear her.

OWARI

Nanakiyoda: Thus begins the second story.

Tealraptor: Uh...that kinda sucked.

Nanakiyoda: Well it was needed. How else would you have known what happened to everyone during their break from the horror...

Tealraptor: Whatever...

BTW: It will get better, I promise.