Full Summary: Kenshin feels his time as a rurouni isn't up yet, as he bids farewell to Kaoru, her spirit dies, and her other spirit takes over. What will Kenshin do? Accept it, or bring back the old Kaoru? How's the new Kaoru like? What will she try to do, why does she want? How strong can Kenshin be while his love is being taken over by a spirit much like his other half. Choices to make, lives to live, and truths to be told.

A/N I do not own RK


"This one must leave, our relationship, it can't go on. It's over…"

The sound echoes in my ear, the ringing didn't stop, the colors swirling into one. Confusion caused me to heat up, every sound I hear is like ripples in the water, I feel like I'm drowning, but I see the light, my dream, my desires, but I couldn't reach it.

He turns around and walks away. I'm floating now, my feet feels like it is in midair, there's nothing there when my hand reaches out to balance myself.

It's over. It's over. It's over. Time stands still as the two words keep playing in my head over and over again until it sinks in.

"No", a whisper came out of my mouth out of my control, "no, no, no" my voice rising, "IT CAN'T BE." I scream in my head, my soul, my heart, my mind, and release it out of my mouth.

A single lone tear falls to the ground as I soon follow it. I didn't have the strength to sit up, or talk, I just want to sleep, to sleep forever. Seems like time becomes unfrozen as I feel myself being picked up, I can't hear anything, can't see anything. Somehow I find comfort in this dark silent space. My heart pulls me forward deeper into the darkness, but I hear a voice behind me. I turn around toward the light, I remember. I remember the happy days, filled with laughter, but soon to be replaced by the two words that shattered my heart. I turn around once more and walked endlessly into the pitch black… nothing. What I can't see, what I don't want to see, what I want to hide from myself, the answer all lies in the darkness. No one loves me, no one will care about me, I will just disappear, and maybe this will expunge me from the world's harshness that my tender heart cannot bare.

"Stop" the familiar voice demands me. My feet stop moving, it was so dark I can't see my hands. I try to hug myself, but realize I've become nothing in this nothing space, this pure spiritual space inside of my mind.

There stands before me, a person whom I can only see her eyes even in such darkness.

Her eyes glow with golden amber, but that is all I can see.

"Do you wish to hide, hide forever?"

"Yes. I don't want to come out, ever again."

"As you wish." The voice turns toward the light, blocking it completely as it starts to walk out of this darkness. At that very moment, a force took me in completely, as I started to become nothing, starting to lose my memory, piece by piece.


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