like the 9th ch? hope u did! im really sorry i made u cry azkie! here's the 10th ch.

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Kaoru entered Sano's quietly. But the sound of Kaoru's footsteps on the old wooden floor woke Sano up.

"Kaoru? What are you doing here?" Sano asked confusely.

Kaoru walked towards him slowly but every step sent shivers to Sano's spines. Something wasn't right. Kaoru's facial expression didn't look right. Kaoru looked weary. It was as if she had been running all day just to see him. Kaoru didn't answer Sano's question. When she was so near to Sano she knelt down then gently touched Sano's blushing cheeks. Something wasn't right. Kaoru smiled despite of the painful look on her face. She smiled as if she just saw the love of her life. She drew her face nearer to Sano. Soon their faces where only an inch apart. She drew closer and closer every minute. She was so close to Sano that he could feel her icy breath. Then she slowly opened her mouth and Sano heard her angelic voice.

"Sano.." Kaoru said his name as if it was a god's name. "I love you..."

Sano didn't know how to response. Their faces drew closer soon their lips touched. The softness and sweetness of Kaoru's lips left Sano hypnotize. Our of curiousity he opened his eyes to see her beautiful face. He still felt the kiss but Kaoru's body was turning into a mist of air. First her legs where disappearing with the wind. Soon her upper body was gone. All that was left was Kaoru's head. He didn't want to let go..Fear of losing her if he let go. But the icy wind crept up to her body. The back of his head was disappearing into the cold atmosphere. When Sano lips was about to disappear Sano reached his lips then closed his eyes...Until everything was gone. He was kissing the misty air. He opened his eyes and tears came out but as the tears fall down to his cheeks they started freeze until they were frozen tears. He wanted to scream but the air was starting to choke him. He gasped for breath. He opened his mouth but nothing came out. The chilly air froze his lungs until no air came in..

"AHHHH!!!" Sano sat up and screamed. He held his throat and breathe. It was all a dream. Not a nightmare but not a fantasy either. He found him self still in the mat at the same room shirtless with nothing on but a bandage on his shoulders. Part of him liked the dream and of course part of him feared it. He closed his eyes then gave out a sigh.

It was almost sun down when he decided to wake up. He was getting hungry. Plus after the dream he couldn't go back to sleep all he could think of was Kaoru and her soft, sweet lips. He looked around and found his shirt then put it on. He slowly walked towards the sliding door to open it. As his head peeked out the door the vision of the sun setting and it bright rays blinded his eyes. He walked down the outdoor corridor searching for food and for a human being. He walked more and made a turn on a corner. Near a gazebo place Keiko was sitting down looking at the birds on the tree. He immediately walked towards her and sat beside her. Together they sat in silence. Keiko ignore his presence and continued her admiring of the birds. Sano observed a yellow bird. He wasn't much familiar to them so he just stared at them like they were precious paintings in a museum.

"Beautiful aren't they?" Yoko came out of no where with Mimi following her path. Yoko had her hair in a bun and she was wearing an old kimono. The sound of her cane walking towards them joined the sound of the wind swaying the trees.

"Yes.." Keiko replied quietly as if all of her enegy was just drained down a sink.

Yoko sat next to Sano then they started talking about summer and the birds. Sano just smiled and nodded his head for the most part. He was too busy thinking about where Kaoru could be. After a few more moments of nodding like an idiot he just bursted and borught up the subject of the night of the accident.

"What happened?" Sano said as he interrupted the lively conversation of the two about flowers during summer. "I mean..What happened that night?"

The two paused. Keiko stared at Sano the bowed her head to avoid any more further eye contact with him.

"Kaoru...She saved you.My house wasn't far away from where you fell. According to Kaoru she immediately got onto his legs then ran straight and found my house. We had a few villagers carry you to my house and a doctor bandaged your shoulder...Kaoru stayed up all night just to be sure you were okay. Well for the restaurant..You're gonna be working around here for a while. I hired some people to build a new one.." Yoko smiled as she mentioned the restaurant. "Well I better help Kaoru in the kitchen. You two go inside now it's going to get dark soon." The old woman left withe the cat following her faithfully.

When Yoko left Keiko followed after a few minutes leaving Sano all alone. He just sat back and stared at the sky which was getting darker. He breathed in the fresh air with his eyes closed. He closed his eyes as he thought about Kaoru. It was all he could think of. He wanted to talk to her now but part of him wanted to stay away from her as much as possible. His heart and mind was battling over the though of her. He tried to think of something else..Possibly someone else. But everytime he did it all just lead back to Kaoru. All he could see was Kaoru. All he could feel was Kaoru's lips on his. All he could hear was Kaoru's gentle voice. All he could smell was her sweet scent. Maybe because she was just sitting next to him.

Kaoru was admiring the beauty of the sky. Sano's mind started to get all confuse and surprised. He tried to open his mouth to say something smart. But the smartes thing that ever cam out from his mouth was cold air. Kaoru turned to him and tried to smile despite of the pain hidden in her eyes.

"Kenshin and me used to sit down outside like this and admire the stars. Not caring of what life would bring us next.." Kaoru sighed then continued. "We used to kiss under the stars not caring about anything else except for the fact that we're together and that was was important..." Kaoru wanted to cry on Sano's shoulder at the very moment but held back her tears.

Sano wanted to say something. But what? That he was now starting hate Kenshin for having you..No he was to hate himself for not having her.

"Kenshin is very lucky..and he still is." Sano was proud of himself of saying something so intelligent yet sincere.

Kaoru avoided Sano's brown teary eyes. Sano caught a glimpse of tears in Kaoru's eyes. He lifted her chin up then wiped the tears.

"I'm sorry.." He didn't knew why he said it he just did.

"About what?" Kaoru wiped her tears then looked at Sano weirdly.

"The kiss and every wrong I had done.." He wasn't sorry..Well at least part of him wasn't.

Kaoru was silent for a moment. The sun was setting and the moon was rising. The brightness of moon reflected in the darkness of the forest illuminating the whole place.

"You don't have to be..It was my fault to." Kaoru reached for Sano's hands and they both went to the dining room to eat...



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end of 10th ch. kind of pointless but hey..anyhoow like it? pls review! i'll write more if i get more reviews! Please!!! Please vote for The Calling's Adrienne at TRL on mtv.com ..Thank you! Pls more reviews!!!