"Oh no!"
I was trapped! And now I was going to die. I was too young to die! And there was so much I hadn't done, and now I'd never get to do it.
I'd never prove the Kamiya Dojo's innocence, never get my students back. I wouldn't be able to play with Ayame and Suzume anymore, or help to take care of them, or watch them grow up. I was never going to find true love, never get married. I'd never have a family.
I stared in horror as Battousai* raised his sword, and swung.
Something came into view, at the corner of my eye, and then suddenly, I was safe again.
Red hair, violet eyes, and a cross-shaped scar. He was holding me in his arms, staring at me with a serious expression on his face.
"The wanderer!"
*A/N yes, I know Gohei is not the Battousai. But this chapter occurs before Kaoru finds out that the real Battousai is Kenshin.