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PART 6. One Love
His voice was strong. "Tomoe, I choose to live the life where I am Himura Kenshin, not Shinta. I became who I am because of you, and everything that happened, I believe happened for a reason."
She nodded. It appeared this is what she had hoped for, no matter how morbid it seemed.
Kaoru was quietly listening to him with her head down. Her eyes filled with tears as she felt his pain in her own heart.
"You are always in my heart, and although I cannot hold you physically where I am, our love was strong enough for that not to matter. Tomoe…"
They faced eachother for the last time.
"… goodbye."
He watched in horror as her white kimono became stained with blood, and she fell back into the mist. He chased her collapsing body, as he caught her, she vanished in his arms. He sat in shock as the red from his cheek began to fill his hands. The scar was once again cross-shaped. It was as if he was reliving the hell when he had first lost Tomoe… the feeling of shock when he discovered he had killed her first love, the overwhelming sadness of a love torn apart, the pain of her memory forever engraved on his cheek…
Kaoru looked up to see him sitting on the ground staring at his hands. When suddenly she smelled something… the scent of white plums…
Kenshin glanced up, but Kaoru was gone. He looked around frantically, and then he saw three faint figures in the distance. They had come.
Kasumi-san spoke first. "We are so sorry to have caused you the pain you experienced while making this decision."
"We are now sure that you were intended to undergo those trying times in your life. They have helped you grow up into the person you have become." Akane looked at him with sad eyes as she finished.
Finally, Sakura-san spoke, "We will now return you to the live you chose…"
The now familiar white light engulfed him as he heard her final words to him… "Live, Shinta, live…"
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Hi all! Part 5 and 6 are short, but I felt that putting them in the same chapter would've been wrong, so I separated them! But to make it fair, I posted them at the same time! =)
I was so happy when I saw more people had reviewed! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! –Merci beaucoup, tout le monde!-
There's more to this story, so please stay tuned!
