This is my second Fanfic. So please don't be so harsh about it. I wanted to write something supernatural and different from the Kaoru as we usually see her. Since in the show we hardly know about her past, I've decided to make up one for her. So please do read and please do tell me if I should continue to write more or not. Thanks!

Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin. I wish I did but I don't. : (

Forgotten

Chapter 1

"Who thought that I could ever make him like me? I tried so hard, but what did I get in return? Nothing. I thought I could make him at least get over the death of his beloved Tomoe. But who was I kidding? All I was doing was just hurting myself even more. I can never make Kenshin like me more than a sister. Nor could I ever get him to acknowledge my feelings for him," Kaoru said as she whispered to herself. She kept on continuously looked at herself in the mirror. All she kept on thinking was how ugly she was. She thought of herself more like a boy then a girl. All she ever did was train herself endless hours with her bokken. She sweats so much, where a lady would never sweat. She was more like an independant person then to depend on a man to do things for her. And so what if she wasn't a good cook? Kenshin did all the cooking for her, anyways. Face it, Kaoru was to much of a burden to Kenshin and the others. She was also a burden on herself. Why did she bother so much with her training? Every single time she was in danger, Kenshin had to be the one to save her. Kaoru was tired. She was tired of her life, as herself as a person. She knew why Yahiko, Kenshin and the rooster head boy kept away from her.

"I won't ask why Kenshin didn't bother to love me. I won't tell him anything. Instead I will just leave this place and pretend that a person by the name of Kamiya Kaoru never existed. I will pretend that her family was just never here. All I ever was was just a nobody. But you know just for once I wish I was someone. Just someone special who could at least have a change in someone's life. I wish I could be someone, just anyone then myself," Kaoru whispered. Her tears coming from her eyes leaving their stain marks on the dresser. She hated herself and whom she became after spending two years with Kenshin and the others she considered family. Heck, she was happy that they considered her family, even though she didn't know how they did it.

"I have an idea; I will leave and find a job in another place. Move and start all over. I mean I only have two students, so that won't be a problem. If I run into any trouble I will call on my best friend Misao. I know she won't tell a soul where I am, and she will go out in all means to help me. At least I have a friend who cares." Kaoru knew she still had a friend. And because that friend cared so much, her friend will be the only one to know where she was going and will hear from her. Tonight was Kaoru's last night. Actually she was going to leave now. Everything was perfect. Kenshin and the Yahiko were sleeping. And the Rooster head was no where in sight. Kaoru packed a few necessary items that she was going to need for her journey.

As she snuck pass the doors, she stopped before Kenshin's door. "I bid you farewell. I was too selfish in the fact where I thought I could make you love me. All I wanted was to love and to be loved. I was wrong. To get away from you Kenshin, and give you your space I bid you farewell, and best luck in your future's journey. Someday I will learn to love again," said Kaoru. She left him an envelope by the door. She then turned around down the hall and placed a next envelope by Yahiko's door. From that point, she walked out the dojo, and headed down the street to never return to a place where she once called her home.

"Kenshin! Kenshin! You have to wake up! Please Kenshin you have to wake up! Busu's not here!" yelled Yahiko. Those words were enough to wake Kenshin from his sleep. His eyes fell right open.

"What? What happened to Miss Kaoru?" asked Kenshin, with a worrying tone.

"Busu is gone! She left and she never said goodbye. Hell, she couldn't say goodbye because I would have stopped her! She's gone. The only person who bother to care is gone," said Yahiko. Tears streamed down his face. His fists clenched on a piece of paper.

"What is that?" Kenshin asked, his eyes directing to the paper Yahiko held in his hands.

"It's a letter that Kaoru left behind for and the others. I see you have a letter too, that Kaoru left behind as well," whispered Yahiko.

Kenshin took the letter into his hands. As he read the letters his eyes became blurry. The only thing he had left from his beloved Kaoru was this letter that had her pretty hand writing. In the letter it said:

Dear Kenshin,

I want to say thank you for everything you've done for me. To tell the truth, I think that you have done so much, that I'll never find a way to pay you back Not only have you've been kind and sincere, you were always willing to help others in trouble, especially me. After all you've done, I would like to tell you something that I could never say to you in person, so I preferred writing to you in words, to tell you how I feel. In these past two years that we lived together, I have grown really close to you. You showed me a different life. You showed me no matter what we do, we could atone for the things in the past. You were strong enough to tell me your past. You were strong enough to face it. At least you were lucky to remember it. I can't even remember my past. I only know my family because I was told about them. I have no memories of them when I was a little kid. My childhood memories are nothing but a blur. But you see Kenshin, you gave me a reason to live. Even when I was lonely, you found a way to pierce my heart and make me believe that I was not alone. You believed that when someone grieved, they should share it with others. Because of these qualities and your innocence of life itself, Kenshin I began to fall in love with you. Yes, Kenshin I love you. I love you with all my heart and I know it's true because after all the situations that we went through, I was willing to die for you. I was willing to sacrifice my heart, my soul, even my body for you.

But who was I kidding? I knew that you didn't feel the same for me. You look at me as a sister. I knew you didn't return my feelings. I am so sorry for being inconsiderate and selfish. I guess that what happens when you live by yourself for such a long time. Please Kenshin forgive me for passing my limits. The only idea that I could've come up with, to help me heal was to leave the dojo. All I ask of you is to watch over Yahiko for me and the dojo. Please don't bother to look for me, because you feel guilty. It's not your fault. It's all my own. Thanks for everything, and good luck in the future. It was really stupid of me to try to find a way to heal you and to move on after the death of your beloved Tomoe, but I was wrong.

Your Friend,

Kaoru.

All Kenshin could do was look at the letter in shock. Kaoru did love him. It obvious. Yahiko told him and the way Kaoru looked at him at times, told him she cared or him more than a friend. But he pulled away from her not wanting to endanger her life more then it already was. He didn't want to intrude in her life, because he wanted Kaoru to find another who would be worthy of her love. Someone who was not stained as he. Instead he hurt Kaoru. He hurt her deeply. Yesterday afternoon, he knew something was wrong. But his persistent Rurouni side told him not to intrude in her affairs. Now he wished he did. Because of him Kaoru was gone. Not only that. The only person who could sustain him with a smile on her beautiful face, the sprit in her eyes, the soft whisper of her voice when she called his name, and most of all the way the wind blows gently through her raven long silky hair was gone. She was nowhere to be found. She was out there in the real world, and he was not there to protect her.

"Oh Kaoru where can you be?" asked Kenshin. For the first time he let his tears fall right down his cheeks, in front of Yahiko.