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Chapter 8

Four different elements raged together showing their true form. The only one who could control it was the young woman who was standing before Kenshin and Sanosuke. The both watched with amazement as the young woman pointed the raging fire towards Kenshin and Sanosuke. Both of them didn't know what to do. They didn't know whether they should run or stay where they were.

"You should have thought twice, before messing with her. Now you face her wrath, unless I decide whether she should stop or not," said a familiar harsh voice.

Both Sano and Kenshin turned to see who spoke. From a distance Kenshin saw Susako and Dimitri standing by the dojo doors, watching the battle scene. Both of them had amused look in their eyes. Kenshin could tell that Dimitri was enjoying the battle scene in front of them. What Kenshin knew what Dimitri didn't, was how Kenshin could shift the fire away from him and Sano.

"If you can stop her, then why don't you stop her before she kills the both of us!" yelled Sanosuke. His fists waving in the air, he tried to push himself away from the fire stumbling only to find himself closer to Kenshin. Kenshin, however remained passive. He stood there, with his reverse blade sword in his hand, his amber eyes boring straight into Sukura's own.

"If you want to leave Sukura, then go. I'll let you leave without stopping you. You won. I see why the government needs you," said Kenshin with a cold voice.

"Don't think it's that easy Mr. Himura. The only person who could stop her from killing you is Dimitri," replied Susako with laughter in his voice.

Dimirti gladly took the responsibility to stop Sukura with her rage. All four elements raged up on the battlefield. Dimitri knew Kenshin was trying to stop Sukura by letting her win, but Sukura was already more heated in insanity to even recognize anyone. However, Dimitri was the only person who knew how to break her out of her trance stage. The only thing, which can control insanity, is love itself. Once a person loves, their heart, soul, mind, and body is officially claimed by another. Since Sukura really loves Dimitri, Dimitri had the upper hand in controlling Sukura.

Dimitri walked over to Sukura. The raging elements tossed aside, when his hand waved in the air. It was like he put an invisible barrier wall, to stop thunder, fire, ice, and water from consuming him.

"Sukura," he whispered in her ear as he stood behind her. He draped his arms around her petite figure calling her name back into the world. "Sukura you can stop now. We have business to finish off. Everything is going to be fine. They're going to let us go now."

At first Sukura didn't respond. Her cold black eyes looked into Kenshin's amber eyes with hatred, with sorrow, with so many different emotions. Her minds was in chaos, it was like she forgot who she was as a person, and then visions started to fill her head. A man who killed her mother appeared in front of her in her vision. His amber eyes hypnotized her, calling to her, commanding her to do his bidding. He told her many things, promised her the world, if she was his. He whispered,

A man you fall in love with will control your ever being. Give yourself to him, and let him claim you for who you are. You are only created a puppet to satisfy people, your powers can never be truly yours, why do you think your mother died by my hands Sukura.

His words broke her free from her spell. She realized the truth. She realized why her mother died so quickly. Her mother never really truly loved her real father. Her mother loved the man who killed her. Because he was able to control her mother with ease. The amber-eyed man killed her.

"No!" Sukura shrieked. "No, I will never give in! Never will you take anyone I care about, never!" She trembled with fear. Her black eyes broke free from her trance as she looked into Kenshin amber eyes.

"The man who Kaoru fell in love with stands before her. The man who has amber eyes is the only man who controls her, the only man who can save her," she whispered. Her black eyes turned into a deep sky blue color. Her petite figure trembled with fear, and coldness. She continued to look into Kenshin's. "I'm sorry I can never be like your first love. I'm sorry Kenshin. Forgive and forget me. Goodbye." Those were her last word as she left her awakening world in peace.

The last Kenshin remembered was his beloved Kaoru leaving him before she fell in her deep slumber. He was too confuse about the situation on the battlefield. Susako walked away with his beloved and Dimitri strolled behind him as well. They left to go to Kyoto.

"Why! Why did you let her leave Kenshin?! Why did you let her go?! I thought you really cared for her! It's been two years since she left, and when she finally came back, you let her leave again! Why?!" Yahiko shouted at Kenshin. His chocolate brown eyes were filled with tears. His fists clenched, his body trembled with sadness. His only Kaoru, who was like a sister, a mother to him left him alone once again, leaving him to be alone in the world once again.

"Sometimes love is unpleasant. Sometimes people are never meant to be together. Maybe in their next lifetimes they will be together," whispered Megumi, her eyes also had tears.

"What are you talking about foxy lady?! Would you stop talking like that! You talk like there is no tomorrow! Don't you even care that Kaoru is gone once again!" demanded Sano. He waited to hear Megumi's answer, but when she never did answer him he struck his fist at the wall, as if to intimidate her.

While the whole arguing scene was taking place before Kenshin in the dojo, he never cared to interrupt them. His settled himself against the dojo wall, one knee up, while his other leg was placed down. One hand relaxed on his raised knee while the other hand held his reverse blade sword in the sheathe. His head bowed, his bangs covered his amber eyes. He remembered the battle. He saw Sukura's black eyes looking at him. She trembled in fear when she stared at him. Her beautiful voice whispered something to him.

The man who Kaoru fell in love with, stands before her. The man who has amber eyes is the only man who controls her, the only man who can save her.

Those words played over and over again.

"I got it!" Kenshin yelled which shocked his friends. They looked at him with disbelief. They never heard him yell before, especially when he was in Battousai mode.

"I got it," he said, this time his voice was low and harsh. "Kaoru was never really lost. She's trapped deep within her own body. She doesn't come out because of me. Do you remember what she said when she told all of us about her past?"

The others looked at him, with no clue. They remembered everything Sukura told them, but they couldn't find any clues that rang any bell.

"I remember Sukura said that her mother had powers. Because of her mother's powers, anyone her mother fell in love with, was able to control her mind, soul, body, and most important her heart," said Kenshin remembering everything Sukura told him. The others looked at him with complete understanding. "Sukura's mother never really was affected by her father."

"What is it you're trying to conclude Ken-san?" asked Megumi with a serious voice. She tried to comfort Yahiko, who was now listening intently to Kenshin.

"I'm trying to say, what happened if Sukura's mother was betrayed? What happened if she fell in love with another man before?" Kenshin assumed. The others definitely caught on except for Sano. He looked completely dumbfounded.

"I get it. What you're trying to say, is that Sukura's mother fell in love with another man, giving her trust completely to him. Then when she re-fell in love again, but with Sukura's father," said Yahiko feeling very proud of himself for understanding Kenshin.

"I get it perfectly well. So if Sukura's mother fell in love twice, since she was never affected with Sukura's father, then whomever she first fell in love with controlled her completely. He was able to claim her heart, her soul, her body, and mind," replied Sanosuke feeling very proud of himself too for understanding the conversation well.

"Then that would mean…"Kenshin muttered to himself. He remembered the words he kept on repeating to himself. The amber-eyed man was Battousai. Kaoru fell in love with Battousai. How could that be? Rurouni was his gentle side. Battousai was his darker, aggressive side. How can it be that Kaoru fell in love with Battousai, when he was mostly Rurouni?

"What'll that mean Ken-san?" asked Megumi with a concerned voice.

"That'll mean, that I control her. I already claimed her as mine, and only I have the power over her power," whispered Kenshin. "There's still hope."

Yami waited for three people to appear into the forest. He traveled from Kyoto to meet Sukura once again. The last time he ever saw her, was when she awoke from her injury she received on her head, causing her to have amnesia and forget her present life. He knew who she was the moment he saw her. When he found out she didn't know her past, he knew what drove Dimitri into attacking her that night. Sukura was the leader of the ninja clan known as the Mysterious Fighters, but since the Revolution, it only left only five survivors. Dimitri, Susako, himself, Sukura, and Anya were five survivors left from the Revolution.

"Did they reach here as yet? They should have gotten here a long time ago. I can't wait for them any longer," said a young woman standing next to Yami. She was dressed in black kimono. Her light brown hair was up in a neat bun. Some strands of her hair fell at the side of her beautiful face hiding the precious curves of her face. What captivated people the most, were her eyes. They were the color of aqua, a very rare color to find indeed.

"Calm down koishii. They'll be here soon. I sensed them coming. I hope the sword I made for Sukura was perfect enough for her, after all she does deserve the best," answered Yami in a soft pleasant tone.

As both of them waited in the shadows of the forest, they saw two figures walking up to them. In one of the figure's hands, laid a limp body. Yami recognized who it was instantly.

"How's she? What happened?" asked Anya as she ran to Sukura's limp body.

"She reached her point of insanity. The only way to control her, was for Dimitri to knock her out, by shutting down her system before she hurt herself even more," stated Susako simply.

"We better get out of here, before we're not there in time in Kyoto. We have to train, and see if Sukura remembers the rare swordsmanship. I wonder if she'll remember it," said Yami perfectly calm.

"We'll see. I'll have her fight me. After all you, her, and me are the only ones who know the unknown style way of fighting. People only heard of our sword's style but they don't believe it exist," replied Anya looking at her dear friend.

As they all walked away, they never realized that things would never be the same again. They never realized that as soon as they start their journey, that each one of them will be effected like they never been affected before. Everything had to do with Kaoru. She was the spiral of life, the only one who can determine Japan's faith, the only key to making a better Japan, or destroying it's future.

The cherry blossoms fell on the floor. The wind blew gently sharing its beauty of nature to anyone who was pure enough to see it. One word whispered in the wind, which spread miles throughout Japan. "Good bye."

Kenshin heard the words in the gentle, beautiful starry night. "I'm coming koishii, I'm coming," he whispered into the night.