Disclaimer: I do now own Rurouni Kenshin or anything that has been created from it. (Something that I'd wish for though…) However, I do own characters like the Goddess of Time, the other gods, Tsuyomi, Crystal, Shauna and Enchantress.

A Dream Angel's Problem – Chapter 10 – By Cherry Chibi

 'The Twins'

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 "You brought this on yourself!" Enchantress threw a hard punch into Kaoru's stomach. She skidded back.

 "That's what you think," Kaoru hissed, "That's what you say, but there is more to this than you think Enchantress, I'm doing this for the sake of the future of others, I'm not going to stand aside and let you destroy Kenshin or anyone else's hopes, dreams, or lives… you want to bring Shishio from the depths of hell? Why? What use would it do to you? You might as well go to hell!" Kaoru vanished from sight and when she reappeared, she threw a fireball and in exploded when it made impact with Enchantress.

Blood dripped onto the dirt ground.

Sweat broke on Tsuyomi's forehead as he forced more of his powers into revealing the gates of hell. Images flickered repeatedly in his eyes. Blood. Fire. Hatred. Grief. Pain. Screams. Death.

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"You have to stay here!" Crystal used her powers and threw Kenshin against the tree. "You don't understand do you?!" Tears were clearly streaming from her eyes.

Kenshin gritted his teeth and stepped forward. "Why won't you let me leave this place? What is twin separation? I-,"

"When Kaoru was born, she had a sister, but one twin was too weak to live. If one twin died the other would follow suit. It's just the way of the Heavens, that's the reason why the Great Goddess fused the twins together," Crystal explained quickly with a choking sob, "Kaoru has never known this, Battousai, you must stay out of this! Now that Enchantress has taken over the weaker twin's body and forced that twin's soul out, the two bodies have separated! Enchantress is possessing Kaoru's other half's body and the thing is, because she has been fused with her twin for so long, the weaker one is her soul, her shadow…"

"Twins?" Kenshin said in awe, "Then…"

 "You will have to make a choice if you interfere! I beg you to just wait!" Crystal was on her hands and knees, "if you interfere, you must understand that both of the twins love you… Battousai, don't make me and many others mourn over this…" Her voice was growing weak, "Oh goddess, please just let this end happily…"

"Don't give me this bullshit, get me out of here," Kenshin said, "Kaoru is Kaoru." He felt a shaking feeling inside of him.

A scream streaked through the atmosphere. Crystal gripped her head. An image of her brother flickered in her mind. "Tsuyomi!" Tears poured, "No! Stop it! Tsuyomi!" She hunched over in tears.

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"ARGH!" Archangel Kaoru deflected another attack from Enchantress. She landed at her feet feeling weary. The two were breathing in raggedly. Blood seeped, trickled and dripped from their open wounds.

Tsuyomi was exhausted. A coating of blood covered his skin. 'I pray that these secrets of the Banish Calling don't be exposed to Kaoru…' A tear rolled down his cheek. "Gates of Hell! Reveal your entrance! Accept this demon! ARGH!"

"Sister…I'm here…"

A bright aura shone over the Archangel, Kaoru's eyes turned into a bright blue. Enchantress watched in surprise as a ghostly form of Kaoru fused with the archangel. "You think that mind games will fool me?"

"Enchantress, you've sinned for too long!" 'It's time!' Kaoru screamed in her head. "Great Goddess, please give me the strength!" the Yume Orb appeared in front of Kaoru, she raised her arms, "Remove the demon from within! Relinquish the evil from my soul!" A blast of light struck down from the sky.

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The skies blackened for the first time. Kenshin and Crystal looked up. Lightning flashed and thunder roared.

"Oh no…" Crystal whispered, "It's all happening…"

"Get me out of here!" Kenshin shouted, "I know that I can't stay here! Crystal! Get me out of here! If you're her friend then help me!" He looked pleadingly at her.

Crystal let out a frustrated growl. "Battousai… I-I… oh just to hell with it! I'm a guardian! I'm not supposed to cry," She stood up and whipped away her tears. A different side of her surfaced. "I'm not doing this for you; I'm doing this for my brother and my close friend." She gathered her powers and created a porthole. "Through this porthole, on the other end, is the park. Let's get going!"

Kenshin smiled briefly and rushed through the porthole.

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 "It's done!" Tsuyomi screamed. A large black hole formed on the ground before him. Fire hissed and exploded. He shielded his eyes from the brightness and collapsed onto his knees. Another tear rolled down his cheek. "I'm sorry sis, I can't make it…" He smiled and choked out a sob. A rivers of red flowed all over his skin. "… Farewell." He fell forward and his limp form turned into oblivion.

Strings of light were tied around Enchantress' body. A ghostly figure seemed to be being pulled out was quickly absorbing back into the body. "You're going to kill us all!!" Enchantress shouted; a sharp pain struck her.

"I don't give a damn!" Kaoru screamed. Blood splashed from her wounds onto the ground. A smiled slowly stretched across her face. Tears built up in her eyes. 'Memories…' She thought. She saw and felt the presence of the gates of hell.

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Immediately, she stopped when Kaoru had ran in front of Kenshin with tear reddened eyes, "Stop it!" She shouted.

"Kaoru, don't you want to return home?" Her mother was taken aback, "Don't you want to leave the Battousai? End your nightmares?" She felt pain strike her heart, seeing her daughter in such a state.

"Mother, my nightmares will stop, I will return home, but I will do it my own way," Kaoru replied, "Look at you! You're a Goddess! You're not supposed to kill without reason," Her arms were stretched out; stopping her mother from casting the spell.

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Kaoru dodged one of Enchantress' fireballs. She charged forward and gripped tighter onto the strings of light which held tightly to Enchantress' soul. 'Mother… I will return home… someday.'

"I could've taken those to losers down easily!" Yahiko shouted, "They were useless shrimps! They don't even have a life of their own!" He was quickly taken down by Kaoru.

"Shrimps? Losers? Watch your mouth kid! That'll get you killed!" Kaoru shouted, "Who asked you to say what you think their life has?" She restrained herself and bit her tongue. 'I'm going to give away my identity at this rate.'

"Chee, what's your problem hag?" Yahiko asked, "You'll get killed too!"

Kenshin shook his head. "Oh I give up,"

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Kaoru felt a wound open from a fireball on her left shoulder. Blood sprayed onto her cheek. She stumbled onto the ground. Her hands gripped tightly still to the strings of light. A smile with sad eyes was still on her face. 'Kenshin… for the time I stayed… it felt so much like… family…' A tear dripped onto the ground. She stood up and glared at Enchantress. 'Maybe… we could have been one…' She felt blood trickle through her fingertips.

"What's the matter Kaoru?" Enchantress seethed. "Scared now?" She was trying to break free. She threw a fireball at Kaoru.

"No!" Kaoru tightened the strings and continued to charge.

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"It'll be for tonight," Kaoru said gently, "I promised, this is as much as I can do for now," using her powers she lifted Kenshin's body and floated beside him. 'At least as long as I'm close to him then I can move.' Kaoru thought, 'Probably, rules can't be broken but some can be bent.' She guided Kenshin's limp form and tucked him into his bed. She relaxed. She leaned back and floated in midair, a warm aura shone around her as she closed her eyes to rest. 'Forgive me Great Goddess…'

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'I accomplished what I wanted to do…' Kaoru thought, 'I gave Kenshin a dream…' She leapt into the air and barely dodged the fireball.

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"Kenshin…" Kaoru said quietly, their eyes locked, "You must have the strength to live, you can't just throw your life away like that." She forced a smile on her face, "Everyone deserves chances, what is life if you never make mistakes?" She placed a hand over Kenshin's, "Remember your dream? No one makes you inferior without your consent."

"You had that dream?" Kenshin said in awe, "You did something didn't you?" Kaoru nodded slowly. He was silent for a moment. The sudden quietness made Kaoru feel uncomfortable. She felt her body lose energy when Kenshin smiled and said,

 "Thank You."

'I can see it,' Kaoru thought amazed, she gaped into Kenshin's eyes, 'I know what to do now, I know what to do!' Her smiled broadened; she threw her arms over Kenshin's shoulder.

"Oro?" Kenshin staggered back.

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'You were happy when you received the dream,' Kaoru thought as she formed a black sword from magic. 'Remembering your smiles… just makes me feel happy,' She looked ahead and rammed the sword through Enchantress. Blood spurted from her mouth as an exact wound appeared on her body.

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"I-I'll try…" Kaoru whispered shakily, a tear rolled down her cheek, 'I have to find another way… but, I had my hopes that this will work, now I can't harm either, what am I supposed to do? Someone help me!' She screamed in her head. Another tear rolled down her cheek. 'I can't do anything! I'm paralysed! I don't know what to do! Someone just please help me!' She was about to collapse into the blackness.

Battousai held her up and close to him so that she didn't fall. He gave her a small smile, "Thank you," He gazed at her sincere eyes with his protective amber eyes. "I'm not all evil Kaoru, I do know how to feel as well as Kenshin, I know what I feel now," he planted a gentle kiss on her lips.

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'When I helped you Kenshin… I didn't realise what I was also doing to Battousai,' Kaoru withdrew the black sword and slit Enchantress' throat. An exact wound appeared on Kaoru's body. She grew further exhausted.

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"You should brighten up Kenshin," Kaoru said, "One thing, because I'm an angel under a curse means that I can't die until time is up and two, just because I am an angel doesn't mean that I act like one." She suddenly pushed Kenshin into the water and was pulled along with him when he grabbed her arms. A splash of water splattered over the tile floor and walls. Kaoru had landed on top of Kenshin, "Kenshin! You weren't supposed to do that!" She pouted and laughed lightly.

Kenshin pushed his wet red bangs from his eyes and smiled at Kaoru. "You really can't be serious can you?" Kaoru stopped laughing at his seriousness and pushed herself off him. Kenshin sat upright, "Miss Kaoru, oro?"

Kaoru laughed hard, "Sorry Kenshin, you are just so serious at times! That's what I just love about you!" She covered her mouth and blushed, 'Did I just say what I think I said?' She cleared her throat and smiled innocently at Kenshin. He had fallen under Kaoru's gaze and hadn't realised that he was staring at her; making her blush into a darker shade of pink.

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'Fulfilling your wish too…' Kaoru thought, 'It felt great, almost as if my wish was also fulfilled,' She felt the force from the hell drag them both towards it. At that moment, Enchantress and Kaoru lost their strength to even stand and they both fell onto their knees. Tears fell from Kaoru's serene expression, 'You always worried about me Kenshin… now… there is no need to anymore…'

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Kenshin was running as fast as his abilities would allow him to. Crystal was racing alongside him. From the corner of his eyes, she was in tears. As they dodged passed the trees and bushes, they felt a wave of wind blow over them.

"Oh no…" Crystal whispered, "TSUYOMI!"

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Both of their chests were heaving. They were lying on the backs unable to move.

"You won…" Enchantress whispered, "Why? You're nothing but a weak novice; I have the power over your body… how? Why?" Her chest collapsed. Enchantress' eyes closed and the ground beneath her crumbled away.

Kaoru watched as her other half's body fell into complete darkness with Enchantress' soul. Kaoru coughed out blood. She found it hard to breath and her eyes were feeling heavy. A warm liquid coated over her body and dried blood was peeling off her skin.

'Let me rest,' Kaoru fell on her back and lay there; hoping for the gates of hell to absorb her or even death to claim her.

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"Tsuyomi…" Crystal staggered onto her knees as she lifted her cold brother's head. She pressed her forehead against his. A solitary crystal dropped onto his flesh. She sobbed.

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"KAORU!" Kenshin ran to her and lifted her body up. Choking sobs was all Kaoru could hear. She smiled at him.

"Don't cry Kenshin…" She whispered in a very breathy tone, "It's not like you to…" Her blue eyes were dull and her face was pale.

Blood of the one he loved washed over his hands. She was dieing. He could visibly see it. He couldn't help but blame himself. He should have been the one to die by the sword.

Kaoru groaned in pain as she shifted her position, using what was left of her energy, she sat upright, "Destiny cannot be denied…" She whispered. Her black wings slowly faded and her clothing changed into a white dress that was stained with crimson. A shiver took over. The fallen angel's eyes slid shut and she fell into Kenshin's arms.

"K…Kaoru?" Kenshin's eyes widened.

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In the heavens, the council mourned. However, one woman stood out from the rest. Her brown golden eyes gazed downwards with solitary happiness.

Happiness finally… you shall rest peacefully…

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A/N: There's a nice chapter. I've already decided what will happen next so stick around for the epilogue this coming Monday or Tuesday! (I have camp coming up next week so I have to update early) ^-^x

MP1: Hehe, I hope that this chapter answered your question. Now, I've made the decision. You'll have to read the epilogue and find out! ^-^x Oh, and in chapter nine, the sentences in italics was to *try* to help you to see that there are more than one Kaoru's in the chapter. Now that I think about it… I didn't really have to.

Moonlight's Sorrow: Well, I do like your story so far even though I don't know the anime itself. *smiles* Keep writing!

Hell's-angel8: Ah… K&K coupling eh? Doesn't look like it though. You're going to have to find out what I have decided in the epilogue!

LittoGrrlStephie: Well, I was thinking that I should end this one and start a fresh new one! But, since you liked this one so much, I tried to make this chapter as long as it could and the epilogue will also be long.

Chris37: Not exactly what you thought huh? Muahahaha *cough* Hahahaha! Well, you'll have to check out the epilogue and see what happens. Oh yeah, there is something important that I need to ask you, please send me your email address! (that is explained below)

FireKitsune/ Ina no Miko: Hope you liked this chapter!

Rurouni Kaoru Kenshin's Lover: Well, your name does get me thinking… Lol.

Gracianeko: Sorry for all of the confusion. Well, Archangel Kaoru was back down at earth to answer your question. Hope that you liked this chapter. ^-^x

Elizabeth65: You're welcome! ^-^

Val: Well… looks like that I've denied your request… muahahaha… but… maybe I haven't… yet! I think that I'll need your email too. (Explained below)

*Whoa, whoa, whoa! I have sent all of you guys an email about my next fic right? If I haven't, please contact me at cherry_chibi@hotmail.com before next Friday… you won't regret it! It's about taking a role in the next fic and I want my reviewers to have their part in it.

Sorry for being evil guys! But now there is only one question for you all… Should I make Kaoru die? Or shall she live? The choice is in your hands… but… there is a catch…

If Kaoru Dies: She may never be with Kenshin. However, you never know what happens after death.

If Kaoru Lives: She'll become a goddess. That may guarantee that they won't be together… ever!

Hard choice eh? Hope to see what you guys think. Muahahahaha!