Author's Note: The End has arrived! Though this chapter might not be the end, you people already know that I'm weird. Sorry for the delay people, a lot has been going on and this has been a fun fic to write. It's going to drive you people crazy when you read this, so don't go after me if you don't like how I did things.

Disclaimer: ME NO OWN RK.

Chapter Four: Escape?

Everyone on the plane was scared, the girls were crying and trying to comfort each other, as the guys just fell silent.

"I don't want to die. I haven't even gotten a boyfriend yet," cried Megumi.

"Shut up okay? We're going to get through this," said Sano from his corner.

Kenshin called the Army, they had to get out of there.

"Mr. Himura. We're sending a jet plane up there. Stay near the door. We have our men after that psycho," came Saitoh's voice.

"What about the bomb, and the gun?" asked Kenshin as he looked toward the gun over head, he wasn't sure if Shadow had really left.

"It's a risk we have to take," said Saitoh a bit sad, but it was covered by the seriousness of the situation.

"All right then. How long?" asked Kenshin.

"They should be right behind the plane right now. We're having some of our best men going under the plane and trying to dislocate the bomb," said Saitoh.

"Are you sure the bomb is there?" asked Kenshin.

By now the other passengers were listening intently to the conversation.

"Not quite. We're doing a radar search first," said Saitoh.

Suddenly there was a clang of metal from outside. Sano stood up and looked out a window, and smiled.

"Everyone move back," yelled Sano once he began to open the door.

Air swooshed out carrying anything out of the door, Sano had to hold onto the door way to stay inside the plane. The others held onto anything that they could find.

There was a black jet beside the plane, and there were two men in black swat clothes that were holding out a hand to them.

"Take our hand," yelled one of them men, but from all of the air it sounded like a whisper.

Tomoe crawled toward the men; Sano moved out of the door way.

Suddenly Tomoe was pushed out the doorway, she screamed as she hung onto dear life on the doorway.

The jet flew back a bit, so that it wouldn't hit the plane.

"Tomoe!" yelled Akira, as he tried to move to get to her, but that would mean flying out of the door way too.

Tears were flowing down her face, as she struggled to hold onto the door.

*Click*

Kenshin and the others looked at the gun over head, and noticed that its red laser was pointed directly at Tomoe's hands, that were holding onto the door.

"NO!" yelled Akira, as time seemed to freeze as he rushed toward Tomoe, but the air would have flown him out into the sky.

Sano held him back.

"It's better that one die than both," yelled Sano.

"Tomoe!" yelled Akira.

"Take our hand," yelled one of the swat members to Tomoe.

She held one hand to the plane, as the other reached toward the swat member's hand.

*Bam*

A bullet hit Tomoe's hand, and she let go of the plane box, but the swat member was able to catch her clean hand. The other one was bleeding terribly.

It took both of the members to haul her in the jet. The jet flew away back a bit from the plane, so that it wouldn't scrape the plane.

The others let out a sigh of relief.

*Click*

The laser was on the jet plane.

"No!" yelled Akira, as the laser went toward Tomoe's back.

*BAM*

Tomoe was hit in the back, and her body suddenly went limp. The jet had no choice but to back away from the line of fire.

"Anyone who wants to leave again can die in the same fate that that whore did," came Shadow's voice. It didn't sound panicked, it seemed as calm as ever.

"Close the door," yelled Aoshi.

Sano and Soujiro both forced the door closed, and collapsed on the ground.

"I won't let anyone leave this plane until you all tell your secrets," came Shadow's cold voice.

"The Army will be after you," said Akira coldly.

"Let them, those idiots can't get rid of me so easily. For you see, the bomb isn't outside the plane. One push of a button, and I can kill you all. They won't risk your lives. That's the problem with the U.S., they take lives before anything else," came Shadow's dark voice, as Shadow laughed menacingly.

The others began to cry or fell into deep silence.

"Sagara, tell us what you've done," said Shadow, as if nothing had happened at all.

"Look, why the hell are you doing this? What have we done to you?" asked Sano, as he fell to his knees.

"You can blame Shinta for this," said Shadow.

Kenshin's head snapped up.

"Who the hell are you?" demanded Aoshi.

"I am, who I am. Haven't you already decided that I'm Shura?" asked Shadow as the person laughed.

"Who's Shinta? What has he done to you?" asked Yumi.

"High school crush. He left me for another because his friends didn't like me. So now I'm going to make his friends all pay for what they did to me. I suffered for years, and now it's time that he realized that friends aren't always right," said Shadow coldly.

Kenshin gulped.

"Now tell us your secret Sagara," said Shadow.

"I-I... Please promise me that you'll let us go after I tell everyone," said Sano; tears were rolling down his cheeks. He had never felt this scared in his who entire life. There was usually a way out, but this Shadow character wasn't allowing them a loop hole.

"After Yumi tells us her secret. Then maybe I'll think about it," said Shadow.

"I'll go first. I'm not ashamed of what I do outside of work," said Yumi.

"Ah, a first," said Shadow.

"I'm a prostitute. I can make more money on that job than the one that I have with you all. So is it a crime to get more money?" asked Yumi calmly.

"Bravo! So proud aren't you? Now you need to tell us your crime Sagara," said Shadow.

The others all looked at Sano, who wouldn't look up at any of them.

"I-I used my share of the company for gambling. I lost half of our money in 2000, for gambling. It wasn't the workers fault for slacking, it was all me," said Sano, as tears fell out of his eyes. He felt so ashamed and guilty.

Shadow only laughed as the others fell silent.

"Now you can all die in peace," said Shadow laughing.

*Click*

The laser was pointing over head, making them all duck down.

*Bam* *Whirr*

Suddenly the gun was shooting all around in circles overhead. They all dropped to the ground as the gun went off.

The sound was deafening as the girls all screamed bloody murder.

Kenshin crawled toward the plane door and opened it up. He used his legs on the plane walls, to keep himself from flying out of the plane.

"Let's go," said Kenshin, once he saw another jet come toward them.

Shadow had suddenly gone quiet again.

Megumi crawled over first. She took Kenshin's hand, as he helped her come over without flying out of the plane.

"Grab my hand," called one of the men on the jet.

Megumi looked at Kenshin with a smile, before taking the man's hand. The man grabbed her, and pulled her in. She was then placed in a secured seat.

"We have room for two more," yelled one of the men to Kenshin.

Nodding, he signaled for Misao and Yumi to come over.

The gun over head lowered its aim, and was headed right for Aoshi.

"Watch out," yelled Soujiro, as he pushed his brother down on the ground, taking the force fully to the chest.

"Soujiro!" yelled Aoshi as he ducked over to his brother.

Soujiro was hit to the shoulder, and was bleeding badly.

"I'm s-sorry," said Soujiro in pain.

Kenshin looked over to Aoshi, as Misao crawled over to Soujiro's side and took his hand.

"I'm s-sorry I ruined your relationship. Please don't hate each other because of m-me," said Soujiro, as he bit his lower lip in pain.

Misao only nodded, as Aoshi looked up at her. He looked down at his brother and nodded too.

Soujiro smiled at them.

"Help him over," yelled Kenshin.

Aoshi nodded, and helped his brother to the jet. He was sure to stay low, and away from the flying bullets.

The jet came as close as it could, and was only one meter from the plane.

Kenshin and Aoshi held onto Soujiro, as the men reached for him. They let him go, once they were sure that they had Soujiro securely, slowly they brought the injured man into the jet. Megumi quickly tore off his shirt, and wrapped it about his wound.

"One more," yelled the crew member.

Before anyone could say anything, Aoshi kissed Misao on the lips, as he threw her to the other man's arms. Misao nearly dropped out of the jet, but the other member helped her in.

The two squad members nodded at each other before, flying off toward a hospital.

Misao looked after Aoshi, and if it wasn't for one of the men holding her, she would have jumped back into the plane just to be with him.

*Bam*

The gun was shooting lower still.

Aoshi and Kenshin closed the plane door, and dropped to the ground. If they stood, they would have their head blown off.

"Now what?" asked Sanosuke.

"We wait," said Kenshin.

"But the gun's aim is getting lower and lower," said Yumi frightened.

"We have no choice," said Akira; he seemed to have spaced himself out a bit after loosing Tomoe.

"Damn it," yelled Sano as he punched the floor beneath him.

The floor flew up, and a red light appeared underneath it all.

They all cornered around it and saw that it was the bomb. It was glowing red.

Looking at each other, they grew pale.

~*~*~*~

"I have the files sir," yelled Kaoru once she managed to get back to the plane tower with the paper.

"Sir, we managed to get three people off the plane. We lost one though. There are still five people left though," said Tae.

"Send two more jets up there," said Saitoh as he stubbed out his cigar and looked at the files.

Suddenly the phone rang.

Kaoru picked it up.

"We found the bomb! It's in the plane," yelled Kenshin's voice over all of the shooting in the background.

Saitoh suddenly took the phone away from Kaoru.

"What's all that shooting?" demanded Saitoh.

"It's Shadow. The person set it off," yelled Kenshin.

"Is it a time bomb?" asked Saitoh loudly so he could hear.

"No, it's just glowing with a blinking red light," yelled Kenshin.

The shooting suddenly stopped.

"What happened?" asked Saitoh.

"I think the gun ran out of bullets. What do you want us to do now?" asked Kenshin.

"The plane is definitely on autopilot. We're going to send a person up there to disengage that bomb. No more bullets, means that the person can't do anything anymore but use that bomb. Once we capture her then we don't have to worry about it going off," said Saitoh.

"Yes sir," said Kenshin as he hung up.

"What's the status on getting Shura?" asked Saitoh.

"Did you bring her alive? Maybe I can help her get over her problem," said Enishi.

Tae got a call and then nodded.

"Shura and Cho are dead. They found the two bodies at an apartment, the machines used to do all of the stuff on the plane was found as well. The men turned off the machine gun. Though they can't disengage the bomb," said Tae.

"Suicide," said Saitoh angrily.

"What do we do now?" asked Tae.

"Can they land the plane?" asked Saitoh.

"No, it seems that Shura planned it all out. If we stop the plane, then the bomb will go off. They're both connected, so that if we stop the bomb then the autopilot will go out. So we're going to need someone to be able to land the plane, and also be able to disengage that bomb," said Tae.

"Shit," said Saitoh.

"I'll do it," said Kaoru.

They all looked at her as if she were crazy.

"I was in the Air Force before I came into this. My category is on psychos, and I've done a deal with bombs," said Kaoru.

Saitoh thought it over.

"Sir, you better have a look at this," said one of the men that were looking at Plane P11's navigations.

The General walked over and clenched his fists.

"The plane is going to crash into that Mountain in less than two hours," said the man.

"Damn it! All right. Kamiya, get your butt on that next plane and get those people down here," ordered Saitoh.

"Yes sir," said Kaoru as she saluted him and quickly left.

~*~*~*~*~

The group scooted away from the bomb as they each tried to comfort themselves.

"I'm so sorry for what I did," said Sano.

"Will you shut up? We're all going to die, so just leave me in peace," barked Akira.

Sano glared at the man, and suddenly noticed that Aoshi was smiling for once.

"Why in the hell are you so happy?" asked Sano.

"I'm just glad that Soujiro and Misao made it out of this safely. I can rest in peace, knowing that the two people I care about the most are going to be all right," said Aoshi.

"Yeah, and they'll go living on together without you," snapped Akira coldly.

"Look, just because Tomoe died doesn't mean you can go around barking. We're all going to die, so will you at least let us enjoy our last hours of life?" asked Sano.

Each one was in their own corner, or on the chairs.

Kenshin hadn't said anything.

Who is Shadow? Pondered Kenshin.

He hadn't remembered going out with anyone named Shura before. So he knew that it wasn't her, or she changed her name. For he was indeed the one named Shinta. He felt bad that it was his fault that they were dragged into this because of him.

I've dated so many in high school. Who could she be? The initials RR kept playing in his mind. Is this a sign?

"Why are you so quiet Himura?" asked Yumi.

"It's been an hour since I last called the army. There still isn't a jet in sight. I'm not so sure about our future," said Kenshin.

"Look," said Sano as he pointed to the window.

They all scrambled over and saw that this one had enough room for at least four people.

Aoshi and Sano quickly opened the door. A girl at around 21-years-old jumped into the plane, she was clad in all black.

"The name's Kaoru Kamiya. I need you all to get into that jet while I deactivate this plane," said Kaoru.

They all listened, and quickly obeyed.

Akira, Sano, Aoshi, and Yumi all jumped into the jet. But there wasn't any more room for the other two.

"Just go!" yelled Kenshin.

The pilot had no choice but to obey.

"You should have gone," said Kaoru, as they both helped close the door.

Kenshin only shook his head. It was best that he stay, it was his fault that they were all stuck in here in the first place.

Kaoru took off her helmet, and allowed her ebony hair to cascade down her shoulders.

She walked toward the bomb and immediately got to work.

"You're the one that called me," said Kenshin as he sat across from her.

"Yeah, and I'm going to be the one to save your butt," said Kaoru as she examined the box.

"You shouldn't have come. I should be the one to end up dueling with fate. It's my fault that the others were caught in this. You shouldn't be risking your life," said Kenshin shaking his head.

Kaoru looked up into his amethyst eyes, and seemed to be mesmerized by them.

"Look buddy. My job is to make sure that you live, and by all means I'm going to make sure that you live," said Kaoru determined as she went back to work.

Kenshin could only sit back as he waited for her to disengage the bomb.

*30 minutes later*

Sweat was pouring down Kaoru's face as she tried her best to get rid of the bomb. Finally able to see the red wire that was hidden within the other ones, she used her cutters to snip the wire.

Suddenly the box opened, and something flew out at her.

Kaoru screamed, but suddenly was pushed to the side. She opened her eyes, and saw that an arrow had launched itself at her, but Kenshin pushed her out in time. The arrow was now lodged into Kenshin's left arm.

She looked at the bomb and sighed when she saw that it was deactivated.

"Your arm," said Kaoru worried, as she took out a red cloth to wrap around his arm.

Kenshin groaned as he pulled the arrow out of his arm himself.

Kaoru quickly wrapped the cloth around his hand, and then rushed to the front of the plane to land the aircraft to the ground.

Kenshin's vision began to fade, and suddenly he blacked out.

~*~*~*~

His eyes slowly opened, and Kenshin noticed that he was in an ambulance. Kaoru was to his right and had just injected something into his right arm.

She smiled brightly at him as he looked up at her.

"You'll be all right," said Kaoru, as she wiped the sweat off of his forehead.

"What happened?" asked Kenshin weakly.

"You took the arrow for me, and then you blacked out. I landed the plane in California's air port. We're headed to the Sacramento public hospital right now. Your friends are headed that way too," said Kaoru with a smile on her face.

Kenshin nodded, and suddenly the ambulance doors opened, and Kaoru got out.

"I'm going to go get the doctors, you stay here for now. Then you can go home," said Kaoru with a smile as she closed the ambulance doors.

Kenshin was beginning to get sleepy when his cell phone rung.

"Hello," said Kenshin as he used his left arm to answer the phone.

"Hello Shinta. Remember me?" asked a cold voice.

Kenshin's eyes went wide as he dropped the cell phone.

"I'll be back for your friends if they don't do what's right. I'll be watching you, like you were always watching me," said the voice, before it hung up.

Kenshin suddenly felt himself go cold, as he went unconscious from the injection.

~*~*~*~*~

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A/N: HAHAHAHA. You guys didn't expect that, did you? Or maybe you did. Oh whatever. It's over, or is it? I might make a sequel so that Shadow is revealed. Can you guys guess who she is? Anyone? No you can't, because I didn't give that many clues. Though if you read this over, and look at what I did real carefully, you'll know who Shadow is.

Put KAORU if you want a sequel.

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