The colors were changing in the sky, and Sanosuke and Batoussai stood
still facing each other.
"If you want a fight, let's fight," Batoussai said, staring coldly with his golden yellow eyes at Sanosuke. "But I will offer no sympathy."
"Fine by me," Sanosuke answered. "I would expect no less of you, so expect no less of me."
Sanosuke ran at Batoussai, his knife wielded in front of him. Batoussai moved out of the way when Sanosuke lunged at him, just to be sliced across the chest with a regained blow. Batoussai slid his finger across the dripping blood coming from his wound and held it up to his mouth. In a movement that highly disturbed Sanosuke, Batoussai licked the blood clean off his finger.
"Yummy," he growled. Batoussai flipped the blade of his sword so it was now normal and lashed out at Sanosuke with it, just scratching his right cheek. Sanosuke stepped back as he continued to strike out at him.
Sanosuke stood breathlessly away from Batoussai, blood dripping from a wound in his arm and a cut across his torso.
"My turn," he said hoarsely. With a bit of a battle cry Sanosuke rushed at Batoussai. His attacks were easily dodged, the new wounds made him slower. Batoussai lashed out at him, causing Sanosuke to jump back. With a final attack he hoped would end this fight once and for all, Sanosuke gathered all his strength and ran at Batoussai, one last time.
Batoussai smirked, and when Sanosuke was close enough, he swung his sword with all his might through the air. The force of the swing caused Sanosuke to be thrown through a couple walls of the house. Batoussai walked slowly inside and, following the destruction made by the last blow, tracked Sanosuke down.
The site that beheld him when he opened the door caused too much emotion for Kenshin that Batoussai could not stand it.
"Kenshin," Sanosuke breathed.
His eyes shot open wide, now his normal purple shade. It was Kenshin again, he was back to normal. He gasped, unable to breath, unable to think. Sanosuke lay impaled on a piece of wood, a puddle of blood was beginning to form.
"Kenshin," he breathed again. "Kenshin I am so sorry." His voice was weak, almost inaudible. "I was wrong. I deserve this fate." He smirked. "I guess I was just trying to place the blame for-for her death on someone other then myself. I couldn't live with myself if I had known it was really me who she entrusted to protect her and didn't."
Kenshin couldn't say a word. There was nothing he could say. Yahiko, Megumi, and Kaoru, his beloved Kaoru, were dead. Now Sanosuke lay dying on the floor. It wasn't real. It couldn't be.
Sanosuke hissed in pain, spitting up some blood that flowed down the side of his chin, as he removed the wooden stick that was in his torso. He tossed it sluggishly aside when it was finally out and scooted a couple inches closer to where Megumi lay dead. When he had completed this he let out a breath of relief and lay back. His body felt so heavy and his muscles so weak. The room was beginning to fade out of vision. Everything was going white.
"Sanosuke?"
He blinked as if trying to make out who said his name better.
"Sanosuke."
"Me-Megumi?" She was there, in his sight, looking more beautiful then ever. He smiled. "Megumi."
"Look at you. You were in another fight, weren't you?" She smiled, her beautiful smile, at him.
"Yes," he replied, "yes, it was a bad fight. One that should have never occurred."
"Well what's done is done," she said softly.
"Megumi?" Sanosuke said.
"Yes?" she replied sweetly.
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what?"
"I broke my promises I made to you. I wasn't here for you, I wasn't able to care for and protect you. You weren't able to depend on me and that's why you-"
"Shhhh, it's all right. You couldn't help it. It's all in the past. Now is what is truly important. Now we will be together forever," she soothed.
Sanosuke smiled and let out a large breath. "I like that."
Megumi reached out her hand to Sanosuke. "Now take my hand, love. I will lead you to salvation." She smiled.
Sanosuke slowly, weakly stretched his hand up to hers. "Yes, I'll go with you. Lead and I will follow, to the ends of the Earth. I love you."
"I love you, too."
The words echoed in his mind as his vision started to fade into darkness. Megumi, he was going to be with Megumi. He was going to repent for his sins, move on to a better place, with Megumi. He smiled at this and let out his last breath of air. His hand slowly fell to the ground as his life drained out of him. He was at peace now, resting forever with those who had learned his fate before him. He was with Megumi now.
"If you want a fight, let's fight," Batoussai said, staring coldly with his golden yellow eyes at Sanosuke. "But I will offer no sympathy."
"Fine by me," Sanosuke answered. "I would expect no less of you, so expect no less of me."
Sanosuke ran at Batoussai, his knife wielded in front of him. Batoussai moved out of the way when Sanosuke lunged at him, just to be sliced across the chest with a regained blow. Batoussai slid his finger across the dripping blood coming from his wound and held it up to his mouth. In a movement that highly disturbed Sanosuke, Batoussai licked the blood clean off his finger.
"Yummy," he growled. Batoussai flipped the blade of his sword so it was now normal and lashed out at Sanosuke with it, just scratching his right cheek. Sanosuke stepped back as he continued to strike out at him.
Sanosuke stood breathlessly away from Batoussai, blood dripping from a wound in his arm and a cut across his torso.
"My turn," he said hoarsely. With a bit of a battle cry Sanosuke rushed at Batoussai. His attacks were easily dodged, the new wounds made him slower. Batoussai lashed out at him, causing Sanosuke to jump back. With a final attack he hoped would end this fight once and for all, Sanosuke gathered all his strength and ran at Batoussai, one last time.
Batoussai smirked, and when Sanosuke was close enough, he swung his sword with all his might through the air. The force of the swing caused Sanosuke to be thrown through a couple walls of the house. Batoussai walked slowly inside and, following the destruction made by the last blow, tracked Sanosuke down.
The site that beheld him when he opened the door caused too much emotion for Kenshin that Batoussai could not stand it.
"Kenshin," Sanosuke breathed.
His eyes shot open wide, now his normal purple shade. It was Kenshin again, he was back to normal. He gasped, unable to breath, unable to think. Sanosuke lay impaled on a piece of wood, a puddle of blood was beginning to form.
"Kenshin," he breathed again. "Kenshin I am so sorry." His voice was weak, almost inaudible. "I was wrong. I deserve this fate." He smirked. "I guess I was just trying to place the blame for-for her death on someone other then myself. I couldn't live with myself if I had known it was really me who she entrusted to protect her and didn't."
Kenshin couldn't say a word. There was nothing he could say. Yahiko, Megumi, and Kaoru, his beloved Kaoru, were dead. Now Sanosuke lay dying on the floor. It wasn't real. It couldn't be.
Sanosuke hissed in pain, spitting up some blood that flowed down the side of his chin, as he removed the wooden stick that was in his torso. He tossed it sluggishly aside when it was finally out and scooted a couple inches closer to where Megumi lay dead. When he had completed this he let out a breath of relief and lay back. His body felt so heavy and his muscles so weak. The room was beginning to fade out of vision. Everything was going white.
"Sanosuke?"
He blinked as if trying to make out who said his name better.
"Sanosuke."
"Me-Megumi?" She was there, in his sight, looking more beautiful then ever. He smiled. "Megumi."
"Look at you. You were in another fight, weren't you?" She smiled, her beautiful smile, at him.
"Yes," he replied, "yes, it was a bad fight. One that should have never occurred."
"Well what's done is done," she said softly.
"Megumi?" Sanosuke said.
"Yes?" she replied sweetly.
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what?"
"I broke my promises I made to you. I wasn't here for you, I wasn't able to care for and protect you. You weren't able to depend on me and that's why you-"
"Shhhh, it's all right. You couldn't help it. It's all in the past. Now is what is truly important. Now we will be together forever," she soothed.
Sanosuke smiled and let out a large breath. "I like that."
Megumi reached out her hand to Sanosuke. "Now take my hand, love. I will lead you to salvation." She smiled.
Sanosuke slowly, weakly stretched his hand up to hers. "Yes, I'll go with you. Lead and I will follow, to the ends of the Earth. I love you."
"I love you, too."
The words echoed in his mind as his vision started to fade into darkness. Megumi, he was going to be with Megumi. He was going to repent for his sins, move on to a better place, with Megumi. He smiled at this and let out his last breath of air. His hand slowly fell to the ground as his life drained out of him. He was at peace now, resting forever with those who had learned his fate before him. He was with Megumi now.