LAST CHAPTER! *cackles manically* I'm finally finished!!! Look for the sequel Tsukamaru Kai Tenshi… The Scarlet Ibis because you're gonna love it! You know this story is over 30,000 words?! I lost count on how many words the sequel had at 50,000 (computer doesn't want to show higher ^_^)

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Free as a bird

Chapter 48

~*Seven months have passed.*~

Inuyasha knocked on the door.

Kat turned to see who it was.

The hanyou let himself in and stood next to Kat looking down at his best friend.

Tanya was waiting outside the room for Kat to finish with her daily hellos to Kenshin.

Inuyasha sighed, "When will you give up?"

Kat frowned at Inuyasha, "Give up? Kenshin never gave up on me and I'll never give up on him."

"I'm not saying you should stop praying for him. I'm saying that you need to move on. You need to face the fact that our red headed bozo might never wake up," Inuyasha said.

"How can you say that?! Kenshin is going to wake up! I love him and there's no way he could leave me!"

"You don't love the Kenshin in front of you. You're holding the hand of a living vegetable and the one you love is lost in a never ending dream."

Kat was about to protest when she saw he was right.

She stared blankly at her never official fiancé's body, "You're right."

There was a knock on the door and the nurse walked in, "Have you made your decision?"

Kat nodded and the nurse reached for the off switch, "Stop! That's not what I meant. I want you to move him to the coma ward."

The nurse paused, "You know that the chances of him waking up are slim to none?"

Kat nodded, "I'm going to hang on to the hope that someday he will wake up and come back to me."

The nurse sighed and muttered under her breath, "We all hang on to that hope but how long will she be able to keep hers?"

The nurse plugged some wires into a battery and wheeled Kenshin's bead out of the room to the nicknamed 'vegetable ward.'

Kat watched him go and wondered if she would ever see her red head walk again.

She turned to the window and saw small birds floating on the breeze. 'How free and innocent. Floating with out a care in the world.'  

Inuyasha sighed and laid a clawed hand on her shoulder, "Ready to go?"

Kat nodded and stood up.

Tanya followed them down the hall.

As they passed the coma ward Kat caught a glimpse of Kenshin. 'Maybe Inuyasha's right, it's time for me to move on. It's been months since Kenshin fell into a coma and everyone's expecting me to get married.' Kat fingered the ring on her finger.

'But how can I forget a man I loved so much...?'

~*~ OWARI ~*~

(A/N: LOOK FOR THE SEQUEL! There will be a sequel since I know you'd kill me if I didn't make one. It will be called Tsukamaru Kai Tenshi (Caught Between Angles). Please tell me if I got the title wrong! It will be under Trigun since it's going to be a Trigun, Rurouni Kenshin, Inuyasha & YYH crossover. I will post the sequel this week! PLEASE REVIEW!!!)