Forgotten Memories
Chapter 7: One's Feelings and One's Pain.

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" I heard that rooster head!" Saitou yelled. Then Aoshi pulled his kudachis out and pointed them at Sano's and Siatou's necks. " Sit down and cool it,"
he said smoothly. " Yes, remember we are only guest here, that we are," Kenshin said nodding in agreement. Then Okina walked into the room. " Here,
as I said it's a little old but it's still quiet accurate," Okina said
handing the map to Kenshin.

" Thank you," Kenshin said inspecting the map. Then he put the map on the table and pointed to a mountainous area. " That should be the area where Mrs. Kaoru is," he said seriously, " everyone get ready, we should leave as
soon as possible." Everyone nodded and walked to their rooms. " May I
barrow the map? It would help that it would," Kenshin said smiling.

Okina handed him the map, " sure, but on one condition, you have to bring Kaoru back to us all." Kenshin smiled," of course." Megumi walked to Sano's room. She held something in her hand. " Why do I do this to myself?" she
asked herself.

A little voice inside her head popped in," because you love him." " Stupid voce," she thought. She finally got to Sano's room and knocked on the door.
" Come in," his voice said. She opened the door and walked in. " Hey fox, did you need something?" he asked. " What am I supposed to say?" she asked herself. " The truth," her little voice answered. " Hey fox, did
you need something?" Sano asked again. Megumi broke out of her trance.

"Umm.. Yea," she said handing him a small circle object. Sano took it and
inspected it. " What is it?" he asked. " It's a type of medicine, it'll heal wounds quicker," she answered. " Thanks fox, it'll be handy for the
trip," Sano said smiling.

Megumi smiled also. " Well I had better get going," Sano said. Megumi lowered her head," yeah I guess you should." Sano noticed the tone of her
voice. Then gave Megumi a reassuring hug and said," don't worry about
anything, we'll come back soon with Kaoru and go home."

Megumi hugged him back and nodded into his chest. " Just be careful,
please," Megumi said. " Don't worry I will," Sano said. Then he did something that surprised even him; he kissed her on the cheek. Then he ran
out of the room.

" Bye Megumi!" he yelled. He left a blushing Megumi in the room. " Did that
really just happen?" she asked herself. " Why did I do that? I'm so stupid!" Sano yelled at himself, " I probably ruined what relationship I
had with her."

He sighed and ran into the living room. About ten minutes later, everyone
was ready to leave. " See ya later everyone!" Yahiko yelled from a
distance. " Be careful!" Okina yelled. " We will Gramps!" Misao yelled.

Soon they were out of eyesight. Megumi was still in Sano's room. She was crying. One of the female ninja's walked into the room. When she saw Megumi
she ran to her side.

" What's wrong?" she asked trying to comfort her. " I realized something important," Megumi sobbed. " What?" the female ninja asked. " I realized
that I love him, I love Sanosuke," Megumi said. The ninja smiled.

" Don't worry, that idiot will come back, he came back from the fight with
Shishio," she said comforting her. Megumi smiled. " You're right but, I
didn't tell him, that's why I'm upset," Megumi said. " You can tell him
when he gets back, so now you can look forward to something," the ninja
said. " Can I sleep in here until he comes back?" Megumi asked.

" Of course," the ninja said. Then she left Megumi in Sano's room. " Kaoru
will you come play with me outside?" Rei asked. Kaoru looked at Rei,"
sure." Kaoru stood up and took Rei's hand then; they walked towards the
back.

In Tenka's office a man appeared by his window. Tenka noticed and walked
over to the window then he opened it. " Have you any important information?" Tenka asked. " Yes master, they have entered the woods and our heading this way," the shadowed figure said. " Good, did they find the
bracelet?" Tenka asked.

" As far as I know they have master," the figure said. " Excellent work Tye, when they are within 20ft of the pond have the Shino attack and kill them all," Tenka said with an evil smirk. " Of course master," Tye said. Then Tye left. " Soon I'll have my revenge," Tenka said to himself," it's getting colder, I should call Rei and Kaoru inside." " hey Kenshin, how
long have we been walking?" a tired Yahiko asked.

" We've been walking for almost all day," said Sano. " Oh," said Yahiko. "
It should be dark in two to three hours," Kenshin said. Then Kenshin,
Saitou and Aoshi stopped dead in their tracks. Misao turned around.

" What's wrong Lord Aoshi?" she asked. " We're surrounded, Misao get over here," Aoshi said. Misao blushed a little; then she walked over to him. " They're closing in pretty fast," Saitou said drawing his katana. Kenshin
turned to Yahiko.

" Yahiko, there's going to be a big fight, please get out of eye sight
before they get here," Kenshin said, clearly worried about the boy's
safety. " Yeah, Yahiko please get out of here," Sano said pulling his fishbone from his pocket. " No, I'm going to fight too," the stubborn boy said. " Himura can you tell how many there are?" Misao asked getting her
knives out. " I've counted about two hundred," he said.

" Kid, you sure you want to fight?" Saitou asked. Yahiko just nodded his head. " Have anymore appeared Kenshin?" Sano asked. " No, Sano," he said. "
So they're coming in at us from all sides," Aoshi said.

" Everyone get ready because here they come!" Sano yelled. Things happened before the fight began. 1st Yahiko felt a strange power go though his body.
Then he thought of the promise he made to Tsubame. Second Misao grabbed Aoshi's hand and squeezed it and to her surprise he squeezed it back plus
he gave her a small smile that said " don't worry I'll protect you."

Third Sano thought about Megumi and the kiss he gave her. Then he realized why he did that. It was because he loved her. " Kenshin you jerk, you were right," Sano said looking at Kenshin. " I told you so," Kenshin said back.

The last thing to happen before the fight began happened to Kenshin. He bowed his head and whispered," Kaoru, please keep safe until we can get to you. I want you to know that I love you with all my heart no matter what
happens." He then felt that somehow she heard him. Then 200 ex-samurai
attacked the small group. Kaoru's visions suddenly got worse.

She was seeing visions of people fighting. She felt that she knew a small portion of them, but she couldn't remember. She stood up, if that's what you could call it. Her entire body hurt a lot. The visions weakened her.

She walked towards Tenka's office. " Tenka will help me," she said to herself over and over again. She collapsed before she got there; the strain she put on her body was too much. " AHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed. Her head was
throbbing, plus everytime she shut her eyes she saw the fighting.

Tenka and Rei ran toward Kaoru. They had heard her scream and knew it was a
scream of pain and despair. Rei was the first to get to Kaoru's side. " What's wrong Kaoru?" Rei asked in sheer panic. Tenka arrived shortly after
Rei.

When he got to Kaoru's side he was also in panic. Tenka lifted her head onto his lap. " Kaoru, please tell me what's wrong so I can help you," he said softly. He could tell her head hurt because she was holding her head
in her hands tightly. " People.good people are being.attacked, please
make.them stop," she whispered.

" My plans how does she know about them?" he asked himself. " Kaoru are you ok?" Rei asked again. She was afraid for Kaoru. She had never seen someone
in this much pain. " Rei, go get the headache pills out of my room and
please hurry!" Tenka yelled.

Rei nodded and got up. She ran as fast as her little did legs would allow. Meanwhile on the battlefield about 50 men or women had been knocked out or killed. Kenshin's side was also hurt. Aoshi had lost one of his kudachis, Yahiko's wooden sword was broken and Misao had lost more than half of her
knives.

Not to mention everyone had a cut somewhere on their body. Those cuts
however, where nothing major. Aoshi also had another problem. Misao had been separated from him. He was worried about her, even though he knew she
could take care of herself in battle.

She was at a disadvantage, she was against five big guys and only had two throwing knives left. Plus all five of the big guys had a pretty big sword. " Misao, how you holding up?!" Aoshi yelled cutting some guys arm. " Oh me I'm fine, and you Lord Aoshi?!" she yelled back kicking some guy off her.
Aoshi smiled.

" Great!" he yelled. " Sano how is Yahiko doing?!" Kenshin yelled. Most of the guys attacking were on him. " He's fine Kenshin!" Sano yelled punching
some guy in the gut. " Is there an end to the numbers!" Yahiko yelled
hitting some guy with what was left of his wooden sword.

" We've only knocked out about 50 or 60!" Saitou yelled slashing two guys. Misao was now backed into a tree and she had no throwing knives left. So she jumped up and tried to punch one of the guys in the face so she could make run for it. That however, was a mistake. She felt something cut her
side; then she was punched in the face.

The force was so great that she few into the tree. Misao let out a small cry when she hit the tree. The men all surrounded her with evil smiles on
their faces. She was, for the first time in a long time scared of what might happen to her. She couldn't see her side but it hurt pretty badly.

She really only had one thing on her mind, or should I say one person. She could only think of Aoshi. " Lord Aoshi, please help me," she said over and over in her mind. Aoshi had just finished knocking out some guys that he was fighting when he felt something was wrong. Then he heard a faint voice
call to him, " Lord Aoshi, please help me."

He knew automatically who it was. "Misao!" he yelled. He looked around franticly for her. Then he spotted then men she was fighting around a tree.
Aoshi ran over to where she was as fast as he could.

Misao was in so much pain. She felt the blood from her cut on her hand. " So this is how I'm going to die," she thought. Just then Aoshi slashed the
guys in the back. " Lord Aoshi," she whispered.

She was too weak to yell it like she wanted too. Aoshi inspected her body, and then he found her hand. It was blood stained. " I'm sorry Lord Aoshi, I was careless," Misao whispered. " It's all right Misao, you were just out
numbered," Aoshi whispered.

Then a shadowed figure appeared behind Aoshi. The first thing that came to mind when he saw the figure was to protect Misao, so he did. He took the slash in the back that was ment to kill her. Misao was terrified now, not for her safety but for Aoshi's. Then the next thing she knew the figure was
on the ground.

Aoshi had a big cut across his back. He turned to face her a smile on his
face. " Don't worry Misao, I'll protect you," he said. " No I can still
fight," she said trying to stand up. She couldn't though.

She fainted because of the amount of blood she lost. Aoshi caught her before she hit the ground. He laid her against the tree. " No, you can't fight anymore," Aoshi whispered. Misao's body was motionless and Aoshi was
angry, because someone had hurt the one he most cared for.