Disclaimer: RK is not mine. Sigh.

Author's Notes: About that …" at the end of the last chapter, it may look like a typo, but it's for a cliffhanger effect, that the person is about to speak…so, um, yeah… Here's the last chapter! Well, kinda-sorta. There's an epilogue after this…Which you *must* read. So, I'm not going to keep you here with endless chatter…Here's the chapter you've all been waiting for! Now, read and review!

IMPORTANT!!! MUST READ! Gypsy-chan, being the sweetest person ever, has revised both chapters 5 and the epilogue, to put more fluff, and make it last longer and all that junk (basically, put more stuff to make it better…) but it's a LOT different, so everyone should reread them! And, these 2 chapters are basically written by Gypsy-chan, not me. So, read on!

Chapter Five: Together Forever

"My name is Himura, Kenshin Himura, Snowflake-dono."
Kaoru slowly looked up. She saw the red hair, the violet eyes, the short stature…it really was Kenshin.
"K-Kenshin?" Kaoru whispered, not believing her eyes. "Kenshin, is that really you?" She said a little louder.
His eyes widened as he saw the rare blue eyes on her face. "Kaoru? Are you Kaoru Kamiya?" As she lethargically nodded her head, his voice lowered to a questioning whisper, "My Kaoru?"
As Kaoru finally absorbed this information, she jumped up and threw her arms around his neck. "It's really you Kenshin! I can't believe it! You're alive," she cried, "I've missed you so much!"

"I've missed you too," he uttered softly as he returned her hug. After several minutes together, he gently removed her arms from around his neck and moved back from her slightly. He wanted to get a good look at the woman whom he thought he would never see again. Kaoru blushed under his gaze. She quickly averted her eyes toward the floor. Kenshin took his hand and tenderly brushed it alongside her cheeks, wiping away her remaining tears. The gentleness of his touch caused Kaoru to burst into tears again. She buried her head into Kenshin's chest and began crying hysterically.

"I thought... I thought you were dead," she sobbed, "Where... where have you been for all these years," she choked out through more tears. Kenshin wrapped his arms around her tighter while burying his face into her hair.

"I'm so sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I..."

He was abruptly cut off by a tap on the shoulder. When Kenshin turned, he found a woman smiling widely at him. Being an avid reader and fan of Kaoru's books, the woman immediately recognized Kenshin as the one to whom Kaoru had written two books about. "Excuse me," she began, "I don't mean to be rude or anything, but are you the guy in Snowflake's book? I mean, I've read every novel she's written and I could swear you fit the description of her lost love."

Kenshin and Kaoru suddenly blushed from her words. The woman shouted, "Oh my god everyone! Snowflake has found her lost love!!"

The news of Snowflake finding her lost love went buzzing through the crowd. One young man, standing within earshot of the woman, turned to a section within the book and skimmed over a couple of paragraphs. He jerked his head up and hollered, "Yes! Yes! I think the red haired man is the guy in Snowflake's book! Hey buddy, can I get you to sign my book?"

Within a few seconds, the crowed began to grow into a frenzy. One section of the crowd began chanting and shouting for Kaoru. "Snowflake! Snowflake! Snowflake!" While the rest of the crowed shouted for Kenshin's autograph. Kaoru's face suddenly flushed from all the excitement. Her manager quickly called for the security guards in order to get the crowd under control. While Kaoru's manager and security guards busied themselves with the crowd, Kenshin took Kaoru's hand and lead her out the back door to where his car was parked. As he reached into his pocket to get his keys, he suddenly felt a little guilty for having rushed her away from her book signing.

"Kaoru," he said while opening up the passenger door of his car and helping her in. "I'm sorry for interfering with your book signing this afternoon."

Kaoru shook her head as she watched the man she loved get into the driver's seat. "Kenshin you idiot, seeing you alive and well is more important than a book signing session." Kenshin gave her a smile of relief. Kaoru returned his smiled. "I'm sure my manager will make you pay by having you sign autographs too, at the next book signing," she finished with a playful poke to his shoulder.

"Oro.."

Kaoru let out a small chuckle. "Oh god how I missed hearing you say that."

Kenshin lips curled into a smile as he began driving away from the book signing event. As they drove down the street, Kaoru turned her head and began staring out the window. Her mind suddenly became filled with so many thoughts.

"God I missed him so much. But... he never answered where he's been all these years? Why didn't he come for me? Is it because he... he fell in love with someone else?" Kaoru's face suddenly paled at that thought. "Please no... I can't bear the though of knowing that he has found love in the arms of someone else."

"Kenshin, please stop the car," she said softly, "we need to talk."

He glanced over to her and noticed how her body seemed tense. "Something is wrong."

"Kaoru..." She didn't answer. He pulled over immediately and turned towards her. "What's the matter Kaoru," he asked while stroking her shoulder gently. Kaoru fought hard to hold back the tears that were threatening to spill. She breathed deeply before answering him.

"When I found out that you were in a coma, my whole world came crashing in. We had finally gotten back together and then that terrible accident happened. I sat by your side night and day, praying that you would wake up. But you didn't. Everyday, it was the same, I'd sit by your bed side waiting patiently to see your beautiful violet eyes. After a while, my parents decided it was best for me to move on. I refused at first, but they insisted. They kept saying it was for the best. I've been so sad and lonely over the years. I never thought I would see your handsome face again." Several tears streamed down her face. Kenshin took his hand and slipped it into hers as she continued.

"Tell me Kenshin," she turned her head toward the window and stuttered, "have you... have you... found someone else? Is that why you haven't contacted me for all these years?"

Kenshin was taken back by her question. "Is that what's bothering you Kaoru?"

Kaoru turned back to face him and nodded her head slowly. Kenshin sighed heavily as he withdrew his hand from hers. A large knot seem to grow in the pit of her stomach as Kenshin began his response.

"Six months after you left town, Uncle Hiko decided it was time to take me off of life support. He didn't think there was any chance that I would survive. I had been on life support for so long. When the day came for the doctors to remove me from life support, I somehow began breathing on my own. Everyone at the hospital called it a miracle. A couple of days later, the doctors ran a few tests on me. It was at that time that I was informed of suffering partial memory loss. The doctors said it happened sometime after I was taken off of life support. It took a long time to recover my past memories. Uncle Hiko had become overly protective of me. He was very selective as to which part of my past he wanted me to know about. I guess he felt as though I would relapse in a coma or something if I were told about something sad or depressing. After years of therapy, Uncle Hiko finally decided to tell me about you."

Kaoru raised her head and stared into his eyes as he continued.

"My uncle told me that you were once very important to me. I tried so hard to remember you. But for some reason, I just couldn't seem to remember what you were like. I became so frustrated. My therapist, Dr. Megumi Takani, suggested that I visit some of the places I use to go to when I was a child. She said that touching or smelling things that were familiar to me would help bring back some of my memories. So one day, I asked my uncle to drive me back to the spot where we use to go ice-skating. He didn't want to do it at first, but I insisted. When we arrived, I stepped out of the car and began walking around. The place seemed vaguely familiar. Suddenly, I felt a snowflake fall upon my face. It was the first snowflake of the year. That's when everything started to come back to me. I started to remember you." Tears began to trickle down Kaoru's cheeks. Kenshin took his finger and brushed them away.

"I went home that night and began dreaming about you. I dreamed about how we first met, our first date, our first sweet kiss...," Kaoru blushed at that remark, "...and then of my promise to never leave you." He sighed deeply as he held his head down. "I've broken that promise to you so many times. It was at that point that I began to feel as if I wasn't worthy of your love. So..." he swallowed hard and glanced at her from out of the corner of his eyes, then continued, "I thought it would be best if I stayed out of your life. I assumed you were living happily somewhere with a person who deserved your love. One day however, I received a copy of your book in the mail. I don't know who sent it but there was something about that the book that caught my attention. After reading it, I knew deep in my heart that the author had to be you. That's why I attended your book signing session. I wanted to see you so badly and apologize for breaking my promise to you. Kaoru, can you ever forgive me?"

"Oh Kenshin, I love you so much," she whispered hoarsely as tears trickled down her face. Kenshin gently took her chin and tilted it toward his. He slowly captured her lips with his in a kiss. After they broke apart, Kaoru instinctively looked outside the window of the car and pointed, "Look Kenshin..."

He smiled as he saw a snowflake drifting downward. "The first snowflake of the year, just for us."

Kaoru pulled her necklace upward for Kenshin to see. "I've worn it everyday since the day you first gave it to me," she said proudly, "I've never taken it off. I knew you would come back to me, I just knew."

Kenshin leaned in and kissed her again. As he deepened the kiss, Kaoru knew that this time they would be together forever…

THE END!

Author's Notes: So what do you guys think? Do you like the stuff Gypsy-chan added? So there's a lot more fluff now! Well, leave a review and tell me! Also, go and read the epilogue (also practically rewritten by Gypsy-chan) and an author's note which you REALLY need to read!

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