Kaoru was about to scream at Kenshin to get back inside the house when her cellular phone rang.

"Hello?" Kenshin seemed interested by the person on the other line, and stayed close listing.

"Kaoru, it's Tae! I have good news, I bought the cd of Phil Collins for us, and the other good news is that it is..."

Kenshin did not hear the end because Kaoru had dropped the cell phone and had run to the door.

"Oh my god!" Swinging the door totally open Kaoru ran into the front. Her joy seemed to overcome all her problems at the moment. "Hey vampires! If you can handle light come and see this!"

Misao was the first to get up from where she had been sitting and run to the spot. Everyone followed wondering what was all the yelling and running about.

"Snow!" Kaoru was so happy she did not seem to know that she was shivering because all she had been wearing was a t-shirt and shorts.

Not to mention her feet was barefoot in the snow. Kaoru jumped gleefully and to the vampires surprise Misao and Megumi joined right in.

"Women have to grow up..." Sanosuke turned to go back inside when something hit him on the back.

"Have you turned into a chicken rooster head!" Sano turned in time to dodge the snowball sent by Megumi. Kaoru hadn't felt such joy in years! Though she barely knew these people she loved them.

Memories of them came so quickly and left just the same. Kaoru smiled and walked away from the fighting group.

What was going on? What was this she was feeling? "I told you that you belong to me." Kaoru turned to face Kenshin.

As if by instinct she threw a snowball at him and ran to the weasel girl, Misao. The group stayed out there for hours on end. But as it came to the twenty last snowballs Kaoru dropped to the ground.

Looking down she noticed her legs had become red. One thought passed through everyone's mind. Frost bite! ~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@

"Ah!" Kaoru flinched as Kenshin poured hot water onto the wound. "If you weren't so careless then it would not have happened." Kaoru stuck her tongue out at him then stood.

"I am going to take a shower and will make food after that. Please feel free to watch tv, but don't eat all my food." Kaoru stood and left the room.

In the bathroom.......

Kaoru felt pain sting dreadfully as she put her legs in the water. Though she did not admit it she was happy to have total STRANGERS in her home.

Dropping the towel she let her hair get caressed by the water. Little did she know that someone was watching near by. Very, very, near by.

Kenshin watched as Kaoru took her bath. This was his chance, prove she was his. As she stuck her head under the water he ran behind her. She was really blind not to see him there.

Kaoru felt pain on her back. She knew that if she did not let her wings out in the open for a minute a day she would have many problems.

Taking a quick glance around Kaoru felt that something was watching her. After looking about once more she glared forward.

"Hello miss Kaoru..." Her eyes had gone wide with shock as she saw Kenshin sitting on the edge of the tube. His eyes fixed on her, they were filled with love and lust.

"I thought you might need help in your bath." Before Kaoru could scream his hands massaged where her wings should be. "Relax Kaoru...relax........"

Kaoru was falling into his spell, even if she didn't want him to there was one thing he had to do. Mark her as his, if he did not others would.

Kaoru could not scream as she felt to sharp needles break the skin on her neck. It hurt. Tears. Sadness.

She shivered as she felt the needles come out. "Let me go..... Let me go, now." Kaoru turned around to see blood flowing down Kenshin's face. Her blood.

"What have you done!?" Kaoru stood and ran into her bedroom. (With the towel!) Her anger and pain began to fill her body. The pain of someone who is suprior to blood...vampires blood.

Dodging Kenshin's atempts to bring her to him Kaoru put her cloths on and ran to the front door once more.

"Sanosuke!" Sano just sat there and looked at the scene as Kaoru tried frantically to open the barrier between the door and her.

"Calm down Kaoru..." Kaoru gave him an death glare before atempting to open the door once more.

"Kaoru-sama, you can't open the door..." Misao and Megumi stood trying to calm the young women down.

What they did not know was the Kaoru could not hear an once of the words they where saying. The pain of having a vampire's blood subjected into a goddesses blood hurt.

The fire's of hell would have probably been less painful. The mixture was causing chemical balance's that would affect her greatly.

Kaoru closed her eyes and layed her hands in front of her. "What are you doing Kaoru?" Everyone jumped up in surprise as a blast was sent through Kaoru's hands and onto the barrier.

It snapped like a twig causing the barrier to break easily. Kaoru took this oppurtunity to run into the rainy night. At least she would have some hope now.

Kenshin and gumi followed Kaoru but soon lost her when she turned around an ally. Why was she so sad all of a sudden. Before she had left Kenshin noticed the pained look she had on her face.

Kaoru's pain bore deep within her, but what scared her the most was the feeling she felt when he had marked her.

Hate, and at the same time love? That nights rain seemed extreminly dense. Kaoru hadn't let her wings out for weeks now and since there was no one on the street she thought that it would be a good idea to practice some of her magic.

"Wings of hope and justice come out and play the song of peace and sorrow, and of love and hate. Dance with the midnight rain and I shall dance as well, Reavel yourself!"

Two bright wings appeared out of Kaoru's back, she smiled kindly and looked at the light shining from her wings.

The group's eyes widened in shock as they caught sight of a young woman floating in mid air.

Her wings danced gracefully around the rain and her voice played the melody of mother nature herself.

Kaoru looked forward and stopped singing and let the rain fall.

In front of her stood a really angry looking vampire, his anger was not only by his looks or the glint in his eye's, or how his friends where all backing away from him.

The first sign that had caught her attention was the tone of voice the vampire used.
"What's the meaning of this Kaoru......!"