Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin is not mine. Nor is the story Cinderella or Ella Enchanted or Ever after. (Which is all a version of Cinderella, and if you don't like it then don't read)

AN: THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR REVIEWS!!!!! ^^

Uh. I have a little problem with the fan fiction thing because it ALWAYS doesn't show the three little dot dot dots -____________- and so if there's just like a period in the middle of a sentence then it's probably dot dot dot. and also italics will be like ***blah blah blah***

-Chapter 4-

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ At Home ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~

Kaoru felt that something was wrong, despite the fact that she wasn't getting a day's meal. She didn't even get to have dinner yet.

Sighing, Kaoru fell upon her worn, musty, broken down futon and closed her eyes.

Kaoru fell asleep in front of the fireplace; her thoughts jumbled and mixed up in her mind.

But as sleep overtook her, her last thought was of Kenshin and the way his violet eyes looked at hers.

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ At The Hospital ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~

Kenshin knew there was no hope for her as he awaited the doctor's news.

He waited patiently anyways and prayed that she will be still alive.

The doctor came out with his thick dorky glasses and his blood stained lab coat. His brown hair was damp from sweat and he had a sad look in his eyes.

He was not used to losing patients.

The doctor made his way up to Kenshin and told him the bad news slowly.

Tomoe was dead.

Kenshin looked away. Even though he barely knew Tomoe, he knew there was something special about her.

Kenshin walked away without a word and made his way to his carriage blankly.

He opened the door and helped himself in, all the while thinking about what had happened.

Kenshin thought that it was only right that he told Tomoe's family personally, so he told the driver to go to her place.

~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ At Home ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~

Kaoru woke up to the sound of someone banging on the door.

Grumbling about being woken up this late, Kaoru got up obediently and quietly and quickly rushed to the door before anybody would wake up.

When Kaoru walked there, she saw that Misao was already at the door.

***Thank you Misao!*** thought Kaoru.

As Kaoru made her way groggily to the door, she rubbed her eyes and stood next to Misao only to stare at the visitor with her mouth slightly open in shock.

Kaoru rubbed her eyes again as she listened at what Kenshin was telling Misao.

She couldn't believe what Kenshin was saying. Kaoru ran from the door and across the polished floors toward her room. Her eyes were starting to tear up as she ran.

Even though Tomoe had been kind of mean to Kaoru, Tomoe had been nice enough to sometimes calm her mother down before setting a very harsh punishment on Kaoru if she did something wrong.

She rushed through her door and threw herself on the bed, not caring for all the sounds she made.

Tomoe had died. . . and Kaoru just couldn't believe that. Kaoru shook her head on her dirty pillow as new tears came out.

Kaoru heard footsteps coming toward her room so she sat up and tried to wipe away her salty tears with her bandaged hands.

Still sniffling a little bit, Kaoru tried not to cry. She hated it when people died, it reminded her of her mother and father.

At that thought, Kaoru started to cry uncontrollably while still sitting up. She cried in her hands, and she felt someone sit down next to her and pat her back.

Kaoru wanted to be comforted so she leaned into them, begging for more comfort.

Once Kaoru's head touched their shoulder she felt something shoot through her, kind of like. . . electricity.

Surprised by that, Kaoru looked up, her cheeks damp from her tears and her eyes red and puffy from all the crying.

Her hair was in a messy ponytail and she wiped away her tears as she looked at her comforter.

She pulled away once she noticed who it was.

Kenshin was comforting her.

He had no idea why, but once he saw Kaoru in distress he automatically sat by her and tried to comfort her.

Misao stood by the doorway in shock. ***What had she seen the Prince just do?*** she wondered, staring blankly at what was in front of her.

Kenshin's face was clouded with worry as he put his shoulder on Kaoru, and surprisingly, Kaoru leaned into him.

When her head touched his shoulder he felt a jolt run through him, and amazingly enough, Kenshin managed to keep a straight face as if nothing happened.

When Kaoru looked up, Kenshin looked into those sparkling blue eyes, still wet from tears.

He noticed that they were a little bit puffy and was about to reach up and wipe the tears off her reddened cheeks when he realized what he was thinking of doing.

But he couldn't help himself. He felt the urge to hold her in his arms once again, and was sad when Kaoru backed away.

Once Kenshin realized what he felt the need to do. he stood up trying to resist his urges.

Kenshin got up without another word and left the room, having Kaoru's wet eyes follow him out.

He stopped at the door and turned his head slightly and said with no emotion, "Get over it."

To be continued.

Gomen nahsai *im not sure if that's how u spell it but o well* sorri everybody bout the short chapter. skewl started so I wont have a lot of time to work on the story. Oh yea I didn't answer one of your questions. I 4got who asked me but Kenshin will probably start to warm up to kaoru when he starts 2 get 2 kno her. so yea