==Kenshin IS NOT owned by me. (Thank god. Who KNOWS what I would have done...==

Time passed and Kenshin was no were in site. Yahiko had been watching after the place with

the help of Sano, and each day they waited for them to come back.

"Yahiko?" Sano wandered through the house. The boy was no were inside. He opened a door

stepped out. Yahiko was practicing behind the school. Sano watched him. He seemed to be that much

stringer since Kenshin left; but maybe it was just his growing anger. Yahiko swung his sword with a

distant look in his eyes. Sano shook his head and turned. "Poor kid." He whispered walking away.

'Where did you both go?' Yahiko thought. He kept practicing... so ho could grow strong... so

he could go and find Kenshin..and Kauro. 'Where?' He stopped and let go of his sword. He peered at

his sore hands and walked to the porch. He sat down and clutched his head in his hands. "Dammit.

Where did you go?" He whispered. He could feel the tears start to sting his eyes. "Dammit!"

He said punching the ground. He wished that he could go after them and bring them back... The tears

started to fall freely now. The combining pain from his hands and the mental impact of the fact that two



of the people he cared most about were gone was over whelming.



The sun started to set and Yahiko stay sitting out side. The tears wouldn't stop. Sano watched

him from the doorway. "Poor kid." He said again.



Kenshin sat outside. He stared at his sword idly with hatred. He had hoped not to be haunted

by those memories again. He only thought of one thing- finding who that person was... and killing him.

He gripped his sword and took it out. He turned and swung. The tree he had been leaning on started to

slide to one side. He stood and sheathed his sword. He peered off behind the tree and saw a figure.

He stared as it shimmered away. He turned and walked away. "I don't deserve to protect you..."

He whispered to himself. He continued to walk without looking back.



==I hope you all enjoyed this next chapter in my strange little fic. Scary, is it not? Nah....==