Trajedy Chapter One

Kenshin waited until the table was set before introducing Kioja to the rest, and then they all sat down for dinner. Kenshin sat possessively close to Kauru and tried to get her to relax as they sat against the wall by rubbing the muscles of her swollen stomach.

Kauru noticed Kioja staring longingly at the hands that were on her womb and had to choke back a laugh. Kauru thought she looked like Yahiko before he asked her if he could feel the baby kick

"Do you want to feel it kick?" she asked the woman.

When Kioja nodded vigorously she choked back another laugh and placed her hands on the swell. She was rewarded by a hard kick.

{"Die Bitch!" A flash of steel, a cry of pain and surprise, and Kauru Kamiya was dead, stabbed through the stomach, still pregnant.

Kioja gasped, unable to help, }

"Are you okay?" Kenshin was holding her a few inches off of the floor.

"Fine...Just a ....vision...." Kioja collapsed in his arms.

Kenshin, dumbfounded, carried her into the spare room and laid her on the futon.

Later that night

Kenshin woke up from a nightmare, his sheets were strangling him and his breathing was erratic. He turned his golden eyes to the place beside him to verify that his nightmare was only that.

Kauru was gone!!!

Without thinking he scrambled out of bed and grabbed his Sakabathou and ran out the open door.

Growing more afraid with every running stride he heard voices in the back yard. Kauru was at the well with Kioja, they were talking, and drinking from the well.

Kioja snorted with laughter when she saw him, and her face turned blood red.

Notes

Sakabathou = reverse blade sword.

Other Notes

Mwa ha ha (Evil laughter )

Use your imagination my prettys.

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Tragedy Chapter two...

Standard disclaimers apply

Kenshin stopped and looked down.

His face went three shades of red when he realized that the only thing he was wearing was his hair ribbon.

Kauru laughed and placed a hand on his arm.

"I'm fine, love." She smiled knowingly. "Go back to bed, or at least, " she smiled, merriment shining in her eyes, "Put on some clothes." With that, she broke down in a fit of giggles. Her eyes widened in pain, and Kenshin grabbed her shoulders, afraid she would fall.

"Are you okay?" he asked, his face showing concern.

"I'm fine, she's very strong." She laughed, her lungs aching.

"Himura, I need to talk to you. Alone." Kioja said. Then "But first I would like for you to put on something to cover yourself, or I won't be able to tell you a thing that I wont." With that she once again burst into fits of laughter.

After Kenshin was dressed, she told him of her vision, and then she went to the kitchen to start breakfast.

Kenshin was left alone to his thoughts.

Kioja, a better cook than Kenshin, left him to ponder over what he should do and started on the rice balls that she had planned on earlier.

Kioja sung to herself in the kitchen, trying to collect her thoughts. The haunting melody soothing her uneasy mind and spirit.

Even now

On this road

The path to hell

We wander

Through the darkness

We wander

Through the ashes

Of the living dead

Shine

The northern lights

Are lighting up the sky

On this winding road

We walk the path to hell.

Sanouske and Yahiko awoke to the haunting voice, and met in the hall to see what was singing the haunting melody.

Sano shook from shivers. 'What if it's a ghost?' the thought made him hesitate slightly. Then he sighed and stepped into the doorway at the same time as Yahiko, and they turned to see Kioja stirring rice in a small bowl.

"Wow! This is even better that Kenshin's cooking!" Yahiko said snatching another rice ball off of Sano's plate.

"Hey, what were you singing earlier?" Sano grabbed the younger boy's hand

"Oh, that, it was a song I used to meditate during the war."

"Hey, cool, You were in the war?" Yahiko instantly forgot the food in his hand.

"Aa." She said "That I was." She smiled and looked around, the faces of Kauru, Sano, Megumi, and Yahiko were astonished.

"She was a fellow manslayer." Kenshin spoke up. The room was silent. It was rare that he volunteered information about his childhood, even now.

"She and I were friends and lovers." He blushed at that. "She and I were the deadliest team in the war, that we were. But she showed me something, she showed me that you could still have a heart, after all was said and done. That she did."

The silence then was deafening. "Without her, and Kauru, I wouldn't have the friends that I have now. That I wouldn't."

"During a break in the fighting, we got to know each other out of necessity. Then out of love. We lived together, fought together, Then when the war started back up again, we parted ways and left. I never went in search for her, because on that search, I found you." He looked at Kauru, "And I am happy with my decision to stay, that I am." And he didn't say anything else about the subject.

"And he saved my life. I said I owed him, and I will repay my debt, that I will. Even if this baka Ruroni doesn't think I owe him."

Kioja grabbed Kenshin's hand to pull herself up and gasped.

{ "Die Bitch!" Kenshin was there this time, and Kauru was pushed out of the way and Kenshin took the blade through the heart.

"No!" Kioja wanted to scream.

}

Kenshin caught Kioja before she hit the floor. He laid her back against the wall and helped Kauru up. She walked slowly onto the porch and sat down, her back and stomach aching. Kenshin waited for her to awaken and tell him what she saw.

Notes...

Ruroni = Wandering samurai.

Other Notes...

Don't you love the plot twist? Anyways, That's it for chapter three. I know, it's kinda' short, but that's the way I am. This is getting interesting; I don't even know what's going to happen. We'll find out though. (Evil mechanical laughter ensues in the background) No flames Please! I promise that I won't kill Ken-ny, but somebody has to die, hmm, I wonder.

YAY!! I might even finish this one!!!!

R&R please.