Hey, there's gonna be one more chapter after this one and then it's over.
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Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
"Tomoe..." he whispered. Kaoru peered around the door to his room. There he was, just like always. Sitting propped up against hid sword. Dreaming of her. If only she would let him be. Her memory was killing him a little at a time form the inside out. 'What can I do?' she thought.
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
Kenshin looked around the dojo. He had to leave soon if he was going to make it to Kyoto in time. Quietly he picked up his bag and prepared to leave.
"Wait, Kenshin!" Kaoru said, running up to him. "Do you mind if I join you?"
"Huh?" He said looking at her confused.
"I want to thank her for bringing you to me." She whispered, looking down. "I know you're going to visit Tomoe's grave."
"Thank you. Kaoru I would be grateful if you would come with me." A small, sad smile passed across his lips.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Kaoru watched as they walked the road to Kyoto. 'My smile. That's what she said would heal your scar. Oh, Kenshin. If it will help you, I'll give you my smile, and every other thing I have.'
"What are you thinking about?" Then violet eyed samurai asked suddenly.
"I'm thinking that I'm glad I found you in time to go with you." She replied smiling at him.
"Is that really what you were thinking?" he asked in a tone of shock.
"That, and that I'm honored that you agreed to let me come. I didn't want you to be alone." Nodding he returned her smile.
You used to captivate me
By your resonating life
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
The inn was silent. Kenshin sat looking at Kaoru's sleeping form. Quietly, he smiled at her. Weariness gripped him and he started to doze. Just before he slipped into sleep he stopped himself. He could not let himself sleep. He knew that if he slept he would dream of her. If he dreamt of Tomoe, he would cry out and wake Kaoru, and he didn't want to disturb her. She looked so peaceful. His thoughts were so consumed by the woman who slept across the room from him, he didn't even notice when he fell asleep.
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
He was in the snow. Warm blood dripped from the scars on his cheek. In his arms he held her lifeless body.
"Tomoe..." he cried, shaking her as if it would wake her. "Tomoe, don't leave me! I swear I didn't mean to hurt you. I would never have hurt you." Tears streamed from his eyes, mingling with the blood. Blood that turned the snow around them scarlet.
His hands were stained with her blood. "TOMOE!" He cried desperately hoping that she would wake and tell him it was a dream. Suddenly her body transformed before his eyes. Slowly the dead girl in his arms became Kaoru. "NOOO!" he screamed, hopeless sobs wracking his body.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Kaoru woke when he yelled. Anxiously she got up and ran over to him. "Kenshin!" she gasped. "Wake up Kenshin!" Suddenly he sprang to life. He lunged toward her, dropping his sword and grabbing her.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." It was all he seemed able to say. Tears came to her eyes as Kaoru cradled his head against her shoulder.
"It's alright Kenshin." She whispered soothingly. "Nothing will happen." After hours of comforting him, he finally eased into a dreamless sleep.
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
The next day Kenshin and Kaoru stood before Tomoe's grave. The irises planted atop it slowly swayed in the after noon breeze. In silence Kaoru knelt and placed her hands together as Kenshin lit the incense.
'Tomoe, I don't know where you are right no,' she whispered to her rivals spirit, 'but, you can't keep haunting Kenshin like this. He has paid dearly for what happened that night. He still loves you, but your arms can't hold him when he's hurt, you can't comfort him when he grieves. Tomoe. Please, let me care for him. I can be here when you can't. You were the wife of his youth, let me take care of him until the day he can be with you again.' Closing her eyes she finished her prayer the same way she started it, in silence.
"Are you ready to go." Kenshin said rising from where he knelt beside her.
"Yes, I'm done." She answered him quietly. As they left she cast a backwards glance at the grave. Tomoe would finally rest. There was no reason for her to haunt his dreams. Now she would know that he was being taken care of.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
"Tomoe..." he whispered. Kaoru peered around the door to his room. There he was, just like always. Sitting propped up against hid sword. Dreaming of her. If only she would let him be. Her memory was killing him a little at a time form the inside out. 'What can I do?' she thought.
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
Kenshin looked around the dojo. He had to leave soon if he was going to make it to Kyoto in time. Quietly he picked up his bag and prepared to leave.
"Wait, Kenshin!" Kaoru said, running up to him. "Do you mind if I join you?"
"Huh?" He said looking at her confused.
"I want to thank her for bringing you to me." She whispered, looking down. "I know you're going to visit Tomoe's grave."
"Thank you. Kaoru I would be grateful if you would come with me." A small, sad smile passed across his lips.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Kaoru watched as they walked the road to Kyoto. 'My smile. That's what she said would heal your scar. Oh, Kenshin. If it will help you, I'll give you my smile, and every other thing I have.'
"What are you thinking about?" Then violet eyed samurai asked suddenly.
"I'm thinking that I'm glad I found you in time to go with you." She replied smiling at him.
"Is that really what you were thinking?" he asked in a tone of shock.
"That, and that I'm honored that you agreed to let me come. I didn't want you to be alone." Nodding he returned her smile.
You used to captivate me
By your resonating life
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
The inn was silent. Kenshin sat looking at Kaoru's sleeping form. Quietly, he smiled at her. Weariness gripped him and he started to doze. Just before he slipped into sleep he stopped himself. He could not let himself sleep. He knew that if he slept he would dream of her. If he dreamt of Tomoe, he would cry out and wake Kaoru, and he didn't want to disturb her. She looked so peaceful. His thoughts were so consumed by the woman who slept across the room from him, he didn't even notice when he fell asleep.
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
He was in the snow. Warm blood dripped from the scars on his cheek. In his arms he held her lifeless body.
"Tomoe..." he cried, shaking her as if it would wake her. "Tomoe, don't leave me! I swear I didn't mean to hurt you. I would never have hurt you." Tears streamed from his eyes, mingling with the blood. Blood that turned the snow around them scarlet.
His hands were stained with her blood. "TOMOE!" He cried desperately hoping that she would wake and tell him it was a dream. Suddenly her body transformed before his eyes. Slowly the dead girl in his arms became Kaoru. "NOOO!" he screamed, hopeless sobs wracking his body.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Kaoru woke when he yelled. Anxiously she got up and ran over to him. "Kenshin!" she gasped. "Wake up Kenshin!" Suddenly he sprang to life. He lunged toward her, dropping his sword and grabbing her.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." It was all he seemed able to say. Tears came to her eyes as Kaoru cradled his head against her shoulder.
"It's alright Kenshin." She whispered soothingly. "Nothing will happen." After hours of comforting him, he finally eased into a dreamless sleep.
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
The next day Kenshin and Kaoru stood before Tomoe's grave. The irises planted atop it slowly swayed in the after noon breeze. In silence Kaoru knelt and placed her hands together as Kenshin lit the incense.
'Tomoe, I don't know where you are right no,' she whispered to her rivals spirit, 'but, you can't keep haunting Kenshin like this. He has paid dearly for what happened that night. He still loves you, but your arms can't hold him when he's hurt, you can't comfort him when he grieves. Tomoe. Please, let me care for him. I can be here when you can't. You were the wife of his youth, let me take care of him until the day he can be with you again.' Closing her eyes she finished her prayer the same way she started it, in silence.
"Are you ready to go." Kenshin said rising from where he knelt beside her.
"Yes, I'm done." She answered him quietly. As they left she cast a backwards glance at the grave. Tomoe would finally rest. There was no reason for her to haunt his dreams. Now she would know that he was being taken care of.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me