A/N: Okay, I've changed this fic to R, just cuz I don't want to get in trouble because it's underrated.(is that a word? lol!) Anyway, thanks again to all of my reviewers! I hope you enjoy the newest chapter!

Brittanie Love: Yes, evil cliffies! Thanks for trying my fic!

reuka: Thank you for your suggestions again! You'll probably see them in this chapter! I hope you like the newest chapter!

Mika: Yes, he does seem evil! Yeah, I guess Sano can get annoying! He likes Kaoru though, not like love, but he cares about her. And if that annoys you, you'll be happy that she does something about it in this chapter. I don't know if Kenshin would actually hurt her or not, but in my fic, he wouldn't! In the series, even when he goes Battousai, he wants to protect her. I don't know if you've seen the episode where Jinei(I probably spelled that wrong.) kidnaped her. Kenshin was so pissed he almost killed him! To answer your question, it was the killing that brought Kenshin's other side back. When he saw Kaoru, he snapped out of it, and his captain tried to get him back! Sorry for the confusion!

S3r3nity: LoL! Yes, I made it R! ::joins in your evil laughter:: Now I can add more blood, angst, and lots of drama!

Kaoru's POV

Oh my God! He did it. He killed again. I didn't think he would. Why? No one was in danger. He's getting worse. But why? He looks happy that he killed him. NO! That means he's going back to his old ways. I have to help him.

Normal POV

Kaoru was in shock. Her eyes were wide and her mouth was slightly open. Her breathing came in short ragged pants. Kenshin turned to her. He looked very apologetic.

"Kaoru, I'm sorry you had to see that." He was looking at her face. He sheathed his sword.

Finally, she looked back at him. No matter what, she loved him. Knowing that he wasn't going to forget her made her fell a tiny bit better. "I know."

Kenshin walked over to her. He wanted to make her feel better. He was about to put his arm around her when he was suddenly shoved backwards. He wasn't expecting that and stumbled backwards so that he fell, but he was quickly back on his feet with his hand at his sword, ready for anything. He saw that it was just Sano.

"Sano? What are you doing?" Kaoru was confused. Kenshin also had a very puzzled expression.

"Move Sano. You have no business with us right now."

"No Kenshin. I'm not letting you near her. You'll just hurt her."

"What? Sano, move!" Kaoru wanted to be with Kenshin. Why was everything falling apart. She was so happy when she thought she was going to spend her life with him.

"You wanna run that by me again?" Kenshin didn't have much patience to begin with.

"Yeah, you've already hurt her enough. Come on Kaoru, we're going home."

Megumi and Yahiko were waiting for her to respond.

"Kaoru, you look tired. Let's just go home," Megumi tried to make things easier.

"No. Sano, I'm sick of you trying to protect me from everything! What are you doing? You're not my brother or anything so stop!"

"But I am your friend, and I won't let Kenshin do anything."

"Stop! Kenshin has never, ever hurt, or even tried to hurt me, so back off!"

"Kaoru! Let's go home!"

"I don't know which home you plan on going to, but it most certainly isn't mine. You can sleep on the streets tonight for all I care! I'm tired of you playing hero!"

Megumi was the only one that noticed that Kenshin was watching Sano with a gleam in his eye. Sano had better be careful.

"But, Kaoru, I just-" Sano tried.

"No! Leave me alone!" Kaoru was furious.

"Fine." He gave up. It wasn't worth it.

Kenshin watched his retreating back. "Sano. You had better watch it. I'm watching you."

Sano didn't say a word, just continued walking.

"Kenshin, let's go home." Kaoru said. Megumi and Yahiko were looking at the pair.

"Megumi, Yahiko, you too. I'm not mad at you."

Even Yahiko knew to keep his mouth shut. They walked to the dojo in silence.

Meanwhile

Three men were looking at the scene in the alley.

"Who did this," one asked.

"What do you mean? You know who did it."

"So, what are we going to do?"

"Probably wait until they find another man stupid enough to try to be our captain."

"Sad."

Sano was listening in on their conversation. They had lost a captain before? "Hey, you mean you've already had two captains?"

"Yep."

"Who killed the last one?"

"Himura. He doesn't like them. Hopefully he'll like our next one. Maybe he'll last a week. Or maybe he won't purposely make him kill." They laughed as if it was a joke, or game.

Sano was thinking about what they said. He had killed his captain before? And they only lasted a week? What had the other captain done to deserve it? This he had to know.

"What did the other captain do?"

"Oh same thing. They were happy about having Hitokiri Battousai under their command. Our first captain didn't like the quiet polite side of him, so he sent him on missions that would require him to become Battousai if he wanted to beat them. He would send him to kill people that were guarded by sometimes 100 people."

"Oh." He didn't know what to do. All of a sudden he felt pity towards Kenshin. He had gone through a lot, and now if was like he had to do it again. It was a wonder he was still sane. He just turned around and walked away. He didn't know where he was going, Kaoru had kicked him out. But he could always try to apologize. Especially to Kenshin. He knew Kenshin would never hurt Kaoru. Was he jealous? No, he quickly pushed the thought out of his head. Kaoru was his friend. He decided to try to make it up to Kaoru, somehow, but first, an apology.

He finally made it to the dojo. He knocked, hoping that someone would hear it. Kaoru answered.

"Sano. I didn't think it was you, you never knock."

He smiled sheepishly. "Yeah well, I wanted to say I'm sorry for earlier, really I am. I also want to say sorry to Kenshin. Can you get him?"

"You can come in Sano. I'm sorry too. I didn't mean what I said back there."

He followed them in and saw Kenshin leaning up against the wall. He looked up right as Kaoru and Sano walked in. His eyes narrowed a tiny bit.

"Kenshin, I'm sorry. I know you would never hurt Kaoru. I hope you can forgive me."

Kenshin sort of smiled. His eyes looked sad, almost like the Kenshin they knew, but his eyes were still amber. It looked weird. Not exactly weird, but different.

"It's alright Sano." He said it really quietly. Almost like a whisper. Sano could barely hear him. Sano felt relieved knowing that Kenshin wasn't holding a grudge against him. Kaoru told him that he could stay again. That also made him feel a lot better. Thet ate dinner, and soon they went to bed.

Kaoru, couldn't sleep. She stared at the ceiling. She was thinking about Kenshin. She decided to take a little walk around the dojo. She would also look to see if Kenshin was still there. For some reason, she was afraid that he would just leave in the middle of the night. First she walked around the outside. It wasn't cold, but the breeze felt good. She watched the wind blow in the trees. She went back inside again.

Kenshin was leaning up against the wall again, but his face was scrunched up, like he was in pain. It looked like his face was wet from tears. She quietly slid the door open all the way and walked in, trying to make no sound. He was breathing hard.

"Tomoe. Tomoe." He was whispering her name. Kaoru remembered her telling them about her. He must have really loved her. She gave her life for him.

"Shhhh. Kenshin it's okay." She gently shook his shoulders, trying to wake him up. "Kenshin."

He was starting to sweat.

Kenshin was trying to find Tomoe. He could hear two people fighting. A loud battle cry was heard and he ran harder.

He got there, but was to late. He saw her run out in front of him. She grabbed the other man's and took his knife.

He saw himself plunge his sword into her and watched her fall. He yelled, but it didn't matter. He had murdered his wife, and he saw it...again.

"Kenshin!" Kaoru was now shaking him harder now, desperately trying to help him.

His eyes finally opened and he looked around really fast at first. Then his eyes found Kaoru.

"Tomoe?"

"No, it's me, Kaoru."

He closed his eyes and leaned over on her. He stayed like that for awhile. When he looked up again, his eyes were amethyst.

AN: I know, sucky ending, but that's okay! I hope this chapter wasn't to bad. I've also changed it to R, just because I don't want to get in trouble! Please review and be nice, because I know this chapter was slow and boring! The next one will be better! Also, to reuka, I don't know if that was how you meant for Tomoe to be in his dreams. Maybe you meant that she should talk to him like in some fics, but I think this was better for me to write because I know how the next chapter will begin!