Author's Note: Thanks for sticking with me for the length of this story. Even if you didn't review, thanks for giving me the time of day! - As is my standard, Personal Review Replies are at the end of the chapter…Thanks to all who reviewed! I would also LOVE to hear from some new reviewers too, don't be shy! This is an historic moment for me! This chapter is the Final chapter of my First Story to be written to completion

Anyways, this is a side story to Breaking That 'Sessha' Habit of His, From Chapter 5. I hope you guys enjoy! This is also a REMAKE of the two episodes with Kaoru acting more like herself as I would see her doing…More take charge and no one had better even look at me funny if they want to live….however, I have changed and added things here…so don't be surprised if there are a few of similarities between the episodes and this fic.! You Have Been Warned!!!!

The episodes used are titled: The Strongest Opponent from the Past: Merciless Fangs Strike! And The Devil of Vengeance: Makoto Shishio's Plot

Disclaimer: As always, I do NOT own Rurouni Kenshin in real life! Reality is ever so very CrUeL!! # Plus, even if I did own RK….what would I be doing writing fan fiction? I for one would know that I would be working on getting the Jinchu Arc animated, and translating the Manga faster! LOL…but that's just me! Either that or I would be making new episodes to fill in some gaps here and there!

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By LadySword04

September 11, 2004

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Previously on WEWNMWAAT:

Megumi's hand came up to cover her mouth as she observed the scene playing out in front of her. It seemed almost surreal…like she was looking through someone else's eyes on an event that didn't affect her in the least.

As soon as this happened, Yahiko exclaimed, "Saito's got Kenshin in a strangle hold! He's trying to suffocate him!"

"No Yahiko, he's not ever going to be that compassionate. What he is trying to do is break Kenshin's neck, then watch with his twisted sense of humor as Kenshin writhes in pain and dies." Sano said in an unusually icy tone.

Lucky for Kaoru, she didn't hear the conversation between Sano, Megumi, and Yahiko. 'Now's my chance, he's presenting his back to me, and he's totally focused on his task of killing MY Friend! NO ONE does that and gets away with it. Saito's gonna' pay. I don't care if he IS a police officer. He's going down!' Kaoru thought before taking off with a bokken in each hand.

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Chapter Seven: Kaoru's Moment of Glory

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Both of Kaoru's bokkens were poised and ready for action in her hands. The wood shone slightly in the dim moonlight, and their silhouettes were outlined by the dark of the room, and briefly being lit up by the beams of moonlight that made their way inside the windows to the floor. The hilts shone a gleaming pearly white that contrasted sharply with the black color the room was bathed in, and only interrupted by where Kaoru's hands gripped them tightly.

Raising both weapons above her head, Kaoru silently continued running toward Saito's back. When she was close to being within range, both bokkens came above her head. This time, they were high enough for the moonbeams to catch them in their entirety.

'Hold on Kenshin, just a little bit longer!' Kaoru pleaded mentally.

Finally, she was within striking distance. Swiftly, the bokken in her left hand came crashing down on Saito's left shoulder causing the officer to turn his head while wincing in a mixture of pain and surprise. Kaoru of course was too fast for him and slammed the bokken in her right hand into his face, effectively breaking his nose and subjecting him to a land filled with nothing but shadows as he lost consciousness for a brief period in time.

As one would presume, this lapse of consciousness caused Saito's hands to release Kenshin from the death grip our favorite samurai found himself being strangled by. The pressure had been immense; almost enough to break his neck, and had completely cut off his air supply. Every passing second Kenshin felt more and more pressure being added, and every moment he felt for sure would be the point in time where the pressure was too great and would cause his vertebrae to snap. In other words, every second was viewed as potentially his last.

Then, just as Kenshin got the idea to use his sheath to slam Saito in the jaw, the wolf actually released him after letting out a startled yip of pain. Confused, but being an opportunist, Kenshin jumped away and flung the jacket to the floor after he felt the distance between him and his adversary was sufficient.

Kenshin turned his head slightly and located his fallen sword, which he placed in his sheath at his hip. Then, he heard an angry growl from Saito. 'He's probably coming after me again.' Kenshin thought as he began the process of turning around. What he saw definitely surprised him.

There was Kaoru, hitting the officer all over, though concentrating on his head the most. Poor Saito was definitely no match for Kaoru in his weakened state. The first two hits had sent him momentarily out of the realm of consciousness, and when he regained it, he found he couldn't see anything; the darkness, swimming images, and stars were of course, curteousy of Kaoru's first wave of attacks.

The sight before him was mildly amusing, but also somewhat insulting. Kaoru was beating the crap out of the wolf, though in turn she was finishing His fight. Not that it mattered, Kenshin didn't like fighting, but the Battousai on the other hand was appalled, and his ego badly bruised at having a woman finish his fight. Kenshin reined him in and forced himself to watch what happened next.

Saito gave out an angered growl at not being able to see, and Kaoru was relentless in her attacks. She kept hitting him, and blow after blow landed on his trunk or badly abused head. In the meantime, she easily evaded his blind swings that were meant to inflict harm. After one particularly hard blow, the first bokken smashed into two jagged pieces. Kaoru merely huffed, threw it aside quickly, and continued her onslaught with the other. Moments later, the second bokken broke, and Saito was on his knees on the ground desperately trying to protect himself while maintaining his grip on the land of wakefulness let alone the land of the living as he was getting the beating of his life.

Kenshin merely looked on with a twisted grin on his face, mirth apparent in his eyes as the orbs gradually began to swirl a mixture of amber and lavender together; Kaoru was dishing out a much worse beating than Kenshin could have managed at this point in time. He decided to move closer to intervene if Saito was able to retaliate, though by now it seemed highly unlikely.

Still not satisfied, as Saito was still moving (more like crawling on his hands and knees to get away from her), Kaoru beat him with the hilt. Looking up, Kaoru noticed that Kenshin was rather close to her but still out of the path of the bokken. Taking advantage of this, she reached up with her free hand and snatched Kenshin's sword and sheath from the ties of his hakamas.

Kenshin never even thought she would do something like that, and was bewildered by the speed with which she had taken his sword from him; nothing like that had EVER happened before now. He bent closer to see the angry gleam in her eyes to find that her attack now was not fueled by the need to defend anyone anymore, but to vent her anger and frustration with both the officer now being brutalized, and herself for being so helpless.

However, what surprised him the most was the fact that she took the sword out of the sheath and proceeded to beat Saito with the broad (flat and wide, no sharp edges!!) side of it. By the fourth hit, Saito lost his battle to stay awake, and succumbed to the sea of black that all but too eagerly pulled him under.

His last thoughts before losing were that he was being beaten (physically and in battle) by a Woman! And that he never got to give the Battousai the fitting death a vermin such as him so deserved from the ferocious predator that Saito thought of himself as; the struggle for life between a cat and a mouse lasts only a short time, and usually ends with the prey's neck being broken. The duel would just have to continue some other day when a fitting end could be delivered.

After that last thought, his form quickly slumped to the floor from its position of crawling on his hands and knees to avoid the blows while trying to protect himself, and it now looked like he was sleeping.

Wanting to make sure that he wouldn't get up unless she allowed it, Kaoru sat on his back to pin him to the floor until Yahiko or someone could go to the police station to get one of his superiors to come and "collect" their now unconscious and seemingly harmless officer.

By now, the horrifying gleam in her eyes had all but faded, and she was panting from the energy she had expended in her task. Looking him over one more time, Kaoru gave a satisfied 'che' sound and looked at her friends.

Kenshin had backed away from her to go stand with Megumi and company which now were all staring at her in disbelief at what she had done, not to mention the carnage; two broken bokkens, one sword stolen from a ruthless hitokiri, one badly injured and unconscious officer, a few holes in and patches of blood on the walls, and a still somewhat fuming woman; With a SWORD no less! That fact alone was scary. Not to mention the repercussions that striking an officer would incur, and how this whole event would be viewed by anyone that could see inside the dojo as they walked by or hear about it through the local gossipmongers.

Kaoru hit like crazy with a bokken, and Yahiko was the most fearful of them all that if he said the wrong thing he would be subjected to her violent wrath. He also knew that she could in fact brandish a blade, and made a mental note not to tease her about that anymore; her style was truly to be considered swordsmanship by him now after witnessing her in action.

The rest of the group continued to stare, which earned them the most feared threat and promise she could offer from where she now sat; The LOOK that promised hurt if they didn't snap their jaws shut and stop looking at her like a crazed lunatic on an officer bashing spree.

It was then that her friends found the surroundings quite interesting. Kenshin by now was trying to regain control of himself, which was easier now that his opponent was not an immediate threat to them all. He found himself staring once more at Kaoru, and when she looked in his direction, he averted his gaze to the sword in her hands.

With that, she began advancing towards the group. Holding the sword, now safely in its sheath, up to his face in an accusatory manner she began her tirade that pretty much consisted of, "Kenshin! We were all so worried about you. You could have died! Don't You EVER do that again or I promise you Himura Kenshin that you'll wind up in WORSE shape than that pathetic excuse of a police officer. And know that I have every intention of being true to my word," along with a jumble of other words that were incomprehensible to everyone but Kaoru in her current state of anger.

She finished in an angry huff, once again panting before noticing the terrified looks on her friends' faces. Looking at her weapon of choice that she was waving in front of Kenshin, she found it was most definitely NOT a bokken, and visibly blanched.

"Oh Kenshin, I am so sorry! Here." She stated now more embarrassed than anything else. Sheepishly, and with a blush, she handed the sword back over to its rightful owner.

Kenshin gratefully took the weapon from her with that loveable rurouni grin in order to assure her that the rurouni once again was in control.

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'That day I sure proved my physical strength and usefulness both of my person and my sword style. Yahiko should be proud to be learning the technique that incapacitated the wolf, and Sano and Kenshin should see that I can handle and take care of myself very well in any situation. Maybe now Megumi will stop teasing me about being the only woman that practices swordsmanship, as I just saved the life of the 'object of her affection' (and mine) with the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu from the clutches of that twisted policeman.' She thought proudly and with a smirk of self satisfaction.

That was when Kenshin's voice interrupted her thoughts. "Kaoru-dono, I am going to start making lunch now, that I am if it is alright with you. Enjoy the rest of your bath."

And enjoy the rest of her bath she did.

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Owari

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Author's Note: Well, this was definitely fan fiction history for me. I finally finished a story! I hope you got a kick out of it! Oh, and in November I will definitely put up a post for the rest of the reviews that this chapter gets; you reviewers will have your own post!

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WhiteRabbit5: I want to extend my gratitude to you for all the help that you have so willingly given to me! I really appreciate it! I feel that you have really helped my writing improve, and I know that without you this story would not have come out like it did. #hugs and smiles# I hope the fight scene (totally original I hope) was good enough! As for starting another fic, I am thinking about one I will only disclose by its affectionate term, "Musings" about Kenshin, Kaoru, and Tomoe. I have it mapped out, and it will be a one shot. I hope you read it when I write it! BTSHOH is on hold until I get that out and learn how to balance my schedule better. I eagerly await the second debut of the story you took down whenever you can get it up…let me know ok? Yeah, school does get in the way…I am at the college more than not, and definitely spend more time on campus than I did in high school! I am glad you find my antics funny….at least they served one purpose…to make you all laugh! I agree…it does feel like you get jipped when people read and don't review, though I am guilty of doing this myself so I am not enraged or anything. People often don't have the time to read and review…it's one or the other. Thanks for sticking with me for the length of this story, and I hope you enjoyed it beginning to end! #smiles and waves#

Leah Durose: No worries, better late than never. I usually am four days late or so with reviews now as I get home late most nights and have homework so I can't even get on the computer….(I go into computer withdrawal all the time now). I am sorry to hear about Hiko escaping…he really didn't…I kinda' took him to write this chapter…especially since I told him I could telepathically turn his home made sake into cyanide if he ever attempted to make any….he willingly agreed to come to this story….sorry for not telling you sooner! LOL. Thanks for the concern…classes are going well, but I get more work than when I was in high school, and spend more time there too! So as you can tell, updates are few and far between. Courses I am taking include: Asian Art History, Japanese Poetry in the Age of the Samurai (notice a pattern?), Introduction to Women's Literature, Animal Sciences 101, Math 003, and UNIV 100 which is a crap class that I was told to take….You're welcome about the wolf eyes thing and You should feel Special!! I hope you liked this chapter, and Ruth too…as well as your temp muse Twid….Hey, in the book 'Z' there is Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and he is quite funny, just in a dark way….you're not that dark….and I really think you are funny! Thanks so much! Work is great too! Yeah, the whole belt thing blew my mind the first time I saw it. That was a stroke of genius! I hope you got the two episodes, I can't find the exact numbers, but they are between 27 and 34….that much I know…I hope you have a great week! Thanks for sticking by me throughout this story! It wouldn't have been as much fun without your running commentaries and humor! # smiles and waves #

Valese: Please don't ever say that you are pathetic for not posting! All good things come to those who wait…and if we want a good chapter, anyone would wait awhile for it! I personally would want a well written and thought-out chapter to be posted that took a month than a poorly written one done in an hour or so. How was your first week of class? I know you started on the ninth. I hope you got teachers you like! You're so sweet! I hope you liked the part where Kaoru beat him to a pulp. #brings out tissues….I know, I was near tears while finishing this chapter and story….it's a fan fic first for me to start and finish a story! Yeah, I like Saito a lot too, but I wanted Kaoru to beat him up first before progressing to other stronger opponents….lol. Wouldn't that be interesting to have Kaoru beat everyone up? Actually, aside from the gone all day Sat, work is great…I am learning lots which is good! I hope this story lived up to your expectations of it! I know it was wonderful to have your support and encouragement for the length of this fic.! # hugs and waves # Talk to you on IM later!

Nakashima-Michiyo: I see what you mean. Compared to the Battousai, Kaoru's skills are not on his level, but compared to other dojo masters, I would think she is among the top five or so. I hope I was able to update fast enough for ya,' and that you liked Kaoru's actions in this chapter. Thanks for reviewing me each chapter! I really appreciate the kind words and encouragement you have given me! I hope you go read the story that prompted me to write this one! BTSHOH! # hugs and smiles to you # Until next time!

Animegurl23: Thanks for joining me on this fic.! As you see, I did continue, and I hope you liked the ending! #smiles and waves#

Please review! Let me know what you think! I promise I Do Not bite….! Besides, if you don't tell me what I am doing wrong….I will just Have to keep mercilessly bombarding fan fiction with my work that needs some form of improvement…and YOU will have to see it up on the Just In list when I post! #evil, maniacal laughter#