Author's Note: Yahoo! Finally another chapter! Sorry it took so long. I just got stuck on where to go with this story so I didn't want to post another chapter until I got a few more ideas. Anyways, I hope you enjoy!

For those Comfortably Numb fans: I've begun to rewrite the story (to match my schedule and the dates). Chapters one and two are already rewritten and I'm working on chapter three. The story line had changed a bit so you'll want to re-read it. More to come later!

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Chapter Four

There was blood everywhere. It coated her arms and clothes as well as the man lying on the floor before her. She was pale and her stomach threatened to empty the rest of its contents onto the floor. It took a few minutes of just staring at the man in front of her before Kat was able to regain some of her composure. She couldn't believe that the infamous Battousai was just lying in her room, bleeding to death.

She was shocked when the thought crossed her mind that she had the choice to just let him die. He had killed so many people and she had the power to make sure it never happened again. The longer Kat stared at his helpless unconscious face, the more convinced she became that this couldn't be the same person who had been staring at her earlier that day.

She swallowed past the lump in her throat and wondered if she was walking into a trap. Suppose she did decide to help him? Then what? If he ever woke up, would he be like the wolf and strike her down at the first chance he got? Kat shook away the thoughts and sat for a few more minutes before deciding. No matter what happened, she wouldn't let this man die. Regardless of his past and of who he was right now he was just someone in desperate need of help.

Kat knew that by the time she summoned Megumi, he would have bled to death and she had wasted enough time deciding what to do with him already. Kat hoped that the little knowledge she had picked up from Megumi was enough to save his life. Working quickly Kat stripped his bloodied clothes away from his body. She used the water from a pitcher sitting on her dresser to wipe the blood away and a sewing needle to stitch any broken skin she found.

The worst of the wounds appeared to be on his abdomen, where a sword had impaled him. Kat could only hope that none of his organs had been punctured. The only other thing she could do was use some of bandages she kept hidden in a drawer to cover the wounds. Kat surveyed her work before breaking down sobbing.

She knew that what she had done would never save his life and it occurred to her for the first time that he would die.

"AOSHI!" she found herself screaming.

Her door flew open with a loud bang a few second later and for a moment nothing happened. Then Aoshi's strong voice thundered down the hall, "HIKO, GET MEGUMI!"

Kat could hear someone running across the yard behind her and she guessed that Aoshi had asked Hiko to stay the night as well.

"When did this happen?" Aoshi asked as he knelt beside Kat. He didn't yell at her and Kat was surprised that all he wanted to know was the truth.

She wondered if Aoshi knew who this man was. "Before you went to the gate and talked to the Shinsengumi-"

"I don't believe this!" Aoshi exclaimed.

Kat blinked in confusion, hadn't he just asked her politely to answer his questions?

"Don't you know what this means? You've just made us enemies to the Shinsengumi! Not only that, but if anyone – and I mean anyone – finds out that he's here, they're going to kill not only him but us too!" Aoshi yelled.

Kat remained silent and fixed her gaze at the floor beyond the Battousai's motionless body.

"Katsura! Aoshi! Are you ok? What's going on?" Megumi asked as she entered the room. Her questions fell short when she noticed who her new patient was. "I was in the neighborhood..." she tried again but her voice failed her.

Kat found her voice and ordered, "Don't just stand there Megumi!"

The older woman dropped to her knees and began tearing off the bandages. She used a pair of scissors to cut the thread that Kat had stitched the wounds with. After some extensive examination, Megumi cleansed the wounds with antiseptic and stitched them back up again. Kat helped reapply the bandages then waited for Megumi to tell them the extent of the damage.

"He's lost a lot of blood," she began bluntly. "I truly doubt that he'll live to see sunrise. I can't believe that he has even survived this long..."

"Megumi," Kat asked, "you won't tell anyone about him will you?"

Megumi's face contorted in anger. It was policy never to discuss patients no matter what the circumstances. She sighed, "As long as he doesn't pose as a threat I won't tell anyone. But if anything happens-"

"I'll be sure to take care of that," Aoshi said as he rummaged through the Battousai's clothing. He withdrew two swords and unsheathed one of them. "He's a ronin," Aoshi said with mild surprise, "Neither the swords or their hilts have any crests or markings on them."

Kat saw the moonlight from her window light up the metal with an eerie silver glow. Aoshi sheathed the sword he had been examining and glanced to Kat before leaving the room, "I wouldn't worry about anything Megumi. Thank you for coming."

Megumi rested a hand on Kat's shoulder, "You're crazy, you know that? You owe me big time for this kid... Get some rest ok?"

Kat managed a small smile, "Thanks Megumi."

She could hear Aoshi talk to Hiko about moving the body out of her room but Megumi cut him off saying that if they moved him even the slightest bit, they could kill him. Their voices eventually died away and Kat was left alone with a man who probably wouldn't make it to sunrise, which was only four hours away.

'Does he deserve this?' Kat wondered. 'He's killed so many people; does he really deserve to live?'

A gust of cold wind blew through Kat's window and she noticed that she only had one blanket. She sighed and realized that her clothes were coated in blood. Her other sleeping kimono was still drying outside and Kat shuddered. 'He might not even make it to sunrise...' she told herself. This thought didn't comfort her much but having no other choice; Kat stripped off her bloodied yukata and grabbed the sheets from her futon to lie down next to the Battousai.

Kat's skin broke out in goosebumps as she remembered who this man was. She prayed that no one would walk in on her and as she tried to fall asleep she muttered, "You owe me for this..."

(A/N: I'm sorry! It's taken me forever to get this out! I had thought about rewriting the first few chapters (like I am for Comfortably Numb) but then decided not to. too lazy Anyways, chapters 5 and 6 are written but not edited and I'm not completely satisfied with them but I promise that I will continue with this story! PLEASE REVIEW!!!)