BUWHAHA! I just finished writing this. I'm still working on getting over my writer's block and as soon as I can find out where exactly to go with this story I can get chapters written faster. Forgive me for the delay! I had finals and as you know, they're very stressful! Well, enjoy and…

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Unbreakable

Chapter 12

"Oh my god!" Kat slammed on the breaks and skidded directly into one of the other cars parked in the driveway.

Everyone's attention was focused on the house. They slowly stepped out of the car and watched as one of the upper rooms smoked as flames licked at what was left of it. Debris littered the ground around them and continued to drift down from the burning room.

Kat snapped out of her daze and noticed that the car she had rammed into was a police car.

"Whose room was that?" Kurama asked with his gaze still on the flames.

"It was our room," Vash growled.

"Another attempt at killing us?" Kat asked. "Why would anyone want revenge on us?"

No one answered her questions and soon the distant screams of fire engines could be heard. The police man who owned the car Kat ran into ushered them off to the side and out of the driveway to ask them questions. His gaze remained on Rei who stared back at the man with an icy glare.

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*a few hours later at night*

Kat shuffled through the remains of the bombed room that had once been hers and Vash's. Her heart once again had taken on the numb feeling that comes with the death of someone near you.

They had gotten a call from the hospital that day (after the police had finished their interrogation) saying that Tanya had died from her injuries and that Kageunsei wasn't any better.

The tears threatened to spill over and Kat had a hard time swallowing past the lump in her throat. She watched where she stepped making sure that she wouldn't fall through the burnt floor.

Smoke still spouted from parts of the rafters and it smelled strongly of ash. Kat stepped over what had been her shoe collection and spotted something shiny. She walked slowly over to see what it was and let out a choked gasp. It had been the dress she had worn to the award ceremony. She pulled it out from under a pile of burnt books and melted glass to see that it was in perfect condition. The diamonds on it sparkled in the setting sun and the fabric glowed red.

'But how?' Kat wondered.

She spotted something else hidden under her dress. It was a large, almost poster sized, framed picture of their group. The glass of the frame had cracked and a few shards fell out as Kat picked it up. From where she was she could hear the phone ring for the third time.

No one bothered to pick it up and a man's voice came over the phone, "We're sorry to inform you that Kageunsei…"

Kat didn't need to hear the rest of what he was saying to know that the doctor had called to tell them he had died. The tears spilled over and little clouds of ash were sent up as her they hit the floor.

Kat's legs buckled and she collapsed onto the floor sobbing.

She felt another presence next to her and she growled, "Go away…"

There was no answer and Kat wiped her tears away to see who it was bothering her. Her brow knitted in confusion; there was no one there. She could still faintly feel the presence of someone in the room though. Kat closed her eyes and tried to use her mind to make an image of who it was but it came up blank.

"I can't see you, but I know you're there," Kat's voice drifted across the seemingly empty room.  

She could pick up the faintest sounds of clothes rustling and a muffled surprised voice but nothing more.

'I can feel them there but I can see nothing…' Kat thought to herself.

She squeezed her eyes shut as tightly as she could and concentrated. She used an old form of meditation someone had once taught her and made her mind go completely blank, devoid of thought and feeling. Then she pulled up only one thought, to find who ever it was within the room.

Her golden eyes slid open and she was met with a saddened pair identical to hers. "Kenshin…" his name slipped off her lips in the form of a whisper.

His hair was down; having escaped the band it was usually tied with and it stirred with the ash in the small breeze. Kat noted that something was different about him but she couldn't place her finger on it.

"You can see me and hear me?" the Battousai's slightly startled voice asked.

Kat lunged at him and pulled him into a bone crushing hug.

His image shimmered and he thought she would pass directly through him. His eyes glimmered with curiosity to see that Kat hadn't passed through him. In fact, she was squeezing him tightly. Feeling rushed back to him in an instant and his lungs burned for the air he had no longer needed being dead. 'I'm alive?!'     

Rei poked her head in having picked up a new scent. Kenshin?!

He let go of Kat and she met his confused gaze. "Something wrong?"

"I'm supposed to be dead remember?!" he yelled before cracking up.

He smells of both the Battousai and Kenshin… Rei warned.

"My sides must have finally mixed," Kenshin said as he sat up done with his fit of laughter.

"What are you doing here anyways?" Kat asked.

"To tell you the truth? I have no idea," he laughed.

 "How did you get here?"

"Wish orb. You can blame the kids for that," he replied absently.

I don't understand. Wouldn't the Battousai have been a hellion and Kenshin an angel? Perhaps you're plant angel powers somehow managed to fuse them together and bring him back? Rei suggested.

"Am I that powerful?" Kat asked Rei.

The wolf shrugged and came over to sniff Kenshin. He spied her and smiled genuinely. His hand stroked the course topcoat of Rei's fur and his fingers mingled with her soft undercoat. 

Kat was puzzled by him and she wondered how the hell everything like this always had to happen to her. She was confused too because, once again, Kenshin had the eyes and voice of the Battousai. His personality had changed too. He was more of someone Kat had expected him to be on first meeting him. His Rurouni side had been a bit too sweet to the point where it spooked Kat at times and his battousai side had been too hard to deal with and had always unnerved her. Now Kenshin seemed to be perfectly balanced, not completely good, but also not completely bad. 

He caught her staring at him. His eyes hardened and took on a fiery hue. Kat got a chill that ran through her spine. His eyes seemed to have changed back into the killer they had once belonged. But as soon as he had leaned over enough for Kat to have to lean backwards to avoid touching him, he burst out laughing.

His eyes dropped their fearsome look and gained something Kat had never expected to see. She had spotted happiness.

Completely puzzled, Kat just sat there while Kenshin laughed away. He stopped after a while and stared at Kat, eyes glistening and a large smile plastered on his features. His hair appeared to be fire, the blood red and golden rays bouncing off it and the wind rippling through it, giving it a life of its own.

Kat smiled and it matched his big grin. She hugged Kenshin again and began to cry.

Alarmed, he pulled away and stared at her. Before realizing that she needed to be comforted.

She's been through a lot… It's nice to have you back... Kenshin, Battousai, whoever you are… Rei got up off the ash covered floor and padded out of the room through the hallways to find something else to do.  

(A/N: Hope you liked it! I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I write it! That's right, I actually haven't written it yet… I'm determined to finished this story though so no worries! PLEASE REVIEW!!!)