Kenshin's eyes opened and his body jerked up, rapidly heaving from the nightmare he visualized. His breathing hitched a bit when he remembered the blood seeping through his hands. His violet eyes widened slightly as he covered his hand and quickly made his way down the hall and opened the door, throwing himself out onto the cold patted down dirt.

He closed his eyes and tried to block the memories from coming back, which didn't help at all. He could taste the bile creeping it's way up his throat. He rushed over to a bush and retched at the thought of what he remembered. How could he ever forgive himself?

Tomoe's pale face that was cold slowly faded and morphed before Kenshin's eyes, wide with horror and disbelief. Soon, the once smiling face of Kaoru appeared in Tomoe's place and her eyes held hatred for him, fear for the blade he wielded. She also feared him, the Battousai.

He saw the body move a bit as if registering the hit on her shoulder. She blinked and then lifted her hand to touch the blade. Before her fingers lingered even near the wound, Kenshin plunged his sword into her heart, ruptured blood vessels spraying blood on his face and already red hair. His breathing because erratic as he realized what he had just done. He had no control over his actions. None at all.

He fell to his knees, trying to tear at his skin, make the feeling flowing through his veins stop. How could he feel pleasure?! He had murdered her!

Kenshin finally calmed down though he felt the metallic taste of blood in his mouth as he tried to spit out the awful taste of the bile. His ashen face showed the fright he held deep down in his soul. He let the cool air wash over his body and he felt the moons soft rays try to sooth him as the crickets chirruped in the distance.

He rose to his feet, getting the shaking feeling out of his body. He had tried to wear himself to exhaustion by practicing with the boken but it obviously didn't work well. He had hoped a dreamless sleep, but this was the third one this week so far.

He took a deep breath and cleared his vision and then closed his eyes as if in meditation while standing. He stayed there until he felt some of the suns warm rays touch his skin and he opened his eyes, letting the serene feeling leave his body.

He sighed heavily and then walked over to the well and got some water, splashing it on his face. He let the water stream over him like tears of rainwater and then he shook it away as if trying to forget the night. He rose to his feet, the water absorbing into his gi.

He padded off to his room and changed into his normal clothes and then headed towards the kitchen and get breakfast started for Kaoru and Yahiko. He raised an eyebrow when he saw the door slightly opened. He opened it further to see Sanosuke snoring on the floor. The door leading into the dojo was partially opened and the stench of sake on Sano's breath showed that he was down right drunk.

"At least he made it this far." Kenshin chuckled as he managed to pick up the bigger form of the street fighter and drag him off to his room and lay him on his futon.

He got up and walked past his room and noticed the one thing he forgot, his sakabato. He stared at the blade from the open door to his room, just standing there and staring at the blade.

That was it. In his dream, the thing that made it so different was that this time he had a sakabato on the sharp side, not the dull side. It was flipped over as he intended to kill both Tomoe and Kaoru. His eyes began to widen as the stains of blood seemed to drip on the walls, blood pouring like a river from the blade, the blood of those he hurt with the blade h wielding to protect people.

The swirls of the different colors of blood blended together, forming a deep crimson, almost black blood. It seemed to come for him, trying to reach him to pull him down and drown him. His breathing because almost as erratic as his heart beat as he quickly took a step back and blinked when he realized he had bumped into someone who was walking past him in a sleeping daze almost.

"S-Sano?" Kenshin said, blinking to push away the hallucination he had.

"Kenshin?" Sano questioned with a raised eyebrow. There was something in the smaller man's eyes that told him something wasn't right. Something was wrong with Kenshin to put him on his nerves like this.

Author's note:

I'm so sorry reviewers for making y'all wait so long for this chapter! Currently I'm writing on a Saturday. I'm also sorry that it's short, I think all the chapters might be since I need to find time to update all my stories. sigh I can't wait for Thanksgiving weekend break, more time to write! And then its Christmas break! Yeah! Uh...Shellie I updated the story so don't murder me! Now if I update me other story that's a slash....muahahah! I had this creepy story where this store had my name or something... shivers that was creepy. Oh, yeah and the story title for those who don't know is a DDR song, 'kay? Red Tail