Later that night, Megumi was sitting in the sunroom with Jade. She hummed to herself and looked up at the stars. Looking down at Jade, she realized something. "You aren't going to make it, aren't you?" she said, tears forming in her eyes. She heard a crash and a loud thud. She looked behind her and Sano was lying on the ground, gasping for breath. She rushed to his side and peered down at him.
"Dilated pupils, cold sweat, weak pulse, rapid heartbeat. Krait bite!" she said. She surveyed him for a bite, but she found nothing. "What happened?"
"Megumi, dear, how could such an educated woman be so stupid?" a young voice came from a corner. "I put venom in his food! Lovely thing, venom. Cannot be detected when ingested!"
"You!" she yelled, springing to her feet.
"Yes! Me!" he said, coming from the shadows. His face looked gaunt and pale, as though he had not slept or eaten in days.
"Why did you do this!" she yelled.
"Why? Don't you see? I did this for what you did to me! You lied to me, you tricked me! You pushed me away! You laughed at my feelings towards you, and you shunned me! You deserve what you got!"
"What of Kenshin, and the others?" she demanded.
"Oh? Your little friends? They can join us, I think they're ready!" he snarled, opening another door. Three bodies fell to the floor, and a rank odor filled the air. He took a sword and slashed at one of them, and a head went rolling to Megumi's feet. It was Kenshin.
She screamed and fell to the floor, pushing it away.
"You're stupid lover will by dying soon. He's so much bigger the poison kills slower. I like it better that way, he suffers more!" Yahiko laughed shrilly, licking the blood from his blade. He began to make his way towards Megumi.
She was hugging Sano, crying her eyes out.
"Megumi!" he choked out, "I love you." His breathing stopped, his pulse declined, his body convulsed and he lay dead in front of her.
Her scream pierced the night, and she pounded on his body with all of her might.
"Why did you do this, Yahiko?" she cried.
Yahiko picked up Jade by the ankles and dangled her in front of Megumi tauntingly. He took out a small dagger and began to slice at her delicate flesh. The baby wailed in agony, and Megumi cried with fear.
"Little Jade, you weren't going to live anyways. Why don't I save you some suffering?" Yahiko cackled, throwing her to the ground. He jabbed the dagger into her and moved it around. He took it out and began to stab her repeatedly, until a pool of blood surrounded her, and she was no longer recognizable. He tossed the lifeless body onto the heap, and turned to Megumi.
"It was a bastard anyways. I can give you one more chance to live Megumi. Accept me," he said.
"I cannot love one who has killed my loved ones!" she cried.
"Yes! Scream, Megumi! It only makes me love your helplessness so much more," he said, now setting his hands on her shoulders.
"I don't fear death. Do what you wish!" she said, drying her tears. "I'm coming…"
"I have waited for so long, Megumi. So long," he said, plunging his hands into her clothes. She sat up straight and let him do as he pleased. Resist or not, she was going to die. He stripped her of her clothes and took out a small butterfly knife. He held her tight, and kissed her. Holding the knife to her neck he whispered, "I love you, always." A swift cut and she fell to the floor.
Yahiko looked around the room full of carnage. He laid them all down, and placed a small lily in Megumi's hand. He laid a silken linen over her body, and kissed her one last time. He slit his wrist and mixed his blood with hers that was in a pool on the floor. With it, he wrote something on the wall. Taking a rope, he hung himself in the middle of the room, grasping a blood stained lily.
The next morning the police had come to investigate the screams that were heard. They found Yahiko and the others dead. And written on the wall in blood was, "I wish it could be."