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CHAPTER THREE
"Yahiko! Where are you?"
Yahiko brushed dirt off his tear-stained face, his face still deadly pale.
"Yahiko!"
Yahiko covered his ears and buried his face in his knees. How could this happen?
So…… Kenshin was really dead, then.
Lie as he would have liked to, the wounds on his body only told too true the truth.
Why did he have to be the one to live? Kenshin could do a hell lot more of good in a day than he could ever in his lifetime.
Kaoru…… so could she.
He choked back a sob.
I wish they would both be here…… and to have Kaoru to tell me to stop being a baby……
If they didn't have to protect me……
flashback
"Run, Yahiko! Go!" yelled Kaoru. Kenshin was already lying unconscious on the floor, blood splattered everywhere.
Yahiko kneeled by Kenshin.
"Wake up, Kenshin, come on!"
Kaoru screamed and was sent sprawling onto the ground.
Yahiko grabbed his sword and ran at the man. He managed one hard blow, before his opponent's sword cut deeply into his shoulder.
His eyelids felt heavy and he closed them.
"Don't touch him!" he heard Kenshin yell, before everything went black.
end of flashback
Wait……
Kenshin wouldn't die just like that……
Everything was in a blur. Then suddenly a thought struck him.
They had become drowsy after the meal, then everything hurt, and Kenshin started coughing blood……
Which meant-
Yahiko scrambled to his feet. He ran out of his hiding place and out into the yard, only to bump into a Megumi.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"Back to the hospital. They've finished checking Kenshin and Kaoru. The doctor wants me to see him."
"See if there's any poison in them! I'm sure-" he called after her, but Megumi had vanished into the distance.
xxxxxx
Megumi walked down the corridor, finally stopping before the same doctor whom had broke the bad news to her before.
"You wanted to see me?" she asked.
"Yes. Apparently, Megumi, you wanted us to run a check on the autopsy on Himura's death. We have come up with the result." He said, checking his board.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Well, there were traces of Narseum in their bodies. They could- Megumi, are you alright?"
Megumi had turned pale at the sound of the result.
"No, it's nothing……"
"They could have been poisoned before they were attacked, which naturally weakened Himura……" he continued talking, but his voice was lost to Megumi.
She clenched her fist in her pocket, while a single tear betrayed her and rolled down her cheek.
xxxxxx
Sanosuke was sitting on the step of the dojo, when Megumi came in , her eyes red from crying.
"Megumi? What happened?" he asked, standing up immediately.
She stopped, and looked at him for a moment before answering.
"I've got the result of Kenshin and Kaoru's autopsy ," she whispered. "The doctors found Narseum in their bloodstream."
"What's Narseum?" he asked.
"It's-" she hesitated. "It's a poison……that……"
Megumi began to cry.
"It's a poison that I created." She answered.
Finished another chapter! Maybe it got boring at some parts, because not much of SanoxMegumi, but I assure you there's gonna be lots soon.
Bye-bye!