Author's note: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin. And I wish to say any clich's in this fic I deeply apologize for because well I've been watching Rurouni Kenshin for sometime now and I have recently taken a liking to reading these fics and I have yet to see a plot anywhere near the same as this one so if it's the same then I guess it's true Great Minds think alike!

His amber eyes burned with fury watching the scene below him occur. Tokio had taken a wrong turn and took them higher than intended. They had gotten there to see Shishio tell the girl of the needs she will help his with before placing his bandaged palms on her bottom.
"Her highness…" Tokio let out a fearful gasp. "At this height one would surely break their legs trying to get to her in time but going around we may walk in on something…" She was breathing trying to keep it together. Suddenly a slap was heard.

"You have got to be out of your mind if you think I will do things like that!!! What kind of girl do you take me for?!?!?" She yelled stepping away from him while he seemed to be trying to get over the shock he had slapped him in mid kiss.

"I think you to be my fiancée."

"Me? Your Fiancée?!?! You have a funny way of showing that!!! Locking me up in a cage like some animal?!?!?" She looked at him with eyes that looked ready to murder. But his hand came up to smack her again before he pulled her hair and slamming her body against the wall face first.

"Don't ever put y our hands on me like that again!!!" He growled pushing his hips against her bottom. She moaned in pain as his fingers were still grasping her hair. Pulling her head to the side he brushed her hair to the side kissing her neck while his finger reached in t hole torn in her kimono to touch her.

Then the unthinkable happened… A sob echoed through the atmosphere. Kaoru Kamiya, the girl who was a fighter till the end. The woman who refused to marry for superficial reasons was crying. Shishio looked at her kissing at her tears as he whispered something to her. She just stayed frozen as he ripped more of her Kimono off. Her legs were weak… she didn't even have the proper strength to fight him. If anyone cared to look they'd find several barely half eaten bowls of food in her cell. The lack of food weakened her substantially… so all she could do was cry while he had his way with her.

"My sweet, sweet Kaoru." Shishio knelt with her on the floor feeding her some bread and wine before putting his lips to hers once more. He bandaged fingers slid into the fold of her kimono to tug them open before the sound of something thudding behind him made him freeze.

"Kenshin!!!" Yahiko's voice yelled out.

"I wondered how long you would watch before interfering, Hitokiri Battousai." Shishio turned to look at the flame headed swordsmen standing next one of the drapery. In mid fall he held onto that to prevent a handicap in the fight already.

"Kenshin…" She turned her misty eyes to look at him. Yes, he was there… But his gaze was upward where he left

"Kaoru… If you can, get out of here…" He said.

"Don't talk to my fiancée!! You've had your chance at marrying a princess, Battousai." Shishio yelled. "But I'm sure you remember her face more than anything… The pained look as your sword pierced her body. Oh… and you should know, "Kenshin"…." Shishio's eyes followed Kaoru who was taking slow steps to the door revived by the bread she had been fed. "She knows…" He said as Kenshin's was awed and turned his head to look at Kaoru who was looking at him with sad eyes.

"She does know…" He thought to himself.

"Kenshin look out!" She yelled as a few strands of his red hair were shortened because of his moment of inattentiveness.

She sighed in relief and rushed out of the room and ran meeting several of Shishio's soldiers. She hadn't realized he had this many men at his disposal. They all turned on her and she ran down one of the side hallways screaming her head off as they began to chase after her. She ran around till she reached Megumi's room and ran inside. Once inside she stayed quiet hoping they would just pass her by. But things didn't stay that way and the door to her room slid open.

"Jo-chan, head down!!" Someone yelled as she dropped to the floor and something huge whooshed over her head, hitting the first wave of the guards, then the second, then the third. This had gone on for sometime before it all stopped. "Jo-chan…"

"S-Sanosuke…?" She lifted her head to look at him. She cried and hugged him. "I have never been so happy to see you in my life!!!" She continued crying. He just stared… Jo-chan crying?

"Jo-chan, this isn't the time for this."

"I know… but Kenshin is in there fighting Shishio and…and… Megumi's still in the dungeon with Tsubame and that Yumi girl killed the Oniwabanshu."

"Oh…" His face fell serious. "We have to find Megumi…"

"And Tokio… I am sure by now the solders have found her when Kenshin had showed up." Kaoru wiped her tears and ran around the corner to her own room. Once grabbing her weapon she turned around to meet Sano again only to hear a thud followed by a heavier thud. "Sanosuke?!?!"

"He decided to take a nap…" Yumi's voice startled Kaoru. She looked up to see the woman standing there in a black outfit. In her hand had been a small unlit bomb and at her side lay various weapons.
"What did you do?!?!?" She watched Yumi draw her sword holding it aiming right at Kaoru in a dart like manner.

Meh… it's short and well it'll be updated… if you can't tell we're nearing the end… Might as well finish it, ne? Next chapter… What happened to Misao and Aoshi?, Will Sano wake up, Where's Megumi? And Yahiko and the others?? Next chapter… Trust me you people really need to kick my lazy butt!!!