Chapter 4

Aftermath

PREVIOUSLY

Few weeks later, a group of rebels revolted against the government.

At the battle site, the prophecy will come into place.

The man darted towards them & slashed Yahiko who went in front of Kaoru to protect her. The blade went into Yahiko's right hip up to his left shoulder. Yahiko screamed in pain as he fell forward with a hard thud.

Not a minute too soon, Yahiko died in Kaoru's arms. Kaoru trembled so hard as she screams her heart out, "NO!!!!!!!!"

The fighting abruptly stopped as strong gust of winds passed them & into Kaoru. It builds in volume & encircled her like a tornado. She stood up; her eyes were still closed, her hair became black & longer, reaching her waist. All of them saw the transformation. Someone shouted from the rebels, "She's a witch! Kill her!"

In a matter of few minutes, all rebels were wiped out, dead.

She was crying not tears, but blood. She faced Yahiko again, extended her arms in front of his body & closed her eyes. Her arms produced a bright white light causing his body to glow & his wounds to heal up. When she was finished, the light was gone.

"I'm tired of living here. It's so lonely. It hurts so badly. It's difficult to even breath. I lost my faith in humans. But when you saved me, I decided to give hope to the young ones. You're still a kid. You've much to learn. Just remember never to lose yourself when you grow up."

The fire burnt out, leaving Kaoru's body as they were before. Blue eyes & blue hair. But no soul. She was dead. "Kaoru!!!"

10 YEARS LATER

Megumi & Sano married & had 2 sons & 1 daughter.

Yahiko & Tsubame were now engaged. Yahiko was now the master of Kamiya Kasshin Style & Tsubame owns a restaurant.

Ayame & Suzume were teenagers. They were now living with Yahiko & the others at Kaoru's dojo.

Misao & Aoshi married not long after Megumi & Sano. They have 5 children, all boys.

Kenshin just recently died after having Kaposis Sarcoma (a skin cancer he obtained from the scars he had). They buried him together with Kaoru on her family's grave.

HEAVEN

"Where am I? Is this heaven?" Kenshin said. Bright light surrounded him. Suddenly a voice spoke. A voice he never imagined to hear again.

"Hello my dear Kenshin." Kenshin was shocked to see her. "Tomoe!" He ran to her & hugged her. "Tomoe, I'm so sorry for what I did to you." "It's alright Kenshin. You have atoned for your sins. I have missed you so much! I'm sorry for the guilt, grief & sorrow I gave you." Kenshin shook his head. Tomoe smiled. "There's some one you should meet. She's waiting for you all this time." "Who?" "Come," Tomoe beckoned & Kenshin followed.

"There she is." He looked at the dark blue-haired girl he longed to see in front of him. "Kaoru," he whispered under his breath. "Go to her. You 2 deserve to be happy." Kenshin truned to Tomoe & gratefully smile. "Thank you, Tomoe, my dear friend."

He walked towards the girl he missed so terribly. "Kaoru." The girl jerked her head in surprise. She turned to look at him & smiled. "Welcome home, Shinta." Kenshin smiled as well & kissed her. "Tadaima, Kaoru. At long last, I can be happy again."

FINISHED

Author's Note:

So how was it? I came up with the idea the same time I wrote this. I was listening to my collection of OST's. One in particular was Endless Love. It's a Korean Telenovela. It was recently shown here & I like it very much. It was about the love of two people. But fate is always against them. They were both brother & sister. They were very rich. They love each other very much, as a sibling at first. But the girl turned out to be adopted. Apparently, the girl & another girl were mixed up when they were born. At the age of 12 or something, she came back to her original family. They were poor. Her adopted family went to States & her adopted brother came back when they were already working. To speed things up, they met again. But the guy was going to get married who somewhat resembles his adopted sister. Then the girl had a boyfriend. After they met, they started to fall in love with each other. But both their families & friends opposed. So they eloped. Things started to happen & they were force to be separated once again. The girl then had leukemia. Because of that, they were allowed to be together. When she was dying, the guy was slowly drinking poison to die also. But the girl found out & he was forced to promise the girl that he'd never do that again. The girl died in his arms (he was carrying him in his back) while walking down the beach. After the funeral, he went back to their old neighborhood & a truck accidentally knocked him down. Of course, he died also. Then flashback came starting when the girl died & backwards. At the end, you can see them walking at the beach again The guy was carrying the girl in his back. That's why it's called endless love.

Now what the heck is the connection with the fic? I don't know. Its just that the soundtrack was very heartbreaking & it's like portraying Kenshin & Kaoru's relationship. They have feelings for each other but it seems fate doesn't want them to be together.

Please don't flame me! Anyway, it's only a fic. It's far from the original one. But the ending of the real RK OVA2 was also a tragedy for me.