Cookies to you all! You deserve it!
ps: Stormykittycat, The night flashes are flashbacks, but that's it. (In chap. four) I'm glad you love my stories.
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Aoushi placed a hand over his own heart, the other over Kenshin's still form.
The whole group was gathered around the two in the center of the dojo.
At first nothing happened. Then kenshin began to breathe, softly at first, then gaining rapidity, his eyes moving behind his eyelids in rapid motion.
Suddenly, dark golden eyes shot open as his form shot out and tackled one of the companions in the room.
"Kenshin! What the hell are you doing!" Sanouske demanded as the samurai held the red haired man by the throat.
"This bastard tried to kill me." His eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Please, Kill me." the man begged.
"Himura, stop." Aoushi said coldly.
Kenshin turned on the ex malitia leader. "Shut up aoushi."
"He deliberately missed your vital organs, Himura. He spared you, wouldn't you like to know why?" Aoushi said, normally emotionless voice almost panicked.
Kenshin released the man, his eyes reverting to dark violet.
"I deserve to die." Tien said softly, looking at his own feet. "A long time ago, almost sixty years, My sister made me promise to take care of her two sons. Well, one of them ran away when his mother died. I raced out to find him. I was caught in a flood, when we got back to the house, the youngest was gone. We didn't find him until he was an assasin in the revolution. And then he belived that he had no family left. So we let him belive this.
Meanwhile, the older brother was hired to pretect a young girl while her father went to the war, her mother was still alive at this time. As the girl grew, the woman died. The older brother became more and more attatched to the girl, but knew he could not contact her until she came of age.
But mr. Hajime was sent to capture him, forcing him to run away. When he got back, his younger brother had stolen the girl's heart.
that Younger brother, is you, Kenshin. Yuushi's plan was to eliminate you, then everyone else Kaouru loves before he takes her for himself. He belives i am dead as well, i cannot help either of you. now. If you wish to kill me, do so. i deserve it for what i have done." Tien said, looking at kenshin's bare feet.
Those feet approached, he heard the chink of a sword being unsheathed. The feet stopped in front of him, he heard clothes rustle and waited for the impact.
it didn't come. he looked up in confusion.
"Noone deserves to die for things they are regretful for. I learned that the hard way." kenshin knelt in front of him. "Uncle, I..." he cut himself off as Kaouru's soft moan broke the silence.
He was at her side in moments, her small hand in his own.
Her blue eyes fluttered open and a deafening scream tore from her throat as she scrambled away from him. "You're dead!" She screamed, back thumping agaist the wall.
"Kaouru-dono." He said, trying to calm her.
"You...it's a trick! it's got to be some kind of trick!" She mumbled.
(a/n, poor Kaouru, she's going nuts.)
"Kaouru-dono, i'm here. I'm alive." He said, pulling her to him. He placed one of her trembling hands over his heart. "See?" he asked, watching her eyes widen in surprise, then revert to tears.
"i thought i'd lost you again. I...I thought you'd left." She cried into his Haori.
"Shh." he cooed, running his fingers through her hair.
Noone else in the room mattered at that moment. They were the only two people in the world. At that moment, for them, the world stood still.
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I'm cutting it off here because i thought i would end it with a sweet note. don't worry it'll get back to the bittersweet later.
Bittersweet is the best kind of revenge. -me.
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