Chapter 8:I Will Forever Hold You In My Memory
Someone opened the door.
"Oh, I found him, master. He was just in the basement with his girlfriend."
"Well wake them up and bring them up here." The butler gently shook them awake and pulled them each to Mr. Himura. "Well, well. What were you doing down there with..." His voice trailed off when he saw Kaoru. "Ah, Kaoru! Welcome back home!"
"Oh, umm, thank you, sir."
"No need to call me sir." He chuckled. How does dad know her...? She smiled at his kindness. "So what exactly were you two doing down there? Can I expect grandchildren?"
"Haha. No, 'dad'."
"Aww. Kenshin I didn't know you were dating Kaoru again." What does he mean again? Even my dad knows! God!
"Oh...with all respect...I'm not dating Himura-san."
"Eh? Then why were you in the basement with him?"
"He was giving me a lift home and needed to get something really important here...but we got locked in the basement."
"Oh, I see." Why did she just cover for me? "Well you two kookie kids have fun. I'm going to work now. Would you like me to have your car towed for you?"
"I don't want to impose..."
"Nonsense! I'll call right away. It was good seeing you around the house again, Kaoru." Kaoru and Kenshin got up. Then Kenshin drove her home.
"Kaoru! Hi ya!"
"Someone's happy."
"Oh, sheesh. I'm sorry about yesterday...but I'm happy today 'cause...Aoshi and me are back together!" Misao beamed. "I love him!"
"I know how you feel...love is so nice." Kaoru drifted off.
"Okay? Someone has been not telling me anything...oh look there's Aoshi! Bye!" Misao ran to him leaving Kaoru alone at her locker. Sometimes she's such a horrible friend. Kaoru sighed.
"Hey, Kaoru." Thinking it was Kenshin she smiled. "Happy to see me, huh?"
"Yup, sure am." He put his arms around her. "Don't touch me, Kenshin." Enishi backed up, shocked. Kenshin! KENSHIN! ARGH! INCOMPETENT WOMAN! Kenshin was watching him from the distance. That's my woman! Back off! He walked up to Enishi from behind and grabbed him by the collar.
"Stay away from Kaoru." Enishi turned to face him.
"She doesn't even like you. After what you did to her...you don't stand a chance." What the fuck? Even his enemy knew? Why couldn't he remember? What am I one of those amnesia people?
"Shut up." Kenshin let go of him and Enishi scampered off.
"Kaoru will be mine", was all he said before he left. Kenshin watched Kaoru. Sano was over there.
"Yo, jou-chan."
"Hi, rooster."
"Umm...I wanna ask you something..." That's when Kenshin walked over to them.
"How are my two favorite people in the world?" Kaoru smiled. I'm not really his favorite, but I like to believe I am.
"Well I'm going to class now. See ya guys!" Kenshin began to stalk after her but said to Sano:
"What do you think you're doing?" Sano shrugged. What was I doing?
"So we do this, right?"
"Yup! You actually learned something Kenshin." She smiled.
"Oh...that's too bad."
"Why? You might actually get at least a C on your next test."
"I won't get to spend time with you." Why do you even bother trying to butter me up, Kenshin? I'm more alert now.
"Haha. I don't feel the same about you."
"Don't even kid like that Kaoru."
"I would never do that", she lied. And I used to think a relationship was based on trust. I'm so stupid Get with the twenty first century! He noticed the tone in her voice. She's lying!
"You're lying!" She leaned back, shocked. How did he know?
"Okay, so you caught me. Does that make you feel any better?"
"I knew it!" He boasts a lot.
"So sue me! It's not like you never lied!" Her words shot him. "You always lie to me! You're pretending to like me right now, just so you can hurt me later! Admit it! Kenshin Himura, I know the real you! Don't even try to get your way out of this! I just feel so stupid 'cause I believed every lie you said!" Kaoru got up and left the room. The teacher stared at Kenshin.
"Himura, what did you do? Keep relationships and emotions outside of the classroom please." He groaned and left the room to go find her. He could hear singing in the distance. He recognized the voice. It was Kaoru's. He recognized the song too. It was the one from the Titanic movie: My Heart Will Go On. Is that how Kaoru feels? I would drown to save her...psyche! I would save myself first! Duh. (a/n sooo mean o.O)
"Love can touch us one time,
And last for a lifetime,
And never let go 'til we're gone..." He could hear her clearer now, he was getting closer to her. Then it hit him. She's on the roof! He climbed up the ladder to see her sitting all alone, singing, looking up to the sky, as if she was praying. How come this place is so special to her? We've been here...I think...hmm...maybe I'm remembering something! Spark. Spark. Poof! Nope.
"Kaoru...?"
"Love was when I loved you,
One true time, I hold to.
In my life, we'll always go on..." Giving me the silent treatment, huh? Well two can play at that game!
"Near, far, where ever you are...
I believe that the heart does go on...
Once more, you open the door,
And you're here in my heart,
And my heart will go on and on..." She doesn't know I'm here, does she?
"You're here, there's nothing I fear.
I know that my heart will go on.
We'll stay forever this way.
You are safe in my heart,
And my heart will go on and on..."
"Kaoru?" She turned around to face Kenshin tears in her eyes.
"Oh, excuse me." She wiped the tears off of her face, but the marks never left. "So what did you want Kenshin?" He walked over to her and hugged her. "Don't hold me. It'll only make the pain later on worse..." She fainted in his embrace.
Flashback Unconscious Sequence
"Help me, Kenshin! I can't swim!" Kaoru gurgled in the water. I'm going to drown...Kenshin isn't here to save me...where is he? She began to cry, but she couldn't see or feel her tears beneath the water. I...I can't breathe.
"Hang on, Kaoru!" Someone had dove into the water and gotten her. She remembered the touch of his arms then, and even now. They were a samurai's hands: strong, yet gentle at the same time. "You'll be okay...I'm here for you..." She coughed and coughed on the riverbank. It seemed never ending. He held her. "You're not going to die before me." That was when she noticed the river.
"The river is so beautiful, Kenshin."
"But...it's not beautifuller than you." She cried.
"That's not even a word..." She knew it wasn't, but she loved it.
End of Flashback End of Unconscious Sequence
She woke up in the nurse's office. Oh look. I'm here again...again...The word burned in her brain. Her heart was aching. Where is Kenshin? Oh phooey. What am I thinking? It's not like I'm gonna die in two hours.
"Ow." She coughed up blood. My heart is hurting like hell. She could hear Kenshin talking to the nurse.
"What's wrong with her, lady? You BETTER tell me!"
"I'm sorry, sonny..."
"About what..? No she isn't gonna die is she?" A twinge of pain shot through Kenshin's heart.
"It seems that she had been having a heart problem since she was born. It hasn't affected her 'til now. I've run her through some scans, but the only way for her to live is if she gets a heart transplant."
"No...that can't be true..."
"But I'm afraid it is.." Kaoru hearing all this leaves out the backdoor. I'm going to die...I can't stop it. What do I do? I will never forget you Kenshin. I love you. She left early enough to not hear the worst part.
"So how much time is left of her life?"
"Only a couple hours, I'm afraid..."
