Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters included in this fanfiction.
Author's Notes: I have decided to continue this story by one chapter. Enjoy!
Love at First Sight
Author: Emilee1
Chapter 8: Realization
The next day the entire dojo seemed dreary. The whole place was dead silent. You could hear a rice grain be dropped onto the floor. Finally, someone stirred.
Yahiko had gotten up and dressed. Slowly he paced to Kaoru's room and opened the door. She was asleep, and her face was covered with dried tears. He knealt beside her and shook her slightly.
"Kaoru?"
"Yahiko,"she said, "what are you doing up?"
"It is ten in the morning. You are the one who should be awake. You can't stay sad forever. I feel the same way as you do, but I can still move on. Why can't you do the same?"
Kaoru looked at him sorrowfully. "Yahiko, I do not feel the same way as you feel. The way I feel is different." Tears began to form in her eyes as she continued. "I am not sure if this feeling was ever shown, if it was invisible this entire time. But now I can see it, and it is clear to me."
"What are you saying?"
"I am saying that I love Kenshin! I have just now realized it but it's there. I love him! I have loved him from the very beginning. I can't just stay here, I have to do something about this."
She stood up and went into the kitchen and grabbed a knife. Then she darted outside into the forest and sat down.
Yahiko looked all through the dojo and finally made his way outside. "Kaoru! Where are you?"
Kenshin, I will be with you soon.
Kaoru rested the blade over her left wrist. In a quick motion she slashed it. She clenched her teeth to help relieve pain. She continued to cut deeper and deeper each time until she fainted.
An hour later Yahiko finally found her, lying in a pool of blood.
"Kaoru!" He shook her frantically. "Please wake up! Please!" His eyes filled with tears. "I am all alone in this world now. Goodbye Kaoru..."
High above the clouds and beyond the stars, there was a certain couple who finally found each other again. But this time their love for each other was realized and they lived happily ever after.
THE END
Author's Notes: I may have a sequal for what happens to Yahiko later.
