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Summery: After Kenshin dies; someone shows up to kill everyone at Kamiya Dojo, but finds themself unable to harm anyone. Is it Kaoru's guardian angel.... or Kenshin's dying wish?

A/N: My dad left for Louisiana again, so I've got nothing better to do but update. Monkey-fairy, thank you so much! And Firegal777, that's an interesting reason to update....Works for me!

-Chapter 4-

Kaoru continued shaking the boy without receiving a response. "Yahiko, what is wrong with you?!" she whispered fiercely. Then doing the only logical thing she could think of, Kaoru picked up Yahiko and started running towards the clinic through the pounding rain. Of course, she didn't know that a guilty Kenshin was following her.

"Why does my touch hurt that much....?"

-Clinic-

"I'm not sure what's wrong with him!" shouted Megumi as she led Kaoru out of the room where Dr. Genzai was struggling to hold the still-convulsing Yahiko to a table, "Was there anything different last night or this morning?!"

"Well, we just had rice for dinner as usual before going to bed, and just earlier another thunderstorm started up.... Maybe the lightning had something to do with it, but with all the continuous storms going on I have no clue why he should react differently...." Kaoru whispered back as she went deep in thought.

Megumi just replied hotly, "There has to be some cause for it. You're just missing something, you stupid girl. I don't even know what Sir Ken ever might have seen in you!" The fox lady then walked off, leaving the poor girl alone.

"I'm a failure!" thought Kaoru as tears welled up in her eyes and she thought, "What kind of person am I? I can't even take care of my own apprentice!"

Kenshin floated in mid-air viewing the scene and when Kaoru started to weep, he felt sorry for the woman, but his pity was soon replaced with hatred for Megumi. "How dare she make her cry!" he thought as a small hint of amber appeared in his eyes, "How dare she......"

Kaoru then ran out of the clinic and headed in the direction of her dojo through the pounding rain. The red-headed samurai 'dashed' off after her with a worried look on his face.

After nearly five minutes the girl stopped running and collapsed on the dirt road to the left of the forest and started sobbing greatly. Some lightening ripped across the darkened sky that caused Kaoru to jump but it wasn't because of the storm alone.

The sudden light had illuminated the woods to her right, and had also revealed a tall human figure standing in it....with bright wolf-like eyes....and the metallic gleam of a sword....

-End Chapter 4-

A/N: I know these are short, but I can only get on the computer on the weekends for an hour or two each day. Half that time I use to e-mail some of my friends so if I want a chapter up every week, they are going to be smaller than other stories. And nobody has guessed yet what nationality Borislav and Nobu were! See if you can find the meaning of their names too.

I will try to update again tomorrow or Sunday, but only if you review!