Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin.

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: Arisu is still not sending me her story. I guess I'll update anyway.

Reviewer Responses:

Monkey-fairy: Thank you so much! I'll try and make some of the other chapters longer for you!

Tsubasa-667: Hey, sorry about the cliffhanger! ...I'm also sorry that there is another one at the end of the chapter. Two, in fact. (If you don't understand what I mean, read the chapter and find out!)

-Chapter 7-

Sanosuke slowly pulled himself up onto his feet and gingerly fingered the long sword cut that was placed right on the side of his stomach. He had several other wounds, including a sore jaw and a small cut on his lower right leg that was slowly oozing blood.

"Damn," muttered the man as he surveyed the small clearing he was in, "He better not have hurt that little blind girl..." He then started limping in the direction he thought the road was.

The rain continued to cover everything with an eerie mist as Sanosuke disappeared into the shadows of the trees, blood staining the ground in his wake.

-Road between the Dojo and the Clinic-

To any passerby walking around in the thunderstorm for heaven knows why, they would have suddenly had to stare at the strange apparition in front of them.

A young girl standing in the middle of the road was staring at the opposite side of the path she was on. Looking right at a figure much taller then her, with eyes of a wolf and a sword in his hand.

"How is it that a child such as yourself can manage to avoid my blade?!" shouted the man angrily, but with a hint of covered confusion.

"'Cause Kenshin won't let you!" the girl yelled back.

Saitoh (Come on, you knew it was him) glared at the small child and said calmly, "Battosai is dead. Everyone in Tokyo knows that."

"He said he was dead."

"What the hell are you talking about?!" Saitoh continued, "Do you not know the meaning of being dead?!"

"Oh...she knows...she knows more then you might think..."

The man froze and his eyes widened in surprise before narrowing once again, and he whispered out one word before running off.

"Battosai."

-Kamiya Dojo: Kaoru's POV-

Maybe this is where I belong, on the ground, away from everyone else, cast aside. After all, it is my fault that Kenshin died. Borislav was trying to attack me. He was trying to kill me, not Kenshin! Why did he have to save me?! If he hadn't then I would be the one dead and everything would have remained normal!

He was the one that brought us together, and he was the one that kept it that way. Now because he is gone we are all falling apart.

Why did he have to stop Borislav from killing me?! It was what I deserve for being the cause of everyone's grief and misery!

I loved you Kenshin!

For the past week, nothing seemed to have gone right in Tokyo. The swordsman that had protected them had been killed, his friends whom were well known for their kindness and hospitality had been going deeper into depression and shut themselves away from the world, several people had gone missing in the middle of the night. Their bodies had been found later on the outskirts of town.

Indeed, nothing had gone right. On a more personal note, I have lost my only job, found that my husband has run away with a younger woman, and now I can't even get enough food for both my child and me.

One of us is going to die, and I don't plan to.

-End Chapter 7-

A/N: Kaoru's having a mental breakdown now, ooh, I'm evil aren't I? At least I updated fast.

See if you can guess whose POV the last part of this chapter was about.

Also, if you're unhappy that my chapters are so short, are really curious, impatient, or just hate me, here is a preview of what is going to happen later in the fic:

Kaoru slowly turned and saw only the glint of metal in the moonlight before shutting her eyes, knowing that the person was going to end her life then and there.

However, the death blow never came, and in its place was a shout, "What in seven hells is going on?!"

She slowly opened her eyes, only to be met with a sight that made her legs collapse from underneath her.

The man that had tried to kill her then shouted, "So, the old woman didn't lie! Battosai is back!"