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Kenshin couldn't help but glance back as he ran away from where he saw Sano, Aoshi and Soujiro. They have told him to go on. He just hoped that they were alright.
Through darkness, with no idea where he was exactly, he stayed close to the walls and felt his way through. He could still hear the patting of foot. The sound of someone carrying another. He knew he's on the right spot. The path began to slope upwards and he could see a small beam of light at the end.
Just then, a small knife came swooshing to his side. Quick on his senses, he was able to dodge but not before another knife was thrown at his direction. It was too hard being engulfed in darkness much more to dodge deadly weapons being thrown at you relentlessly.
A piercing scream came from Kaoru and Reiji grunted. It seemed like Kaoru had pushed against Reiji as he was throwing the knives, making him miss the last one. He could hear Kaoru hitting a wall and he begun to run faster in escalating the path.
Light greeted him when he suddenly found himself in an opening at the edge of a mountain. He could hear the waves of the sea as it hit the rocks below. They were so high up. Kaoru was lying at one side. Hurt but still conscious. Her back had hit the wall when Reiji pushed her. But, Reiji wasn't in sight.
Kenshin came quickly to her side and asked if she was okay. Stupid question and he almost wished he never asked. Kaoru's body was full of bruises. Her arms were almost black, where Reiji had gripped her so tightly. Her wound had ceased bleeding and despite her current condition, she was still alright.
Kenshin tried lifting her from her back but she only groaned in pain. To his horror, huge bruises plagued Kaoru's fair skin. She couldn't even move. He could feel himself changing when he heard the assailant made his presence known.
"Ken-shin..." Kaoru grunted trying to warn him gripping tightly at the collar of his gi as Kenshin lifted her and supported her weight by his side. She limped as they both tried to walk. But almost immediately, Kenshin pulled her sideways, a knife was suddenly pinned to the wall. They both looked at the same direction and sure enough, Reiji was there with a whole set of knives at hand.
As the man continuously and with much futility threw one knife after another. But, still the two had dodged all of his hits. He only had two left; the others were too far away for him to reach. One he hit between the two, making Kenshin and Kaoru push each other away. Kenshin to a nearby wall and Kaoru near the side of the cliff.
"It's over." Kenshin had said darkly as he boldly approached the madman. "You have only one knife left. Just give up.," he had said.
But Reiji was desperate. If he was going down he'd rather hit the enemy where it hurt the most. Now, where would that be. He eyed Kaoru and threw his last knife at her.
The knife went swooshing a few inches away from Kenshin as his horror-filled eyes followed the knife going towards a wide-eyed Kaoru.
Kaoru moved a bit and barely dodged the thrown knife. But, she lost her balance and she was standing dangerously close to the edge of the cliffs. She lost balance altogether and fell backwards, shouting Kenshin's name while Reiji's laugh echoed around the whole place.
Not hesitating one second, Kenshin ran as quickly as he could and jumped off the cliff to follow Kaoru and together both Kenshin and Kaoru were lost from view.
Kenshin caught on Kaoru and clung to her body as tight as he could. His hands hiding her head. 'In case of impact, I'll take the full blow...' He shut his eyes tightly as he felt Kaoru's tears wet his shirt.
"Kaoru, I love you..."
"I love you too, Kenshin... I don't want to die. We can't die yet!"
Kenshin wished they had a chance to live. But, the cliff was too high up and many jagged rocks waited from below. But all they could do now is to cling on each other as they waited for death.
Okay! Don't kill me yet and just hang on!