Chapter Thirteen:
-last time-
"You and your damned family. I am tired of this. I can get it back but then that meant I would have to break the bottle and your powers would go back to you. However there is still another way to finish you off. I'll do this the old fashion way. With a sword." He reached at his back and pulled out his sword pointing it to Kaoru's neck.
"This will be the end." Kaoru waited for the sword to come but instead she heard a clash and some tumbling. Kaoru opened her eyes and found Kenshin in front of her holding a sword and found Enshi on the ground.
"If your going to fight with a sword then your opponent will be me." he said standing in his defense form. Kaoru looked at him surprised.
'..when did he get here?...actually how did he know I was here?' Enshi stood up wiping off a trail of blood from his mouth and picked up his sword.
"humph. You humans are always troublesome. That is why you die so quickly. You put your nose into other people's business."
"Shut up and fight." Kenshin said coldly. Kenshin ran towards Enshi with speed attacking him as Enshi blocked his attack. The two fought vigorously non stop both attacking and blocking each others attacks. Kaoru watched Kenshin with amazement. He was good; he obviously trained a lot and mastered techniques. Kaoru then realized that it was a good opportunity to free her family. Kaoru slowly got up and sneaked across from them and went to her family. She looked at her father who was looking back at her with joy. She quickly took the cover off his mouth and untied the ropes and did the same for her mother and her sister. Her mother looked at how she had grown into a beautiful lady. Kaoru smiled at her mother and looked back to the fight with Kenshin and Enshi. They we still at it although the only thing new was they both had some wounds and light scratches on there face.
"Kaoru." she turned around looking at her father. ",We need to get your powers back. But Enshi has it with him."
"How are we going to get it?"
"I can handle this one." Mrs. Kamiya said. ", but if we break it just like Enshi said he would also regain his powers."
"Enshi cannot win. Three angels against one. He will definitely loose." Kaoru said with a firm tone. Mrs. Kamiya nodded and closed her eyes concentrating for her goal. Enshi noticed that the bottle was released from his side and now floating. He looked to his left and foundt he Kamiya's untied and using one of there powers.
"Oh no you don't!" Enshi ran to get the bottle but Kenshin only blocked his way grinning.
"Your opponent is me remember?" Enshi gritted his teeth.
"I've had enough of you!" Kenshin who was expecting an attack received one but Enshi backed away quickly and disappeared appearing from behind and stabbed him. Kenshin's eyes widen in pain as blood dripped through the stab. Enshi took the sword back out causing Kenshin to scream and fall to the ground as more blood came out. Enshi turned around satisfied but found Kaoru up in the air glowing with anger. She appeared in front of Enshi and punched him upwards sending him up into the air.
"How dare you hurt Kenshin!" she said in-between more punches. She teleported ahead waiting for him to come her way and kicked him back down hard, causing the ground to crack. But she wasn't done. She quickly threw a fire ball down at him causing explosion. Kaoru looked at her parents who were next to her. They had gotten Kenshin just before she had sent a fire ball.
"Father, Can you please take Kenshin somewhere safe and heal him?" His father nodded and teleported. Kasura and her Mother stayed with Kaoru.
"Did you kill him?" Kasura asked.
"I don't know." Three fireballs came towards them and Kaoru quickly went in front of her sister and mother and used reflect, sending them back down. Kaoru went down ready for an attack but found Enshi on the ground knocked out.
'so..he had used what was left of his strength and then passed out.' Kaoru sighed thanking the heavens that it was over.
"Kasura. Go to the elders and tell them that we have Enshi. Mother. Please go with her and explain the situation. I'm sure they'll be surprised to see you." Mrs. Kamiya looked at her daughter proudly.
'you are strong my little Kaoru. You are surely to become an elder.' Mrs. Kamiya and Kasura then teleported. Kaoru set up a spell that trapped Enshi , just incase he had woken up.
-the next day-
Misao and Sano went over to Kenshins house where he was sleeping in his room. Mr. Kamiya had healed his wound but he had to rest to retain his full strength. Kaoru had brought Enshi up to the elders once she had her rest and there they settled there matters. Mr. Kamiya told Mrs. Himura what had happened and then went up to the elders also.
"Why will you not band him! He tried to kill me and Kenshin!" Kaoru said angrily.
"We understand that. But he is not fully evil. He was only misguided. In his past childhood he lost his parents leaving him and his sister alone. He became ill and died leaving his sister alone. He blamed us for his death saying that we did this on purpose and wanted both him and his sister to suffer. We tried to explain to him but he wouldn't listen. Our mistake was that we had left him alone thinking that he would get over it." One of the elders said.
"Then what will you do with him?"
"The only person that can make him realize what he had done was wrong is Tomoe. Back then we forbade him to see her, but we're not making the same mistake again." Kaoru sighed.
"You're tired. Why don't you go rest and don't worry about Enshi. Just leave him to us. Besides I think you have to check up on Kenshin." Kaoru had almost about Kenshin's situation and she looked to her father.
"Don't worry. He's fine. He just needs to rest. I think his friends are there too." Kaoru nodded. She hugged her Father, mother and Kasura and then left. As she was leaving the room someone called her over. She looked to find Shinji.
'..Shinji..' She went over to him and gave him a hug then took a step back.
"What was that for?"
"..For everything..But I do have good news. I- I remember..everyone." Shinji's eyes widen.
"Kaoru…."
"I feel really bad." She said looking at the floor while rubbing her shoulder.
"It wasn't your fault. Hey at least you finally found your family." Kaoru smiled half heartedly.
Once she arrived at Kenshin's house she found Kenshin and the other two standing.
"Kenshin!" she ran over to him and gave him a hug. He hugged her back in surprised but smiled at her. ", Oh thank goodness your okay! I'm so sorry!"
"For what?"
"For not protecting you! You were the one who protected me!"
"So?"
"So? I'm your guardian angel!" she said looking at him.
"That doesn't mean that I can't protect you too." Kaoru blushed. He smiled back looking at her. The two looked at each other in a trance- that is until Sano coughed reminding them that they were still there. The two let go of each other blushing. Sano and Misao grinned.
"Well we just wanted to see if Kenshin was okay. Oh and good job kicking Enshi's ass!" Misao said happily.
"See ya later Jou-chan. Take care Kenshin." the two left saying there goodbyes. After Sano and Misao had left they decided to eat although at the table they were quiet, then they went into the backyard and they both sat down on a swing. The two once again sat in silence pushing the swing back and forth with there feet. Kenshin looked over at her.
"How's your stomach?" She looked over at him.
"It's feeling much better. After the fight..i got to rest for a while..during that time..i was thinking this over and I remembered. I remember everything Enshi and everyone else."
"Welcome back. Hmm..but I did like the other side of you." Kaoru hit him playfully.
"You're always teasing me."
"I know…Hey, how come you didn't tell Sano and Misao?"
"It slipped my mind."
"tsk tsk they are going to be angry for you not telling them. Does Shinji know?"
"Yes. He was up with us too. I saw him and got the chance to tell him."
"I see. What are they doing with Enshi?"
"They're not banding him. The elders say that he is not fully evil also that it was kind of there fault for not taking him so seriously in the past." Once again they stayed silent enjoying the breeze that passed by.
"Kenshin?"
"Hm?" he looked at her.
"What would you do if I had to leave?"
"I would stop you."
"But don't you think that you don't need my protection anymore?"
"I never thought of you that way."
"What did you think of me then?"
"…If I tried to kiss you, would you stop me?" he said moving closer to her.
"Probably not." Kaoru moved up and kissed him. He pulled her closer to him as she wrapped her arms around his neck and their kisses becoming more passionate. The two broke there kisses and Kaoru hugged him.
"So..are you satisfied of what I think about you?" Kaoru smiled.
"Yes."
To be continued…
A/N- hello my readers! 4 more days till I'm out of school (not including Saturday and Sunday) yes! Can't wait! Then I can write and update quicker! For my reviewers! I thank you soooo much! I've enjoyed reading them! I will update in about a week or so so hang tight! Ja ne!
