Disclaimer: OK. I just noticed that the Japanese I was writing with wasn't working. All that comes up are squares. GOMEN! GOMEN! I'm sorry! Hahahaha! I'm laughing at my self… oro… x It's a Kenshin face… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! K… I'll stop… seriously… sorry… you probably want to read now, but I'm going to keep on typing here… I have a lot to say… I do a lot of '…' those… I just did it again! I am sooo hopeless… AGAIN! Ok… I'll stop. I'm sorry for not updating for a while. I have been so busy with my other stories. I have 3 Inuyasha, 1 Fruba, 1 Yu-Gi-Oh, and this one. I think that… YOU SHOULD READ THEM ALL AND REVIEW THEM ALL! But the reason that it's taken me so long to update this one is because I'm not so worried about it…AGAIN! I have more chapters on this story than any of my others. (Wow… That was like one of Foamy's rants! 3

"talking"

"YELLING"

' Kaoru thinking '

'Enishi thinking'

'Kenshin thinking'

Twisted Fate

Chapter 6: Over the Edge

"Grrr… Enishi, why do you want fight this one again? This one will just end up beating you!" Kenshin had a tint of yellow in his eyes.

"Because I want Kaoru. She is like my sister in so many ways, yet so unlike her. I… I need her. I desire her." Enishi put more pressure on Kaoru's neck.

Kenshin drew his blade, eyes more yellow than before, "Give her back or fight me."

Kaoru noticed this, 'Me? He is starting to go Battousai!'

"Fighting is fine, but let's make a bet…" Enishi got up and pushed Kaoru to the side, "I'll let you live if you lose. But then Kaoru stays with me. If you win, you get Kaoru and you must kill me. If you don't kill me, this will just be a never-ending cycle. Understood? I'll just keep coming back for her."

Kaoru's eyes went wide, 'Kenshin can't kill! If he does, he'll go back to the real Battousai, and the Kenshin we all know will be gone!' "Kenshin, you can't kill him!"

Kenshin turned toward Kaoru, "Enishi, Kaoru is correct. I cannot kill you. But that doesn't mean I can't hurt you!" Kenshin launched himself at Enishi.

"Good. You are starting to go back to Battousai." Enishi dodged Kenshin's attack and jumped above him. "But not good enough!" A/N: Just to let you know… I suck at writing battle scenes. Just letting you know…3/

Enishi pulled his sword from behind him and jabbed it downwards, grazing Kenshin's leg.

At this, Kenshin thrust his sword upwards and to the side, getting Enishi square in the back and sending him flying through the shack wall.

"Heh, just what I expected." Enishi pushed himself off the ground and jumped onto the roof.

"Rrrgg. Running won't save you!" Kenshin followed suit and jumped on the roof with him.

"I wasn't running!" Enishi pulled his sword back as Kenshin sheathed his sword and turned around, preparing a spin attack as Enishi prepared a slice attack, 'He is going to be surprised at my new speed!' Enishi sped up as Kenshin started to pull his sword around to attack, and Kenshin's eyes widened,

'He's gotten faster!' But before Kenshin could block it, he was stricken across the back to his right shoulder, sending Kenshin to the ground below.

"Ah! Kenshin!" Kaoru had run outside to watch the fight when she saw Kenshin get hit and ran to his side.

"Don't worry, Kaoru. I am fine." Kenshin's voice was laced with pain as he grabbed his wound.

Enishi jumped down, looking Kenshin in the eye the whole time. "Well? Are we going to fight or just admire each others clothes?" Enishi spat at Kenshin.

"Step aside Kaoru. He wouldn't hesitate to hurt you." Kenshin gently pushed Kaoru from his side, when she grabbed his left arm.

"No Kenshin. He would. Remember what he said. He…" Kaoru struggled to say this, "He n-needs me. He wouldn't be able to hurt me. Much less kill me." Kaoru's eyes showed determination, no fear whatsoever.

"I don't care what he will and won't do. This is my fight and I won't risk you getting hurt." Kenshin again pushed her from him.

"But—" Kaoru protested,

"NO!" Kenshin used an angrier tone than he wished, and instantly regretted it when he saw her face, "Kaoru, I will not let you get hurt. I would never forgive myself. Now please, step aside." Kenshin said, but gentler this time.

"Kenshin, just promise me this, don't lose." Kaoru looked up; tears threatening to fall from her eyes, "Promise."

"Hurry up, Battousai! I am not going to wait much longer!" Enishi had been watching the whole thing from the side, and it sickened him to watch his Kaoru be so worried about the Battousai.

Kenshin turned toward Enishi then back towards Kaoru.

"Kensh—" Kaoru was cut off as Kenshin's lips met hers, her eyes wide as his calloused hand caressed her face, and then the shock left her. Her eyes closed and the kiss deepened, Kenshin pushing his lips against hers harder, then as quick as it started, it was finished as Kenshin pulled away.

"I promise, Kaoru." Kenshin said as he removed his hand from her face, and turned around to face Enishi, but no one was there.

"Kenshin, where'd he—" Kaoru started, but was silenced as a large hand was clasped over her mouth and another over her waist.

"KAORU!" Kenshin spun back around and stared up at Enishi, "Put her down."

"Why should I give up what is mine?" Enishi snarled from the treetop, his voice thick with jealousy. When he saw Kenshin and Kaoru kiss, it sent him into complete rage, almost insanity. A/N: Hahahaha… It sounds almost like a rhyme!…lol3/

"Because she isn't yours!" Kenshin said this as he jumped on the treetop next to Enishi, "Now put her down. She isn't part of this anymore."

"Oh, but she is! Merely by being with you!" Enishi seemed to have lost his sanity.

"Just put her down." Kenshin's voice was threatening and filled with venom.

"Fine." Enishi said simply as he dropped Kaoru from his arms. A/N: These are really, really tall trees/

"Kaoru!" Kenshin shot down and scooped Kaoru up in his arms, landing safely. "Enishi what kind of man drops someone he cares for?" Kenshin called to Enishi from the ground.

"SHUT-UP!" Enishi shot downwards and Kenshin sprang back up, both their swords ready.

'SHIIING'

"AHH!" Enishi spiraled down and crashed into the ground, a medium sized gash is his side.

"Ah!" 'Kenshin turned the blade around? But Kenshin wouldn't do that!' Kenshin, is that you?" Kaoru called up to who she feared was Battousai.

"Yes, Kaoru. Don't worry. I am not Battousai. I just had to hurt him to get through to him." Kenshin dropped down and landed next to Kaoru, only to see the fear in her eyes, "He won't die. The wound isn't fatal."

"B-but, it looks so serious. Are you sure?" Kaoru had a look of worry in her eyes.

'Heh. It's just like Kaoru to worry for everyone. She really is amazing. Worrying about her kidnapper.' Kenshin thought with a smile on his face. "Kaoru, do not worry. As long as he gets—" Before Kenshin could finish, his leg was grabbed, and he was thrown towards… and over the cliff which they fought. "KAORUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Kenshin screamed as he was defeated for the first time, and the last. 'Forgive me, Kaoru. This one could not beat him.' And that was the last thing Kenshin thought before he crashed into the sea and jagged rocks below.

"KENSHIN!" Kaoru screamed as she ran towards the cliff's edge, looking below… only to be greeted with a large splash, signaling that Kenshin had fallen all the way down and met his death.

"Ken…Kenshin…" She turned her face towards Enishi, her voice filled with hate and hurt, "HOW COULD YOU? I HATE YOU! I hate you!" She said the last part to herself in a whisper.

"Kaoru I—" Enishi wanted to comfort her, but he knew that he had crossed the line by not holding his end of the deal.

If Enishi had won, then he would let Kenshin walk away with his life, but leaving Kaoru behind with himself. He had killed Kenshin. The only reason he had agreed to spare Kenshin's life was because he knew Kaoru would never forgive him for killing the Battousai, but he had done it anyway.

"SHUT-UP! Just leave me alone… I don't care anymore. Just go." Kaoru sat with her knees to her chin and her body wracking with sobs and tears.

"Come in when you get cold." Enishi said as he struggled to get up from his bloodied spot on the ground.

"…" Kaoru said something, but Enishi didn't hear it.

"What was that?" Enishi leaned toward her to hear.

"I said I won't come near you." Kaoru said a little bit louder this time.

"Fine. Whatever. I'll come back out later." Enishi said as he managed to get off the ground and limped back toward the shack.

'Kenshin! Kenshin… I miss you so much already! How! How could you let Enishi beat you? You're too strong to fall for that!' Kaoru went back over the fight many times in her head, contemplating how Kenshin let himself not only get struck in the back, but also thrown over a cliff.

'Kenshin!'

With Kenshin

"Oww…" Kenshin awoke with a stabbing pain in his head, "Where am I?" He looked at his back to find his wound bandaged. "How long have I been out?" He started to get off the ground when he finally recalled how he got down there, "Kaoru!" He pushed himself completely off the ground, only to be pushed back.

"Whoa whoa, hold on!" A female voice said as she put her hands on his chest, easing him back onto the ground.

"W-who are you?" Kenshin looked up at the hooded girl and her companion beside her- Aoshi Shinamori.

"Battousai, if you can't even recognize us then you must have gotten a concussion." Aoshi said as he stepped forward and pulled down Misao's hood, "And you, Misao. You should know better than to scare him." He looked at her with an expressionless face.

Misao's head went down, "Sorry, Himura. I—" Misao was cut-off by Aoshi before she could continue.

"Battousai, why did you so suddenly say Kamiya's name? And how did you fall from the cliff?" Aoshi looked at Kenshin questioningly.

"I was fighting Enishi." Kenshin plainly stated, but with an almost hatred in his eyes.

"Enishi? The guy with white hair that kidnapped Kaoru before?" Misao exclaimed.

"Yes, that Enishi. I believe Enishi had Saito kidnap Kaoru. Enishi probably paid him to leave a note too. I was to come to the cliff and fight Saito 3 days later by sundown. When I arrived Kaoru was locked up in a shack, and Enishi was with her. My guess is that Kaoru tried to escape, but something went wrong. When Enishi and I were fighting he gave me this wound," Kenshin pointed to his back, "Then we kept on fighting until I gave him a slash to the side that sent him spiraling to the ground." Kenshin stopped there, seeing as Misao wanted to ask something.

"Wait. You slashed him? With your Sakabato? How?" Misao looked ready to burst with questions.

"I turned the blade. He was on the brink of insanity. I'm not even sure what set him to that point." Kenshin looked at his Sakabato.

"Oh. But that still doesn't explain how you fell off the cliff." Misao pointed out.

"I landed beside him, and I took my attention away for a second when Kaoru came up to me. He grabbed my leg and hurled me over the cliff. I thought I was as good as dead." Kenshin said as he got up.

"That explains it, but where are you going?" Misao got up with him. A/N: Aoshi was already standing3/

"To go rescue Kaoru." Kenshin turned his head towards Misao, with a look of pure determination.

"We'll come with!" Misao said as she ran up beside him, "Besides, who knows! You could need our help!" Misao said as she pointed to Aoshi then herself.

"No. If I bring anyone, then he—" Kenshin stopped himself before finishing the sentence, recalling Kaoru's words, "He needs me. He wouldn't be able to hurt me. Much less kill me." "Fine. Were going now." Kenshin turned around and looked toward the cliff.

"This looks like a hard climb." Misao was looking up as they reached the cliff, "How long do you think it will take?"

"I don't know, Misao. It depends on how well you climb." Aoshi said, looking toward her.

"Hmph. I can climb fine. I don't know ab—" She looked toward Kenshin to see him already far ahead of them, "Never mind. I think he can handle it." (Misao looked like this o.0)

"Come on. We don't want to be left behind." Aoshi started to climb just as Misao had.

Climbing for a while now

"A-Aoshi… I don't think I can go any further." Misao looked to the side at the promising sand then straight down to the jagged, pointed rocks where she would end up if she fell.

"Why?" Aoshi asked,

"B-because I'm afraid of heights." Misao said, frightened.

"Are you serious? We are almost half way. Just keep climbing and don't look down." Aoshi just shrugged off Misao's fear and kept climbing.

"Awww… But I hate heights." Misao pouted as she climbed on, but much slower than before.

Muahahahahahaha… I finally updated. It has been so long. I have been writing new stories and updating old ones. Next I think I'll update Two for One. Maybe. I don't know. I have a lot going on. Please be patient and wait for the next one! Chapter 7 of Twisted Fate, The Final Battle. RxR!