Shadow Light

Before I go to chapter twenty five, I'm going to look at my reviews first.

Another Baka: (Grins) Thank you (Sees Another Baka falling of chair) omg are you okay? n.n"

Anonymous Freak: Thank you very much.

Kimberlyann: YOU WILL SEE! YOU WILL SEE! n.n

Lady Toky: Thanks. It' nice to hear that people don't hate my self made character because she's in love with Sojiro. I saw a couple of times in other fics that people really hated it :s Don't really know why though. It's just a fic…

Daydreamer: Well ya, I thought this would be a good thing to keep the story going…

Chikky-chan: You'll see n.n

cool-teen: Thanks, I will!

Insane Reader: …I'm dead?

And here comes chapter twenty five! Enjoy, have fun and I wish you a good day! n.n

Prev: "Sojiro! I have to get to him! I won't let Battousai kill another one I love! Not Sojiro! I don't care what that Kaoru-person said. What if she lied? I can't trust her!" She kept running, the same thought spinning trough her mind: "I won't let him kill Sojiro! I just won't!"

The door flew open and Sora ran in. She was breathing heavy and stopped for a second, leaning with her hands on her knees.

"Where could they be?... Maybe they're in the training room!"

Sora continued to run and arrived at the door of the training room. She pushed the door open.

"Sojiro!"

But the room was empty.

"Damn!" She yelled clenching her fist together.

"If they aren't here, where could they possibly be?"

Then she remembered something. On the first day that she was here, Sojiro showed her the place. He told what was behind every door of the building. Sojiro had told her about Shishio's arena and other places to fight. But they weren't used very much. They had to be there. She still remembered where that door was, so she ran to it and walked in. The first thing she saw was a big statue of Buddha. She walked of the stairs and suddenly saw someone sitting on the floor.

"Anji?"

Anji looked up surprised. "Miss Saotome?"

Sora looked at Anji. It looked like he was beaten up badly. She walked at him and sat down next to him.

"What happened to you?"

"That doesn't matter. What are you doing here? I thought you had to fight at the Aoiya?"

"Do you know where Sojiro is?""

Anji looked at her questioning.

"Why…" He began.

"Please Anji! Tell me!"

He nodded and pointed at a door behind Sora.

"Just follow the path when you go trough that door."

"Thank you Anji!... Are you sure you're all right?"

"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine."

Sora nodded and ran to the door, Anji's eyes piercing in her back. She ran trough the hallway and finally she saw a door. Or at least something where a door should have been. The door lay on the floor. She stood in the door opening. The room was dark blue and there were images of eyes on the walls everywhere.

"Those eyes remind me of someone…"

She saw something else lying on the floor too. A spear.

"A spear…? Of course! Usui uses a spear and he has those images of eyes on his clothes!"

Sora wondered where Usui was when she felt something falling on her shoulder. With one of her fingers she touched her shoulder and looked at her finger.

"Blood?" She asked out loud.

Sora looked above her and could hardly resist to scream. She ran in the room and turned around so she would have a better sight on the wall above the door. There was Usui, pinned against the wall thanks to a sword, his chin resting against his chest. Dead.

"Oh my god…" Sora muttered looking at Usui with big eyes.

She had never liked Usui, but she would never want this to happen with him. More then ever Sora felt the urge to get to Sojiro. They had killed Usui, they could kill Sojiro too. She turned her back at Usui and ran further.
After a few minutes, Sora passed a door at the right of her. She ignored it, remembering that Anji had told her to follow the path. More minutes passed, and she saw another door.

"That must be it! Sojiro must be there!"

Then Sora heard a scream and stopped in her tracks. It was like time stood still. She realized from who the scream was and her eyes went big for a second time.

"Sojiro…" She whispered.

She continued running, the door getting closer every second. She pushed the door open and froze of the sight before her. Sojiro was screaming hysterically, holding his head in his hands. There were three other people in the room who looked at her: Yumi, Sanosuke and Kenshin. Sojiro fell on his knees, still screaming and began to slam with his head against the ground. Sora ripped her gaze away from Sojiro and looked at Kenshin.

"You!" She yelled running at Kenshin. "What have you done to Sojiro?"

She was stopped when two strong arms wrapped around her body and lifted her of the ground. Sora struggled to get out of the strong grip and started to kick with her legs.

"You aren't going anywhere!" Sanosuke yelled, still holding her.

Sojiro had stopped screaming and his head rested on the floor.

"Let me go! I'll kill you!" Sora yelled at Sanosuke. "Sojiro!"

Sojiro turned his head to Kenshin.

"You're driving me crazy… You're theory of helping the weak… confuses me!"

He stood up and pulled his sword.

"I'll kill you. This will be the deciding hit."

Kenshin nodded and the both fighters stood in an attack position. Everyone looked at them silently. Sora, who was still lifted of the ground thanks to Sanosuke, prayed that Sojiro would be okay. They attacked at the same time and before Sora knew it, Sojiro was flying trough the air. It all went so fast that nobody really saw what happened.

"SOJIRO!"

At the same time that Sojiro slammed on the ground, Sano let go of Sora and ran to Kenshin. Sora and Yumi both ran to Sojiro. Yumi carefully laid Sojiro's head on her lap. Sojiro was holding his hand before his eyes.

"I don't understand… If Shishio's theory is true, then I had to be the winner. But you, Himura-san, you won… How could this happen?"

Kenshin smiled at the boy. "The winner is not always right."

Sojiro took his hand before his eyes away.

"What?"

"It took me ten years of travelling to realise that. Ten years to find my own truth."

Sojiro smiled, and laid his hand back before his eyes. "Ten years… Maybe I must travel for ten years too… So I can find my own truth…"

Kenshin nodded still smiling. "You should do that."

"Goodbye, Himura-san…"

Kenshin turned around and walked to the door, followed by Sanosuke. Sora felt a big urge to attack Kenshin. Though she didn't go after the fighter. The only thing that was important for her at this moment was to be with Sojiro. They could hear the door closing behind them and Yumi looked at Sora.

"What are you doing here? Shishio-sama ordered you to fight at the Aoiya."

"When I heard Sojiro had to fight Himura I came back. I was afraid that something would happen to him…"

She stopped talking when she felt Sojiro's hand resting on her own. Sora smiled, but her eyes betrayed her that she felt sad.

"I'm happy to see you Sora. I really am."

They both smiled at each other and even Yumi smiled.

"I knew you two were still in love…"

Sojiro sat up, one hand tangled up in his hair and the other one still on Sora's hand.

"Yumi, you have to tell something to Shishio-san for me. I saw the secret of Himura-san's Amakakeru Ryu No Hirameki… It's his left foot…"

"His left foot?" Yumi asked surprised

"Ya, he steps with his left foot, bringing his own life into danger. But because of that the hit is more powerful and quicker then any other technique. But if you tell this to Shishio-san, then he'll certainly win."

"Why don't you tell Shishio-sama himself?... You aren't leaving are you?"

Sora looked at Sojiro surprised.

"You're leaving?"

Sojiro nodded. "I'm going to travel for ten years. I can't travel if I stay here now can I?"

Both Sora and Yumi looked at Sojiro with a sad look.

"But there's something more I want you to do Yumi."

Sojiro stood up and walked to a closet. He opened it and took a large box out of it. Then he walked back and putted the box down. Sojiro slowly took the lid of the box revealing a little katana.

"This it the katana Shishio-san gave me in the first day we met." He leaned against the wall looking at the sword sadly. "I want you to give it back to him."

Yumi opened her mouth like she wanted to protest, but she only sighed and took the sword out of the box carefully.

"Are you sure you want this Sojiro?" Yumi asked.

Sojiro nodded smiling lightly. "I'm sure, don't worry."

"I'm coming with you." Sora said to Sojiro suddenly.

"What do you say Sora?" Asked the boy surprised.

Sora stood up. "I love you Sojiro, with all my heart. If I would have to miss you for ten years… I just can't miss you that long! You mean too much for me…"

Yumi looked at Sora smiling.

"Sora…" Sojiro began. "I love you too, very much, I never loved somebody like this before. But ten years is a long time…"

"I don't care Sojiro. It doesn't matter if its ten years or one day, I just want to be with you."

Sojiro smiled. "Well, I guess I have no choice then…"

Sora smiled too, walked to Sojiro and hugged him, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Thank you Sojiro. You can't believe how happy I'm feeling now…"

Yumi had already walked to the door, Sojiro's sword in her hands.

"I'll do what you asked Sojiro. Don't worry about that."

Sojiro nodded, still holding Sora in his arms.

"Thank you Yumi."

The young woman smiled and opened the door.

"I wish you good luck. I'm sure you'll both be happy together. Now… Goodbye…"

"Goodbye Yumi, I'll never forget you!" Sora said turning her head to Yumi.

Yumi smiled and closed the door. Sora stared at the door for a couple of seconds and then turned back at Sojiro. He was crying silently. Sora closed her eyes. She tightened her grip around Sojiro and laid her head against his chest, while Sojiro leaned with his chin on Sora's head.

Sora M: "The end of chapter twenty five…!"

Shishio: "I wasn't in it!"

Sora M: "Dude! Because you're my absolute favourite anime character of all time, doesn't mean you have to appear in every chapter I write!"

Shishio: (Dramatically) "I feel…" (Holding a hand for his eyes) "Betrayed!"

Sora M: "Shishio-kun…honestly…act normal for a second!"

Shishio: "You made me like this! Normally I was a serious man!"

Sora M: "Who talks too much… What do you anime characters have with always talking so much in fights? Hu? HU?"

Shishio: (Looking afraid) "…Don't yell like that…"

Sora M: "…I'm sorry Shishio-kun… Here! Have a cookie!" (Throws cookie at Shishio)

Shishio: (Jumping at cookie) "Cookie!"

Sora M: "Well, that's something you don't see every day…" n.n" (Turns to reader) "I hope you liked this chapter! Till the next one! See ya!"