Don't yell or hit. Sorry I haven't updated this. xDD I've been away from writing recently. X well. I'm back. hehehe. I'll start with this chapter, and finish this story, once&for all. THEN I'll start new ones, that have been growing in my mind.

-Scarred-

He felt a warm liquid seeping through his clothes, a hint smell of jasmine mingled with the sharp bittersweet smell of blood. He would not accept it. He would not.

Releasing a great cry of pain and suffering, he brought the fading body close to him, as he whispered her name over and over.

Pouring crimson regret. Praying. Bleeding. Screaming. Am I too lost to be saved?

"Kaoru… Kaoru?" He continuously whispered, afraid that if he stopped, the hollowing silence would drench them both into nothing.

Everyone had abandoned them. Akira had even left, scared he would be blamed for an innocent death. "Ken…shin."

Hearing her voice, was magic to his ears. "Kaoru!" He tried smiling, but could not, for the Kaoru he saw, was not his Kaoru at all.

Call my name. Save me from the dark. Save me from the nothing that I've become. Now that I know what I'm without, you can't just leave me. Breathe into me, make me breathe.

Her once lustrous hair, now hung limp, and dry. Her pale face, smooth and clear, now gray and gaunt. Blood everywhere. Her blood. The life inside her, was leaving her body. Leaving him.

Save me. Wake me up inside.

"Kenshin. I don't regret what I did."
"Shh. Please don't speak. I'll take you to the doctor. You can be saved."
"I can't. It's time. Everyone has a time and place for them to leave. Mine, is right now. Don't you see? We were destined to meet." Smiling, she lifted her trembling hand, and traced the line of his scar she had left. "Promise not to kill. Promise not to forget. Kenshin. Live." Her last words were barely audible, as her spirit slowly drifted off.

Don't turn away. Don't try to hide. Don't close your eyes.

The sky began to cry. Wet, fat tears, washed away the crimson blood. He took his sword, and etched yet another line, on his face. Forming a cross-shaped scar. His punishment. A reminder of his promise to his beloved. No more looking back. He stood up, leaving her body there. Knowing that the sky's tears, would wash her away, leaving her in an everlasting peace of sleep.
It was not his time yet. How he longed to take his sword, and plunge it into his pathetic existence. But no. He would keep his promise. He would live. Travel round, but not kill. Kaoru…

'Till we meet again…'

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase


I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along

&DONE! WHA-HOO. )
I know… my writing has changed quite a bit. -'' Heh, heh. xDD But… hopefully it was still good. Till next time. BYE!

Suzy