He he…ok so I like the drama. but I really never expected positive feedback…well thanx for reviewing…maybe this way ill write more fan fictions…lol…nah probably not…I have enough original stories to keep me very busy…this story had just been bugging me for so long I had to put it on paper….Well enough chit chat on w/ the story!

The shot blasted in the air, but it didn't hit its intended target where it was suppossed to.

Kenshin had arrived just in time to get Shuura out of harm's way, the only problem was that he took her out of one danger and headed into another. The only way to run was down, or more exactly over a cliff. He didn't think twice about it and leaped over the edge of the cliff, the woman in his arms.

Luck was on their side because Kenshin found a cave behind the waterfall. He took the now unconscious woman in to the cave where he found the guy that had been guarding him there.

"Can you take care of her?" he asked the boy.

The boy was mute, so he shook his head frantically.

"Thank you." Said Kenshin before going out to fight again.

Meanwhile, somewhere at sea, Kenshin's friends were nearing the island where he was fighting the pirates.

Kaoru was in a foul mood all through the trip. She couldn't help thinking about what "awful" things those pirates could have done to him.

Yahiko told her not to be stupid, who could ever hurt Kenshin?

"Hey missy, the kid's right, who could ever hurt him?"

Sano had assured her.

She gave Sano a weak smile. Who would have thought that Sano could say something somewhat comforting?

"Now stop sulking stupid, do you really want Kenshin to see you in that pitiful state?" Yahiko asked her rudely.

She glared at him. "Hey that's the Kaoru Kenshin will want to see!" Sano exclaimed.

The ship slowly made its way onto the shore.

Shuura woke up later that day.

"Where's Himura?" she asked the kid.

The kid shrugged.

"He went back to fight! I need to get there right away!" she exclaimed.

The boy shook his head and raised a hand, motioning to stop.

"But why?" she asked.

The boy brought out a pink kimono for her to wear. She suddenly understood. She was still wet and had received the bullet on the knee instead of the head. Kenshin didn't want her to get hurt or sick.

"I…I can't wear that." She said lamely.

The boy kept pushing the kimono in her face.

She suddenly heard her father's voice.

' This kimono belonged to your mother, wear it when you have found a man you love.'

She couldn't wear it. She didn't love anybody, or did she?

So she felt an attraction towards Kenshin, but that didn't mean she loved him. The kimono had confused her feelings.

"No!" she said firmly pushing the kimono away.

She limped towards the opening of the cave. "I have to go up there, it's my crew that betrayed me, he has no business fighting them." She said to herself. " Even if it kills me, I have to bring the traitors down!"

The boy couldn't do anything to stop her. She limped her way to the top of the cliff.

It was no easy task to climb the cliff with an injured leg. She only hoped that she would not plummet to her death before she had a chance to fight her former crewmates.

Gasping, she finally made it to the top of the cliff.

The ship had finally anchored on the shore. Kaoru and the gang got off and stared off into the distance, hoping they might see Kenshin. No such luck.

"Do you….do you think he might be…dead?" Kaoru asked in a small voice. That was the straw that broke the camel's back, Yahiko slapped her.

"Would you stop saying that! He's not dead!"

She whimpered, she really wanted to belief that, but she'd seen how good the leader was. She was afraid that they'd be dishonorable and would kill him while he was under the influence of the poison.

"Hey, hey calm down, we're all worried here." Sano said.

"And what's gotten into you! Since when are you so caring!" Yahiko asked Sano.

Sano didn't know how to answer; he didn't know he had that side to him.

"Maybe I'm just trying to be like Kenshin." He said.

Everybody was acting strange, Sano was being too nice, Yahiko was being way too impulsive and Kaoru was being useless. Where they all going to fall apart if Kenshin was gone? How come they had all been ok on their own, but couldn't function now without Kenshin?

"Let's keep looking."

Kenshin was confronting the pirates when Shuura came limping by.

"Oh so you're not dead yet?" her ex- second in command asked nastily.

Keshin turned his head quickly, to see a very worn down looking Shuura sanding there.

"Let me take care of him." She told him coldly. She wasn't asking, she was ordering. "You have to understand, this is my crew, and it's my responsibility to take care of the traitors."

"But Miss Shuura you can't!" Kenshin exclaimed, " you're injured."

But Shuura's determination did not waver. Kenshin had no other choice but to step aside.

There was nothing he could do to stop her, she was a warrior and he knew exactly what that meant. Once she set her mind on something, she wouldn't back out, even if it cost her her life. At that moment it didn't matter to Kenshin if she was a woman, he wouldn't interfere with her wish to fight, no matter what because that was the most important thing to a warrior. He felt a connection, and his thoughts went back ten years when he still used his sword to kill.

He wouldn't let anybody take up his fights: they were his. It didn't matter to him whether he lived or died, as long as he accomplished his mission. He knew that was the exact same thing Shuura was feeling. He let out a sigh and stepped aside.

"Thank You." She said. In her eyes you could see a cold fire, the look of somebody ready to give it all in the battlefield.

"Good luck." He told her.

She shook her heard, but didn't turn around.

"You think YOU can beat me?" the pirate asked her.

She didn't say anything only took her nunchacku out.

The outlaw leader laughed. "Look at this fool, she really thinks SHE can beat me!"

The other pirates laughed, but one look at their ex leader and they shut up immediately.

The fight got underway, and even though she was injured she had the upper hand. She was quick and agile, and being their former leader, it was obvious she would be a better fighter. She finally knocked the outlaw down.

"You're not even worth killing."

Even though her crew tried to avoid hurting innocent people, they were still pirates, and they were no saints. They weren't the bloodiest people around, but they did have some dead people under their belts.

"Ha ,ha." The outlaw mocked. She started to walk away, but the outlaw had a dirty trick up his sleeve. He pulled out a knife and slashed her in the knee. She gave out a yelp of pain and fell to the ground.