You know what? I want reviews from each reader! If I do I give all of you cookies and a hug! Yes, I have maybe one more chapter up my sleeve so….here's Chapter 14? Wow…go me!

DarklilWanderer

Chapter 14 : The Engagement

DING DONG, DING DONG, DING DONG

"STOP RINGING THE DAMN DOORBELL!" Mya's voice was heard from the inside.

"So…these are your friends…" Covu said unsurely and he took Kikari's hand in his own.

"Uh…yea." Kikari sweat dropped "I hope they understand" Kikari muttered.

"Understand what-" Covu was cut off.

"KIKARI'S BACK!" Rena yelled back in the house when she opened the door to find Kikari standing their "AND SHE BROUGHT THE REALLY HOTT GUY!" Rena mouth was suddenly covered by Mya's hand behind her.

"Shut up Rena" Mya glared at her "HI! I'm Mya and this is Rena we are Kikari's very best friends!"

Rena looked over at the guy that was hand in hand with Kikari with a serious face "and you could say we are her adopted sisters." Rena hissed.

Mya jabbed Rena in the side and smiled at him happily "he, he, he, Rena's like that sometimes, why don't you two come in?"

"Sure!" Kikari and Covu said in unison as they walked inside the average sized house.

"Sit, sit! We have much to talk about…" Mya started off towards the kitchen.

Rena looked at Covu and then at Kikari, but when Covu looked at her for a brief moment Rena saw that he glared at her just before he plastered a smile on his face.

"Kikari I need to talk to you…" Rena's glaring eyes never left Covu's fake smile.

"Ok!" Kikari said cheerfully.

"In the kitchen…alone with Mya." Rena hissed as she took Kikari wrist and pulled her into the kitchen.

"Kikari I don't trust this guy…" Rena stared into Kikari eyes with honesty and trust.

"Well…I know he looks a little shifty, but…I'm sure he's nice!" Mya added in the conversation.

"Guy's I've known him for five years! He's a really good guy after you get to know him! Watch out though he sometimes play's mind tricks on people." Kikari laughed.

"Did something happen?" Rena asked unsure feeling an odd sense that Kikari was hiding something.

"I thought you wanted me to be happy? I'm happy that Kenshin broke up with me-" Kikari covered her mouth "Dammit." Kikari cursed.

"Kenshin broke up with you?" Mya and Rena said in unison.

"I really don't care anymore, I have Covu and he cares about me." Kikari folded her arms and looked away from them.

"Why did he brake up with you?" Mya asked feeling the urge to grab her shotgun and kill Kenshin like she planned to do five years ago when he broke it off with her.

"I don't know." Kikari was determined not to think about him "Now if you'll excuse me…I'm going back to my-" Mya grabbing her wrist suddenly pulled Kikari back.

Rena and Mya both looked at the fake engagement ring on her finger and then looked back up at her "Kikari…what is this? A…a engagement ring?" Mya asked shocked.

"Your not engaged to him are you?" Rena asked glaring at Kikari.

Kikari didn't want to tell them about the mission because they might ruin her cover up, but Kikari also didn't want them going around saying she was engaged to Covu. 'Why not? Its over with Kenshin, why not tell them…because I would be lying! Covu might think we're rushing into things and… I-I'm not over Kenshin…not as well as I think I am…I guess it was so sudden and hard that the whole effect of it didn't hit me yet'. Kikari started to cry forgetting Rena and Mya were in front of her confused about her sudden mood swing.

"Kikari?" Mya and Rena asked worried when they saw her cry.

'But he broke it off with me! I should be angry at him! I didn't do anything wrong, but I can't help but wish…I was with him.' Kikari stared at her two friends in front of her with heart broken eyes.

'Wishing? Wishing doesn't get me anywhere, he dumped me get over it and I need to move on with my life, I can't be held back by some old boyfriend I had back in high school! I'm going to be with Covu from now on! He loves me! He won't put me on an emotional roller coaster ride like…what his name did! I am over him!' Kikari stopped crying and give a warm smile to Rena and Mya "thanks for being here for me guy's!" Kikari hugged them both one in each arm.

"I got to go, see ya!" Kikari ran back into the room where Covu was and pulled him out the door with her and called a Taxi.

"Ok…Rena did you get what just happened?" Mya as giving her a blank stare.

Rena shook her head "no…but I think she didn't answer our question…" Rena growled.

"You know what Rena?" Mya smirked

Rena shook her head again "no, what?"

"Kikari going to have to come back some time to get her clothes and things right?"

"Yea…"

"Your not following me are you?"

"Nope"

"She HAS to come here stupid!"

"Oooooo your good"

"Yea, I know!" Mya laughed and waited for Kikari to return.

In the Taxi

"Covu?" Kikari asked leaning on him.

"Huh?" Covu answered.

"You know where I told the driver to take us right?" Kikari looked up at him smiling.

"Uh, no." Covu looked clueless the truth was he didn't really care, he won his prize. It took some time, but lucky him, the Kenshin guy was so gullible. He had no idea that he was lying to him the entire time! Covu smirked to himself as he pulled her closer.

"To a garage…a car garage…" Kikari was hoping he'd catch on.

"Rose Cane…" Covu caught it easily.

"You're pretty good. Remember the plan?" Kikari smiled up at him.

"Yes."

"Good because we're here…"

Click

Kikari and Covu stepped out of the car looking like an about to be married couple. Kikari held his hand and quickly stood on her tiptoes to peck him on the cheek. Covu smiled at her and they walked into the auto garage where she 'worked'.

"What do you want?" a man in his fifty's asked cover in oil and grease from head to toe.

"We are here to see Rose Cane." Covu smiled at the man.

The man snorted and yelled to the back while walking away "Hey Rose! Somebody wants ya up here!"

"Yea, what do ya want?" Rose appeared at the desk faster than expected. "Ah, ya have ya'self a pretty lady. I guess the break up wasn't that bad to ya eh?" Rose saw the ring on Kikari's finger. "Getting hitched? Rubbing it in my face?" Rose had a face that looked like she really didn't care.

"Yes, we are." He looked down and gave her a quick kiss. "This is my beautiful bride to be Brianna Coyote."

"We're here to invite you to our wedding!" Kikari gave her a warm smile and grabbed Roses hand "If you want to see us though we'll be at stars hotel room number 803!"

"O…k…I'll see what I can do" Rose yanked her hand away disgusted. "I might come over tonight…I have ta get back ta work…thanks for the invite though I have ta say, it is pretty rude of ya to invite me." Rose walked off leaving them with the last comment.

"Wait here I'll go and get a Taxi." Covu gave her a quick peck on the cheek and walked off towards the nearby phone to call for one.

"Pssss, hey Brianna ov-va here!" Kikari turned in the opposite direction and saw Rose using her hand to signal her over.

'Should I?' Kikari thought 'why not?' Kikari walked over to Rose and avoided Roses hand grabbing her wrist. "Hey!" Kikari hissed.

"Relax I just didn't want your husband to be to see us!" Rose looked into her eyes.

"Hey! You don't have the accent!" Kikari remembered her having an accent.

"Listen, your being played!" Rose whispered, "I was hir-" Rose was cut off.

"What are you talking about sweetie?" Covu slid his arm around Kikari waist and pulled her next to him while glaring at Rose.

"Uh, she was just telling me that she could get us a Taxi darling and that she wished us so much luck in our marriage!" Kikari threw her arm around Covu's neck and kissed him.

Covu's thoughts or any suspicion was erased from his mind when Kikari kissed him; instead he fell into the kiss.

Kikari broke the kiss and said sweetly "Isn't that sweet? Or did you get a Taxi?" Kikari smiled at him.

"Yea I did, so you can tell her not to get one honey!" Covu gave her a warm smile.

"Ok!" Kikari turned around to tell her, but she saw Rose shake her head.

"Don't ya'll worry I know." Rose gave them a fake smile.

Covu turned and walked away with Kikari in his arm.

Kikari saw that Covu wasn't paying attention to her and from the corner of her eye saw Rose was still staring at them. Kikari smirked and pretended she had something in her shoe and stopped to take it out. "Owww, stupid rock" Kikari pretended to be hurt. "Go on sweetie I'll catch up! It'll only take a second!" Kikari picked one finger in the side of her shoe and pulled out a white looking rock. "Ok let's go! Oh, and Rose can you throw this away for me?" Kikari winked and threw the 'rock' over to her.

Covu smiled and then continued walking with Kikari to the Taxi outside.

Rose raised an eyebrow, caught the rock, and looked up to see her wink at her. That kind of creeped her out but for some reason the rock felt different, like…paper? Rose opened the rock looking paper and saw writing and a number.

Call

576-0395

"What the…" Rose growled 'whatever, I need to tell her…but then what are the chances of her having her number in her shoe?' Rose shrugged it off 'everyone is different.' Rose got back to work.

After the quiet car ride because the driver didn't have a screen to block out secret conversations and now we are in the apartment

"Honey…" Covu warned "You shouldn't just give your number to your enemy's" Covu tapped his fingers on the table beside the couch in the living room.

"I didn't give her my number! I gave her a rock!" Kikari growled turning away from him standing up beside the door, "Rose should be here any moment anyway!"

"Why did you give her your number?" Covu stood up and stood behind her.

"I DIDN'T GIVE HER MY NUM-"

Knock, Knock, Knock

"Ello?" Roses voice was heard from the door.

Covu turned around like nothing happened and opened the door "Hello! Welcome!" Covu opened the door farer so she could come in.

"Thanks…uh, I'm hungry could you fix me some food?" Rose rudely commanded Kikari

'This isn't the girl I saw yesterday' Kikari looked at Covu face it clearly said 'make her food' Kikari smiled warmly and quickly walked into the kitchen.

"Brianna gave you her number didn't she?" Covu glared at Rose when he knew she was far enough away that she couldn't hear.

"No." Rose hissed, "Let's get this over with." Rose pulled out a knife and aimed for him.

Covu jumped away "KIKARI! HELP!"

"Eh?" Kikari ran into the living room and saw Rose attacking Covu with her knife from nowhere. "Put the Knife down!" Kikari pulled out a pin laser gun from her hair.

Rose glared at her and dropped the knife, then threw both her arms up in the air "go ahead and take me in, lock me up." Rose stated flatly.

Kikari raised an eyebrow as she switched to her 'agent' mode and instantly knew that Rose was acting nowhere close to the way she should be acting. 'Weird.' Kikari held her aim at Rose, but also held in position in thought.

Covu smirked and used his speed to whip around Rose and used both his arms to hold both of Roses' "I got her." Covu said cocky like.

Kikari picked up Covu's blue phone on the nearby dresser "Boss, we need backup…yea, we have Rose Cane here send by some people to pick her up-no I haven't captured him yet, sorry sir"

Beep

Kikari gave a last look at Rose. She looked somehow regretful and depressed not at any moment did people look like that when they were captured. The weird part was…she wasn't even trying to get away from Covu that really looked wrong. "One question Rose…who was your last boyfriend before Covu? The one you killed?" Kikari saw Rose sigh depressed like.

"Tom…uh, Rein…and he…uh, deserved what was coming to him!" Rose hissed then quickly looked away.

Right then, Kikari knew Rose wasn't really trying to attack him, but if it was true how come Covu didn't know? Or maybe… Maybe he was trying to impress her by making himself seem like a big hero. Kikari didn't feel in the moment to question her further, she knew the answers would sound weird and she would be ruining Covu's big plan…whatever that was.

STOMP, STOMP, STOMP

'And as graceful and quiet as ever…they're finally here.' Kikari thought to herself feeling a odd sense of pity and guilt watching Rose about to go, just the look on her face had 'I shouldn't have done this' all over it. 'Poor girl, 3, 2, 1'

BAM

"Police! Hands in the air Rose Cane!" The police yelled pointing there guns at everyone who moved.

"Ms. Cane is right here." Covu growled as he threw her into the three policemen.

"Good work." The policeman smiled and took Roses hands behind her and cuffed them. "Come on." The policeman pushed her out the door and slammed the door behind them.

"Well that was interesting…did you happen to see that Rose acted a little differently than other criminals we've EVER faced?" Kikari felt Covu's arms slip around her waist.

"No, it doesn't matter anyway, she's gone and you have more time to be with me." Covu purred as he nuzzled his head into her neck.

"Covu, I know we are…dating, but I still have feelings for Kenshin! I hope you understand." Kikari blushed some remembering how Kenshin treated her when he hugged her and was around her. 'No, NO NOOOOO I will NOT think about him!' Kikari scolded herself.

"I understand Kikari" Covu backed away from her and sat coolly on the couch.

"Thanks Covu." Kikari sat on the couch next to him and hugged him "thanks."

Knock, Knock, Knock

"Mya! Rena? Are you thereee-" Kikari was suddenly pulled in the house by a rough hand pulling her with strong force. "Eh?" Kikari squeaked then was thrown into a nearby chair.

"Why?" She heard a male's voice say from in front of her.

Kikari shook her head gaining back her strength and looked up at the male. She was taken back by the way he looked so damn familiar. "Who are you?" Kikari asked not feeling any threat by the man in front of her. After all her encounters with men in her job, this didn't surprise her in the least bit.

"Why did you hurt my friend Kenshin?" The male glared at her, his eyes searching Kikari's for an answer. He had familiar bright short blonde hair with familiar dark green eyes, why couldn't she think of any names? And wait… "Did you just say Kenshin?" Kikari asked as he eyes widened.

"You don't know who I am do you?" The male said cocky like "I'm Eien, Kenshin's best friend…Kikari Wanderer." Eien smirked in her face. "But that doesn't matter, I want to know why you hurt my best friend!" Eien growled.

"Hurt? HURT?" Kikari's anger got ahead of her, she had a lot of held back anger inside and for some reason wanted to take it out on Eien, mostly because he brought up 'that' topic. Kikari got up off her seat to face him head on.

"Do you know what happened after you left graduation?" Eien growled, he wasn't about to back down. He waited to long to back down now. "DO YOU?" Eien yelled.

"No, what?" Kikari asked willing to back down this once.

"Right after you left everyone was confused, Kenshin had to take the stage for you and try not to get angry or look a bit off! He had to look happy and you know how much he…he was in pain?" Eien growled. Eien's hands were in fists, they were so tightly closed that you could see the white on his knuckles.

"You think I wasn't in pain after I left him? I was depressed for months! I couldn't focus and I barley even passed the first year worrying about him so much!" Kikari hissed

"What do you think he went through after a month passed? I tried my hardest to tell him you weren't coming back but he never listened, he knew you were going to come back to him. I was the only friend he could lean on! I had to cheer him up each and every day! Do you know how it is to watch a friend suffer that much and there is nothing you can do about it?"

"I'm sure he had plenty of young women to keep him company over the years!" Kikari folded her arms and glared at the wall.

"Plenty! Many girls asked him out, not once did he say 'yes' to any of them! He was still thinking about you!" Eien growled, "You ruined him!" Eien looked at the floor and held his anger in. "It took me a whole year after graduation to get Kenshin out of the trance you put him in! A WHOLE DAMN YEAR!" Eien's eyes shut tighter "When I got him out of your little trance Kenshin left to find himself a really job doing who-knows-what he won't tell me, but in order to do it he had to move away. I couldn't tell what he was thinking when he got on that plane, but he said if I ever saw you again I was to call him on his 'cell'. Last time I ever saw him…" Eien looked up at Kikari glaring at her with hate filled eyes "Five years later I called him and told him about the reunion, and I asked him if he had any relationships at all, he still didn't, but he said if he didn't see that night that he was going to give you up for good." Eien punched the wall Kikari could see the memories of it flashing through his eyes. "So I wished with all my heart you wouldn't show up and screw his life up again."

"Listen Eien boy." Kikari's eyes filled with as much hate as his were, Kikari coolly picked him up by his collar off the ground "You don't know what I went through!" Kikari's eyes filled with tears "bastard." Kikari threw him on the floor and started to cry.

Click

"Honey I'm hommmm OH MY GOD KIAKRI ARE YOU OK?" Mya ran over to Kikari and hugged her "what happened?" Mya saw Kikari was in deep pain and turned around "Eien…you jerk! LEAVE!" Mya hissed.

Eien got up and glared at Kikari, then peacefully left the house without question, he had done his job.

"Kikari, please tell me!" Mya started to cry with her.

"Eien, he told me what Kenshin went through…" Kikari mumbled so Mya had to work to hear.

"Eien…I guess it's to late to tell you he doesn't like you huh?" Mya laughed trying to lighten the mood.

"He doesn't understand…nobody does…and I…I feel empty…" Kikari fell back on the couch "I'm not good at relationships, never have been never will be, I guess the whole effect of him dumping me is just hitting me in parts instead all at once."

"Well nothing is easy to get over all at once, everything takes time!" Mya smiled warmly.

"I know, but…I-I really miss him, but I have to move on like I did before! I mean why waste my time liking somebody that will never like me back? That why…I'm going out with Covu!" Kikari smiled feeling a since of pride.

"Uh…well you're right on the first thing, but…I have to say I don't like Covu, neither does Rena." Mya give a weak smile.

"Why not?" Kikari gave Mya a frown.

"He just doesn't seem like the type for you. I get this weird feeling when he's around like…like…I don't know, but I just don't think he's right for you!" Mya sighed feeling defeated. "But I do have one question…why do you have a engagement ring on?" Mya glared at her finger again.

"Oh this thing, ha, I forgot to take it off. It was for capturing his ex-girlfriend and to stop her from killing him like she killed her last boyfriend." Kikari laughed and slid it off her finger. "Its not like we're getting married or anything!" Kikari blushed.

Mya let out a relief sigh "good, I didn't hope you were taking it that far."

"HA! HA! HA! HA! With Covu? Yea right. He just a really good friend!" Kikari blushed.

Mya leaned in really close to Kikari face raising an eyebrow "blushing huh? Have you guy's ever kissed?" Mya looked serious.

"Yea…" Kikari said nervously.

"Made out?"

"NO!"

"Kikari…are you a virgin?"

"Oh my god Mya! Yes I am!" Kikari hissed not that surprised of the question, since Mya was like that.

"Oh, then ok...but the kissing factor does get me…" Mya frowned.

"Its not like I ever kiss him! He always kisses me first!" Kikari wined.

"Do you enjoy it as much as Kenshin's kisses?" Mya smirked she knew that if Kikari really liked this guy 'Covu' then Mya would have to go through some extra measures to make sure it didn't work out.

"No…" Kikari turned away from Mya remembering Kenshin kisses she could just stay in forever… 'NO STOP IT! YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND AND IT IS NOT KENSHIN!' Kikari scolded herself again in her mind.

'Why did Kenshin break up with Kikari?' Mya wondered in her mind "really?" 'I could have swore that they were the most perfect couple I have ever seen in my life. They looked so in love last time I saw them both together.' Mya smiled remembering her friend being truly happy.

"Well…Covu is a little sneak at times, but is very sweet and a good listener too!" Kikari smiled again at Mya feeling empty again 'how odd…'

'Sneak?' "So are you staying here for the night or going to lover boy's place?" Mya blurted out 'I need time to make my plan'.

Kikari blushed bright red "I-I'm not going to Covu's tonight! I was wonder if you'd let me stay here…actually…" Kikari smiled sweetly at her.

"Sure! In fact, your stuff in already in your room!" Mya laughed.

Kikari laughed a little with her and then yawned, "well I'm going off to bed! Night!" Kikari walked off to her bedroom and shut the door behind her.

Mya waited until she closed the door until she picked up the nearby phone "Hey Rena? Come over tomorrow morning…the plan starts!"

The Next Morning

"Well finally you get up!" Rena chimed from the kitchen where a dazed Kikari still in her PJ's walked in half asleep.

"Um…yea…" Kikari said with no emotion, her eyelids where half closed.

"Hey come to think of it…" 'Might as well take advantage of the situation!' "Is there anyone around here that knows about Covu? Or has came in contact of him in speaking terms?" Mya questioned pouring herself a cup of coffee.

"Um…you guys when I introduced youuuu…uh, Rose Cane…The girl that I helped get locked up who at the county jail right now, she said some pretty weird stuff last time I saw her…" Kikari started to laugh.

"What stuff?" Rena questioned just trying to follow along.

"Stuff like "Covu was playing me" or something but she was cut off because Covu showed up from no where!" Kikari looked like she really didn't care when Mya and Rena exchanged looks. "Yea and then there was Kenshin! He met Kenshin and I tried to stop them from fighting but I was pushed into the bathroom and the door shut and locked me in, by the time I got out Kenshin was lashing out at me saying how I was a liar and that he dumped me…I was so happy to know that Covu was there to help pick up the piece's." Kikari sighed "yup…I'm going to go back to sleep! Night!" Kikari still had a dazed look in her eyes and dragged her feet back to the bedroom and closed the door.

"Well that was informative, why did you want to know who Covu had Contact with?" Rena asked sipping her coffee like nothing happened.

"Back to destroy the enemy first you need to know them first!" Mya laughed evilly.

"So we have you, me, a crazy psycho girl and Kenshin…yea…we going to get to know him so well!" Rena said with sarcasm.

"Shut up Rena, get ready to go."

"Why?"

"Because we are going to the jail house."

"I DON'T WANNA GO TO JA-"

"Shut up! We don't want Kikari to come along! She'll ruin everything!" Mya hissed, "I already left a note and the coffee maker, no doubt she'll use it, so can go! So come on!" Mya grabbed her keys and walked out the door.

Rena looked at her coffee cup sadly "this could either become a really great thing, or…we could totally screw everyone's life…oh well!" Rena smiled and followed Mya.

At The Jail House

"We need to talk to Rose Cane sir she's our sister!" Mya glared at the policeman sitting at the front desk writing something on paper.

"Reason?" the police ignored the glare.

"She's our sister! We have rights!" Rena threw her fist on the table shaking it.

"She's one of the dangerous one's we can't let you through." The policeman continued to write on the paper.

"Really?" Rena gave him her puppy eyes.

"Really." The police stated flatly.

"Why?'"

"She's a dangerous criminal!"

"Why?"

"She tried to kill a man and already killed one!"

"Why?"

"I don't know!"

"Why?"

"SECURITY!"

Bam

"And that act of immaturity was suppose to get us in how?" Mya hissed as she rubbed her bottom thanks to two huge police officers throwing them out of the building "listen, they have to fight us to keep us away!"

"Hello?" The policeman looked up to find two women wearing tight clothing and showing a lot of skin.

"Well hello handsome, we're here to see Miss Rose Cane." Mya said seductively.

"Your not permitted." The policeman looked down and tried to continue his work, which wasn't possible with Mya and Rena around.

Rena sat on the desk he was working on and flicked her hair "Oh? Can't you slip at least us pretty girls in? We will reward you handsome don't you worry about that!" Rena giggle as Mya winked at him.

The police officer blushed a little but ignored them "no."

"Pretty please? I hate to be disappointed!" Mya pouted cutely.

"If you don't leave right now I'll call security!" The police officer warned.

"You are so feisty! I like that in a man!" Rena saw him blush ten shades redder

"SECURITY!" The police man yelled and once again…

BAM

"On our butts again! What do you have Rena?" Mya asked hoping for at least one good suggestion.

"We can be her doctors!"

"Yes?" The police officer looked up to see two lady's both in white coats and had mouth masks and rubber hats on like a surgeon.

'The more I think about this…the more I think Rena's the one insane.' Mya thought to herself "We are here to check up on…" Mya used a lower tone of voice so they wouldn't remember her. Mya looked at Rena "who was it again?"

"Miss Cane" Rena coughed some to cover her voice.

"Oh yes! Miss Cane, when do we see her?" Mya sweat dropped having the feeling of stupidly wash over her again.

"In a minute or two I'll call someone to show you to her room, be careful if either of you are allergic to paint there painting over the writing on the wall."

Rena smelt the paint and held her breath 'I'm…a little…sensitive to paint…crap'

Mya saw her hold her breath and fear she'll blow their cover was written across her face. The police officer pushed a button "Please send someone up here to escort two lady's to"

"AH CHOOOOOO" Rena sneezed so hard it knocked her mask off her face.

"YOU TWO! SECURITY!" The police officer yelled.

BAM

"Ok one more idea, I think he's catching on…" Mya smirked "ready for this Rena?"

"Sir, oh sir!" an old man hunched over with a mustache asked weakly.

"Yes? Can I help you?" The policeman raised an eyebrow at the couple.

"We are Rosetta Cane's parents, we are here to see our only daughter!" The old women coughed.

"Rosetta Cane?" The policeman asked clueless about who they were talking about.

"Her friends call her Rose." The old man said weakly again.

"Of course you can, but you can only see her through bullet proof glass and talk to her through a phone." The policeman pushed the button again "We have Rose Cane's parents here, please set up a booth for them and escort them to the booth." The policeman smiled as a police officer came towards them.

"We finally get to see our daughter!" The old women said happily.

"Come with me." The police officer lead them down a long corridor to a little booth with two sides and only a glass wall separating them.

With Kikari

Kikari let out a heavy sigh 'another lonely morning…figures' Kikari jumped out of bed and headed for the coffee maker, but saw a note.

Kikari,

Rena and I left to shop around some, take some time to walk around the house or something…no you cannot follow us! Have fun whatever your going to do! Love you like a sister!

Mya and Rena

"Ok, I'll go over to Covu's" Kikari smiled and skipped off to her room to get dressed.

Knock, Knock, Knock

"Covu-" Kikari was cut off guard as the door swung open and Covu pulled her into a kiss. Kikari kissed back, but for some odd reason she knew it didn't feel as right as it did with Kenshin but she was going to make the best of it.

Covu felt Kikari kiss back passionate and Covu wasn't going to stop her in any way but he didn't exactly like the idea of them being halfway in the hall. Covu broke the kiss to his dismay and pulled her inside quickly shutting the door behind her.

"Sorry." Covu muttered but then pinned her against the wall putting both his arms on each side of her. "Now where were we?" Covu was about to kiss her, but Kikari stopped him by lifting her slender fingers and pressed them against his oh so ready lips.

"Covu…" Kikari stopped him; she really had no idea why. She just couldn't control her hands. So Kikari did her best to avoid looking odd for stopping her 'boyfriend' for kissing her "Why did you stop?" Kikari asked watching Covu's menacing amber eyes staring into her's.

"I was about to continue wasn't I?" Covu tried to bend down again but was once again stopped by Kikari's fingers pushing gently on his lips.

"But, is it that your afraid for people to see us together?" Kikari said thinking to herself 'just kiss him again…' Kikari quickly took her fingers away and gently kissed him before he had a chance to speak. Covu forgot what he was going to say and fell back into her gentle kiss. Covu broke the kiss and started to travel down her neck, Kikari fell into Covu's rough kisses on her neck and let her hands roam in his silky hair.

"Kikari, I need to tell you something." Covu whispered huskily in her ear.

"What is it?" Kikari asked watching him lift his head up to look her straight in the eyes.

Kikari was staring hopelessly in Covu's dreamy eyes.

"I Love you."

With Rena and Mya

"Here you go." The police officer left them in the room closing the door behind him.

Mya and Rena sat in the two seats in the middle of the room facing the glass window. When they looked up they saw a girl with blonde hair and brown eyes looking at them like they were the crazy one's. She rolled her eyes and picked up the phone while Mya and Rena shared the one phone.

"Who are you people?" Rose asked

"We're friends don't worry" Rena smiled through the glass

"Right…I can tell you want something…" Rose raised an eyebrow

"Do you know a guy that has amber eyes and his name is Covu?" Rena asked hopeful.

"Yea, I do, what do you want to know?" Rose asked interested

"We have a friend, Blue hair and blue eyes a female around 22 was getting married to Covu?"

"Oh yea, that girl who gave me her number! I tried to warn her about that guy."

"What did you try and warn her about?"

"Well…He hired me…"

With Covu and Kikari

"Y-you love me?" Kikari's eyes widened. Kikari wasn't expecting that, it caught her off guard, she was in shock, but she wanted to be happy she really did, so she was "I love you too." Kikari said out of shock, but she smiled warmly anyway to cover up. Kikari paused she knew deep down somewhere something that really terrified her lurked, and it wasn't something she was about to say or admit anytime soon. But what was she suppost to say? She couldn't reject him! The only guy that stuck by her side and was her friend, she couldn't she just couldn't break his heart like that.

"I know this might be sudden, but I'm so happy just because I know the way you feel that I have to do this now." Covu smiled and got down on one knee then reached in his back pocket "will you marry me?"

'W-WHAT! HE WANTS ME TO MARRY HIM? I CAN'T DO THAT! But…but I can't say no and brake his heart…but…but…Dammit, Dammit, DAMMIT!' Kikari cursing in her mind. Kikari covered up her true thoughts and put on an actress face again. Kikari smiled at him and watched him show her the biggest diamond ring she'd ever seen. "Oh Covu, your very sweet, but I think we should wait until we make a big comment like that!" Kikari smiled nervously her fake mask cracking under pressure. 'What do you have to lose? Kenshin's gone, you've never been as close to Covu before, and you don't want to brake his heart what else?' a dark voice said from the back of her mind. 'You're right, Covu wouldn't lie to me, he must love me' Kikari smiled and took the ring feeling a bit of guilt. 'Maybe I'll learn to love him' Kikari slipped the ring on to be caught in a sudden rough kiss on her lips.

Covu broke the kiss and smiled looking in her eyes "does that mean yes?"

"And it also means no, I haven't decided I'm going to wear the ring until I do." Kikari smiled weakly, her thoughts racing through her head "don't worry I just need to clear a few things up first." Kikari opened the door back up. "I'm going to take a…walk." Kikari smiled weakly again at him again and closed the door behind her.

With Mya and Rena

"HIRED?" Rena and Mya said in unison "Why would he hire you? And what did he pay you with that would be enough to make you willing to go to jail?"

"I'll tell you the whole story…" Rose sighed and she spoke quietly "It was a few weeks ago, I was in a rough spot that I couldn't get myself out of, Covu who is a secret agent cornered me, he found out enough about me to get me the death sentence, I am a murderer believe it or not I really did kill my husband for cheating on me. I just came home one night early to surprise him, but it was to my surprise to find another women in our bed. I was in pure shock and disgust, but mostly pain. Pain from the trust I'd put in him, I reached in our emergency drawer for if a burglar came in and pulled out a gun and shot him. I planned to kill her, but she ran out the window just in time. I was crushed. I killed my husband, I could've called the police, but I didn't instead I took his body rolled it up in our bed sheets, stuffed him in the trunk, and dropped him off outside the city. It didn't take Covu long to find out it was I, I begged him that I didn't want to go to jail and said I'd do anything. He smirked at me and said that he had a plan for me and that since he was the only one that found out I did it he would keep it under wraps. So I worked at the auto shop and then four or three days ago he found a way that I could pay him back, he didn't say what would happen, but I could tell. I was to stay at the shop and wait until he came, then that night I was to 'attack' him without injury so I did as I was told. They came, but when that girl was left alone I tried to tell her that her 'husband' hired me and I tried to tell her that he was lying, but I was cut off by him. Afterwards when they were leaving that girl stopped and threw me this rock looking paper that had a number on it you can have it." Rose looked at it little hole at the bottom of the floor and pushed it on the other side "take it, I'm sure its her cell phone number or something…" Rose muttered "anyway" Rose continued watching them picked up the paper "I came over that night and 'pretended' to attack him, she looked at me weird like and probably knew I wasn't as good as a actress I am. So she called the cops and here I am. Go figure." Rose sighed "well I better get back to the cell, I have a few bruises some people owe me." Rose laughed as she was escorted out of the booth and out the door just as her 'parents' were.

Outside the jail

"What does it say?" Mya asked looking anxiously at Rena to read the paper.

"Call…and a number…" Rena said sighing, "That helps us…"

"It might, we have to get to Kenshin's, and I have a few questions to ask him…" Mya smirked.

10 minutes later

"Here we are at his mansion! Or…at least that's what the Taxi guy said" Mya sweat dropped. Mya smiled at her anyway and walked up to the man in the brick booth beside the huge closed gate. "Um, we're here to see Kenshin." Mya smiled nervously.

"He's not here." The man said regretfully.

"Um…when will he be coming back?" Rena asked looking at the biggest mansion she ever saw in her life.

"I don't know, maybe next year to visit his parents here." The man said giving them an empty stare.

"WHAT?" Rena and Mya yelled in unison.

The man covered his ears from the sound of it "yea, he doesn't come back very often."

"Where did he go?" Mya asked feeling defeated, 'how am I suppost to find him now?'

"Why he went back to California to his home." The man smiled.

"Now how do we get there? Its not like we have enough money to get there!" Rena started to cry, "we can't help her!"

"Maybe…" Mya had a plan growing in her mind "maybe…we can…" Mya turned to the man "can you give us the direction's to his California house?"

"Well I can't give you that!" The man laughed thinking the question was hilarious.

"Why not?" Mya hissed, she wasn't in the least bit trying to be funny.

"I don't know it myself! All I know is that he lives in California!"

"Oh, well…I have something else to do…thanks" Mya smirked as she walked off back towards her house.

"Oh, but…MYA!" Rena wined "We can't help Kikari now!"

"Oh but we can! You just haven't thought deep enough to all the people we have to ask…" Mya laughed evilly "I will have him trapped soon enough! TAXI!" Mya whistled.

With Kikari

"Stupid, stupid me…" Kikari kicked a little rock repeatedly as she walked down the sidewalk 'how could I just lie to him like that? I don't really love him do I? I don't feel like I do…but I couldn't just say no and brake his heart!' Kikari glanced at her 'engagement' ring on her finger 'but if I reject him now he'll be crushed! He's been nothing but truthful and sweet to me! He's stood by my side every time something happened and-'

'What about Kenshin?' the voice in back of her mind said tauntingly.

'He didn't stand by my side every time!'

'Oh didn't he?'

'N-no…yes.'

'Which is it?'

'Ok he did too! But that's over and I'm completely over him he dumped me remember!'

'He would have to have a reason for it!'

'Yea, but he never told me, he just stood there and said I lied and said that I didn't tell him anything over the past years I haven't seen him…but…just the look on his face made my heart break, like he was shattered on the inside, and then the way he looked at me not with just sorrow, but…pure disgust'

'He would still have to have a reason'

'Why did he break up with me?'

'Why don't you go and talk to him? Just to know why, it couldn't hurt.'

'On the outside, but I guess your right…telling him I'm with Covu though will make it worst though…'

'It will make you feel better, just go and say you're sorry.'

'Fine' Kikari looked up from walking with her head looking at the ground and saw Kenshin's mansion 'ok…that is really weird…' Kikari looked over to the man at the nearby booth "sir? Is Kenshin here?" Kikari smiled sweetly.

"No another one, ok He's not here!" The man mumbled.

"When is he coming back?" Kikari asked again, clueless about why he looked a little annoyed with her.

"I don't know, whenever he feels like it I guess." The man hissed

"Well you don't have to get mad at me!" Kikari frowned and walked away.

With Mya and Rena

"EIEN SWEETIE!" Mya knocked on the door to his house while a warm smiled formed on her lips.

"What do you want?" Eien growled, he was still angry about the time she kicked him out of her house.

"Eien, did I tell you I loved you?" Mya quickly threw her arms around his neck.

"Yes, what do you want?" Eien sighed giving into her as he wrapped his arms around her waist, he always thought he gave into her a little too easily.

"Well…Kenshin left and I just wanted to know where he lived so I could come and visit him!" Mya smiled cheerfully.

"Since when do you care about Kenshin?" Eien raised an eyebrow.

"Since I loved you ever so much!" Mya kissed him on the lips and quickly broke it. "Please? For me?" Mya gave him a cute pouting face.

"Dammit, fine!" Eien growled.

"Thank you sweetie!" Mya released him and walked into his house.

"Here goes…" Eien said worried, they had a plan, but he didn't feel so good lying to his best friend.

Ring…Ring…Ring

"What?" Kenshin asked annoyed on the other line.

"Well hey Kenshin!" Eien smiled nervously on his end feeling really stupid right then.

"What do you want Eien?" Kenshin's voice lower to a more depressed sound.

"Hey are you alright buddy?" Eien asked worried.

"No."

"What happened?"

"Nothing."

"Kenshin…"

"I broke up with Kikari."

"So I've heard…"

"From who?"

"The monster herself"

"Don't call her that…"

"Why not? Its not like you have feeling for her still right Kenshin?"

"…"

"Kenshin?"

"Yea, I do alright?"

"No that's not ok."

"What do you know about feelings anyway?"

"Well I'm engaged."

"Just like Kikari right?"

"What?"

"Never mind."

"Don't worry buddy I got her good yesterday!"

"AH HEM" Mya tapped her foot and twitched her eye annoyed.

"What the hell did you say to her?" Kenshin growled, Eien could hear his anger.

"I told her about you when she left…"

"Eien…" Kenshin hissed

"Hey I'm coming over to your house, why don't you tell me where it is so I can visit you?" Mya handed him some paper and a pen.

"Since when do you want to visit me?"

"Since now, I mean your going through hard times you need somebody that you can trust to talk you, you know?" Eien smiled as Kenshin started telling him the directions.

"Happy now?"

"Yea, I'll be down there soon, bye."

"Bye."

"DON'T YOU EVER TALK ABOUT KIKARI LIKE THAT GOT IT? SHE MY BEST FRIEND! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD DO THAT! I-"

Eien caught her in her outrage with a deep kiss. Mya fell into the kiss and forgot what she was talking about. Eien broke the kiss and handed her the paper "I'm going." Eien snapped.

"WHAT? You can't come!" Mya hissed

"Why not? I don't lie you know, and Kenshin sounded like he needed someone to talk to!"

"You know what? I don't feel like arguing with you, but honey you are going to get mad then." Mya hissed as she walked out the door in fury.

"RENA!" Mya yelled into the quiet air.

"Did ya get it?" Rena smiled as she popped out from behind the bushes.

"Yea, but with a small price…" Mya muttered.

"What?" Rena asked watching Mya shove the directions in her pocket.

"Eien's coming."

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