(A/N: Chapter 5 up next! Enjoy and R&R!)

This is bad. SO VERY BAD.

Right in front of them was a bunch of idiotic-looking policemen.

GREAT. JUST GREAT.

WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO???

Oh, that's it.

They'll run.

"Oi, Seta, I think we've better run." Misao mumbled under her breath, just loud enough for him to listen. She was all ready to run, but he didn't reply. "Seta...?" Misao called and looked at him.

Seta Soujirou, the ex-Tenken, was SMILING. SMILING! Somehow, Misao thought it looked... Evil? Wait a minute, he's not going to receive the battle, was he? Seta Soujirou?

"The two of you are under arrest!" Cried one of the policemen as he stared at them. The others took their weapons, ready for a fight. "Drop your weapons of we'll attack!"

Seta Soujirou grinned wider as a song of motivation for killing ringed in his mind.

Hora, abunai yo
Boku ni ima fureta nara kireru kara
Kimi wa mada
Boku yori mo tsuyoku nai
Wakaru yo ne
Hey, watch out
Touch me and you'll get cut
You're not yet
Stronger than me
You probably know

Misao trembled in fear as a killing aura filled the air. Soujirou chuckled. "Sou desu ka? Maa, I haven't got this tingling excitement in me after my battle with Himura san. Let's see," Soujirou paused and looked around at the people. "Maa, only fifteen people to deal with?"

Misao dropped down and hugged her legs. This aura was overpowering. This is really scary and frightening.

"Bastard... Get him!" One of the policemen commanded and all the policemen charged towards him.

That's when crimson coloured blood smeared everywhere.

Aoi honoo ga ima koori no naka de
Shizuka ni moete iru yo
Ah- Hohoemi wo ukabeta
Shounen ga hitori
Tooku ni mieru
The blue flame
Now silently burns inside the ice
Ah- A smile surfaces
I can see from afar
One boy

Soujirou smiled as he approached the policemen one by one. Misao looked up at the fight. Seta Soujirou was killing. He was taking away lives.

Why? Why does it hurt Misao so much as he kills?

Kaze, itai ame, sakebi-goe, kireta ito, fuyu no sora
Boku wa naze waratte 'ru no?
Wakaranai
Nakushita yo
The winds, painful rain, severed thread, winter sky
Why am I laughing?
I don't know
I'm just lost

This isn't right. Why is the always-calm guy turning like that? Why is he turning into a... Killing device? Why is he laughing when blood was smeared all over his face? This isn't right at all.

No, Misao doesn't want to see any of this anymore. No.

Aoi honoo ga ima koori no naka de
Shizuka ni moete iru yo
Ah- Tatta hitotsu kiri no
Kotae wo boku wa
Shitte iru kara
The blue flame
Now silently burns inside the ice
Ah- 'Cos there's only one
Answer
That I know of

Soujirou's mind was filled with nothing but killing methods. There were only three of the policemen left. He could just kill them and get away. Yes, he shall do it.

Soujirou lifted up his hands with his sword. He almost stroked down until something else other than his killing methods appeared.

Makimachi Misao called him ' Rurouni Soujirou'.

"Stop it!" Cried a voice as Soujirou felt someone's arms around him. " Don't do it! Stop, stop!" Misao cried as tears dripped down her cheeks.

Soujirou froze for a moment as the survived policemen escaped.

"Please, don't kill anymore. You're no longer a Tenken, are you? You're a rurouni. A RUROUNI. So please..." Misao pleaded as she hugged tightly onto Soujirou. "Don't kill anymore."

Soujirou kept his sword as Misao looked up at him. She wiped off the blood on his face. "Please, don't make me hate you or get scared of you."

Misao was pleading sincerely. She really didn't want that to happen.

Soujirou grabbed Misao on her shoulder and put her in his arms as he hugged her closely to himself. He smiled. "Gomen ne, Misao sama." He closed his eyes and smiled. "Gomen ne."

Misao was at first surprised at the comeback, but smiled when she heard the apology.

"You're forgiven." Was the last sentence of the moment.

That explained it all.

She was in love with him.

Makimachi Misao was in love with Seta Soujirou.

That's why her heart bumped at the rate of million times per second when she heard his voice. That's why her face turned red at the sight of him. That's why she felt SOMETHING when she could feel him around her. That's why she didn't want to see Soujirou kill.

Misao blushed at the thought of him.

The fight was over and Misao and Soujirou was back at the temple. It was dark, and it would be wise if they continue their journey the next day. Now, Misao was bathing in the water.

However, the place didn't seem as lively as it had been. The air didn't smelt fresh. Why? Why is this so?

Soujirou had just finish his bath. He may look cheery as always, but Misao thought he wasn't. He was probably acting fine. But maybe, maybe, maybe he was afraid of something. Afraid of... Something that caused him to feel unprotected.

Misao finished her bath and put on her clothes. She combed her hair and tied it and got back to the temple.

Misao entered the temple and found Soujirou lying down on his 'bed', probably asleep.

Misao smiled sadly at him as she lied on her mattress. She almost fell asleep, until he called her.

"Misao sama?" Soujirou cried.

Misao almost stopped breathing.

"Yeah?"

"I'm really sorry 'bout today. I thought I was right to kill. 'Cos all I was thought was killing methods. I didn't know I shouldn't be killing until you stopped me. I was..."

"Are you crying?"

Soujirou froze at Misao's question as a tear dripped his cheeks. Yes, he WAS confused. He didn't know what to do. He was lost.

Soujirou was once again surprised my Misao's action. Misao had moved towards him and held him tight in her arms.

"It's all right. I'm with you." Said Misao as she adjusted her head on Soujirou's shoulder. "Everything will be okay."

Soujirou smiled and closed his eyes as his last tear dripped down his cheeks. They no longer feel cold anymore. They have each other. Soon, they both drifted off into a pleasant dream.

"Arigatou, Misao."

(A/N: End of chapter 5. Hope you had enjoyed it. Maybe it's going a little too fast, I don't know, but I had already tried my best. RR and please, continue reading my story! By the way, did you guys realized that Soujirou had called Misao 'Misao' instead of the usual 'Misao sama' in the last sentence? Oh yeah, go read my original stories in & R&R, OK? Ciao!)