Disclaimer: YES! I own them! MWAHAHAHAHA!

Lawyers glaring: ehem. You do?

Me: YES AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU AND YOUR FANCY SIGNATURES CAN DO ABOUT IT! MWHAHAHA!

Lawyers grab Amori and take her to a room that is fluffy and pink. Everything in it was pink and fuzzy.

Lawyers: Welcome to the Happy Room.

Lawyers walk out and lock the door.

Me: Looks around: NO! IT'S TOO CUTE IN HERE! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Lawyers through the door: That's not all

Metal clicks and a big screen TV comes out of the floor.

Amori is heard screaming as Barney plays and the music "I love you, you love me" Plays

Me: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! CURSE YOU PBS KIDS!AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Lawyers: Do you still own Kenshin?

Amori is curled up on the floor in the fetal position chanting, "I love you, you love me, we're a great big family" Crying and sucking her thumb.

Lawyer 1: Maybe we were a little to harsh….

Me: I don't own them. Help me! PBS IS EVIL! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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Thank you all:

Nanakiyoda: Yeah. I know.

DownToHellChick: Yeah? That is where I got the Battle idea. I love that story And Xujin, if you're reading, HURRY UP WITH THE SECOND! I LOVE THAT STORY AND I HATE THAT YOU STOPPED WHERE YOU DID!

And to my dear fans: The end is soon! I know, it's sad but they last chapter is within 2-3 updates.

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PREVIOUSLY: The judges looked at each other emotionless before the horse-woman turned back to them and said, "It's wasn't good. It was wonderful! I believe we have our first finalists. Bleeding Truth, welcome to the Battle." The other four judges nodded in agreement.

Everyone jumped up and down and hugged each other screaming and cheering. Even Ayomi ran up and joined in the excitement.

"We are on our way!" Kaoru screamed.

CHAPTER 11

THE BATTLE IS FINALLY HERE! GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT!

"Can you believe that they loved us?" Kaoru cheered as they celebrated with Ice cream cones on the beach.

Kenshin smiled, "Duh we can believe it. You ruled the stage."

Kaoru blushed and smiled. The rest of the gang nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, Kaoru! There wasn't a single dry eye when you sang that sad song you wrote." Misao chided while liking her peanut butter- chocolate ice cream.

"The funny thing is that I write poems and they turn into songs. I don't know, it's just a thing I can do." Kaoru licked her chocolate chip mint ice cream. (AN: Drool…MY FAVORITE IN THE WORLD! YUM!)

"Hey, Kaoru? Have you told your dad about you entering in this yet?" Sano asked.

Kaoru went pale. "Oh shit!" She ran as fast as she could in the opposite direction.

Sano laughed, "Guess not!"

Everyone just sighed.

AT KAORU'S HOUSE

"DADDY! ARE YOU HOME?" Kaoru shouted into the big house.

"Upstairs in the library!" a voice echoed from the stairway. Kaoru bolted up and stopped in front of the door to fix her appearance and walked in to see a policeman looking at some book with a cigarette hanging from his lip. (AN: Guess who?)

"Daddy I need to talk to you about something." Kaoru asked the man.

Saitou sighed and sat in one of the big chairs and looked at his daughter. He didn't say anything but his eyes showed his feelings for his daughter's outfit.

"What is it?" He said gruffly after a short time.

Kaoru stuttered, "Umm…my band and I have been chosen as an Battle of the Bands contestant. I was wondering if it was alright to participate?"

Saitou stayed quiet for a few minutes and finally said, "I don't think that it is a safe idea. There are many cases that involve riots and fights breaking out at those things."

Kaoru put on her best puppy dog eyes, "Please Daddy? We'll be really careful! I promise! And we'll win! I know! PLEASE? It could be our only chance! Come on!"

Saitou hated it when she did the puppy dog pout. "You are just like your mother. She would have been able to stop WW2 if she wanted to by just doing her famous pout. Fine you can go. When is it? I want to see you shine."

Kaoru jumped up and hugged her father. "THANK YOU SO MUCH! It is in tree weeks!"

She ran to her room and called everyone.

THE DAY OF THE BATTLE

Many bands from all over Japan were there. As the group arrived, they were interviewed and given a number in which they'd go on.

"Man! Number 23! This'll take forever!" Enishi complained.

"Yeah. Let's get changed and then we'll go out and watch the competition." Misao suggested. They agreed and went to change.

Kaoru was wearing an electric blue and black lacey corset and tight flared black pants with electric blue flames up the legs. She had a blue choker on and a lot of black and blue bracelets on. She had an armband around her left arm that was black and spiked.

Misao and Megumi were wearing the same outfit except Misao's was jade green and Megumi's was hot pink.

The guys were wearing really baggy, torn, black pants and tight red shirts with black flames going up their stomachs. They all wore different types of jewelry and Kenshin had three loop earrings in one ear and a huge diamond one in his other.

After 23 nice performances, and 23 losers, the whole place got quiet. The stands and the specters got all hushed as all the lights went off. Kaoru's voice came eerily from the direction of the stage. The sound of a small drum beat the only thing accompanying her song. Suddenly the lights burst on and Kaoru played her guitar and the rest of the band joined in as she sang:

"Black is the Death of the rainbow,

Land is the Death of the sea,

The sun is the Death of Darkness,

And you're the Death of me…oh, you're the death of me.

Conformity is the Death of imagination,

Apathy is the Death of a plea,

Stupidity is the Death of wisdom,

And this is my destiny."

Kaoru sang her heart out. This song was written after the death of her mother and it meant everything to her. It was all she could do not to cry.

"Science is the Death of fiction,

Dreams are the Death of reality,

Rebellion is the Death of boredom

But you're the Death of me

Life is the Death of all,

Drugs are the Death of agony,

And even though nothing is the Death of love,

You'll be the Death of me

Temptation is the Death of religion,

Suicide is the Death of life's tragedy,

But tell me, what is the Death of Death?

Because I'd really like to kill the Death of me

Oh this is how it's meant to be. Oh, this is what's meant to be."

Kaoru's hands were shaking by now. She thought about running off the stage and into her daddy's arms but said to herself that there's no turning back now.

"And be the Death of you.

For all eternity,

And I can be the Death of Death,

If you'll be the Death of me."

Kaoru sang the last lines and finished strong. She took a deep breath and stared at the judges through the noise of the crowd as they cheered wildly.

The main judge stood up after discussing with his colleagues, "Well, I should say….."

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