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Nanakiyoda: Let go for another chapter shall we? Uh...I think a fare warning would be good though, this is quite a fanfic as in it's not very uh...positive...or something like that?

(Present)

I stretched, and kept the camera trained in on the dance. It was a boring job, but someone had to do it. Sanosuke had his date off with him in the farthest corner, away from all the teachers. Megumi was in the middle of the dance floor, with all of the popular girls, dancing away. Misao was near me, but a floor down. There was two floors to the gym. I was on the second, a balcony like protrusion above the gym. The theme to the dance was Malibu, but no one really paid attention to the decorations the student council had worked so hard on. Instead, everyone was enjoying the night away. I glanced down at Misao and saw that she was whispering something to Aoshi. Go for it Aoshi, you know she likes you. Give her what she wants. I didn't realize the camera had slipped from the railing. I jumped quickly to grab it and retrain it on the dance floor, but it was heavy and was trained on Misao and Aoshi. SHIT! She'll have my head! She hates being on camera! I gritted my teeth and lifted it away from her, and back to the dance floor. I can always edit that out. I looked back down, and saw Misao and Aoshi, kissing. I smiled and looked back out to the dance. I doubt if anything could ever go wrong again.

(Future)

As I ran into Misao, her gun was thrown up into the air. I hit it away with the chair, jumped back and slammed into Megumi backwards, knocking her out. Sanosuke ran up but I headbutted him in the stomach. Then I heard the click of the gun. I looked over and saw that Aoshi was pointing his .357 at my head. I looked at him and sat back down on the chair.

"That will be enough out of you Kamiya." He said coldly and shot my leg. I lurched forward and bit my lip, to keep myself from crying out from the pain. Aoshi walked up and pointed the gun right at my chest, where my heart was. He knows shooting me in my head will damage the chip.

"When are you going to finish this torture?" I managed to ask, biting back my pain even more. Misao starting laughing, joined in by Sanosuke.

"As soon as all of us are satified with our revenge." Aoshi answered, more coldly than the last. I looked into his icy blue eyes. I saw hatred that would last millions of years. Satifaction is impossible at this point.

"Revenge for what? A couple of mistakes?" I spat out.

"Revenge for making Misao and I wait! Revenge for putting Sanosuke behind bars! Revenge for Megumi losing her family!" Aoshi yelled out, which was highly unusaul for him to do. I gritted my teeth at him.

(Present)

It had been weeks since Misao spent the night. Most of her time, she spent beside Aoshi. I couldn't blame her, but it was beginning to seem as if he only mattered to her. Now though, we had both managed to go to Megumi's house and spend the night. We took up Megumi's floor in her room while Megumi was sitting on her bed. Misao was painting her toe nails pink.

"So...how far have you two gone?" Megumi asked.

"Megumi!" Misao and I both shouted, then giggled about it.

"Um...hee...well...there's been a couple of dates here and there...and we've made out but that's all." Misao confessed, then blushed deeply. Megumi and I laughed. When we calmed down, Megumi turned to me.

"What were you laughing at, little miss innocent? I bet you've done something!" Megumi accused me. I froze, doing the whole deer-caught-in-headlights look. I then smirked and allowed my smart aleck side take over.

"Not with those two!" I said, a bit nervous. Megumi and Misao busted out laughing.

"Seriously, Kaoru, how far have you gone?" Misao asked, her finger pointing at me, daring me to lie.

"Well, I did kiss this one boy, back in middle school. He moved away the next week, so we never had a chance really. Other than that, I really don't want be in a relationship." I explained.

"You don't have to be in a relationship to do anything you know." Megumi explained to me.

"I know...but that's your job Megumi, to go to parties and make out with guys you'll never see again." I said, a hint of humor in my voice. Megumi glared at me and grabbed her pillow and flung it at me. It hit me full in the face, and I fell over. Misao and Megumi started laughing until I grabbed the pillow and flung it back. Within minutes, Pillows were flying everywhere, then one busted and feathers flew all over. I dropped the pillow I had in my hand and started laughing as Misao stood there and spit out the feathers she had in her mouth. Megumi fell back on her bed and laughed as hard as she could. I bit my hand to calm myself down from the laughter. Misao started laughing, then tackled me to the floor. She started giving me a nugie, Megumi laughing even hard as I tried to free myself from her grasp but couldn't because I was laughing to hard. Suddenly, an urge came up and I shot up, running towards the door.

"Kaoru?" Misao asked, confused and Megumi stopped laughing.

"I...kinda...have...to go to the bathroom!" I cried out and I flung open the door and ran downstairs, straight into the bathrrom, fighting my jeans, then finally relieved myself. After I washed my hands, I heard shouting. Curious, I walked to the bathroom door. I saw Megumi's parents yelling at each other. This isn't the first time it's happened. Megumi hates it, but they fight all the time. Which is why Misao and I stay over as much as we can or let her stay over. I sighed. There was no way I could go back up stairs. Not with them fighting in the next room. Megumi didn't like us to see her parents like this. Misao had been caught in one once and it was a very awkward situation for her. Finally, after ten minutes, it quieted down and I looked out. Her parents were gone. I sighed and walked out of the bedroom. I heard a scream from down the hall, so I ran down. I stopped right in front of Megumi's parents room. It was then Mr. Takani shot Mrs. Takani in the head.

(Future)

Things didn't turn out well after that. I had to testify against Mr. Takani, being the only witness. Megumi had blamed me for it, although even she knew it would have happened even if I didn't see it. I looked into Megumi's eyes, and saw a tear welling up. If things were still like they were in high school, I would run over to her and hug her, telling her to not cry, because I wouldn't be able to stand it. I gritted my teeth at her. I can't let her see any pity from me. She is the one who chose to stab me in the back.

"Sagara, take care of Kamiya. Misao, come with me." Aoshi said firmly. Misao followed him, and Sanosuke smiled, cracking his knuckles. Megumi shook her head, took another look at me, then left the room. Sanosuke walked towards me.

"Damn you Missy. How could you put Mr. Takani in prison and force Megumi to move in with her horrible aunt?" He mocked and punched me in the stomach. I lurched forward again and puked. Sanosuke stepped back and looked at me in disgust.

"I'm sorry..." I managed to say, the bile stinging my mouth and throat.

"You disgust me." Sanosuke said, then left the room. I'm alone...good for my health I guess. I spit out the bad taste in my mouth and leaned back to stare at the ceiling. They know I really have no where else to go. The governent won't let me even think of having a normal life. Still, I shouldn't die because of something that has almost nothing to do with me. I sighed and closed my eyes.

(Past)

Sitting on the ground, he was busy washing the laundry again. I shook my head at him. He's always doing some menial chore...I stood up and started to walk towards him, but stopped. When will I get the chance to have him to myself? Damn chores...it's not like I tell him to do them, he just promptly gets up and does them. I shook my head and walked towards him. Kneeling down beside him, I pushed him over onto the ground and pinned him beneath me, smiling into his face.

"You know, if you keep doing house work, people are going to think that you aren't very masculine." I teased at him. He smiled at me.

"Sessha likes to think of it as payment for Miss Kaoru allowing sessha to live here." He reasoned. I rolled my eyes.

"Kenshin! Rent? I think you've saved me enough times to live here freely!" I said to him, my temper starting up.

"Sessha has been the reason for Miss Kaoru being put into danger..."

(Present)

Months had past since Megumi had moved away. No one would speak to me. Finally, I had gotten fed up with it and Stood up in the middle of class. Everyone had their eyes on me. The teacher stopped in the middle of his lecture, probably because everyone had stopped talking. The teacher turned back and looked at me.

"Miss Kamiya, why are you out of your seat?" He asked. I looked straight at him and walked towards the door.

"What is she doing?" I heard someone whisper.

"Miss Kamiya! Where are you going!" The teacher yelled out. I opened the door and looked back at him.

"To the depths of hell. Where do you think I'm going? You make it up and I'll go there. Anywhere but here." I said. The teachers face shot red and his eye began twitching. He pointed to the door.

"OFFICE NOW!" He yelled out.

"Thanks." I said and walked out and down the hall. I heard the door fling open behind me.

"What's wrong?" I heard Misao ask. I turned around and glared at her.

"Do we not talk to our friends anymore because they did what was right?" I said, trying to control my anger.

"Okay, well that answers some things...Kaoru...we just didn't know what to say to you. I mean, when your best friend witnesses a murder, what can you say to them?" Misao reasoned. I sighed.

"At least we're talking now..." I said.

"Yeah...we've got a lot to catch up on too don't we? How about you and Rooster meet me and Aoshi at the club?" She asked. I smiled and rolled my eyes.

"Are you trying to set me up with him again?" I asked.

"No...yes...maybe...ah! No one likes being a third wheel!" Misao said and clapped her hands with a mischeivious glint in her eyes. Oh no...

"The club tonight? Fine..." I said, knowing full well I would regret it later.

(Future)

Misao walked back into the room, and I sat up straight. She was glaring at me. Time for punishment again...

"I'm surprised you haven't bled to death with that wound..." She said, concern in her voice. What the! She walked over and pulled a knife from her pocket. She kneeled down and cut my pant leg off above the knee where I had been shot at. She then dug the knife into my leg and removed the bullet. I winced but gritted my teeth to get through it. She then pulled a needle out from her pocket and ripped some string from my discarded pant leg and started to stitch my wound. When she was finished, she wrapped my leg with the discarded pant leg and stood up.

"What for?" I asked. She looked at me.

"Kaoru, I've been thinking. All that you did to me was to be in the right place at the wrong time. That and new information on the whole project has come in. Remember those people we stole you from? The ones that had you captive before we took you from them? They're dead now. All of them sliced into little bits. The government has raised the bounty up more." She explained. I looked at her.

"So you're scared." I reasoned.

"The project is a man Kaoru. He's coming for you, killing anyone in his path. Kaoru, He's going to kill you and destroy the chip so that he cannot be stopped!" She reasoned.

"That's any different from what was going to happen to me before?" I asked. She slapped me.

"Don't you understand! The project is a non-stop killing machine! If the chip is destroyed, then the entire world is doomed!" She cried out.

"What should I care about a world that only wants me dead? I say let the poor basturds suffer, let the project kill them. It's their fault. They created him." I said. Misao put the knife to my throat.

"Kaoru, don't make me slit your throat and retrieve the chip myself." She said. I smiled and nuzzled closer to the knife.

"Do it then." I dared her.

OWARI

Nanakiyoda: Alright then, uh...personally, I like this fanfic and how it's turning out. Uh...yeah.