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A Heart's Yearning
Broken Heart
~~~It was just another routine assignment, something that they had been trained to do and have done for the last twenty years.
Suiting up for the raid, Sano looked at Kenshin and said, "Maybe you should think about taking the promotion with the desk job the Lieutenant offered you," while fastening his safety vest.
"I have given it some thought," Kenshin said slowly sitting down on the bench still buttoning his shirt.
"You better hurry or they'll leave you behind," Sano said before leaving the locker room. Man I hope he doesn't go off after another girl, I can only protect him so much.
~~~The captain was calling the room to order when Kenshin finally walked in sitting down next to Sano. "I was worried there for a sec," he said thinking that he was indeed worried that Kenshin wouldn't show up at all.
Kenshin sat half listening to the captain as he assigned each team a position; he knew that Sano would get the assignment so his thoughts turned to a different direction. He had an upset stomach that wasn't going away, it didn't matter how many antacid tablets he took and his left arm had fallen asleep but he couldn't remember putting it in a position where that could have happened.
The captain finished giving out the assignments and everyone was leaving when Sano noticed Kenshin very intently watching his left hand, a puzzled look on his face. Pushing his chair back, he nudged Kenshin into standing.
"Come on lets go, you weren't listening again were you?" Sano said guiding Kenshin towards the door.
~~~The raid had gone as scheduled. The small house had been quickly contained using the minimum amount of policemen. They had no trouble with apprehending the drug dealers with the buyers being undercover policemen.
Suddenly a closet door burst open and shots filled the air.
Both Sano and Kenshin were positioned outside the house, to watch for escaping drug dealers when they heard the shots. They saw a girl with long black hair run from the house with the gun in her hand.
"I am going after her," Kenshin said his eyes never leaving the girl. He ran after her pushing himself to his limit, afraid that if he didn't, he wouldn't be able to catch her.
"At least this time its police business," Sano said smiling running to keep up with Kenshin.
As they came around a corner, they met up with two more policemen who joined in the chase.
A sharp pain in Kenshin's chest forced him to stop running. He leaned forward, his right hand automatically contracted to his chest, while his breathing was labored and shallow. He could feel his body become cold and clammy. His need to look into her eyes forced him to try going on but his body wouldn't comply too his wishes.
Sano stopped a couple of steps passed Kenshin, turning back he asked, "You all right,"
"Yea, just upset stomach, go on I'll be alright," he said motioning him to keep going.
Sano took a few steps and looked back at Kenshin sitting down against the wall. Believing that he would be all right, Sano resumed the pursuit.
The pain in Kenshin's chest was getting worse making it difficult for him to breath. He felt that his body had betrayed him because he had not been able to catch her. If it was her and she got away then she wouldn't know that he existed in this world.
Sano didn't like the idea of leaving Kenshin alone. He had a nagging feeling that there was more to his stopping that an upset stomach. Kenshin had not been his normal self the past few days.
The other two officers caught the girl and took her back while Sano went back to Kenshin.
Sano found him slumped against the wall, his head tilting forward, his arms hanging down by his side. He nudged Kenshin trying to get him to move instead he fell over to his side.
Carefully positioning him on his back, Sano called for an ambulance while feeling for a pulse. Finding a faint pulse, he took a deep breath and sighed.
Waiting for the ambulance to arrive, he said, "Kenshin, she wouldn't shoot a gun or hurt anyone, that wasn't her."
Slipping into a warm, dark place, Kenshin listened to what Sano said and knew that he was right. She would never hurt anyone.
~~~Sano opened the door to see Kenshin lying on a hospital bed. An IV pump running with monitors surrounding him. He looked at the various lines on the monitors as they made their perpetual trip across the monitor with some arcing up then down and others with a gentler path.
He opened his mouth to say something when a machine turned on with a woush of air.
"What is that sound, did I do that?" he asked the nurse standing across the bed from him.
She looked up from her paper work long enough to see what machine was working. "No that's the blood pressure cuff. It starts every 15 minutes to keep track of his blood pressure," she said pointing to the correct monitor. "It was very high when he came in. Everyone wondered how he managed to live with it that high," she said returning to writing in the chart.
"Is he awake?" Sano asked the nurse.
"I only monitor the machines not the patients sleep patterns," she said releasing a small chuckle, "Why don't you ask him."
"Kenshin are you alive, I mean awake," Sano said getting another chuckle out of the nurse.
" I guess it's a desk job for me," Kenshin said his voice low and weak. Without opening his eyes, he raised his hand towards Sano.
"Geez, you scared me, you keep doing that, when are you going to stop," Sano replied taking his hand.
"When I find her," Kenshin answered without any hesitation.
"I've tried to help you. Every time I'd set you up with a date, you manage to find something wrong with them."
"They were never her," Kenshin said. Opening his eyes, he looked mournfully at Sano.
"Well couldn't you just be happy with someone, you really shouldn't be alone," Sano countered.
"Did you come here to visit me or lecture me on ways to find a woman," said Kenshin causing the nurse to chuckle once again.
"What did the doctor have to say?" Sano asked fearing the worst but his question changed the subject.
"It's my heart. He said that if I take it easy I could live a normal life but if I put stress on it…" Kenshin said both understanding without anything more needing to be said.
~~~ Sitting in a wheelchair waiting for Sano, Kenshin contemplated his feelings of going back to an empty apartment. He would not nor could not give up his eternal search for her but living by himself, depression could easily seep in and destroy him.
"Are you ready to go home," Sano said walking into Kenshin's hospital room.
Kenshin looked toward Sano nodding his head.
"Good, because we moved you in with Megs and me. So I hope that you can get used to our fighting and the kids screaming," Sano said smiling as he picked up Kenshin's bags.
Pushing the wheelchair, the nurse led the way with Sano following.
"But I can't impose on you, you already have a full house," Kenshin protested once they were in the hall.
"Your stuff is already moved into our spare bedroom, well actually I lost my play room. But that's ok because… Just don't argue, it's done already," Sano said.
TBC
A/N—There is one more chapter. Yes, he does find her in the last chapter.
Thank you for reading my story…
Don't forget to review…
A Heart's Yearning
Broken Heart
~~~It was just another routine assignment, something that they had been trained to do and have done for the last twenty years.
Suiting up for the raid, Sano looked at Kenshin and said, "Maybe you should think about taking the promotion with the desk job the Lieutenant offered you," while fastening his safety vest.
"I have given it some thought," Kenshin said slowly sitting down on the bench still buttoning his shirt.
"You better hurry or they'll leave you behind," Sano said before leaving the locker room. Man I hope he doesn't go off after another girl, I can only protect him so much.
~~~The captain was calling the room to order when Kenshin finally walked in sitting down next to Sano. "I was worried there for a sec," he said thinking that he was indeed worried that Kenshin wouldn't show up at all.
Kenshin sat half listening to the captain as he assigned each team a position; he knew that Sano would get the assignment so his thoughts turned to a different direction. He had an upset stomach that wasn't going away, it didn't matter how many antacid tablets he took and his left arm had fallen asleep but he couldn't remember putting it in a position where that could have happened.
The captain finished giving out the assignments and everyone was leaving when Sano noticed Kenshin very intently watching his left hand, a puzzled look on his face. Pushing his chair back, he nudged Kenshin into standing.
"Come on lets go, you weren't listening again were you?" Sano said guiding Kenshin towards the door.
~~~The raid had gone as scheduled. The small house had been quickly contained using the minimum amount of policemen. They had no trouble with apprehending the drug dealers with the buyers being undercover policemen.
Suddenly a closet door burst open and shots filled the air.
Both Sano and Kenshin were positioned outside the house, to watch for escaping drug dealers when they heard the shots. They saw a girl with long black hair run from the house with the gun in her hand.
"I am going after her," Kenshin said his eyes never leaving the girl. He ran after her pushing himself to his limit, afraid that if he didn't, he wouldn't be able to catch her.
"At least this time its police business," Sano said smiling running to keep up with Kenshin.
As they came around a corner, they met up with two more policemen who joined in the chase.
A sharp pain in Kenshin's chest forced him to stop running. He leaned forward, his right hand automatically contracted to his chest, while his breathing was labored and shallow. He could feel his body become cold and clammy. His need to look into her eyes forced him to try going on but his body wouldn't comply too his wishes.
Sano stopped a couple of steps passed Kenshin, turning back he asked, "You all right,"
"Yea, just upset stomach, go on I'll be alright," he said motioning him to keep going.
Sano took a few steps and looked back at Kenshin sitting down against the wall. Believing that he would be all right, Sano resumed the pursuit.
The pain in Kenshin's chest was getting worse making it difficult for him to breath. He felt that his body had betrayed him because he had not been able to catch her. If it was her and she got away then she wouldn't know that he existed in this world.
Sano didn't like the idea of leaving Kenshin alone. He had a nagging feeling that there was more to his stopping that an upset stomach. Kenshin had not been his normal self the past few days.
The other two officers caught the girl and took her back while Sano went back to Kenshin.
Sano found him slumped against the wall, his head tilting forward, his arms hanging down by his side. He nudged Kenshin trying to get him to move instead he fell over to his side.
Carefully positioning him on his back, Sano called for an ambulance while feeling for a pulse. Finding a faint pulse, he took a deep breath and sighed.
Waiting for the ambulance to arrive, he said, "Kenshin, she wouldn't shoot a gun or hurt anyone, that wasn't her."
Slipping into a warm, dark place, Kenshin listened to what Sano said and knew that he was right. She would never hurt anyone.
~~~Sano opened the door to see Kenshin lying on a hospital bed. An IV pump running with monitors surrounding him. He looked at the various lines on the monitors as they made their perpetual trip across the monitor with some arcing up then down and others with a gentler path.
He opened his mouth to say something when a machine turned on with a woush of air.
"What is that sound, did I do that?" he asked the nurse standing across the bed from him.
She looked up from her paper work long enough to see what machine was working. "No that's the blood pressure cuff. It starts every 15 minutes to keep track of his blood pressure," she said pointing to the correct monitor. "It was very high when he came in. Everyone wondered how he managed to live with it that high," she said returning to writing in the chart.
"Is he awake?" Sano asked the nurse.
"I only monitor the machines not the patients sleep patterns," she said releasing a small chuckle, "Why don't you ask him."
"Kenshin are you alive, I mean awake," Sano said getting another chuckle out of the nurse.
" I guess it's a desk job for me," Kenshin said his voice low and weak. Without opening his eyes, he raised his hand towards Sano.
"Geez, you scared me, you keep doing that, when are you going to stop," Sano replied taking his hand.
"When I find her," Kenshin answered without any hesitation.
"I've tried to help you. Every time I'd set you up with a date, you manage to find something wrong with them."
"They were never her," Kenshin said. Opening his eyes, he looked mournfully at Sano.
"Well couldn't you just be happy with someone, you really shouldn't be alone," Sano countered.
"Did you come here to visit me or lecture me on ways to find a woman," said Kenshin causing the nurse to chuckle once again.
"What did the doctor have to say?" Sano asked fearing the worst but his question changed the subject.
"It's my heart. He said that if I take it easy I could live a normal life but if I put stress on it…" Kenshin said both understanding without anything more needing to be said.
~~~ Sitting in a wheelchair waiting for Sano, Kenshin contemplated his feelings of going back to an empty apartment. He would not nor could not give up his eternal search for her but living by himself, depression could easily seep in and destroy him.
"Are you ready to go home," Sano said walking into Kenshin's hospital room.
Kenshin looked toward Sano nodding his head.
"Good, because we moved you in with Megs and me. So I hope that you can get used to our fighting and the kids screaming," Sano said smiling as he picked up Kenshin's bags.
Pushing the wheelchair, the nurse led the way with Sano following.
"But I can't impose on you, you already have a full house," Kenshin protested once they were in the hall.
"Your stuff is already moved into our spare bedroom, well actually I lost my play room. But that's ok because… Just don't argue, it's done already," Sano said.
TBC
A/N—There is one more chapter. Yes, he does find her in the last chapter.
Thank you for reading my story…
Don't forget to review…