R.S.: Hey everybody I'm home! We didn't do too well in the Junior Nationals, but it was our first time! So I guess I'm gonna try harder next year.

I'm sorry about the last chapter and how the song was just stuck together like that. I don't know why the damn thing did it that way, but oh well. If you want to see how the song really is, go to and then go to RaXephon. The song is called The Garden of Everything. Once again I'm sorry about that. I didn't think it would come out so fucked up.

The other poem that Kenshin sent to her was made by yours truly, me. It's called

Words of a truthful liar. I think that I called it this because when most men say things like this, they lie. There's only a few who tell the truth. It was the only way to make the poem feel complete to me. Sorry.

Oh yeah! And to answer a question from my last review. The reason that I didn't put Japanese in there was because Kaoru's mother was a fluent Spanish speaker. That was her first language. Since Kaoru is trying to be like her to find out her past, I figured why not let her speak some Spanish and see how her mother feels because they both sound alike.

Now this is the final part of Why can't I just be like you?

Kaoru is going to find something that just sends her a-wall and what's going to happen is going to make a lot of people sad. It's violent, sad, and there's just no way to say that this chapter is going to be pretty. There will be only one happy thing and that's the beginning. And then after that, it's straight violence, anger, sorrow, and just things that make a person wanna cry.

The truth about Annalise's life is coming to the surface more and more and everybody is going to feel the anger and pain behind her words.

It's always that one person

By: Rampaging Sorrow

Chapter Thirteen:

Why can't I just be like you: PART FOUR

Kaoru had returned to Asahi's house with the others and they had a CD that Kaoru's friends in the area did for her to make a song off of. Kaoru was downstairs with them listening. Kaoru hadn't known that Asahi had a little recording studio in there, but when he said it was because her mother bugged him to no end about it and almost burned his front lawn, she had to laugh and thank her mother silently.

She was inside just listening to it and writing down the music in both English and Japanese. Once she was done, she was ready to go. Michael knew how to do the controls well since he always played with it when he was younger. He told Kaoru to start singing. Kaoru shut her eyes as she began to sing. Once she wrote music, she memorized it, and she didn't need to look down at all. She was just that talented.

"yoru no machi ha shizuka de fukai umi no you

tsudzuku michi ni tada ATASHI hitori dake…" Michael smiled as she was just singing and then he felt a hand on his shoulder. He saw Kenshin and they both did their handshake.

"I know what to do." He said before Michael got up and went up the steps with a 'Shinji you owe me thirty fucking dollars!'

Kenshin sat down as Kaoru just kept on singing with her eyes closed. He was just listening to it. It was a beautiful song to him and he just let her go through until he heard her correcting herself.

"Michael can I do that… over?" she saw Kenshin smile before she took off the headphones and walked out. He got up and he looked at her. Kaoru looked really beautiful with a light blue wife beater and a nice dark blue skirt with some dark and light blue forces. Her hair was down and her earrings were dangling once more.

"You look… nice." Kenshin said and she thanked him before it was silent once more. She looked at his outfit. It was a simple white beater, some dark blue jeans, and a light blue button-up with a matching hat tipped sideways.

"Look. We match when we're far apart." Kaoru said with a laugh and the two shared one before it fell quiet again. Kenshin broke it by hugging her close to him and beginning to sing in her ear exactly what he sent to her. She liked the way it sounded.

"Here you are
Daylight's star
Made out of miracles

Perfection
Of your own
You Alone
O so incredible

Each atom
Sing to me
"Set me free
From chains of the physical"
O free me, O free me." Kaoru smiled against him softly before he pulled away slightly before he put his arms around her waist. Kaoru put her arms around his neck as they got really close. Kenshin then whispered something onto her lips as Kaoru pulled her hair behind her ear.

"I'm sorry." And with that he pressed his lips to hers. Kaoru shut her eyes and she locked her hands behind his neck as she began to play with the hair that was there. The kiss was one of pure happiness and one of longing. They hadn't really touched each other or seen each other in along time anyways. Kenshin was mentally sighing just like Kaoru was. Kenshin then licked her lips as he pulled away a little bit as they got air they went at it again. Kenshin's tongue slid right into her mouth and Kaoru gave a slight moan as she almost forgot what it felt like.

Shinji was coming downstairs to tell Kenshin that lunch was finally at the house since the boy had been complaining that he was hungry for the longest.

"Kenshin lunch is here. I heard that it's… Chinese." Shinji stopped and he smiled as the two were there just kissing and making up. He turned around before he pulled out his cell phone and began to dial his number. He would call him in a few minutes.

Kenshin and Kaoru were still at it after ten minutes and Kenshin was just groping her and touching her in ways that she liked it. His phone rang and he cursed before letting go. He picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Stop frisking my daughter and come upstairs to get something to eat. Both of you." Kaoru giggled before Kenshin hung up and he kissed her lips once more. He let go before he took her hand and led her upstairs. They smelled Chinese and it was smelling good. They washed their hands before Kenshin took off his hat. He sat down and before he and Tommy could dig in, Asahi hit their hands with a spoon.

"No eating until prayer. Now I want… Kenshin to pray." Kaoru whined. She always loved to do it. Kenshin nodded before he put his hat away and he put his hands together as everybody bowed their heads.

"Lord, we thank you for the food we are about to receive. We thank you for having everybody safe and sound. Lord, we also thank you for delivering the Kamiya family and their friends to the other Kamiya residency in the country. And as my last one, Lord, we thank you for letting the love of my life come back to me. In Jesus name, amen."

"Amen." They said with smiles and Kaoru smiled brightly at Kenshin before they all began to chow down and eat. Kaoru and Kenshin were just giggling as they shared food at one point. Kenshin was looking around with a suspicious look before he put the fork to Kaoru's mouth. He heard them laugh and he turned with a smile as Kaoru put it between her teeth. Kenshin looked around again before picking up a place mat and putting it in front of their faces. They laughed again as he removed it and was chewing. Kaoru just gave him a sweet smile. Shinji was happy that they had made up and that everything was normal.

"Aoshi why is Chantel next to you?" Kaoru said as she finally noticed.

"Tommy brought her."

"Aoshi invited her." Tommy said before he bit an egg roll. He laughed as Aoshi glared and Chantel gave a small blush. Michael looked at her.

"Damn Tommy. That's your sister?" Tommy nodded.

"She's hot." Tyler said before Chantel gave a smile. Tommy and Aoshi glared. He only smirked and the whole table laughed.

They all were sleeping over Asahi's house. They had decided to when it was getting late and the others wanted to go and have fun. Kaoru had taken a shower and put back on the clothes she had on before, only with a different shirt and a different pair of air forces. She also had on a hat and she looked cute as she and Kaname gave a little dance. Kenshin came down in some clothes he had brought along as well. Everybody brought clothes just in case. Aoshi held Chantel around her waist as he leaned against the wall. Tommy came down and broke it up. Aoshi only smirked.

"We ready to go?" they all nodded before they walked off towards the two Hummers. Shinji and Asahi jumped in the car.

"How young do we look?"

"Like you two are around twenty something."

"Perfect." And they buckled up. Kenshin turned around.

"You guys are going?"

"Yeah. We wanna see how these clubs are. We're not gonna watch you though. You do whatever you want. Kao-kao already knows I don't care." Kaoru smiled at her daddy before Kenshin reversed out and they drove off.

Shinji was amazed at his children and how well they could party. He was mostly surprised at Kaoru and how she and Kenshin were at it. From the start, she had pulled him onto the floor and just began to grind into him like she was crazy. And Kenshin didn't mind either.

"Yo Shinji she needs a leash." Asahi said and he pointed. Kaoru was against the wall as Kenshin just pulled up his pants a little and grinded into her. Kenshin had decided to run around without a shirt and Kaoru liked it. She had been leaving marks all over his chest. Shinji sighed.

"I knew that she would have her mother's wildness. I knew it all along." Kenshin walked over after and he sat down next to him fanning himself.

"That child is wild, huh?"

"Oh yeah. But I like em' wild anyway." Kenshin took a drink of his soda before Kaoru came over with something in between her teeth. She probably wanted him to taste it. But she didn't' give it to him by her hand. She put her lips on his and she began to kiss him. Kenshin just held her and then he let go as he swallowed it.

"Good as hell." He said before he looked into his lap suggesting something. Kaoru smirked before she looked at her father with a slick smile. From there, she began to give Kenshin a lap dance. Shinji almost choked as Kaoru ran her fingers through her hair and gave him one of the most amazing lap dances ever.

"Get your daddy too." Kenshin said loud before she went to him and did the same. A shock was on his face but as she got up she did her Uncle too.

"Damn." They said as she walked off with a twist in her hips.

"That's good." Kenshin got up and he went over to her before he jumped on her and he began to grind into her again. Kaoru and Chantel held hands as they grinded into their partners. But then Shinji was shocked as Aoshi was pushed up against the wall.

"Handle it! She's a wild one!" Tommy yelled before a girl pulled him back into a kiss. Aoshi was handling it like a pro and Shinji almost screamed in delight. He was proud as Aoshi had her leaned forward and was just grinding into her and pressing against her sexually. Shuichi was doing his own thing and everybody was just wild. Shinji saw Tara.

"Oh hell no!" Kenshin sat him down. Tara was backing it up like she was a grown adult.

"It's a party. Chill." Kaoru went over and she spoke into his ear before Kenshin nodded and she turned around. He gave her ass a smack and she walked off.

"Oh man I love that girl."

A slow song came on, but the beat was one to grind to. Kenshin had heard the beginning and the DJ mixed it and started it over before Kenshin had finally found her. Kaoru pushed him up to the wall. Shinji and Asahi had their own little dance partners, but then they just watched their children. Kaname was grinding into her boyfriend who's name was Lestat.

They turned from her to everybody else and then Kenshin and Kaoru. Kaoru was a sight to see and everybody was watching the two were doing their own sexual dance. Kenshin had an arm on her waist and the other on her stomach sliding upward as she had one hand on his and the other hand on his neck. She had her head laid back into his shoulder as Kenshin had began to bite on her neck. Kaoru let out a moan as he left marks. Little did they know, somebody was watching and didn't like it.

Kenshin let go of her neck and he noticed many people were watching them. Kaoru didn't care and she showed it as she went into him even more. Kenshin turned her head to his as he looked dead into her eyes and then he kissed her. Kaoru let out a sigh as the two began to French lazily and the song changed. They never let go as they sped up their pace. Shinji and Asahi had let go to see Aoshi with his hands down Chantel's pants. Tommy was long gone and so was Shuichi. They sighed.

"These kids are wild." Shinji agreed as he looked back at his daughter to see they still wouldn't let go.

"They must be breathing through their noses because that's a long ass time."

Kaoru was in a daze as she moved against Kenshin. Kenshin was just giving her his all and she indeed liked it. It was all she needed as basically fucked through clothes. Shinji saw and Aoshi did as well. He acted first before he pulled his sister off.

"Chill out." He said before he looked at them both seriously. Kaoru saw Genia doing a dance and she jumped over there with Kenshin. Kaname and Tara got into it before they just were in a small circle. Everybody surrounded them and Tommy was jealous.

"Hey!" he jumped in it before he did it fast and did the Beyonce. They began to cheer him on and then an argument broke loose. The DJ stopped the music as Michael and some boy began to argue. Michael grabbed him and punched him dead in his face before they began to cheer on the fight. Kenshin put on his hat tighter before he jumped in with the others and it was a big old gang fight. Kaoru felt somebody grab her and she turned around to see Brown hair and gold eyes.

"Justin-" she felt her mouth covered as he began to pull her away. She bit him and screamed out for Kenshin as their father jumped in the fight now. Kenshin kicked somebody down and ran fast to her through the people. Before they could get to the door, Kenshin grabbed him and punched him hard before pulling Kaoru away. Shinji yelled out to him.

"Let's go! 5 o is coming around!" Kenshin kicked him down before he pulled Kaoru and they ran through the club. She felt somebody grab her hand and then she screamed out. Michael ran over and he picked up the person before slamming him hard onto his back and they ran to their cars and they jumped in before Aoshi pushed the gas and they sped off. Kaoru was breathing hard as Kenshin just held her close and let her breathing calm down.

"It's alright. It's alright." Kaoru them relaxed as they made it back to the house. They all changed and Michael cleaned his cut. He smirked.

"Son of a bitch tried to stab me."

(A/N: 5 o means police, if somebody didn't know.)

(THIS WAS THE BEGINNING NOW IT GETS SERIOUS)

"OH SHIT! KAORU'S GONE!" everybody woke up to that and they ran to Kaname's room. Kenshin had tripped on his feet and they laughed at him before it got serious once more. They passed around a letter that she wrote before they all cursed. She was not happy at all and they could tell with what she wrote. Shinji then felt something click and he ran back to his room before he felt his pants.

"The little sneak took my gun! She's driving armed! Asahi see if yours is gone!" Asahi ran down the hall and they heard him scream.

"SON OF A BITCH! SHE TOOK MY FAVORITE!" they all met up downstairs after getting refreshed and checking their stuff. They sat around before they looked at each other in silence.

"She took three guns, she has Kenshin's knife, Kaname's clothes, Aoshi's car, and he took all of our money. This girl is getting to be a thief like her mother." Asahi growled and Shinji glared at him.

"Now is not a time to talk down on my wife." He said getting closer to the edge of his seat.

"I think it is. She would not be like this without those damn books!"

"Leave the books out of this! It doesn't matter what you read! How you react is what matters! And my wife is dead so leave her alone!"

"We all would be able to let the dangerous woman rest in peace if this shit didn't happen!" Shinji was ready to strike and Aoshi held his father back.

"Let's all just sit down and work together to find her, alright?" Shinji pulled away before he went off and slammed the front door shut. Asahi cursed to himself before he went up the stairs.

"Damn. Their worse than us sometimes."

"Their twins," Kenshin said.

"What do you expect?"

Dear Luina,

I don't think that I have ever been this close to death. This time it was serious too.

I was coming home one day when somebody just dragged me right off my feet and put something over my mouth. I fell asleep, but when I woke up, I heard two people fighting over me. I saw the man of my dreams, Shinji. And then I saw my abusive lover, Daniel. The two were just fighting and I could hear the slashes and the noise and I heard feet running off. I didn't know what was going on because after I saw their faces, somebody blindfolded me.

It was so scary, because after a while, I smelled smoke and it got so hot. So hot that my blindfold slipped a little bit and it fell. I opened my eyes and I saw fire. Big flames of fire all around me. And I could hear Shinji calling me, but my voice wasn't there. I felt something touch the ropes tying my arms together and my voice finally came to me as I cried out. I inhaled a lot of smoke and I began to cough and choke. My eyes felt like they were burning and so did my lungs. I saw Shinji look at me and he ran over and he pulled me down from where they hung me at. He untied me and I fell to my knees. I couldn't move at all. He put me on his back before he tied my legs and my arms around him. He said "hold on", but I was getting so weak.

He ran all the way past the falling debris and dodged the biggest flames. He then saw a gap and he backed up before he heard something explode. He ran his fastest and then he jumped. I screamed, but he made it safe for both of us as he missed on purpose. He just wanted to get close so we could fall through the floor. We kept moving and I soon could move so I jumped off. He took my hand and then we ran all the way to some windows. We backed up and then we ran and jumped through.

Doesn't that sound like something in the movies? I thought that to myself as well. I guess I passed out when I hit the water, because I opened my eyes and I was in a hospital with a bunch of bandages. Shinji was right there in a wheelchair just thinking. He looked at me and then we just began to laugh. I have no idea why, but it was funny to us. And even though I was laughing, I had to figure out a way to get Daniel out of my life. Even if it makes me lose a limb.

Kaoru was driving fast and she was concentrated. Her eyes were ice once more. She was just ready to kill somebody. She had read what he did to her and it set her off. Then she felt somebody following her. She sped up on the highway and he did as well.

"Shit." She said softly before she began to really put her driving skills to the test. She began to cut through traffic and even though cars were honking at her, she didn't give a rat's ass. She was just trying to get away from that car so badly, that her mind was focusing on that and nothing else around her.

"Good! An open lane." She drove into it and she sped up full speed, the car right behind her. She then saw an animal coming into the road.

"Shit!" she broke it and the car began to spin. Kaoru grit her teeth as she kept spinning and as the animals went right past her wheels, she went straight again and she kept going. The driver behind her had stopped to let it pass and once he looked ahead, Kaoru was far.

"Dammit!" he yelled and he sped up again. Kaoru picked up the phone and she called her father. He picked up the phone and she heard a door shutting.

"Salga de esa casa en este momento! Salga y corra tan rápidamente como usted puede! Vaya al campo y el salto en el agua y mantenga allí! No salga todo hasta que llame! Apuro! (Get out of that house right now! Get out and run as fast as you can! Go to the field and jump into the water and keep there! Don't get out all until I call! Hurry!)" She hung up the phone and then she gasped as she saw the reason why that lane was closed.

There was a big ass gap and under the gap was water. Kaoru cursed as she was going to have to explain about Aoshi's car. She unbuckled herself and then she tried to brake, but it wasn't going to work. She was moving too fast. So being Kaoru, she did the wildest thing possible. She jumped out the car and was rolling to a stop. The car had been hit the water once she stopped rolling, but her body had hit so hard, she couldn't get up right away. She looked down and she saw that the jump wasn't that bad. Slowly she began to think, but she heard a click.

"Well well well. If it isn't the Kamiya daughter. Kaoru Annalise Kamiya, I presume?"

"I don't know. You tell me you son of a-"

"Aah aah aah! Now cursing isn't right for a lady to use, now is it?"

"Bite me." Kaoru said harshly as she put her hands on top of her head.

"Oh, so we're giving up?" Kaoru just stood there and she began to calculate how far down it would be. From there, she pulled out her gun and she held it close to her chest.

"What will it be Kaoru! Give yourself up to me, or swim with the fishes?" he smiled a sick smile and then Kaoru turned and returned the same one.

"I'm gonna swim with the fishes. You sick bastard." And with that she shot at his arm and she jumped as he dodged it.

"You little bitch!" he looked over and he saw her just falling.

"You will never survive that! You're gonna die Kaoru! Rest in pieces!" he shot up in the air and he walked away.

Kaoru turned her body and she put her arms out to just dive in. She had made it so she wouldn't fall with the rocks. She was silently praying that she didn't die. And as the water got closer, people who were walking by and driving just saw a damsel fall straight into the water with a big splash.

Kenshin wrung out his clothes as he sat down outside the pool. Kaoru had been right and people had begun to shoot at the houses. They all had shot back at the people and made them drive away scared. The girls were scared and they had to calm them down, but now everybody was just sitting there calmly. Kenshin heard his phone ring and he picked it up from where he had put it.

"Hello?" Kenshin said it irritated and angry, his eyes narrowed and ice. Then his eyes began to soften at the voice he heard. He opened his eyes wide.

"You jumped into it! What the hell were you thinking! Are you alright!" everybody went closer to him and then he hung up.

"That was Kaoru from some payphone. She said somebody followed her. She thinks it was Justin, because she never turned around. But she said that she shot at him and she just jumped off the goddamn bridge! And Aoshi, she said to tell you sorry, but your car is swimming with the fishes."

"WHAT!" everybody was shocked at the outburst from Aoshi. Aoshi threw down his phone in frustration and Tommy caught it.

"Who the hell was chasing her? Because I'm going to kill him instead of her. And when I find Kaoru, she's buying me a goddamn car." He then went off towards the house, his father's gun in his hand.

"And if anybody shoots at me, I'm giving them a fucking head shot!" Kenshin could hear people running away and he laughed.

Dear Luina,

Today, something happened that I think will change who I am forever. I didn't think it could ever happen. I swore to myself that I wouldn't let it happen. But then, it happened. And it happened so fast that I couldn't stop it at all. My eyes poured so many tears, but it will never bring him back. It won't at all.

My big brother was shot today. Right in front of my eyes. And it was fucked up because he killed him! A person I once let into my heart! A person I once let touch me in anyway he wanted! He just stood there and shot my brother as if he was something that wasn't real! And he ran off and nobody ever wanted to believe me that it was him! They thought I was crazy! They think that I'm out of my mind because I've been in those homes! Who gives a fuck about me! He's the one who's dead!

I've never ever been this sad. Not even when I found out that my parents weren't the real deal. Never have I felt this betrayed either. Marcus was such a good person! He warmed my soul! He made me feel as if nothing was wrong with me! He treated me like a person! And even with his leg gone, he still smiled at me and did all the things he wanted to do! He helped so many people put their lives back together! And Daniels shoots him in his heart as if he's just some criminal!

I watched him die! I watched him take his last breaths, I watched him as he asked me to avenge him, I watched him as he began to fade away from reality, and I watched him take my hand and kiss it with his bloody lips for the last time! I watched him as he shut his eyes and never opened them again! And I will never ever forget his words. Those words will be forever ingraved in my mind.

"Sometimes things are done for a reason… Sometimes things are done and there is some good after them. Don't ever lose faith because God couldn't save me. It was only a matter of time… And don't ever lose faith in yourself… because when you lose that… then you are truly dead… Please keep living Annalise. Live and make me proud."

I hate this world! I hate it so much! I hate everything that makes it remind me of what happened! The street, the people who wouldn't listen to me, even as I told the gospel truth! I hate my tears for falling, I hate these… these goddamn memories! I hate my scars, I hate my eyes, I hate my hair, I hate my body, I hate everythingI HATE MY NAME! I HATE IT ALL BECAUSE NONE OF IT COULD SAVE MY BROTHER! NONE OF IT COULD MAKE HIM HUG ME CLOSE AND PROTECT ME FROM THE DARK! WHO IS GONNA PROTECT ME FROM THE DARK! WHO IS GONNA SAVE ME FROM MYSELF!

Kaoru had snuck into Asahi's house and gotten some things before she ran off with Michael's motorcycle. Michael was pissed, but he knew it was for a good reason, so he let it go Kenshin had tried to get her to stop, but she wouldn't listen and she sped faster and faster until she was out of sight.

Kaoru was back at home, and as she sunk down to the floor, she began to cry. It was hurting her deep inside and she could see what her mother saw. She didn't know why either, but she just saw it as her mother saw it and for a very long time, Kaoru had felt the same way.

She pulled at her hair and she kept crying and soon she let out a scream and she began to sob. So far, she had broken a vase and she had destroyed her whole room. Her blue eyes were dark and light at the same time. She pulled her knees up closer to her chest and she put her head down as she kept on crying. She couldn't help it anymore. It was just bottled up inside for all those years. Somebody had opened the door, but she didn't care who it was. She was just in her own little world. She felt somebody put their arms around her and she recognized the cologne.

"Daddy… Daddy it hurts." She said softly and all Shinji did was nod as he pulled her close to him and let her cry.

"Just keep crying baby. Let it go." She could feel his tears on her head and they held each other tight as they just kept on crying together. Kaoru sobbed loudly, and her father kept it silent because to him, hearing his cries made him weak.

"We'll be okay baby. We'll be okay."

"O-okay." Kaoru opened her eyes and she kept her mouth shut now, letting a few whimpers come out. She felt like she was a child again, but to let it all go made her feel better and stronger. Even if the main thing she wanted wasn't there.

Light blue eyes opened up to see cords and a heart monitor. Looking around, Shinji, Aoshi, and Shuichi were sleeping in chairs, looking stressed. Then as a white tag appeared in front of light blue eyes, she finally realized who she was and where she was at.

Shinji had checked Kaoru into a hospital when she just fell asleep in his arms and wouldn't wake up. He was scared that she was dying, so he had taken here there to make sure she was okay. Kaoru looked around and then she saw something beside her bed. It was her jewelery. It was shiny, and it was clean. She then saw a box. She began to unhook herself from the cords and then she pulled on her jeans. She saw the date on her phone and then she saw the date on her tag. She had been asleep for a day.

"Damn. I lost track of time." She pulled on Aoshi's jacket and then she saw that she was only in a bra. She sighed before she took a pair of random keys and ran out of the room. Then she went outside without anybody knowing and she pulled her hair up in a high ponytail with Aoshi's blue ribbon. She made it look nice before she drove towards her home. She looked around and then she climbed her window. Once inside, she changed completely. She looked so different, nobody noticed her at all.

Kaoru didn't want to wear any type of shirt. So she wore a nice black bra that had designs on it. She pulled on a jacket that went right below her knees.. Her belly button had a dangling star and she had on a pair of short shorts. To make I complete, she put on some black forces and she put her guns on her waist as she put on a bracelet and an anklet. She put on a choker as well with her name on it before she packed some extra clothes. She threw them down from the window and then she climbed out after making it seem like she wasn't there. She got back into the car and then she reversed out.

"This is Shuichi's car… oh he's gonna kill me." She smirked with the thought of getting to fight him, and she reversed and drove off in his Black Lamburgini(A/N: sorry if spelled wrong.).

Shuichi was most upset as he found his car was gone. Once they got back to the house, they gasped as they saw the garage. Weapons were gone. No trace of any kind of finger prints.

"That son of a bitch! She took my goddamn car, my favorite weapons, and I bet she took my wallet!"

"Nah. You would have felt it" Shuichi glared at Aoshi's snickering and then he pulled out his phone and put in his liscence plate. They went closer as they saw the car moving.

"This is a tracker. Just in case that somebody tried to steal my baby. And Kaoru stole it, so we're tracking her down." Just then, the car vanished. Shinji began to laugh with Aoshi as Shuichi stood there with a shock.

"She broke it! That little bitch!"

"Hey. Don't say that because you made it obvious."

"I didn't! I hid it!" Aoshi just rolled his eyes with a smile as Shinji kept on laughing.

"My daughter is a genuis! She's the smartest girl in this whole damn city! She's brilliant! Oh my god that really wasn't a waste of sperm after all!"

Kaoru parked a her destination, and she crushed the tracker with her foot.

"That idiot. He thinks i'm Genia or somethin'." It was two blocks away from where she needed to be. She cut through an alleyway and then she reached a big house. She casually walked up the driveway and heard a dog barking. She glared at the dog.

"Shut up." The dog whimpered and ran away scared. Kaoru then made it to the door and she made a beat by knocking on the door.

"I'm coming, I'm coming! Stop that knocking!" Kaoru kept on knocking and then as the door opened. She put her hands on both hip, opening the jacket. She gave the most sweetest smile she could. The person gasped.

"Hey there mister. Is your name Seth Sovenin?"

"Y-yes. Why?" Kaoru's smile faded into a glare and then she kicked him inside his house and she shut the door. He hit the floor hard and she stood over him and pointed the gun right above his forehead.

"I know that you were a witness to something that nobody ever told about. An unsolved myster, as they said."

"What are you talking about?" Kaoru kicked his side.

"Ever hear the name Marcus Loire! Huh! Does the name ring a bell! Answer me Seth!" she hit him again and Kaoru heard somebody's voice from the upstairs. She put the gun away and helped him up quick before she put the gun to his back.

"Tell her that I'm an old friend, or you're getting filled with holes." Kaoru then looked up and saw that it was probably his wife.

"I'm fine Morina. It's just an old friend and we're having one of our wild conversations. Right?" Kaoru nodded with a smile.

"Nice to meet you! And the clothing is just something for work! I'm a Hooters Extreme Girl!" Kaoru said and then she moved him away before they went towards his living room. Kaoru threw him to the floor and she sat on his couch before she put the gun to him once more.

"If you move, you're gonna die. Now answer my question. Do you know Marcus Loire? Do you know what happened?" he shook his head and she pulled the clip back.

"Answer my question Seth. I know that you are lying. Now you wouldn't want to lie to me. Trust me on that one." Seth gulped, his hazel eyes full of fear.

"Now. Do you know Marcus?"

"Marcus died a long time ago. He was shot in the street and his sister Annalise was right next to him."

"Ah! So you do know what happened! You know that my mother was there!"

"You're that woman's child!"

"Actually, I'm the middle. There's six of us Seth. She's lived a nice life. That is, until she got sick and died."

"Oh… I'm so sorry. I never knew that my neighbor died."

"Ah. More info. Now keep going sir. And I want to know exactly who shot Marcus and why. This is something that has to do with my search." The man nodded and then he began to tell. The conversation lasted for ten minutes.

"The person who killed your Uncle was a guy named… I think it was Daniel, but I forgot his last name."

"That's okay. It was Bemostriz." He looked up at her.

"You're going to bring him down, aren't you?" Kaoru nodded and she whistled.

"I'm gonna kill em' if I get the chance. But I need your help with something… what kind of gun did he use?"

"It was a silver one. I think it was a pistol."

"I see… thanks and sorry about this." She helped him up and she gave him a twenty.

"See you around sometime." She exited the house and his wife came down the steps, hugging him close.

"Who is she?" he could only give her a sad smile as the car drove off.

"Annalise in another body." He said softly.

Kenshin was just sitting with the Kamiya family thinking when he picked up his phone, absent minded. He then froze at what he heard. Once he hung up, he began to count.

"Three… two… one." Something came through the window and Kenshin shot at tires. He jumped out the open window and he pulled the driver out the car. He dragged him inside before they tied him up.

"Good Kenshin. Real good." Kenshin pulled off his mask and they just sat around him with weapons. He was truly scared.

"Talk now, or you are going to get a big scar on your face."

"I'm not saying anything. I'm loyal to the Bemostriz family."

"You want this on your face! Huh! You want this damn cross!" the guy shook his head at Kenshin's bark. His eyes were gold. Tommy jumped in and gave him a growl.

"Now talk! Talk or you are going to lose something! And me being the nasty sick man I am, I might catastrate you!"

"That means cut off your balls!" Tommy added and the guy gulped. He then bit his lip.

"Don't wanna talk, now do you? Well I guess you must wanna get your salad tossed. Let's begin to cut em-"

"WAIT!" he yelled and they stopped from undoing his belt.

"I'll talk, I'll talk! But please don't take my pride away!" they sat down and Kenshin pulled his hair up higher.

"Daniel and his son Justin are two of the most craziest people have ever met. I mean, they will kill living things for fun. Daniel is the craziest and because his son has just got out of jail, their going on a wild sterak. I mean, you seriously need to tell that girl to watch her ass because if she's running around alone, she's gonna get hurt."

"She can handle herself. Now keep talking." He nodded and they gave him some water.

"Daniel told us all that he was the one who killed Marcus Loire. The unsolved murder. He was proud about it and when your wife died, he said, 'bout time that bitch died. It took too long.' He's really crazy. And Justin talks about killing some boy with red hair."

"That's me." Kenshin said as he raised his hand.

"Yeah, well he wants to get back at you for something in your childhood. Now I don't know about Kaoru, but he hates her guys because she is what she is."

"And what is that?"

"A dark soul." Shinji said and the man nodded.

"Alright. Now here is the question to determine if you keep your life, or if you lose it." He pointed the gun at his head and the man let out a gasp. Kenshin gave a sick smile.

"Where is Mr. Bemostriz? And please, do tell the truth."

"I swear to god above I should have known this was a set up." Kaoru hid behind a tree as she reloaded her gun. So far, she was being shot at, and she couldn't get any shots to hit. Then she got the best idea ever. She ran across and she shot as she ran before rolling behind a big tree. She sighed as she knew there was only two left. She didn't kill them, she just knocked them out cold.

"Now for the last two." Kaoru jumped out with both guys and she shot once for them both. They both fell and she ran off.

"Kaoru! Kaoru stop!" she didn't stop at all. She then put a face to the voice and knew it was Kenshin and Tommy.

"Stop! Stop you crazy girl! It's a trap!" Kaoru ignored them and then she finally realized they were right.

"KAORU!" they yelled for her. Kaoru let out a cry and she felt two arms pull her back and put her on the floor.

"COVER UP!" Tommy yelled and they did. The empty space had a big explosion and debris was flying everywhere. Kenshin had did the manly thing, and he had pulled Kaoru to him and covered her body by kneeling over her. Once it was all gone, they got up and Kaoru pushed Kenshin off.

"Thanks." She said coldly and Tommy arched a brow.

"You were about to die, and that's all you can say? Thanks?... Man this is the last time I help you and your women Kenshin. Their so full of pride like us men, it's scary… oh and nice outfit. I would so fuck you, but you're his girl." And with that he began to walk off.

"Kaoru, what's going on?" Kaoru looked at him dead into his eyes and the ice fell to a normal color. Kenshin saw the nervousness in her eyes.

"Kenshin… do you ever get the feeling, that you're doing something wrong?"

"When I'm with you, I always feel like that… but then I feel like I'm doing something right at the same time."

"I thought I was the only one. I guess you feel it too." She shut her jacket as Kenshin saw the outfit.

"There is something I've always felt, and I never knew why. I feel happy right now, but then I feel sad at the same time…" she looked up at the sky as it began to turn gray from all the smoke.

"Kenshin… I don't understand how you always make me feel this way… and yet you make me feel guilty as well…" she looked down at the floor as she put her hands in her pockets.

"You make me feel happy that I'm doing this, happy that you'll be there to protect me from some things I don't see… but then you make me feel guilty that I'm hurting people… guilty that I'm doing this over a memory… guilty that I'm doing this for revenge…" she looked up and Kenshin saw the tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry… but I don't think I'll see you again."

"What do you mean?" Kaoru gave him a sad smile and a small laugh.

"I mean their either gonna lock me up, or I'm gonna die. I know this seems crazy… but I'm gonna really finish what I set out to do. I'm gonna bring him down for all the abuse towards my mother and the murder of my Uncle and the attempted rape on me from Justin."

"Attempted rape? When?"

"A long long time ago. But that's not the point." She pulled her hair back.

"I… I love you with all my heart and if I do die… find somebody else. But if I do survive… There's something I've always wanted to do… and I promise when this whole voyage is done… we will do it together." She went to Kenshin and she wiped her eyes before she pressed a kiss to his lips. He held her by her hands and then they let go. Kaoru wiped her eyes before she slipped something into his pocket.

"See you later." And with that she chopped his neck. He let out a cry and he fell to the ground. Kaoru wiped her tears again before she turned and she began to run through the debris towards the car. When Tommy got back, he saw what she did and he picked up the phone.

"Aoshi this isn't a joke anymore! Kaoru is gone and she's really going to do it!... SHE'S GOING BY HERSELF YOU IDIOT! KAORU IS GOING BY HERSELF! SHE'S GONNA DIE LIKE THIS!"

(NOW FOR THE FINAL PART OF THIS CHAPTER AND THIS SMALL SAGA)

Dear Luina,

I have never ever been so fucking mad at myself like I am now! I am so stupid! I fucked up again big time, and this time I think I'm going to regret it big time.

I was by myself in my room after they locked me in here again. I swear to god I'm gonna break down this door, but that's not the point. I jumped out the window and I ran away from home for the fifth time this month.

I didn't know where I was running and then suddenly, I'm fighting. I didn't know who I was fighting either, but I was making sure that my fists connected against something. And the reason I'm mad is not because I won the fight. It's because I beat up Daniel's sister, and there's gonna be a war now. He's gonna hurt me. And I'm mad at myself because he knows where I am, and Shinji is out of town, and Marcus is dead, and nobody else cares!

Dammit… I wonder if I still have my machete?

Jesus Christ… I only hope my kids aren't as bad as me. Especially my daughters.

Kaoru sat down in the car, sleeping. It's been about two days, and nobody knew where to find her. Everytime she had a lead and was fighting, she came to a dead end, but another clue. It was confusing her to no end. So she did the only thing that made her calm. Sleep.

Kaoru was about to start dreaming again, when something vibrated at her hip. She jumped up and cursed before reaching into her pajama pocket. She pulled out the phone before answering it.

"Hello? … (Yawn) well hey there Misao. And no, I have Aoshi's phone. Why? … You think he's cheating on you?" Kaoru smirked.

"Why?" as she listened, she bit back her laughter. Then she saved Aoshi from Misao's wrath.

"Aoshi isn't doing that. That girl he was dancing with was our cousin from South Africa. She was just coming to visit and didn't want to dance with anybody else. Now it's late. Goodnight. And Aoshi won't have his phone for a while." She hung up the phone and shut her eyes once more. It vibrated again and she growled before reading the message. She picked it up.

"Hey Gary… No Aoshi is home with a stomach virus. He's been throwing up for days… I'll be sure to make sure that he gets extra hours for practice… goodnight." She hung up again and she shut her eyes before she heard it vibrate again. She picked it up mad.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT! … oh hey grandma!" she blushed.

"Sorry, I was asleep. And I have Aoshi's phone for a while, so he won't be receiving any calls for a while… I love you too grandma. Buh-bye." She hung up and she hit her head against the horn.

"NOW I CAN'T SLEEP! WHO THE FUCK CALLS SOMEBODY AT TWO IN THE MORNING!" she growled before she turned on the car and sped off. She lit herself a candy stick and then she began to smoke

"At least now I know where he is. Man am I smart." She looked down at the stick and then she kept smoking.

"Hope this ain't the one that gets you high. Otherwise I'm fucking dead."

Kenshin and the others were on the road driving. Aoshi sighed as he hung up from Misao. She told him what Kaoru said and he added on to make it safe. They were driving towards Daniel. Shinji had enough and they wanted to end it. Kenshin was zooming as he had one hand on the wheel, and the other on his sugar-filled milk filled coffee. It had his eyes open and Tommy was the same as they passed it back and forth.

"This ain't no sip sip give." Shinji said and they just laughed and got back serious. They just kept passing it back and forth until it was done. Then they threw it out the window and got the next done.

"Damn! That's the third one! You guys are gonna be awake for days." They laughed again and got serious once more. Kenshin sped up and Shinji gulped as he saw how the man looked. Tommy took a picture to save it. Kenshin had one hand on the wheel, and one hand on his gun as he thought.

"That's a nice picture. We gotta put that on a postcard and send it to mom." They smirked at Tommy before Kenshin just sped up faster. He drove in front of a big truck and then he cut him off. The truck honked him and he just put his finger through the sunroof.

"I had enough of this. I'm losing sleep, Kaoru knocked me out, somebody's trying to kill her… man I need to find better women."

Kaoru parked up at a building she saw and she looked at her outfit. It was perfect. She had on some black pants with a matching tight shirt. Her necklace was white, her wrist band was white, her sneakers were white, and her scrunchie was white along with her coat. She was mad as hell and as she saw the car fall on one side, she felt like crying.

"Man! And I was just liking that car. Stupid faggots flattened the tire." She went to the door and she turned the knob. Suprisingly, it opened. She sighed with a smile, thinking that she was gonna sneak in. But when she opened the door, she was greeted with six men.

"Oooo shit…. Hey guys!" she put a hand behind her back and waved the other one giving a smile. She was reaching for her gun.

"I was just in the neighborhood and I'm really lost. I need to find some my insurance for my car."

"What kind of insurance?" a deep voice asked.

"Death insurance." And she pulled out her gun fast and let out five shots before jumping over to the side, hearing the shots fly past her.

"Whoa!" she said and then she gave a nervous smile towards them with a wave. They shot at her again. Kaoru switched guns before she went to the window and she put it right on the window. She knocked and since they weren't too smart, they looked. She shot twice before she ducked again and laughed.

"Man I love this job." She crawled to the other side of the doorway and then she she held her breath before she ran back to her car holding the jacket. It was so dark, she blended in perfectly. She threw her jacket in the trunk and then she switched up her weapons and got a black jacket. She carried a katana, a dagger, and her two guns. All of it was black. She then picked up a mouth piece and she put it in her mouth. She bit down on it and it lit up. She bit again and it turned off as she pulled it out.

"Thank god for raves." She went back and she slowly snuck inside as they were relaxing. Kaoru shot at the ceiling and they shot in her direction. She moved. Then she clicked it on and it lit up. She shut her mouth and the light was hidden. She opened it and shot at two people before closing her mouth.

"What the-"

"This bitch is sneaky. She's in here." Kaoru slapped the floor and she moved out the way as they shot. She then opened her mouth.

"AAAH! AAAAAAAH!" she screamed and then she moved out the way again. She was making them waste their bullets. She then saw they had knocked out their own member on accident. She hid behind him and picked him up before holding him as if he was moving.

"She went that way!" Kaoru said in a deep voice and they turned before she dropped him and shot at their arms and legs. They cried out in pain and almost all of them dropped. The last one ran away scared. Kaoru then looked at them all.

"Welly welly welly. Isn't this somethin?" she showed the mouth piece and the body.

"It's amazing what you can do with a body and party toys. Thanks for the fun. It was really good for me." She bent down and she pressed a soft kiss to a random forehead before she began to move them around. Once she looked at what she saw, it was perfect.

"See ya around boys. And don't ever be in the military. You'll die fast."

Aoshi, Shinji, Asahi, Tyler, and Michael was laughing at Shuichi as he looked at his car. Shuichi was in tears as he saw the flat tire and the long and wide scratch. He sniffed before Kenshin rolled his eyes and went with Tommy to examine the damage. They burst out laughing.

"Look at this shit!" they went over and Shinji went 'daaaaammmnnn!'

"That child is dangerous. Kenshin don't ever cheat on her."

"She'll chop off your balls." Aoshi said and he nodded before he saw how many of them were there with him. It was him, Tommy, Aoshi, Shuichi, Michael, Shinji, Asahi, Tyler, and Jacob. Jacob was just chewing on a toothpick and he threw it out before placing another one in.

"She did this perfect. Their all laying down in letters, and in order to see, you have to take a picture." Kenshin pulled out his digital camera and put on the flash before he took the picture. They looked at it in the screen.

"Middle… she means that there's an odd number of floors." Kenshin saw one groaning and he looked at him.

"How many floors?" he just groaned again.

"HOW MANY FUCKING FLOORS!"

"Eleven!" the man cried out in fear. Kenshin then thanked him before they went inside.

"I say we go from the top and come down. What's the middle of eleven?"

"6. She's gonna fight him on the sixth floor." They went towards an elevator and went to the top. The music was corny, so the broke it and Jacob and Tommy went to rapping as they kept moving.

"Yo we're here in a house
Quiet as a mouse
Gonna kill us some boys
Who play with guns as toys."

Kaoru was already on the fourth floor. She was just going crazy and moving fast. On the fourth floor, she saw that they were very sleepy and she decided it wasn't worth it to waste bullets. So she was kind enough to hide and sing softly.

"nee aishitara daremo ga
konna kodoku ni naru no?
nee kurayami yori mo fukai kurushimi
dakishimeteru no?
ani mo kamo ga futari kagayaku tame
kitto…" the men were so sleepy, that they just fell asleep. Kaoru then looked and she saw a little boy still awake and pointing his gun at her with a look of anger in his eyes. He also showed fear.

"Y-You're n-not going up t-to the s-s-sixth f-floor." Kaoru smiled and she bent down and took the gun away.

"Hey!" he said and then he looked up into Kaoru's eyes.

"No need to be older than you are." Kaoru pulled him close and the boy went into her embrace, tears spilling.

"I wanna get out of here. Mr. Daniel and his son won't let me go. They hold me as a slave and they beat up on me all the time. I wanna go home, but mommy and daddy are gone."

"It's okay." She picked him up and looked into his eyes. They were blue and brown. She then began to walk back towards the entrance, singing softly.

"nani wo motomete daremo arasou no?
nagashita chishio hana wo sakaseru no?…" the boy was falling asleep and Kaoru put him in the car before she locked him in. She made sure that he couldn't come out and she had put the food right in the next seat, showing him he had something to eat.

She went back before she passed them all and walked to the stairs. She sighed as she saw five people with swords. She pulled out hers before she backed up and she got in a stance. She put her hand out and motioned for them to come forward, a smirk on her face. One ran towards her and she ran up the steps to meet him. Their blades clashed before Kaoru kicked him backwards and swung swift and fast. It caught him in the arm and she grabbed both railings before she ducked. He swung his blade at her blindly before she picked up her feet and she flipped him down the stairs. He fell and it painful as he cried out. She got back on her feet before she met the next one. She jumped over him and ran towards the fifth floor. It was empty.

"Yes." She said softly before she took off her shoes as they were coming. She got into a stance as they surrounded her. Kaoru smiled as she stood straight with her eyes closed. She had wanted to try doing it for a while. So now she had the chance. She put her blade down before she turned and struck at one. He moved backwards before she kick the sword out of his hand and kick slapped him. He fell and she kicked her blade up. She caught them both and then she spun them around before she smiled and opened her eyes. They were truly scared as she had a smile of mischeif. She spun them around and round before she charged forward.

Kenshin and the others were on the tenth floor. It turned out that those floors were just hard and full of mysteries. Kenshin then broke a window before he pulled in a flag. He cut it up and he lit a piece before putting it on the tip of his sword.

"Tell us now, or I'm burning you." Kenshin walked forward, murder in his eyes. The man gulped and he began to speak so fast, only Jacob understood him. Jacob spoke back with the same fastness and the man answered before he fainted.

"He said Daniel is on the sixth floor, but Justin is on the seventh."

"Then let Shinji got for Daniel and Tommy and Kenshin go for Justin."

"Yeah. We goin jump his ass." They pounded fists before Jacob pulled out his gun and pointed to Kenshin's forehead.

"Duck." Was all he said and Kenshin ducked. He heard somebody cry out and he saw the person leaned against the wall.

"Ouchies."

"He was gonna shoot you."

"How did you see him?"

"I saw him on your gun. That shit is really polished." Kenshin only laughed and thanked him before Jacob shrugged his shoulder.

"What can I say? The Mickisinon Gang got me on my toes."

Kaoru was frustrated as more and more ninjas came out to block her from going to the sixth floor. At one point, she got upset and she was ready to murder. She was cutting people and slicing and once she got to the door, she bolted them out and she saw them banging. She crossed her eyes and stuck her tongue out, flipping them the finger. She laughed before she pulled down the wood to cover the glass and then she ran up the steps to the door. She stopped before catching her breath and putting on her shoes. She pulled out water and she drank it down in four gulps. She put it aside before she opened the door and walked in. there was a long hall and she pulled out her guns before she walked forward. She stopped as she heard people coming out and it was like a puzzle. She had to shoot the doors in the order that they opened to unlock the locks that were on the door at the end. She concentrated and she remembered each pattern before shooting the doors. At one point she heard a cry.

"Whoops! Sorry!"

"It's okay!" she arched an eyebrow as she leaned sideways before shaking her head and going to the door. She opened it before she took a breath and put her guns away. She took a step forward into the darkness and then she looked up as she heard clapping. She glared as she saw the gold eyes and blonde hair.

"Well well well. I knew that Annalise would make it here. She always seemed to have that spunk in her."

"My name is not Annalise, it's Kaoru." He smirked.

"Are you sure? You look just like her."

"Do I have ruby eyes fuck face?"

"Whoa. That language is crazy. Just like your mother. Too bad she's with her brother on the clouds."

"Shut your mouth." Kaoru snapped and he glared now. He jumped down from where he stood and he pulled out a sword.

"You have no respect for your elders. You are so bad."

"I've always been the bad one." She said with a smirk. He returned it as she pulled out hers.

"Well I think today I'm gonna beat the bad out of you."

"Bring it."

Kenshin and Tommy glared at Justin and another man as they stood there plucking strings on a guitar and laughing.

"Well well well. If it isn't the black boy and his wannabe friend."

"Fuck up you waste of sperm." Tommy growled. Justin glared now and the two smirked.

"Kenshin my son. Pick one." Kenshin didn't say any words. He just moved in the blink of an eye and did a combo sending Justin into the wall.

"I want this one daddy!" he said it happy and then he looked at Justin as he got up, getting serious again. Tommy and the other guy stood on either side as Justin circled Kenshin. Kenshin just stood still as he did this. He was concentrating.

"You really want to pick a fight me? After what happened when you were a boy? I swear, all the Himuras weren't really smart, were they?" Kenshin opned his eyes and Justin was on the floor, the blade above him in defense.

"That's fast." Tommy said with a gasp. Kenshin got off of him before it get serious. Tommy had the other guy standing still. If he moved, he was going to get shot. Kenshin and Justin charged at each other and their blades clashed. Kenshin pulled away before the match began. Aoshi, Tyler, Michael and Jacob entered the room to see the battle going on. Everything was silent and the fire cackled from the little fireplace against the wall. Kenshin turned and he cut at Justin's stomach before he bent backwards as the blade went across. He flipped him and cut at his back before Justin fell to the floor.

"Kenshin is a god." Jacob said with a smirk.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because he's toying with him. He's only using 75. If he uses his full power, Justin is either losing an arm, or he's dead."

"Damn. Then Kenshin's got some power in him."

"Well, with everything that has happened to him, he's got a lot of anger inside. He's a lose cannon ready to explode."

Kaoru hit the wall again as Daniel kicked her right into it. She was losing, and she was trying. But she was low on energy. She spit on the floor and she wiped the side of her mouth as she got up again. She did the smartest thing that anybody could do. She shot all the lights and she threw her gun aside.

"What the hell?" she charged at him and sliced him before going away. He growled as she did it again. He then said 'ON!' before another set of lights turned on.

'Dammit!' Kaoru thought and he blocked the attack.

"You smart little bitch. That was genius. But I know you. You think like your mother." He let go and he put a cut on her arm. She cried out before she retalitated with one on his chest. He let out a growl before he grabbed her by her arm. She kicked slapped him before coming with a wild combo of hits. He caught her fist before he punched her right in her stomach. Kaoru coughed up blood as she leaned forward onto his fist.

"Don't worry dear girl. You'll see your mother soon." He kicked her into the wall and she hit her head. She dropped to the floor, and she blacked out. Shinji looked at Kaoru as he ran in.

"Kaoru! Kaoru baby get up!"

Inside Kaoru's mind….

"Kaoru! Kaoru get up! Kaoru you better get up right now!" Kaoru opened her eyes and she looked around. All she saw was grass and she knew she was in the cemetary. She then gasped as she looked at her mother's grave. Somebody was sitting on it. And that person was her mother.

"Mom?"

"That's my name, don't wear it out." Her mother wore all white and she looked beautiful. And that was just a word to be simple. Kaoru wanted to cry, but her mother put a finger to her lips.

"Don't cry, or I'm gonna beat you." Kaoru nodded before her mother stood up straight.

"Why are you letting him beat you up like this? I know damn well you can fight. He's just brute force. You're not thinking, at all. You're going at his pace. You're doing what he wants you to do. You have to do what you think is best and make him confused. You can do it."

"No… no I can't." her mother looked at her shocked, ruby eyes surprised.

"Kaoru, yes you can. You can beat him! You can-"

"I can't mother! I can't!" she looked at her shocked once more.

"I'm trying my hardest! I'm trying to get him back for all the things he's done to you, and for killing uncle Marcus, for hurting daddy, for all those times his son as come after me, for everything. And it's not working. I don't think I can go on." Kaoru looked down at the floor and she just laid down.

"Kaoru get up right now." Kaoru didn't move. Her mother was ready to flip. And flip she did.

"Get up right now! Kaoru don't you dare sit here and let him dirty our family name like this! Don't you dare let him walk around and talk about the Kamiyas and the Loires as if he's known our family for generations! Don't you dare let him use your cousin like that anymore! Yes that boy is your cousin!" Kaoru still didn't move.

"Get up Kaoru! Get up!" Kaoru looked at her mother dead in her eyes.

"Don't let him frame you for attempted murder!" Kaoru sat up at that. Her mother flipped her hair back and sat down on top of her new tombstone that they had made.

"He was the one who did this to my grave. He messed it up like it was nothing. He stole my ring! The one on his finger is mine! Now wake up and go fight!"

"But what if-"

"But nothing!" Kaoru looked at her mother through her bangs.

"Don't just sit here! Get the fuck up and protect your name! Do it for me!" Kaoru looked at her mother as tears fell from her ruby eyes. Kaoru got up and dusted off.

"You are my child. You and me are one and the same Kaoru. I'm with you always. Don't give up ever and never say I can't. If I hear it again, you'll see me soon." Kaoru nodded before her mother pulled her into a hug Kaoru let her tears fall as well as her mother sang a few words to her.

"If you've read my journal, then you have more of a reason to fight him. More of a reason to win." She wiped her tears before Kaoru did hers.

"Now go and whoop some ass like a true Loire blood would."

"But I'm a Kamiya."

"No, you're a Loire. Your father is just jealous." Kaoru laughed before her mother began to fade away and everything began to go black again.

"Remember what I said and do your best!"

Daniel was about to continue fighting Shinji when he heard a groan. He turned around with a gasp and he saw Kaoru, sitting up and shaking her head. She then took out her hair and she began to pull it into a bun. Shinji smiled.

"That's my girl." He said softly before backing off.

"I thought I killed you! That hit was suppose to kill anybody!"

"Well, I have a hard head." Kaoru got up as he got very scared. He looked into her eyes as he smiled and he saw ruby in them. It slowly was turning ruby and he was just fearful now. Her mother was in her.

Kaoru saw the others on the side. Shinji threw her the blade and she caught it before spinning it. Kenshin and Tommy came into the room with blood on their shirts. Aoshi and the others followed after. Kaoru looked at them and they saw the ruby.

"Oh shit. That's mommy's eyes. She's really lost her mind." Kaoru looked back as if they were nobody and she walked towards Daniel. Daniel grabbed his sword again, and Kaoru charged at him before she vanished. Everybody gasped, but Kenshin was following her and Daniel cried out as she slashed his back.

"You are going to die. For everything you've done." Daniel went to his full power and they went at it hard. He was playing her game now, and he couldn't turn it back around. Kaoru ducked and she kicked him before she spun and kicked him again. He fell once more.

"Everything you've done is about to come back and hit you in the face. Remember everything? Huh?" she went towards him as he got up in pain.

"Remember the things you stole and you blamed my mother?" she kicked him in his back.

"The day you threw her into the wall and beat her?" she kicked him in his chest, right where his cut was. He screamed out in pain and swung at her. Kaoru took his hand and she broke it, slipping the ring off as well and putting it on her finger.

"Remember when you put a knife to her throat!" she slashed at his arm.

"The day you left her in the middle of nowhere! The day you tried to rape her! The day you stole my grandmothers' chain! The main heirloom of the Loire family! Remember!" he fell to the floor as she finished cutting and beating him up.

On the side, the others were scared. Real scared. Kaoru had lost it. She really had went off the edge. Daniel got up in pain and he began to fight back. Kaoru froze as he put a long cut down her back. She felt the blood and then she looked at the floor.

"Do you remember when you put my mother in a warehouse that you lit up? Do you remember that!" she dropped her arms and went straight for him. She grabbed him and she threw him with her as she had dropped to the floor and sent him up. She went for him with a fast pace.

"You remember what you did that day to my Uncle! Huh! Do you remember what you did! DO YOU REMEMBER TAKING HIS LIFE!" Kaoru cut at his stomach again and he swung the blade at her back once more. It went across. Kaoru winced in pain before she spit out blood.

"DO YOU REMEMBER EVERYTHING! ALL THOSE TIMES MY MOM ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL! ALL THOSE TIMES MY FATHER ENDED UP BEHIND BARS! ALL THE TIMES YOUR SON TRIED TO RAPE ME AND HURT ME WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL!" Kaoru slashed at him again.

"Everything you did is going to be paid for right now… with your life." Blood was everywhere. But when you looked at Kaoru, she looked like a complete monster. Blood was on her face, her fingers, falling from her forehead, on her arms and legs, and her back and stomach. She had the craziest look any of them had ever seen as she narrowed her eyes and when she looked at them, one eye was ruby and the other was blue. Kenshin thought her eyes was beautiful.

"Kaoru… don't kill him." Kenshin said going towards her.

"Why not?"

"Because you'll go to jail. Now put the gun down." Kaoru pointed it towards him as he went closer.

"You better not shoot at me. I'll kill you."

"Then kill me." She said it cold and with a bark. Kenshin took the gun fast and threw it aside before he took her hands and held them together.

"See these hands?" she looked away and he mover her face quick.

"See these hands!" Kaoru nodded.

"These hands are soiled with blood, and you think it makes no sense to be clean, huh?" Kaoru just looked down.

"Look at me. NOW." She looked up at him as his bloodied hands pulled out a cloth.

"No matter how much things get on your hands… when you clean them… you're arlight again. Just like with your soul. If you repent… then you're clean." He showed her hands and they were clean once more, with the cuts giving blood. Kaoru gave a soft smirk as Kenshin began to talk softly. Nobody noticed Daniel crawling away.

"You feel… you feel as if something inside you is making you do this. Something inside that's controlling you. It's like another person, right? Another person that comes up to the surface when you don't want to." Kaoru looked down before she looked up again as he said some words.

"Everybody has a face that they hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face watches every time they lie
A face that laughs every time they fall." Kaoru looked down as he said these words. They made her feel different, but it was only for the best. Kenshin sang something to her softly.

"The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me
The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me." Kenshin then saw her look down again.

"But the sun can only betray us… when we betray ourselves. So if we hold ourselves, then the sun can only betray somebody else." Kaoru was ready to speak, but they felt they heard a click.

"I'm not going down like this." They turned to see him with a gun. Kenshin put Kaoru behind her.

"I'm not going to lose to some goddamn girl! And not a girl of the Loire family!" he pointed the gun towards them. Then he pointed it to himself.

"Daniel no!" but it was too late. He shot himself and he dropped. Everybody heard the building begin to make loud noises. There was a lot of heat and Kaoru heard cries through an intercom.

"You guys go! I'll stay behind and find that person!"

"Kaoru no! It's not safe! Let me stay with you!"

"GO!" they heard her seriousness and they heard how deep her voice got. It was just like Annalise's voice.

"Watch yourself!" they ran off and Kaoru ran through another door and she jumped down all the stairs and she headed for the basement.

"GET AWAY FROM THE DOOR!" she kicked the door down as she covered her nose and her mouth. There was fire. And it had spread so fast all over the building. Kaoru entered and she pulledo ut her blade before she began to swing it around and round. The fire began to die down just enough for her to grab the three children. It was a big boy, a little girl, and another boy.

"Let's go!" she picked up the two small ones before she covered their faces with pieces of her pants. Once she was done, her pants were shorts. She ran all the way up to the first floor and saw that the door was shut and bolted locked.

"Shit!" she ran up to each floor and she finally went back up to the fourth floor as the stairs began to crumble. Firemen and police were outside as she had looked through the window. She could see their faces.

"Can you swim!" the two boys nodded and she pushed them out the window.

" Swim! Swim and run!" she yelled and then she held the little girl close and she put the jacket around her whole body. Kaoru then began to think about how to get out. She ran down to the first floor and she began to shoot at the door. It wouldn't budge and the windows were too flamed up to get anywhere.

Kaoru was getting frantic and the little girl was crying. Kaoru hugged her close as she ran from the entrance and down the hall. She pushed anything out of her way and then she saw a way out.

"I only get once change at this. She covered her whole body and then Kaoru got ready to go. Kaoru backed up far and then she ran full speed at the window. She saw a gas tank and she went beyond her limit and bust through the window as the kitchen blew up.

"MOVE!" Kenshin yelled and everybody ran back to a safe distance. Shinji was trying to go back.

"Kaoru is in there!" they saw the two little boys and then the building blew. They dropped to the floor. Kenshin and Tommy covered the two little boys and Kenshin let out a cry of pain as he got burned on his back.

Shinji was crying. He couldn't help it. Everybody thought that Kaoru was dead.

"She's always trying to do more. And this time she did it, but she didn't help herself." Shinji put his head back in his arms and he began to sob as his twin pulled him into his embrace. Kenshin ooked down as his tears fell to the floor.

"She was a good child! But she just had so many problem! Oh god bring my baby back!" Asahi held him tighter. Kenshin didn't want anything. He just stood there quietly as his tears stopped like everybody else did.

"That poor child…" Jacob said. Tommy began to pray silently with Kenshin as Shinji kept on crying. As they were going to leave, they could hear coughing and sneezing. They looked up to see somebody walking towards them carrying something. Then they gasped.

"KAORU!" they yelled and they immediatley ran towards her as she fell to her knees. Her eyes were still the same color, and Kaoru gave the girl up to Kenshin before her eyes shut and she passed out.

"Kaoru!... Kaoru!" but Kaoru could not hear anything. She was back in the darkness, in her mother's embrace. And honestly, she didn't want to come out.

R.S.: WOW! THIS IS THE LONGEST CHAPTER I HAVE EVER WRITTEN! HOLY SHIT IT'S LIKE TWENTY NINE PAGES! GODDAMN!

But this is the ending of the Why can't I just be like you?. This has been really fun. And I think this chapter really showed something. But oh well. I've been working on this for days, I had two writer's blocks, I wasn't home for about a week, I was getting punished, my brother and his best friend keep trying to get me in the closet, a whole bunch of shit. and sorry if there are spelling mistakes and shit. I was goin real fast.

But I'm ready for more and guess what!

There's more!

Yes my fans. There's about four more chapters and after that, I think it might be finished. This will be the first story I finish ever!

Oh yeah! And the new songs in this story were:

Papercut by Linkin Park

Kiseki no Umi; Sea of Miracles from Record of Lodoss War

And

Yakusoku wa Iranai; I Don't Need Promises from Visions of Escaflowne

See you guys around, I need a bath. I was playing outside and I'm dirty. I swear playing with boys is like washing in mud.

-Rampaging Sorrow.