R.S.: I don't really have anything to say right now. I'm waitin to see if I'll be going to St. Maarten. There are a lot of family problems going on. So if I do, I won't update for a while. But oh well. I just wanna thank everybody who's been reviewing and helping me out and giving me advice. It really helped me.

And there's this song from My Chemical Romance and it's good. It's called Ghost of you. I don't know if you guys will like it, but I like it a lot. I feel something from it.

But enough about that bullshit. Here's the chapter. It's not all that special. Just something to get my mind going.

It's always that one person

By: Rampaging Sorrows

Chapter Fourteen: Recovery, Kaoru gets help, and another silent meeting with somebody who's gone

Kenshin sat down next to a bed, bandaged up. Only he and Kaoru were in the hospital. Kenshin had bandages around his head, his arms, legs, back, and stomach. Kaoru was just bandaged up literally. She had a sprained ankle and she had broken her arm from when she had jumped. She was bandaged all over and Tara had to give up some blood with Genia because Kaoru had lost so much blood she was gonna die.

She had her eyes closed, and one of them had a black color along with parts of her body. She had so many bruises that were just blue and black it was scary. Kenshin had some as well, but they weren't as bad as Kaoru's. He had to cut his hair again and it was back at his neck because there were a lot of things in it. His bangs were shorter again as well.

Kaoru had been asleep for about two weeks now. And Kenshin didn't leave the hospital at all. Kaoru was having breathing difficulty because she had too many blows to the chest, so they had a mask over her mouth. Her finger was hooked to a machine, cords were in her arm and then she had to have some bandaged changed and blood keep going because she was losing it.

Kenshin looked around and he saw that the blood machine was gone. But she was still corded up. He held the hand that had her finger to the cord and he kissed each finger before he just sat the silently. He looked around and he saw Chantel come in, her lips swollen.

"You were kissing Aoshi?" she nodded and then she sat down. Misao came in after her and then Kenshin looked down and he bit back the urge to laugh. He then looked up and he started smiling, holding back his laughter.

"H-hey Misao." She waved with a smile and then Aoshi came to the room. He looked and then he turned around and started whistling before walking off. Kenshin burst out laughing and then he went out after Aoshi, leaving the two girls alone.

When they got back, both of them were arguing because Misao found out the truth about it now, and she didn't like it. So they were arguing. Chantel had a problem because Misao came at her wrong and she just was going straight ghetto. Misao threw her class out the window as well and they were ready to fight.

"Not over Kaoru!" Kenshin said covering Kaoru with his arms and then they looked at Aoshi and flipped out on him.

"Aoshi I can't believe you did this shit to me! What the hell is this!" Misao was trying to be polite, while Chantel just didn't care

"Aoshi I can't believe that you didn't fucking break up with her! What the fuck!" Aoshi was getting confused and Kenshin was just laughing. Aoshi groaned in frustration as his father came down the hall with Tommy and Jacob. They sat down with Kenshin and just started laughing silently as well.

"Aoshi choose! This weasel, or yours truly."

"Who you callin' a weasel you ugly lion!"

"Ooooo so it's because I'm light skinned that I'm some lion! You bein' racist you weasel!"

"Do you want me to be you SL-" she bit her lip.

"Ooo you are so lucky I have class."

"Class my ass bitch."

"Slut."

"Whore."

"Tramp!"

"LADIES THAT'S ENOUGH!" they looked at Aoshi and then he gave them a smile.

"Can't I just have both of you?"

Two slaps were heard through the whole hospital followed by loud laughing.

Kenshin was still laughing the next day. Both of them refused to talk to Aoshi, and Aoshi was just upset. Kenshin looked at him and then he just started laughing again with Tommy. Kenshin stopped and then he looked at him again and he just started cracking up

"Stop laughing." Aoshi said and they just started laughing louder. Aoshi growled. Kenshin looked at him again before he pulled his knees up to his face and he started dying. Tommy leaned forward.

"Oh my god that was so funny! My mini-me hurts!" they laughed harder and then they stopped when they heard a groan. They looked at Kaoru and saw her eyes shut tight. Then they called everybody as they opened slowly. Kenshin was first to see them and then he saw the color. It was still the same blue and red. He sighed. He was hoping it would be like that. Shinji called a doctor in as they sat her up a little bit. She looked around and she yawned before she leaned her head back, bored. Shinji got his camera and he took a picture as she looked at the floor.

"How do you feel?"

"Not bad."

"You hungry?"

"Nope." They began to run tests and check her reflexes. She didn't care and then they began to take things out of her arm and bandage them.

"You want something to drink?"

"I want my teeth brushed." She said and Kenshin laughed before he brushed her mouth four times. Then he rinsed it with Listerine and he kissed her. She leaned up into it with the little strength that she could and then he let go.

"Clean." Shinji asked the doctor about her eyes and could they get it fixed. The doctor didn't know what it was.

Kaoru saw the marks on Aoshi's face and they told her what happened before she went with the duo and laughed at him all day. She was getting better and as she looked at her ankle, she noticed it was healed. Kenshin put her in a wheel chair and then he rolled her off towards the garden. He was dressed in some jeans and a white shirt. He threw his hoodie on Kaoru since she got cold.

"Kaoru, I remember that you told me that we were gonna do something together. That is, before you knocked me out!"

"Sorry about that baby." She smiled at him and he just smiled back before he sat on the bench. He gave her a flower and she smelled it. It smelled good as he took it and put it in her hair. She smiled before he pulled her closer.

"You said we were gonna do something. I wanna know what." She then realized and she looked away.

"Oh come on now. Don't be shy. I'm basically your husband after all we've been through. Right wife?" she giggled before he pulled some hair behind her ear.

"Well…" she looked up into his eyes as a blush was coming on. Both were eyes were blue now, for some weird reason, and Kenshin smiled.

"Tell me." She nodded before she blushed again.

"I… I wanted us to… to… well… you know…"

"Have sex?" she looked down and nodded as the blush got bigger. Kenshin laughed softly.

"That's what you were so embarrassed about Kao?" she nodded before she looked up.

"Do you want to?" Kenshin smiled at her.

"Of course I do silly. I've been waiting for you. Ask Thomas. TOMMY!" she saw him come over and then Kenshin whispered in his ear.

"Oh yeah! He's been whining to me ever since he met you. And just the other day he was like 'damn. If I had got that when she was evil, that would have been a workout.'" Kenshin smirked as Kaoru blushed.

"But don't worry. He'll be a kitten. Just like how he did me. My ass was sore, but he was so gentle." Kenshin laughed with Kaoru before Kenshin gave the finger. They saw Aoshi and Tommy began to laugh and walked off.

"So… you will… I mean…"

"Yes Kaoru. I promise I will. But where? Both out houses are with people. They'll know."

"It's okay. I have the place. But don't say anything to anybody. Promise me you won't tell, or I'll get angry." She said the last part in a playful tone and he smiled, rolling his eyes playfully.

"I promise you. And it'll be out little secret." He leaned in and the two began to kiss.

Kaoru sat down in her wheelchair, just thinking and then she rolled out to the garden once more. It was late at night and it had been three days since she and Kenshin had planned. She looked at her casted arm as she rolled and she surprisingly could use it. She smiled as she opened the doors and rolled out. She then looked ahead and she put her arm on her knee as she put her chin in her hand with a smile.

Kenshin was there just daydreaming and spinning round and round. He couldn't help it. So then when he heard her laughing and rolling over, he stopped and he gave a blush.

"Oh! Sorry if you think it's weird…" he looked up at the sky.

"No. Why are you doing it though?" she asked with a laugh. She flipped her hair back with a smile before Kenshin smiled.

"… It was something me and my mother use to do. We would swirl around in the garden at the park until the early morning and then we would sleep in the car until school." Kaoru smiled at him.

"That's a nice memory." She then saw Kenshin sit down on the bench as Kaoru went towards him. She put her hands in his lap and he put his hands over hers. She looked down and blushed as she smiled. Her eyes were red and blue once more. Kenshin smiled at her again before he leaned in and he put a hand on the side of her face.

Kenshin captured her lips in a soft kiss. Kaoru closed her eyes as Kenshin tilted her head a little bit. Kaoru and Kenshin just shared the moment and Kaoru let out a giggle as they just gave strong emotions to each other. Kenshin ran his fingers through her hair before he let go. Then he pulled her from her wheelchair and into his lap. She got comfy as the moon shined on them. She then winced at the cut on her leg.

"You alright?" he asked touching her cheek gently. She nodded before she pulled her hair behind her ear and bit her lip. He put his arms around her waist before he looked up at her.

"I love you so much Kaoru… with all my heart. I love you more than anything else in the world." Kaoru smiled at him before she said the same thing.

Kenshin put his hand on the side of her face before he kissed her. He put his hand around her waist and they began to kiss as she put her hands on his shoulders. Kaoru began to kiss him back more romantically and Kenshin responded to her. Kaoru turned her head again a little bit to gain more access and then Kenshin licked her lips. Kaoru opened her mouth and his tongue slid in. She opened her eyes low and she saw Kenshin's heated gold ones before they shut their eyes.

"That's so romantic." Chantel said as she got a hug from her older brother Jacob. Tommy stood there as well with them and they just looked on with a smile.

"So what do you we tell Shinji?" Tommy and Jacob smiled.

"Tell him that Kenshin went home for clothes and Kaoru is moving around." They nodded before they left.

Kaoru held the two bars as she pulled herself across the gap she had to walk on. Kenshin was there coaching her through the whole thing as her doctor just watched. Kaoru stopped before she bit her lip. Then she felt her legs collapsing. Kenshin went over to her before he bent down and held her legs up. Kaoru felt tears at the pain and she wiped them away before Kenshin just kept on holding her legs.

"You can do it Kaoru. Just believe in yourself. Stop giving up." Kaoru nodded before Kenshin let go. She took a deep breath before she began to move again. The doctor was amazed, but then he smiled as Kaoru looked determined to get the feeling back in her legs.

"Your words were very touching for her." Kenshin only gave him a smile as he sat there with her bag.

Kaoru soon was able to walk around, but now she had to conquer the stairs. She went up four stairs, and she fell backwards. Kenshin caught her and he chuckled as she let out a sigh of relief.

"Okay… Now let's do this again. Step by step." Kaoru nodded and he stood behind her as she went slowly, the doctor watching her progress.

"Now we're gonna go down." Kenshin went in front of her and stood at the end of that row waiting for her incase she fell. Kaoru went down slowly and once she did it, she smiled and jumped up and down happily.

"I did it! I did it!" Kenshin hugged her as she cheered for herself. The doctor smiled and wrote more down.

Kaoru was able to move happily and now that she could, she wanted to get her legs better again. Kenshin took her into the garden before she stood right beside him.

"Alrighty. Now here's what we're going to do. Punches first. Then jumps. Then kicks." She nodded before he put his fists up and she did as well. They moved their arms out slow. It was like Yoga class and they went faster until she could do it slow and fast. Kenshin nodded.

"We're gonna go on our tippie toes. Your ankle is better now, so it shouldn't hurt." They jumped high and low and they jumped fast and slow. (A/N: oh shit I rhyme!)

"Good! Now for the main thing of the day! Kicking!" Kaoru nodded and he and Kaoru got in the same stance.

"We're gonna do it like this. It's like combos." Kenshin then began to show her. First, he kicked out, spun and kicked three more times, then he did a low spinning kick and he flipped himself up before kicking out. Kaoru gasped as he just did a playful bow.

"Think you can do it?"

"N-no." she said with a laugh. He sighed with a smile before he started to help her do it.

Kaoru was happy as she was doing everything that Kenshin told her to do. They did it together and sparred. Then after that, they went towards the hospital and sat down in her room. Kaoru put some ice on her head.

"You'll be alright Kao."

"Yeah, but you caught me with one of those sneaky attacks. I can't believe you said, 'Look! Your father's wearing a dress!' "

"And I'm mad you said 'Again!'" they started laughing before Tommy came in with his sister. Kaoru just looked at Chantel and patted a space next to her. Chantel jumped on the bed with her and the two laughed before Kaoru took Kenshin's camera and they took pictures of themselves.

"I want one!" Kenshin and Tommy got together and Kenshin pulled off his shirt like Tommy did. Then they dropped their pants and did a pose. Shinji came in the room as he heard a flash and he arched an eyebrow before coughing. Kenshin and Tommy just looked at him shocked and pulled their pants up.

"Uh huh. Trying to seduce these two innocent… never mind." They laughed as he left the room. Chantel sat up and she heard her phone.

"Aoshi better leave me alone. I don't want an apology." Kaoru took it and she began to laugh and speak to her brother.

"Hey big brother… I got a question… You asked to date them both?..." Kaoru began to laugh.

"You're not some pimp…Nani?... Dare?" she then looked over at Kenshin with a glare as he calmly sipped on his coffee.

"Who the fuck is Jenna Kenshin!" Kenshin spit out his coffee and Tommy put up the garbage can so it went inside. Tommy held back his laughter.

"Jenna who!"

"Jenna Mills! Who the fuck is that Kenshin!"

"Koi-"

"Koi nothing!... Soo?" she listened to Aoshi as he laughed and told the story and Kaoru nodded. Then she looked at Kenshin with an innocent smile. Chantel and Tommy just looked on with amusement, even if they couldn't understand most of it.

"Hanasite.(Tell me)" She said it coldly and Kenshin arched an eyebrow.

"Nani hanasite!"

"Who the fuck is she!"

"Ano…" Kenshin began to think. He was wondering how he knew her and then he took the phone as he finally remembered.

"Aoshi you aho! What the fuck are you trying to pull!"

"Tyotto matte! Aoshi's just being a good brother!"

"Jenna! You guys are so fucking low! I swear to god I'm gonna bust you on both your girl friends." Kaoru took the phone and Kenshin put a hand on his head.

"Kiite kudasai-"

"Kisama." She spat and then she got up and left. Kenshin screamed in anger in the phone

"Aaaarrrggghhh! Omae o koroso!" he then looked at Chantel as Aoshi was laughing over the phone. He got a devilish smile.

"Chantel did he ever tell you about Cassandra?"

"Kenshin don't!"

Kaoru sat down angry in the garden as she brushed her hair. They had washed it with some nice shampoo, so it was good to brush it without getting it tangled. She brushed it to the side before she brushed it to the other side. She didn't know what to do with it. After a while, she just pulled it over her shoulder and sat there as the wind was picking up speed.

"Kaoru, listen." Kaoru turned around and looked up at a pair of purple eyes and green eyes. Kenshin had Aoshi by the neck and he was pinching him.

"Tell her you dirty lil bastard." He pinched harder.

"Okay! Okay! Jenna was a girl he knew in high school and Tai and Soujiro told me so I wanted to make a fuss." Kaoru hit her brother in his chest playfully.

"You made me flip on him! I thought he was really cheating because you don't usually lie to me!"

"I didn't lie. It was old news." Chantel came up fast and grabbed Aoshi by his neck. He groaned as they walked away.

"Look baby, I'm sorry!"

"Shut up Aoshi." She said and the two laughed at them.

"That's a cute couple." Kenshin said.

"Sorry." Kaoru said it fast and she looked at all the flowers. Kenshin just smiled and picked her up bridal style. He then got an idea as he went into one of the empty areas and began to spin round and round. Kaoru was laughing as she got dizzy and Kenshin was just making spinning noises.

"Kenshin stop I'm getting dizzy! "He lost his footing and he fell backwards into the grass. The two laughed before they caught their breath and let the world stop spinning. Kenshin then looked over at her before he turned on his side. Then he rolled away from her and he stopped and began to roll back.

"Kenshin no-aah!" she said as he rolled on top. He put his face in her shoulder as he laughed and got comfy. She was tickling him. She then stopped and he kissed her quick before he just laid there, making sure he didn't crush her. Kaoru put her arms around his neck and she just let him lay there before they both got sleepy and fell asleep happily.

Kenshin was rocking out in her room as he just nodded his head and jumped around like he was crazy. He had headphones on his ear and then Shinji came in and put a hand on his shoulder. Kenshin looked at him shocked and Shinji shook his head as Kaoru began to laugh with her sisters. They both had come to see her.

"Alrighty now…" Shinji then saw Kenshin put them over his ears and he just nodded his head extremely fast before they laughed as he fainted for fake. He put it down before he just looked at them in the room. His daughters, Kenshin, Tommy, Chantel, and Aoshi. He then shook his head and Tara got up to go with him. Genia looked around the hospital bed before she lay down and shut her eyes.

"Yo did she just die?" Kenshin asked. Tommy gasped.

"She needs mouth to mouth!" he went over and rolled up his sleeves.

"One for the money, two for the hoes, three to be freaky, and four to go." He put his fingers on her nose and blew air in before just letting go of her nose. She laughed as he kissed her and then he let go.

"She'll be a-okay!" Genia just laughed again as she sat up and pulled her hair up into a clip before she just began to daydream.

"Kaoru… I missed you." Kaoru said 'aww!' before she hugged her sister. Then Kenshin said the same thing and Kaoru just looked at him before kissing him.

"STOP THIS!" Tommy said and Aoshi pulled Chantel into his lap. She was still mad at him, but she was sleepy. She put her legs in between his and she put her head on his shoulder. Aoshi gave her a soft kiss before she smiled and began to daydream.

Tommy looked at Genia before he kissed her cheek. She smirked before she got up with Tommy. Aoshi didn't move. Tommy and Genia sat down on the bed and just began to play on his PSP.

"Gotta win the ladies with a PSP." He said and they all laughed. Tara came in the room and they saw the fresh tears on her face. She wiped them before she sat down and hugged Genia. Genia held her and Kaoru let go of Kenshin before she went over to her.

"Tara what's wrong?" Tara just kept crying and Shinji came to the room with Michael. Michael was carrying a suitcase and a book bag. They looked at it before Kenshin gasped, his eyes wide. Michael looked down at the floor sadly.

"No… you aren't serious…" Kaoru looked at him. Kenshin was shocked and horrified.

"Kaoru… you're going to be leaving today." Kaoru arched an eyebrow before Kenshin held onto her tighter.

"Where am I going? And Kenshin ease up." Kenshin did and her father looked at her in her eyes.

"Well, when you were asleep… Me and my siblings and your mother and her other two living siblings were having a conversation about you. And we all spoke to a doctor and we decided to send you to a school for people who need help. You'll only be there for a month but-"

"But why! I don't wanna go! I'm fine now! Honest! See!" she gave a pretty smile and she opened her eyes. Shinji put a mirror to her and she saw her eyes were still the same.

"But daddy I don't wanna go!"

"Come on dad let her stay." Aoshi spoke up and they all began to plead and give reasons why. Even Michael had his words in. Shinji had enough of it.

"SHUT UP!" they looked at him.

"I've had enough of this! You guys are only delaying what needs to be done. Kaoru, you're going and that's final. Get up now, and we'll all just take you there."

"But daddy-"

"NOW." Kaoru blinked back her tears before she got up and they all went to their cars. Kaoru rode with Kenshin and as she sat in the car, she began to cry. Kenshin could only put his hand on her back and rub it as she leaned forward and cried.

The school was only an hour away from where they lived, but Kaoru didn't like it one bit. They all went inside with her and they got her schedule and her uniforms. Once they reached her room, they all began to cry and say goodbye. Kaoru hugged them all and she hugged her sisters and brothers the longest. It was a big huddle as they just spoke to each other and cried. Kenshin was the last person left as they waited at the end of the hallway. She looked down.

"I'm sorry." She cried to him and she wiped her tears. Kenshin just put his hands on hers and he wiped them for her. He smiled at her as she kept on crying and then he put her in his chest as she kept on crying. Kaoru just kept there as he put his arms around her. She put her hands on his chest as she kept on crying.

"I'll call you every night, and I'll instant message you when I'm online. And I'll be online every day. I'll e-mail you all the time too. I promise." Kaoru nodded to him before she saw him pull out a sidekick. He gave it to her.

"I have one of my own. I was gonna give it to you later, but you're far away now." Kaoru felt like crying again, so she did. Kenshin just held her close to him once more and he just began to hum to her softly and sing in her ear. Kaoru just didn't want to let go as she kept on sobbing to him about how she didn't want to go. Kenshin let go of her before he wiped her tears with his thumb. Then he kissed them away, the salty taste on his lips.

"Stop crying. It won't be that bad. We'll come see you on Saturdays. That sound like fun?" Kaoru nodded before he wiped them again and he put his lips over hers. Kaoru just put her arms around his neck as the two kissed. Shinji didn't want to do it, but they had all agreed it was for the best. Kenshin let go and he whispered in her ear. She smiled at that and he kissed her again before he began to walk backwards as Kaoru was getting the door open.

"Everything I said is true. I'll do it everyday until they drag me away from the computer. They won't stop me at all. We're connected."

"Promise me!" she yelled to him. He put his crossed fingers to his heart.

"Cross my heart, hope to die, beat me up, make me cry!" Kaoru did the same before she waved bye. Then she entered her room and she put her head down on the pillow and she began to cry once more.

When they had left the building, Kenshin got cold and angry and as they were thinking to go and eat somewhere, he got in his car with Tommy.

"Kenshin wait!" Genia said, but Kenshin just reversed out and sped off in his car. They sighed as they saw the car just pass the stop sign.

"He's mad." They nodded amongst each other and Shinji sighed.

"Poor boy."

Two days passed, and Kaoru grew to like where she was going. It was fun to her as she shared a room with a two girls named Yuki and Cassidy. They made friends quick and she did the same thing from her old school. Kenshin called her everyday and her father called her to tell her that she had a month a half there. She cursed him out and hung up.

At one point, Kenshin was talking to her on his house phone and they got upset because he held up the line. They picked him up, told Kaoru to go to sleep, and as they carried him away by his arms and legs, she laughed and said goodnight.

Kaoru, Yuki, and Cassidy danced in their room almost everyday and Kaoru had counseling with her problems. She didn't really tell him anything, but it helped a little bit. Kaoru also got in a lot of trouble because they had a big old party in the hallway where they let a lot of people in, and then shut off the exits until the party was done. She had even snuck Kenshin and Tommy up there and they all just had fun. Kenshin and Tommy met all of her new friends and surprisingly, they were just like them. Wild and crazy. Tommy even got to have fun with this blond in her room.(A/N: Hint hint.)

Kenshin and Kaoru had fun that whole day and when they came up to break the barriers, they hid the two. Kenshin and Tommy hid in the shower and in the closet. Kaoru, Cassidy and Yuki got yelled at and their punishment was gonna be made later. When Kenshin and Tommy came out, Yuki and Cassidy decided to show Tommy around as Kaoru and Kenshin made out for the lost two weeks.

Kenshin and Tommy were currently sneaking over to Kaoru's school with Jacob. The three were hanging out like old times and they decided to go and sneak out Kaoru and her two new friends. They had seen their window and Kenshin had stolen some things from Aoshi. He hit their window and then he saw the lights come on after another try. Kaoru came to the window and she let out a soft laugh as her two roommates came as well. Kaoru pulled her hair behind her ear as they waved to them.

"Hey Cassidy!" Jacob yelled and she blushed and smiled. Kenshin told him to 'ssshhh' and lights came on. They jumped and hid in the bushes before Kaoru and the others faked to be asleep. The light turned off minutes later and they waited before going back. Kaoru called them.

"What are you doing here?" Kenshin looked up as he flipped it open and then he spoke with a smile.

"We came to sneak you guys out. There's a big ass party tonight and you guys are gonna go, party till you can't no more, and probably get laid by Tommy and Jacob. Right boys?"

"Yeah, we're gonna get us some private school chicks!" The three girls laughed.

"Alright. Just let us get dressed." Kenshin began to climb up with the boys and then they got up there, they jumped on the beds and snuggled in before taking a quick nap. Kenshin stayed awake and he woke up Tommy and Jacob after fifteen minutes. They just watched them get dressed and then Kenshin spoke up with a grin.

"Guess who's all over the news?"

"Let me guess… Jacob because he's bad."

"Not even close this time. I'm on the news this time." Kaoru turned around as she was untangling her hair. She arched an eyebrow.

"Why?" she asked before she just blew her bangs from her eyes. Kenshin noticed her hair style had changed completely again. And he liked it. It was different from before and the way her bangs were made her sexy.

"I know I know!" Tommy said jumping up.

"Picture a bridge, and Kenshin jumping off." Kaoru gasped as she turned around again, her hair spinning with her. Kenshin gave her a sexy smile and a soft laugh.

"No you didn't!" Kenshin just gave her a sexy smile as Kaoru went over to him with a laugh. She sat down next to him and she pulled her hair behind her ear as he rolled over onto his back. She was in a skirt and a bra.

"You are so crazy! My father is gonna be so mad. He told you not to." Kenshin just smiled as she laughed and gave him a quick kiss. She went to get dressed and Jacob's hand began to wander towards Cassidy. The blonde didn't know what hit her. Jacob's hand slid in her shirt and she let out a squeal before he covered her mouth.

"I am so sorry! My hand just wanders, it can't help itself." She arched an eyebrow, her dark blue eyes amused before she pushed him on her bed. He laughed before she gave him a pretty smile. Jacob couldn't help but like the girl because he met her on the beach about a year ago, they were good friends and then she ran away to him because she had to go to school there for some problems herself. He had never lost touch with her and Kaoru just got them back close when he found out she was there.

"You cut your hair again… it's nice." He said softly. She gave him another smile. Her hair use to be long close to her tailbone, but she cut it so that it was just below her shoulders now. For some reason, Jacob just liked the dirty blonde. She was spunky, violent, and she had a mind of her own, which made her independent. Those were all the things he liked in a woman, and she was a little freak too. That made it perfect.

"Okay I'm ready!" Kaoru came out in a nice tank top, her short skirt, some k-swiss, and she had her hair nice and up in a clip with some dangling earrings and Kenshin's name on her necklace.

Cassidy was just simple with a tank top that had 'CASS' on it and a skirt as well with some air forces and a necklace with some matching earrings. She gave Jacob a smile as he put thumbs up on her outfit.

Yuki looked the most wild. Her dark brown hair was pulled up into a high ponytail and she had on a shirt that went above her belly with a dangling belly ring and a skirt that was SHORT. Her hazel eyes showed that she was a freak, and Josue liked that the most about her as she smirked and flicked her tongue out at him.

"Let's go." Kaoru saw them climb down and Kaoru went first. She was nervous that she would get caught. Then she slipped and fell. Kenshin caught her bridal style and they laughed silently before the others came down and they left.

The next day, Kaoru went to therapy with a massive hangover. She still couldn't get the words out of her head that Kenshin said to her. She had to smile as she sat down and began to brush her hair. The counselor just looked at her as she moved her chair to the window once more and just began to brush her hair happily. The counselor looked at her as she hummed a song.

"Kaoru, do you feel you can join the class today?" Kaoru just looked at them before she rolled her eyes and looked back at the window.

"Kaoru, how can I help if you don't help yourself!"

"Did I ask to be here! Did I ask to do this bullshit! No! None of us did!" Kaoru then glared at him before he just got up and went to go get a principal. Yuki and Cassidy were in her class and they put their chairs over to her as everybody was just in their groups.

"No so loud dammit! I got a hangover!" Kaoru yelled and they got quiet.

"How'd you get a hangover? You guys drank yourselves to sleep?"

"Nah. We snuck out and went to the one of the biggest parties of the year. Oh my god that was so fun. We drank and partied and I know Cassidy had something after ward because she got in later than us." Cassidy blushed and they all laughed before going back to their groups.

"Kaoru, you're practically beaming. Did you get laid last night?"

"Not the way you think."

"Clothes fucking or foreplay?"

"Um… I think both."

"Both?" Kaoru nodded with a sexy smile.

"I'm surprised you got away with it. But why so happy? There must be more to this." Kaoru then began to tell them everything from the fight and then as she told about last night, she gave a faint blush and a smile.

$$Flashback$$

Kaoru moaned as Kenshin put her against the wall in the party. They had been dirty dancing for a long time and after a while it got sexual. Now Kaoru was up against the wall as Kenshin put one of her legs around his waist. He didn't car who was watching. The two had just been kissing, touching, and doing everything on the dance floor. Nobody knew them there, only a few people from their town, but that just made it more exciting to have people watch them and say 'they're so in love. Why aren't we like that?' or 'Man I need to find me a girlfriend.'

Kenshin and Kaoru had just been off the wall and both of them were kinda tipsy at the time. Kenshin just pressed into her and she could feel him through his jeans. The questions he asked were dirty, seductive, and the way he kissed her was intoxicating.

"You like it? Huh, Kao? You like doing this stuff? With all these people to watch you?"

"Yeah…" she moaned to him as he bit on her neck and the two just began to move and grind into each other to the music.

"Kao… Kao I can't wait until you get out from that school." He went back to biting on her neck and leaving his marks. He then pulled down her tank top.

"Why Kenshin?" she was starting to go into a daze.

"Because…" he said teasingly and he put his mouth back to where it wanted to be. Kaoru let out a loud moan before she saw Yuki and Tommy just hold her drink up to her. She gave her a quick smile, her cheeks flushed. Then she put her hands on his shoulders and she shuddered as he blew for the ultimate effect.

"Because what, babe?" she asked him again and he let go and looked into her eyes. His gold eyes were lusting, serious, and full of sexual tension.

"Because I wanna fuck you so badly Kao… I can't take it." Kaoru gasped and she held onto him as he sat her down in his lap on the chair.

"I want you to feel. Just feel what I can do. And this isn't even the wildest stage." Kaoru let out a laugh as she kissed him. Their tongues swirled around as he pulled up her shirt from the top.

"Just feel…"He pulled her close before he went back to her chest and he slipped his hands downward. Kaoru was seeing stars as a pleasurable smile was on her face.

$$Reality$$

Yuki and Cassidy just smiled down at Kaoru as she finished telling them everything that had happened. They squealed like girls before hugging her. Kaoru laughed. It was fun to be around them. They made her feel happy.

"Are you gonna go all the way with him?" Kaoru nodded as she began to brush her hair again. Yuki and Cassidy took the comb. Cassidy then began to take Kaoru's hair and twist it before she pulled it up. Kaoru gasped.

"DAMN GIRL!" Kaoru blushed and put her hands on her neck, her eyes both light blue at the moment. They laughed and let her hair down.

"You little freak." The counselor came back into the room.

"Your father is coming and we're going to have a meeting. I can't take this anymore."

"Thank god. Maybe I can steal his keys and go home." They laughed and then they heard the door knocking. The counselor opened it a little bit before he popped his head through.

"Hi! Is Kaoru Kamiya in there?" the counselor nodded with an arched eyebrow.

"Oh. Well I was walking around outside and I found something of hers." He nodded and he opened the door. Kaoru got happy as she saw a smile forming on his lips.

"It worked babe." He said and Kaoru jumped up. All the girls, minus Yuki and Cassidy, were just basically drooling over him. Kaoru then rolled her eyes at them before he told them hi. She ran over and then she stood there. Then she hugged him and he spun her around. She laughed in his arms.

"I missed you."

"I've been gone four at least half a day."

"So what? I still missed you Kenshin." Kenshin smiled as he pulled up his shades and let them see his eyes. Kaoru took the shades and did a pose.

"How do I look?" they laughed and he gave them back. He was wearing dark blue baggy jeans with a matching top and a lighter blue wife beater underneath. He then put his shades on his head.

"Kaoru, I hear that you're not being nice." Kaoru pouted and gave an innocent look.

"Your daddy knew I was over here to mess with you, so he told me to handle my wife. Now come wife." Kaoru smiled before he bowed and led her out.

"Ooooo some early nookie!" Yuki said and they laughed before the counselor settled them down.

Kaoru leaned against the wall and looked at Kenshin before biting her lip and arching her eyebrow.

"Kaoru… you have to talk to these people." Kaoru looked down at the floor.

"Why?" she asked it as if she was a spoiled child. Kenshin only sighed.

"Because… it's for the best Kaoru. I was in one of these schools once. They really do help you with your problems. Don't tell them everything, just tell them the essentials."

"And just what are the essentials Kenshin?" she said looking up at him. He could tell she was getting upset. He didn't want to upset her, but he knew they were going to argue. He could just sense it.

"Like your mother, the whole thing with Enishi, the whole thing with me, the whole thing with your problem-"

"I DON'T have a PROBLEM." Kenshin sighed once more as she was getting angry. She looked down at the floor again.

"Kaoru, yes you do. You and I both have problems, but yours were just too much for your family to handle. They needed help on it, so that's why you're here. Just open up a little bit."

"Why should I! I can't trust these adults! They'll only tell things back to daddy and it'll get me and you in trouble!"

"That's a risk I'm willing to take babe."

"I'm not Kenshin! I can't!" she looked at the floor again before she began to speak. She knew the others were listening.

"I felt disgusted when they sent me here. And it's all some doctor's fault. He doesn't know shit! And daddy let him set up everything to send me here! My own flesh and blood put me here! I'm happy I made friends and everything, and its okay here, but I wanna go home Kenshin! I don't wanna be here anymore! I'm fine now, I can handle my emotions, and I promise that I won't finish mom's book! Just let me go home!"

"Now we really can't let you go home. You have to battle it out."

"Battle what out! What the fuck are you talking about!"

"You didn't finish reading that book. You need to be in here to solve your emotions and not feel what your mother felt. I mean, it's nice to feel, but you can't just act on everything. You just have to feel and let it pass."

"How can I do that! She's my mother!"

"Sit here and figure it out!" Kaoru looked up at him as he had raised his voice. She glared at him.

"You want me here, don't you! You don't give two fucks!"

"I care more than anything in the world! I didn't want you here, I even fought when I had got home to bring you back! But they refused to me! They threw me in their goddamn garbage can!"

"But you sit here and tell me to stay!"

"Because it's the best thing to do!"

"How do you know what's best for me!"

"Because I love you, that's why!" Kaoru stopped and she looked at him as he got angry with her.

"I love you more than anything in the world. Hell, if I had the opportunity, I would marry you Kaoru. You are the sexiest, smartest, intelligent, and a whole bunch others I can't even say. I thought I would never meet somebody like you. You make me feel so good inside."

"And you do the same for me Kenshin." Kenshin gave her a soft smile before speaking again.

"But you can't let these things keep running your life. You're going to die if this keeps happening. I won't let you hurt yourself anymore."

"Hurting myself is better than being here." Kaoru said it softly and she looked at the floor. Kenshin got disgusted and highly upset.

"So you like hurting yourself! Huh! You like lying on the floor wishing you would just pass out already! Huh! Answer me dammit!"

"Shut up."

"You like drugging yourself! You like how that feels! You like feeling like you're about to die! You like it all! Huh! Does it make you feel good!"

"SHUT UP."

"You like having everybody look at you like some goddamn problem! Like a mistake! You like having that kind of attention! You like passing out when you're on the floor! Huh! You like waking up in a fucking hospital with all these cords hooked up to you! You like looking helpless! You like showing that you're weak!"

"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!" Kaoru put her hands over her ears and screamed as Kenshin went over to her. The class could see everything through the glass door.

"Stop trying to deny this! Stop it right now!" Kaoru gave him a slap and he glared at her before he held her hands against the wall hard. Kaoru yelled at him and cursed at him.

"You have to wake up dammit! Wake up and see everything around you! See that you're hurting all the people who care for you! See that you're making all the people who hate you very happy! What do you think Enishi would say! Huh! He would be fucking happy! No, not even! Ecstatic!" Kaoru looked away as he let go of her and pulled her into his arms. Her back hit the wall as he held her and he began to speak to her. She could hear the emotions in his voice.

"Talk to these people. Let them help you. Please Kaoru. Please I'm begging you. Please help yourself. Please make it better for you. Please Kaoru please. At least do it for me baby." He let go and then he began to walk away.

Kaoru blinked back tears before she threw something at his head. He turned around and caught it. It was a bunch of paper balls. He put it in his pocket before she went in the room and she sat down.

From there, Kaoru put her face down and she began to cry and tell about herself. The other students listened to her through her tears as she confessed her whole life to them. The counselor listened as well as Kaoru wiped her eyes and let the tears keep flowing as she explained everything from her mother, the sickness, what she left behind, the sexual assaults, meeting Kenshin, being raped by Enishi, watching her friends suffer, everything except what just happened recently. They felt her pain and Cassidy and Yuki went to her and hugged her as they began to cry with her and talk to her. She honestly could say she felt better.

Kaoru sat down in her room and she was talking to her father the next day. She was crying to him about how she was sorry for most of the stuff. And surprisingly, her father had cried with her and they shared the most emotional conversation that Kaoru had ever known. She felt like she was truly his daughter as he and Kaoru just confessed about everything and how they felt when it was happening. Once Kaoru got off the phone with her father, she snuck out and saw her car there. Kenshin and Aoshi must have drove it there with Aoshi's new car she paid for.

She got in and she drove away from the school. She only had three hours to be missing until they looked for her. She drove all the way to her mother's cemetary and she parked up before she ran down the street, bought flowers, and ran all the way to her grave. She had caught her breath, her cheeks kinda rosy because it was cold that day. She was wearing her mother's old sweater and no matter how many times she washed it, it still had her mother's scent on it.

"Hey mommy…" she said softly before she began to speak.

Kenshin was just cruising around when he had saw her car was parked there. He got out of the car and he snuck up there with his skills. He saw Kaoru just crying there and confessing everything to her mother and telling about everything that she was doing for that book. He smiled before heading back to the entrance to wait and do a sneak attack.

"I know I shouldn't have done anything for it, but I wanted to avenge you. For all the things you did for me, for everything that happened with it all. I didn't want him to walk around as if he didn't do anything. And he killed himself mommy. I feel very guilty for it, but I feel more guilty I didn't tell you anything." She then wiped her eyes as she shut her eyes and let the wind blow through her hair. She then smiled.

"Thanks mum. I got the ring back for you. Maybe this time I will stay with you." She pushed it deep into the ground once more. She had even dug out some dirt. She smiled again before she looked at her mother's grave.

"Kenshin has really been treating me right. He's been there through everything. I think he's really perfect for me. I love him with all my heart. Not like our love though… I know that I'm young, but I really love him. He makes me feel better. Just like dad use to make you. Isn't that weird how our love paths seem to be the same?" she laughed before she pulled her hair over her shoulder.

"I know these marks aren't cute and I'm sorry. But you did it too! So you can't do anything to me." She laughed again and then she said a quick prayer.

"I'll be back soon. And you better miss me baby." She smiled before she went down towards the entrance and she exited the cemetary. Kenshin jumped on her and she squealed and laughed before he hugged her tightly and spun her around.

"Missed you." He said and she made a face.

"We were talking yesterday."

"Oh, using my comments now."

"Yeah. I like them." He smiled with her before she kissed his nose.

"Thank you so much for helping me Kenshin." Kenshin only pulled her closer and he put his lips over hers. For once in three weeks, Kaoru was truly happy.

R.S. : I'm not happy at all right now. I'm mad beyond belief, I've been crying, which is why it's coming in so late. Something happened in my family and I can't really say, but it honestly took a toll on me and it hurt. Let's just say that now this family has prostitues as well. I think its fucked up I cried for about half an hour. And honestly, I'm still hurt.

The next chapter is the lemon you guys. I'm out of here. I need to cry again. This is just too much. This is Rampaging Sorrow. And i'm crying again...

I feel so weak.