R.S.: Hey everybody. Nothing really to say. I'm just bored n annoyed. My friend is so jealous for no reason! That shit annoys me. But that's not important.

Oh yeah! There's this song coming out December 14th called "Passion" by Utada Hikaru. I heard the preview of it, and that shit is hot as hell. It's supposed to be the Kingdom Hearts 2 theme song so if anybody is interested, look it up.

And now we start the next chapter! (Smiles and bows)

It's always that one person

By: Rampaging Sorrow

Chapter 26: There's something special about her

"Kenshin, stop it. He didn't mean to break it."

"So what! Nobody told Soujiro to go into my room! What the fuck; can I have some privacy in the only fuckin place that belongs to me!"

Soujiro had his head bowed as Kenshin took out some anger on him. He had went into Kenshin's room and accidentally tipped over Kaoru's vase, breaking it into a million pieces. Once Kenshin had head the noise, he went up and then began to flip out once he saw. His eyes were an angry gold.

"I'm really sorry Kenshin. I just wanted to see if you were in there because we haven't hung out in a few days. I didn't know that it would tip over when I closed the door."

"Didn't I tell you to knock! That's why I said to knock before entering my room! So shit like this wouldn't happen!" Soujiro just hung his head lower as he felt ready to cry. Netalia and Tai were shocked at Kenshin's attitude. Lately, it was… well, on edge and evil to put it in simple words.

"Kenshin, give Soujiro a break. He said he was sorry."

"I don't care!" he slammed his door shut in their faces and then he locked it before he went over to his bed and laid down on it. He began to breathe and calm down his anger. Outside the door, Soujiro just looked down as he sniffed. They could see the tears dripping.

"I'm going to the store. I'll be back." He turned from Kenshin's door and he went down the hall and down the steps before they heard the door slam. Netalia and Tai went down the steps later on with a sigh of stress.

"Poor Soujiro. Kenshin had no right to flip out on him like that. I swear that boy needs to go back to his therapist."

"I know. He thinks he's alright when he's not. I'm sick of him acting tough."

Soujiro sat down in a café by himself drinking hot chocolate and eating a big brownie as he stared out the window and looked up at the sun. His eyes weren't as red as they were before and he had managed to calm down and try to be happier. The waitress that had served him went over to him before she looked around and she sat down. She had light brown eyes and matching hair tied up in a bun as she looked at Soujiro's distant eyes.

"You're haven't been coming here with your brother for two weeks now. What's going on Soujiro?"

"Nothing really Roxana. I… I guess I've wanted to come here alone for a little while I guess."

"You told me that yesterday Souj. What's going on between you and Kenshin?"

Soujiro took a sip and then he saw her get up and put a finger before she went and got herself something to drink and eat as well. She sat back down and then she let out a sigh before letting her hair down. It fell down in waves to the end of her shoulders and then she smiled at him softly.

"Now tell me what's going on." Soujiro sighed before he looked down into his hot chocolate.

"I guess Kenshin doesn't have time for me anymore. With his girlfriend in the hospital and him trying to make everything better and work things out with some people, he doesn't want to spend time with me anymore. Even when he has free time, he doesn't really want to."

"Oh Souj-"

"It's alright with me. I knew it was going to happen when I was adopted into that family. I… I just didn't think that it would be at this moment." Roxana pouted as Soujiro blinked his tears back. She put her hand on his cheek and kissed his forehead before she took a sip of her hot chocolate.

"What about today? You just walked in here, ordered something, and then put your head in your arms. I saw you here for a while. What happened?" Soujiro then sighed before he spoke.

"I went to his room because I figured that he would want to come and play basketball with me since it's his favorite game. I knocked on the door, but he wasn't there, so I let myself in like I always do. Then I looked around and as I went back out and closed the door, his girlfriend's vase broke and then I opened the door with shock.

When my sister, my cousin, and Kenshin came upstairs, he stepped into the room and then he turned around and just went ballistic. I didn't mean to break it, honest to god. It just happened. But he thinks otherwise."

"I see… is he mad at you?"

"He hates me." Roxana felt sorry for Soujiro as she went over to him and put her arms around him.

"It's alright Soujiro. You have me for comfort." Soujiro just sighed as he began to cry without sound and once she felt the wetness against her apron, she blew her hair from her eyes and she just held him as he let out a breath of air.

"Thanks for being here Roxana."

Kenshin walked around his house thinking softly to himself as he had just came back in from going to the hospital. He knew he was wrong in flipping out on Soujiro like that, and he was looking for his brother to apologize to him. Sadly, he couldn't find him at all. He went into his room, the floor now clean from glass, and then he saw a vase that looked exactly like Kaoru's with the same flowers back in it and a note. He went over and he picked up the note.

To Kenshin,

I'm sorry that it broke. I found another vase that's the exact same one as the broken one. It cost me $200, but if u don't hate me anymore it was all worth it.

I won't bother u if u don't want 2 talk 2 me anymore.

Kenshin felt bad and then he sat down on his bed and he thought as he ran his fingers through his hair. He pulled out his cell phone and he began to write to Soujiro since he wasn't in the house. Once he was done, he got up and he grabbed his jacket before he left the house again.
Shinji heard knocking on the door and he yawned from his nap on the couch with Yahiko. His blue eyes were drowsy and once he saw Aoshi walk to the door with Misao on his back, he smirked and he rubbed Yahiko's back softly before he fell back asleep.

"Hey Kenshin. Wassup?"

"Chillin. I got bored and this is the first house I saw when I was driving." Misao giggled and then she showed herself before Kenshin let out a laugh.

"Come inside. Tommy, Genia, Shuichi and Michael are in the kitchen with us. You hungry?"

"Yeah." Kenshin stepped in and shut the door before he walked down a few meters and saw Shinji slipping on the couch with Yahiko. Shinji opened a blue eye and then he gave Kenshin the finger before closing his eyes.

"Nice to see you too asshole." Kenshin said it as a joke and Shinji just gave a smile before Kenshin went into the kitchen. He sat down with the others before they just began to daydream and think. Aoshi turned on the television that they had brought down and hooked up real good before he turned it on the Japanese channel. They had Japanese radio channels through a satellite hacker a.k.a. Shuichi.

"What the hell?"

"Nani?" Kenshin asked before he got up and went over. Tommy sighed and he got prepared to try and understand. He was learning Japanese, but he wasn't even halfway through yet since he had to keep stopping.

"Kaoru's partner, Raine, is talking about her new song coming out."

"What! How? She's in the hospital!"

"I don't know. But look." Kenshin went and he jumped in Tommy's lap before he leaned against the counter with a smirk as the gold-eyed teen glared. They looked on and then they heard the song begin to play. They all instantly fell in love with the song.

"What is this song called?" Kenshin asked, but Tommy put a finger to his lips as he was interested in it. Once it was over, Aoshi picked up the phone and called the radio station (A/N: That's gonna cost him a lot of money).

"Hey this is Aoshi. Um… wasn't she suppose to say something two weeks from now?"

"Hai. Her manager didn't even give us a reason. He just put her over here ready to speak. It's weird to us too."

"Oh." He hung up the phone and turned off the television before he turned to their arched eyebrows.

"What? I hung out with them when I was in Japan for summer break last year." Aoshi then rolled his eyes and he gave them the finger. They laughed softly at him before he pulled out an album.

"Look at this picture of Kao, Kenshin. I just found this album under her bed the other day." Kenshin went over and he sat down on the chair before he widened his eyes in shock.

"She has a tattoo! When did she get that shit!"

"It's a shock to me too. But it's not temporary. Too much details to just wash off." Kenshin then leaned down and he squinted to see.

"It's not even in Japanese. This shit's in Latin." Aoshi blinked and looked down before he saw Kenshin was right.

"What the hell is going on with that girl? She is just full of layers and secrets." Kenshin sighed before he spoke while staring out the window with a frown, his violet eyes unhappy.

"I swear the day we figure her out is the day we all see death and step on his doorstep for coffee."

Shinji sat in the hospital holding Kaoru's hand as he hummed softly and he sat by her side. Even though she wasn't awake, Shinji would always love her company. Her small cuts were healing from how she fell, but overall it still wasn't good because her bullet wound wasn't healing too well. They had to keep close eyes on it in order for it not to get an infection. Shinji kissed her hand before he felt her hand tighten on his and let go.

"You still got it baby. You still got it." He smiled softly at her before the doctor came into the room holding a sheet of paper and a pen. His look was one of the most confused looks Shinji had ever seen on his face.

"Doctor? Is there something wrong?" The doctor just scratched his head and handed the paper in his hands over to her. Shinji arched his eyebrow as he was reading the Japanese words aloud and then translating them once he was done.

"This is pretty good. You wrote this doc?"

"No-Hell no! I'm no fag." the two shared a soft laugh before he scratched his head again and pointed to Kaoru.

"She wrote this. The nurse saw her hand moving franticly, so she put a pen and paper in her hand with a book. Kaoru just started writing and that was it."

"Damn… My baby is genius! She even got the notes!" Kaoru was oblivious to what was going on around her as she kept breathing in and out. Her black hair was on her pillow and her bangs were being blown everytime she breathed since she was dreaming.

"My smart baby. It's a shame you're laying here." The doctor then sighed.

"Even though she is asleep, her mind is still moving at a rapid speed. She keeps thinking and moving. We had looked at her brain waves, and it just kept moving faster and faster until it went back down."

The doctor smiled softly before he went over to her and put his hand on her forehead. Kaoru's eyes shut tighter for a moment, but then it returned to its peaceful state.

"I can tell she doesn't like when I do this. She doesn't recognize my hand. See with Kaoru, she's thinking as we're sitting here right now and even as we're speaking, she's listening to us and she's thinking of what we're talking. She is one of the most amazing concussion patients we have here. Better than Aoshi by far."

"Well since she is, let's try something."

Shinji opened his coat pocket and he pulled out a notebook. He put the notebook down for Kaoru and then he gave her a pen. The teachers at school had given him tons of papers for her to do once she was awake, so he figured if she could write and listen to what they were saying, maybe she could do the work while she was asleep.

"What are you up to Shinji?" Shinji put a finger to his mouth before he un- folded a sheet of paper and he began to read one of the math problems to her.

He said it very slowly, and then he said it at a regular pace. The doctor blinked and then a gasp escaped from both his mouth and Shinji's as Kaoru's hands began to move. Once she was done, Shinji looked at the paper as the pencil fell limp. He was shocked as he saw the equations and the numbers and the words.

"It's… it's correct. It's correct!" Shinji got up and went over to the doctor before jumping up and down with him. The doctor had a surprised smile on his face as Shinji sang softly and jumped with him.

"Do you know what this means? Kaoru has surpassed her level of comprehension. She can do things without actually seeing what it is! Kaoru is one of the smartest children in the city! What child do you know can do a college equation in their sleep!"

The next day Aoshi, Genia, Jacob, Kenshin, Misao, and Tommy all sat there in disbelief as Kaoru's hands moved across the paper. Shinji had a proud smile on his face as Kaoru dropped the pencil. Kenshin took the paper and red it.

"Holy s-it's all correct!" Aoshi took it and then he said the same thing in a quieter voice.

"Wow." Aoshi then smirked and put the paper.

"Who's your favorite sibling?" Kaoru wrote something and then Aoshi read it.

'I won't say'

"She's good." Aoshi said before they left Kaoru alone. The doctor thought it would be better to let her rest more peaceful. They left the hospital room and Kenshin looked back to see Kaoru have a pained expression. He didn't trust that look, so he decided to stay behind. The doctor watched as he leaned against the wall and looked over Kaoru. His eyes were gold and as they closed, the doctor knew that he would attack anybody.

Inside Kaoru's mind, she was having a mental battle with herself.

Shivering and holding herself, the middle Kamiya child walked through the dark. It was cold, it was scary, and she could hear many voices calling out to her and telling her to stop. She didn't know what was going on at all, and it scared her to death as somebody screamed for her to turn around. At that exact moment, a light came shining so bright that it blinded her. Once her vision adjusted to it, she saw a person smiling brightly at her, hand stretched out.

"Come with me. I'll keep you safe." The light blue eyes stared up at the person and were tempted to go with the person who called out to her. She walked forward to him, ignoring all the cries around her to stop. She was close… so close it hurt...

Kenshin screamed out to the doctors and Shinji ran back once he heard it as the heart monitor began to speed up and move faster and faster. The doctors entered the room as Kenshin tried to wake Kaoru up before it got faster.

"Step back Kenshin!" Shinji pulled him back and held him against the wall as he reached for the door. They blocked his vision as they tried to see the problem and make her heart beat go down. They put oxygen on her mouth as it got slower, and then went faster again.

"Don't lose hope girl. You've come this far dammit!"

"Get out of here Kaoru! Turn and run back! Don't ever touch hi hand!" Kaoru turned her head to see her mother grab the hand and push it back. She was confused as her mother turned around ready to fight for her.

"…Mom?"

"Run away from here Kaoru. It's not your time to die yet. It's not even close." Kaoru didn't understand what her mother was talking about as her legs froze up. Kaoru let out a gasp as she saw the hand turn into something ugly. The body came into view and she was horrified as it was the most ugliest demon she had ever seen. It had horns, sharp teeth, a long snout; the whole package was set into this monster.

"FOLLOW ME KAORU!" the demon laughed.

"FOLLOW ME TO HELL!"

"She's giving up! Don't give up Kaoru! Don't give up!" Kaoru's heart was beeping faster and faster and soon it began to go so fast, they feared that she would die. Kenshin watched in horror as his worst nightmares were coming to life. Shinji's heart began to race and Kenshin could feel it as the others came back.

"Don't die girl!"

"What is that!"

"This isn't for god! This is for hell, Kaoru. If you were to touch his hand you were going to be sent to the pits of hell." Kaoru was scared as the beast tried to push her mother forward. Pushing it back, Annalise bought some time as she held him back and turned around to face him.

"RUN! RUN FAR AWAY FROM HERE AND DON'T TURN BACK! KEEP YOURS HANDS CLENCHED TIGHT AND DON'T EVER LOOK BACK! PROMISE ME!"

"I-I promise!" Annalise grit her teeth as he pushed her. She pushed back and then she let out a scream.

"GO!" Kaoru's legs unfroze themselves and she turned around and began to run. She could hear the fighting behind her and she could hear the voices tell her to don't ever stop and look back. Kaoru felt tears run down her face as she kept on running. Her mother was thrown aside and the vibration from it made the blue-eyed child trip and fall. She winced in pain and then she turned around to see it coming straight for her. She let out a blood-curdling scream as it opened its mouth wide.

Kaoru's heart monitor went into a straight line and Kenshin let out a scream as Shinji let go in shock. Jacob and Tommy grabbed him and held him as he was ready to run in. They pulled over the defibrillator and they turned it on quickly before tearing the hospital gown. Kenshin kept on screaming out and Jacob silenced him by putting his hands over his mouth tight.

"One-two-three go!" as they pressed it down onto her body, her chest jumped slightly and went back down. The doctor was worried. Shinji was still in shock and as he felt dizzy and passed out, Aoshi and Shuichi caught him before he could fall and hurt himself. They sat him down on the floor and fanned him before they went back to worrying.

"Come on Kaoru! You can do this!"

"You can do this! Come on Kao! Wake up!" she opened her eyes to see ruby-brown ones staring down at her. She had been attacked and her guess was the person above her saved her. Her vision cleared up to see her mother standing over her, a small smile on her face as blood was on her cheek. She was helped up and then her mother dusted her off.

"Whoo! Thought I lost you for a minute! You had me scared baby!" Kaoru was confused as her mother sighed and pulled her hair back.

"Why did you do all this mom? This is going out of your way. Maybe it would be better for everybody if I was gone. No more problems." Kaoru began to get depressed and slightly vanish. Her mother then sighed and did the only thing she could do. She smacked her.

"OUCH! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR!" another smack was thrown at Kaoru and she held her cheek as she was about to cry.

"Don't you ever say that! If you die, you're leaving everybody behind! Michael will kill himself! Your father will go into the saddest depression I have ever seen! And that man of yours will end up hanging himself as well!"

Kaoru looked down and the tears fell like crystals as her mother sighed and pulled her into a tight embrace.

"Remember this Kaoru. You are needed in this world to make the lives of the people around you better. You are their light. You are what makes some of them want to get up and move. You are the key to many things. If you die now, most of these people will head straight for hell." Her mother let go and then Kaoru wiped her tears as she sniffed.

"I didn't want to hurt you, but it was necessary. Now go. Go and I don't want to see you in this predicament for the next two years. Understand me?" Kaoru nodded before her mother kissed her like a mother would.

"Oh yeah. Tell the family I said I love them and I miss them being around me. And tell your father I said to stop fuckin flirtin' or I'm coming to give him a visit." Kaoru gave a soft smirk and nodded to her mother's devilish smile. She then turned her around and pushed her forward.

"Run like the wind girl. Run and always remember who loves you the most." Kaoru took off running and her mother had to smile and close her eyes as she faded into the dark, completely vanishing from sight. Tears spilled down Kaoru's cheeks as she kept running and never looking back. She was afraid that if she looked back, she would stay there forever.

"I'll keep going. For daddy, for Kenshin, for Michael, for the others." she sniffed and jumped over something bright and red.

"And especially for you."

The doctors looked at each other sadly as there was nothing more that they could do. Shinji woke up and he froze up as he began to scream into the air and cry out in agony. Kenshin bit Jacob and he let go from the pain of it. Once he did, he broke out of their hold and ran past the doctors to his one and only love. He climbed on top of the bed and then he put his head to her heart. It really wasn't moving at all. His tears spilled freely as he put his hand on her cheek and he cried.

"Kaoru… please come back to us. Come back to me. We need you so much." He let out a sob into her neck before he looked back up at her.

"You're leaving behind so many people who love you. So many opportunities are being thrown away if you leave this world before your time. You're needed too much Kao. What's going to happen to everybody you made smile? All the true friends you have? All the family who loves you? I know things aren't going your way, but they'll turn around. I promise." His tears flowed faster as he wiped them and looked at her face that was turning pale.

"You're the best thing that's ever happened to me since my mother was alive. You've made me so happy. I've given up my old lifestyle just to be around you and love you. I've given you everything I have. Please don't die." He sniffed and let out a cry

"I'll give you my heart and soul! Forever it will be yours! Just come back to me! Please! Don't leave me here alone!" Kenshin wiped his tears before he looked down at her. His tears hit her chest and he wiped them once more before he brought his lips down and placed them on Kaoru's softly. The doctors looked on sadly with the others as everybody shed some kind of tears.

"I've lost my baby! I've lost the pride of my life! Why lord! WHY!" Kenshin pulled his lips away and then he just put his face into her shoulder as he began to cry softly.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-beep….beep….beep….

Kenshin widened his eyes like everybody else did once they heard the heart beat on the monitor. It was coming back to normal, but Kenshin wasn't sure that she was truly back. He did the only thing that he knew would make him certain that Kaoru was going to make it. He sang.

"Itsuka musubareruyori…
Konya ichijikan aitai
Nani Mo tsunagenaide…"

"Otona butteta… No wa… dare." Kenshin sighed in relief and he removed the hair from Kaoru's forehead before kissing it gently. He saw her eyes shut tight before they slowly began to open. Kenshin was amazed at the light blue. It was almost white at the moment, and as the color began to return, a smile came to his lips.

"Get off..." Kenshin got off of her apologizing and then he looked at her as she blinked and looked around. Once she saw she was back at the hospital, her eyes began to water up with tears. Shinji got up and he passed them and Kenshin backed up as Kaoru said 'I made it back home…'

"Kao…" Shinji pulled her close to him and Kaoru became alarmed. Once she recognized the cologne, she began to cry harder and hold him close to her.

"Daddy… I saw mommy. She saved me again." Shinji ran his fingers through her hair as she kept on crying into his arms. The others had to sigh and smile as they were happy Kaoru was still alive. Kenshin let out a breath of relief and then he began to walk out of the room.

"Wait!" Kenshin turned around to see Kaoru calling out to him.

"What made you keep reaching out to me Kenshin? What made you keep going?" Kenshin turned his body a little bit and he gave a soft smile before he spoke. Kaoru understood the words perfectly when the others couldn't.

"Meus diligo subsisto mihi ex tabellae vado." Kaoru felt more tears come and she reached out to Kenshin before he went to her and pulled her close to his chest. She could hear his heartbeat as the doctors began to write things down and leave the room.

Kaoru lay in the hospital bed as the lights were turned off and she was left in the dark. She raised one of her arms in pain since it was frozen and she began to stretch it. Once she did that, she went to her other arm. Her light blue eyes were tired as she still needed sleep. She looked over to see a giant card and then she winced and she stuck the tip of her tongue out the corner of her mouth as she reached for it. Once she grabbed it, she got a paper cut.

"Ouch!" she pulled the paper quickly and then she put her middle finger into her mouth. She opened the card and then she began to read everything that her friends wrote for her. A smile graced her lips as she read Kenshin's comment. For some reason, his was special and she read it over and over again to stitch it into her mind.

Ever since the day I met you, I knew that you would forever change the way I thought, the way I acted, and the way I looked at myself. You've changed so many bad things about me and you've accepted the fact that I have broken parts about me. Everytime I've hurt you or made you upset, you still have been able to forgive me and love me for what I am. I love you so much and I hope that you truly get better so that we both can smile and hug each other again. My dad told me "There's something special about Kaoru, boy." And honestly… I think he's right.

Love always and forever more,

Kenshin Himura a.k.a. You're ordinary boy.

"My ordinary boy… my ordinary boy…" Kaoru giggled and then she leaned her head back as she got drowsy. Before she fell asleep, she smiled as she thought about Kenshin's silly actions.

"He's my ordinary boy alright." She gave a soft laugh and then she closed her eyes.

"My ordinary, yet special Kenshin."

R.S.: Well everybody! This is finally finished and the last chapter is going to be the final chapter. I hope you guys have loved this story as much as I have loved to write it.

T-T I don't want to stop this story, but I have to! T-T