Authors note: ok now we are back to kirara's view point. Now what could be going on in the former water priestess's head at this point hmm? Kambei is back and so are the others will she be happy to know she gets a brake for a bit? Read and find out.

KIRARA'S POV

Chapter 4: Mine.

Was Komachi really back? Or was it just a dream brought on by the fever? I couldn't tell… not when I saw him… what on earth was he doing here? Or was he really even here to being with? This was more of a nightmare then a peaceful and hopeful dream… to have him see me like this… to have him know the crimes I have made and the live I have taken… I couldn't bear to have him know anything.

To have him know that I had broken my promise…

"sister… sister?" the gentle voice was slowly bring me back… but who did it belong to? My eyes felt like led my lips felt as though they would break apart from the dryness it worn.

"Lady Kirara…" another voice? It seemed to be… this one male. Slowly eyes that felt as though they were not mine opened… I didn't want them to open, fear wanted them closed for all eternity. Fear wanted nothing to do with what I might see, the faces they will see… his face. But they opened anyways, against their own will.

"SISTER YOUR UP!" those eyes saw a young girl… but who was she? These eyes could not tell.

A voice that was not mine spoke… the voice was weak, and it came from dry lips that moved… I could feel them move… but it was not my desire to have them move or even say a word. "k-koma-chi…"

"AHA!" she smiled and called over others… and these eyes wanted to badly to close. But they stayed open, not wanting to listen to the voice that screamed to them in my head. If these eyes were mine they cry, tears shed from every angle, never stopping. These dry lips would beg for the life of water. This body would run! Run from all of this and hide in the darkest of place not wanting to be found.

"is she alright?" and there he was… the one fear wanted nothing to do with… but the one this body yearns for.

"oh sister will be find as long as she rest." Sister? Even after everything I am still given that name? ha… so like her. After all wasn't I a monster not but a few days ago? How I miss the carelessness of youth.

"lady Kirara the samurai are back!" Rikichi hovered of my body, he wore a smile on his face.

"isn't this great?" Sanea came around holding the hand of her son. "now we have nothing to fear and you can rest even more."

"please don't worry we will stay and fight just as we did with the Nobuseri!" those eyes looked up and saw one of the 7 samurai… Katsushiro, always so argent!

"HECK YEAH THIS TIME I'LL BE SURE NOT TO FALL INTO PIECES!" clumsy and always loud, yet funny Kiku.

Somehow I found myself getting annoyed…

"so please take all the time you need and re-" I stopped Rikichi… I was not about to be told to rest and leave everything to the 7.

"REST!?" Rikichi stepped back as I used the very little power I had to push this body from its place on the bed. "ARE YOU ALL IDIOTS!?" fury and rage… this was more like… this body was mine again. "DON'T THINK FOR ONE SECOND WE ARE SAFE!" everyone who sat or stand in my hut flinched… I wasn't even looking at them and yet with my eyes, which were still locked to the floor, could see that they were surprised. What? Were they waiting for a gentle woman to speak to them? What nonsense.

"sister?" and to my side Komachi was ready to go into tears again. Did I really scare her this much?

"why are they here?" with a stern voice and cold eyes I looked over at my younger 'sister'… or Komachi… seeing as by now I was a monster again. "well?"

"I-I…" I could see her shake.

"enough." And there he was… Shimada Kambei. "she wanted to help this village… just as you did." Placing me into this? How cliché, to go that low.

With all the power I had, which by now was none. I was moving on will alone. Kambei stood where he was as he watched my every move. Weakened legs walked with strong steps. Weary eyes looked at him with pure energy. And limp arms reached for him and with a mighty grip, graded a good amount of his clothing, almost wanting to lift him from the floor. Even as we ever face to face. A lost gentle voice, nearly yelled, but contained, an ever so slightly whispered one word held a thousand emotions.

"LEAVE."

Bet you didn't see that coming did you? ;D. Well there you have it chapter four. Now the is heat up! What will Kambei do now?! Will he leave? I guess you have to find out in chapter 5. Keep reading and please review even though I don't care for it… I just think I would be nice… but then the thought of wanting to review is nice to. But please review and help me out here a bit ^^'