R.S.: Nothing much to say. Just to R&R and help me out. I really would love reviews, ya know? Oh, and I'm love struck wit da boy from down da lane. Lol.

As I point this gun to my head I think… I think…

About everything that's gone so wrong

It's fading, it's falling,

It's sinker deeper into the dark

Won't somebody pull the trigger for me? …

-My Heart in the Darkness by: Rampaging Sorrow

Who'll raise you to heaven and drop you to hell

By: Rampaging Sorrow

Chapter Five: I'm about to pull a stunt that will rock your world

"Daaaammmnn! Look at this little white girl right here! She can move that body oooweee! What's her name again?"

"That's Kaoru! She's the newbie here!"

Liking the attention she was getting, Kaoru danced her body to the songs playing and she got the rights to do what she wanted by her fellow peers in her boot-camp. It was Friday night and that was the night that they all got to come together and have fun with the music that was left behind by the General who went out to have fun himself.

"Look at that body move! She's like water! How do you feel, Lien!"

"I… Like a million dollars, Kev!"

"Hold onto her, buddy! She's a good one!"

Kaoru smirked as she had her fingers enlaced into the Chinese-American boy's hand and she danced into him sexually against the wall in the dark room. She could tell he was enjoying it just by the way he gave a smile to his other friend Kevin who was cheering him on.

She didn't feel anything for him, she didn't think he was godly hot, and she sure as hell didn't want to fuck with him. She just liked the way he was standing there and wanted to take advantage of the moment and give him a good time.

"Look at this! If the General comes back and sees this, he'll go nuts."

Kaoru let him go and she pressed a kiss to his cheek before she began to just move her body and give a show to everybody who was around her. Lein had moved to watch as she slid her hands through her hair and down her body as she moved like an eel into the touch, a sexy smile on her face as she knew the guys wanted her. She walked up to her next dancing victim and as she grabbed a hand without caring, the guys cheered as the Kamiya began to dance.

"Look at Luisa's face! She's shocked!"

"Hey! What's going on in here!"

Kaoru let go quickly and she turned around as she began to dance solo again and let them all watch her. The general quickly strode into the room and as Kaoru shook her hips left to right to the fast club music, even he had to watch her break out of her quiet shell during the days and into the party animal of the night.

"Damn… she's good."

"See, General Calloway? Kaoru's not so good after all."

Kaoru saw him watching her and as the others were just bouncing to the beat, she arched her eyebrow at him and made a motion asking to dance with him. His blue eyes were amused and he put hand out to her. Once she went over and took it, the other trainers and boot-camp inmates watched as the leader and the new girl got down and dirty in their dancing.

"You're pretty good." She said to him through breaths and he just smirked to her and said 'you as well' before he spun her around and let her put her arm around his neck as he held her waist and the two grinded against each other.

"The General's good… look at em' together."

"I know… It's so weird, but so cool."

Kaoru told him to stand at the wall and as he stood there and he let his stern face go down, Kaoru only wished that she had a camera to record and send for home. She went over to him and as she put her hand on the wall and the others on her head, she began to move her body in robotic movements as she grinded into him and pulled away.

He grabbed her wrist and the others soon knew the attraction between the two was mutual as she bit her lip innocently and she put her hand in his as he danced with her and gave a show.

"Tomorrow, you don't have any work to do, alright? This is your little payment for it."

"Fine with me, Allen. I wasn't gonna do it anyway." He laughed as she pressed a kiss to his cheek.

"You're one tough girl, Kaoru. I don't know if I'll ever tame you."

"You won't." she said with a slick smile and the dancing continued as everybody was told to just have fun and do what they want. Kaoru laughed and she gave a pretty smile as she flipped her hair from her eyes and she put one hand on the one that was on her waist, her head soon leaning back against his shoulder as she relaxed into the music.

"Kaoru's here! Look! There goes her car!"

As Misao bounced up and down with Sanosuke, Aoshi sat calmly and he looked at the famous girl's car roll up into the driveway and park all together. The two bouncing ran outside and Aoshi simply walked out calmly with Genia's arm locked in his as they went for the 'sexy hook-up' look for the day. It was a simple joke between them when he was home, but it was an inside joke since most people forgot sometimes they were family.

Kaoru got out the car and she smiled and waved as she pulled her backpack onto her shoulder and she shut the car door and locked it. Sanosuke was first to go to her and as he picked her up and spun her around, she laughed and hugged him as he put his arms around her and kissed her cheek in a brotherly manner.

"Welcome home, missy! How was the camp for you?"

"It was… interesting, in my opinion. We worked to death, but we still had fun."

"I see. Did you learn anything from it?"

"Yeah… Generals are hot." Sanosuke and the others sighed before Kaoru laughed and she told them what she really learned. It took her a good minute to make it all up in her head and as they were satisfied, they gave Kaoru proper greetings. Once she got into the house, she noticed one person was gone that was usually there.

"Where's Kenshin?" she looked around again before Aoshi spoke.

"He's all the way across the country right now with his father. Something about family matters. I don't know, but it seemed serious because when he left he was on the verge of tears. And that takes a lot unless it's for you."

"Oh… where's my cell phone?"

"Hello?"

"Hey baby, it's Kaoru. I just got home about an hour ago. Sorry for not calling as soon as I got in."

Kaoru sat in her bedroom as she moved her foot left to right softly and she held the phone on her ear with her hand. She had called Kenshin after she really thought about what Aoshi had said and because she really cared she wanted to know what was going on.

"Oh, no it's alright baby. I missed you a lot. How did it go?"

"It was good for me. I really calmed down in there. I don't think I'll be going wild for a while. They drilled something into my head and it keeps popping up. They gave me a test and wanted to see if I'd take the ecstasy that was lying there, but I didn't take it. Not that I like it anyway, but you get it, right?"

"I do and that's really good, Kaoru. I don't want you getting sick to the point where they hospitalize you for anything. It'd break my heart to come back and find that out… Have you spoken to Michael and that brat?"

"His name is Tytto, and they're fine." Kaoru giggled softly and she put a hand to her mouth as a sneeze came up.

"Kami ha sanbi suru."

"Thank you." She said as she rubbed her nose and then she let out a sigh before she flipped her ponytail from over her shoulder.

"So, what's going on with you? Aoshi told me that you were about to cry when you left. Everything alright now, or is it something else?"

Kaoru waited as Kenshin didn't speak for a few moments. She could tell he was trying to figure out what to say, but couldn't think of it. Once he got the words together, she heard his voice speak again.

"My mother's brother got shot a few nights ago and it hit him in a critical spot. We came over here because he's in the hospital and nobody's watching his four children since his wife and him are divorced. We don't know what to do because the hospital said that he might not be able to ever walk again. That's how critical this shit is and he refuses to have his legs not moving.

I'm so scared. He's my second father, ya know? And if he dies, I don't know what's going to happen to his kids. They're good kids and they're never doing anything wrong. I don't want them to loose him because he's all that they have left. Their mother wants no part of them and it's going to be hard for them to be in the world knowing that 'daddy' is gone."

"Kenshin…" Kaoru heard him sniff and she told him it was going to be okay as she folded her legs on her bed and she listened to him speak.

"I swear on my life I will take care of those kids myself. I'll bring them here and raise them because he took care of us when my mother wasn't doing well and my father was in jail. He raised us for two years and no matter how much he tells me I don't have to repay him, I swear I will by taking his kids and making them become something. They can't rot away with their mother. It's just… it's just not right!"

Kaoru heard his voice shaking and she told him to calm down. She waited a while and as she put it on speaker phone, she grabbed a guitar and she began to strum at it with a cheerful tune. She heard Kenshin chuckle softly after a few minutes and then she put it down, happy that she made him feel better.

"Guess what, Kenshin?"

"What? You're pregnant with my kid? If so, then I already knew this."

"You're such a perv!" the two began to laugh before she let out a soft sigh.

"But seriously, I got this part to dance in this song. It's called The Way by Daniel Bedingfield. It's not a big part, but it's still dancing in it and I really want to! Can I do it?"

"Sure! I love this music. He made one of my favorite songs. The one that I always sent to you with my messages. You know the one I'm talking about, ne?"

"Hai. If you're not the one."

"Bingo… I gotta go, Kao. Love you lots, bu-bye!"

Kaoru arched her eyebrow at the phone and then she just shut it and she turned on her CD player. She put on the song she was supposed to dance for and she got up and she did a small stretch. Once she got ready, she began to dance to the way she felt was right for the song. After all, they trusted her to help and make it right.

Kaoru didn't do any moves or tricks, and she didn't dance like some wild teen who loved to shake her ass. None of that was needed for the song. She simply… moved her body and swaying to the beat with a new found energy. Her door opened, but she never noticed as a pair of light green eyes came to focus on her with a blonde arched eyebrow.

"Kao? Why are you dancing like that?" Kaoru jumped and turned around to see her sister Genia staring at her with an arched eyebrow before she told her to come in and she continued to sway her body. Genia walked over and she sat down on the bed before tying her ribbon tighter around her hair. She looked at her black-haired sibling before she raised her hand. Kaoru gave her a high-five and the two laughed before Kaoru stopped to explain.

"I'm dancing in this music video and there's no need for moves and stuff. It's that type of song where you just move your body and try not to do fancy things."

"Oooo… so you mean you just want to dance like this?"

Genia got up and she pulled her ribbon from her hair as Kaoru ran her fingers through her hair and kept swaying from left to right. Genia began to do the same and soon the two sisters were dancing the same and complimenting each other on the way they moved.

"Tara! Tara, come here!"

Kaoru smiled softly as her sister came into the room in a short skirt and a tank top. They all were dressed similar and they thought it was cool as Tara took off her shoes and her sisters began to tell her to dance as they moved and laughed amongst each other. Kaoru began to move slow as the song started over and then she moved fast as it picked up pace with the drums.

"Come on, Tara! It's fun! We'll teach you if you can't do it."

Tara got up and she flipped her ponytail back with a single head movement before Kaoru let her hair loose and pulled it from her face. She and Genia began to make her move her hips and soon Tara got the basics done before they taught her how to use all her body.

"Have rhythm with it, Tara. Have rhythm. Look at Kaoru. She's doing it without even realizing it."

Kaoru was in her closet picking out an outfit and her body was still moving softly after she tried to stop. She came back out and once Tara caught it, they cheered and gave her a hug.

"What's going on up there?" Aoshi asked in a deep voice, but he then smirked as he knew they wouldn't buy his 'father' voice. He walked up the steps and he heard the song that had been playing in his car earlier inside Kaoru's room.

"I love this song." He opened Kaoru's door and a soft smile came up on his lips as he saw the three sisters in age-order dancing. He let himself inside and as they jumped to face him, he began to sway his hips the same time and make them cheer him on.

"See, Tara? Aoshi can do it perfectly and he just got in here. We had to teach the blonde, Aosh. She has none of mommy's skills."

"Shut up, Genia." Tara laughed and they all joined in before they began to dance again. Shuichi and Yahiko were the last ones to enter the Kamiya's bedroom and it was a family event. They all were just up there laughing and dancing to the repeating song as Kaoru figured out what to do and held Yahiko's hands as she danced on her knees.

"What's going on in here?" they turned to see their father step in and they just smiled and said, 'family dancing!' before Shinji got a big smile.

"Word up! I got a few moves."

"NO moves. Just dancing." Shinji nodded and Tara soon pouted and stomped her foot down as the three men of the house began to dance the same way.

"No fair! Even daddy caught it fast than me! And he's an old guy!"

After laughing, Kaoru finally changed the song that she had just made. Shinji liked it instantly as he started to dance to it with all his kids.

"This is nice, Kaoru. When'd you do this?"

"In Japan before I went back for school again. You think its good?" they nodded to her before they began to dance.

"Watch me. I want to show you this." They stopped and looked at Yahiko as he stood next to Kaoru and then moved over a few steps.

"Ready, baby?" Yahiko nodded before the two began to dance. Shinji opened his eyes as they looked at Yahiko's rhythm and his movements. For his age, they were perfect. As the others got tired of watching and joined in, Kaoru got a text message and was told by the vibration on her phone.

She looked down as she opened her phone up and she stopped dancing as they began to get bored and depart away to do what they were going to do. Yahiko followed Tara and waved at her as she turned the music off and gave a smile to him. She sat down on her bed and as she shielded it from the light, she got a better look.

Come down to the supermarket. We have something to tell you and this is HUGE. It may cost you your life, sexy girl. Hurry up and be here in twenty minutes.

This is urgent.

-Michael & Tytto.

Kaoru frowned softly before she got up and she pulled on a hoodie that came above her stomach. She pulled her hair up into a mid-way ponytail, something she hadn't done in a few days, and she brushed her bangs before glossing her lips. As she grabbed her wallet and her keys, she turned off the lights and she left her room. She went down the steps and she stopped at the bottom.

"Daddy, I'm going to the supermarket to grab some cheesecake! You want anything!"

"No! Wait a minute though; Genia needs some things!" Kaoru waited and as her father appeared, he had a soft loving smile on his face as he handed her a small list and a pen.

"How was the boot-camp for you? I hope you don't hate me for it." Kaoru shook her head and then she spoke.

"It was good for me. They taught me a lot of things in there and I'm calming down. I'm not going to do anything bad for a long time, so I guess I'm sober now!" Kaoru gave a smile and as she saw something sticking out of her father's hair, she picked it out and she flicked her wrist as she let it go.

"I'll be back with some things for dinner, kay? I wanna cook tonight." Kaoru went to the door and then her father called her again. She turned around with an arched eyebrow and then she smiled at his sentence.

"I see that you really have changed, Kaoru… that's good for my heart."

"… I'm happy as long as you're not mad at me anymore."

Kaoru gave another smile before she shut the door and she went to her car. As she sat inside, her smile faded and she frowned as she started it up and reversed out. She felt guilty and sad because she was still doing what she had to do and she was lying to her father. The one person who understands her and knows what to do.

"I'm so sorry daddy… But I promise when this is done with I'll be good from then on."

"You're going to be amazing, Kaoru. Don't you care what you're about to do?"

"No, because I still don't understand. Tytto, you went a hundred words a second and I lost you after you said "Idea." What are we doing again?"

Michael and Tytto sighed as they sat outside the supermarket by Kaoru's car, Kaoru holding grocery bags from just being in the store and shopping. The two boys were eating cupcakes and cake with soda since they were hungry. Kaoru was currently munching on a piece of cake as well and as she licked frosting off Michael's finger, he pressed a kiss to her lips gently and she smiled.

"I really gotta get used to this." Tytto whined and Kaoru laughed before giving him a soft peck as well. Tytto gave her a playful glare as she turned up the radio and she started to sway to the beat.

"We're just really close family, Tytto. We've grown up together and he's been through everything with me. You'll understand later on."

"Whatever." The two laughed as he rolled his eyes and then Kaoru asked them to explain it to her again. Tytto was about to speak, but Michael shoved a brownie cupcake into his mouth and spoke.

"Allusius called us while you were away, Kaoru. He said that this is probably going to be the second thing before the big finale of our tricks. What he needs you to do… is die."

"But not in real life!" Tytto added once he saw shock and fear go right over Kaoru's face.

"Then what do you mean 'I need to die'?"

"You're going to seem as if you are dead. Look." Michael pulled out his sidekick and he opened the most recent message that Kaoru's ex had sent him.

"Just read this and then you'll understand, okay? Tytto, come with me to go buy three more sodas."

"Alrighty. I wanna go talk to that sexy lady up there again, anyway."

As the two got up and left, Kaoru put the things in the back seat and she blew the hair from her eyes so she could see. She looked down at the long message and she then sighed and made her mind mentally ready for whatever was going to be said. Once that was done, she began to read the "urgent" thing from Allusius.

-Michael Kamiya-

This is very important and this MUST BE DONE. There can be no exceptions, no reasons for not doing it, no sources of fear when this is done. There is a big drug bust going around and I've had to sell everything that I've had to everybody ALL OVER AGAIN. I have nothing left, and the quicker you do this for me, the quicker you give me all that you have and the quicker you get out before you get caught.

This is going to include you, Tytto, and my wife. That's right, she's MY wife, so fuck off if you have a problem with this. Anyways, you three are going to pull a stunt that is going to send this drug ring on the fritz. By the time to get this message, that night you are going to be sent a bottle of a benumbing potion.

When I say benumbing, I mean it's going to completely freeze you. For example… me. I have taken this and as soon as I drank it, I went into a deep sleep. For three days it appeared that I was dead and I lay in my bed. It slows everything down. Your blood, your lungs, your heart… everything will be completely.

You must be wondering what I am telling you this for. The reason is… we're going to let Kaoru drink it. We need the little vixen to drink this because as soon as she does, world will go over here and they will call onto me to come over there to do some things for you guys.

Kaoru must do this and she must be willing. Don't slip it into her drink and don't try to force her. Talk to her and tell her that it's important. If she does do it, for the next three days Kaoru will be… well, as you will see, dead.

Her skin will pale way more than usual, she will be cold, and her heart beat will be so slow that it seems like it's not even there anymore. She will be oblivious to what is going on and as you pretend to mourn over her body, transactions will be made and more things will be done as I try to come to you guys for the drugs.

I won't pick it up and take it back. Instead, I will finish selling it myself and after that I will be sent back. Once this is done, you all will be put into a meet. The kind of meet is with sports and the sport is track. During this, all the high schools for the countries that have entered will be competing for the title.

Italy, Japan, China, South Africa, USA, Canada, Jamaica, Germany, France, and Greece will be competing. These are by far the biggest in track right now and there might be two more countries coming in. They've been competing forever and they're going to battle now and see who the best is for this year.

Here's the catch to that… you guys are going to be with a Japanese team that's in America as we speak. The team is of eight people are you guys are going to represent Japan to the fullest. I want all Japanese speaking, no association with Americans at the meet, and when you see me for Italy, run your hardest.

That is all I have to say for now and I won't be txting you for a while. Things are going down over here and I'm retreating to France in hiding. Tell Kaoru that I love her very much and that I miss everything about her. Keep her out of trouble or I will come to America to kill you.

-Allusius-

"I… I have to be dead… holy shit."

"I see you've finished reading it. How do you feel about it?"

Kaoru looked up with a small confused frown as the boys were back and they were sitting on their skateboards that they had took out of their car. They rolled back and forth using their feet as Kaoru just kept her hand over her mouth and she thought about it. She began to scan the important parts and as Tytto passed her a Tytto passed her a Yoo-Hoo, she thanked him and she set it down.

"Basically, I have to drink this potion Allusius made and I'm going to be dead three days."

"That means that we're going to have to work with him and move fast when he gets here tomorrow. Too bad you won't see him, Kaoru."

"It's alright, I guess. I'll just wait. But this still is freaking me out… what if I remain dead?"

"You won't, Kaoru. He's done this on different people and the chance of dying is ninety-nine percent to one." Michael smiled as Kaoru sighed and he tussled her hair as she pouted.

"You can do this, Kaoru. It's the biggest thing you'll ever do, but you can do it…. Are you ready?"

"……Yeah."

The two boys sighed and said 'woo-hoo!' before they shook hands and then pulled Kaoru out of the car into their arms. She giggled as they hugged her and planted kisses all over her cheeks like chicken pecks. She laughed after that and as Tytto smiled at her, he spoke.

"You're going to be just like Juliet, Kaoru. Doesn't that make you excited?"

"… Yeah. It does." Kaoru then sighed and she looked up at the sky as her eyes began to turn to a lighter blue.

"I finally get to see how Juliet felt when she was asleep for so long. Thank god I don't have to wake up to a dead Romeo, though."

"Kenshin! Kenshin go downstairs with your laptop! I don't wanna hear that bullshit before I go to sleep!"

"Sorry, dad! Jesus Christ, you're such a girl!"

Kenshin shut his laptop and he went down the steps with it as his father cursed at him again and told him he could suck something vulgar. He sat down in the kitchen and as he hooked it up to the wall, his phone began to ring.

"It must be Kaoru. She did say she was calling me tonight."

He pulled out his phone and then he opened his e-mail account as he heard it ring again. When he looked down, he was surprised that it wasn't her. It was a number that wasn't even from inside the country. The number was all the way from overseas and as Kenshin looked at the information for it… it showed it was from Italy.

"Who the hell could be calling me from there?" Kenshin then decided to answer it, his curiosity getting the better of him as he really wanted to know. Once he answered it, he heard a soft laugh and a few curses. 'Nice way to start the conversation' he thought and then he took the step and he spoke.

"Hello, Kenshin speaking."

"Well well well! I'll be damned, this is the right number!"

"Right number? Who gave you this number?"

"I finally speak to you, Kenshin Himura. The one that had the girl swooning for him and making sure that she contacted him in some way every day. Too bad you didn't do the same for her, though. Find a life when she was gone? Cheat on her? Do something that took up your time? Contacting her should have been all your time. That's what you told her, wasn't it?"

"Who are you?" Kenshin asked; his voice showing signs that he was getting irritated with the person who was talking to him. He heard another deep laugh.

"Me?... Allusius, of course. I'm surprised Kaoru never told you about me."

"Allusius?"

Kenshin's mind began throwing a million ideas at once and as he was silent for a moment, he heard the person on the other line move around and shuffle some things. He swallowed some water from the glass that was there and he finally figured out what to say.

"Kaoru's told me about you. In fact, she's very very happy about you. It seems you two are the best of friends. You're a rock star and you two went to school together. She's made music for you as well, am I correct?"

"Bingo. You hit the nail right on the mark, red-head. She did say you were smart. But anyways, enough of idle chatter. I have something to say to you."

"Oh? And what do you have to say to me? That you want me to take care of Kaoru for you? That you want me to watch over her? What do you have to say to me, Allusius? I don't really want to talk on the phone right now."

"You're a real fucking prick, you know that? You probably do. But that's not important. What I want to say to you is simple… Keep the fuck out of Kaoru's way and to stop trying to fuck with her mind. You don't know what she's doing and by interfering you are fucking up one of the biggest things going in Italy."

"Excuse me? Who the fuck are you?" Kenshin was angry now and he knew that over the line Allusius could tell since he started to talk sterner as well.

"I know who I am. Kaoru does too. Very well, I might add. But besides that, you need to leave her alone. If she says it's nothing, then let it be. Don't push her until she goes and has a mental collapse on herself. That shit's not right and you of all people should never want that to happen to her."

"Look here, Alluisus-"

"No, you look here, Kenshin. I don't like you. AT ALL. And I don't give a fuck if I've never met you in person or not. I don't like you one-single-bit. You have the nerve to tell Kaoru that you'll talk to her every day. You'll write to her, you'll call her; you'll try to come and see her on the breaks that you get. Why did you lie to her? You should've told the truth, you pitiful fucker.

"I went to see her every-single-day. After I met her, I new that Kaoru was going to be somebody special. Somebody to change me. And everyday, I drove two hours from where I lived to see her. I took trains, busses, the boat; I even once rode on my bicycle. It didn't matter if all I had was five minutes. I went to see her no matter what.

"You should be grateful that you have a special girl like Kaoru. No girl can be depressed with you like her, no girl can bring you out of that depression like her, no girl can ever make you see that whatever you're doing is wrong like her! Kaoru's the only girl that I think I will ever meet that can make me smile while she is crying herself.

"I hate you because you have her, Kenshin. You don't deserve her. You say you do, and you think you do, but you really don't. You haven't been proving your love for her lately and when I talk to her over the phone like I promised… she's crying to me. She smiles to you, but to me she's pouring her soul out.

"Nobody understands Kaoru. Nobody understands her but Michael, Tytto, and Yahiko. That's right; little Yahiko knows more about her emotions than you do. If they are crying together, he's feeling for her. Those are the three people that she is trusting her heart with right now because people like you and her family are letting her down by trying to tame her down and act like she's the same way as a year ago."

"So what are you trying to say to me? Let Kaoru be wild and self-destruct? Let her go out and drug up!"

"Kaoru is not on drugs anymore and I am the one who took her off of what she created!" Kenshin could hear the anger going through every word and as he was angry himself, he heard Allusius go off and just loose his temper.

"Kaoru made a drug herself for all the Italian girls she went to school with who were just as depressed and as suicidal as she was at one point. She went day and night thinking about what it would fell to have an ecstasy just for girls. And she created it by herself. Kaoru knows more about science than her brother does and from what I hear, he's trying to do well in that area.

"When she made it, she gave it out and she told everybody that it was all they would have. She learned how to sell it the right way and as she got hooked herself, I watched her go into the calmest states she will ever have. Sure, it made her happy… but it hurt her body."

"So what did you do! Keep watching! What the hell are you telling me this for!"

"Kaoru went into seizures after we tried to get her off. Her mood swings were constant, and she just couldn't control herself anymore. She lost herself in her mind and as I got tired of seeing her crying and begging for help, I grabbed her. I took the drugs from her, I let her beat on me, and then I tied her arms and legs because she was starting to damage herself.

"I walked for two miles, Kenshin. I carried her in my arms and I walked the whole distance through the rain. I almost caught a fucking death in that shit, but it was all worth it as they took Kaoru from me and helped her get back onto her feet. That's the kind of person she needs to love her. Somebody who trusts her, but will act as soon as it gets out of hand. You… you have no trust."

"I'm sick of you talking as if you fucking know our relationship!" Kenshin barked and he hit the table.

"You don't know a fucking thing about me! You don't know about us! You have no idea what I've been through for her, what she's done for me, you don't know what kind of hardships that we've had! Don't you dare sit over there on your ignorant ass and tell me what kind of person I am! You have no clue about me!"

"Ah, but that's where you're wrong. I know all about what she went through for you. For her mother. How you cut your hair to please her father. How you two fought and she almost blinded you. I know about the fight that almost took her life. I know about Yahiko being stabbed, I know about her running away, I know about your dancing skills.

"I know about everything and I know it so well that I'm sickened that I actually promised to remember what she told me. But see, here's the thing. I know about Kaoru and you… but do you know about Kaoru and me?"

"You sonova-"

"Ah, testy there are we? Should have thought about that before you wanted to bust a blood vessel. You think you know all, but in truth you don't know shit. If I were you, I'd get on Kaoru's good side because you might not know it… but Kaoru's going to attack you. One of these days, she's going to strike."

"Whatever. You don't know shit."

"You think she won't? Give me your e-mail and let me show you a few videos of her."

Kenshin was reluctant, but he soon gave in and as he gave it to him, he heard typing, clicks, and curses in Italian at somebody.

"Bro! Prendere l'inferno fuori della mia faccia! Lei è cosí il damn gaio! (Get the hell out of my face! You are so damn gay!)… Check your mail, boy. You have it. Now I'm going to leave you know. But as you watch these, know this.

"Kaoru was calm before these all happened. Watch the mood swings and just see how violent she is. You better make sure that she loves you because she said she loved us too after she did what she did... Sigh Goodnight, Kenshin. Tell Kaoru our family bond is perfect."

Kenshin hung up and he glared at the phone before he put it down and he opened his e-mail. He saw it and as he clicked on it, he clicked the first link and he rubbed his eyes.

"Let's just see what this ass is talking about. I know Kaoru… I know her well. She's never lied to me before. This must be play fighting."

"This… this is not play-fighting…"

Kenshin watched on his lap-top, his eyes wide as he stared at the clear video of his… well, crazy girlfriend. So far, Kaoru had jumped on Tytto, punched the lights out of Michael, and kicked a brown boy until he couldn't feel his legs anymore. She was violent with the way she picked up chairs and threw them, cursed, and just blacked out.

"Kaoru! You'll kill her! Calm down!"

Kenshin gasped as Tytto held Yahiko tight and the two screamed out and ducked a glass. She was currently fighting a really really strong girl and she was demolishing her without trying. You could tell that she was angry and as Kaoru threw her into a table, she grabbed her by the hair and just hit her over and over again until Michael went up into view and grabbed her.

"Get off of me! Get off! You wanna call me that again! Call me it again, girl! I'm waiting for you to say it! Give me those magic words!... Let me go Allusius!"

Kenshin realized that Allusius was the brown-skinned one afterward as he grabbed her legs and they carried all the way outside. The camera turned off and then back on as they heard Kaoru panicking wildly.

"What am I going to do? What am I going to do? I can't believe this happened. I can't believe this… what are we going to do with him?"

"Put him in the alleyway. Just leave him and they'll never notice a thing. Put him in there."

Kenshin watched as Kaoru looked around and dragged the collar of a man with blood all over his face and his light colored shirt Allusius was helping her and as they set him down gently, Kaoru buried her face into her hands and Allusius hugged her.

"I can't believe I attacked him like that… that poor man. I don't even know who he is."

Kenshin saw the video end and as he turned off his computer, his mind was going crazy. It was around two in the morning now and as he thought about what he just saw, he made a note to call her father and talk to him.

"This is going to kill her, but he needs to know this. He needs to see that Kaoru just doesn't need some boot camp… she needs an asylum at the rate she's headed."

Kaoru sat down in her room at Michael's house as the others had all went out to dinner. She held a box in her hands and as she opened it, she saw the small bottle filled with a dark blue liquid. Attached to it was a small note and she pulled her hair behind her ears as she opened it and began to read.

Please don't get hurt from this, baby. It's only for a little while that sweet blue eyes such as yours will be shut away from the world. I will come for you and I will wake you up.

I will be your Romeo, waking you with a sweet kiss from thy lips.

-Allusius-

A soft smile came across Kaoru's lips and as she set the note down, she put her hands together and she made a soft prayer for the lord to keep her safe. Not a really holy thing to do seeing as she was about to sin, but she felt that she had to do it. Her mother did it… so why wouldn't she?

"Amen." She said softly and as she opened it up, she smelled it and she found out that it smelled quite sweet. Tropical fruits were the way it smelled to her and as she looked at it, she almost had second thoughts.

"No. I have to do this for the Italian family." She told herself and as she prayed once more that she would be alright, she brought it up to her lips and she let the sweet and sour liquid spill down her throat.

"I'm sorry… Kenshin…"

The liquid was working instantly and there was no wait for it. She felt her whole body begin to stop on her and as her eyes slipped shut, she fell back against the pillows of her bed with her hands letting go of the bottle. Her heart began to slow down instantly and as she let out her last breath of air… Kaoru was gone.

"Kao! Kao we bought food for you! You hungry!"

Tytto was dragging Michael along with a big bowl of chicken Alfredo wrapped up. As they reached the top of the stairs and moved down the hall, they froze in the doorway as they saw her lying on the bed limp.

"Holy shit… she really drank it… Allusius didn't think she would do it… she's really going to do this."

"… Get the camera."

"Hold her carefully! We don't want to hurt her while she's asleep."

"You mean dead."

"Asleep, you fucking idiot. That makes me scared, Michael."

Michael set Kaoru down and then he raised her up again in a better way. Her whole body was limp and she wasn't moving one bit. Her chest wasn't moving, her pulse wasn't there, and she was so far away that they didn't know she was there anymore. Tytto made sure that Michael's father, Asahi, wasn't anywhere near the area as they moved towards the van that Michael was going to drive.

Tytto started the car and he shut the door as Michael got in the back and laid her down with her head in his lap gently. He took her hand and he held it gently as he slid the door shut and Tytto reversed out.

"Where are we going to go?"

"… I bought an apartment in the city, Tytto. That's where you've been staying with me, right? So we go there!"

"Shut the fuck up! I'm tired of you!"

Tytto calmed his emotions down and then he just sighed to himself before he made a U-turn and headed towards the city.

"Don't you worry Kaoru." Michael said softly to her.

"You're safe in our care…We'll watch you before Alluisus gets here and Kenshin will never know."

R.S.: This chapter is finally finished! Kaoru basically puts herself into a deep coma and Kenshin sees what she's truly hiding from him. Will Kaoru wake up to Allusius, or will Kenshin find out? And what about the track race that's going to occur? There are a lot of questions that can be asked, but you'll only find out by reading and reviewing!

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Chapter Six: And I know that when you see me, you'll hate me

"The plan has worked successfully, boys. Kaoru is officially on the last stage of her release."

"I can't find her… I can't find her anywhere…"

"A kiss from thou lips shall waken the slumbering beauty of my world."

"Kaoru… I'm afraid of you."