R.S.: Hello there! This is the second part of Crazy swing of emotions! Not much to say, just that I decided to put it into two parts since it was getting long and I HATE extra long chapters like the last one.

Well, enjoy!

(KxK)

Morning calls for pain relief
A line above the step beneath
The worst that you could do
And the best that you could hope for
Is hardly the best

-Morning Calls by "Dashboard Confessional"

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

By: Rampaging Sorrow

Chapter Ten: I'm on a crazy swing of emotions PART ONE

"Alrighty then! Let's do our big battle of the day! Everybody's worked up a good sweat and all our muscles are good now, right!"

"Yes sir!"

"Great! Now I'm going to pick two people to fight, so let's be on our toes and have our minds ready!"

Kaoru and Misao just laughed amongst each other as Tytto held a black boom box from the gym teacher's room, a CD of different remixes playing. The two were just bouncing from left to right and moving around in a circle as they did simple feet moves and waited for him to choose.

"Hey! Turn that stereo off! It's a nice remix, but don't go promoting music in gym class, Kaoru!"

"Sorry, teach! Wasn't trying to promote music! Whoever likes it, likes it, ya know!" Kaoru turned it off and as she and Misao just stood and waited. As the gym teacher looked at Kenshin, a soft smirk came on his face.

"And I've figured out today's match for our current gym champ!" A soft grin came up on his face and he clapped his hands together with a 'yes!'

"The next fight is Kenshin versus Kaoru! Let's see a good one now!"

Everybody looked at their shocked faces and then Tytto gave Kaoru a tap on her back to snap her out of it. Kaoru moved towards the insides of the white lines in the grass that was out for them and then she began to stretch. Kenshin walked up and then he cracked his knuckles and his neck before he watched her do a quick handstand and stretch her arms out.

"Are you two ready! Shake hand before the battle!"

Kaoru walked over after tying her shorts and she put her hand out. With a firm shake and Kaoru telling him to be rough, she turned around and moved back to her place. Kenshin sighed as he knew she was serious and then the gym teacher asked if they were ready again.

"Yes." They said and then Kenshin got into his stance. Kaoru noted some weak spots and then she sighed and brought her arms all around to slowly go into hers.

"And… begin!"

Right after those words were said, Kaoru was already in Kenshin's face, Kenshin's arm barely blocking the kick that was intended. Sanosuke and Soujiro gaped in shock as Tytto grinned with a video camera in his hands. Kenshin pushed her away and then he just shook it off as Kaoru got back into her stance and she waited for him to strike.

"Come on! I said be rough!"

"And if I'm not!" Kenshin asked teasingly. Kaoru then gave a soft smile.

"Then I'll kill you." Kenshin knew somehow those words were dangerous behind the smile and once he started to move, Kaoru met him head on and they hit hands together before the fight began.

"Go Kaoru!" Misao cheered as she jumped up with her fist in the air. The class watched as Kenshin kicked her back and Kaoru simply began to flip away from him. Tytto smirked as he said, 'here it comes!' Kenshin was lost, but as Kaoru's last flip was slower than the others, he arched his eyebrow.

'What the hell?' As soon as Kaoru's left foot hit the floor and her right foot was barely touching with her toes, she was off like a bullet and Kenshin winced as she sent a kick to his chest.

"Damn, that's speed." Sanosuke said to Tara and she and Megumi just nodded softly as Kenshin rubbed his chest and dodged her next attacks with one hand as he kept rubbing. Kaoru backed away to her side and as Kenshin didn't waste time, she barely missed the punch that was thrown to her face. He countered with a hit to her stomach and an elbow into her back. Kaoru refused to fall and as she lowered herself and hit him right in his stomach, she jumped up and hit him with one knee at a time. Kenshin moved backwards in pain and the class watched the speed of both fighters.

"Look at Kenshin… he's getting angry. He's never gotten angry fighting Kaoru before."

"That's because this is real. They're feelings are raw. Anything can happen in this little fight right here. Neither of them are starting to care." Tytto explained and Misao just nodded to Tara before she looked back up.

"Fight me like you mean it!" Kaoru barked as she jumped away from his slow punches.

"What are you, soft on women! What if I was some martial arts champ, huh! Then what would you do! Get your ass kicked! Fight as if I'm somebody you hate! Fight… fight as I'm the person who took me away from you."

Kenshin narrowed his eyes as she said it and then she got back into her stance.

"If you truly love me more than you think he does, then fulfill the wish. Fight like you mean it."

It was quiet and nobody moved. Suddenly, Kenshin was in Kaoru's face and Kaoru's arms were up blocking his attack. Nobody had even seen Kenshin move. At all. Kaoru grinned as she grabbed both hands and pushed him backwards.

"That's what I want to see! The gold in your eyes, that's the Kenshin I want to fight! Let's get this going good!"

With an exhale of breath, Kaoru blinked and she grinned, her eyes instantly flashing red with excite. Misao said, 'uh oh' and they arched their eyebrows at her

"This isn't just for gym class anymore… it's personal."

"Damn. They're fighting hard… where's the gym teacher?"

"He's going to get some teachers to come incase the fight gets out of hand like it is right now. Both of them are obviously in a rage. See the speed?"

"Yeah. Its amazing Kaoru's keeping up. She's been busting her ass in Italy if this is the result of a year away from us."

Each fist met another fist, each leg another leg. To fighters watching, the speed was beautiful and something that they would always want to accomplish. It was like they were at equal strength, even though people could see Kenshin had the upper hand.

"What's wrong, Kaoru? You can't take it anymore?"

"In your dreams, red-head." Kaoru said with a smile and Kenshin attacked her again before she saw a section that was weak. She put her arm out to block and she took the other arm and grabbed it before she showed serious power and swung him over her back to slam straight into the floor.

"Damn." Tara said as she watched and then she heard two familiar voices.

"Why are they fighting, Misao?"

"You guys missed it earlier, Tommy. Just snuck out of class?"

"Yeah. We got the text a big fight was going on. Didn't know it was them. Right Josue?"

"Right."

"Watch out!"

Misao made the two move as Kaoru was thrown back and she landed onto the floor. They kept moving until they got a good spot and Kaoru just flipped herself up before she went right back for Kenshin and she gave it her all. Kenshin was having trouble and as Kaoru kicked and turned to give another kick, he grabbed her leg.

'You must've forgot, baka.' Kaoru thought and she jumped on one foot before she spun the other leg with such speed that Kenshin didn't have the time to block it. It hit him directly in the face and he let her go and fell as she fell to her knees from the pain of him gripping her leg and holding her up.

"Get up, Kaoru!" Tytto yelled.

"Come on, Ken! You can't loose to her!" Soujiro called out.

Kenshin quickly got up and Kaoru was in his face again. Kenshin grabbed her arm and he threw her over him to slam her in the grass. Kaoru let out a grunt of pain as people said 'damn!' and they wondered if she was okay. Kenshin was soon flipped over and Kaoru was throwing punches at him as he fought back and he soon kicked her off.

"Come on, Kenshin. Give her that last blow."

Kaoru held her stomach as he had sent a blow there and Tytto could tell that they both were in pain since Kenshin held the same spot. Kaoru blinked dizzily and as they charged for each other fast, they hit each other's cheeks with their fists and turned to hit each other again.

"This has to stop now." Misao and Tara both said with agreeance.

"Leave them fight." Tytto and Tommy said before Josue just nodded and watched the two continue to destroy each other.

Kaoru flipped backwards from him and as she landed on her toes again, she met Kenshin's fists and she ducked before she grabbed him and she launched him over her body with it taking a toll on her muscles. Kenshin hit his head hard and he groaned in pain before he got up and he slammed his knee into her stomach after hitting her in the back.

"Kenshin, stop!" Sanosuke said, but Kaoru just grabbed his knee and he cried out as she punched it to break it. She pushed him away and she punched him in his chest and his face with a combo hit. She sent him walking backwards with her swings and then she tripped him. He grabbed her and she fell with him before the two were rolling and hitting each other hard.

"Break them up!" Megumi cried to the others. They simply ignored her voice and kept watching the fight. Kaoru let out a cry of pain as she got a blow to her leg and she grabbed it before she did something unexpected. She jumped with her other leg and kicked him before falling into the grass. Kenshin dropped as well and as they cheered for them to get up, the two slowly and weakly rose to their feet.

"You can do it, Kaoru! Come on!"

Kaoru went onto her knees and Tytto just winced as she spit out blood and she coughed and breathed. Kenshin was dizzy and as he got to his feet and Kaoru rose up without using her hands, Kenshin was right there to kick her back onto the floor. Tytto growled 'cheap shot' and Kaoru just rolled away before jumping to her feet as fast as she could.

She blinked back the blurriness in her eyes and she kept hitting at him the best way she could. Kenshin dodged her attacks and sent his own, but she just kept dodging his as well. They had reached their limit, eyes tired yet angry, and as they gave each other one last powerful kick, both of them had moved backwards and fell to the floor.

"Oh my god; Kaoru!"

"Kenshin! Bro!"

"Don't do anything yet. Just wait."

Everybody waited it out and as they looked at the two just laying there, they were shocked to see movement. Kenshin just groaned and he kept still, the feeling in his both his legs decreasing, but Kaoru refused to keep down even thought she felt the same way. She coughed as she shakily rose onto her hands and as she cried softly in pain, they watched her just use everything that was keeping her awake to rise to her knees.

"Kaoru… stop hurting yourself…" Misao said sadly and as Kaoru let out a scream with her head down, it gave her a little bit more boost to put one foot up onto the ground. She wiped her face as she rose the other foot and then she looked over at Kenshin.

"Get up you faker! Don't bullshit me, Kenshin! Get the fuck up and stop letting me win! I can't take this anymore! What do I have to do to show you that I'm not weak and I'm an equal too, huh! Jump off a fucking cliff!"

Kenshin didn't move as he listened to her cry to him and then Kaoru grit her teeth and fell to her knees again. She grabbed the floor and as she looked up at him, the words she said touched deep.

"If you really love me, you'll get up and finish! Show me that you still love me so you say! I swear to god I'll hate you if you lay there like that! Get up!"

Kenshin sighed mentally in pain before everybody opened their eyes to see him sit up and slowly rise to put one knee into the ground. He spit out blood and then he rose up slowly, his eyes ice cold as he looked at her struggling to get up. He walked towards her in slow steps and then he grabbed her by her arm and pulled her to her feet. Kaoru bent forward, her upper body so sore that she couldn't stand straight. He then rubbed his face a little and he glared down at her.

"We are equal. You just think I don't know."

Kenshin raised his foot up and with a swing left and a swing back to raise it up, he dropped it down on her and Kaoru fell to her knees in the grass. She gripped the grass to keep standing up and then she tried to get up again.

"Just stay down, Kaoru. You're finished." Kenshin said as he turned and began to walk away. Kaoru growled as she rose onto her knees and she called for him to stop. She saw that he wasn't and Tytto opened his eyes as he saw her eyes turn to a different shade of red.

It was the lightest shade of red he had ever seen in her eyes and for some reason, he grew slowly afraid.

"Kenshin, watch your back! Watch your back now!" he called out. He didn't know why, but the look she had in her eyes was dangerous. Kenshin stopped once he felt her anger and he turned around to see her walking towards him with her head lowered. He backed up a few steps and he shook off his tiredness and his numb feeling once he saw her speed up.

"What the fuck? Where is she getting this energy from?" Sanosuke asked in amazement as he saw Kaoru swing at his face and then turn to kick. Kenshin blocked them the best way he could and once he grabbed both her arms, he turned to hold her by the waist.

"You asked for it." He said and they gasped in shock and horror as he flipped his body backwards and slammed her into the grass. Kaoru cried out in pain as she hit and he let her go before he quickly got up and he backed away enough to fall and sit on his ass.

"Kaoru?" Tytto asked and then he handed the camera to Tommy absent minded before he ran over to her and he fell to his knees. Kaoru's eyes were shut and she was still as he looked over her frame to see the small bruises that were forming. Kenshin pushed himself onto his knees and he crawled over to her quickly before Tytto told him to move.

"Shut up and let me do this." Kenshin said desperately and angrily before Tytto just growled and let him continue. Kenshin put his head to her chest and once he heard her heart beating, he pulled his hair from his face and he put his arms under Kaoru's body.

With a growl and a puff of breath, Kenshin had Kaoru up into the air, her head dropped back and her arms limp as they fell over his arm.

"I'll take her to the nurse." Kenshin said tiredly and Tommy turned the camera off as Kenshin weakly walked away holding an unconscious Kaoru in his arms.

"Gym class is over! Everybody can go the fuck away!" Tytto barked and people quickly moved in fear to the lockers. Misao watched Tytto grab the camera from Tommy quickly and put it away before he pulled out a cell phone from his shorts pocket and he flipped it open.

"Shuichi, I need you to meet me in front of the building in fifteen minutes." He began to walk away and they arched their eyebrows at his behavior before Misao said 'bye' and she ran to catch up with him. Sanosuke sighed and he looked at the remaining friends before Josue and Tommy waved and went their own way.

"I guess that we're all really split up, huh?"

"Yeah." Tara said softly.

"We're all on sides now."

(KxK)

"I can't believe this shit… fucking nurse is nowhere to be seen… fuck, fuck, fuck…. guess it's just me."

Kenshin moved Kaoru to lay onto the small bed in the office and he shut he door and locked it before he searched through the nurse's cabinets for anything he could find. Once he put them all in a big basket, he moved them over to the desk that was next to the bed and he put a cup under the sink. He drank down two cups of water and washed his dirty hands before wincing at the cuts.

"Let's get this started." He said quietly and he blinked stressed gold eyes before he tore Kaoru's shirt with his hands and he moved it away from her body. He pulled over a chair and as he pulled out peroxide and different creams. He grabbed a cloth and then he poured peroxide all over it before he began to rub it over the cuts she had gotten.

He kept quiet as he rubbed a cream to help bruises over the ones she had gotten from his kicks and punches, his mind in a small daze as he was thinking the whole fight over. He got bandages and he put some slightly wet gauzes over her cuts that were spiraling down her arm from her falling into the bad parts of the grass that were mostly dirt and rocks.

"You're so different from before, Kaoru. So different… can't you understand that now I love you more than before? I'm not afraid of whatever you do and I've never been afraid. Hell, I'll even join you to make the stress easier on you. I'm just tired of seeing you hurt... so tired of you being in hospitals and running from getting help."

Kenshin slowly wrapped her bruises and he moved with gentleness and care as he smoothed his hand over it and pressed a gentle kiss. He moved to her legs and he took off her shoes and socks before he sighed and he continued to speak to her sleeping form.

"I just wish that things between us could be better. I hate fighting you so much and you now just want to tear me apart. I wish I knew a way to make it better. A way to apologize for all those months of absence. I never wanted things to happen this way… I feel like such a demon."

Kenshin finished Kaoru's legs and he sighed as he untied her pants and checked to make sure she didn't have bruises on her hips. He found a big bandage and he put it on her stomach before he smoothed it down and he rose her up so he could sit behind her.

"A few bruises on your back." He said softly and then he cleaned them and bandaged them before he laid her back again and he began to bandage up himself. Once he was done, he grabbed ice packets from the freezer that was there and he put one on her cheek, one on her hip, and one on her stomach.

"She can ice bathe later." He mumbled softly before he folded his arms and he rested his head down. His mind immediately went into watchdog type thoughts as he watched her and he slowly felt his eyes slip into sleep.

(KxK)

Two days later…

"Are you going to thank him?"

"Why?"

"He bandaged all your wounds and is the main reason you're not sore right now. It's the right thing to do, Kaoru."

"I know, I know… I just…where is he?"

"Over there eating lunch. Go be nice or something and thank him. Even if you two are fighting, he still stopped and went out of his way to make sure you were alright."

Kaoru nodded to Misao and as Tytto said, 'good luck' she took her Quiznos bag with her lunch and carried her Yoo-hoo towards where Kenshin was sitting outside alone. He was wearing a black tight shirt and Kaoru could see some of the scratches and the other bruises that were bandaged. He looked distant as he chewed on some french fries and he started out into nothing. With a sigh, Kaoru kept walking to him.

"Is this seat taken?"

Kenshin looked up with a slightly surprised look in his eyes as he saw Kaoru giving him a small smile. He said 'no' and Kaoru then sat down before she put her lunch aside. Kenshin said 'hey' and she said the same thing before he looked down at his french fries and went back to swirling one of them in ketchup.

"Why are you eating alone?" Kaoru asked, finally breaking the silence. Kenshin shrugged his shoulders after a second or two and then he asked her where her cousin was.

"With Misao. They're probably chasing rabbits or something near the trees. I heard there's a lot at this time."

"Oh." He said softly and then he took a bite out of his chicken sandwich. Kaoru started to eat her own sandwich and after she wiped her mouth, she sighed and she called him. Kenshin looked up with a 'yes' before Kaoru gave a soft smile. It wasn't much, but it made Kenshin's heart feel somewhat better.

"Thank you. For treating me while I was so mad and wanting to kill you. If it wasn't for you, I'd be in a worse situation."

"It was nothing, Kao. Nothing to apologize for. I was just doing what I thought was right for you."

"Right for me?" Kaoru asked with an arched eyebrow.

"Yeah. Everything I do for you is always thought over because you're special to me and I want you to have the best…sorry if that seemed random."

"No, no. It's okay." Kaoru said and as she sipped on her juice, she saw Kenshin begin to dig through his pockets. She arched her eyebrow as she took a bite of her sandwich and then Kenshin finally found what he was looking for.

"What, your pockets go all the way to your house?"

"Ha ha." Kenshin said sarcastically and then Kaoru saw his hand was balled up and hiding something. She poked at his finger and then she pulled back because she thought she was flirting. Kenshin just grinned and then he opened his hand and she looked at the small crown in his hand.

"What the hell? What's that?" she asked confused. Kenshin smirked softly and then he motioned for her to give him her hand. Kaoru passed it over to him with hesitation and once Kenshin put the ring in his fingers, he slipped it onto her middle finger and saw that it was a perfect fit.

"Hey, it looks good on you." Kenshin said and then Kaoru looked down to examine the ring. It was gold with rubies swirling around it. She examined it and then she looked back up at him with curiousness.

"What's this for, Kenshin?"

"Huh? Oh, it's nothing. I just found it in a box of old things from where I used to live. My grandmother gave me that ring and she told me to give it to somebody special and whom I love eternally. So when I found it again… I thought of you."

Kenshin got up with a soft smile and said 'see you in class' before he carried his empty lunch with him towards the bin. He dropped it in and then he waved at her surprised look before he turned around and put his hands in his pockets as he kept moving towards the inside of the building.

"His grandmother gave this to him… and he gives it to me… why do you do this to me?"

Kaoru sat there as sudden hot tears poured down her cheeks and she looked at the ring. She wasn't hungry anymore and then she just wrapped her lunch up and threw it away, her drink in her side small backpack pocket. She buried her face into her arms as sudden emptiness filled her and then she looked at the ring again.

"He loves me so much and I'm doing this… but it's not all my fault. He deserves whatever he gets. He left me alone, not the other way around… so why do I feel so wrong?"

(KxK)

"CONCENTRATE!"

"I AM!"

"RUN!"

Kaoru growled at Aoshi's angry voice and she glared at him before she picked up her speed and she began to sprint with her cousins around the track. He had come down to practice with them and he had been yelling at Kaoru ever since he arrived since he could tell that she was distant in thought.

"No water for you. You get back on the track and do it again."

"Why!"

"That was horrible! No go!"

Kaoru glared as her cousins winced and sat in the grass. Shuichi just stood there watching as Kaoru sprinted off again and got focused on doing her four laps again. As Aoshi kept telling her about her form, she slowly grew irritated and she picked up more speed. Aoshi could tell she was getting annoyed by his words. Finally, she snapped and she stopped running.

"Shut up!" she barked at him and then Aoshi just glared harder at her as she started to run again.

"You think I'm bad! This is minor compared to what they'll do! They scream at you to push it! All the fans, all the people that will be there are going to try to push you and put you down! I'm just a minor thing! You know damn well that you can do better than this, but you're not because nobody is here to push you like Allusius, huh!"

"That's not true!"

"Well, it's what I see! Nobody should have to push you! You should be pushing yourself all the time! You don't need any of us to make you run faster! You need yourself! What are you, weak! Because you fought him and he still helped you! It's making you weak inside! You better throw that shit out and toughen the fuck up! Now run 'till I say stop!"

Kaoru kept running around the track and as she felt her legs get tired, Aoshi barked at her to stop paying attention and to keep running. Sweat poured off her body and she breathed in short breaths, but she didn't stop because she and Aoshi both knew that it wasn't her best. Aoshi soon got tired of her giving seventy-five percent. He dropped his clipboard and he put his hands over his mouth as she was on the opposite side of the track to scream. Misao winced at the anger.

"Kaoru, run your fucking heart out right now! I swear to god if you don't run your heart out, to hell with the races! We're not training with Japan, we're training with ourselves! Now you just made it fucking hard on yourself!"

Kaoru felt tears coming into her eyes at his roughness, but she didn't stop once. Instead, she sped up and she tried to block out his words about her being weak. Kenshin's face ran through her mind and his ring popped up inside with his words each time making her feel more horrible by the second.

My grandmother gave me that ring and she told me to give it to somebody special and whom I love eternally. So when I found it again… I thought of you.

"He's not worrying about you when he runs!"

Shuichi watched as she gave it her all and she sped around the track as fast as she could. Michael said 'Aoshi, let her stop' and Misao just agreed before Aoshi said 'no'

"She's going to run until she can't anymore. She's going to get it through her thick ass skull that it's not worth it. Her thoughts are not going to help her win this. If she wants to get out as bad as she says, then she had better block out and be cold. She had better make sure that she's at her strongest. She doesn't need emotion weighing her down. Especially emotions about him."

"Yeah, but still, Aoshi. Look at her out there… she's crying." Aoshi turned and he heard Kaoru's small sobs and gasps as she kept running and it raked through her very soul. Shuichi frowned to his brother and Aoshi just nodded to him before he put his hands over his mouth.

"Yo, that's it—KAORU!"

Aoshi took off into a run with Shuichi and the others as soon as they saw the Kamiya princess' legs give out and she fell to the floor. Aoshi pulled out a water from his pants pocket as he saw her heaving for air and crying about her head. He put the water to her lip after sitting her up and he made sure that she was drinking it without choking.

"That's it, Kaoru. You got the message. Relax."

"N-no. I can still r-run."

"That's it, Kaoru!"

"Let me do it!"

"NO!" Kaoru began to cry as she put her head in her hands and Aoshi just rubbed her shoulders and let Shuichi pull her into a hug with his arms around her waist.

"H-he gave me a r-ring, Aoshi! He gave me a r-ring and it was f-from his gr-grandm-mother! Why did he g-give me that r-ring, A-Aoshi! Why does h-he k-keep doing t-this to m-me!"

"Ssssh, Kaoru. Ssssh." Shuichi said and he just kissed her fore head as she kept crying and letting out her frustration through her tears.

"He s-said, he s-said that his g-grandmother gave h-him the ring w-when he was y-y-younger. And she—she told h-him to g-give the ring to s-somebody special and w-whom he l-loves d-dearly. A-and then he s-said t-that he th-thought of m-me s-so he w-wanted me to h-have it."

"Oh, Kaoru." Misao said softly with Michael and then Aoshi fell to his knees and he hugged her with Shuichi still holding her.

"Why is he doing this? He's the one who broke up with me! He did it on my fucking doorstep! And here he is doing this! Why do I feel like the bad person! He did all these things to me! I didn't do shit to him!"

"Kaoru just let it go."

"But I can't! I can't let it go because he does these things everyday! He fights me and then he heals me himself! He defends me even when I'm trying to attack him! What does he want, Aoshi! What does he want!"

"I don't know, Kaoru. I really don't know."

"I wanna go home… I wanna go home to Italy…I can't do this anymore… I wanna go home…"

(KxK)

"Isn't her myspace song beautiful?"

"Yeah. It's called So Damn Beautiful."

"I know. It's so deep… she's had so much time over there and her music taste has stepped up… damn, she even took pictures with the singer. She's been a real star. "

"I'm surprised you care. Her little boyfriend beat Souj up."

"It's not her boyfriend."

"… jealous?"

"……Fuck you, Netalia."

Kenshin gave his sister a small glare as she sat down and she smiled at him before she told him to go away as Genia pushed him from her seat. He kicked them both playfully in their legs before Genia just said 'suck it' and he laughed and said he was going to pick up their dinner.

"The phone's ringing. Answer it before you leave, please?" Kenshin nodded and then he grabbed the phone off the jack of the wall before he looked back at the two sit behind the computer in the kitchen with smiles at the things on Kaoru's myspace page.

"Hello?... Hey, Tommy. What's going on?"

"Nothing much. We passed by the track and saw Kaoru up there running with Aoshi barking down her throat. Harsh words man. She looked like she was going to just cry right then and there with how he talked."

Instantly, Kenshin's hands gripped the phone a little bit tighter, but he then let out a sigh and calmed himself down. He kept forgetting that they weren't together anymore and that it was out of his hands. With another sigh, this time mental, he opened his mouth and he spoke.

"It's not my problem anymore, Tommy. She's a free woman and it's her brother anyways. He has the right because he's family."

"Yeah, but still. And there was some other guy that was there in a wind breaker and some baggy jeans. He had black hair."

"That's Shuichi. That's her older brother, remember?"

"… Oh yeah! Well, anyways, that's now why I called. I just called to tell you that we found this black box. It's really cool looking and when we get home, we're gonna put it down, eat a lot of food, and then beat that shit open and take whatever's inside."

"And if you blow up?"

"Then we die! Might as well go now, eh!" Kenshin smirked at Josue's voice in the background and then he said, 'Okay. I can't join until later.'

"Cool. And don't ditch! I'll knee you in you balls this time! Gotta go! Peace!"

"Peace." Kenshin said and he hung up before he said 'be back in a few ladies.'

"Okay. Just get out already." Netalia joked and he just grinned at her and left. Once they heard the door slam, they instantly let out a squeal and Genia said 'add it!' On the screen, they were currently looking at a request to be friends with a person named 'Allusius-n-Kaoru-4eva'

"I added it. Yay, now we can see!" Genia said and she went through her friends and put it on the first page before clicking it. After two seconds, they were on the page and they said 'awwww!' simultaneously at the picture that was posted up.

"Now this is cute." Netalia giggled. The two were hugging each other close with snow hats on and red balls on their noses a sign above them saying 'outcasts can find luv 2!' They looked at the About Me and then Genia asked Netalia to read.

"My contacts aren't in. You read, Genia. You've got the best vision in the room." Genia nodded before she shook a shiver off her arm and she spoke, the two reading it as Genia spoke it out loud.

From walks through school hallways to drives along the coast. From our big arguments and verbal fights to our games of who loves who the most.

From our first laughs and smiles to our first frowns and tears. From our first acts of braveness together to our first time admitting our fears.

From playing around in the daylight to holding each other in the dark. From whispering sweet nothings to revealing secrets of the heart.

With blood, sweat, and tears; friendships broken because of what we are, and times when we made up for losing trust underneath the stars..

All the things that's happened with everything we continue to do,

I know in my heart that I'll always say that I love you.

Allusius xKaoru

"That was the sweetest thing I've ever read." Netalia said with a small tear. Genia sniffed and nodded before they looked to see what the song was called on the page.

"Allusius can sing. This song is very nice. They got any pictures up?"

"A lot. Look at the url to go. I think you gotta be family." Netalia replied and Genia clicked it and put it in a new tab before they finished going through the page and left a comment on the page.

"Our site isn't as cool as this."

"What? Our Genia BFF Netalia isn't good enough?"

"They got a lot of nice shit on here. You know Kaoru got bored." They laughed before exiting it and they went to the pictures.

"A password that we know…oh!" Genia typed in Kaoru's name and a password before she was let in.

"What'd you type?"

"Our mom's name. But now look at these pictures!"

Netalia shifted and shook her ponytail from over her shoulder before the two began to just go through them and giggle at the antics of their friends and Genia's family members. As they looked at what seemed like millions of photos, the two suddenly gasped and Genia slapped her hand over her mouth as Netalia hit her chest. After a few moments of silence, the two began to scream like high school freshman watching the sexiest high school boys play sports together.

"I can't believe it! I can't believe it! I was right! I was right, oh my god! Do you see these!"

"See what?"

The two gasped and they looked up to see Kenshin walking in. Netalia began to type and delete all history as they said 'nothing' and then they went and left it alone. Kenshin arched his eyebrow as he put the food on the kitchen table and then he called Soujiro down.

"Son bitch can't hear me over his music. Goddamn it! Soujiro!"

Kenshin walked off calling him as the two girls passed out food and then they stopped and they shared knowing smiles.

"I knew she had to have done that. I just knew it! She gave hints the little sly thing!"

"And why do you say that?" Netalia.

"She's my sister! I know Kaoru like the back of my hand! If she didn't do it, then something was missing in it! Now that I know she's done it, I know that relationship was solid."

"Solid? It can't be that serious." Genia leaned against the counter and flipped her hair over her shoulder. Green eyes bore straight into light blue ones and then a serious look came on Genia's face.

"Netalia, if Kaoru had been there for longer without Kenshin still not responding, she would've married that boy."

"Get the fuck out!" Netalia said with shock and Genia just nodded before she pulled out her Sidekick 3.

"Look. We had a whole fucking conversation during her free period when she was in the library with Tytto studying. Just read from… right here to… right there. I saved it just for you and Tai because I know he's not a snitch."

Netalia took it and she ran her fingers through her bangs to pull them back and then she then began to read it. As she kept going, her eyes widened at the conversation that the two had. She then passed it back and Genia put it away.

"See? She was basically a Micolagio over there. They didn't even say Ms. Kamiya to her. It was Mrs. Micolagio or Allusius Wife. Tell me that isn't serious and I'll pinch your cheeks until they turn red."

"Wow, I didn't think Kaoru had a rebound that quick."

"She's a Kamiya. We always have somebody to love us. In that case, it was a perfect match like Kenshin was. That is, until Kenshin left her."

(KxK)

"I love marshmallows! Roast some more!"

"Genia, this is in our freakin backyard and you act like we're camping.."

"I said to roast some more, Kenshin."

"Why'd you have to say my name like that?"

"Because you're not doing enough roasting!"

Kenshin glared at his sister's best friend as he handed her back a stick filled with marshmallows and he sat down himself to munch on his own little treat. Netalia and Soujiro just laughed softly as Tai tried to lick some off of his face and ended up hurting his mouth in the process, the mood light and relaxing.

"Hey, Genia. I'm surprised you haven't tried to… you know."

"Hey, I'm here for Netalia and you, Tai. My brothers and those other two Kamiyas got it covered with the weasel."

"She'd kill you if she heard you say that." Netalia laughed before Genia just shrugged her shoulders and said 'mmmm!' at the marshmallow she bit into. Just as Kenshin was going to open a new bag of Jumbo Marshmallows!, he heard his phone begin to ring.

"Who's that, Taking Back Sunday?"

"Yeah. Liar Liar. Really cool song."

"That's because you know what you are." Genia mumbled to herself and Netalia gasped and said, 'Gen!' before slapping her arm in surprise that she would say it. Genia just shrugged and she sipped on her alcoholic beverage sitting right next to her before Kenshin arched his eyebrow.

"What'd she say?"

"Nothing about you. It was about the lead singer." Tai answered before Kenshin shrugged and answered his phone.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Kenshin! It's Tommy calling again and I'm just wondering where you're at ya know! Eh heh heh, we're just being worried about our good friend Kenshin who would hate for us to die, ya know?"

"Um… are you okay?" Kenshin asked with some concern and then he heard the phone being passed and a click.

"What the hell is wrong over there?"

"Well… we found your ex-wife. And let's just say she's not here too happy." Kenshin heard Josue's voice come in and it got him confused quickly.

"Wait, wait. You found who? … How the fuck does she know where you live? …Okay. I'm on my way."

Kenshin slammed his phone shut with a growl and then he grabbed his socks an began to slip them on as he cursed to himself and got his shoes.

"What's going on?"

"Kaoru's lying on Josue's steps with some bruises. I gotta go get her." He said without thinking.

"They can't pick her up?" Kenshin shook his head and they asked 'why not?'

"She's pointing a gun to shoot."

(KxK)

"Nice Kaoru. Good Kaoru. Just lower the weapon and we'll all be a-okay, ya know? You're such a sweet little girl—"

"Give me my belongings."

"What the hell are you talking about? We don't have anything that belongs to you."

"Stop—lying."

With a shiver, Kaoru turned her body a little and winced at the pain in her leg. On the way to Josue's house, she had gotten into a small ambush from the fight before that Allusius had started the first week he was there. She had managed to get out of it without being stabbed, did some stabbing herself, and ran the rest of the way to the two brothers' house in the night.

"Kaoru, how do you know where we live?"

"Give me my shit." Kaoru spat and she just glared up at them, her eyes red and angry as they just stood in the doorway with two guns pointing right back down at there. She expected it because Josue and Tommy are always ready for anything. It's just in their nature, to explain it shortly.

"Kaoru, is this how friends treat each other? You're injured, we're pointing at each other. Before my sister comes out to see and you two fight, let's just make this easy, eh?"

"Let her come fight me. I'll murder that bitch. Now give me my box."

"We don't have a box for you." Tommy growled and they heard a car pull up before Kaoru just kept still and continued to point.

"It's about time, Kenshin. I'm scared to call Aoshi because they're plotting to kill us." Tommy said jokingly and then he heard Kenshin give a soft laugh. It cut off quickly and Josue leaned over to say 'damn' as he saw Kaoru pointing another gun with her other arm that was laying still at Kenshin.

"Whoa." Kenshin said as he put his hands up.

"You move, I'll shoot you. I can feel you moving, so don't try no speed shit either. I'm not stupid."

"Kaoru, what's this about, huh? What are you here for?"

"My box." Tommy said 'fuck this' and he pulled out his cell phone and began to call Aoshi.

"Yo, come get your sister before I end up kicking her white ass… no! She's here pointing a gun at us and Kenshin now!... So what if you don't care if she shoots him! I don't wanna get show, you know! … Please, Aoshi, come on! She says she wants a box, but I don't know what the hell she means!"

Kenshin felt his brain begin to work and as he said 'hang up' Tommy arched his eyebrow and ended the call. Kenshin then sighed and he put his hands on his head with a sigh as the little wheels in his head began to move at a fast speed.

"Tommy. Didn't you call me and say that you found a box earlier?" the two brothers looked at each other and then they said 'yeah' before Kaoru's head lifted and she sat up a little.

"It was a black box, right?" Kenshin asked again.

"Yup! It had some cool lookin' designs. We're waiting for you to get here to break it open."

"Give me my black box." Kaoru growled and the she suddenly froze. She looked towards the end of the long street and then she suddenly put both guns away and she said to head inside.

"Why?"

"Go inside! Hurry, hurry! You two, red-head!" Kenshin glared at her, but listened nonetheless and he walked into the house with her behind him slamming the door shut.

"Hey, what's going on—Kaoru?"

"Hey, Jessica. Go somewhere away from the windows. It's not safe." The boy's mother nodded at the seriousness in her voice before Kaoru went to the window and she fell to her knees. They followed her and Kenshin went to the touch with Tommy since Kaoru growled at him to move.

"What's your deal, Kamiya? Why are we like this?"

"Turn out the light." Tommy flipped the switch and Kaoru then opened the window up a little and pointed the gun out. Her red eyes glowed as she breathed through her nose quietly and she bit her lip and squinted. She rose up a little bit more and as she saw the window lower, she told Josue to point his gun out as well.

"You two. Get ready."

"Kay." Tommy said and Kaoru just tossed Kenshin a gun without telling him before the two pointed and got ready. Kaoru put her hand up and held up three fingers.

"They're going to shoot at this house. We're going to shoot first. On the count of three, okay boys?"

"Yeah, boss lady." Josue said jokingly and Kaoru just smirked before they all waited.

"Three… two…" Kaoru put her finger on the trigger and then she said 'let it rip' before they shot twice and dropped down to wait. They heard air and curses before Kaoru said, 'let's go.'

"They're bad people." Kaoru opened the back door and they snuck out before they rounded the house on both side. Kaoru was first at the car and the door was open as she pointed her gun and said to get on the floor.

"Sulla terra ora! Cada tutte le armi!" the three boys were lost as they got on the floor and Kaoru told them all to get in front of her.

"Chi state lavorando per? So che tipi non state guidando intorno a queste parti basse giuste per prendere una passeggiata, voi so.(Who are you working for? I know that you guys aren't driving around these low parts just to take a stroll, you know.)"

"Vi non diremo mai, razza selvaggia ripugnante.(We'll never tell you, filthy wild breed.)"

"Oh! Allora dovete desiderare una pallottola allora che si affonda nel vostro cranio, huh? Posso organizzarvi quello per.(Oh! Then you must want a bullet sinking into your skull then, huh? I can arrange that for you.)"

"Kaoru, speak english dammit! I can't understand shit!"

"They don't speak english!" she snapped at Tommy and he just glared at her with a pout from being yelled at. Kaoru turned back to them and she said 'on your knees.' Before she said 'don't move' and went into their car.

"You guys are working for him, aren't you? This proves that shit." Kaoru then got out their car and she stuffed the envelope into her pocket before she told them to go.

"Non desidero mai vederlo ancora in queste parti. Sarò sicuro farle spararli se ritornate qui! Dovete ottenere i lavori decent!(I don't ever want to see you in these parts again. I'll be sure to have them shoot you if you come back here! You need to get decent jobs!)"

With many apologies, they drove off and Kaoru just glared and let out a shot before she pointed it back at the boys. They pointed at her because she was pointing at them and then she gave a sweet smile.

"Can I have my box now?"

"Tell us what it's for." Kenshin said and Kaoru said 'fuck off.'

"Then no box." He answered and Kaoru just shrugged before she ran to their door and let herself in. They ran afterward and they saw her heading for the kitchen area.

"Where is my goddamn box!"

"Get the hell out of my house! Josue, what's she doing here!"

"Uh-oh. Chantel's awake."

The three quickly rushed down the hall to see Kaoru just searching and Chantel barking at her to leave. Kaoru threw a spoon at her and barked 'shut the fuck up' before Kenshin held her back as Kaoru stormed off.

"Just let her go, Chantel. Just let her go. She's not right in the head."

"Well I think I might fix that problem if she touches me again."

"Ha! You're funny!" Kaoru yelled and then Kenshin made her sit down before they jogged to see her towards the hallway to their rooms. She was opening each door and shutting it and then she said, 'aha!'

"My baby." She grabbed what she was looking for and she shut the door that said Josue on it.

"Hey! We found that—"

"At the track in the grass where the gates are near the bushes along the path." They quickly grew quiet as Kaoru said exactly where it was, her eyes lowered in sudden boredom and her mouth quick.

"It was there for me to get. And I see you two idiots pick it up while I'm running. But at least I got it back, so no biggie now. Well… night."

"That's it? After all this you just say goodnight!" Josue cried out.

"Well, the moon is shining up there, so it is night, right?... Exactly." Kaoru bounced down the hall and out the front door before Kenshin just sighed and felt his pockets. He gasped as he realized his keys weren't there and he heard an engine starting up.

"HEY! THAT'S MY CAR!" he ran out the house and watched as it rolled off down the street and turned the corner. The two brothers began to laugh at his shocked face and then he said 'shut up!'

"She just took my car! One of you guys better take me home."

"Yeah we will. Just let us grab our keys."

"That little bitch." Kenshin growled as he pulled on his jacket.

"Taking my car. I'll skin her for touching my child."

(KxK)

"Kaoru, what's wrong?"

"Something's going wrong over in Europe. I just got this thing from Allen and it's saying that they're on the fritz in the underground. Everybody's confused because things are missing in data files and now they're looking for some of us."

"Like who?"

"Well, Allusius was already found and they know he's not in it because of the crutches. Next is me, but I'm dead underground. And they know the Kamiya boys are out because I'm dead. So all that's left is… Yahiko?"

"Shut up."

Kaoru widened her eyes as she set down her cup of tea and Misao looked over to see what she was saying. They both were in total shock and as Kaoru read it, she frowned.

"This isn't good. This is not good at all. Not. good at all."

"He was an underground member? Kaoru, what the fuck were you thinking?"

"He's not! I don't know what they're trying to say by this, Misao. I think that we need to go hunting tomorrow. You in?"

"What about the others?" she asked quietly and Kaoru just shook her head.

"Not this time. Just you and me. It'll be like old times when we were ten. Come on, what's there to loose?"

"Nothing much, seeing as we've lost all manners anyway."

Kaoru grinned and the two locked pinkeys as Misao gave the same knowing grin before they looked back down at the papers.

"We've changed a lot, Kaoru. You're making me soooo bad."

"At least we're having fun, eh? Now tell me that if I wasn't here, you'd be having as much excitement and thrill as you are now."

Kaoru leaned back in her arm chair and she gave a knowing sexy smile as Misao just laughed and shook her head.

"No, Kaoru. I wouldn't. And that's why I'm glad you're home. You bring excitement wherever you go."

"So I've heard, Misao. So I've heard."

(KxK)

R.S.: And part two is finished! Whoo, I was working pretty hard.

How is Yahiko in the underground? Is there something Kaoru doesn't know?

What to the boys think of Kaoru's actions at Josue and Tommy's house?

What's inside that box? Is it the same box as from the mission, or another one that Kaoru's hiding? And what information will they find?

My next update might be slightly delayed because more family is coming to visit and I have soccer now for school. :) I love soccer.

And please keep reviewing! I'd love it to death and it pushes me to write people!

(KenshinxKaoru)

Next on: Who'll raises you to heaven and drops you to hell

Chapter Twelve: My playground is your obstacle course

"Look at this, Kaoru. Somebody's been hacking into this."

"Hey, you there! Stop right there unless you are one of them!"

"Kaoru, you're never coming home, are you?"

"I miss you Kao-Kao! Daddy doesn't treat me the same!"

"What do you mean?"

"He… he thinks that I'm you now."