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A/N: Yay! Chapter 3! I know I'm lazy, it took me forever! This chapter might be an odd one out because all three of these chapters were written by 3 different people... :D, my writing might be WAY different then the other... I took so long! I'm so sorry! Please R&R (otherwise there will be no reason for us to finish this story!)! Please Enjoy!

Forever In A Moment

Gomen Nasai

Tomoe and Kenshin were walking in the park. The drastic sunset in the background made it seem more beautiful then seemed imaginable. The pair, however, would have probably been happy wherever they were, along as they were together. Kenshin was taking full advantage of the moment, the scenery to him was nothing compared to the girl that was walking next to him.

He bent down and kissed her forehead. "I love you" he whispered into her hair. He felt Tomoe smile then look up at him. Her smile was still there but tears were pouring out of her eyes. Strangely the tears that fell from her eyes were red...it took a while for Kenshin to realize it was blood. She said something starting in a whisper and ended up in a shriek.

"Why? Why did you kill me?"

Suddenly blood was flowing from all part of her, from cuts just forming. The scenery had darkened, leaving Kenshin to only be able to see the ground, darkened by blood. His own hands were sticky from the stuff. His eyes widened as he stared at the dark liquid went drip, drip, drip off his own hands. Immediately there was blood everywhere, smothering him. It was filling his nostrils and pouring out of his mouth. He started to shout to, overriding the screams of Tomoe. He held his head in his hands and shook it violently.

"NO! NO! I DIDN?T KILL HER, I DIDN?T DO ANYTHING"

Kenshin sat bolt upright in his bed. His breaths came in uneven gasps. A thin film of sweat covered his body, and he was completely tangled in the sheet. Even without thinking, he knew he must have been shouting. He untangled his hands from his hair and held them out in front of him. They were pale and shaky, definitely not covered in that crimson substance. Trying to calm himself he got up and turned on the light. Taking in the completely normal state of his room he sighed, letting out all his tension and making his shoulders sag.

He was sure that if Hiko had been home, he would have been woken up before anything too nightmarish had happened. Hiko was his guardian, after both of his parents had died from some disease. They had died and left Kenshin at a very young age. Hiko then found him and promptly adopted Kenshin as his own son.

Kenshin meandered his way back to his bed, stepping over random piles of clothing.

Usually Kenshin was very neat, but it seemed like this week he couldn't be bothered. Kenshin threw himself down on his bed, pushing his face into a pillow to hide the tears that were flowing freely from his eyes.

'Tomoe...'

In school, Kenshin seemed pretty normal. He greeted everyone with a smile, laughed at peoples jokes, same as usual. However, unless someone started a conversation with him, then he was silent. He didn't want to worry his friends, but he didn't want to keep his dream a secret. He was thinking about telling Sano when he remembered how glad Sano was when the nightmares had seemed to have stopped.

School seemed to pass sluggishly, Science, Recess, Japanese, English, History. Kenshin wondered briefly what was going on between Aoshi-sensei and Kaoru. They always seemed to talk after class, and it was terribly suspicious. Was Kaoru failing or something? 'We all have our secrets now, just let it be, you can ask her later if it bothers you so much...'

Blankly Kenshin made his way through the rush of 2nd period lunch, seeing Sano and the rest of his friends waiting for him at a table. He gave his award winning smile and sat down next to Kaoru. He was too busy thinking to notice the blush that lit up her face.

"Yo, Kenshin! Aren't you gonna eat any lunch?" Sano said, his mouth full with...something that had been food at one point. Kenshin smiled and said that he had had a big breakfast, so he wasn't especially hungry. This was not true, Kenshin had taken one bite of cereal that morning, as it changed from the supposedly delicious flavor of Cheerios to the sticky taste of blood he has simply chucked the cereal away.

He wasn't expecting to eat much for the rest of the day, but he might as well stop his friends from worrying. He smiled, and any worried looks at the table disappeared. Reassured by his smile. It was so unfair that they could be fooled by such a simple gesture. Happy chatter seemed to fill the table.

"Hey! I know what we can show Kaoru today! The arcade!" Sano said, rather loudly.

Everyone gave their approval to the idea, even Kenshin. Showing someone around might clear his mind, at least somewhat. With this settled the rest of the conversation only came to Kenshin in bits and pieces. All he did was nod his head or say "mmmm" for the rest of the period.

With something to wait for the rest of the day seemed to go by really fast. Kenshin could hardly remember what classes he had before he was suddenly standing outside with Sano, waiting for Kaoru and Megumi.

"I wonder what's takin' the girls so long" Sano sighed, a toothpick was hanging out of the corner of his mouth and an impatient expression on his face. Kenshin just smiled and assured Sanosuke that they would be coming out soon.

Sure enough, Megumi and Kaoru exited the building, chatting excitedly about some school project and about the arcade and in about 5 minutes the four were all piled into Kenshin's car. The radio was on to some song that everyone seemed to know, and soon the car was full of the sound of happy voices.

Kenshin was naturally good at video games. He wasn't sure what type of career would actually be so excited about such a thing, but it was just a cool thing to have. He beat everyone at pretty much every game, and soon he was loaded up with prizes that he would dutifully hand to the friend he was playing against.

The only time that Kenshin slipped up was while he and Kaoru were playing. The sleeve of her long sleeved black shirt had slipped up slightly, showing Kenshin the deep scab that ran down her arm. He had only noticed it for a moment, but that was long enough to make him relive his nightmare. Kaoru was too focused on the game to notice. The split second the Kenshin hadn't been paying attention had been long enough for Kaoru to overtake him in the game and win.

Sano and Megumi congratulated the new 'champ' as Kaoru was the only one who had beat Kenshin at a video game. She was to busy celebrating to notice the looks Kenshin was giving her. The rest of the time at the arcade Kenshin politely refused to go against anyone. Sano just shrugged it off, thinking that his friend might be sulking from losing his first match.

Kenshin and Kaoru stood awkwardly outside of her house. The strange silence was unsettling to both of them.

"Well...uh thanks for the ride home. I better go inside now..."

"No! I mean, um, Kaoru I have something to ask you..."

Kaoru looked up at Kenshin expectantly and her friend stumbled over his words.

"Um, well Kaoru...I saw something and I just want to make sure I'm not jumping to any wrong conclusions so...could you roll up your sleeve?"

Kaoru's expression changed from confused to defensive. She pulled down her sleeves further, her fingers curling around the hem.

"And what on my arm would be so interesting to you?"

"I just want to confirm something...please can I see it?"

Kaoru spun around and fumbled to put her key in the lock. Her hands were shaking too violently to push the key in. Kenshin gently took her arm and turned her back around. Kaoru's eyes were wide with surprise at how strong Kenshin was. One of his hands held her upper arm and his other was pushing up her sleeve revealing the long scab that ran down her arm.

Kaoru looked wide eyed at Kenshin's face. His normal amethyst colored eyes had turned a rather violent shade of amber. He looked quite furious. She closed her eyes to block out the frightening sight and soon she felt the fabric of her sleeve come down and cover her arm again.

"Who did this?"

His words were calm but she could feel his grip tightening on her arm. She bit her lip and held her breath. No way she could tell Kenshin. She had only met him a few days ago. She felt hot tears run down her face an she shut her eyes tightly. The grip on her arm loosened and soon it wasn't there at all.

'Stupid! You made her cry you baka! Can't you do anything right?' Kenshin's eyes widened slightly as he took in the sight of the girl crying in front of him. Waves of guilt poured over him.

"K-Kaoru? Kaoru?"

He looked helplessly at her, her body was shuddering as she started to sob violently. Kenshin reached forward and pushed her into him. He felt her face push itself into his shoulder, which was becoming increasingly wetter.

"Gomen nasai, Kaoru..."