A/N (Yue): ahaha sorry if this isn't great (you have to realize that three people are writing this, I write Kenshin huggles Ken-chan, Amaya-chan is beta-ing this for me, which is probably a bad idea because she needs glasses...lol) . lol, right now my passion is shounen-ai/yaoi! (Loveless and Gravitation ROCK!) but that's just me, not Amaya or Ninjakage sweatdrops have to be original ya know :D anyways ENJOY!

Forever In A Moment

What's Wrong?

Everyone stumbled like drunks into Kenshin's house. Everyone was laughing, because somehow Kaoru had won a random race against Sano from the car to the door. Sano of course, much displeased at this, was chasing Kaoru all around the house trying to make her go against him in other useless things.

The car ride back from the arcade was the usual, Sano shouting over the radio at Kenshin, telling him how good he was at DDR and telling 'Jou-chan' how she 'kicked ass too' but that 'there was no way he could be beat by a girl'. Megumi (of course) was telling Kaoru how she was 'way better than that rooster head' and how she could 'put him in his place' while trying not the get hit by Sano who was sitting in the front seat. Kenshin just smiled and told Sano that he might end getting hurt if he kept trying to hit Megumi from his seat. Kaoru just grinned and agreed with Megumi's ideals, earning a whack from Sano's hand.

After a good ten rounds of the apartment Sano was covered with sweat and panting like a dog. He stumbled over to Megumi and Kenshin, who had turned on the TV during 'the chase'. Kaoru walked, seemly totally unfazed by the fact Sano had forced her to run around the house like a maniac. Sano gave her a glare before turning his attention back to the two people on the couch.

"I think its time me and Megumi got going, huh vixen?"

This of course, earned him a slap. Megumi got up off the couch and said her individual goodbyes before letting Sano escort her to the door. Sano shouted his normal goodbyes to Kenshin and 'Jou-chan'. Kenshin and Kaoru could hear their loud bickering over what Sano had called Kaoru until the door slammed shut.

Left alone, the only real choice of interaction without getting too close was of course, a movie. Kenshin grabbed a random movie and shoved it into the DVD player. The screen jumped into life. The white text read 'I-Robot' and the movie began to play.

Kaoru shifted into a more comfortable position on the coach. She was still worrying about Kenshin's little 'episode' at the arcade. Kenshin seemed ok at the moment, but was he really? There's no way that something insignificant would make him lose it. And who was Tomoe? Someone so important to him would be around him, right? So what happened to her that was so distressing to Kenshin?

"So... uh, Kenshin. What's up? You okay?"

Kenshin took a second to process the words. He seemed to be concentrating very hard on the movie. He turned to look at Kaoru with his usual smile.

"I'm fine, Kaoru"

"No, Kenshin, you are defiantly not fine. Do you expect me to believe that bullshit? Ever since the arcade you haven't been yourself."

Kaoru trailed off, staring at Kenshin, watching his face change slightly. His smile wilted slightly and he focused on his fingers, which were lying on the sofa. He moved his fingers around a little before looking up at Kaoru. His eyes were darker than before, a little sadder too.

"I've been found out! Well, as you wish I'll tell you what's bothering me. Someone very dear to me said had the same favorite DDR song as you, and said the same thing as you-"

"Tomoe?"

Kenshin looked surprised for a second, and his gaze again fell to his fingers, which were tightening and relaxing around the sofa fabric.

"Well yeah. Tomoe was her name. She's gone now though. Moved away. Far away. I miss her a lot though. I guess it's not something you can forget, huh?"

He ended his little speech with a trademark smile, and his eyes returned to the movie. Kaoru, satisfied with the answer also turned back to the movie.

After the movie ended it was time for Kaoru to leave. She left, giving Kenshin one more worried glance, and tell him that she'd call him and see him later. Kenshin smiled back, agreeing that they would indeed see each other later, before closing the door and returning to the living room.

He sat down on the couch and stared blankly at the black screen. He looked at his reflection. A small red headed teenager sitting slumped, gazing at the TV as if it was the most precious thing, stared back through the glass.

How could she have known about Tomoe? He thought he had kept it quiet, maybe someone had told her. Probably Megumi, Sano would never give anything about Kenshin away. How strange that Kaoru likes the same song Tomoe had? And said her exact words? It was way too much for Kenshin to handle.

He pushed off the coach and tramped to his room, where he promptly threw on a random black tank top and took off his jeans. His alarm clock was blinking numbers that read 10:30PM. Kenshin glared at the clock, before flopping down on his bed. Staring at the ceiling he fell asleep flooded with thoughts of Tomoe.

He was laughing, and smiling. Everyone was around him, Megumi, Sano, and, of course, Tomoe...The word birthday crossed his mind, and he smiled even more, yeah, it was his birthday. Dinner, cake, how old was he? He couldn't remember. It didn't matter anyway. Megumi and Sano leave, after many slaps that Sano had received from both ladies. Tomoe smiling...Leading her to the car, the kiss...He said something to her, and she replied, but he couldn't quite hear it. Driving, the tire flattened Kenshin jumped out, checking for damage. Tomoe turned and grabbed him back into the car, he could feel his wrist crack with the strength of the pull. And then CRASH blood, blood everywhere, Tomoe, Tomoe please don't be dead...don't be dead...don't leave me...but there she was smashed against the dashboard. Dead, blood all over her lovely features, covering her body. Her blood was covering Kenshin too, smothering him and choking him. He couldn't breath, Tomoe was dead.

Kenshin opened his eyes, expecting to see Tomoe again, but he was greeted with only his shadowed ceiling. His alarm clock flashed 3:45AM. Kenshin turned over onto his side, breathing hard, seemly gasping for breath, still smothered by her blood. Tears suddenly flowed from his eyes, but he could only see the red, staining everything, bleeding into his own skin.

He stumbled up from his bed, not wanting to be in the same place where he had just seen Tomoe's face. Tomoe...she was dead. Killed. Because of him. It was his fault that Tomoe was dead and buried. His fault.

He turned on the TV. Some late night show was on, anything would do though. He just needed a distraction. He didn't want to be thinking about Tomoe. It didn't help him to keep dwelling on the past, he needed to think of the future. He had school later today and he had to go so that Sano, Megumi and even Kaoru didn't worry about him. Blankly, Kenshin stared at the TV until finally he fell asleep.

Random Conversations Between Authors

Yue: ok, this has to be told. I saw I-Robot with my friend and there's is really sexy car in it and she said ?that hott is too car?. It was a very funny moment. Lol

Amaya: There was more than one friend thank you very much. I have such wonderful friends. They always forget about me?

Yue: ugh I don't remember that movie at all! lol WILL SMITH IS HOT?

Amaya: How can we ever trust her?

Yue: I recently slept over at this guy's house and he slept in all the same clothes he had been wearing, except he changed into shorts. A

question for all you guys, how the HELL can you do that? Lol. He then wore those clothes the next day, can i say ew?

Amaya: Did you share a room? WHACK! Ow! It's a legitimate question under the circumstances! And what's with "I have been found out!"? It sounds like some crappy line from a shitty movie! WHACK! Shutting up now?

Yue: I DID share a room, a very big room. at the very least he was hot, we would've slept on the sofa but he threw me out . bastard :D

Amaya: …silence… Anyways… R&R!