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A/N well I'm back from vacations and with great ideas, and I'm going to start soon the new fic so I hope you'll read it, Now for my dear reviewers:
Tauren Paladin: Nope your head won't explode, don't worry, and you'll see (thanks for everything)
Horsegirl: I'm sorry
Antica: don't die XDD
Kenshinlover2002: I'm glad you liked it, and I really must apologize for being such an idiot, but you see, I don't really have time to re read my chapters so, most of the time I have grammar mistakes, or simply I don't know, So Gomen nasai, I must improve I know, and don't worry I really appreciate for your concern about my huge mistakes
Exoticlittleflower411: Revenge yeah, but most of all…
Shintachi: je je je you'll see, wait and see
Athinalouise: well here's the update
Sapphire: Hey thanks, yes she is so stubborn but aren't they a great couple? (Kaoru is one of my favorite characters) I hate Tomoe too, she's such a bitch!
Thanks JK Misao for "THE" wonderful idea!
The two assassins
From last chapter
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"Well, there are plenty of reasons" he said "Business mostly"
"Business?" she said offended "And you traded me for money?" she glanced at Misao
"No" said Bill "Let's say that she did it because of revenge and I for love and money"
"You're a bastard!" Kaoru shouted "I thought you had changed!" she looked at Misao, but she looked away.
Chapter 16: an ambush part two:
"Let go me!" Kaoru yelled, two guys had grabbed her by the hair forcing her to stand up.
"yes, I know" he said and winked at her, he had been expecting this moment since a long time a go, hell yeah revenge felt good, he could practically taste it and it was sweet. He walked in Misao's direction but Aoshi stepped in front of her, to prevent him to get closer. "Your dear sister made an excellent job" he said and looked over his shoulder, rage was burning inside Aoshi, his blood was boiling, he wanted to kill him, but they had their son and Misao was pregnant so she couldn't fight.
"You have what you want now let us go" said Aoshi roughly, his cold eyes fixed on Bill.
"No" he said firmly "your lovely wife will have the honor" Bill said and smirked evilly.
"We had a deal!" Aoshi yelled furious, for a second he forgot he was dealing with a fucking liar, a traitor. Misao let escape a sigh and then closed her eyes, she had let her emotions carry her away, this was also the moment she had longed for but now she had realized that it was the cruel reality and that she had not enough guts to kill her own sister.
Kaoru could only watch, there was nothing she could do now, if only she had listened to him. She then examined her surroundings, everything was closed even the curtains, the church was now dark, a few candles were flickering in there, still she could see all the people pointing at her with their guns, she felt then how her world was slowly crumbling and he was not there to help her now, to be by her side and comfort her.
A woman came out from the crowd and was getting closer to Kaoru, she held her breath while the woman was approaching to her, could this be the woman from Kenshin's past? Or she was just desperate to find out a logic answer to everything? The pale woman ran her fingers through her hair and then touched kaoru's cheek like to see if she was real. A tear escaped from Tomoe's eye. Kaoru was struggling under the strong grip of the man that was holding her.
"You" Tomoe said so low that Kaoru didn't understand what she said "You're pretty" but Kaoru didn't answer, Tomoe flipped he hair back, Kaoru's mouth went wide open when she saw an awful scar on Tomoe's cheek. "He's not going to come" she said and grabbed Kaoru's face with one of her hands and squeezed her face, then she slapped her. Kaoru couldn't even touch her own face, both of her hands were tied.
"easy there" Bill called "Leave her alone, is Misao's task to do it" Tomoe nodded and left "Well, are you ready then?" he asked and glanced at Aoshi, he turned his face to see her, she nodded. "Then I think you can go" he handled her a small box and then he smiled.
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Kenshin walked slowly and cautiously towards Soujiro. He was aware that Kenshin was getting closer but he just waited till he reached there. The blond man immediately took out his gun, but soujiro told him that he was not the enemy.
"What are you doing here?" Kenshin asked coldly, Soujiro remained with his eyes closed and then his smile appeared on his lips again.
"This time Kenshin you won't be the hero" he said his smile grew bigger.
"What do you mean" he demanded an answer, his temper was raising, he wanted to erase that silly smile of Soujiro's lips, it was so annoying.
"You're alone Kenshin; I have an entire squad" he said "Your uncle sent me"
"You mean you're working for him?" asked Kenshin amazed, he couldn't believe that Soujiro was actually working for his uncle.
"To tell you the truth I've been working for him since five years ago, it's a long story, last time I came was to check on you, and to see Kaoru, despise what happened and that she is yours I still love her, so I accepted the mission" he said ever calmly.
"And you think a squad can do a better job than what I Do?" he asked offended.
" But I'm sure they help" he said "Now listen Kenshin, inside that church are at least 50 agents, ready to kill her, you know I'm not lying you two worth it" Kenshin's heart began to shrink his world was crumbling too, she was the woman of his dreams, who he really loved, and now she was going to die.
"We can be enemies or we can work together" Soujiro offered his hand, Kenshin knew he was right, he couldn't do it by himself, Kaoru was going to get hurt either way or another, they shook hands.
"Now listen" soujiro said but he was interrupted by Kenshin
"I don't want you to give me orders" Kenshin said firmly but not unkindly "I know exactly what to do" he glanced at Soujiro and he nodded.
"I won't" was his reply "Then I'll tell them you're on it too" he said and walked away, carefully to hide himself from the enemy.
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"Where are you taking me!" Kaoru shouted while they were dragging her to a room behind the statue of a Saint.
"Dear Kaoru, we're taking you to the room were you're going too die" said Bill and smiled at her, he was so sadistic and cruel and a complete bastard.
"Try to kill me you bitch!" she yelled and spat at him, he only cleaned his cheek and then he licked his fingers.
"Yes, and who is going to help you now!" he asked bitterly "He won't save you this time, your insignificant Kenshin decided to abandon you here with me… no body will help you now" he snapped his fingers and the guys pulled her inside the room. There was only a chair in the middle, there were no windows except for one that was too high to reach it, there was no possibly escape not even a back door, she closed her eyes and let the guys tie her to the big high backed chair she had already accepted her dead.
The door suddenly burst open, Misao was standing in front of Aoshi, she was holding a little carved wooden box, Kaoru knew what it was, she was scared, her own sister was going to poison her, but why? If they could kill her in an instant, everyone could shoot her, but then why to waste time with poison?
Bill entered the room and saw how every muscle in Kaoru's body tightened, He smirked and took from Misao's hands the box and opened it carefully and practically shaved Kaoru's face with it.
"You know what this is right?" he asked sarcastically "You know what it can do" he grinned, he circled the chair and then he smelled her hair. "Sweet little flower, today it's going to be your last day, I really hope you enjoyed last night with that asshole" Kaoru began to choke when he began to squeeze her throat in an attempt to kill her but then he released her, she coughed desperately when the air invaded her lungs again.
"And guess who is going to have the honor to do it" he said and peered into Misao's eyes, she just looked away. Was she ready to end her sister's life?
"What a Doll" said the man that had just entered the room.
"Mr. Shishio" said Bill and bowed, the man was followed by more persons and they all entered, including Kamatari and Shishio's lover.
"Making such a mess for this ugly woman?" asked Kamatari as he got closer to examine her face.
"Well Kamatari, not everyone is gifted" said Yumi, everyone laughed
"Oh no my love" shishio said "She's pretty indeed, what a shame that she is going to rot soon" shishio embraced his lover.
"Where's Yuki!" Misao yelled and then she covered her mouth, she could die if she made a wrong comment or worst her son could.
"He's going to be released as soon as this ends" said Bill "Now everyone lets get out of here to let Mrs. Shinomori to do her job" Bill exited the room and everyone followed. The door was now closed and Misao was getting ready to poison her, she approached to Kaoru and kissed her forehead, Kaoru was sweating, this was the end.
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The doors of the church burst open, fifty agents entered the place, they aimed to the enemy, guns were fired, even martial arts came in handy with hand to hand combat. The church had holes even on the walls, the benches were all broken, the chandeliers were on the floor, even the roof was starting to crumble down.
Soujiro stepped in and saw the enemy, this was going to be the end of the Jupon Gatana, at last he was going to catch them and give the world justice. Five warriors were standing in their combat position ready to counterattack him, the sound of steel against steel, hand against hand, Kenshin was in the battle too and he didn't know where his Kaoru was he was desperate, he became almost a beast, while fighting with them, they had taken his only happiness, the only one he really mattered in the world. Blood flooded the floor; it was a massacre at the little church. He whirled around to block Kamatari's attack; sparks began to fly because of the contact of his sword with Shishio's when he turned to block him too, Soujiro was doing an excellent presentation with his sword and guns skills, they were badly injured and so was the enemy, they were not interested in kill them except Shishio, at last Kenshin cornered him with his sword, Shishio lifted his head up when he felt the cold steel against his neck, he smirked evilly.
"this is the end" Kenshin said, his eyes were burning amber.
"Definitely" Shishio said and licked his lips, he was mad "I'm sure that by now, your dear Kaoru must be dead" he laughed. He began to cough blood, he moved slowly his hand downwards and met the cold steel of Kenshin's Katana. Everyone stopped when they saw Shishio dead, he had been defeated, everyone was shocked.
Kenshin ran to the door and opened it but when he entered, Bill snatched from Misao the poison and made Kaoru swallow it. Misao yelled and kneeled she was sobbing and whispering words no one could understand, it was like that night when she had shot Kaoru, Bill laughed, Kaoru began to felt dizzy, her body began to freeze slowly, and felt how her heart began to beat slower and slower with each passing second, Kenshin shouted too and caught Bill, he began to punch him till he passed out, Aoshi intervened and held Kenshin tight to prevent him to kill Billy. He struggled against Aoshi till he escaped from his tight grip and ran towards Kaoru to untie her, she was so cold, her pupils were dilated, her lips were pale, she was surely dead. He shook her in a desperate e attempt to make her open her eyes, even though that was not a solution., he went out of the church to find his car he needed to take her to a hospital before it was too late. He turned on the engine of his car and sped a way, Soujiro was following him in the highway, after all It was Kaoru the one in danger.
Kenshin managed to reach Megumi's hospital, he had a little hope that she could be saved. When he entered he was holding Kaoru's limp body in his arms, he ran down the corridors to find a room and then carefully placed Kaoru on a bed. He was shouting for help, Megumi herd him and went in to help, she froze when she saw Kaoru on the bed, but there was no time to be sentimental, she had to help so she kicked out Kenshin to prevent him to become hysterical.
He walked reluctantly out of the room, all he could do was wait. Several times he tried to enter the room but security took him away immediately. He sat on the floor and rested his forehead on his hand, he was sobbing and shaking, this could not be the end, he had to do something, he stood up and ran as fast as he could to the room kicked the room's door, he stopped and stood still at the entrance, Megumi was already taking off her gloves, nurses were unplugging and shutting down all the things. Megumi walked towards Kenshin, she grabbed her shoulder and began to cry.
"I'm so… so…rry Kenshin" she sobbed, and hugged him "I wasn't able to s..s..saver her, she was already gone" suddenly Kenshin's knees went weak, he kneeled on the floor with his head between his hands, he was crying, she was gone, his happiness had gone, his woman, his love, just a few weeks from their wedding.
"Damn it!" he began to shout "Bastard!" he began to punch the wall, Megumi was covering her mouth, tears were escaping freely from her eyes, Kenshin's hand was bleeding. "Tell me Megumi!" he turned around to face her "My life means nothing without her, I'm going to kill myself and I'm going to kill Billy I swear!" he yelled, Kenshin fell on the floor, he couldn't cry anymore, his eyes were extremely red and burning amber in rage.
"I'll leave you alone" said Megumi between sobs.
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Kenshin was all alone in his room, resting on the sofa, he glanced at a picture he had of them hugging each other at the beach, he smiled, a bitter sweet smile. He was going to take revenge and prepare Kaoru's funeral, even the sound of the word offended his ears, he couldn't believe he was going to bury her dear Kaoru, and he blamed himself for what had happened, it was all his fault. The phone ran interrupting his moment of loneliness, he answered but he couldn't recognized the voice.
"meet me tonight at Kaoru's office, there's something you need to know, if you want to save her"
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Evil cliffhanger hu? What do you think? PLZ REVIEW!