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Chapter Five:

Like Something From A Distant Past

All of Tokyo seemed to be ablaze that night. The smell of smoke and burning wood filled the air,
making it difficult to breathe. Kaoru fanned Megumi, sweat dripping from her brow. She had been
injured at the clinic. She was tending to people badly burned by the fires when her own clinic was
firebombed. A support beam fell on top of her, nearly crushing her left side. Sanosuke worked
feverishly to remove the beam. Kaoru had never seen him so livid. A few days had passed and her
condition had not improved by much. All of her broken bones had been set, but she suffered so much
internal damage that even Kaoru knew her time was short. All she could do was make her as
comfortable as possible as they waited for the Angel of Death to come for her. She had traveled far
to find the soothing herbs for her, and she had stumbled unto the most magical grove. The land was
damp and soft, but was covered with the greenest, thickest grass she had ever seen in her life. The
brightest, most beautiful flowers seemed to grow in that one spot. She almost was ashamed that she
didn’t want to leave. Why would she? It was heaven.

"Kaoru," he whispered softly, his face moving closer to her own. She closed her eyes and all she
could feel was the heat of his body…the heat of his body was intoxicating. She opened her eyes
again, but this time, she was not greeted with Sano’s face. It was…Kenshin’s?

Kaoru blinked hard and tried to bring her right hand to her face to rub her eyes, but she couldn’t. It
was injured. Then, it came back to her. She was only dreaming. Why was Kenshin at her side? Why
was she in this room? Last she remember, they were fighting, she wanted to kill him. Then her
arm…she re-aggravated it. She must have passed out.

< sty style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif">"How long have I been out of it?" Kaoru asked, her voice rough. She tried to sit up, but Kenshin put
a firm hand on her, keeping her down.

"Quite a few hours, almost half a day, I’d say," he replied, "But you are not well enough to get up.
You strained your arm pretty bad. You can’t feel it because the doctor gave you a powerful dose of
medicine, but you will feel it soon."

Kaoru rolled her eyes and smacked her lips. So, she would be stuck here, she figured, with Kenshin.
Damn him! Why after all these years did he have to come back? Now everything was just a mess.
How would she work now? It’s a good thing she robbed those dead robbers, or she’d have no way to
survive after she got away from Kenshin.

"Are we in your inn?" Kaoru asked, looking at him. Kenshin nodded as he stood to open the curtains
of the window. His inn looked traditional Japanese style on the outside, but was almost completely
Western on the inside. The bed was high and the curtains were imperial red with little purple flowers
on them. She more she looked, she saw it was a mix of the old and the new. It was quite a lovely
place, actually.

"I hope you like it here. You should be able to get up on your own in a few days, but you will have
to take it easy. I know you do not want my help and that you hate me, but please let me do this for
you," pleaded Kenshin. His eyes were low and humble. He did not want to offend her any further.
Kaoru let out and exasperated sigh. It’s not as if she had much choice in the matter. She nodded,
then rolled over to her side so she wouldn’t face Kenshin.

"What were you dreaming about?" Kenshin asked her, sitting at the edge of the bed, rubbing her
injured arm. He was really pressing his luck. Kaoru growled and tried to shake him off, but she
couldn’t. Her arm tensed up immediately and began to ache. The medicine was starting to wear off.

"I was dreaming about Megumi’s death," she said flatly.

"How did she die?" he asked, his voice soft. Kaoru then rolled back onto her back and looked up and
Kenshin. Why was he asking all these question? Could he just leave her the hell alone?

"Her clinic was fire-bombed and a beam fell on her. She died about a week after that," she replied,
her voice still sharp.

"How did Sanosuke take it?" he questioned again, but Kaoru had enough.

"Damn it, Kenshin! What does it matter now? They are dead, ok?" she yelled, her eyes filling with
hatred and anger again. Kenshin frowned, but continued to rub her arm.

"And stop fucking touching me!" she screamed, rolling back over to her side. Kenshin did as she
asked and got off the bed. He turned around to ask her another question, but he opted against doing
so and exited her room. As soon as Kaoru heard the door shut, she sat up in her bed and began to
examine her arm. Her wound felt very tight, for it had been sewn up. She could tell. It was make
heal better, since all she would do is open it back up anyway. Her arm ached more and more by the
minute, from shoulder to fingertip. She had really hurt it bad. She then looked out the win/spa/span>…it
was almost nighttime again. She did not want to go back to sleep…to dream.

"Sano…" she whispered to herself. They had shared a short-lived romance, if it could be called such.
She knew they only reason he turned to her was because Megumi was dead. He needed an outlet and
she needed the attention and protection. It was an arrangement more than anything. She always felt
Sanosuke died of a broken heart. Only a month after Megumi was buried, Sano died for no physical
reason. Then, she and Kenji were alone.

Kenshin. Why did he care so much? Why was she being so cruel? No, she has every right to treat
him the way she treats him. Look at her life. Things would have been so much different. No, she
can’t allow herself to feel anything for him, not anymore. Even though a part of her self tugged when
he smiled, when he asked about the past. She supposed it was possible a part of her still loved him.
No…
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