Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin is not my story and never will be.
A/N: This is my first story for Rurouni Kenshin so please treat it kindly. If been planning to write this for a while since September but it really didn't come to me. I've written drafts and drafts and hopefully this is the outcome. I hope you all enjoy.
Chapter 1: Sakura Johji
There was blood everywhere and there was no where to go. Silence filled the room as the clanking of armor and the beating of hoofs traveled into the distance. With war already beginning to end, a little girl leaned over her parents who were mercifully slaughtered. She knew that no one would help her now except for one person, but he was traveling with no destination. Of course he had become a rurouni. The girl grabbed her father's sword and gently rapped it with cloth so that she wouldn't get caught when the police would arrive. Her travel began to finally part revenge against her father's killer and to find Kenshin Himura.
A young woman named Sakura woke up from a nightmare with sweat dripping down her forehead. Ever since that day when she was eight, she kept recalling the same vision. That was when she lost everything, her mother, her father, and her little sister Tamao.
'It's been ten years,' she thought 'And I still can't find him.'
She flipped through her clothing and found her pouch with money. There was only 100 yen which was nearly enough to pay for the train to Tokyo. She sighed as she noticed a big tear in one of her sleeves. It must've been from those idiots from the day before. Some men had tried to steal money from her, but since they were miserly pickpockets she wouldn't allow for it to happen. The hotel manager stopped Sakura on the way out of the building. He held his hand out as to receive something.
"Um excuse me Miss Johji, your payment please?"
"But Misaoko-san I gave you my payment yesterday for only an overnight stay." She replied.
"Surely, I heard you say until nine am I correct?" the old man asked "Indeed at this moment it is ten in the morning. For that you owe me 20 yen."
Sakura found her pouch and placed a pound note in the grimy mans hands. Misaoko smiled and let her leave with great haste. Sakura sweat dropped as she glanced at how much money she had left.
"Oh great, now I'll never reach Tokyo."
A woman with black hair overheard this and motioned for the girl to come over. She had on a kimono with blue flowers and in her hand she was holding a paper bag with some large object.
"Gomen nasai but I couldn't help overhearing that you are trying to get to Tokyo?" the woman asked. "If you'd like I'm going there myself. I had to travel here for some herbal medicine."
"Arrigato you are too kind. What is your name I ask?" Sakura replied and bowed.
"My name is Ms. Megumi."
A/N: I apologize if the first chapter was short but I assure you that the rest will at least be more then three pages. I'd like to hear any comments from you so please review. I'd also like to hear any ideas you might have for any upcoming chapters.