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Forgotten Past

Chapter one: Old allies

Aoshi Shinamori had just come back from the temple near the Aoia to find the former captain of the Shinsengumi, Hajime Saitou there waiting for him. Aoshi walked over to the other man wondering what on earth he was doing in Kyoto. Right after the incident with Shishio, Aoshi had assumed that Saitou had returned to Tokyo along with the Battousai. "May I ask why you have chosen to grace the Aoiya with your presence?" he asked, eyeing the police officer with his stone cold gaze. Saitou looked up at him and tossed the cigarette he was smoking away. "I have come," asked Saitou, breathing out the last bit of smoke he had in his lungs. "To ask you a favor." Aoshi simply scowled and began to walk inside. "I do not do favors." Said Aoshi. He eyed the captain of the Shinsengumi as a smirk formed itself on the older man's face. "The police force in Tokyo has a reason to believe that the Hitokiri Kodachi is still alive," Aoshi stopped dead in his tracks when he heard her name. "Kiara." he whispered as he turned back to the officer.

Saitou felt triumphant as the former leader of the Oniwaban group looked like he was in shock. So, Shinomori still remembers her. I remember back in the revolution when he was the closet person to her besides the Battousai, but I won't tell him of my discovery unless I have too. This baka may be the only way I can find her and question her about the whereabouts of the elemental sprite, if he even exists. The younger man was first to speak. "Where?" he asked. Saitou smirked. "That's why I've asked for your help. You were able to see through any one of her disguises, and you will be able lure her out of her hiding spot." Saitou raised an eyebrow as the young man slowly came and stood next to him. "I will help you find her." Saitou smirked and the two men began the journey to Tokyo. Little did they know their conversation was watched by the very girl they wanted to find.

People are looking for me. Kiara said to herself. I must be very careful now. I'm sorry, Aoshi, but I cannot be found. And with those thoughts finished, she sped into the forest, using her God-like speed of the Hiten Mitserugi style and the faster speed of the Secuchi (A/N: I don't know how to spell it, it's the style that Sojiro uses against Kenshin in their fight, if anyone knows how to spell it, let me know!!) to get to Tokyo faster than the two men that were chasing her.