A/N- this is a stori about the fox and the rooster head. Enjoy!

I looked around. 'Looks like this place could use a doctor,' I thought. It was a small town and it didn't look threatening. This was the perfect place to stay for a couple weeks. Now, just to find a place to stay.

Megumi put down the bags that she was carrying. She had been waking for a couple hours now and her shoulder was really beginning to bug her. Inside the bag was a doctor's kit and all the medicine she has made. Oh yeah, the opium.

She remembered the day she had ran away from that horrible man. Rumor was that he died in some accident. No she would never make the opium again. That's why she was always on the run, always traveling, in fear that one day he would find her and force her to make the drug again.

Megumi sighed and picked up her bags again. Ignoring the pain in her shoulder, she continued walking. After a few minutes she came to a broken looking house, no wait it was. a dojo? It looked pretty abandoned but the light and laughter told her otherwise. Maybe she could stay here... Sighing once more she knocked on the door and put on her seductive smile. A man opened the door. He had fiery red hair that was tied in a loose ponytail. He smiled. "What can I help you with, Miss?"

Megumi giggled. This guy sure looked cute and it was time to try her flirting skills. "I was just wondering if I could stay here for the night. I've been walking for quite a while now." She said adding a rather seductive smile. She took a peek at the guy from under her lashes. He looked pretty flustered to her.

"Well." he finally replied, awakening from his shock. "I don't know if it's alright with Kaoru-dono. I mean this is her dojo."

As if on cue, a girl came to stand beside the man. She was very pretty and had silky black hair that was tied into a high ponytail.

"Oh, it's alright, Kenshin. She needs somewhere to rest, I mean look at her clothes!"

Megumi's clothes were indeed ripped and torn. And she was not the prettiest sight at that moment.

The girl smiled. "My name is Kaoru and this is my dojo. You can stay here for a little while. You look pretty worn out."

Megumi smiled. "Thank you."

"Hey everyone! We have a visitor! Her name's Megumi!"

Everyone stopped what they were doing. They had never heard the name Megumi before. And they had never seen this woman before, so what was Kaoru doing letting her in the dojo just like that?

Megumi's POV.

I watched as Kaoru flew around, telling me the names of everyone in the room. She pointed to a little boy, no bigger than 10, I suppose. "This is Yahiko."

Then she pointed to the man that had opened the door for me. "That's Kenshin."

I gave him one of my looks with another smile. I watched as he instantly turned red. Kaoru seemed to be mad and I immediately knew I had just entered myself into a love triangle. This was going to be more fun than I thought. But then I watched in horror as the Kaoru girl started pounding Kenshin on the head with a wooden sword. I quickly rushed over to the scene.

"Sir Ken, are you alright?" I knew I was acting, but why not get a little fun out of this? I knew he wasn't hurt anyways.

"Sir Ken?!?!?!" Kaoru screamed. She loomed over Kenshin, an angry vein popping out.

"Explain." She mumbled through gritted teeth.

She was interrupted by a voice behind her. "Aren't you going to introduce me?"

"Huh? Oh yes this is Sanosuke." She said as if nothing ever happened. What a weird group of people.

I looked over to see who Sanosuke was. I gasped and stared in horror. I didn't even notice I had dropped my bag. He, he, could he.? No he couldn't be, no he was already dead. But that spiky hair, those hazel eyes.

Sano's POV.

'Why she staring at me like that?' he wondered. 'Probably because of my good looks' said something in his brain.

She did look kinda familiar. Kaoru hopped in, breaking the silence. "Miss Megumi, your bath is ready."

"Thank you," she whispered. Her voice seemed so far away, as if she was lost in thought.

'This girl is defiantly strange.'

Megumi's POV.

I sighed as the warm water flowed over me. What's better than a warm bath to release your tension? My thoughts floated over to Sanosuke. That man, he looked like, like. the memory came back to me, flooded my brain, haunted my memory.

~*Memory*~

A little girl bounced up and down in excitement. 'It's going to be my 8th birthday in a month!' She thought. "Mom, can I play by the river?" the little girl asked.

"Sure Megumi, just come back in time for dinner."

"Yay!! This is going to be so fun!"

As the little girl neared the river, she saw that someone was already sitting beside it. It was a boy, no older than 9. He had spiky hair and wore a white shirt that flowed loosely about. Megumi blinked.

"Ummm, hello, mister?" she stammered.

The boy turned around, meeting Megumi's dark green eyes with his warm hazel ones. He had a friendly smile.

"How did ya find me?" he asked with a questioning gaze.

"I p-play here a-all the t-t-time," Megumi stuttered.

"Awww, no need to be afraid of me! I may look tough but I don't hurt little girls like you," se said with a wink.

Megumi knew right then and there that he was not a bad person and that they would become very good friends.

She walked over and sat down next to him and smiled.

"Hi, my name's Megumi, what's yours?"