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Chapter One

It was strange, what happened. No one expected it, no one saw it coming. But it DID happen, and that's all that really matters in this story. You see, the Hitokiri Battousai had been fighting in a very heated battle at the very moment it happened, and when it came, he had had no warning and absolutely no idea that it was there until it was almost upon him. Yes, he was quite surprised when, out of nowhere, a hole in the fabric of the air sucked him in and he disappeared. Well, his enemies were quite surprised, of course, but they didn't realize he was gone until they had slashed around with their swords for about ten whole seconds.

Meanwhile, the Battousai felt as if he were being yanked around by some unseen force, and he continued to fall through the dark, deep hole that had sucked him out of his fight. Suddenly, he was thrown out of the hole and onto a very hard substance that seemed to be rock. And then he saw a light coming towards him at an impossible speed, and thinking that it was another fighter, he used the reflexes that had helped him keep his life during the long days of the Bakumatsu and rolled out of the way, preparing to fight the person holding the light. What he saw go by, however was what seemed to be a big metal cart-like thing that had many lights. He was very shocked because he had never seen anything like that before. The cart-thing stopped, and someone stepped out of it. It seemed to be a young boy with very crazy hair that had three different types of colors.

"Um, are you ok?" The boy asked, looking uncertainly at the strangely attired boy before him.

"Yes, thank you, I am fine." Suddenly, his eyes narrowed. There was something strange about this seemingly innocent young boy. He had TWO spirits. The Battousai was momentarily speechless. Then, he got into battle stance. "Who are you?!" he asked harshly.

The young boy looked surprised. "Um, I don't know what you mean. I'm sorry if we almost ran you over; we didn't mean to do it. You sort of appeared out of nowhere."

"Why do you have two spirits?! What kind of human are you? No one has two spirits!!" The Battousai was really confused.

That was when the young boy noticed the swords that the red-haired boy had, and he squeaked a little. His golden puzzle started to glow, and it seemed to the Battousai that the young boy grew a bit taller and his huge purple eyes seemed to narrow slightly. The Battousai felt the switch in the spirits and his amber eyes sized up the newcomer's abilities.

The boy with three hair colors spoke first. "I believe the question is who are YOU? It's MY own business if I have two spirits."

The Battousai sighed. "My name is Kenshin Himura. Who are you?"

The young boy bowed. "Yugi Moto."

"Hmm….I see. So, what was that thing you were riding in that almost ran me over? It sort of looks like a small train. But we're not on a railroad. So how could it be a train? What is going on here?" Kenshin was really confused now. And he didn't like being confused.

Yami and Yugi were pretty confused as well. Whoever heard of someone who didn't know what a car was?

I think he came from an asylum somewhere. And he has swords! Where did he get those swords?! If he's really mentally unstable, then having swords is really dangerous to other people. Maybe we should try to persuade him to go with us and then take him to the police or something. Yugi suggested from inside the puzzle.

I don't know, Yugi. There's something about him, a sort of dark aura that surrounds him, but it's not from insanity. This boy is definitely not insane. And the fact that he can see that we have two people in one body is another point to his sanity. He must come from somewhere else or something.

But where could he have come from? Yami, he doesn't even know what a car is!!

Kenshin could tell that the two spirits were talking with each other, so he waited patiently while they talked about him. But Kenshin was young, and his patience only extended so far. He was in a bad mood, too, and everything was making him slightly irritable. He coughed loudly, then, and Yami was startled out of his conversation with Yugi. "Um, I'm really sorry, but I was wondering if you could answer my question now. That is, as long as you're done talking with the other spirit?"

Yami was quite surprised that Kenshin had known that he had been talking with Yugi, and it showed on his face. Kenshin sighed, and Yami said, "I believe that you owe us an explanation. Where do you come from that you don't even know what a car is?"

"Oh, is that what that thing was? I didn't know that technology had improved this much during the time I've been away fighting in the war. I don't know where I am now. All I know was that I was fighting with these people and then all of a sudden I was sucked down a hole. When I was thrown out of it, your car almost ran me over."

Yami stared at him. "Uh, excuse me for asking, but exactly how old are you?!"

Kenshin raised an eyebrow. "I'm fifteen, why?"

Yami almost fainted. "Fifteen?!?!" he screeched.

"Yeah. You're about the same age, right? Why is that so hard to believe?"

"Fifteen-year-olds don't fight in wars, Kenshin."

"Where I come from, they do. By the way, where is this place anyway? It seems like something from a dream, that it does."

"Um, this is Domino City, Japan, and it's the year 2004."

Kenshin stared at him in shock. And then he began to laugh. "You're joking, right? If what you're saying is true, then I've been dead for almost 200 years. This is crazy. I'm going to go find the rest of the Ishin Shishi." And he promptly walked away.