Chapter 1: Little Scar Face



"Mr.Himura, we need your help."

Kenshin had heard that so many times, but this assignment from the police chief was different. Little did Kenshin and the others know that this assignment would be one that would change all there lives forever...

"Yes, I will help, I always have and always will, but what do you need?" replied the swirly-eyed swordsman.

"Well, we are told that her name is Ryuichi Yamatara, but since we aren't really sure, we call her Little Scar Face. She is said to have been an assassin from Kyoto and has, at one time, been after your own head. Needless to say, she chickened out, she just couldn't stand the pressure being after the legendary Battousai. Very little is known about her past except that she was taken away from her parents when she was 8 by a small group of swordsmen under the control of a man named Gen. Tatsumi Yamatara. He took her in as his adopted daughter and taught her an odd group of one- handed techniques. She has since studied and perfected those moves and has become deadly accurate and that is why we need you, Mr. Himura. We already have her at the police station, we just need you to help us keep her under control so we can take her to a rehabilitation center for troubled youth or something."

"Oro? Youth, how old is Ryuichi-dono?"

"Around 19, maybe younger."

"Sounds like I'm gonna need help, you up for this Sano?"

"Sure, I was hoping you would say that and if you didn't I was gonna come anyway."

"Alright, lets go!"



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~At the police station~



As they arrived, a young girl with a scar above her right eye was carefully led into the room. She had her hair up in a long black ponytail and besides the scar, was quite beautiful.

"I assume you're Ryuichi. To tell you the truth, she looks like a..."

"Sanosuke, that's enough! She maybe a little rough around the edges but that doesn't mean that she's a, um, well you know what you were about to say."

"Hey, Bird Head! Just for you're information, I'm not a prostitute, O.K! I'm not the kind of person who exactly wants to get knocked up young and die of some stupid disease when I'm 25. I have no plans to ever get married or have any children and I have no problem with that, I don't want to get close to another person. Chances are they'll just get hurt too."

"I get the feeling that the best thing for Ryuichi-dono isn't rough treatment, but the kind of treatment this one and Sano receives every day. The Kaoru, Suzume, and Ayame treatment!"