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By: Kelli St. Pierre……………………………..sadly I do not own Rurouni Kenshin

Chapter 1: "The poor life of a girl named Misao Makimachi…."

A soft breeze passed by softly wiping a long braid that belonged to a girl, who was walking down a street. She had a backpack hanging one shoulder, while the other side just hung. The girl continued to walk up the street, while cars passing by, until she came to a red street sign that said "Willow Ave." on it. But there was also a girl there as well, and she looked at the girl with the braid and excitedly said…..

"Oh hey Misao,…oh, I see your tired alright", The girl said to the girl known as Misao. Misao stopped right next to her while saying…..

"Hey Tae, and you can say that again. Just to let you know, I was up all night studying for our French exam we have today."

"Oh no, we do! Oh crap I totally forgot about that!" The girl known as Tae replied. Tae had short brown hair withbrowneyes and was a bittaller than Misao.Misao, who had black hair and ocean eyes,snickered and said, as a yellow bus came up at them.

"Oh well, look like another exam you'll have to fail."

The two got on the bus and went to the back of the bus, as the few kids who were on the bus stared at them as they walked by. Misao took the long seat in the back as Tae pouted and said….

"Come on Misao, you had that seat yesterday."

"Oh, and like you deserve this seat little Ms. I-didn't-study-a-dam-thing-last-night."

"Fine then, be that way Ms.know-it-all." Tae took the little back seat as she stuck her tongue out, while the bus started to move. There stop was the third stop since there were only a few kids on it. Misao and Tae stretched out on their seats as Misao said tiredly to Tae……

"Man, it's so great to be a senior so we can get out of this suck-ass school."

"Yea no kidding, once I'm out….the first thing I'm gonna do is get my apartment."

"Yea, if you even make it out of high school this year." Tae again stuck her tongue out at Misao as she replied.

"Yea well I can always stay for summer school like I always had each year."

"Sure. You can do that and rot in school since its like a thousand degree's in there."

Tae just shrugged her shoulders as she pulled a pack of gum out and took a piece. She moved them towards Misao's direction and said….

"Want some, their our favorite kind…..cinnamon."

"Oh you know I do."

Misao picked one and stuck it on her mouth as she quickly grabbed a piece and put it into her pocket. Tae scrunched her eyebrows and pointed a finger at her accusingly.

"Hey, Misao Makimachi, whoever said you could have to", Tae said. Misao simply stuck her tongue out and said sweetly….

"You didn't say to take one, you just simply said to take some. So I did."

Tae just rolled her eyes as she stuck the rest of her gum in her pocket. As she did so, the bus came to a stop as they have arrived at school. The kids in the front seats started getting off as Misao said…

"Well, looks like were here at hell…"

"Yep, ready to torture our poor little minds."

Misao got up and walked out first with Tae following her right behind her. When they got off, they walked off towards the school and went to the front doors.

"Thank god we have at least the same two of the four classes together, I wouldn't know what I would do if I had to be stuck with these lame ass teachers all day", Tae said as she sighed.

'Well that just shows you how important I am."

They approached their classroom just exactly when the bell rang for school to begin. Right when they stepped foot in the classroom, the teacher said...while still looking at a piece of paper.

"Misao, Tae, spit out your gum please…" The teacher said without even looking up from his paper.

"Yes Mr. Roacher," Misao said as Tae and she both spit out their gums in the trash. It didn't surprise Misao that he knew they were chewing gum since they did it everyday. In fact, this was a daily routine everyday they walked in.

Misao took her seat up at the front seat at the right side of the classroom, as Tae sat her seat which was at the back of the classroom. This was basically to keep them separated so they wouldn't cause trouble, which they were so good at doing.

Misao sighed as the teacher began to talk about integers and all other math stuff. Though to Misao all he was saying was blah, blah, blah.

'Looks like it's gonna be another boring day' Misao thought.

The end of school….

A loud bell rung as a rumble was heard all around the school, as a stampede of kids came gushing out of the front doors. Two of the kids would definitely be Misao and Tae as they both sat on a bench next to a tree while kids went on busses. They never took the afternoon bus since they always walked home together.

"So how was English and biology?" Tae asked.

"Well, English went as usual, but biology just sucked as hell," Misao replied.

"Why, was that pervert following again in that class?"

"That, and plus all we did was take notes on stuff I don't even remember. We didn't even do a lab." Misao pouted at here last statement as she stuffed a piece of honey bun on her mouth.

"But oh well, at least I was right about the French exams." At this remark by Misao, Tae glared at her. Misao all the while had a mischief smile on as she recalled the grades. She, of course, got a lousy B+ for all that studying, while Tae got a D, though she argued with her teacher that it should be a C.

"Yea, well I actually did better than usual, and I did have that C, just to let you know."

"Whatever you say Tae,"

So the two of them sat there, while stuffing themselves with food. Tae looked over at Misao to see her frowning slightly, as if she were thinking something. Tae put down her snack and asked Misao quietly…

"Is everything alright, whether you admit it or not, you've been acting strange and I wanna know why."

Misao looked over at her friend and replied…

"You promise you won't tell anybody."

"Misao, when have I ever let you down? Besides, even if I did plan on telling somebody, who would I even tell….my mom."

Misao laughed at that slightly and looked Tae straight in the eye and said….

"Well, it all started yesterday when I came back home from school………

Flashback of yesterday afternoon……

Bye Misao, I'll see you tomorrow," Tae said as she walked away. Misao was at her door as she replied back…

"Bye tae, I'll see you tomorrow too……and don't you forget to study for our French exam".

Tae nodded as she walked away to her house. Misao opened her door and closed it as she walked in and saw all of her family sitting at the kitchen table, looking all serious. She approached them quietly and asked softly….

"Hey guys, what's with looking all GI Joe like?"

They all looked at her, as an old man quickly stood up and walked over to her while saying…..

"Oh my pretty Misao, it's nothing at all to worry about, you just go along and play." Misao raised an eyebrow at this and replied back….

"Jiya, you do know that I'm not eight right. You haven't told me such a terrible lie since then. I want to know what going on Jiya."

The old man known as Jiya, sighed slightly as he said….

"Misao…..Aoyia isn't making any money at all anymore. For some reason, customers have stopped coming to us for some oddly reason. And well, we just got a bill saying that if we don't pay the off our dept by that date…..well….they'll kind of take our business."

"WHAT!"

Misao's scream jolted everyone on the kitchen with all of there hairs sticking up. One of the members said….

"Yep it's true, and I bet it's that new restaurant that's been taking our customers away."

"Yea, I agree with Shiro, ever since that knew restaurant opened, everyone's been going there," A woman who had her hair in a bun.

"The customers are only there because of the women that serve there. There's no way their food is better than ours".

"Alright, alright that's enough of you Okon and Omasu. It does that matter if they get our customers based on the woman there or the food. Though they do have sexy women there….." The old man named as Jiya, or Okina said, while whispering the last part to himself.

"We heard that Okina!" The women known as Okon and Omasu said.

"So Jiya, what are we going to do about this," Misao asked seriously.

"Well, my pretty Misao, we don't know. We plan on looking in ads for jobs already and none have been opened…"

"What! You're just going to sell the restaurant! You just cant Okina, this restaurant has been here since my father…..its tradition".

Okina frowned slightly at Misao using his real name instead of the nickname Jiya that she would call him. She would only call him his real name if something was serious, like now.

"Yes I know pretty, but we have no choice, I am sorry…"

Back to present…..

"Oh god Misao, I'm so sorry," Tae said as she wrapped Misao up in a hung. Misao returned the hung as they walked on. It appeared while Misao told Tae about what happened, they must have already thrown their trash away and were heading home without even realizing it.

"Well, to cheer things up, at least it's a Friday right," Tae said, as Misao smiled slightly.

"Yea, I guess I could look forward to the weekend," Misao said softly. They were about ten minutes from Misao's house still as Tae decided to change the subject.

"So….um, hey did you see the big news about the army and all."

"What about it?"

"Well, this whole month, I heard from my brother that a lot of people signed up and joined the army. My brother didn't make it though sadly, even though I didn't want him to make it anyway. But anyways, he said that tomorrow all the soldiers are leaving tomorrow to Irac and all that Russian crap. He also said that every living soldier after the battle will get one million dollars for joining the army."

Tae could have been talking about leprechauns or gold or anything and Misao wouldn't listen. But once Misao heard about one million dollars, she totally started asking questions and started thinking quickly.

'One million dollars! That could totally pay off all of the bills and have enough for bills in the future. I have to get in there somehow, I mean this war really isn't that dangerous is it.'

"So how do you join this Tae?"

"Oh it's far too late to join now, like I said, their leaving tomorrow. The place they signed up was down near Hillward Street, that big ugly building."

Misao frowned slightly, but Tae didn't notice and kept on talking…..

"Though I did hear that some people fake themselves as soldiers and can sneak in somehow, just so they can get the money. Crazy idea eh Misao," Tae said jokingly.

"Yea…..crazy idea…"

By now that have already arrived at Misao's house and Tae walked away saying goodbye. Misao said goodbye as Tae walked on. As soon as she saw Tae gone, Misao zoomed the other way towards Hillward Street.

'I'm not giving up, this restaurant is all I have of you father….'

So you say you were a soldier but was injured during a training practice Ms."

Misao nodded her head dumbly as the man across from her looked at her closely. He seemed to be scanning her with his eyes, as if to tell is she was lying or not. The man then closed his eyes and took a cigar and blew out another cloud of smoke. Misao tried not to cough, though she started getting watery from the smoke.

"What's the matter, not used to smoke before?" The man said deeply, as he scratched his beard on his face. Misao just shook her head as the man stood up and took out what looked to be a bag. He handed it to her and said deeply….

"Well Ms. Makimachi, it looks as though you're good as new. Welcome back, here's your suit. Be sure to wake up at three o'clock sharp and get here at four o'clock. If not then they'll leave without you."

Misao nodded her head again as she made it to the door and walked out.

'Bingo! Thank goodness my dad was in the army, this way I can use his name and everyone will suspect he signed me up…

At home…..

When Misao arrived at home, it was already late and the others have been wondering were she had gone to. She simply told them she just went to a store and all. She didn't want to be close to them now, cause then more closer she got to them now, the harder it would be for her to leave and she didn't need this. So she head up to bed at eleven and went to sleep for as long as she could. She already set her alarm clock so she didn't need to worry about waking up.

4:00a.m. o'clock…..

Misao stood right in front of an army truck, ready to go in. But she took one last look of what her home used to be, since this may be the last time she'll ever see it. Misao then forced her body to move as she jumped into the truck with fifteen or so soldiers on there as well. All the trucks there started rumble as the engine was started and zoomed off.

The adventure is on.

Omg I never thought I could write so much in my life lol. You're probably wondering why I made the first chapter like this. Well basically because some stories I read, had too much of like the beginning and took forever to actually get to the point of the story. You also might notice that I kind rushed the end of the chapter a bit. Well that's because of two reasons: 1). I didn't want to go into detail with her leaving since it wasn't that important and would be a waste of typing, 2). My parents kept on bugging me to get off the computer and I really wanted this to be done now, I made it like this. The last thing I want to point out is that I don't know crap about the army, so if Misao's plan on getting in wouldn't work, then oh well cause I know nothing about the military so deal with it. Jk Jk. And you know, that I would oh-so love it if I got some reviews here…….:).