Issetsu Shin Hireki (the truth revealed)

Chapter 1. A Dream from the Past

A cheerful voice rings through the dojo. " Miss Kaoru!" kenshin called. "Are you awake? . . . . Miss Kaoru?"

Kaoru slowly opened her eyes. Seemingly in a trance, she whispers "What . . . . a strange . . . . dream."

"Miss Kaoru!" kenshin called, this time a little louder.

Kaoru quickly broke her trance and called back. "Yes kenshin?"

"I made breakfast; Sano and Yahiko are already eating. So if we don't hurry they'll eat it all, that they will." He said, still in a cheerful tone.

"Ok kenshin!" kaoru said while quickly changing her clothes, "I'll be right out."

While Sano and Yahiko were arguing about who could eat the most and kenshin helping little Ayame and Suzume with eating their rice balls. Kaoru was quite, gazing off into the sky she thought about her dream.

~~~*Dream* ~~~

A figure walks through the snow. It's Kenshin, but with shorter hair, amber eyes, and one bleeding scar down his left cheek. A blood trial follows him, and two lifeless figures lay near him.

~~~*End Dream*~~~

Suddenly kaoru feels someone very close to her, and she opens her eyes. Staring back at her are two big brown eyes. "Yahiko!" She yells while her face turns red.

A startled yahiko quickly scrambles away from her. "You weren't eating it anyway!" He yelled back.

"Yes that's right Miss Kaoru," kenshin said, looking disappointed, "You haven't eaten one bite. Is it bad?"

Kaoru's face turned from red to pink. "Oh no, it's really good kenshin." She quickly gulped down her misao soup, and reached for more.

Sano and Yahiko had stopped their fighting, and now were staring at kaoru.

Leaning over to Yahiko, Sano said, "What a pig."

Yahiko snickered, "Ya! She eats more than we do."

Suddenly two bowls hit their faces, and a red faced kaoru was glaring at them.