Zanza-Girl

Chapter one

"HHEEEYYAAA!" Yelled Sano as he punched another tree in the forest. The tree wobbled and split in half. "Whew!" He wiped his hands on his pants and sighed. "Lets see if I can do another…"

"HHAAAAA!" He yelled as he whirled around and punched another tree. It started to wobble and as it fell he heard not the usual 'thunk' But a scream.

"HEEEEEELP!" Cried a girl's voice as she went pummeling to the ground. Sano blinked twice. Then, Realizing what happened, he ran over to help her up.

"You idiot!" She screamed at him as she jumped up. She had on a strange brown hat like Sano had never seen before. It was like a normal hat but it had a wide rim that went all the way around it. (Incase you don't know, it's a cowboy hat) Just in front of her face, the rim flopped over ands covered her eyes. Under the hat was Smooth Brown Hair that was cut off just above her shoulders. She was maybe the size of Misao mikamachi.

"WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU HUH!" She yelled at him. Sano still couldn't see her eyes but he knew He had heard her voice somewhere. She jabbed a finger at him.

"Well… I…"

"I demand a fight from you! You deserve nothing less than a good beating after you knocked over the tree that belongs to the greatest woman Fighter for hire from Tokyo!"

Fighter for hire from Tokyo. How many time had Sano heard him self say those words? Hundreds? Thousands?

"Well?" She yelled back at him. She placed her self in a fighting stance. It was a strange fighting stance that he had only seen once before.

Her feet were almost in a toe-to-heel line. Her Arms were positioned so they could make and 'X' and Block an attack easily. She looked strange with her odd fighting stance and strange hat that covered her eyes.

Sorry." He said, "I don't Fight girls."

"I'm not a JUST a girl!" She yelled, "I'm a fighter! Now stop avoiding me and fight!"

Sano turned on his heel and started walking.

"Ahhh. I get it now. You think you'll loose to the one and only girl Fighter for hire. Well I am sorry that I bothered you. Good day." She touched the left rim of her hat, in a sort of salute, and turned to walk away.

"I don't want to fight you, because I might hurt you." Sano growled.

"Riiiight…" She Laughed.

"Fine. I'll fight, but if I hurt you it isn't my fault." Said Sano as he walked back over to her. She picked up her stance and waited.

"HHEEYAA!" Sano lunged at her with his fist out stretched to punch her. But just as he moved, she shifted all her weight onto her front foot and pushed backwards, Leaping just an inch away from Sano's fully extended arm.

"What the…?" Sano punched again. She did the same. "It's not much of an attack." He stated

"It works."

I need to back her up against some thing… Thought Sano

He needs to back me up against something… Thought the girl

OO! A tree! Sano thought. He lined her up just right with a tree. She should have detected it but she didn't seem to notice.

"It's a fight you wanted!" He yelled as he launched a punch at her. She backed up again and leaned against the tree. "it's a beating you'll get," He grinned

"Don't be so sure." She Said. Just as he launched his punch, she reached up and caught his fist.

"Wha?"he wondered asShe reached around, grasped his wrist in her other hand. Then strangely enough, She swept her foot under his feet and pushed him to the ground.

"Ahhh. Beat by a girl who I can't even see her eyes!" He Moaned. She stepped up onto his chest, Crouched down and leaned over into his face.

"Hi Sanosuke." She said as she lifted the Rim of her hat.

"Oh. My. Gosh." He said as he looked into the chocolaty Brown eyes that he knew so well.

"Mizu?" He whispered in awe.

"Why'd you have to show up just as I was forgetting about you?" he snickered

"WHY I OUGHTA…"

"Temper temper Mizuki. Temper temper." Sano wagged his finger at her.

"So where are youuuuu staying?" She sneered

"I assure you, it's better than a tree." Snickered Sano.

"My tree was just fine!" She said, "So where are you staying?"

"Well, I have a little bitty house out near the edge of town now but I spend most of my time at a dojo just around here." He said getting up.

"Really?" She said.

"Really Really," He smiled, "um... you know, The little missy won't mind if you wanna stay there...scince i...ruined your house," he used his fingers in a quotation mark gesture as he said 'house'

"It was a good house!" cried Mizu in protest as Sano escorted her in the direction of the dojo.

can every one say: HIATUS? gosh! i haven't updated in OVER A YEAR! cries> im sorry! my four readers! but i'm RE-WRITING THIS STORY! the old one Ticked me off so i'm re-doing it, Chapter by chapter! Re-writing stuff causes me to have minor brain implosions so... don't fret if i don't update for a while... i REALLY want to finish it this go around! so pretty please review and it may make me write more!