Long-Lost Sister
Chapter 1: Greeting
The cloaked figure walked down the muddy road, in search of a place that was in the same city as she was at that moment. The rain pounded on the person, as if there was some force keeping them from continuing further. The person then ran under the roof of a restaurant, in desperate need of a temporary shelter from the summer storm. Breathing heavily, the mysterious figure took off their hood, revealing them as a pale-skinned young woman with hair like the midnight sky, and eyes like sapphires. She took a deep breath, and then muttered to herself with a smile, "Little sister, after eleven years of separation, we will finally meet again."
Meanwhile, at the Kamiya dojo, the rain was pounding just as hard. A young woman in a hakama walked into the main room of the dojo followed by a spiky-haired, tan boy. Both of them were carrying bamboo practice swords, and both of them had a confident look in their eyes.
"Yahiko, are you ready?" asked the woman in the hakama.
"You bet. Bring it on, Kaoru!" exclaimed Yahiko. Kaoru and Yakiko charged at each other.
While the teacher and student of the Kamiya Kasshin style sparred, the woman in the cloak drew closer to the dojo. Her boots kept sinking in the mud, but that still did not deter her from the task at hand.
Kenshin Himura, resident of the Kamiya dojo for over a year, was walking to the main room of the dojo in order to call Kaoru and Yahiko to dinner. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed. He sensed an odd presence approaching the dojo. He put his hand on his sakabato as the presence drew nearer. A person in a dark blue cloak stood in front of the entrance to the dojo. "Who are you, and why are you here?" asked Kenshin. The cloaked figure did not answer, and entered the dojo. "Wait…something's not right here," thought Kenshin. "This presence…it is the same as Kaoru-dono's." The cloaked figure took off their hood, revealing the face of a young woman.
"K-Kaoru-dono?! Aren't you sparring with Yahiko-" he stopped. Kenshin knew that Kaoru was inside the dojo. He looked at the woman again. This time her eyes were sparkling. Kenshin then realized that the woman standing before him looked exactly like Kaoru.
"Who are you?" asked Kenshin in a calm voice.
"Ah. So you are a friend of my dear little sister Kaoru, I suppose? It is nice to meet you," the woman said in an extremely polite, upper-classy voice that was like nothing that Kenshin had heard of before. Kenshin's face had an enormously surprised look on it.
"L-little sister? So you're a sibling of Kaoru-dono's?" asked Kenshin in an obviously confused tone.
"Yes, that is correct. My name is Hikaru Kamiya, and I would like to see my little sister Kaoru," she said as she smiled and curtseyed.
"Would you mind fetching her for me?"