Saving the Lost

A/N- Hey, this is my newest story. I thought that if I started it this way then it would make more sence. The next chapter will be up soon, hopefully. So until then, please ask any questions that you might have about the story and I'll answer as best I can. Also, I don't own RK, so enjoy!

Prologue: Kaoru Explains

June 18, 2005- Kamiya Kaoru- Journal Entry

Today is my first day on the job, I expected little to occur today, but I was greatly surprised. Being my first day and all, I was eager to start, which was until I found out about my impending mission. I had spent the day associating myself with all of my new co.-workers and I was more than a little surprised that I enjoyed the company. After all, it isn't everyday one finds themself transferring into a covert undercover operation, but hey what can you do? Anyway, I have decided to start this diary 'my mother's Idea,' so that any one of my co.-workers or I can have a daily account of what has been happening lately.

My new co.-workers-

First there is Hijame Saito, he was cold and aloof when I approached him with my transfer papers this morning, I latter heard that he is always like that. He was kind enough to explain the situation to me and why this transfer was necessary. According to what he said, the commanding officer had recently disappeared from his post, while on a track and watch mission. His job was to infiltrate and study the movements of one, Tatsuhiko Shido, a local billionaire that has been known to associate himself with a well-known crime syndicate. The commander was close to uncovering who was shipping the 'dealings' between these two when he disappeared. It has been over three week's sence his last attempt at communication and it is believed that he might have been captured. That was all I got from Saito before he kicked me out of his office and into the second person I met today.

That was Sujiro, he never told me his name and I never asked. He seemed to be quite young, maybe in his teens, but the way he behaved and acted showed that he was well beyond his age. I had apologized quickly but he only nodded his head and led me off down the corridor towards my new quarters. Upon reaching my room, he explained the rules of the compound and gave me a map so that I wouldn't get lost. I asked him what he knew about the missing commander and he smiled, it was the first real show off emotion that I had seen, sure he had been smiling the whole way but the look in his eyes told me this one was genuine. He asked me to sit down and I did, he then started to talk about a man named Kyle Haruna, one of the members of the local gang groups. Apparently, this Kyle was reportedly the last person that the commander had sent a message about. He had been tailing the guy; the commander had a hunch that the guy would lead him where he needed to go. Sujiro then went on to say that the commander liked to take on the missions alone, when he had requested to help the commander told him to stay put or find another job. This told me one of two things, one the commander is very smart, and second he is very proud of himself. I thanked Sujiro for telling me what he knew, but like before he only nodded his head; he then disappeared before I could ask him anything else. I knew right off the bat that kid was weird, I decided to go about cleaning and setting up my room when there was a knock at my door.

It was my third co.-worker; he was tall and very quiet as he examined my form with his ice-cold eyes. I found out that his name was Aoshi Shinomori, he was our intelligence op. I introduced myself and he did the same, there was a long and very uncomfortable silence that feel about me as I waited for him to tell me why he wanted to talk to me. After waiting two full minutes I asked him, he told me that he was supposed to take me to the kitchen so that I could get myself something to eat. I understood and followed him. As we walked I asked him what he knew about the commander, he was silent for so long after my question that I thought he wouldn't answer me, but surprisingly he did. He told me that the commander had been taking pictures and samples, so that there would be evidence to collaborate his story. These pictures were all sent back automatically to be developed and cataloged. He spoke of the last batch of pictures that had been taken and their great effect on the case, in the pictures were scenes of violence and people being held at gun point. There was a chance that one of the men in the pictures was the second in command of the whole crime syndicate, a man by the name Enshi. He had a last name as well but in the information sent back, the commander had been unable to find out what the name was. By this time we had reached the kitchen and I was utterly appalled when my eyes focused upon another man who was pigging out at the table. When I turned to ask Aoshi who this guy was, he had disappeared.

Sighing heavily I walked over and introduced myself, I soon found out that this man was named, Sanosuke Sagara. It took me well over an hour to get anything useful out of him. When he finally talked it was not about the mission the commander was on, but the commander himself. That was where I found out the commander's name, Kenshin Himura. Sanosuke talked about how Kenshin would always be the first to figure a problem out and how he would tire himself out day after day, working on a single mission. When I heard that it reminded me of how I would act sometimes, I knew at that moment I would get along greatly with out MIA commander. I soon took to calling Sanosuke, Sano; we stayed in the kitchen for several hours talking about each other and commander, in turn we soon became good friends. At one point though, Sano did get to talking about the case the commander was on. He said that Kenshin had found several of his leads focusing on one person in particular, a woman name Tomoe, according to his information she was Enshi's sister. This Tomoe was a well-known model for a local agency and surprisingly enough, she had one tried to date Kenshin. He of course refused, this made the woman madder than hell at him and he had in turn received several hate messages from her. Sano then said that when Kenshin went to tell her off, she disappeared, but low and behold. She showed up a few days latter, just after Kenshin started on his new case, he knew automatically that she had something to do with it. Sano then gave me the case file and left me sitting at the table thinking over everything I had heard the whole day.

I latter returned to my room, where I started writing this. Tomorrow I am going in after Kenshin and my mission is to locate and retrieve him. In the file I was given it says that tomorrow afternoon there is an open house at a local motel that just opened. There will be an open salad bar and apparently anyone is invited, I decided that I would take my mother with me, that way I would have the perfect cover. From what else I could read, that was the place the commander disappeared at. Also two of the people that I was told about will be there, Kyle Haruna and Tatsuhiko Shido, so I guess that would be a good a place as any to start looking. I just hope I'm not too late in finding the commander, if he is anything like how he's been described to me, he's the best person we have on our team and we can't afford to loose him. So I guess on that note, I should end tonight's entry, hopefully I get at least a lead tomorrow, if not find him.

Kaoru Kamiya - Backup Officer, Search and Rescue Mission

A/N- There you have it. I hope this makes sence to you guys, if not, the next chapter deffinitely will! Also, as a last note, the rest of the story is not going to be written like this, so there's a little food for thought. Till Then...