here it is people the first chapter of rk. i hope u all enjoy. and plze review i will really apperciate it. Merci (thnk u).

Disclaimer: i don't own rurouni kenshin or it characters, but i do own th OCs which u all should know that aren't originally part of rurouni kenshin. i also the plot line. but some of the plot might be from the rurouni kenshin series, not fer sure if im going to add rurouni kenshin series plot line

Pairings: KaoruxKenshin, MegumixSano, YahikoxTsubame, YutaroxOc(?)[A different an OC not Luna], LunaxOC [a male oc]

Summary: Kenshin, Kaoru, Sanosuke(Sano), Yahiko, and Yutaro were all crossing a bridge to get home when this little girl(same age as Yahiko and Yutaro) bumped into them, literally. And this little girl was injuried and when they try to help her she ran away. And the wierd part is that Yahiko thought he recognize her from somewhere(A/N: this is not a YahikoxOc story). Now Kenshin and Sano are on the search her for but everytime they find her she runs away them and escapes, and the wierd part is they can always find her nex to next to a Cherry Blossom Tree. Wierd.

1. Nice Bumping Into You

~Narrator's Pov~

A girl was running away from something that wasn't there; but, she knew they were there, still coming after her the only reason we can't see what's after her, because she out run them. But she knew they were still close behind her.

The girl turned around the corner after 20 minutes, she passed some type of restaurant that begins with an "A". The streets were deathly silent, no one dare to wake up the sleeping residents. Even the girl and her pursuers don't dare to wake them unless they risk making a scene.

The girl finally reached a bridge, but the problem is that there is people there. Wait, can it be a good thing because her pursuers will not be risked by being seen by these people. So it got to be worth it by running past them, right? Right.

That reminds the running girl of her pursuers. She forgot to look behind her to check to see how far they are behind her. So, she looked behind her to see that they are gaining up on her but for some reason they are hiding behind objects as they run. Which reminds her the people in front of her. Which she didn't have enough to look forward because the next she knows… BAM!

It seemed she run into someone when she was not looking.

"Hey watch where you go-ing," she heard a boy's voice.

The little girl opened her eyes to see she accidentally knocked down two boys that are around her age. One boy had brown hair and blue-cat shaped like eyes, and the second boy have wild spiky black hair and brown eyes, and both are carrying a Shinai. The girl looked around more to see two men and woman. One of the men has brown rooster hair and brown eyes. While the second man has red hair that goes to the small of his back, tied in a ponytail, have a cross-shaped scar on his cheek, and has lavender eyes. The lady looked like she has waist-length black hair tied with a ribbon and has blue eyes. The girl finally noticed that they looked at her with wide eyes. That's when it hit her that she was still bleeding from her wounds.

"Hey… are you okay," said the guy with brown rooster hair.

The injured girl didn't say anything instead she ran away from them.

Back to the group of people. Yutaro, Yahiko, Sano, Kenshin, and Kaoru looked on with confusion.

"Sano, you and I will go after her," Kenshin spoke, "Kaoru please take Yahiko and Yutaro back to the dojo." Kaoru and Sano nodded. Kaoru grabbed Yahiko and Yutaro and dragged them back to her dojo, while Kenshin and Sano went after the girl.

Sano and Kenshin were chasing after the injured little girl; but clearly she was faster than them.

"Sano, I will try to cut off the girl while you can try to grab her from behind."

"Got it Kenshin."

~Kenshin's Pov~

Sano and I were chasing after the injured girl that accidentally bumped into Yutaro and Yahiko back at the bridge. Never in my life I saw someone injured a child like that. Me and Sano have one goal for running after this girl and that is to get her medical treatment, and help her escape from whoever was abusing her. So, Sano and I split so I can try to cut her off.

~Sano's Pov~

Kenshin and I are trying to catch this girl who is no older than 10. It pains me and the others that someone will in-flick pain on a child. That's why Kenshin went the other way to cut her off.

"Damn, she's fast," Sano thought.

~The Girl's Pov~

I'm running from two different guys now, this can't be good. I mean my original plan was to put more distance from my original pursuers and I didn't want to my current pursuers to catch me or else I go to jail or worse get killed by my original pursuers boss.

"Oh… why did I start getting cocky and determined in the first place. This was a stupid idea trying to runaway from this life… oh god, please give strength."

I was getting close to my destination now when the red head, the one I saw at the bridge, came out in front of me and now coming towards me… oh great, that means rooster head is probably behind me as well. I should know I checked two times, thankfully without crushing into anything else.

But, I have to act quickly now.

I look around my surroundings to find an exit, actually I already found one I'm just fooling around so that they don't figure out my plan. Just when I came to my escape… I go left… they are closing in… now they are on top of me… they were about to grab me… when I ducked and head to the right.

~Narrator's Pov~

The girl alluded her current pursuers by faking a left, have the two run into each other by ducking, and now she's exiting to the right.

By the time Kenshin and Sano have untangled themselves from each other and into the direction the girl went to; however, by the time they reach the spot they last saw the injured girl, she disappeared.

"What now?" Sano questioned, out of breath.

"We might as well go back to the dojo and search again tomorrow," Kenshin answered while also out of breath.

Sano nodded in agreement. So Sano and Kenshin head back to the dojo where Kaoru, Yahiko, and Yutaro are waiting.

~Girl's Pov (right next to a Cherry Blossom Tree)~

"Man, those guys are fast," the girl talking to herself while slightly out of breath.

The injured girl was used to running so her legs don't hurt, her heart wasn't racing, and her lungs aren't burning.

"Yahiko," the girl whispered… remembering the boy that she considered a brother, "at least you got away from the Mafia. Don't worry I don't grudge you for not saving me. Remember only one can escape the Mafia."

"Nice bumping into you… again," the girl thought.

~Narrator's Pov~

Hands reached and grabbed the injured girl from behind.

~To Be Continued In 2. Cherry Blossom Trees: Recognized and Searching Pt.1...

and that's the end of chapter 1 of cherry blossom trees. again i know its a wierd title but the ties w/ the sybolism and/or signifance with the story line. and plze go easy on me after all this is my first rurouni kenshin story.

question time:

1) do u know who the girl is?

2) where did the girl know from Yahiko?

3) how did the girl escape from Kenshin and Sano?

4) what's the title of chapter 2?

trust me all those questions are in this story and the grand prize will be a life time supply of CHOCOLATE.