Chapter 2

From the Beginning

"I can't believe you brother?! How dare you fight along with those Meji scum?!" A woman with long silky black hair with red highlights and red eyes yelled at the man before her. He was short a bit taller than the woman, he had long red hair and yellow eyes. Eyes of a mass murder. He also had an "x" shaped scar on right cheek.

"Sorimika, the Meji government believed in the safety of the people. That is why I fought with them." The male tried to reason.

"Kenshin the Meji Government destroyed so many lives. How dare you fight along with them? But no matter, brother you leave me with no other choice but to fight you!" Sorimika said holding back the tears that threaten to fall.

"No I will not Sorimika! You are my sister, I will not fight you!"

"Then you will die standing there without fighting back. You Kenshin Hemira are not my brother any longer. Now draw your sword and FIGHT ME!!" Sorimika drew her sword and pointed it at her brother's face.

"Sorimika….Sister I do not wish to fight you." Sorimika growled and took her fighting stance.

"So be it Shinta!!" With god-speed she attacked her brother's right shoulder. He drew his sword in time to block it. Now the strongest warrior of the Meji and the manslayer Sorka fought. Their battle raged for what seemed like forever, their clothes covered in their own blood. The blood of brother and sister was on their swords. They were a good two feet from each other. They slumped to their stance. Both breaths were harsh and both were tired. Kenshin held his wounded right arms with his good left. While Sorimika held her right side. They panted as their bodies became tired and weak.

Then suddenly out of nowhere Kenshin charged at Sorimika throwing her sword from her gasp and punched her in the stomach. Sorimika gasped and spat up blood. She fell face first to the ground. Kenshin kneeled down to her. And brushed away stray hair from her eyes and looked at her. Tears fell from his eyes.

"I'm sorry sister. I could hope one day in the future we will see each other again as brother and sister. And I hope that you will understand the choice I made. I love you sister." Then like that he got to his feet and walked away.

Weak exhausted and losing a large amount of blood. Sorimika laid there crying until her world turned black.



"Lord Aoshi, come here quickly!" Beshimi yelled. Aoshi walked over to his comrade. Aoshi saw a woman lying unconscious on the ground. "She must have fainted due to the large amount of blood loss."

"Will she live?"

"Not unless she receives medical treatment." Aoshi nodded and gently picked up Sorimika. Aoshi felt a weird feeling about this woman he held in his arms. He felt as if he had the need to help her. He had to; he could not leave her here and allow her to die. Then he realized something.

"Lord Aoshi, forgive me for saying this but this is odd of you, I mean to help someone who would just die anyways." Hannya said walking to Aoshi's side.

"Hannya, do you not recognize her? She is the Manslayer Sorka. She is the first female manslayer and stronger than many other manslayers. She slaughtered a dojo full of men in a matter of minutes." Beshimi's eyes widened and gulped.

"No offense my lord, but why do you want to help her? She could kill us all."

"She could, but I believe that we all are on the same side." Then Aoshi started to walk off.

Sorimika woke up quickly. She looked around the room. It was empty except for a small table with stuff on the table. She did not remember how she got here or where she was to say the least. She sat up when she heard footsteps. She went to draw her sword. But there was no sword. Also becoming aware of no weapon she realized she wore no clothes. She drew the sheet up and around her chest. She growled. Then the door opened and a woman walked in. A blue green kimono hung on her arm. She closed the door and walked toward her. The woman looked to be about in her late seventies; she had long white hair and wore a simple gray kimono. She smiled when she saw that Sorimika had awoken.

"I see that you have finally awoken milady." Sorimika eyed the lady as she neared her. The old woman kneeled next to Sorimika.

"Where…where am…a…am…I?" Sorimika tried to find her voice.

"You are within the safe walls of the Shinomori dojo. You must be confused. Confused on how you arrived here, what happened, why your body has bandaged, or why you are naked?" All she could do is nod. "Well I will answer each question to stop your confusion. Lord Aoshi brought you here, Beshimi found you wounded. Lord Aoshi being the kind hearted man he is, he believed that you should be given a chance to live. You were badly wounded. That explains the bandages. You must have been in a great battle to have the wounds that you do." Sorimika eyes darkened.



"It is the end result of brother and sister fighting against one another for what they believe in." She said bitterly.

"I feel your pain milady. During the war many siblings have fought against one another just because of their beliefs. And to answer the last question is while tending to your wounds your kimono was in pieces and the best thing we could have done to tend to your wounds were to cut your clothing off. There was no kimono that would fit you so I made one for you." The elder lady handed Sorimika the kimono. For once she was speechless. No one in the past would have cared this much for her besides her master and her brother.

"Thank you….I'm speechless. No one has gone out their way for me except my master and a man who was once my brother."

"It is f no problem milady, just make yourself comfortable here until you are well. Oh, I had almost forgotten. You must be down at the dining room; Lord Aoshi waits to see you there."

"Forgive me to say so but I am in desperate need of a bath." The woman smiled.

"Of course milady, just wrap this bed kimono around you and I will show you to the hot springs." She sighed; she had not seen a hot spring since before the war started. She quickly put on the other kimono and the other kimono hung on her arm. She tied the front of the kimono and followed the elder woman out of the room.

The sight of the dojo took her breath away. Cherry blossom trees cover the dojo grounds. The flowers were beginning to bloom. Not many people walked the grounds. But she quickly caught up to the elderly woman. The woman stopped at a building not far from Sorimika's room. The woman opened the door and motioned Sorimika in. She quickly ran into the building.

Once she was in the building she saw a small waterfall and a good size pond. There was steam radiating off from the water. Sorimika walked to the water's edge to test the water. The water was extremely warm and welcoming. Sorimika smiled as she slipped the kimono from her body. She eased herself into the warm water. She hissed at the slight pain at the warm water touched the sores and cuts on her body. But once she had settled down in the water she leaned against a large rock.

After cleaning herself and relaxing she got out. She dried herself off and slipped into the kimono the elderly lady made for her. It was a midnight blue kimono with cherry blossoms. The dress was a perfect fit. Sorimika smiled and quickly twisted her hair in the chopstick that the elder woman laid beside the kimono. The back of the hair seemed messy but it was very creative and nice.

She walked out of the hot springs and back into the welcoming smell of cherry blossoms. Then she began walking toward a room. She just thought that it was the room. Once she reached the door she pulled back the screen to find that she feeling was right. A large dining table was in the middle of the room. But no one was around. Half of the room was dark. There was complete 

silence. Bu then the sound of draggers cut through the silence. Sorimika dodged all the draggers aiming for her life.

"Now that is no way to treat a guest." A deep masculine voice spoke.

"Shinomari, I presume." Sorimika grinned.

"You should show more respect to Lord Aoshi!" Beshimi shouted.

"It is quiet alright Beshimi. I don't believe she trusts us very much." Sorimika laughed.

"Come out of the shadows before I begin to believe that you are frightened to be near my presence." Then she saw 7 guys walk from the shadows. But one out of the seven made her heart race just by one glance. He had short dark blue hair with piercing blue eyes. He was tall and his expression was emotionless. He wore an indigo shirt and black pants.

"Is this more of your liking?" The tall dark and handsome man said with a bit of amusement when he watched Sorimika's expression. She mentally shook her head from her thoughts and the man smiled.

"Yes, now I know that you all don't fear me."

"Lord Aoshi is not afraid of anyone." Then with god-like speed she held a knife to Beshimi's throat and laughed when she felt him begin to tremble.

"I figured that but it's quite obvious that you are afraid of me." Sorimika said hauntingly. She freed him as his comrades began to crowd around her. Before they could put their hand on her she ran between them and where she stood up straight not far from the group of men, they all fell to their knees. Sorimika looked back and smiled.

"A lot faster than I had expected." Aoshi said in his usual cold, calm tone.

"You have to be fast and strong to become a manslayer." Sorimika replied as-a-matter-of fact. Then Beshimi threw a poison dart at her and she caught it between her right index finger and middle. She flicked it and it landed just slightly above Beshimi's head. He gulped.

"Now weren't we going to eat or do you all want to play some more?" Sorimika smiled as she sat down at the table with a bored expression. Aoshi couldn't help but grin.

A/n: I know she seems like a Mary Sue character right now but she's really not, so give it time.