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Entry Three

April 11th

Misao is tied to a heavy rock and has another cloth tied in her mouth. She keeps looking at me with depressing eyes. Like she knows something that I don't know. Just as three strong men start to carry Misao over to the ocean's edge, I can see three more moving closer to me. No! They just dropped Misao into the water and she sank like a

Apr- I guess I should catch up on what I couldn't write…

(Back to April 11th)

After Misao was dropped into the ocean, she sunk like a rock. (No pun intended) But before I could write that, this book was grabbed from my hands and thrown across the grass and then I was tied to a rock. Just as the same three men who dropped Misao into the ocean, they carried me over to the water's edge. They tied a cloth in my mouth to prevent screaming which I was still able to make a lot of noise anyways; and they tied both my legs together because I was kicking the men as they carried me - and my rock. Just as they were about to put me into the water, the mystery samurai appeared. I felt like I was in some scripted play the way everything worked out so perfectly. I looked into the water but the bubbled that were once floating to the surface from Misao breathing stopped. A single tear fell from my eye, as I tried no to think about Misao's fate on the salty ocean floor tied to her heavy rock of death. All, except two, of the group's men ran to fight the samurai. There was something familiar about him, but I just couldn't put my finger on it. He spoke, "I have come for Miss Misao and the little girl that I have." That voice sounded familiar. I heard lots of people on my journey from Nara to Yokohama, it could have been anyone. He stood in the shadows wearing his pink and white man's kimono (similar to mine only mine is purple & white), his long red hair cast an intimidating shadow on his face so his face was covered completely by darkness. Then he drew his sword… the sword! It was no ordinary sword! A REVERSE BLADE SWORD! The setting sun's light reflected off the sword and shinned onto his face. There on the left cheek was an X-SHAPED SCAR! His eyes were as intimidating as they could possibly be; yet they were a gentle violet color. Could it be? Did I get my wish? Did I finally find my father? After ten years of wondering and almost four months of searching? But I did not have another second to wonder, for the two men who weren't about to fight pushed me into the ocean. I got a quick glance of his face one last time. He was looking over at me and had a look of pain on his face. Did he recognize me? But it was to late. SPLASH! I was sinking faster than a torpedo locked onto a target. I opened my eyes quickly once I hit ground. I saw her. Misao, my new friend was laying lifeless only a few feet away from me and there was nothing I could do. My science teacher was right. Sound travels through water faster then in air. I could see hear the battle, but faintly. A few bodies dropped and the water soon filled up with blood. I couldn't hold my breath any longer. I could feel the water filling up my nose. I made a mistake and took a breath. My lungs immediately filled with water and I started to choke. Whether the battle ended or I was going deaf, I can't recall. The next thing I recall is what seamed like a bright light. Like I was dead and gone to heaven (Again, no pun intended). Misao wasn't next to me; her rock was, but not her. I looked up weakly and as a man with long red hair swimming through the bloody water holding a knife in his mouth. When he got close enough to me, he cut my ropes and dropped the knife as he carried me back up to the surface. He laid me down as two ladies with long black hair came running towards us. The older one came to me while the younger went to him. The lady near me declared me okay. The younger girl was stroking the man's hair like some child. He was coughing, which meant he inhaled some water when he went down to save me. I sat up and did not see Misao anywhere. I saw two other men though. One small boy who was carrying a stick and another who looked older, chewing on a toothpick with his arms crossed in an I'm amused, can we go now sort of way. After about five minutes of just sitting there, the two girls and two boys behind me disappeared into the now empty temple. The man stood up and signaled me to follow him. We walked through the woods for a few minutes before anyone talked. He was the first…

Him: "Kanji am I right?"

Me: "…"

Him: chuckle "I had a feeling you were going to respond that way."

Me: "…"

Him: "Misao wrote the ransom note which got sent to me. Luckily no one read it before she sealed it. It said something about someone I know and probably care dearly about is in danger here along with her…"

Me: "A…"

Him: smile "…But I had no idea that she meant my long lost daughter."

Me: looking up at him with a confused, shocked, dumbfounded look "You mean…you mean my journey has ended?"

Him: nods

Me: "D…daddy?"

Him: "Kanji…"

After that interesting conversation, in jumped into his arms and did not let go. He ended up carrying me back to Tokyo where the others soon met up with us. I was no longer in his arms when they showed up. Of course, I was asleep, and he was just standing by a riverbed in the back of the Kamiya Dojo. He laid be down in his bed inside the house and just stood there. When I awoke, I found my book next to me. Luckily, it was still locked and the key was in my pocket still. My secrets are still secret. I fell back asleep shortly there after finding my book and well next day…(which is actually today)

April 12th

The next day is finally here. My first full day with my father went quite well. I was introduced to everyone. The lady who cared to me shortly after I got out of the water, he name is Megumi. The girl who went to my father is his fiancée, Kaoru. (I have a lot to get used to in that category) The young boy is Yahiko who is training under Kaoru and the other man is known as Sanosuke or Sano or short. I call him Porcupine. He's cool with that. Heck, he calls me Kenshin junior because I look so much like my father. (I still haven't changed my hairstyle or outfit; I use this one everyday, which means I'm at the river washing it every night). Misao is okay, too. She is resting comfortably in her own bed her at the dojo. She swallowed too much ocean water and needs to rest up a bit before heading home. My dad keeps saying he can't thank her enough for bringing me her back to him. He told me why he gave me up. It was a mixture of my guesses number one and two - I looked like my mother and he was a wander that couldn't care for a baby on his own. But he's glad I'm with him now. He never did forget about me, I was in his heart but it was something he couldn't risk doing, bringing me back into his life an all until now since he's settling down. He even secretly asked if it was okay is he married Kaoru, I said yes. What else could I say; I'll give her limits. I get more time with my dad then she does that's all. He laughed which made me smile. I met two three new people today, an old man named Sensei Gensai, and his two granddaughters, Ayame & Suzume. Ayame is about five-years-old and her sister Suzume is about three. Their grandfather is a doctor who works in the town hospital. Kaoru volunteers to baby-sit the girls while he works. I have a feeling somehow that job got pushed over to me. All day today, the girls were hanging around me wanting to play and chat. Dad went to the village, orders of Megumi, to pick up some things for dinner. We're having a private party tonight due to me arriving (Well, and its also mixed with the news of Kaoru and my dad's engagement). Kaoru seams sweet, but I have a feeling that will soon change. I don't mean she will send me to boarding school and treat me like dirt. I mean she will become more of a mother figure and start demanding more from me. According to Porcupine, Kaoru is a tough cookie. She demands a lot from people when they're at her dojo. He says he used to come here just to get free meals, but now has become a member of the so-called Dojo Family (they are all very close friends and live together, except Ayame & Suzume & Sensei). Oh, my dad's back! PARTY TIME!