Rating: R VLS (for violence, language, sexuality, and a bit of yaoi)
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the people mentioned in this story except for myself.

A Strange Person
Enter Tokyo, Japan
Chapter 1: Enter Meiji Era

When I woke, I was in a bed with a cool cloth on my forehead. I sat up to see where I was. I looked around and saw that I was in a square room. It didn't look like any room I'd ever been in before. It was so different than any other rooms I had been in; there were no lights and the door slid.

I saw a shadow on the wall, which the door was on. As he door slid open I saw a woman in a purple shawl with green hair. "You're awake!" the woman said to me.

"Where am I?" I asked. "You re in the Dojo of the Kamiya Kashin style." She replied. "What? Kamiya Kashin Dojo? Where's that?" I inquired. "It's in Tokyo-"
"TOKYO?! TOKYO, JAPAN?!" I exclaimed in a panic. " Of course Tokyo, Japan. Is there any other Tokyo?" She said. "Oh.." I groaned. "And who are you?" "Oh, I'm Miss Megumi. A doctor." She said. "Megumi??? Never heard of a name like that." I said. "Megumi, is he awake yet?" came a female's voice as she entered. "Who are you?" I asked as she entered. "Me? You can call me Kaoru," she said. "You should rest. You were out for quite q while," Megumi said to me. "I'm fine," I said and rose from the bed.

I walked out of the room and into the hall. "Um, Where's the exit?" I asked "You shouldn't leave yet, you just woke up from a four-day coma," Megumi called to me as I walked down the hall, "You might lose consciousness again." I approached and was about to open it when it opened and I was plowed into by a boy about my size and a man dressed in white. The three of us fell to the floor. "Hey watch where you're going!!!" the boy yelled as he got to his feet," Wait a minute do I know you? Who are you?" I slowly rose and noticed that the other two were already on their feet. "My name's Adam." "Adam? What kind of name is that?" the man asked. "A normal one. And may I ask what your names are?" I said not happy with his rudeness. "I'm Sanosuke and this runt is Yahiko," the man said. "What did you call me?!" Yahiko said as he turned around with a very mad look on his face. "You heard me, a RUNT!" Sano said as he took off down the hall. "Huh? Come back here Sonosuke Sagara come back here!!!!!!" Yahiko yelled as he ran down the hall after Sanosuke. "What's the story with those two? They fight like their married." I said. "It's best just to ignore them." Kaoru said. "Oh my god! I need to start dinner!" she yelled as she hurried toward what I guessed was the kitchen. "Are you sure you want to leave? It's late and you shouldn't go out yet. Stay for a while until you fully recover," Megumi told me. "But I got to go home or my parents will be furious. They probably are already though," I said. "Where do you live? We can take you there tomorrow," Megumi said as she motioned me back into the room that I woke up in. "I live in Rockford, Illinois," I told her. "I've never heard of it. Where is that?" she asked as I sat on the bed. "It's in Midwest United States," I said. "United States?! You really are far from home," she said, "I'll get a carriage to-," "Carriage? Why don't you drive?" I said. "Drive???" Megumi replied. "You know, drive in a car," I told her. "What's a car?" Megumi asked. "What's a car?! You mean you don't know?!" I exclaimed. "Nope, never heard of it," she said. "Dinner's ready!" Kaoru called from the kitchen. "Oh come now, it's time to eat," Megumi told me as she led me out of the room.

We walked down the hall until we came to the end and we turned into the kitchen. There was stew and rice set out at each place for people. I sat down at a place next to Megumi since I knew her more than anyone. Three other people walked in. Two of them were Yahiko and Sano but the other I didn't recognize. He had long red hair put into a ponytail.

"Oh, hello there I don't believe we have met before," he said to me," I am Kenshin Himoura. What is your name?" "Did you say Kenshin Himoura?!" I exclaimed. "That I did," he answered. "My grandfather told me stories about a man named Kenshin Himoura otherwise known as Hitokiri Battousai. I never thought he was real! Wow." I said flustered that I met the man from my grandfather's stories.

By now everyone had sat down and began eating. I took my chopsticks and attempted to use them but it didn't work out too well. I sat there and fumbled with them to the point that everyone was laughing except Sanosuke who was too busy hastily stuffing his face with food. I eventually got the hang of them and began to eat.

I finished first, not because I wasn't hungry anymore but that I was tired of messin' with those damn chopsticks. I walked out onto the porch to think. I sat on the step and looked at the sunset. 'How did I get here?' I kept asking myself. I was so deep in thought that I didn't even notice that Kenshin had come out here too. "Sorry to bother you but I never got your name before," he said to me. "Oh, my name's Adam," I said to him as I jumped. "Kenshin, can I ask you something?" I asked him. "Sure," Kenshin replied. " Can you really do all the stuff I heard of?" I asked him. "I don't know what you've heard so I can't answer that question," he said. "Then are you really able to move at God-like speeds?" I rephrased the question. "I guess you could say that," he replied. "I have another question. I practice a sword style, would you mind dueling me to show me a few pointers? I can't really use my sword skills at home because no one uses swords." I asked. "I suppose I could do that. But we will have to be careful," he replied. "Great! I'll go get my sword out of the room," I said and ran to the room. I came back out shortly after I ran in. "Okay, ready?" Kenshin asked. I drew my sword, stood sideways to Kenshin and held my sword at an oblique angle. "I'm ready."

That's all for chapter 1. Sorry it was so boring (zzzzz) but it will get better, I promise! Please leave a review!!!