Chapter Two
"Chanai Shinzou, you?" she motioned to the red haired man. "Himura Kenshin." he said bowing a bit, she bowed back. "Shinzou-dono, why are you in Tokyo?" the red haired man asked, "I'm looking for my brother." she replied. "Who's that?" The tall brown haired man asked. "His name is Shinta." Shinzou said. Kenshin's whole body stiffened. 'How does she know that name?' he asked himself. She started to walk away, when something flashed though Kenshin's mind. "Aki..." he whispered softly. Shinzou, turned around and her green eyes met his lilac ones. 'How?' she asked herself... she shook her head and walked away, hair blowing in the wind.
Kenshin watched her walk off and sighed. He walked up the small hill of the dojo, for some reason he couldn't get that girls name out of his head. He rubbed his temples and waited for the other's to catch up.
Shinzou followed the young waitress Tae, to an open area in the Anebeko. They passed an area that had three people in it. Two guys and a girl, her green eyes met the blue hazel ones of the girls, the girl nodded at Shinzou, who nodded back. Kenshin sat in a little corner calmly sipping his tea. It was just loud and wild at the dojo, and he just needed a break. It had been a week since the incident at the river. He sighed and hoped that Kaoru wouldn't be too mad when he returned the dojo. So he quietly walked out of the dojo and went for a walk. He went walking down towards the river, to try and clear his head of Shinzou. Something about what she had said; 'I'm looking for my brother.' 'Who's your brother?' 'Shinta....' How could she know that name? He thought to himself. No one else knew that name, except himself and his master, but no one else... but she did. Aki... his little sister, she was not but a child last he had seen her. He wasn't sure that she was still alive... or was she? He was walking near the Anebeko when he heard a noise, and ran over to see if he could help, when he saw Shinzou run out of the Anebeko. Shinzou ran out of the Anebeko, just as Tae-san had told them to take it outside. She wasn't going to get into the middle of it. No way! She was actually TRYING to be good for a change. Really! Kenshin looked at her, Shinzou turned her head and saw Kenshin and run over to him, until she was almost next to him.
The drunken men straggled out of the Anebeko, and they were looking for someone to pick a fight with. They're sights set on Kenshin and Shinzou. Here it comes Shinzou thought and noted as they came around and started to surround her and Kenshin. Kenshin saw this as well, and gently motioned Shinzou behind him. Shinzou stepped back enough to get back to back with Kenshin, why was this guy making her feel... she couldn't describe it... it was like a feeling of him, being... well, brotherly. But why? He wasn't her brother... although, he felt like one. The drunken men attacked them both. Shinzou, made a little face, okay they wanted a fight? Fine, she's give them one, with that she grabbed a wooden sword that had been dropped on the ground by one of the men, and then stood in the right position, to use the sword she held in her small hands. Kenshin saw her, pick up the sword and standing in the correct position, she was comfortable with a sword? How weird, the only other women that he knew that held a sword like that was Kaoru-dono. As soon as it was over, they looked at each other, for a moment.
Kenshin, was studying her, Aki, could this girl really be her? His little sister that he had thought about on those days when Kaoru-dono, Yahiko, and Sano, would argue, and pick on each other. He wondered whatever happened to Aki. At that he took her arm, very gently, and started to pull her away from the whole mess at the Anebeko. Shinzou sighed and let Kenshin lead her away, she was glad to get away from all the people, and noise. Kenshin lead Shinzou, to the riverbank and sat her down on a log. Shinzou sat down reluctantly, and then looked up at Kenshin. "Okay, Shinzou-dono, we need to talk that we do..."
"Chanai Shinzou, you?" she motioned to the red haired man. "Himura Kenshin." he said bowing a bit, she bowed back. "Shinzou-dono, why are you in Tokyo?" the red haired man asked, "I'm looking for my brother." she replied. "Who's that?" The tall brown haired man asked. "His name is Shinta." Shinzou said. Kenshin's whole body stiffened. 'How does she know that name?' he asked himself. She started to walk away, when something flashed though Kenshin's mind. "Aki..." he whispered softly. Shinzou, turned around and her green eyes met his lilac ones. 'How?' she asked herself... she shook her head and walked away, hair blowing in the wind.
Kenshin watched her walk off and sighed. He walked up the small hill of the dojo, for some reason he couldn't get that girls name out of his head. He rubbed his temples and waited for the other's to catch up.
Shinzou followed the young waitress Tae, to an open area in the Anebeko. They passed an area that had three people in it. Two guys and a girl, her green eyes met the blue hazel ones of the girls, the girl nodded at Shinzou, who nodded back. Kenshin sat in a little corner calmly sipping his tea. It was just loud and wild at the dojo, and he just needed a break. It had been a week since the incident at the river. He sighed and hoped that Kaoru wouldn't be too mad when he returned the dojo. So he quietly walked out of the dojo and went for a walk. He went walking down towards the river, to try and clear his head of Shinzou. Something about what she had said; 'I'm looking for my brother.' 'Who's your brother?' 'Shinta....' How could she know that name? He thought to himself. No one else knew that name, except himself and his master, but no one else... but she did. Aki... his little sister, she was not but a child last he had seen her. He wasn't sure that she was still alive... or was she? He was walking near the Anebeko when he heard a noise, and ran over to see if he could help, when he saw Shinzou run out of the Anebeko. Shinzou ran out of the Anebeko, just as Tae-san had told them to take it outside. She wasn't going to get into the middle of it. No way! She was actually TRYING to be good for a change. Really! Kenshin looked at her, Shinzou turned her head and saw Kenshin and run over to him, until she was almost next to him.
The drunken men straggled out of the Anebeko, and they were looking for someone to pick a fight with. They're sights set on Kenshin and Shinzou. Here it comes Shinzou thought and noted as they came around and started to surround her and Kenshin. Kenshin saw this as well, and gently motioned Shinzou behind him. Shinzou stepped back enough to get back to back with Kenshin, why was this guy making her feel... she couldn't describe it... it was like a feeling of him, being... well, brotherly. But why? He wasn't her brother... although, he felt like one. The drunken men attacked them both. Shinzou, made a little face, okay they wanted a fight? Fine, she's give them one, with that she grabbed a wooden sword that had been dropped on the ground by one of the men, and then stood in the right position, to use the sword she held in her small hands. Kenshin saw her, pick up the sword and standing in the correct position, she was comfortable with a sword? How weird, the only other women that he knew that held a sword like that was Kaoru-dono. As soon as it was over, they looked at each other, for a moment.
Kenshin, was studying her, Aki, could this girl really be her? His little sister that he had thought about on those days when Kaoru-dono, Yahiko, and Sano, would argue, and pick on each other. He wondered whatever happened to Aki. At that he took her arm, very gently, and started to pull her away from the whole mess at the Anebeko. Shinzou sighed and let Kenshin lead her away, she was glad to get away from all the people, and noise. Kenshin lead Shinzou, to the riverbank and sat her down on a log. Shinzou sat down reluctantly, and then looked up at Kenshin. "Okay, Shinzou-dono, we need to talk that we do..."