Author's Note: I revised the chapter just a bit and decided to keep my random outbursts in my writing because….well, they remind me of how childish I was two years ago. Not that I regret being that childish in my writings, but it's kinda cool to see how I've changed these past two years….Memories, whether happy or sad, should never be changed, they remind you of what you've been through and what you've learned. Remember that you guys :smiles: and yeah, even after two years of begging…I still don't own Rurouni Kenshin and Soujiro.

Chapter 6: A Rare Treasure

Hisses escaped her lips as she tried keeping her groans inside. Gently she stroked the wet piece of cloth on her arm, continuing to hiss as the pain rushed through her. Blood slowly leaked out of her wounds, creating a small circle of it around her as she stood in the middle of a large pond, trying to keep focus on the calm waterfall that stood in front of her. The pain was slowly going away with each passing she gave to the wounds with the cloth.

Biting her lip, she closed her emerald green eyes and tried relaxing, but how could she? The sweetness of the water kept stinging her up to her waist, where she was covered in bruises and scratches. Nude in the middle of a forest, bathing in a waterfall was the least of her concerns; her mind was too occupied with the thoughts on who she was.

With every guess she took, she kept ending up at dead ends. Her mind seemed to not comprehend anything that she was thinking; drawing blanks whenever she tried coming up with a logical reason on her life.

Who was she?

Where did she come from?

What was she?

Why were they after her?

Why did they torture her?

All she knew, unfortunately, was that she could not remember anything.

"Damnit," she sighed and stopped thinking, deciding to concentrate on her wounds.

The birds flew above her, singing their songs, and the soft breeze of the afternoon soothed her. She didn't care if it was November and that it was winter, that didn't concern her.

What was really strange, she thought, was the weather. There were only cold freezing nights and chilling winds, but no snow. They should've had snow by now…

She shrugged her shoulders and carefully rubbed the cloth that she had torn off from her shredded kimono on her back. That was when she noticed it. The scar she had on her back.

She pulled in her left shoulder a bit more and looked over it, the scar that looked more like a carving.

It wasn't like the others marks she had on her body, it was very different…She gasped as she realized that the scar was a carving!

It was a name…

Her name.

She whispered it and just doing that brought tears to her eyes.

Ayame...That was her name.

She touched her name and caressed it as if it was a rare treasure that she had finally found after years and years of searching. But that was exactly how she felt; she had found a rare treasure.

"Ayame…My name is Ayame."

Ayame smiled to herself quietly and abruptly broke down, covering her face with her hands. She felt so happy, so blissful. She finally had a clue on who she was, and it couldn't have been a better clue. She cried her heart out, inwardly thanking the Gods for answering her prayer.

"Thank you, thank you so much Gods…Thank you so very much…" She sobbed, feeling some of the weight on her shoulders fall off.

A little while later, she stopped her tears and happily continued her nursing. She hummed a song she had heard a little girl sing in the town, where the child sat on the steps of a store and played with her doll. The pain wasn't as excruciating as it was before, which made her day even brighter.

Finishing with her wounds, she held her breath and plunged under water, swimming through the large lake. Keeping her eyes open, she observed the wonderful world of the lake and moments later came up again, grinning widely. She moved her hair of her face and wiped the sweet water from her eyes. The moment she opened those bright green eyes of her…she regretted it.

There, smirking maliciously, were the men that had chased her the other night.

Author's Note: Very short chapter. I probably got it from James Patterson's form of writing (Check his stuff out, it's awesome!).

Don't be surprised when you see the chapters in his books, way short. But whatever, I thought to get some action boiling, I'd stop things at the good part.

:D Yes I'm a female dog:p I hope u enjoy it, and please read and review!

By just simply writing a couple of words, sending me feedback sends me straight into creativity and inspiration. I don't care if they're flames (they hurt, but ok) or ideas or questions or (the best) nice comments, just review, please God ). Well I'ma stop rambling n let u enjoy this mini chapter. Oh yea and one more thing... MARLINS WON! WHOOO! YEAH BABY! WE'RE GONNA SHOW THE WORLD THAT WE AINT SOME STUPID STATE WITH A SUCKY BASEBALL TEAM! U GOING DOWN YANKEES! Um ok, sorry. :P