Disclaimer: If I actually owned Rurouni Kenshin it would probably wouldn't make it to TV so maybe its better that I don't own it, ne? Author's Notes: Hello! I finally figured out how to post one chapter on one page on ff.net so now I think that I am going to fix it and make it so that there aren't 4 and a half chapters on one page. But I changed the wording in chapter five a little to make it clearer, nothing major. You don't even have to go back and read it again 'cause it's at the end of the chapter. I don't really think that this should be called author's notes. It should be like author's... I don't know but why don't you tell me. Any way here is the chapter-

"Another Chance at Life" By Weasel (rokinevilweasel1029@hotmail.com)

*****Chapter 6 ~ Does He Deserve Another Chance?******

"Hey Kujiro, are you going to make dinner," Yahiko asked.

Kujiro looked up from her sketch at Yahiko, "Oh, yeah. Sure."

"Whoa! Did you draw those?"

Kujiro smiled, "Yeah, lets go get dinner ready Yahiko." She didn't really want him to look through it. She stuffed the letter in the sketch book and left it there on the porch and only hoped that the wind would blow it away.

~*~

During dinner Kaoru was uneasy. Her conversation with Kenshin didn't go the way she had planned and before she could apologize Kujiro called that dinner was ready. Kaoru wasn't sure what to say even at the thought of apologizing. Oh Kami-sama. It bothered her until she finally fell asleep.

~*~

By the time Sano was done on his night out drinking it was some unpleasant hour of the morning and he didn't have a place to stay. It took him a while in his drunken state to think of the dojo. He knew that the gate was always unlocked, so when he got there he just passed out on the porch. He was too tired to realize what he was lying on.

He awoke with a major headache and a sore back. When he sat up he saw why his back was so sore. He was sleeping on a book the entire night. He looked down and saw that a letter was sticking out of the book with familiar writing on it. Sano forgot his headache and focused on the letter. He had not seen that hand writing since the revolution. He picked it up and saw the date, "No this can't be right." He knew it was wrong and read the letter. He started of thinking of all the explanations that could explain the date and such. 'She couldn't have been older than 9 years old when he was alive!'

He looked back at the book he was sleeping on and looked at the page that the letter came from. The sight made his headache worse than ever. But the pain wasn't just in his head, there was a minor pain coming from his chest at the sight of his fallen leader. He couldn't stop his shaking, it just wouldn't stop. But he tensed up at the sound of hurried footsteps.

Before he could react the letter and the book were gone from his sight. He looked up to see harsh blue eyes staring at him.

"Why," was all Kujiro could think of saying or asking, for seeing the questions that Sano would ask... 'Should I tell him the truth? Or make up excuses?'

"How do you know Captain Sagara," Sano asked evenly.

Kujiro felt all her excuses and all her composure abandon her and leave her clueless on what to say except, "Nani?" (A/N: Japanese word for 'What')

Sano was getting annoyed with the way she was trying to avoid conversation, "How do you know Captain Souzou Sagara?" It was more of a demand than a question.

Kujiro didn't have the heart to tell him, "Who gave you permission to look through my personal things?"

"Stop avoiding my questions."

Sano then opened up her sketch book to the sketch of Souzou. Kujiro started to wish she sucked at drawing.

"How do you know him?"

Kujiro lowered her head. 'He deserves the truth, even though it will just hurt him...'

"I met him," She just said the obvious facts.

"When?"

"It may sound crazy but, I met him 2 days ago."

"You better not be lying to me."

Kujiro looked disgusted, "I never lie, I may be sarcastic and I may exaggerate but I don't lie. I have a strict honor code and I stick to it."

"Is killing included in that honor code?"

Kujiro restrained herself from yelling at him, instead she said in a venomous voice, "You have no clue what I have been through, don't even go there."

Sano looked as though he wasn't effected at all. 'So she thinks she had a hard life?'

"How the hell could you have met Captain Sagara 2 days ago unless you're some type of witch."

Kujiro wasn't sure how to respond to that. She sheepishly grinned and said, "Well... ano, hehe. Uh, you see... I am a wikka not a witch. Witches are creatures of evil in Nochinoyo, but wikka's are ones from nature. And if you don't believe me then don't."

"I am not believing a thing until you prove it."

Kujiro smirked. 'Well what spell should I use?'

'She is just trying to think of some loser excuse to get out of the questions.' "Are you going to prove it to me or stand there thinking of a way out?"

Finally deciding on one she replied coolly, "Oh, you mean prove this?" She said a few foreign words and flicked out her pointer finger and a small flame lit out of no-where. The flame started to dance from the wind on her pointer finger. After the wind died down the flame magically grew and turned a purple/black flame. All Sano could do is watch with huge eyes. Kujiro then wrote out "Sanosuke Sagara," in flames. Kujiro then waved her hand and the flames died away without a trace left behind.

"Do you believe me now Sano?"

Sano was still in awe, "Hai. So you are a wikka? And you have magik?"

'What a stupid question.' "No with the wonderful mind power I have the flames created themselves... hai no baka I have magik."

'Hm... maybe she could...' "So what is your most powerful...thing."

"My most powerful [i]spell[/i] is reincarnation."

"Huh?"

"Bringing the dead from their graves no baka."

"Oh," A light bulb just flicked on in Sano's head. 'Captain Sagara...'

Kujiro saw the way his face changed as though he just made a discovery of some sort. Her eyebrow cocked up waiting for an explanation.

"Hey, you think you could bring back Captain Sagara?"

"NANI?!!!"

"Yeah, you said that it was your most powerful spell."

'Why do I have to be so stupid and shoot my mouth off all the time?!' "Um Sano, it's the spell that is very powerful but it takes the most energy and I have never performed it before on a human!"

"But you controlled the fire! I mean it can't be that hard!?"

"No baka! It could kill me!"

"Wait you said that you never used it before on a human."

'Whoa I never thought Sano could be that cunning!' "Sano I have only performed the spell of sairai on ANIMALS. When you do that it's a totally different procedure!"

"On animals?! Why animals?!"

'Damn...' "To give me experience with the spell."

"So that means you have experience with it!"

"Sano! You don't understand! First of all I need to see if Sagara-san actually deserves it! Second of all, it takes great power to cast the spell and even if I don't die it means my magik will be gone for Kami-sama knows how long."

"But he really does! Those dirty Imperialist pigs went behind the Seki-hotai's backs! They murdered everyone!"

"So why should [i]just[/i] the captain come back to life? Why not another soldier in his place?"

"Because it was Captain Sagara who lead us as a strong leader. He was the one who trained us and lead us to battle with no fear in his heart."

Kujiro had this feeling that she should, but then she would be vulnerable without her magik but something told her to do it. Regardless of the consequences she had that gut feeling. "Sano I need to think about this. Tell Ajisai when she wakes up that you know about my magik... I'm going to Nochinoyo, don't count on me being back by tonight. This is a tough decision."

Sano nodded and watched Kujiro run off in the direction of the river.

She weaved through the trees that were on the other side of the river, she quickly said her spell and the old door opened to Nochinoyo. She opened it and sealed the door so no one could get through and ran through the forest to get to the garden. She finally got there and jogged along the flower paths until she came to a part where there were more trees than flowers. Somewhere ahead she heard music, intrigued she followed off of her usual path to see who played such music. She came to a clearing were she saw a man crouched and playing... A PIECE OF GRASS?! 'What the?!'

~*~

As he played his song he sensed another... It was Kujiro. He stopped playing when he saw her seated Indian style in front of him. She obviously didn't care if it wasn't woman-like. From the way she was carefree about sitting that way that she did what she wanted.

"Oh don't stop playing," Kujiro exclaimed.

"You like it," Souzou asked.

"Yeah, but how do you play a piece of grass?!"

"You can do a lot of things with it. Like this," he then clasped his hands around the grass and blew on it. A sound of a duck rang through the clearing.

"That was you?!"

Souzou laughed, "Yeah."

They both sensed it. Souzou wasn't sure of what it was but knew it was an enemy. Kujiro knew exactly what they were and stood up.

"Here take this, you'll need it," Kujiro handed Souzou her katana that she always had with her.

"Who are they?"

"Demons from Makai..."

She couldn't finish her sentence because a group of disfigured things came into the clearing. Some had claws some were blue, some had one eye and others had multiple arms.

Souzou saw that Kujiro was now unarmed. "What about you? You have no weapon?!"

She smirked, her face telling all, 'Oh-you'll-see.'

"So, who are you," Kujiro asked lazily.

"You killed our comrades, and you now shall pay for those actions," a demon that was the obvious leader.

She rolled her eyes, "When will you understand that I killed them because I was on a mission and that I was a better swordsman and that you revenge attempts wont work?!"

"If we take his life it will," the leader replied.

"Don't drag him in, I barely know him."

"Then why does he have a sword?"

"Because I wasn't born yesterday. I know you like to fight dirty."

The demon smiled, "Kill them both."

Most of the demons went for Kujiro and only 2 went for Souzou thinking that he would be easy prey. But Souzou was very skilled with his sword, even if it wasn't his own. The demons stupidly underestimated him.

Kujiro on the other hand was being attacked by a few demons at once. She jumped up and grabbed her kunai's to release them. As fast as she could she retrieved them and went to fight with another demon using his claws like kunai's.

Souzou watched as one demon took out a knife and got ready to through it at Kujiro while she was preoccupied. He yelled, "WATCH OUT!" Just as the demon went to through it. Kujiro realized in time to jump and through a kunai of hers at the demon killing it. The demon that she was facing before was hit with the kunai intended for her hitting him in his heart. Kujiro was thankful that she didn't have to endure that much pain.

Now only the leader was left, and to Kujiro's satisfaction a look of realization hit his face. She decided to get it over with and charged at him with her great speed and pierced his heart with her kunai. Her outfit was smeared with his black blood and her hands as well. But this wasn't enough to bring him down. He writhed on the floor, if Kujiro wasn't there he might have survived and Kujiro felt guilt run through her and decided to end his pain.

"You are an assassin?"

Kujiro turned to look at Souzou. 'Wow he must really have no clue what Shishou really does do for the Nochinoyo government.' "WAS an assassin, I have to go wash off. Ano (um) can I have my katana back?"

Souzou handed her the katana with out a word. He was speechless, he knew that she was good with a sword but he never thought a person like her could be an assassin. But then again she did what she pleased.

Kujiro took her sword back and strapped it back in place. There was an odd silence, and being active and always hearing noises Kujiro was almost to the point of fidgeting when she realized she needed a bath. "Ano, but I'm sorry about that whole thing and I hope you will understand. But I need to clean this up and my self. So if you'll excuse me..."

She mumbled a spell that cleaned up the mess and all the blood seemed to seep into the ground without leaving a trace. The bodies withered away as though it was decomposing much faster than normal and decomposed into nothing.

Souzou was awed by this but remembered that her Shishou was Nagasaki a famed warlock, so how could he not teach his apprentice magik? But realizing by her body language that she wanted to leave and clean up he said, "I understand. I will leave so that you can clean yourself up."

Kujiro smiled gratefully and sped off towards another part of the gardens were there we hot springs which she loved to go into in high stress. When she got there and got into the steamy hot water her thoughts went back to Sano's request. Should she bring him back? She remembered how he just squatted playing the grass like a flute and how he... he saved her. She owed him a life debt. She HAD to bring him back now.

After she was done bathing she ran out of the forest to a good source of information that would answer her questions that developed in the hot springs. She arrived to the shady part of the town running past merchants and the people that roamed the streets going into an alley way. She quickly found the secret entrance to a pub were she knew he usually would be.

Once she walked in people looked at her. It wasn't everyday that Nagasaki's people came. They knew her well because she busted them many times before. But today she was looking for someone which made them all feel uneasy making the air around tense.

Kujiro found the guy she wanted to talk to and went up behind him, "Sasaki get your ass outside." Her eyes were a cold threatening grey if he dare say no to her.

He heard her voice and instantly knew that it was Kujiro. He sighed and got up and walked out of the pub. Kujiro followed, leaving a confused audience behind.

Once she stepped outside, "Are you here to arrest me or get some needed information?"

Kujiro smirked, yep, he defiantly would get her, her information, "I want to find out about a dead guys past."

"Then why did you have that whole act up in there? I actually thought you were coming to bust me."

"If I do find out that you are doing something illegal you wont be seeing a pub for a long time. I will. Now let's get going I'm in a hurry."

"What ever, follow me."

Kujiro followed through a maze of allies until he stopped and looked around. He then unlocked the door and walked in. She hesitantly followed. She walked in and saw some type of record library. "Oh you know that you are gonna get locked away for keeping all these records right?"

"Well I thought I would propose a deal for you."

"I don't make deals with people like you. Just show me were I can find Souzou Sagara's file and tomorrow you'll wake up in a nicer cell with no one else to share it with."

"What makes you think I will show you?"

She rolled her eyes, "Do you really want to know?!"

Sasaki looked at her blade. He would rather not press his chances with Kujiro when her eyes were grey like that. "Fine, you don't have to force me, I'll show ya."

After reading his profile she concluded that he was a wise person and the people around him loved him. He also had a great impact on people's lives. After this information was revealed she decided that Sano was right. He did deserve another chance.

"I suppose you taking me in now?"

"Don't be so snobby Sasaki."

Kujiro took him to the prison that spirit world had and left for the dojo to get the ingredients she would need. She decided that she didn't want Hikage to see her for she would make a racket that she was there.

She snuck through a window to a training room and left to go upstairs to take ingredients from her old room. When she walked in she saw that it was kept clean and nothing had been sifted through. She moved her futon and lifted the floor boards it lay on. She took out the ingredients she needed and replaced the boards and futon. She always kept that supply under there just incase. The only thing she needed now was his body.

JESSICA SARROW: Aw, thanks! I'm glad that you like it!!! ^_^ I like your story too.

KAWAII LARA-CHAN: Thanks! I like the story too Kujiro: you kidna have to... But I'm glad that you like the whole two different world's thing. I was afraid people wouldn't like it!

Author's Notes: Well, that chapter was like ALL in Kujiro's POV. I will try to get some more of the Kenshin-gumi back in the picture... I got a little carried away, but the next chapter WILL have the Kenshin-gumi's POV!!!!! Until then...

Ja ne!

Weasel