I hope you like this fanfiction. It'll get sad a little later on, and a lot of things will be explained in the following chapters, but if you don't understand something, feel free to ask, and I didn't watch Rurouni Kenshin after the 2nd season, so if you need to correct me on something, go right ahead, but please don't send flames, I'll happily accept critizism, but no need to be mean about it.

Disclaimer- I do not own Rurouni Kenshin, or any of the characters except Migoto, my own character that I made up.

"If I could have one lifetime wish, one wish that would come true, I'd pray to God with all my heart, for yesterday...and you!" -Anonymous

Kenshin and the gang watched as Migoto ran out of view. Kenshin reached down and helped Sanosuke up. Nobody could understand what had happened. She had thrown Sanosuke onto the ground, then started to kick him sense. Then had screamed at him about stealing somebody's name. What was going on?

The gang started to walk toward the dojo. On the way there, they passed a quiet a small grave, and on top of it was Migoto. She was laying there curled up softly clawing at the dirt. The rain was pelting down on her, soaking her to the bone. She shivered slightly, but still murmured words.

"I'm sorry ni-sama. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt him. But he had no right. I wantyou back. Please come back to me. I miss you. I want to be with you." She was starting to drift off into unconscieness.

The gang walked over to her. They had listened to her conversation with whoever was buried there. Kenshin bend down close to her. Her breath was short and rapid. Her cheeks were flushed with redness.

Kenshin carefully reached over and felt her forehead. It was burning hot. She had a really bad fever. He reached down and picked her up. His right arm was underneath her bent knees, and his left was on her lower back. Migoto's head rested on Kenshin's chest.

"Kaoru-dono, Migoto-dono is burning with fever. We should take her to the dojo." Kaoru felt Migoto's forehead as well, and nodded her head. Everybody rushed back to the dojo, running as fast as they could to get Migoto there. The muddy puddles splashing as they ran through them, dirtying their clothes.

Finally they arrived there. Kenshin quickly took her to his room while Kaoru grabbed an extra futon. Yahiko when out and fetched a bowl of water and a cloth. Kenshin layed Migoto on the futon, and started to undress her. Her kimono was dirty, and wet. Kaoru went and got an extra kimono to put on her. She rushed to her room and grabbed red kimono with butterflies on it. When she got to Kenshin's room, Migoto was laying down in her underwear, and bandages that they used to wrap a girl's breasts.

Kenshin and Kaoru could hear running footsteps. Two pairs of them, which meant that Sanosuke had gotten a hold of Megumi. Megumi came inside and rushed to Migoto's side. She checked her forehead, her pulse, and how hot her body was. Then Megumi expertly mixed medicine and such, and had Kenshin make Migoto take them.

Then fever went down soon, and Kaoru dressed Migoto in her kimono. It was slightly loose on her, but it was better than her wet clothes.

Megumi left, and everybody left to do their own things, but Kenshin and Sanosuke stayed watching Migoto.

Migoto groaned as her eyes fluttered open. She was under something warm, but that didn't make sense, she was at the grave…she shot up and quickly looked around. Sanosuke and Kenshin were both leaning against a wall and watching her. The futon she was laying on was in the center of the room. She looked out toward the door, and the darkness of the sheets on the door showed her that it was late.

"Migoto-dono, are you okay? We were worried, you were burning with fever when we had found you." Kenshin looked at her, the worry showing clearly on his face. Migoto looked at him, a tear ran down her cheek, then another, and on the other cheek. Soon the tears were flowing, and Migoto covered her face with her hands, and softly sobbed into them. Kenshin and Sanosuke looked at her worried. What was wrong?

After a while, Migoto stopped crying, and dried her tears on the sleeve of the kimono she was wearing.

"Thank you," she whispered, "But I didn't know that Imperialists were kind people."

Kenshin's head shot up at his. Imperialists? "Migoto-dono, what are you talking about?"

"It had been the Imperialists that had killed my brother. It wasn't fair, and he had done nothing wrong, but they still killed him. Him and his comrades are all dead, because they fought for what they believed in. He was fighting to help the Imperialists, but they still killed him." Migoto didn't cry, she smiled. Thinking about her brother always calmed her, and made her feel proud of who he was.

"What was your relationship like with him?" Sanosuke asked her, it was a personal question, but he was curious.

"My parents had died when I was just a little over 1. My brother at that time was 16, 15 years my senior. He took care of me, and we survived, together. Him and I, we survived, and stayed together. He was good at fighting, and when I was 7 and he was 22, he had left me in the care of a swordsman. He had gone off, and started an army, to help out the Imperialists that wanted to overthrow the government. He had told that he going to go fight so that I could grow up in a safe period of time. I was learning swordsmanship at that time." Migoto took a deep breathe, and sighed before continuing her story. "Growing up I had missed my brother terribly. He was everything to me. He gave me everything I needed, and would always be there. I wanted him back, I wanted my big brother to be with me, but he was killed when I was 9. My last family, my best friend, my everything was dead, gone, and I was heart broken. I finished my training, and I wanted revenge, but my brother had me promise that I would never take anybody's life, and that I would smile, and always enjoy life. And I've kept that promise, and always would. Itsumo."

Kenshin and Sanosuke looked at her sypathedically. To have the one person you cared about most taken from you was tough. Sanosuke knew what it was like. Captain Sagara was everything to him, and watching him die was the most painful thing.

Then, Migoto started to cry. "He was the only person in my life that had actually cared for me. Nobody was there for me, but he was. He was the last person that had truly loved me. The only person to ever smile at me when it was hard. The person that meant everything to me. If it wasn't for the promise I had made with him, I would've killed myself long ago. And because he meant everything, the only thing I could do for him was to keep my promise, and smile in his name. I miss him, and I want him back, I want him to hold me in his arms like he did when I was young, and sing for me to calm me down. But he's gone forever, and no matter how hard I cry, or how many times I wish, he's not going to come back, and he's gone."

She was sobbing hard by now. Sanosuke got up and walked over, and sat down next to her. He drew her in his arms, and pulled her close. Migoto wrapped her arms around Sanosuke, and cried onto his chest, wishing that it was her brother comforting her.

When she had calmed down, Kenshin asked her, "Is that why you visit that grave so much? Is it because he's buried there?"

"After they had killed him, they had taken his body and were going to burn it. When I had found out about it, I had begged the government to let me have his body back. Finally they had given it to me. I made a box and laid him there. I put on his body a fresh uniform, and taken the one that he was wearing. I wanted to keep it, it was the only thing he had, before he died. I took his bandana, and carry it with me everywhere." Migoto smiled.

"I didn't see a bandana. Where is it?" While Kenshin was undressing her, he hadn't seen a red bandana anywhere. Migoto reached into her kimono, and pulled out a red bandana from underneath the bandages. It looked a lot like Sanosuke's. Then she used it to tie up her hair into a ponytail. She smiled at them, and stood up.

"Thank you for everything, but I must be getting home. I'll return the kimono sometime tomorrow." Migoto bowed, and reached for the door when both Kenshin and Sanosuke got up.

"It's not safe for you to be wandering around at this time of day, why don't I walk you home?" Sanosuke really felt nervous about having Migoto walking home in the dark.

"Yes Migoto-dono. Sano and I would happily walk you home. It won't be a problem." Migoto smiled at them and accepted their offer. The three of them left the dogo, while Kaoru and Yahiko were sleeping silently inside.