Identity

Summary: Kaoru was living the perfect life then she found out that she wasn't her parents' real daughter. AU.

I do not own the characters in this fiction.

All that Ru felt at that point in time were the smell of rubber, the sound of metal thudding and the hard shove that she received on her back that left her lying on the ground. She didn't get hit by the car, but someone did and she was afraid to look back because in her heart she already knew who it was.

Kenshin who could not hear Ru calling him, definitely heard the sound of the car accident. He ran to the site to help anyone who got hurt and he received the shock of his life when he saw the two persons that he loved the most sprawled on the street.

The sister was sprawled at the side, her face stricken with horror at the sight that befell her. The brother washrown at a distance and one could clearly see that he was losing a massive amount of blood.

Kesnhin wanted to faint, run away, just do anything that did not involve being here, but as he heard the soft cry emanating from the sister, all other thoughts went out from his head, all he wanted to do now was to save both of them. The other bystanders were already checking up on Aoshi so he went to Ru to see if she had any injury that was not clearly visible. When he made sure that she was fine, he went on to Aoshi. He felt like crying when he saw him but he knew it would do nothing good so he kept his tears in check. He didn't dare move Aoshi for fear of causing more injury but he did check for his breathing. It was shallow and coarse but he was glad that he was still doing so.

The ambulance arrived and their sirens drowned his thoughts.

One of the worst things that could ever happen to a person is to sit and wait while strangers are helping a loved one fight for his life. It was this kind of time when a person will realize that she is just that, a person and all a person can do is to cry her heart out, but Ru couldn't even do that, the accident left her energy spent. She was now staring at the thing that separated her from her brother, the door which to her surprise is being opened by one of the doctors. She saw her parents rush to the doctor's side and heard their relief as the doctor gave them a small smile.

When she herself saw the doctor's smile, she felt something break within her and the next thing she felt was hot tears burning her face and the warm embrace when her parents enveloped her within their arms.

"Ru right?" a girl with dark hair nodded "My name's Megumi, I'll be the one taking your blood. You can lie there on the bed now."

"Okay." Ru proceeded to do as she was told. As she was doing so, she cringed as she smelled the various odors of medicines in the room.

"Is this your first time?" the woman named Megumi asked noticing the frightened vibes the girl kept releasing. She couldn't help but feel amused at her reaction. "I promise you this won't hurt a bit."

"Really?" Ru asked her eyes looking doubtful since she could clearly see the equipment Megumi laid down to take her blood.

"Yes, really, I'll try it right now. Get ready okay?" Ru closed her eyes then she felt Megumi prick something in her arm. "There. Well?" Megumi asked as she saw the girl's face transform from frightened to delighted.

"It didn't hurt at all!" Ru exclaimed.

"See? Told you. Now let's try it with the needle then." Kaoru was caught unaware as

Megumi jabbed the needle on her arm. Her body barely registered the pain as she was occupied with thinking that Megumi cheated her. She then gave Megumi the look she gave her brother when he told her Santa Claus wasn't real.

"You cheated." She said with tears forming at the corners of her eyes.

Megumi was so amused by the girl so she wasn't able to control the giggle that escaped her, in her mind it was only a small laugh but Ru was hearing a different thing. The "evil doctor" was laughing at her in a "ohohoho" way.

As lunging at Megumi kicking and screaming won't be possible since the jab in her arm left her weakened (needles have that effect on her), she pouted instead.

Megumi saw the pout then teased Ru a bit. "Now Ru, don't be such a baby, it's not like I took a lot of it," and she added a little more seriously "besides this is for your brother right?"

Megumi observed that that phrase seemed to transform the pouting girl to a very serious one. She recalled what the doctor told her about Ru's brother. The official information was that the brother was out of the danger zone now but he lost a lot of blood and it needs to be replaced immediately. Unofficially though, Megumi heard that the brother got into that accident to save his little sister. Her eyes softened with that thought, she was happy to find that there are still persons willing to risk everything for someone that they treasured very much.

"Your brother's going to okay so don't worry, your parents are also getting their blood tested for a match so there's more chances of getting the right type of blood. But even if we don't, we'll be taking one from the blood bank and just have it replaced with yours or your parents." Megumi knew that talking to Ru like this is against protocol but she didn't care, she wanted to console the girl no matter what. She was rewarded when she heard Ru say "Thank you Megumi."

"Dr. Gensai, we got the results." Megumi said as the printer released the last paper.

"Is there any match?" Dr. Gensai asked.

"Yes," Megumi answered "the father."

Ru was relieved to find out that at least one of them matched her brother's blood. She watched as they took her dad away so he could donate his blood to Aoshi. She looked at her mom and immediately felt better when she saw that her mom looked fine now. Her mom noticed Ru looking and turned to her.

"It's been a long night huh, Ru?"

"Yes it was. I'm glad it's over now." Then she said hesitatingly "I'm sorry mom."

"It's alright, your brother's strong, he can get through this." Ru felt her mom hold her hand. She smiled softly and thought 'Thank you mom, dad and especially Aoshi. I don't know what I'd do without all of you.'

Her eyelids grew heavy and her head sought her mom's shoulder to get her much needed rest.

END OF CHAPTER