Hi again peoples ! (waves) Thank you for your reviews! I know the 1st chapter must have been confusing, so I'll try to clarify. I do not own Rurouni Kenshin, I'm just a fan.

Through my Eyes Chapter Two : The red-haired Kenshin

I hadn't been planning to take all that food with me . I had wanted to travel light anyway. I got dressed in more…erm… hardwearing clothes. I put on a white, baggy, shirt and some dark blue jeans. And I took my shinai of course. New Kyoto wasn't nearby New Tokyo, and I wanted to get a move on already.

I hadn't seen my family since the Blackout, when all the electricity in the country went out. It was mass panic everywhere. No lights, no communication-think about it, if a plane didn't know where to land, what would they do? And at night… let's just say that it was very creepy. At about the exact time a strange disease started killing people… I heard it was some weird type of flu…it's rumored the government was behind it, but I'm not quite sure.

It was December when the Blackout happened, and I had been talking on the phone with my parents when the lights went out and the phone went dead. A year passed and I didn't hear from them. I would've gone to look for them if my cousin Sano hadn't gone crazy and completely lose himself when not only his parents died, but when his best friend in his gang died too. I helped him cope with that and I even babysitted his little sisters- Ayame and Suzume. He held me back, telling me that my parents would head home on their own. Well, something was wrong and they weren't back. I don't care if Sano thinks that they're at Grandpa Genzai's, I still have a bad feeling… anyway that's where Gohei Hiruma lives. And he's not exactly thrilled dad refused to teach him the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu…

To get to Sano's neighborhood, I have to cross a bridge near the old business complex. It's a creepy place, with its windows all boarded up and it's paint fading into a yellow colored white. It's in the Juppongatana's section of town and that's the other reason I get freaked out. Shishio isn't exactly on friendly terms with Sano. In fact, the Juppongatana and the Sekihotide really hate each other. But I didn't live with Sano because my parents might have come back.

Anyway, I practically ran through the business complex and managed to make it to the bridge. I still had this creepy someone's-watching-me feeling, so I knew I had to keep going.

I was half-ways to the other side of the bridge when I heard a loud splash and someone yelling.

I paused.

"Help! Ack! I can't swim!" screamed someone.

"Hold on!" I yelled, and ran to the screaming.

It was the red-haired guy that had broken into my house today! He was in the water, his face barely managing to avoid it. He was in the-

Shallow end. He was drowning in the shallow end.

"You try standing up?" I asked, feeling embarrassed for him.

He paused for a second and did, his baggy white jeans and his bright red shirt soaked. His large lavender eyes went wide with surprise.

"Oro."

I sighed with relief and annoyance.

"What were you doing, following me?" I asked, since I had the suspicion that he had been.

"No. Erm… Thank you. I am in your debt again…uh…"

"Kaoru" I said, "My name is Kaoru. Kaoru Kamiya." His eyes seemed to go even wider.

"My name is Kenshin, Kaoru. Pleased to meet you." He said politely.

What are we, in the park or something?, I thought.

"Kaoru, are you related to Mr. and Mrs. Akira Kamiya" he said, his eyes full of concern.

My heart froze. Those were my parent's names.

"What happened to them? What happened to them and my brother? Please tell me!" I cried.

Hello again peoples! I hope you enjoyed it so far! Once again thank you to my reviewers. I won't update until January, sorry. Have a good holiday! By the way, I'll try to finish this story, since I kinda like it. Bye!