Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin is not my story and never will be.

A/N: This is my third chapter for this here story got it? No one is allowed to mistreat it in any way. The last two chapters were fairly simple, but this chapter begins the whole middle of the story. I hope you enjoy the third installment.

Chapter 3: Sanosuke.

The stars in the sky glittered like lights from New York as the two women unloaded their possessions from the barge. It was only eight o'clock and Sakura felt like it was the next day. She was nervous, but with Megumi being there she had no reason to. The market place was bigger then anywhere Sakura had been to, but of course this was Tokyo. People were roaming about like a pack of bees buzzing about. Sakura wiped the sweat from her forehead as Megumi made a pit stop near a bar.

"Sakura-san can you stay here for a moment?" the woman asked.

"Uh...sure I guess."

Megumi trotted off and into the run down building later to come out with a tall man Sakura thought was familiar. Megumi smiled when she was around him and he looked at Sakura with a clueless look upon his face. She figured that this man was one of Megumi's friends so Sakura bowed politely.

"Hello I am Sakura Johji."

Megumi picked up her bags and motioned for the man. She smiled as she began to introduce him.

"Sakura-kun this is Sanosuke-san." She replied. "Sanosuke this girl will be staying at the Kamiya dojo for a while."

This man was extremely familiar, but still Sakura couldn't place him. His name she remembered from a long time ago, but he hung around a group that was obsessed with government issues. To her this couldn't be the same boy that teased her for losing a marble, the same boy that climbed the tree in her yard, and she still felt as if he was.

"So, you are from Osaka I suspect." Sanosuke replied "I knew a guy that lived there once. Such a bad gambler."

The three turned a corner of one of the streets and noticed that some helpless woman was being beaten by officers with sticks. Sakura's eye twitched as she slowly ran near the incident with Sanosuke looking at her like she was crazy.

"Hey, what are you doing?" he asked.

"I'm going to help that woman."

Sakura ran up to one of the officers and noticed that they looked drunk. One of them was holding a large glass bottle that had a sake sticker on the side. The woman's face was bruised with marks of them hitting her as she cowered. Sakura tackled one of the men to the ground.

"What the hell are you doing brat?" one of the officers asked.

"What has this woman done? I see nothing that she could have done for this." Sakura muttered.

"This is none of your business now leave us be!" The man struck Sakura on the side of her stomach making her drop to the ground. Sanosuke saw this and went to see if she was okay.

"I told you not get involved." He said. Sakura's eyes narrowed as she glanced at the man who hit her with the stick. She got up slowly clutching her side.

"They shouldn't have started anything with me." She sputtered. "Now these drunks will regret it."

Sakura took out her sakabato and went into the crowd of men. The officer, who had told her to leave, turned around and saw Sakura there again. This time there was an aura around her that struck a chill off of his spine.

"I told you to leave missy." He stuttered.

"No one dares to hit me and not pay the price."

"Who the hell do you think you are? We are officers of the law."

"I'm pretty sure I know who I am thanks." She laughed "But are you all that sure who you are?"

The officer pushed another officer out of the way and from his belt he held a dagger. He ran to stab her in the throat but she stepped aside and hit him from behind. His face turned pale and his eyes opened wide when he figured out that this was no ordinary girl.

'Could this be the samurai woman Mr. Takei sent here to find the legendary hotokiri?' he thought 'such speed this swordswoman has.'

The officer fell onto the ground and the others looked at Sakura in shock. There leading official had just been knocked out by a measly girl. Instead of facing her as tipsy as they were, they let the woman they were beating go. The woman had blonde hair and blue eyes and her robes were slightly askew. She bowed as Sakura slid her sakabato back into the sheath.

"Arrigato for saving me." She replied "I was at the store buying an item and they told me that since the store was going out of business it was against the law to buy anything. I told them there was no such thing so they began to beat me."

"Well, that's okay. You don't have to thank me."

The older woman waved goodbye as the three continued down the street and towards the Kamiya dojo. Sanosuke had this smirk on his face the whole time when walking.

"You know how crazy you were just then?" He laughed "I've never met a girl who would do that."

"What the heck does that mean?" Sakura said angrily.

"No it's a compliment." Sanosuke replied just before Sakura whacked him in the head. Megumi, who was ahead of the two, stopped in front of a large gate that seemed to be the dojo. When they entered they were met by two little girls. They ran to Megumi and hugged her legs.

"Ms. Megumi is back!" one of them said.

Sakura smiled. They looked so much like a family. Sanosuke slapped her in the back which made Sakura retaliate. She hit him over the side of his head which left a large bump. When the two were fighting, no one seemed to notice a man with red hair stroll out onto the grass.

"Ms. Megumi, Sanosuke you both are back." The man replied.

"Yeah Uncle Ken was playing with us all day. Kaoru made her yucky food again." One of the little girls said. There was a scream from the doorway to the house.

"What was that you little troublemakers?"

"Well these kids do have a point. Your food does taste awful." Sanosuke teased. The man with red hair noticed Sakura. Her face stared in awe as she saw the cross shaped scar. This was it. The man Aoshi sent her to find. This man was the Hotokiri Botousai.

A/N: A yeah my life sucks. My writing sucks and just everything about me sucks...Anyway enough of that...please review with any suggestions...ARRIGATO GOZAIMASU!

Special thanks too...umm no one yet...I was going to write a stupid ending but I guess not...See ya! Kyoko Misami