a/n: sorry I took so long in updating, too much to do to little time (lol) I'm sure everyone knows what I mean, it seems like there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done, but I'm rambling, on with the fic!


Kenshin looked into Aelita's soft green eyes and he knew that she needed his help, she was scared and alone here. He asked her to come to the dojo with him and she reluctantly went with him, at least she would be safe with him.

They arrived at the dojo and found that Megumi was about to leave to do house calls for a few patience .

"Miss Megumi, there is a girl here that needs your help" Kenshin said

"Okay Kenshin, I will have a look for you" she said and walked into the room where young Aelita sat cradling her left arm, her head down, crying.

She looked up silently and wiped her eyes as Kenshin and Megumi walked in.

"Hi, there" Megumi said "what is your name?"

"Aelita"

"My name is Megumi" Megumi looked at Kenshin "I think I can handle this Kenshin"

"Okay" Kenshin said "Aelita, are you okay with this?" he asked turning his attention to the injured Aelita

"I'm fine" Aelita replied almost inaudibly, she didn't want to be a burden to them.

"Okay, I'll be back in a few minutes" he then turned to Megumi "be extremely careful with her she's injured, not to mention lost and scared... poor girl"

"I will Kenshin" Megumi said, her work was cut out for her with this one. She didn't know Aelita, meaning that what is normally a delicate procedure to begin with was made even more tedious by the fact that she had no idea how she should handle the frightened teen girl. Megumi took a deep breath and walked over to Aelita, she had to check out the small girls injuries, then Ayame came in her sister, Suzumi, close behind her.

"What happened to her?" Suzumi asked curiously.

"She fell from a tree and hurt her arm, she'll be okay, Suzumi" Megumi replied.

"Oh, that sounds like it hurt bad, I'm sorry, I scraped my hands once" Ayame said observing Aelita's scraped palms.

"It isn't that bad, it's just my arm hurts" Aelita said wincing slightly "the big problem with this is I am left handed."

"What does that mean?" Suzumi asked in innocent curiosity

"It means that where most people would use their right hand, I use my left, for example I write with my left hand" Aelita replied

"You could work with children Aelita, you seem to have a lot of patience" Megumi said

"I'm hoping to be a teacher" Aelita said

"That would be perfect for you Aelita, you could really excel at that" Megumi paused "I'm finished".

"Thank you" Aelita smiled

"No problem" Megumi said and they got up the girls laughing and smiling.

Kenshin walked in, "How is everyone in here?" he asked.

"Fine Kenshin, a little sore but fine" Aelita said

"Okay, I see you've met the girls" he smiled "you two did introduce yourselves"

"Oh, whoops" Ayame said "my name is Ayame and this is my little sister Suzumi, sorry" Ayame bowed in apology.

"That's okay" Aelita said "I made the same mistake, my name is Aelita, it's good to meet you"

"You too" Ayame smiled and Suzumi giggled.

They went outside and Ayame and Suzumi went to playing and Aelita sat under a shade tree. Megumi went on with the rest of her day.

Kaoru walked out of the dojo and noticed the young girl under the tree leaning against the tree half asleep.

"Kenshin, who is that little girl?" Kaoru asked

"Her name is Aelita, I met her on the way back from the market today, she's a really nice girl, but unfortunately she broke her arm in a fall"

"Oh, I feel bad for her"

"So do I, she's lost" Kenshin said

"Aelita," Suzumi said ",can you play with us?"

"No Suzumi, I can't" Aelita replied "not with my arm the way it is"

"Oh" Suzumi looked down sadly

"Suzumi, I told you she was hurt" Ayame said "I apologize for my sister, she is still learning about a lot of things".

"I understand" Aelita said "I may not be able to play with you, but I can tell you a story if you want to hear it"

"Okay" Ayame and Suzumi said in unison and sat down side by side in front of Aelita; Kenshin was intrigued by this, he moved to sit closer to Aelita and the girls so he could hear her story.

To Be Continued...


a/n: Sorry about the cliff hanger, I had to leave some suspense for the next chapter (lol) I will let her tell her storyall the way throughin the next chapter.

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