AN: Ok, I would like to thank WhiteRabbit5 again! And now, we go onward!
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or any of its characters. I do however own Katana.
Chapter 3: New Understandings
After about an hour of convincing Saitou, Katana has been staying at the Kamiya Dojo for about a week. Katana couldn't help but feel a little tense whenever she was around Kenshin or Sanosuke. Usually, they would be slightly rude to her, and they would avoid her most of the time. Katana knew the reason was because they probably didn't like her brother that much, and she didn't blame them. But after a week she was starting to get annoyed.
As Katana was doing laundry for Kaoru, she sighed and looked up at the sky. It was a cloudy day, and the wind was a little harsh. She didn't mind, though. Personally, Katana enjoyed the wind, no matter how hard it would blow.
After she was done washing all of the clothes and setting them up to dry, she smiled slightly. Kaoru said that Katana shouldn't do any chores, but Katana insisted. Unlike Kenshin and Sanosuke, Kaoru and Yahiko were both kind to Katana. She was glad that they didn't care whom she was related to.
'But if they knew who I was, they would probably be acting differently.' Katana thought to herself. She sighed.
Suddenly, there were footsteps behind her. Katana turned around, and saw Sanosuke walking toward her. She smiled and bowed slightly. "Hello Mr. Sagara. How are you today?" she asked sweetly. Sanosuke glared at her.
"Don't you ever have anything better to do then bother me?" he asked rather rudely. Katana's eyes narrowed just barely.
"Ok, I give up." She said in a colder voice. "Do you want me to kill myself or something, because I don't know what else I have done that bothers you or Mr. Himura other than living." Sanosuke looked at her in shock.
"What are you saying? That you don't know why you bother me?" he said while glaring at her.
"Yes." Katana replied in a calm voice.
"Oh come on! You know why I don't like you." He said, annoyed.
"You're right, I do! But just because I'm related to Hajime doesn't mean I am him!" Katana shouted. Sanosuke had a shocked expression on his face. "If the only reason why you and Mr. Himura don't like me is because I am Hajime's sister, then that just proves that you are nothing but a bunch of ass holes!"
"You little brat! You shut up!"
"You shut up! Look here buster. All of my life, I've had to deal with bastards like you, and you're all the same. You have no idea what's going on, and you don't even stop to think! My parents were that way, my sensei was that way, even my own brother was that way at times, and I don't need the same crap from you!" Without another word, Katana stomped off to the kitchen to make dinner.
Sanosuke just stood there, thinking. Suddenly, Kenshin walked up to Sano.
"You know Sano, she's right." He said, while looking toward the direction Katana had left. "We haven't been giving her nearly as much respect as she deserves." Sano sighed, and looked a little ashamed.
"Yeah…" he said while thinking. He finally walked toward the kitchen.
Katana was glaring at the food she was cooking. She didn't even know why she was so angry. 'People have treated me much worse than Mr. Himura or Mr. Sagara…so why do I feel so angry?' she thought in frustration.
"Get up you worthless waste of skin!" her father shouted as she lay in a pool of her own blood.
"Please stop it." She whispered. "Please." She coughed up some more blood, and her vision was getting blurry.
"What did you say you bitch!" he smashed her into the wall. "I'm going to kill you!"
"Katana?" Katana jumped a little as she was shaken from her thoughts. She whipped around. Sanosuke was standing there, looking deep in thought. Katana sighed.
"Oh, hello Mr. Sagara." She said politely. She looked at her feet. Guilt was starting to fill inside her. "Um…Mr. Sagara?"
"Yeah?" Sanosuke replied.
"I…I'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have lost my temper." Sanosuke looked shocked.
'Why is she apologizing?' He shook his head. "No…I should be apologizing." Katana blinked. "Look, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have disliked you just because you're related to Saitou. I…I was stupid. You've been doing nothing but trying to be nice, and I really was just an ass hole. If you hate me, I completely understand." He bowed his head, and started to walk away.
"I don't hate you." She said to him. Sanosuke looked at her.
"You…don't?" she shook her head.
"No. It's all right. I'm surprised that you don't hate me for what I said to you. I truly am sorry, Mr. Sagara." It was Sano's turn to smile.
"Nah. You had every right to be mad." He said with a cheesy grin. It was silent for a few moments. "So…how about we start over…and be friends." Katana's eyes widened.
'Friends?' she thought in amazement. She smiled. And not just an empty meaningless one, but she smiled a true smile. "Of coarse. I would love to be friends with you Mr. Sagara." She said cheerfully.
"Oh, Katana?" he asked.
"Yes Mr. Sagara?"
"Just call me Sano." Katana blinked, and she smiled again.
"Oh, ok…Sano." It was silent for a while.
"Katana?"
"Yes?"
"The food's burning."
"AAAHHH!" Katana ran around, trying to put out the fire. "Hot, hot, hot, hot!" Sano sweat dropped.
