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Umi sat up, rubbing her butt. "Owwww.... Man my ass hurts. I swear, I don't want to go in any more of those," she looked up and there was a hanyou holding a baby. Umi got another flashback of the hanyou and herself as a baby...
-Flashback-
Umi as a child. She had a blindfold on and put something in her mouth. She immediately spat it out. "EEW! GROSS! You know I don't like plums, Mikomi!" The hanyou smiled. "I'm sorry. I forgot about it." Umi ate some codfish freshly caught. "Geez..." Mikomi, the hanyou, growled at her. "Now listen here, Umi..."
-end flashback-
Ok, so that wasn't the best of memories, but still, it was there. As Mikomi was holding the baby, the present Umi's eyes were going wide. She almost jumped up and hugged Mikomi if it weren't for the fact that Mikomi wouldn't know her. Mikomi offered her hand to help Umi up. "Hey. Who are you," she asked. Umi blinked. "Uhh... Miu?" Umi mixed up the letters of her name to come up with Miu. "Hello, Miu. You look somewhat famaliar," Mikomi replied. "I used to live... around." Mikomi invited Umi to stay for as long as she pleased. Umi accepted. "So, Miu, what brings you out here," Mikomi asked Umi. The baby Umi started crying again when they were walking towards the burnt birthtown of Umi. The teen Umi leaned down to pick up a katana. "This was my fathers," she mumbled. Mikomi walked over to her. "That was Umi here's father's katana. He gave his life to protect her and her family." Mikomi talked to Umi gently and with a hint of sadness in her voice.
Later on, with her father's katana tucked neatly by her side, Umi walked by herself along the river. It was late at night and Mikomi was taking care of baby Umi. The teen Umi wanted to know her brother, though. more than anything else. He would be ninteen by this time. She suddenly felt that same ripping effect for a few moments before the dimension gateway opened up again. Umi shook her head, wondering why more people don't recognize this before she jumped in. She felt like she was falling... It would never stop. She was dizzy and now had a headache. How many hours here had passed, she wouldn't know. It seemed like hours, even though she knew it was only minuites. Then, suddenly, she dropped again. "GAH! MY ASS HURTS EVEN WORSE NOW!" When she looked up, she was staring at a kid in a yellow gi type thing and one of those old shinais. His face was up close. "Where'd you come from," he asked.
"uhh... The past? Anyways, who are you," she asked the kid. He watched her as he replied "I'm Yahiko Myojin of the Kamiya Kashiin style. Now the real question is, who are you?" Umi blinked. Kamiya kashwhat style? "I'm Umi," she replied. Yahiko looked over his shoulder. "Kenshin! Sano! Someone just appeared out of nowhere! She says her name is Umi!" A man with long, red hair in a low ponytail and a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek came running up. He was wearing a red gi and his eyes were blue. Another man came running up. He had brown, spikey hair and he had on a white jacket and white pants. He had on a red headband type thing and his eyes were also hazel. Umi looked at the spikey-headed one. "Are you... Sanosuke Sagara," she asked. He looked at her. "Yeah, why?"
Umi shook her head. "Just asking. I'm guessing the other one is Kenshin, right?" Sano blinked. He wondered why she would ask, espically seeing as she knew his last name, but not Kenshin's. Kenshin blinked. Umi decided that it wasn't the time to let Sano know. She'd let him figure it out by himself later on. "Uhh... Yeah. That's Kenshin Himura," Sano finally said. Yahiko blinked. What the hell's going on? Umi kinda looked like Sano, but her clothes... Yahiko stood up and put his hands behind his head, walking off. "You guys can handle this. It's getting boring." Yahiko continued walking off. Kenshin looked back to Umi. "I apoligize for Yahiko's behavior, that I do." Sano shrugged. He didn't care about what that little runt did. So long as he still got his meals. Speaking of meals, "Hey, Kenshin, when do we eat," Sano asked.
"I feel so unloved," Umi said, sniffing. Kenshin looked at Umi and Sano. "You can come with us, Umi, and we'll eat at the Akabeko in an hour," Kenshin replied to both. Umi blinked while Sano was busy complaining to Kenshin about his stomach and food and stuff. "An hour! What the hell am I suppoused to do for a whole hour?!" Kenshin looked from to Sano to Umi who was still absorbed in her thoughts. "How about you go training or teach Miss Umi here some fighting stills," Kenshin suggested. Umi snapped out of it when she heard her name. "What? I heard my name, what'd you say, Kenshin?" Sano and Kenshin both sweatdropped. Kenshin looked at Sano again. "I think you should, Sano. As for me, I must go run errands for Miss Karou, that I must," Kenshin said, walking off once more. Umi looked at him and then to Sano. Sano sighed. "What the hell, first we'll have a little spar before I teach you, ok Umi?" Umi blinked. "uhh... ok."
Sano got into a fighting position and so did Umi. One minuite into the spar and Umi was knocked into the lake. She came up, spitting out water. Sano looked at her. "I win," he simply said. He went over to help her up out of the lake. "Man, you need serious training. Well, then again, plenty of people I fight don't last as long. But still, you need training. Until it's time for lunch, though," he said, grinning at the anticipation of lunchtime. Umi grinned to herself. She too was hungry. But until then, Sano was going to train her. "Okay," he started off, "take a rock." Umi picked a rock up and so did Sano. He punched it with his left fist. Then he took another and punched with his right. He had just shown her a regular punch, and the Futai no kiwami.
Umi blinked. "Uhh... One was broken, and the other was pulverized. Wow," she commented. Sano indicated her rock. "You punch it as hard as you can. Don't hold back," he instructed. Umi punched it. A crack formed and she was grabbed her hand quickly. "GAH! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, KILL ME?!" He pointed to the rock she dropped. "Only a crack." Umi stopped yelling at Sano and looked at the rock. So it only had a crack compared to his, big deal. "You're not strong enough. I see you have a sword. Practice swinging it. It'll make your arms stronger," he said, pointing to Umi's sheathed katana, still attached to her side.
Umi shrugged and started on it. Sano sat down, leaning back underneath a tree watching Umi practice, but daydreaming about food and gambling. Before he knew it, he heard Kenshin's voice. "Sanosuke! Umi! Where are they?" Sano got up and waved to Kenshin. Kenshin started over there. "Ah, Sano. Where is Miss Umi?" As Kenshin finished asking this, Sano put on an annoyed face and pointed behind him, where Umi was still swinging the sword. "Ok. Thank you Sano. Please tell Miss Umi that we will be waiting at the Akabeko, that we will," Kenshin said, walking off. Sano sighed. "Why the hell do I gotta babysit her," he wondered, walking over to Umi.
"Hey," Sano said, interrupting Umi's training. She automatically turned around and punched where Sano's head was, but he had ducked. "You done yet," he asked. She shrugged. "I am if there's food waiting," she replied. Sano nodded. "Good, then follow me. Kenshin and the others will be waiting at the Akabeko." Umi started following him as he was saying this, but stopped when he said, "...Kenshin and the others..." Sano turned around. He was about to ask what was wrong when Umi interrupted. "Others? I'm not good with people," she said. Sano shrugged. "It's just Me, you, Kenshin, Yahiko, Karou, Megumi, Ayame, and Suzume," he said.
Umi started backing away. "That's too many people," she said as she tripped on a rock behind her. Sano sweatdropped as Umi curled up, apparently having a phobia of people. He took her by the wrist and dragged her up. "Hey, you want me to get a camera and suck out your soul," he asked. Strangely enough, Umi started struggling more. "NUUUU!" Sano finally got to the Akabeko and she stood behind him, where no one could see her. He stepped aside and so did she. He turned around and she went in front of him quickly. He grabbed her shoulders. "What is wrong with you," he asked. "People scare me," she replied. "You've had a past with a group, haven't you," he asked suspiciously.
Umi nodded. Sano grinned. "Well, you won't with this group, I promise," he said. He turned back around and Umi stepped to the side, so that they could see her, but then she stepped back. Sano sighed. Karou walked to Umi, followed by Suzume and Ayame. Umi held still, ready to either draw her katana or run. Karou smiled at her. "Konnichiwa. I am Karou," she said, holding out her hand. Umi slowly took it and they shook hands. "I'm Umi," Umi simply said. Megumi went over to Umi a few minuites after. "Hello, Umi. I am a doctor and my name is Megumi," she said.
Umi bowed to Megumi. Megumi said some more, "And if there's something you need, don't hesitate to ask me," she finished. Umi nodded and smiled. She followed the group into the Akabeko. Once in their lunch... booth... private room... kinda thing, Umi moved to a corner. However, she finally came out after Megumi consoled her and after many threats from Sano. They all had beef stew, courtesy of... Sano's tab. Umi ate like there was no tommorow and would have had sake if it weren't for Sano. Sano stopped eating when Umi took her first bite of the beef stew. Her face was blank for a few moments. "... This is great! I've never had it," she commented.
a/n: yeah yeah, so I didn't end it all flashy like this time. At least Kenshin's here now. Anyways, can you tell I had a couple of writer's blocks? You know how you would be able to tell? Whenever I have a writer's block, I just write anything that has to do with the charachaters. Okay, well, it's just past 4 am here and I am amazingly not tired at all. Anyways, I should at least try to get some sleep. ja matta and please review! Oh, and before I forget, dreams help with fanfics. Ok, ja ne and please review.... wait... woah... dejavou.
Umi sat up, rubbing her butt. "Owwww.... Man my ass hurts. I swear, I don't want to go in any more of those," she looked up and there was a hanyou holding a baby. Umi got another flashback of the hanyou and herself as a baby...
-Flashback-
Umi as a child. She had a blindfold on and put something in her mouth. She immediately spat it out. "EEW! GROSS! You know I don't like plums, Mikomi!" The hanyou smiled. "I'm sorry. I forgot about it." Umi ate some codfish freshly caught. "Geez..." Mikomi, the hanyou, growled at her. "Now listen here, Umi..."
-end flashback-
Ok, so that wasn't the best of memories, but still, it was there. As Mikomi was holding the baby, the present Umi's eyes were going wide. She almost jumped up and hugged Mikomi if it weren't for the fact that Mikomi wouldn't know her. Mikomi offered her hand to help Umi up. "Hey. Who are you," she asked. Umi blinked. "Uhh... Miu?" Umi mixed up the letters of her name to come up with Miu. "Hello, Miu. You look somewhat famaliar," Mikomi replied. "I used to live... around." Mikomi invited Umi to stay for as long as she pleased. Umi accepted. "So, Miu, what brings you out here," Mikomi asked Umi. The baby Umi started crying again when they were walking towards the burnt birthtown of Umi. The teen Umi leaned down to pick up a katana. "This was my fathers," she mumbled. Mikomi walked over to her. "That was Umi here's father's katana. He gave his life to protect her and her family." Mikomi talked to Umi gently and with a hint of sadness in her voice.
Later on, with her father's katana tucked neatly by her side, Umi walked by herself along the river. It was late at night and Mikomi was taking care of baby Umi. The teen Umi wanted to know her brother, though. more than anything else. He would be ninteen by this time. She suddenly felt that same ripping effect for a few moments before the dimension gateway opened up again. Umi shook her head, wondering why more people don't recognize this before she jumped in. She felt like she was falling... It would never stop. She was dizzy and now had a headache. How many hours here had passed, she wouldn't know. It seemed like hours, even though she knew it was only minuites. Then, suddenly, she dropped again. "GAH! MY ASS HURTS EVEN WORSE NOW!" When she looked up, she was staring at a kid in a yellow gi type thing and one of those old shinais. His face was up close. "Where'd you come from," he asked.
"uhh... The past? Anyways, who are you," she asked the kid. He watched her as he replied "I'm Yahiko Myojin of the Kamiya Kashiin style. Now the real question is, who are you?" Umi blinked. Kamiya kashwhat style? "I'm Umi," she replied. Yahiko looked over his shoulder. "Kenshin! Sano! Someone just appeared out of nowhere! She says her name is Umi!" A man with long, red hair in a low ponytail and a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek came running up. He was wearing a red gi and his eyes were blue. Another man came running up. He had brown, spikey hair and he had on a white jacket and white pants. He had on a red headband type thing and his eyes were also hazel. Umi looked at the spikey-headed one. "Are you... Sanosuke Sagara," she asked. He looked at her. "Yeah, why?"
Umi shook her head. "Just asking. I'm guessing the other one is Kenshin, right?" Sano blinked. He wondered why she would ask, espically seeing as she knew his last name, but not Kenshin's. Kenshin blinked. Umi decided that it wasn't the time to let Sano know. She'd let him figure it out by himself later on. "Uhh... Yeah. That's Kenshin Himura," Sano finally said. Yahiko blinked. What the hell's going on? Umi kinda looked like Sano, but her clothes... Yahiko stood up and put his hands behind his head, walking off. "You guys can handle this. It's getting boring." Yahiko continued walking off. Kenshin looked back to Umi. "I apoligize for Yahiko's behavior, that I do." Sano shrugged. He didn't care about what that little runt did. So long as he still got his meals. Speaking of meals, "Hey, Kenshin, when do we eat," Sano asked.
"I feel so unloved," Umi said, sniffing. Kenshin looked at Umi and Sano. "You can come with us, Umi, and we'll eat at the Akabeko in an hour," Kenshin replied to both. Umi blinked while Sano was busy complaining to Kenshin about his stomach and food and stuff. "An hour! What the hell am I suppoused to do for a whole hour?!" Kenshin looked from to Sano to Umi who was still absorbed in her thoughts. "How about you go training or teach Miss Umi here some fighting stills," Kenshin suggested. Umi snapped out of it when she heard her name. "What? I heard my name, what'd you say, Kenshin?" Sano and Kenshin both sweatdropped. Kenshin looked at Sano again. "I think you should, Sano. As for me, I must go run errands for Miss Karou, that I must," Kenshin said, walking off once more. Umi looked at him and then to Sano. Sano sighed. "What the hell, first we'll have a little spar before I teach you, ok Umi?" Umi blinked. "uhh... ok."
Sano got into a fighting position and so did Umi. One minuite into the spar and Umi was knocked into the lake. She came up, spitting out water. Sano looked at her. "I win," he simply said. He went over to help her up out of the lake. "Man, you need serious training. Well, then again, plenty of people I fight don't last as long. But still, you need training. Until it's time for lunch, though," he said, grinning at the anticipation of lunchtime. Umi grinned to herself. She too was hungry. But until then, Sano was going to train her. "Okay," he started off, "take a rock." Umi picked a rock up and so did Sano. He punched it with his left fist. Then he took another and punched with his right. He had just shown her a regular punch, and the Futai no kiwami.
Umi blinked. "Uhh... One was broken, and the other was pulverized. Wow," she commented. Sano indicated her rock. "You punch it as hard as you can. Don't hold back," he instructed. Umi punched it. A crack formed and she was grabbed her hand quickly. "GAH! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, KILL ME?!" He pointed to the rock she dropped. "Only a crack." Umi stopped yelling at Sano and looked at the rock. So it only had a crack compared to his, big deal. "You're not strong enough. I see you have a sword. Practice swinging it. It'll make your arms stronger," he said, pointing to Umi's sheathed katana, still attached to her side.
Umi shrugged and started on it. Sano sat down, leaning back underneath a tree watching Umi practice, but daydreaming about food and gambling. Before he knew it, he heard Kenshin's voice. "Sanosuke! Umi! Where are they?" Sano got up and waved to Kenshin. Kenshin started over there. "Ah, Sano. Where is Miss Umi?" As Kenshin finished asking this, Sano put on an annoyed face and pointed behind him, where Umi was still swinging the sword. "Ok. Thank you Sano. Please tell Miss Umi that we will be waiting at the Akabeko, that we will," Kenshin said, walking off. Sano sighed. "Why the hell do I gotta babysit her," he wondered, walking over to Umi.
"Hey," Sano said, interrupting Umi's training. She automatically turned around and punched where Sano's head was, but he had ducked. "You done yet," he asked. She shrugged. "I am if there's food waiting," she replied. Sano nodded. "Good, then follow me. Kenshin and the others will be waiting at the Akabeko." Umi started following him as he was saying this, but stopped when he said, "...Kenshin and the others..." Sano turned around. He was about to ask what was wrong when Umi interrupted. "Others? I'm not good with people," she said. Sano shrugged. "It's just Me, you, Kenshin, Yahiko, Karou, Megumi, Ayame, and Suzume," he said.
Umi started backing away. "That's too many people," she said as she tripped on a rock behind her. Sano sweatdropped as Umi curled up, apparently having a phobia of people. He took her by the wrist and dragged her up. "Hey, you want me to get a camera and suck out your soul," he asked. Strangely enough, Umi started struggling more. "NUUUU!" Sano finally got to the Akabeko and she stood behind him, where no one could see her. He stepped aside and so did she. He turned around and she went in front of him quickly. He grabbed her shoulders. "What is wrong with you," he asked. "People scare me," she replied. "You've had a past with a group, haven't you," he asked suspiciously.
Umi nodded. Sano grinned. "Well, you won't with this group, I promise," he said. He turned back around and Umi stepped to the side, so that they could see her, but then she stepped back. Sano sighed. Karou walked to Umi, followed by Suzume and Ayame. Umi held still, ready to either draw her katana or run. Karou smiled at her. "Konnichiwa. I am Karou," she said, holding out her hand. Umi slowly took it and they shook hands. "I'm Umi," Umi simply said. Megumi went over to Umi a few minuites after. "Hello, Umi. I am a doctor and my name is Megumi," she said.
Umi bowed to Megumi. Megumi said some more, "And if there's something you need, don't hesitate to ask me," she finished. Umi nodded and smiled. She followed the group into the Akabeko. Once in their lunch... booth... private room... kinda thing, Umi moved to a corner. However, she finally came out after Megumi consoled her and after many threats from Sano. They all had beef stew, courtesy of... Sano's tab. Umi ate like there was no tommorow and would have had sake if it weren't for Sano. Sano stopped eating when Umi took her first bite of the beef stew. Her face was blank for a few moments. "... This is great! I've never had it," she commented.
a/n: yeah yeah, so I didn't end it all flashy like this time. At least Kenshin's here now. Anyways, can you tell I had a couple of writer's blocks? You know how you would be able to tell? Whenever I have a writer's block, I just write anything that has to do with the charachaters. Okay, well, it's just past 4 am here and I am amazingly not tired at all. Anyways, I should at least try to get some sleep. ja matta and please review! Oh, and before I forget, dreams help with fanfics. Ok, ja ne and please review.... wait... woah... dejavou.
