AN: HI! This is my first RK fanfic, so I'm sorry if I messed any of the facts up or if I spelled anything wrong. Also I'm gonna try to keep people in character but if I slip up I'm sorry…

Disclaimer: I don't own Ruroni Kenshin (darn!) but I do own Kumi and Beth (YAY!)

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"GET UP! WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!" A young girl was yelling at her friend to get up "Come on Kumi, its already 10 o clock!"

"Just five more minutes, Beth, please" her red-head friend said back

"We're already late as it is! Come on, sensei is gonna kill us!" Beth said as she yanked the covers off

Yup, the usual Saturday morning routine, Kumiko Himura had spent the night at her best friend Elizabeth's house as she usually did on Friday night, and now Elizabeth had the o so fun task of waking her up. Both Kumiko and Elizabeth were enrolled in a local martial arts dojo, where both of the girls were learning swordsmanship. Kumiko finally got up and went into the bathroom and looked drearily into the mirror. A short red head girl with bright green eyes looked back at her. She was slightly shorter than most girls her age, but what she lacked in height she made up for in attitude and a badhabit of pummeling first and asking questions later. She quickly dressed in her favorite black jeans and blue t-shirt with "I'm not racist, I hate everyone equally" written on the front. She grabbed her bag, bokken, and katana and rushed out the door. Beth was waiting for her in the car, her brown hair pulled back in a high bun. Kumiko on the other hand had her long red hair tied up in a high ponytail with her long unruly bangs in her face because she hadn't had enough time to put her hair in a low braid or pin her bangs back like she usually did. Her sloppy appearance earned her a comical look from Beth

"What? You of all people know I'm not a morning person" Kumi said smiling as she climbed in the back seat sitting next to her friend. The two of them talked and joked all the way to the dojo.

The dojo was a small building with traditional Japanese architecture, about 15 minutes away from Beth's house. The girls got out of the car, waved good-bye to Beth's mom, and walked through the gate to the main building. When the got inside they went to the dressing room and changed into their uniforms. The girls wore the same style of clothes, both dressed in traditional Japanese shirts and pants (I don't know what they are called, but it's the same sort of clothes that Karou wears when she is training). The difference was that Kumi had a dark blue shirt and white pants, while Beth wore a green shirt and white pants. The reason for the difference was that Kumi was a student of Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu while Beth studied Kamia Kashin (sp?) Ryu. Both of them had studied swordsmanship since they were 7 years old, and that's how they became friends. Kumi and Beth walked out of the dressing room and went to there respective classes and waited for their sensei.

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"Man, am I exhausted, I had to fight 3 times today. 3 TIMES!" Beth said collapsing on a bench in the locker room and dropping her bokken on the floor

"Hey, well I had to practice landing a back flip in stance, my feet will never forgive me" Kumi said taking off her socks and rubbing her aching feet "What I would have given to be able to practice that in a place that doesn't have wooden floors" she said as she changed and threw her practice clothes into her bag. "Come on, we still need to meet Andrew at Marcini's." Marcini's was a small Italian restaurant that the girls could walk to after practice and meet up with Beth's older brother Andrew. The two girls set off down a small wooded road that lead into the historical downtown of there small Virginian hometown. When they got to the restaurant, Andrew was waiting for them at a table. After lunch the three of them went walking down the streets lined with small shops. They went inside Kumi's families shop, The Rising Sun (very original isn't it) which sold Japanese artwork, clothes and jewelry. There were a few customers browsing through the store.

"Kumi-chan, there you are!" Kiyoshi said to his younger sister from behind the counter. Kiyoshi was 16, only a year older than Kumi, but he still insisted on adding on the chan, just to get under her skin.

"Hello my beloved baka brother" Kumi said right back, emphasizing the baka

"Kumi, before I forget, dad told me to give you this" Kiyoshi said pulling out a small wooden box "He said he found it in some of his grandmothers old stuff and he though you would like it" The box was carved with various Japanese characters, it appeared to be pretty old by the number of dents and stains in the wood. Inside of it was a beautiful silver necklace, it had a long chain with a small coin with the symbols of Hiten Mitsurugi engraved in it.

"Wow, this is awesome!" Kumi said holding it up "Wonder who in our family knew Hiten Mitsurugi?" She said as put it on.

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Later that night, Beth was sleeping over at Kumi's house. The two girls were up in Kumi's room talking about school when the both heard a loud banging coming from the shop below (AN: Kumi's family lives above their shop okay?)

"What was that?" Beth whispered to her friend

"I have no idea…There it is again!" Kumi said getting up "We had better check it out, no one should be down there at this time of night" Kumi grabbed her pack that still had her katana attached, and headed down the stairs with Beth following suit. When the got into the shop, the saw that the noise was coming from a closet on one end of the store. Kumi cautiously went up to the door which was thudding slightly. With her sword in hand, she opened the door. All of the sudden, there was a white flash, and the two girls were gone.

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Kumi regained consciousness but didn't open her eyes. She had a pounding headache and didn't want to get up. She just wanted to lay here in the soft grass. Then her mind fully woke. Wait a second, grass? She had been in the store, why was she now outside? Opening her eyes and sitting up slowly, she took in unfamiliar surroundings.

"Where on earth am I?" she said to herself. She was still in her pajamas, and she even still had her katana. She looked around as spotted Beth a little ways away still in her PJ's as well. "Beth wake up! Beth? BETH!!" She shouted as she shook her friend

"Wha? What? What is it?" Beth said now having to endure Kumi's attempts to further wake her up "Where ARE we?"

"Would I be this freaked out if I knew?"

"Good point… what happened; last thing I remember was you opening that closet door and this bright light"

"Me too, that was freaky… well we should probably figure out where we are first, it looks like there is a town in that direction" Kumi said pointing down a road. The two of them grabbed their packs which had been brought with them and headed down the road

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When they walked over a few hills, (AN: won't bother explaining it, I don't want to bore what is left of the readers) they looked out over the county side. A Japanese city loomed in the distance. "Well that answers the question of where we are… Now just to get home half way around the world" Kumi said "I have a bad feeling about this"

"Cheer up! At least we get to see Japan!" Beth said "What town is this anyway? I didn't think there were any towns like this left in such a crowded county like Japan…"

"Maybe its some small farming village or something, we won't find out if we don't get a move on" After walking for a few minutes they came across what looked to be a dojo

"Hey, this place looks almost exactly like our dojo!" Beth said "This village must be historical or something, all the buildings look old, and I haven't seen a single car!"

"Check this out! It says it's a dojo that teaches Kamia Kashin Ryu!" Kumi said pointing to the sign by the entrance (AN: Kumi may be American but she can read and speak Japanese, Beth on the other hand can't) "We can probably ask the people here how we can get home"

The two girls went inside the grounds but couldn't find anyone.

"That's weird… you would think that someone would be here" Beth said as she and Kumi walked into the training room

"We could always wait here for them to come back. But first thing first, we should probably change clothes; we look ridiculous in our PJ's"

The two girls went into near by rooms and changed into their clothes from earlier that day, which were conveniently still in their bags. After they were done they went to "explore" or in other words nose through everything. They were just going through some old books (well Kumi was going through them, Beth couldn't read them so she was just looking at the pictures of one of them) when the heard footsteps in the hall

"O crap, HIDE!" Kumi said in a whisper, they went and hid in a near by closet, peaking through the door as a group of people entered

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The Kenshin-Gumi (AN: YAY K-GUMI!) arrived home after a trip into town. As the entered the dojo, it was obvious that someone had been there. Books were spread out over the floor and a few of the bokkens had not been put in their place.

"What the hell happened here?" Karou said walking around the room. The others seemed to have similar reactions.

"Hey guys over here, check out what I found" Yahiko said holding up Kumi and Beth's backpacks

"O SHI-" Kumi started to say but Beth covered up her mouth, but it was too late, they had been heard. Kenshin walked over to the closet and with a quick yank, opened the door, causing the two girls to fall out in a heap

"Ouch! Hey wha- oh hi there" Kumi said smiling sheepishly at the angry gumi "Um, we were just passing through don't mind us" she said making an attempt to run for it, but was quickly stopped by Sano grabbing her by her hair

"OW! HEY WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!?" Kumi said turning on Sano "Why I outta…" she said trying to attempt to punch him, but Sano pushed her away so she was swinging and missing (AN: you know what I'm talking about right?)

"Hey, cool it Kumi" Beth said pulling the still raging Kumi away from a not very threatened Sano

"Okay you have to the count of three to explain yourselves…" Kenshin said in a serious tone, the girls may look harmless, but appearances can be deceiving (case and point himself)

"Wellyouseewewereatmyhousecheckingoutanoiseinmyhousewhenwewokeuphereandwehavenoideawhatsgoingonsowewentdownthisroadtothistownandwecameinherelookingforpeoplewhocouldhelpusbutsinceyouwerntherewewentlookingaroundandwerereallysorry" Kumi said almost running out of breath

"You know the scary thing is that I actually understood that…" Beth said to no one in particular

"But who are you, you both carry swords. You should know better…" Karou said to the girls, pointing at the swords attached to their back packs

"Why should we know better? We have every right to have those!" Kumi said snatching her backpack from Karou

"No you don't!" Karou said snatching it back "You should know the law; the anti-sword law has been in affect for a few years!"

"……What anti-sword law?" Kumi said, causing everyone but she and Beth to fall over

"WHAT! YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW THE LAW? IT'S THE MEIJI ERA FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD!" Karou yelled

"Did you just say…?"

"Meiji era?" And with that the two girls fainted

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AN: Wow, that was a lot longer than I expected… -looks around to see if any readers are left- PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW! –turns into a pouting chibi with big bambi eyes- pweeze?