Hola! I was going to wait and up date but I was so happy when I got a review! Arigato to Birdy06 and gomen about the cliffy, it just seemed like a good stopping place.
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xFlashbackx
"Did you just say…"
"Meiji Era?" And with that the two girls fainted
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Kumi woke up but just lay on the floor 'Okay, I'm stuck in the Meiji era, these people already think I'm crazy, and I have no friken clue what's going on' Kumi thought to herself 'at least it can't get much worse…'
"Hey, are you all right Miss-…" Kenshin said walking over to help Kumi up
"Kumiko, or Kumi if you like, and that's Beth" she said pointing to her still unconscious friend "Sorry about that, I was just a little surprised" Kumi said, receiving blank stares from the gumi
"Surprised about what?" Karou said
"Well it's kinda complicated" Kumi said sarcastically "But you won't believe me anyway…"
"Just tell us already" Yahiko said speaking for the rest of them as well
"Okay, sheesh, it's just that I'm from the future" she said bracing herself for their reactions
"You are insane… you know that right?" Sano said
"Crazy, weird and slightly mental… yes, Insane… not really" Kumi said "But that really all depends on the amount of sugar I've had"
By then Beth had woken up and almost fainted again at the fact it was all real.
"Why does this have to happen to me?" Beth said sitting on the floor with her head in her hands
"You mean us… don't think I'm having the time of my life here!" Kumi said sitting down next to her friend
"I still think your both insane" Yahiko said
Kumi looked up at the swordsman in training "First of all, no one cares what you think, second, we already went over the whole insanity deal, and third, we wouldn't be acting this way if we were making it up"
"She has a point, that she does" (AN: 3 guesses who said that…) Kenshin said
"Well I'm glad someone believes us" Kumi said glaring at Yahiko
"Ahem, changing subjects. Now, since we have no way of getting home, could we possibly stay here?" Beth said to Karou "I don't want to feel like I'm inviting us here, it's just that we don't have any money. We can help work if you want us too…"
Karou considered it for a moment "Well, if you promise to help out I guess you can stay…"
"Thank you soooo much!" Kumi said "By the way, what are your names?"
"Oh sorry, okay my name is Karou Kamiya" (AN: is that how you spell it?) "That's Sanosuke Sagara, Yahiko Myogien and Kenshin Himura" She said pointing to them each in turn
"Wait did you say your name was Himura?" Beth asked Kenshin before looking around at Kumi
"Hai" Kenshin said nodding his head
Beth then pulled Kumi up next to Kenshin as if she was comparing the two. After a minute of this she backed up apparently pleased with herself.
"What is it?" Karou asked "What are you doing?"
"Oh the irony…" Beth just said to herself, then answered Karou's question "You see, Kumi's full name is Kumiko Himura"
"Wait so what you're saying is that those two are related?" Sano said
"They kind of do look alike…" Yahiko pointed out "I mean they both have the same color hair and stuff"
"So he could be like my great, great, great grandfather or something" Kumi said pointing to Kenshin who just oro-ed at the news
"That's exactly what I'm saying"
"So this just keeps getting weirder and weirder"
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The next few hours were Kumi and Beth trying to explain modern life and customs. Somehow they got on the subject of swordsmanship (AN: okay, I know I should actually write it, but I'm being lazy)
"So you both are kendo students?" Karou asked
"Yup, we have been taking lessons since we were 7" Beth said
"This dojo teaches Kamiya Kashin, right?" Kumi said "Beth here is learning that Ryu"
"You know it? My father was the one who created the style" Karou said excited "This means my father's teachings will survive to future generations" she said very pleased with herself
"And Kumi is learning Hiten Mitsurugi…"
"Hey, I'm getting better at it!" Kumi interrupted "I almost have the ryu tsui sen down perfect"
"Wait, you know Hiten Mitsurugi?" Yahiko said
"Yes, what are you people deaf or something?"
"It's just that Kenshin..." Karou said pausing
"What Karou is trying to say is that Kenshin was also a student of Hiten Mitsurugi" Sano said finishing Karou's sentence for her
At hearing this, Kumi got up and ran into the other room where she had put her backpack and started searching madly through it (AN: remember that episode where Karou was going through the shed looking for her grandfather ink painting? It looked like that) When she reemerged, she had with her the box that her dad had given her the day before.
"Does this look familiar?" She said opening it and pulling out her necklace and tossing it to Kenshin
Kenshin looked at the coin strung on the chain, then going into his own room and coming back out with an identical coin "This is something that I got from Hiko sensei before I left in the revolution" Kumi was about to ask about the revolution when Beth covered her mouth and motioned for Kenshin to continue "I found it one day and he said he didn't want I and said that I could keep it" He then handed Kumi both coins
"You fought in the revolution?" Kumi said looking up at him
"Hai, I fought in it, that I did" Kenshin said, not wanting to go into further detail
"Man I'm tiered… we should probably be getting to bed" Karou said changing the subject and letting out a fake yawn
"Where are we going to sleep?" Beth said getting up and stretching
"Hm, we have an extra room… but I don't know if I have two futons"
"That's okay, I have this weird thing where I can sleep sitting up" Kumi said
They all went to there own rooms and got ready. Karou went into the girl's room to check on them. Beth was sleeping on a futon and Kumi was sleeping up against the wall. 'She sleeps just like Kenshin' Karou thought as she closed the door 'minus the sword. It's going to be chaos tomorrow I just know it' and with that she went to sleep
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Hope that chapter is more interesting than the last one… and gomen if I spelled anything horribly wrong, don't hesitate to correct me. Read and Review! Ja ne!
