A/N: Hey everybody! I'm back again. Wow! I don't think I've ever updated three chapters in three months. Anyway, here's the next installment to The Dawn of Time for you. Now, here with me to give you the disclaimer is Michael Shinomori! YAY!

Mikey: .! Umm, Bubbles doesn't own any of the characters of Rurouni Kenshin because if she did, it'd suck and it wouldn't have as many fans as it does now 'cause she doesn't know any Japanese and Japanese history.

Bubbles: You just had to tell everyone didn't you?

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Chapter 5

{"You idiot!"}

{"Sorry! Where the hell's the light switch?"}

Sarah groped along the wall trying to find it while the rest of them tensed. They didn't exactly like the fact that they were in the dark, on a rather steep flight of stairs with two complete strangers on either side of them whispering to each other in a language that they didn't understand. Aoshi was the only one who remained at ease. He had gotten the chance to learn some English in the course of his studies and understood that it was merely an accident.

Sarah finally found the switch and turned it on and they continued their trek down the steps. When the bottom landing came into view the sound of people talking and moving about began to reach their ears. Saitou was the first to reach the bottom after Sarah and he couldn't believe his eyes.

He stood in the doorway of a very large room filled with people either rushing around with papers or seated along rows of tables, staring at box shaped things which illuminated their faces as they tapped the desktops.

What the hell have we gotten ourselves into?

Everyone else was thinking along the same lines.

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"This is the main floor of the base and probably where the most work is done," Sarah said as she said as she led them through the vast expanse of the room "surveillance, tracking, communications, hacking, that sort of stuff."

"Hacking? Do all these people have some kind of illness?" asked Kaoru

Sarah shook her head and smiled. "No. You wouldn't understand."

{"Sarah! Hey Sarah! Wait up!"} said a voice with a slight British accent.

They turned to see who was calling from the midst of all the people and Kenshin nearly fell over from shock.

There, standing before them, was none other than Enishi Yukishiro. No, wait, it wasn't Enishi, it was some one different. True, the person standing before them did look like Kenshin's former brother-in-law, but there were differences. For one, his hair wasn't pure white but more a mix of black and white streaks sticking up at various angles, secondly, his eyes were brown instead of turquoise blue, and third his voice was different.

{"Hey, I see you convinced them to come." He said smiling toward them. "Just thought I'd let you know that we got a call saying that Matshiro supposedly has a warehouse in Matsue and that I've already sent a team to check it out."}

Kenny glared him. {"Looks like you people finally managed to do something right. Bravo! Congratulations!"}

{"What the hell is your problem Johnson?"}

They both glared at each other, their obvious dislike for each other seemed to be radiating from their bodies.

Sarah squeezed in between the two, pushing them apart.

{"Cool it you guys. You can rip each others heads off later but first we've got to finish showing them around."}

The white-haired boy rolled his eyes {"Whatever. I'll talk to you later."} He then looked at the others. "I'm pretty sure you all have questions but don't worry. They'll all be answered soon enough."

With that he turned and walked away from them.

"That was Eric Yukishiro. He's in charge of all our communications. We better keep going; there are still some things you have to see."

They all began to move forward, pushing through the crowd of people but Kenshin remained stationary and thought.

So he was related to Enishi, but how? I don't think he had any kids. Then how...?

"Hey Kenshin! Are you coming or what?"

Kenshin looked up to see everyone else waiting for him at the door.

"I'm coming, that I am."

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They exited the room into a quiet hallway which was also made of metal. Steel, to be precise. It gave the entire area a cold, eerie atmosphere, which was starting to make them all uncomfortable. Many smaller hallways branched off from the one they were in.

"The base here in Tokyo isn't nearly as big the main one in our time but that's only because just about all the people who work here during the day return home after their shifts. Some, like Eric, prefer to stay here so that they can always be available if anything was to come up." Sarah explained as they continued to walk down the corridor.

"The hallway to your right leads to the rooms where the women stay, while the one to the left lead to those of the men and since occasionally some of our workers are married, they have separate rooms to themselves in the last hallway down at the end."

Sarah turned a left at one of the hallways and continued walking.

"This hallway contains offices which aren't really important. What I wanted to show you was this."

They had entered another room. This one contained nothing more than about four of the machines they had seen earlier along with a dark circle situated in the middle of the room.

Sanosuke looked upon all this with a look of confusion and slight anger.

"This? This is what you wanted to show us? What the heck is it and how the hell is it supposed to prove to us that you guys are really telling the truth?"

Sarah looked at him with an equally confused expression (o.o) before continuing.

"Oh! Umm, this is actually how we travel through time. I thought you might've wanted to see it."

Kenny smirked, not used to seeing his friend mess up. "Smooth."

She regained her composure and glared at him.

"What I really wanted to show you is this."

She walked over to one of the machines, pressed a few buttons, causing a large black screen to emerge from the ceiling. They all jumped back in surprise as the same screen lit up and an image of the upper half of a man's body appeared and began to speak, once again in English.

{"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. This is Peter Jennings with breaking news. Today, in Japan, the United States Embassy burst into flames at around ten in the morning. News crews from around the world, including our own were already assembled at the Embassy to broadcast a speech to be given by Don Kramer, U.S. Ambassador to Japan. They were witness to the catastrophe. We go to Jon Mitchell for more on this but before we do; we must warn you that some of these images are very graphic so you may wish to have smaller children leave the room."}

The screen then flashed with the image of a stately looking building and a man walking to a podium in front of it. The next instant, there was a load roar and the building seemed to be enveloped in flames, sweeping away the man at the podium along with it as people screamed and ran around in panic. A man was talking in English throughout all this but they weren't paying attention because a man who looked Japanese had burst from the building, his clothes on fire. They could clearly hear his agonized cries for help and Kenshin couldn't help but be reminded of Shishio. Many more disturbing scenes continued after this and soon, another Japanese man appeared on the screen, his clothes charred and black in color. Half of his face was covered in white bandages, and when he spoke, his voice, already hard to hear under that of the translators, quivered making his Japanese difficult to understand.

"I was in my office when it happened. The explosion seemed to come from the other side of the building. Soon the blast ripped through the walls... the shock waves slamming me into the large window and right through it, the shards of glass cutting at my skin and the immense heat seemed to surround me. I thought I had gone to hell."

After this, another Western man appeared on screen and spoke for a few more moments.

Peter Jennings then returned to the screen with a solemn look on his face.

{"An estimated two hundred people have been said to be dead and the number continues to rise. The reason the number is so high is because the time of the explosion was normally the time when most of the Embassy workers are inside the building. Although no cause has been found for the explosion, the authorities have not ruled out terrorism."}

Sarah pressed another button and the screen went blank, returning to its place in the ceiling.

"You see, that happened only yesterday in our time, and that is only a small sample of Matshiro's cruelty. What's worse is that he is planning on doing the same thing to Kenji-san. If we don't act quickly, then we probably won't stand a chance. It has been decided that you should all come back to our time with us because it is sure that he will go after all of you next."

No one said anything, all too shocked about what they had just seen and for some reason, it seemed much worse than anything anyone of them had ever faced, including the Bakumatsu. It just didn't make any sense. Why did they have to be dragged into the middle of everything?

"He will go after each and every one of you," Sarah continued "because each of you has a relation to us. Even you Saitou-san. You play a much bigger part in this than simply being a little girl's great-grandfather. The choice is yours and yours alone. I can't force you to do anything. So choose, you can either remain here, practically handing a little boy over to death, or you can come with us and we can at least try our best to ensure your safety."

She looked at them with pleading eyes and a calm face while Kenny shifted from foot to foot, uncomfortable about it being so quiet.

The choice is yours.

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A/N: Man! I seriously didn't want to update at this part of the story but I have two reasons why I updated.

1) A couple of people were asking/ e-mailing me to update soon, and asking why I didn't update. This wasn't a huge reason for me to update but it was still one of them.

2) No one, I mean absolutely no one guessed who was going to have a baby. I would want at least one person to take a guess. The answer is coming up in the next chapter and I don't want it to be completely pointless. Here's a hint: It's no Kenshin and Kaoru.

To the reviewers:

Ken Johnson: I love you too! Thanks for your reviews. And watch out for the bunnies!

Samantha (Sammi): Thanks a bunch for your review!

BabyKaoru-Sama: Gomen nasai Kaoru-sama! I'm really sorry about these small chapters but you're going to have to bear with them for a bit longer.

Draculina Van Hellsing: Thanks for your review.

Alright people, that's all I have to say for now. Please review and take a guess at who's going to have a baby. Please review.