Book the Second: Found Out

The breeze blew gently across the grassy hillside, giving a calm feel to the area. Ruan lied on the hillside humming to herself. Jessie lied only a couple feet away, fast asleep.

"Man, she sleeps really heavy…." Ruan sighed to herself. She smiled and lied back down staring at the clouds passing by. She yawned and rolled over.

It had been about an hour since the accident, and she knew that when Jessie awoke from her deep slumber, this would be no laughing matter. Whatever happened to her, didn't matter anymore. She shut her eyes.

This image….. why won't it leave my mind….? I'm confident now that it's really Jessie….. but……. She opened her eyes and rolled over to get a closer look at the girl's face. ….. I no longer matter. All that matters is that she stays unharmed………

She sat up and stretched lazily. "……… w-…….." Ruan jolted her head over to see Jessie. "You awake?" Jessie rubbed her eyes and slowly sat up. "…….where……. am I?" "Nothing to worry about. I'll tell you after you take a look for yourself."

"… What…..?" she asked standing up, now fully awake.

For Ruan, it seemed to take forever. For Jessie, it took about two seconds. "……. I-…………… I-……………." Ruan smiled. "Yeeeees?" She unexpectedly snapped, "WHERE THE HECK AM I!" Ruan jumped back, a bit scared.

"Oh my gosh! I'm not in my normal clothes! I'm……… in A KIMONO!" Ruan sighed staring at the ground. "AND HOLY CRAP, I'M IN JAPAN! WHAT THE H-"

"ALRIGHT, ALREADY!" Ruan interrupted. "Sorry, to ruin your moment, however…. I need to explain what's going on so you can stop freaking out…………."

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"Hey, Kenshin! You finished the laundry yet?" Kaoru yelled out of the dojo.

"Yes, Kaoru-chan," he smiled, "it's the last load." Everyone worked endlessly, trying to get all of the Spring-cleaning done.

"Has anyone seen, Yahiko?"

"No. As a matter-of-fact I haven't seen him at all today." Well, of course Yahiko wasn't there because he was out looking for Ruan. He had sensed her presence in the morning, and was out looking for her whereabouts.

"So, lemme get this straight. You, hacked into the Anime System, and somehow registered yourself in it?" Ruan nodded. "And now you're a character in RK!" Ruan nodded again. She smiled, "So are you!"

"WHAAAAAAT!" Ruan sighed and once again stared at the ground. This was going to take a while……

"I wonder where she is…? I picked up her presence around here somewhere….. hmm…." Yahiko muttered to himself. "I will find out what she's doing here…. And if she's eating….." he gave an evil glare that scared some nearby people away. "Mommy! That man is really scary!" "Come on honey! We'll go somewhere else!" Yahiko, not paying attention to the innocent bystanders, kept running in search of Ruan. I'll find you….

"Okay… okay….." Jessie was now sitting down at the Akabeko. "I'm sitting in the Akabeko… Holy cow…. Holy crap…. Holy cow….." Ruan continued to sip her ramen. I wonder how she's gonna act when she sees-

"Kenshin!" Kaoru yelled running into the Akabeko. "Kenshin-" she stopped as she realized Ruan was there.

"Ruan! You're back!" Ruan gasped for breath as Kaoru gave a huge loving squeeze. "Guh!" she gasped holding her throat, "Nice to see you too Kaoru…"

"By the way, I'm looking for Kenshin."

Gee, I couldn't tell…..

"Have you seen him?"

"No." Ruan bolted her head around as something tugged her sleeve. It was only Jessie. She had completely forgotten about her. Oh no…. she going to completely freak out… Ruan prepared herself for the worst.

"……… I- …….. I-………." Here it comes….. she thought intensely.

"IT'S KAORU!" she screamed suddenly literally knocking Kaoru over. "IT'S KAORU! IT'S KAAOORUUUUU!" By now, she was attracting quite a lot of attention from the other people dining around them.

"XIANSHUA! XIANSHUA! HELLOOO! PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!" Ruan was shaking the girl trying to knock her back into sense. "Who the HE—"

She quickly whispered, "That's your name! Let no one know of your real identity. It's ESSENTIAL." Xianshua, nodded silently and stopped yelling.

She began to settle down and Kaoru and her talked amongst themselves. "You have to take all of this in…. Just breath and keep it together, okay?" Xianshua nodded and slurped her drink. "I won't freak out anymore."

"I FOUND YOU!" Yahiko boomed. He gave an evil glare at Ruan as he ran into the Akabeko. "………. And you're eating……!" he pointed accusingly at her. "Yahiko, before you attempt to fight me, let me give a tip to Tae-san. (She's had to put up with all of this…)"

Xianshua choked on her food. "You're going to fight!"

End of Book the Second