A/N: This is my first RK story, please be gentle. I respect your criticism but remember to be nice about it.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or the other characters of RK…. Wipes the tears from my eyes.

All italic sentences and words are the characters thoughts, dreams, ideas.

SILVER NECKLACE

Chapter 1

Nurse Takani went to the doctors' lounge, opened the door and spoke to the shadows, "We have one coming in Dr. Himura." He stretched, yawning his acknowledgment to the fact that he was awake and would be there, mentally setting himself up for what would lie ahead.

The ambulance came loud and fast up to the Emergency Room bay, stopping as the doors were flung open and a stretcher was pulled out. One of the ambulance techs was giving the current history to the triage nurse as they pushed the stretcher into one of the ER rooms.

Dr. Himura sat in the lounge twirling his necklace, making it spin as he waited for the arrival of the ambulance. It was given to him four years ago by a 13 year girl who thought that she knew what love was. "Kaoru" The necklace, half of a broken heart, she carried the other half. He watched it twirl in the air, wondering if she still wore hers as he did his; Nurse Takani opened the door stating that the ambulance carrying the victim of an MVA had arrived.

Dr. Himura went into Triage 2, and saw the dark haired, young female stretched out on the table. He thought she looked familiar, but shook that feeling off and went into his "doctor mode". "Okay folks what do we have?" He did a quick scan of the body, assessing wounds, blood loss, or foreign objects that could be lodged into her skin from the accident.

Nurse Takani stepped up and started giving him what history they knew. "We have a female Asian approximately 16-18 years of age, hit and run. She was found by a passing car so we do not know the exact time of the accident but can approximate that she was lying on the side of the road for 2-4 hours."

Nurse Takani handed over the vital chart to Dr. Himura who quickly scanned it and then went to work. "Visual assessment complete, pupils dilated, neck movable, multiple skin abrasions, contusions, and bruises," he spoke noting that a lot of these were older than 2-4 hours.

He looked up to Nurse Takani, she nodded that she had seen them as well, and made a note to call Social Services. "Possible broken clavicle or dislocated shoulder," he moved the sheet down and stopped, blinked twice and pulled on a silver chain, dangling in-between her breasts. "Kaoru"

He bent closer as he saw a medallion hanging from the end of the chain, he took it into his hands, thinking it might have her name on it at least, but it was not a medallion but half of a broken, silver heart. All of a sudden time stood still.

He was just out of premed, just got accepted to Harvard Medical School as one of the youngest freshman. He was so excited about it all and went for a quick jog in the park to burn off the extra energy, when he ran right into a dark haired girl. He literally plowed right into her. With quick reflexes he grabbed her and pulled her to his chest. He took most of the fall onto his shoulder and back

"Are you alright?" He had asked for she was crying and trying to break away from him in her fright. He reacted by tightening his hold, wanting to make sure that she was not injured.

She whimpered, "You're hurting me, please let me go." Her angelic voice pierced deep into his soul. He released her and picked himself up to stand before her. He then held his hand out to the girl. She shyly looked up at him and all of a sudden he could not breath…those eyes, they were the bluest eyes that he had ever seen. They were dark and deep, but laced with pain and sadness.

"Are you alright?" he asked her again more gently.

"Yes, I'm alright. You just spooked mel," she whispered quietly seeming to be as lost in his gaze as he was in hers.

Once again, he held out his hand and this time she took it. Her touch was warm and surprisingly he felt tingles going up into his arm and chest, thinking it was just due to the adrenaline rush. He looked at her realizing that she was just a child, maybe 12 or 13, but she sure was going to break some hearts but, then again, maybe she already had.

He watched her as she got up and looked up at him but then her smile faded and her body tensed as she gazed over his shoulder. He turned and saw a group of boys coming their way.

"Hey Kamiya, we got ya' now. There is no where to run." A boy with brown, spiky hair yelled, seeming to be the leader.

Kenshin looked down at the dark haired girl and she mumbled a quick apology, bowed, and took off at a dead run. "Wait!" Kenshin called but she kept running. He turned towards the gang of boys; "Hold on a minute, why are you chasing her?"

They ran through him, butting up against him, shoving him to the side, causing him to stumble. "This is not your concern, leave it be or get hurt," the boy yelled. Kenshin got up, turned to run after them, but they were gone.

"I am going to need x-rays of her chest and neck and an MRI scan of her head. Has anybody found any identification on her? Somebody better get the police to run a missing persons check. Let's call orthopedics and somebody call surgery." Dr. Himura called out his orders and then stepped back and watched as the x-ray techs came and took her away.

Nurse Takani came over and to tell him that Dr. Gensai would be consulting for her possible broken clavicle and shoulder. His job was done, nothing left but to dictate his notes, sign off on the paperwork, and go on to the next case, but he could not seem to get the dark haired girl out of his mind. "Kaoru"

He clenched his fists and suddenly looked down and in his left hand was her silver broken heart necklace. He probably should give it to the nurse who had the rest of her possessions; instead he closed his hand and shoved it into his pocket and walked towards the doctor's lounge to finish his work.

TBC

A/N: There will not be many of these notes. This story is complete. I am not an official authoress. I had this story bouncing around in my head and wanted to get it out so here it is. Please remember I am not an authoress its here just for enjoyment so do not be rude, mean, or crude in your reviews. Thank you. Bows