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So, after a week, here's the next chapter! Will we find out who the mysterious apothecary is?

The mysterious apothecary's reputation spread throughout the city within a couple days, and people were seeking her out to cure almost anything, which she did. By the third day the clinic was almost empty of its normal people, and Megumi was concerned.

"Dr. Genzai, since today is slow, can I take the rest of the day off?"

The old man nodded. "Of course, Megumi. I'll send someone for you should I need you."

The lady doctor went to the dojo, where Kaoru was relaxing because she was six months pregnant. Megumi had counted the days to Kaoru's conception, and she knew it wasn't Kenshin's child, but she hadn't said anything, because that was something that Kaoru would have to tell her husband.

When she arrived, there was a crash, followed by a cry.

"Kenshin!"

"Kenshin!"

Megumi rushed in, only to see a large crate over Kenshin's back as he laid face down on the ground. Kaoru was in tears while Yahiko was trying to lift the huge box off the redhead. When the boy saw the doctor he ran over to her. "Megumi! Kenshin's hurt! What should we do?!"

The lady doctor assessed the situation and said, "Unless we have someone who can lift this and quick, Sir Ken might die from the crushing weight."

"If only we had Sanosuke here right now! He would be able to help!" Yahiko growled, then ran towards the gates to see if he could find anyone to help.

He saw the apothecary woman and called, "Hey! Hey you! Someone in here is in trouble!"

The young woman turned and nodded, following him to where even Megumi was starting to panic. But then she did something that made everyone gape in awe. Using her own two hands, she squatted down and lifted the crate so it turned over, off of Kenshin. When that was done, she took her box and opened it, after feeling along his body.

"Broken spine…internal damage from severe outer pressure…" she murmured as she picked a specific packet of medicine and mixed it with water. Gently rolling him over, she placed a hand on his head and helped him drink.

In a second all color came back to Kenshin's face and his eyes opened. She helped him up and murmured, "You're going to be all right now."

Megumi, Yahiko and Kaoru looked absolutely aghast. Kenshin saw the blood around him and asked, "Miss, what happened?"

"It seems that you were being crushed by that large crate, sir. The young man called to me as I was passing this dojo, and I lifted the crate off you and used my medicines to make you better. How do you feel?"

Kenshin saw that his clothes were bloody as well. "Miss Megumi, is what this young woman say true? I seemed to black out as I fell off the crate. It looks like I was bleeding very badly."

Kaoru came out of shock first and cried, hugging her husband, "I was so worried, Kenshin! I thought you were dead for sure!"

Megumi rounded on the medicine woman. "How did you cure him like that?! It's impossible that he should be moving at all right now! That hit should've broken his back and killed him, if not paralyzing him from that point where it hit him for life! As a doctor I know this!"

Confusion came over the younger woman's features, and, to the great surprise of everyone else there, her hair turned bright turquoise. "What do you mean? There isn't anything that my medicines can't heal. I'm an apothecary, after all. I heal people from sickness and infirmities."

Yahiko stammered, "Wha-what i-is sh-she?"

Kenshin blinked and asked, "Miss, are you perhaps, magical?"

The strange young woman's hair changed again as she considered his question, this time a soothing green. She pointed a finger in the air and responded, her hair changing back to black, "I don't know what you're talking about, sir."

"No way it was a trick of the light," Kaoru affirmed. "Her hair just changed color twice."

Megumi's eyes narrowed. "I demand to know what you are and how you make your medicines the way you do. Because of you, there is hardly anyone who comes to the clinic! They try and find you because you seem to have a cure-all! There has to be a trick to it!"

"But Megumi!" Yahiko protested. "We saw her cure Kenshin! There's no way that she could be a fake!"

The young woman picked up her pack and slid her arms through the straps. "I'm sorry to have caused you grief, so I must be leaving the city."

"Wait!" Kaoru called. "Why don't you stay here for a while? It looks like you only have the clothes on your back and your medicine box. How can you look so healthy when you're a poor medicine woman?"

"I sometimes use my medicines for my own benefit. Though that isn't very often."

Kenshin bowed to the young woman and stated, "You saved my life, miss. It would be my honor to see to your needs before my own."

The girl's cheeks turned pink as she placed her hands up to her face in shyness, her hair changing to a light yellow-orange. "Thank you, sir. My name is Saya."

Kenshin smiled and held a hand out to her, which she took. "Welcome to the Kamiya dojo, Miss Saya."

So now we know her name...I do believe the word for her name means "sword sheath" in Japanese.

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