The man was deeply wounded and blood was gushing from his forehead. It seems that he was almost beaten to death yet managed to escape. He was wearing a coat and tie as if part of a high-class ship's passengers. He took him in her arms without second thought; she can see that this man was almost in delusion as she diagnosed him. He was almost about to faint but managed to say a few words. "Pirates … attack!" and he was unconscious.

Her beloved Aoshi, if there was a pirate attack what could have possibly happen to Aoshi?

The night started to creep in and the stars were out of sight. The cold chilly air from the sea touched his lean body as he gathers some firewood. Earlier that day Aoshi's ship was attacked by pirates. He was one of the male passengers who tried to fight off the pirates and had sufficient knowledge to do so. With him on there side it was pretty sure that the odds would be in there favor, but surprisingly the pirates were led by a pretty strong bastard as well. Aoshi cannot forget that man.

Flashback

Aoshi threw a man who had a scar on his left eye of the ship. 'One less to think about,' He thought as he made his way to the other side of the ship to help a group of women who were being harassed by a group of pirates. Before he could throw the last of them a man appeared behind him and gave him a punch at the back. Aoshi was thrown a few meters away from the site of impact. He hit the silver bars that bordered the ships deck. He looked back at the one who was able to hurt him. No one was able to hit him directly all the while he fended of the attackers until now.

He knew for certain that this man was strong being able to hit like that and he thought of him as the leader of the pirates. He stood up and brushed off dust from his cloak without removing his eyes at the man. The man had unruly brown hair which stood up, his brown eyes were as fierce as his fists were and a fish bone was dangling from his mouth. 'Just like a pirate, dirty.' He had a lean body and he had a strong stature, he was almost as tall as Aoshi. He was wearing a white throw over jacket and white pants, on his jacket was the word 'Sagara.'

The man started to grow impatient and decided to make a move. He went across the deck and headed straight for Aoshi. He cut across lines of pirates and then began to throw punches at the violet haired man. In his opinion he never met a man such as this who was able to dodge his fists. After a series he stopped and pulled back and wiped sweat on his forehead. He gave him a smile. "By the way, my name is Sanosuke Sagara."

Aoshi looked back and simply gave him a cold stare. This pissed of the pirate and started to throw back punches again. Aoshi decided to finish it early and stopped one of his punches before landing on his face, and then he started returning back his attacks. They had a fierce fight but Aoshi seemed at an advantage.

At the midst of there battle, a man and woman appteared on top of starboard. The man had long orange hair and had a scar on his left cheek. The woman had long dark hair and was wearing a kimono, "Sanosuke, let's go!" They then disappeared. Sanosuke stopped and looked at Aoshi, "This isn't the end yet." He then himself went to the edge of the ship and jumped from it. Aoshi followed him to edge and saw the boat that the pirates had used. It was now loaded with goods and was sailing away. Aboard the boat were the mysterious couple and the man named "Sanosuke."

"So Long!" There shipped sailed away, Aoshi wanted to catch those pirate but there was a matter of a more immediate concern. He could smell gun powder and to his horror, a fire leading to the room of gun powder. He ordered everyone to jump on the water. There wasn't much time left, but he wanted to make sure everyone was out of the ship. As he was making his way out...

BOOM! The ship exploded... with Aoshi inside.

The people in the water looked at the boat being blown into smitherins. However one passenger, a girl in fact went swimming towards the wreck.

"Hey, miss?! Why do you have to go there?Let the man inside go, he's probably dead anyway!"

Her raging eyes in search just only burned more she then swam to thedirection of the person who said that, "Hey! Dumbass! That guy just saved your life and eveybody else's. So if you guys don't have any single strand of gratefulness in your body, I do." She then swam back to open see searching for Aoshi. "I was just trying to say he was dead."

The other passenger's headed for the island which was visible to their view. Soon it was only that girl with braided hair in open sea still searching for Aoshi. She personally did not believe he could be dead.

That guy couldn't possibly be dead. He was fighting like hell awhile ago.That other guy, that dumbass was just pathetic since he couldn't even save himself.

As she continued looking over the wreckage she was able to hear breathing sounds. She then quickly dived in to rescue Aoshi. Somehow Aoshi was trapped in the wreck and a bit unconcious, suprisingly she managed to pull him out. She then led him to the surface, she was able to cover a few meters away from the shore but somehow she started feeling dizzy.

Man...I've been swimming all day.Ofcourse I'll get tired and lose my stamina. I guess this is the end for the brilliant Misao, drowning.

Her eyes then went slowly closing, she slowly lost sight of her surroundings, she merely relied on her feeling to sense whether death was coming. She felt her hand letting loose and slwoly sinking in the water. She then felt hands holding her as if carrying her.

Hands?! Why do I feel that?!

She then opened her eyes to see herself being carried away by the man she just saved, and for some unknown reason she's blushing.

"What's your name?"

"I am Misao and you are..."

"Aoshi Shinomori."

End of Flashback

Author's notes: Haha...killed Aoshi! Well more of an attempt on his life if I must say. I'm starting to get focus and putting the story back on track. Well I guess I'm still a mess up here after all the stresses. I am actually busy with making my costume though I am procastrinate about it. Example writing this when I'm suppose to be fixing my boots.Fufufu But that's me I guess. Well to tell you the truth, I almost forgot that Aoshi was alive good thing I read the story or else I might have done something confusing again It has been sometime since I watched/read anything Ruruoni Kenshin so I might have been OOC with the characters.So your reviews will greatly help in that cause. I also liked this chapter among all the other since Misao is here, I can release my frustrations with her profanity what not. I was in the mood to call someone a dumbass?! Nope just stress relief. Well everyone thanks for the support the story is getting!