Saito Hajime, leader of the Third Division for the sixteenth year running. He was a man that resembles a wolf the most among the Shinsen-Gumi, especially with the ever-present shade of amber in his eyes. He saw a young figure of a teenaged girl walking to the grave of his sworn-sister, Reiyama Ryumiko, offering her flowers and burning a book behind the tombstone and so wanted to know if she was Miryu, Ryumiko's daughter with her husband, Tsubasa Akurou, whom she and the entire Shinsen-Gumi despised greatly. "Halt, who goes there," he asked.
The girl before him did not answer, but a whip was cracked and struck his right leg. The pain was immediate, but made him more and more intrigued at her. It was when their amber eyes met that actually started their immensely short duel. "Who are you?" she asked in a cold voice, a voice that only her victims heard before she attacked them.
"I was just about to ask the same question" Saito replied, trying to get a close look at her. His efforts were of no use, as her long hair seemed to act like a veil in the dark of the night. She's got Ryumiko's height, that's for sure he smirked as he scanned her body with his amber eyes for any sign that would give her away, and she has Ryumiko's beautiful body.
Then, as quickly as she came, she disappeared. There was no use in fighting, as she might give herself away to the enemy. Who was that man to my mother? The first guess in her mind was that he was her father, but why was his Ki so strong when none of the famous Tsubasa clan members could even kill a fly with theirs, except the long-since deceased Tsubasa Akarou, her grandfather. Then, she began to think of the Shinsen-Gumi that was rising in favor of the Bakafu, if this was so, it could only mean one thing… My mother worked for the Shinsen-Gumi?
She opened the door to the room she shared with Kenshin, divided by a blind made of bamboo to mark their "territories". This, of course, was done by the landlady, Okami Yui, who was "afraid for Miryu's safety as she had to share a room with a man". Her mind was wrought with questions that were driving her mad, did my mother support the Bakafu? Who was that guy just now? Why can't Shishou tell me everything?
"Miryu, is there anything wrong?" Kenshin asked. He picked the wrong time to talk to her, as the bamboo blind was opened, and a whip of hers was cracked, striking at the floor only a few centimeters away from his body. Still, she was silent. He could hear her take her clothes from a chest of drawers and stomped out of the room.
Katsura Kogoro was there that night. He knew that she was the daughter of Reiyama Ryumiko the moment her eyes met his. Yet, there was no malice in hers compared to her mother's. Perhaps it was because Miryu fought on the same side as he did? The child was desperate to find Kenshin, and to find a place in the conflict that she stepped into without knowing that her mother was the much-feared Iron Wolf-maiden who claimed many would-be leaders of the Ishin-Ishishi. Katsura knew that he was lucky to have survived the blade of Ryumiko's katana so many years ago.
The question was now this: Who was the one who sparked this new dilemma of Miryu's when Hiko had avoided the subject for fifteen years and she did not know that Katsura also knew of her background?
HAN: Well, as a note, a few chapters in this fanfiction will be focused on Miryu as the story delves deeper. This is the sequel of Daughter of the Shinsen-Gumi, after all. Don't worry though; I'll try to stick as close to the OVA as closely as I can. Once again, Patience Halliwell is thanked again for her reviews, and I don't have to tell you what a good girl she's been these past few months. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA