From: The Fox IV.- * SPLASH * " Che, you're not very careful, NEHH? *COF COF* " I'm sorry the gozaru, Sanosuke-dono. In the war, when the enemy comes from the both sides of a bridge, the best is crash the brigde..." " You can yell an announcement first, do you know..." the young man coughs, and then retires a fish from his brown, spiky hair. " But sure was impressive...you're a good warrior, do you know. But the Oniwabanshuu aren't weak, do you know? Hannya, and Katsu, and Shikijo, and Sagara Jiya, of course...but the best of all were Megumi-sama. She was lethal, and so beautiful... she is the person I'm searching so much, because she take me out the street after the Sekiho-tai disaster, and she give me a home... I have to find her, because Megumi sama is..." The stars seems to paralyze at the eyes of Misao . She turns to look the boy drying his ninja outfit, the red badanna, by the river... and her lips forms a word: " Takani...Megumi...The Lady Okashira ! " " You know about her?? " screams Sano in delight " I've chased her for all the country for years! You have to help me to find her! You have to tell me? Is she Ok? Where is she? And the rest?" Misao just look to those deep pools of warm chocolate, full of joy, anxiety, pleads. So much love and innocence... ... How can a woman let this boy...no, this man... behind without a second thought? She can't tell him what had happened. She can't broke him... ... But someday he will know about Takani's madness... and sin. V. - Misao!!- Sanosuke ran after the walking girl. It's no use. Even for his ninja skills, she seems to vanish in the hair, like a ghost. The crowded streets of Kyoto were the perfect place to lost trace of someone. And Sanosuke was running so wildly chasing Misao that he don't look to the side... ... where a smiling, gray-eyes sweet young boy was chasing a long-haired raven beauty dressed in white and yellow, her eyes obscured for long bangs... - Takani!- - Misao!!HMMPHH!!!-*ZAP!* - Araaa!!-*THUD!* - LOOK WHERE YOU´RE RUNNING JERK!!- - Oh, I'm *so* sorry, I'm...- - Misao...!!- Sanosuke jumps over the boy and keeps running, but a strong grip make him falls again, a thin black-clad man almost lifting him from the ground. - Did you say " Misao"? Do you know Misao?- comes a deep voice. Sano was looking straight to a pair of desperate, full of hope clear blue eyes. He was to punch that freak and starts running again when he was stricken for the sight of those eyes... ... Filling with tears of joy... VI.- - Misao's master? I can't believe it!- smiles Soujiroo, sipping tea with Sagara-san and Sanosuke in the old, battered Aoiya. Aoshi was very quiet in his side, still shocked for have been so close and lost Misao for seconds. - Hai.- says the calm Sagara-san, who Sano calls Jiya.- Her master is living currently in the mountain. She is a very reputed perfume maker. But, more important, she is the current thirteen master of the Hiten Mitsurugy. She teached to Makimachi-san the techniques of the kunai she developed in the Ishin's battles. - - Kowaii! - - Sano. - -Gomen, Jiya.- -So, she surely goes to ask for help. She needs to be really stronger to defeat the Last Wolf. Saitoh is a deadly opponent and he and his group are very powerful. - - I wish to thank you for the help, Sagara-san. - Whispers Aoshi, bowing. - But I have to find her as soon as I can. I will not permit Misao be involved in the fight against that madmen. When that Enishi swordsman came to her to..." test" her ability I was really worried, but I will not let this go any far. - - Don't worry, Shinomori-san. Sanosuke will conduct you to the mountain where Yukishiro-sama lives. You can find Makmachi-san there. Sano, go to ask Katsu about food for the travel.- - Hai, Jiya.- ******************************************************************* --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in forms and passwords with just one click! Comes with $50 in free coupons! Click Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------