Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Life the Saitoh Fujita Way ❯ It's Only a Name ( Chapter 28 )

It's Only a Name

 

“It is only a name, Tokio”

 

“I know, but …”

 

Giving her a flat look, I cut her off, “You know why this has to be.” I have no need to explain it to her. She knows.

 

I merely nod to my husband. Now I am a Fujita, not a Saitoh. Of course he was born a Yamaguchi, so it is no wonder that he just brushes this off. I was always a Takagi before I married him.

 

I look away from him. Nothing seems to stay the same. But the name, Saitoh, has so much attached to it. I shake my head, knowing very well that what is attached to that name is precisely why it needed changing. But that name is so much a part of him and the values he still shoulders.

 

I give my wife a look. She knows this is Meiji now, and I am an employee of Meiji. Saitoh is left over from the old era, from my Shinsengumi days. There is no need to bring old enemies down upon us. My new line of work will create enough of those.

 

They may call me Fujita now, but what I continue to stand for will always identify me with my old name, Saitoh.