Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Run Away ❯ Stranger ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter 1: Stranger

A girl about twenty years of age walked through the streets of Tokyo in search of her forgotten past. She is able to dodge people; carts and children at play with no problem at all. No one really paid much attention to her on the streets, not even the local police. She walked around looking for anyone who recognized her or anyone she knew. 'Oh great now I'm even more lost' the young girl thought to herself. All of a sudden she walked into someone much taller than herself. She figured it had to be a guy since most women she saw were short.

"Oh I'm sorry." She said sweetly.

"No excuse me, miss." The man said in a husky voice.

"Are you last, miss?" The man asked.

"Yes very." She told him.

"What's your name, miss?" He asked trying to get some answers.

"I don't know I'm so confused." She said shacking her head.

"Come with me, miss." The man told her.

"Why who are you?" She asked wondering what this guy was up to.

"I am Hajime Saitou. I am a police officer." He told her honestly.

"You don't look like one with that sword and all." She said backing away from the man; who was Hajime Saitou.

"Oh but I am, you can trust me, miss." Hajime Saitou told this young woman.

"I'll take you to my office were I can ask you some more questions and hopefully find your family, that's all miss." Saitou said nicely.

"I don't even know who I am! How in the world are you going to find my family if I don't know who I am!?" She yelled bring attention to her self and Mr. Saitou.

"Take it easy miss, I can help you just take it easy, ok?" He said getting rather annoyed at this girl's outburst.

The young girl was completely confused by this man, yet she wanted help and she might just have found the person who might be able to uncover her past. The young women shock her head in agencies and fallowed Mr. Saitou to his headquarters. She was uncertain if this Hajime Saitou could even be trusted, but she wanted to find out who she was even if it meant she was in danger. Saitou stopped abruptly in front of a large building.

"Ok miss fallow me to my office." Saitou told her.

They walked into Saitou's office where they found two other men waiting to speak to Mr. Saitou.

"Hey Saitou what took you so long we gotta talk." A man shouted.

"Take it easy Sano. He just got…" The other man stopped speaking.

"Damn Saitou where did you find her? Ha, she looks a little young for you " A man inquired seeing the young woman.

"None of your business Sanosuke." Saitou growled at the other man.

The young woman was rather leery around all three of them especially the man with the cross-shaped scare on him cheek, and then there was the man with the red headband. She ignored them seeing she was a bit out of place.

"It's ok miss. I will not hurt you. That I will not." Said the man with the cross-shaped scare on his cheek.

"Yeah Kenshin here will not harm you, missy." Said the other man with the red headband.

"Will both of you leave. I need to help this young woman find her family." Saitou said to the other two men.

"We still need to talk to you Saitou!" Shouted the man with the red headband.

"Very well come back tomorrow and I'll speak with both of you." Saitou said getting a little annoyed.

"That will be fine, that it will. Come Sano lets leave Saitou."

"But Kenshin…"

"Sano?! Saitou needs to help this young woman." He said looking at the young woman out of the corner of his eye.

"Fine." The red head-banded man said walking out the door with the man with the cross-shaped scare behind him.

"Sorry about that, miss. Please have a seat and can I get you anything?" Saitou asked her politely.

"No I'm find I just want to know who I am that is all." She said in a determined voice.

"Very well then. Please tell me anything you can remember."

"Ok I'll try." She said taking a deep breath.

"I remember waking up covered in blood, not my own, and there was this mad with two short sword type things at his back…" She stopped to take a breath

Saitou knew whom she was talking about, Aoshi Shinomeri, but didn't want to alarm the girl if Aoshi had hurt her in any way so he kept what he knew to himself and continued to listen to this young woman.

"Then I fainted again and the next thing I knew I was laying down on a bed with my wounds bandaged and a young girl sitting beside me… And they gave me a name…"

"What name was that miss?" Saitou asked very interested in this girl.

"Faith. They named me Faith because they had Faith that I would find my family." She told Saitou.

"Faith is it then Faith it shall be." Saitou said standing up to stretch.

"Excuse me, Saitou?" Faith asked very unsure of her self.

"Yes Faith my dear."

"Can I have a glass of water, please?" Faith asked not looking at him.

"Yes of course I'll go get it for you." Saitou said as he walked towards the door.

With what was said the young woman, Faith, now actusually had a name to go by. Faith stood up and walked over to the window; she watched people walking, children playing and families talking. Faith felt alone very alone in this world since she didn't really know who she was or even if Faith was even her real name or just a name that tall man gave her. Saitou returned with two glasses of water one for himself and one for Faith. Saitou set the glass of water in front of Faith and took his seat behind his desk.

"Thank you, Saitou." Faith said as picked up the glass.

"Your welcome. Now do you remember anything else?"

"I…am not sure." Faith said in a shaky voice. "It's alright if you don't remember knowing. No presser." Saitou said in a reassuring voice that still felt unpleasant to Faith.

"Saitou? Why are you helping me?" Faith asked.

"Because Faith it's the least I can do." Saitou told her with a smile.

Faith was still unsure of her self as it was, but she was also starting to realize that Saitou might want more if not something she can not give him. Saitou on the other hand wanted no pay and really nothing in return for helping Faith find her last past, to tell you the truth he was starting to become attached to this young woman even through she was much younger than him self beings he was twenty-eight (?) years of age and she was only eighteen or at least looked eighteen to him and apparently to Sano and Kenshin.

End chapter 1