"A brush against the freckles that I hated oh so much..." "A small flicker, that's all, and then I heave a little sigh." "The heavyweight love that I once shared with you Miraculously dissolved with the sugar cube." "The little prick that I feel on my bosom that has shrunken from the little thorn really hurts me now." "I guess I cannot trust those silly horoscopes after all..." "I wonder what it would be like if we could go further away... right?" "I'd be so happy just because of that!" "Memories I have are always beautiful in my mind." "But they can't feed me;" "they can't fill up my stomach." "In reality tonight was supposed to be somber." "I really do wonder why..." "I just can't see how all of the tears were streaming down his face that night." "I just can't see it anymore..." "Sanosuke took Kenshin to a gambling house, where they found out that one of Sanosuke's friends had died from opium." "It was there that Kenshin saved a mysterious woman, Megumi Takani from the personal bodyguards of Kanryu Takeda." "However, employeed as henchmen for Kanryu Takeda were the Oniwaban group led by the genius Aoshi Shinomori." "They assaulted the Kamiya Dojo in hopes of recaptureing Miss Megumi." "As Kenshin and Sanosuke defeated Beshimi of the Oniwaban group Yahiko had his arm wounded by Beshimi's poisoned spiral darts." "We were surprised by how skillful Miss Megumi's treatment was." "Meanwhile, Sanosuke picked up a medicinal packet she had dropped and started having doubts about Miss Megumi." "Kenshin..." "Miss Kaoru?" "Yahiko..." "Yahiko is..." "M-Missie..." "That can't be..." "Dr. Gensai!" "Yahiko!" "He'll be all right." "If he sleeps for a full day, he will recover." "You're a bad woman, Missie." "You took ten years off my life doing that." "Miss Kaoru, your tears were those of joy, that they were." "Of course, because Yahiko's life was spared!" "In any case, everything is all right, that it is." "Thank you so much, Dr. Gensai!" "You really are the best doctor in Tokyo!" "Thank whoever wrote this." "It's very impressive." "The ingredients for the antidote and how to mix them are perfectly written." "The writer is not only knowledgeable about medicine but is also a master of chemical drugs." "You really can't judge someone by how they look." "To think that Miss Megumi is a master of chemical drugs..." "Miss Megumi's full name was Megumi Takani, I believe." "Takani, is it?" "I think a little bit better of her now." "I see..." "Beshimi and Hyottoko were defeated..." "He must be an extraordinary man." "From how he handles a sword, I believe that he is quite an individual." "All right, find out who that swordsman is." "Inform me as soon as you do." "Yes, immediately." "Red hair and a cross shaped scar on his left cheek..." "Could he be..." "I wonder how many years it's been since I last made ohagi..." "It's ohagi!" "It's ohagi!" "I love ohagi!" "Kaoru, where's Sanosuke?" "He's not around." "Maybe he went back home to take a nap." "I'm sure Sano is tired from staying up all night with the patient, that he is." "He'll show up eventually, I'm sure." "No." "I guess we'll just start the party to celebrate Yahiko's recovery." "Then I'll dig in!" "Thanks a lot!" "My!" "Delicious!" "Delicious!" "Yahiko, you're just getting over an illness, you shouldn't eat too much!" "You're mistaken if you think that I'll let you eat my share, Kaoru!" "You found me out..." "U-Um, Miss Megumi, can you teach me how to make ohagi?" "Sure, it's easy." "All right, I'll make you some next time!" "If I was served ohagi made by you, Kaoru I'd eat cakes of dirt first!" "Sheesh, your illness has been cured but your badmouthing hasn't!" "How dare you, Kaoru?" "Oh, Yahiko's face is like ohagi now!" "Yahiko turned into an ohagi!" "You all are so friendly with each other." "You're just like family." "You've got to be kidding!" "I don't want an older sister as ugly as her!" "And I don't want someone like Yahiko as a younger brother, either!" "They really are like quarreling siblings, that they are." "Just like ohagi!" "I'm gonna have some more!" "Hey what's your family like, Miss Megumi?" "I don't have any family." "Well, I'll go make some tea now." "Did I just say something wrong?" "They really are all such good people." "So how are you going to explain to all those good people why you have something like this in your possession?" "Opium!" "Opium?" "Why don't you say something?" "I was the one who made this." "I see, so you're the one who did Yoita in..." "The one who killed my good buddy!" "Wait, Sanosuke!" "Miss Megumi, please tell us why." "Why do you have opium, Miss Megumi?" "Could it be that you're the daughter of Ryusei Takani, Miss Megumi?" "How do you know my father's name?" "Um, here." "It's your turn, Suzume." "But..." "This is a difficult one..." "But..." "This is a difficult one..." "But..." "Just as I thought, that it is." "The Takani family from Aizu is a family of doctors spanning many generations." "However, they got involved in the Aizu War between the Imperial Army and the Aizu clan..." "Mr. Ryusei ended up missing along with both brothers and their mother." "Only the young daughter of the Takani family was left alive." "So that's Miss Megumi..." "You must have been through many hardships." "The hardships and pain I faced back then were much better than what happened afterwards." "I came up to Tokyo from Aizu five years ago to become an apprentice under a certain doctor." "What I didn't know was the doctor was partners with Kanryu and making opium." "Then they had an argument, and the doctor was killed." "I was forced to make opium in his place..." "Kanryu!" "I strove to become a wonderful doctor like my father." "Instead, I ended up being forced to make leathal drugs." "How many times have I thought of killing myself?" "Yet, I couldn't go through with it..." "So, what was the reason you ran away from Kanryu, Miss Megumi?" "I was forced to make a new kind of opium that could be mass-produced cheaply." "If such a thing reached the public, it would be a disaster." "So, I took what I had made..." "Since only you know how to make this new opium Kanryu will always pursue you, that he will." "Kanryu really is a villain!" "I can't forgive him!" "That group will not let up any time soon." "It is better for you to stay here for now, that it is." "But..." "Do not blame yourself anymore." "You have suffered long enough, Miss Megumi." "Isn't that enough, that is?" "Is that all right, Miss Kaoru?" "It's all right." "I know how tough it is to be all alone..." "If Dr. Gensai, or Kenshin and the others weren't around..." "I might still be all alone, just like you..." "Oh man!" "Sanosuke?" "Unfortunately, I can't be good-natured like you guys." "One of my friends is dead, you know." "Right now, Sano needs to sit down and think things through." "He will understand someday, Miss Megumi." "Let's play, Miss Megumi!" "Miss Megumi, play with us!" "Yes when I'm done with this." "Then we'll wait for you!" "Thank you for your repeated patronage." "Do you need anything today?" "N-No..." "I see..." "Even though you don't need anything we need something from you." "Kanryu Takeda is waiting for you." "The Oniwaban group!" "There is no need to worry." "Just as I've written there, I promise not to hurt you, Miss Megumi." "All I want is for you to come back on peaceful terms." "And you want me to make opium again." "Of course." "That is your job." "You had been all right with it until recently, right?" "I just couldn't go through with killing myself, that's all..." "If I stay alive, and remain in the medical field I might someday be reunited with my family." "Each time I think that, I just can't..." "That's all right, Miss Megumi." "I'm sure you will meet your family someday." "But I finally made my decision." "I don't care if I never see my family again..." "If it means that I make a drug that kills people..." "I would rather be dead!" "I won't let you die alone." "Perhaps the Kamiya Dojo will have a mysterious fire and in the ruins will be a few dead children." "W-What are you saying?" "Don't be so alarmed." "To the Oniwaban group, one or two fires is a piece of cake." "That bastard..." "You cannot run away from me, let alone kill yourself." "That is, if you don't want to bring trouble to those around you." "Your life is tied to mine." "We shall be on friendly terms as before." "From now on forever." "So, I will be waiting." "Oh, yes, yes..." "Please be watchful of any fires tonight." "Why are you not taking Megumi Takani now?" "Even the Kanryu Takeda feels threatened knowing he faces Battousai the Manslayer?" "If we make sure Megumi Takani leaves under her own will even the Battousai cannot involve himself." "After all, he is just a manslayer." "He won't have any reason to make a move." "To make a move... huh?" "Commander, there was one rat in hiding..." "Leave it." "Only Battousai the Manslayer, Himura Kenshin is worth mentioning..." "Right." "I can't run..." "From Kanryu or from opium." "I can't ever run away..." "Miss Megumi, would you like a bath?" "Miss Megumi?" "I'm coming in..." "Kenshin!" "Miss Megumi..." "She left a note?" "Miss Megumi says she's returning to Aizu..." "At least she could give us a quick goodbye." "I haven't even thanked her yet!" "But that's funny..." "Even if she goes back to Aizu..." "There is nobody waiting for Miss Megumi..." "Dammit!" "What are you planning to do?" "Going back to Kanryu and all..." "Don't worry." "I won't make more of the opium that killed your friend." "I promise you." "You know that Kanryu isn't going to like that." "I told you, I will keep my promise!" "So don't get in my way." "I'm in a hurry." "Don't hurry yourself to your death!" "Missie, you got Kenshin and me, Sanosuke, at your side." "Don't you go worrying too much." "You're..." "The girls are waiting for you at the Dojo." "And somewhere out there, your family is too..." "It's all right." "Even if I were to find my family, how could I face them?" "I'm part of an illegal opium ring." "I can't erase such a dirty past!" "Don't be so stuck up!" "You're not the only one with a past that you want to erase!" "It's not like my friend will come back to life if you died!" "If you stay alive, you can repent." "Someday, you will see your family again." "If you die, all that becomes nothing." "Look out!" "Oh?" "To avoid one of my attacks pretty good!" "Who the hell are you?" "I'm Shikijou, Keep Guard of the Edo Castle Oniwaban group." "If you don't surrender that broad, the next strike will crush your bones to dust!" "Take this!" "Fight without these stupid toys, you third-rate underling!" "Calling me, who served as a Keep Guard, a third-rate underling..." "You'll regret taking my powers so lightly!" "Let's go, punk!" "Great!" "Here I come!" "That doesn't even tickle!" "What?" "Now, you will experience the strength of Shikijou of the Oniwaban group!" "W-What kinda strength is this?" "Y-you!" "Stop that." "I'm impressed that your skull didn't split after one of my headbutts but what's inside can't be as tough." "The shock to your brain won't let you lift a finger for a while." "My entire body, trained as part of the Oniwaban group, is hard as steel any part can be used as a weapon." "It was just bad luck that you had to face me, Shikijou and my invincible strength!" "I'll show you some mercy." "I'll make you rest in peace with one strike!" "l-Impossible!" "To think he has so much strength left..." "The strongest invincible..." "Kenshin is the only one who needs words like those..." "The Oniwaban group, who became henchmen for a shithead like Kanryu shouldn't boast like that!" "You bastard, just because I haven't shut you up..." "No matter how hard your skull is, what's inside can't be as tough was that it?" "Okay, let's go." "That bastard!" "I'm taking Megumi!" "Sano!" "Are you all right, Sanosuke?" "D-Don't worry about me..." "S-Save her instead..." "Miss Megumi!" "She was threatened by Kanryu." "And she went back to protect you, Missie and those around you..." "So it was that after all..." "I'll risk my life to get her back!" "If I can't do that, what's the use of the Kamiya Kasshin School a sword to protect others?" "Yahiko..." "That's right!" "Let's get them!" "Yahiko..." "Miss Kaoru..." "All right!" "Oh, Sano!" "Nothing less from Sanosuke!" "What stamina!" "Shall we go, that is?" "Yeah!" "When seeing those eyes of yours with that gleam my heart skipped a beat that lazy afternoon." "My whole body felt nervous and verv stiff as if you were testing my love for you." "Feeling the point from the air and from you I shivered all over from my love for you." "A crunch on the sand, I bite down the grit." "I aim at your will as the day turns to night." "I am hoping soon you will use your delicious lips and let me have some of that good wine that's over there." "When they are united under the bright full moon a man and a woman will find true eternity." "Passionate lady, ah gimme your love." "Mysterious lady, I need your love." "The lonely eyes you show once in a great little while..." "I can't tell if it's the truth or just a lie." "Honestly lady, ah gimme your love." "Now feel it coming lady, I need your love." "I'm always thrown right around by all the things you always do." "The fervor of passionate love crazily dances within my heart." "We barged into the Kanryu estate to rescue Miss Megumi and waiting for us was none other than the genius Aoshi Shinomori." "The deathmatch between Kenshin and Aoshi is about to begin." "Next Episode of Rurouni Kenshin..." "Please look forward to it!"