Okay, Kenshin fans, this is just an introduction to a story…however, you can make it a whole story by reviewing it! C'mon, you know you want to!

            Here's a complete summary as promised: Kamiya Kaoru lives in Tokyo, year 2003. She is just a normal woman until her law firm picks up the case of the legendary mob boss and killer, Himura Kenshin the Battousai. But when Kaoru has to represent Battousai in court, and learn about his dangerous past, she realizes that mob life isn't anything like the movies. Romance might blossom, but between guns, swords, and the occasional revenge saga for your dead sister does anyone really have time? All your favorite characters will make an appearance: Megumi, Sano, Aoshi, Misao, Yahiko, Tsubame, Yumi, Shishio, Hiko, Soujiro, and a bunch of other characters that randomly popped into my head!

p.s. translations of Japanese at the bottom!

            Chapter 1, An Interesting Article

            A plain glass door marked the boundaries between his office and hers. Scrawled out in professional letters was her official name and title. It read. KAMIYA KAORU, ATTORNEY AT LAW. He didn't knock and didn't close the door behind him, barging in as if it was his own messy cubicle. Kaoru looked up from her mountain of papers and brought her reading glasses down the bridge of her nose.

            "Uh-uh, Saitoh, not in my office!" she said, pointing to Hajime Saitoh's cigarette dangling between his fingers.

            "I'll only be in here for a minute."

            "I don't care, it's disgusting! Put it out right this second or you can show yourself the door." So defiant, so….. annoying, he thought as he crushed the cigarette between his nails, slightly scorching himself and letting the embers fall on her crème carpet. She shuddered. "Won't you please take a seat?" she stammered between her teeth. Saitoh plopped himself down in one of her leather armchairs and threw a manila folder on to her desk.  

            "Saitoh……. I really don't have time for this."

            "Oh, I think you do, Kamiya. Just open it up"

            Curiosity got the best of her, as it always did, and she slowly pulled out the papers from the folder laying them on the table before her. Under the letterhead which read "Hajime, Kamiya, and Associates" someone had pasted a newspaper clipping from last Monday's paper.

POLICE DETAIN MOB BOSS, TITLE ACTIONS "MENACE TO SOCIETY"

June 24th, 2003, Tokyo. Last night, police apprehended criminal offender Himura Kenshin the "Battousai" for the murders of twenty four men, one of them being Fujimaki Hikaru. Himura is one of the known leaders of the notorious Hitokiri gang, better known as the "Ken Nyoru Shi"* for their amazing skill with weaponry and their refusal to use guns to carry out their dastardly deeds. Fujimaki was a member of a rival, yet lesser, gang better known as the "Kikai Nyoru Shi"**. Hikaru was also a close cousin of Kikai Nyoru Shi gang leader, "One Hand" Fujimaki Nakazo. Both gangs resulted from the split in the Yakuza after the death of Yakuza leader Yoshio Kodamo. Police say that Kikai Nyoru Shi will face the Ken Nyoru Shi in the court of law to try to put Himura behind bars. Strangely enough, the "Kikai" have only charged Himura with a murder charge and left out the well known reputation of the Ken Nyoru Shi involvement in major opium scandals, counterfeiting conspiracies, and casino fronts. While Himura has never served time, he has been brought to court as a witness for multiple murders carried out by lesser members of his syndicate. He has also been the subject of many civil disputes, but nothing big enough to put the crime family leader out of action for good. Police say that this might be the year that "society's menace" will be taken off society's hands.

                The article went on to talk about Himura's past and gave a very detailed description of the scene of the crime. A picture accompanied the article, of a red-haired man with strange amber eyes. He wore formal clothing and was being pushed into a cop car. Below the article was a number written in pencil. Of course Kaoru had heard of the Battousai. He had been causing national problems for as many years as she could remember. She failed to see what this had to do with her, though. Kaoru looked up at Saitoh with a quizzical expression.

            "He's out on bail, Kaoru. The trial's in three months."

            "…………..so?"

            "Guess how much the bail was?"

            "I don't have time to play games, Saitoh."

            "One million dollars… for bail!" Kaoru's mouth gaped open. "And the best part is, he needs a lawyer. He's heard of your reputation of being the best. He wants you."

In the past, Kaoru rented her services to some mob bosses in the United States for very trivial things, but nothing as big as a murder trial.

            "But this is so high profile, Saitoh….. You're better at murders and things anyway…..why don't you take it?" Kaoru looked down at the desk.

            "Because I have too many cases as it is! Look, you just call this guy up, get his address, get in your car…….and charge him triple for every hour." Kaoru was about to say something, when Saitoh cut her off, "Don't say no, I won't hear it. Just go. My name's first on the sign and that makes me your acting boss, Kamiya." And with that, he left by the way he came, muttering something about incompetence and leaving the case profile on Kaoru's desk. She picked up the phone and dialed.

……………………Just calling wouldn't hurt, right?

Cultural section:

The name of Himura Kenshin's gang, Ken Nyoru Shi or剣による死 translates roughly as "Death by Sword"

The name of the rival gang, Kikai Nyoru Shi or機械による死 can translate two ways, one is "Death by the Machine," the other is "Death by Gun". I'm going with the second of these translations.

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