Megumi Takani, M.D.

It has been almost a year since I was first forced to work for Kanryuu. His new bodyguards were different than the typical goons. They hid in the shadows instead of brazenly displaying their 'power' like so many others. It hardly affected my duties. As long as I met my Opium quota I was left alone for the most part.

At least I was until Kanryuu's new men were the Oniwabanshu.

Han'nya was the one guarding me. I didn't mind, he was a silent shadow, though his mask was rather scary. I knew there were passages hidden throughout the mansion that I had yet to discover and that Kanryuu didn't know about either. He was too busy with his greed counting his money.

I'm not sure why I trust him, but when he told me to follow I did. My hand was resting upon his shoulder as he led me down the winding stairs from my upper tower prison. It wasn't until he opened the door that I realized where we were going.

Sitting at a desk lit by a small lamp sat 'Leader' pouring over documentations.

"Leader," Han'nya called. "Meet Megumi Takani, Kanryuu's unfortunate captive and our charge to prevent from escape."

Well, I suppose I have been given worse introductions.

This is a gift to myself, Kaoru, and Misao. Enjoy girls!

I come from a family of doctors who practice renguku, which combines Western and Eastern medicine. When I was a child my family served as doctors in the battlefield. My father was killed and my mother and brothers disappeared.

Later I trained under the tutelage of a doctor who wasn’t whom he seemed. In fact, he served a tyrant by the name of Takeda Kanryu. Inadvertantly, I ended up supplying opium for Takeda’s drug ring.

And that’s how I met up with Aoshi Shinomori, who was leading the hired goons Takeda used to run his drug enterprise. I managed to escape for a short time and that’s how I met Kenshin Himura (and company).

I grew quite close to this rag-tag ensemble. I dare say I’d consider them my friends.

Eventually, I decided to return to Aizu to see if I could find my family or at least some clues leading to their whereabouts.