To Save a Small Life! Challenge. Doctor Megumi.

The Soon-To-Be Famous Doctor Megumi One morning, Doctor Genzai had thrown out his back while waking himself up with a bucket of wate rin the morning. Kaoru and Yahiko voluntarily helped Megumi take care of business, patient-wise, until a friend of Sano's was escorted it. He was bloody and bruised; the Hishi Manji Yakuza had shot him with a wooden cannon during a fight over at a gambling hall. Megumi had saved Sano's friend's life before it lost that evening. Once she had done so, positive words had spread throughout Tokyo about Megumi. Megumi had become very, very popular. With Genzai still out of action, however, Megumi was forced to take house calls. One patient, a little girl named Kaede, was very sick. Although Kaede's parents would pay any amount for something to cure their daughter, it just wasn't the case. Megumi followed Genzai's perscription and told Kaede's parents to give it to her.

Now just who does this guy think he is? As they walked back home, Megumi began to gripe a little to Yahiko about Kaede's parents, thinking that money can cure everything. On the way, a guy falls in front of the two and begins complaining his stomach hurts. People soon gather around the area, making a big scene. The man calls for a doctor, and Yahiko announces that Megumi is one. Everyone recognizes Megumi immediately once reminded, but to everyone's surprise, Megumi walks away from the man, saying she only cures sick people. Kaoru and Sano had gathered around the scene too. Along comes a hefty priest with a staff in hand who introduces himself as Raiko. Raiko claims he has returned from the mountains where he has gotten powers from God. With his staff, Raiko begins swinging it over the "sick" man and then makes some kind of drink, which he calls the Elixir of God. Raiko gives it to the man and immediately he is cured. Everyone thinks Raiko has performed a miracle.

The rumors have gotten bad about Megumi. Word gets around Tokyo about Megumi and how she ignored a sick individual. Instead of Megumi they want, everyone wants Raiko to cure themselves or their loved ones. In actuality, Raiko is nothing but a fake who only accepts rich patients with a lot of money, Sano and his friends know it. Raiko is actually running with the Hishi Manji Yakuza and they have set up the whole thing so they can get rich off of the people. As Megumi passes through the streets, she and Yahiko find Kaede being taken away with her parents by Raiko. Both Megumi and Yahiko try to stop them, but the Hishi Manji blocks their way. Once Raiko's carriage rides off, Yahiko quickly follows behind.

Kenshin saves the day, again. Raiko has taken Kaede and her family to his house, where he does his usual stint. That is, until Megumi and Yahiko bust in and expose that Raiko is a farse. Kaede's parents find it hard to believe, but they realize it's the truth once the Hishi Manji Yakuza stands at the entryway, ready to kill the two for knowing. Sano enters just in the nick of time. He takes care of the yakuza when their blades are drawn for revenge on his friend. Yahiko assists as well, but it is Sano who deals the punches to Raiko. Out of the blue, the wooden cannon is fired at Raiko's house. Luckily, Sano had thrown everyone into safety, avoiding the cannonball, but again they were shot at. Before being bombarded with yet another shot, Kenshin steps onto the scene and makes his presence known. The Hishi Manji instead fire their wooden cannon at him. Kenshin, however, cuts the cannonball in half and eliminates the entire yakuza by himself.

Just water, huh? After the ruckus, Raiko had a sore stomach. Megumi would only help him if he revealed he was a fake, which he later did. Soon, everyone knew the truth. Raiko was cured, however, by plain old water, which he thought was some kind of medicine. Once Doctor Genzai was back in comission, he was taking it easy, although his place was busy. Everyone wanted Megumi instead of him. Yet, there was one thing that Megumi could not cure. She could help the sick and treat the wounded, but Megumi could not cure lovesickness.