***This sequel is written a bit differently than The Accomplice. Dawn in the Night is an account of Kenshin's life after Kaoru. These are entries from Kenshin's journal that Kaoru now possesses in her own time, as well as some memories from Tomoe and Kenji's point of view. Kenshin's journal entries are the ones with a date heading the section, Tomoe and Kenji's memories just start as dialogue. Enjoy!
Prologue
"Grandma, Grandma! Tell us the story again!" A warm smile spread across the old woman's face, the wrinkles lining her mouth and eyes crinkling, her eyes lit with pleasure and happiness.
"All right, girls, sit down around me and settle in for a long story. Because a long one, it is." The two small girls settled themselves on the ground around the small couch the woman rested on, propping themselves up with their already present pillows and blankets. Their grandmother had never refused to tell them the story, so they knew to bring everything they needed with them from the beginning. It cut back on the time they had to wait to hear the already memorized tale.
"Once upon a time, there was a girl named Kamiya Kaoru, who lived in America, in the year 2000. One day as she was studying Japanese history, she came across files of her namesake- a Kamiya Kaoru who was a shadow accomplice for the evil Choshu clan. As Kaoru was studying, she fell asleep, and when she awoke, she discovered that she had been transported back in time to 1866 in Japan. And as Kaoru started to learn more, she realized that the Kamiya Kaoru in the files was none other than herself: a shadow accomplice for a man who lived in Kyoto, Japan, by the name of Battousai, the manslayer…"