Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin, I own several books and have seen all of the episodes, but I don't own it.

Warning: This is not a yaoi, this may have who you know as Kenshin with a guy, but keep in mind, Kenshin is a girl in this.

Summery: Young and beautiful, that is how you could describe 25-year-old (Yes, I'm making her a lot younger, a few others too, but she's still the youngest soldier) Kira Himura. But behind that beautiful face holds a great many dark secrets.

(text) - Authors note

"test" - talking

'text' - thinking

Text - noise

01010101010101010 - any weird languages because I'm to lazy to try to write them out

beep - for rants of cursing (this is so you can let you imaginations do the job XP)

(I think that's it, if there's anything else later I'll just add it. Oh and this is my first RK, fic so go easy, I've been tossing around idea's for months and this one just stuck, so this is also my first fic in a while. It'll probably be better then my earlier ones though, I've been taking classes.)

Rurouni Kira

"Prolog"

The night sky was filled with the light of fire, and the sound of bullets and swords.

It was almost over, this bloody war, and everyone knew it. It was already over, in a sense. This battle was more for closure, then anything else. This is why amidst all of the chaos, a lone figure stood alone.

The figure was young and lean, but was known to be deadly. Do to the masculine blue Gi1, black Haori2, and white Hakamas3, with a katana4 and wakazishi5strapped to his belt, this person could be mistaken for male. But if you looked closer, beyond the clothing and swords, one would see a beautiful woman. She had long red hair tied up high, with deep pools of amethyst eyes, and a slightly tanned complexion, but out of everything the scar stood out the most.

The scar was a symbol, a cross on the left cheek, at the time, anyone would recognize it. The symbol of a killer, a manslayer. It was the symbol of the Hitokiri Battosai. The legendary manslayer of Kyoto.

So why, why was such an important figure of the Revolutionary army, the victors of the war, just standing there.

The answer was simple. The war was over, there was no longer a use for her. No more battles to be fought and no more blood to be spilt.

And so, she removed her katana from her belt and stuck it in the ground, sheath and all. It held no value to her anymore. She would keep her wakizashi though, something to serve as a reminder and to be used should she ever need to kill again. Hopefully that time would never come, and she would have peace at last.

With all of her business taken care of, she turned and walked away, disappearing into the flaming night. She was not seen again, for ten long years.

To be continued…………….

(Ok, that's the beginning. It's short, but most prologs are. So yay or nay? If you have any idea's I'm all ears.

I've revised this slightly so if you read this chapter before it is a little different. I cleaned it up a little.

I guess I should say where I got the idea, well, one day I was looking at this picture of Kenshin in a kimono (don't know what it was for -/-) and I thought it was really pretty. So I decided to make a story to go with that picture, and if I every find it again I'll put up a link. Oh, who do you guys want Kira (Kenshin) to wind up with, all male characters are game, even Yahiko and Hiko.

If I misspelled anything please tell me and I'll fix it immediately.)

1. Gi - the shirt thingy

2. Haori - the over coat

3. Hakama - the pants

4. Katana - a Japanese sword (regular size)

5. Wakizashi - a Japanese short-sword (I think there shorter then Kodachi's which are a cross between a dagger and a sword.)

Glossary

Rurouni - Wandering Swordsman

Hitokiri - killer, manslayer. Generally used for assassins during the Bakumatsu.

Battosai - sword drawer (this is literal, because in the series Kenshin is famous for how fast his sword is, especially when he draws it from the sheath for Battojutsu)

Battojutsu - to draw the sword from the sheath quickly