Chapter 1
By Crystal
*Screw the disclaimers ^^;;*
Himura Kenshin
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Shadow Assassin of Chosuke
Fighting style: Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu
Family: Mina (adopted sister), Hiko Seijuro (Shishou).
Friends: Mina, Tomoe (late girlfriend, 18 when she died).
Nickname: Hitokiri Battousai, Himura Battousai.
Kamiya Kaoru
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Kamiya Kasshin Ryu Instructor
Fighting style: Kamiya Kasshin Ryu
Family: Myojin Yahiko (adopted brother)
Friends: Misao, Megumi, Sanosuke, Soujiro, Aoshi, Toshiko, Ryosuke, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: Racoon girl, busu (Yahiko)
Makimachi Misao
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Waitress at the Akabeko
Fighting style: Kendo
Family: Okina Jiya (Grandfather)
Friends: Kaoru, Megumi, Sanosuke, Soujiro, Aoshi (her crush that everyone knows about), Toshiko, Ryosuke, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: Weasel girl
Sagara Sanosuke
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Freeloader
Fighting style: Futae-no-Kiwame
Family: *None*
Friends: Megumi (his girlfriend), Soujiro, Aoshi, Toshiko, Kaoru, Misao, Ryosuke, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: Rooster head
Himura Mina
Age: 16
Grade:10
Job: Second Shadow Assassin in Chosuke
Fighting style: Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu
Family: Kenshin
Friends: Kenshin
Nickname: Hitokiri Kensai, Battousai's shadow
Shinomori Aoshi
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Kenjitsuu Instructor
Fighting style: Kodachi Nittou Ryu
Family: *None*
Friends: Soujiro, Misao, Megumi, Sanosuke, Toshiko, Ryosuke, Kaoru, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: Icicle
Takani Megumi
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Doctor's Assistant
Fighting style: *None*
Family: *None*
Friends: Sanosuke (his boyfriend), Kaoru, Misao, Soujiro, Aoshi, Toshiko, Ryosuke, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: Fox lady
Seta Soujiro
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Kenjitsuu Instructor
Fighting style: Style of Tenken no Soujiro
Family: *None*
Friends: Toshiko (his girlfriend), Aoshi, Sanosuke, Kaoru, Misao, Ryosuke, Megumi, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: Smiley boy
Yukishiro Toshiko
Age: 16
Grade: 10
Job: Waitress at the Akabeko
Fighting style: Some defence
Family: Enishi (Unknown where), Tomoe (passed away)
Friends: Soujiro (her boyfriend), Kaoru, Misao, Megumi, Aoshi, Ryosuke, Sanosuke, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: *Let me think of one, lol. If you have an idea, leave me a message*
Shizaku Ryosuke
Age: 13
Grade: 8
Job: *None*
Fighting style: Some defence
Family: *None*
Friends: Yahiko, Tsubame, Toshiko, Soujiro, Kaoru, Misao, Aoshi, Megumi, Sanosuke.
Nickname: *XenoMark! I need your help.*
Myojin Yahiko
Age: 13
Grade: 8
Job: Part time job at the Akabeko
Fighting style: Kamiya Kasshin Ryu
Family: Kaoru
Friends: Ryosuke, Tsubame, Kaoru, Misao, Aoshi, Megumi, Sanosuke, Soujiro, Toshiko.
Nickname: Yahiko-CHAN (Sano, Kaoru)
Yamamoto Tsubame
Age: 13
Grade: 8
Job: Part time job at the Akabeko
Fighting style: *Doesn't fight*
Family: *None*
Friends: Yahiko, Ryosuke, Kaoru, Misao, Megumi, Toshiko, Sanosuke, Soujiro, Aoshi.
Nickname: Shy girl
Yukishiro Enishi
Age: 17
Grade: 11
Job: *None*
Fighting style: *Unknown*
Family: Toshiko, Tomoe (passed away)
Friends: *Unknown*
Nickname: *None*
Hiko Seijuro
Age: 37
Job: Makes pottery
Fighting Style: Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu
Family: Kenshin (his baka deshi)
Friends: *None*
Nickname: ...Guess yourself.
Katsura Kogoro
Age: 35
Job: Boss in Chosuke (Kenshin's gang)
Fighting Style: *Unknown*
Family: *None*
Friends: *None*
Nickname: *None*
Saitoh Hajime
Age: 29
Job: Second in command in Chosuke
Fighting Style: Gatotsu
Family: Tokio (His wife)
Friends: Okita
Nickname: Fishface (Later on by Sano), Asshole (Kenshin, Mina), Wolf of Mibu
Okita Soushi
Age: 24
Job: Third in command in Chosuke
Fighting Style: *Unknown*
Family: *None*
Friends: Saitoh
Nicknames: *None*
Takagi Tokio
Age: 27
Job: Spy in Chosuke
Fighting Style: *Unknown*
Family: Saitoh *Her husband*
Friends: Okita
Nicknames: *None*
* * * * * God, I think that was all of it. If I have more characters, I'll add another one. This is before the story actually develops, it'll change. Very soon. ^^ * * * * *
He climbed up the stairs and checked the mail...
Black envelope. Another one dead tonight. The red head cursed under his breath. Many may view him as cold-blooded person, but he knew better. He never let any emotions get to him, or he was dead. After that incident with Tomoe, he wasn't sure if he could let out his emotions in front of anyone. Except for one...
He smiled as he opened the door, the face sleeping on the couch always cheered him up. Himura Mina. His sister, adopted by him when she was fourteen and he was sixteen. She was a red head just like him, with the same eyes, always cheerful. The only regret for adopting her was that she now did the same work as he did. A shadow assassin for a gang. He killed other gang members at least once a week.
He looked at his envelope again, Takagami Kiya. This was his first job in Tokyo, he was sent here to kill a few gang bosses, one of them that was really dangerous... AND they had to go to school tomorrow. Kenshin groaned silently, he despised school. Hated it. But they had to go in order to not look suspicious. He was going to the twelve grade, while Mina was going to the tenth.
The Battousai was never good at school, his shishou had always said that his writing was terrible. After all, a hitokiri didn't need any other skills other than Kenjitsuu. That's what he kept telling himself anyhow.
Kenshin went up to Mina and shook her awake softly. "Oniichan... Let me sleep a while more..." Mina said sleepily on the couch. He shook her again and she was still saying some words about wanting to sleep more.
"Mina... Wake up."
She opened her eyes slowly, "What is it, Kenshin?" He held up the black envelope in front of her face. "Damn..." she said under her breath, "What time?" Kenshin held up ten fingers.
It was eight right now, might as well have some fun... for two hours. "Let's go out for dinner." Kenshin said, there was really no need for that, since they went out to eat practically everyday of the week.
Mina dressed in her jeans and a crimson coloured turtleneck while Kenshin dressed in a navy turtleneck with jeans, covered with a black jacket. It was the middle of October, and it was getting cold, even though he was trained to be in any weather by Shishou, it was better to have warm clothes. He picked up his daisho while Mina picked up her katana. Battousai and Kensai. Both nicknamed in the gang, since they were the strongest along with Saitoh Hajime and Okita Soushi, who were probably still in Kyoto. All he knew was he and Mina were transferred to Tokyo by Katsura-san.
Kenshin looked in the mirror and retied his hair unto a neat high ponytail, he simply loved his hair, not much Japanese had red hair, except for Mina... And violet eyes, people sometimes say they're amethyst. They change to amber gold when he was pissed too. Actually, Mina had both of those. It was rumoured that THE Hitokiri Battousai had crimson hair, amber eyes, cross scars on his left cheek, which he had due to Tomoe and Kiyosato, the skill Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu. It was rumoured that he had an adopted sister named Hitokiri Kensai during the Bakumatsu a whole century ago.
God he loved Mina. He loved Mina because she was the only family he had left. Except for shishou... The 17th successor of Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu, Hiko Seijuro. The one who adopted him at the age of nine, the one who raised him, the one who taught him Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu, the one that had called him 'baka deshi' and the one he left behind when he joined the gang at the age of fifteen.
He snapped out of his thoughts at he saw Mina's hand waving in his face, "Oro?"
She tapped her foot impatiently, "Hurry up dear brother, or we're going to be late." He smiled a bit and opened the door, which they went out to dinner.
They ate at a restaurant and ate a bit while chatting happily, forgetting the 'job' they had to do after dinner.
After dinner, they walked around the job, and at exactly nine-fifty, both of them were on roofs, looking down at the dark alley where another few people were going to die. Both of them, alert, saw a bunch of bodyguards around a boss-looking person.
"Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu, Ryui Tsui Sen!" Kenshin jumped to the middle of the group and killed the boss instantly with one stroke of his sword, eyes amber, he got rid of two of the bodyguards, and just as the two alive behind him was going to strike him, they both got decapitated. Five puddles of crimson liquid for every corpse. Both of them flicked their katanas clean and sheathed their sword.
"Let's go home..." Mina said, Kenshin nodded, looking at his clothes which had splats of blood on it, while Mina had clean clothes. Kenshin melted into the darkness and left Mina standing there alone. She understood and walked out to the street and walked home slowly, Kenshin didn't want people getting suspicious by the blood on his navy turtleneck. Looks like her brother was going to be doing laundry today.
* * * * *
"Hey Jou-chan, I heard one new student to this class, another to Toshiko's class, two new teachers for sword fighting and a new principal was coming. What's wrong with the school?" Sano whispered to Kaoru. They were in grade 12.
Kaoru turned around to see Sano, "I don't know, but I know about the students, teachers and principal. You're not the first one to tell me. Misao, Megumi and even Soujiro told me already!" She pointed at the three of them and just when Sano was about to answer, the classroom door opened and the teacher stepped in. There was a red head that followed, his eyes scanning the room.
"This is Himura Kenshin. He will be your new classmate in this class." The teacher announced, waiting for Kenshin to say something. He just found an empty seat beside Kaoru and sat there, without saying anything whatsoever, a second later all the girls rushed to Kenshin's seat and started talking. He waved them away and let teacher start the class, then caught Kaoru's eyes and gave a nod.
Kaoru caught his eyes, 'his eyes... they're golden.' His eyes sent a shiver down her spine, a second later, it was gone, amethyst eyes were there. It had to be the light playing tricks. She immediately blushed at the way he looked at her and turned around and heard one of the fox's annoying laugh.
While in Mina's class, she she sat next to named Yukishiro Toshiko who volunteered to take her around the school. But she refused.Time flew by and class was soon over and she walked to where her brother's class was, of course, feeling Toshiko walk behind her and she wondered why..
Toshiko followed Mina since her friends were in the same direction as wherever Mina was going. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw another red head.
"Kenshin!" Mina called, waving to his brother.
Kenshin turned around from Kaoru and waved to Mina until he caught sight of Toshiko. Toshiko walked over slowly and said his name quietly. "Hey Toshiko... Haven't seen you in a while... How are you doing?"
"Good..." She smiled softly, "Mina's your sister?" He nodded, "That's great."
"You guys know each other?" Kaoru asked.
Kenshin opened his mouth to talk when a voice stopped him, "Himura-san!" He turned around quickly, golden eyes scanning the hall until it landed on a cheerful smile, almost matching Soujiro's and a dead serious face.
He waited for the both of them to walk close enough then gave a slight bow, which Mina followed. "Okita." then hissed, "Saitoh."
Saitoh's mouth twitched upwards, "You should address your commanders more carefully, Batto... Himura."
Kenshin's amber gaze met Saitoh's and he took a slight bow, "Hai, Saitoh-SAN."
"Who the hell are you?" Sano asked.
"This is Okita-sensei, your new sword fighting teacher, along with Tokio-sensei which is somewhere around..."
"Tokio-san's here?" Kenshin blurted out. Saitoh raised his eyebrow, "I mean... er... It sound like a woman's name."
Saitoh nodded, "I'm the new principal."
Both Kenshin and Mina's eyes widened, the news almost causing the both of them to faint.
Author's Notes: If Mina or Ryosuke is out of character, please tell me, XenoMark. Himura Mina and Shizaku Ryosuke is XenoMark's ^^. 'Blood and White Plums' will be updated within a few days. I'm going to start writing the 19th chapter of 'The Difference Between Rain and Tears' right now, since I can't 'Blood and White Plums' yet, I need to rewatch the OVA anime, but I'm too lazy right now, so yeah.
Hope you enjoy!
By Crystal
*Screw the disclaimers ^^;;*
Himura Kenshin
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Shadow Assassin of Chosuke
Fighting style: Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu
Family: Mina (adopted sister), Hiko Seijuro (Shishou).
Friends: Mina, Tomoe (late girlfriend, 18 when she died).
Nickname: Hitokiri Battousai, Himura Battousai.
Kamiya Kaoru
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Kamiya Kasshin Ryu Instructor
Fighting style: Kamiya Kasshin Ryu
Family: Myojin Yahiko (adopted brother)
Friends: Misao, Megumi, Sanosuke, Soujiro, Aoshi, Toshiko, Ryosuke, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: Racoon girl, busu (Yahiko)
Makimachi Misao
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Waitress at the Akabeko
Fighting style: Kendo
Family: Okina Jiya (Grandfather)
Friends: Kaoru, Megumi, Sanosuke, Soujiro, Aoshi (her crush that everyone knows about), Toshiko, Ryosuke, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: Weasel girl
Sagara Sanosuke
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Freeloader
Fighting style: Futae-no-Kiwame
Family: *None*
Friends: Megumi (his girlfriend), Soujiro, Aoshi, Toshiko, Kaoru, Misao, Ryosuke, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: Rooster head
Himura Mina
Age: 16
Grade:10
Job: Second Shadow Assassin in Chosuke
Fighting style: Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu
Family: Kenshin
Friends: Kenshin
Nickname: Hitokiri Kensai, Battousai's shadow
Shinomori Aoshi
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Kenjitsuu Instructor
Fighting style: Kodachi Nittou Ryu
Family: *None*
Friends: Soujiro, Misao, Megumi, Sanosuke, Toshiko, Ryosuke, Kaoru, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: Icicle
Takani Megumi
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Doctor's Assistant
Fighting style: *None*
Family: *None*
Friends: Sanosuke (his boyfriend), Kaoru, Misao, Soujiro, Aoshi, Toshiko, Ryosuke, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: Fox lady
Seta Soujiro
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Job: Kenjitsuu Instructor
Fighting style: Style of Tenken no Soujiro
Family: *None*
Friends: Toshiko (his girlfriend), Aoshi, Sanosuke, Kaoru, Misao, Ryosuke, Megumi, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: Smiley boy
Yukishiro Toshiko
Age: 16
Grade: 10
Job: Waitress at the Akabeko
Fighting style: Some defence
Family: Enishi (Unknown where), Tomoe (passed away)
Friends: Soujiro (her boyfriend), Kaoru, Misao, Megumi, Aoshi, Ryosuke, Sanosuke, Yahiko, Tsubame.
Nickname: *Let me think of one, lol. If you have an idea, leave me a message*
Shizaku Ryosuke
Age: 13
Grade: 8
Job: *None*
Fighting style: Some defence
Family: *None*
Friends: Yahiko, Tsubame, Toshiko, Soujiro, Kaoru, Misao, Aoshi, Megumi, Sanosuke.
Nickname: *XenoMark! I need your help.*
Myojin Yahiko
Age: 13
Grade: 8
Job: Part time job at the Akabeko
Fighting style: Kamiya Kasshin Ryu
Family: Kaoru
Friends: Ryosuke, Tsubame, Kaoru, Misao, Aoshi, Megumi, Sanosuke, Soujiro, Toshiko.
Nickname: Yahiko-CHAN (Sano, Kaoru)
Yamamoto Tsubame
Age: 13
Grade: 8
Job: Part time job at the Akabeko
Fighting style: *Doesn't fight*
Family: *None*
Friends: Yahiko, Ryosuke, Kaoru, Misao, Megumi, Toshiko, Sanosuke, Soujiro, Aoshi.
Nickname: Shy girl
Yukishiro Enishi
Age: 17
Grade: 11
Job: *None*
Fighting style: *Unknown*
Family: Toshiko, Tomoe (passed away)
Friends: *Unknown*
Nickname: *None*
Hiko Seijuro
Age: 37
Job: Makes pottery
Fighting Style: Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu
Family: Kenshin (his baka deshi)
Friends: *None*
Nickname: ...Guess yourself.
Katsura Kogoro
Age: 35
Job: Boss in Chosuke (Kenshin's gang)
Fighting Style: *Unknown*
Family: *None*
Friends: *None*
Nickname: *None*
Saitoh Hajime
Age: 29
Job: Second in command in Chosuke
Fighting Style: Gatotsu
Family: Tokio (His wife)
Friends: Okita
Nickname: Fishface (Later on by Sano), Asshole (Kenshin, Mina), Wolf of Mibu
Okita Soushi
Age: 24
Job: Third in command in Chosuke
Fighting Style: *Unknown*
Family: *None*
Friends: Saitoh
Nicknames: *None*
Takagi Tokio
Age: 27
Job: Spy in Chosuke
Fighting Style: *Unknown*
Family: Saitoh *Her husband*
Friends: Okita
Nicknames: *None*
* * * * * God, I think that was all of it. If I have more characters, I'll add another one. This is before the story actually develops, it'll change. Very soon. ^^ * * * * *
He climbed up the stairs and checked the mail...
Black envelope. Another one dead tonight. The red head cursed under his breath. Many may view him as cold-blooded person, but he knew better. He never let any emotions get to him, or he was dead. After that incident with Tomoe, he wasn't sure if he could let out his emotions in front of anyone. Except for one...
He smiled as he opened the door, the face sleeping on the couch always cheered him up. Himura Mina. His sister, adopted by him when she was fourteen and he was sixteen. She was a red head just like him, with the same eyes, always cheerful. The only regret for adopting her was that she now did the same work as he did. A shadow assassin for a gang. He killed other gang members at least once a week.
He looked at his envelope again, Takagami Kiya. This was his first job in Tokyo, he was sent here to kill a few gang bosses, one of them that was really dangerous... AND they had to go to school tomorrow. Kenshin groaned silently, he despised school. Hated it. But they had to go in order to not look suspicious. He was going to the twelve grade, while Mina was going to the tenth.
The Battousai was never good at school, his shishou had always said that his writing was terrible. After all, a hitokiri didn't need any other skills other than Kenjitsuu. That's what he kept telling himself anyhow.
Kenshin went up to Mina and shook her awake softly. "Oniichan... Let me sleep a while more..." Mina said sleepily on the couch. He shook her again and she was still saying some words about wanting to sleep more.
"Mina... Wake up."
She opened her eyes slowly, "What is it, Kenshin?" He held up the black envelope in front of her face. "Damn..." she said under her breath, "What time?" Kenshin held up ten fingers.
It was eight right now, might as well have some fun... for two hours. "Let's go out for dinner." Kenshin said, there was really no need for that, since they went out to eat practically everyday of the week.
Mina dressed in her jeans and a crimson coloured turtleneck while Kenshin dressed in a navy turtleneck with jeans, covered with a black jacket. It was the middle of October, and it was getting cold, even though he was trained to be in any weather by Shishou, it was better to have warm clothes. He picked up his daisho while Mina picked up her katana. Battousai and Kensai. Both nicknamed in the gang, since they were the strongest along with Saitoh Hajime and Okita Soushi, who were probably still in Kyoto. All he knew was he and Mina were transferred to Tokyo by Katsura-san.
Kenshin looked in the mirror and retied his hair unto a neat high ponytail, he simply loved his hair, not much Japanese had red hair, except for Mina... And violet eyes, people sometimes say they're amethyst. They change to amber gold when he was pissed too. Actually, Mina had both of those. It was rumoured that THE Hitokiri Battousai had crimson hair, amber eyes, cross scars on his left cheek, which he had due to Tomoe and Kiyosato, the skill Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu. It was rumoured that he had an adopted sister named Hitokiri Kensai during the Bakumatsu a whole century ago.
God he loved Mina. He loved Mina because she was the only family he had left. Except for shishou... The 17th successor of Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu, Hiko Seijuro. The one who adopted him at the age of nine, the one who raised him, the one who taught him Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu, the one that had called him 'baka deshi' and the one he left behind when he joined the gang at the age of fifteen.
He snapped out of his thoughts at he saw Mina's hand waving in his face, "Oro?"
She tapped her foot impatiently, "Hurry up dear brother, or we're going to be late." He smiled a bit and opened the door, which they went out to dinner.
They ate at a restaurant and ate a bit while chatting happily, forgetting the 'job' they had to do after dinner.
After dinner, they walked around the job, and at exactly nine-fifty, both of them were on roofs, looking down at the dark alley where another few people were going to die. Both of them, alert, saw a bunch of bodyguards around a boss-looking person.
"Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu, Ryui Tsui Sen!" Kenshin jumped to the middle of the group and killed the boss instantly with one stroke of his sword, eyes amber, he got rid of two of the bodyguards, and just as the two alive behind him was going to strike him, they both got decapitated. Five puddles of crimson liquid for every corpse. Both of them flicked their katanas clean and sheathed their sword.
"Let's go home..." Mina said, Kenshin nodded, looking at his clothes which had splats of blood on it, while Mina had clean clothes. Kenshin melted into the darkness and left Mina standing there alone. She understood and walked out to the street and walked home slowly, Kenshin didn't want people getting suspicious by the blood on his navy turtleneck. Looks like her brother was going to be doing laundry today.
* * * * *
"Hey Jou-chan, I heard one new student to this class, another to Toshiko's class, two new teachers for sword fighting and a new principal was coming. What's wrong with the school?" Sano whispered to Kaoru. They were in grade 12.
Kaoru turned around to see Sano, "I don't know, but I know about the students, teachers and principal. You're not the first one to tell me. Misao, Megumi and even Soujiro told me already!" She pointed at the three of them and just when Sano was about to answer, the classroom door opened and the teacher stepped in. There was a red head that followed, his eyes scanning the room.
"This is Himura Kenshin. He will be your new classmate in this class." The teacher announced, waiting for Kenshin to say something. He just found an empty seat beside Kaoru and sat there, without saying anything whatsoever, a second later all the girls rushed to Kenshin's seat and started talking. He waved them away and let teacher start the class, then caught Kaoru's eyes and gave a nod.
Kaoru caught his eyes, 'his eyes... they're golden.' His eyes sent a shiver down her spine, a second later, it was gone, amethyst eyes were there. It had to be the light playing tricks. She immediately blushed at the way he looked at her and turned around and heard one of the fox's annoying laugh.
While in Mina's class, she she sat next to named Yukishiro Toshiko who volunteered to take her around the school. But she refused.Time flew by and class was soon over and she walked to where her brother's class was, of course, feeling Toshiko walk behind her and she wondered why..
Toshiko followed Mina since her friends were in the same direction as wherever Mina was going. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw another red head.
"Kenshin!" Mina called, waving to his brother.
Kenshin turned around from Kaoru and waved to Mina until he caught sight of Toshiko. Toshiko walked over slowly and said his name quietly. "Hey Toshiko... Haven't seen you in a while... How are you doing?"
"Good..." She smiled softly, "Mina's your sister?" He nodded, "That's great."
"You guys know each other?" Kaoru asked.
Kenshin opened his mouth to talk when a voice stopped him, "Himura-san!" He turned around quickly, golden eyes scanning the hall until it landed on a cheerful smile, almost matching Soujiro's and a dead serious face.
He waited for the both of them to walk close enough then gave a slight bow, which Mina followed. "Okita." then hissed, "Saitoh."
Saitoh's mouth twitched upwards, "You should address your commanders more carefully, Batto... Himura."
Kenshin's amber gaze met Saitoh's and he took a slight bow, "Hai, Saitoh-SAN."
"Who the hell are you?" Sano asked.
"This is Okita-sensei, your new sword fighting teacher, along with Tokio-sensei which is somewhere around..."
"Tokio-san's here?" Kenshin blurted out. Saitoh raised his eyebrow, "I mean... er... It sound like a woman's name."
Saitoh nodded, "I'm the new principal."
Both Kenshin and Mina's eyes widened, the news almost causing the both of them to faint.
Author's Notes: If Mina or Ryosuke is out of character, please tell me, XenoMark. Himura Mina and Shizaku Ryosuke is XenoMark's ^^. 'Blood and White Plums' will be updated within a few days. I'm going to start writing the 19th chapter of 'The Difference Between Rain and Tears' right now, since I can't 'Blood and White Plums' yet, I need to rewatch the OVA anime, but I'm too lazy right now, so yeah.
Hope you enjoy!