Okie now.... this story just sorta hit me a couple days ago, at my decieced grandfather's house. I have no idea why the summary is so bad, mine usually aren't that bad. The story sorta confused me, I guess. Anyhoodles, Kenshin is wandering, like he did before the anime, and finds himself in the Eastern Relm. He is captured for being a spy and held prisoner in the city of Reinlan(picture something like Rivendell). Things forseen begin to happen and a battle thing ensues... or something like that. It'll be better than it sounds, really it will!! Don't look so doubtfull!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, or the characters in it, like my Fuzzy-sama, but I do own the clone Crystal gave me!! BOOWAHAHA!!! And I am proud to say that I officialy started Sir Pokums!!

small itty bitty people who look like ants: WHY ARE WE SO SMALL?!!!!

me: i don't know, but you do look kinda cute that way. ooo, especially you in the third row , second from the left. yeah, you in the red shirt.

Kenshin:Oro? Oo

small itty bitty people who look like ants:NO ONE CARES!!! YOU'RE CHASING THE READERS AWAY!! GET ON WITH IT!!!!!!!!

me: ok ok, good grief... well, here it is!

With the Elves

by PhAnToM TOMATO

Strange Wanderings

A lone man stared into the sky. The sun would be setting soon and he needed to find a place to camp. A cold wind wipped through him, gathering the fall leaves as it went. He shivered. His tattered, navy gi wasn't suited for the cold as it had once been.

Now a rurouni, Kenshin Himura had been wandering around Japan for near 10 years. And though most of him spoke of this, his eyes did not. They spoke of a secret that could only be revealed by the sword rested on his hip.

Kenshin figured he still had enough time to go a bit farther. He gazed around him. The now setting sun gave the trees a pinkish hue. He had always preferred the trickle of a stream to the noise and movement of the roads. It made it easier to think of what he had done. Kenshin stopped. Something about this part of the forest wasn't right. A bird crowed off in the distance.

'It's nothing, just the wind,' he thought. 'And a bird, don't forget the bird! Yes, ther's nothing odd about that.'

He continued walking , but he still couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. He was sure someone was near, but that couldn't be right.

'We're deep in the heart of the 'forbidden forest'. No one is here, no one powerful enough to be a problem.'

But still, he could sense their ki. It was powerful and pretty well disguised, but it was still there. Kenshin focused all his energy on it, his hand on the hilt of his sword. The more he focused , the clearer it became, until suddenly, it was gone. The rurouni slipped in the mud he was walking in and flew backwards with his arms flailing about.

SPLASH!

Kenshin had landed in the middle of the foot-deep water. He sat up and pulled out the small fishy that was hanging from his mouth.

"Orororo?!"

"You're the clumsiest one I've seen yet, " a cold voice said from behind.

AN: hee hee! Sorry that was so short, it looked a whole lot longer in my notebook! Honest!! So yeah, please, please review!! I want to know what to fix!! I need all the help I can get, especially because I never payed attention durring my Lang. Arts classes. hehheh Soooooo, yeah! Review mine and I'll do yours!!

BOOWAHAHA!!!

-PhAnToM TOMATO -'?