Sonno Joi

Disclaimer : I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, Naruto and Gintama, sadly..


Chapter 1 : The Past

The wind of changes blew strong, as the snow dropped heavily. From the hills near the ancient city of Kyoto, a man could see smokes in the air, as well as fire raging wild, eating houses around the Shogunate Castle. Slowly, he lit the opium in his long opium pipe and inhaled the smokes deeply, as he watched the Shogunate soldiers brought down the flags of Tokugawa emblem, surrendered to the invading force of the Ishin Shishi and the Kihei-Tai.

Now, all of these nightmares are over. The last victory, perhaps the biggest victory over the Shogunate regime have toppled down them for sure, hence writing the name of the Tokugawa family on the Nippon no Kuni history scrolls as the last Shogunate of Nippon No Kuni regime, before the nation began to be ruled by the Emperor again.

"Must you flee from the undone task, Gaara? A true samurai must finish his task even though he know that the consequences of his task will cost him his life...".

The redhead senior Hitokiri lifted his head, looked towards his leader, the famous Sonno Joi leader, Katsura Kotarou. From the eyes of the redhead samurai, Katsura Kotarou is the excellent leader for the Sonno Joi, considering what have he achieved over these 5 years of struggle in order to reincarnate the Sonno Joi movement back from extinction. His skills of leadership irritated many shinobi big figures, such as the Konoha Sandaime Hokage and the Legendary Sannin, as Katsura Kotarou was among the major characters who brought Nippon no Kuni's hilarious victory over Konoha during the First Ninja-Samurai war 10 years ago.

"There's no more task for me here, now it's up to all of you to shape the way this nation should be... With the retreat of my fellow Sonno Joi No Hitokiri, I guess there's not much I can help all of you...".

"Gintoki-san's leaving, so as Takasugi-san, Sakamoto-san and Uzumaki-san... Yes, I still have the junior Hitokiri such as Himura-san, Shishio-san and Bansai-san as the pioneer. But I can't afford losing my old comrades which are fighting with me since the first day of the revolution...".

The redhead samurai again inhaled the smokes deeply, before exhaling the smokes with grace and patience.

"Zura-sama, I hope we will meet again in the future, it's a sweet memories to be under your command during these glorious years... Ironic, isn't it? Well, gotta go now... Ja-ne, Zura-sama...".

He withdrew himself from the hill, starting his journey to Sunakagure no sato, his own hometown after leaving it for 5 years.

"Okay, it's up to you... Just don't forget us here, I'll arrange the grand reunion for us in the next 2 years from now... anyway, ZURA JA NAI, KATSURA!!", the long-haired man scowled, with his eyes straight towards the redhead samurai.

"hmm... Abayo, Sonno Joi...".

"Abayo, Shinigami Sabaku..."


Along the streets of Kyoto, the redhead samurai walk past along the wanted posters on the shop walls. He took a good look at those posters, and smiled.


"Uzumaki Naruto (Hitokiri Battousai), dead or alive, 10 million ryo

Katsura Kotarou (Sonno Joi Leader), dead or alive, 30 million ryo

Sakata Gintoki (ShiroYasha), dead or alive, 10 million ryo

Sabaku Gaara (Shinigami Sabaku), dead or alive, 10 million ryo

Tatsuma Sakamoto (Oni-me No Satsuma), dead or alive, 10 million ryo

Shinsuke Takasugi (Hitokiri Kage), dead or alive, 10 million ryo

If anybody see these terrorists, please inform Shinsengumi for further actions."


He stopped his pace to allow himself to taste the excellent aroma of opium smokes, before he continued his journey again. But far in his heart, he hoped that someday he will be meeting his fellow Sonno Joi, the movement that have opened the ways of revolution for the new Ishin Shishi, Kihei-Tai and Sekiho-Tai to continue their path towards the new nation of peace and prosperity, the new Nippon no Kuni.

"I wonder what Naruto-kun's doing right now?", the redhead samurai thought as he adjusted his long-coat, his straw hat and his maflar, preparing for his journey along the snowy streets of Kyoto, Kobe and Osaka before he took a ship to Kirigakure no Sato.


Meanwhile, in the outskirts of Konohakagure no Sato...

"Fuck!! Run out of cigarettes!! Must find another one!! Konoha cigarette shop, here I come..", a cute blond haired, bright azure colored-eyes samurai nearly screamed as he tried to find any cigarette in his empty packs of Dunhill cigarettes. He made his pace quickly until he reached the main gates of Konoha...

"Yeah, this fuckin' Konoha village, the place where I was treated just like shit... Ah, knock it off!! I come to this village to start a new life, not to continue my past miserable life... Enough is enough, no hatred, no discrimination towards these villagers... I'm closing my book as Konoha genin as well as my book as Sonno Joi no Hitokiri, it's time to open new books..."

the environment became silent for a while, before the samurai made his way through the main gate.

"Welcome to Konoha, 'Seijyuro Hiko' Uzumaki Naruto of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu... or should I call myself 'Hitokiri Battousai'...".

-chapter one ends-


-Yeah, my second fanfic, hope it's better than the first one...