Hello everyone this is my first Rurouni Kenshin fanfiction. Please review and tell me what you think about this, also PM me if you have any questions or suggestions on what you wanna read. Historical events will be at the bottom of the chapters, they will have * by them. Thank you ^_^


As Kenshin and the gang were sleeping on the camping trip Kaoru had planed for them to spend a day away from the city, he was stiring in the moonlit sky having nightmares of his past as a man slayer. Kenshin was remembering the Bakumatsu* as an hitokiri* for the Ishin Shishi*. He was dreaming about the final days of the war.

-Starts to dream-

"No please kill me do-" the pleading man was cut off by a katan stained wih the crimsion blood of his fallen breatheren. As Battosai was wondering the streets of Kyoto* he saw nothing but heads of fallen warriors and blood on the streets of the capital of Japan ( I don't know if that is right. If it sin't then I am sorry) "Himura, you have done well, I believe that our next target are the Wolves of Mibu*" said the leader. "The Shinsengumi* will be defeted,the war will be over,and thus the new era where there can be peace with no bloodshed" said Battosai.

-End of dream-

When Kenshin woke up Yahiko saw that he was sweating,"hey you okay Kenshin? You looked like you had a nightmare?" he said as he game his friend a rag to wipe off the sweat "that I did Yahiko, that I did" he said as he finished wipping off the sweat and handed it back to the boy who looked up to him. When they were walking back home to the dojo Kaoru was wondering what was bugging Kenshin so she decided to ask him, "is something bugging you Kenshin? You have been acting like you ran into a ghost" he didn't hear her until a few minutes later when Sanosuke slapped him on the back of the head as he wwas chewing on the fish bone in his mouth. "Oro? I'm sorry Kaoru what did you say?" She sighed "I said are you okay because you seemed like you've seen a ghost from your past".

As they kept walking Kenshin told them about his dream of his bloody past as a man-slayer. When he was done they were speechless, unable to help their friend, until Kaoru hugged him and said in a conforting voice "it's okay Kenshin, we'll help you through these nightmares of your bloody past" after she said it she gave him a little kiss on the cheek. The guys coughed to gt their attention "if you two love birds are done let's head back to town because I'm hungry" said Sanosuke as his stomach growled.


Well thats it for this writer, I hope you guys liked my story. Please read and review.

Historical Events

Bakumatsu- Final chaotic days of the Tokugawa reign.

Hitokiri- An assassin. Famous swordsmen of the period were sometimes thus known to adopt professional names.

Ishin Shishi- Loyalist or pro Imperialist patriots who fought to restore the Emperor of Japan to his ancient seat of power.

Wolves of Mibu- Nicknamed for the Shinsengumi, so because of the town [Mibu] where they were first stationed.

Shinsengumi- "True to the old ways and risking their lives to preserve the old shogunate system," the popular view of the Shinsengumi ["newly selected group"] was that of swordsmen as charismatic as they were skilled.