Blood Sullied Hands
By: Gothic Lust
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin or Inuyasha.
Years have past since the 'Great War' and everyone now lived in peace. The Kingdoms all united into one territory under the keen senses of their lord. There was no poverty, or famine. All mouths were feed and minds kept sharp. This was the new era, a new age for Japan. Then it all came crashing down and scattered like rolling marbles when the lord past away. He left no sons to take over his throne or any daughter to wed. His one folly came back to haunt them. Another war spread. Woman and children alike died for the greed of men. The war then ceased and a new era was born. One were the weak were oppressed and the strong only wielded their swords in triumph.
Year passed and bloodshed was renewed. A revolution where the farmers stood and revolted against the military and the empire. Through this bloody time a child learned the art of killing but kept all innocence. He alone stood up for his beliefs for a new era where the oppressed were freed and justice prevailed.
He was known as the Battosai. A young man whose blade carved the way into the new era: the Meji era. His blood sullied hands were the only one that fought for them. The men and women he had killed still lingered on his conscience. He found only a sliver of hope in his repent for the dead. With his reversed-blade sword and an oath never to kill again he disappeared into the flamed nights of Kyoto where he turned up years later in Tokyo…..