Sanosuke closed the book forcefully, the sound resonating off of the thin walls and back to the ears of the teacher. She looked up from her desk and saw the book closed on Sanosuke's desk. "Mr. Sanosuke?" The black haired woman said firmly," is there something wrong?" She asked in a tone that clearly showed her annoyance at the young man.

"I don't feel like readin' a bunch of lies Mrs. Saito." The angry teenager responded.

Her left eyebrow arched up a bit and she narrowed her eyes towards him. "And what makes it a lie?" She asked then waited for his response.

"The Sekihotai were not a false army, it is a lie by the imperial dogs that framed them!"

Mrs. Saito chuckled a bit and responded to his accusation by the young man, "And what proof do you have to prove they have been "framed" by imperial dogs?"

Kenshin looked up from his book to observe the boy and teacher quarreling over the innocence of the Sekihotai. Confused, he began to ponder why the spiky haired student would want to defend such liars. Does this boy know something that nobody else here knows? Or is he simply a troublemaker trying to create chaos in this peaceful classroom.

Looking around he noticed that none of the other students seemed to be paying them any mind. From that Kenshin concluded that outbursts from him must be quite regular around here. Whatever the case, he decided he would just stay out of it.

"Turn your page to seventy-four ." The teacher commanded.

Sano rolled his eyes and opened the book once more, perhaps he had won and she was letting him skip that chapter, it was after all ten pages past the chapter he was originally to read. Immediately though his sense of victory faded into despair as he saw the sketch that was drawn on the page. Captain Sagara!, it was an artist's rendering of the leader of the Sekihotai's public execution.

"That man, Captain Sozo Sagara was executed after admitting to the false promises he and the Sekihotai made in the name of the Imperial Government."

Sanosuke glared up at her from the sketch with eyes that could pierce steel and blood boiling at the termperature of Hell. He then grabbed the book and turned to the chapter he was to read. Mrs. Saito smiled a triumphant expression and went back to her work.

After finding the chapter again Sanosuke skimmed through the pages and found ever one of the pages of the chapter regarding the Sekihotai and their falsehood, then gathering all the pages together he ripped them from the book and quickly drew a match from his pocket. "This is what I think of your Imperialist lies and slander on the name of the Sekihotai!" He struck the match on the table and lit the pages on fire. "Like this paper, you Imperial Bastards will burn for your deceit!" This act got everybody's attension this time, hearing the ripping of paper and striking of the match the all turned to see Sanosuke light the paper and speak his angered words. Then holding it in his hand he closed his palm on the fire and put out the flame, tightening his fist he thrusted his arm downwards toward the desk and connected with a forceful punch. Upon the impact the thick wooden desk shattered into many pieces and he looked up with cold eyes at Mrs. Saito.

"Mr. Sano-.." Mrs. Saito began to say but was stopped by the interruption of the violent student.

"Well it looks like I don't have a desk or a book Mrs. Saito, looks like class is over for me." He said with a cocky smirk on his face and opened his hand for the crushed ashes of the burned chapter to fall from his hand. Then before anybody could say otherwise he walked over to the door of the classroom and walked out the last thing anyone could see of him being the symbol on the back of his jacket. Bad

Kenshin watched as these things began to unfold, the rage of the student and the sheer power he exerted when he broke the table, it was frightening. Who was this Sanosuke?

Remember, Kenshin wasn't ever a manslayer so he doesn't know the truth about the Sekihotai or any other secrets the Meiji Government ever kept.