Hitokiri Touji ~ Family Ties
A Rurouni Kenshin Fanfiction.
by: Steph
Note: Hitokiri Touji's real name is Himura Touji, the younger sister of Himura Kenshin. She is younger than him by about 5 years, making her 23 at the time of this story. She has fought in the Bakumatsu as best as she could, using her sword and the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu swordstyle. The story undergoes a rapid time change, this change will be alerted. Touji means lady.
1849-1859
Himura Touji was just a young girl when her parents were killed by the cholera epidemic. Her brother, Shinta, took Touji and fled. He had taken care of her ever since. She was with him everywhere. She was along his side when a group of slave traders gained custody of him, so in turn, they had taken in Touji as well.
Some time after Shinta and Touji were with the slave traders, a mysterious swordsman appeared. He used a unique swordstyle, called the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu style, this man was Hiko Seijuro. Before leaving, Hiko instructs the Shinta and Touji to go to the next village to receive help and report the murders of whom Hiko thought to be the their parents.
Hiko stops by a village to ask if anyone's seen a young boy and his sister appeared. One shopkeeper said that no one had come to their village in a long while. After looking, Hiko finds that Shinta and Touji had buried all the slave traders. He goes to them, at the burial site that has headstones and they tell Hiko that the people he killed were not their parents, but slave traders, that the three graves were for their sisters, Akane-san, Sakura-san and Kasumi-san, sold to save their family from debt.
Hiko admired this, so he took the two children in, declaring them his pupils and Shinta was to be his successor. Since Hiko thought the name Shinta was too "sweet" for a swordsman, he changed Shinta's name to Kenshin. He though that Touji's name fitted her perfectly, being that she was so lady-like at such a young age. He thought the two names were perfectly suited for warriors. From that day forth, Kenshin and Touji would begin his training of the Hiten Mitsurugi school.
1863
Kenshin wanted to embark on his own journey, to let him leave and use the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu he has learned to protect the innocent people suffering from the chaos of war, but Master Hiko said no. Touji wanted to go along with her brother, like he said to her brother, Master Hiko said no to her as well. Kenshin and Touji really wanted to protec the innocent with the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu style. Hiko tells them that their training should be their only priority and that outside affairs are not to be their concern. However, Kenshin and Touji remains firm to their belief and they can not understand their master's reasoning for not letting them leave. The three, Touji, Kenshin, and Hiko, got into a heated dispute which was left unresolved as Kenshin and Touji decide to leave their master to pursue their own destiny.
Not too long after their departure, Kenshin and Touji are discovered by Katsura Kogoro and Takasugi Shinsaku during the recruitment activities to form an anti-shogunate group of warriors called The Kiheitai. After witnessing the power of Kenshin's "Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu - So Ryu Sen", and Touji's basic Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu attacks. Kogoro orders Shinsaku to bring the boy back to Kyoto with them.
That same night, Katsura Kogoro and Takasugi Shinsaku were arranged to meet Kenshin and Touji. Kogoro asks Kenshin and Touji if they ever used the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu style to kill .Kenshin replies, for him and his sister, that they havr never killed before. Kogoro continues to ask them if they could kill a person. Kenshin responds by saying that if a new era could be born which will allow the people to live in peace in return for him taking lives that may fall victim to his blood-stained sword then he would do so. Touji replies by saying she will do whatever her brother does. Kogoro decides to designate Kenshin as a hitokiri for the Ishinshishi, and that Touji go with him to learn more about the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu style from her brother .Shinsaku warns Kogoro that using such a young boy to fulfill the cruel duties of an assassin will surely destroy the boy's life, and that the girl will be horrified with the sights of her brother slaying people. And at that age of fourteen, Kenshin became Hitokiri Battousai. Himura Touji, only nine at the time, watched her brother perfect his Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu by fighting the Shogunate empire.
A Rurouni Kenshin Fanfiction.
by: Steph
Note: Hitokiri Touji's real name is Himura Touji, the younger sister of Himura Kenshin. She is younger than him by about 5 years, making her 23 at the time of this story. She has fought in the Bakumatsu as best as she could, using her sword and the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu swordstyle. The story undergoes a rapid time change, this change will be alerted. Touji means lady.
1849-1859
Himura Touji was just a young girl when her parents were killed by the cholera epidemic. Her brother, Shinta, took Touji and fled. He had taken care of her ever since. She was with him everywhere. She was along his side when a group of slave traders gained custody of him, so in turn, they had taken in Touji as well.
Some time after Shinta and Touji were with the slave traders, a mysterious swordsman appeared. He used a unique swordstyle, called the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu style, this man was Hiko Seijuro. Before leaving, Hiko instructs the Shinta and Touji to go to the next village to receive help and report the murders of whom Hiko thought to be the their parents.
Hiko stops by a village to ask if anyone's seen a young boy and his sister appeared. One shopkeeper said that no one had come to their village in a long while. After looking, Hiko finds that Shinta and Touji had buried all the slave traders. He goes to them, at the burial site that has headstones and they tell Hiko that the people he killed were not their parents, but slave traders, that the three graves were for their sisters, Akane-san, Sakura-san and Kasumi-san, sold to save their family from debt.
Hiko admired this, so he took the two children in, declaring them his pupils and Shinta was to be his successor. Since Hiko thought the name Shinta was too "sweet" for a swordsman, he changed Shinta's name to Kenshin. He though that Touji's name fitted her perfectly, being that she was so lady-like at such a young age. He thought the two names were perfectly suited for warriors. From that day forth, Kenshin and Touji would begin his training of the Hiten Mitsurugi school.
1863
Kenshin wanted to embark on his own journey, to let him leave and use the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu he has learned to protect the innocent people suffering from the chaos of war, but Master Hiko said no. Touji wanted to go along with her brother, like he said to her brother, Master Hiko said no to her as well. Kenshin and Touji really wanted to protec the innocent with the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu style. Hiko tells them that their training should be their only priority and that outside affairs are not to be their concern. However, Kenshin and Touji remains firm to their belief and they can not understand their master's reasoning for not letting them leave. The three, Touji, Kenshin, and Hiko, got into a heated dispute which was left unresolved as Kenshin and Touji decide to leave their master to pursue their own destiny.
Not too long after their departure, Kenshin and Touji are discovered by Katsura Kogoro and Takasugi Shinsaku during the recruitment activities to form an anti-shogunate group of warriors called The Kiheitai. After witnessing the power of Kenshin's "Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu - So Ryu Sen", and Touji's basic Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu attacks. Kogoro orders Shinsaku to bring the boy back to Kyoto with them.
That same night, Katsura Kogoro and Takasugi Shinsaku were arranged to meet Kenshin and Touji. Kogoro asks Kenshin and Touji if they ever used the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu style to kill .Kenshin replies, for him and his sister, that they havr never killed before. Kogoro continues to ask them if they could kill a person. Kenshin responds by saying that if a new era could be born which will allow the people to live in peace in return for him taking lives that may fall victim to his blood-stained sword then he would do so. Touji replies by saying she will do whatever her brother does. Kogoro decides to designate Kenshin as a hitokiri for the Ishinshishi, and that Touji go with him to learn more about the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu style from her brother .Shinsaku warns Kogoro that using such a young boy to fulfill the cruel duties of an assassin will surely destroy the boy's life, and that the girl will be horrified with the sights of her brother slaying people. And at that age of fourteen, Kenshin became Hitokiri Battousai. Himura Touji, only nine at the time, watched her brother perfect his Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu by fighting the Shogunate empire.
