This's just the result of an exercise I did to try and get inside the minds
of anime characters (I'm having serious problems writing some of them).
Basically, it's a series of poems, each one deatailing a different
character and their take on life and other stuff. Yeah. Um... what else am
I supposed to say?

Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin. If I did, Tsubame would be dead,
and Yahiko would be running for his life. Fear me, for I am the fangirl of
the mini-bishies!

Shadow Slayer (Hitokiri Battousai)

Still figures litter the ground, faces frozen in charicatures of life;
Cold statues, their numb fingers gripping weapons that could not save them;
Vacant, glassy orbs reflect the pale moon, shining like silver from their
sunken pits.

These are my companions.

I live among the shadows, fighting for the light.
Death is my trade, blood is my creed,
An 'X' marks the spot where you will soon die.

I am your worst nightmare.
The amber eyes amongst the shadows,
The unseen demon that swoops down on you,
The sword blade pressed against your throat,
All are real.

You of the darkness who stained the ground red,
Know that the light will exact its revenge.
You cannot hide from destiny; the light will pierce the shadows.
Prepare yourselves; justice is coming...

Okay, I admit it. If you want to get technical he didn't have his scar (the
'X' in the poem) till after Tomoe died and he swore to stop killing after
the revolution was over. So at that point he wasn't quite so ruthless and
such. This is just my interpretation, even if it's slightly innaccurate
that way. Please review, even if you're just gonna say you read it.