DISCLAIMER: Rurouni Kenshin is fully owned by Shonen Jump and Nobuhiro
Watsuki. I am merely a fan, and this is merely a work of fanfiction. No
profits will be made from this epic.
Rurouni Rhythm is a re-telling of the Rurouni Kenshin tale in verse.
There may, in the future, be guest authors for specific episodes. Please
check the author notes following each chapter for details.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Rurouni Rhythm ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Episode One: Handsome Swordsman of Legend
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
(Edgar Allen Poe Style):
Once upon an era cheery, from a journey, bleak and weary
Came a man who wished to kill no more.
As he traveled, clearly brooding
Thoughts of battles still intruding,
Came a woman who's concluding...
That he's the manslayer of lore.
"I'm a rurouni," he muttered, "Upon my sword is no gore;
I wander, and nothing more."
Ah, distinctly I recall, it was in the blush of fall,
As the red-headed Rurouni came to scrub the dojo floor.
Eagerly, he made some food, put Kaoru in a happy mood,
Tried to quell the silly feud, which had brought such gore,
Still, a false Battousai was something he could not ignore.
Yet, he wished to kill no more.
And the silent midday bath, caused Kenshin to do his math
And tapping, rapping wildly, he started to implore
"Kaoru-dono, I entreat you, do not let suicide defeat you..."
Then the kind rurouni beat down the entrance at the bathouse door
A wild rurouni beat down the entrance at the bathhouse door.
Kaoru screamed, and and got quite sore.
Presently he was scolded, locked in a shed, old and molded,
Late, she came, sleepless still, to meekly his forgiveness implore.
But, the fact was, he was missing, so Kaoru started hissing
The disappeared rurouni was pissing Kaoru off more and more.
"Sure, he was the one who destroyed the bathhouse door.
Yet I wished I'd asked his name before."
Into the dojo darkly crashing, there came a man distinctly smashing
Bashing, bullying Kaoru in ways that her father would abhor;
But the terror was in error, for the sakabatou's bearer,
Arrived and felled every wearer of a tanto or a sword.
Battousai he was truly, yet he didn't even flip his sword.
"I'm a rurouni, and nothing more."
Back into the dojo turning, Kaoru was slowly learning
That her guest was a killer, -the- killer of forgotten lore,
"Surely," said she, "I would not mind a brand new visitor.
To stay here, then, and rest his mind from horrid war.
Stay here a day or month, and do the dojo's many chores,
You're a manslayer, nevermore."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rurouni Rhythm will be a collaborative project.
Submissions for subsequent episodes can be sent to: mindglue@io.com.
1) The email subject must include the episode number and title. We will
not accept submissions by review.
2) The author's email address, ff.net username, and URL of the author's
profile must be in the email. These will be included in the chapter if
your entry is picked to appear as a guest author in "Rurouni Rhythm".
3) Poems -must- be sent in .doc or .txt format.
4) There is no guarantee that your poem will be used. Period.
5) Poems may be of any format, from serious to humorous, from haiku to
Dr. Seuss, sonnet to epic Homerian style. However, preference will be
given to humorous poems.
6) At this time, we are only looking for poems summarizing episodes
through the end of the Kyoto arc. Feel free to send any episode number
up to episode 65 at any time.
Watsuki. I am merely a fan, and this is merely a work of fanfiction. No
profits will be made from this epic.
Rurouni Rhythm is a re-telling of the Rurouni Kenshin tale in verse.
There may, in the future, be guest authors for specific episodes. Please
check the author notes following each chapter for details.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Rurouni Rhythm ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Episode One: Handsome Swordsman of Legend
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
(Edgar Allen Poe Style):
Once upon an era cheery, from a journey, bleak and weary
Came a man who wished to kill no more.
As he traveled, clearly brooding
Thoughts of battles still intruding,
Came a woman who's concluding...
That he's the manslayer of lore.
"I'm a rurouni," he muttered, "Upon my sword is no gore;
I wander, and nothing more."
Ah, distinctly I recall, it was in the blush of fall,
As the red-headed Rurouni came to scrub the dojo floor.
Eagerly, he made some food, put Kaoru in a happy mood,
Tried to quell the silly feud, which had brought such gore,
Still, a false Battousai was something he could not ignore.
Yet, he wished to kill no more.
And the silent midday bath, caused Kenshin to do his math
And tapping, rapping wildly, he started to implore
"Kaoru-dono, I entreat you, do not let suicide defeat you..."
Then the kind rurouni beat down the entrance at the bathouse door
A wild rurouni beat down the entrance at the bathhouse door.
Kaoru screamed, and and got quite sore.
Presently he was scolded, locked in a shed, old and molded,
Late, she came, sleepless still, to meekly his forgiveness implore.
But, the fact was, he was missing, so Kaoru started hissing
The disappeared rurouni was pissing Kaoru off more and more.
"Sure, he was the one who destroyed the bathhouse door.
Yet I wished I'd asked his name before."
Into the dojo darkly crashing, there came a man distinctly smashing
Bashing, bullying Kaoru in ways that her father would abhor;
But the terror was in error, for the sakabatou's bearer,
Arrived and felled every wearer of a tanto or a sword.
Battousai he was truly, yet he didn't even flip his sword.
"I'm a rurouni, and nothing more."
Back into the dojo turning, Kaoru was slowly learning
That her guest was a killer, -the- killer of forgotten lore,
"Surely," said she, "I would not mind a brand new visitor.
To stay here, then, and rest his mind from horrid war.
Stay here a day or month, and do the dojo's many chores,
You're a manslayer, nevermore."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rurouni Rhythm will be a collaborative project.
Submissions for subsequent episodes can be sent to: mindglue@io.com.
1) The email subject must include the episode number and title. We will
not accept submissions by review.
2) The author's email address, ff.net username, and URL of the author's
profile must be in the email. These will be included in the chapter if
your entry is picked to appear as a guest author in "Rurouni Rhythm".
3) Poems -must- be sent in .doc or .txt format.
4) There is no guarantee that your poem will be used. Period.
5) Poems may be of any format, from serious to humorous, from haiku to
Dr. Seuss, sonnet to epic Homerian style. However, preference will be
given to humorous poems.
6) At this time, we are only looking for poems summarizing episodes
through the end of the Kyoto arc. Feel free to send any episode number
up to episode 65 at any time.