Disclaimer: I don't own RK, but I do own Meru, Rushi, and Shiru. yada yada.

It had now been ten years since the death of Shiru. Therefore, it has also been ten years since Shiru had been training. Training to become one of the greatest and most skilled assasian and warrior in the realm of the living or the realm of the dead. All under the promise that he would be reunited with his family and friends. But the training....the training was turning him into a cold hearted killer. Who, even if he would be reunited with his loved ones, he would never be the same. Always with the same taste for murder in his heart. Meanwhile in the living world, Shishio's old army had secretly been reorganizing themselves, and with thousands of new supporters, they were just about vertually unstoppable. All they need now is the return of Shishio, Yumi, Hoji, and the new hitokiri battousai to place their plan of conquering Japan into effect. And all this is happening right under the police's noses. Here within the depths of hell is where our story resumes, ten years later.......

"Hyaaah!!"

Shiru's blade connected with Shishio's and it spun out of his hand. The clashing noise echoed around hell as Shishio went to get his blade smriking.

'We are almost ready.' He thought. 'All we need now is for Hoji to return and we will be good to go.' His eyes traveled over to the young adolesent who was sheathing his sword, and his smirk intensified. 'Shiru has come a long way in these ten years. He's gone from the small inexperienced child he was when he arrived to being what he is today. What's more, he'll do anything I tell him to. Heh, no one can stop him. Not even battousai, Kenshin Himura.'

Hoji came running twards Shishio, stopping when he reached him. Shiru's dark blue eyes flicked over his shoulder at him as he excitedly exclaimed to Shishio.

"Lord Shishio! Everything is in place! Everything has been initiated! He should be coming as we speak!!"

Shishio nodded to Hoji as Yumi stepped out of the shadows, and walked to Shishio's side.

"Excellent Hoji. We will soon be among the living again."

Yumi rested her head on Shishio's shoulder. Finally. Finally they would be getting out of there after waiting over ten years.

"Here he comes Lord Shishio!"

Hoji exclaimed, looking in the direction from which he had just come.

Shiru closed his eyes. He knew who was coming, and he knew why as well. Hades himself was coming, probably accompanied by two or three guards, and coming to speak to Shishio. The reason being, at least if all was going to plan, because Shishio and his little group of followers were becoming too much of a nusince in hell, and that Hades would send them all back to the living world. But of course, things could always go wrong in plans, but this was what they were hoping for anyways. Shiru opened his eyes as Hades approached, and he watched from where he stood.

Hades walked up to the small group of four and stopped before Shishio. He really had no other choice. Shishio, for the moment was too much for him to handle, and if he let him stay there, no doubt Shishio would persuade other dead spirits to join him in the upsuring of hell. Maybe if he sent them all back, someone, someone, would be able to put them in their places. Hades looked down at Shishio and said

"It would seem to be that you cannot stay here any longer. You or your supporters for that matter. You are becoming too much to handle and perhaps if I send all of you back to the living world, someone will show you where you belong."

Shishio smirked as he listened to these words come from Hades' mouth. It had worked. They would be going back. Now Japan would finally be his, and the rest of the world would surely follow after that. After Hades had finished speaking and such, he raised one of his hands, pointing to them with it and all four of them were enveloped with a light blue glow.

Shiru blinked, semi-shocked with the fact that his outline was now glowing light blue. Suddenly the glow around them flaired and everything went black. He could only see himself, no one else around him. After remaining in this state of seemingly nothingless for a few minutes, suddenly a room materialized around him and within it were himself, Shishio, Yumi, Hoji, and several people who were part of the Juppongatana he supposed.

Kumataru stepped forward, being her usual perky self when she was around Shishio.

"Welcome back, Lord Shishio."

And that's chapter 4! Sorry I havent updated in a while. First off, my comp was down for a bit and I couldn't use it, and I re-wrote this chapter several times before I liked it. So, sorry about the delay. I'll hopefully have chapter 5 up in a bit. R&R as again, I live for reviews.