Disclaimer: I don't own DragonBallZ, Yugi-Oh, Poke'mon, Stargate or Rurouni Kenshin, or any characters associated with those stories. Those great anime/manga stories belong to Akira Toriyama(DBZ), Kazuki Takahashi(Yugi-Oh), Satoshi Tajiri(Poke'mon), MGM(Stargate), and Nobuhiro Watsuki(Rurouni Kenshin). Written for enjoyment, no profit for me.

Summary: The bakumatsu returns, and with it, an old enemy. As a plot to take over Japan is revealed, can the man at fault be brought down by a girl who he and the Battousai left to die ten years ago? Or will tragedy strike at the heart of Japan...

Spoilers: None really, the story here wasn't really based upon anything which happened except the history of Japan itself. One spoiler for Rurouni Kenshin, but it comes near the end, when Grey Wolf is facing the man who nearly killed her as a child. No more, or I'll reveal the whole thing, heh heh...

Rating: This book of was rated PG13 for cursing, graphic violence, and graphic character death. The series itself is currently rated PG13, but will be going to the R rating, at which point I will advise all readers.

War for an Era

DBAF Book 3(Book 2 is at the following web address, without spaces: www. fanfiction. net/s/2119357/1 )

By Grey Wolf Himura

Bakumatsu Saga

Chapter 1 - Backlash

"The headquarters of Team Rocket activity, the former Silph Co., was found in ruins today. Teams Magma and Aqua are attempting to restore power here in Kanto, but do not seem to be having much success. On other news, the executed Grey Wolf Himura was found to be alive and in medical care."

"Oh wonderful, I'm alive, ABOUT TIME someone noticed." Grey Wolf said, annoyed at the sheer stupidity of the broadcast. The TV in the hospital gave news coverage on the new era. The bakumatsu had returned, after Team Rocket's long but futile efforts to stop it. Now, she was stuck in the hospital for helping a poke'mon who she'd thought would be grateful, disobeying orders which she thought were unjust, and frying a brother who she thought(at that moment) was stupid. Man, why did she have to be the one who always thought wrong? And because of it, Megumi and Saito working together on her could not heal her injuries, thus explaining her hospitalization. Stupid ungrateful poke'mon with unreal strength. Taku(Damnit).

"Well well well. How's my least favorite sister?" Ghost walked in, joking.

"I'm your only sister, Ahou(dumbass)."

"Pfft..." After Ghost said this, Saito and Kenshin walked in.

"Idiot! I gave you a direct order! See what your disobedience does?!" Saito yelled.

"I handled things. That damn poke'mon was no poke'mon to toy with..."

"Really. Doesn't matter. As punishment, you will have three extra hours a day training for a month."

"WHAT?! Father, don't be unreasonable!"

"Unreasonable? You nearly got yourself killed. I think you'd rather have this than death, right?"

"Right..."

"Thank you. Now... now what?"

"This one does not know, that he does not." Kenshin interjected.

"I think I should go train. After all, the greatest battle is something I refuse to miss." Ghost said.

"Obviously on the side of the Tokugawa, are we?" Battosai emerged, whispering.

"I sure in hell am." Grey Wolf said.

"As am I..." Saito quickly added.

"Damnit, Grey Wolf! You call Vejiita a dreamer when he wishes for the Saiyan planet's revival, yet you dream more ratically than him! You do things for revenge more than for your own self! You, in your heart, know that the Meiji is just, right and fair!"

"Yes, freedom to all! What a pile of shit! The Meiji era is simply an excuse for rich, dishonorable bastards to climb to the top of Japan without any work, while those who try their hardest are left in the dust! The Meiji is an era of backstabbing, dishonor and weakness! Only the truly strong are supposed to survive, this is the nature of life itself!"

Everyone froze. Finally, after much time and thinking, Saito said what all else were thinking. "So the strong live, and the weak die... said like a true Jupongatana. Like a true Shishio. You have more in common with him than you will ever know." Grey Wolf jumped out of bed and slammed Saito against a wall, holding him there so he could not breathe.

"TAKE... IT... BACK..." Grey Wolf breathed.

Chapter 2 - High Temperature Anger, Low Temperature Disease

"TAKE... IT... BACK..." Grey Wolf whispered again. Her eyes were gold, but some how, strange. Battosai drew his sword. He ran at Grey Wolf, who parried with one hand. It was then he noticed that the dog tag which she wore around her neck was glowing an angry red.

"What the..."

"Come. Face me."

The demonic eyes almost inspired fear into Battosai's heart, but he shook himself from it.

It took him quite some time before reaching his decision.

"I will not..." He sheathed his sword. Grey Wolf fell over, letting an unconscious Saito(from lack of oxygen) fall to the ground. Battosai began to think to himself. The parrying move she had done with one hand... it shouldn't have worked. The sword should have been sliced, unless Grey Wolf had somehow learned Hiten Mitsurugi... which was impossible. Also, the ability to pin someone like Saito against the wall was something Battosai was sure Grey Wolf didn't have. Damn, just to catch Saito off guard was amazing, even for someone like himself. He walked over to Grey Wolf, picked her up and placed her into her bed.

"Damn you, Grey Wolf... What the hell was that..."

He made sure Saito was breathing, He was, however the breathing was shallow. He picked him up over his back and carried him to the nurse.

"Keep up!" Saito yelled at Grey Wolf. She had been making many mistakes, the now 7 hour training session taking its toll. However, she had gotten, in the week which she had trained this way, much better than she had been the week before. Her hands were bloody and bruised, but she was making extreme progress. She and Saito continued to 8 hours. "Alright Grey Wolf, that's enough." She collapsed, and Saito laughed softly. He picked her up, like everyday, and walked to his house where she, Vejiita, Ghost, and Tokio, his wife(who was ill, but the doctors said she had a high chance of survival), lived now.

LATER THAT NIGHT...

Vejiita burst into Saito and Tokio's room, his face pale. "Saito, wake up! Grey Wolf's having convulsions!" Vejiita yelled. Saito sat straight up and practically jumped out of bed. Tokio almost followed suit, but Saito told her to rest. He and Vejiita ran to the bathroom, where Saito found a kit containing syrenges with a blue liquid in them. He and Vejiita ran back to Grey Wolf's room, where Ghost was holding her down. Saito sat next to her and, using one of the syrenges, injected her with the liquid. Everyone in this house knew of Grey Wolf's unique illness. Grey Wolf had a high body temperature, similar to Shishio(Grey Wolf hits author). However, she could go to amazingly high temperatures, and her blood would not evaporate. The problem was low temperatures. If her temperature went below 102.5, she would begin convulsing. Grey Wolf slowly stopped convulsing, and Vejiita's face returned to normal color.

"...She'll be alright now... Ghost, Vejiita, go back to sleep, I'll watch her." Saito whispered. Both of the guys went to their rooms.

"Damnit... I can't sleep... after seeing Grey Wolf almost die like that..." He got up out of bed and walked to Grey Wolf's room.

"Vejiita... so you couldn't sleep because of what happened?" Saito asked.

"Yeah..." He sat down beside Grey Wolf's bed, leaning against it. "Saito?"

"Hai(yes)?"

"I... I love your daughter. Even if she hates me now, even if she hates me for all time, nothing will change that fact."

"I know that, Vejiita. And she doesn't hate you... she just needed someone to blame... and blame, like apples, never falls far from the tree."

Vejiita pondered that for a few moments, before saying, "Thanks, Saito..." Saito smiled.

"Anytime, kid. Sides, out of all the guys she's liked, you're the one I like the most."

"Whoa! How many guys has she liked?!"

"... 2, counting you, not counting Yugi." Saito had had to think for a moment.

"Really? Who was the other guy?"

"Who is the other guy. That's the question you need to be asking. And I'll tell you, he's quite a contender. He may very well take Grey Wolf's heart out of your reach."

"Got it... Thanks, again, Saito."

"No problem. So... I was wondering..."

"What?"

"Well... have you ever liked anyone else?"

"SAITO!?" Vejiita whispered rather loudly. "NO I HAVEN'T!"

"Ok, ok." Saito joked. "If you don't want to tell me..."

"SAITO!!!"

Grey Wolf woke up rather groggy the next morning. She looked beside her to see Saito sleeping next to the desk on the floor. Vejiita was not far from him, drooling all over the carpet. "Men..." Grey Wolf laughed, smiling.