It's modern day. The streets are rife with violence; corporations are corrupt; assassinations, commonplace.  Himura Kenshin, known only as Battousai, is a shadow assassin for an organization so secret even he doesn't know who truly runs it.  But Battousai has an even bigger secret; one that if it were ever discovered would mean more than his death...it would end in his total annihilation.

Battousai is not only the deadliest assassin to ever prowl the dark streets of night...he is also a vampire, one of the oldest still in existence…and a rarity among his kind.

He has a soul.

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Rurouni Kenshin & Samurai X Original Japanese Version ©N. Watsuki/Shueisha * Fuji-TV * SME Visual Works Inc. * Sony Pictures Entertainment

All Fanfics created by Chiruken (me) were written for the sole purpose of shared entertainment and not intended for publication or sale.

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No Light to Bring Hope

by:  Chiruken

Beneath cold white stars

Infinity stretched out

Happiness is far

Halted by weary doubt

Oppressed, shackled…torn

By chains of bloody guilt

The pain that is born

Behind walls sorrow built

Tears fall in the night

Silently mixed with rain

Hidden from all sight

Enduring lonely pain

No light to bring hope

Through the years of bloodshed

No light to bring hope

A reprieve from the dead

Huddled within a shell

Helpless to show his woe

His own private hell

Can't fight against this foe

Alone and adrift

On a sea of despair

Soul split by a rift

Is it beyond repair?

Wounded, lost…alone

A dieing spirit's plea

A need to atone

To finally be free

No light to bring hope

Through the years of bloodshed

No light to bring hope

A reprieve from the dead

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Author's Notes:

1.The poems presented in this fic are, for the purposes of the plot, supposed to be written by Kaoru (a song writer by profession).  I thought momentarily about including the "song lyrics" within chapters, but decided against it.  I felt they were better being posted as separate chapters.

2.Wowzies!  Over 50 reviews!  Thanks so much for the support!  I really appreciate it.

3.The next chapter…as in Chapter 5…will be up a little later.  I wish I could say tonight…but unfortunately I can't.  Sorry.  I'll try to get it posted ASAP.

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Response to Reviewers:

Thanks bunchies mina-san!  I'll post a proper RtR in the next chappie I promise.