Bah, I don't like this one that much. I liked the idea, but it just didn't seem to write itself the way I wanted it to. XP
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Trodden Path
Rurouni Kenshin
by D. Reed
Tranquility
Birds chirped, summer insects hummed, breeze lightly rustled the leaves – otherwise, he walked in silence, a single knapsack tossed over his shoulder. The rectangular bandage on the side of his face made it itch, but he didn't dare remove it. Not yet.
The peaceful tranquility seemed eerily too quiet, by the hitokiri's standards.
But by the Rurouni's standards, the surroundings were quite pleasant.
It had taken some time to get used to the single sword at his waist, to the liberty from fighting. Three months, and he still hardly fit the persona of a vagabond.
Peace will come, she whispered.
100 words.