Disclaimer: Please tell me that you've read the last four… if you haven't then what's the difference if I don't have one? If you have, then must I repeat it a fifth time? Oh and no the concept of Chakra isn't mine either. No Rurouni is a concept belonging to Rurouni Kenshin damn it! Leave me alone!

Hey people, I love you all for being so patient… I know I haven't updated but after I talked it all out… I feel much better, thanks to who know whom they are. You 4 are the best!

Replies to all my anonymous reviews,

Wings: I'm sorry I'm so lazy and can't type up 'of Speed' anyways, yes I do like leaving you in situations were you either have to say 'it's great' or 'that was crap'… trust me I've gotten both.

Alicia: Oh Shut Up. LOL

Ch.5 Rurouni

Shirako moved swiftly through the very midst of Kyoto, he didn't feel remorse for leaving Namie behind… no… he felt nothing.

Zip. Zero. Zilch. So everything was back to normal.

Or as much as possible in his mind.

A standby woman looked saw him and called out.

"Who are you? Are you Takamoto-sama? Finally returned?"

"Hitokiri Battosai?" Another asked.

Shirako froze and looked back.

"Ie… I am just Rurouni."

"Just a wanderer"


Namie walked around Kyoto looking for Shirako, she knew he wouldn't leave, Sano was still here.

Vengeance.

The three-syllable word hit her like that… Shirako had lived for it all his life…

The one word that was drilled into both their heads since before they were able to stand… Vengeance to…

Everyone…

The ones who hated the Battosai… the entire anti-Yakuza and Oniwabanshu… They would pay…

That's what Hitoshi said. After the Meiji Government killed his own father… he'd decided to control the yakuza… as much as they could be that is… Then when Shirako was born… the Yakuza Okashira had honestly lost it…

Jealousy did take over whether it was family or not it never mattered…

So did hate…

And a need for spilt blood…

If there was anything that she knew it was this, once a Takamoto was mad, stay out of the way.

She remembered how it had happened.

Flash Back

6-year-old Shirako ran to his father. "Look Otousan. The phoenix of light!" He called out, "I saw it!"

Hitoshi's eyes widened then hardened. "You did now? What did it say?"

"Father it said that I would be Okashira… what is Okashira anyways?" He asked innocently.

That was when it began, the beatings, the hate, the rape… all of it… ever since that day…

End Flash Back

She had seen it all, behind closed doors, yet her Chakra let her see right through, she also knew the days, they'd been forced to…. It was better to not think of it…

She focused on looking for her boy, Shirako was in there… somewhere in that Hitokiri… somewhere in the demon the Phoenix had predicted… No… the delicate… fragile boy was still there…

What if he wasn't?

The thought struck her… and seconds later… she crashed to the dirt ground…

It couldn't be true.. or could it…


The Rurouni went swiftly into the palace that was rightfully his, not that he wanted any part in the blood money or it's profits. Sensing something, he turned around, only to see…

A white light completely blinded him from what he was seeing…

Shirako…

He knew this voice no… it's voice.

Let me take you to the true path…

He was drawn… but he couldn't pull away, the light was just too warm…

Come My Way…

The Darkness is All Around

Come Close To Me

In Your Moment Of Coldness

Come…

It's done! Another chapter that I actually finished.. it's crappy but I tried ok? R&R!

Kawaii