Although they seemed to manage to escape from the massacre at the Ikeda House, Kenshin, Tomoe and Miryu were cornered by another Shinsen-Gumi member, a particularly dangerous one- a blood-shed crazy man by the name of Jin'Eh Udo. As Kenshin sought to unsheathe his katana, Miryu stopped him.
"You bring Tomoe one-san back to the headquarters, Kenshin" she said, unsheathing her mother's titanium katana, and slowly going into the battou-jutsu stance. "I will take care of him"
"But…" Kenshin exclaimed in defiance, but stopped when he saw amber surfacing through the sapphire hue of her eyes, a sign that she was enraged, and ready to strike anyone who stood at her path. Thus, he led away from the coming battle, as per her instructions. If he had his way, he would've killed that man in an instant, but with Tomoe with him, he knew that it was quite an impossible deed to do.
"Well, aren't you a brave little girl" Jin'Eh teased as she tried to deliver a slash to his neck, but her attack was being deflected by his sword. "Do you really think that you can defeat me?" Miryu did not answer, but placed a well-aimed Ryu-Kan-Sen at him, which hit him square in the chest. Then, shock came to his face, not from the attack, but from the katana used. It looked familiar to him, yes, very familiar. It must've been used by one of the members in the Shinsen-Gumi, but who was it?
Miryu was about to hit him with the Hiten-Mitsurugi Ougi, Amakakeru-Ryu-No-Hirameki when she suddenly felt that she could not move. She could not even move her eyes to see who did it to her. Yet, she could still breathe, which she thanked the gods for, and hold her katana. But that was it.
"Do you know why you cannot move, little girl?" Jin'Eh asked her once again. "I think that you do not have a clue. Well, let me tell you: You are under the control by my technique, Shin No Ippo, and you're completely useless against it. Now, let's see whose katana the famous Tsubasa Battouryu wields!" He took the katana from Miryu's hand and read the inscription on the blade, namely, "I am a free woman. No one can capture my heart and my soul", written in classical Japanese script. "This is the katana used by Reiyama Ryumiko, the former leader of the First Division, why is it in your possession?"
Miryu knew that she needed to break free from whatever he was using to control her. But how could she do so? Her very survival depended on her freedom from the Shin No Ippo, for she knew that she would face the sentence of death should anyone on the side of the Bakufu come to notice that she was Reiyama Ryumiko's daughter, for they would try to buy her loyalty, and get the secrets of the Ishin-Ishishi if they succeed in doing so. Her resolve to gain control over her won body increased as he continued to examine the katana and it eventually led to her breakage from Jin'Eh's control. Immediately, she used one of her whips to strike her katana from his hand, and retrieve it in mere seconds.
"Hmph, indeed, you are stronger than I thought" Jin'Eh said, in a tone of dissatisfaction, and raised his own katana to fight her back, but was interrupted by a slash from another woman, this time, Nagasaki Hiryuko.
"As always, Jin'Eh, your so called Ougi, Shin No Ippo is only a toy to buy you some time", Hiryuko said, buying time for Miryu to recover. She leapt into the air, and delivered a blow to him that deeply cut his right arm, later joined by Miryu who attacked him with a Ryu-Sui-Sen which sent him pummeling towards the nearby wall, destroying it with the impact.
"How is it that such a young girl can have so much power?" Jin'Eh asked himself, but his words were clearly heard by Miryu.
"That is because I am a student of the Hiten-Mitsurugi", she answered, "and I am a free woman, unlike Reiyama Ryumiko of your dear Shinsen-Gumi"