SailorStar9: After getting the prologue out, I figured I'd better get this chapter out before I forget everything. So, this is Chapter 1 of this fic. On the side note, I'm planning on making this into a Sailor Moon/Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai Deeper Kyo triple cross. Therefore, I'm altering the timelines a bit, moving the Rurouni Kenshin time period forward to the Edo timeline.

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny. Heck I don't even know if my pairing is original.

Chapter 1: The Move to the Aokigahara Forest

In the training grounds of the Tokugawa Shogunate's castle...

Tokugawa Nobuyasu , the eldest son of the Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, growled angrily after yet another loss against his younger brother, Tokugawa Hidetada.

Slashing a straw dummy in frustration and scaring off his servants, the hot-blooded young man glared at the next straw dummy in line as he mentally replaced the dummy's head with his brother's smirking face. Already, rumors had been circulating the castle; about Hidetada replacing him as his father's heir.

No! Shimazu decided. This cannot go on! I must find a way to regain father's acknowledgment and his confidence in me! But how am I supposed to do that? He frowned. Then, he smiled as a memory came to him. One of his followers had reported to him of a female sprite living in the forest bordering the province who wielded tremendous power. Shimazu grinned, if he could capture this sprite and marry her to force her to use her power, then the Shogun would have no choice but to declare him his heir. "Guards!" he barked as his contingent knelt before him. "Follow me to the mystical glade. We have a forest sprite to catch!"

In her haven...

Elenaithil looked up as she sensed a wave of bloodlust approaching the direction of her sanctuary. Grabbing her transformation wand, she immediately headed out to face the incoming threat.

Outside the glade...

Shimazu raised a hand to halt his troops, the horses stopping before the clearing. "So, my prize offers herself to me." he sneered as Elenaithil came into view, as he leered at the beauty before him.

"Leave." Elenaithil's eyes hardened, a fog arose upon her command.

"I think not." Shimazu scorned. "You're my ticket to the title of Shogun. Seize her!" he ordered.

Elenaithil barely had time to react when a flash shot past her, Sōjirō having used his Shuntensatsu to dispatch off the offending troop.

"I believe you'd heard the lady." the Tenken voiced calmly. "Do not make her repeat herself or else there won't be a second chance."

"You... you'll pay for this!" Shimazu swore. "Retreat!" he told his remaining forces.

"Are you alright, my lady?" Sōjirō inquired.

"Yes," Elenaithil nodded. "However, I fear I must leave this place. The young Tokugawa will not rest until I am in his grasp."

"Then, allow me to accompany you." Sōjirō requested. "I, myself, am a wanderer, seeking to find my own truth. Perhaps, I might find what I'd been looking for at your side."

"Maybe." Elenaithil gave him a mysterious smile. "Then, you'll need weapons." and she placed a pair of Daishō on the grass before him.

The Ginzuishou around her neck glowed, showing the pair of travelers their destination: the Aokigahara Forest.

SailorStar9: In the next chapter, we're diving straight into the Samurai Deeper Kyo anime. Now that's done, read and review.