*Modern Day* Helena is the roommate of Det. Nathan Algren, who's working to bring down two feuding gangs lead by Katsumoto and Meiji. When an act of kindness forces Helena into the gang underworld, she finds her path intertwining with Katsumoto's top bodyguard and assassin, Ujio Sanada. Everyone fears him and Helena knows she should too, but she can't explain why doesn't.

Arabella, a ballerina from Paris invited to entertain the emperor is taken by the samurai, the emperor's esteemed guest is to be used as leverage against Omura. Will a certain stony-faced samurai be able to let her go when the time comes? Ujio x OC

Katherine Graham travels to Japan with her father who was assigned to be the translator for a certain American Captain. But things take a dramatic turn when she unwillingly finds herself in the Samurai Village and moreover, becomes acquainted with their way of life.

Her hands dipped in snow, inviting the merciless cold onto her soft skin. The smile of her enemy haunted her, and in spite of the rush of blood bleeding red to her hands, she smiled back. Winter wasn't supposed to be warm. Never would she have known to find peace with a man who couldn't understand her. Two people from two worlds, yet they've become more than their differences.

Nathan and his former slave Grace are taken captive by Katsumoto and his samurai. As Nathan heals in Taka's home, Grace is watched in Ujio's. The tough samurai is not silent with his hatred for the American soldier, but he is also not silent with his want for the first African woman he has ever met. This is Grace's story from being a prisoner to being loved by a samurai.

A tale of Loss, A tale of Forgiveness, a tale of Love, a tale of Death. Rating will eventually go up to M, Slow burn. Ujio x OC, Nathan x Taka

Luego de sobrevivir a la batalla, Nathan Algren decidió volver a la aldea, en busca de ese "algo de paz" que todos buscan y pocos encuentran. Como bien sabía, las cicatrices de la guerra siempre eran profundas, de modo que pronto la paz no sería un lujo, sino un objetivo. Una forma de vida. Algren x Taka.

my first time doing a fanfiction

Katsumoto has always lived his life in accordance with the samurai ideal of Bushido. He lives to protect the Emperor no matter what the cost, and he has no regrets. This strange westerner that fights him with so much anger is, at first, a nuisance to him, then a puzzle. As he teaches her the ways his people, he can help but feel that she has something important to teach him aswell.

Nobutada's thoughts as he makes his final stand.

"Do you ever dream?" "Hai. Everyone dreams." "But when in a dream, you know you re dreaming. And when awake, you know that for sure, too. Am I right?" "Hai" His eyes never left mine while i was whispering the words. "See, I don t know that anymore. this could be a dream. Or it could be reality. And I don t know anymore, what I actually want it to be."

A Dutch woman, Melissa van Rijn decides to go to japan to studie the samurai there. But its the year 1864, Japan is in turmoil. She is captured by the samurai opposing the westernizing of japan and is allowd to live with them as she wittnisses the bloody bakumatsu and the falling of the last samurai.

A story of a girl with a torrid past. How will she affect the war? Is she the key to unlocking the hearts of the war-hardened? Please read and review.

Katsumoto is honored to give his son his last wish. "Father, let me stay."

You all know Nathan Algren's story, but did you know his daughters story? Join as Anastasia Algren fights against then for the Samurai and falls in love with a Samurai along the way.

During the first months of the Imperial Restoration, Katsumoto decides to bring up the daughter of a fallen comrade as his own. She is turned into a symbol, an icon for the women of Japan, empowering them to fight for their own rights and survival. What will happen when her path is crossed with that of a broken soldier's? Nathan X OC, possible AU. Enjoy!

A few weeks after Nathan Algern comes to the village, a girl of fifteen, Mai Nhi Trang, arrives to train Nobutada in the Vietnamese martial art of Viet Vo Dao. On meeting her, Algern asks if she could train him in Asian practices. Taka/Algern (The pic is a mai, a type of vietnamese flower)

POV Nathan : Une petite scene qui aurait pu se trouvé dans le film. Ceci se passe avant la dernière grande bataille.

Guerrero Rojo es lo que pretendo y aspiro a alcanzar, con el objetivo de marcar mi existencia para siempre. Oneshot.

A translator's duties are clear: translate the lies of the politicians from language to language. When the circumstances change, are a translator's duties as clear as before? Katsumoto/OC

I had finally understood that connection; that was what fighting as a samurai was about. Finally, my ying and my yang were united as one.

Simon Graham's thoughts on Captain Algren and the events of his return. Something of a stream of consciousness piece. One shot.

Taka and Nathan, having acknowledged their love for one another and gotten married, spend one eventful evening together.

It's my own version of the last samurai : hope u like it. And it will aslo have the movie character :

A poetry version of the movie.