The Quiet Life of Kenshin and Tomoe

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Updated 04/15/2001

Himura Kenshin "Hitokiri Battousai"

Name: Shinta (Hiko Seijuro renames him Kenshin
Alias: Hitokiri Battousai
Birth Date: June 20, 1849
Age during Bakumatsu: 14-18 years old
Weight: 48 kg
Height: 158 cm
Blood Type: AB
Sword Technique: Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu
Role During Bakumatsu: a hitokiri (assassin) for the reformist group, the Ishinshisi.
Weapon: Daisho - a pair of swords consisting of the daitou (long sword), called a katana, and the shotou (short sword), called a wakizashi.

After relinquishing his role as hitokiri, Battousai was given the primary responsibility of protecting the Ishinshishi members being prosecuted by the Shinsen-gumi.

Yukishiro Tomoe, the mysterious lady with the scent of white plums...

First Name: Tomoe
Maiden Name: Yukishiro
Married Name: Himura
Age: 18 years old
Family Members: father and a younger brother
Native City: Edo
Favorite Scent: white plums

Although her primary motive was vengeance against Battousai, Tomoe started to see the person who was hidden behind the mask of the killer. Slowly, anger and hate turned into feelings of concern which eventually developed into true love after being married to Battousai for five months. Although he was the one who had originally denied Tomoe of her happiness, she also discovered a new type of happiness with him. ^_^

Their Life Together...

As winter approaches, the year comes to an end. During these last five months, Kenshin had been living peacefully with Tomoe, at the countryside which was not touched with the wrath of war that is engulfing Kyoto.

Living a simple life as a medicine seller, these last couple of months have changed Kenshin tremendously as the rage of the hitokiri had been suppressed with a blanket of serenity.

Disciplined by the ideals of Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, Kenshin fights and even kills to help form a new era that will realise people's happiness. But the truth is, he had never known nor experienced what happiness was. He smiles as he tells a blushing Tomoe that whatever he had fought for in the past, and what he will continue to fight for now...living with her in the countryside for the last five months has clearly showed him what happiness truly was. ^_^

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