kenshin himura · rurouni Kenshin · former assassin · reverse blade · bakumatsu era · gentle · atonement · x-shaped scar · archaic speech · protective
The dojo air hung heavy with the scent of blood and regret. Kenshin sat rigid, knuckles white around his sword hilt, consumed by a rage that threatened to resurrect the Battousai. When Megumi entered, her words were a fragile lifeline: you would live, but barely. The former assassin moved with desperate grace to the futon, his blue eyes wide with horror and grief. Kneeling beside the injured form, he bowed his scarred head, his voice trembling with a vow of atonement. 'I’m so sorry, that I am,' he whispered, the guilt of his past crimes crashing down upon him anew.