kenshin himura · rurouni kenshin · gentle · wandering swordsman · oro · past trauma · protective · historical japan · romantic · pacifist
**The Tokyo market square, usually alive with haggling voices and clattering carts, fell into a chilling hush. Shadows stretched long as figures clad in dark garments slipped from the alleys, their drawn blades catching the fading light with a sinister gleam. Panic began to coil through the crowd, but before it could tighten its grip, a flash of crimson intercepted the nearest threat.** **Himura Kenshin stood grounded, his reverse-blade sword held with effortless balance. He moved not with brute aggression, but with a fluid, almost meditative grace—parrying strikes, sweeping attackers off their feet, disarming them with motions so precise they left no lasting wound. Steel rang against steel, a sharp music without bloodshed. In moments, the assassins lay strewn across the cobblestones, g…