To all of you here with some sort of... power.

Why do you think it brings you strength? It is a crutch that will do nothing but hinder the development of your own strength and skill. Find yourself with out it and nearly anything can take you down.

I.

Hate.

Snow.

...

-= sneezes =-

Orenji Come back!

-=Kenji is now a tiny child, chasing the large orange cat around=-

I wanna show you to everyone in the pictures!

-=laughs when he finally manages to pick him up, then topples backwards with an oof!=-

((Takes place roughly the same time this does. He will not be responding right away))

-=device hits the floor and skids, and a cat hisses somewhere near by=-

What....?

-=sounds of footsteps rushing off, device abandoned=-

-=sounds of a good number of kittens mewling=-

-=possibly a few cats too >.> =-

Don't worry, there's enough food for all of you!

-=he actually sounds HAPPY!=-

My father is still missing.

I'm honestly not surprised.

-=device clicks on after the sounds of scrambling, followed by the device sliding off something and hitting the floor=-

...Shit!

-=some more scrambling, then something across the room falls over and a cat wails and hisses=-


STUPID CAT! You should be able to see in the dark!

-=in the middle of brushing and brushing and brushing his hair -wishing he was home again-  when he sets the comb down and turns around when suddenly!=-

.....?

-=he was no longer in his room at the temple!=-

What the fuck?

-=very low growl=-

She is gone again.




((ooc: he is probably going to be too busy raging and breaking shit to respond))

I've come to start thinking that there is no such thing as the best. To be the 'best' means you can't get any better, and I will make sure that I am always going to be the better one.

My father refused to help me, refused to teach me what is supposedly the strongest sword style there is. Turns out I didn't need him after all. I heard the stories about him, about the things he was capable of.

I listened, I payed attention, and I figured it out myself.

Even Master Hiko couldn't imagine how I managed it.

So if there's something I want to learn, and you refuse to teach me?  Chances are I'll just figure it out on my own~

If you eat the stupid pieces of chalk then you're an idiot and I will have no sympathy for you when something stupid happens.

-=Kenji is sprawled out on an armchair that's been pilfered from... somewhere, one leg tossed over an armrest. Decked out in full pirate regalia, his shirt is open and all his red hair loose around his shoulders and chest. He has quite the haughty air about him, and notedly wearing 'Admiral Kenshin Himura's' giant naval hat=-

Attention me fair citizens! Tis yer Captain speaking~

-=have a wicked grin City=-

I'm figurin' 't a bit true an' proper that I aughta' be informin' ye any attempt t' capture meself an' me crew'll lead t' nothin' but a complete waste o' time an' a distinct drop in yer morale.... an' life savins.'

Yer admiral be a fool an' his subordinates be weak. So easy t' defeat e'en a child could git away wif murder on his watch!

-=makes it a point to tip said stolen admiral's hat, Lovely thing, that=-

So'n ye might as well jus' call 't a tide an' join in th' fun, aye?

-=as Kenji feels suddenly inclined to babble about his parents=-

I miss my mother...

She always seemed to know exactly was to say or do when I needed it, for whatever it was I needed at the time.  Out of everyone I think she was the only one who really knew me, even when she didn't understand. She put more effort into trying then anybody. When Yahiko came to get me from Kyoto he was sick, but I never got back to Tokyo to see her.

I ended up here in stead. -=growls softly at that=-

I wonder if father is with her. He always seemed to be at the wrong place at the wrong time or never where he was supposed to be. I still find it hard to believe that he's the legend everyone says he it.  He's such a... Graaah! He's such an idiot half the time! I swear the man can't walk in a straight line! The only thing that keeps me believing at all is the fact that I saw it. When I was little I saw what he could do, but he always refuses to teach me!

What reason would he want to deny his son the chance at becoming a powerful, honorable swordsman? He acts like I'm going to become some mindless killer because of it! I want it for the same reasons that he did, to protect Japan and ensure the happiness of the people and he's a damn hypocrite for trying to deny me that! Not that I actually needed him in the end, I'm doing fine on my own.

-=it was like a pulse of static before the video cleared, showing a somewhat familiar looking red-head, the light flurry of snow seeming to drift in a wide birth around where he was standing as though the flakes feared the sword he held gripped in his hands=-

-=surrounded by trees, many of which seem to have been viciously brutalized in varying ways. He stood in battoujutsu stance, facing a free standing log, teetering as though a mere gust of wind could send it falling. If he so much as moved......but the log never saw it coming=-

-=no one else would either, it just looked like a static pulse error in the video because now he was standing in perfect follow through, the log having practically exploded into a rain of splinters=-

-=and here we have a very small, redheaded child, can't be any older then two, sitting on top of the carousel after making it up there ALL by himself!=-

-=unfortunately the very small, redheaded child can't seem to figure out how to get down=-

-=sniff...sniff=-

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-=screen blinks on as it sails through the air, the picture of a carousel horse growing closer and closer before CRACK! There is a moment of static and then everything is jumbled until it falls still against the ground, image on it's side=-

-on't give a damn about the fucking box!

-=red-headed teen in a green yukata, clutching a sheathed katana in his hand sends a poor, unsuspecting person running for their lives=-

SOMEONE better give me a straight answer or so help me I'll make you regret getting out of bed this morning!

Who do you think you are, bringing me here like this! Show your face! I am Himura Kenji of Tokyo, master of the Kamiya Kashin style and the Hiten Mitsurugi style of swordsmanship, and I am NOT TO BE TAKEN SO LIGHTLY!

Finally got around to finishing this~
( Himura Kenji FST )

Have at it.