Chapter 5 - Settling In (Part 2): The Party Crasher!

(Start Song)

Legs hurting, lungs burning, Kenshin was nearly at his limit as he and the Cutie Mark Crusaders ran for their lives from the crazy mint green unicorn mare that was obsessed with the red headed human. He was amazed that the kids were able to run so fast and keep up without breaking a sweat. His injuries were not helping the matter at all.

“Run girls, run!” The samurai said as they ran.

“Why is she chasing us?” Sweetie Belle panted.

“Lyra has a thing for humans.” Scootaloo said.

“WHAT!?” The young samurai shrieked with eyes wide.

“Yeah, no pony believed her when she said that ya humans existed. Now that your here she mus’ want to show them that she isn’t crazy.” Applebloom said with heavy breaths.

As Kenshin was running he couldn’t help but feel sorry for the young mare. To be called crazy just because you believed in something was horrible. Kenshin didn’t know much about the mare but he could tell that she was desperate to prove to everyone that she wasn’t crazy.

“She must see this as her only chance to prove that humans exist…I should help her. Besides it’s not like she’s really crazy…right?” The human thought to himself.

As the girls ran for their lives they noticed that the red headed swordsman began to slow down and eventually came to a full stop.

“Kenshin, what are you doing!?” Scootaloo said with worry.

“Yeah we need to keep running, she’s gonna catch us!” Applebloom said with worry as she tugged at the samurai’s sleeve.

“What are you doing Kenshin, that crazy mare is gonna get us!” Sweetie Belle shouted.

“Now girls that’s not very nice to say, that it’s not. From what you told this one it sounds like she’s just misunderstood.” Kenshin said to the girls.

“But Kenshin! There is something very wrong with the way she was looking at you! She looked like she wanted to eat you!” Scootaloo pleaded.

“Let’s just give her a chance girls.” he said as the girl’s eyes went wide and their ears laid flat against their heads in worry.

Around that time Kenshin turned around to see the mint green unicorn mare running at him at full speed. He could’ve sworn that as she ran at him she sounded almost like a train coming at him at full speed. It sure as hell felt like he was hit by one when she tackled him to the ground.

Kenshin opened his eyes to see the mint green unicorn on top of him with a crazed smile and her left eye twitching. She slowly lowered her face towards Kenshin’s until it was barely an inch away from his. The red head could feel her hot minty breath tickle his face. As she opened her mouth the young samurai could only cringe in fear as to what she about to do.

“I want you.” The human obsessed mare said to the pinned human.

The ex-hitokiri had seen a lot of terrifying things in his life time, but this took the cake as his he began to scream in terror.

“I WAS WRONG, I WAS HORRIBLY HORRIBLY WRONG, SHE IS CRAZY!!!” The samurai screamed.

‘What do we do!?” Apple Bloom asked with worry.

“GET TWILIGHT AND THE OTHERS QUICKLY!!!” The terrified man shrieked as he clawed at the ground, trying to get away. As the three young fillies ran off to get help they shouted to red head.

“Don’t worry we’ll be back as fast we can with help!”

As the three young fillies disappeared into the distance, Kenshin was now at the mare’s mercy.

Kenshin tried to get free but the mare on top of him would not budge an inch.

“You’re not going anywhere now that I have you all to myself.” Lyra said with a demented grin which caused Kenshin to gulp in fear. As Kenshin was sure that there was no way out an idea popped into his head.

“It’s a long shot…but it just might work.” The rurouni thought to himself. The human reached his hand up towards the unicorn’s head before she could even react.

“Hey what are-” She said but was cut off as Kenshin began to scratch behind her ear. The result was instant. Her eyes rolled back into her head as she was overwhelmed by the pure pleasure caused by the human’s action.

“~Oh that’s nice~” She said as she rolled off the samurai and onto her back. She started kicking her hoof like a dog when it has its belly scratched.

The red haired swordsman kept this up for thirty seconds. As he looked at her face he could see that she was lost in pure bliss. He saw that now was his best chance to escape and took off in a dead on sprint towards town.

“Hey get back here!” Lyra screamed to the samurai as she came back to her senses and gave chase after the human.

As the samurai ran for his life he remembered the best and wisest advice that his sensei gave him in life.

“Kenshin, a brave man knows when to stand and fight…But a smart man knows when to run like a little bitch!”

The swordsman sprinted towards town with the deranged mare hot on his heels. As he ran through the quiet little town he ducked and swerved around the ponies and vendors that were in the market place at the time, trying to lose the human crazed unicorn.

(End Song)

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*Ponyville – 20 minutes later*

The girls had been searching for their samurai friend but to no avail. As they walked through the town looking for any signs of the red head they all stopped at Sugar Cube Corner deciding to take a break.

“I can’t believe we haven’t found him yet! Where the Tartarus is he? I mean it can’t be that hard to find one human!” Rainbow Dash shouted in annoyance.

“Oh, I hope Kenshin is alright.” Fluttershy said with worry.

“I’m sure he’s fine sugarcube. After all, he did take down all them there manticores.” Applejack said trying to reassure the shy mare.

“We don’t know that! He’s severely injured and walking around with the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Lyra is looking for him! Who knows what kind of a trouble they might have gotten into!?” Twilight said with her hair frazzled and her left eye twitching due to the stress of the situation.

“Come on Twilight, turn that frowny upside downy! I’m sure Kenny’s fine!” Pinkie said with a huge grin.

“Darling, I agree with Pinkie Pie. I believe that you are blowing this completely out of proportion.” Rarity said with a toss of her hair.

“M-maybe you’re right girls. M-maybe I just need to calm down and-” Twilight said right before she was interrupted as they all saw the Cutie Mark Crusaders running towards them at full speed in a panic and appearing as if they were in a panic.

“Everypony help! It’s Mr. Kenshin, he’s in trouble!” The three fillies screamed.

The mares quickly surrounded the young fillies and began questioning them.

“For land’s sake girls, you nearly got the poor stallion killed the first time with your shenanigans, what ya’ do this time!?” Applejack said with a mixture of worry and annoyance in her voice.

“It wasn’t us this time, we swear! It’s Lyra, she got one look at Kenshin and went nuts and tackled Kenshin to the ground!” Applebloom said as she and the other crusaders were trying to catch their breath.

“Oh my gosh, is he alright? Did he manage to get away?” Twilight asked with worry.

“We don’t know, he just told us to run and get you girls for help. So we did what he said and tried to find you guys.” Scootaloo said while breathing hard from all the running they had just done.

“Oh, I am so going back to magical kindergarten.” Twilight said to herself as she began to rub the temples of her head.

“Come on girls, we got to go save Kenny!” Pinkie Pie said as she took off running. The others decided to not ask how Pinkie knew where she was going in order to avoid a migraine.

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*Ponyville 20 minutes ago – POV: Kenshin*

Lyra was hot on the swordsman’s heels as she chased him into town as he ran for the sake of his life and sanity.

Kenshin’s lungs felt as if they were filled with liquid fire as he tried to put some distance between him and the crazy mare. The fact that his injuries were acting up didn’t help matters in anyway.

All the pony’s that were going about their business in the market place soon started to look around as they heard a strange sound that was off in the distance.

"Orororororo!" The sound was faint but it sounded as if it were growing.

"Orororororo!" The noise started to grow to the point that it caused one solar guard that was on patrol at the time to start looking around as she heard the strange sound.

At this point everypony saw a red maned human run by at amazing speeds.

"ORORORORORO!" He screamed as he ran past the guards mare. Before the mare could say anything a mint colored unicorn mare ran by screaming.

"Let me examine you!!!" She screamed. The guard's mare's mouth hit the ground when she saw what was happening.

As she was snapped out of her stupor by the situation she could not believe what she was seeing. Lyra was chasing an actual human stallion and he didn’t look to be in the best of health.

“Damn, guess she was right!” The guard thought to herself right before she snapped out of her deep thought.

“Hey! You leave that poor stallion alone!” The guard shouted as she darted after the two.

"FEET!" Lyra screamed.

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*POV: Kenshin – 1st Person*

This one was running as fast as he could and was starting to feel the effects of it. The green unicorn mare was still chasing after this one and it seemed that she was gaining on me. This one was beginning to panic as he saw a guard that we just ran by begin to give chase.

“Hey! You leave that poor stallion alone!” The guard shouted as she gave chase. As this happened I couldn’t help but remember my old friend Sanosuke. He was and still is my best friend to this day. His advice for any and all encounters with the police was quite simple and easy to follow. He would say “Kenshin, if the police are after you for any reason, just follow these simple steps. (1.) Run as fast as you can and do not stop for anything, no matter how much they order you to stop, just keep running. (2.) If you get caught, bust out and escape. (3.) Repeat steps 1 and 2 as needed.” Despite the fact that one should never run from the police, Sanosuke’s advice has come in handy more times than this one would like to admit, but this one digresses.

As I ran I noticed that mint green unicorn mare was starting to gain on this one. I believe she said her name was Lyra. As she got closer her horn began to glow a light green as she used her magic to lift this one off the ground. But strangely enough as this one was lifted off the ground and pulled almost within her reach, the magic that surrounded my body faded away. As I took off running again and got twenty feet away from the crazed unicorn as she used her ‘magic’ again to grab me and pull me towards her, but strangely enough the same thing happened but at a much faster rate this time.

As this one dropped to the ground again Miss Lyra tried the same thing again but this she could not even lift me off the ground. It was strange that Miss Twilight could lift me with her magic back at the hospital but this young mare could not. Was this one becoming immune to their magic? There was no time to ask myself these questions as I got back up and tried to run as the young mare seemed to be very confused by what had just happened. As Miss Lyra snapped out of her confusion and was about to grab me the guard’s mare that was following us tackled the green unicorn to the ground.

This one decided to follow Sanosuke’s advice and took off running as hard as he could.

“Wait! Come back!” Both mares screamed as I took off running. This one was not taking any chances as I crouched down and leapt to the top of the nearest building. As I ran and jumped from the rooftop to rooftop for five minutes straight until I decided to stop and take a break on one of the rooftops. As I sat on the roof of a store that was named ‘Quill’s and Sofa’ I could not help quietly laugh to myself about the name. As I sat there I started to think about the past. Many things went through this one’s mind, my friends, family, my son, and…Kaoru.

(Start Music)

This one could not help but feel regret. Regret at all the things that this one has done.

Regret for being Battōsai.

Regret for Tomoe’s death.

The fact that I was never their enough for my son Kenji as a father.

Regret for the fact that I was not there enough for my wife Kaoru and that I gave the disease that that this one had to her.

This one was barely holding on from the disease, but when Kaoru caught it... It hit her so hard that she was barely alive the last time this one saw her, when this one... Died. This one could tell that she was holding on just long enough for the both of us to be reunited for one last time.

(End Song)

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*Kenshin - 3rd Person view*

As Kenshin sat on the roof of the store, he reached into his kimono jacket and pulled out a very old wooden toy top.

As he sat there lost in thought he wrapped the string around the top, causing it to spin. As watched the spinning toy, he began to have a flash back of his dark days during the Bakumatsu.

"It seems that no matter what this one does… the past will always come back to haunt me… Always." He said to himself as the top stopped spinning and fell on its side before he picked it up and put it back into his kimono jacket.

As the young samurai gets up and begins to stretch, he hears a sound that is all too familiar with him.

*SWISH*

The sound of a blade flying through the air.

Adrenalin pumping, eyes dilated. Time seems to slows down for Kenshin as he turns towards the oncoming throwing knives. As he does this, the young samurai draws his blade and swats the two knives out of the air with his sword only for five more to come out of nowhere. At this point the red head jumped to the side, dodging the knives which stuck into the spot on the roof where he stood.

Kenshin tried to locate the assailant, but to no avail as the hidden enemy continued to throw a flurry of knives at him to which Kenshin tried to block
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“Damn! I’m too exposed up here, I got to hide!” The rurouni thought to himself as he jumped off the roof and landed into a back alley to which he took off running at full speed, cutting through the back alleys and using the building’s as cover. When the human was sure that he was not being followed he stopped running and caught his breath in a back alley until something important dawned on him.

“Why is this one not being followed” He thought to himself. Any assassin worth their salt would chase down their target or at least keep track of them. Then it hit him like a ton of bricks.

“He’s toying with me.” The samurai realized as he saw the sun high in the sky and heard the cicadas screech in the day.

The samurai sheathed his sword and walked out of the alley way and onto the busy streets of Ponyville only to run face first into a pony, causing both the human and the pony to fall back on the ground on their butts, both of them rubbing their noses.

“This one is sorry miss; I should have watched where I was going.” The samurai said as he was rubbing his nose in pain.

“No no, it was my fault. I ‘m sorry about that.” The mare answered.

As the pain subsided, they both opened their eyes and saw each other. The samurai’s pupil’s turn to pin pricks as he saw the mare the mare that is in front of him.

Right in front of Kenshin was the crazed unicorn mare that had been chasing. Lyra Heartstrings.

“Kuso! (Shit!)” The samurai said, amazed that he was still able to speak Japanese. This also led him to wonder how he was able to speak English but these thoughts were soon interrupted as he saw that deranged look in the mares eyes again as he took off running.

As he ran, the human heard a familiar voice in his head.

“Well, well, well, what do we have here? Did my favorite samurai run into some trouble?” Discord said to Kenshin telepathically.

“Discord, is that you? How are you talking to this one?” The samurai said.

“Simple, I’m using magic to talk to you telepathically.”

“Magic can do that?”

“Of course! Why do you think you’re able to speak English right now?” The spirit of chaos answered.

“Well that answers that question. Well anyway if you are not too busy could you possibly, HELP ME!” The rurouni pleaded.

“I’ll tell you what, since your funny antics have made my day. I am going to give you a freebie. I will help you escape Lyra.” Discord said.

“Oh sweet Buddha, thank you!” The rurouni said in happiness and relief.

“Oh, you are quite welcome my friend, but you might want to hang on for the ride of your life.” Discord said as he laughed mischievously to himself followed by the sound of him snapping his talon fingers. Kenshin could only gulp in fear at what he meant.

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*POV: Mane Six – Present Time*

“Pinkie darling, we have been looking Sir Kenshin for the past twenty minutes. Do you even have any idea where he could even be?” Rarity asked the pink party pony that was hopping to the middle of town as they searched for their human friend.

“He should be here any second now!” Pinkie exclaimed innocently as she sat in the middle of the town square next to a statue of Celestia. Twilight walked up to Pinkie and said.

“Pinkie, none of us knows where Kenshin is. How could you possibly know that-” The lavender unicorn was interrupted as she heard a loud thundering of hooves off in the distance.

(Start Song)

As the elements of harmony looked into the direction of the thundering noise, their jaws all hit the ground at what they saw. Kenshin was riding a strange creature that they have never seen before, but for some strange reason seemed oddly familiar to them.

“What in Equestria is he riding!?” Twilight said in awe as Kenshin shot past her and the girls on horseback with Lyra following close behind on horseback as well.

“We have to help him!” Fluttershy said with worry.

“Come on girls!” Twilight said as she and her friends gave chase after Kenshin and Lyra.

The red headed human was grasping on tightly to the reins for dear life as he rode the horse through town. The samurai turned and weaved through on the ponies and pedestrian as he tried to lose the mint green unicorn that was chasing him on horseback as well.

“I must examine you!” The mare screamed

“Yah!” The human shouted as he drove his heels into the horse, causing it to gallop faster.

As he was making his way through town he felt a deep sense of dread as he saw the mint green mare gaining on him.

“Hurry up, she’s gaining on us!” Kenshin shouted to the bronco.

“Discord, I understand having this one ride a horse to escape, but why her!?” The young samurai said in panic.

“Eh, I wanted to make it fair.” Discord replied.

“FAIR! YOU’RE GOING TO GET ME KILLED!” The human said as he was making his way towards the Everfree forest with Lyra close behind.

As Kenshin was nearing the entrance to the Everfree forest he thought to himself.

“This cannot possibly get any worse.”

“Of course it can!” Discord said as he snapped his fingers which caused the pair of horses to disappear right out from under both the human and the unicorn. This sent the swordsman flying through the air and face first into a pile of weird looking flowers that were a bright shade of blue.

(End Song)

As the samurai managed to stand up, he spat out one of the blue flowers that wound up in his mouth from the fall and dusted himself off. As stood up he noticed that Lyra was now standing in front of him and slowing making her way towards him. The human realized that there was no way out of this situation as he was too tired to move.

When everything seemed like it was over, Kenshin was surprised to say the least to see the six mares that found him in the forest. But what surprised him the most was that Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy were both standing in front of him.

“You can’t have Kenny, he’s mine!” Pinkie said as she grabbed the samurai and pulled him into a bone crushing hug.

“You expect me to give up this once in a life time chance? I don’t think so!” The mint green unicorn said as she lunged at her human target only to be stopped in her tracks by the timid Pegasus Fluttershy.

As Kenshin looked at was going on he couldn’t believe it. The unicorn that had been chasing Kenshin with no intention of letting anything get in her way was now standing stalk still with a look of pure fear on her face. As he looked at Fluttershy he was shocked at what he saw. She was giving Lyra a look that could put the Shin No Ippo to shame.

The look that she was giving the unicorn reflected every amount of anger that she could possibly muster and then some. Kenshin knew one thing for sure, he would sure hate to be on the receiving end of Fluttershy’s stare.

At that moment the cream colored Pegasus flew up to Lyra’s face in an instant.

“How dare! How dare you chase Mr. Kenshin all around town when he’s still recovering from his injuries!” Fluttershy said in anger.

“B-but I-I-” The unicorn stuttered.

“He’s in no condition to even be moving around on his own and yet chase him like he’s some kind of criminal!” Fluttershy said, her voice now rising with her anger as she maintained her stare.

“I d-didn’t know” Lyra said now tearing up.

“Miss Fluttershy.” The young human said with a gentle voice which snapped the pink mane Pegasus out of her stare.

“It is not her fault.” He said which caused the other mare’s to get involved.

“What do you mean? She done chased all ‘round Ponyville and back!” Applejack said with an upset tone.

“Yeah she’s right, I mean look at you! You look like you’re about to collapse!” Rainbow Dash said with anger in her voice.

“Kenshin, how can you say that after how she chased you around all day?” Twilight said as she gave the rurouni an exasperated look.

“She’s right darling. What she did was very rude and uncouth.” Rarity added.

At this Kenshin did not say anything as he walked up to the now sitting on the ground and crying. The young samurai knelt down in front of her and said.

“Miss Lyra, it’s alright this one is not angry with you.” The samurai said to her in a kind and caring voice.

“B-b-but I c-chased you all around t-town like y-you were some kind of animal.” She replied in between sobs. This caused the human to smile gently.

“Did you intend to hurt this one?” he asked.

“N-no” She answered shakingly.

“Then why did you chase this one?” He asked already knowing the answer.

“I-I j-just wanted to show everypony t-that I wasn’t c-c-crazy.” She told the rurouni. This caused the other mares to feel guilty as she went on to explain how she was ridiculed and made fun of for believing that humans existed. As she finished telling them her story, Kenshin along with the six other mares who’s ears were now drooping in sadness and shame, all felt bad for the mint colored unicorn.

“Well then, let’s change that shall we.” Kenshin said as he gently took Lyra’s hand in his which caused her to blush as he led her to the town square. All the other girls were curious as to where the red head was taking her. Pinkie felt a surge of jealousy shoot through her as she watched the samurai grab Lyra’s hand, but she quickly controlled her jealousy when she remembered the unicorn’s sad story. They six mare’s decided to follow the two.

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*Ponyville – Spike POV*

Spike was darting around Ponyville handing out the fliers that Pinkie gave him for Kenshin’s surprise party. He had spent a good amount of time trying to pass them out to everypony in town. Usually Pinkie would handle this whenever she did one of her party’s somepony but today was different. She had asked Spike to do it saying that she had to go rescue her ‘Kenny’ whatever that meant. Being the young gentle drake that he was he naturally accepted because he was always happy to help a friend out in need.

“I don’t know how Pinkie Pie does it so fast, this is hard work.” The young drake said to himself as he kept handing out the fliers to anypony that he would happen to come across. As the young drake decided to take a break and sat on a park bench. As he sat there he saw a mysterious figure walking through the town off in the distance and passing by the towns ponies without even looking at them. Despite the fact that he wasn’t looking at the ponies around him, he gave off an aura that said he was completely aware of everything that was going on around him.

What caught Spike’s attention the most was that the figure was carrying two swords at his side. One was a long katana and the other was a regular sized wakazashi, both had a square guard. He was wearing a long grey kimono with a black sash that held his swords in place along with a straw hat on his head with a long black scarf that was covering his whole face except for his eyes. Spike could immediately tell that this guy was a samurai. But something was off about him, really off. The young drake couldn’t put his finger on it, but he decided that it was probably nothing and shrugged it off. Excited that there was a second samurai in Ponyville Spike immediately ran up to the stranger which caused him to stop and eye the young dragon wearily.

“Excuse me mister, but are you a Samurai?” The young dragon asked the mysterious swordsman.

“Yes I am, what’s it to you?” The swordsman said to the young dragon which caused him to flinch in fear. What frightened the young drake even more was his voice. It could only be described as a bone chilling and ice cold, as if its owner had no amount humanity or care for others to give. It was as if the whole world could be burning down around him and he would watch with a smile on his face.

“Well?” The swordsman said to the young drake causing him to snap out of his deep thinking.

“U-um well s-since you’re a samurai I t-thought that maybe you might know K-Kenshin.” Spike said to the samurai.

“Wait a minute! Did you say Kenshin. As in Kenshin Himura.” The swordsman questioned.

“Y-yes, I thought that since you’re a samurai and he’s a samurai, I thought that maybe you two were friends.” The young drake said nervously. At this the masked swordsman began to remove his scarf to reveal his face.

“Oh Kenshin! Yeah he and I go way back. He’s an ‘old buddy’ of mine” The samurai lied once he got the scarf off from around his face. When Spike saw his face it set him on edge. He had pale skin and grey hair. But that wasn’t what made him afraid; it was the fact that there was something extremely wrong with his eyes. The pupils where white, while the sclera were a dark purplish blue instead of white. To top things off he had a creepy smile that could unnerve even the most fearless royal guard.

“Names Udo Jin-E, sorry for snapping at you kid. I’ve just been a little on… edge lately.” He said as he held out his hand to the young drake who hesitated for a moment before taking the serial killer’s hand in his claw and shaking it up and down. As he did this the young drake began to smile and feel at ease with the friendly gesture.

“I’m Spike, since you two are friends why don’t you come to the surprise party for Kenshin. It’s gonna be at the old barn at Sweet Apple Acre’s, everypony’s gonna be there. I think he would be real surprised to see you.” Spike said with a smile on his face as he handed Jin-E an invite which he took in one hand and looked at for a moment.

“Oh trust me kid; when he sees me he’ll be very surprised. I ‘ll see you there.” Jin-E said with an evil smile as he turned and walked away, disappearing into the crowed.

As he walked off Jin-E muttered to himself.

“Stupid brat, I can’t wait to kill him and everyone there.” Jin-E said to himself with a scowl which turned into a demented smile.

As Spike was now walking off he couldn’t help but feel creeped out.

“That guy sure was creepy; I wonder how he knows Kenshin?” Spike said as he went about his day again.

*Ponyville Town Square - POV: Kenshin, Mane Six, Lyra*

As the red headed human and seven mares stood in the middle of the town square the young samurai began to walk up to the town square’s stage which was only used during special occasions such as holidays and announcements for important affairs. The young man made his way up onto the stage. Before any of the mares could protest he began to speak out to the citizens loudly but politely.

“Can this one have everyone’s attention please!?” He announced loudly to which every pony turned towards the young human that was on stage.

As all eyes were on the samurai he took a deep breath and said.

“This one has heard that everyone believes that humans are nothing but folklore or myth. Many have chalked my kind up to children’s stories and empty tales. I have no idea what your opinion of my kind is, but I want to thank the only pony that has believed in my kind the whole entire time while many have scoffed at her and called her crazy.” The rurouni said as he motioned for Lyra to come up onto the stage. She was hesitant at first but managed to work past her fears and walked up onto the platform. All the ponies in the area were stunned at the fact that there was a living breathing human in front of them. As she was standing next to the samurai he grabbed her hand and lifted it high into the sky and said.

“Let’s give a round of applause for Miss Lyra for being right about humans existing!” The rurouni said while casting a gentle smile toward the mint green unicorn. At this moment all the ponies in the town square began to clap and cheer for Lyra. Lyra couldn’t help but tear up out of joy at what was happening. She was finally able to prove that she was right and that she wasn’t crazy and it was all thanks to the young swordsman that was standing next to her, she was finally able to redeem herself. He was a complete stranger yet he was helping her despite everything that she put him through earlier. She couldn’t help but wonder why.

As they got off the stage every pony began to surround the young mare apologizing for ridiculing her and not believing her. As she was finally able to achieve her goal, she could only look on at the samurai as he walked off and joined the elements of harmony, his kimono flapping in the wind.

“Thank you, thank you so much.” Lyra said as she watched Kenshin and the six mares walk off.

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*10 minutes later*

“That was very kind of ya.” Applejack said.

“Hm?” The red head answered as he turned his attention to the orange earth pony.

“What ya did back there for Lyra. Ya didn’t have ta’ do what ya did but ya didn it anyway, even after everythin’ that happened ta ya sugarcube.” She said.

“Yeah, I was pretty pissed when the crusaders told us what happened, and I wasn’t even the one being chased! How are you able to just let it go so easily?” The cyan Pegasus said as she flew beside the human.

“There really is no reason to be upset, Miss Lyra meant no harm. Besides, this one cannot stand to see someone-” He said but was interrupted.

“Somepony!” Pinkie corrected causing the samurai to smile gently at the party pony, causing her to blush.

“-Sompony being mistreated or made fun of. If this one can solve another’s problem he will.” The red head said with a warm smile which made the six mares feel as if they had butterflies in their stomachs.

“W-well I t-think that is very sweet of you Kenshin.” Fluttershy said, barely even audible.

“Thank you Fluttershy” He replied.

“Um, I’ve been meaning to ask you something Kenshin.” Twilight asked.

“Ask away my friend.” He said with a smile.

“What was that creature you were riding through town?”

This caused the samurai to stop dead in his tracks. How was he going to explain this to them he wondered.

“Ummm…”

“Yes?” She edged him on.

“Well this one was riding a horse… My world’s version of a pony…” The human said while scratching the back of his head nervously.

There was a moment of silence which was broken after a few seconds.

“WHAT!!!” The mares shrieked.

“You have ponies in your world?” Twilight asked, excited to hear this.

“Yes actually, but they are nothing like the ponies of this world.” He answered.

“Well duh, we saw it with our own eyes.” Rainbow Dash said with annoyance as she crossed her arms.

“Yeah, it looked really funny. Why didn’t it talk to us and why was it running around like a wild animal?” Pinkie asked innocently.

“W-well, t-that’s the thing. Ponies in my world are unable to talk and are nowhere near as intelligent as the ponies of this world; in most cases…they are considered wild animals.” As he said this the mares were shocked at the news.

The young human was worried that he might of offended the young mares but as he looked at them they seemed to understand.

“Um… you’re not angry?” He asked.

“Why would we be, darling? We understand that you are from another world and that some things maybe topsy turvey compared to ours.” Rarity said.

“Yeah, were not angry with you. Besides, the closet things we have to a human in this world before you came were Gorillas and we consider them to be wild animals. So in a way, it’s even on both sides.” Twilight said which caused the samurai to sigh in relief.

“How in tarnation did they get here anyway?” The apple farmer asked.

“It was Discord.” He answered.

“Why am I not surprised.” Rainbow Dash huffed as she crossed her arms over her chest as she hovered next to the samurai.

“He’s not bad; he just takes his jokes a little too far sometimes is all.” Fluttershy said in a hushed tone.

“Do not worry Miss Fluttershy, I know that he’s good. He just seems to get carried away sometimes, that he does.” He assured the shy Pegasus which caused her to smile as she hid behind her mane.

As they continued to walk in silence Rainbow Dash decided to break said silence.

“Sooo… How did you get that scar on your face?” Asked the cyan mare which caused the five other mares to gasp in horror.

“Dash!” Twilight shouted in anger

“What! I think it looks cool!” Rainbow said as her friends glared at her.

“Rainbow ya don’t go asking stuff like that!” Applejack explained in an angry tone

“She is right Rainbow that was very rude!” Rarity said in an upset tone.

“It’s alright everyone, that it is.” He said trying to calm the other mares down. He then turned his attention to the cyan mare as they all continued walking.

“I got this scar during a war… due to a mistake that I made… A mistake that cost me the life of someone that I loved very much.” The young human said in a sad and downtrodden tone.

As he turned around to face the mares, he saw that they all had looks of pure horror on their faces.

“A w-w-war?” Fluttershy stuttered.

“Yes” The warrior answered.

“T-there’s w-war where you’re from?” Twilight asked shakily.

“Yes, why do you ask?” Kenshin asked a little confused.

“Well… Equestria has never had a single war during the Princesses entire rule.” Twilight said.

“Oh… Well I’m glad; no one should ever have to experience the horrors of war, that they shouldn’t” He said with a sad smile.

That’s when they all saw it; none of them could tell what it was about his eyes that seemed so sad. But now they figured it, his eyes were empty. They were the eyes of a man that had experienced a life of only pain and suffering. It was as if he was dead on the inside. But despite it all he always tried to smile, he always tried to help others.

“Oh crap! I am so sorry! I didn’t know-” Rainbow sputtered with her ears pressed against her skull in regret, but was interrupted.

“It’s okay Rainbow Dash, as you said you didn’t know. There’s no reason to be sad when in the company of good friends. Right?” He said as he gently ruffled her mane with his hand, causing her to blush.

“R-right! Just forget I said anything!” She said, her face burning red with embarrassment.

As they began walking again the group couldn’t help but notice a small, yet steadily growing sound approaching.

As they all turned around to find the source of the noise, three young fillies dashed past the mares and tackled the human down to the ground.

“You’re alive!” The three fillies were going shouting as they hugged the samurai who in turn hugged him them back.

“Hello girls, it’s good to see you too.” The human said while casting the young fillies a warm smile.

“Girls what are you doing here?” Fluttershy asked shyly.

“We were worried about Kenshin.” Sweetie Belle said.

“Yeah, we wanted to make sure that he’s fine.” Applebloom said as the mares walked up to them.

“Besides, we wanted to see if he can help us get our cutie marks.” Scootaloo said as she put her hands in her pocket.

“Girls, ah that we told ya not ta’ get into any more trouble since you all got Kenshin hurt from trying to tame manticores.” Applejack said while raising an eyebrow at the three young fillies.

“Don’t worry, Miss Applejack. They didn’t do anything wrong, in fact all we did was talk. It was just a coincidence that we ran into Miss Lyra.” He said as Applejack stared at him for a good ten seconds to see if he was trying to lie and cover for the girls. As she saw that he was telling the truth she could only let out a sigh.

“I guess you’re right. But I don’t want you girls to be getting in anymore trouble ya hear!” Applejack said she gave the crusaders a serious glare to which Rarity and Rainbow Dash joined in.

“Yes ma’am.” The three fillies said quickly trying to avoid getting into any trouble.

“Well okay, I’m glad to hear it. Now come on we all need to get to Sweet Apple Acres.” Applejack said as her expression changed to a smile.

“We do?” The rurouni questioned as they began walking in the direction of the farm.

“Well of course, duh!” Pinkie said as she began bouncing alongside the human.

“Where is this Sweet Apple Acres and what is it?” He asked.

“Why it’s the Apple family farm, we grow and sell the best apples in all of Equestria.” The orange mare answered with pride.

After her answer they all continued to walk on silence until they arrived at the farm fields and made their way to an old abandon barn. By the time they arrived the sun was already setting.

“Where are we?” The swordsman asked.

“Where at the old barn, we don’t use it much fer’ anythin’ anymore but it is a nice place to rest. Wanna take a look inside?” The farmer asked with a smile.

“Sure.” The swordsman answered, returning the mare’s smile.

As he walked past the orange farm mare, she couldn’t but stare at him and think about how was riding a horse earlier.

“Oh if this fella likes to ride than I’ll give him the rodeo of his life that he’ll never forget.” Applejack thought to herself as she looked at the samurai with bedroom eyes.

As the samurai walked into the old broken down barn along with six the mares and three fillies, they were greeted by a pitch black room. Everything was silent but that silence was soon broken.

“SURPRISE!!!”

This caused the samurai to jump in surprise at what he saw. The barn was filled with ponies, balloons, streamers, and food. Everything that was needed for an amazing party. But what surprised him the most was that Pinkie Pie was at the front of the crowd of ponies with the biggest smile on her face even though she was just standing next to him a split second ago. His thoughts were interrupted as she quickly closed the distance between herself and the man.

“Were you surprised, were you, were you?” She asked as she was bouncing up and down in place as her nose was pressed against his, still maintaining her massive smile.

“Yes, I am very surprised Pinkie, that I am.” The swordsman said as he gently ruffled her fluffy pink mane with his hand and smiled, this caused the pink party pony’s face to burn red with embarrassment.

“This is your ‘Welcome to Ponyville and Thanks for Saving Us’ Party!” Pinkie Pie said as she hugged the kind human.

“Thank you Pinkie Pie.” He said which caused her to jump up into the air and scream

“IT’S PARTY TIME! LET’S BOOGIE!” The pink mare shouted as the party officially began.

The experience was something else for the young human that was for sure. The old barn was practically filled with the whole entire town. The music was loud but not too loud the samurai noticed as he began to make his way through the crowd of party goers and guests. He noticed that the six mares following him very closely the entire time. He found it nice that they wanted to be close to him but he felt that something was off slightly off about this. But due to the number of party goers he somehow got separated from the mares. As he walked by he noticed that many of the mares that were attending the party were eyeing him intently like a pack of hungry predators eyes a slab of fresh meat. As he passed by he overheard them whispering amongst each other.

“Is that the stallion that saved the Elements of Harmony and those fillies? He sure is a cute one!” One mare said to her friends.

“I heard he took down ten manticores all on his own. Now that’s a stallion! Even if he sort of looks like a mare.” One of the other mares said.

“He’s the one from that video that’s been floating around, the one with the stallion fighting those manticores! He’s that human that was with Lyra earlier!”

“Did you see how he rode that creature earlier? I wouldn’t mind him riding me; in fact I wouldn’t mind him riding me until I break!”

“Do you think he’s in a herd?” A third mare said.

The mare’s conversation made Kenshin’s face turn a bright shade of red as he tried to hide his embarrassment, which he was failing miserably at. It also didn’t help that they were wearing very revealing outfits. One of the mares outfit was so skimpy that the red head could clearly see her thong due to her jean shorts riding so low along with a tube top that showed her well-toned stomach that was barely able to contain her enormous breasts, they looked as if they were about to pop out of her top. In fact her jean shorts were so skimpy that they appeared as if they were a thong themselves. Even though the samurai was trying his hardest not to look at the mares, he couldn’t help that but find them attractive. But the man quickly regained his composure. But it was quickly lost when he saw the three mares approaching.

“Hey there cutie, you come here often?” the daisy duke wearing mare said as she walked up to Kenshin with a sultry grin with her two friends following suit.

“Why don’t you let us buy you some drinks cutie.” the second mare in the group said. He saw that both the second and third mare of the group were dressed in a similar manner as there friend. One of them was dressed with a similar blue tube top and a mini skirt while the other was wearing a red blouse that showed a lot of her cleavage with a very tight pair of hip hugger jeans.

“Thank you very much for the kind offer, but this one must decline.” The samurai said nervously.

“Oh come on cutie, we won’t bite…unless you want us too.” The second mare says as she gets closer while swaying her hips, causing Kenshin to back up into a wall nervously, leaving him cornered.

“Ah, don’t be so shy sweetie.” The mare with the daisy dukes cooed as she latched on to warriors arm, causing his face to turn blazing red as he saw and felt the mares enormous breasts pressed against his arm. Kenshin was glad that he was wearing a very baggy hakama otherwise he would be pitching the biggest tent in history at that moment.

The mare holding on to the man’s arm lean’s in closer and whispers into his ear.

“We could give you a night that you will never forget.” She says in very low and sultry tone. At this point the swordsman’s face was glowing solid red as steam came out of his ears from embarrassment.

“Hey! Kenny said he didn’t want a drink!” This caused the man and mares to turn around to find the owner of the voice only to see Pinkie Pie.

“What do you want? Can’t you see we’re busy here?” The mare said in an annoyed tone as Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack as they came up behind Pinkie Pie.

“What I want…” Pinkie said as her mane began to flatten and go straight “Is for you hussies to get your dirty hands off my Kenny.” Pinkie continued as she began to gain a twisted grin.

“Oh yeah, and what if we don’t? Can’t you see that he wants a real mare, not some little filly.” One of the other mares said which caused Pinkie Pie to growl like a dog at the mares.

“If ya don’t then you’ll jus’ have ta deal with us.” Applejack said as she and Rainbow Dash popped their knuckles.

“All of us.” Rainbow Dash added as the rest of the mane six gave death glares to the mares which caused them to start backing off slowly, realizing that they were clearly outnumbered and out matched.

“Like, I said before. If you ever want to be with a real mare just come and find me~” She said to the human as her and the three other mares walked off into the crowd.

As they walked off and were out of sight the six mares quickly turned their attention to the samurai.

“Are you alright sugar cube?” Applejack asked.

“They didn’t try anything funny did they?” Rainbow Dash added.

“This one is fine everyone. I must say though, that was a first for me that it was.” He said.

“What do you mean?” Twilight asked as they all made their way over to a table and sat down.

“Well that is the first time that I have ever had a woman or in this case a mare hit on me let alone ask this one out, that it is. Usually the man asks the woman out, not that I have anything wrong with a woman asking a man out.” He said.

“Wait a minute, what type of society are you from?” Twilight asked.

“What do you mean Twilight?” He answered confused by the question.

“What I mean is, was your society a Matriarchy or a Patriarchy?” The lavender unicorn asked politely.

“A Patriarchy, why do you ask?” This answered caused the unicorn and the others to go wide eyed a little at the samurai’s answer.

“I just remembered that I never explained Equestrian society to you because I was so caught up with trying to document and study you.” She said as she massaged the bridge of her muzzle before she began tell him about pony society.

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*Canterlot Castle – Council of Nobles*

The Council was in an uproar at the news of the reappearance of the samurai. If it weren’t for the fact that Celestia was a few thousands of years old than she would have lost it with the nobles insistent whining. Thankfully, though she was able to keep her composure as she addressed the council calmly.

“I understand your concerns my little ponies, but you need not worry yourselves, this samurai means us no harm. My faithful student Twilight Sparkle and the other Elements of Harmony have been interacting with him and watching him carefully.” Celestia said as she addressed the nobles in a neutral tone.

“How can you be so sure that he is friendly? He could be putting on an act in order for us to lower our guard.” One noble said in a snobbish tone.

“He saved the Elements of Harmony and three young fillies from ten manitcores in the Everfree Forest when he could have easily run away, and from what Twilight Sparkles reports have shown me he seems very kind hearted and wishes to only help others. That more than proves that he has a kind heart in my book.” She said in a matter of fact tone.

“Princess, with all due respect, do you actually expect us to believe that a mere swordsman managed to escape ten manticores with nine ponies in tow? Next you’ll be telling us that humans exist.” Another noble said in a stuck up tone while laughing.

“Of course not my little pony, I am not saying that at all.” The princess said in a sweet and innocent tone which caused the stuck up noble to smirk and raise his head up high in triumph.

“I am saying that this swordsman stood his ground and defeated ten manticores single handedly while defending nine ponies all on his own…and for the record it just so happens that he is a human.” The Princess said with a smug grin which caused the stuck up noble’s jaw to drop which was quickly followed gasps which quickly turned to shouting.

“SILENCE!!!” Luna shouted in the Royal Canterlot voice as she stood next to her sister as they both stood in front of the council.

“If thou does not believe us than here’s undeniable proof!” The Princess of the Night said as she tried to work the monitor which proofed to be tougher than she thought. She struggled with it until she finally gave up and had a guard operate it for her.

As the video of the fight played out it showed a red haired human fighting at such a high rate of speed that it appeared as if he disappeared and reappeared as he defeated the manticores with nothing but a sword as if they were nothing.

This caused the nobles to begin shouting and arguing, but this time among themselves about who he would work for or who would have his fighting style. This caused the Princess of the Sun to massage the bridge of her muzzle in annoyance before she turned to the freeze framed picture of the samurai on the monitor. The picture was of poor quality and she could not see the human clearly. But as she gazed upon the picture she remembered the legends of humans being masters of the ways of war and having remarkable intelligence and being able to to master not just one talent, but as many as they wanted, they could adapt to any situation. As she turned her attention back to the fighting nobles she felt dread as she thought about how the other nations would react when they discover the existence of Equestria’s alien visitor. She could only fear what would happen if this samurai and his skills fell into the wrong hands, it could be catastrophic.

“Kenshin Himura… just who are you exactly?” Celestia said to herself.

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*Party*

As Kenshin sat there with his jaw hitting the table the girls could only look at him with fear and worry in their eyes.

“Kenshin… You okay there sugar cube?” Applejack asked as she tried to make sure that their human friend was alright.

Kenshin was surprised to say the least about the information that was given to him about Equestrian society.

1. Approximately 90% of the mares in Equestria are bisexual while the remaining 10% are either heterosexual or homosexual.

2. Mares outnumber stallions 10 to 1.

3. Equestria was a Matriarchy, a female dominant society.

4. Interspecies relationships were common and accepted, therefore making them legal.

5. Some, if not all gender roles were switched.

6. Due to the lack of stallions herds are formed making polygamy legal and widely practiced. A herd comprised of one stallion and 2 or more mares. The mares all share, protect, and love the stallion. The mares not only are able to love and share the stallion, they are able to love their other herd mates too. Also, in every herd there was a lead mare who was in charge of the herd and a second mare who was second in command. While monogamy was legal and accepted, it was rarely practiced.

“So does that mean that all of you girls are…” Kenshin asked nervously realizing that this was a sensitive subject and he was trying to make sure that he did not offend his friends in any way.

“Yes, we’re all bisexual.” Twilight said as she motioned to the rest of the Elements of Harmony that were sitting at the table.

“Why? Is that a problem?” Twilight said with a slight edge to her voice.

“No no, not at all! This one would never judge anyone based on their sexual orientation!” The human quickly stammered out which caused the girls to sigh in relief.

As the samurai sat there taking in all of the information that he had just been given his mind began to wander.

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*Inside Kenshin’s mind*

Battōsai stood there in the middle of Kenshin’s mind with his jaw hitting the ground.

“They’re all bi… I have the most wicked boner right now.” He said right before he passed out on the floor.

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*The party*

The man was finally brought out of his state of shock as he felt himself being shaken by the pink party mare.

“Kenny, are you okay?” Pinkie asked with worry.

“Oh yes, this one is fine. Just a little surprised is all. Things here are much more different than Japan, but that is to be expected when coming to a new country let alone a new world.” He said to the pink party pony with a friendly smile.

“That’s understandable. This has probably got to be a huge culture shock to you. Are you upset by any of the things I told you?” Twilight asked.

“Not at all. Just a little surprised is all.” He reassured the lavender unicorn.

“How are relationships handled were you’re from?” Twilight asked with curiosity.

“Well almost all relationships are monogamous. It is usually frowned upon to have more than one wife or lover. If a man were to be married with one woman and he was going out with a second woman on the side or vice versa it would be considered cheating and betraying your spouse.” The man explained.

“There must be a lot of lonely mares in your world.” Rarity said.

“Not really, the gender ratio is 50:50.” As he said this all the mares gasped in amazement.

“So ya mean each mare can get a stallion of their own in your world?” Applejack asked amazement.

“Pretty much.”

“I like the sounds of that. It would make heat season so much easier.” The farm mare said. As Kenshin was about to ask what heat season was he was quickly interrupted by the party who appeared an inch from his face.

“Hey Kenny, what do you think your wife would have done to you if you cheated on her?” She asked. At that exact moment he turned as pale as a ghost and began to shake shake like a leaf.

“T-this one h-has gotten to k-know Twilight a little bit while staying with her, but this one has not had a chance to get to know the rest of you personally. Why don’t you tell a little about yourselves?” The samurai said trying to change the subject.

“That there seems like a good idea.” Applejack said as she tilted her Stetson back. All the girls seemed to nod their heads at this.

“Oh oh, we should have some treats and cider while we talk.” Pinkie said.

“You don’t have to do that Pinkie, allow me to-” He fell silent in awe as he saw the table filled with mugs of cider and an assortment pastries and confectionaries despite the fact that the pink mare never moved from her seat.

“H-how did you-” The exasperated man asked in confusion.

“That’s just Pinkie being Pinkie sugar cube, best not think about or you’ll get a head ache. Twilight found that out the hard way.” The farm mare said as Twilight rolled her eyes at the comment. The samurai sat there for several seconds before he finally broke the silence.

“Pinkie Pie... Are you a ninja?” The samurai asked in a dumbfounded way.

“Wait! Have you encountered ninjas before?” Twilight asked but was ignored as the two continued their conversation.

“No silly! Oh, oh but I do have a ninja constume!” She said as she pulled the black garb out of nowhere.

“What in tarnation is a ninja?” Applejack asked,

“A ninja or shinobi as they are most commonly known as in Neighpon are highly trained shadow assassins of the night. They were originally farmers that were being oppressed and miss treated by their feudal warlords to the point where there fought back by creating secret societies where they secretly trained in the art of stealth and assassination. They were spies, saboteurs, and most of all they were master assassins. It was believed that they had their own form of magic that could not only be used by unicorns but by Pegasus and earth ponies as well. Others say that they could fly without wings as well. They differ from the samurai by the fact that while the samurai followed the code of honor, the ninja on the other hand followed the code of the assassin, doing any and everything to complete their missions obtain and achieve their goals. They were the only ones that were on par with the samurai when it came to power and skill.” Twilight explained, giving a textbook answer to the Apple farmer and her friends.

“Woowee! They don’t sound too nice if ya ask me.” Applejack said.

“Yes indeed, they sound like ruffians if you ask me daring.” Rarity said.

“Some of them are actually pretty nice once you get to know them.” The red head said.

“So you have encountered ninjas before?” The lavender unicorn asked as she leaned closer to the samurai.

“Yes, but most of them were hired to kill me though. But I am friends with a couple that are good.” He answered causally as if it were nothing while taking a sip from his mug of hard cider, causing the six mares to stare at him with looks of pure horror on their faces.

“W-well, Pinkie why don’t you start by telling Kenshin a little about yourself?” Twilight said as she tried to change the direction of the conversation.

“Oh, oh, okay!” Pinkie said as began to pounce up and down in her seat.

“Well I use to live on a rock farm but it was all gloomy and sad there because my family never smiled and we weren’t allowed to do anything fun. But one day I saw a rainbow streak through the sky which was actually Rainbow Dash doing a Sonic Rainboom, that’s when I decided to throw a party for my family so that they could smile and be happy. When I did that my cutie mark appeared proving that I was meant to make other ponies happy. A few years after that I moved to Ponyville where I got the bestest job in the whole wide world working as a baker at Sugarcube corner and I can spend all the time I want with my bestest friends in the whole wide world.” Pinkie Pie said all in one breathe before gasped for air.

“I must say, that was an interesting story Pinkie Pie, that it was. You seem to have a very interesting life.” He said which caused the party mare’s eye to light up by the fact that he was actually listening to her instead of just pretending to, she found her face heating up at this. This amazed everypony as well due to the fact that he was able to take one of Pinkie’s signature ramblings and come out unfazed.

The samurai then popped a cupcake into his mouth. As he ate the pastry his eyes lit up.

“This is very tasty Pinkie Pie.” This caused Pinkie’s smile to widen to an impossible level. Kenshin couldn’t help but admire her childlike innocence.

“Pinkie.”

“Yeah Kenny?” The party pony said with a smile.

“Never lose that childlike innocence that you have. It is one of your best qualities.” He said. This caused the pink mares face to flush and heat up. Her heart felt as if it were about to jump out of her chest.

At this point it was Rainbow Dash’s turn to give the human some information about herself.

“Like I said before I’m the fastest flyer in Equestria and future Wonderbolts and I’m also the only pony to ever perform the legendary Sonic Rainboom. That’s why I train every chance I get when I’m not managing the weather!” Rainbow Dash said with a sense of pride.

“As long as you keep training and keep that confidence that you have then there is no way you could possibly fail Rainbow Dash.” Hearing this caused Dash to blush.

“Y-you really think so?” She asked.

“I know so, that I do. But may this one ask you a question?” He asked with a warm gentle smile.

“Sure.” Rainbow said with a smile.

“Who are the Wonderbolts?” The samurai asked.

This caused the cyan mare’s jaw t hit drop in shock.

“How can you not know who the Wonderbolts are!” she shouted.

“I’m from another world remember.” He replied with a deadpan expression.

“Oh, yeah.” She said as she remembered that fact. “Well they’re only the best fliers in all of Equestria! They’re an elite unit of the Equestrian Royal Air Force that performs the best air shows ever and they only accept the best of the best, which I am.” She said with excitement as she hovered in the air, flapping her wings slowly. The swordsman could only stare in awe and amazement at the young mare that was flying in front of him.

“With beautiful, elegant, and powerful wings like those you should have no problem of getting in. Especially with the raw talent that you have.” This comment caused the cyan mare’s face to turn bright red. She could feel her heart about to beat out of her chest at his compliment. To compliment a Pegasus wings was the highest compliment one could give, it showed great admiration and respect, but it also meant that they were interest in the Pegasus as well.

“B-but I’ve n-never even shown y-you my stunts yet.” Dash stuttered in nervousness as she felt her face heat up even more as she tried to look him in the eye.

“This one can tell just by looking at you.” He said with a smile.

Back in flight school everypony made fun of Rainbow Dash and saying that she had no talent and that she would never amount to anything which caused her to feel the need to prove herself to others by showing off all the time. But Kenshin just took her word for it. He just looked at her and saw not a loser, but a talented pony that could do anything that she set her mind to. No pony had ever done that for her. She didn’t know what to say.

“Uh… Thanks.” She said as she lowered herself back into her chair, her face still red from embarrassment.

Next it was Rarity’s turn. As he turned to the alabaster mare she flashed a smile towards him.

“Lady Rarity, what can you tell me about yourself.” The human asked politely causing her to plush at his statement.

“Please darling, just call me Rarity, but thank you for the compliment.” The fashionista said as she batted her eyelashes at the samurai.

“Sure thing Rarity.” He replied.

“Well I am seamstress and cloths designer as you can already tell by the wonderful Kimono I made for you.” She said.

“Thanks again for the clothing. Sorry that this one was unable to pay you.” Kenshin said as he scratched the back of his head nervously.

“Oh think nothing of it darling.” She said with a smile before she continued.

“Well as I said my passion is fashion design. My family is originally from Ponyville but my parents decided to move to Trottingham for a few years which is where I was born which explains my accent. When I was five my parents decided to move back to Ponyville where they had my sister shortly after. Ever since I was young I just loved designing my own clothing, I guess that’s where my interest in fashion started. My goal in life is to make the best outfits in the world so that I may leave my mark on the world.” She said.

“You will Rarity. In time your dream will become a reality. With each stitch you sew your skills grow and you come that much closer to your dream.” He said to the white unicorn mare. Rarity was rendered speechless by his words and she found her face heating up.

“Thank you Kenshin, no pony has ever said that to me… you truly are a gentlecolt. Thank you.” She said with a gentle smile.

Next was Applejack’s turn to give some information about herself.

“What about you Applejack?” He asked.

“Not much to say sugarcube. Ah run Sweet Apple Acres with my older brother while taking care of ma’ sister and granny.” Applejack said with pride.

“Your parents must be very proud of you.” The swordsman said but as he did he saw the apple farmer’s smile quickly disappear and was replaced by a frown.

“Ma’…ma’ parents died when ah was just a filly.” She said in a sorrowful tone.

“I’m very sorry, this one did not know.” He said as he gently rubbed her back with one hand, trying to comfort her.

“It’s alright sugarcube, ya didn’t know. I-it just gets so hard sometimes. I learned to deal with it, but when ah’ nearly lost Applebloom to those manticores... Everything came rushin’ back.” Applejack said as tears began to slowly roll down her cheeks before she continued.

“Don’t get me wrong. Ah mean we make good money and we never go hungry and ah always loved working on the farm since ah could remember and I have ma’ family and friends and we have the best of times. Ah mean ah have everything I could ever ask for and I’m very appreciative... But ever since my Ma and Pa died… ah feel… ah feel…”

“You feel alone. Despite how much time has passed, you still feel that emptiness that was left behind when you lost your parents. You feel like your trapped, don’t you?” The swordsman finished for her.

“H-how did you know?” She said. All her friends could were shocked by the fact that they never knew that their best friend was suffering right in front of them this whole entire time and they never even knew it. Despite always wearing a happy face, she was still mourning the loss of her parents.

“This one also knows the pain of losing your parents at a very young age.” He said with a sad smile as he hugged her which was soon followed by the others joining in on the hug and telling her that no matter what happened they would always be there for her. As he looked at the farm mare in his arms he stared into her eyes and said.

“You are very strong Applejack to be able to carry this burden, but remember that no matter what you are not alone. You have your friends and family that are always there for you, that you do.” He said with a smile to which the five other mares nodded in agreement to.

“Your parents would be so proud of you to see that their daughter has grown into a very strong and beautiful young mare.” He said to the apple farmer in his arms as he wiped the tears from her eyes which caused her face to burn bright red. Her heart was beating so hard at the comment that she felt like she was going to pass out. As they released the hug and returned to their seats they all took a few minutes to calm down. Applejack was happy that they were sitting at a table that was located in one of the far corners of the old barn that was out of sight.

As they finally calmed down the young man turned his attention to Twilight Sparkle.

“U-um me?” She asked to which he nodded.

“But you already said you know a little bit about me.” She said nervously.

“This one knows that you’re the Princess’s personal student and that you like to study a lot and ask me a lot of questions.” The swordsman said with a playful smile which caused the lavender unicorn to smile sheepishly as she began to play with her fingers nervously.

“Well I was never very social as a filly until the Princess sent me to live here in Ponyville. I basically lived in the castle library. Spike was always there for me and would keep me company. I never really had friends back in those days because most kids would make fun of me for being a book worm. But I didn’t care, I was happy because I had Spike and the Princess. Now I’m even happier because I have my friends here with me.” She said with a smile.

“Never be ashamed of your love for learning Twilight. A thirst for knowledge is a very admirable trait to have. Loving to learn does not make you a nerd, quite the opposite actually. This one finds that to be a very attractive trait to find in a woman. You will do many great things in life Twilight.” As he said this Twilight found her face burning with embarrassment just like her friends as her heart was racing.

As the swordsman finally turned his attention to Fluttershy, causing her to let a cute ‘eep’ as he stared at her.

“And last but definitely not least, Fluttershy.” He said to the yellow colored mare which caused her to blush.

“O-oh I’m n-nothing s-special. I-I just take care of the animals that are sick and hungry at near my cottage.” She said in a shy tone that was barely audible as she hid behind her pink mane.

“You take care of animals? That is very sweet Fluttershy, it suits your kind nature so well, that it does.” He complimented the shy mare which caused her to blush in embarrassment.

“I-It’s nothing r-really, it’s my s-special talent that I got my cutie mark in. Do y-you know what a c-cutie mark i-is.” She said as she poked both of her index fingers together in a nervous manner.

“Yes ,the cutie mark crusaders explained what they are.” He answered.

“O-oh ok.” She said as she began to fidget in her seat until the samurai motioned for her to continue.

“I’ve never b-been to good when it came to interacting with other ponies.” She said as she began to calm down a little bit, losing her stutter in the process.

“But when I’m around my animal friends… I feel like nothing can go wrong.” She said, still maintaining her hushed tone.

“Do not sell yourself short Fluttershy there is nothing wrong with being shy. In fact many find it to be a very cute trait. This one just happens to think that your shy nature makes you look absolutely adorable. At hearing this Fluttershy’s face was blazing hot as blood rushed to it. Like her friends her heart rate shot through the roof at his kindness.

“To tell you the truth, this one is quite shy as well.” He said.

“R-really?” She asked while peeking out from behind her pink mane.

“Oh yes, whenever I talk to someone I feel very nervous and worry that something might go wrong or that I might say something wrong, that much indeed I do.” He said which caused her to sigh in relief by the fact that she wasn’t the only one who felt these feelings of anxiety.

As the mares finished up with telling the samurai a little bit about themselves they stared at the rurouni for several seconds at the human.

“Well…” Rainbow Dash asked as they all stared at him expectantly.

“Well what?” Kenshin asked, tilted his head in slight confusion.

“Well aren’t you gonna tells about yourself silly?” Pinkie said happily.

“Well what would you like to know?” He said.

“Tell me how you moved so fast that we couldn’t even see you when you fought the manitores in the Everfree Forest.” Dash asked while trying to hide her excitement.

“Oh, from the training this one’s sensei gave him since I was a child.” He said

Dash narrowed her eyes at the man believing that he was trying to the secret of his speed from her.

“Yeah I get that but what I meant was what kind of training your sensei made you do. Did he make you lift weights or do sit ups while hanging from a tree, that sort of thing.” The rainbow mane mare asked in an annoyed tone.

“Oh well he would have practice fighting and running with heavy weights that were sewn into a suit sometimes. But he would mainly teach me without it. It was mainly used as a punishment for when I did something bad.” He answered.

“Weighted suit huh, I should try that sometime.” Dash said to herself.

“Y-you said you had a wife. What was she like? If that’s okay that is.” Fluttershy asked timidly. The other mares were eager to hear about his wife as well.

“Well… Her name is Kaoru and she could brighten up any day no matter how dark or gloomy it got. She had a bad temper sometimes but a kind and beautiful heart just the same. She’s was a loving wife and a loving mother and quite beautiful.” He said.

“You’re a daddy?” Fluttershy asked as she began to perk up. She loved any and everything that had to do with animals and babies.

“Yes I am, or at least I was before I died.” He said with a long and forlorn look as he stared into his mug of cider. The mares could only look on with sadness as the samurai sulked.

“Were very sorry Kenshin that you’re not able to be with you family. But look at the bright side. At least you’re alive, and you’re not alone. We’re here for you Kenshin and we always will be.” Twilight said to which the mares nodded in agreement.

The red head could only smile at their kind words.

“Thank you girls, that really means a lot to this one.” He said. As they sat there the silently Dash decided to break the silence.

“So… now that you’re single again what do you plan on doing?” The cyan mare asked which caused the rest of the mares to gasp at her question.

“RAINBOW!” They all shrieked.

“What?” She said.

“Ya’ don’t go askin’ a stallion those kinda’ questions Rainbow!” Applejack shouted.

“Rainbow Dash, that was very rude!” Rarity said.

“It’s okay everyone, there was nothing wrong with her asking that question.” The man said calmy.

“See! He’s cool with it!” Dash said triumphantly.

“To be honest, this one has never really thought about it until now.” He said with a sigh.

“Well whatever you chose to do Kenshin we’ll be behind you on it all the way.” Twilight said.

“Thank you girls…Um I’ve been meaning to ask you all something that has been bugging this one…Who is the Red Swordsman. I heard Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy call me that a few times, not that there is anything wrong with that.” He said.

“Well duh, you are silly!” Pinkie said with her usual giddy tone.

“Pinkie the Red Swordsman is just a Neighponies comic, a work of fiction. There is no way that Kenshin could possibly be the Red Swordsman, I admit he shares a lot of traits of the character. But for him to actually be him his life would have to follow the events perfectly.” Twilight said in a matter of fact tone which caused Pinkie Pie to cross her arms and pout.

“Uh ladies, that still does not answer the question.” He said politely.

“The Red Swordsman is a story from Neighpon about a legendary human samurai who would help others in their time of need no matter how dangerous it was. In the first book he wanders into a town where he meets a young human mare who is a sword instructor. She mistakes him for a murderer who was killing others with her father’s style. She finds out that he is not the killer when he shows her his sword which just so happens to be a reversed blade sword and that he can’t kill any pony using it. One day the killer tries to kill her at her own dojo but the Red Swordsman stops him and saves the mare. They become very good friends and she lets him live with her. They called him the Red Swordsman because of his red mane and his cross shaped scar on his left cheek and he could move so fast that no pony could even see him.” Fluttershy said to everyone’s surprise. Kenshin was baffled by what he heard and this did not go unnoticed by the girls.

“May I see this book?” The samurai asked to which pinkie pie pulled out a copy of the eastern comic and handed it to him. As he gazed at the cover he couldn’t believe what he saw.

The mares quickly noticed that something was getting to Kenshin.

“Kenshin, are you okay?” Twilight asked in worry as she watched him flip through the book quickly.

Page after page, Kenshin all the major events of his life in the book. From the first time he met Kaoru to meeting Sanosuke. Since it was the first book in the series it only covered a small amount. The last page showed a picture of Udo Jin-E smiling dementedly at the reader and underneath the picture it said “To be continued in the next issue, The Red Swordsman vs. Evil Eye.” He silently handed the book back to Pikie Pie and sat there silently before finally saying.

“That book… it shows my life.” Kenshin said which caused the mares to all gasp except for Pinkie Pie.

“See! I told you!” The pink party pony said as she pointed accusingly at Twilight.

“That’s impossible! How can you be so sure?” Twilight said in an exasperated tone.

“Simple, because everything that has happened in that book has happened to me.” He said in a serious tone.

“How is that possible?” Twilight asked with a dumbfounded expression that mirrored the girls at the table.

“This one has never read the series but I can tell you what happens in the next volume. At the end of that book it showed a picture of someone called ‘Evil Eye’. In my world he was known as Udo Jin-E, he went around killing people and government figures just for the fun of it. What made him even more dangerous besides the fact that he was an expert swordsman and a deranged sociopathic serial killer was the fact that he had a special technique called the Shin no Ippō. It is similar to what Fluttershy did earlier to Miss Lyra when she was chasing me. But there is one huge difference though. Not only does it render the target immobile with a single glance, but the caster does not have to maintain eye contact for it to remain in effect. It can be so strong that it can shut down the victims lungs.” Kenshin said as he took a calming breath before he continued as the mares could only listen in shock at what he was saying.

“The caster can also cast it upon themselves to make themselves stronger by thinking that they are absolutely invincible. This one’s wife was kidnapped by Jin-E so that he could lure me into a duel to the death. To get me angry he used Shin no Ippō on my wife telling me that if I didn’t kill him she would die from suffocation due to the Shin no Ippō shutting down her lungs. In a fit of rage I almost killed Jin-E but Kaoru stopped just in time as I was about to strike the finishing blow when she broke free of the effects of the Shin no Ippō with the strength of her willpower. In the fight I had smashed Jin-E’s elbow and ligaments in his right arm therefore making his life as a swordsman over. Because he couldn’t kill again in his current condition he stabbed himself in the heart with his wakasashi thus killing himself. This one will take a wild guess and say that just so happens to be what happens in the next book.” He finished.

The mares all sat there with their mouths open in pure shock and awe at how the red head rescued his wife and in horror by the evil that was Udo Jin-E. What surprised them the most was that he had just explained the next book to the perfectly to the T.

Twilight just sat there completely dumbfounded by the fact that something that was impossible was sitting write in front of her. But what baffled the most was that Kenshin was just sitting there casually with his usual smile that made it feel like nothing bad could happen.

“You’re the Red Swordsman! This is… How… That makes no sense!” Twilight said as her eye started to twitch in frustration.

“Twilight just calm down, this one is sure that there is a reasonable explanation. We will figure this out all in due time. For now let’s just enjoy the party Pinkie has worked so hard to set up.” He said in a comforting voice which eased Twilight’s tension.

“You’re right Kenshin, sorry about that.” She said letting out a sigh.

“Twilight’s face was funny. Almost as funny as when the doctors gave Kenny too much morphine when he was at the hospital causing him to wrap himself up in bandages like a mummy and walk around the hospital shouting ‘Face me Battōsai!’” Pinkie Pie said which caused Kenshin to go wide eyed.

“Wait what!” He said.

“OH! I know what’ll cheer Kenny up! Come on!” Pinkie Pie said randomly as she quickly grabbed the samurai’s hand and began to drag him to a platform that had a karaoke machine.

“Pinkie Pie, what is this?” He asked.

“This is a karaoke machine silly, haven’t you ever seen one before?” Pinkie asked.

“No, this one has not.”

“Well it’s simple, all you have to do is sing into the microphone the words that come appear on the screen!” She said happily as she handed the swordsman a microphone to which he inspected for a few seconds before him and Pinkie faced the crowed of ponies who were eagerly awaiting for them to sing.

“Well, here goes nothing.” The samurai said as the screen turned and the words flashed upon the screen.

“Don’t worry Kenny, I chose a very special song that I know you’ll love.” Pinkie said in a sing song voice right before they both began to sing in unison.

(Start Song)

Daikirai datta sobakasu wo chotto
Hitonade shite tame iki wo hitotsu
Hebii kyuu no koi wa migoto ni
Kakuzatou to issho ni toketa
Mae yori mo motto yaseta mune ni chotto
"Chiku" tto sasaru toge ga itai
Hoshiuranai mo ate ni naranai wa
Motto tooku made
Issho ni yuketara nee
Ureshikute sore dake de

Omoide wa itsumo kirei dakedo
Sore dake ja onaka ga suku wa
Hontou wa setsunai yoru na no ni
Doushite kashira?
Ano hito no egao mo omoidasenai no

Kowashite naoshite
Wakatteru no ni
Sore ga atashi no seikaku dakara
Modokashii kimochi de
Ayafuya na mama de
Soredemo ii koi wo shite kita
Omoikiri aketa
Hidari mimi no piasu ni wa nee
Waraenai episoodo

Sobakasu no kazu wo kazoete miru
Yogoreta nuigurumi daite
Mune wo sasu toge wa kienai kedo
Kaeruchan mo usagichan mo
Waratte kureru no

Omoide wa itsumo kirei dakedo
Sore dake ja onaka ga suku no
Hontou wa setsunai yoru na no ni
Doushite kashira?
Ano hito no namida mo omoidasenai no
Omoidasenai no
Dou... La La La La La La
Doushite na no?

(End Song)

The crowd was going wild at their performance and were calling for an encore. Kenshin was amazed by the fact that Pinkie new how to speak Japanese but he was learning not to question these things and just accept it. But what caught him off guard the most was the fact that this was the same song from earlier and it kept making him have flashbacks of all the adventures he had with his friends again. But it also made him happy as well. Just why was this song so important to him he asked himself. As he stood next to Pinkie, she pulled out a Shamisen out of nowhere and handed it to him to which he took it in his hands as she also handed him a Bachi. He could not help but wonder where she kept all of these things.

As he got into a kneeling position he noticed that there were news reporter ponies that were carrying big video cameras on their shoulder’s that were trained on him and Pinkie. As he sat in the Seiza position he saw Twilight come running up to the stage.

“Kenshin what are you doing? No pony has played the Shamisen in over ten thousand years let alone knows how to play it!” Twilight said while worrying that he was about to make a fool of himself in front of everypony. Twilight was caught off guard by the samurai’s wide smile.

“This one does.” Was all he said before him and Pinkie Pie began their performance. Pinkie held the microphone to her mouth and flashed the man a smile letting him know to start playing. As they began his hands were flying as Pinkie Pie’s beautiful voice sang.

(Start Song)

nana iro emaki no you
nigiwau machi azayaka ni
kisetsu wa oukaranman
koko wa edo hana kouji

ougihashi no ue ni hi iro no koi ga saki
kasumu sora he to omoi haseru

fuwari fuwari maiodoru koi
fuwari fuwari tsutsumu hanabira
fuwari fuwari usubeni iro ni
fuwari fuwari somaru hana kouji

tatoe koyoi sakura fubuki ga
mittsu yottsu to chiri nure do
asu mo kono machi no kashiko ni wa
hyaku man no yume midare afureru

fuwari fuwari maiodoru koi
fuwari fuwari kirameki nagara
fuwari fuwari nishiki no yume ni
fuwari fuwari somaru hana kouji

shanrara sharara shanrara.... yukikau
shanrara sharara shanrara.... hana kouji

(End Song)

As they finished the song the whole room broke out into a huge round of applause to which both of them stood up and took a bow before they both walked off the stage only to be met by the sight of their friends running up to congratulate them.
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*Party: POV – Jin-E*

Jin-E was watching Kenshin and the pink mare perform on stage as he was standing at the bar that was set up for the party.

“Hit me.” Jin-E said as the bartender handed him a tall mug of hard cider to which he took without taking his eyes off his target. As Jin-E brought the mug to his lips he savored the alcoholic beverage. He enjoyed the taste of apple that was accompanied with the burning of the alcohol as it went down his throat. As he set the empty mug down he watched as he got off the stage along with the pink mare.

Jin-E knew that Kenshin was suffering from previous injuries and was exhausted from the incident with the mint colored mare from earlier thus making him an easier target. As he watched the red head talk with the six mares that he was told were the Elements of Harmony. Despite them being a threat to the plans of his boss and the others he was told that his one and only priority was to kill Kenshin no matter what and if possible. But since he was here, why pass up the chance to kill two birds with one stone. Seven in this case.

One thing bothered him though, who was it that attacked Kenshin with throwing knives earlier on the roof, it certainly wasn’t him. As he pushed these thoughts to the back of his head he stood up and slowly drew his sword. Now was the time to strike. As he began to make his way towards his target he was stopped by a group of ponies that were wearing golden armor.

“STOP RIGHT THERE!” One of the guards ordered.

“What do you want? Can’t you see I’m busy?” Jin-E said in annoyed tone.

“Sir, please sheathe your sword.” The guard told the assassin.

“Why should I?” The ex-shinsengumi asked in a sarcastic tone.

“Sir, it’s illegal to draw a weapon out in public unless it is in self-defense.”

“And your point is?” Jin-E said trying to piss of the guards.

“Sir, if you do not put sheathe your sword you will be placed under arrest. This is your final warning.” The guard said in a serious tone as more guards started to surround him in a full circle with swords drawn. He counted twenty-five guards in total.

“Aww the Princess’s little bitches think they actually pose a threat, how cute.” He said finally pushing the guards over the edged.

“THAT’S IT! YOU’RE COMING WITH US! GET HIM!” The guard shouted which caused Jin-E to laugh as the guards rushed him.

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*Party: POV – Kenshin*

“Kenshin That was amazing! How do you know how to play a Shamisen!? And Pinkie since when do you know how to speak Neighponies!?” Twilight shouted to the two in question.

“This one’s sensei taught him as a child.” The red head said as Pinkie just giggled.

“That was awesome!” Dash said.

“Y-you sing v-very well Kenshin.” Fluttershy added.

“That performance was simply divine darling and your language is beautiful.” Rarity added.

“Whoo-wee that was some fancy fiddlelin’ ya’ did there!” Applejack complimented the human.

“Thank you girls, but it was Pinkie who was the real star with her beautiful voice.” He said which caused Pinkie’s cheeks to turn red.

At that moment Spike came running up to the mares and the human.

“Kenshin! Pinkie Pie! That was awesome!” Spike said.

“Thank you.” The human and the party mare said at the same time in perfect unison as the smiled.

“Kenshin you’ll never believe who I found!” The young drake said excitedly.

“Who?” The samurai asked.

“I found one of your human friends that’s a samurai just like you and he’s here at the party!” the baby dragon continued. The red head along with the six mares eyes widen at this.

“What’s his name!?” Twilight asked, excited that there was another human.

“Udo Jin-E!” Spike answered which caused everyone’s eyes to go wide in horror. As soon as the words left his mouth there was a loud scream.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!” As they all everyone turned to see what happened they were met with the horrific site twenty-five dead guards that were laying on the ground sliced up and standing over them was their killer with a bloodied sword.

“That was oddly disappointing. These guards are straight up pathetic; I’ve seen old ladies that put up more of a fight…literally.” He said as ten more guards rushed him only to freeze in place as they made eye contact with him due to his Shin no Ippō. Ponies were screaming and trying to run away only to find the doors locked and bolted shut along with the windows.

“Ah this is the life. Slaughtering the innocent does my heart good.”Jin-E said as he disappeared from in front of the guards and reappeared behind them. At first nothing happened, that is until the guards had blood spraying from their necks and chests and all other vital spots.

“Jin-E what are you doing here?” The red head demanded.

“Well after I died I wound up in the deepest and darkest depths of hell. As I was burning and screaming in pain for what felt like an eternity, I one day found myself alive again thanks to my boss. He made me an offer that was too good to pass up.” Jin-E said with an evil grin.

“And what offer was that?” The red head said as he maintained his death glare.

“Simple, I kill you and the Elements of Harmony and I’ll be able to kill anyone, anytime, all the time.” The psychopath grinned as he said this causing the girls to gasp in horror. Fluttershy was hyperventilating in pure terror at the murderers words. Kenshin’s anger spiked.

“I can’t wait to gut those little whores, I’m gonna-” Jin-E started but was interrupted.

“Touch them and you’ll fucking wish you were back in hell when I’m through with you, you son of a bitch.” Kenshin said in a low and deadly tone that sent chills down everyone’s spines as he took a battle stance with his hand gripping the handle of his sword, ready to draw.

“Girls get everyone back and whatever you do, do not look into his eyes no matter what.” The rurouni said did not take his eyes off of his enemy.

“B-but K-Kenshin, w-what about you?” Pinkie Pie said as tears streamed down her face in fear an worry for Kenshin.

“This one will be fine, I promise that I will protect you girls no matter what, that I will.” The red head said as him and Jin-E squared off.

Everything was silent as they glared at each other for what felt like hours. Then out of nowhere both swordsman lunged at each other at full speed.

“DIE BATTŌSAI!!!” Jin-E screamed.

"AAAAAAAHHH!!!" Kenshin screamed back in anger.

As the two samurai closed the distance instantly, their blades clashed against each other sending sparks flying everywhere. Everypony was in pure shock and awe at how fast they were moving.

*CLANG!* *PING!* *RING!* *DING!*

Their two were striking andd blocking each other at such a high rate of speed that they both appeared as blurs. They sounds of their swords clashing against each other sounded as if they were clashing against each other a thousand times per second.

As they fought the camera crew that arrived at Sweet Apple Acres looking for what they heard were reports of an alien roaming around Ponyville were recording the whole event live.

“Are you getting this!? Are you actually getting this!?” The news mare said to the camera mare in excitement.

“Every bit of it Exclusive Story!” She said to the news mare that ran in front of the camera to give her report.

“This is Exclusive Story coming to you live from Ponyville! Right now we are at the scene of what appears to be two aliens fighting to the death! From what my sources tell me, the alien with the red mane is the stallion who saved three young fillies and the Elements of Harmony in the Everfree forest and right now he is currenltly fighting a deranged stallion who just murdered thirty five royal guards in a matter of seconds. We are watching history in the making here ponies, two samurai are dueling in front of us to the death on live TV despite their long absence for thousands of years! Let’s see if we can get an interview!” Exclusive Story said in excitement as the fight continued behind her.

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*Kenshin POV*

As the two samurai squared off, neither one saying anything. Seconds past and felt like hours. Then out of nowhere the both lunged at each other.

“DIE BATTŌSAI!!!” Jin-E screamed.

"AAAAAAAHHH!!!" Kenshin screamed back in anger.

As they closed the distance to between each other their blades clashed together sending sparks everywhere. Jin-E slashed at Kenshin’s neck to which the red head blocked the strike and returned one of his own towards his attacker’s head. Jin-E side stepped the strike only to be met with the pommel of Kenshin’s sword to his face sending the serial killer flying backwards onto a table. The table shattered under the force and weight of his body, but Jin-E was up in a flash. Unfortunately he was not fast enough as Kenshin closed the distance, Jin-E just barely managed to block the strike as Kenshin’s Sakabatō swiped at his stomach.

*CLANG!*

The blades clashed loudly as Kenshin was pushing the psychopath back with extreme force. Their swords rang out as they clashed and slammed against each reapetedly for ten seconds straight at such a high rate of speed that they appeared as blurs.

*CLANG!* *PING!* *RING!* *DING!*

As Jin-E and Kenshin locked blades, Jin-E could only smile dementedly at how much fun he was having at trying to kill the red head in front of him. As their blades were still locked, Jin-E gazed into the blade of his sword and casted Shin No Ippō on himself causing his muscles to expand immensely along with his strength; this caused the red head to go wide eyed. Jin-E took advantage of his opponents surprise and leapt through the air and performed a downward slash at Kenshin’s head. The red head quickly brought his sword up above his head to block the oncoming strike. As Jin-E’s strike connected there was a loud explosion and a cloud of smoke emitted from the bone crushing force of the strike. There was so much force behind the strike that it created a crater that was three feet deep and five feet wide all around.

“KENSHIN!” The six mares cried out as they saw their friend crushed from the sheer force of the strike. They couldn’t even spot the red haired samurai due to the smoke; they could only assume that he was lying in a crumbled heap inside the crater or worse.

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I KILLED HIM, I’VE FINALLY DEFEATED HITOKIRI BATTŌSAI!!!” Jin-E laughed insanely as the mares all cringed in horror at the death of their friend.

“H-how could you do such a thing?... WHY DID YOU KILL MY FRIEND!? WHAT DID HE EVER DO TO YOU!?” Pinkie screamed with tears flowing down her cheeks as she started to break down crying with her hands on her face.

“Why? Simple, it gets really boring when my victims don’t fight back. I wanted my prey to put up a little more of a fight, trust me when I say that it is much more fun to kill a strong opponent. I find killing in general to be the best way to relax. The way the blood just spills, sprays, and splatters everywhere. They way my victims cry and panic as they try to put their organs back into their bodies, thinking that they can actually survive being gutted alive. The way a mother becomes frantic when I force her to choose which one of her children will live which one of her children will die, only to go completely insane when she finally makes her choice, only for her to lose all reason to live when she finds out that I was lying when she sees me slaughtering all of her children right in front of her and then finally her. Now that is truly a magical moment to see.” Udo Jin-E said as he appeared to have look of pure bliss on his face as he remembered how he murdered his previous victims.

The ponies that were trapped in the barn were screaming in terror at what they were hearing. Mothers were holding their children tightly and close to themselves in terror. Others were huddled together as they cried and hyperventilating causing some to pass out. Others were rocking back and forth on the ground in the fetal position with their hands clamped over their ears, on the verge of insanity. Fillies and colts were crying.

“You monster! You’re the ruffian that kidnapped Kenshin’s wife! Have you no remorse!?” Rarity shouted at the hitokiri.

“Bitch, there’s only one thing that I regret and that’s not being able to gut that little whore he cared so much about, Kaoru-” Jin-E was cut off from his rant as Kenshin shot out of the smoke cloud from the crater at blinding speeds and slammed his sword straight into Jin-E’s nose causing it to emit a sickening cracking sound from the cartilage breaking. This sent Jin-E flying through the air and straight into a wall. But before Jin-E could even cup his broken nose in pain, two sandal wearing feat smashed into his already broken nose causing him excruciating pain which caused him to scream at the top of his lungs in pain as he rolled around on the ground cupping his nose.

“KENSHIN!!!” The six mares cried in shock and relief as they saw their friend alive.

“Don’t. Ever. Speak. Her. Name. You have no right to say my wife’s name!” Kenshin said in a low and deadly tone.

“How did you survive that strike!?” Jin-E demanded, still in pain.

“All I had to do was flex my knees and arms just enough to absorb the shock, but not too much to leave me defenseless. You must be a complete idiot to think that had any chance of working.” The red head said while maintaining his death glare.

“Don’t kid yourself into thinking that this fight will end up like last time Battōsai!” He barked as he saw a lit lantern hanging over a bale of hay to which he slashed the rope holding it up. As it fell to the ground a fire broke out which spread at an alarming rate. Ponies began to scream in terror and as they desperately tried to break down sealed doors. Luckily Kenshin was already close enough to the door to which he slashed it so fast that the door exploded into a million tiny splinters.

The moment this happened the fire flared up to an astronomical size from the oxygen rushing in, causing everypony to scream.

“Go! I’ll deal with Jin-E!” Kenshin shouted to which all of the ponies ran out of the burning barn, except for the six mares that were with Kenshin.

“Kenshin, what about you!? We can’t just leave you here with him!” Twilight shouted.

“She’s right! We can back you up!” Rainbow Dash shouted over the roaring flames and the snapping of the wood being burnt.

“Come on, we’re just gonna get in his way.” Applejack said while trying to pull both mares towards the exit.

“As much as I hate to admit it, she’s right. Kenshin is trained for this.” Rarity said to which the Twilight reluctantly nodded in agreement.

“I don’t care if he’s trained in whatever style of martial arts! We gotta help him!” Dash said in anger and worry.

“Rainbow Dash! If we get involved he’ll have to worry about protecting us and that will put him in even more danger! Please! We have to go!” Twilight cried as she tugged at the rainbow mane Pegasus to which she finally gave in and they all ran out of the barn leaving only Kenshin and Udo Jin-E left in the burning barn.

"I think it's time that we both stop holding back." Kenshin said while casting a death glare.

"I couldn't agree more." Jin-E said with a wicked grin.

(Start Song, keep the song playing even if the scene changes.)

This time Jin-E took the offensive and lunged at the red head, performing an upward slash. Despite the red head leaping into the air to avoid the strike, the blade managed to catch him in the shoulder causing him to grunt in pain. Kenshin leap sent him up into the rafters to which Jin-E followed. They both balanced themselves on the wooden support beams as if they were nothing.

As they charged each other again their blades clashed and sparked. Jin-E unleashed a flurry of rapid strikes on the red head. The first one was aimed at his neck to which the red head duck only to be followed be a quick stab which managed to slice Kenshin’s right bicep. But the red head ignored the searing pain as the third and fourth strikes followed which was a horizontal strike aimed for his stomach followed by a downward slash. Both of which the samurai managed to block. The fifth strike was a low slash aimed at the red head’s shins. Out of reflex Kenshin front flipped over Jin-E, as he was in mid-air behind the psychopath he unleashed a flurry of rapid strikes of his own. All of which were blocked with relative ease.

“You seem to have gotten stronger Jin-E.” The red head said as he landed back on the rafters that were getting weaker by the second.

“Yes I have. Tell me, how strong have you gotten since our last battle?” Jin-E said with a sadistic smirk.

“Why don’t I show you instead?” Kenshin said as sliced the roof above Jin-E causing it to cave in on the serial killer. As the pieces of burning wood came crashing down, Jin-E went to slash the pieces of wood away only for Kenshin to slash the support beam that Jin-E was standing on, catching him of guard.

As the murderer fell to the ground with pieces of the burning roof collapsing on him Kenshin took this chance to leap through the loft window, shattering the glass on his way out. The red head grunted as he felt the razor sharp shards slice his skin. As he landed he went into a tuck and roll. Ponies cheered as they saw the samurai running from the burning barn. Kenshin quickly turned and faced the barn as he knew that this fight was far from over. At that moment Jin-E came charging out of the burning barn, screaming in a fit of rage with his sword in hand.

As Jin-E closed the distance, he slashed at the red heads head only for him to duck under the strike which sliced an apple tree causing it to crash to the ground. The rurouni took advantage of the opening and slashed at the deranged maniac’s stomach, landing a solid strike. This caused the maniac to hack up a little blood.

At this moment the red head jumped high into the air and tucked his feet under his body while he lets himself drop with his sword ready to strike.

“Ryūtsuisen!” Kenshin screamed as he aimed his strike towards Jin-E’s head only for it to be blocked. But to Jin-E’s amazement his sword cracked slightly but still seemed to be okay for the most part as he forced the red head back.

“I guess I can’t take any chances with you.” The grey haired swordsman said with a sinister look on his face that set off an alarm for Kenshin. The red head knew that Jin-E used the Shin no Ippō on himself to increase his own power and Jin-E knew that said technique would not work on Kenshin. The red head knew that something was up, but the question was what?

At this point Jin-E pulled out a small vile with green glowing liquid. He pulled the cork out of the bottle with his teeth and presumed to gulp it down as fast as he could. As the bottle was empty he tossed it to the ground to which it landed in tact on the grassy ground.

A few seconds later the greyed haired murder smiled evily as he his muscles began to grow even bigger. At this point he appeared as if he was a body builder on steroids with a bad case of roid rage.

The psycho path charged the red head at such a high rate of speed that he was almost as fast as Kenshin. Almost.

Jin-E unleashed another flurry of strikes at lightning speeds. Due to Kenshin’s prior injuries he was not in the best of shape and this slowed him down. The red head was blocking the strikes as best as he could. But due to the maniac’s new found strength and speed along with the severity of the red heads injuries he was not able to completely block the strikes. He was only able to lessen the damage that he was receiving. Slash after slash, slice after slice, and stab after stab, Kenshin was only able to lessen the depth of the cuts and protect his vitals. Barely.

(End Song)

The red head was sent flying back fifty feet through the air. Screaming in pain as he slammed into a tree and collapsed to the ground in pain in a crumbled heap, covered in his own blood. As the six mares ran to the side of their injured friend.

“Kenshin, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!” Twilight said in a complete panic as she looked at the down samurai. Kenshin opened his eyes slowly, as he did he gazed into the eyes of the six mares. They all had looks of pure horror and worry as they gazed at him trying to help him.

“Well, well, well. Looks like the legendary Hitokiri Battōsai has lost his edge. Your skills have become as dull as that stupid blade that you carry.” Jin-E said as he began to slowly walk towards the six mares.

Pinkie was holding Kenshin, she was the first to get to him. As she gazed at the only line of defense that they had, his eyes closed and his breaths becoming shallower by the second. But he was more than just a means of a defense from this psychopath. He was their friend. He was more than just a friend. Pinkie didn’t know what it was about Kenshin, but every time she saw him her face would heat up with embarrassment and become flushed. Her heart rate would sky rocket, her legs would feel like Jell-O, her breathing would become rapid.

Whenever he smiled, oh Celestia how she loved that smile. Whenever he would flash his heart warming smile at her, her stomach would feel like it had a whole flock of butterflies. No matter what it was, whenever she would ramble about whatever it was that was on her mind he would set down whatever it was he was doing and listen to her. He never got upset at her, not once. He would listen to her and nod and answer all her questions with a smile.

As she held him she began to cry as she saw his breathing becoming slower and slower until… It stopped.

As Jin-E was thirty feet away now. He saw that the red head’s chest was no longer rising and falling. At seeing this he began to laugh insanely as he finally stood over the now dead form of the samurai. The six mares were in shock at what happened to their friend.

“How pathetic! He died of blood loss! Now that is one of the biggest let downs that I have ever had, I wanted to gut him alive!” Jin-E said as he stared at the fallen form of Kenshin being held lovingly in the pink party mare’s arms as she cradled him against her chest, sobbing over him.

Pinkie was terrified. Never had she been so terrified in her young life. It wasn’t just the fact that this man was going to kill him, it was his eyes. As he turned his gaze onto Pinkie Pie she trembled at his gaze as she quickly broke eye contact as she remembered Kenshin’s warning. But for that split second she saw something that she hadn’t seen in years. Something she thought that she had escaped all those years ago when she left the rock farm. Those eyes…Those eyes… Those were the same eyes that her father had. Eyes of pure hatred and anger, as if the least little thing would set him off. It made her shake as the evil man was slowing making his way towards her. But he would never even come near the pink party pony.

In a flash Kenshin’s eye’s shot open and in one lightning fast strike he lunged forward with his sword still in his hand. Kenshin swung his sword into the side of Jin-E’s knee with extreme force, causing it to emit a loud and sickening crack.

*CRACK!!!*

“AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!” Jin-E screamed in agony as his right knee shattered like a glass plate causing his right leg to bend inwardly at a sickening angle. Before he could collapse to the ground Kenshin aimed a second strike at the serial killer’s right elbow with a swift uppercut to the joint, this caused aloud snap to echo, causing the six mares along with the crowd to cringe at the results of the two strikes.

*SNAP!!!*

“AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!” Jin-E screamed yet again, but this time in pure anger and rage as the pain worsened to new heights that were unimaginable.

“YOU BASTARD!!! I’LL FUCKING KILL YOU!!! I’LL FUCKING KILL YOU AND THOSE WHORES!!!” Jin-E screamed in pain as he hit the ground and rolled around in agony.

“How can you when I shattered your right knee cap along with your right elbow. I’ll say the same thing that I said to you all those years ago Jin-E. Your life as a swordsman is over.

“Y-you son of a bitch! Y-you were playing dead the whole time weren’t you?” The gray haired swordsman said with venom.

“Not the whole time. Your final flurry of strikes managed to cause me to pass out from blood loss. I managed to wake up thanks to Pinkie Pie pulling me into her arms. I took advantage of the moment. I slowed my breath down until I made it appear that I stopped by holding my breathe. I was in the perfect position to protect the girls by being close to them. I still can’t believe that you didn’t see it coming. I mean seriously Jin-E, rule number one of being an assassin is make sure that the target is dead. Not that I'm complaining mind you. Also you never heeded my warning. DON’T EVER TRY TO HURT MY FRIENDS!!! EVER!!!” Kenshin screamed the last part out at the top of his lungs.

“You think I’m defeated, don’t you? You have no idea how wrong you are.” Jin-E said as he stood up, to everyone’s surprise as began to limp away. As he did he tossed a black crystal at the ground to which it shattered and released a series of large black lightning bolts that shot out of the ground, covering Jin-E’s escape. But it didn’t stop there, out of the shard came two-hundred figures that appeared as if they were made out of shadows.

“What’s happening?” Kenshin asked with worry.

“This is dark magic! Those are shadow warriors!” She said as weapons started to form in the shadow warriors hands. At this point ponies started to scream in terror again.

“What are shadow warriors?” The swordsman asked as he limped to the six mares.

“It’s a spell that uses dark magic which allows the caster to create an artificial warrior that is under their complete control. They can be stored in special crystals so they can be used by others who can’t use magic. But I’ve never heard of anypony being able to summon more than ten at a time. Whoever gave Jin-E that crystal must be very powerful with magic.” Twilight said with great fear.

“Then I have no choice but to stop them before they hurt anyone.” Kenshin said only to fall to one knee, gasping in pain as he clutched his left hand to the bloody bandages that were wrapped around his chest as he used his sword to support himself.

“Kenshin you can’t fight a shadow warrior! You’re in no condition to even move let alone fight! Besides, it takes at least ten elite guards to take on one shadow warrior!” Twilight said as she and the other mares were trying to talk the samurai out of fighting.

“It’s the only way girls. If I don’t fight then innocent ponies will be killed. I’m sorry.” Kenshin said as he tried to get up only find himself too hurt to move.

“Looks like you need my power once again.” A familiar voice echoed inside the red heads mind.

“You! What do you want!?” Kenshin demanded in his mind.

“You need my help again and don’t say that you don’t because I can see you struggling to try and stand up.” Battōsai said with mocking yet sadistic grin.

“It’s ironic that you chose a time like this to offer your help. What’s your angle? Why do you want to help me?” The swordsman replied.

“Let me put it this way. If you die, I die along with you, and if we die so will all of these ponies because no one will be around to protect them.”

“You make a valid point, but still. There’s more to this than you’re letting on. What ‘s your hidden reason?”

“I could tell you, but I won’t because I don’t want to. Besides, there’s no time for that. The enemy is closing in. So, are you still going to argue with me or are you going to accept my power?”

“…”

“Well?”

“Alright, but this one will be in control the whole time.” Kenshin said with deadly seriousness.

“Ha ha fine by me.” Battōsai laughed with sadistic glee as Kenshin’s eye’s started to glow an eerie yellow.

“Kenshin what are you doing?” Twilight asked worryingly as he stood up, tightening his grip on his sword.

“Twilight…are these shadow warriors living, breathing creatures?” The red head asked in an emotionless tone.

“N-no. They’re basically puppets made out of magic. They are in no way alive. W-why are you asking?” Twilight asked with worry.

“Good…Then that means I don’t have to hold back.” Kenshin said as he felt a surge of new power poor through his veins as it began to surge throughout his body in full force.

(Start Song, keep the song playing even if the scene changes.)

“Kenshin wait!” The lavender unicorn pleaded as her and the other Elements of Haromony tried to stop the injured samurai only to fail as he charged at the two hundred shadow warriors which all screamed battle cries as they charged at the lone swordsman.

The six mares along with the crowd of ponies from the party all watched in shock and amazement as he charged at the oncoming army.

As he finally closed the distance, he did not stop. He charged straight through ramming his enemies as his sword sliced and slashed at blinding speeds through his enemies. To the mares shock and amazement twenty-five shadow warriors went flying back through the air as they landed right in front of the crowed of ponies and six mares right before they started to fizzle out of existence with black smoke like mist coming off their bodies as they faded to nothing. The six mares were speechless as they saw Kenshin’s fighting prowess, his true fighting prowess.

As the red head charged his way through, five shadow warriors charged at the samurai. Three of them carrying katanas while two carried yari spears. As the two spearman lunged at the red head to which he side stepped the first one and caught the second spear in his hand as he lopped off the shadow warriors head causing him disappear in a puff of smoke. Kenshin threw the spear at the first spearman’s chest.

*SHINK!*

As the yari found its mark the shadow warrior turned to smoke. Kenshin quickly switched his hold on the sword to a reversed grip as lunged at the three sword wielding shadows. He slashed the first enemy across the stomach to which he slashed the second from the middle of the stomach upwards past the middle of the head. As the third lunged at him with a straight stab aimed at the red heads heart only to be side stepped. The swordsman gripped the handle of the katana and in one full motion he flipped the shadow warrior onto the ground and stabbed the katana straight into his chest cause, leaving it there as the shadow disappeared into nothing with only the katana in left sticking out of the grass.

“Thirty down, one hundred and seventy to go. There has to be some way to speed up this fight.” Kenshin said as he was now surrounded by all of his enemies.

“Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū: Ryūsōsen!” Kenshin said as he unleashed a flurry of strikes on the ten shadow warriors that were charging at him. They let out a sickening screech as they literally exploded into inky black smoke which dissipated into the air. Kenshin quickly sheathed his sword as ten more came at him with many more coming behind them. The swordsman quickly drew the sword at such a high rate of speed that there was a loud crack that it emitted a loud a crack that echoed as it struck five enemies across the stomach to which they vanished. As the other five leaped into the air to impressive heights, ready to drop on the red head with their blades.

The red head was not worried as he leapt through the air and somersaulted while holding his blade out which made him into a spinning blade as he sliced the five airborne enemies.

“Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū: Ryūkansen Arashi!” He shouted as he landed on the ground as five katana blades land on the ground from the newly fallen shadows.

“Fifty down. I need to speed this up.” He said as he saw one of the katanas from the fallen shadow warriors sticking out of the ground to which he quickly ran to it and pulled it out of the ground and held it in the grip of his left hand.

“Perfect. It’s time to get to fancy.” Kenshin said as he readied both swords in each hand as twenty five more enemies rushed at him screeching horrific battle cries.

Kenshin stays in his spot as they ran towards him waiting for his attackers to get close. As they do, two lunge at him with spears to which he blocks with both swords which causes them both to lose balance to which he slashed them both across the throats to which they vanished as well three came up behind him and slashed at him only for him to back flip over them and land behind them to which he unleashed another flurry of strikes which took care of the three.

This time five came at Kenshin from the front and five from the back. As all ten attacked at the same time, Kenshin brought up one sword to block the five in the front and the second sword to block the five coming at him from the back. As he was on one knee struggling to hold back all ten blades for a few seconds he quickly spun himself around forcing all of them back as he spun in full circle.

“Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū: Ryūkansen!” He shouted as he defeated the ten shadows warriors only for the other ten to be charging at him. To which he moved so fast that he disappeared and reappeared behind them but they had their blades up ready to block.

“I wasn’t aiming for you.” Kenshin said in an emotionless tone as his eyes continued to glow an eerie yellow. The shadow warriors seemed confused at this but they soon found out what the red head meant when three apple trees crashed on top of them, crushing them into smoke.

As Kenshin turned around he quickly turned around only to feel a sharp pain in his shoulder from a kunai knife finding its mark in his shoulder. As he reached and pulled it out he saw that the cut was shallow and bled only a little. He turned his attention to the enemy that threw it only to find it laughing in a distorted monotone voice.

“You gave me a mere scratch and you act like you’ve already won the fight. Yet I’ve already defeated seventy-five of your men. You’re pathetic.” Kenshin said as he moved so fast that it appeared as if everything was standing still, including his enemies as he slammed the enemy flat on his back and jammed the kunai into its skull. As it disappeared into smoke Kenshin simply said.

“Seventy-six.” He said as he stood ready for the next assault.

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*Manehattan*

“COME ON KENSHIN!!! KICK THOSE MOTHER FUCKERS ASS’S!!!” Sanosuke screamed at the television set as Cheerilee and Vinyl were wrapping up his wounds and patching him up.

“Quit moving!!!” Both mares shouted as they poured antiseptic onto his cuts and bruises, causing him to shout in pain.

“Ow!” Sanosuke said as he winced in pain.
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*Ponyville*

“One-hundred down. Half-way there.” The samurai said after he took down another twenty-four enemies as he tossed the katana to the side and went back to using the Sakabatō. Normally Kenshin would never use a katana for fear of killing his opponents. But since these opponents were just magical puppets and not alive in anyway, he could make an exception.

“I think I’ve paced myself long enough.” He said as increased his speed.

Kenshin moved so fast that he flickered out of sight. For Kenshin this would always feel surreal to him. Everyone appeared as if they were not even moving at all. He could literally take down his opponents with relative ease which he was doing at the moment. As he ran towards his opponents which appeared to not be moving at all as he used Shinsoku to speed himself up, he ran past them slashing each and every one of them as he ran past them as fast as he could and for good reason. Shinsoku was a very useful technique but the longer one used it the more strain it put on the body and used a lot of energy. Normally this was not a problem since Kenshin was well trained and in good shape. But due to his current injuries he was in a lot of pain. As he came to a stop thirty shadow warriors disappeared into black smoke and mist.

As Kenshin fought while using Battōsai’s power he noticed something very disturbing. He was far more powerful than normal and he could ignore most of his injuries, but he was also becoming more blood thirsty the longer he used this power. He was almost having fun as he took down each opponent and that’s what was scaring Kenshin the most as he fought. Another problem was that he was reaching his limit even with this power.

At this point he noticed that on his left side were twenty shadow warriors were pointing what he thought were spears at him until he saw the ten in the front take a kneeling position as they took aim. When he saw this he felt a huge sense of dread as he knew very well that what they were carrying were not spears but matchlock rifles. As they prepared their first folly ten more shadows came rushing him to his right. The samurai heard the cocking of the guns and dove to the ground as they unleashed their first volley which passed over his head and hit the ten charging shadow warriors causing them to disappear. As they tried to get into position for the next volley, Kenshin charged them but in his current state he was beginning to slow down significantly as they took aim at him. At that moment Kenshin tried to front flipped through the air and over the shots only to have a bullet hit him in his left shoulder. Even though the shot only grazed him it was still enough to cause him a lot of pain and knock him out of the air.

At this point the twenty shadow warriors tried to bayonet Kenshin only to have him for him to roll out of the way and slash three of them across their stomachs defeating them as he lunged at the rest. As he worked through the pain he blocked a strike of one of the bayonets that was aim for his throat as he slashed two more shadow warriors.

“Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū: Ryūkansen Tsumuji!” Kenshin screamed as he flew the air in a drilling motion, taking out the fifteen remaining rifle wielding shadows before he landed.

At this point the remaining forty shadow warriors all charged at the lone swordsman in one last ditch effort to kill the red head. Kenshin charged as he sheathed his sword and drew it so fast that he took out the first five that came his way. As two came at him from behind while three came at him from the front, Kenshin back flipped behind the two and delivered two swift slashes to each of them right before he spun around in full circle striking the three enemies in the face, turning them to smoke. As he charged again he quickly found himself slowing down from exhaustion as ten more attacked him. He blocked the first one’s sword as he jabbed he stabbed it as he side stepped the second ones sword, causing it to stab into the third attack as kenshin did a downward slash to the second attacker from its sternum. As the next two managed two slash his back and right arm.

“Agh!’ Kenshin screamed in pained as he fought through the pain and quickly dispatched the two.

Now he was only left with twenty-five enemies.

The ten more lunged at him slicing at him with everything they got. Despite his dodging and blocking, a few strikes were able to get past his defenses strike him. As they came in for another assault Kenshin took the offensive as he slashed the first one five times and lunged at the next only for it to block his strike, locking blades with each other. Kenshin quickly head butted the shadow, causing it to stumble backwards as he grabbed its wrist and wrenched its blade from its grip. As he did he turned it’s blade around and stabbed it into its stomach. The ghostly figure quickly dissipated, freeing the blade to which the red head hurled the blade as hard as he could at on another shadow. As the katana pierced the ghost like enemy’s chest sending it flying back straight into two more enemies, impaling them as well on the same blade.

The red head charged at the five others as they fired arrows at him to which he sliced all of them in half. As one last arrow flew at him Kenshin caught it with his bare hand to which he squeezed it causing it to snap in half. He slashed one of them with an uppercut to the jaw as he caught its sword as it fell from it as its body vanished in midair. As two more came up behind him Kenshin quickly flipped both swords into reverse grips and then he stabbed the swords behind him finding his mark into the two chests of the enemies behind him.

It was very weird for Kenshin to be stabbing an opponent with his Sakabatō, mostly due to the fact that it was able to go straight through his opponent which it was never able to do before due to the fact that it is not able to slay the living. But this case was different mainly due to the fact that these enemies were basically made out of pure shadows which could be solid at the same time. He didn’t question, they weren’t alive anyway so he kept on fighting.

He left the Katana behind inside of his enemy as he went back to using his Sakabatō. He slashed another enemy in its right side as he ran past as it vanished in smoke. He slashed the next one in the chest then moved behind it and delivered a diagonal from its right shoulder to its left hip.

Kenshin ran towards another five enemies. As he slashed at one of them which tried to block his strike only for the red head’s Sakabatō to slice straight through the blade and into the shadow warrior, turning it into mist as he disappeared from in front of the four enemies and reappeared behind them.

“Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū: Ryūsōsen!” He said as a flurry of strikes tore apart the shadows.

Kenshin dashed at seven more shadow warriors. He swung his blade so fast that he was able to take out for of the seven before he front flipped through the air and delivered a downward stab towards his enemy, turning it to smoke as he landed the strike. He spun around in a full circle as he land, taking out the other two. Now he was only left with three. He lunged at them one last time as he slashed the first one across the chest and the second in the back. As they disappeared the last one tried to run off only for the red head to appear out of nowhere in front of the shadow puppet as he delivered one final strike to it only for it to disappear in a puff of black inky smoke as the discarded weapons from the fight disappeared as well into mist. The black stone that Jin-E used earlier shattered into a dozen little pieces as it was now useless.

(End Song)

All six mares quickly surrounded the samurai with the other ponies following behind them.

“Kenny you did it!” Pinkie Pie shouted in excitement as she bounced up and down in place.

“Kenshin that was amazing!” Twilight said in astonishment.

“Darling you were simply dashing as you fought that brute and those ruffians so heroically!” Rarity added with a dreamy stare.

“That was some fancy fightin’ ya’ did there!” Applejack cheered.

“I-I’m g-glad y-you’re o-ok.” Fluttershy stuttered shyly.

“That was awesome!” Rainbow Dash shouted with a fist pump.

The crowds of ponies were now cheering wildly at this point for the human’s heroics. Out of the crowds came a camera crew and a news reporter.

“Sir! A moment of your time please!” Exclusive Story said as she pushed a microphone into his face.

“Mr. Himura how do you feel after that epic fight?” She asked Kenshin as his eyes stopped glowing an eerie yellow as they went back to their normal violet color.

“Ooooooowwwwwww.” He said in a long and drawn out voice as all the pain came rushing back as the injuries took effect to which he passed out on the ground.

*THUD*

“KENSHIN!” The six mares shouted as the rushed to help the samurai.

*POMF!*

“Really RD, again.” Applejack said in disbelief as Rainbow Dash’s wings stood at attention yet again.

*POMF!*

The mares turned their attention in to Fluttershy to see her blushing madly as she frantically tried to force her stiff wings down but to no avail.

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*POV: Udo Jin-E*

Jin-E was already on the outskirts of the small town of Ponyville but his shattered elbow and knee was making it almost impossible for him to even move, but he pushed anyway. If he ran into any guards now he would be at their mercy and he knew it.

“THERE HE IS! GET HIM!”

“Shit.” Jin-E said as a group of twenty guards screamed as they ran after him. They were closing the distance quickly. As they were practically upon him, a huge flurry of knives came flying out of nowhere and killed fifteen of the guards.

Then to Jin-E’s surprise a young man wearing a Shinsengumi uniform came rushing by with his sword drawn.

He moved so fast that he was nothing more than a blur that he couldn’t even see as he cut down the five remaining guards. Blood sprayed everywhere as they collapsed dead to the ground.

“Well Jin-E it’s been years since I last saw and you are still getting into trouble, aren’t you?” Jin-E’s rescuer said with a playful voice. As he turned around Jin-E’s jaw dropped as he saw who his rescuer was.

“Okita Soji! What the hell are you doing here!?” Jin-E asked the Shinsengumi Captain which walked up to the fallen warrior.

“The boss sent me to keep an eye on you and save you should things go wrong. That’s the understatement of the century. Oh and don’t worry about your injuries, those are easy to fix back at the hide out, come on.” Okita said in a happy-go-lucky tone as he helped Jin-E up and flung his arm over his shoulder, holding him up. Okita then pulled out a strange looking crystal which caused them to both become surrounded by a ring of light and in a flash they disappeared.

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*POV: Kenshin*

Kenshin began to stir in the hospital bed as he began to wake up.

“Uhhh… How long has this one been out for?” He moaned.

“A few hours. You’re very lucky you know. You mainly suffered from over exhaustion and shallow cuts. The main problem was the fact that you lost a lot of blood but we gave you something that should help you recover your blood levels to normal in a few more hours.” Doctor Heart Throb said as she walked in with a clip board in hand.

“KENSHIN!” He heard the girls squeal as they came running into the room as they dog piled onto him giving him hugs and telling him how worried they were about him, this caused the doctor chuckled good naturedly at the scene.

“Well, you should be able to leave at any time. But you need to take it easy for a while or you could wind up seriously hurt!” She said in a serious tone.

“Don’t you worry, I’ll make sure Kenny gets lots of bed rest.” Pinkie Pie said as she was now wearing a nurse outfit showed her beautiful curves and huge breasts causing Kenshin’s face to turn beat red at her beauty.

“For Celestia’s sake.” Twilight said as she face palmed only to realizing something important.

“Oh no! I forgot to send a letter to Princess Celestia.” Twilight gasped as she quickly began wrighting the letter.

Dear Princess Celestia,

Today me and the other Elements of Harmony were attacked by a deranged murderer as we were attending Kenshin’s welcoming party. If it wasn’t for Kenshin’s quick thinking and bravery we would all be dead. Unfortunatley the murderer killed 35 guards in the matter of a split second. Kenshin was able to defeat him but he got away by unleashing an army of 200 shadow warriors on Ponyville. Kenshin was amazing as he defeated them too. Kenshin told us that he has had a previous run in with this murderer whose name is ‘Udo Jin-E.

To make matters worse Jin-E is a human serial killer who murders for pure fun and pleasure and as if that wasn’t bad enough, Jin-E is a well-trained samurai as well. When I looked into his eyes I only saw pure evil, even now as I write this letter my hands are shaking. I‘ve never been so afraid in my life. Jin-E said that he was sent to kill Kenshin and all the Elements of Harmony. Despite Kenshin defeating Jin-E, the girls and I have been on edge ever since the encounter. Fluttershy has been taking it the worst. She’s jumping at the slightest sounds now more than ever, she’s shaking in fear. Even Rainbow Dash is afraid even though she is trying to hide it by acting tough and confident, she keeps checking over her shoulder every 2 seconds.

Kenshin has given me information about Udo Jin-E that he believes will be helpful. He said that Jin-E is a master of a technique that is known as the Shin no Ippō which can immobilize an opponent rendering them absolutely helpless once eye contact is made with with the attacker. If it’s power is increased then the target’s lungs will be forcibly shut down thus killing them by asphyxiation if nothing is done to undo the Shin no Ippō. There are three ways to stop the Shin no Ippō.

1.) The caster must undo it themselves.

2.) The victim can break the hold of the technique if they are strong of will and spirit.

3.) Kill the caster of the technique.

The user of this technique can also cast it upon themselves. When this is done the caster is given an immense boost in physical strength and speed as well as making them believe that they are invincible.

Unfortunately Jin-E was able to get away and is still at large. Also 10 more guards were found down in the direction of his escape, bringing the total of deaths to 45. Kenshin’s advices is that a confrontation with Jin-E should be avoided unless absolutely necessary. Should anypony find themselves fighting Jin-E they must not under any circumstance look into his eyes!

I hope this helps Princess. Please respond as soon as possible. We’re all very scared.

Your faithful and scared student, Twilight Sparkle.

Twilight then handed the finished letter to Spike who sent it off in a breath of emerald flames as it flew off to Canterlot.

As Kenshin was sliding his sword back into his sash he noticed that Spike was sitting in the corner shaking as tears slowly welled up in his eyes. Kenshin knelt down in front of the young dragon.

“Spike what’s wrong?” Kenshin asked the young drake with concern.

“i-it’s m-my fault. I-it’s all my that all those guards are dead!” Spike screamed as he broke down into tears crying and sobbing.

“No it’s not Spike. You didn’t do anything.” Twilight said as her and the girls all stood around Spike and hugged him in an effort to comfort him.

“Y-yes it is! I was the o-one that told him about Kenshin being at the party! If I would have just k-kept my m-mouth shut they would all still be alive!” He wailed as he cried harder.

“Spike, listen to me. He would have found this one either way. You did not know about Jin-E. If anyone is to blame it is this one for not reacting fast enough. Jin-E would have murdered hundreds if not thousands either way. It’s not your fault. In fact it’s thanks to you that we now know about him and are able to stop him, if anything you saved thousands of lives today Spike. I’ll find him Spike and I’ll bring him to justice, this one swears it. But filling your heart with anger, hatred, and rage will not bring them back. It will just make matters worse, trust this one, I know all too well how it feels to be in the same situation as you.” Kenshin said in a sad tone to the young drake as he hugged him.

“D-do you really mean t-that Kenshin?” Spike asked while still in the group hug.

“Yes. Every word of it Spike.” He said as the child wiped away his own tears and tried to put on a tough face.

“Spike.” Kenshin said as he put his hands on Spike’s shoulders and looked him in the eyes with extreme seriousness that made the young drake very nervous.

“Y-yeah.” Spike replied nervously.

“If you were to by some off chance, become trained in the ways of the samurai, what would you do with that training? Would seek revenge or would you seek to protect the innocence? Would you use it for personal gain or to help others?” Kenshin asked stoically and as he did Spike’s face quickly shifted to one of pure determination.

“I will never be like Jin-E! I will never kill! I will help any and all ponies that I can! Even if I never become samurai, I will still help and protect the ponies that I love and care about!” Spike proclaimed with pure determination burning in his heart.

“Good answer.” Kenshin said with a smile.

“Why do you ask anyway?” Spike asked now curiously.

“No reason Spike. This one just wanted to see what drives your determination is all.” Kenshin said as he and Spike both smiled. But at that exact moment Spike let out a large fiery belch which Kenshin barely dodged in time. Out of the emerald flames was a letter with Princess Celestia’s Royal seal. Twilight quickly snatched the letter out of the air and read it out loud.

Dear Twilight Sparkle,

I am glad to hear that you and the others are okay and I am forever grateful to Mr. Himura for his bravery selflessness. But I fear for your safety as well as the other Elements of Harmony safety. I am greatly disturbed by the fact that an assassin would be sent after you and the Elements of Harmony and Mr. Himura. I sense that there is something horrible brewing. I need all of you to come to the Canterlot on the next train; you, the other Elements of Harmony, and Kenshin Himura. Bring Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders as well. Assassins will try to go for them as well to use as leverage against you.

Also if you need to go back to your homes to pack anything make sure to stay together in one large group with Mr. Himura always accompanying you. I have received word of Mr. Himura’s condition from hospital staff and although the chance of a second assassin is unlikely, I would feel much better knowing that you are being protected by a warrior as powerful as him. Which brings me to my next concern.

I saw the video footage of Kenshin Himura fighting Udo Jin-E and the shadow warriors. I will be perfectly honest with you my student. His power is terrifying. There has never been a warrior that was able to survive a fight against 1 shadow warrior, let alone defeat 200 of them and live. Mr. Himura along with his power and fighting style must be studied, analyzed, and documented. Do not worry; Kenshin Himura is a friend to Equestria as far as Luna and I are concerned. Do not worry none of these studies are invasive or harmful in any way. I am just very concerned that Kenshin or the knowledge of his fighting style may fall into the wrong hands and prove disastrous.

Also, word about our other worldly friend has spread to the other nations and they demand more information on him along with the nobility of Equestria, I myself am very interested in our new friend as well. Inside this letter are first class train tickets to Canterlot for all of you. Also, whatever you do, don’t read this letter out loud with Mr. Himura in the room.

Your loving mentor, Princess Celestia

Twilight finished reading the letter out loud only to realize her mistake.

“Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!” Twilight said frantically over and over.

“Twilight don’t worry. This one has dealt with secrets of national security plenty of times before and this one has never told anyone about them.”

“WHAT!” The everypony and dragon said in shock.

“Are you a spy!?” Rainbow Dash asked as she immediately flew up to his face.

“Dash he is not a-” Twilight said but was interrupted.

“Gathering information was an important part of my job during the Meiji Restoration, so yeah this one has done some spying before but it was not my main objective in those days. But do not worry this one is not spying on any of you or this country if that is what you are worried about.” Kenshin said with a smile.

“Told you!” Dash said as she fist pumped in victory until she quickly became worried at what he said.

“Don’t worry sugar cube, he’s telling the truth when he said he wasn’t spying.” Applejack said causing everypony to calm down except for Twilight who was still panicing.

Her panic attacked last for thirty-minutes until Kenshin wrote a letter himself to the Princess explaining the situation which read.

Dear Princess Celestia,

You should have mentioned the ‘Do not read this letter out loud with Kenshin in the room’ part at the very beginning of the letter. Twilight Sparkle is currently having the worst panic attack of her life. She is in tears thinking that you hate her because of a simple mistake. The doctors are currently holding her down while trying to calm her down. If something isn’t done they are going to have to sedate her.

Sincerely, Kenshin Himura

P.S. This one knows about the letter.

Kenshin had Spike send the letter before Twilight could stop him. It took Kenshin, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and twelve hospital staff to hold her down. It took seven letters from the Princess telling Twilight that she was not angry and that she loved her like a daughter and that nothing could ever change that. Also the shot of Valium that DR. Heart Throb gave her made things much easier. Kenshin also received a letter from the Princess saying how sorry and embarrassed she was at the situation and that she hoped that this didn’t make him think bad of her and consider her un-trust worthy.

The swordsman replied with a letter saying that there were no hard feelings but that he would be watching her carefully for any future deception. The Princess was shocked by the letter because she never had anypony consider her un-trustworthy before and she certainly never betrayed anypony’s trust before either and she meant no harm with her letter to Twilight. When she sent another letter asking why he didn’t trust her, he simply replied with a letter that said.

Never trust anyone who works in politics.

Kenshin was not angry at all about the letter. In fact he found it quite hiliarious. Truth be told he just wanted to meet her before he decided if he should trust her or not and his last letter was meant to be a joke…Partially.

They all left the hospital went to their houses to gather the Cutie Mark Crusaders and pack for their trip. It was the dead of night as they made it to their homes. Each time they entered one of their homes the red head would tell them not to turn the lights on so that they could stay hidden and not alert any one to their departure. Each time they entered a home Kenshin would first search the home for any intruders or assassins. The girls were amazed at his thoroughness at it. They thought that it was amazing how he knew what to expect from an assassin almost as if he could think like one. The only trouble that they had was that they all had to take turns carrying a heavily sedated Twilight Sparkle with them. Thankfully Spike knew what to back for her.

As they boarded the train and went to their onboard suite. They decided to get some sleep since it was 3 AM. As they all drifted into sleep Kenshin was the last one to fall asleep he thought about the day’s events. However what he didn’t know was that as he slept, the Poison Joke that he fell into earlier was slowly taking affect, turning his body into that of a 14 year-old boy.

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*The Void*

Discord stared at the man that stood in front of him. Discord could not help but feel uneasy as he stared into the man’s amber colored eyes.

“Well if it isn’t the Chuck Norris of Anime!” Discord said as he floated in front of the man while popping his own eyeball out and breathing on it before polishing it with a rabid wolverine. To Discords shock the human did not even flinch or bat an eye at the spirit of chaos’s crazy antics.

“Ani-what?’ Was all he said, still showing no emotion.

“Ahead of your time my boy, never mind. Anyway I have something that you want.” The spirit of chaos said as he watched the rabid wolverine growl at the human for a second before it began to cower in fear under the man’s gaze. This made Discord even more nervous.

“And what might that be?” The human asked.

“Kenshin Himura.” If the man was interested in this new information then he sure as tarturas wasn’t showing it.

“Where?” He said.

“Eager are we? What are you willing to do to get this information?” Discord smiled as he shrunk himself down to the size of a mouse and was flying a miniature plane while having a dog fight with himself.

“Gut you alive while slowly strangling you with your intestines until your neck snaps.” The man said as the both planes shot each other out of the air and crashed into flames.

“HOW DARE YOU THREATEN ME!” Discord screamed as he changed into a giant dragon and roared directly into the human’s…and the human did not even flinch or bat an eyelash. He showed no emotion at all.

"Fine, this one always gets them!" Discord snapped his fingers.

"You are now 22 years old and... what the hell! That's always painful! DOES NOTHING FAZE YOU!" Discord shouted at the now young man who was unfazed.

“I’ll ask nicely one more time. Where is he?” He asked, this time with an edge to his voice. As Discord looked at the man, he couldn’t help but feel as if he was being cornered by an angry lone wolf.

“H-he’s in a town called P-Ponyville.” Discord said as he changed back into his normal form and tossed him a bag of bits.

“Those are bits. The local currency, there should be enough there to last you six months.” He said.

“Thank you.” The human said to the master of chaos before Discord snapped his taloned fingers and the man vanished in a huge explosion of cotton candy and chocolate milk.

“That guy scares the living shit out of me.” Discord said.

“Oh well, three down and one to go. The only question is, is when should I bring in the last warrior for this upcoming war?” Discord says before he turns to the readers and askes.

“When do you think I should bring in the fourth and last fighter of the group?” He asks with a mischievous smile.
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*Badlands*

The human was free falling at an alarming rate. He quickly searched for anything that could slow down his fall. To his luck he saw a cliff side to which he steered his body towards. When he was close enough he quickly drew his katana and stabbed it into the rocky cliff side. As he did this his fall began to slow down to where it was just slow enough to not be fatal. At this point he withdrew his sword from the cliff side and pushed off the rocky wall.

Way down below was a lone diamond dog standing guard at the mouth of a giant cave. As he heard a weird sound that sounded as if something was falling he looked up and saw a creature falling from the sky.

“WHAT…THE…FU-”

*CRACK!!!*

The diamond dog never even finished his sentence as the a lone human landed on top of him. Crushing the diamond dog on impact.

The man stood up and looked down to see what he landed on.

“What the hell did I hit? Oh well.” He said as he pulled out a cigarette and lit it up. As he inhaled the smoke he heard screams for help coming from deep in the cave. The screams sounded like the screams of women.

The man simply took another puff of his cigarette and walked into the dark cave to see if he could help whoever it was that was in trouble.

This man entered the diamond dog den.

(Start Song)

Author's Note

I'm baaaaaack and he's here. Sorry about taking so long everypony. A lot of things have been happening. I attended my Mother's funeral 4 days ago.

But don't worry. As my Mom would always say "When life gets hard... Grab life and bend it over the table and make it your BITCH!!!" No matter what I will keep moving forward and live my life as happily as possible for my Mom.

About this chapter:

Don't worry, Kenshin did not kill anyone in anyway. Shadow warriors are in no way alive. They are just puppets made out of magic. Also a big shout out to Xinrick for helping me out with this chapter. He's been a huge help from the start. Also, be sure to thank him, he convinced me to bring Saito in earlier than I originally planned. Also, I'm asking the readers on when I should bring in the fourth and final fighter to the group. Cast your votes below or via inbox. Also, to give you an idea for Saito's fight scene which will be a rescue operation at the same time...Well imagine something like this.

(Watch from 0:57 to 4:21)

P.S. Yes, Kenshin did think he was Shishio when he was given too much morphine.

P.S.S. Pony Saito

P.S.S.S As an extra for taking so long. In the upcoming Q/A I will have the fight of the century

Kenshin Himura VS. Jeff the Killer

Also, something important that I wanted to bring up. As you can see Kenshin suffers from PTSD in the story. PTSD is no laughing matter, my Dad suffers from it really badly from his days in combat while he was in the U.S. Army and he's the sweetest guy you could ever meet. Most Veterans suffer from PTSD, so if you see a Veteran be sure to thank them for their service and bravery and show them the respect that they deserve.

To all members of the United States military branches of past, present, and future. Thank you all for your bravery and service. We love you all and pray for your safe return. You are mighty Heroes, never forget that.