Chapter 3- Introductions and Deranged Women

*Ponyville Library*

“I heard Twilight mumbling something ta herself about somethin’ called a Samurai when she was talking about that stallion that saved us.” Applebloom stated while waiting for Spike.

“Whats that?” Scootaloo asked with curiosity.

“Ah think it’s what that strange thing that saved us is.” Replied the yellow filly as Spike came out from the back of the library with a book.

“Here you go, what do you need this for anyway?” The young baby dragon asked as he handed Applebloom the book.

“Huh, oh we jus’ wanna find somethin’ out real quick.” The southern filly said with a smile.

“Ok, well I’m gonna go back to my nap, seeya.” Spike said with a yawn while heading upstairs to sleep.

The three young fillies then made their way to a corner in the back of the library where they would not be disturbed. As they sat down cross legged on the ground around the book titled “The Samurai: Neighpon’s Ancient Warriors”. As they opened the book they looked on in amazement as they read the information.

“It says here that a Samurai would begin their Samurai training as soon as they were born!” Sweetie Belle said, amazed by the info.

“Shoot, that’s younger than us!” The southern filly with the red bow said with surprise.

“Why are we reading this anyway instead of trying to find our cutie marks.” Scootaloo asked in an annoyed tone.

“We are, were tryin’ to fiquire out what it is! We could get our cutie marks as creature identifiers!” Applebloom retorted while pouting.

“Hey look, there’s a picture of one it’s dressed the same way as the creature!” Sweetie Belle said.

“We did it! Did we get our cutie marks!?” Scootaloo said with excitement as she and the other crusaders checked the shoulders and hips for their cutie marks only to be disappointed by the lack of them.

“Nope, no cutie marks. Well that was a waste of time.” Complained the orange Pegasus.

“Wait a sec’, I just got an idea on how to get our cutie marks.” The southern earth pony said with a sly grin.

“You do!” The other two crusaders said in unison.

“Yeah, but first we gotta catch us a samurai, come on girls!” Applebloom said as she and the other crusaders ran out of the library screaming “CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS SAMURAI CATCHERS!!!”

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*Hospital*

”AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Kenshin had been screaming for a total of ten seconds until he stopped for air.

All of a sudden the door to the room burst open as more of the strange horse girls he saw from the forest came running into the room at full speed.

”WHAT IN THE NAME OF CELESTIA IS GOING ON!?” Screamed the purple horse girl that Kenshin saw in the forest causing him to go silent when he saw her along with her friends enter the room.

At this point everyone was now staring in awkward silence at Kenshin with Pinkie on top of him, nose to muzzle. Kenshin realized the awkward situation he was in and did the only thing that seemed logical to him.

“IT’S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE I SWEAR!” Kenshin yelled causing Rainbow Dash to fall to the floor in a fit of laughter and everyone else to giggle.

“Pinkie get off him, you done scared him half to death!” Applejack said while pulling Pinkie off of the injured samurai.

“Don’t worry sugar cube she does this all the time to everyone.” She said tryng to calming Kenshin down.

“I can’t believe this is the pony that took down those manticores! He can handle monsters, but he can’t handle talking to a mare!” Rainbow Dash said while trying to stifle her laughter.

“Rainbow Dash, show some respect for the poor stallion, he did save our lives after all!” Twilight said while shooting a glare at the cyan Pegasus, causing her to quickly cease her laughter.

“I’m so sorry for Pinkie and Dash’s behavior.” Twilight said with worry.

Kenshin was speechless at what he was seeing in front of him. What he saw in front of him both shocked and amazed him, these girls had coats of fur covering their bodies with bright colors that no normal horse that he has ever seen have before. Along with that he noticed that they all had muzzles and tails that would swish around every now and then and instead of feet they had what could only be described as hoofs and they were all wearing western style clothing. What caught his attention the most was the fact that some of them had wings while some of the others had horns sticking out of their heads while some of them had neither one. He rubbed his eyes to make sure that they weren’t playing tricks on him but sure enough they were real.

Kenshin snapped out of his state of shock, and realized that everypony was now staring at him with worried looks.

“Oh, It’s quite alright, it wasn’t her fault, if anyone is to blame it is me, that it is. I shouldn’t have screamed.” Kenshin said with a warm smile on his face causing everypony in the room to sigh in relief.

“Thank you for being so understanding, anyway I was wondering if I could ask you some questions!” Twilight said with huge grin on her face barely able to contain her excitement.

Kenshin thought for a moment while looking at the girls for a moment.

“I would be happy to, that I would. But this one would like to ask some questions as well, if that is alright.” Kenshin said to a now squealing Twilight.

“Yes, of course! Do you wanna go first!?” Twilight said with a high pitched squeal while clapping her hands together in excitement causing Kenshin’s smile to grow wider at her childlike innocence.

“Ladies first.” Kenshin said politely.

“Such a gentlecolt! He truly is my knight in shining armor!” Rarity said with excitement, causing everypony in the room to roll their eyes at her dramatics, while causing Kenshin to give a confused look along with his signature ‘oro’.

“First question, what is your name?” said Twilight with a quill and parchment in hand ready to record his answers.

“This one is named Kenshin Himura, but you can all call me Kenshin if you want. May this one ask who he has the honor and pleasure of meeting?” He says gesturing towards eveypony in the room.

“Oh! I’m sorry,” Twilight said with a slight blush, causing her to cease her writing.

“My name is Twilight Sparkle, personal student to Princess Celestia and these are my friends here” The lavender unicorn said with pride as she turned and gestured for her friends to introduce themselves.

“The name’s Rainbow Dash, the fastest flyer in all of Equestria! So don’t think you can beat me with those fancy moves of yours!” the cyan Pegasus with the tiny black shorts and blue tank top said while flying up to his face with a little edge to her voice, causing Kenshin’s face to turn a light shade of red at seeing how close her face was to his along with how she was dressed.

“I would not dream of such a thing, that I wouldn’t. With wings such as yours, I would not be surprised if you were the fastest flyer in the world.” The red head said to the rainbow mane Pegasus causing her to flash a cocky grin.

“You know what, you’re ok, but that still doesn’t mean I trust you.” She said still maintaining her cocky grin right before going back to her friends. Kenshin mentally laughed at how much she reminded him of Sanosuke, causing him to remember how much trouble they use to get into all those years ago back at the dojo. Also of how good of a friend he was, a good example of this was when he managed to save Kenshin from Kaoru when he accidentally forgot their anniversary that one time. Kenshin was lucky that Sanosuke just so happened to be passing by at the time and managed to sneak him of out of the dojo. In her fit of rage Kaoru apparently had heightened senses and managed to hear them while they were sneaking out of the dojo.

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*Flash Back - Start*

Kenshin was never a man to panic in a life or death situation were his life was on the line. He had fought psychotic serial killers, Shishio when he was hell bent on taking over Japan, fought and survived during the Meiji Restoration, and he even managed to survive fighting Saito. But this time was different, all of his past experiences could never prepare for what he was facing now. Kenshin felt as if he had just unleashed the apocalypse itself and opened the gates of hell all at the same time.

“Ooooooh Kenshin, where are you?” Kenshin heard Kaoru call in a sing song voice that sounded both psychotic and demented.

“How could I forget our anniversary of all things…… I am so screwed.” He thought to himself.

Kenshin had been hiding inside one of the giant flower pots that were given to him as a wedding present by his old sensei for five hours. Kenshin was not particularly fond of them in the beginning but now he was extremely thankful that his sensei went through the trouble of making. Kenshin made a mental note to go and pay him a visit so that he could thank him.

“Ooooh Kenshin, you know it’s only matter of time before I find you! Come on Kenshin, I just want to show you how much my knife throwing has improved since that whole circus incident!” Kaoru said as she was searching the dojo with a dozen kitchen knives in each hand.

If he ever makes it out of this that is.

“Pssst, pssst, Kenshin… over here.” Kenshin heard some say in a very hushed tone that was barely audible causing Kenshin to lift the lid and peek out of the pot he was hiding in to see Sanosuke crouched just outside the dojo’s main entrance trying to conceal himself, motioning for Kenshin. Apparently Sanosuke found out about the whole incident from Yahiko who just happened to be passing by at the time Kaoru lost it and decided to tell Sanosuke who thought it best to get Kenshin out of there before Kaoru turned him from a man to a woman.

“Come with me if you want to live.” Sanosuke whispered.

Kenshin nodded and slowly made his out of the pot quietly, carefully tiptoeing across the dojo floor trying to make his to Sanosuke. As Kenshin was almost home free when Kaoru walked into the room with a look of pure rage on her face and a murderous glare in her eyes with knives in hand.

“THERE YOU ARE YOU BASTARD!!!” She screamed.

“RUN STUPID, RUN!!!!!” Sanosuke shouted at the top of his lungs.

Causing both men to break out into a full speed run out of the Kamiya dojo, with both men running for their lives.

(Start chase music)

“What did you do to get her so pissed!?” Sanosuke said as him and Kenshin were running down the streets of the city like mad men with Kaoru hot on their heels hurling knives at them like a lunatic.

“I kind of.. maybe.. forgot our anniversary.” Kenshin said with a sheepish smile, causing Sanosuke to eyes to go wide in shock and terror.

“YOU WHAT, YOU’VE KILLED US ALL!!!” Sanosuke said with horror as they both turned down an alley way.

“It was an accident that it was!” Kenshin said in a worried tone.

“Ok, first things first we gotta lose this crazy bitch!” Sanosuke said as he dodged a knife that past him, just flew inches from his head.

“Sano! That is my wife you’re talking about!” Kenshin said with an exasperated tone.

“So you’re saying that she is completely of sound mind?” Sanosuke asked with a sly grin now slowly spreading across his face.

“...”

“Well?” Sanosuke pressed as they both turned down another alleyway, trying to lose the deranged woman that was hot on their heels.

“…..Just keeping running rooster head.” Kenshin said with an annoyed tone.

“You got it chicken legs!” Sanosuke said with a smug grin.

Both men proceeded to run weaving in between people, running through crowds, ducking and turning down alleyways. After an hour and a half of doing this, the samurai and the street fighter managed to lose the deranged woman after they took to the rooftops.

(Stop Music)

“I think…*huff*… we… *huff*… lost her.” Sanosuke said to Kenshin as they both dropped down onto the street below. Out of breath, Kenshin could only reply with a nod.

“Lost who?” Someone said in an emotionless voice behind the two exhausted warriors, causing both of them to jump in fright.

As both men turned around, they were met with the gaze of a man with amber colored eyes wearing a navy blue uniform with his dark brown hair slicked back with a few strands of hair hanging down in his face. He wore a stern and emotionless look on his face that could strike fear into any man’s heart.

“Saito! What are you doing here!?” Both men said in unison with surprise in their voices.

“I received reports that there was a deranged knife wielding woman chasing two men that were screaming like little girls. I should have known that it was you two. You both pissed off Kaoru again didn’t you.” Saito said in a monotone voice while taking a puff on his cigarette.

“We were not screaming like little girls!” Sanosuke said with an annoyed tone.

“Whatever helps you sleep at night.” Saito said without any hint of emotion in his voice.

Before Sanosuke could utter a retort, Saito turned his attention to Kenshin.

“Himura, why is your wife trying to kill you anyway?” Saito asked while taking another drag on his cigarette.

“Well…I kind of…forgot our anniversary.” Kenshin said trying to sound as innocent as possible.

“…” Saito just remained silent while exhaling the smoke.

“Saito?”

“You’re fucked.” Saito said still keeping his signature emotionless gaze.

“We kinda of figured that out Saito.” Sanosuke said with annoyance in his voice.

“We managed to lose her, so all we need to do is wait until she’s calmed down.” Sanosuke continued.

Saito looked at them for a moment and dropped his cigarette on the ground and stepped on it, snuffing it out before a smirk slowly made its way across the former Shinsengumi Captain’s face.

“I don’t think that’s going to work.” Saito said.

“Why not?” Kenshin asked with a perplexed look.

“Well, let me put it this way. I have good news and bad news.” Saito said still maintaining the smirk.

“What do you mean?” Kenshin and Sanosuke asked in unison, with a twinge of fear starting to make its way into both of the men’s hearts as if they were being watched by some unknown predator was stalking them.

“The good news is that your wife is out of knives.” Saito said ignoring the men’s question.

“What’s the bad news? Wait how do you know that anyway?” Kenshin said as his fears were growing for some unknown reason, it now felt as if a dark presence was standing right on top of them.

“The bad news-” Saito began as he lit up another cigarette while still maintaining his smirk. “Is that she is standing behind the both of you and she…is…pissed.” Saito said while flashing one last sadistic grin before turning around walking off saying “I told you were fucked” as he went on his way, leaving the men alone with their now imminent doom.

They both turned around only to be met by Kaoru who now was now seething with rage causing both men, filling them with terror.

“Kenshin, it’s been an honor my friend.” Sanosuke said to Kenshin, realizing that there was no escape.

“It’s been an honor as well my friend.” Kenshin replied right before Kaoru charged at both of them causing both men to hug each other in fear and scream at the top of their lungs as they were mauled by the angry woman.

Neither Kenshin nor Sanosuke could remember much of what happened after that except that it was painful, but they did learn a very valuable lesson that day. Never forget your wife’s anniversary.

*End of Flashback*
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Kenshin was brought out of his nostalgia when he saw the orange mare with the cowboy hat, flannel shirt, and jeans approach him slowly with her hat in her hands and head hanging low.

“An’ I’m A-Applejack….” The farmer said with now a shaky voice and her eyes brimming with tears.

“Ah jus’ w-w-wanted t-ta’ say….” The farm mare trailed of for a few several seconds causing Kenshin to worry. As Kenshin was about to ask if she was okay the farm mare immediately lunged at Kenshin, catching him off guard as she pulled him into a bone crushing hug and broke down into tears.

“Thank ya, Thank ya so much for savin’ ma’ little sister. Ah don’t know what I would of done if anythin’ happened ta’ her! If theres anything ya need jus’ let me know!” Applejack said in between sobs as she held Kenshin in a vice like hug, cutting off Kenshin’s air supply.

“Air…..need…..air….” Kenshin gasped while his face was starting to turn blue due to the lack of oxygen, causing the farm mare to immediately let go of the wounded samurai causing him to plop down in the hospital bed.

“hehe….sorry.” Applejack said with a blush rapidly spreading across her face in embarrassment.

“It’s ok, there is nothing wrong with worrying about a loved one.” Kenshin said, giving her a gentle smile to show that he was not upset in anyway. But Kenshin’s smile quickly turned to an expression of worry as remembered the children, causing him to bolt upright in bed which sent a surge of pain through his body making him grunt in pain. This caused all the mares in the room to immediately rush to him in worry, trying to check on him and make him lye back down.

“Are the children alright!? Did they make it out!?” Kenshin said through the pain in a worried tone.

“Don’t worry darling their alright.” Rarity said as she too began to tear up as she looked at the wounded samurai and remembered how he almost died in order to save her baby sister and her friends despite being a total stranger. Despite the fact that it landed him in a hospital bed he was still worried about them.

“My name is Rarity, I wanted to say thank you for saving my little sister as well darling. I don’t know what I would have done if anything happen to my little Sweetie Belle.” She said as she wiped away a tear from her eye.

“If you need anything just let me know darling.” Rarity said as she walked back to her friends when Pinkie Pie began to bounce around the room and said “Come on everypony cheer up, enough with all the tears and mopey faces. We still haven’t finished introducing ourselves.” The pink mare with the bright pink t-shirt and blue jeans said as she bounced up to Kenshin.

“Hi I’m Pinkie Pie, sorry for scaring you earlier.” She said as her mane deflated at the thought of making somepony feel bad.

“It’s alright Miss Pinkie Pie, you just surprised me is all and to answer your earlier question, yes I would very much enjoy being your friend that I would.” Kenshin said with a smile which caused the pink mare’s mane to inflate immediately to his surprise.

“You would, wowie zowie this is super duperific! Do you like parties!?” She said with a huge grin that spread across her entire face and excitement in her voice as she started to shake in anticipation of his answer.

“Well this one has never been to an actual party so-” Kenshin was cut off as the pink mare gasped and instantly pulled him into bone crushing hug that made Applejack’s bear hug look like nothing due to the fact that he could hear his own bones starting to crack.

“KENNY’S NEVER BEEN TO A PARTY, THAT’S TERRIBLE! HE NEEDS A PARTY STAT! I’LL THROW YOU THE BEST ‘WELCOME TO PONYVILLE AND THANK YOU FOR SAVING US’ PARTY EVER!” Pinkie said with a shout. At this point Kenshin’s face was turning purple due to the lack of oxygen and along with the fact that his vision was starting to fade.

“Pinkie he can’t breathe.” Fluttershy said in a voice that was barely a whisper.

“Hehe…sorry.” Pinkie said with a sheepish grin after she dropped Kenshin into a sitting position on the edge of the hospital bed.

“It’s..*huff*…Ok.” Kenshin said while trying to catch his breath.

After catching his breath for a few minutes he turned to Pinkie and said politely.

“Miss Pie, I am greatly honored that you would show such kindness to this one that I am, but you needn’t trouble yourself with-” Kenshin was cutoff.

“She’s already gone sugarcube.” Applejack said to Kenshin causing him to look around the room in shock at the fact that she vanished in thin air and right in front of his eyes no less.

“She’s like a ninja.” Kenshin muttered to himself slightly disturbed how she could just appear out of nowhere and disappear as if she was never there to begin with.

“Don’t worry, Pinkie just loves throwing parties for everypony that she meets. Don’t worry, I’ll tell her to hold off on the party until you’re in better health.” Twilight said with a small laugh.

The room grew silent as everypony in the room turned to look at Fluttershy who was trying to stay out of sight by hiding behind Applejack.

“And what might your name be?” Kenshin asked the cream colored mare.

“Fluttershy”

“I’m sorry but this one could not here you.” Kenshin said politely

“Fluttershy” The shy Pegasus said in such a low tone that no one could hear her.

“It is still hard to hear you, don’t worry I won’t hurt you. Just take a deep breath, count to three, then let it out, I promise you that you will feel much better.” Kenshin said with a kind and gentle smile.

Fluttershy was still very nervous but she did as Kenshin suggested. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, counted to three mentally, and then she slowly let the air out as she opened her eyes, feeling slightly better. She slowly opened her mouth and said.

“My name is Fluttershy.” The shy mare said in a barely audible whisper that Kenshin just barely managed to hear.

“Well Ms. Fluttershy you have a very lovely name, and it is a pleasure to meet you.” Kenshin said with a warm smile causing the shy mare to blush.

The room was silent once again for a few minutes before the silence was broken this time by Fluttershy.

“T-t-thank you f-for s-saving m-me and the g-girls.” Fluttershy said while tears were starting to well up in her eyes.

“You’re most welcome Miss Fluttershy, that you are. I am just glad that you and your friends are okay.” Kenshin said with his signature goofy smile which caused her tears to now overflow as she looked at the injured samurai. Kenshin noticed her distress and began to worry.

“Miss Fluttershy what is the matter, did I do something wrong?” Kenshin asked.

“N-no, I’m just sad that you got hurt because of me, it’s my fault.” Fluttershy said in a whispered tone which turned to sobs.

“If I wasn’t a coward, you wouldn’t have gotten hurt.” Fluttershy said in a hushed tone while her sobs grew causing her friends to grow worried and gather around her. But to everyone’s surprise, Kenshin managed to wrap Fluttershy into hug from his sitting position on the bed, while still managing to keep the blanket wrapped around his body. This caused Fluttershy emit a cute ‘eep’ and her face to turn red at Kenshin’s actions.

“Miss Fluttershy, you are not a coward, quite the opposite. You are very brave, that you are, what happened was not your fault but mine and mine alone, I chose to take on those creatures I should have taken the fight more seriously.” Kenshin said while trying to calm her down, his statement baffled everypony in the room.

“W-what d-do you m-mean?” She said in between sobs with confusion.

“A warrior is brave not because they have no fear, but because they are willing to face those fears in order to do what is right. You shielded those children with your own body despite the risks and the dangers of what was happening, you are not a coward, quite the opposite, you are very brave. Miss Fluttershy you have the heart of a warrior.” Kenshin said trying to comfort the distressed Pegasus, Leaving her speechless, no one had ever said anything like that to her she was silent for a few ten seconds until she started to cry into the samurai’s shoulder. Kenshin just held her letting vent her emotions; it was ten minutes until her crying stopped.

“T-thank you Red Swordsman, I’m s-sorry for h-how I behaved, I’ve n-never acted like that before” she said in hushed tone with her face blazing red from embarrassment as she got up and started to walk back to her friends shyly when twilight spoke up before Kenshin could ask what she meant by Red Swordsman.

“Well now that we have introductions out of the way I’d like us to get back to the questions if you don’t mind.” Twilight said impatiently.

“Of course Miss Twilight.” The red head said.

“Ok then, oh and just Twilight is fine.” She said as Kenshin nodded.

“What are exactly?” Twilight asked.

“What do you mean?”

“C’mon Twilight, can’t you see that he’s a human!” Pinkie said as she popped out of nowhere surprising Kenshin and the others with her comment.

“Pinkie don’t be ridicules, humans are just a myth.” Twilight said with an annoyed tone.

“Actually, your friend is right. I am a human.” Kenshin said to the lavender unicorn causing her eyes to go wide and her mouth to drop and her left eye to twitch.

“Y-y-you’re a h-human?” Twilight asked in surprise, realizing that Kenshin matched all of the descriptions of humans from her books on mythical creatures in her library. She just stared at Kenshin for what felt like hours in awe but was just ten seconds.

“Yes I am a human, that I am, why do you ask?” Kenshin asked with a confused look on his face. His answer caused Twilight to snap out of her trance.

“Oh my Celestia! This is a HUGE turning point in the history of Equestria! We have just made contact with a creature that has been thought to be only a myth, I have to record this!” Twilight said as she quickly scribbled down everything that was happening with her quill.

“From how you handled yourself out in the Everfree Forest, I believe it is safe to say that you’re a warrior of some sort. Judging by your sword I’d say that you’re a samurai, am I correct?”

“Yes, you are correct.” Kenshin said with an innocent look on his face.

Hearing this caused Twilights eyes to go even wider with excitement as she continued to record everything that was being said.

“Oh yes yes yes, I was right! I can’t wait to study you!” Twilight said while clapping her hands together in excitement causing Kenshin to feel a small sense of fear, but he just shrugged it off thinking that he was worrying for nothing.

“Who is your daimyo?”

“I have none.”

“Oh so you’re a ronin then, interesting.” Twilight said with her curiosity growing more and more by the second, but before Twilight could ask another question she was interrupted by Rainbow Dash.

“How were you able to do those things you did during the fight?” Rainbow Dash asked

“What do you mean?” Kenshin asked still confused with the whole situation, causing Rainbow Dash to pull out her cell phone to show him his fight with the manticores that she recorded. As the video of the fight played out on the hand held device Kenshin could not help but marvel at the advanced technology that was in front of him. As the video ended Rainbow Dash put the phone back into her pocket.

“That was amazing that it was! How were you able to get the pictures to move like that!?” Kenshin asked with childlike amazement at the hand held device.

“It’s just a cell phone; don’t they have those where you’re from?” Rainbow asked.

“No, I have never seen anything like that before?” Kenshin replied.

“We can talk about that later Kenshin, I also would like to know how you were able to move so fast and take on those manticores with nothing but a sword.” Twilight said with a hint of annoyance.

“What is a manticore?”

“You don’t know what a manticore is and yet you took down ten of them.” Twilight replied with surprised look.

“Is that what those strange creatures in the forest are called?” Kenshin said while putting a hand to his chin in thought.

“Yes Kenshin they’re called manticores, but you still haven’t answered me on how you managed to defeat ten manticores without killing them and with nothing but a sword!” Twilight said with her impatiens clearly showing now.

“Oh that, this one simply used Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū to win the fight.” Kenshin said as if it were nothing. But Kenshin’s answer left all in the room confused.

“Oh what’s that is it something sweet that you can eat?” Pinkie butted in.

“No Miss Pinkie Pie it is the name of the sword fighting style I use, it allows me to move at high rates of speed using a technique called Shinsoku and utilize my agility in order to take on many opponents all at once single handedly.” Kenshin replied smiling at Pinkie who for some reason was slightly blushing which was hard to tell with her pink coat, Kenshin decided to ignore this because it was probably nothing.

“You mean to tell me that there are fighting styles like that! This could revolutionize Equestria! Think of all the possibilities with such knowledge and training, if the guards had that type of training then we wouldn’t need to worry about the changelings invading ever again!” Twilight said as she started to rant.

“Um, this one must ask, what are you exactly? You appear to be some type of horse people.” Kenshin asked with curiosity bringing Twilight out of her rant.

“Actually we prefer to be called ponies.” Twilight said

“Oh my apologies, this one has never met a talking pony before, I meant no disrespect.” Kenshin said while nervously scratching the back of his head.

“Oh it’s quite alright darling, you didn’t know.” Rarity said with a reassuring smile.

“Um, not to be a bother but does anyone know where my sword is?” Kenshin asked.

“Oh oh, here it is!” Pinkie said as she pulled Kenshin’s reverse blade sword out of nowhere. As she moves towards Kenshin to give him his sword she trips sending the sword to go soaring through the air, causing the blade to come out of the saya and stab right the bed right between Kenshin’s legs, just inches away from his manhood. This caused everpony in the room to gasp and gather around Kenshin with worry.

“OH MY CELESTIA, KENNY I’M SO SORRY ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?” Pinkie asked with worry.

Kenshin was pale as ghost as he looked at were the sword landed, minutes passed before Kenshin said anything while in his state of shock.

“L-little Kenshin… you s-still there…SPEAK TO ME!” Kenshin said to his manhood with a shaky voice as he was looking under the covers and between his legs to make sure that he was still a man.

After Kenshin made sure that he was still a man and convinced Pinkie that he was not upset at all, everyone managed to calm down and resume their questions.

“So Kenshin, what do humans eat for a regular diet.” Twilight asked trying to break the silence.

“Oh, humans are omnivores.” Kenshin said causing all of the ponies in the in the room to grow pale and silent.

“Y-you m-mean that you don’t just eat plants b-but m-m-meat as w-well?” Twilight asked fear in her voice.

‘Yes Miss Twilight, why do you ask?” Kenshin asked with slight concern in his voice.

“D-do you eat p-ponies?” Twilight asked her fear and worry now clearly showing.

“No, I would never eat a pony that I wouldn’t. This one has never heard of anyone ever eating a pony before. Why do you ask Miss Twilight?” The red head replied while in his head he was wondering why they would ask such a question, but considering that they were talking ponies that probably only ate vegetation, he could see why they would ask such a question. His answer causing all the ponies in the room to let out sighs of relief.

“Well you see as ponies we don’t eat meat, we’re herbivores and we were just a little worried is all. Don’t get us wrong, we ponies know and interact peacefully with a few species that eat meat. It’s just that…instincts you know heh heh.” Twilight said with a nervous laugh.

“That’s alright Miss Twilight this one understands, there is nothing wrong with being cautious.” Kenshin replied.

“Quite honestly this one hardly ever eats meat, this one’s diet is mainly rice and vegetables, and sometimes fish. I don’t think I could ever harm an animal unless it was in self-defense and even then I would feel bad.” Kenshin added, which caused Fluttershy to form a smile on her face which was hidden behind her pink mane. This caused the mane six to smile at his answer which showed his kind and gentle nature.

“He really is the Red Swordsman.” both Fluttershy and Pinkie said to themselves too low for anyone to hear.

“What are those things on your hooves?” Twilight asked

“Hooves? Oh you mean this one’s feet! Those little things you see on my feet are my toes.” Kenshin said as he wiggled said toes. Causing Twilight to gasp and scribble more note down.

“Um Kenshin, not to sound rude but why do you talk so...” Twilight started but was cut off by Pinkie.

“Funny! Why do you talk so funny?” Pinkie said in her usual happy go lucky tone.

“Pinkie!” All the mares except Rainbow Dash shouted.

“Pinkie’s right, he sort of sounds like Princess Luna.” Rainbow Dash replied with a small chuckle.

“It’s alright, I understand that the way I speak is a little… weird, that it is. But this one was always taught by his sensei to be humble and polite.” Kenshin said.

“Oh, your sensei! Can you tell me about him!?” Twilight said as she had her quill at the ready again.

“Well he found me when I was very young and saved my life. He then took this one on as his personal student and basically raised me and taught me the way of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū for many years. His name is Hiko Seijūrō and he is built like a mountain and he taught me everything I know, and that’s… pretty much it.” Kenshin said remembering how his sensei was the closest thing he had to a father.

“Wait…that’s it, there’s nothing else that you can tell me about him, the warrior that raised you and trained you for years and that’s all you know?” Twilight asked surprised.

“Pretty much. By the way where are we anyway?” Kenshin answered trying to change the subject, due to the fact that Twilight’s eye was starting to twitch which scared him; Kenshin guessed that it was because of the lack of information on his master. Kenshin seemed to guess that she was the very studios type that loved to learn for the sake of learning. But the main reason that he changed the subject was that Kenshin was happy to do anything to get a break from the questions.

“You’re in the hospital silly, you’ve been here a little over a week so they could fix your boo boos.” Pinkie said.

“I noticed that the blade on your sword is on the wrong side. Is there any particular reason for that?” Twilight interrupted.

“And here come more questions, great.” Kenshin thought to himself.

Kenshin held up his sword that was still in its saya with his left hand and said.

“This is Sakabatō, the reverse blade sword. It was purposely forged this way so that the blade could never kill anyone and so that I could use it to help defend the weak and innocent and all those that need help.” Kenshin said as he set the sword down next to him on the bed.

“So Kenshin how did you end up in the Everfree forest to begin with?” Twilight asked with growing curiosity.

“Yes darling, I too am wondering how you ended up in such a dread full place.” Rarity added.

“Oh that well it’s quite simple actually, you see back in my world I died and ended up in some black void where a weird creature named Discord claim to be the embodiment of chaos brought me back to life and sent me to this world where I landed in a giant crater.” Kenshin said with an innocent smile while the whole room grew silent for an entire minute until the silence was finally broken.

“DIED!” The girls screamed in perfect unison.

“Yes.” Kenshin said now confused.

“DISCORD!” They screamed again in perfect unison.

“Y-yes.” Kenshin said getting a little nervous at the girls reaction.

“Kenshin you need to tell me everything that happened! It’s very important!” Twilight said as she quickly closed the distance between herself and Kenshin and was now nose to muzzle with Kenshin.

“O-ok.” Kenshin said as he told the young mares about how he was sick and dying as was his wife and how his only wish was to see his wife one last time before he died which he managed to do so with Sanosuke’s help and how died in his wife’s arms. He then told them about his meeting with Discord and how he was given his second chance at life and how he ended up in the forest in a crater and how he was the loud explosion right before he met Fluttershy. Kenshin made sure to not mention anything about his days as Battōsai.

When Kenshin was done there was not a dry eye in the room. The only noise that could be heard was the sound of light sobbing.

“Y-you just w-wanted to see your w-wife one last time b-back in your w-world?” A flat-mane Pinkie said in between sobs.

“Yes, that I did.” Kenshin said with a sad look on his face as he turned his face to the ground only to find himself in a group hug with all the girls.

“I’m so sorry Kenshin.” Twilight said as she hugged Kenshin. They all stayed like that until the doctor walked into the room.

“Am I interrupting something ladies?” The doctor asked while raising an eyebrow, this caught everyone in the room off guard as they quickly broke the hug and turned to face the doctor.

“Oh! Not at all Doctor, we were just getting to know Kenshin better.” Twilight said nervously with her face red from embarrassment.

“I see.” The doctor said as she walked up to Kenshin. The doctor was young and appeared to be in her late twenties with a red mane and a brown coat of fur. She wore a long white doctor’s coat with a black miniskirt and white shirt while her shoulder had a symbol of a heart and syringe.

“Hi I’m Dr. Heart Throb; I’m the one who performed the surgery on you Mr…”

“Kenshin, Kenshin Himura.” Kenshin said as he shook her hand.

“Well Mr. Himura your very lucky, if it weren’t for these mares you’d be dead right now.” She said as she began to exam Kenshin which took a total of fifteen minutes. As she fininshed her examination.

“Well Mr. Himura from the looks of things your be able to check out today, I just need to get the paper work handled and your free to go.” She said with a smile on her face.

“Oh, here are the cloths that you had when you were brought in.” The doctor said as she handed Kenshin his torn Kimono, as the girls stepped out of the room so Kenshin could get changed. After ten minutes the girls walked back in to see a fully clothed Kenshin.

“Thank you girls for saving my life, but I must be going.” Kenshin said as he slid his sword back into his sash and began to walk off and tied his hair back into its usual style.

“What are you talking about, you’re a being from another world, and we can’t just let you roam around all by yourself. You don’t even have a place to stay, what kind of pony would I be if I didn’t offer the human who save my friends a place to stay. Besides since you’re from another world, you’re basically like an ambassador for your people, we can’t let anything happen to you. Besides I still have many, many, many more questions for you about your world this is the biggest discovery ever! But most of all Princess Celestia will want to meet you… Also Ponyville is the only town around for miles. You’ll stay at the library with me and I won’t take no for an answer, and we really need to find out what Discord is up to!” She said as she grabbed Kenshin with her magic surrounding him in a lavender aura bringing him back in front of her causing Kenshin’s eyes to go wide at what just happened.

“Besides darling, it would be a crime against fashion if I just let go without some proper attire while you roam around in those rags, I will make you an outfit fit for a warrior of your caliber.” Rarity said.

“Miss Twilight… What was that purple glowing thing you just did?” Kenshin asked while still in shock at what he just saw.

“Huh oh, you mean my magic.” Twilight said in a casual tone as if it were nothing at all.

“M-m-magic?” Kenshin said with his left eye twitching.

“Yes, how do you think you healed so fast, as unicorn’s Rarity and I are able to perform magic at will by using our horns, while Pinkie and Applejack are earth ponies they have increased strength and stamina, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are both Pegasus which means they both have wings and are capable of flight. Why do you ask anyway, doesn’t your world have magic?” Twilight explained.

“N-no, magic is just a myth in my world that it is.” Kenshin said trying to get over his shock.

“What! Really I couldn’t imagine a world without magic, we use it for everything, how does your world even function!?” Twilight said with surprise.

“Oh I almost forgot, I still haven’t sent a letter to the Princess about this!” Twilight said as she quickly wrote up a letter and made it disappeared with her magic. Making Kenshin only that much more confused.

“Hey Twi I thought ya needed Spike to send those letters for ya whenever ya wanted to talk to the Princess.” Applejack said.

“Well usually yes, but I just created a spell few weeks ago that would allow me to send the Princess a letter in case of emergencies. The only problem is that it takes up a lot of energy.” Twilight explained.

“Who is Spike?” Kenshin asked as he finally overcame his shock at the existence of magic.

“He’s my number one assistant at the library and he’s basically like a little brother to me.” Twilight said with a smile.

“I’m sure you two will get along just fine.” She said as Kenshin and her friends all made their way out of the hospital.

Kenshin didn’t know what the future would hold for him or his new friends, but he knew that whatever it may be he had to face, it’s what Kaoru would want. Kenshin walked out of the hospital alongside the six mares with a gentle smile on his face as they made their way to the library.

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*The Void*

“There you go, you are now nineteen years old again and I’ve healed all your previous injuries!” Discord said to the cloaked figure standing in front of him grunting from the pain of the spell.

“That fucking hurt.” The figure said.

“Oh come now, this pain is nothing compared to the pain you’ve suffered before. You need to be in the best possible fighting shape for what lies ahead in this new world. Besides, don’t you wanna see your friend with the red hair and scar on his face again?” Discord said to the mysterious figure.

“You better not be lying to me.” The figure said in a low and deadly tone causing Discord to gulp.

“Where do I find him?”

“You’ll find in him in a small town called Ponyville.” Discord said.

“Why are you doing this anyway, what’s in it for you?” The cloaked figure asked with suspicion.

“Oh why ever would you think that I wanted something from you?” Discord said as he disappeared and reappeared right behind the figure with a mischievous grin on his face.

The cloaked figure simply turned around and said.

“Like I’d believe some miss-matched freak.”

This caused Discord to glare at the cloaked figure for a few seconds until his expression changed to a mischievous grin.

“Well there is one thing that I do require from you if you want to find your friend.” Discord said while his grin grew wider, causing the cloaked figure to let out a sigh out of annoyance.

“What is it?” He said causing Discord to smile.

“When I send you to Equestria you’re going to be sent flying past Canterlot Castle, right in front of Princess Celestia’s bedroom window. When you fly past her window I want you to scream just one simple thing.” Discord said, his grin growing so wide that it could rival Pinkie’s.

“What is it?” The human asked.

Discord whispered into his ear what it was that he wanted the human to say.

“Alright, I’ll do it.” He said

“Oh before you go, here are some bits for your journey. They’re the local currency, there should be more than enough to last you for a few months.” Discord said as he tossed the cloaked human the bag of money who caught with one hand and hid it into his cloak.

“You better be ready Kenshin because I’m coming for you.” The human said with a smirk that was hidden by his hood right before he disappeared in a flash of light.

“Looks like red heads going to get a little blast from the past.” Discord said right before he disappeared in a giant confetti covered explosion.

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*Canterlot Castle – Princess Celestia’s bedroom - Time of day: Night*

Princess Celestia was performing her nightly ritual of getting ready for bed. She was sitting in front of her mirror combing her constantly flowing mane until a letter appeared in front of her.

“A letter from Twilight Sparkle.” Celestia said as she opened the letter and read its contents as she read the letter’s contents her eyes grew wide at what the letter said as she finished the letter a smile appeared on her face.

“It appears that I need to thank this ‘Kenshin Himura’ for saving my little ponies. Also, I would like to know more about this samurai, he could be of great help to Equestria. And I’ll have to have a word with Discord as well.” Celestia said to herself as she stood in front of her bedroom window as she let out a yawn.

“Well, I’ll worry about it tomorrow, right now I need a good night’s sle-” Her sentence was cut short as she heard a faint boom sound off in the distance, after a few seconds a cloaked figure with its face hidden by a hood coming from the source of the boom came flying past her window at such a blinding speed that it was nothing more than a blur. As the cloaked figure flew past Celestia’s bedroom window it said something that she will never forget right before it flew past and went in the direction of Manehatten.

“I’M WINNIE THE POOH BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Author's Note

Here you go Ladies and Gentleman, I am very sorry for how long it took me to get this chapter up and that I didn't get it up in time for Christmas, but on the bright side this is the biggest chapter I have ever wrote, over 8 thousand words! To make it up to all of you I'm bringing in the second Rurouni Kenshin character in the next chapter which either be a side or bonus chapter, but they won't meet up with each other at first, the Q/A will be up in a couple of days if not sooner. I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and a Happy New Year folks, God Bless!