"Rurouni Kenshin OVA Series Tsuioku Hen (The Flashbacks)" "Chapter 4:" "Cross Scar" "We've discovered the traitor..." "It's Tomoe." "Her accomplices are on the mountain." "Tomoe is probably there too so take care of her." "Sis..." "Well...no need to stay here any longer." "Better get moving." "Himura." "How long will we remain like this?" "Why did you involve Enishi in this?" "and the authorities asked us to deal with him." "it was the same situation as you." "Where are the others?" "waiting for him." "Without my report?" "the Hitokiri Battousai's weak point." "I don't need it anymore." "I have...for what have I...?" "Indeed." "Even a coldblooded killer isn't impervious to love." "his weak point...has become you." "he's on his way here for you." "having found out his lover was the spy." "he cannot fight with his true power." "That was our true objective all along." "So from the beginning..." "I was....!" "What are going to do about it now?" "You love him." "Women are like that." "when love gets that passionate..." "It is something that becomes uncontrollable." "There's a fine line between love and hate... that is the way of all people." "Even a coldblooded Hitokiri isn't impervious to love." "You planned all of this..." "Don't do that." "Biting your tongue open takes great strength." "your death would be wasted." "then so be it." "you have not forgotten how this all began..." "Why Kiyosato had to die." "What was between you and Kiyosato?" "Was he special to you?" "At least Kiyosato felt that you were special to him." "he wouldn't have gone into the chaos of Kyoto with his inferior sword skill." "even risking his life to do that." "But...if only he was close by me..." "That is the way of men." "their village..." "And the Tokugawa government." "you cannot be happy." "we must eliminate them." "This caution is why the Tokugawa has lasted for 300 years." "We are the ones who support this and this is our way..." "And so we are the ones who protect the people with our very lives." "Do you see?" "Our group walks the same destiny." "and then die." "That is the way it has always been." "we will defeat him!" "The reason you came to love him is destiny." "can resist destiny." "Kiyosato!" "Tomo..." "To..mo..e." "To..mo... he can still bring about casualties..." "But we understand this sacrifice..." "I will stop him myself." "And that is the only way to give Kiyosato's death and those who died for the government meaning." "And you must also bear witness to this." "That is how you can honor Kiyosato's death." "Kiyosato-sama..." "I need a room quickly." "You Choshu are so busy lately." "You want a woman after your latest kill now?" "Nothing." "It's not like she's my woman or anything." "right?" "Katsura-san!" "Thank goodness you're safe." "I should have died." "We've lost everything now." "Let's go to Otsu..." "Let's go to Otsu..." "Let's go to Otsu..." "Otsu..." "Let us go to Otsu!" "Your condition...it seems you used every ounce of your strength simply to make it here." "having nothing to protect makes fighting a lot harder." "unlike us." "I shall put an end to this here." "And I will also avenge my men." "That is the only way I can atone for their deaths because I could not protect them!" "I kill others for the sake of the weak... you lost all of your happiness." "I took away everything that was important to you." "Without knowing that..." "I...you..." "I'm not worthy to protect you... {\i1{}And then..." "I...you..." "I'm happy... it just looked like you were enjoying your food..." "I feel terrible..." "I saw some dragonflies..." "Tomoe..." "I will...protect...you." "I don't understand...women..." "TOMOE!" "T.." "Tomoe..?" "I'm...sorry..." "Darling..." "Sis..." "Tomoe..." "After your death..." "I finally realize the depth of your suffering." "You had to suffer through all of this..." "It must have been rough on you..." "You must have hated me too... you protected me." "And now you don't have to feel pain anymore." "You never have to suffer again..." "But now I must shoulder this burden and find a way to atone for my crimes." "and those whom I have killed... but I'll probably be okay." "and if I can remember the warmth of your love..." "Then I probably can..." "I have to part now...but...for a while..." "Let's be together." "Tomoe..." "I'd better get outta here." "is it?" "life is a gamble." "I'll deal with it!" "Himura..." "I investigated on what happened." "I'm sorry." "Katsura-san..." "We took care of the spy." "I had someone else attend to it." "Damn...right after New Years..." "I have someone who will handle the assassinations from now on." "you cannot stop using your sword yet." "the Shinsen Gumi are hunting us down." "we will surely fail." "Is that so?" "Himura." "Himura." "{\chffbbbb}Yes." "I asked Tomoe to do something..." "I asked her to become your sheath." "Sheath?" "she is still your sheath ...or that's what I'd like to believe." "Katsura-san." "What I can do now is fight with my sword.." "I think that's why Tomoe wished to protect me." "I see." "But...when the new era has come..." "You'll give up your katana?" "I never want to kill again." "Never again..." "Shinsaku...you were right all along." "My apologies..." "Hiten's sword wasn't meant to destroy the old era." "It should be used to protect the new era." "Himura." "Tomoe..." "I'm leaving now." "Original Story:" "{\chffbbbb}Nobuhiro Watsuki" "Translation:" "Hiro {\chffbbbb}(whom we cannot thank enough) {\ch00ffffff}Timing/Editing:" "Hiko Special Thanks:" "{\chffbbbb}Mr. Applesauce Sakuragi Evord Kenshin IftaVedarx and Mr. Gray(the man!" ")" "over here!" "Run." "Run." "{\chffbbbb}What?" "!" "I'll spare your lives." "If you don't...!" "Red hair!" "Red hair!" "{\chffbbbb}And the cross-scar on his left cheek!" "So you're that Hitokiri." "So you're that Hitokiri." "{\chffbbbb}Captain!" "Okita-kun." "Stand aside." "Saitou-san... you won't be able to stop him." "Let's do it!" "Himura Kenshin:" "{\chffbbbb}Mayo Suzukaze" "Yukishiro Tomoe:" "{\chffbbbb}Iwao Junko" "he disappeared among the people... what's your name?" "Shinta..." "That name is too nice for a swordsman." "your name is Kenshin." "Ken...shin?" "Rurouni Kenshin Tsuioku Hen " " The End."