Shinomori Aoshi was once the leader of Edo Castle's elite guard, the Oniwabanshu. But with the fighting at an end and the shogunate overthrown, the brilliant Aoshi and his four most loyal onmitsu, or spies, find themselves without a home or purpose. When fighting is your life, loyalty to those lost ideals (and to the man who most symbolized them) may be the one thing left. But Megumi's life is at stake, and however sympathetic Kenshin may feel, he will fight on, to the last man if necessary...

Parental advisory, Rurouni Kenshin may contain violence, language and alcohol or tobacco usage. It is rated "T+" for older teens. In keeping with the original Japanese format, this book reads from back to front and from right to left. Translated from the Japanese.