Ryuzo Shirakawa

The battle for the Capital city of Kyo rages as warring political factions vie for power against hereditary rulers. After the murder of her parents at the hands of her seditious uncle, a young girl named Kintoki flees to the mountains to lead a harsh life; she is renamed Kai Doh Maru by the local villagers. Rescued by Raiko, the Captain of 'The Four Knights' - honorable defenders who protect the peace of the city, she is raised within their group as a boy. Living among the Knights, she learns the practices of martial arts and develops into a skillful samurai, becoming a permanent member of their team. Now, as a young woman of seventeen, she begins to discover new feelings of passion and love for Raiko... but she also discovers that these new emotions cause a storm of jealousy and rage in another woman linked to her past.

横浜見物に訪れた剣心一行は、剣士・時雨滝魅に出会う。お互いに意気投合する剣心と時雨。ふたりは自分たちの間に過去の因縁があるとも知らず、親密になっていく。しかし、時雨の不穏な企みを剣心が察知したことにより、彼らは刃を交えることになってしまう。