Title: Resolution
Author: mswyrr
Rating: PG
Summary: 121 words. Final piece of the Exit Points trilogy, a series of vignettes set during the first OAV. What if Kenshin hadn't escaped the forest ambush?
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He never made it to the shrine.

A ninja came to tell them he was dead, and later Enishi brought her blood-stained shawl as proof. Tomoe held it close and wept what he must have thought were tears of satisfaction.

The captain knew her heart better. He watched her as if she were a prisoner and insisted that one of his men escort them to Edo.

From her father's house, Tomoe allied herself with the most influential Shogunate supporter she knew. He spoke easily when he drank. In his company she saw and heard and did not speak. She spent the remainder of the revolution aiding the Ishin Shishi however she could, and betraying to them every secret she learned.

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"You planned this all along. You tricked me."

"So, what will you do about it?"