No, this is not the promised 'very long Rk story' ya'll may have noticed in my profile. This is a writing exercise-my Dictionary app on my iPhone has a word of the day feature, and I plan to write little tiny drabbles based on the word given. With any luck, these will be posted daily for a while. If you have any requests for a particular word, feel free to include it in a review... (hint hint).

Prognosticate

-verb (used with object)

1. to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.

Shishou was right.

It was all Kenshin could think, sitting alone in his room at Okami's inn, cleaning a stranger's blood from his sword. (The other men had taken one look at his blood-spattered hakama and empty eyes and fled.)

In spite of all Kenshin's grand, unselfish ideals, Hiko had been right.

They were going to destroy him.