Once, Sinomori Aoshi was the leader of the elite guard of the Edot Castle, the Oniwabanshu. However, with the end of the wars and the shogunate, Aoshi and his four most loyal onmitsu are left without a master and without a purpose. When your whole life is war, faith in lost ideals (and the man who symbolized them) may be the last thing that remains. But Megumi's life is in danger, and as much as Kenshin shares their pain, he is determined to fight until the end, if necessary...