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Remembrance: 6: Chaos: Genji is the one hundred seventieth chapter of the Rurouni Kenshin manga.

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June 5, 1864, on the night of the Gion Festival. Iizuka barges into Battousai and Tomoe's room, hoping the hitokiri could accompany him to the fair and the red-light district afterwards, only to find a sleeping Battousia and Tomoe's sewing. While puzzled about how the young hitokiri is actually sharing a room with a girl, Iizuka watches as Katagai rushes up to him from the streets. Out of breath, Katagai has some urgent news - the Ikeda Inn where the secret council was to be held was raided by the Shinsengumi. With the news heard from outside of his room, Battousai's eyes flash open.

Katsura managed to avoid the raid because took a nap, but the fates of Yoshida and Miyabe who were also important for the secret meeting were grim. Just one small information leak pushed the rise of the new era back as the Bakufu quickly eliminated many of their threats, leaving the Choshuu Clan in shambles. Katsura had fallen from power and Takasugi had fallen ill from tuberculosis.

After the events of the Ikeda-ya incident, Battousai and Tomoe meet under a bridge, Katsura disguised himself as a homeless. The plan that was established during the secret council was to set ablaze the entire city and capture the Emperor during the panic. Katsura was the only one to object to such havoc and, ironically, was the only one to survive of all the important figures. Katsura says he has to remain hidden as the most wanted by the shogunate. Battousai questions where his next destination is, since the Kohagi Inn was burned down. A farm house in the outskirts of the city has been arranged by Katsura. There, Battousai will settle down and will be contacted by his leader through Iizuka. Katsura begins to leave and turns to ask Tomoe to stay with the hitokiri if she has no place to go, and that a married couple will be less suspicious.

Thus, admist of all the problems, a new couple had begun living their new lives. A 15-year-old Kenshim, and a 18-year-old Tomoe reside far from the city in their quiet farm home. Living as farmers, the two not only plan on being together for the sake of covering up their identities, but till death do they part.

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