R K D R E A M S: Rurouni Kenshin Fanfiction Collection

Do you dream of RK?

Well do you? I've always liked dreamweaving. You wouldn't believe the places I've been to, imagining all sorts of adventures when I spin tales, and I'd wager that if any of my characters were to spring out of the pages of my PC, they'd be saying, in a weary voice, "Give us a break, woman!" As luck would have it, though this fact being a great misfortune to them, they have no such power over me and I can very well do with them as I please. So now I've come as far as having this site put up, for those who dare to tinker with reality and make it more interesting in fiction!

Welcome to RK Dreams, a site dedicated to Rurouni Kenshin fanfiction and perhaps some non-Rurounken-anime tidbits on the side. Here you will find Kenshin, Kaoru, Sano and Yahiko in the most ridiculous, heart wrenching, riveting, thrilling and naughty situations Yours Truly can hope to come up with.

And now comes the tedium. After the schmaltzy whatevers I've written up there ::points to top of intro:: Here is a brief run-through of the site.

Blurb. Normally, this section is where the owner(s) of the site talk about nonsense and such stuff, mainly to rant and just feel good that they've shared their misery to readers who could do less with other people's angst. Well, in my blurb, I'll be sharing snippets of my life, as related to anime, the Web Site, and writing fiction. Oh, it won't be an everyday thing. I ain't no Bridget Jones, and I won't be discussing my weight, alcohol and cigarette consumption either, so don't worry.

Updates. Nothing that will make the world turn, but it gives an overview of what's new on the site and the RK-www in general. So stay in the loop and give it a read.

Brains Behind the Site. Basically, it's a reflection of mine and my Web Developer fiancée's narcissistic tendencies, because it'll mostly delve into our best traits. So shoot us. If we're gonna talk about ourselves, we might as well make ourselves look good.

About Rurouni Kenshin. Herein lies the dirt. Well, not really the dirt, but stuff about Rurouni Kenshin you probably already know. However, just in case you're new to our beloved little redhead, you might want to visit this section to pick up a few more stuff about the series, its creator, and the Rurouni Kenshin characters. Knowledge is power! Unfortunately, I have no idea what kind of power this type of knowledge can give you...so if you're interested, give it a look-see.

The Stories. Ah, need I say more?

The Guestbook. Here's where you laud, flame or holler at us. Just let us know you've visited the site, and maybe, just maybe you can give a spectacular suggestion on how we can improve it! Get that PC-Geekazoid in you working, because goodness knows, our own PC-Geekazoid entities are picketing us, because they feel we're understaffed and they're underpaid.

Links. Oh, we got links. We ain't anti-social and it's all about being in the World Wide Web, connecting Rurouken-crazy people!

So what are you waiting for? Start clicking! You just might like what you see!

Yours, in Rurouken insanity,
anna-neko
Author and Lunatic

Noted by,
"Ivan the Not So Terrible"
Site Administrator and Web Developer

Yes, yes. We've got brains, whether you want to believe it or not. But seeing as you've clicked on this page, you're interested in knowing more about us, right? Right? Well…probably not so much, but heck! It may pays to know what kind of lunatics we really are.

RK Dreams Content Provider
Name: Anna-neko
Classification: Quirk. Writer. Likes to read and write romance, drama, comedy and lemons, whether or not it's about RK. Heterosexual female. Likes Disney and Nickelodeon cartoons apart from the regular anime, beaches, shopping, coffee and the RK Dreams Site Administrator.
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RK Dreams Site Administrator
Name: Ivan the Not So Terrible
Classification: Quirk. PC-Geek. Can spend the entire day glued to the PC cooking up all sorts of surfing escapades. Heterosexual male. Likes ESPN, beaches, iced tea, PC/PS2 Games, and the RK Dreams Content Provider.
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Author's Blurb: Sept. 21, 2002

Who's Afraid of the Big Black Block?

It's coming back to me. Little by little, I am beating back the Big Black Block and writing again. It took a while, and I still couldn't pinpoint the cause, but I felt the author-kick whirring inside me once again, the way it used to! So don't be surprised when I start releasing a barrage of short fics. Probably a one shot here and there as well.

As you may find out browsing through this site, I have released a new fic. It's a short fic from the line-up I wrote out before in a previous blurb. It's not done yet, but the beginning, middle and end is as clear as day, the way it hadn't been for stories and me in the past few months. I admit, it'll get done sooner than "Two Weddings", and I'll probably dish out more stories before I finish "2WCC", but this is good for me, because Zen is back!!

I believe I haven't formally introduced Zen. Zen's my muse and exists only in my twisted mind. He's my champion against the Big Black Block. He's tall, lanky, cynical and he's talkative. He may not seem much at a glance, but he's the guy I've been talking to in my head and he tells me if something is funny, lame, or brilliant. Zen's my hero, and I named my Documents folder after him.

So I'm back, so's Zen, therefore expect more in the days to come.

June 18, 2002

Okay, so I know I haven't been posting anything new lately. Suffice it to say that I've been very busy and I just went through the worse case of writer's block ever to hit me on the head. Believe me, I tried everything. I even subscribed to the TheWriter'sLife.com newsletter, hoping that the regular quotes would put me in the mood. However well those quote managed to put a smile on my face, it didn't make me a better writer, and I turned up crap after crap of bad writing. You should take a peek at my "Zen" file in my PC, it's a f*&king shit load. "Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self," quote Cyril Connolly. I wanna believe her. I really do. But there's this voice in my head that says, "Keep telling yourself that you moron!" After all, Kingsley Amis said, "If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing."

Thus, I came up with the phrase "Prose is a con." Eloquent, isn't it?

So again, for the nth time, I will release a list of stories that are up and coming in this site. Among them, two are sure to be posted within the month.

"Search" - Darkfic, drama, angst. Rated R for adult themes. No lime or lemon. Minimal cursing. Main characters: Kenshin, Kaoru, Kenji and Enishi. Summary: Kaoru has once again been kidnapped by Enishi, and as Kenshin embarks on a journey to find her, he finds something more…his son.

"Entranced" - Drama, minor-angst, minor romance and slightly A/U. Rated PG-13 for minimal cursing. Main characters: Kenshin, Tomoe and Kaoru. No, this isn't a love triangle. And there will be no supernatural turning back of time. Summary: Kenshin meets Kaoru on the streets of Edo for what seems to be the very first time, and we all know Kenshin will move in with Kaoru soon after it, but what went on in the Rurouni's mind when Kaoru challenged him to a fight? Why did he stay?

"The Queer Tales of Kamiya Kaoru" - Comedy, romance and slightly…shonen-ai and shoujou-ai!?!? Hey, don't knock it 'til you've read it, I say! Hehe…but I guess that ought to be a fair warning. It's not quite what you think, though. Rated R for adult themes, but there will be no lemon or lime. Main characters: Kaoru and a few other original characters. I think you'll like them! Summary: Kaoru changes the status quo with the help of two drag queens who prove to be fairy godmothers, in more ways than one.

"Fearless" - Comedy and romance. Rated PG. Main characters: Kaoru and the rest of the Gang. Summary: Kaoru is…dying?!?! Well, our dear Tanuki-chan wants to go out with a bang, so since she isn't afraid to die, she becomes an unwitting masked superhero of the Meiji era. How she gets into the fix wearing a costume to boot, you'll just have to read and see. As for the romance…Kenshin finds himself oddly attracted to superwoman…

"A Time for Healing" - Drama, romance, angst and POSSIBLY an A/P. Rated PG-13. Main characters: Kaoru, Enishi and Kenshin. Summary: It's been five years since Kenshin left the Kamiya dojo. Kaoru has come to terms with his departure, and though the heartbreak remains, she has accepted the cards fate has dealt her. Then a person from the past comes along to visit, seeking the answers that Kaoru thinks she has.

So there they are. Like I said, 2 of the bunch I've mentioned will surely be posted within the month.

I'll leave you now with a quote we might all find appropriate one way or another.

"Surfing on the Internet is like sex; everyone boasts about doing more than they actually do. But in the case of the Internet, it's a lot more." --Tom Fasulo

WARNING: Spoilers shall be present however, bear in mind that this will not be a detailed retelling of the Manga, TV Series, or the OVA. Most of the information describing these must be considered a summary, something like you'd find at the back of a book cover.

I. Introduction

Creator: Nobuhiro Watsuki

Manga Volumes: 28

Episodes: 94 complete, 1 unfinished

Movie: 1

Original Video Animation (OVA): 2

1. "Tsuioka Hen" or "Heart of Sword: The Beginning…" - A four part OVA showing the origin of Himura Kenshin and how he transformed into one of the most feared assassins of Japan known as Hitokiri Battousai (Roughly: One Who Assassinates With A Sword). It also showed the origin of his X-scar, his life during the Boshin Civil Wars, his relationship with one Yukushiro Tomoe and how she radically changed his perceptions. At the end of the OVA, he begins his life as a wanderer.

2. "Seissou Hen" or "The Passing of Time Saga" - The OVA set 17 years after the last episode, about reflections of the past and about Kenshin and Kaoru's son, Kenji. It tells of the life of Himura Kenshin a considerable time after the end of the manga, Kaoru's memories of their past life together, and how it applies to the present.

II. Gist of Anime

A. The Tokyo Arc
B. The Kyoto Arc
C. The Shimabara Arc
D. Something I like calling "The Filler Arc"
E. The Revenge Arc (not part of the series but shown in Manga)

III. The Characters (for details, click on the links below!)

A. The Good

1. The Kenshin-Gumi
2. The New Oniwabanshu
3. Other Friends in Edo

B. The Bad
1. Juppongatana
2. Enishi & Co.
3. Other Nuisances

C. The Misunderstood
1. Amakusa Shogou & Co.
2. Sanada Ninjas
3. The Former Oniwabanshu
4. Shigure & Co.

June 1, 2007

:: The RKDREAMS Forum is back. I moved all my sites to a different server and just didn't get a chance to update the forum settings to point to the new database.

November 28, 2005

:: I have disabled the guestbook since nobody is signing because of the spam. There were 500 entries that were all spam and users cant even sign the guestbook because of this. Oh well....

August 25, 2005

:: We will be changing our servers soon. Any weird error you get please let us know. And also we will be implemeting Google Ad Sense all over the site. Comments and feedbacks are welcome, please post them in the forum section.

June 1, 2005

:: The site is back, due to people who hacked our site we were offline for a while. We are not earning any money from this and it is requiring time and money to maintain this if this is what we will be getting from offering free service then we rather put the site offline. I think we have served the RK community long enough, hopefully we won't be hacked again this way we continue to offer this to RK followers.

January 2005

:: Download page is up and running again. Sorry if it was out of commission for a while, we have been busy lately and was not aware that it was not working. Have fun!!!

June 2004

:: We have been changing our web host for a couple of times now, if you see any error within the site please notify us or post it in the forum, again thank you for everyones support. RK rocks!!!!

January 09, 2004

:: We just moved to a new server, please let us know if you see anything that is broken.

October 13, 2003

:: Again again again!!! The links are all gone again and my guess is either somebody is fucking around and was able to access the admin section of the links pages cause I didn't password protect it or my web hosting. To all the people who submitted their links from Oct. 6-12 please resubmit your links.

August 26, 2003

:: Links database got corrupted!!! To all RK Fans who submitted their links/websites from the 1st week of August to the 3rd week, please just resubmit. For some unknown reason I lost all my data for the links database.

June 05, 2003

::RKDREAMS forum have some new features, go and check it out, RKDREAMS FORUM

April 23, 2003

::We added chapter 5 of RK manga, go and check them out under the download section. Enjoy....

February 12, 2003

::Chatroom is ready, I noticed that some members in the forum wanted a chatroom so here it is, enjoy....

January 14, 2003

::We added two new chapters(3&4) of RK manga, go and check them out under the download section. Enjoy....

December 20, 2002

::We won an award from www.goldenwebawards.com
yippppppeeeeeeee!!!

December 16, 2002

::Check out the latest additions to our website!

::We've uploaded English-translated manga and RK Winamp skins available to download. Though the uploaded manga is currently incomplete, we are in the process of making the rest of it availabel to you at the soonest possible time!

::Click on the Review page where you could rate and share your thoughts on RK OVAs and Episodes. Hope to "read" you there!

November 10, 2002

::Cast your vote now for RKDreams! We've signed up for Top 100 listings and you could find the links at the bottom of this page.

::The RKDreams Content Provider has currently finished chapters of her new stories. She's just getting kinda anal retentive and "working out the story glitches."

Sept. 29, 2002

::We added a new site tracking device so we could keep track of the hits more accurately, we don't know if webtrends live will really discontinue their free services. As of now we currently have 54,912 hits, this thanks for the support again.

Sept. 23, 2002

::RKDREAMS forum could now be access using this address: http://forum.rkdreams.com.

Sept. 21, 2002

::New fic entitled "Search". It's angsty, with shades of darkness. If you're suicidal, it's not enough to push you over the edge, so you're safe. ::The RKDreams forum is growing! Come on and join us! You know you want to…

August 12, 2002

::We've got something new cooking in RK Dreams. We've set up a forum! And we'd love it if you could join. So click the link, register, and post to your heart's content. You could talk about anything under the sun! It doesn't even have to be about anime! We'll be waiting.

RKDREAMS forum

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See the result of the past survey.

I just luvvvvv Rurouni Kenshin. I do, I do, I doo-ooh! So, I've come up with a few stories to get me through the series reruns and my need to continue the manga from where it left off.

Rating:

R for adult concepts.

Genre:

A load of Drama and Angst. Continuation fic. A pre-fic for Seisou Hen.

Summary:

Search and you shall find. Kenshin sets out on a journey where he discovers more than what he bargained for.
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Rating:

Rated R for language and adult themes

Genre:

A/U, Comedy-drama and some romance.

Summary:

Single, married and divorced...three things that make this story go round. It's the year 2002, and it's a different Rurouken-verse out there. If you've ever wondered what it would be like seeing our favorite characters in the New Millennium, this is the story for you.
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Rating:

NC-17, FOR THE MUSH-KINK IN CHAPTER 7

Genre:

Drama, Angst and a leeeetle bit of romance. Continuation fic.

Summary:

Someone wants to bring out Kenshin's dragon, and that ain't a good thing. The only hope is Kaoru's magic, but the thing is...she doesn't know she's a mage! What's going to happen? Find out!
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