Author's Note:

Happy Halloween! Have an update! I will get off the Kenshin based references next chapter by the way.

Meiji Era Japan
Drew
8 Months Later Equestrian Time

"I can say, you've gotten stronger over the past few years. You may be able to even take on Kenshin." I blushed, I wasn't that good.

"I don't think I'm that good master, Kenshin could wipe the floor with me." I was completely honest, I was no where near as good as Kenshin. Also, I had taken a liking to my Kimono, it's grown a lot on me in the past two years. Since it's been two years, my magic stamina is even better than ever, so I could go home on my own.

"Goodbye master!" I was very nice to him, but he treated me almost as badly as Kenshin. I guess I'm ready to take on Sharp Katana, without taking his life. I opened the portal and jumped in, landing in the middle of Ponyville, which was deserted.

"Hello?" I called out, but nopony answered, I tried again.

"Anypony here?" Then, bandits jumped me, but I was ready. I took them out quickly, only knocking them out. The funny thing is that my sword is still inside of its sheathe. I gained a lot of experience while in Japan, I also learned Japanese, so whenever Twilight talked in Japanese I can finally understand her.

I looked around Ponyville, but nopony was here, it really was a ghost town, until I made it to our house. Once I opened up, everypony in Ponyville were inside, except for my Crew and the girls. Lyra was the first to greet me, but she had a look of horror in her eyes.

"You could've helped us, but you were gone, and now Ponyville has gone to hell. It was all because of you!" She started crying into my shoulder, I comforted he poor mare.

"I'm so sorry Lyra. I'm going to do anything to make this right, no matter what." She wasn't mad anymore, she actually missed me.

"The guys and the Mane Six are in Canterlot, the trains stopped running so you're going to have to teleport." I just couldn't believe that this was the work of one stallion. I teleported myself to Canterlot, I opened my backup safe just in case this were to ever happen, it was filled with food and supplies for the refugees.

Once my friends saw me, they all rushed over towards me, I was happy that I was home, but I wanted to know the whole story of what happened to Ponyville.

"It was Sharp Katana, he came to Ponyville about four months ago. We greeted him like a new friend, but once we knew who he was, we evacuated. He threatened to kill us all if we didn't get out of Ponyville, Delta tried to help us, but h killed a whole unit." Rainbow explained everything to me. To my surprise Rainbow had a holster strapped to her, I looked to see that it was a Sauer P226 inside of that holster.

"Rainbow? Where did you get that?" I wondered, because Rainbow almost never used a gun, except for that one time.

"Oh! I forgot to tell you, I was so bored I went to join the Princess's Secret Service, I'm an agent now."

"Remember what I taught you, and don't do anything too dangerous."

"Sheesh, you act like my parents!"

"Only because I love you, and I don't want to see you hurt."

Just then, Princess Celestia walked in, she looked tired. I walked over to try and help her, I guided her to her throne, and she sat down.

"Welcome back Drew, but you know what has happened to Ponyville, yes?"

"Yes princess, I know pretty much everything, and I'm going back to try and fight him."

"Good luck Drew, I hope you find light in the darkness ahead." I then opened up a portal, going back to Ponyville. Somehow, The Crew and the girls followed me there, and they went to our house to take care of Ponyville's residents. I went to the town hall, where I expected Sharp Katana to be.

"Are you the legendary commander of the Delta Force? The one who ended Lord Discord?" I nodded, my time in Japan has made me more serious.

"Draw your sword." I prepared a defensive stance, he charged at me, with a parallel sword technique. I was about to end him, right here and now, he has brought enough pain to the residents of Ponyville.

"Hiten Mitsurugi Style,Ryūtsuisen!" I drew my sword and hit him with my god like speed, seemingly defeating him. He got up, and it seemed like it didn't affect him at all.

"H-How?" He let out a maniacal laugh.

"Lord Discord granted me the ability to have fast regenerative powers! You foalish human, your sword has no effect on me!" It sounded like he was getting a little bit cocky. I have no choice but to kill him, it's the only way to stop his regenerative properties. I flipped the blade, to turn it lethal, and no matter how much I didn't want to, I had to do it. He charged at me again, but this time I was ready, he caught me off guard last time, but this was it.

"Hiten Mitsurugi Style, Kuzuryūsen!" I hit all nine vital areas on his body, killing him instantaneously. My head dropped low, I had to kill him, even though I thought I could spare his life. A crowd appeared from out of my house, cheering for me, I guess good deeds bring unwanted attention, I know this for a fact. I sheathed my sword and walked over to my friends, and I had an empty smile on my face.

"Drew, I didn't know you became so fast!"

"It's the Hiten Mitsurugi that changed my speed. It's been a while Rainbow, and I've missed you." We closed in for a hug. I missed my immaturity though, and I'll get it back one day, like tomorrow, I'll make sure to remember that.

"Mr. Drew? Can we see some more of your sword tricks? You were like *WHOOSH* and *CLING*!" Of course Scootaloo wanted to see my sword tricks, swords are naturally awesome.

"Sure Scootaloo, I will show you them later, that I will." Twilight noticed my usage of Japanese, so she tried it out on me.

"Doryū kon'nichiwa, soreha hisashiburidesu. (Hello Drew, it's been a while.)"

"Sore wa, sore ga motte iru misuterī o motte iru koto. (That it has Twilight, that it has.)" She giggled, and took notice of my Kimono.

"This is a nice kimono, it looks comfortable."

"This kimono was given to me by my master, it has sentimental value, that it does." Great, I just noticed that I talk like Kenshin now. I tried to get my mind together, and eventually got my old personality back.

"Okay, no more talking like Kenshin, I'm going back to talking like my old self." I wandered all over Ponyville, doing anything to help bring this place back to its former glory.

"To get this up and running, I need you to cut this into smaller pieces, and carry them over to the debris pile." Twilight was managing the whole thing, of course. I did as told, making clean cuts into cement, wood, and other debris in the way. Nick then used his magic to clear it away, I was surprised how easy it was rebuilding Ponyville after 8 months of being confined. I noticed that Jhon was away, taking care of an animal, I couldn't see what it was because I was too far away. I went over to him, and when I got a better look at that animal, it was an Umbreon.

"Jhon, when did you get an Umbreon?"

"About five months ago, Nick figured that Rainbow was lonely without you, so he got a Pokemon for her."

"Seems legit. Well, what's her name?"

"We named her after Princess Luna, her name's Lulu."

"Isn't that cute? C'mere Lulu." She got up from her sitting position and she sat on my lap, taking a nap on me. I carried her inside of the house, she looked only about a year old. She was really soft, like Rainbow, but Lulu actually let her pet you, unlike Rainbow. Jhon told me that Rainbow loved our new pet Umbreon, Rainbow and Lulu got along really well with each other. I stayed at the house for a while, taking care of Lulu, but Pinkie Pie decided to drop in on us.

"Hi Drew! I haven't seen you in forever! I just wanted to stop by and say that my club is fixed! Actually, most of Ponyville has been fixed by now!" Good to know Pinkie, that very good.

"Well, that's great, I'll stop by in a few minutes." It was like 9:00 PM already, so why not? I haven't been up on stage for 8 months, so I think I would be a little rusty.

Once we got there, everypony was there already, there was Derpy, Lyra, Colgate, Pinkie, Twilight, Rainbow, and so on. I walked up on stage and started talking before I sang.

"Hello everypony, it's been a long time since I left, but I'm back from my extended trip! And to make up for it I wanted to sing a song for you guys." They cheered, on cue The Crew started to play music.

You and I go hard at each other like we're going to war.
You and I go rough, we keep throwing things and slamming the door.
You and I get so damn dysfunctional, we start keeping score.
You and I get sick, yeah, I know that we can't do this no more.

Yeah, but baby there you go again, there you go again, making me love you.
Yeah, I stopped using my head, using my head, let it all go.
Got you stuck on my body, on my body, like a tattoo.
And now I'm feeling stupid, feeling stupid, crawling back to you.

So I cross my heart and I hope to die
That I'll only stay with you one more night
And I know I said it a million times
But I'll only stay with you one more night

Try to tell you "no" but my body keeps on telling you "yes".
Try to tell you to "stop", but your lipstick got me so out of breath.
I'll be waking up in the morning, probably hating myself.
And I'll be waking up, feeling satisfied but guilty as hell.

Yeah, but baby there you go again, there you go again, making me love you.
(Making me love)
Yeah, I stopped using my head, using my head, let it all go.
(I let it all go)
Got you stuck on my body, on my body, like a tattoo.
(Like a tattoo, yeah)
And now I'm feeling stupid, feeling stupid, crawling back to you.

So I cross my heart and I hope to die
(Yeah)
That I'll only stay with you one more night
(Oh)
And I know I said it a million times
(Yeah)
But I'll only stay with you one more night
(Yeah)

Yeah, baby, give me one more night
Yeah, baby, give me one more night (whoa, yeah)
Yeah, baby, give me one more night (oh, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, but baby there you go again, there you go again making me love you.
Yeah, I stopped using my head, using my head, let it all go.
Got you stuck on my body, on my body like a tattoo.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

So I cross my heart and I hope to die
(Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
That I'll only stay with you one more night
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh)
And I know I said it a million times
(Oh, I said it a million times)
But I'll only stay with you one more night
(Yeah, baby give me one more night)

So I cross my heart and I hope to die (yeah, yeah)
That I'll only stay with you one more night (yeah, yeah)
And I know I said it a million times (yeah, yeah)
But I'll only stay with you one more night (yeah, yeah)

I don't know, whatever.

I then got Twilight and Rainbow to get on stage, because I always wanted to hear both of hem sing at the same time. They didn't really want to, but I gave them positive encouragement to at least try. This is a fairly new song to me, because I never heard it before.

(music)
(Purple is Twilight, Blue is Rainbow, and no color is both so you imagine which one is singing which line.)
I went out last night
I'm going out tonight again
Anything to capture your attention (your attention)
And she's a real sweet girl
And you know I got a boy
Details we both forgot to mention (forgot to mention)

And you, I always know where you are
And you always know where I am
We're taking it way too far
But I don't want it to end

This kiss is something I can't resist
Your lips are undeniable
This kiss is something I can't risk
Your heart is unreliable
Something so sentimental
You make so detrimental
And I wish it didn't feel like this
Cause I don't wanna miss this kiss
I don't wanna miss this kiss

You know you're just my type
And your eyes are lock and key, to my heart
Tempting my confession (my confession)
And you're a real hot thing
But you know I've got a boy somewhere
So can you feel the tension? (Feel the tension)

And you, I'm dancing the way you are
And your dancing the why I am
We're taking it way too far
But I don't want it to end

This kiss is something I can't resist
Your lips are undeniable
This kiss is something I can't risk
Your heart is unreliable
Something so sentimental
You make so detrimental
And I wish it didn't feel like this
Cause I don't wanna miss this kiss
I don't wanna miss this kiss

But if you ask me to
I couldn't, I couldn't, I
You're leaning closer and
I shouldn't, I shouldn't, I
But if you ask me to
I couldn't, I couldn't, I
I shouldn't, I shouldn't
I don't wanna miss this kiss

This kiss is something I can't resist
Your lips are undeniable
This kiss is something I can't risk
Your heart is unreliable
Something so sentimental
You make so detrimental
And I wish it didn't feel like this
Cause I don't wanna miss this kiss
I wish it didn't feel like this
I don't wanna miss this kiss

Once we got off stage, we all sat down in our usual corner of the club, talking it out. I needed to know what happened in the last 8 months I was gone.

"By the way, how did we know the words to that song?" Twilight questioned.

"I don't really know Twilight, just go with it." Kaptn said, I haven't heard him talk in forever. Kaptn was always the quiet type, but it's been like more than eight months since I heard him speak. I knew that my sword is going to be more useful than I thought, because swords have always been used in fighting, for ceremonies and actual combat. The reverse-blade sword I own is very special, I think this is going to be one of my new go to weapons.

"So Drew, when are you going to show us that sword of yours?" Pinkie Pie seemed very interested.

"Pinkie, I can't show this to you right now, it's repairing itself." My Reverse-Blade Sword had been enchanted to where it repairs itself if there's any damage done to it. I can't use it once it enters it enters this state, it enters this state when I haven't been using it for a while. I can pull it out when it's in this state, but it doesn't repair as much compared to when it stays in it's sheathe for longer.

"Pinkie, don't give me that look." She was doing the puppy dog eyes, Twilight seemed intrigued as well. Next thing you know all of them, except Fluttershy and Applejack were doing the puppy eyes. I clutched my chest, too much adorableness going on.

"Hnnngh!" I had to take a Tic-Tac to get back up, and I gave in. I unsheathed my sword and showed it to them.

"This is my sword."

"Why is the blade on the wrong side?"

"It's a Reverse-Blade Sword, it's meant to be like this."

"Can you slice things with it?"

"It's a sword! Of course I can!" I went over to the dessert table, and cut the giant cake into pieces for everypony to eat.

"Wow! You didn't even get scratches on the table!" I chuckled, but it was getting late for me. I had Nick watch over Rainbow, because she said she was drinking tonight.

"Go home Rainbow, you're drunk." Nick had a blank expression on his face, I tried to hold back a laugh. Rainbow was really that drunk, I had been teaching her after all. Surprisingly, I was still wearing my kimono, and I didn't even get a scratch on it. I was walking home, and suddenly, Princess Luna came out of nowhere.

"Hello Dr-"

"AGH! Oh my god! You scared me."

"Sorry to have startled you, but I didn't get to see you earlier. You look different, you look more serious. What happened in the last eight months?" She raised an eyebrow, I chuckled.

"Well, it started off with me dropping in front of my master out of the portal..."