Haunted Dragon

After the battle against Shishio and his Juppongatana, a certain swordmaster stands alone in his forest home. As he takes a position to look out over the city of Kyoto, a haunted look takes over his ageless features. What is he thinking of? His own master, many years dead? Or of his apprentice, whom he'd thought to have failed fifteen short years before? Only he knows...and he isn't likely to tell anyone any time soon.....