To me--he looked like the Sun. 
"Apollo" was a stranger who arrived in the land of Japan, whose skill with the sword attracted the attention of the Shogun and his bodyguard "Midnighter", whose lover he became.
History
One day, the Shogun and "Midnighter" were walking through the market when a man in white, "Apollo", came into town. He was harassed by some drunk men who wanted to fight. Crying, "Apollo" tried to get them to leave him alone. They wouldn't, so "Apollo" raised his sword and killed them all in one single strike. The Shogun sends "Midnighter" to talk to the man in white and he does. "Apollo" comes to work for the Shogun and he and "Midnighter" soon fall in love. However, it's not meant to last.
"Midnighter" alone was a problem for the Shogun's senior minister, but now with "Apollo" there, he wasn't getting enough attention. While "Apollo" and "Midnighter" are sleeping, he sends over 200 ninjas to kill them. The fight is long and hard but "Midnighter" survives. Unfortunately, "Apollo" does not. "Midnighter" tortures the only surviving ninja until he finds out who was responsible. He leaves the Shogun's palace for a year to mourn and bury his love, but when he comes back, he drowns the minister in his own bath.
In a dead forest, on the hill where are bones of many dead men around its base and is also "Apollo"'s grave, "Midnighter" tells the group of armed nobles and samurai who gathered there to kill him that every year he brings his lover flowers. Then he tells them to defend themselves. The fight is quick and at the end, a dozen hearts are resting on "Apollo"'s grave as if they were red roses.
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