Once again, I'm sitting across from death
But I show no fear
This has become familiar since I've met
You
I must wait…
you will come, like always
I show no fear
Alas! I see a dark silhouette
walk out of the shadows
he's here
My savior
My hero
My prince…
But wait…
no…
that's not him, not at all
His eyes...full of rage
these I do not recognize
these aren't the eyes who smile into mine when I'm down
No
There isn't the smile that makes the sun rise.
No, can it be? my rurouni?
this man...
is a stranger to me.
As he unsheathed his sword
I grow worried
that sword is the line between this stranger and my rurouni
Wait! the two have
disappeared!
Stranger and foe...
All that I see are glimpses
of swords clashing...
...warrior spirits battling
When they finally reappear
I notice the threat looking,
with his cold, frightening eyes,
into mine, pulling me into his...disturbing my thoughts...
My heart... I cannot breathe,
my lungs have froze
and so has my body
I want to scream out,
gasp for air...
but all I can do is whisper his name... my rurouni
As they clash swords again,
I lose sight of them completely...
drifting... drifting into the corners of my mind...
What is this? memories?
but not of my life or childhood...no...
memories of him...
these months together...
These memories... they're racing...
flashing...
flashing in my mind...
faster and faster...
I want to call his name...
I see his sword reflect the moonlight...
no....stop...
these memories....
I can't lose you...
my rurouni...
STOP!
I gasp for air desperately...
"Kenshin..."
I want to say more
"...don't go back..."
I can't lose you
"...to a manslayer."
END