Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin was created by Nobuhiro Watsuki

=(Angels Brought the Pain)=

How long must I suffer
Before it fades away
Lost love can bring such torment
That will strengthen by the day

I fell in love back when
And in her I found my soul
It used to feel like magic
When I had her just to hold

But so much time has passed
My memories filled with grays
Why did this have to happen?
Could it not end some other way

I missed that bond we share
The feeling that was so true
I remember we snuck out to see each other
Just to exchange 'I love yous'

I also called her my Angel
That's how it had to be
And when someone asked me why
I said that she was to me

Then the years that followed
That soon went as fast as light
To be honest I don't remember
Just that we had out first little fight

I remember my eighteenth
Our love was still growing strong
We talked about our future
As if nothing could ever go wrong

Soon her eighteenth followed
And she became really ill
The Doctors said it was nothing
In time she would be healed

I stood by her, both day and night
To see this thing get worse
And when I found out she was dying
It felt like I had been cursed

I prayed to Kami every night
Until she passed away
To spare my love and let her live
If only just for another day

I remember that fears of death
It brought to me such pain
It felt live knives through my chest
Then cutting through once more

I held her tightly in my arms
And to my heart I gave
I told her to take care of it
And to take it to her grave

She replied I love you
And she thanked me for all those years
She thanked me how I stayed with by her
Until she went away

Then the funeral came
There wasn't much left to do
I read out the poem I wrote before
I called it 'A love so true'

Now seven months have passed
Yet this pain won't go away
No matter how hard I try
It will always be here to stay

You see these things with angels
Is that they are just for loan
God will lend them out to us
But never for us to own

So if I fall in love again
To whoever that may be
I will not call them angel
For that may set them free

As Kenshin stood over his beloved's grave; he could feel the guilt, the shame, the sadness. He could even feel how he felt when she died. Lonely. For he had no meaning in life than to be with her. Even the poem that he read at her funeral was still there. To return was unknown for even himself. For his heart ached every time he came to this dreaded place. With one last glance, he spoke to the wind itself, "I'm sorry my love, for I have failed....You."

One-Shot