I'm going to repeat, do NOT read this story if you haven't seen the
Seisouhen OVA's. It is a MAJOR spoiler, and you really should get the full
experience.
Anyway, this is a story I wrote a day after finishing the entire animated
and OVA series of Rurouni Kenshin; a several year long relationship. The
ending left me tearful and unsatisfied, so I have created a sort of ending
of my own. It is titled "Fin" or "end," because this is where everything
ends. No, don't go back to the main page!! It's not different from the
OVA ending, not really. I just wrote a little about what happens to Kaoru
and Kenshin, and their son Kenji. It begins after Shinta dies, and Kaoru
sees that his scar has finally disappeared. Now, Yahiko and Kenji and
everybody are out looking for her, and since I don't think that she dies at
the end of the OVA, I wrote from when they find her in the sakura grove to
the very end of the OVA, when Kenji is walking down the road with his
girlfriend. I hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin, or the ending of the Seisouhen OVA would have been more explicate. I think I know the name of the genius that does, but I will not insult him by misspelling his name.
Fin
They found her several minutes later, tears of joy and grief running down her pale cheeks.
"It's gone," she repeated, as they approached, "His scar is gone. At last, he is at finally at peace."
They looked at the already stiffening form of the rurouni, who had just begun his last journey, and saw that the cross-shaped scar, which filled so many of each of their memories, was gone. His left cheek, still damp from his wife's tears, was a smooth and blameless white.
"Kaoru..."said Yahiko hoarsely, his face revealing his helpless grief. "Oneesan..."
She held out her arms, and he ran into them like he was ten once more. She held him in her lap as he sobbed. She turned to her son as she ran her hand up and down Yahiko's head, soothing him.
"And you?" asked Kenji, his voice catching a little at the end, "When will you be at peace, mother?"
"I think it must be soon. Can you forgive me, Kenji?"
He would not look at her, but only gazed at the lifeless body of the man on the ground before her.
"Yes," he whispered, his voice rough with unshed tears.
"Can you forgive him?"
There was a pause, as Kenji looked almost thoughtfully at the scene before him; his eyes were drawn back to the content and peaceful smile on his father's face. He looked back to the loving face of his mother, who smiled gently at him though tears were streaming down her face, and answered almost thoughtfully,
"Yes. Yes, I think I can."
She held out her other arm, and the three of them sat there on the grass with the sakura blossoms falling all around them, mourning the loss of the man who had meant so much to all of them, though in different ways.
"My boys," Kaoru whispered throatily, "My anata, my otoutosan, and my sochi; and my jikei. I love you all..." Her head slumped against Kenji's shoulder, and her azure eyes, so much like those of her young son, closed forever.
All of the sudden, she was alone in a place filled with a soft, radiant white light. The place seemed to her to have no end, but to go on forever in all directions. When she looked down, she saw that she was wearing a soft, pure white yukuta. Her slender frame, which her long illness had turned gaunt and skeletal, had filled back out, and that the tightness and pain in her chest was gone. In place of it, light of the place filled her mind and soul, and she was filled with a calm sort of happiness; but the one thing that would make her happiness utterly complete was missing...
"Kaoru-dono," whispered a gentle, loving voice that came from all around her. All of the sudden, Kenshin...Shinta was standing before her. He enveloped her in a tight embrace, sighing contentedly in her ear. For a moment, they simply rested in each other's arms, so happy to at last be together. When they finally pulled away, she lifted a hand to his cheek and smiled.
"Still gone," she whispered, "Now you can't say that you don't deserve happiness."
"No," he said, and smiled, "My vow is fulfilled; I am at last worthy of your love, and we are together."
"Together," she closed her eyes and whispered. They kissed.
"Aishiteru," she said, looking deep into his violet eyes.
"Aishiteru Kaoru," he answered.
"What is this place?"
He smiled, and hugged her again.
"A few moments ago, it was hell. Now it is the highest heaven I could ever imagine."
She smiled back, and returned his embrace.
Terms:
Aishiteru: I love you
Anata: darling (wife to husband)
Jikei: elder brother (Sano)
Oneesan: elder sister
Otoutosan: younger brother (Yahiko)
Sochi: son
*This is not a one-shot; there are one, perhaps two more installments. If people like this part, I'll post the others; so please review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin, or the ending of the Seisouhen OVA would have been more explicate. I think I know the name of the genius that does, but I will not insult him by misspelling his name.
Fin
They found her several minutes later, tears of joy and grief running down her pale cheeks.
"It's gone," she repeated, as they approached, "His scar is gone. At last, he is at finally at peace."
They looked at the already stiffening form of the rurouni, who had just begun his last journey, and saw that the cross-shaped scar, which filled so many of each of their memories, was gone. His left cheek, still damp from his wife's tears, was a smooth and blameless white.
"Kaoru..."said Yahiko hoarsely, his face revealing his helpless grief. "Oneesan..."
She held out her arms, and he ran into them like he was ten once more. She held him in her lap as he sobbed. She turned to her son as she ran her hand up and down Yahiko's head, soothing him.
"And you?" asked Kenji, his voice catching a little at the end, "When will you be at peace, mother?"
"I think it must be soon. Can you forgive me, Kenji?"
He would not look at her, but only gazed at the lifeless body of the man on the ground before her.
"Yes," he whispered, his voice rough with unshed tears.
"Can you forgive him?"
There was a pause, as Kenji looked almost thoughtfully at the scene before him; his eyes were drawn back to the content and peaceful smile on his father's face. He looked back to the loving face of his mother, who smiled gently at him though tears were streaming down her face, and answered almost thoughtfully,
"Yes. Yes, I think I can."
She held out her other arm, and the three of them sat there on the grass with the sakura blossoms falling all around them, mourning the loss of the man who had meant so much to all of them, though in different ways.
"My boys," Kaoru whispered throatily, "My anata, my otoutosan, and my sochi; and my jikei. I love you all..." Her head slumped against Kenji's shoulder, and her azure eyes, so much like those of her young son, closed forever.
All of the sudden, she was alone in a place filled with a soft, radiant white light. The place seemed to her to have no end, but to go on forever in all directions. When she looked down, she saw that she was wearing a soft, pure white yukuta. Her slender frame, which her long illness had turned gaunt and skeletal, had filled back out, and that the tightness and pain in her chest was gone. In place of it, light of the place filled her mind and soul, and she was filled with a calm sort of happiness; but the one thing that would make her happiness utterly complete was missing...
"Kaoru-dono," whispered a gentle, loving voice that came from all around her. All of the sudden, Kenshin...Shinta was standing before her. He enveloped her in a tight embrace, sighing contentedly in her ear. For a moment, they simply rested in each other's arms, so happy to at last be together. When they finally pulled away, she lifted a hand to his cheek and smiled.
"Still gone," she whispered, "Now you can't say that you don't deserve happiness."
"No," he said, and smiled, "My vow is fulfilled; I am at last worthy of your love, and we are together."
"Together," she closed her eyes and whispered. They kissed.
"Aishiteru," she said, looking deep into his violet eyes.
"Aishiteru Kaoru," he answered.
"What is this place?"
He smiled, and hugged her again.
"A few moments ago, it was hell. Now it is the highest heaven I could ever imagine."
She smiled back, and returned his embrace.
Terms:
Aishiteru: I love you
Anata: darling (wife to husband)
Jikei: elder brother (Sano)
Oneesan: elder sister
Otoutosan: younger brother (Yahiko)
Sochi: son
*This is not a one-shot; there are one, perhaps two more installments. If people like this part, I'll post the others; so please review!