Sapphire Smoke and Forgotten Fates


A/N- I've always wanted to write something like this and I've finally worked up the couage to do so...

Anyway, Rurouni Kenshin doesn't belong to myself, damn it!

Enjoy!

'thoughts'


Prologue:

"Please…do not leave my side, I cannot live without you Aoi…please," tears ran unchecked down the face of a man who looked to be in his late thirties, he was leaning over the pale form of a woman as his hand held hers tightly.

The once long and smooth raven hair lay in a black curtain behind the woman's small frame, her once soft and beautiful skin was pale and sickly as her life drained away slowly, the only thing that had remained the same was her unusual hazel eyes. They remained bright and swirled with emotion even as she struggled to bring a smile to her slightly blue lips, "it is alright my love…it is…my time, I have no regrets Okita…please, grant me just one thing…"

Pulling his wife's frail hand to his face, the man, Okita pressed a soft kiss upon her knuckles, "anything…if it is in my power, it shall be done."

Okita Kamiya's deep brown hair ran in frazzles about his strong broad shoulders, it had somehow come loose from the ponytail that had once held it back, his shoulder's heaved as he fought back more on coming tears. His face was as pale as his wife's but it also had a tiredness to it, his voice was strained and weak from stress, his eyes were a dull silvery blue and held more of his pain filled tears of sorrow.

The woman, Aoi, shifted her other hand as she lifted it to run her fingers over her husbands trembling lips. "Give our daughters a choice…please, let them decide their future…that is all I ask, my love…" Okita's eyes widened slightly at his wife's request but he knew that he could never deny her anything, especially at a time like this.

"Y…yes, koi, I will do as you ask…" turning slightly, Okita sighted three sobbing children standing in the doorframe, motioning to them, he watched as his three daughter's ran over and surrounded the futon on which their mother lay dying.

At the sight of her children, Aoi's eyes sparkled happily as she reached out and brushed her fingers against the cheek of the eldest, "take care of you're father…Megumi, Kaoru…Misao…grow strong and beautiful, I'll be watching over you…remember that…" as a fit of coughs brought crimson warmth to her lips, Aoi turned her eyes from those of her daughter's to land upon her husbands face.

A small smile crossed her lips as her eyes began to drift closed, "I…l…love you, Okita…my love…" as those words made their way through her lips, Aoi's eyes slid shut as her hand grew limp and slipped free from her husbands grasp. Aoi Hikaru Kamiya was dead.


A/N- I know, it's short but it is only the prologue after all...

The first chapt is almost done so it should be up soon...

Till then...

Ja Ne!