Kaoru: I reminisced upon the days of old,
When you,
The penniless wanderer without a home,
Took this place and my heart by storm.
Kenshin: It was then I knew it had to be you,
They day you stared at me in the twilight evening of Tokyo,
And looked defiantly at the man who you labeled the Battousi.
I found it bizarre how you knew me at first,
How you showed me what it was like to have someone who cared.
Kaoru: You cooked,
You cleaned,
And even when you were doing the laundry so flawlessly,
You made this house the home it hadn't been since my father died.
You made my heart flutter and fly with your slightest glance.
Kenshin: You made it so hard for me to leave,
For you entrapped me with your vivacious energy,
And held me with your dark blue eyes,
I did what I could to keep my heart in my chest,
And in the end,
All I could do was run away,
But I never even got that far.
Kaoru: Days after you left,
I wept for your presence,
And felt you escape from my grasp,
But, after my tears were spent,
I could no longer live in the shadows of my heart,
And I took a chance to see you again,
And understood rejection was only part of the game.
Kenshin: Then, in Kyoto, you were there,
At Hiko's, when you called my name,
I didn't know what to say,
So I said nothing.
It hurt me so to lie, and ignore you,
When my heart called out for you.
Kaoru: On the roof top of the Aoiya,
You promised you'd come back,
And that we'd go home together,
But as the hours grew late after the fretful battles,
My heart grew more worried,
What if your body gave?
What if you stumbled,
And I couldn't be there to help you?
Kenshin: In the end,
In Shishio's Lair,
My thoughts dwelled on you,
And the promise I made with you,
The promise of coming home together,
Held my broken body together,
And sent Shishio's to the breaking point.
Kenshin and Kaoru: And now that all is done,
I see your face in the light of the brilliant day,
And know that I am finally home.
When you,
The penniless wanderer without a home,
Took this place and my heart by storm.
Kenshin: It was then I knew it had to be you,
They day you stared at me in the twilight evening of Tokyo,
And looked defiantly at the man who you labeled the Battousi.
I found it bizarre how you knew me at first,
How you showed me what it was like to have someone who cared.
Kaoru: You cooked,
You cleaned,
And even when you were doing the laundry so flawlessly,
You made this house the home it hadn't been since my father died.
You made my heart flutter and fly with your slightest glance.
Kenshin: You made it so hard for me to leave,
For you entrapped me with your vivacious energy,
And held me with your dark blue eyes,
I did what I could to keep my heart in my chest,
And in the end,
All I could do was run away,
But I never even got that far.
Kaoru: Days after you left,
I wept for your presence,
And felt you escape from my grasp,
But, after my tears were spent,
I could no longer live in the shadows of my heart,
And I took a chance to see you again,
And understood rejection was only part of the game.
Kenshin: Then, in Kyoto, you were there,
At Hiko's, when you called my name,
I didn't know what to say,
So I said nothing.
It hurt me so to lie, and ignore you,
When my heart called out for you.
Kaoru: On the roof top of the Aoiya,
You promised you'd come back,
And that we'd go home together,
But as the hours grew late after the fretful battles,
My heart grew more worried,
What if your body gave?
What if you stumbled,
And I couldn't be there to help you?
Kenshin: In the end,
In Shishio's Lair,
My thoughts dwelled on you,
And the promise I made with you,
The promise of coming home together,
Held my broken body together,
And sent Shishio's to the breaking point.
Kenshin and Kaoru: And now that all is done,
I see your face in the light of the brilliant day,
And know that I am finally home.