REASONS

By Mikagami Morrigan

(c) 2000

Disclaimers: Rurouni Kenshin and its characters do not belong to me. No profit is being

made from this. So sue me all you want, you have nothing to prove against me! I'm just a lowly writer who doesn't have any real pasttimes but to play with characters which are not even hers! *wicked grin*

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Nothing.

No reason.

There simply is no reason for me to go... to go up that steep, slippery stairs -- a stone-built ladder whose sole purpose is to lead me to nowhere. Nowhere but to you... and to that calm and unwavering wall of silence that surrounds your being.

Hopeless.

And I do not know you anymore! You seem to me as though you were a ghost, endlessly searching for his salvation, constantly looking for peace. And as I reach out to touch you, I cannot feel your skin. You've become intangible. Even to me.

Then what brings me back here? Here, where I've always watched over you, patiently waiting for you? For all my life...

Stillness.

Only the indomitable stillness of the room -- and your steady breathing -- answered my thoughts.

Eternally hopeless.

Until you stood up and paced your way towards me, I clutched my heart in anticipation. As always, your face held no emotion. No smile touched your lips. Even your beautiful blue eyes, which look down upon me ever so intensely, only reflected a deep dark void. How I wish it didn't, so I may see the reason why I came.

Nothing.

Simply no reason.

Then suddenly...

"Thank you, Misao.. for being here."

I thought I've seen you smile at last, and my heart skipped a beat. But when I looked again, it's the same way you've always been.

Though now it's somehow different. Now I know there IS a reason. And if I were to wait for you forever, I gladly will.

Because finally, I have known, you are still there. And that wall of silence -- is slowly breaking apart.

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