Prologue
"Kenshin" a young woman called to the sleeping red head in front of her. He opened his eyes and smiled
"Oh so you decided to show up tonight?" The woman laughed and scratched the back of her head
"Yeah sorry it took me forever to get to sleep my step-mom was in one of her moods so I had to take care of her." Kenshin smiled and held out his hand
"I have something for you Kira."
"Really what?" Kira sat down next to him bouncing excitedly. Kenshin laughed and handed her the bracelet he bought for her the that day at the market. It was a beautiful flower preserved in amber. The jewel was attached to rawhide and Kira laughed as she asked Kenshin to tie it on for her. When it was on she looked at it in awe "Kenshin where did you get this? I've never seen a flower like this before do you know what it is?"
"I got it at the market today and no I don't know what the flower is but when I saw it I thought of you." Kira threw her body back on the grass her hands behind her head
"Why did it make you think of me?" he turned to her a thoughtful look on his face
"because in all my travels I've never seen another jewel like this nor met another woman like you."
"Well duh how many people can say a girl comes to them when she sleeps?" Kenshin laughed as Kira rolled her pretty violet and blue eyes at him. They spent an hour together just looking at the stars when Kira sat up and groaned "doesn't she know people need sleep? Sorry Kenshin gotta go I'll see you tomorrow night okay?" Kenshin nodded as he watched her fade out of his site.
Kira smiled as she faded into Kenshin's world he was asleep she tiptoed up to him hoping to startle him but just as she was going to clap in his ear he opened his eyes and smiled at her. "Why'd you have to wake up? You're no fun" he just laughed at her as she sat down in front of him holding out her hand. "Here I got you this I had your name inscribed on it well actually I had both your names inscribed on it. See on this side it says Kenshin and on the other it says Shinta. Cool hu?" Kenshin nodded as he held out his wrist for her to put the bracelet on. "there now we each have a bracelet from a different world." Kenshin smiled as she leaned into him.
She had been coming to him at night ever since his master saved his life from those bandits. She knew everything about him just as he knew everything about her. He knew he was in love with her he also knew he could never have her. He wrapped his arms around him and smelled her hair he loved her sent she smelled like jasmine and thunderstorms all wild and uncontrollable just like her. "Kenshin promise you wont ever take the bracelet off." He looked down at her for a moment and nodded smiling softly. Kira gave him a brilliant smile leaned up and kissed him.
She pulled back before Kenshin could deepen the chaste kiss he growled and tried to pull her back but all she did was smile sadly at him as she faded from his site. He sat there for a moment worried that he might never see her again that kiss had felt an awful lot like a goodbye to him. Then he shook his head and went to sleep after all she had been a constant in his life since he was a child.