A/N: So colors. Lots of options and I really couldn't hold on to one slippery idea or another long enough to write a story for the prompt. But, I had to try. So, here we are, last ditch effort...

Prompt: Color

Word Count: 475

Red

Dear Friends,

Damn, that comes off sounding awfully formal doesn't it? I've no business writing crap like that. I really probably don't have any business writing to you lot at all, seeing as how I'm never in a place long enough for you guys to post something back. That, and I'm not really sure anything I ever try to write comes out looking anything more than a journal entry instead of a proper letter. That's why I usually don't send what I write. That's why I probably wont send this one by the look of things.

Oh well.

Right, I'm ah... well, I'm somewhere in the northern United States right now. Or is is southern Canada? Hey, no joking about my sense of direction, its not like there's a chalked border or a great wall to mark the difference around here! And it really all looks the same. Not that that's a problem, its really nice scenery 'round here. Huge trees. Blue lakes, babbling rivers. Its wild country, mostly.

Lets see, its fall here. The trees are changing. I'm staring at this big old maple tree right now that has the reddest leaves I've ever seen. Not blood red, unless it were really fresh than maybe blood red. No, its something of a shade darker than Kenshin's hair. Shit, that's what prompted me to write this, isn't it? Seeing that color makes me all nostalgic for friends and home. At least I'm not thinking about blood – much.

There are other colors too. Lots of yellow and bright orange. Its like some artist had way too much paint and time on his hands. Shit, that's way too poetic for me. I'm sitting here on my own this afternoon. Haven't seen another soul in something like two weeks now. So I guess I get poetic after that much time in my own company.

Tell me Kenshin, does this mean I'm turning into Hiko? No, s'pose not. See unlike him, I miss human company.

Jou-chan, you started on making kids with Kenshin yet? I hope so, I don't plan on coming home and having to explain to the two of you about how that's supposed to work. And Yahiko, I hope your still keeping eyes on that pretty little girl. You won't find another like her in the world. Right, so I haven't made it around the world yet, but I think I've seen enough to be something of an authority on the subject. And I wonder if that lady doctor ever found that family of hers.

Damn, I really am feeling kinda low at the moment. I miss you guys a lot. I really do. I think I'll just take one of these fallen maple leaves with me and see how long it keeps its color. It really is such an outstanding red.

Your Friend Always,

Sagara Sanosuke