Sonata:
A Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X fanfic
by Autumn Raine
Chapter One: Solo
"This time, I go solo..."
Main Characters: Kenshin Kaoru Tomoe (in flashback form)
It is raining. The walls of the dojo tremble slightly with the wind, and the damp chills the floor upon which Isit. Watching, waiting. As always. Kaoru-dono sleeps soundly down the hall, and if I listen hard enough, I can almost hear her slumbered breaths. In and out. So trusting... Trusting in me, trusting in the world around. I let my eyes close, remembering another of such trust this night.
Even in my flashbacks, her blood is still spilled recklessly. I ward off many feelings of guilt to no avail. Tomoe's dark hair falls to her shoulders, down her back, as she brushes the thick tresses, once twice... I watch as she turns to look at me, and quickly revert my glance. Her piercing eyes study me, then return to the ground and journal at her feet. Her solemn face does not change, but her gaze softens slightly. I remember such tiny details of her; of the words that came to haunt me later. "I will protect you..." Years later, I spoke these words to another dark-haired maiden. Kaoru- dono.. I do not wish to have her blood on my hands as well as Tomoe's, so I choose to go alone this time. For her own sake, I will leave, by myself. ...I leave again, that I do, but this time, I go solo.
Goodbye, Miss Kaoru. You are with me in my heart as no other.
The howling wind outside pounds at the dojo entrance, and I sigh, trying to ward off the sudden chill that has taken me. My eyes focus on no particular spot on the ground, fighting off the thoughts of doubt and guilt as a sick feeling turns in my stomach. Of all the people I leave behind, I care for Kaoru-dono as I have only one other in the past. The people that I love, I hurt, that I do. And I cannot bare to have her precious blood on my hands... I have learned my lesson, and I choose to leave before I learn another. Be it for better or worse, I will involve no other in this battle I cannot escape.
The wind howls and pounds and rattles the walls, racking my brain and my thoughts of my emotions. I leave tomorrow morning, in the dark hours, and I leave behind all I know of this city. I leave with my memories.
Chapter One: Solo
"This time, I go solo..."
Main Characters: Kenshin Kaoru Tomoe (in flashback form)
It is raining. The walls of the dojo tremble slightly with the wind, and the damp chills the floor upon which Isit. Watching, waiting. As always. Kaoru-dono sleeps soundly down the hall, and if I listen hard enough, I can almost hear her slumbered breaths. In and out. So trusting... Trusting in me, trusting in the world around. I let my eyes close, remembering another of such trust this night.
Even in my flashbacks, her blood is still spilled recklessly. I ward off many feelings of guilt to no avail. Tomoe's dark hair falls to her shoulders, down her back, as she brushes the thick tresses, once twice... I watch as she turns to look at me, and quickly revert my glance. Her piercing eyes study me, then return to the ground and journal at her feet. Her solemn face does not change, but her gaze softens slightly. I remember such tiny details of her; of the words that came to haunt me later. "I will protect you..." Years later, I spoke these words to another dark-haired maiden. Kaoru- dono.. I do not wish to have her blood on my hands as well as Tomoe's, so I choose to go alone this time. For her own sake, I will leave, by myself. ...I leave again, that I do, but this time, I go solo.
Goodbye, Miss Kaoru. You are with me in my heart as no other.
The howling wind outside pounds at the dojo entrance, and I sigh, trying to ward off the sudden chill that has taken me. My eyes focus on no particular spot on the ground, fighting off the thoughts of doubt and guilt as a sick feeling turns in my stomach. Of all the people I leave behind, I care for Kaoru-dono as I have only one other in the past. The people that I love, I hurt, that I do. And I cannot bare to have her precious blood on my hands... I have learned my lesson, and I choose to leave before I learn another. Be it for better or worse, I will involve no other in this battle I cannot escape.
The wind howls and pounds and rattles the walls, racking my brain and my thoughts of my emotions. I leave tomorrow morning, in the dark hours, and I leave behind all I know of this city. I leave with my memories.