Making my way down town
Walking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home bound
Kenshin stood on the bridge and looked out over the river that flowed through Tokyo. "Oh, Tomoe. I think I'm falling in love with her. I don't know what to do. I still love you, but, Kaoru-dono." He bowed his head in memory of his first wife.
"Hey Kenshin!" Yahiko yelled. "Hurry up! Kaoru's waiting for us!" The red-head smiled slightly before following after the energetic boy.
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd
Kaoru watched the entrance to the dojo, eagerly awaiting Kenshin's return. 'When will he get here?' she wondered to herself. 'They should have been back by now. I hope nothing happened to them.' Just then the object of her thoughts came walking slowly up the road.
"Sorry we're so late," Yahiko explained, "but Kenshin had to stop at the bridge."
"It's about time you two got back, I was worried about you." She chided.
"I'm sorry Kaoru-dono. It was my fault, that it was. I've been thinking a lot lately." Kenshin said quietly.
"About what?" Kaoru asked.
"Her." He whispered quietly.
And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me byCause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you... tonight
That night Kenshin stood watching the fireflies. The wind gently toyed with his hair, as he sat. 'I wish you were. If it hadn't happened the way it did, I might still be with you, up in the mountains. I would have been happy with you.'
"What are you thinking about Kenshin." Kaoru asked, startling him out of his quiet reverie.
"Nothing of importance. I was just dreaming about the past, that I was." He said.
"That's unusual. You're talking as though you wished it had never ended. Kenshin, you hardly ever talk about the war, but when you do you always seem so regretful."
"How do you mean?" He said looking sharply at her.
"Well, right now it seems like you're not thinking about the war." Kaoru replied quietly looking down.
"I'm not. During the war there was a time when I was forced into hiding. It was one of the most peaceful times of my life. I was just wishing it could have lasted." 'That *she* had lasted' he added silently.
It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever think of me
Kaoru watched as he turned away from her. "Who was she?" She asked suddenly. Kenshin stopped and bowed his head.
"She was, my wife." He answered softly. He tried to walk away, but he felt rooted to the spot.
"What was her name?" Kaoru asked without thinking.
At first he didn't answer, but then after a moment's time, "Tomoe."
Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in
Your precious memory
Three days passed without a word between Kaoru and Kenshin. Kaoru watched, loving a man who did not return her love. Kenshin watched, loving her, but fearing that love was disrespectful to Tomoe. Then, when they both felt their hearts would break, it happened.
"Where did you get these?" he asked as she served him tea.
"Master Hiko gave them to me. This is the first time I've ever used them. Do you like them?" She asked him. For several minutes he just looked at the clay cups, with their design of white plums.
"Did he tell you why he gave them to you?" He asked finally.
"Yes, he said he wanted me to serve his errant student good tea."
Kenshin bowed his head and set the cup on the porch beside him. "That's not why he gave them to you, that it is not. He knows I haven't told you what happened that night." He was quiet, and it was quite some time before he spoke again.
Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by,oh
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you... tonight
"Kenshin, if you don't want to tell me, you don't have to." Kaoru whispered trying to comfort him.
"I do need to tell you. You couldn't understand otherwise, that you could not." Silenced passed between them for a minute before he began to talk again. "During the early days of the revolution, I met a young woman. Most of the men thought she was probably a whore, but, Katsura and I felt that she was special. Unbeknownst to me, he asked her to be my sheath. To protect me from the horrible things that I did as an assassin. The night he asked her, that is the night the Shensingumi attacked a very important meeting. They were killing every one they found, hoping that they would get me. Katsura, Tomoe, myself, and a few others escaped. As did one of my closest friends. His name was Iizuka." Kenshin was quiet for a moment and Kaoru feared he wouldn't go on. But then, "Katsura sent Tomoe and me to line in the mountain. He wanted us to hide as husband and wife, because our enemies were looking for an assassin, not a man and his wife."
And I, I don't wanna let you know
I, I drown in your memory
I, I don't wanna let this go
I, I've fallen...
"It worked for a time, with the two of us hiding, and Iizuka brining us information. Then it happened. I asked Tomoe to be my wife for real, in every sense of the word. She said yes. The next day when I woke Tomoe was gone. I looked for her, but I had just gotten to her room when I heard someone at the door. I opened it and there was Iizuka. He told me that they had found the spy that had informed the Shensingumi of my existence. It was Tomoe. She had betrayed me. At first I didn't believe it, but then, when I read her words I knew it was true."
Making my way down town
Waking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home bound
"Kenshin..." Kaoru whispered, reaching out to comfort him.
"It was all my fault. The first person I killed in the revolution was a bodyguard named Kyosato. Tomoe would have married him if I hadn't killed him, and none of it would have happened. It was Kyosato who gave me the first half of this scar." He said tracing his finger over one side of the X shaped scar. "I followed Tomoe's foot prints. They led me into ambush after ambush. When I finally found her... She had... Kyosato's father had used her. Used her to hurt me. When I got there he attacked me. I was weak, injured, and heart broken. I fought him, and I killed him. But the final stroke, Tomoe got in the way. I killed her. I killed my own wife. I held her in my arms as she died. The last thing she did was she took her knife and cut the second half of the scar. I found out later that she really did love me. She didn't intend for any of it to happen."
Staring blankly ahead
Making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd
Kaoru just watched him her heart breaking for him. "Oh Kenshin. That's not who you are anymore, you aren't a killer anymore. And Tomoe would forgive you, I know she would. If she was good enough for you to love her, then she would forgive you." 'It's a ghost. How do you compete with a ghost?' Kenshin suddenly fell forward to her. She gasped as his arms wrapped around her.
And I still need you
And I still miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time, would pass us by
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...
Kaoru ran. Kenshin lay sleeping back at the dojo, but she felt as though she could not spend another moment keeping her heart to herself. 'Oh Kenshin!' she cried in the depths of her soul. 'How? I love you so much, and I always will, but how do I compete with a ghost. I would do anything to spend the rest of my life with you, but you don't love me. You love her.'
She was so caught up in her thoughts she never heard the man sneaking up behind her. She didn't even know he was there until he had covered her mouth and nose with a cloth soaked in chemicals.
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...
If I could just hold you... tonight
Kenshin woke to the sound of wind chimes. 'I've told her.' he thought quietly. 'Oh Tomoe. I can finally let you rest.'
"Kenshin!" he heard Yahiko scream.
"What is it Yahiko?" he asked, getting out of bed and running toward the comotion.
"Kenshin, Kaoru's gone!"
"What is it?"
"Look!" Yahiko said, thrusting a piece of paper towards him.
'MONSTER,' it read, 'You murdered my sister. You took every thing I had away from me! For that you will die.
Enishe.
"Oh, Tomoe, will you ever be able to rest?"
Walking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home bound
Kenshin stood on the bridge and looked out over the river that flowed through Tokyo. "Oh, Tomoe. I think I'm falling in love with her. I don't know what to do. I still love you, but, Kaoru-dono." He bowed his head in memory of his first wife.
"Hey Kenshin!" Yahiko yelled. "Hurry up! Kaoru's waiting for us!" The red-head smiled slightly before following after the energetic boy.
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd
Kaoru watched the entrance to the dojo, eagerly awaiting Kenshin's return. 'When will he get here?' she wondered to herself. 'They should have been back by now. I hope nothing happened to them.' Just then the object of her thoughts came walking slowly up the road.
"Sorry we're so late," Yahiko explained, "but Kenshin had to stop at the bridge."
"It's about time you two got back, I was worried about you." She chided.
"I'm sorry Kaoru-dono. It was my fault, that it was. I've been thinking a lot lately." Kenshin said quietly.
"About what?" Kaoru asked.
"Her." He whispered quietly.
And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me byCause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you... tonight
That night Kenshin stood watching the fireflies. The wind gently toyed with his hair, as he sat. 'I wish you were. If it hadn't happened the way it did, I might still be with you, up in the mountains. I would have been happy with you.'
"What are you thinking about Kenshin." Kaoru asked, startling him out of his quiet reverie.
"Nothing of importance. I was just dreaming about the past, that I was." He said.
"That's unusual. You're talking as though you wished it had never ended. Kenshin, you hardly ever talk about the war, but when you do you always seem so regretful."
"How do you mean?" He said looking sharply at her.
"Well, right now it seems like you're not thinking about the war." Kaoru replied quietly looking down.
"I'm not. During the war there was a time when I was forced into hiding. It was one of the most peaceful times of my life. I was just wishing it could have lasted." 'That *she* had lasted' he added silently.
It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever think of me
Kaoru watched as he turned away from her. "Who was she?" She asked suddenly. Kenshin stopped and bowed his head.
"She was, my wife." He answered softly. He tried to walk away, but he felt rooted to the spot.
"What was her name?" Kaoru asked without thinking.
At first he didn't answer, but then after a moment's time, "Tomoe."
Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in
Your precious memory
Three days passed without a word between Kaoru and Kenshin. Kaoru watched, loving a man who did not return her love. Kenshin watched, loving her, but fearing that love was disrespectful to Tomoe. Then, when they both felt their hearts would break, it happened.
"Where did you get these?" he asked as she served him tea.
"Master Hiko gave them to me. This is the first time I've ever used them. Do you like them?" She asked him. For several minutes he just looked at the clay cups, with their design of white plums.
"Did he tell you why he gave them to you?" He asked finally.
"Yes, he said he wanted me to serve his errant student good tea."
Kenshin bowed his head and set the cup on the porch beside him. "That's not why he gave them to you, that it is not. He knows I haven't told you what happened that night." He was quiet, and it was quite some time before he spoke again.
Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by,oh
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you... tonight
"Kenshin, if you don't want to tell me, you don't have to." Kaoru whispered trying to comfort him.
"I do need to tell you. You couldn't understand otherwise, that you could not." Silenced passed between them for a minute before he began to talk again. "During the early days of the revolution, I met a young woman. Most of the men thought she was probably a whore, but, Katsura and I felt that she was special. Unbeknownst to me, he asked her to be my sheath. To protect me from the horrible things that I did as an assassin. The night he asked her, that is the night the Shensingumi attacked a very important meeting. They were killing every one they found, hoping that they would get me. Katsura, Tomoe, myself, and a few others escaped. As did one of my closest friends. His name was Iizuka." Kenshin was quiet for a moment and Kaoru feared he wouldn't go on. But then, "Katsura sent Tomoe and me to line in the mountain. He wanted us to hide as husband and wife, because our enemies were looking for an assassin, not a man and his wife."
And I, I don't wanna let you know
I, I drown in your memory
I, I don't wanna let this go
I, I've fallen...
"It worked for a time, with the two of us hiding, and Iizuka brining us information. Then it happened. I asked Tomoe to be my wife for real, in every sense of the word. She said yes. The next day when I woke Tomoe was gone. I looked for her, but I had just gotten to her room when I heard someone at the door. I opened it and there was Iizuka. He told me that they had found the spy that had informed the Shensingumi of my existence. It was Tomoe. She had betrayed me. At first I didn't believe it, but then, when I read her words I knew it was true."
Making my way down town
Waking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home bound
"Kenshin..." Kaoru whispered, reaching out to comfort him.
"It was all my fault. The first person I killed in the revolution was a bodyguard named Kyosato. Tomoe would have married him if I hadn't killed him, and none of it would have happened. It was Kyosato who gave me the first half of this scar." He said tracing his finger over one side of the X shaped scar. "I followed Tomoe's foot prints. They led me into ambush after ambush. When I finally found her... She had... Kyosato's father had used her. Used her to hurt me. When I got there he attacked me. I was weak, injured, and heart broken. I fought him, and I killed him. But the final stroke, Tomoe got in the way. I killed her. I killed my own wife. I held her in my arms as she died. The last thing she did was she took her knife and cut the second half of the scar. I found out later that she really did love me. She didn't intend for any of it to happen."
Staring blankly ahead
Making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd
Kaoru just watched him her heart breaking for him. "Oh Kenshin. That's not who you are anymore, you aren't a killer anymore. And Tomoe would forgive you, I know she would. If she was good enough for you to love her, then she would forgive you." 'It's a ghost. How do you compete with a ghost?' Kenshin suddenly fell forward to her. She gasped as his arms wrapped around her.
And I still need you
And I still miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time, would pass us by
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...
Kaoru ran. Kenshin lay sleeping back at the dojo, but she felt as though she could not spend another moment keeping her heart to herself. 'Oh Kenshin!' she cried in the depths of her soul. 'How? I love you so much, and I always will, but how do I compete with a ghost. I would do anything to spend the rest of my life with you, but you don't love me. You love her.'
She was so caught up in her thoughts she never heard the man sneaking up behind her. She didn't even know he was there until he had covered her mouth and nose with a cloth soaked in chemicals.
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...
If I could just hold you... tonight
Kenshin woke to the sound of wind chimes. 'I've told her.' he thought quietly. 'Oh Tomoe. I can finally let you rest.'
"Kenshin!" he heard Yahiko scream.
"What is it Yahiko?" he asked, getting out of bed and running toward the comotion.
"Kenshin, Kaoru's gone!"
"What is it?"
"Look!" Yahiko said, thrusting a piece of paper towards him.
'MONSTER,' it read, 'You murdered my sister. You took every thing I had away from me! For that you will die.
Enishe.
"Oh, Tomoe, will you ever be able to rest?"