Me: I wanna have it, I wanna have it!
Sano, well, you'll have to jump for it (holds papers with rights to own Rurouni Kenshin above my head)
Me: Hey!!! Wait a minute... you're 5'10", I'm 5'5", so if I jump, I could... yeah...
Sano: Huh? (gets a VERY hard punch)
Me: (grabs paper) Mwahaha! I have the right to own of Rurouni Kenshin now! (looks at paper) Daiko, Tofu, Soy sauce... all written in kanji? (since when could I read kanji?)
Kenshin: Oro... where's the grocery list go?
Me: Ugh... ok, Rurouni Kenshin never has been or never will be mine. (to Sano) YOU TRICKED ME YOU BAFFON! NOW YOU WILL PAY!!! (reenacts Suzume's favorite thing to do [see TGGAAQ])
Kaoru: That was a long disclaimer.
Me: Oh, one more thing: JINCHUU ARC SPOILERS (maybe) YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
Ballad of the Rurouni
There once was a boy whose life was glad
His mother and father were all he had
Life was peaceful, his heart he gave
Until the village was hit by the plague
One by one they dropped like flies
Death could be seen in their wide open eyes
Suddenly the boy was alone
Had no family, had no home
Slavery was the next destination
The boy's only company was his imagination
Until the day the good ladies came
Kasumi, Sakura, and Akane
In the night the bandits attacked
He wants to defend; ladies held him back
"You must stay alive," they whispered to him
As the light in their eyes gradually grew dim
A swordsman, cape on his shoulders did lie
"You need not know my name; you'll soon die."
Those were the words he said just before
He slew them with ease, just as he swore
The boy made graves the very next day
For the bandits and ladies whose bodies did lay
The swordsman decided to take him in
Not before changing his name to Kenshin
Years passed until their fight
"I have to wield my sword for what's right!"
The boy, young man now, fought in the war
"The boy is foolish," his master had sworn
The first scar was by Kiyosato's hand
On his left cheek the sword did land
Battousai slew him without a word
Tenchuu was given yet no screams were heard
The boy, now young man, met the woman in white
When she witnessed him kill in the night
Slowly she became his first love
Cold but beautiful as a dove
He asked her to marry him one day
Her reply was, "Yes, I'd like it that way."
Living in peace in the middle of war
The couple, together, their vows they did swore
Until the day another boy came by
Came to the woman with truth and lies
The boy told his sister, "Let's leave!"
But to his words the woman paid no heed
He fell in love for one she had hate
Yet she fell in a trap, it was much too late
Through the Forest of Barriers went the boy, now young man
He fought for his life with no real plan
His goal was to save the woman in white
For that he was willing to give his life
He used his last strength for the final blow
What he hit he at first didn't know
She smiled and cut his last scar
On his cheek the wound did mar
"You must stay alive," she whispered to him
Just like the ladies; the memories never dim
He had her buried with an unmarked grave
His heart much too heavy for the tears he gave
One last time he made a vow
"I will never kill again, once the war allows."
As battles were won and victory sure
He disappeared after much endured
A decade of wandering, new lessons learned
Yet peace would be the last thing he earned
To Tokyo wandered the boy, now a man
A day before the moon began to wan
In the street she stopped him, her purpose was right
Here eyes like sapphires in the light
And a new day begins, a new face in his mind
Maybe he'll finally leave his past behind
So now will the journey end or begin?
In the battle of his heart, can he ever win?
Will his wounds heal or continue to bleed?
Can he ever find the peace he needs?
How will the plot of his life bend?
Who knows? But for now, this ballad will end
A/N: gack! I can't believe how long this is! This is by far the longest poem in this collection so far. I actually thought this one up the night before, but as I went through, I lost what I had already done. It was perfect, too (I need a laptop!) so I had to try to recreate it. This isn't exactly what it was supposed to be, but I hope this will suffice. Salamat for reading!
