Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin isn't mine, which means Samurai X: The Motion
Picture isn't mine, which means if you sue me, you won't get a dime, which
means stop bugging me about it!
Note: SAMURAI X: THE MOTION PICTURE SPOILERS HERE!
Ye have been warned
Death in the Eyes of a Boy
The ground was littered bodies
The boy did not care
The only body he was looking for
He hoped wasn't there
He walked amongst the remains
His feet on dirt and blood
As he stepped through the corpses
The two mixed into mud
His eyes darted to and fro
In hopes he wouldn't find
The friend he had who shared his pain
Their good times flashed through his mind
Some of the faces he recognized
In the time he was there to see
All young men, hardly past boys
Barely older than he
Forgetting to watch his step
He stumbled and nearly fell
Looking at what he tripped over
His eyes began to swell
The sight he least wanted to see
Was there before his eyes
In his mind he began to ask
A long string of why's
Why was he there in the first place?
Why did he have to die?
Why couldn't he just live on?
Why him, and not I?
Kneeling before his fallen friend
He tried to wake him up
Hoping that it was just a nightmare
That he would soon get up
Alas! the nightmare was real
And tearfully he fell
Upon the back of this fallen friend
He wished all was well
The young man who knew the pain
When you father fell in war
The boy wept for another
Harsh memory he bore
Was this the fate for the two
For one to pass away
And the other to survive the sadness
For many many more days?
A/N: eh... the ending wasn't too good, but I was out of ideas. This was
based on, of course, the RK movie, from yahiko's POV at the moment where he
found his new friend dead. This was a bit angsty considering the other
stuff I normally write... but I enjoy making things rhyme :) hope you like
it, salamat for reading!
