A/N:
Anyone who's read the RK manga remembers Sanosuke mentioning a song that people sang about "the greatest of the revolutionists," or something like that, during his first battle with Kenshin. Well, I decided to write one of those songs. Each verse is a haiku (made in three lines, the format wasn't cooperating ) and if translated into Japanese, would be sung with the music of koto, shakuhachi (bamboo flute), biwa (Japanese lute) and shamisen (Japanese guitar). Enjoy! And please review!
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The Song of Hitokiri Battousai
Darkness is falling
Young children, flee to your homes
It is Battousai!
Cloaked in dark hour
At the sound of the night watch
The moon lights his eye
The two swords he holds:
Short to long, the Reaper's scythe
The spirit of death
Eyes like the fires
Red as the blaze of Hades
Draw men to their doom
Pouring from his head
An ever-flowing river
The blood of the slain
Horror of horrors!
Those who face him have witnessed
Their final vision
The symbol of death
Carved into mind with his sword
See! The cross-shaped scar!
Lurking in shadow
The strongest of the Ishin
Has found his target!
One with the darkness
He comes forth with a swift might
And a god-like speed
Silver slices air
Tastes the blood, flesh and spirit
Singing into space
All emotion dead
Like a demon in the dark
Battousai smiles
Such dread we'll recall
As the history repeats
His blood-thirsty deeds
Returning to dark
The spirit of war has gone
As has Battousai
Thus this song we sing
And dread fills our hearts again
The spirit rises
Living in these times
Sing the song of Battousai
Remember your fear