The Boy's Gone Home
(Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, and I don't own "The Boy's Gone" by Jason Mraz.)
Interlude 1: In Which a Boy's Father Dies
The boy's gone…
The boy's gone home…
The boy's gone…
The boy's gone home…
Myojin Yahiko was his name. He was blessed with the blood of a great samurai, a warrior of Shogi-tai whom had spilled his own blood for his beliefs, as many men had done. He was gone because of the cruelty of men and the pain a blade could bring.
A blade was a horrible tool, indeed, but it had claimed his father's very soul, called him to confrontation and robbed his dear family of his love, and eventually, his being.
Now, the young child, an innocent youth at the tender age of three lived with his mother alone. It was not as if he was complaining, he loved his mother very, very much, more than words could describe. After all, she was all he had… but it seemed that she was a bit empty since his father had left this world, and it saddened him to think that she was miserable because his father loved protecting his country more than protecting his family.
He might have been young, but his father's death had made him the man of the house, and therefore, he had to protect his mother. He promised himself that he would always, ALWAYS be there to guard the sweet woman who had gone through great pain and strife to birth him and raise him right.
He planned to make sure she would never be harmed like when his father had died… but they were poor, and soon enough…
Something claimed her that even his security couldn't impede. Something had taken a punishment upon her for the sins she had committed to put food in his stomach… and nothing could save her…
Not even his deep love.
… and soon the boy would end up alone…