Disclaimer: Once more, from the cast.
Cast: SHE DOESN'T OWN RUROUNI KENSHIN!
Kaoru: I do!
Kenshin: Orororororo…
The Guardian of Edo Castle
I laughed,
A mere boy, offering
Me a new life?
It was
Strange, and yet,
Wonderful,
For I
Found myself
Within
A
Family, at last.
Brothers, all ugly,
Yet all wise
In their own ways.
But perhaps
My closest friend
Was a man like
Me,
Alone, left
For dead, offered
A new chance.
It pained me to see
Han'nya's
Transformation,
The scarring he suffered
Far worse than
What I
Bear.
But he was
Happy…
As was I.
I guarded, and fought,
And found
Myself with
A good lord,
A man,
Both in stature
And in strength,
One whom it
Was possible, not
Only to like,
But to
Befriend.
Lord Aoshi,
The youngster
Before me now
Couldn't be any
More different
Than the
Me
Of yesterday.
But he and I shared
An admiration.
Though the men
Were different
In all but mind,
Hitokiri and Okashira were one.
Shikijo. Guardian, friend, comrade. He was a good man, like Sano is still. Perhaps Rooster-head might be tempted to change.
Laters,
KD