The New Light
((Look at it this way: I got into the groove of writing a LOT of Aoshi-themed poems at and decided to share them here! Enjoy, guys! Oh, and by the way: Aoshi Shinomori is STILL the property of Nobuhiro Watsuki, though I hate to admit it.))
It
was getting heated up,
That battle between Kenshin and Aoshi.
But
sometime, somewhere, the lines had to be drawn.
And that line was
already there... they just didn't realize it yet.
After the
Omyou Hasshi trap,
Kenshin delivers his lines,
Which drives
Aoshi back to the brink of the path of Insanity,
And he says, "I
don't want to hear this from you."
Staring him down,
With
both kodachi in hand,
He prepared for a new move
Which Kenshin
was unaware of.
Letting his kaiken fly,
Kenshin thought it
was an easy dodge,
But he was mistaken...
For the kodachi
lay right behind it, perfectly concealed.
"Gokou Juuji,"
Aoshi calls this new move of his.
Kenshin barely catches the
kodachi with his hands,
And a sign of a smirk crosses Aoshi's
face.
But there's a catch.
At this point in time, Kenshin
delivers his lines,
About the little ninja girl waiting for him at
the Aoi-Ya,
The one called Misao Makimachi,
One who loved him
so much, despite vast differences.
Even if he didn't realize
it,
At that moment in time, Misao was crying for him.
Shaking
off this notion, he said, "I've had enough of this."
And
Kenshin just stared at him.
Why does he have no emotions? he
wondered.
Looking at his still ice-green eyes, he finally
understood the situation:
Aoshi had abandoned all fellings, and
the little love Misao had for him
In his quest to be the strongest
swordsman in all of Japan.
I can't break my promise! Aoshi
thought furiously
Thinking of his four friends that had fallen
In
order for him to live-
Beshimi, Shikijo, Hyotokt, and
Hannya.
"I'll never lose to you, Kenshin", he
said
With that strange manic fire that lit up his frozen eyes,
He
started to do the ultimate technique:
Kaiten Kenbu Rokuren.
But
Kenshin saw it coming,
And finally made up his mind:
To use his
own ougi, the Amakakeru Ryuu no Hirameki,
Even if it meant certain
exposure.
As the swords fly,
As emotions run high,
As
Kenshin pulls off his ougi,
And Aoshi soars into the air...
One
realization has been made:
I can't be the strongest.
I'll have
to settle for next best...
I'm sorry I failed you, my
friends...
As Kenshin looks at him,
His eyes have changed,
his aura has become clear-
Kenshin would be able to keep his
promise to Misao.
He would bring back her "Aoshi-sama"...
