Hi. Uh, its been a while. Well here I am! And I shall write to Music Of The Night. I have no idea how, but I shall at least try! It is different for me because it is a person singing to another person and I cannot picture Kenshin with a good voice. I will try.
As I am getting further, I have found this quite difficult to manage. Though I shall finish . . . eventually. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM DOING! THIS IS THE HARDEST SONGFIC EVER! Ok, Note: a kiss can make the spirit soar, keep that in mind!
"When you call on Jesus, All things are possible"- Song/ don't know the words
Here Be Da Story.
Kaoru was outside one starry night. It was amazing. The sky, that is. She held a brush and was surrounded by papers and paints of different nighttime colors. One large piece of paper had the sky in the making. But Kaoru had stopped painting for a while and a look of distress was apparent on her face. There was something missing. Something that just needed to be there that wasn't. 'There has got to be something I can add to make this better. . .' Kaoru thought.
"Kaoru-dono, why are you not inside asleep?" a handsome young man asked, "This one has been searching for you all night." The raven-haired girl turned her head to see her favorite rurouni standing close by.
Kaoru stood, "Sorry to worry you, Kenshin, I was painting the sky. But there is something missing I am sure of it." Gesturing towards her picture Kenshin looked down at it. He saw countless stars, the moon, and the few trees that were in her view.
After a few minutes of thinking and staring at it, he looked to his friend, "Life. There is endless beauty, but no life."
"Aren't trees life?" Kaoru questioned not wanting to heed his advice. Kenshin smiled and sighed.
"Kaoru-dono, yes trees are alive in a way, but they don't symbolize life. You need something more like an animal or a person," as he spoke he didn't realize what exactly he was getting himself into. "Do you understand?"
She nodded with a wicked smile, "Kenshin, will you please go and sit over there," she commanded. He bowed his head and did as he was asked.
Nighttime sharpens,
Heightens each sensation . . .
Darkness stirs and
Wakes imagination . . .
Silently the senses
Abandon their defenses . . .
Her strokes were soft and graceful with the brush. Kaoru was beginning to paint Kenshin's eyes. Stars were reflecting in them and it was a beautiful sight. "Kenshin, you have beautiful eyes," she complimented dreamily as she painted the beautiful purple color.
"Arigato, Kaoru-dono," he replied not moving anything but his lips. And they quickly too formed back to the smile they were in. When he had told her she needed life in the picture he didn't realize that he was the 'life' she wanted to paint. "Kaoru-dono, why did you wish to paint this one?"
As she was about to paint his lips he started to speak, "Please, don't talk right now Kenshin," she responded in a dazed voice. Silence filled the air and Kaoru noticed no light but the stars and the moon.
Soft looking lips formed on the paper and Kaoru thought of how she just longed to kiss them.
When she looked back up to Kenshin she saw he had turned his head to face the sky, "Kenshin can you look back the way you were looking please."
Looking in his eyes she caught the glimpse of night. It was so beautiful and amazing through his eyes!
Slowly, gently
Night unfurls its splendor . . .
Grasp it, sense it -
Tremulous and tender . . .
Turn your face away
From the garish light of day,
Turn your thoughts away
From cold, unfeeling light -
And listen to
The music of the night . . .
The brush falling from her hand, she melted into the ground. Eyelids dropping and thoughts unfolding. Kenshin saw her drop and quickly went to her side. "Kaoru-dono?" he asked worriedly.
Kaoru replied in a dreamy voice, "Yes, Kenshin?" He had placed his hand on her shoulder and looked very worried. "Don't worry I am fine. Sometimes I would rather admire the object of the painting instead of painting it." She was staring intently at his perfect face as she spoke.
Kenshin's gaze quickly met the ground, causing his mass of bangs to fall over his eyes. "Kenshin, what do you love most in life?" she asked hopeful. She stared at him, excitement rushing through her, just waiting for an answer.
The red head knew he had to find a way around her question. He couldn't just flat out say 'You'. "This one loves his friends. They are much like a family to him," he tried to smile as her happy face fell, but it pained him to much, "But . . ." her face lit up once again. There was hope!
Close your eyes
And surrender to your
Darkest dreams!
Purge your thoughts
Of the life
You knew before!
Close your eyes,
Let your spirit
Start to soar!
And you'll live
As you've never
Lived before . . .
He couldn't find the right words to say to her, so he pressed his lips to hers instead.
Kaoru felt like she was flying as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Though strange as it may seem, they swore they could hear music, but no one in the dojo, or that they knew could play any instruments. (And CD's hadn't been invented yet, or records or tape recorders.) If they had looked, or much less even cared, they would have seen a tired, excited young boy on the porch playing a small guitar and singing 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' even though it hadn't even been written yet. (Gosh, I am the author I can have fun too!)
As they parted they could both feel their cheeks reddening. "Kaoru-dono, this one loves you," Kenshin said softly.
Softly, deftly,
Music shall surround you . . .
Feel it, hear it,
Closing in around you . . .
Open up your mind,
Let your fantasies unwind,
In this darkness which
You know you cannot fight -
The darkness of
The music of the night . . .
Kaoru stood, "I love you too," she walked over to her painting and began to finish it. (yay more fun words!)
It was like a whole new painting now. The darkness looked real, and the light looked pure. Everything was perfect. It was like she couldn't remember a time when Kenshin hadn't been with her. But that was fine with her. That was what she wanted. What she had longed for, for so long.
Let your mind
Start a journey through a
Strange new world!
Leave all thoughts
Of the world
You knew before!
Let your soul
Take you where you
Long to be!
Only then
Can you belong?
To me . . .
"Somewhere over the rainbow/Way up high/There's a land that I heard of/Once in a lullaby," sang a heavenly sweet voice. Kenshin, nor Kaoru paid any mind to it. They heard it and didn't care where it was coming from. "Hmm."
She painted to the rhythm of the music and found herself humming along. Savoring every note of it, thinking of Kenshin as well. It was a dream come true, every bit of it.
"Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true."
Floating, falling,
Sweet intoxication!
Touch me, trust me
Savor each sensation!
Let the dream begin,
Let your darker side give in
To the power of the music that I write -
The power of the music of the night . . .
She danced in a way, and swayed to the music taking in every word. It was beautiful, the music and the painting. When Kaoru opened her eyes, she was standing there with hardly a painting, no music, and Kenshin wasn't sitting in front of her. "NO!" She screamed. She had been dreaming the whole thing. All the wonderful great things that happened were just a dream.
"Kaoru-dono, what's wrong?" Kenshin asked stepping over to her from the porch of the dojo.
Sighing sadly she spoke, "I just dreamed that all my dreams came true, but they didn't." Kenshin gave her a soft hug and rubbed her back.
"We all have dreams we wish could come true, but we don't always get so lucky for them to be. What is your dream that hasn't come true?" He asked pulling away.
Kaoru was impatient and didn't want it to take forever. She pulled Kenshin back to her and kissed him. She wasn't just going to wait for him forever. If he wouldn't do anything, she would.
Kenshin was surprised and happy all at the same time. She broke the kiss and looked back at him, "I love you! I am just going to say it now or I never will! I love you, I love you, I love you!"
"This one loves you too, Kaoru-dono," Kenshin replied with a laugh. Kaoru smiled and nearly jumped on him in a happy hug.
You alone can make my song take flight -
Help me make the music of the night. .
I'm done.