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On My Own - Les Miserables
Makimachi Misao - Rurouni Kenshin
by Makimachi Misao
(The sun is setting casting numerous shades of red, orange and yellows
on the large, billowing clouds that loom over the land. Misao is on a
summit overlooking Kyoto, her manto and braid floating on the breeze.
An image of all the remaining Oniwabansuu at Aoiya overlays the city.
She turns and looks down the path that leads into the forest and a
ghostly image of Aoshi walking down the path forms. She follows him.)And now I'm all alone again, nowhere to turn, no one to go to
Without a home without a friend, without a face to say hello to
And now the night is near...I can make believe he's here(she walks thru a city that is 'asleep', only a few streetlamps are
lit. The moon bathes the city with it's phantom light. She pulls down
the hood of her manto and tilts her head back as if inviting it's
mystic glow...taking on a glow of her own. The windows to her soul
open...)Sometimes I walk alone at night when everybody else is sleeping
I think of him and I'm happy with the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed and I can live inside my head(She opens her eyes and the city has suddenly come to life and there's
a festival going on. She looks at herself and she's wearing a
beautiful blue and purple kimono. "Misao..." She turns to see who
called her and Aoshi is there...smiling at her, his eyes gentle, also
dressed up for the festival. "Shall we go?" She is so surprised all
she can do is nod. He takes her hand in his and leads her through the
crowded street. He leads her to an empty hill where they can see the
fireworks (did they have fireworks back then? o.o *shrug* ^^;). They
sit on a bench on the hill and he pulls her toward him. She accepts
and cuddles next to him.)Own my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him till morning
Without him
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has found me(As the ambers from the fireworks fall, they slowly change into rain.
He takes her hand again and they try to get away from the rain. The
lights dance on the river as they run over a bridge towards a temple.
They run thru the gate and down the path of cherry trees, that have
been decorated with lanterns and ribbons, onto the cover walkway of
the temple. They look at each other as water drips from their
semi-soaked hair. He reaches out and caresses the droplets of water
from her cheeks. "Sorry..." She reaches up to hold the hand caressing
her cheek. "It's okay..." They into each other eyes and they lean
forward slowly... Just as their lips are about to touch...)In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever(She opens her eyes, and she is standing in the same temple in her
mind, but there is no festival...and no Aoshi. She touches the cheeks
that he had caress in her dream and tears start to well up in her
eyes, but she shakes them off and pulls the hood of her manto back
over her head)And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us(She makes her way out of the temple down the cherry tree path, over
the bridge and past the hill where a couple sits on the same bench.
Past the couple she can see the rising sun, and all the people of the
village emerge from their houses to begin their day and walk past her)I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone
The river's just a river
Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers(She leaves the city and contiues on her journey, searching endlessly
for him. Each place, each person saying they haven't see him. She
remembers her childhood and saying to Hanya "When I grow up,
Aoshi-sama will be mine! Forver!" and he pats her on the head with a
large sweatbead on the back of his head. The scene fades to Aoshi
walking by himself, searching for the Hitokiri Battousai)I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life
I've only been pretending
Without me
His world would go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known(She closes her eyes and once more enters her "dream"...Aoshi holding
her hand...sitting with him on the bench watching the fireworks...the
temple... She opens her eyes and walks on)I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own.
phew! done! did i make it vivid or what? ^^; i personally like this
one better than my Frozen one...On My Own just really fits Misao. I'm
thinking about writing another version of it...maybe. comments onegai!
^^ dewa abayo!