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Bloody Roses
One
Oh my love,
Please don't cry,
I'll wash my bloody hands,
And we'll start a new life
-"Bloody Valentine" by Good Charlotte
The man had screamed and begged for his life-just like the rest of them. But life was just like a flower-fragile and weak. And the margin between life and death had been just a thread. And the thread had been snapped in two as metal met flesh.
The streets were dark and desolate, each cobblestone tainted with blood from long ago. His sword seemed heavier with fresh blood dripping from it and his fingers were numb with dried blood. It didn't matter, though. He would be home soon. The blood would wash off, and so would the memories of those he killed.
She waited for him by the window, watching the clouds darken over head…wondering if it would rain…Her heart felt heavy in her body, weighing down on her soul. How many times had he promised her to stop killing? How many times had he vowed to stop killing, to quit the life of an assassin….to start a new life….to wash his hands clean of blood? How many times? More than she could remember. And yet tonight he was gone, just like every other night-away on another assignment…leaving her alone. She always waited for him, ready to greet him with her soul and her heart. And each night, his hands would be tainted with dark blood. Dark blood that weighed down on her conscience more and more with the passing of each night, each day-mainly because she loved him. How could he find true happiness-even with her beside him-if he could not create life…only destroy it?
"Tadaima…" She heard his voice-the voice she had come to love with all her heart-from the doorway.
She turns back to him, looking at his hands, dripping with blood. She loved him for who he was-Kenshin-but sometimes, she could barely recognize him with the blood of all those he had killed covering him. He was not the boy she had fell in love with at childhood. He stepped towards her, and she fell into his arms.
"You killed someone today." She whispered into his chest. "You promised you wouldn't…"
"It is my job. I'll stop one day-just not today." He said into her ebony hair.
She lifted her head and looked into his eyes with tears swimming in her own.
"You are covered in blood, Kenshin. I can't see you anymore." Her voice trembled, and she hugs his neck.
His mouth touched the top of her head. "I can't stop killing. Not yet. But I promise you I will, Kaoru. My sword destroys the evil in the world. My master-Hiko-taught me to use the sword. And now I use the sword to rid the world of gangster and drug lords. My sword destroys evil."
"But it's killing me too." She pushed him away from her and looked down. "Don't you see, Kenshin? Every time you kill someone, a piece of me shatters. Please stop. For me….You're destroying yourself. And destroying me…"
"I'm sorry, Kaoru. But I can't stop yet. I promise I will. "
She stood back from him. "It's what you've told me for the past two years. I can't live like this. I can't watch you destroy yourself. I love you, Kenshin. But this is the last time. If you can't agree to stop killing….I-I….I'm going to leave."
His eyes glazed over in surprise. "Kaoru….."
Her tears spilled from her eyes. "I love you! But if you can't stop yourself from killing, I will have to leave! I can't watch you do this anymore! I can't keep on waiting for you every night to come back with blood all over you!"
"I….can't stop. I need to rid the world of bad things….You know I love you….But I can't stop killing….not yet…"
She nodded her head. "I'm sorry, Kenshin. If that is your decision, I'm going to leave. I still love you, but I can't do this anymore."
"Don't leave, Kaoru-"
"I'm sorry Kenshin…."
Like that, she was gone from his life. He could do nothing as she walked out of the door.
"One day, Kaoru, when I stop killing and put my sword to rest, I'll bring you home. Back to me."
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