hihi!!! this is not Kaz speaking today... Jen-san here... hajimemashite....
_/-.-\_.... i'm just posting some of my fics up so i can share it w/ the
rest of the world... here's a taster, enjoy...
Jen-san
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'There is Someone' by Jacky Cheung, a Cantonese pop translated and probably
edited
a bit too, by myself (of couse!)
By Jen
Song fic written by Jen
Standard disclaimers apply�blah blah... Sony music entertainment, Nobuhiro
Watsuki, Shuiesha, etc�
Polygram music for the song�etc�and I'm just borrowing them ^.^!!!
[ ] bits of the song
{ } either flashback or future
* * Thought
" " quotes from either manga or anime� as accurate as possible
' ' haha� made up quotes, so the story is better�
and italics are chorus of the song
'There is Someone' by Jacky Cheung
[Introduction]
A silent figure sat at the porch of the Kamiya Dojo. The rest of the Dojo
was still asleep, and Kenshin had
already been sitting like this for sometime. It was near dawn. He could
barely made out the brightening horizon,
but he knew the cool fresh air would soon wake the Dojo up. Every now and
then, he would turn back and look
at the closed door of their room behind him. *Their room�* the thought put a
smile on his face every time
without fail. Staring out into the brightening sky, Kenshin once again
recollected his memories�
[ Seems like it is prepared from the last century,
this time, this life, its joy is shared.
The cast has changed, so has the place,
but I will still be waiting for you. ]
{flashback: the very first time they met. The streets of Tokyo were still
hidden by the morning mist. And out of
the corner of the street, she came running towards him, accusing him to be
the legendary hitokiri battousai. It
puzzled him at that time, *how did this girl know?* But soon, he realized
how wrong he was� After the incident,
he went back to the Dojo. He planned to leave once he was sure she was fine,
but what she said, had changed
the course of his life� "I don't care about your past, I'm asking the
Rurouni to stay, not the Hitokiri."�}
[ If it needs to be said why it is you,
as I recall, all the memories will be sweet and gentle.
Understand my soul, as if it is yours,
composing the fascinating legend of my life. ]
{flashback: the night before the final encounter with Shishio. After
everyone had retired back to their room, he
went and sat on the roof of Aoiya all by himself. It wasn't before long that
she found him up there. Looking into
her eyes, he could tell she was worried. Not about herself, but about
everyone, him� "After this," she said,
"let's all go back to Tokyo together"�}
[ Creating our future and fortune as we travel together,
from the day we first met.
I dare to face all foes,
with you always behind me. ]
{flashback: at Shishio's fortress. He received a heavy blow from Shishio. He
bled. Blood flew from his wounds
like a river, attempting to color the ground with his blood. He collapsed.
Sano's shout could be heard, but he
was too weak to respond, too weak to do anything�His comrades� Sano, Saitou,
Aoshi, all trying to create
more time for him to regain consciousness. He was tired, so tired of
everything that he wanted to give his life
up to this monster� then he thought of her, waiting at the wreckage of
Aoiya. He also remembered what she
said the night before�}
[ Learning the meaning of life as we travel together,
even if there is the day I cannot fly anymore.
Even at an old age, in the quiet gardens,
my companion will still be you. ]
{flashback: snapshots of many happy moments together�scene of a graveyard.
She was kneeling down,
praying. He stood behind her, a content smile on his lips�scene on a bridge.
They were walking back to the
Dojo together, just before Yahiko tried to pick pocket him� scene in the
Akabeko. Genzai sensei, Ayami-chan
and Suzumi-chan were with them, chatting happily around the steaming beef
hotpot�scene at the backyard of
the Kamiya Dojo. She was running after Yahiko with her bokken. The child had
probably said something that
angered her. Megumi and Sano were standing at the side, laughing joyously.
Megumi was saying that she
should act more like a lady, like Megumi herself. Sano overheard that
started laughing, 'to be like the fox lady?'
He said, 'better not!' And he himself was trying to calm her, hopefully
before Yahiko was beaten up too badly.}
Dawn was breaking now, he could just made out the sun slowing appearing.
Kenshin smiled. *One last time,*
he said to himself, *the last time to reflect his past by himself.* For he
knew she would always be there. Be
there for him.
[ If we can still take photographs on a day,
even many years have past, you are still a miracle.
No matter how harsh time has been to you,
it will mean nothing to me. ]
{the future: the much older version of the two of them are sitting
comfortably in the porch facing the Dojo's back
yard, which has been converted into a garden. They are looking at a faded
photo. It is the photo they took in
Yokohama many years ago. Sano and Yahiko are also in the photo. All their
kimonos are very messy after their
adventure on the train. But never the less, this faded photo marks their
memories of Yokohama� how Sano's
superstitions had convinced him that taking the photo would take his soul
away from him�}
[ Creating our future and fortune as we travel together,
from the day we first met.
Even when I was being stubborn or angry,
you were still my comforter. ]
{flashback: the night he left for Kyoto. After he saw Sano came to get
Megumi to return to the clinic, he saw her
standing all by herself at the Dojo's gate. It was obvious that she was
waiting for him to come home. He
emerged from the dark corner and appeared behind her. The rustling of leaves
against his hakama gave away
his presence to her. She turned around with a smile on her face, greeting
him home, but stopped immediately
when she saw the look on his face� for the first time, he hugged her. With
passion, with gratitude, with
love�"Thank you very much for everything you have done for me. I am a
rurouni, and it is time for me to bid
farewell and travel again"�then he turned and left without looking back. He
heard her sobs, her cries and
heard her fell down to the ground. But not once did he look back, for he
knew if he did, he would put her in
danger with Shishio, and he would regret it for the rest of his life�Still,
she followed him to Kyoto, gave him
support, comfort�}
[ Learning the meaning of life as we travel together,
even if there is the day I cannot fly anymore.
Every new person I meet I shall tell them,
you are my soul mate. ]
{flashback: Einshi had realized her place in his life and placed his threat.
Einshi had forced him to tell his
family� her� about his bloody and ugly past. He was worried, burdened with
guilt of what he did in the past�
'It's alright.' She said, 'Everything will turn out fine, don't worry'� she
understood him and accepted him. And
with that, she suffered for him, helping him gain his redemption against all
his sins�}
[ Creating our future and fortune as we travel together,
from the day we first met.
I dare to face all foes,
with you always behind me. ]
{flashback: Einishi had disappeared into the mist and she was no where to be
seen. During the course of the
fight, it angered him when the enemies attempted to attack her. But at that
time, neither Einishin nor her was
within his sight and he began to panic. He fenced off all obstacles and ran
towards to training hall. In the mist,
he saw Einishi, and he had a victorious smile on his face�"Follow the scent
Battousai, and you will find what
you are looking for!"� he ran with full speed and stopped abruptly at the
sight before him� it was her�her
lifeless body leaned against the dojo' wall with Einishi's sword pierced
through her chest� and on her flawless
cheek, a cross scar like his own was marked on mercilessly�}
[ Learning the meaning of life as we travel together,
even if there is the day I cannot fly anymore.
Even at an old age, in the quiet gardens,
my companion will still be you. ]
{flashback: snapshots of his memories� a scene on the beach. She picked up a
tiny shell and handed it to
him� "For you"� the scene in front of the Kamiya Dojo'd gate. They just
returned from Kyoto and he hesitated
at the gate�with a smile she held out her hand to him� "Welcome home"�
another scene at the beach. They
silently walked away from the shore one after the other. Before the sea was
out of sight, he stopped and turned
to face her. Seeing her quizzical look, he held his hand out to her and
slowly opened up his fingers to revealed
one single tiny shell on his palm� "For you�"�}
The morning light was shining down at him. The light penetrated thorough the
thin rice paper door behind him.
Small quiet sound could be heard in the room. Kenshin smiled again, at the
new day, at his new step in life, at
his second chance that he had never even hoped to have. The steady rhythm of
feet against the wooded floor
came close to him and stopped just behind. He felt her arms around his neck
and her head resting lightly on his
shoulder. He planted a soft kiss on her hand and felt her smile at the same
time.
"Ohayo, Anata�", she whispered softly into his ears.
"Ohayo, Kaoru."
~ Owari ~
Notes:
~ The beach scene that I keep using is from one of the filler ep. The one
that Kaoru gives Kenshin the shell is at
the beginning, and the Kenshin gives Kaoru shell bit is at the end. ~ I
really don't know how to spell any of
Kenshin's enemies' names� well apart form Shishio and Einishi... is this how
u spell that??? ^^'' ~ My
translations are probably appalling�. So if any of you have heard this song
b4, and whan to correct my
translations, please do� cuz I did make some up them up� translating is not
my strongest skill in life�^^'' ~
And comments please!!!!!! And flames!!!!!! Anything is welcome!!!!!!!!! ~
Also the standard of this probably
degraded a bit at the end� I'm getting tired, and it's getting late, and
just before the last bit, my laptop
crashed�.*sigh�* good thing I've saved it just before that.
Kaz
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'Life's like a box of chocolate.
You never know what you are going to get next.'
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