Fan Fiction ❯ Song of Kasumi ❯ Death of a Soldier, Two Parts ( One-Shot )

Song of Kasumi

Makoto’s death scene

There Makoto lay upon the ground

priced cruelly by another's sword

Kasumi bent o’er the fall form

and wept as Makoto spoke

“Why does the world seem so cold and dark,

Kasumi? And why do you cry?”

Kasumi smiled, though it pained his heart

“Do not worry, my love, nor fear. Come

Let us leave this place with our minds,

and think of better things and happier times”

then he took Makoto’s head and sweetly,

Gently placed it upon his lap

“Remember when you were young

and you raced the rushing stream

Remember your mother’s song

as she weaves on her loom

Or your sister’s laughter

when she locked you in the coop”

Thus Kasumi spun his tale

to keep his friend's mind far away

He talked of all the jokes they’d played

Of all the trials they had won

And though he spoke lightly,

The pain in his heart just grew

As the young man’s breath grew labored

And his shining eye grew dark

Kasumi stroked his love’s hair

Caressed his perfect face and knew

The man he’d follow anywhere

Was traveling where he could not go

So Kasumi leaned o’er

And kissed sweet Makoto’s brow

“Sleep now my friend” he said

“Be at peace, have no more pain.

though your passing brings me sorrow,

my love for you will never dim.”

Kasumi’s Death Scene

He bends to kiss his friend upon the cheek

“Rise dear heart, the battle’s over and the war is done.

Now is the time for planting and singing,

“For rejoicing and kissing one’s new bride

Come your parents await their lost child”

Thus Makoto speaks as he takes Kasumi’s hand

And in the realm of life,

Which is but a passing dream

An old man sighs his last breath,

Lets go the hand that holds his tight

And as a one young man weeps,

And mourns his father’s death

Another young man smiles,

Then turns along the path

To lead the weary soldier,

His closest friend, his dearest love,

Home at last, where they

Can live and love, forever