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Test 2 for the hell of it.

You know... you really are a rather mean person for putting me and Severus through this, you know? Hasn't he been through enough over the years? Do you really think you should be allowed to play with people's lives like this? The City itself is bad enough, but do you really need to cause this amount of emotional repercussion for your own amusement? It's shameful.

And do you think you even have a handle on my character? You've never written me before. In fact, I'm pretty sure you're just doing this because you can't do the "dead wife" set up with your other poor "puppet". And just so you are perfectly clear, Severus and I never had a romantic relationship, so you'd better throw that out of your mind right here and now. I refuse to have my emotions played with.

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Oh crap... that was you? Um... sorry... I overheard her talking about "angst" this and "angst" that... Sorry...

Well... She isn't the one who is playing with Severus... but bringing me into the picture... it's just... uhg...

Oro? Ah, daijoubu de gozaru, miss. This unworthy one's name is Himura Kenshin, that it is. Hajimemashite de gozaru.

May this unworthy one ask why de gozaru?

Um... wow... I only understood about half of what you just said...

I'm Lily Evans. It's nice to meet you, although I kinda wish it was for a different reason. Of course... I guess I wouldn't be meeting you at all if it weren't for this, so that's probably a little redundant.

Well... from what I've heard, shortly after the time she's grabbing me from, Severus and I have a bit of a falling out and never really speak to each other again. I go on to marry his childhood bully, he goes on to become a DeathEater. He is... was... ~~this is weird~~ my best friend. I loved him like a brother back then, he loved me like a sister and more... If we... if we didn't have that falling out... if he didn't make such stupid choices... I probably would have married him once we were out of school... but he just kept the wrong friends and let them mold him into someone I didn't know anymore...

But I'm rambling... the worst part of all of it, is that he inadvertently caused my death six years later and has been blaming himself ever since...

So seeing me, at this age, before I broke ties with him, acting as though nothing had happened... if he wasn't already dead, it would probably kill him. He was almost 40 when he died... I'm 15. It's going to be... awkward to say the least.

Ah, gomennasai... eto... This unworthy one is sorry, that he is. He has difficulty with the "City" language, that he does. He speaks Japanese normally, and winds up with a mixture of both, that he does.

Sou de gozaru... This unworthy one understands, that he does.

Ah, alright. I kind of understand that. I'll take it the City alters everyone's perception so that we all understand each other? I guess that's nice of them.

If you don't mind my asking, why do you call yourself that? "This unworthy one"? It seems so demeaning, and you seem to be a pretty nice guy...

Ah, hai de gozaru. That is what this unworthy one has been told, that it is... Demo, it appears to affect people differently, that it does. This unworthy one knows one woman in the City who cannot speak City language at all, that he does. She can only speak a language called "German" that she can.

Mou... this unworthy one does not like talking about it, that he does not...

Demo... since Lily-dono told him her story, he will share as well, that he will. This unworthy one was a hitokiri during the bakumatsu... eto... and assassin in a war in Japan, that he was. He killed hundreds and hundreds of people during the war in order to usher in a new era where the common man's happiness would be protected, that he did... His hands are stained with the blood of all of those people... but the worst...

Lily-dono has overheard talk of this unworthy one's wife, Himura Tomoe... This unworthy one... killed Tomoe's first fiance during the bakumatsu, which brought Tomoe into his midst... and later after we had been married, she sacrificed herself to save this unworthy one's life, that she did... This unworthy one... accidentally killed his own wife, that he did...

He has done the unspeakable and is searching for a way to atone for all of those sins... and until he can find an answer, he refuses to accept happiness for himself, and this is reflected in his choice of speach, that it is.

Oh my... ~~Oh my God...~~

I'm... I'm sorry... I... I don't know what to say to that... But... if you're sorry for what you did... you should have a second chance. And it was war, right? Back in my world... we think a war is brewing... and... bad things happen in wars to good people. I can't understand how... what you're going through, but I can imagine...

And... your wife... do you think that she wants you to be torturing yourself like this? I mean... if she "sacrificed" her self to save you... I would think she would want you to be happy... so... you shouldn't keep happiness from your life. Happiness and love... those are the most important things out there. Friends... and family... nothing else is more important.

Listen to me, giving you speeches when we've only first met... I'm sorry.

And... if you don't mind me asking, is "Himura" your last...er... family name? I was about to call you Himura, but... is that what I call you? My family name is Evans. I guess we might have a bit of cultural confusion going on here...

Daijoubu de gozaru. This unworthy one's wife died fifteen years ago, that she did. He has been wandering Japan for ten years since the revolution ended, protecting the happiness of those in front of him with an oath never to kill again, that he has. That is his answer, that it is... He is not "torturing" himself, that he is not. He regrets most of the decisions in his life, but he keeps on moving forward because to do anything else would cause Tomoe's death and the deaths of all those during the bakumatsu to be meaningless, that it would.

And... for the first time in all that while, this unworthy one has a "family" of his own, as patched together as it is de gozaru. He is... somewhat happy, that he is. They have given this unworthy one a reason to value his life again, that they have.

And Himura is this unworthy one's family name. You may call this unworthy one by either name, though traditionally we Japanese call others by their family name in order to be polite, and change to their given name as a relationship builds. What would you prefer this unworthy one to call you by de gozaru?

Good. I'm very glad to hear that. You seem like too nice of a person to do that to yourself. So... is there no way to get you to drop the "this unworthy one" phrase?

And I would definately prefer you call me Lily. James Potter, who is the guy I eventually marry, but I just can't see it considering he's such a jerk in my time, calls me "Evans" and it just makes me mad.

So... Kenshin then?

Kenshin is fine, that it is, Lily-dono. And, no, this unworthy one will not change his manner of speaking, that he will not.

Well, we'll see about that. I'll work on you.

I'll see you around, Kenshin.

Maa, maa...

Ja matta de gozaru.

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