"In Your Arms Again"

::Musashi’s P.O.V.::

Sunnytown....the place I could once call home. I took in another deep breath and slowed my walking slightly, trying to ignore the pain in my side from walking so much. The sea looks endless left to right, and I love the calm breeze blowing my way. I remember walking down this bridge many times as a child, and much later riding my bike when I was in that gang.....

I walk a little further and soon enough someone extremely familiar comes into view. A tall, slender young bishounen, with chin length blue-violet hair and fair radiant skin. His features are innocent and beautiful.....and he’s the only one I’ve been in love with my whole life.

Kojiro.

I stopped dead in my tracks. It’s been so long since I’ve seen him....and now as I’m looking at him bent over the railing resting his face upon his hand as if deep in thought, watching....waiting.....never in my life has my vision been blessed with the sight of something so beautiful. Suddenly I’m running, running faster than I’ve ever run before....as if the bridge is going to collapse under my feet unless I keep going.

"Kojiro!!!!" I yelled. Like an instant reflex, he turned his head and his deep green eyes grew wide like he’d seen a ghost.

"M....Musashi?!" He smiled with that look that someone has on their face when they witness a great miracle. He begins running toward me, I keep running faster and faster.....and then I’m in his arms. He pulls me into the most warm embrace I’ve ever felt. "Musashi....I....I can’t believe it....it’s really you....it’s been so long......" he began to sob, gripping my backside even tighter and bringing me closer to him with the utmost desire.

"I know...." I cried into his shirt "I know....." we stay like that for a considerable amount of time, just embracing and crying softly but we both know that we want to scream our lungs out at the fabulous miracle of finding each other again after being separated for so long....all because of one incident so long ago....when Rocketto dan was no more....and we had lost each other in a mass explosion of Rocketto dan H.Q. after it was bombed by one of our rival teams....we were never able to find out who....but I didn’t want to think about that now....not here....not with Kojiro holding me like this.

"Kojiro....I’m sorry....I’m so sorry....." I whimpered, looking up into those beautiful deep green eyes of his.

"No, Musa-chan.....I’m sorry. I hardly even tried to find you....it’s my fault we were separated....but I’ve missed you so much...I...."

"Sssh..." I said, pressing my fingers to his lips. "It wasn’t your fault...it was because I left....I deserted you....when you needed me the most....and I just ran away.....I’m so stupid...." More tears fell from his beautiful eyes and he pulled my hand away from his lips and interlaced his fingers with mine, gently shaking his head.

"No....No....don’t think that, Musashi. It was just fate...it wasn’t on our side that day and there was nothing we could do. But now we’ve found each other again, and that’s what matters. And now that I have you with me I promise that I won’t ever leave you again.

"I promise too...I’ll stay with you forever....." I said softly, closing my eyes as more tears fell from them, and slowly he reached up to brush them away. Then, suddenly, his lips were on mine. He was kissing me. Really, truly kissing me!! I couldn’t describe how amazing it was if I tried. I reached up, running my hands along the back of his neck, through his soft warm hair and opened my mouth, deepening the kiss. He made a muffled sound of pure desire as our tongues mingled and played together and he moved his hands along my hips, caressing me in the sweetest way. Even though the kiss lasted only minutes, it felt like an eternity. I opened my eyes as slowly as possible as our lips drew apart, and was utterly speechless. The kiss had been so deep and passionate that I could still feel it. (A/N: Think of it like when you hold something in your hand for so long that when you finally let go of it, it feels like you’re still holding it.)

"I love you, Musashi. I love you with all of my heart and soul." Kojiro whispered, kissing me on the fourhead.

"Kojiro...I....I love you too....." I mumbled, still trying to come to terms with the reality of all of this. My head was spinning and it was all I could do to cling to him to keep myself from fainting.

"Are you alright?" Kojiro asked, taking my face in his hands.

"Fine...I just....can’t believe this. It’s been so long...and it’s just a miracle to see you again. Purely a miracle, Kojiro. And now...now that we’re in love and together at the same time...this is just so incredible I can‘t believe it‘s real." I said, smiling warmly at him. The look in his eyes pierced my soul completely.

"Oh Musashi....I love you so much. And right now...being reunited with you and holding you in my arms is like a dream. And I just know that we were meant to be, and I promise to stay with you and love you forever....and ever....and ever...and ever.....and ever...." Kojiro whispered, punctuating every word with a kiss."

"Yes, Kojiro...I’m yours, and you’re mine, forever." I said, kissing him warmly. Then he took my hand, kissing my fingertips softly before interlacing our fingers. "Come on Musashi...let’s run away together and start a new life as lovers. Let’s make a dream."

I simply nodded and we began to run, off toward the end of the bridge and into the warm sunset in the summer sky, ready to face the world as two lovers but one soul, ready to make all of our dreams come true.

~ Owari ~