A promise kept

I lost my soul

To salvage a vow,

Must forfeit a conscience

Yet a victim I'm not,

An accomplice I've been

And not 'tis to keep

My tainted wings.

Completed: 23/11/02

Yea! I'm on a roll! Anyway, this is my take on Aoshi Shinomori. What he's thinking when his four friends and subordinates have gone and left him behind. He knows that he has Misao behind him to support him, yet he chose to walk the path towards destruction. He's neither the angel nor the devil, but where would his loyalties lie?