Disclaimer (or Onna's random craziness)

Onna: I am back yet again!!! Haha! Time to do my torturing!!!

Kenshin and Kaoru: *attempt to sneak out*

Onna: Oi!!! *reels Kenshin and Kaoru back in* You two ain't going nowhere!!!

Kaoru: You don't own us! You don't even own the song Namida wa Shitte Iru by Mayo Suzukaze (Kenshin's voice actress. Yes, a woman did his voice. NO! He's not femmy!) or our image song Natsu no E which you titled this fic after! You can't tell us to stay!

Onna: But I can dream, now can't I? I need you two for this fic!

Kenshin: Oro... You need us in every fic you made... except Allied Special Forces...

Onna: *glare* Stay or I'll show Kaoru something you wouldn't want her to see...

Kenshin: Oro?!

Onna: Yup... your Kaoru collection...

Kenshin: Orooooooo....!!!

Kaoru: NANI?!

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"Shinta!" a woman's voice called from afar. "Shinta! It's time to go home!"

"Hai, Okaachan!" a little boy with long red hair called from the swings, jumping off the seat. He was about to run off when someone tripped over the end of the sand box and fell face-first in the sand. His violet eyes grew wide as he approached the crying child.

"Daijoubu ka?" he asked as soon as he reached the spot, placing a hand on the younger one's shoulder.

"H-Hai..." she sniffed, opening teary blue eyes at him, her black hair pulled back in two pig-tails. "Itai..."

Shinta looked at the scraped knee, seeing some blood come out of the cut. "You want me to get your mommy?"

"I d-don't have a m-mommy..." she hiccupped, sniffling. "Just my daddy..."

"Hime-chan!"

"Shinta!"

"That's m-my d-daddy," she said, swallowing. "Y-You better g-go... Y-Your mommy's c-calling you..."

Shinta nodded, waiting till a tall man carried her away before he ran back to his mother, looking like nothing had happened.

But he would never forget those blue eyes.

Himura Kenshin sighed as he closed the door to his dressing room behind him. The insensitivity of people when it comes to stardom and privacy... He shook his head before changing back into his everyday clothes, glad to be rid of the uncomfortable stage costume.

"Himura!" his agent yelled from outside. "We need you to sign some autographs for the fans outside."

Kenshin groaned, his hopes for some downtime dashed. "Hai, Shishou," he replied rather reluctantly before opening the door. "This is going to be a long day," he muttered to his friend and manager, Sagara Sanosuke.

"I know," he nodded. "Hey, that came with the package of stardom..."

Kenshin sighed again. At the age of 18, he had become a singing sensation with his first single "Namida wa Shitte Iru". Now in the singing field for 2 years, his fame has heightened to the point that screaming fangirls often waited outside his trailer or dressing room and even hounding his family to death.

Kenshin tried to smile, hiding his exhaustion from the concert, signing a few CDs and posing for pictures with some girls.

"Kenshin! Aishiteru ne!" one girl screamed, nearly fainting from excitement.

Kenshin inwardly winced but kept the smile on his face as he stepped up to the microphone. "Domo arigatou, minna-san, for your support. I'm glad that I'm giving something back to you all, through singing. I will see you all some other time, but for now, I'm a very tired man and if you will permit me, I will return to my trailer to rest."

He quickly ran to his trailer, Sano trailing behind him. Kenshin closed and locked the door as soon as they were both inside, then flopped down on a chair breathing a sigh of relief. "This is crazy..."

Sano grinned. "Oi, Kenshin. I did warn you about this before."

"I didn't expect it to be this crazy!" he protested, grabbing a glass from the sink. He drank the water down gratefully, his hand wiping the sweat from his brow.

"Well, we do need to talk about your latest single release..."

"Oh no... Sano. I thought I said I wanted some downtime!"

"You'll love this!" Sano insisted. "It's a duet song with supermodel and singer Takani Megumi, written by the great Kiyosato Akira."

"I know, I know. Tomoe's once-ex-boyfriend-now-her-fiancé," Kenshin muttered, remembering how his heart was shattered when Yukishiro Tomoe broke up with him a year ago. "And why Megumi-dono again? You know how she embarrasses me."

Sano shrugged. "She was the only logical choice for the female half of the song, unless you have someone else in mind..."

"Let me see the song," Kenshin murmured, reaching for the sheet of paper. "'Natsu no E'? Picture of Summer?" His eyes twinkled as he read the lyrics. "This definitely does not sound like Megumi-dono. I don't think I want to do this duet with her."

"Then who would you want to sing this with? Sayo?"

"Amakusa Shogo's sister?! Sano, are you nuts?! He'll kill me, or you since you have the hots for her!"

"Shut up! Who do you want to do this with?"

"I don't kn--" he stopped when a soft voice reached his ears. "Who's that?"

"Who's who?"

"I'm hearing someone singing outside," Kenshin said as he stood up, opening the door. That voice... it's perfect for this song!

Sano followed Kenshin out, trying to trace the source of the voice. "Oi, Kenshin! I found her!"

"Oro...?" he murmured as he looked over the large pile of amplifiers to gaze at the back of a pony-tailed young girl. She was singing a soft tune he recognized as his first single while she swept the floor.

Shinjite ii yo niji wa yattekuru
Kimi no tsuma saki e
Shinjite ii yo kimi no toki ga kuru
Mousugu atarashii kaze no naka

She turned around just as she sang the last line, and Kenshin's eyes went wide as soon as he took a good look at her.

The blue eyes he thought he would never see again and had never forgotten...

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A/N: Yes, this is an Alternate Universe fic if you must know. Anyway! My first time to try my hand. I hope you guys like this!

Kenshin: *blush* Oro?! I'm a singer?!

Onna: Yes! Now don't argue!!!

Kaoru: ^^;;