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I'll Never Forget


*~Teaser~*


It was quiet in the forest as Ryoko ascended the stairs up to the mountain shrine in silence. The skies were falling to a dull gray from their originally vibrant blue. Rain was coming. Its consistent silence was comforting, yet it forced her to think harder and deeper than she really wished. Her soft amber eyes soon settled on a shuddering form, hunched over by the shrine on their knees. Ryoko immediately recognized them and called out. "Tenchi." A chilling wind swept rustled through, disrupting the fallen leaves upon the ground. "Tenchi," she exclaimed again and stepped forwards lightly. Finally, he responded to his name and looked at her. His expression broke her heart, the intensity, the pain he tried so hard to mask with no avail.

His eyes were red and a bit puffy, as steady streams of tears rolled down his cheeks freely. Tenchi was ashamed to be seen like this. To be seen crying like a child…the way he cried at losing his Mother. He hated to be seen like this in front of her. Not to Ryoko…it made him feel so useless. "I'm sorry," he whispered looking up at her in sorrow.

"Tenchi, what are you saying to me?!" Ryoko cried and ran to him. She dropped effortlessly to the ground beside him and took his cheek in her hand. Ryoko wiped away a few stray tears and gazed into his eyes with a deeply touched and concerned expression. It killed her to watch him hurt…even if it was over Sakuya. He loved that girl. And it hurt Ryoko to understand that. "Tenchi! Tell me, why are you sorry!" Ryoko said to him, meanwhile she blinked back tears at seeing him hurt so. The woman closed her eyes and held him close; a few sobs racked his body and scared Ryoko. Something was incredibly wrong here. She knew this man, she watched him grow, and she loved him. How could this be happening?

"I'm sorry," he sputtered, almost losing his ability to speak the words, "Sorry I didn't love you enough." Ryoko's eyes flew wide open and her face overcome by a shade of crimson. In seconds, the moment faded as the man collapsed and fell silent as a fresh rain storm released its wave of rejuvenation.