This isn't entirely how I had envisioned our end.

In fact, I never even meant to meet you.

Everything just kind of...happened.

Now I stand here on the shores of Ganryu. I'm looking for you..

I'm waiting for you...

And I'd continue to wait. Even if it takes me forever.

I hadn't realized how much you meant to me, until you were gone.

You harassed me, annoyed me.

Bothered me. Stalked me.

Yet. You never realize how much you miss something when it's gone.

The waves touch my naked toes. I bury them into the sand.

I breathe in the beachy scent all around. The salt, embracing my nostrils..

The warm air covering me in a warm blanket.

The sun, looking down at me with pity.

Would you laugh at me, Kojiro?

Would you laugh at my pathetic shame?

I'd go on to become the Greatest, but a man is only as good as his eternal rival.

A man I found I could no longer live without.

The waves splash against my body.

It's mocking. Looking upon me in deafening laughter.

It's you, Kojiro.

Your body washed away in the waves.

Becoming one with the water.

Crashing in celebration of my misery.

If I had only realized how much you meant to me. How much I'd miss you..

I'd take it all back in an instant.

I'd lay down and let you do whatever you wanted to me.

Fight me.

Kiss me.

Touch me.

Let your bleeding hands rip my heart into shreds.

It was always yours to begin with.

How long has it been?

I stopped counting the hours.

The days.

The months.

The years.

How I survived this long without you?

My beloved rival.

I look at my reflection in the crystal waves.

A young man looks back at me.

A cocky look on his handsome face. Over his shoulder, it was you. A delicious, sinister smile on your beautiful face.

I let my hand go over my face.

My old and wrinkled skin.

My white, thinning hair.

I am frail.

I am old.

I am dying.

I wanted to share my last moments with you. Here, where you shared yours with me.

Apologies aren't needed. Not to you, but to me. I can't forgive myself for killing you.

For going on without you.

As much as I admitted your persistence...I needed you.

I needed you by my side.

I will come meet you soon. What can I say? What will I say?

Will you greet me? Will you smile?

Will you forgive me?

Holding my beloved sword at the sun, I get into combat position.

I'm coming, Kojiro.

Wait for me.