Kenta

I OWN NOTHING!

The tears build slowly behind my eyes as I watch my friends. I smile along with them but inside I feel like sobbing.

"Ryuga!" I cry silently. I excuse myself and leave the room. As soon as I'm out of the room, I run to another one. I randomly pick a door and open it. I leap inside the door and shut it.

I can't let my friends see my tears. It seems like they have accepted Ryuga's death. I know Gingka struggles with it sometimes. I hear him cry himself to sleep some nights…I know he's crying over Ryuga because he will mutter the name over and over.

Tears well up until I can't hold them anymore. They overflow and I shake with sadness. I just sob my heart out in this abandoned room, where no one can see my tears.

I think about all the times I had with Ryuga. The conditions may not have been the best but at least we were both alive. I treasure those moments even more now.

A knock on the door startles me and I stand and open it. There stands one of my best friends, Yu. He smiles a little and hugs me. After a couple seconds, I feel a small wetness on my shoulder. Yu's shoulders shake a little as we both sob.

"Yu…how did you know I was here?"

"I saw you leave. I had overheard Gingkie and Tsubasa talking about you and me. I knew why you left and I came to find you. You're my best friend, Kenchi. I couldn't leave you alone to cry." We sob a little more and then sit down in the room. With the door shut, we tell each other how we really felt about Ryuga's death.

"I…just…I should've have done something." I sob. The tears rush down my cheeks and my body quakes.

"I understand." Yu gives me another hug. Another knock on the door and Yu's up to answer it. He shouts something at the person and shuts the door.

"Masamune…" Yu shakes his head a little with a small smile. He comes over and we hug again.

"I'm always here if you wanna talk, Kenchi!" He stands and leaves. As soon as he's gone, the sadness returns worse than ever. It wages war against me and I lose.

"RYUGA!" I sob over and over again. I just cry his name until I can't. I lose my voice from the tears and my eyes sting. I feel sleepy but the sadness is still there.

"Why, Ryuga!" I sob in my mind. "WHY!" Eventually, I feel the sleepiness overtake me and I fall into the darkness of sleep. My thoughts and dreams still focus on Ryuga through.

Ryuga…a true blader and friend. Ryuga…the strongest of us all. Ryuga…my friend forever, even when he didn't want to be. Ryuga…an irreplaceable friend and rival. Ryuga.

So I wrote this while listening to "A Tiny Palm of a Hand" From Clannad (Another anime, very sad but good). Anyway, I wanted to write a story because it seemed after a little bit of tears in the second to last episode of Metal Fury or 4D, everyone forgot about Ryuga. So I thought he needed to have someone cry for him, (Other than us fans). So I chose Kenta because he spent a long time with Ryuga and felt close to him.

I was originally going to have Gingka find Kenta but I changed it last second to Yu. I thought he would be a good person to have comfort Kenta since Yu had been Ryuga's biggest fan. The little guy had adored Ryuga from day one and loved him to the end.

Sorry if anyone cried, I almost did at several times. Thanks for reading, review please.

(I'm going to go cry over Ryuga….you will forever live on in the memories of your fans and all fans. You will not be forgotten!)