Half-Life

By Rin Amaru/Rin-chan

Disclaimer- I do not own anything Samurai Deeper Kyo except the first 8 volumes of the manga (right now… heheh)

A/N: This IS going to be sappy… and Kyo may be portrayed a bit out of character at times to keep the sappiness… Oh, what-the-hey… people change lol. Enjoy!

"Nobody's Home"

by Avril Lavigne

I couldn't tell you why she felt that way,
She felt it everyday.
And I couldn't help her,
I just watched her make the same mistakes again.

What's wrong, what's wrong now?
Too many, too many problems.
Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs.


She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.

Open your eyes and look outside, find the reasons why.
You've been rejected, and now you can't find what you left behind.


Be strong, be strong now.
Too many, too many problems.
Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs.


She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.

Her feelings she hides.
Her dreams she can't find.
She's losing her mind.
She's fallen behind.
She can't find her place.
She's losing her faith.
She's fallen from grace.
She's all over the place.
Yeah, oh

She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.

Broken inside.

She's lost inside, lost inside...oh oh
She's lost inside, lost inside...oh oh yeah

Yuya was laying on a grassy hill outside Edo, staring up at the bright, summer sky, remembering the past; remembering what she'd become. Her life only began a few years ago, the day she met Kyoshiro, and…. Well… tried to hand him in for some bounty…

The more she thought about it, the more she realized it was true. Yuya's life really did begin in that one moment; the moment which started the crazy chain of events that led her to hell and back again. She met so many wonderful people, like Benitora, Yukimura, Sasuke, Okuni… Kyo…

Shaking her head, she sat up and leaned back on her hands. 'What happened to them all?' she thought, 'I wonder where they are now…'

After Kyo won the battle with Kyoshiro, he turned back to look at Yuya, smirked, and walked off into the distance, never once looking back. Stunned, Yuya stared after him. She wanted to run after him, to stop him, to bring him back to her... but, alas, her legs we numb. She couldn't move.

He was leaving her.

Her greatest fear was of being left alone again, and here she was, alone. Yes, Kyoshiro was still alive, but he wasn't exactly conscious at the time, so yes, she was alone.

Did everyone she loved have to leave her? Her brother, brutally murdered right before her innocent eyes… She had no where to go, no home, no family, no nothing. Just endless sorrow and the growing feeling of revenge filled her empty heart.

Now, all Yuya feels is an ache in her heart for the one man she realized she loved too late. Would Kyo ever know her feelings? If she met him again, would she be able to tell him? Oh, Kami! Kami only knows.

Yuya watched the sun sink lower and lower into the sky, knowing it wanted to rest for the night while its faithful lover, the moon, watched over the Earth. Deciding that it was getting late, she reluctantly stood, and brushed the blades of grass from her short kimono. Grabbing her wallet, Yuya smiled at the few ryo in there, collected from her latest capture.

"A hotel tonight would be great! And so would a nice, hot bath…." Yuya thought aloud as she skipped towards the city, repressing her more depressing thoughts. By the time she entered Edo, it was already dusk, and the cities' darker side was coming out with the moon.

Instinctively, she grabbed the handle of her gun as she walked past some men staring at her matured, 18-year-old body. Smiling inwardly, she thought, 'Hmm… Kyo would say—.' Yuya quickly stopped her wandering mind before it hurt her.

Realizing she had reached the familiar hotel she had stayed in with Kyo and Benitora, she smiled and walked in. While she was paying for her room across from the bar, she failed to notice the dark figure watching her every move. The figure smirked.

"That's her," the figure said, "Master will be so happy to know we've found her."

Yuya, after reluctantly handing in some money to the innkeeper, promptly headed towards the bath house. Little did she know, in about 5 minutes, her latent life would begin again.

"Here's your drink… sir?" said the bartender. He looked at the space where the dark figure he was serving was and found a few coins in the figures absence. Bewildered, the bartender took the coins and continued his work.

A/N- AREN"T I SO MEAN??!!!! HAHA!!! Please R&R!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!