Prolouge
i sat there. looking at him like he was perfect. like he was it. i saw Ayeka was doing the same. So i thought for a split second, ' why not let her have him, the fudes would be over and hed be happy.'. then i relised i couldnt do it. i loved him. no matter what i knew was good for him i stayed. nomatter how many times i turned down a chance at anything, i stayed, because i loved him.
Chapter One
Ryoko sat on the roof looking up at teh stars with glazed eyes. Tear stains grew dry on her face and teh urge to cry again grew stronger. She knew what she had to do. It was teh right thing to do no matter how awful it made her feel.
"Ryoko?" A sweet calm voice stirred her thoughts. She looked up so see Tenchi. Teh sight of him made her heart ache with teh greatest pain she had ever known. She laid her head down on the hand she held a bottle in. He noticed.
"Oh, you've been drinking..." He slowly made his way over to her.
She took a swig and swollowed hard. It burned. She cpouldnt tell if it was the liquor or the tears taht swelled up within her.
"You, wanna talk about it?"
"Talk about what?" Her groggy voice made its self known.
"Why you've been crying, why you've been drinking."
She didnt want to talk about it, but it was the only time she could talk about it.
"Im leaving Tenchi."
He looked at her in total shock and disbelif. "Why?!? Where will you go?"
"I know where im going, its better that you didnt. I was offered somthing, i uh... couldnt refuse."
"What? When were you planning on telling us? We're your family, god damnit!"
"Tenchi, i've been here with you all for a very long time. I was never invited and never wanted and i didnt care. teh only reson i was here was because of you. I love you Tenchi and..."The tears began to trickle. "ya know the saying, 'if you love em set them free?' i was doing teh exact opposite. i was so selfish. but after much meditation i've seen what needs to be done."
"And whats that? Leave us? Ryoko, we care about you, this is your home."
"No, tenchi." She cut him off. "This," she placed her index finger on his lips. "Is my home. But i was born a vagabond and i'll die as one." She looked up at the stars and then down to her drink.
"Where will you go?" Tenchi looked at her with concern.
"Dont worry, no need for worries." She sighed.
"Your really leaving..."
Ryoko took the last gulp of her drink and tossed the bottle off the roof.
"When?"
"Erily. Before teh sun coems up."
Tenchi sat there looking at Ryoko like she was a stranger. "Is there anything i could do to make you stay?"
"No, no i dont think so. But just do me a favor will ya?"
"Sure."
"Dont tell the others. They dont need to know."
"Well what am i gonna tell them when you dont show up for dinner?!?"
"Tell them what ever you want." Ryoko stode up and began to exit. "Good nite Tenchi. I'll miss you the most." She said just before she dissapreared.
Tenchi sat alone on teh roof for quite soem time. Thinking. Ryoko was leaving and there was nothing he could do to stop her. Why would she leave. What she3 said couldnt be true. She would never say that. She was teh most selfish person he knew, she would never say a thing like, 'if you love em set them free'. It made no sense. He ran his fingers through his hair, pulling it up to make sure his head was still there. Was he dreaming? What was going on?
i sat there. looking at him like he was perfect. like he was it. i saw Ayeka was doing the same. So i thought for a split second, ' why not let her have him, the fudes would be over and hed be happy.'. then i relised i couldnt do it. i loved him. no matter what i knew was good for him i stayed. nomatter how many times i turned down a chance at anything, i stayed, because i loved him.
Chapter One
Ryoko sat on the roof looking up at teh stars with glazed eyes. Tear stains grew dry on her face and teh urge to cry again grew stronger. She knew what she had to do. It was teh right thing to do no matter how awful it made her feel.
"Ryoko?" A sweet calm voice stirred her thoughts. She looked up so see Tenchi. Teh sight of him made her heart ache with teh greatest pain she had ever known. She laid her head down on the hand she held a bottle in. He noticed.
"Oh, you've been drinking..." He slowly made his way over to her.
She took a swig and swollowed hard. It burned. She cpouldnt tell if it was the liquor or the tears taht swelled up within her.
"You, wanna talk about it?"
"Talk about what?" Her groggy voice made its self known.
"Why you've been crying, why you've been drinking."
She didnt want to talk about it, but it was the only time she could talk about it.
"Im leaving Tenchi."
He looked at her in total shock and disbelif. "Why?!? Where will you go?"
"I know where im going, its better that you didnt. I was offered somthing, i uh... couldnt refuse."
"What? When were you planning on telling us? We're your family, god damnit!"
"Tenchi, i've been here with you all for a very long time. I was never invited and never wanted and i didnt care. teh only reson i was here was because of you. I love you Tenchi and..."The tears began to trickle. "ya know the saying, 'if you love em set them free?' i was doing teh exact opposite. i was so selfish. but after much meditation i've seen what needs to be done."
"And whats that? Leave us? Ryoko, we care about you, this is your home."
"No, tenchi." She cut him off. "This," she placed her index finger on his lips. "Is my home. But i was born a vagabond and i'll die as one." She looked up at the stars and then down to her drink.
"Where will you go?" Tenchi looked at her with concern.
"Dont worry, no need for worries." She sighed.
"Your really leaving..."
Ryoko took the last gulp of her drink and tossed the bottle off the roof.
"When?"
"Erily. Before teh sun coems up."
Tenchi sat there looking at Ryoko like she was a stranger. "Is there anything i could do to make you stay?"
"No, no i dont think so. But just do me a favor will ya?"
"Sure."
"Dont tell the others. They dont need to know."
"Well what am i gonna tell them when you dont show up for dinner?!?"
"Tell them what ever you want." Ryoko stode up and began to exit. "Good nite Tenchi. I'll miss you the most." She said just before she dissapreared.
Tenchi sat alone on teh roof for quite soem time. Thinking. Ryoko was leaving and there was nothing he could do to stop her. Why would she leave. What she3 said couldnt be true. She would never say that. She was teh most selfish person he knew, she would never say a thing like, 'if you love em set them free'. It made no sense. He ran his fingers through his hair, pulling it up to make sure his head was still there. Was he dreaming? What was going on?