Authors' Note
I own none of these characters
Everything is written from Ryuken's point of view
Ryuken & Katagiri.
She Who Heals
Two years,
Twenty- four months,
One hundred and ten weeks,
Seven hundred and thirty days.
That's how long it took me to realize that it was not all my fault. Everything that had happened, Masaki getting injured, being bound to that Shinigami and then leaving me forever, it wasn't my fault entirely. It took me a while to realize that some things are just meant to happen. Fate was our master and he decided which path we were meant to follow. It just so happened that Masaki and I were bound to journey different paths and I accepted that. It took awhile but I finally understood that I couldn't keep blaming myself for the events that had taken place.
My road to acceptance and understand was not a clear cut path and at times I truly believed that my lack of better judgment and selfish Quincy pride had all been the cause of my grief and lost. However, through it all there was one person who stood by my side. One person who didn't blame me for everything that had happened. There was that one person who had helped me realize that all these events had happened for a reason if though those reasons may still be unclear to me. There was one person who helped me come to terms with the guilt that would have surely eaten me from the inside out.
That one person was Kanae Katagiri.
From that day when she waited out in the rain for me, her constant presence in my life was the one thing that kept me from going mad with grief. She would smile at me and remind me that everything was meant to happen for a reason. Her repetitive reassurance was something that I soon came to long for. Every day she would come to my room in the evening to deliver my daily tea. It was during these times that she would sit quietly and listen to my sorrows.
Her eyes would always sparkle with understanding. Her smile would always lighten the sorrow that burdened my heart. She was never condescending like my mother nor would she judge me like my mother.
My mother.
My mother was nothing more than a puppet master who wanted nothing more than to control everyone around her. Her hold not only on me but on Katagiri and Maski was like a constricting bind. When Masaki left she often took her frustration and rage out on Katagiri or me, but we both took it in stride.
Katagiri would bear the brunt of the burden. She would redirect my mother's anger away from me and on to herself. It pained me see her with those slap marks that adorned her beautiful fair skin, but she would never show any sign of hurt or discomfort. In fact she would often act like the abuse had not happened at all. To think that one so gentle and kind and loving could be treated like this was beyond my understanding. Kanae Katagiri did not deserve treatment like this.
Her presence in my life made me whole. No matter how much different we appeared to be and not matter what would have been said, I grew to love Katagiri with all my heart. She was the one who healed me.
She swore she would always be there to protect me and I swore that I would always love her.
This story goes out to Lunarangel's Dark Flame, Winterwing 3000, robot-ninja-wizard accountant and maoczna 88. The first writers to write about Ryuken and Katagiri on fanfiction.
This is my first attempt at a RuykenxKatagiri fic.
It may not be the best so please be gentle in your reviews.
Depending on the response I get from this story I may write a follow up chapter.
Hope you enjoyed the story!