Nadesico: Prince of Darkness Continues.
By: Captain-Tonks-Ferore
Disclaimer: I don't own Nadesico, or the movie. But I hope that you will enjoy this story as much as you enjoyed that wonderful anime.
Chapter 1: The Loss of the Years
"What do you mean he's gone?" Yurika said sitting up. She felt dizzy as she did. She clutched the jacket that was drooped over her to her chest. Where were her clothes?
"Ruri?" Yurika looked at the young girl crouching at her side. There were many people surrounding her, people who she was sure she knew, but they were all so different. Ruri, who she remembered as a small, twelve-year-old girl, now looked very professional and much more developed. The other people were her crew from the battleship Nadesico, but they also looked much older.
Ruri bowed her head. "Akito just left, I don't know were he went, but I'm sure he will return." Ruri said, a small smile creeping over her face. Yurika shook her head and closed her eyes. What had happened, what was going on? Just a little while ago she and Akito were in his estivalous. Then she must have fallen asleep. She had dreamed about Akito and now, when she woke up, she's being told that Akito is gone.
Yurika opened her eyes and looked around. How did they get on earth? Last thing she knew she was on Mars.
Ruri noticed her confusment "Yurika, you've been asleep for… a very long time" Ruri said struggling to pick out the right words. Someone from the group of people around her snorted. Yurika looked up to see Arina Quan. Her hair was a lot longer now.
"You've been asleep for two years." She said shoving out her chin. Yurika sat up, still clutching the jacket to her body. "What do you mean? That's impossible. Ruri, please tell me what's going on." But Yurika could tell by the look on Ruri's face that what Arina said was true. But how could it be?
"Come Yurika, lets get you dressed, and there's a lot I need to tell you." Ruri held out her hand and pulled Yurika up from the ground. June walked out of the crowd and held out a pile of clothes. He was blushing at Yurika. Even he looked completely different.
A few hours later.
Yurika sat on a bed sobbing. She was in a room of a hotel that Ruri had been staying in. How could this have happened? How could Akito have left? This couldn't be true.
Yurika had changed into clothes. Ruri told her that the jacket that was draped over her before was Akito's. Yurika was now hugging it tight, as if somehow it made her closer to Akito. It did smell of him, but without the normal smell of cooking spices that he usually carried.
Yurika tightened her grip on the jacket, and as she did she herd something crinkle in the pocket. She wiped her tears away and reached into the pocket. Her fingers searched around until the touched what felt like a folded up piece of paper. Yurika grabbed it and pulled it out. It was a dirty piece of white paper, you could tell it had been held tightly in a sweaty hand. Yurika slowly unfolded it, trying not to rip it on its fragile folds.
There was righting on it. Yurika recognized the hand righting as Akito's.
Dear Yurika,
I hope you get this. So much has happened and right now you are probably much stressed. I'm sorry I must leave, I'm sure you, Ruri, and everyone else do not understand why I have left. But you must know it is for the best. If you saw me now you would be even more devastated. Let's just say that things are different now. I'm sorry about everything, but I am glad that you are safe.
Much has changed about me, but I wish very much that you have not changed. Please know that there is always somewhere in me that still loves you. Just please remember that.
Akito Tenkawa
Yurika sat staring at the not long after she had finished it. This really didn't sound like Akito talking at all. Ruri was right he has changed. He's dead. My Akito is gone.
Notes: Yes, for all who have watched prince of darkness, Akito seems truly dead. But please continue to read this to see the truth behind the new Akito. And what Captain Ruri, and Captain Yurika will do. I know that this chapter is very short but it's the first and I usually like to keep the first chapter short. If you have anything to say please review, even if you want to criticize my fic.
