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Konnichiwa minna-san! This is my first Tenchi fic, so I hope you guys like it! Don't forget to review!

(Told in Ryoko's POV)


No Need For Love

Smile. Smile for me, Tenchi. Show me that you love me. Love me more than Ayeka. Take my hand and let's walk away from here. It's easy, really it is. We could walk away from here and not look back at the burning bridges we left behind. We could leave it all behind. Everything. Everyone.

Ayeka, Sasami, Kyone, Mioshi, Washu… They don't need us. They'll be just fine. So we don't have to worry about them. We'll only have to worry about which road to take to get out of here.

Tenchi, don't walk away from me. Don't walk down that corridor to embrace a battle that you might not win. You don't need to save her. Forget her. You're more important to me than she is. She's a princess. The princess of Jurai, she could get out of it herself. She has all the power in the galaxy, but I have even more. I could show you it, Tenchi. If only you took my hand or look at me like you would look at a sunset. Admire me. Consume every ounce of beauty on my face. Dream of me.

Why? Why did you walk away? Why didn't I stop you?

Why do I ask that question when I already know the answer?

Pride. That's what made me stay. Stupid pride that limits me from running after you. It formed chains on my wrists and ankles like a prison would have in a prison. I was the prisoner of my own foolish pride.

Damn it.

So now I'm adrift in space with a jagged pain in my stomach and a broken heart in my swollen chest. I'm alone now. I only have you, Ryo-oh-ki, and not even you could be the one to cure my heart. Only he can.

I feel it now. I feel the pain numbing my body. The sharp pain is dwindling and all I feel is the blood running down my skin like scarlet tears. I feel nothing. No pain. No broken heart. No warmth. Just coldness. But for some reason unknown to me, it feels comforting. I'm not scared, because I know one day I'll see you again. That's what I have to look forward to.

My last thought before I become unconscious… Do you want to know what it will be? It will be of you. Every second of that thought will be of you, my Tenchi. Because in my thoughts, you'll always be mine no matter what.

I close my eyes, feeling an affectionate warmth surround me. It's like wings, wrapping around me with their loving feathers… Holding me… Protecting me… Healing me…

I will see you again, Tenchi…I promise…

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