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Tenchi series. I believe that's enough for you, now enjoy the story!
Forevermore
Prologue
'Ryoko, where are you?'
There was nothing around him, nothing except the black sky and the snow around. Snow.everywhere. Where was this?
'Ryoko.please, I need you.'
Tenchi trudged through the barren wasteland in search of her, his crunching footsteps echoing in the darkness. Never could a sound be more desolate, more lonely, more sorrowful than that of his footsteps.
'Ryoko.please, help me'
*Where was she?*
As Tenchi walked though the darkness, he saw a body in the distance. Without knowing how, he knew who it was at first sight. He didn't want to go over there, but was compelled to as if he were being called to it. He had to make sure it was who he thought it was.or rather, make sure it wasn't who he thought it was.
'Ryoko.no.please.don't.'
As Tenchi neared the body, a young woman's figure became more apparent in the snow. Down in the recesses of his stomach, Tenchi could feel fear brewing, the same fear he had felt back then during the battle. The wind began to pick up speed and the snow came down harder upon Tenchi. He stopped for a moment and stared at the figure, the body was covered in snow. Tenchi could feel the sharp stinging blows of each piece of ice that hit his body. It made him numb and chills sweep through his body.
Tenchi inched closer to the body. It wasn't until he was no more than a few feet away that the powdered snow blanketing the body got whisked away into the darkness.
From under the snow, a lock of cyan hair seeped out.
'.No.' Tenchi said quietly. His voice was shaking, not from the cold. No, he couldn't feel the biting breath of the wind nor the stinging bits of ice pelting him from all sides. He could only feel the fear rising into his throat making his voice quake.
Tenchi finally gathered up enough courage and swallowed his fear knowing that he was essentially the only one capable of saving this poor soul, if he could at all. He picked up the body and turned it over. Ryoko's head hung limply as he held her in his arms. Tenchi looked at the beautiful space pirate cradled in his arms. Her eyes, now permanently closed and lifeless, never to shine the beautiful amber he had come to love. Her lips, parted slightly gave off an eerie nothingness in the cold air. Tenchi's breath however, blew out clouds of steam that parted from view after a second's lingering. There she lay, never again to talk in her sweet voice.
A small tear dripped down Tenchi's face and fell towards Ryoko's. The tear froze in partway and blew away in the wind before reaching her.
'Ryoko.'
Tenchi held her close to him, taking in her beauty. Very slowly, he leaned over and tenderly kissed her cold lips.
'Ryoko.please.I love you, Ryoko. Please, come back to me.'
Another tear escaped Tenchi's eye and streamed down his face.
'.please.'
Tenchi brought Ryoko's limp body into a tight embrace as if he could bring her back to life.
'Love has no boundaries.pheh.what a bunch of shit.' Tenchi cursed the phrase he knew so well.
He laid the body onto the snow. Rage, sorrow, regret, hate.all welled inside of him.
'RYOKO!!!' he screamed into the darkness. With a sudden wash of energy, his body was bathed in light and power as the Lighthawk Wings enveloped his body. However, instead of contorting to his will and mind, the Lighthawk Wings began to smother Tenchi. A sinister pitch slowly replaced their normal radiant white glow. He could feel the power collapsing upon himself, the wings were closing in on Tenchi with no escape possible. In a final desperate act, he reached out to Ryoko, one last time, getting lost in the void of the power of the Gods.
'.ryoko.i.love you.'
Forevermore
Prologue
'Ryoko, where are you?'
There was nothing around him, nothing except the black sky and the snow around. Snow.everywhere. Where was this?
'Ryoko.please, I need you.'
Tenchi trudged through the barren wasteland in search of her, his crunching footsteps echoing in the darkness. Never could a sound be more desolate, more lonely, more sorrowful than that of his footsteps.
'Ryoko.please, help me'
*Where was she?*
As Tenchi walked though the darkness, he saw a body in the distance. Without knowing how, he knew who it was at first sight. He didn't want to go over there, but was compelled to as if he were being called to it. He had to make sure it was who he thought it was.or rather, make sure it wasn't who he thought it was.
'Ryoko.no.please.don't.'
As Tenchi neared the body, a young woman's figure became more apparent in the snow. Down in the recesses of his stomach, Tenchi could feel fear brewing, the same fear he had felt back then during the battle. The wind began to pick up speed and the snow came down harder upon Tenchi. He stopped for a moment and stared at the figure, the body was covered in snow. Tenchi could feel the sharp stinging blows of each piece of ice that hit his body. It made him numb and chills sweep through his body.
Tenchi inched closer to the body. It wasn't until he was no more than a few feet away that the powdered snow blanketing the body got whisked away into the darkness.
From under the snow, a lock of cyan hair seeped out.
'.No.' Tenchi said quietly. His voice was shaking, not from the cold. No, he couldn't feel the biting breath of the wind nor the stinging bits of ice pelting him from all sides. He could only feel the fear rising into his throat making his voice quake.
Tenchi finally gathered up enough courage and swallowed his fear knowing that he was essentially the only one capable of saving this poor soul, if he could at all. He picked up the body and turned it over. Ryoko's head hung limply as he held her in his arms. Tenchi looked at the beautiful space pirate cradled in his arms. Her eyes, now permanently closed and lifeless, never to shine the beautiful amber he had come to love. Her lips, parted slightly gave off an eerie nothingness in the cold air. Tenchi's breath however, blew out clouds of steam that parted from view after a second's lingering. There she lay, never again to talk in her sweet voice.
A small tear dripped down Tenchi's face and fell towards Ryoko's. The tear froze in partway and blew away in the wind before reaching her.
'Ryoko.'
Tenchi held her close to him, taking in her beauty. Very slowly, he leaned over and tenderly kissed her cold lips.
'Ryoko.please.I love you, Ryoko. Please, come back to me.'
Another tear escaped Tenchi's eye and streamed down his face.
'.please.'
Tenchi brought Ryoko's limp body into a tight embrace as if he could bring her back to life.
'Love has no boundaries.pheh.what a bunch of shit.' Tenchi cursed the phrase he knew so well.
He laid the body onto the snow. Rage, sorrow, regret, hate.all welled inside of him.
'RYOKO!!!' he screamed into the darkness. With a sudden wash of energy, his body was bathed in light and power as the Lighthawk Wings enveloped his body. However, instead of contorting to his will and mind, the Lighthawk Wings began to smother Tenchi. A sinister pitch slowly replaced their normal radiant white glow. He could feel the power collapsing upon himself, the wings were closing in on Tenchi with no escape possible. In a final desperate act, he reached out to Ryoko, one last time, getting lost in the void of the power of the Gods.
'.ryoko.i.love you.'