whoa- I thought that that was going 2 b a SHORT response- but alas a kindred tear falls on her cheek as she reads the letter she horrified, yet hope full to read.

She so desperately needed to know if he was still staying afar, or dead; but when the letter came nether happen, but something more heart twisting to read.

While working afar he meet a woman of higher class than her own and she stole his heart. She met him while working together on a project and they fell in love.

Her suspicions where right, no matter how hard she tried to deny it, he was drifting, ever so slightly, in the sea of love that they sheared.

His feelings where ripples in the water, drifting from the original spot of their first love confession; and now he drifted 'till he could no longer tell who he was in love with any more.

He now found love where she was not, she new she should except it , but the loss of the one she loved still stung her small heart.

Yet, she also saw something that tore her heart even more; they where going to get married and on her anniversary of their marriage!

Oh, she loathed him now!

She wished she never met him, but she knows that that's a lie.

If not for him she would never be the person she was.

Funny how we whish we didn't do things once they don't go right, but those instances of pain, hurt, sham and loathing, are what make up who we become to be.

She place a small ghost of a smile on her lips and started to right.

She wrote to the man that tore and rung her small fragile heart, but no longer will that happen.

Now she realized that she can live without him, though she will miss his small smile and warm hugs, she now knows what it's like to move on.

she wrote to him; it said

'Shikamaru-chan-

I hope you are happy now.

If your goal in this is to see me falter and gravel in forgiveness and wanting, your mistaken.

All I wish of you from now is to be happy and be in love.

For nothing grater is there than being in love with someone that loves you ever so.

I hope you have a happy new marriage, but alas I shan't be attending, I must finish the book I'm writeing for my work.

But I wish your new wife a happy marriage and maybe a healthy baby!

with forever understanding- Ino'

She didn't know what else to say so she put the letter in the mail box and hoped the best of the soon to be married couple.

Now she had a sudden idea for the book she so needed to write for her editor.

She thought and it came to her; on her computer she wrote The Ripple Love'.

She hoped people will learn the love and understanding she feels now when they finish her short novel.

She also hopes she will soon be graced with new love and a new story to write.