THAT HURT TOO DEEP – Ch. 4
Disclaimer: And I still don't own anything Tenchi…and still, AIC and Pioneer do…
Ok…on with the story! Oh, by the way:
Ryoko's thoughts
Tenchi's thoughts
Three months had passed away, and still Ryoko hid in her shell, not telling anyone her
secret, not even her one true love, Tenchi.
"Tenchi, you big fat-head, where the hell are you?"
"I'm right here, Ryoko." Tenchi's voice was low and extremely sad, and he hung his
head low.
"Oh, Tenchi! You snuck up on me!" Ryoko was scared, but half-excited.
"Ryoko…" Tenchi looked up and strait into her cat-like amber eyes. "I-I haven't seen
you, for a few weeks, huh, Ryoko?"
"Did you miss me?"
Very. "Yes…"
Ryoko just smiled, she had learned perfectly well how to hide the deep depression inside
her.
"Ryoko, please, tell me what happen, three months ago, please?"
"No Tenchi." I can't tell you! Suddenly, Ryoko burst into tears, and buried herself
behind her hands, and spurted out: "I wouldn't be able to bear it if what I said got you
killed!"
"Ryoko?! What?! What are you saying? What could get me killed?"
Ryoko went into hysteric crying, she couldn't stop.
"Shhh…Ryoko please…" Tenchi wrapped his arm around her shoulder, and this time
she didn't pull away. "You can tell me what happened."
Shyly, Ryoko responded, "You wont tell, will you?"
"No."
"Promise me! Not under any circumstances! Not even Washu…even if she is my mom or
whatever…"
"I swear it, Ryoko, by the moon."
"No, not the moon, the moon is constantly changing, I fear your swear might, too…"
"Then I swear it on the…"
"Nothing stays the same forever, Tenchi…"
"But I swear this promise will."
"Alright…" Ryoko weakly began, not wanting to say a single word of it, "Kagato
kidnapped me, and wanted me to tell the secret of your power…"
"Did you?" Tenchi sounded worried.
"No, Tenchi…I didn't."
"Was that all? Was that all you were depressed abo-"
"No Tenchi! It wasn't! Okay?! He tortured me and raped me! He completely violated me
in everyway, Tenchi! Okay??" Tenchi suddenly released his grip on Ryoko.
"He what…" He sat wide-eyed and silent, staring at Ryoko dumbfounded.
"That's right, Tenchi!"
"All because you kept my secret…" Tenchi tore his face away from Ryoko and looked
down into his hands…he didn't know what to feel.
"I did it for you, Tenchi." Ryoko vanished and the air shimmered where she was just
standing.
Ryoko reappeared in her room, and dove for her pillow, in which she buried her head,
and cried.
Tenchi stay sitting in the hot onsen water, not moving, just thinking. She…did
that…for me…me! All that torture for me! That hurt him too deep. He put his hand
up to his head, "How she must fell…she must think she did this for someone that doesn't
even love her back!" Ryoko…my Ryoko…I'm so sorry… Tenchi started to cry,
too.
Disclaimer: And I still don't own anything Tenchi…and still, AIC and Pioneer do…
Ok…on with the story! Oh, by the way:
Ryoko's thoughts
Tenchi's thoughts
Three months had passed away, and still Ryoko hid in her shell, not telling anyone her
secret, not even her one true love, Tenchi.
"Tenchi, you big fat-head, where the hell are you?"
"I'm right here, Ryoko." Tenchi's voice was low and extremely sad, and he hung his
head low.
"Oh, Tenchi! You snuck up on me!" Ryoko was scared, but half-excited.
"Ryoko…" Tenchi looked up and strait into her cat-like amber eyes. "I-I haven't seen
you, for a few weeks, huh, Ryoko?"
"Did you miss me?"
Very. "Yes…"
Ryoko just smiled, she had learned perfectly well how to hide the deep depression inside
her.
"Ryoko, please, tell me what happen, three months ago, please?"
"No Tenchi." I can't tell you! Suddenly, Ryoko burst into tears, and buried herself
behind her hands, and spurted out: "I wouldn't be able to bear it if what I said got you
killed!"
"Ryoko?! What?! What are you saying? What could get me killed?"
Ryoko went into hysteric crying, she couldn't stop.
"Shhh…Ryoko please…" Tenchi wrapped his arm around her shoulder, and this time
she didn't pull away. "You can tell me what happened."
Shyly, Ryoko responded, "You wont tell, will you?"
"No."
"Promise me! Not under any circumstances! Not even Washu…even if she is my mom or
whatever…"
"I swear it, Ryoko, by the moon."
"No, not the moon, the moon is constantly changing, I fear your swear might, too…"
"Then I swear it on the…"
"Nothing stays the same forever, Tenchi…"
"But I swear this promise will."
"Alright…" Ryoko weakly began, not wanting to say a single word of it, "Kagato
kidnapped me, and wanted me to tell the secret of your power…"
"Did you?" Tenchi sounded worried.
"No, Tenchi…I didn't."
"Was that all? Was that all you were depressed abo-"
"No Tenchi! It wasn't! Okay?! He tortured me and raped me! He completely violated me
in everyway, Tenchi! Okay??" Tenchi suddenly released his grip on Ryoko.
"He what…" He sat wide-eyed and silent, staring at Ryoko dumbfounded.
"That's right, Tenchi!"
"All because you kept my secret…" Tenchi tore his face away from Ryoko and looked
down into his hands…he didn't know what to feel.
"I did it for you, Tenchi." Ryoko vanished and the air shimmered where she was just
standing.
Ryoko reappeared in her room, and dove for her pillow, in which she buried her head,
and cried.
Tenchi stay sitting in the hot onsen water, not moving, just thinking. She…did
that…for me…me! All that torture for me! That hurt him too deep. He put his hand
up to his head, "How she must fell…she must think she did this for someone that doesn't
even love her back!" Ryoko…my Ryoko…I'm so sorry… Tenchi started to cry,
too.