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THAT HURT TOO DEEP – Ch. 7
"Ryoko!" Sasami gasped. "You've finally decided to show up!" She giggled.
"Yes, I suppose so." Ryoko quietly answered.
"I'll set another place, then." Since Ryoko disappeared from meals, Sasami stopped
setting a place for her at the table. "It's good to have you back." She smiled big, and
Ryoko half smiled back.
As the rest of the girls came down, they greeted Ryoko with the most respect and
kindness they had ever given her. Ryoko started to feel good on the inside, though very
little. Ayeka came down last. "Oh, so you really are here. Alright then." Ayeka's voice
was very stern, and she did not talk at all to anyone the rest of the night.
The day passed very quickly, and Ryoko sat on the same ceiling beam she used to sit on
all the time, as everyone else attended to his or her daily activities: Tenchi was in the
carrot field, along with Ryo-Ohki, Sasami was cooking, Washu was in her lab, and so on.
Ryoko just gazed in deep thought, not taking notice to anything else. The sun slowly set,
and Tenchi was finally finished in the fields. "I'm home!" Ryoko turned her head
towards the voice she so longed to hear. "You saved me Tenchi, maybe…you do care."
Ryoko said it so quietly that no one could hear her.
"Hi Tenchi, dinner is almost ready!" Sasami chimed.
"Thank you, Sasami." Tenchi was moderately happy.
Maybe he was thinking during his work, as I have been…Ryo-Ohki can you hear me?
Ryo-Ohki! Ryoko connected telepathically with her little brown cabbit, but the only
reply she got was that Tenchi had said nothing the whole day. That was not the response
she wanted.
"Ryoko?" Tenchi looked up.
"Yes, Tenchi?"
"Can I…talk to you?"
"Alright Tenchi. What do you have to say?"
"I meant alone."
"Then where should we talk?"
"Let's go to the onsen."
Ryoko tilted her head at Tenchi, "Okay." Ryoko vanished, leaving the air to shimmer.
Tenchi ran to his room, and with in minutes, he was walking up to the onsen. He had no
intentions but to talk, and he hoped Ryoko knew that. I'm sure she does…she knows I
just want to talk, right?
Tenchi's thoughts were confirmed when he walked in, seeing Ryoko once again in her
pink towel, sitting in the steamy waters.
"Ryoko?"
She nodded, "What is it, Tenchi?"
"Well, Ryoko…" There's no other way but to say it strait out "I know, your still
hurting inside, and, and, I want to help you…get happy again…seeing that its mostly my
fault that…you got so badly and horribly hurt." Tenchi's eyes watered as he brought his
head up to look at Ryoko. He walked across the wooden floor, and slid into the water
next to Ryoko. He looked over. Ryoko was crying.
"What's wrong?"
"Your right, Tenchi, completely right. My soul feels like its twisted up inside me, ready
to leave me at any second…Please help me, Tenchi, if you say you can!" Ryoko looked
Tenchi strait in the eyes, with hope in her heart.
"First, Ryoko, lets go see Washu…she might be able to help with the baby inside of
you."
All Ryoko needed was one thing, and this was not it.
"Fine. If you say it will help." She was still crying her eyes out, unable to stop the tears.
Tenchi gave her a hand out of the water and the walked back to the house in silence.
THAT HURT TOO DEEP – Ch. 7
"Ryoko!" Sasami gasped. "You've finally decided to show up!" She giggled.
"Yes, I suppose so." Ryoko quietly answered.
"I'll set another place, then." Since Ryoko disappeared from meals, Sasami stopped
setting a place for her at the table. "It's good to have you back." She smiled big, and
Ryoko half smiled back.
As the rest of the girls came down, they greeted Ryoko with the most respect and
kindness they had ever given her. Ryoko started to feel good on the inside, though very
little. Ayeka came down last. "Oh, so you really are here. Alright then." Ayeka's voice
was very stern, and she did not talk at all to anyone the rest of the night.
The day passed very quickly, and Ryoko sat on the same ceiling beam she used to sit on
all the time, as everyone else attended to his or her daily activities: Tenchi was in the
carrot field, along with Ryo-Ohki, Sasami was cooking, Washu was in her lab, and so on.
Ryoko just gazed in deep thought, not taking notice to anything else. The sun slowly set,
and Tenchi was finally finished in the fields. "I'm home!" Ryoko turned her head
towards the voice she so longed to hear. "You saved me Tenchi, maybe…you do care."
Ryoko said it so quietly that no one could hear her.
"Hi Tenchi, dinner is almost ready!" Sasami chimed.
"Thank you, Sasami." Tenchi was moderately happy.
Maybe he was thinking during his work, as I have been…Ryo-Ohki can you hear me?
Ryo-Ohki! Ryoko connected telepathically with her little brown cabbit, but the only
reply she got was that Tenchi had said nothing the whole day. That was not the response
she wanted.
"Ryoko?" Tenchi looked up.
"Yes, Tenchi?"
"Can I…talk to you?"
"Alright Tenchi. What do you have to say?"
"I meant alone."
"Then where should we talk?"
"Let's go to the onsen."
Ryoko tilted her head at Tenchi, "Okay." Ryoko vanished, leaving the air to shimmer.
Tenchi ran to his room, and with in minutes, he was walking up to the onsen. He had no
intentions but to talk, and he hoped Ryoko knew that. I'm sure she does…she knows I
just want to talk, right?
Tenchi's thoughts were confirmed when he walked in, seeing Ryoko once again in her
pink towel, sitting in the steamy waters.
"Ryoko?"
She nodded, "What is it, Tenchi?"
"Well, Ryoko…" There's no other way but to say it strait out "I know, your still
hurting inside, and, and, I want to help you…get happy again…seeing that its mostly my
fault that…you got so badly and horribly hurt." Tenchi's eyes watered as he brought his
head up to look at Ryoko. He walked across the wooden floor, and slid into the water
next to Ryoko. He looked over. Ryoko was crying.
"What's wrong?"
"Your right, Tenchi, completely right. My soul feels like its twisted up inside me, ready
to leave me at any second…Please help me, Tenchi, if you say you can!" Ryoko looked
Tenchi strait in the eyes, with hope in her heart.
"First, Ryoko, lets go see Washu…she might be able to help with the baby inside of
you."
All Ryoko needed was one thing, and this was not it.
"Fine. If you say it will help." She was still crying her eyes out, unable to stop the tears.
Tenchi gave her a hand out of the water and the walked back to the house in silence.