Chapter Two
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The Truth of Ryoko's Matter
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'Why did you have to go and leave me here,
why did you have to forget my name,
I barely knew you... I barely did,
And I had a hope we would get along...
Since the day I met you... I forget it... I forget,
and sorry I did,
Mother....Mother dearest...
mothe...'
Rytenoh stopped writing to release her cries. She did not understand. Why did her mother leave? And did her mother mean to leave? ...or did somebody do something to her? Was she lost, captured, killed...........
Rytenoh saw a tear roll down her cheek...and landed softly on her pink notebook paper. She got her page soaked in tears of her own.
Then, Ayeka came into the room, she seemed very concerned.
"Rytenoh....." Ayeka sat down right next to the crying child.
"Aunt Ayeka..." Rytenoh studdered, "Why did mommy leave?"
Rytenoh felt a rush of pain through her... some pain that she had felt before. It felt like Ryoko was actually talking to her. She cringed at this feeling,...and she looked back at Ayeka.
Ayeka looked like she was about to cry also. She hung her head, trying to hide her royal tears from me. Why was she crying? What... why was SHE crying about?
"Rytenoh," Ayeka sighed, "Your mother, Ryoko... was never found. We, never knew what happened to her."
This hit Rytenoh like a ton of bricks.
"Never even tried to find her?" Rytenoh shook her head in disgust. Ayeka shook her head.
"No...I didn't say anything much yet..." Ayeka responded. Rytenoh closed her diary quickly, forgetting it was even there.
Rytenoh bursted into even more tears and dashed into Ayeka's arms. Ayeka looked at Rytenoh and slowly sat Rytenoh back up, wiping away the little girl's tears away from her eyes.
"Rytenoh...since your mother was gone... your father asked me to be..." Ayeka got choked up in her words. Rytenoh paused.
"...Yes?"
"Your father told me to be your....I guess... Mother now..."
"You..? Ayeka, Princess of Jurai.... First princess of JURAI?! NO WAY!! I WANT A MOTHER WHO ISN'T A SNOB, A BRAT! I WANT A MOTHER WHO IS INDEPENDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Ryte....Ryten....Rytenoh-san." Ayeka dashed out of the room in tears.
"AND I DO HOPE MY FATHER WILL TAKE THAT HONOR AWAY FROM YOU!"
And so, Ayeka then went into her own room and locked the door. Her face looked like a disaster -- well, yours would too. Ayeka slid down the door and covered her pale white face.
And so... Ayeka did not come out of her room for days... thinking about her honors and thinking about what her niece said to her..........
And Ayeka thought this was all true. And Ayeka never ate...never slept...for 5 days......
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The Truth of Ryoko's Matter
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'Why did you have to go and leave me here,
why did you have to forget my name,
I barely knew you... I barely did,
And I had a hope we would get along...
Since the day I met you... I forget it... I forget,
and sorry I did,
Mother....Mother dearest...
mothe...'
Rytenoh stopped writing to release her cries. She did not understand. Why did her mother leave? And did her mother mean to leave? ...or did somebody do something to her? Was she lost, captured, killed...........
Rytenoh saw a tear roll down her cheek...and landed softly on her pink notebook paper. She got her page soaked in tears of her own.
Then, Ayeka came into the room, she seemed very concerned.
"Rytenoh....." Ayeka sat down right next to the crying child.
"Aunt Ayeka..." Rytenoh studdered, "Why did mommy leave?"
Rytenoh felt a rush of pain through her... some pain that she had felt before. It felt like Ryoko was actually talking to her. She cringed at this feeling,...and she looked back at Ayeka.
Ayeka looked like she was about to cry also. She hung her head, trying to hide her royal tears from me. Why was she crying? What... why was SHE crying about?
"Rytenoh," Ayeka sighed, "Your mother, Ryoko... was never found. We, never knew what happened to her."
This hit Rytenoh like a ton of bricks.
"Never even tried to find her?" Rytenoh shook her head in disgust. Ayeka shook her head.
"No...I didn't say anything much yet..." Ayeka responded. Rytenoh closed her diary quickly, forgetting it was even there.
Rytenoh bursted into even more tears and dashed into Ayeka's arms. Ayeka looked at Rytenoh and slowly sat Rytenoh back up, wiping away the little girl's tears away from her eyes.
"Rytenoh...since your mother was gone... your father asked me to be..." Ayeka got choked up in her words. Rytenoh paused.
"...Yes?"
"Your father told me to be your....I guess... Mother now..."
"You..? Ayeka, Princess of Jurai.... First princess of JURAI?! NO WAY!! I WANT A MOTHER WHO ISN'T A SNOB, A BRAT! I WANT A MOTHER WHO IS INDEPENDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Ryte....Ryten....Rytenoh-san." Ayeka dashed out of the room in tears.
"AND I DO HOPE MY FATHER WILL TAKE THAT HONOR AWAY FROM YOU!"
And so, Ayeka then went into her own room and locked the door. Her face looked like a disaster -- well, yours would too. Ayeka slid down the door and covered her pale white face.
And so... Ayeka did not come out of her room for days... thinking about her honors and thinking about what her niece said to her..........
And Ayeka thought this was all true. And Ayeka never ate...never slept...for 5 days......
