PART 2O Life Without Heartbreak
Aeka looked out the window of her room.
[My last day on Earth.] Aeka thought.
She stood up and went downstairs to the kitchen. Sasami was
making some cookies for the journey and for the rest to have.
"Hello, Aeka!" Sasami said cheerfully. Aeka looked at her
younger sister in confusion. Why was she so happy?
"You seem happy today, Sasami." Aeka said.
"Oh, that's just nothing!" Sasami replied.
"Aren't you a bit disappointed that we're leaving?"
"Of course!"
"Huh?"
"It's just that something happened and I'm too happy to be sad!"
"Huh?"
"I just can't explain it. I just...can't describe it."
"All right..."
Aeka left the kitchen with a look of consternation. But she
did understand her sister a bit. Just a little bit. Then she
figured it out: Gohan. Of course it was Gohan! Aeka smiled,
knowing her sister finally found someone to love. Aeka was glad
for her sister but she was a bit envious too. Aeka went outside.
A tear trickled down her cheek as she saw what she was leaving
and remembered what she left.
Sasami put back the lid of the cookie jar after putting in
the last cookie and a little note. Sasami went outside to look
for Ryo-Ohki.
"Ryo-Ohki!!!" she called out. Nothing.
"Ryo-Ohki, where are you?!" Nothing. Sasami waited and then went
to look for Ryo-Ohki.
"Where could she be?" Sasami wondered. Then she heard some
hopping sounds.
"Ryo-Ohki?" she asked. Ryo-Ohki popped out of the bushes with
a letter tied to her back.
"There you are, Ryo-Ohki!" Sasami exclaimed.
"Meow! Meow! Meow!" Ryo-Ohki said.
"What's this tied to your back?" Sasami wondered, untieing the
letter.
Dear Sasami,
I found Ryo-Ohki at the bus stop home and I wanted to make
a note before I left. I'm really going to miss you and I left
my golden yen on the ground so I'll always remember Okayama and
you. I buried it near the bus stop sign. I hope that we see
each other again. I'll always remember you, I promise.
Love,
Gohan
Sasami quickly folded back the letter after reading it and
ran to the bus stop. Ryo-Ohki followed.
"Ryo-Ohki, do you know where Gohan's gold yen is?" Sasami asked.
"Meow!" Ryo-Ohki replied as she began digging up a hole by
the bus stop sign. Ryo-Ohki took out a 1O yen piece. But it
wasn't gold. It was just the plain color. Sasami pulled the
yen piece from Ryo-Ohki's mouth.
"Oh well. At least I can buy a snack with this." Sasami said. Then
she noticed that Ryo-Ohki scratched the yen with her teeth. Sasami
saw a color difference. Sasami went back to the house and took
out a knife and started scratching the yen piece. It was gold.
Sasami smiled in relief and place the golden yen near her heart.
"Oh, Gohan!" she giggled.
Asahi brushed off the dirt on his robes. He went up the trail.
"Meow!" he heard. Asahi turned around and saw Ryo-Ohki hopping
towards him.
"Hey, Ryo-Ohki!" Asahi called out. When Ryo-Ohki reached him,
she hopped on to his shoulder. Asahi continued up the trail.
Then he saw a figure in the distance. He ran towards it. It was
his mother.
"Mother!" he called out. Aeka turned to him. Asahi ran into
Aeka's arms.
"What are you doing out here, Asahi?" she asked.
"I wanted to play!" Asahi replied. "What are YOU doing here?"
"Oh, I'm just enjoying the scenery." Aeka said.
"Can I enjoy the scenery with you?" Asahi asked.
"All right." Aeka said. Asahi sat down on the ground but then
Aeka picked him up.
"Don't get your clothes dirty!" Aeka scolded.
"Sorry, mother." Asahi said. Aeka smiled and continued looking
at the scenery.
"Mother?" Asahi asked.
"What is it, Asahi?" Aeka asked.
"Why do we have to leave?"
"Your grandfather wants us to come back home."
"But this is home, mother."
"Our home planet, Jurai."
"But I didn't see father yet."
"Don't you want to see Jurai again?"
"I really like Earth. I don't want to go. Not at least until I
see my father."
"Wouldn't you want a new father?"
"A new father?"
"Yes. He's back on Jurai. I know you'll love him."
"But how about my father, Vegeta? Don't you like him anymore?"
Aeka was speechless. She dropped on her knees in front of Asahi.
"What's wrong, mother?" Asahi asked, worriedly. Aeka looked up at
him with a smile.
"Oh, Asahi. I love you so much." Aeka said.
"I love you too a lot." Asahi replied.
"But if we stay here on Earth and you choose Vegeta to be your
father, you will never feel a father's love."
"Why not? What are you talking about, mother?"
"Your father, Vegeta is already married to someone else and
he has other children."
"I can share him."
"But I cannot. It would just be wrong if I married him."
"You don't have to."
"But if I do not get married, I will have to marry the other
man back in Jurai. You and Sasami will then have to come with me."
"Well..."
"I'm sorry, Asahi."
"Don't be sorry, mother. We're going back to Jurai and meet my
new father!"
Aeka held her son's small hands with her own.
"Thank you, Asahi."
Asahi lifted Aeka from the ground.
"Don't get your clothes dirty. You want to look good for father,
don't you?"
"It's really goodbye, isn't it, Tenchi?" Aeka said.
"Of course not. Just think of it as going back to work." Tenchi
said. Aeka smiled and gave Tenchi a nod. Aeka, Sasami and Asahi
walked towards the ship.
"Bye! Take care of yourselves! Come back soon!" Tenchi called out.
"I'll see you sometime!" Sasami replied.
"Meow!" Ryo-Ohki said.
"Bye, Ryo-Ohki!" Sasami said. The three bowed as they boarded the
ship. Sasami and Asahi settled themselves. Aeka put on the screen
and slowly watched the Earth fade away.
"i'm just going back to work." she whispered to herself. "Someday,
I will have my vacation. Someday, I will come back to find him."
Just as Vegeta was about to let out a punch, he suddenly stopped.
[She's gone.] he thought. Vegeta sat down on a chair. [She
really meant it.]
Vegeta crossed his arms then spotted the scar where he cut
himself. Then something suddenly flowed through him. Vegeta
couldn't help but smile. Not an evil grin. Just a smile. He
knew she'd come back because there would always be a connection.
She would come back to him because they shared the same blood.
-TO BE CONTINUED...
Aeka looked out the window of her room.
[My last day on Earth.] Aeka thought.
She stood up and went downstairs to the kitchen. Sasami was
making some cookies for the journey and for the rest to have.
"Hello, Aeka!" Sasami said cheerfully. Aeka looked at her
younger sister in confusion. Why was she so happy?
"You seem happy today, Sasami." Aeka said.
"Oh, that's just nothing!" Sasami replied.
"Aren't you a bit disappointed that we're leaving?"
"Of course!"
"Huh?"
"It's just that something happened and I'm too happy to be sad!"
"Huh?"
"I just can't explain it. I just...can't describe it."
"All right..."
Aeka left the kitchen with a look of consternation. But she
did understand her sister a bit. Just a little bit. Then she
figured it out: Gohan. Of course it was Gohan! Aeka smiled,
knowing her sister finally found someone to love. Aeka was glad
for her sister but she was a bit envious too. Aeka went outside.
A tear trickled down her cheek as she saw what she was leaving
and remembered what she left.
Sasami put back the lid of the cookie jar after putting in
the last cookie and a little note. Sasami went outside to look
for Ryo-Ohki.
"Ryo-Ohki!!!" she called out. Nothing.
"Ryo-Ohki, where are you?!" Nothing. Sasami waited and then went
to look for Ryo-Ohki.
"Where could she be?" Sasami wondered. Then she heard some
hopping sounds.
"Ryo-Ohki?" she asked. Ryo-Ohki popped out of the bushes with
a letter tied to her back.
"There you are, Ryo-Ohki!" Sasami exclaimed.
"Meow! Meow! Meow!" Ryo-Ohki said.
"What's this tied to your back?" Sasami wondered, untieing the
letter.
Dear Sasami,
I found Ryo-Ohki at the bus stop home and I wanted to make
a note before I left. I'm really going to miss you and I left
my golden yen on the ground so I'll always remember Okayama and
you. I buried it near the bus stop sign. I hope that we see
each other again. I'll always remember you, I promise.
Love,
Gohan
Sasami quickly folded back the letter after reading it and
ran to the bus stop. Ryo-Ohki followed.
"Ryo-Ohki, do you know where Gohan's gold yen is?" Sasami asked.
"Meow!" Ryo-Ohki replied as she began digging up a hole by
the bus stop sign. Ryo-Ohki took out a 1O yen piece. But it
wasn't gold. It was just the plain color. Sasami pulled the
yen piece from Ryo-Ohki's mouth.
"Oh well. At least I can buy a snack with this." Sasami said. Then
she noticed that Ryo-Ohki scratched the yen with her teeth. Sasami
saw a color difference. Sasami went back to the house and took
out a knife and started scratching the yen piece. It was gold.
Sasami smiled in relief and place the golden yen near her heart.
"Oh, Gohan!" she giggled.
Asahi brushed off the dirt on his robes. He went up the trail.
"Meow!" he heard. Asahi turned around and saw Ryo-Ohki hopping
towards him.
"Hey, Ryo-Ohki!" Asahi called out. When Ryo-Ohki reached him,
she hopped on to his shoulder. Asahi continued up the trail.
Then he saw a figure in the distance. He ran towards it. It was
his mother.
"Mother!" he called out. Aeka turned to him. Asahi ran into
Aeka's arms.
"What are you doing out here, Asahi?" she asked.
"I wanted to play!" Asahi replied. "What are YOU doing here?"
"Oh, I'm just enjoying the scenery." Aeka said.
"Can I enjoy the scenery with you?" Asahi asked.
"All right." Aeka said. Asahi sat down on the ground but then
Aeka picked him up.
"Don't get your clothes dirty!" Aeka scolded.
"Sorry, mother." Asahi said. Aeka smiled and continued looking
at the scenery.
"Mother?" Asahi asked.
"What is it, Asahi?" Aeka asked.
"Why do we have to leave?"
"Your grandfather wants us to come back home."
"But this is home, mother."
"Our home planet, Jurai."
"But I didn't see father yet."
"Don't you want to see Jurai again?"
"I really like Earth. I don't want to go. Not at least until I
see my father."
"Wouldn't you want a new father?"
"A new father?"
"Yes. He's back on Jurai. I know you'll love him."
"But how about my father, Vegeta? Don't you like him anymore?"
Aeka was speechless. She dropped on her knees in front of Asahi.
"What's wrong, mother?" Asahi asked, worriedly. Aeka looked up at
him with a smile.
"Oh, Asahi. I love you so much." Aeka said.
"I love you too a lot." Asahi replied.
"But if we stay here on Earth and you choose Vegeta to be your
father, you will never feel a father's love."
"Why not? What are you talking about, mother?"
"Your father, Vegeta is already married to someone else and
he has other children."
"I can share him."
"But I cannot. It would just be wrong if I married him."
"You don't have to."
"But if I do not get married, I will have to marry the other
man back in Jurai. You and Sasami will then have to come with me."
"Well..."
"I'm sorry, Asahi."
"Don't be sorry, mother. We're going back to Jurai and meet my
new father!"
Aeka held her son's small hands with her own.
"Thank you, Asahi."
Asahi lifted Aeka from the ground.
"Don't get your clothes dirty. You want to look good for father,
don't you?"
"It's really goodbye, isn't it, Tenchi?" Aeka said.
"Of course not. Just think of it as going back to work." Tenchi
said. Aeka smiled and gave Tenchi a nod. Aeka, Sasami and Asahi
walked towards the ship.
"Bye! Take care of yourselves! Come back soon!" Tenchi called out.
"I'll see you sometime!" Sasami replied.
"Meow!" Ryo-Ohki said.
"Bye, Ryo-Ohki!" Sasami said. The three bowed as they boarded the
ship. Sasami and Asahi settled themselves. Aeka put on the screen
and slowly watched the Earth fade away.
"i'm just going back to work." she whispered to herself. "Someday,
I will have my vacation. Someday, I will come back to find him."
Just as Vegeta was about to let out a punch, he suddenly stopped.
[She's gone.] he thought. Vegeta sat down on a chair. [She
really meant it.]
Vegeta crossed his arms then spotted the scar where he cut
himself. Then something suddenly flowed through him. Vegeta
couldn't help but smile. Not an evil grin. Just a smile. He
knew she'd come back because there would always be a connection.
She would come back to him because they shared the same blood.
-TO BE CONTINUED...