Disclaimer: I do not own these characters nor do I claim too, this is a simple fan based homage. Their creators and the companies they work for and with own the characters and all that pertains to them. (I.E. Rumiko Takahashi) This is just fans of the show expressing their love for it for fun, no profit is involved or expected thank you.

Author's Notes: these five little mini-fics are character studies in truth showing how people can change in time and how certain things in the past unless dealt with can hinder your whole life. Also if anyone doesn't like how I have treated Akane the next chapter should hopefully answer some questions.

Love Lost 3 Mother's Lament

In a darkened house sobs steal through the night. A large bald man in a white gi and bandana looks toward the sound, sighing in disgust and with a muttered, "stupid boy." Trudging through the halls to a room lit by a couple of candles Genma Saotome looks onto his wife. She sits knelling on the floor of the boy's room. Why she had it decorated to look just like his one in the old house is beyond him the boy wasn't five anymore. But there she sits a couple of photo albums open before her.

"Nodoka you can't keep doing this the boy screwed up." "No," she sobs, "it's my fault I shouldn't have pushed them together, they weren't ready, they were too young." "Just calm down everything'll be all right No-Chan. Her only response was to cry more, the sound was only muffled slightly as Genma shut the door. "Stupid boy," he utters though with less heat than before as he walks to the kitchen to find some food.

End Notes: As I have said before this five part series is really just a prologue-fic. Dealing with how certain main characters have changed and how the past four years since the end of the series have changed things. As always constructive C & C is appreciated.

Signed: Verse12