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Forbidden Fruit
By xxxaddictivexxx


Chapter 1: Some things are better left unsaid...




Goodbye's the saddest word I've ever hear,
Goodbye is the last time I will hold you near
Someday you will say that word and I will cry,
It will break my heart to hear you say goodbye.

Goodbye (the saddest word), Celine Dion.





------------on Jurai. Tenchi POV.


The water crashed into the rocks with passion, swirling through the maze of peddles and water plants. The mingling tinkle stayed in my ears, as I felt a shadow of a once happy smile played on my lips.

Everything was so surreal in it's beauty; I almost thought I was living in a painting. My heart sung joyfully with the birds, my soul flew in the soft luminous clouds above my wife and me.

Wisps of violet locks framed gently around her pale face, her breath rising slowly and softly with the hands of sleep. Her serenity and grace seemed to seep into my body, a calm like no other forcing it's way into my skin.

It was just, I didn't want to feel calm anymore.

My lips let go a sigh, as I rested my head against the soft trunk of the Jurian tree we had resided under. The sun...err, the star or whatever that damn bright thing in the atmosphere was, was extremely hot today.

Ayeka's eyes fluttered open, as she searched the surroundings and yawned in a really cute fashion. Her eyes met mine, and softened as she snuggled closer to my body.

Golden pools of glorious light danced with my-

Golden?

I gasped; looking startled enough for her to notice. She sat upright, and quickly checked the front of her shirt for anything that she presumed was the cause of my dismay.

"Lord Tenchi?!? What is it?"

I blinked; her eyes were a deep shade of purple, not the very familiar gold I gazed at before. It must be the sun...star! Whatever! Let us just say it was the heat...

"Ayeka, darling...it's..." I paused abruptly, "what the hell?"

Cyan hair enveloped us, as she giggled at the passing wind that blew her hair around. Its smell was of sakura petals, shining in the light with radiance.

"Ryoko..."

My lips breathed her name, and my heart fluttered wildly at the thought of the pirate. It felt giddy, it was rather embarrassing...

"WHAT IN THE WORLD! Ryoko?"

My mind tumbled back towards my body, hitting me and leaving me with a cloudy persona. I blinked my eyes, clearing the mystified vision. My gaze focused on my wife, her face red and her eyes screaming silently with jealousy.

"Umm...well, I just miss everything on earth..."

Her eyes softened, "You want to visit soon?"

Visit? More like move back and live there, as a normal man with his wife. I was beginning to despise this life of royalty; I wasn't made to be a king. If I could only tell Ayeka, if she would only understand...

Fat chance, I knew she was stubborn since the day I tied the knot. Something I respect about her...sometimes...

"Yeh, I want to visit."

She looked nervous almost, "Why? You can't wait till next year?"

I sighed, "Ayeka, I miss everything...I really want to go!"

This time she sighed, and as soon as the breath escaped her lips I knew I was leaving to earth.

"I cannot come along on your trip, you know."

I smiled, gathering the queen of my heart in my arms. She smelt like lilac and vanilla, but right now I lingered for the smell of...

I sighed, "I wont be gone long."

I just wanted to smell that sakura again.


-------on earth.



Ryoko watched the skies endless face twinkle in happiness, a stray comet flying across with it's tail following it's body. She imagine riding one, sailing through the sky in indulging ecstasy. Sweet bliss in her eyes, as she danced among Orion's Belt.

It had been a while since she had gazed at the stars, since lately her time has been spent moping around in the dampness of that dreadful cave. What brought her there was unknown to even her, yet the musty surroundings seemed to enclose her in a moment of numbness. She was able to forget the painful beating of her heart.

Being in the fresh air again helped her breath more easy, yet with every intake of breath the prick of pain mixed within her. The memories she tried so hard to distinguish came blazing back with irony.

Her Tenchi...

Or rather Ayeka's Tenchi.

The man she thought would hold her in the endless embrace of love, delivering her rather with this pain she was beginning to think unbearable.

It was funny how quickly pain could turn to love, and love can turn to pain. It was almost as if they were one emotion the same.

"Ryoko...?"

Breath caught in her throat, promising to choke her slowly as she turned her head.

Once again, brown met gold.




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