SR: * pops up in a superhero costume* Believe it or not I'm WALKIN' AROUND
I never thought I could u-up-da-a-ate!
Tasuki: SessyRyo, that movie was made before ya were born.
SR: ^-^ Details, details, Tasuki-sama. Anyhoot, I AM SO SORRY ABOUT MY LACK OF UPDATING!!! So much for my claim to "update weekly" in the first chappie. :/ This time, however, I may actually have a legitimate excuse!!
Tasuki and Ryoko: Gasp!!
SR: * sob sob* I was... so close to finishing this chapter originally.... BUT THEN MY MORONIC COMPUTER HAD TO DELETE ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IN ITS HARDDRIVE ASIDE FROM WHAT WAS IN THE MY DOCUMENTS FILE.
Tasuki and Ryoko: Boo!
SR: * sniffle* Yes yes very tragic. So.. you see why it's taken me a month and half. ^_^;; So please enjoy! I rewrote this chappie 7 times before I thought it came out right!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 7: Will I Ever See You Again?
Ryoko woke up from her catnap on the roof the next morning to the sound of sparrows, not exotic Chinese birds. She yawned and got up, and looked over the horizon. She had been lucky enough to catch the sunrise, something she never would have done normally. She usually slept in to about noon, however now it didn't seem difficult to get up this early at all.
She fazed through the roof and arrived in the kitchen, where Sasami was already busy with breakfast. "Ryoko-san!"
The space pirate had not noticed the little girl saying good morning three times in a row until now.
"Oh! Sorry, Sasami. I guess I'm still half asleep. What's for breakfast?"
The blue pigtailed princess smiled and replied saying that it was to be bananna pancakes.
"Are you okay, Ryoko-san? You've been acting strangley ever since you came back."
"I-I'm fine!" Ryoko turned around in a huff and walked away. She hadn't meant to yell at Sasami, but she didn't want to be asked about such things. / I'm fine./She went back to her sake and took a long swig. /I'm fine./
By the time she had settled down, Ayeka was already up and dressed. The purple haired princess walked up to her rival.
"Tenchi-sama is visiting today."
Ryoko just looked at her for a moment before taking another swig of sake.
"What's the matter, demon? Finally realize that Tenchi-sama will always choose me?"
This comment got a lot less distress and unhappiness from the demon than Ayeka had hoped, in fact, it didn't seem to affect her at all. The Jurain walked off in a huff. Ryoko smiled slightly and phased off. She was in a bit of a daze for most of the rest of the day, walking around aimlessly and drinking when she wasn't thirsty.
Sasami seemed worried, but couldn't do anything as she busily prepared some food for Tenchi's visit. Mihoshi didn't seem to notice how Ryoko was acting.
"Ryoko, why don't you put on that pretty dress you got earlier? I'm sure you want to dress up fancy for Tenchi, right?" Believing she was being witty, the Space Detective giggled.
Truth be told, seeing Tenchi was the last thing on Ryoko's mind, but as to not arouse suspicion, she smiled and walked to go get the dress. As soon as she entered the room Ryoko knew it was a mistake. The room was empty to anyone else, but to her it was bursting with memories she did not want to remember. The all flashed in her mind....
( "Tenchi, please! Something's not right about Sakuya! Something's not right!"
"You're just jealous! Ryoko, stop trying to invent problems so I'll dump Sakuya! It's so immature!"
"But Tenchi--!"
"Stop it!"
"Don't you understand that she's decieving you?!"
A slap sounded throughout the room She felt her still stinging cheek and looked in horror as the boy stormed out of the room....)
Ryoko surpressed a sob and walked out, fighting tears.
Meanwhile, green eyes watched her sadly from farther in the house.
".....Ryoko." **********************************************************
Ryoko sighed as she calmed down outside. /Now THAT was the last thing I needed./
She shook her head and took off from the ground. /Time for some ME time/ She stopped when she came to a hotspring.
("Ryoko, look! Ne, Taka, can we stop there?")
Images of the Suzaku no Miko and the others flooded her mind, and she smiled. /Tasuki, minna, how's it going in there?/
Ryoko eventually found some Japanese coins Washuu had given her recently and not only took a bath in the onsen, but also went out to eat and bought a new dress. It paid to know the genius, literally. Sometime later Ryoko found herself on a bridge overlooking a lake with a wonderful view of the moon. She leaned on the rail and looked at the heavenly body that she loved so much. It wasn't even full tonight, merely a sickle. She shook her head and smiled sadly. She felt something rub against her thigh. "Huh?" Ryoko felt in her pocket and pulled out the necklace Tasuki had returned to her back when what seemed like ages ago. She stared at it lovingly for a moment before slipping it back on her neck. The demon stayed at the spot for a few more moments before leaving, even daring to let loose a slight sniffle.
/Get it together, Ryoko, you've been acting weak for way too long./
She got back to the Masaki household sometime later, snuck in without being noticed, and collapsed on her bed. All will over what she was feeling that she had held all day slowly slipped away as she began to feel tears sting her eyes. She wanted desperately to help Tasuki and the others, she wanted to destroy Tenkou for what he had made her do, but she couldn't because if she saw any of them again she risked triggering the despicable evil Tenkou had planted in her. Curling up in a ball, Ryoko finally cried herself to sleep.
From the basement, a sad sigh was emitted. Washuu gazed at the screen as she watched Ryoko's sniffles slowly cease as sleep claimed her daughter. Rubbing her temples unhappily, the genius whispered, "Forgive me, Ryoko." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SR: Hmmmm..well if it was unbearably short please blame my math teacher. Stupid retard has me swamped with homework.
Mr. Waguespak: * screams like a little girl as Sessy's reviewers chase him*
SR: Ummmmmm..yeah. ^^;; Anyways, I once again apologize for my delay. * bows repeatedly in apology* In request for forgiveness, I hereby promise that I will have the 8th chapter up by the end of this week.
Ryoko: And if she doesn't Tas-chan and I will.... "persuade" her to put it up.
Tasuki: Whatever. The sooner this is over the better.
Ryoko: * GLOMP*
SR: And I'd like to say thank you to my newest reviewer, ElvenGoddess. * sniffles* Best Cross Over Award? F-for ME? * sobs uncontrollably* I-I-I FEEL SO LOVED! If you like this, Elven-san, than I highly recommend Fukai Tsumi's fic "Messing With Washuu's Inventions Has Advantages." A must see! (Better than mine, IMO) And thank you all, for being so patient with me! * starts typing the 8th chapter*
Tasuki: SessyRyo, that movie was made before ya were born.
SR: ^-^ Details, details, Tasuki-sama. Anyhoot, I AM SO SORRY ABOUT MY LACK OF UPDATING!!! So much for my claim to "update weekly" in the first chappie. :/ This time, however, I may actually have a legitimate excuse!!
Tasuki and Ryoko: Gasp!!
SR: * sob sob* I was... so close to finishing this chapter originally.... BUT THEN MY MORONIC COMPUTER HAD TO DELETE ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IN ITS HARDDRIVE ASIDE FROM WHAT WAS IN THE MY DOCUMENTS FILE.
Tasuki and Ryoko: Boo!
SR: * sniffle* Yes yes very tragic. So.. you see why it's taken me a month and half. ^_^;; So please enjoy! I rewrote this chappie 7 times before I thought it came out right!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 7: Will I Ever See You Again?
Ryoko woke up from her catnap on the roof the next morning to the sound of sparrows, not exotic Chinese birds. She yawned and got up, and looked over the horizon. She had been lucky enough to catch the sunrise, something she never would have done normally. She usually slept in to about noon, however now it didn't seem difficult to get up this early at all.
She fazed through the roof and arrived in the kitchen, where Sasami was already busy with breakfast. "Ryoko-san!"
The space pirate had not noticed the little girl saying good morning three times in a row until now.
"Oh! Sorry, Sasami. I guess I'm still half asleep. What's for breakfast?"
The blue pigtailed princess smiled and replied saying that it was to be bananna pancakes.
"Are you okay, Ryoko-san? You've been acting strangley ever since you came back."
"I-I'm fine!" Ryoko turned around in a huff and walked away. She hadn't meant to yell at Sasami, but she didn't want to be asked about such things. / I'm fine./She went back to her sake and took a long swig. /I'm fine./
By the time she had settled down, Ayeka was already up and dressed. The purple haired princess walked up to her rival.
"Tenchi-sama is visiting today."
Ryoko just looked at her for a moment before taking another swig of sake.
"What's the matter, demon? Finally realize that Tenchi-sama will always choose me?"
This comment got a lot less distress and unhappiness from the demon than Ayeka had hoped, in fact, it didn't seem to affect her at all. The Jurain walked off in a huff. Ryoko smiled slightly and phased off. She was in a bit of a daze for most of the rest of the day, walking around aimlessly and drinking when she wasn't thirsty.
Sasami seemed worried, but couldn't do anything as she busily prepared some food for Tenchi's visit. Mihoshi didn't seem to notice how Ryoko was acting.
"Ryoko, why don't you put on that pretty dress you got earlier? I'm sure you want to dress up fancy for Tenchi, right?" Believing she was being witty, the Space Detective giggled.
Truth be told, seeing Tenchi was the last thing on Ryoko's mind, but as to not arouse suspicion, she smiled and walked to go get the dress. As soon as she entered the room Ryoko knew it was a mistake. The room was empty to anyone else, but to her it was bursting with memories she did not want to remember. The all flashed in her mind....
( "Tenchi, please! Something's not right about Sakuya! Something's not right!"
"You're just jealous! Ryoko, stop trying to invent problems so I'll dump Sakuya! It's so immature!"
"But Tenchi--!"
"Stop it!"
"Don't you understand that she's decieving you?!"
A slap sounded throughout the room She felt her still stinging cheek and looked in horror as the boy stormed out of the room....)
Ryoko surpressed a sob and walked out, fighting tears.
Meanwhile, green eyes watched her sadly from farther in the house.
".....Ryoko." **********************************************************
Ryoko sighed as she calmed down outside. /Now THAT was the last thing I needed./
She shook her head and took off from the ground. /Time for some ME time/ She stopped when she came to a hotspring.
("Ryoko, look! Ne, Taka, can we stop there?")
Images of the Suzaku no Miko and the others flooded her mind, and she smiled. /Tasuki, minna, how's it going in there?/
Ryoko eventually found some Japanese coins Washuu had given her recently and not only took a bath in the onsen, but also went out to eat and bought a new dress. It paid to know the genius, literally. Sometime later Ryoko found herself on a bridge overlooking a lake with a wonderful view of the moon. She leaned on the rail and looked at the heavenly body that she loved so much. It wasn't even full tonight, merely a sickle. She shook her head and smiled sadly. She felt something rub against her thigh. "Huh?" Ryoko felt in her pocket and pulled out the necklace Tasuki had returned to her back when what seemed like ages ago. She stared at it lovingly for a moment before slipping it back on her neck. The demon stayed at the spot for a few more moments before leaving, even daring to let loose a slight sniffle.
/Get it together, Ryoko, you've been acting weak for way too long./
She got back to the Masaki household sometime later, snuck in without being noticed, and collapsed on her bed. All will over what she was feeling that she had held all day slowly slipped away as she began to feel tears sting her eyes. She wanted desperately to help Tasuki and the others, she wanted to destroy Tenkou for what he had made her do, but she couldn't because if she saw any of them again she risked triggering the despicable evil Tenkou had planted in her. Curling up in a ball, Ryoko finally cried herself to sleep.
From the basement, a sad sigh was emitted. Washuu gazed at the screen as she watched Ryoko's sniffles slowly cease as sleep claimed her daughter. Rubbing her temples unhappily, the genius whispered, "Forgive me, Ryoko." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SR: Hmmmm..well if it was unbearably short please blame my math teacher. Stupid retard has me swamped with homework.
Mr. Waguespak: * screams like a little girl as Sessy's reviewers chase him*
SR: Ummmmmm..yeah. ^^;; Anyways, I once again apologize for my delay. * bows repeatedly in apology* In request for forgiveness, I hereby promise that I will have the 8th chapter up by the end of this week.
Ryoko: And if she doesn't Tas-chan and I will.... "persuade" her to put it up.
Tasuki: Whatever. The sooner this is over the better.
Ryoko: * GLOMP*
SR: And I'd like to say thank you to my newest reviewer, ElvenGoddess. * sniffles* Best Cross Over Award? F-for ME? * sobs uncontrollably* I-I-I FEEL SO LOVED! If you like this, Elven-san, than I highly recommend Fukai Tsumi's fic "Messing With Washuu's Inventions Has Advantages." A must see! (Better than mine, IMO) And thank you all, for being so patient with me! * starts typing the 8th chapter*