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Ryoko paced around her room frowning, sure she knew she had to tell him, but she wasn't sure how to. After all this was something major. She punched the wall angrily, causing a small indention and several small cracks to spread out from it. She was stronger than this, this shouldn't have been so hard. Taking a breath she walked to the door, this was something she had to do and she was going to do it even if it destroyed everything she had.

Tenchi walked out of the kitchen, having just finished washing dishes. He paused noting how quiet it had been lately. He knew the source, it was because of Ryoko's absence. Without her the group seemed to be lifeless. She gave of an energy that seemed to draw people like a moth to a flame. That was how it used to feel around her, now it was like she had lost her spirit. Tenchi sighed and continued up the stairs still lost in his thoughts about Ryoko. He pasted Ryoko's door and entered his own room a few minutes before she left her room.

Ryoko approached Tenchi's door, and summoned all of her courage as she knocked. She had to tell him and it had to be now. Tenchi opened the door almost immediately smiling at her. "Hello Ryoko"

"Tenchi we have to talk about something" Ryoko stated simply as she pushed past him into his room. She found a place to sit and spoke in a low whispery voice. "We need to talk,"

"Okay, what about? " Tenchi said and found a place to sit down, rather close to her listening intently.

"I need to tell you what happened that weekend I went out to space, but, please don't ask any question till the end. This is going to be hard enough." Tenchi nodded and Ryoko began her story.

"It started out like any other of my trips, I went to the space station to check in and see Matrios. He is a friend of mind and I have known him for along time. When I got in he was waiting. Matrios had heard something about this thing in space, It was believed to be the keeper of the divine knowledge. "

"So naturally we had to go see it, he had been waiting for my next trip so that we could go together. We loaded up and took separate ships. Matrios only had approximate coordinates so we had to do some searching for it but when we found it we were amazed." Her eyes seemed to glow slightly as she remembered. "It was so bright, it had this bright light that called to me like it knew me or something. Then suddenly the ship started to rumble and I was being pulled to the light, faster than should be possible. Matrios sent a message asking what was I doing, I told him that I was being pulled in like a black hole. But that is impossible because this light couldn't be a black hole. Then all of a sudden I was suspended in the light, my ship gone.

"It was like the light was surrounding me, I felt so warm then. Then suddenly it was as if I knew the answer to every question I had ever wanted to ask. My soul had been set free, no longer confined to my body.

I felt that the knowledge needed me to protect it now that I knew all the answers, then I felt this huge power surge and my body was back. There was a voice, a soothing sing song voice, that told me to go, that I had unfinished business. It was as if my destiny had been revealed I could be more powerful than a goddess could. I had only four months to come back or my destiny would be changed." Ryoko paused taking a breath looking over at him and then away. "I had to tell you Tenchi I am leaving next week." Ryoko stood, one lone tear running down her face as she headed for the door.

Tenchi sat there awe struck "No that cannot be true I don't want it to be true" he said quietly. He stood rushing after her, he pushed his way in front of her cutting off her exit, he looked at her, slowly reaching out putting a hand on each side of her face. "Tell me that you don't want to go." He whispered looking into her eyes.

"Don't make this harder than this already" is she said trying to look away, ignoring the feel of his hands cupping her cheeks.

"I promise I won't Ryoko." Tenchi whispered and then without realizing it he leaned his face in and kissed her. It was a gentle, sweet, heart-breaking, kiss. Ryoko looked surprised at him after he broke the kiss.

"I thought my destiny was to be with forever my Tenchi," she said sadly as she quietly rested her head on Tenchi's shoulder. She was not expecting a reply because there really was nothing else to say, the kiss had been all she could have hoped it would be. She closed her eyes, then snapped them open in shock as Tenchi spoke, what he said caused as much impact as the kiss had. "It is you destiny Ryoko to be with me and I will make it happen for you. Because I love you more than I even knew, we are meant to be together."

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