Yui's Betrayal and Miaka's Regret
Miaka continued to run until she could no longer. She felt exhausted, having just escaped from the palace. She willed her feet to move, but they didn't seem to want to budge. It felt as though blocks of stone had been tied to them.
Still, Miaka trudged on, walking along a path in the woods. It was getting dark out, and Miaka had no clue where she was to go now.
She had just left behind her life, her friends, but most of all, she had left behind Tamahome.
She fell to her knees, sobbing wildly.
"What have I done?" she cried into the night.
There was a rustling in the bushes to Miaka's right. She looked at it, her eyes wide with fear. She heard the crunching of leaves and quickly shut her eyes.
"Don't kill me!" she shouted, covering her face.
The sound of footsteps reached Miaka's ears. She feared a bandit had come to rob her. As she sat, trembling with fear, she heard a voice she recognized as Yui-chan's.
"Why would I do that?" Yui-chan asked.
Miaka looked up in shock. She could hardly believe her eyes. There stood Yui-chan, actually speaking to her!
"Yui-chan?" she asked vaguely.
"Who else were you expecting?" she asked mildly, placing her hands on her hips.
Tears filled Miaka's eyes, and began to stream down her face.
"I'm so sorry Yui!" she cried, throwing herself at Yui's feet. "I know what you went through! I know Yui!"
"Get up off of the ground," Yui said coldly, taking a step back.
Reluctantly, Miaka rose to her feet, still sobbing.
"Yui-chan, I know what happened to you, and I'm sorry you had to go through that," Miaka said quietly.
Yui smirked. "So, you think you know what I've been through, do you?" she asked in a derisive tone. "You think you know the misery I went through, all because you weren't there?"
To Miaka's surprise, tears filled Yui's eyes.
"While you were out there doing who knows what with Tamahome, I was there, screaming for help! I was waiting for you! And you never came!"
"Yui-chan," Miaka began, crying harder than ever, "if I had known - "
"You mean if you'd have cared!" Yui shouted at her. "You only care about yourself!"
"Yui, don't say that! I left Tamahome to come and find you!" Miaka cried, her heart felt as if it was being wrenched from her chest.
"What a huge sacrifice! You left Tamahome for a few minutes to check and see if I was still alive! That's really considerate of you!" she shouted at the top of her lungs. Several birds in the trees took flight.
"Yui-chan," Miaka gasped.
"Don't 'Yui-chan' me!" she yelled, clenching her fists. "You left me there to die, just so you wouldn't have to stop kissing Tamahome!"
"I know," Miaka whispered.
"What?" Yui asked.
"I was selfish, I understand that now. Please forgive me."
"Oh, so that's the angle you're playing at," Yui replied cruelly. "You think that if you say you're sorry I'll just forgive you and things can go back to how they were, do you? Well, just in case you hadn't figured this out for yourself, sorry doesn't cut it."
Miaka looked into Yui's eyes. They seemed to glow red, as though of fire burned within. No tears could be seen now, only the fires of hatred.
"Yui, this isn't like you, not at all," Miaka said.
"You're right, it's not like me," she said, crossing her arms. "The old me would have believed your fake sympathy and forgave you. Then, only suffer again by having you stab me in the back once more! No, never again will that happen."
"I would never stab you in the back!"
"How can I believe you when you knew I loved Tamahome too?!" Yui cried.
"Is this what it all comes down to Yui?"
"Is what all it comes down to?" she sneered. "I know you love Tamahome, but so do I."
"You don't deserve him! You would just hurt him, just like you did to me!"
Miaka took a step towards her. Yui, in turn, took a step back.
"Don't come near me," she told her frigidly. "And if you're smart, you'll stay away from Tamahome too."
With those last words, Yui turned on her heel and walked away, leaving Miaka alone once again.
I suppose you could more or less have expected that from Yui; since throughout the series she has several arguments like this with Miaka. What could happen next to our poor Suzaku no Miko?
Kawaii Youko ^_~
Miaka continued to run until she could no longer. She felt exhausted, having just escaped from the palace. She willed her feet to move, but they didn't seem to want to budge. It felt as though blocks of stone had been tied to them.
Still, Miaka trudged on, walking along a path in the woods. It was getting dark out, and Miaka had no clue where she was to go now.
She had just left behind her life, her friends, but most of all, she had left behind Tamahome.
She fell to her knees, sobbing wildly.
"What have I done?" she cried into the night.
There was a rustling in the bushes to Miaka's right. She looked at it, her eyes wide with fear. She heard the crunching of leaves and quickly shut her eyes.
"Don't kill me!" she shouted, covering her face.
The sound of footsteps reached Miaka's ears. She feared a bandit had come to rob her. As she sat, trembling with fear, she heard a voice she recognized as Yui-chan's.
"Why would I do that?" Yui-chan asked.
Miaka looked up in shock. She could hardly believe her eyes. There stood Yui-chan, actually speaking to her!
"Yui-chan?" she asked vaguely.
"Who else were you expecting?" she asked mildly, placing her hands on her hips.
Tears filled Miaka's eyes, and began to stream down her face.
"I'm so sorry Yui!" she cried, throwing herself at Yui's feet. "I know what you went through! I know Yui!"
"Get up off of the ground," Yui said coldly, taking a step back.
Reluctantly, Miaka rose to her feet, still sobbing.
"Yui-chan, I know what happened to you, and I'm sorry you had to go through that," Miaka said quietly.
Yui smirked. "So, you think you know what I've been through, do you?" she asked in a derisive tone. "You think you know the misery I went through, all because you weren't there?"
To Miaka's surprise, tears filled Yui's eyes.
"While you were out there doing who knows what with Tamahome, I was there, screaming for help! I was waiting for you! And you never came!"
"Yui-chan," Miaka began, crying harder than ever, "if I had known - "
"You mean if you'd have cared!" Yui shouted at her. "You only care about yourself!"
"Yui, don't say that! I left Tamahome to come and find you!" Miaka cried, her heart felt as if it was being wrenched from her chest.
"What a huge sacrifice! You left Tamahome for a few minutes to check and see if I was still alive! That's really considerate of you!" she shouted at the top of her lungs. Several birds in the trees took flight.
"Yui-chan," Miaka gasped.
"Don't 'Yui-chan' me!" she yelled, clenching her fists. "You left me there to die, just so you wouldn't have to stop kissing Tamahome!"
"I know," Miaka whispered.
"What?" Yui asked.
"I was selfish, I understand that now. Please forgive me."
"Oh, so that's the angle you're playing at," Yui replied cruelly. "You think that if you say you're sorry I'll just forgive you and things can go back to how they were, do you? Well, just in case you hadn't figured this out for yourself, sorry doesn't cut it."
Miaka looked into Yui's eyes. They seemed to glow red, as though of fire burned within. No tears could be seen now, only the fires of hatred.
"Yui, this isn't like you, not at all," Miaka said.
"You're right, it's not like me," she said, crossing her arms. "The old me would have believed your fake sympathy and forgave you. Then, only suffer again by having you stab me in the back once more! No, never again will that happen."
"I would never stab you in the back!"
"How can I believe you when you knew I loved Tamahome too?!" Yui cried.
"Is this what it all comes down to Yui?"
"Is what all it comes down to?" she sneered. "I know you love Tamahome, but so do I."
"You don't deserve him! You would just hurt him, just like you did to me!"
Miaka took a step towards her. Yui, in turn, took a step back.
"Don't come near me," she told her frigidly. "And if you're smart, you'll stay away from Tamahome too."
With those last words, Yui turned on her heel and walked away, leaving Miaka alone once again.
I suppose you could more or less have expected that from Yui; since throughout the series she has several arguments like this with Miaka. What could happen next to our poor Suzaku no Miko?
Kawaii Youko ^_~