Disclaimer: Tenchi Muyo and all of the characters in it are property of AIC and Pioneer. I am not making any money off of this fanfic. Please don't sue me because I have nothing to give. The title is taken from the song 'I Will' from the Beatles White Album and is property of whoever owns it now. This fic is based on the OAV universe, if you are mad that Kiyone is in it tough. All of the chapter titles are taken off of Beatles titles and are property of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
This is another version of chapter two that I had started and didn't finish...I'll post it up for now and I will let you know that I know that it has been 2 ½ years since I last did anything with this fic. So I am finally coming back to it and working on chapter 3, it should probably be up sometime this week...
Who Knows How Long I've Loved You
"A Day In The Life"
The sun rose that morning in the city of Paris and shone into the window of a small bed and breakfast that was along the Seine. The rays of light were broken and warped as they entered the room on the top floor through the old, dusty windows. A girl seemingly in her twenty's lay motionless on the bed, her hair still wet from the previous nights rain. She slept with a painful look on her face, the face of rejection. She turned over in the bed and this caused the blanket that was covering her naked body to fall onto the floor. She then shivered and curled herself up into a ball as the nightmares entered her mind once again. The cold morning air blew through the cracks in the old inn and over her body which caused her to shiver once again. Tears were beginning to form in the corners of her eyes as the sun shone on here and saved her from the terrors of her sleep.
She shot up. "Tenchi..."
The girl walked down the stairs of the inn after taking a shower and dressing into her still wet clothes. They were cold and stuck to her body but she didn't care, she didn't seem to care about anything at all.
"Bonjour Mademoiselle, comment allez vous ce matin?" the man at the front desk cheerly asked.
"J'ai été meilleur…" she said without emotion as she walked out the front door.
The streets of Paris were busy with people, even at this early hour. There were people sitting outside drinking their morning coffee at the small cafes that littered the sidewalks of Paris. Ryoko found herself alone, more alone than she had ever felt in her entire life. She had learned enough French to get buy in the city before she had taken off on her journey. She turned her head and looked over at the Seine, the sun was relflecting off of it and it was the sole reciever of her attention while she stuggled to sort out all of the emotions running throuh her head. When she snapped back to reality after about a hour she finally noticed the uncomfortable feeling which was caused by her wet clothes sticking to her body and the bad smell which they emitted. Even though she only had a limited amoun of money to spend she decided that picking up a new pair of clothes would definitely need to be done.
Ryoko wandered down the streets of Paris in an attempt to find a clothing store that would fit her preference, she did not. She definitely was no accustomed to the syle of clothes which was worn by the western world.
'First time for everything..." she thought to herself as she walked into one of the shops.
A crack of thunder broke the piece of the day and it also broke the concentration of Tenchi as he worked on finishing a puzzle that he had started when he and Ayeka arrived at the house.
"Tenchi!" he looked over just in time to see purple locks of hair make a direct hit against himself and the table where the puzzle was located. Bang...
"Oh Tenchi...I...I'm sorry." Ayeka said from her position atop Tenchi and the now scattered puzzle pieces.
Tenchi looked around and sighed as he noticed the state in which the puzzle was. "It's okay, I can always start it over again." he sat up slowly and held Ayeka in his lap. "Did the thunder frighten you?"
She looked down at the floor and slowly nodded her head.
He smiled to himself...
"Why don't we go over to the couch and just try to relax for the rest of the day?" he said to her softly.
She nodded her head at this idea but flinched as another crack of thunder invaded the air.