'I just wanted you to love me. That's all I wanted. My heart ached for you. My voice called out for you. I regret loving you. I wonder if it was a sin to have fallen in love with you. I'm sorry. I didn't mean for this to happen to you. I just wanted you to love me! That's all I ever wanted!' Riku stood with his back to a woman. A woman in a white wedding dress.
'Why did I ever think of falling in love? I should've learned that love is painful and useless when mother left us. I wish I never married you. I wish I never had a child with you. I wish I didn't cry for my dead son. I wish he was still alive. I wish you would hate her like I do. Why don't you blame the killer? Why aren't you sad for our beloved son?" Sora had his back to a woman. A woman who looked so fragile yet strong.
'Why'd you leave us alone mommy? Were we bad boys? We promise to be good if you come back! Please! Mommy! Don't leave us here alone! Mommy! Don't go!' The two small pair of twins had tears running down their pained faces, both hugging each other for comfort.
"You only need me right Sora?" Riku yelled, wrapping his arms warmly around Sora's neck, smiling carefreely.
"Yah. How about you? Do you only need me?" Sora asked, a big smile on his teenage face.
"I couldn't leave a day without you! I only need you!" Riku yelled laughing with his brother.
"I promise!" They say in sync, laughing harder.
Lies. We both loved someone else. You left me first. Falling in love without me. You broke your promise Sora. I was so lonely. I began to realize I was already in love with her. The childhood friend of mine. The one you ignored and hated. I unintentionally fell in love with her. I was lonely. You lied first. Or did I?
Silence. Except for the drops of blood hitting the ground, they run up to each other, each one moving their arm back, they slam their hand on the other one's injured eye, they smirk as if it didn't hurt them. "Blind eye justu!" They close their eyes and when they open them, Hinata and Seina stood in shock at the sight.
Riku's left eye was a cold sea blue color, the right was his original greenish/yellowish color. Sora's left eye was a carefree greenish/yellowish color, his right his original cold sea blue color. T-they switched eyes? The two girls thought, eyes wide with disbelief.
"I'm sorry but we have to kill you now." Riku commented with a smile, his two eyes each with a different emotion. It sent shivers down both the girls' backs, they both look at each other with horror filled eyes. Seina clutches her fits tightly, her original demeanor returning, her eyes filling with determination.
"Oh really? Let's see about that." Seina answered back, sending Hinata to also regain her determination back.
She doesn't act or look like Mai...then why did I see her face for a second? I wonder how she's doing. Sora thought, looking straight at Seina. Then he glances at Hinata, sending him to sigh. Riku stared at Hinata with such seriousness and sadness that it sent confusion in Hinata's heart. It wasn't his usual self, even to his twin brother. "They seem to remind us of them." Sora commented.
"It seems so." Riku says with his hair covering his eyes, his mouth forming a smile. They didn't know under his hair, his hidden eyes were filled with extreme pain and sadness. But most of all. Regret. I am so sorry Emi. So sorry.
Long light lavender hair that you always tied up in a loose bun, letting some stray hairs fall on your face. Your perfect face. Your pure white eyes that had a tint of lavender shined with innocence. Your irresistible fair complexion. You smiled with such warmth that it made me melt, sending my heart to beat. Why did I not notice my obvious feelings for you? Cause I am a liar. A coward. I will always love you. My dear Emi.
"Riku. I love you." A small girl said with a blissed face, her light lavender hair. Riku smiled with vacant eyes.
"Liar. You're just like her, Emi." Emi shakes her head with a sort of denial and reassurance.
"I love you Riku." Emi repeated with the same warm smile.
"No you don't!" Riku yelled back, tears forming in his eyes. His hurt eyes. "No one can love us."
"But I love you." Emi said, sending tears to stream down Riku's broken face. Emi's smile widens, she hugs him warmly, sending his eyes to widen. He slowly hugs her back, clutching her clothes tightly, his face scrunching up in pain. His aching heart hurting his chest. His small, heavy chest. "How about I be bond to you?" Riku stops hugging her slowly, wiping his tears.
"Like what?" Riku asked confused and doubtful.
"Hm…I can be your wife!" She says while smiling with closed eyes. Riku's eyes widened at the sight of her smile. The smile that sent a beat to his heavy heart. A beat that would continue to beat for the next fourteen years. "Forever and forever we will stay together!" Riku's eyes filled with pain, but still he smiled. A sad smile. He looks around the flowery meadow, suddenly the world filled with color. The dull grey color being painted again. He picks a daisy and ties in a ring. Emi's eyes widened with shock. He slides the flower on her small, slim left ring finger.
"There. A wedding ring. Now you're bonded to me. You are to be my bride for forever and forever!" Emi's eyes and smile soon filled with such happiness it sent Riku's stubborn face to blush tomato red, his worries still weighing in the back of his mind. In the depths of his heart. The cold back, unturning back of a tall slim woman etched in his heart, mind, and soul. Scarring him. Scaring him. Sending fear through him. Fear of loving someone and then leaving him. Like this girl. 'Please, please, God. Don't take her from me like mother. '
"Don't you think those twins give off that cool vibe?" yelled a fan girl excitedly, her and her friends having heart eyes staring at the fifteen year old twins eating lunch together. After they finish, Sora leaves with a book in his hand, glasses resting on his nose. His fan girls scream at his cold eyes and emotionless face. Riku smiles bigly, waving to the found out girls. His fan girls melting at the sight of his smile. Emi walks up to him, smiling at him.
"I haven't seen you in a while. I tried calling you for a while now but I don't think you heard…Riku. It seems as if you're avoiding me. What did I do?"
"…Why didn't you tell me?" Riku whispers. 'Why didn't you tell me? Why did you keep it a secret? That you are going out with someone other than me.'
"What?" Emi asks, not hearing him.
"Nothing. You did absolutely nothing wrong." He comments, his eyes hidden under his long bangs. The long bangs that fall over his eyes, as if concealing it. His fan girls burn with jealousy and run up to him. All of them surround him, as if protecting him in a way. His height way taller than the girls, two girls cling to his arms. "Sorry, I have to go, the ladies are calling." Emi had her head down, clutching her short purple kimono with long baggy sleeves. Light purple sakura blossom designs scattered all over the kimono. A purple pin in holding on side of her bangs, the other bang tucked behind her ear. "Bye Emi." Riku winks as he turns around, his and all the other girls heading away from Emi. Frozen Emi. 'This is for the best...right?'
They laid in the same flower filled meadow, Riku as an older kid. He pins Emi's bang back, revealing her concealed face. Her beautiful hidden face. "Cute. You look prettier when you push your bangs back." He says with a smile. Emi smiles with a slight blush, her smile so warm, like a girl in love. 'Beautiful.'
"I am getting married to Kei." A decent looking guy with brown hair and brown eyes. He stayed glued to twenty three year old Emi. Twenty-four Riku's eyes widen a bit but soon turn distant and cold.
"…Congrats…Emi is a good girl. You better take care of her." Riku comments with his head down, Kei wraps his arm around Emi, they both smile at each other. Riku clenches his fists in response.
"Well we have to get going Riku. I'll see you soon?" Emi asked, her heart aching. Twisting. Squeezing. 'Say something. Please. Tell him I am your bride. Say anything! Please!'
"Yah. See you soon." Emi's heart cracked. The two engaged couple leaves the other way. Riku stared at Emi's unturning back with grief and hurt. A tall woman's figure overlapping with hers. They both had cold backs. Riku raised his arm, reaching for her. He slowly lowers his arm, pain stabbing his heart. 'That's my spot. Go away. Don't wrap your arm around her. Don't touch her. Those are the things I yearn to yell but those words are the words I am specifically not allowed to say. I love you Emi.'
Clapping erupted. A beautiful girl in a wedding dress. Riku walks up to Emi with a bouquet of daisies that were hidden behind his back. He looks at Emi with sad eyes but they are soon clouded. "You look beautiful." He comments truthfully.
"Thank you." Emi answered back, sending a happy smile. The same smile she showed him when they were little. Whenever he complimented her. He grits his teeth, clutching the bouquet of daisies. That smile isn't his anymore.
"Be happy." 'Don't go. Don't say I do.' Riku called.
"I will." 'I don't want you to say this. Tell me I love you. Say I won't let you go.' Emi called also. "Well, I have to go-" She said while she turns around and walks away. He grabs her arm, sending her eyes to widen.
"Don't go." Emi looks at him with wide, hopeful eyes. He hugs her close to him and tightly. He kisses her lips, looking at her hairpin. The hairpin he had given her so many years ago. "I love you Emi. And I don't want to let you go. But if you feel like you will be happier with him…I won't stop you." He lets go of her and kisses her forehead slowly, then hands her the bouquet of daises. Her eyes soon fill with tears. He smiles with closed eyes, then waves. "Good-bye my beloved Emi." He turns around, tears swelling up in his eyes. He walks away with big strides, not wanting to show her his weak side by running.
"WAIT!" Riku turns around, his eyes widening as Emi came running with the daisies, desperation clearly written all over her face. "I LOVE YOU!" Her reaching hand showing a daisy ring on her left ring finger, Riku' eyes widening at the sight. As they both extended their arm, an arrow was shot. Daisies scattered all over the place. She fell to the floor with a thud. Riku screams in pain and horror as he sees Emi with an arrow pierced through her stomach. She died instantly. Next to her promised flower. Riku's bitter tears soon stream down his face. He shot a glare full of hatred to that ex-fiancé of hers. That hateful brown hair. Those hateful brown eyes. His arms holding a bow and case of arrows. He was definitely a hateful guy.
"You asshole." Riku whispered with a voice filled with venom and extreme hate.
"I was planning to marry that ugly bitch for her powerful eyes and now she had to do something stupid and elope with you. Stupid girl." Riku's eyes were sharp with hate and coldness. It sent shivers down Kei's back. Kei shot another arrow at Riku. He caught it in his hand in one easy, swift movement, breaking it like a tooth pick. Riku's aura emitting killing intentions and revenge. And most of all, hate. Rocks shot up to Kei, piercing him in multiple areas of his body, sending him to Riku's feet, barely alive and blood covered.
Kei took a dagger carved from rock and repeatedly stabbed him mercilessly. Soon after multiple stabbings, Kei stopped moving. Riku looked at his blood stained hands. That bastard's dirty blood is on him. He hurriedly wipes the blood off him. He walks slowly to Emi, his eyes saddening and mourning. He falls to his knees, taking the arrow out of her body. The corrupted arrow that had taken his beloved wife's life. 'Yes, my wife.' He thought bitterly, recalling his positive response to his confession. He throws the arrow out and hugs Emi close to him, tear drops falling on her cold, colorless face. He sobs and hugs her tighter and closer.' I am so sorry. I am so sorry for loving you.'
"Emi…" Riku whispered, his hair still covering his eyes. Hinata's eyes perk up at the name.
"Emi…?" Where did I hear that name before? She recalls Rin and then her eyes widen. We have a medical ninja called Emi who has the same eyes as you. Rin's voice echoed in her head, Hinata tried to fit the pieces together. Maybe…
(Ok, hope you like this chapter. Riku's theme song is 'Wedding Dress By TaeYang' and Emi's theme song is 'Impossible by Shontelle'. The first link is Riku's theme song with the video. The second is Emi's theme song. .com/watch?v=f0R2U-mV4vc .com/watch?v=IYMprgEi1jA . Enjoy. ^.^)