'You're overstaying.' The God of the Sea said. He promised Ryuichi that he wouldn't leave him but it kept on repeating every single day whenever Aki caught a glimpse of the blue sea. He felt that he belonged to the village, to the people he used to serve, to the man who named him. In the back of his mind, he knew his responsibilities but he also knew that once he go back, he could no longer be in the arms of Ryuichi.

'Ryuichi,' He whispered mindlessly as he watched him plow a piece of land on their backyard. He was staying with him long enough that they're leaving together. No one minded though since they could see the changes on the man they treated as their leader. He became approachable, kinder and more human than he used to.

Aki watched him while enjoying the light breeze under the tree. He tried to help but then Ryuichi said, 'It's too hot. Your skin might be ruined by the sun.' True enough, it has been dry and hot ever since he went down. The Little God of Rain could summon the rain even on his human form but it confused him that there was nothing at all. He could feel his power but there was nothing even a single drop.

'What happened?' He looked up asking the Gods above, questioning why there was nothing.

'Because you're overstaying,'

'Overstaying.'

'Overstaying...but Ryuichi,'

Aki could not think straight anymore. He don't want to leave yet his guts were telling him the responsibilities he left above. He knew the people were praying for rain, to wet the lands that has been dried up due to the tremendous heat from God of Sun, but just...how?

How to fill up the void inside him if he will be going up? How he will serve the people if he himself needed to be completed? Ryuichi could be the only one that could feel him complete, the one who filled up the hole inside his chest. Just how?

The Little of God of Rain was contented. He was happy. He was complete with the people on the land, with Alina, with Ryuichi.

But apparently, others were not.

'You're being lenient. He must be punished!'

'Can't we just stop? Aren't we all tried and tired already?'

'A GOD CANNOT BE WITH ANOTHER OTHER THAN GODS!'

That shut the God of the Sea. The other Gods were now furious that their Little God of Rain was no longer coming back. He chose to remain on the land of mortals which was never heard of. Now, they were making their move.

Aki tried and tried to summon the rain. The rain the villagers loved. The rain where the children danced. The rain that made the land and everyone healthy. But it did not came. There was nothing even a single drop. The heat of the sun kept on getting stronger and stronger. So strong that it made everything crisp.

The land became dry, plants and animals were dying. The people were getting hungry and sick. And the Little God that has been living with the mortals was useless.

He cannot give what people prayed for.

He cannot give what people needed the most.

A God who cannot answer anymore.

'Ryuichi!' Aki heard from a far. Alina.

'RYUICHI!' Her screams were getting louder and louder. A panic.

A crowd was what Aki saw when he reached her hut. And there she was, crying on Ryuichi's chest.

'Alina?' Aki called getting her attention. Yet there was something, a reason, why he did but was confused to as to what.

'Aki!' A devastating call. Her voice was trembling and Aki could feel the pain that came with it.

Then she continued, 'He's gone! My baby's gone!'

Aki looked at Ryuichi and he saw an emotion he had never seen from him. A raw and another level of pain. He was experiencing the anguish of losing a child. Alina's child.

A child he treated as his own. A child Ryuichi truly cared for. A lost, nevertheless who it came from, was still a lost.

If he didn't came down, her baby would be still alive.

If he didn't choose Ryuichi, Alina would be still laughing with her babe. But the child died because he was there resulting a dry land. No water to supply the child. Drought everywhere.

If he didn't gave in to his emptiness, Ryuichi would not be showing sadness.

It was him. It was his fault. His existence on the mortal land became a sin. And the payment for that sin was the life of the innocent child.

They buried the little body on the middle of the forest to receive the peace he deserved.

Ryuichi was the one who did it. 'It was my duty to send him to his final destination.' He said. Alina was on his side weeping for the tragic lost.

'It hurts,' Aki whispered to himself as he watch them. 'It's my fault that Ryuichi...made that face.'

'It's my...fault,' He clenched his chest and made a realization. The hole inside him reopened. A hole of nothing but...nothingness. A feeling of emptiness. And it was bigger than before.

Looking at the two person who made his stay memorable for the last time, Aki smiled, then he made a decision.

'Asami-sama,'

'Hmmmn?'

'The shipment for Azure has been finalized. It is expected to be at the port at 1 in the afternoon.' Kirishima continued eyeing his somewhat not focused boss.

'Will there be any appointments after that?' Asami asked.

'Yes, Asami-sama. There will one at Kizume Hospital and after that everything is clear.'

'Asami-sama?' The secretary asked for he was sensing that his boss was not with his usual self. 'Is there any problem?'

'Nothing. I just remembered something.'

'I suspect it is not something good?'

'Yes, it must be the rain.'

And the pour outside became louder.

'It is for the better, Ryuichi...' The Little God of Rain stood up, leaving the sleeping man. Exhausted from the sad event of the day, Ryuichi did not even stir when the younger man slipped out of their bed. With one last look, Aki said his goodbye.

Two days of torture, Ryuichi managed to smile a little even if he did not mean it for at last, their prayers finally reached the heavens and rain it started.

A warm comfort hugged the villagers as the lovely downpour came. The land, plants and animals that has been dying came back to life as they tasted the water that has been kept from them.

Ryuichi would love to join the celebration as his village rejoiced with grace but he could not. Aki was nowhere to be found. Two days of searching yet there was nothing.

Aki broke his promise.

Aki...left him.

And he took his heart.

'No! Stop it! Stop it! They won't survive! Stop it!' But his little voice was ignored. Power was sealed, locked up on a place where the gods used to punish sinner, the Little God of Rain remained helpless and useless.

'YOU BROKE A LAW GOD OF RAIN! WATCH YOUR PITIFUL HUMANS FOR IT IS YOUR PUNISHMENT! A LESSON MUST BE LEARNED!'

Raijin descended and made the mild rain into a heavy storm.

The storm took everything, wreck everything and yet there was no regrets. No emotion for what he has done. Death came to the village near the shore yet he would not repent. He was proud of his action. The God of Thunder was proud of his accomplishment, of his successful plan.

He knew that the Little God of Rain could not let the man die. Raijin knew he could escape the chains that binded his powers. He knew he would save the man.

He knew that the Little God of Rain would sacrifice himself to save the man, who now despised him.

'Serves you right, fools. Giving up your position, powers for human emotion. Foolishness!'

Raijin knew everything. Raijin learned to know everything, because it was not just the law he was bending to punish The Little God of Rain, it was personal. A personal motif, a revenge, to punish the Little God that was once saved by a dragon.

A dragon in the sky. A mighty God that protected everyone under his large wings. A God that sacrificed himself for a mere human.

A mere human that drunk the blood of the mighty dragon and became the Little God of Rain.