Legal Disclaimer: I do not own the Tenchi Muyo gang. As I do say, however, this piece of fiction is my own. I own it. It�s mine. You can�t have it! Nyaa nyaaa! Heh, however I�ll allow you to read it and print it and such, but if you wanna host it somewhere you have to ask first. Mwahaha. Anyway, don�t sue me, �cause I�m poor. Yeah.
Content Disclaimer: This is a shoujo-ai piece of fiction, meaning that it involves two girls in love. Yay! *ahem* But if you don�t like that kind of stuff, then don�t read. However, this isn�t graphic at all. Really. Not at all. Also, this is rather angsty. And sad. Very sad. And very angsty. So if you don�t want to read something like that, go read �A Magical Valentines Day� or �Memories of a Time Long Ago�, or �My Name is Willow�. They�re all my shoujo-ai happy fics... or at least not angsty and sad and such. Or, for that matter, read �LadyWillow�s Blooper Reel�. It has shoujo-ai esque elements, and it�s funny as all hell!
Note: This isn�t really a fic as much as it�s a little chunk of something. A ficlet if you will. It�s meant to have loose ends and not be fleshed out. It�s like a view into what�s happening with the Tenchi gang right now, not a full-fledged fic. Just thought I�d clear that up.
Dedications: This is for Tashi, Skip and all the people on the shoujoai.com forums, �cause there aren�t many Kiyo/Miho�s out there! WOO! *ahem* Anyway, onto the fic!
Dear Kiyone
By: LadyWillow
Dear Kiyone~
Hi! I miss you so much! I really hope you�re enjoying your vacation. I wish I could have gone with, but I know you must need time by yourself.
The leaves are changing colors now, here on Earth. Do they do such a thing where you are?
Tenchi said that you wont be back for a long time... he looked kind of sad. Maybe he loves you. I know, Kiyone. You don�t like him that way.
Who do you like that way? Tenchi told me that if there was anything I wanted to say to you, I should write you a letter, and he�d make sure you got it. The thing is, there really is something I need to tell you, Kiyone. Something I�ve been so scared to tell you. But you wont be back for a long time, so I guess it�s safe. Maybe by the time you get back you wont remember.
I�m in love with you. Yeah, I know. It�s not right. But you see, every time I�m around you, it feels right. When you left to bust that space pirate Symara alone, and I watched you and the Yagami fly away, I felt like a piece of myself was leaving with you. I don�t know how long I�ve felt like this, needing you. Craving you. A year? Two? I think I loved you from the first time I saw you. Yeah, right before I fell off of the bridge. Heh.
I hope you can forgive me, Kiyone. And I hope you come home soon. I miss you. Everyone seems to miss you. Whenever I walk into a room here at Tenchi�s house, someone starts to cry. I don�t understand. I�m your best friend... so why can�t I cry? I miss you too... You�ll be back soon. You can�t stay on vacation forever, so I don�t understand what the problem is. Oh well...
You missed some really beautiful cherry blossoms this year, Kiyone. Every time I saw one, I thought of you. They�re so pretty. Remember when we were sweeping them from the shrine stairs last year, and we ended up throwing them at each other like snowballs? That was fun! I tried to do it by myself, but it just wasn�t the same. I saved you some of the blossoms, thought. But you�d better get home soon. They�ve already started to wilt on your futon!
Aeka and Ryoko started to put some of your things in a box the other day, but I made them stop. Tenchi was mad at them. He told them to play along. This confused me. Do you know what he meant? Gosh Kiyone, they�re already forgetting about you, Aeka and Ryoko I mean.
Why aren�t you back yet? I stopped writing this letter for a few weeks while I went with everyone camping really far away. Everyone wanted to do something with me. Hike, or swim, or play a game. All I wanted was to go home. I was sure you�d be here waiting for us to get back, but you weren't! Did you get lost?
Well, I guess I�ll end this here. Please come home really soon. Tenchi said I have to go back to work soon, and I don�t want to go without you.
Love always,
Mihoshi xoxo
Mihoshi handed the letter to Tenchi and smiled.
�Here you go, Tenchi. Make sure that Kiyone gets this super soon! I didn�t know the address, so I left it blank.� She said, sighing.
�Oh... okay, Mihoshi...� Tenchi said gently.
Mihoshi then wandered away, mumbling something about taking a bath.
�Can they really send her back to work?� Ryoko asked as she came up behind Tenchi.
�I don�t know... I guess so.� Tenchi replied, turning around and giving a tired sigh.
�But look at her! She�s completely delusional! She thinks Kiyone�s on vacation for Tsunami�s sake!
�Ryoko, quiet down! She�ll hear you!�
�Good! Maybe she needs to hear it again! Maybe instead of playing along with her game, we should be forcing her to live in reality!�
�Ryoko... she�d be shattered. She probably still wouldn�t believe it... we don�t need to cause her that pain.�
�Tenchi! Deep down inside she knows! Deep down she understands! Kiyone is dead, Tenchi. She needs to be told that until she stops pretending it isn�t true!�
The two heard a gasp sound, and turned to see Mihoshi standing in the doorway.
�Mihoshi...� Tenchi said, his voice soft and revered.
Mihoshi�s eyes were wide, and a lone tear fell down her cheek. She sunk slowly to the ground, and took a deep breath.
�Kiyone...� She breathed, �....No.......�
Fin.
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I�ll gladly write a lovely and interesting sequel in which things may actually become developed, explained more, and happier if someone asks. Seriously, I have a good idea for a sequel but someone has to ask first! ^_^