Reiga's Regret... (To Yomi...)

A memory from a distant past,
One that I could never forget.
A thought of you,
That will forever eat away at my soul.

We were kids and you were kind to me.
I was wounded and you healed me.
You were unafraid and my heart became yours.
I was happy to have you as a friend.

The years passed and we both grew,
Both of us changing as the days went by,
But my love for you remained the same.
And yet somehow I felt sad.

I saw you looking at him,
With a look and a smile, that you never once gave to me.
I knew then you were in love with another.
My heart was crushed and I became alone.

Standing by the sakura tree,
I looked up to the branches that had yet to bloom,
And a soft sigh escapes my lips.
I was not only alone but unwanted.

My crushed heart shall always be yours,
But your eyes, they held a sense of fear when they looked upon me,
And I have heard the whispers in the dark.
When did you become so afraid of me?

Why did things have to change like they did?
Your kindness...Gone.
A promise made by the one you loved...Broken.
I felt so betrayed, that’s when my heart turned to ice.

The darkness came and burned everything,
Taking your life with its own hands....
It was all too late,
For I was that darkness.

Yomi, you became my first regret,
In this never ending war...
A regret that will haunt me for all eternity,
One that I can never hope to find atonement for...

My heart went with you,
For it has always belonged to you....

Reiga awakens from a fitful sleep, eyes wide and breathing heavily, he shoots up right in his bed causing the covers too hit to the floor. The memory that came to him in a dream made his heart ache, and he looks out the window his face hidden by shadow as he stares out to the red sky of Infernus. He clenches at his chest trying to get the aching to go away, "Yomi" he whispers sadly before closing his eyes.