[Misato Anami]

The pain grew in her chest. Tears one by one fell down her face and landed in the soft ground beneath her. Ever since that fateful day 1600 years ago, she knew she always did it to save him... Now standing before the broken seal of his tomb, Misato Anami fell to her knees - someone had stolen the love of her life...

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With his body in her hands, Misato had reached the tomb... their tomb. The place where Misato had first "met" him... The tomb she had saved Rydius from once before stood intact and was ready for use once more.

His body was bloody and broken. Misato could no longer feel for a pulse, no longer for a life line. With some ease, Misato was able to place his body in the mold of the tomb. Tears streamed down her dirt-strewn face. Blood covered her body, blood of her enemies, Rydius', and her own. With her face to his, Misato risked everything. Her last chance at saving him was to heal him and seal him away...independently from her. The only way to revive him was to do so - had she been in the seal with him, she would have shared the healing spell she placed on him thus keeping him from being fully healed. She winced with pain and realized she would soon faint from her own pain. Closing her eyes, Misato kissed Rydius softly and held her hands to his face, one last time...

Blue and white sparks came between the two, Misato's body began to emit a soft glow. The warmth of her body soon flowed to Rydius as she backed up, her hands still to his face. Her soft silver eyes rested on his face, just to watch for anything. She knew every line of his face, every crease, the lines that would burrow on his forehead when he became angry or confused... everything. She knew him like he did her, their lives were one. Hours had passed and Misato's body was giving out. The glow still remained around Rydius as Misato watched, hoping to see one last time those piercing blue eyes that would always keep watch of her...

Misato watched as Rydius' eyes began to move... She gasped as she saw him trying so hard. Brushing his hair out of his face, Misato watched his eyes slightly part.

"Mi.."

"Shh... just... just promise me that you'll take care of yourself.. "

"....Whh..Mi.." (What? Misato...)

"I just wanted to make sure that you'd be okay. Rydius, I love you, I'll always be with you... But this is where we have to say goodbye.." Rydius eye's began to open more quickly as tears now were endless for Misato. Backing up, Misato let go of Rydius and watched as the tomb closed, with the love of her life in it... The glow from Rydius now surrounded the entire tomb. It would take a long time for Rydius to ever fully recover, and Misato knew in the back of her mind, he'd lose his memory once more as he had so long ago...

Before Misato could go back and attempt to break the seal... change her mind... Misato ran to her own tomb - another area of the cavern... There she immediately began the sealing process. Turning around Misato backed into the tomb. Crying, Misato felt her body go numb as the tomb enclosed. Her body finally gave out as Misato felt her body begin to black out. "I've... died before... I guess losing Rydius... mmake...s... it... twice..."

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Sitting next to the opened tomb, Misato's hand ran down the engravings of the tomb. It had been two weeks since her seal was released and she was free. Already had her pet Phoenix Artemis' decendant, Frey, find her. Misato had been physically weak and had stayed in her seal for the first week to gain her strength, and now that she was better, as she came to find Rydius - hopefully well and alive, she found him gone. The seal seemed to be opened prematurely...

The dust off the tomb came off on Misato's fingers. Looking at it, Misato knew it had been awhile. Rydius had been gone for quite some time.

Misato closed her eyes... she wanted to get rid of this image. She knew she risked losing him by his memory loss, she assumed she could help him.. This was different. She lost him completely. She pulled out his handkerchief with the emblem of Aenuric and Solin on it. She had so many memories come at her from the touch of some faded material... The memories of her friends...Nighte, Kharn, Alias..., her enemies, Rydius, they all hit her at the same time.

Misato tried to breath as the wind was knocked out of her. Her choking sobs wouldn't stop. Frey looked at her from the entrance way and flew out of the tomb to keep eye outside of the cavern. Such pain she felt, it was worse than when she had commited suicide to save Rydius, when she was controlled to attack Rydius on command... it all compared unfairly to her...

Misato wanted to pull one of her Lucilas Blades out and destroy herself once and for all. Rydius had probably already foudn someone else, had already built another life... His memories of her were probably gone with her sanity...

As she cried for hours, Misato soon gained composure and looked at the tomb once more. Rydius was out there somewhere, and she had had to have given him life once more. If his body was gone, hopefully he was still alive...

Standing carefully, Misato approached his tomb once more. With her hand on the tomb, Misato looked at her wedding ring. The light green stone shone still... Misato kissed her ring and went back to the room where her tomb lay. Her eyes changed from its usual silver color to a firey orange. Frey had seen nothing, as Misato could see - their bond gave each the power to see through one another.. Calling him back, Misato began to fall asleep, her body still getting used to its normal function. Soon, she would be fighting again and walking around as she used to, but now her body had to keep up with her. She was still young, her body wouldn't age any faster, and from her family line, she'd remain this way for a long time. The being in a tomb for 1600 years took her strength from her and Misato had eyt to discover the time change...

As her eyes began to close, Frey had returned and landed next to her keeping an eye for anything that may come by... As she felt herself go under, thoughts began to flood her mind of how she was going to find him...