Chapter 1 : Pirate #1

It was springtime, and the cherry blossoms blanketed the steps of the Misaki shrine. Tenchi peacefully swept them away by himself, it was nice to have a break from the hustle and bustle of all the girls. Things had been fairly normal for a while now, well, as normal as it could be with a house full of beautiful alien girls. There had not been any more visitors from outer space, but things were about to change.

Suddenly, Tenchi's peaceful silence was broken by a terrifying high pitched whistling sound. Tenchi gazed at sky which was the origin of the sound. A spaceship, similar to Ryo-ohki, was plummeting toward the lake. He watched as the ship crashed into the water and sprayed him with a fine mist. After a short time, a girl climbed out of the cockpit. Tenchi jogged to the waters edge and waved his arms up high to get the girls attention. The girl flew up, in a manner that was all too familiar to Tenchi, and landed softly next to him.

The girl had a sexy yet cutesy look to her. Her brown hair was pulled to the top of her head in a short spiky pony tail. She wore a skin tight full body space suit, like Ryoko's, but patterned differently in sky blue.

"Hi there," Tenchi greeted, "My name is Tenchi Masaki, you've landed in my family's shrine."

"Seikou," replied the girl, the two shook hands, "I'm so sorry, I was having ship trouble and crashed into your planet," she scratched her head.

"That's okay, it happens a lot around here," said Tenchi, "Come inside, we'll see what we can do for you." He slid open the door and let her in.

"Huh! Yay, a guest!" Mihoshi cheered.

"Cool!" Kiyone agreed.

"Um, hello there..."Ayeka greeted, not sure what to make of the new girl.

"Hi there!" Sasami exclaimed, bowing slightly to the guest.

"Meow!"

Seikou saw the cabbit and became a bit nervous, "Is there another space pirate here?"

Suddenly from behind them in the doorwaycame Ryoko's voice, "You bet yer little ass, there is! And who might you be, huh? One of Nagi's pals?"

Seikou turned and glared at Ryoko, "No way! How dare you compare me to her?!"

Yosho entered the room, "Sasami, is dinner ready yet? I'm starving...oh, who's this? I did hear a crash a few moments ago..."

"This is Seikou, Grandpa," Tenchi explained.

"I'm sorry, sir, my ship crashed into your lake," she bowed.

"Don't worry about it, that kind of thing is normal around this shrine," Yosho replied.

Sasami rushed past him with Ryo-ohki on her head, "I'll make another setting for dinner!"

After the rest of the group introduced themselves a bit more, Sasami returned to call them in to eat. One side of the table sat Seikou, Ryoko, Mihoshi, and Kiyone. Across from them was Tenchi, Ayeka, Sasami, and Nobuyuki. On the end of the table, next to Tenchi sat Yosho. The group made quiet conversation within themselves..

"Are you and Tenchi together, Ryoko?" asked Seikou.

"You could say that," Ryoko replied, slurping up her noodles, "Why, do you like him? 'Cause if you do I'm gonna have to..."

"No! No!" Seikou exclaimed.

Ryoko sat down and continued her noodles, "What's wrong with him?"

"Nothing," Seikou leaned over and whispered into Ryoko's ear, "Actually, I think that Ayeka girl is kind of cute."

Ryoko's eyes popped and a spray of soup and noodles flew across the table onto Ayeka, Ryoko started to laugh hysterically. The whole table stared at her. Ayeka sat glaring at her.

"Hey, what's so funny?" Mihoshi asked.

Ryoko leaned over and whispered into her ear. They both burst into laughter. Ayeka got to her feet,

"I demand to know what is so funny!"

But the girls continued laughing. Out of nowhere, Washu came to the rescue with one of her new inventions. It looked like a little CD player.

"Who wants to try out my mind reading contraption?!" she held it up proudly.

"Give me that!" Ayeka snatched it and put on the head phones, "Now, how do I work this thing?"

"All you have to do is push the button of the person you want to hear. You can listen to anyone living in this house," Washu explained.

Ayeka pushed the "Ryoko" button.

"Boy, Ayeka's gonna be so embarrassed, and furious, and so confused when she finds out this girl likes her! Heehee, this is great!" Ryoko thought as she held her bursting sides.

Before she could have another thought, the mind reading gadget was hurled at her head.

"No! My poor baby invention!" Washu cried.

Ayeka ignored her and shouted at Ryoko, "What do you mean?! Who likes me? Are you calling Tenchi a girl? He's the only one for me!"

Ryoko settled down, "Of course I'm not calling Tenchi a girl! Why would I?"

"Huh? Then what do you mean? Who likes me?" Ayeka looked confused.

"I mean..." but before she could spill Seikou's secret, Mihoshi covered her mouth and said, "She means you should have some more noodles!"

Seikou let out a breath of relief. The girls kept bickering.

"Don't you think you should stop them, Tenchi," Yosho suggested.

"If I do, they'll get me involved," Tenchi replied.

Washu gathered her gadget and began to make her way back to the lab. Suddenly, the wall in which the door used to be exploded with a big boom. Washu stopped where she was and looked to her side.

"Well isn't that polite," she said sarcastically.

Ayeka, who's back was to the explosion, jumped with surprise. Her eyes widened and her hair stood on end. From behind her, came an unfamiliar woman's voice,

"Where is space pirate Ryoko?!"