The
characters of Tenchi Muyo! are not mine. So no suing me! I don't care about
flames either- so there :-P. Comments (and of course corrections) are
welcomed- being that I work for a living and miss allot of the series(s). The
OTHER characters in this ARE MINE.(ARRGH!!) and therefore are copyrighted. Any
and all names are irrelevant should some I know read this fic.
This
Tenchi Muyo fic is in lines with (I don't which one) the collection series set.
(In which case Yosho hide the fact that he looks late twenties instead of being
-what 60+?) So correct me on which one that is ^^*.
No
cabbits were harmed or severely flung in this fic.........
Of
Secrets and Lies...
Chapter
1: Letters
By Windshale
Tenchi shifted under his blankets as
the first colors of sunrise began to show against the night shy. His eyes
snapped open just in time before the alarm blared 5am. Silently he dressed into
his school uniform, glad that his grandfather was taking early morning shrine
chores today. Gently he lifted the mattress and pulled out a yellow envelope.
Quickly he reread the letter as he tiptoed to his desk and turned on the desk
lamp. Swiftly he pulled out his own stationary, blue, from a hidden cubby under
his top shelf. He began to write, half in Japanese-half in English, as he had been
doing lately for the past five years. Three pages later and half an hour
passing, Tenchi tucked the letter under his uniform and patted it soundly. He smiled
as no sound came from his chest. Sasami rapped soundly, startling Tenchi as he
shut off the desk lamp.
"Tenchi, Ayeka, Ryoko- breakfast is
ready!" Sasami cheerily called out as knocked on doors and then dashed down
stairs to finish preparations. Tenchi waited as Ayeka went to brush her teeth,
then Ryoko followed suit grumbling all the way.
"Excuse me I was here first!"
Ayeka's airy voice sounded where the sink was.
"Oh.. Excuse me princess- I forget
you need at least two hours in here to get rid of your bad breath!" Ryoko
replied.
"My breath?! At least I don't have
nest hair, unlike some people." Ayeka shot back.
"Oh you mean this?" Ryoko tug on a
strand of her hair, "Me and Tenchi had a long rough night last night."
Tenchi had his ear to the door and
he gulped, even though he knew Ryoko was lying- he knew Ayeka would...
"YOU HARLOT!!" Ayeka screeched, her
jurian powers kicking in, surrounding her in the tiny bathroom. "LIAR! LORD
TENCHI WOULD NEVER DO THAT! Especially when there's a beautiful, kind princess
just waiting for him to admit he loves her."
"Like that would ever happen!" Ryoko
scoffed as she shoved Ayeka aside, grabbing her toothbrush and the paste and
vanishing up to the roof...
Tenchi sighed and shook his head, at
least today wasn't as bad as usual. He shook his head, remembering what his
friend Corbin had told him in the recent letter-
"Don't
even think that women are so different from men Tenchi. They want something
they'll fight, even when you find it ridiculous. And if there's a crowd? Bet
they go at it like two tomcats over a good alley. So just relax, be calm- if
they start up, try ignoring them. It does happen everyday, doesn't it?"
'Yes', Tenchi thought as he opened
his bedroom door, 'It does happen everyday and everyday I panic.' He quickly
brushed his teeth after Ayeka and headed downstairs. No sooner did he sit down
then Ryoko popped up next to him. Not to be outdone, Ayeka shifted closer to
him on his opposite side. The three ate silently for about half of the meal,
and then there was one piece of fish left.
Both their chopsticks clashed over
the last piece of breakfast, and then the evil eye contact began.
"I do believe that last piece is
mine!" Ayeka growled, keeping Ryoko's chopsticks from grabbing the fish.
"It's mine greedy-paws!" Ryoko
growled her response, making sure Ayeka would be able to grab the last piece.
Tenchi, between them, tried to hurry
and finish his meal. Not because of the fight, but of Corbin's letter. Like two
tomcats, he mused again, his face hidden in his rice bowel as he desperately
tried not to laugh. He barely choked on his last mouthful of food as the two's
heated argument got closed when Washu took the fish from under them to make a
quick plate for herself. He placed the bowl down and got up quickly, hurrying
towards the entryway to get his shoes on.
"I'm off everyone!" He called out,
as Sasami handed him his school case. Mihoshi, Kiyone and Sasami followed him
out to walk some ways with him away from the house.
"Have a good day Tenchi!" Sasami
called out. Suddenly Kiyone's watch blared to life.
"Let's go Mihoshi! The chief wants
us." Kiyone jerked a thumb to where the vast lake was.
"Huh? What for?" was Mihoshi's
curious reply, her blue eyes blinking in wonder.
"Because we're Galaxy Police! The
only ones in this area!" Kiyone growled. Mihoshi, finally getting it, thumped
her fist against her flat hand and nodded ecstatically as she pulled out the
crystal square that would call down their ship. As Kiyone followed Mihoshi she
began to wonder as Mihoshi had done, why the boss was calling them.
Tenchi waved and hurried down the
stone steps leading towards the main road. As soon as he was out of sight he
gave quick chuckle. 'Yes it does happen everyday' he thought as he noticed that
the bulbs on the trees were in ready to bloom, 'And Ryoko should be following
me. right ..about..'
"Tenchi!" Ryoko's shout was heard
overhead as she floated down behind him, running quickly to catch up, "Why
didn't you wait?"
"Hmm?" Was Tenchi's far off reply,
as he looked from the trees to her, "Well, you were busy, and I have allot to
do at school today."
At this Ryoko looked a bit flushed,
which made Tenchi laugh. "Now you're embarrassed? Don't be, Ryoko. You two
fight everyday so I'm getting a bored with waiting for both of you to stop it
so I can go to school....."
Ryoko slowed down a bit. Was it just
her, or was she reading him wrong? Did he mean that he was bored of the fights
Ayeka and her kept doing day in and out? Did that mean he liked her more than
Ayeka? Or was it the other way around? Or worse, is he getting bored of both of
them? How dare he be bored of -
"..Walking with you and actually
waiting for the bus, instead of running for it" Tenchi was studying her. She
had that look on her face, that look like she was trying to find something
hidden, a lie, and a twist. It made him .. queasy when she was like this.
Mostly because weather or not she was going to get pissed or just moody and
pensive for a whole two seconds before she got flirty with him. Ryoko seemed to
snap out of her trance a determined smile on her face.
"No more fights in the morning then
Tenchi." She purred as she wrapped her arms about his shoulder playfully,
rubbing herself against his back, "Then we can have some fun right near the bus
stop."
Tenchi went positively crimson as he
kept walking, with Ryoko floating behind him. He secretly breathed a sigh of
relief as he saw corner of where to stop was, and was glad that there were
several others waiting as well. Ryoko gave a pout and slowly let go of Tenchi,
"Well you have a good day Tenchi! See you when you get back!"
Tenchi turned and smiled, waving
quickly as he heard the roar of the bus coming up the hillside and then went at
a brisk run. He hopped in, paid his fare and sat down looking out the window,
seeing Ryoko's fade out of sight. He sighed and patted the place where the
letter was, and was thankful that Ryoko didn't find it while holding him. He
closed his eyes, resting. No one but Corbin knew what he was going through.
After his first space adventure, he had been compelled to tell someone. But
some of his friends at school didn't seem trustworthy with he had to say. Alien
women, being a Jurian prince, the Galaxy Police, his grandfather being 700
years old? Who would believe him? For some reason though he had turned to his
pen pal, who had left three letters while he was away in his private mailbox
near the school, in the United States. His letters, though typed, had an
underlying tone of being worried; being that his letter was late and that if he
was in trouble or that he needed to tell someone something that he could trust
him to keep it. He took his chances on Corbin, telling him of everything.
Sasami nearly caught him as he was in the middle of page ten to tell him that
he was late for dinner. He thought Corbin would call him crazy and then stop
writing, but he didn't.
Tenchi got off at the stop a few
block away from the school, in order to walk by the mailbox. He slipped the
envelope in quickly, if any of the girls knew what he told Corbin they'd kill
him. How Ryoko could be so nice and yet so pushy, how under Ayeka's nice
charming exterior there was this huge, green, evil streak in her. And of how
sometimes Sasami took the entire housekeeping burden, even on the verge of
exhaustion. Washu's freaky experiments and trips of "greatest scientist" getting out of hand. Mihoshi's oddly
sleeping habits and of clutzing out. Kiyone's workaholic and Karoke-ilism. And
of course his grandfathers' sword training and his Father being just weird.
Tenchi sighed relieved as he spotted
his classmates waving at him. Now all he had to do was wait for Corbin's reply
letter...
A
WEEK AND A HALF LATER
"Corbin, honey could you grab the
mail?" Mrs. Valentine shouted as she heard the mailman move away. Corbin was
chatting with girlfriend, Kitty, on the long porch of the Victorian styled
home. Corbin rolled his eyes, getting a giggle from his long time girlfriend,
and went down the long flowered walkway to the mailbox. His mother was probably
cooking something that required constant attention because usually it was his
sister, Jamilah, who got the mail. Today though, she was at her vaulting class
down the road and wouldn't be back for another three hours. He pulled out a
huge heft of letters and one small package from the mailbox and shut the lid.
He walked casually up the walkway, with Kitty meeting him halfway, around to
the Kitchen door. He sniffed the air and smiled, whatever his mother was making
was going to be well worth the wait. As he pushed the screen door open, Kitty
looked around, smiling.
"I'm starving! What are you making?"
She inquired as she pulled a chair out to sit down. Mrs. Valentine shooed
Corbin away as he began to shift through the piping pots. The kitchen, homey
and bright, as in organized chaos as Mrs. V shuffled about. Corbin grabbed a
few Oreos from a cubby to split between him and Kitty as he began to sort the
mail. The package was for his mom, bills, bills..bills.. Cd offer(him)... book
offer(sis).. bills bills. Between a credit card bill (sis) and a test drive
offer (his) was a blue letter. One side was written in symbols on the other was
written in English. It was addressed to him.
"Damnit" He growled as he separated
the letter from the others.
"Mmm? What?" Asked Kitty with Oreo
stuck to the roof of her mouth as she hunted for milk.
"I thought I stopped writing to-"
Corbin trailed off as he turned the letter over and over, deciding to put it in
his pocket, "Ahh, it was nothing babe."
He grabbed and Oreo and munched on
it deep in thought...
**** Well tell me what you think of it!! Might write chapter
2 soon..****
