Disclaimer: I do not own Tenchi Muyo or any of its characters so don't bother me.
A/N: This is my first attempt at a Tenchi Muyo romance, so don't sue me if you don't like it, OK? It is in Tenchi's POV. Whenever something is in Italics that is what he is thinking unless it is one word in a sentence with quotation marks around it. Enjoy! ^.^
Sailor Moon Maniacs Corp Presents
Forever Yours
Chapter One
It is an early morning at the shrine. I am already awake and doing my chores. It is a beautiful morning. Everything is going as normal. Except there is an aching feeling inside that one of the girls is going to ask me the only question that I can't answer: "Who do you love?" It makes me shiver all over to think of what the other girls will say if I did answer. Yes, I do have an answer. And if I said I loved one of them over the others, they'll probably get jealous and try to kill the girl that I picked. But yes, I do have an answer. And I can't get that girl out of my mind. Ever since I first met her, even though she tried to kill one of the others, she has just brightened every day that passed.
"Tenchi, Tenchi!" Grandpa is calling me. I wonder what he wants?
"Yes? I'm right here," I call out, and soon he is responding.
"Come, boy, breakfast is ready!" he says.
"OK, I'm coming!" I put away the broom I was sweeping with and follow him back to the house. She is still on my mind. When we get to the house, everyone is sitting at the table.
"Hello, everyone," I say. Then I see her. Gosh, she is so beautiful. "Sorry I'm late."
"Oh, it's alright, Tenchi," Sasami says. "The food had to cool off anyway."
"Phew," I say, "what a relief."
"You can sit next to me, Tenchi," Ryoko offers.
"Oh no, sit next to me, Tenchi," Ayeka says, "not next to that devil woman."
"Hey, now, Princess," Ryoko says.
"Well, you are, isn't she, Tenchi?" Ayeka replies.
I actually do think that she is a 'devil woman', but I decide not to take sides, and I sit next to neither of them. I instead sit next to Washu, which was a terrible mistake.
"Good Morning, Tenchi," she says.
"Good Morning, Washu," I respond.
"I'm going to need you in my lab today," she tells me, "whenever you're free."
I don't like the sound of that, but out of courtesy, I say, "OK."
"Great!" she exclaims, and nearly knocks my glass of orange juice over as she throws her arms around my waist. No wonder Ryoko's such a 'devil woman'! She gets it from her mom! "I just knew you'd understand! Will 1:00 be OK with you?"
"Sure, just get off of me," I struggle to say.
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It is almost time now and I am scared. I am scared of what Washu will do to me. I wonder what she wants. Then a thought came into my head. I hope she will not ask me 'the question'. I feel a chill go down my spine. To calm myself, I start to think of the one who I picked. It works. I am outside and I lay down on the grass and stare up at the sky. I wonder what she'll say if I told her that I had picked her. I start to imagine what would happen if I took her out to this spot and proclaimed my love. "Oh, Tenchi, me?" "Yes, you." I smile. She would be so happy. I look at my watch. It's time.
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"Hi, Tenchi, you're just in time!" Washu exclaims as I walk through the door.
"Well, whatever it is you need me for, could you make it kinda quick?" I ask, and then say, "because I still have work to be done in the carrot fields."
"Of course, anything for you , Tenchi."
Great. That's just want I wanted to hear. Yeah right. "Um, Little Washu?" I ask. "What is it exactly that you needed me for?" "You'll see," she responds, as little hands creep up toward me and grab me. Oh boy. Here we go again. And then everything went black . . . A/N: Okay! That's it for Chapter One! Who is the girl that Tenchi is thinking of? Who does he love? If you review I might tell you! I am prepared for flames, but they'll be ignored! TTFN!
~Princess Ayeka