*How dare he? How could he...my own father, do this to me? I thought that he knew how I felt about arranged marriges, how I hated them with a passion, and wanted to marry for love instend of money. Damn! Do I have to be me? Do I have to be the First Princess of Jurai? Sometimes I feel it is much if a curse than it is of a blessing. I just got the letter today from Mioshi, my father telling me that he was to pick me up, and I was to marry Prince Diamond, of the Rymond Star Galaxy. I should tell the others now, and pack my things. I should..... At least Sasmai can stay here.*
"Aeka! Dinner!" Sasami called from downstairs."
::sigh::
"Hai, Sasami-chan I am coming!" WIth that Aeka gracefully walked down the stairs and into the dinning room. Everyone was already seated and Aeka was the last one there.
"Pardon me, for being late. I just had...some business to take care of..." Aeka than sat at her seat as the others shrugged Aeka's apoligy off.
*I love them all so much, they are all my family. I just wish I could tell them all how I feel about them. I musn't though, I am the First Princess of Jurai, and I cannot be weak. I can just remember the good times. Ryoko will never know that I love her as a friend...no a sister. How can I? After all that she has done to dystroy my life, trying to take my Ten-chan away from me? Sasami has made so many friends here, that I couldn't bare take her away, though I know she will try. She'll have to watch over the others, and make sure they eat healthy.*
Tenchi who had glimpsed at Aeka noticed her picking at her fiid, and a small smile enveloped her face out of the blue, but it was gone in just the instant that it had come.
*Gone, I will leave here in 3 days. To be married to a prince that I had never even ment. Maybe I could run away, like Yousho, no that would give Sasmai all my obligations, and I couldn't do that to her young heart, it's just too much stress.*
"Aeka, are you even listening to me?" Sasami snapped Aeka out of her thoughts.
"Huh? Oh. Iie Sasami-chan, I am sorry. I was thinking about something. What is it that you wanted?"
"I know you were thinking, and I was wondering what you were thinking about, you look like you had ate a leamon." Sasami answered chuckaling at her description.
"N..othing Sasami-chan. Of you'll excuse me now everyone, I am quite full, thank you for dinner it was delicious Sasami-chan."
"But you hardly touched your food at all!" Samami argued.
"Yeah! There's going to be a Sailor Moon and Dragion Ball Z marathon, and we were all planning to watch it together remember? Your still going to aren't you?" Mioshi asked.
Aeka smiled and patted the blonde on the head. "Yes, just come and get me when it's on, I'll be over by the lake." With that she waved a little wave and walked out the door.
"I wonder whats up with her, shes acting weird, ne, Tenchi?" Ryoko asked.
"Hai, Ryoko. I think your right, I'm going to go check on her."
"NO I didn't mean that Tenchi, stay with me!"
"I'll be back in a few minutes." He walked out the door, seeing Aeka sitting on a rock by the river where she said she would be.
"How can I? How does he expect me to? I don't think I can....but I have to be strong. I will be. I shall follow through no matter how miserable I will be, I will follow through with my father's wishes." a silent tear trickled down her face, this did not go unnoticed by Tenchi even if he didn't hear what Aeka had said.
"Aeka-san what's wrong? Can I do something to help?" he asked sitting down by Aeka.
Aeka gasped and quickly brushed the tears out of her eyes and looked the other way.
"I have some news to tell everyone, but not yet, I want justone more peaceful day here, at least."
"Huh? What do you mean? Is something going to happen?" Tenchi asked worried about her safety.
"Later Tenchi-sama, I just want to enjoy the sunset." She replied.
He signed not getting anything out of Aeka, like usual, she seemed like she didn't have any emotion in her at all.
*She's going to burst one of these days if she doesn't tell what she's thinking.*
Moioshi came out yelling. "Aeka! Tenchi! It's on, it's on the marathon is on! We get to see the one where Usagi finally meets Trunks and they save everyone from that yoma!!" an:I know as well as any Sailor Moon or Dragion Ball Z fan out there that there is no such episode, esspessially one with the two combined, but I just love them as a couple and hey, it's still a fic :)
Aeka giggled slightly at Mioshi's child-like cares, but she really wanted to spend at least one more day with everyone.
"We are getting Washu-san out here right? She's going to come watch this marathon with us too right?" Aeka asked.
"No I'm afraid she isn't, I tried all day to get her to, but she says she has other things to do than watch cartoons." Mioshi answered. With this reply Aeka stormed into the house and passed Kiyone, Sasami, and Ryoko heading straight for Washu's lab. Opening the door she waslked right over to Washu's computer and said; "Washu-san, well you please watch the marathon with everyone else, please? This would mean so much to me, I really, really wish you would."
"I'm sorry Aeka, but I have work to do, theres much better things to do than to watch anime, I thought you would know that a.n:better things to do than watch anime?! Never! your usually level-headed."
"Washu-CHAN, please come in there and watch this with me, I would love one night where we can all relax and all be together doing something as simple as watching anime." Aeka pleaded.
Washu at the sound of Aeka saying 'Washu-chan' looked up in surprise.
"Why Aeka? What's going on?" Washu wondered.
"Washu-chan...I'm leaving in three days and your the only one I have told. Father is making me get married... I just wanted one night were I could be with my family all together."
"Even Ryoko?"
"Yes...can you please come with me now?"
"I soppose I can finish this new invention later, since this means so much to you and you called me Washu-CHAN! Now if you call me Washu-Chan for the rest of the time your here, I won't tell Ryoko that you think she is like a sister to you."
"How did you know?"
"You may be surprised, at how much people can see your emotions through your eyes when your pleading to get your way.I want to talk to you after this marathon thingy, got it?"
"Yes Washu-chan."
"Good girl, Aeka-chan. Now let's go watch some anime." With that they walked out of the lab and into the living room. Washu plopped down right by Ryoko making room for Aeka to sit by Tenchi.
*Huh? Washu is helping get Tenchi? Get Tenchi? What am I thinking? This is no game for Tenchi's heart and I do love him, so much that he is a big assent to the reason why I do not want to leave.* She glanced over to Mioshi, and Kiyone. Mioshi was laughing and crying at the same time happy to see Usagi and Mamaru brake up. Kiyone was shaking her head at Mioshi and signing. Sasami was cheering for Usagi as Sailor Moon once again defeated a yoma, but this time with the help of the Z gang. *Where else could I be and be in this joy? To feel this loved with all the people in this room?* Aeka didn't notice that Washu was talking to Ryoko and how Ryoko glanced up at Aeka, a look of surprise in her eyes.
Tenchi looked over at Aeka who was smiling at the site that Mioshi and Sasami made as they watched the show. Than Aeka glanced at a watch and nodded at Washu, Washu nodded in return and the two got up from their spots and walked into the lab.
"Washu-chan what did you want to talk about?" Washu grabbed a recorder unbeknownst to Aeka and pressed record.
"Well Aeka-chan I just wanted to know how you fell about everyone here, I know you usually don't get your emotions out, and you can talk to me, trust me okay?"
".....Hai, I trust you Washu-chan. Where would you like me to start?"
"How about my ever loving daughter Ryoko?"
"Go for the big fish first huh Washu-chan?"
"You got it, now spill."
"Well I have more respect for her than she'll ever know."
"Do you still find yourself mad at her for nearly dystroying Jurai, and nearly killing killing your little sister? Driving your fiance' away to Earth?"
"Washu-chan that happened 700 years ago, I do forgive her, I mean if Sasami can look into her heart and see the good in there than why can't I right? Besides she's the only one besides me who acctually knows whats it's like to love and not be loved back."
"What do you mean."
"Why Tenchi of course, I love him with all my heart." As she said this she blushed bright red and fixed her eyes on the floor, it seemed to become of great intrest to her eyes right now.
"How long have you have feelings for Tenchi?"
::Sigh:: "Washu why does it feel like your interviewing me? Can't I just tell you my feelings?"
"Hai,you can do that."
"It hurts so much knowing that I'll never be able to come back, I have to marry someone I do not know, and.. and.. give awaay my self to him, someone who I do not love, someone who I haven't spoken a word to. I don't know how to tell the others, I..I.. don't know if I can... I have to find strenght in myself. Did you know Washu-chan, that I was trained to not tell anyone how I was feeling? That I was trained to keep myself heartless to others, not to get close to people, incase something...wrong happens and I won't have to see them ever again. I know why now. I do, I just can't do it Washu. Help me." At this point Aeka broke down crying and Washu comforted Aeka strokingher hair like a mother would.
"Sasami will want to leave with me, but I won't take her away, it'll be even more painful because she was given the gift to show her emotions, thank the gods that shes the Second Princess of Jurai....I don't want her under the stress that I have... Washu-chan, I'm going to shut up now, your going to think that all I want is smpyothy but I don't, I just want for once to have something that I want to happen. I wish...Good night Washu-chan."
"No, don't go yet, what is it that you wish?"
"I wish, that I could be saved."
"Do you mean like a fairy tale?"
"Washu-chan, most people would say my life is a fairy tale, I'm the first Princess of Jurai, I'm marrying a Prince and ruling a wonderful kingdom. I get to fight a space pirate, have a wonderful, loving sister, and two space galaxt police as friends, but theres is a bad side to this fairy tale, I have to marry a prince yes, but a prince that I do not know and do not love, I have to leave my friends, the man I really love, and a life that I was truly happy with, no Washu-chan I don't want to be rescued into a fairy tale, I want out of the one I'm living in."
With that Aeka said her goodnight and ran up to her room to think, about the doom that was coming in her life.
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Okay thats it for chapter one!! I hope you all like this, this is my first Tenchi fic and I wanted to do an Aeka fic cause theres not enough of them, I also wanted to say to those Ryoko fans that think that it's nice that there's loyal Aeka fans are nice, I apperatie them. So this is for all those people who think that Ryoko is better than Aeka, but still apperatie that Aeka fans, and of course the Aeka fans because, without them I wouldn't have any other support. Ja ne Minna-chans! Till next time!