Author's Note: Hola! You may have read this once before when my name was Lady Aquila. Well, I've come back to revise this silly fic. There were a lot of mistakes before that were just horrifying to think of. I swear I will never live down the whole 'I live you' thing. *glares at so-called friends* That was embarrassing. *hides in shame* So, in between writing my Harry Potter fic, I will be revising and re-placing chapters of this story.
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Chapter One: The Kiss
I phase through the ceiling to the roof where I like to sit and think. That is just what I wish to do right now. My legs are crossed and I stare at the moon. It's beautiful. Space is so beautiful. But I no longer wish to be there. I was trapped in that cave for 700 years, thinking nothing except getting out of there and going home. To the stars. But what happened? I met a boy. The most adorable boy I have ever seen. I watched him grow, felt his pain when his mother died. I grew to love him. Silly of me really. Imagine, the great space pirate Ryoko, falling for a human boy. Oh, how I loved him. And still do. He released me from my prison, and what did I do, you ask? I attacked him! Can you blame me? 700 years locked up and finally free! Maybe I went a little too far, but . . . I had fun.
Everything was going great until the princess showed up. Oh well, perhaps it was fate. All of us sharing a house. One family under one roof. Yes, I said family. Because that's what they are to me. My family, the only family I ever had. There's Tenchi, the boy I love so dearly. Yosho, Tenchi's grandfather. I don't hold a grudge against Yosho for imprisoning me. I really wish to thank him. Then there's Ayeka. Snotty, spoiled princess Ayeka. We don't get along but she is my family. There's her little sister Sasami, the universes greatest cook. I should know, I got around. Mihoshi, a great failure as a Galaxy Police Officer, but such a riot. Tenchi's father, Noboyoki, a truly perverted man but there's more than meets the eye. And my so-called mother, Washu. She's my creator and fancies herself my mother. I guess she is.
I sigh. So many people under one roof. Winning Tenchi over would be so much easier if it were just us. Oh well, I guess that will never happen. None of us will ever leave Tenchi's side, ever. That was the way things were and will always be. I yawned. Sleep was beginning to creep up on me. It was pretty late and I should get to bed. But there was something I had to do . . .
I glide into Tenchi's room quietly, so not to disturb him. He's lying there so peacefully that I fall in love with him all over again. I cross the room to his bedside and lean down. I plant a soft kiss against his sweet lips. He sighs in his sleep. I smile.
"Good night, Tenchi," I whisper in his ear, "I love you."
"I love you too, Ryoko," he mumbles.
I stand there quite still. Tenchi is still asleep. Did he just say . . .? But he's asleep. I stare at his beautiful face, my heart beating rapidly. Then, I slowly relax. I back out of the room to my own quarters. I settle down for the night, smiling happily to myself. What to do now? In the morning, we shall see. I close my eyes waiting for sleep to overcome me. And it does. Wait till morning . . .