Looking outside the window to our room I found a beautiful sun filled morning shining and reflecting on the lake a few yards from the house. On a day just like this, I arrived here.
"Greg?"
"Yes?, go back to sleep your safe."
"I'm not worried about me being safe anymore, but you on the other hand, have a lot on your mind."
"Your right. And you are part of it."
Just like a loving wife, she could tell what was bothering me the most.
"Do you want to tell them today?"
"I believe the question is - Do WE want to tell them today?"
"If WE did, who would begin it?"
"I remember all of it. From the day you arrived here till today."
"Think their old enough to hear the truth? Its been ten years. It's almost time."
"They're going to have questions for all of us."
"Better we answer them than anyone else."
"Or maybe we should get everyone together and let them take their own questions."
"That's a good idea. Let's wake em up!"
I looked back at her laying between the sheets of our bed. How beautiful she is.
"Any regrets?"
"How could you ask me that when you know the answer?"
"I just wanted to hear it from you."
"No. None. I love you."
"I love you too Ryoko."
I made my way down stairs to find Sasami already at breakfast and Washu sitting at the table typing furiously at her lab top.
"Good morning ladies, did you sleep well?"
"Oh Greg, good morning I made your favorite, grilled salmon and miso soup!"
"Thank you Sasami. You know your cooking is the best!"
"Oh, Greg!"
"Do you think you two will be around for a while?"
They both answered, "Why?"
"We're thinking of telling the kids the truth."
"Today?"
"Yes. This afternoon."
"You know this is going to need some pretty big answers, I guess I could stay out of my lab for a few hours!"
Sasami turned from the stove and spoke with Tsunami's voice.
"We'll be here for them Greg."
Ryoko appeared at the table next to Washu
"Did he tell you yet?"
"Yes. Did you have any say in this?"
"Well no, not really. But isn't it better they here it from us?"
"I suppose, but it is going to take a long time to explain."
Just then two children were coming down the stairs sounding like a freight train with Ayeka close behind.
"Slow down you two, you might trip and..."
Ayeka tripped in the middle of the stairs and fell into my awaiting arms.
"Good morning Ayeka."
"Good morning Greg and thank you."
"Hey now don't get any ideas there princess, he's mine."
"After all we've been through Ryoko, don't you think I would know that."
The children sat themselves on either side of their mother at the table. To Ryoko's right there was Keiko. She has hair just like her mother and eyes a bit more rounded, but golden in color.
And on the other side is Aki. Most of this one followed his father, hair of dark brown growing to a tail and rounded eyes colored dark brown. But the attitude was definitely his mother's.
"OK you two, Sasami has made breakfast, what do we say?"
They both replied "Thank you Sasami!"
"Very good. Now we are going to have a story after breakfast and I want you to listen very carefully alright?"
At this point Keiko was carrying on a conversation with Washu and Aki was eating his soup.
"You both will behave yourselves during this story, there is a test."
I hated to use any loud voices in the house but just this once.
"Do I make myself clear!"
Both of them ceased what they were doing, sat quietly, "Yes Daddy!"
After that breakfast went very well, except Washu scolding me about raising my voice at the table.
"Are you two done with your breakfast?"
They both answered, "Yes Mommy!"
"Then why don't you sit on the couch and wait for us to start the story."
They ran off to the couch.
Ryoko looked at me.
"Are you sure about this?"
"No, but it has to be done."
After we finished our breakfast, Washu went to make a few house calls to get the others.
"Let's see, Tenchi is at the palace, Nobuyuki is at his apartment in Tokyo and Yosho is at the shrine."
In a moment three portals opened and the persons mentioned before were standing before Washu.
"You all have been brought here because Greg and Ryoko want to tell the kids about our history and they want you to handle your own questions."
"You've got to be kidding?"
"No, this is no joke, they are going to start from the beginning and bring them up to date."
"But that will take days!"
"Yes, but they're bringing our family back together, again.