A year has past since Tenchi last saw Sakuya in Yugi's dream world
and was forced to say good-bye to her. Since then though everything has
pretty much gone back to normal at the Misaki residence. Well... as normal as
it can get in a house filled with six beautiful aliens.
"Tenchi why don't you come and sit next to me for breakfast," asked Ryoko with a wide grin before she shoved Ayeka out of a seat that was right next to her. She patted the seat waiting for him to sit down.
"You will be more comfortable here, Tenchi," said Ayeka doing the same to Ryoko sending her flying into the wall but she just fazed right through it without getting any damage to the wall of herself.
"Forget it Ayeka! Tenchi will never go for you a prissy princess since he is obviously in love with me!" said Ryoko in her normal arrogant way with a grin and her arms crossed over her well-developed chest.
"Yeah right. Why would he fall for an ugly old demon like you? All you are good for is destroying things. I on the other hand am a beautiful princess who is far more graceful than you can ever be," Ayeka said mimicking Ryoko in the pose that Ryoko had taken.
That made Ryoko absolutely pissed to hear a prissy princess call her ugly. "You had better take that back!" yelled Ryoko with bolts of electricity sparking from her body. This caused everyone to back away a few meters.
"Why should I, it is the truth and you had better get used to the fact because there is no way in hell that it could ever be otherwise. Compared to me, a beautiful princess, you are just on old bat," said Ayeka, there was an evil glint in her eyes as she watched a fuming Ryoko.
"At least I am not a snobby stupid stuck up princess who believes that everything should belong to her!" yelled Ryoko while her hands glowed with her energy as a ball of destructive energy formed.
"Why you!" yelled Ayeka. The next thing everyone knew, her shields were forming all over the room. There was literally lightning coming from the glares that the two of them were giving to the other.
If it hadn't been for Tenchi at that exact moment, the two of them would have gone into an all out war that would have possibly have destroyed the house. "Will you two stop this I am tired of it!" Tenchi yelled at the top of his lungs as he got up from the table and walked out of the house.
The energy that was around them soon vanished and they were filled with regret. They watched him storm out of the room. It was the same as always. They had no wish to anger Tenchi but ever since he came back from Tokyo, he had been a little more irritable about their fights. They just couldn't help it though. It was just the way that they were.
Tenchi soon stormed out of the house and leaned against a tree that was on the edge of the woods behind his house. "Why are those two always like that? It is really getting to be a bit irritating than it was before," said Tenchi to himself while he buried his face in his hands. He gave off a soft groan as he fell onto the ground.
"I sure wish that Sakuya was here right now. Her smile always seemed to cheer me up when I was feeling down about things," said Tenchi to himself. "I sure do miss her. I miss her voice, her mind, and her face. I really want to see her again," said Tenchi sadly slightly banging his head on the tree out of aggravation.
Little did Tenchi know but Washu was listening through one of her invention. Her eyes were sad as she listened to his secret confession. "I guess it doesn't matter how much we want him he will always want someone else," Washu said to herself sadly.
"Now look what you did stupid. You drove Tenchi away with all of your bragging about being some stupid princess," said Ryoko angrily as she stared that the princess that sat on the other side of where Tenchi would have been sitting.
"What I did? You are the one that started the fight in the first place. So you have no right to accuse me, the first crowned princess of the Jurai royal family, of being the cause of him getting angry at you!" yelled Ayeka pointing a finger directly in Ryoko's face.
"There you go again rubbing it in all of our faces that you are a princess! You were the one that started the fight and now Tenchi is angry with you. He could never be truly angry at his one true love," said Ryoko. There was a dreamy look within her eyes while she said this.
Ayeka had had enough of all of this much like Tenchi and got up from the table and walked away. 'That was the worst and most disgusting lie that I have ever heard in my life. How could she even possibly think that of being possible?' Ayeka asked herself.
"Where are you going, Ayeka?" asked Sasami from the kitchen while she was picking up the trays that held the food that she had prepared. "I haven't even served breakfast yet," said Sasami.
"I am going out. I can't stand that woman!" yelled an angry Ayeka. She said nothing else after that. She was too furious at Ryoko at that specific moment, actually she was mad at her twenty-four hours a day. Her loud footsteps echoed through the halls and then the distinctive slamming of a door when she left the house.
Sasami had something to ask Ayeka so she ran after her in hoped of catching up before she got too far away. "Hey Ayeka can you come with me to town later because I need to pick Tenchi up a present for his birthday," asked Sasami when she actually managed to catch up to Ayeka's fast steps.
"Sure thing, I need to pick up his present too," said Ayeka who cheered up a little at the mere thought of the upcoming birthday of the love of her life and her choice for a future husband if she had any say in it.
"Thanks a lot Ayeka. I had no other ride today except for maybe Tenchi but he can't exactly come because... well I am looking for a present for him," said Sasami with a bright smile before she was through the doors to get the food before Ryoko got to it.
'This year I will get Tenchi the best present out of all of us and win his heart. Hopefully it will take his mind off that bitch Sakuya and prove to Ryoko that Tenchi loves me more,' thought Ayeka her hands clapping together in delight. 'I can only imagine his reaction,' thought Ayeka who started to daydream.
Daydream
"Wow this is really great Ayeka thank you. Ayeka I need to tell you something very important or I will never get another chance like this one again," said Tenchi in the daydream.
"What is it my lord Tenchi? You can tell me anything that you want. I it is what I wish to hear then say it and let us both be happily ever after like in a fairytale," said Ayeka her eyes sparkling in delight and anticipation.
"I wanted to say I love you. I have ever since I met you and no one else. Not Sakuya, nor Ryoko. You are the only one that holds any power over my heart," he replied with a smile.
"Oh Tenchi, I love you so much as well. Now we can be together forever without anyone being in our way. This was how it was supposed to be from the beginning," said Ayeka who jumped into his arms. She brought her lips up for a kiss when...
End Daydream
Then she was snapped out of her daydream from Ryoko. "Fat chance. There is no way in hell that your stupid daydream can ever happen," said Ryoko who was listening to Ayeka before she started to daydream. She saw the spaced out state of her face and knew that she was daydreaming about something that couldn't happen in a million years.
"It is perfectly possible especially for Tenchi and me. We were meant to be together from the day that we were both brought into this universe," said Ayeka her cheeks puffed out due to the interruption of her dream before it could get to the good part.
"Ha, ha. Yeah right!" laughed Ryoko rolling in the air with her levitation. "Oh, by the way. While you were daydreaming we ate all of the food," Ryoko lied just to see the panicked expression that came over Ayeka's face. She had eaten but Sasami wouldn't let her have Ayeka's share of the food.
"What!" yelled Ayeka her eyes nearly popping out of their sockets as she ran into the house to get any food that was left. When she got in she saw everyone already eating with plenty of food still on the table. 'Why that bitch,' thought Ayeka before scolding herself for not acting like the civilized person she was brought up to be.
Sasami looked up when she heard her sister run into the house. "Hey Ayeka can you do me a favor and get Washu for breakfast? I tried but she has yet to come out of her lab," said Sasami looking at her sister as she sighed and walked towards the lab door.
"Ok Sasami," said Ayeka with a sigh but she was still angry with Ryoko for the lie that she gave her. 'Note to self, Get payback with Ryoko later for that awful joke,' Ayeka thought mentally. Ayeka walked out of the kitchen to Washu's lab. Before she could walk into the lab she was pushed out by Washu who was leaving her lab.
"From now on I don't want anyone to go in there for a while due to some things that I am doing. If any of you even try to go in there then I will do something horrible to you," Washu warned them with the evil glint that told them that she was not joking and that she would actually go through with her threat.
"O-ok Washu, nothing to worry about. We will not go in there. If you don't mind my asking, why is it that you don't want us to go in there?" asked Ayeka while looking towards the door of the lab.
"There are dangerous experiments going on in there that are very sensitive! I don't want anything happening so just stop asking questions and stay out of there. Also someone tell Ryoko that later," growled out Washu before she walked to the table with the silent family.
"Mihoshi watch out!" yelled Kiyone as the ship shook in mid air over the Misaki house. It was too late though and they landed with a large splash in the lake. "You need learn how to land!" yelled Kiyone.
"I am sooo sorry Kiyone. I will work harder next time, I promise," cried Mihoshi as she crawled out of the lake. She was soaking wet and Kiyone was mad at her like so many times before. She didn't like how the day was turning out.
"Whatever lets get inside breakfast should be about ready and I want to get there before it is all gone. Ryoko would jump at the chance to get everyone else's food and I would prefer to be able to eat at some point soon because it has been a long night," said Kiyone with a sigh as she walked towards the house in dry clothes because she managed to get out before they fell into the lake.
"Yay! I can't wait," said Mihoshi as she ran into the house first leaving Kiyone stuck in a smoke cloud formed because of Mihoshi huge appetite for the moment. She felt the same way as Kiyone she wanted food before it was taken.
Kiyone was about to walk in when she noticed Washu walking into Yugi's cave. "What is Washu doing? It isn't one of the days that she usually checks to see how Yugi is doing in fact if I remember right she just checked yesterday. So why is it that she is going in there today of all days?" Kiyone asked herself.
She just put it aside at the time and walked into the house. "Does anyone know what Washu is up to she has been very secretive lately?" asked Kiyone looking at the others for an explanation as to Washu's strange behavior.
"I don't know but it's Washu we are talking about so she could be doing anything. Also earlier today she told us to stay out of the lab because of dangerous experiments but she has never had to warn us about that before," said Ayeka after a few moments of thinking about it before slowly eating the food before her.
"I guess you are right. I just found it a little weird when I saw her heading towards Yugi's cave a few moments ago. Do any of you know if there was anything wrong?" asked Kiyone but the she saw the worried expression on Sasami's face. "I am sure that there isn't so maybe we should just forget about it," said Kiyone before sitting down and started to eat.
"Where is it? I still can't find it," said Washu in Yugi's cave. Many screens were popping up on her computer but she was unable to find the one thing that she was looking for. "I got part of it but the other part is still missing. So where could it be?" said Washu who was typing away on her computer. "I wonder," said Washu. She got up and left the cave.
She walked around for a few moments before she came across Tenchi as he worked in the fields. "Oh Tenchi, can I see you for a second?" asked Washu innocently. She noticed Tenchi back away a few steps.
"What is it Washu?" asked Tenchi nervously. Every time that he'd heard Washu talk that way, it never meant anything good. Last time he heard it, he ended up strapped naked to a desk with Washu performing oral experiment on him. He still shivered in fear whenever it was that he even thought back to it. He was against doing anything like that again but with Washu, it was kind of hard to get away from it.
"I was just wondering if you could help me with something? It won't take more than a few hours so you have nothing to worry," said Washu with the glint there once again, which made Tenchi back up even more.
"Do I have to?" cried Tenchi. Washu's experiments were never anything as easy as she made them out to be. In fact, most of the time they tended to be very painful and he didn't want to go through it.
"Yes," said Washu who dragged Tenchi to her lab. She would not take no for an answer because she wasn't doing this for herself like she normally did. She was being a philanthropist for once by giving to another.
"What is it you want Washu? I have a lot of work that needs to be done and then grandpa is putting me through some training," said Tenchi as he was strapped in. He was lucky that this time it didn't require him to take off his clothes.
"I just want to do a few tests. So just lay back, and relax," said Washu while she started to type away on the computer. She noticed his struggling as he tried to get away but she didn't do anything about it.
"I really don't want to do this," yelled Tenchi while he continued to struggle with all of his might. The straps were too tight and even with his strength he just could not get loose from it. He was scared and wanted to get away as fast as he could.
"To bad," said Washu not even looking at him but just keep an eye on her computer. She typed a few keys on the keyboard. "There will be a small shock when it starts working but you should wake up in a few hours," said Washu evilly and pressed a button.
"WHAT!" yelled Tenchi. It was too late though. He felt the electricity start to surge through his body and soon enough he lost consciousness. He was unsure of what happened next but he didn't want to be awake to know.
"Hey Washu have you seen Tenchi,?" asked Ryoko as she came into the lab. A barrier that Washu more than likely put up stopped her. He pounded on it a few times but it did no good because it didn't break.
Washu was glad she put it up because she knew that Ryoko was not really one to do as others asked. "He is over there," said Washu pointing at the still unconscious Tenchi. "I am done with him anyways," she said while she walked over to the table and picked Tenchi up. She walked over to Ryoko and handed him to her so that Ryoko wouldn't come into the lab.
"What the hell did you do to him?" yelled Ryoko as she clutched Tenchi. Washu's experiments tended to get out of control. She wanted to make sure that her beloved Tenchi was ok and not hurt by the mad doctor.
"I just did a little test. He should be ok in a few hours when he wakes up," said Washu innocently. "There will be no damage to him when he wakes up so chill out and please leave because I have a lot of important experiments to do . So stay out like I asked everyone to do," Washu warned before shoving Ryoko out of the lab with Tenchi.
"Good because that is what I am going to do," said Ryoko he she took Tenchi up towards his room because she knew he needed some rest and if she could help him then she would. That thought made a perverted grin come across her face.
"I have all the data that I need so it doesn't matter," said Washu to herself with a smile. "Tenchi will love what I am about to do, but I hope that Ayeka and Ryoko don't kill me because of it," said Washu to herself again turning her smile into a cringe at the mere thought of it.
It wasn't till a few hours later that Tenchi woke up. "Huh, what happened?" asked Tenchi weakly while he sat up in his bed only to come face to face with Ryoko as she stared down at him. "Ahhhhhh!" yelled Tenchi falling right back to the bed.
"Washu did one of her experiments on you. I am so glad that you are ok. I watched over you ever since she let you go to make sure," said Ryoko being kind of sweet but that made her seem much nicer than usual.
It was just one of the things that made her who she was though. Tenchi liked her for that. She was a good friend but he felt he could never really give her what she wanted. "Oh yeah that is right. Do you know what she was doing?" asked Tenchi rubbing his head as he sat up.
"I really don't want to know and I really don't care. I am sure that it is nothing good that she was up to," said Ryoko not even bothering to think about it and instead saying the first thing that came to her.
"Thanks for getting me out of there Ryoko. I don't know what would have happened if she had continued with her experiments," said Tenchi with a smile as he got out of the bed.
Ryoko blushed a little. "It's no problem," she said smiling back. 'Unfortunately she was done with her experiment by the time that I got there. No need for you to know that though,' thought Ryoko chuckling slightly.
About a week later it was the day of Tenchi's birthday. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TENCHI," yelled Ryoko as she flung herself onto Tenchi. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck but not enough so that he couldn't breath. She had done this so many times before that she knew the best way in order to do this.
"Thanks, I guess," said Tenchi still a bit half-asleep since he had only woken up a few minutes ago. As soon as walked out of his room was when Ryoko ambushed him in her embrace. He walked down with Ryoko still hanging on but he didn't say anything.
Ayeka saw him come down the stairs and smiled while just ignoring the fact that Ryoko was hanging all over him. "Here lord Tenchi I got this for you," said Ayeka a bit shyly as she gave him her present.
"Thanks Ayeka," said Tenchi with a smile while Ryoko reluctantly let go of her embrace. He opened it up to find a picture of the entire family a lot like the one he had in Tokyo except that everyone was in it in person. "Thanks a lot," said Tenchi happily.
"It was my pleasure. I am willing to give you anything that you could ever want," said Ayeka her face a brilliant shade of red that Tenchi or her didn't even know exited at the time.
"Now why don't I give you my present. All we have to do is go to someplace that is quiet and where we can be alone," said Ryoko a bit seductively as she drew circles on Tenchi's chest with her finger.
"Sorry Ryoko, but I need him at the moment," said Washu who walked into the room. "Tenchi if you will step into my lab I have to show you something," said Washu grabbing Tenchi by the arm and walking towards her lab.
"Ok, as long as it isn't another experiment," said Tenchi warily. The thought of what happened only a week before was still haunting his dreams and he didn't want to go through it again.
"Don't worry. I am all done with that so I have no use for doing any more experiments on you.. for now," she said evilly. She led the way with Tenchi following. They went in and everyone tried to go in but Washu stopped them. "Only Tenchi," said Washu closing the door and putting up a barrier to keep them out of the lab.
"You had better not try anything!" yelled Ryoko pounding on the door but it was no use because the door would not budge. 'If she does then I swear I will hurt her,' Ryoko thought angrily.
"What is it that you wanted me for?" asked Tenchi when he was in Washu's lab. He looked around and was glad to see that there wasn't any experimental equipment around, only the normal equipment she normally had.
"Tenchi I have a question I want you to answer truthfully. This is very important, so I really need for you to answer me. Do you still love Sakuya?" Washu asked looking at him with a stern face. She cared for Tenchi greatly as a guinea pig and a friend so she didn't want him to be unhappy by being forced away from the one he truly loved.
"Yes I still do," said Tenchi quietly. He didn't know why she asked him this. She was gone, taken back into Yugi. As far as he knew, there was no way to get her back unless Yugi let her go and he wasn't sure if that could even happen.
"Follow me," said Washu with a small smile. She turned in a different direction and she led him farther into the lab until she stopped. She looked around for something. She knew where it was now.
"Washu what is the point of asking me that if there is no way for her to come back?" asked Tenchi sadly. Washu didn't answer him and that annoyed him. "Washu," called Tenchi wanting an answer to his question.
Washu turned around and had a big grin on her face. It was a grin like the one she wore the days she performed a good experiment, one that actually managed to succeed. She was too proud of herself at times.
"Washu what is," began Tenchi but was cut off with the sound of footsteps behind him. Washu's grin just got even wider from this. Tenchi turned around to see who it was and was shocked to see Sakuya.
Tenchi was speechless but eventually was able to say. "Sakuya," said Tenchi who was still in shock. "Ho... How? I saw you disappear right in front of me so how is this possible?" asked a speechless Tenchi. Just to see her in front of him sent warmth through his heart that he hadn't had since she first disappeared.
"Remember that little experiment I did on you last week well I was working on bringing her back for you since you don't seem as happy with anyone else. What I did in the experiment was look for a part of her that was put into you to keep part of her alive. Yugi didn't get rid of the other half either so it made it easier than I thought it would have been," said Washu.
Tenchi finally was able to move and embraced Sakuya in a big hug. "Y-you- you're here?" he asked still shocked. He felt like she would once again disappear like she did before. He held tightly to make sure that she didn't disappear.
"Hey Tenchi," said Sakuya quietly as she hugged him back. "I am here Tenchi. I am here and I won't go away ever again," she said burying her face into his chest feeling the warmth that had been denied to the both of them.
"There was a flaw that Yugi made when she created Sakuya in the first place. It was that she made her too real. Something that became so real that even she couldn't control her. I think that was what happened in that dream world you were in when you lost her. Her heart and her mind became real, it was her body that wasn't. One was in you; the other was in Yugi. All I did was create a new body for her and recombine them to recreate Sakuya," said Washu very proud of herself for this one.
When Washu was done with her explanation, she looked to the two lovers. "I don't think you heard a word that I said!" she yelled when she realized that Tenchi seemed to be preoccupied with holding Sakuya to even realize she was talking.
"Were you saying something Washu?" asked Tenchi finally looking towards Washu. He was too happy seeing Sakuya again that he just spaced out and all of his thoughts were on Sakuya, the warmth she gave off, the smile, her eyes. They all just seemed too good to be true. It was like this had to be a dream.
"Never mind," said Washu letting off a sigh. "Tenchi I have one important favor I want you to do for me for helping you," said Washu before she forgot all about it and what just happened got out.
"What is it? I will do anything that you want," said Tenchi too happy to be reunited with Sakuya to even care what it was that Washu wanted. If she wanted him as an experiment, he would suck it up and do it. That was how happy he was about all of this.
"Whatever you do don't tell Ayeka or Ryoko about this or they will kill me. You know how jealous they were when you were with Sakuya in Tokyo. They would throw this entirely out of proportion," said Washu seriously knowing that she would be the first to die and then they would target Sakuya.
"What about the others? Can I tell them or would it be best if we didn't tell anyone else about this?" asked Tenchi knowing that sooner or later everyone would know and if they found out on their own, they could be mad at him for keeping it from them. Ayeka and Ryoko could hold a grudge though and that made it dangerous to keep it from them.
"They aren't as bad as the those two so they won't be as upset but if either Ayeka or Ryoko saw her they would try to get my head on a silver platter. So I want you to keep her a secret from them at least for now. We will tell them eventually but when we get them used to the idea so they won't go overboard," said Washu sadly. She got up from the seat she had taken while they were talking and walked to the lab door. If one of them didn't come out soon, the others would get suspicious.
"Ok," said Tenchi relieved that there was no experiment that was involved in her favor. 'I got off lucky so I'd better not say anything or she might add that onto her favor,' thought Tenchi with a sigh of relief.
"Thank you miss Washu. I am in your debt for helping Tenchi and me like that," said Sakuya giving her best smile. She received one from both Washu and Tenchi. It felt good to be around him again.
"No your not. If Tenchi is happy so am I. He has done so much for me and the others in the past that I had to do something to make it up to him," said Washu when she reached the door.
"Um Washu is there anyway to restore the memories of everyone who forgot about me?" asked Sakuya. Being back with Tenchi was great and all but she would miss her friends greatly.
"I am not sure if I can do anything at the moment. So that is really up to Yugi when she wakes up. I might try but don't get your hopes up because it will more than likely take a while. But hey! I am the greatest scientific genius in the universe so it shouldn't be that hard on the other hand," said Washu before breaking out in laughter while both Tenchi and Sakuya both sweat dropped.
"O...k," said Tenchi with a slight laugh. It was good to see that she was her normal self. It would be kind of weird if Washu did things for others. Now Tenchi saw a different reason besides just him. He was the main reason she did this but it was also to fuel her own overlarge pride.
"Hey Washu it's Tenchi's birthday so don't hog him all to yourself. Everyone else has stuff that we want to give him as well. I have plans so just hand him over now!" yelled Ryoko as she pounded on the lab door.
"Yes miss Washu you had better let Lord Tenchi go!" yelled Ayeka pounding on the door as much as Ryoko was but now having as much of an impact because of her lesser physical strength.
"Alright, Alright I am done with him," said Washu as she walked through the lab door only to come face to face with an overly annoyed Ryoko and Ayeka. She would have been dead and buried if looks could kill.
"You had better not have done anything to him!" yelled Ryoko but all she got was a shaking of Washu's head. So where is he?" asked Ryoko who was a angry beyond the point you should anger her.
"You had better not have done another one of your experiments on him because I will be forced to protest if you did any more of them on his birthday of all days," said Ayeka a little more held back than Ryoko was.
"Don't worry I didn't do anything to him you two, he is merely running an errand for me and he should be back sometime soon. Just be patient and wait till then," said Washu casually walking by the two of them and taking a seat on the sofa while she rummaged through the channels on the television. After that she was laughing her head off at the thing on the television leaving an even more annoyed Ryoko and Ayeka.
"On his birthday! You sent him on an errand on his birthday?" asked Ayeka finding it incredulous that Washu could force Tenchi to do something for her when it was supposed to be his day of all days.
"This errand is more for him than it is for me. He wanted a bit of time by himself anyways," said Washu not bothering to take her eyes off of the television to even talk to the two of them.
"Really? Well I am going to find him and ask him what it was you want with him. You had better not have tried anything," said Ryoko floating up into the air and about ready to fly out of the house when she was stopped by Washu.
"Don't!" yelled Washu becoming panicky about the two of them seeing him with Sakuya so soon. She had no death wish. 'I can't die now! There is so many in the universe that me the greatest scientific genius in the universe,' thought Washu trying to think of some way to keep them from going.
"And why not? I am sure that Tenchi would want to be with his true love on his birthday. so why is it that you won't let me go to him?" asked Ryoko staring at Washu waiting for some sort of explanation.
'He already is,' thought Washu but she was not going to say it out loud. "Because he needs to do this on his own," said Washu coming up with a logical answer. "You can ask him about it when he gets back if he feels like telling what it is," said Washu with a grin. 'I hope he goes by my request though,' thought Washu a little nervously, 'I really don't want to get killed by the two of them.'
"Tenchi? Can I ask you a question?" asked Sakuya fidgeting a little nervously while she stared down at the ground as if trying to memorize every single crack that was in the ground..
"What is it?" asked Tenchi stopping allowing her to stop as well and look at him in the eyes. Tenchi looked into the eyes that he had not been able to look into for so long, all he saw was worry.
"What do you think will happen if they ever find out about me? It was obvious that they didn't really like me much the last time that we saw each other. If they were to see me now, what would happen?" asked Sakuya cautiously wrapping her arms around Tenchi.
"I have a feeling they will hurt Washu first, and go on from there. I won't let them do anything to you though. We are going to try and warm them up to the idea and that is when they can know. I don't think they would try anything if I said something about it though," said Tenchi protectively wrapping his arms around her as well.
"Thank you Tenchi. That makes me feel a lot better just hearing it from you. So where are we going right now?" Sakuya asked and they once again started to walk down the street towards the closest bus stop into town.
"We're going to find you for a place to stay for now. We can't keep you locked up in Washu's lab forever. You will have a lot more freedom this way and I will be able to come and visit you before and after class as well as whenever I can get the chance to come down which I will make sure is as many times as I can," Tenchi said smiling while looking up at the sky.
"That sounds very nice. I will enjoy those times very much. As many times as we can to make up for this long amount of time that we have been separated from each other," she muttered with a bright smile.
"Alright, where the hell is Tenchi?" yelled Ryoko, "He has been gone for far too long. It has been at least 5 hours and I want to know where he is." Holding Washu up into the air ready to strangle it out of her.
"I told you he went on a few errands for me. It is no big deal. These can only take as long as he wishes for them to take," said Washu her head shaking back and forth with the force of Ryoko's shaking.
"I really don't think that it should take this long though! Something could have happened to him and if I am not there he could get seriously hurt," said Ayeka not even hearing what it was that Washu had said only a second before.
"I just told you that it will take as long as he wants it to so will you please leave me alone! I think my head is going to fall off if you don't stop shaking me," said Washu feeling very dizzy. 'If this is how they react to him being gone, then I would hate to see their reaction for his actual reason for being gone,' thought Washu.
At that time the sound of the door opening and Tenchi saying, "I'm home," was heard. Everyone that was in the room ran towards the door after dropping Washu directly on her rear-end.
"Finally!" yelled Ryoko and Ayeka in unison as they ran to be with the one person that they loved most. They were glad to see that he was alive and unharmed. In fact, he seemed to be very cheerful, much more than they had seen him since he returned from Tokyo.
"Thank god," said Washu as she pushed herself off of the ground. "Hello Tenchi. It is good to see that you are all right. These two seemed to think otherwise that they nearly strangled where you went out of me," said Washu walking calmly into the room.
"Tenchi you're home!" said Sasami happily as she met him at the doorway, "Dinner is almost ready so I hope you are hungry," said Sasami before she ran back into the kitchen to finish up the dinner as well as Tenchi's huge birthday cake.
"I'm starving," said Tenchi happily as he walked by everyone and into the living room. He took a seat and was soon followed by the others. Ayeka took a seat on the other side of Tenchi and Ryoko well...
"Tenchi!" yelled Ryoko as she wrapped her arms around Tenchi. "Where have you been I missed you so much. You have been gone so long and you wouldn't even talk to me in there," said Ryoko holding onto him tightly.
"I've just been out doing something for Washu. You have nothing to worry about because I did it all on my own free will," said Tenchi while waiting patiently for Sasami to bring out the food.
"Whatever at least your back," said Ryoko still holding on tightly, "Now I can give you that present I told you about," said Ryoko seductively into his ear. She could feel him tense a little and she didn't understand why.
"Ryoko, well... I... uh," said Tenchi unable to come up with the words to tell her that he couldn't really. He didn't want to hurt anyone. They were all his friends and he knew that someone was going to get hurt in the end.
"What's the matter Tenchi? Don't you want it?" asked Ryoko pretending to be hurt but somewhere in the deep reaches of her heart she knew he wouldn't go for what it was that she wanted to give him. 'Oh well, at least I bought a back up plan,' she thought a little depressed
"Well..." said Tenchi but was stopped by Sasami coming out of the kitchen carrying some of the food. Just by the smell, he could tell that she went all out tonight like she did at this time of the year every year since they all first came here.
"Dinners ready." She announced placing the food on the table. It seemed to be a mixture of many different cultural foods. There was the traditional Japanese as well as a few cultures from around the world.
'Thank you,' thought Tenchi to no one in specific. He was glad to get Ryoko's attention off of him even if it would be for a little while so they could all eat their dinner. It smelled good and Tenchi was sure that it would taste good being made by Sasami.
"Rats, so close," muttered Ryoko a bit upset at her timing. She just sighed and looked at all of the delicious foods all around her. She was definitely hungry from all of the waiting that she had done.
"Ryoko, why don't you let Tenchi go so he can eat his food," said an annoyed Ayeka. Already munching on some of the appetizers not even looking at the two of them because she found it disgusting.
Ryoko responded but just sticking her tongue out at Ayeka. She for once was going to be civilized just for Tenchi but when it came to her and Ayeka, any plans she had tended to be thrown out of the window.
This just seemed to get Ayeka more annoyed. "Why you... you dirt bag. Can't you even be civilized for one night out of the entire year?" asked Ayeka as her anger kept building up.
"What was that you prissy princess?" asked Ryoko also annoyed. She wanted to impress Tenchi but that wouldn't happen if a fight started up. She just couldn't help the old habit of fighting with Ayeka for Tenchi's heart.
Ayeka pretty much just snapped and yet another fight started between the two of them. One that Tenchi moved in order to get out from in-between the two powerful women.
"Don't tell me that those two are fighting again," said Sasami as Tenchi managed to get into a different seat at least for a moment that was right by Sasami. Sasami was upset because her masterpiece would be ruined if they got into a fight.
"Yeah, they are. For once I don't even know who it was that started it though," said Tenchi with a sigh. Usually it is easy to tell which one of the two started it but this time he was baffled as to who it was. Ryoko for doing what she was doing or Ayeka for talking about it.
"Those two will never stop their fighting. I thought that you would know that by now Tenchi," said Washu as she dug into her food. "This is very good Sasami," she said without waiting for a reply from Tenchi.
"No kidding," said Tenchi who quickly got into eating before they destroyed everything again. "Where is Kiyone and Mihoshi," asked Tenchi noticing the two were gone from the dinner table.
"They are still out on their patrol but they should be back soon. I don't think they will miss out on this when I told it to them before they left," said Sasami happily. "So Tenchi where were you today?" asked Sasami bring up the subject that Tenchi did no want to talk about.
"Well, I... uh," said Tenchi thinking of some excuse that would seem logical of Washu asking something for someone to do. Washu never asked for help though because she always felt like she could do everything because of how smart she was.
"What?" asked Sasami noticing that he didn't seem to know the answer to the question or at least didn't want to answer. That just fueled her curiosity but she wouldn't push it if he didn't want to answer.
"I will tell you later if you promise not to tell Ryoko or Ayeka," said Washu signaling towards the two fighting women who were not using their energy thankfully but were more of having a staring contest. They hoped that I would last.
"Ok," said Sasami figuring that it would be the best she could get out of either of them for now. If they didn't want her sister and Ryoko to know then she guessed it had to be very important.
"But first, lets eat," said Washu digging into her food yet again. Everyone took this as a signal as dug into their food before it was all gone and they wouldn't be able to have any of it.
A few moments later Ayeka and Ryoko managed to stop their mental fight and sat at the table as close to Tenchi as Tenchi as they could since he had taken a different seat during their fight.
"Tenchi why don't you come and sit next to me for breakfast," asked Ryoko with a wide grin before she shoved Ayeka out of a seat that was right next to her. She patted the seat waiting for him to sit down.
"You will be more comfortable here, Tenchi," said Ayeka doing the same to Ryoko sending her flying into the wall but she just fazed right through it without getting any damage to the wall of herself.
"Forget it Ayeka! Tenchi will never go for you a prissy princess since he is obviously in love with me!" said Ryoko in her normal arrogant way with a grin and her arms crossed over her well-developed chest.
"Yeah right. Why would he fall for an ugly old demon like you? All you are good for is destroying things. I on the other hand am a beautiful princess who is far more graceful than you can ever be," Ayeka said mimicking Ryoko in the pose that Ryoko had taken.
That made Ryoko absolutely pissed to hear a prissy princess call her ugly. "You had better take that back!" yelled Ryoko with bolts of electricity sparking from her body. This caused everyone to back away a few meters.
"Why should I, it is the truth and you had better get used to the fact because there is no way in hell that it could ever be otherwise. Compared to me, a beautiful princess, you are just on old bat," said Ayeka, there was an evil glint in her eyes as she watched a fuming Ryoko.
"At least I am not a snobby stupid stuck up princess who believes that everything should belong to her!" yelled Ryoko while her hands glowed with her energy as a ball of destructive energy formed.
"Why you!" yelled Ayeka. The next thing everyone knew, her shields were forming all over the room. There was literally lightning coming from the glares that the two of them were giving to the other.
If it hadn't been for Tenchi at that exact moment, the two of them would have gone into an all out war that would have possibly have destroyed the house. "Will you two stop this I am tired of it!" Tenchi yelled at the top of his lungs as he got up from the table and walked out of the house.
The energy that was around them soon vanished and they were filled with regret. They watched him storm out of the room. It was the same as always. They had no wish to anger Tenchi but ever since he came back from Tokyo, he had been a little more irritable about their fights. They just couldn't help it though. It was just the way that they were.
Tenchi soon stormed out of the house and leaned against a tree that was on the edge of the woods behind his house. "Why are those two always like that? It is really getting to be a bit irritating than it was before," said Tenchi to himself while he buried his face in his hands. He gave off a soft groan as he fell onto the ground.
"I sure wish that Sakuya was here right now. Her smile always seemed to cheer me up when I was feeling down about things," said Tenchi to himself. "I sure do miss her. I miss her voice, her mind, and her face. I really want to see her again," said Tenchi sadly slightly banging his head on the tree out of aggravation.
Little did Tenchi know but Washu was listening through one of her invention. Her eyes were sad as she listened to his secret confession. "I guess it doesn't matter how much we want him he will always want someone else," Washu said to herself sadly.
"Now look what you did stupid. You drove Tenchi away with all of your bragging about being some stupid princess," said Ryoko angrily as she stared that the princess that sat on the other side of where Tenchi would have been sitting.
"What I did? You are the one that started the fight in the first place. So you have no right to accuse me, the first crowned princess of the Jurai royal family, of being the cause of him getting angry at you!" yelled Ayeka pointing a finger directly in Ryoko's face.
"There you go again rubbing it in all of our faces that you are a princess! You were the one that started the fight and now Tenchi is angry with you. He could never be truly angry at his one true love," said Ryoko. There was a dreamy look within her eyes while she said this.
Ayeka had had enough of all of this much like Tenchi and got up from the table and walked away. 'That was the worst and most disgusting lie that I have ever heard in my life. How could she even possibly think that of being possible?' Ayeka asked herself.
"Where are you going, Ayeka?" asked Sasami from the kitchen while she was picking up the trays that held the food that she had prepared. "I haven't even served breakfast yet," said Sasami.
"I am going out. I can't stand that woman!" yelled an angry Ayeka. She said nothing else after that. She was too furious at Ryoko at that specific moment, actually she was mad at her twenty-four hours a day. Her loud footsteps echoed through the halls and then the distinctive slamming of a door when she left the house.
Sasami had something to ask Ayeka so she ran after her in hoped of catching up before she got too far away. "Hey Ayeka can you come with me to town later because I need to pick Tenchi up a present for his birthday," asked Sasami when she actually managed to catch up to Ayeka's fast steps.
"Sure thing, I need to pick up his present too," said Ayeka who cheered up a little at the mere thought of the upcoming birthday of the love of her life and her choice for a future husband if she had any say in it.
"Thanks a lot Ayeka. I had no other ride today except for maybe Tenchi but he can't exactly come because... well I am looking for a present for him," said Sasami with a bright smile before she was through the doors to get the food before Ryoko got to it.
'This year I will get Tenchi the best present out of all of us and win his heart. Hopefully it will take his mind off that bitch Sakuya and prove to Ryoko that Tenchi loves me more,' thought Ayeka her hands clapping together in delight. 'I can only imagine his reaction,' thought Ayeka who started to daydream.
Daydream
"Wow this is really great Ayeka thank you. Ayeka I need to tell you something very important or I will never get another chance like this one again," said Tenchi in the daydream.
"What is it my lord Tenchi? You can tell me anything that you want. I it is what I wish to hear then say it and let us both be happily ever after like in a fairytale," said Ayeka her eyes sparkling in delight and anticipation.
"I wanted to say I love you. I have ever since I met you and no one else. Not Sakuya, nor Ryoko. You are the only one that holds any power over my heart," he replied with a smile.
"Oh Tenchi, I love you so much as well. Now we can be together forever without anyone being in our way. This was how it was supposed to be from the beginning," said Ayeka who jumped into his arms. She brought her lips up for a kiss when...
End Daydream
Then she was snapped out of her daydream from Ryoko. "Fat chance. There is no way in hell that your stupid daydream can ever happen," said Ryoko who was listening to Ayeka before she started to daydream. She saw the spaced out state of her face and knew that she was daydreaming about something that couldn't happen in a million years.
"It is perfectly possible especially for Tenchi and me. We were meant to be together from the day that we were both brought into this universe," said Ayeka her cheeks puffed out due to the interruption of her dream before it could get to the good part.
"Ha, ha. Yeah right!" laughed Ryoko rolling in the air with her levitation. "Oh, by the way. While you were daydreaming we ate all of the food," Ryoko lied just to see the panicked expression that came over Ayeka's face. She had eaten but Sasami wouldn't let her have Ayeka's share of the food.
"What!" yelled Ayeka her eyes nearly popping out of their sockets as she ran into the house to get any food that was left. When she got in she saw everyone already eating with plenty of food still on the table. 'Why that bitch,' thought Ayeka before scolding herself for not acting like the civilized person she was brought up to be.
Sasami looked up when she heard her sister run into the house. "Hey Ayeka can you do me a favor and get Washu for breakfast? I tried but she has yet to come out of her lab," said Sasami looking at her sister as she sighed and walked towards the lab door.
"Ok Sasami," said Ayeka with a sigh but she was still angry with Ryoko for the lie that she gave her. 'Note to self, Get payback with Ryoko later for that awful joke,' Ayeka thought mentally. Ayeka walked out of the kitchen to Washu's lab. Before she could walk into the lab she was pushed out by Washu who was leaving her lab.
"From now on I don't want anyone to go in there for a while due to some things that I am doing. If any of you even try to go in there then I will do something horrible to you," Washu warned them with the evil glint that told them that she was not joking and that she would actually go through with her threat.
"O-ok Washu, nothing to worry about. We will not go in there. If you don't mind my asking, why is it that you don't want us to go in there?" asked Ayeka while looking towards the door of the lab.
"There are dangerous experiments going on in there that are very sensitive! I don't want anything happening so just stop asking questions and stay out of there. Also someone tell Ryoko that later," growled out Washu before she walked to the table with the silent family.
"Mihoshi watch out!" yelled Kiyone as the ship shook in mid air over the Misaki house. It was too late though and they landed with a large splash in the lake. "You need learn how to land!" yelled Kiyone.
"I am sooo sorry Kiyone. I will work harder next time, I promise," cried Mihoshi as she crawled out of the lake. She was soaking wet and Kiyone was mad at her like so many times before. She didn't like how the day was turning out.
"Whatever lets get inside breakfast should be about ready and I want to get there before it is all gone. Ryoko would jump at the chance to get everyone else's food and I would prefer to be able to eat at some point soon because it has been a long night," said Kiyone with a sigh as she walked towards the house in dry clothes because she managed to get out before they fell into the lake.
"Yay! I can't wait," said Mihoshi as she ran into the house first leaving Kiyone stuck in a smoke cloud formed because of Mihoshi huge appetite for the moment. She felt the same way as Kiyone she wanted food before it was taken.
Kiyone was about to walk in when she noticed Washu walking into Yugi's cave. "What is Washu doing? It isn't one of the days that she usually checks to see how Yugi is doing in fact if I remember right she just checked yesterday. So why is it that she is going in there today of all days?" Kiyone asked herself.
She just put it aside at the time and walked into the house. "Does anyone know what Washu is up to she has been very secretive lately?" asked Kiyone looking at the others for an explanation as to Washu's strange behavior.
"I don't know but it's Washu we are talking about so she could be doing anything. Also earlier today she told us to stay out of the lab because of dangerous experiments but she has never had to warn us about that before," said Ayeka after a few moments of thinking about it before slowly eating the food before her.
"I guess you are right. I just found it a little weird when I saw her heading towards Yugi's cave a few moments ago. Do any of you know if there was anything wrong?" asked Kiyone but the she saw the worried expression on Sasami's face. "I am sure that there isn't so maybe we should just forget about it," said Kiyone before sitting down and started to eat.
"Where is it? I still can't find it," said Washu in Yugi's cave. Many screens were popping up on her computer but she was unable to find the one thing that she was looking for. "I got part of it but the other part is still missing. So where could it be?" said Washu who was typing away on her computer. "I wonder," said Washu. She got up and left the cave.
She walked around for a few moments before she came across Tenchi as he worked in the fields. "Oh Tenchi, can I see you for a second?" asked Washu innocently. She noticed Tenchi back away a few steps.
"What is it Washu?" asked Tenchi nervously. Every time that he'd heard Washu talk that way, it never meant anything good. Last time he heard it, he ended up strapped naked to a desk with Washu performing oral experiment on him. He still shivered in fear whenever it was that he even thought back to it. He was against doing anything like that again but with Washu, it was kind of hard to get away from it.
"I was just wondering if you could help me with something? It won't take more than a few hours so you have nothing to worry," said Washu with the glint there once again, which made Tenchi back up even more.
"Do I have to?" cried Tenchi. Washu's experiments were never anything as easy as she made them out to be. In fact, most of the time they tended to be very painful and he didn't want to go through it.
"Yes," said Washu who dragged Tenchi to her lab. She would not take no for an answer because she wasn't doing this for herself like she normally did. She was being a philanthropist for once by giving to another.
"What is it you want Washu? I have a lot of work that needs to be done and then grandpa is putting me through some training," said Tenchi as he was strapped in. He was lucky that this time it didn't require him to take off his clothes.
"I just want to do a few tests. So just lay back, and relax," said Washu while she started to type away on the computer. She noticed his struggling as he tried to get away but she didn't do anything about it.
"I really don't want to do this," yelled Tenchi while he continued to struggle with all of his might. The straps were too tight and even with his strength he just could not get loose from it. He was scared and wanted to get away as fast as he could.
"To bad," said Washu not even looking at him but just keep an eye on her computer. She typed a few keys on the keyboard. "There will be a small shock when it starts working but you should wake up in a few hours," said Washu evilly and pressed a button.
"WHAT!" yelled Tenchi. It was too late though. He felt the electricity start to surge through his body and soon enough he lost consciousness. He was unsure of what happened next but he didn't want to be awake to know.
"Hey Washu have you seen Tenchi,?" asked Ryoko as she came into the lab. A barrier that Washu more than likely put up stopped her. He pounded on it a few times but it did no good because it didn't break.
Washu was glad she put it up because she knew that Ryoko was not really one to do as others asked. "He is over there," said Washu pointing at the still unconscious Tenchi. "I am done with him anyways," she said while she walked over to the table and picked Tenchi up. She walked over to Ryoko and handed him to her so that Ryoko wouldn't come into the lab.
"What the hell did you do to him?" yelled Ryoko as she clutched Tenchi. Washu's experiments tended to get out of control. She wanted to make sure that her beloved Tenchi was ok and not hurt by the mad doctor.
"I just did a little test. He should be ok in a few hours when he wakes up," said Washu innocently. "There will be no damage to him when he wakes up so chill out and please leave because I have a lot of important experiments to do . So stay out like I asked everyone to do," Washu warned before shoving Ryoko out of the lab with Tenchi.
"Good because that is what I am going to do," said Ryoko he she took Tenchi up towards his room because she knew he needed some rest and if she could help him then she would. That thought made a perverted grin come across her face.
"I have all the data that I need so it doesn't matter," said Washu to herself with a smile. "Tenchi will love what I am about to do, but I hope that Ayeka and Ryoko don't kill me because of it," said Washu to herself again turning her smile into a cringe at the mere thought of it.
It wasn't till a few hours later that Tenchi woke up. "Huh, what happened?" asked Tenchi weakly while he sat up in his bed only to come face to face with Ryoko as she stared down at him. "Ahhhhhh!" yelled Tenchi falling right back to the bed.
"Washu did one of her experiments on you. I am so glad that you are ok. I watched over you ever since she let you go to make sure," said Ryoko being kind of sweet but that made her seem much nicer than usual.
It was just one of the things that made her who she was though. Tenchi liked her for that. She was a good friend but he felt he could never really give her what she wanted. "Oh yeah that is right. Do you know what she was doing?" asked Tenchi rubbing his head as he sat up.
"I really don't want to know and I really don't care. I am sure that it is nothing good that she was up to," said Ryoko not even bothering to think about it and instead saying the first thing that came to her.
"Thanks for getting me out of there Ryoko. I don't know what would have happened if she had continued with her experiments," said Tenchi with a smile as he got out of the bed.
Ryoko blushed a little. "It's no problem," she said smiling back. 'Unfortunately she was done with her experiment by the time that I got there. No need for you to know that though,' thought Ryoko chuckling slightly.
About a week later it was the day of Tenchi's birthday. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TENCHI," yelled Ryoko as she flung herself onto Tenchi. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck but not enough so that he couldn't breath. She had done this so many times before that she knew the best way in order to do this.
"Thanks, I guess," said Tenchi still a bit half-asleep since he had only woken up a few minutes ago. As soon as walked out of his room was when Ryoko ambushed him in her embrace. He walked down with Ryoko still hanging on but he didn't say anything.
Ayeka saw him come down the stairs and smiled while just ignoring the fact that Ryoko was hanging all over him. "Here lord Tenchi I got this for you," said Ayeka a bit shyly as she gave him her present.
"Thanks Ayeka," said Tenchi with a smile while Ryoko reluctantly let go of her embrace. He opened it up to find a picture of the entire family a lot like the one he had in Tokyo except that everyone was in it in person. "Thanks a lot," said Tenchi happily.
"It was my pleasure. I am willing to give you anything that you could ever want," said Ayeka her face a brilliant shade of red that Tenchi or her didn't even know exited at the time.
"Now why don't I give you my present. All we have to do is go to someplace that is quiet and where we can be alone," said Ryoko a bit seductively as she drew circles on Tenchi's chest with her finger.
"Sorry Ryoko, but I need him at the moment," said Washu who walked into the room. "Tenchi if you will step into my lab I have to show you something," said Washu grabbing Tenchi by the arm and walking towards her lab.
"Ok, as long as it isn't another experiment," said Tenchi warily. The thought of what happened only a week before was still haunting his dreams and he didn't want to go through it again.
"Don't worry. I am all done with that so I have no use for doing any more experiments on you.. for now," she said evilly. She led the way with Tenchi following. They went in and everyone tried to go in but Washu stopped them. "Only Tenchi," said Washu closing the door and putting up a barrier to keep them out of the lab.
"You had better not try anything!" yelled Ryoko pounding on the door but it was no use because the door would not budge. 'If she does then I swear I will hurt her,' Ryoko thought angrily.
"What is it that you wanted me for?" asked Tenchi when he was in Washu's lab. He looked around and was glad to see that there wasn't any experimental equipment around, only the normal equipment she normally had.
"Tenchi I have a question I want you to answer truthfully. This is very important, so I really need for you to answer me. Do you still love Sakuya?" Washu asked looking at him with a stern face. She cared for Tenchi greatly as a guinea pig and a friend so she didn't want him to be unhappy by being forced away from the one he truly loved.
"Yes I still do," said Tenchi quietly. He didn't know why she asked him this. She was gone, taken back into Yugi. As far as he knew, there was no way to get her back unless Yugi let her go and he wasn't sure if that could even happen.
"Follow me," said Washu with a small smile. She turned in a different direction and she led him farther into the lab until she stopped. She looked around for something. She knew where it was now.
"Washu what is the point of asking me that if there is no way for her to come back?" asked Tenchi sadly. Washu didn't answer him and that annoyed him. "Washu," called Tenchi wanting an answer to his question.
Washu turned around and had a big grin on her face. It was a grin like the one she wore the days she performed a good experiment, one that actually managed to succeed. She was too proud of herself at times.
"Washu what is," began Tenchi but was cut off with the sound of footsteps behind him. Washu's grin just got even wider from this. Tenchi turned around to see who it was and was shocked to see Sakuya.
Tenchi was speechless but eventually was able to say. "Sakuya," said Tenchi who was still in shock. "Ho... How? I saw you disappear right in front of me so how is this possible?" asked a speechless Tenchi. Just to see her in front of him sent warmth through his heart that he hadn't had since she first disappeared.
"Remember that little experiment I did on you last week well I was working on bringing her back for you since you don't seem as happy with anyone else. What I did in the experiment was look for a part of her that was put into you to keep part of her alive. Yugi didn't get rid of the other half either so it made it easier than I thought it would have been," said Washu.
Tenchi finally was able to move and embraced Sakuya in a big hug. "Y-you- you're here?" he asked still shocked. He felt like she would once again disappear like she did before. He held tightly to make sure that she didn't disappear.
"Hey Tenchi," said Sakuya quietly as she hugged him back. "I am here Tenchi. I am here and I won't go away ever again," she said burying her face into his chest feeling the warmth that had been denied to the both of them.
"There was a flaw that Yugi made when she created Sakuya in the first place. It was that she made her too real. Something that became so real that even she couldn't control her. I think that was what happened in that dream world you were in when you lost her. Her heart and her mind became real, it was her body that wasn't. One was in you; the other was in Yugi. All I did was create a new body for her and recombine them to recreate Sakuya," said Washu very proud of herself for this one.
When Washu was done with her explanation, she looked to the two lovers. "I don't think you heard a word that I said!" she yelled when she realized that Tenchi seemed to be preoccupied with holding Sakuya to even realize she was talking.
"Were you saying something Washu?" asked Tenchi finally looking towards Washu. He was too happy seeing Sakuya again that he just spaced out and all of his thoughts were on Sakuya, the warmth she gave off, the smile, her eyes. They all just seemed too good to be true. It was like this had to be a dream.
"Never mind," said Washu letting off a sigh. "Tenchi I have one important favor I want you to do for me for helping you," said Washu before she forgot all about it and what just happened got out.
"What is it? I will do anything that you want," said Tenchi too happy to be reunited with Sakuya to even care what it was that Washu wanted. If she wanted him as an experiment, he would suck it up and do it. That was how happy he was about all of this.
"Whatever you do don't tell Ayeka or Ryoko about this or they will kill me. You know how jealous they were when you were with Sakuya in Tokyo. They would throw this entirely out of proportion," said Washu seriously knowing that she would be the first to die and then they would target Sakuya.
"What about the others? Can I tell them or would it be best if we didn't tell anyone else about this?" asked Tenchi knowing that sooner or later everyone would know and if they found out on their own, they could be mad at him for keeping it from them. Ayeka and Ryoko could hold a grudge though and that made it dangerous to keep it from them.
"They aren't as bad as the those two so they won't be as upset but if either Ayeka or Ryoko saw her they would try to get my head on a silver platter. So I want you to keep her a secret from them at least for now. We will tell them eventually but when we get them used to the idea so they won't go overboard," said Washu sadly. She got up from the seat she had taken while they were talking and walked to the lab door. If one of them didn't come out soon, the others would get suspicious.
"Ok," said Tenchi relieved that there was no experiment that was involved in her favor. 'I got off lucky so I'd better not say anything or she might add that onto her favor,' thought Tenchi with a sigh of relief.
"Thank you miss Washu. I am in your debt for helping Tenchi and me like that," said Sakuya giving her best smile. She received one from both Washu and Tenchi. It felt good to be around him again.
"No your not. If Tenchi is happy so am I. He has done so much for me and the others in the past that I had to do something to make it up to him," said Washu when she reached the door.
"Um Washu is there anyway to restore the memories of everyone who forgot about me?" asked Sakuya. Being back with Tenchi was great and all but she would miss her friends greatly.
"I am not sure if I can do anything at the moment. So that is really up to Yugi when she wakes up. I might try but don't get your hopes up because it will more than likely take a while. But hey! I am the greatest scientific genius in the universe so it shouldn't be that hard on the other hand," said Washu before breaking out in laughter while both Tenchi and Sakuya both sweat dropped.
"O...k," said Tenchi with a slight laugh. It was good to see that she was her normal self. It would be kind of weird if Washu did things for others. Now Tenchi saw a different reason besides just him. He was the main reason she did this but it was also to fuel her own overlarge pride.
"Hey Washu it's Tenchi's birthday so don't hog him all to yourself. Everyone else has stuff that we want to give him as well. I have plans so just hand him over now!" yelled Ryoko as she pounded on the lab door.
"Yes miss Washu you had better let Lord Tenchi go!" yelled Ayeka pounding on the door as much as Ryoko was but now having as much of an impact because of her lesser physical strength.
"Alright, Alright I am done with him," said Washu as she walked through the lab door only to come face to face with an overly annoyed Ryoko and Ayeka. She would have been dead and buried if looks could kill.
"You had better not have done anything to him!" yelled Ryoko but all she got was a shaking of Washu's head. So where is he?" asked Ryoko who was a angry beyond the point you should anger her.
"You had better not have done another one of your experiments on him because I will be forced to protest if you did any more of them on his birthday of all days," said Ayeka a little more held back than Ryoko was.
"Don't worry I didn't do anything to him you two, he is merely running an errand for me and he should be back sometime soon. Just be patient and wait till then," said Washu casually walking by the two of them and taking a seat on the sofa while she rummaged through the channels on the television. After that she was laughing her head off at the thing on the television leaving an even more annoyed Ryoko and Ayeka.
"On his birthday! You sent him on an errand on his birthday?" asked Ayeka finding it incredulous that Washu could force Tenchi to do something for her when it was supposed to be his day of all days.
"This errand is more for him than it is for me. He wanted a bit of time by himself anyways," said Washu not bothering to take her eyes off of the television to even talk to the two of them.
"Really? Well I am going to find him and ask him what it was you want with him. You had better not have tried anything," said Ryoko floating up into the air and about ready to fly out of the house when she was stopped by Washu.
"Don't!" yelled Washu becoming panicky about the two of them seeing him with Sakuya so soon. She had no death wish. 'I can't die now! There is so many in the universe that me the greatest scientific genius in the universe,' thought Washu trying to think of some way to keep them from going.
"And why not? I am sure that Tenchi would want to be with his true love on his birthday. so why is it that you won't let me go to him?" asked Ryoko staring at Washu waiting for some sort of explanation.
'He already is,' thought Washu but she was not going to say it out loud. "Because he needs to do this on his own," said Washu coming up with a logical answer. "You can ask him about it when he gets back if he feels like telling what it is," said Washu with a grin. 'I hope he goes by my request though,' thought Washu a little nervously, 'I really don't want to get killed by the two of them.'
"Tenchi? Can I ask you a question?" asked Sakuya fidgeting a little nervously while she stared down at the ground as if trying to memorize every single crack that was in the ground..
"What is it?" asked Tenchi stopping allowing her to stop as well and look at him in the eyes. Tenchi looked into the eyes that he had not been able to look into for so long, all he saw was worry.
"What do you think will happen if they ever find out about me? It was obvious that they didn't really like me much the last time that we saw each other. If they were to see me now, what would happen?" asked Sakuya cautiously wrapping her arms around Tenchi.
"I have a feeling they will hurt Washu first, and go on from there. I won't let them do anything to you though. We are going to try and warm them up to the idea and that is when they can know. I don't think they would try anything if I said something about it though," said Tenchi protectively wrapping his arms around her as well.
"Thank you Tenchi. That makes me feel a lot better just hearing it from you. So where are we going right now?" Sakuya asked and they once again started to walk down the street towards the closest bus stop into town.
"We're going to find you for a place to stay for now. We can't keep you locked up in Washu's lab forever. You will have a lot more freedom this way and I will be able to come and visit you before and after class as well as whenever I can get the chance to come down which I will make sure is as many times as I can," Tenchi said smiling while looking up at the sky.
"That sounds very nice. I will enjoy those times very much. As many times as we can to make up for this long amount of time that we have been separated from each other," she muttered with a bright smile.
"Alright, where the hell is Tenchi?" yelled Ryoko, "He has been gone for far too long. It has been at least 5 hours and I want to know where he is." Holding Washu up into the air ready to strangle it out of her.
"I told you he went on a few errands for me. It is no big deal. These can only take as long as he wishes for them to take," said Washu her head shaking back and forth with the force of Ryoko's shaking.
"I really don't think that it should take this long though! Something could have happened to him and if I am not there he could get seriously hurt," said Ayeka not even hearing what it was that Washu had said only a second before.
"I just told you that it will take as long as he wants it to so will you please leave me alone! I think my head is going to fall off if you don't stop shaking me," said Washu feeling very dizzy. 'If this is how they react to him being gone, then I would hate to see their reaction for his actual reason for being gone,' thought Washu.
At that time the sound of the door opening and Tenchi saying, "I'm home," was heard. Everyone that was in the room ran towards the door after dropping Washu directly on her rear-end.
"Finally!" yelled Ryoko and Ayeka in unison as they ran to be with the one person that they loved most. They were glad to see that he was alive and unharmed. In fact, he seemed to be very cheerful, much more than they had seen him since he returned from Tokyo.
"Thank god," said Washu as she pushed herself off of the ground. "Hello Tenchi. It is good to see that you are all right. These two seemed to think otherwise that they nearly strangled where you went out of me," said Washu walking calmly into the room.
"Tenchi you're home!" said Sasami happily as she met him at the doorway, "Dinner is almost ready so I hope you are hungry," said Sasami before she ran back into the kitchen to finish up the dinner as well as Tenchi's huge birthday cake.
"I'm starving," said Tenchi happily as he walked by everyone and into the living room. He took a seat and was soon followed by the others. Ayeka took a seat on the other side of Tenchi and Ryoko well...
"Tenchi!" yelled Ryoko as she wrapped her arms around Tenchi. "Where have you been I missed you so much. You have been gone so long and you wouldn't even talk to me in there," said Ryoko holding onto him tightly.
"I've just been out doing something for Washu. You have nothing to worry about because I did it all on my own free will," said Tenchi while waiting patiently for Sasami to bring out the food.
"Whatever at least your back," said Ryoko still holding on tightly, "Now I can give you that present I told you about," said Ryoko seductively into his ear. She could feel him tense a little and she didn't understand why.
"Ryoko, well... I... uh," said Tenchi unable to come up with the words to tell her that he couldn't really. He didn't want to hurt anyone. They were all his friends and he knew that someone was going to get hurt in the end.
"What's the matter Tenchi? Don't you want it?" asked Ryoko pretending to be hurt but somewhere in the deep reaches of her heart she knew he wouldn't go for what it was that she wanted to give him. 'Oh well, at least I bought a back up plan,' she thought a little depressed
"Well..." said Tenchi but was stopped by Sasami coming out of the kitchen carrying some of the food. Just by the smell, he could tell that she went all out tonight like she did at this time of the year every year since they all first came here.
"Dinners ready." She announced placing the food on the table. It seemed to be a mixture of many different cultural foods. There was the traditional Japanese as well as a few cultures from around the world.
'Thank you,' thought Tenchi to no one in specific. He was glad to get Ryoko's attention off of him even if it would be for a little while so they could all eat their dinner. It smelled good and Tenchi was sure that it would taste good being made by Sasami.
"Rats, so close," muttered Ryoko a bit upset at her timing. She just sighed and looked at all of the delicious foods all around her. She was definitely hungry from all of the waiting that she had done.
"Ryoko, why don't you let Tenchi go so he can eat his food," said an annoyed Ayeka. Already munching on some of the appetizers not even looking at the two of them because she found it disgusting.
Ryoko responded but just sticking her tongue out at Ayeka. She for once was going to be civilized just for Tenchi but when it came to her and Ayeka, any plans she had tended to be thrown out of the window.
This just seemed to get Ayeka more annoyed. "Why you... you dirt bag. Can't you even be civilized for one night out of the entire year?" asked Ayeka as her anger kept building up.
"What was that you prissy princess?" asked Ryoko also annoyed. She wanted to impress Tenchi but that wouldn't happen if a fight started up. She just couldn't help the old habit of fighting with Ayeka for Tenchi's heart.
Ayeka pretty much just snapped and yet another fight started between the two of them. One that Tenchi moved in order to get out from in-between the two powerful women.
"Don't tell me that those two are fighting again," said Sasami as Tenchi managed to get into a different seat at least for a moment that was right by Sasami. Sasami was upset because her masterpiece would be ruined if they got into a fight.
"Yeah, they are. For once I don't even know who it was that started it though," said Tenchi with a sigh. Usually it is easy to tell which one of the two started it but this time he was baffled as to who it was. Ryoko for doing what she was doing or Ayeka for talking about it.
"Those two will never stop their fighting. I thought that you would know that by now Tenchi," said Washu as she dug into her food. "This is very good Sasami," she said without waiting for a reply from Tenchi.
"No kidding," said Tenchi who quickly got into eating before they destroyed everything again. "Where is Kiyone and Mihoshi," asked Tenchi noticing the two were gone from the dinner table.
"They are still out on their patrol but they should be back soon. I don't think they will miss out on this when I told it to them before they left," said Sasami happily. "So Tenchi where were you today?" asked Sasami bring up the subject that Tenchi did no want to talk about.
"Well, I... uh," said Tenchi thinking of some excuse that would seem logical of Washu asking something for someone to do. Washu never asked for help though because she always felt like she could do everything because of how smart she was.
"What?" asked Sasami noticing that he didn't seem to know the answer to the question or at least didn't want to answer. That just fueled her curiosity but she wouldn't push it if he didn't want to answer.
"I will tell you later if you promise not to tell Ryoko or Ayeka," said Washu signaling towards the two fighting women who were not using their energy thankfully but were more of having a staring contest. They hoped that I would last.
"Ok," said Sasami figuring that it would be the best she could get out of either of them for now. If they didn't want her sister and Ryoko to know then she guessed it had to be very important.
"But first, lets eat," said Washu digging into her food yet again. Everyone took this as a signal as dug into their food before it was all gone and they wouldn't be able to have any of it.
A few moments later Ayeka and Ryoko managed to stop their mental fight and sat at the table as close to Tenchi as Tenchi as they could since he had taken a different seat during their fight.