Dont be to harsh on me! English is not my mother language. But I did my best to make it understandable.

I will continue this story when I've figured out what will happen!

It had been a whole day now. A whole day! Ryoko held one hand before her face. She turned it around and watched it from different angles. They were just usual hands now without her powers.

"Damn Washu..." she thought to herself. But she knew very well why her Mother had turned off her powers for the time being. Ryoko had used it without thinking again, wich could have led to serious damage, if it already had'nt.

It all started early in the mornig, when Ryoko and Ayeka decided to have an extremely loud and important discussion about who's turn it really was to clean the toilet. Ryoko knew very well it was her turn to take care of it, but couldnt resist teasing Ayeka a bit when she got the chance.

It had all ended up in chaos when both ladies took the discussion to a much higher level than just shouting meaningless isults to eathother.

"I cleaned it last week and you know it, princess!"

"Ohhh you...! Ofcourse you didnt! and you didnt do it the week before that even when your name was on the schuedule!"

Ryoko knew this was true and decided to take it a bit further. With one hand she formed the enerysword that could easily cut almost anyting in two. She swung it back and forward, smirking at Ayeka.

"I just think that you look so good with your head down the toliet princess, that way we dont have to see your ugly face!"

Any comment about the princess'es appearance would always make her go completely mad, wich Ryoko ofcourse knew.

"Oh you take that back now you monsterwoman Ryoko!" she hissed while forming her own forcefield.

Ryoko took position, ready to strike back at Ayeka. When the princess didnt make a move, she began running towards her.

"hahaha! Come on if you dare princess! Im gonna...!" Ryoko didnt have time to say anything else when she suddenly slipped on a wet spot, fell helplessly to the floor and landed hard on her rear.

"aaaooooch!" Ryoko howled in pain when hitting the floor. She rubbed her butt with a furious look in her eyes. She was NOT going to be beat by Ayeka today.

"Oh well, thats where you belong my dear Ryoko, you always get what you deserve." Ayeka calmly giggled while covering her mouth with her sleeve.

Instead of getting up, Ryoko started forming an energyball, that became much bigger than the one she usually would create in their fights.

While being so caught up in winning, she didnt even notice just how big it became. She looked at the princess with a playfull, yet mean expression on her face.

"oh yeah, princess? Well this is what you deserve!"

The bright glowing energyball left Ryokos hand and darted for Ayeka, who quickly ducked to the floor.

The rest of the story was a mess. The energyball hit a corner of the forcefield and made it change direction to continue upwards. Hitting the roof.

With the loudest "babaaaaaaabang!" that had ever been heard by anyone in the Masaki Residence, the ball broke through the roof and dissapeared into thin air.

Ryoko was dumbstruck. So was Ayeka. They both stared with big eyes at the biggest hole ever made in the building.

Tenchi was the one who was given the job of fixing the roof again, wich made Ryoko feel even worse than she already did about it. Everyone had been so mad at her after the incident. Even Sasami seemed somewhat disapionted in both of the girls.

Ryoko had tried to take the job of repairing the roof herself, but Noboyuki had told her to stay away from the roof to prevent even more damage. He was dead serious wich wasnt typical for the father of Tenchi.

Ayeka was also feeling bad about it, even if Ryoko was pretty sure she felt good about her getting scolded infront of everyone.

Mihoshi was probably the only one who didnt give much reflection to it. She felt kind of sorry for Ryoko since she knew she would never do anything like that on purpouse. And besides, Mihoshi was always the one to be on Ryokos side.

The worst part though, was that the hole reached all the way to Tenchis room and over to Mayukas, wich would make it impossible for any of them to sleep in their rooms while the roof was being fixed.

"Dont you realise what you could have done? what if me or Mayuka would have been in our rooms at that time! Ryoko you have to be more careful now that we have a child in our home." Tenchi was holding Mayukas hand, looking worried and disbelieving.

Tenchi didnt really show anyone just how upset he was about the whole thing, but everyone could sense it. And especially Ryoko.

And on top of all that, Washu took the event just as serious as everyone else, and decided it was for the best to remove Ryokos powers until she could learn how to controll her anger.

This didnt only affect Ryoko. Washu, who desperatly had been trying to create somewhat of a relation with her daughter, felt like she was back on page one again.

"Im sorry..." She took Ryokos hand and pleaded her to think posetively. "Your powers will be back as soon as everything has calmed down, I can assure you. You might be feeling a little toned down without them, atleast for the first couple of days." she said.

"Whatever, mom!" Ryoko snatched her hand out of the little scientists grip and darted out of the laboratorium.

Tenchi wouldnt look her in the eyes for the rest of the day, and only spoke to her if she tried to ask him something. And she did try. But he would only answer with a short yes or no, still not looking at her.

"Ryoko! Where are you?" Mihoshi was now standing right underneath the tree in wich Ryoko was hiding. The former pirate growled to herself thinking, How come she would always walk around aimlessly like that, and still find exactly what she was looking for? Dumb luck..

"Yeah Im up here Mihoshi, whaddya want?"

The blonde girl looked up to see Ryoko looking down over her shoulder.

"Hello! there you are! Sasami told me to go look for you. Supper is ready!"

She felt a big lump in her throat. what if everyone would just ignore her? She felt like enough was enough... But still. She was very hungry and besides, she missed Mayuka. 'Am I easy or what?' she thought to herself. Anything that included Mayuka was worth it.

Ryoko and Mihoshi entered the kitchen to see that everyone had already begun. The crew seemed abit lightened up by then, and little Mayuka was in the centre of everyones attention. She would always make everyone smile even on the darkest of days.

Ryoko watched while Mihoshi and Sasami tried to feed Mayuka some boiled peas, with no success since the seven-year old girl would refuse to open her mouth.

"Ohh look Mayuka, its an airplane heading straight for your mouth, what are you going to do!" Mihoshi giggled and tried to slid the spoon into Mayukas mouth that had formed into only a thin line.

"mmmm-mmmm!" she refused.

Ryoko still felt misserable, but couldnt resist but smiling at this sight. She was a funny one, Mayuka, and she loved Ryoko. Almost a little too much for the others to handle sometimes. Ofcourse the little girl loved the whole family, but since Ryoko had been the only one home for long periods while Tenchi was at school, his Grandpa at the shrine, Nonoyuki at work, Mihoshi and Kiyone working at the Galaxy Police, Ayeka and Sasami on Jurai for short visits, the job was automaticaly hers. And she had grown to love it. Heck, she almost felt like Mayukas mother sometimes.

Ryoko put down her chopsticks next to the empty bowl and streched her arms in the air.

"Im going to bed guys.. Come on, Mayuka, you can sleep in my room tonight. Your room isnt safe right now" Ryoko reached out one hand at Mayuka who imdeatelly came running and almost threw herself at her. "Yeah that will be fun!" she said looking up at Ryoko while hugging her legs.

The others said goodnight and continued their supper when the two girls left for the stairs to make themselves ready for bed.

Ryoko looked down at the little girl as they entered the stairs.

"Mayuka, I am so sorry for breaking the roof to your room roday. It wasnt my meaning. I would never hurt you, you know that right Mayuka?

The little girl hugged the older womans hand even tighter and swung it back and forward.

"No mommy, Im not mad at you. Now I get to have sleepovers with you every night!" She said with a broad smile on her face.

Ryoko burst into a happy giggle and slid a hand through Makuyas hair making it messy.

"Not for ever and ever, but as long as Daddy is repairing the roof! I wouldnt mind having you though, but I think everyone else would start complaining." Ryoko looked down on Mayuka and gave her a playful wink.

The little girl laughed and winked back at her as well as she could. She hadnt really gotten controll over that winking-with-one-eye-only thing, wich made Ryoko laugh even more. "Keep blinking like that and you wont be able to stop!".

Mayuka rushed for the bed and threw herself ontop, making it bounce her up in the air and down on the floor on the other side of the bed. "wooaaah!" Ryoko heard the sound of Mayukas head hitting the floor.

She ran into the room like a crazy person and looked around for the hurt one in panic. "Hey where are you, what happened?" Ryoko half whispered. She didnt want anyone to hear that Mayuka had hurt herself, and maybe think that she had something to do with it.

A small head slowly peeked up behind the bedside, looking rather ashamed and with a small bumpmark on her forehead.

"Im here mommy! I hurt my head" She sobbed. Ryoko came rushing to her side and lifted her up on the bed.

"oowww you unlucky little one. Did you jump on the bed again huh?" Ryoko smiled and hugged the little head close to hers. "Dont worry, We'll just put a small bandage on the bump and you'll be as good as new!"

Mayuka was quiet for a while. She was still sobbing a bit but was much more calm now. she looked at Ryoko.

"Mommy..." She began.

"Yeah, what is it kiddo?"

"I want daddy to sleep in here with me tonight aswell!"

Ryokos body got stiff. 'Tenchi? Sleeping in here with me and May', she thought. No way he would do that. Not after what she did today.

"Oh May.. I dont know.. See, daddy was pretty upset with me today after the roof-thingie you know. I dont think he would want to sleep in the same room as me tonight.

'Or any other night', she thought to herself.

But before she had any time to react, May was loose from Ryokos grip and on her way downstairs, making alot of noise.

"Daaaddy!" she howled as she entered the kitchen where the rest of the family was still having supper.

Tenchi smiled and reached out his arms to her. "Come here and sit on my lap May"

He lifted up the rushing girl and sat her down "Why arent you upstairs with Ryoko?"

Mayuka pointed at her red bump on the forehead and made a sad face. "I fell off the bed and hurt myself. Daddy I want you to sleep in Ryokos room with me."

The room suddenlt got very quiet.

Tenchi was dumbstruck.

The only audiable sound came from Ayeka, whos eyebrows twitched wildly.

The young boy laughed nervously but regained his composure when he felt mayuka tapping him on his cheek.

"May... Im going to sleep on the couch tonight. Im sorry. Will you be okay?"

All of the sudden, Mihoshi cheerfully chirped "But thats a bad choice Tenchi! Ryoko has an extra bed in her room! Besides, the couch wont do your back any good." Kiyone looked up from her food and added "And Im sorry Tenchi, but Im gonna take the couch tonight since SOMEONE has a bad cold and snores allthrough the night!" she said glaring at Mihoshi.

"But you could take the extra bed in Ryokos room Kiyone" Tenchi tried to get himself out of this uncomfortable situation.

"Sorry Tenchi. I really am. But I am expecting a call tonight, my boss told me to be on guard. thats why its probably better if Im downstairs so I wont wake everyone. I might have to rush to our headquarter if an emergency strikes." Kiyone said with appology in her eyes.

Tenchi sighed and lifted Mayuka down on the floor again. He really had no choice. "Go ahead May, I'll be up as soon as I've done the dishes". He was NOT looking forward to this. Even is he knew she probably wouldnt try anything while Mayuka was still in the room, she had made too many mistakes for him to trust her.

The little girl hugged everyone, gave tenchi a kiss on the cheek and ran back upstairs to tell Ryoko that Tenchi was joining them tonight.

As soon as May had left, Ayeka turned to Tenchi in frustration "B-b-but Lord Tenchi! You cant possibly sleep in the same room as that..that woman!" She stuttered, eyes flaring.

"Seems like thats the way its gonna be tonight Miss Ayeka. I have to do it for May's sake, you understand that, dont you?" he sighed again and gave her a faint smile. "Theres really nothing I can do about it tonight. Im gonna try to get the roof fixed tomorrow and everything will be back to normal".

Ayeka looked down, but nodded. "Yes... yes Lord Tenchi. Ofcourse I understand that you need to do this for your daughter. I just worry about you. Thats all." She got up and headed for the stairs. "I hope you sleep well, Lord Tenchi. I will see you in the morning" she tried smile, but found it very hard to be convincing.

"Good night miss Ayeka, get some rest now" Tenchi smiled as he started taking care of all the dishes on the table.

"I'll help you tonight, Tenchi" Sasami said cheerfully. "Its getting late and we all need to rest after today"

"No May, did you do that?" Ryoko looked abit paniced. She knew Tenchi was probably not looking forward to this sleepover since she would always try things with him whenever they were in the same room. But this was different! "I'd better fall asleep before he gets here" she sighed.

Mayuka had already jumped in her bed and crawled under the covers, looking very pleased with herself. "I like having both of you here with me Mom" she said with a low voice.

"Good night May" Ryoko smiled. She put the covers over herself and tried to drift to sleep. It was'nt easy though. She was afraid to still be awake when Tenchi would enter the room. Tenchi being disapointed with her was the least thing she ever wanted.

The door to Ryokos room creaked open and a black-haired boy silently made his way to the second bed in the corner, where his daughter was still asleep.

Ryoko woke from the sound of the door. She opened her eyes just a tiny bit so that she could see him.

Mayuka also woke up when tenchi crawled down next to her. "Daddy?" she said drowsily.

"Yeah Im here now May, sorry that I woke you up" he apologised.

"Its okay daddy.. " She yawned and turned around to face him. "dad.. are you angry with Ryoko?"

He really didnt know what to say. Did she have to ask such uncomfortable questions when Ryoko was in the same room?

"well... yes.. no.. not exactly angry. Im just very disapointed May. What she did today was very dangerous. And I was afraid someone had gotten hurt. I was afraid that the roof had fallen down on you." He spoke very quietly so he wouldnt wake up the cyan haired girl in the bed next to them.

"Ryoko is afraid that you dont like her anymore" Mayuka said all of the sudden. "Ayeka was in that fight too, daddy, dont forget that"

Once again Tenchi was dumdstruck for a while. His little girl was smart. indeed. Nothing got passed her.

"Yeah you are right. They are both just as responsible for what happened. But Ryoko also admitted that she started it. Thats what I dont like, her picking unworthy fights with Ayeka. Its not the first time we have a hole in the roof you know." He continued "But it doesnt mean I dont like her May" he said comforting.

But Mayuka wasnt completely satisfied with her dads answers. "I dont think she knows that" she whispered.

Tenchi was silent. She was right. As right as can be! He had acted very cold agains her today.. He even felt uncomfortable looking her in the eyes when she spoke to him. oh man.. He even blamed it all on her eventough Ayeka was standing next to her right after the hallgathering after the bang.

He was so stupid, he realised that now. And he had acted unforgettable unfair to her.

May felt how Tenchi rose from the bed and stood up. He walked around his and May's bed and she could hear her fathers footsteps walking towards Ryoko.

He stopped infront of her cupboard, where she kept an empty bottle of Sake and a few drawings that Mayuka had made for her.

A pang of guilt hit Tenchi in the chest when he looked down on her. 'Look at her' he thought. 'Shes not a bad person. She just needs to know that people care.'

The moonlight was shining in on her, making her look so peaceful and innocent... sweet. Maykua was probably the only one who ever got to experience nothing but Ryokos calm and peaceful sides.

He shook his head.

This time it was Ryoko's turn to feel a weight lightly pressing the bed down right next to her back.

She didnt expect this to happen, even if she had been awake all the long.

Tenchi made her so surprised, she litterary flew up from her place, and before she knew it, she was face to face with an equally surprised Tenchi.

"Woah, Im so sorry Ryoko! I didnt mean to wake you up like that!"

Ryoko was still in chock. She was only a few inches away from Tenchi and didnt dare to move a muscle.

"T-tenchi..?" her eyes couldnt believe what they were seeing. "Whats going on?"

Tenchi now noticed how awfully close they were, and drew back a little as he relaxed his shoulders.

"Im... " He cut himself off "Ryoko can you ever forgive me for being so unfair to you today? I should never have blamed everything on you just because you did start the fight this time. It doesnt matter who did.. I was unfair Ryoko. I blamed it on you... because .." He trailed off. How was he gonna put this without making it sound stupid? "I guess it's because I know you the best" He admitted. "But its no excuse... Im sorry.."

Ryoko was speachless at this. Was Tenchi Masaki apologizing to her? She wasnt used to this. Nobody ever apologised to her.. But someone now was. And it was Tenchi.

She felt how he started to rise from her bed. "Well, Im sorry I woke you up Ryoko, I should let you rest and..."

"Tenchi..." Ryoko grabbed Tenchis arm to keep him on the bed with her. "Thank you" She looked at him with sincere eyes "No one ever did that to me before"

"Did what, Ryoko?" He gave her a puzzled look.

"Apologised to me." she said softly.

Tenchi didnt quite recognise this girl. She was so vunerable and seemed almost scared. But atleast he felt like he could relax around her right now.

"So are we good, tenchi? arent you mad anymore?" she asked.

"No.. Im not mad at you." he said with a calm voice, laying one hand on her shoulder to assure this.

Ryokos face suddenly changed from serious, to a bubbly silly one "Great!" she chirped and threw herself in his arms. She was just so happy, she couldnt even think straight. Tenchi wasnt mad at her anymore and she felt like her old self again. Only without her powers ofcourse.

Tenchi chuckled and put his arms around her, answering the embrace. He smelled so good. She had always thought so, but this time, it was intense. she could actually feel his skin agains hers and wished that they could stay like that forever. A few seconds passed. Eight, nine, ten.. maybe twenty more. None of them really knew how much time had passed. Tenchi, who had just opened his eyes, grew them wide when he realised he was still hugging her. The distance between them began to expand as they both gently pulled away, until they were just inches from eachother. Two pair of eyes were now looking right at eachother, Not knowing exactly what would happen next. 'gods.. Am I really this close to her right now?' A hundred thoughts ran throuh his mind. Tenchi tried to think clear but found it very hard as he could feel her warm breath agains his mouth.

"Ryoko.." He managed to say with faint voice, pursing his lips.

He was close now, she could feel his nosetip touching hers. Oh gods. what was he doing? Did he want to do this? This was happening. It was actually happening. Thoughts rushed through her head like a hurricane and she honestly had no idéa what Tenchi was thinking right now. Her thoughts were interupted quickly when she felt his upper lip lightly touch against hers, making her let out a small but honest gasp.

This made him even more determined to close the distance a little but more. He was panicing now, because he knew very well what was about to happen here. But He couldnt hold back much longer. Most of Ryokos lips was now in contact with his. Their breaths quickened for every second that passed and with one last breath he drew in to close the last distance beween them.

"Ahhhh!"

Mayukas scream caused them both to bolt up from their places and imedeatelly released them from their trance. Tenchi managed to fall backwards down on the floor, head first.

"Mayuka!" Ryoko shot up and rushed to the little girls side. She tried to get eyecontact with the little one "Why did you scream like that? Did you have a nightmare? Was it about mean old Ayeka trying to feed you peas again?"

She shook her head, with tears rolling down her face.

Tenchi, who had just picked himself up from the floor and was now rubbing his head, Came to sit by May's side together with Ryoko.

"I dreamed that I ate a whole plate full of peas, and it was yucky!" she cried.

Tenchi and Ryoko looked at eachother.

"So why did you scream so loud?" Tenchi put an arm around her gently stroking her back.

"Because..." she began. "Because when I looked down at the plate, it was full again!"

They couldnt resist laughing at the horrifying nightmare the little girl had just revealed.

Eventually, Mayuka maganed to calm down.

"And shes finally in dreamland... it only took her one hour to get the evil peas out of her head!" Ryoko chuckled and turned to Tenchi.

"Yeah, perhaps she doesnt need to eat them anymore. She might get scarred for life you know"

Ryoko laughed "Yeah like she isnt already scarred for life from living in this madhouse."

"Very true" They both laughed quietly, so they wouldnt wake up Mayuka.

Silence..

What had just happened dawned on Tenchi. The taste of Ryokos lips was still fresh in his memory. He felt guilty. What if he was just being caught up in the moment? He didnt want to hurt Ryoko for anything in the world. Not that he didnt like the kiss.. Heck! He had loved it. Being close to her...No he couldnt be feeling this! He shouldnt!

"Soo.." Tenchi began scratching the back of his head again. "We should probably get some sleep". He couldnt quite look at her. What if she was hurt? What if she was reading his mind or something? He looked over to Ryoko.

"U-huh..Yeah.. Im exhaused." Ryoko made her way to the bed and picked up a rubberband to tie her hair with.

Tenchi gently crawled down under the covers next to Mayuka again and rested his head on one hand, half laying down.

"Say Roko..." Tenchi began. "Maybe we should do something fun for Mayuka tomorrow, since we are all home together for the first time in a while. I bet she would really appreciate that."

"Thats a good idea! She'd love that" Ryoko turned around with her hands on her hips. "We'll ask her first thing tomorrow what she would like to do!" She smiled at him and slid under her covers as well.

Tenchi couldnt believe how confortable he felt around Ryoko tonight. He felt no pressure from her side at all, like he usually would whenerer being alone with her. Maybe removing Ryokos power was the best thing that could have happened. But Washu had promised to give them back as soon as Ryoko had learned to controll her actions. He kind of felt that he liked this Ryoko better.

Ryoko, on the other hand, was struggling very hard to cover up all of the overwhelming emotion that welled inside her. At that moment she felt like she was at peace with the whole world. Everything was forgiven, for Tenchi had kissed her tonight.

'Sure, might not have been longer than 2 seconds...'

She shrugged with the broadest smile that anyone could ever have on their face, and closed her eyes.

"Well goodnight.. tenchi." She mumbled. "Dont roll over and mash poor mayuka in your sleep.."

Tenchi could hear a distinct giggle from Ryokos bed.

"Very funny"

"I thought so" she teased. "You could always change beds if the risk is too big you know tenchi"

Tenchi recognized the tone Ryoko were using right now, and tried his best to ignore the thought of sleeping next to her.

"Dont worry, this will he alright!" He felt a bit of panic come rushing into his system. Maybe he had been to quick in judging Ryokos sudden change of temperament.

"Relax tenchi. Im just teasing." she said, turning her head the other way and closed her eyes. "The offer is still here though" a wicked grin spread across her face.

She loved the thought of having Tenchi near her when going off to sleep. She felt safe, and having Tenchi to herself like this was a big thing. And he had kissed her.

Tenchi laughed and tried not to sound nervous. "well, goodnight, Ryoko" He said, putting one hand on his forehead. He was warm. No wonder... She would just never give up, Ryoko. She knew how to push the right buttons. She really did. But he couldnt blame her tonight.

Soon they were both drifting off to sleep.