Okay people this is my second try. Since I didn't get any death threats from my short fic, I'm going to try my luck with a longer one. I hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters. The only thing I own is the glasses on my face and if you take those away from me I will be very sad.
Ch. 1- Contemplations
The Misaki house is a bustling and lively place, usually filled with laughter and quarrels, beams and explosions, and more surprises that most humans will experience in a lifetime. In a place where it can be hard to tell your arms from you legs, the floor from the ceiling, and where it's normal to never be one hundred percent sure of what dimension you're in (eh heh, thank you, Washu), small things, like the short-term missing of a person, can often go by unnoticed. On most days this is the case.
Today was not one of those days. As well as it being abnormally quiet (and Tenchi making sure that he was always within a foot radius of any wooden object), you just don't overlook one of the more, shall we say, flamboyant, people of the household. Especially if other people of that same household has developed a trained eye on her.
"Now, where is that woman?" Ayeka mused to herself, taking a quick but weary sweep around the main room. Soon satisfied with her search (she'd just saw and talked with Tenchi in the kitchen a moment earlier) she calmly made her way to the couch and sat in front of the T.V. She was thinking as she pried the remote from the sleeping Mihoshi's fingers. 'Hm, I haven't seen Ryoko in awhile, actually. I wonder where she is.' She shrugged it off. "Eh, probably with Washu," she said to herself, flipping through the channels.
Contrary to Ayeka's conclusion, Ryoko was not with Washu, but in the forest. After breakfast she slipped out for some fresh air, and she'd been out there ever since. If anybody who knew her saw her at this point they would have been worried; she was in a mood not normally placed with her, pensively floating through the woods all that morning. It was heading well into noon and lunch was nearing.
Sighing, Ryoko settled into the higher branches of a tall pine. From there she could see the soft blue horizon, and once again contemplate her new emotions. It wasn't her feelings for Tenchi; she'd recognized and dealt with those a long time ago. No, it was something different; something that she would hesitate to call a feeling, actually. It was, well, like a buzzing. A hum that was right behind the ears; that started when she woke up. It didn't hurt; it doesn't even bother her, really. It disturbed her so because she realized that it seemed to pick up when she was around Tenchi, and when that happened it made her, quite frankly, not want to be around him anymore.
Ryoko was afraid that this was signaling her falling out of love with Tenchi. But during that morning she'd had come to the conclusion that she did care for him still, and do anything for him, but damn, just have me waste another two thousand years while you're at it.
And there it was revealed. She had gained a buzz of annoyance. Something that had made her take a couple of steps back from Tenchi; to make her watch instead of follow, smile instead of glomp, and, different from what you might think, made her pretty happy. She did realize that this can be dangerous, and give Ayeka the chance to get closer to Tenchi, but she didn't care as much as she normally would. She chuckled as she prepared to shimmy down the tree, and smiled at a near by bird. She spoke to it.
"You know what?" she said. "Today is going to be a good day. Why? Because it's my day."
Kronos: Did you like it? Actually, I'm kind of disappointed with this one; I would've liked to write more and go farther into the plot but it's really late and I want to go to before 4:00 a.m. today. Tell me if I should continue this. Tell me if I shouldn't continue this. Heck, tell me if you'd wish to crack my monitor against my head for making you waste your time reading this. Anything will be appreciated!