Disclaimer: I don't own Tenchi Muyo! I don't own Moulin Rouge. I just like to write about the two of them. Oh yeah! Sorry about the whole Paris deal... I couldn't figure out how to fit this story into Japan. *scratches head* And italics in quotation marks = singing. K?

So now that's out of the way...Grab some popcorn, sit back and relax as the Tenchi Muyo! Cast presents:

Moulin Ryoko *Giggles.* I love that ^^

"This story is about a love. The woman I loved is ...dead," a young boy with dark hair whispered while typing on a bashed in and rusted typewriter. Slowly he typed across the paper: The greatest thing you'll ever know is just to love and be loved in return.

He looked out of his window and sighed at the once beautiful city of Paris, France. At one time the city was full of fortune and romance, but now poverty and depression reigned over the people. Across from his rundown apartment stood the once glamorous Moulin Rouge.

He looked back at his typewriter as a tear rolled down his cheek. The sight of the club made him want to be with her all the more. She was gone. There was nothing he could do now but tell the world about the romance he had shared with her and the Moulin Rouge. Once again he began to type on the old machine.

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When I first came to this city I had my mind set on becoming a member of the Bohemian Revolution. The greatest arts and entertainment movement of all time would come from Paris and I intended on being there for it. When I moved to this apartment I felt inspired to write with my new typewriter about all the elements needed for the revolution. First was Truth. Second, Beauty. Third, Freedom. And finally the one I believed in above all: Love.

I could hear my grandfather's voice echoing in my head, "Always this crazy obsession with love."

I sighed pushing that thought away. But suddenly it hit me. I had one problem. I'd never been in love before.

But at that very moment my ceiling collapsed bringing along a redheaded man suffering from a condition called narcolepsy. I looked at the unconscious man bewildered as two other men stared down from the hole he left behind.

"Kamidake?" one dressed as a nun yelled throwing my door open, "Kamidake?"

"Is he alright, Nobiyuki?" another with pink hair called down at us.

"Yes, Serrio he's just asleep," Nobiyuki answered sighing, "The problem is we have no one to play the handsome mountain climber."

"Hey you!" Serrio said looking down at me.

"Wha..?" I asked pointing at myself.

"Yes, you," he said rolling his eyes, "What's your name?"

"Um...Masaki Tenchi ," I said confused.

"Tenchi," Nobiyuki asked, "Could you help us out?"

Reluctantly I nodded. The next thing I knew I was being pulled up a ladder through the hole Kamidake left. My eyes widened at the sight before me. Nobiyuki, Serrio, Azaka, and Kamidake's apartment room was full of stage props and a painted backdrop of the Swiss Alps.

"Um...what is this?" I asked looking around the crowded room.

Serrio smiled proudly, "This, my dear boy, is the center of the Bohemian Revolution."

"And the origin of the world's greatest musical: 'Spectacular, Spectacular'," Nobiyuki said placing the sleeping Kamidake down on a bed.

"Well, enough chatter," Serrio said clapping his hands together, "Let's get to work!"

"Here," Azaka said handing me a costume, "Put this on then climb up that mountain."

"Sure," I said uneasily.

After I changed into the embarrassing costume I climbed up the "mountains" and waited for Nobiyuki to begin his singing.

Azaka played his out of tune organ as Nobiyuki screamed out, "The mountains are ringing with the sounds of instrumental noises..."

"Wait! Wait!" Serrio yelled stopping the ear splitting noise, "What do you think you're doing?!"

"What's wrong?" Azaka asked looking up from his organ.

Serrio's face turned a bright red, "It doesn't sound right!"

"But," Nobiyuki said holding up a music score, "It says right here..."

"I know what it says..."

"Well, how about the countryside is moving to the sounds of a melody..?"

"How about..?" I started, "The hills are..."

"NO!" Kamidake sat up interrupting me, "The valleys are jumping to those melodic sounds!"

Soon the arguing started up again. I knew what to say. I could feel it in my heart. The hills are alive...

"The hills are alive with the sound of music!" I sang out above them.

The arguing suddenly stopped.

"The hills are alive..?" Nobiyuki started looking at me.

"...With the sound of music?" Azaka finished smiling.

"With songs they have sung for a million years," I sang smiling.

Serrio scratched his head thinking of my words, "Hmm..."

"I love it!" Kamidake yelled out. "The hills are alive with the sound of music!"

He walked over to me and smiled at the rest of the group. "I love to see such talent!" he said placing his hand on the bulge in my pants.

"Um..." I said looking down at him.

Quickly he pulled his hand back, "Um...not that kind of talent."

"Well," Nobiyuki said smiling at me, "Tenchi I think you should help write 'Spectacular, Spectacular' with Serrio."

Unfortunately Serrio didn't feel the same way as Nobiyuki. And with that comment made he stormed out the door leaving me in charge of the production. I finally had my own part to fill in the Bohemian Revolution.

Nobiyuki smiled, "With Tenchi's talent we can write the best play ever! Now all we have to do is convince the people at the Moulin Rouge to fund it..."

"If you go to Paris you'll end up wasting your life with some girl from the Moulin Rouge," my grandfather's voice rang out in my head.

"Oh no!" I gasped quickly running to the ladder, "I can't do this..! I can't waste my life with a girl from the Moulin Rouge!"

"Wait!" Azaka yelled as I started down the ladder, "Don't you believe in Truth?"

I looked up him questionably, "Why, of course."

"Beauty?" Kamidake asked.

"Yes," I nodded.

"Freedom?" Nobiyuki pleaded.

"Yes."

"In Love?" they all asked.

Slowly a smile came to my lips, "Of course I do! Love is like oxygen..."

"Ah..." they sighed.

"Love is a many splendid thing... Love lifts us up to where we belong," I paused. "All you need is love!"

"Then you must do this, Tenchi!" Nobiyuki exclaimed, "We will go to the Moulin Rouge tonight and propose our idea to the Sparkling Diamond."

I smiled. This was it. I was going to be a part of the revolution I so wanted to be in. So Nobiyuki dressed me in one of Kamidake's finest suits. We would convince the Sparkling Diamond that I was a wealthy writer from England wanting to bring fame and fortune to her and the Moulin Rouge.

And that evening I would go to the Moulin Rouge and meet with her. The one I was destined to love.

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Tenchi looked away from his typewriter and wiped his warm tears off of his face. He knew he had to tell their story. No matter how much it hurt he had to keep at it. He looked over at the red windmill entrance to the nightclub.

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The hour had come and we left for the Moulin Rouge. Slowly I sucked in some air knowing what was coming. The club was one of the most popular in all of France. There the wealthy and powerful came to play with the beautiful creatures of the night.

Two doormen opened the gates of the night for Nobiyuki's group and me. Inside wild music played as beautiful women danced on stage and with the wealthy men. And in the middle of it all was the nightclub's owner Mr. Clay. Clay smiled as his Diamond Dogs came up behind him dancing the famous can-can.

I was overwhelmed. Speechless. Never had I seen anything so horrible yet so compelling. Everyone was satisfied with the endless flood of lust and money that seemed to draw even to me. I smiled as a young woman with violet hair came by in a can-can skirt. She smiled seductively at me then walked over to an older, wealthier man.

Soon we sat down at a round table in the back of the club. Nobiyuki smiled seeing my reaction at the madness around me, "Well, I think Tenchi is starting to like this place."

I smiled weakly, "Yeah, I guess so."

Suddenly the club became dark as pieces of silver confetti fell from above. Softly a voice sang: "The French are glad to die for love..."

Slowly a beautiful woman came down from ceiling. Her golden eyes and sequined body suit caught the little light left in the room. Her cyan hair was pulled back under a top hat. I felt my face flush while looked at her slender body and rounded figure.

Nobiyuki grinned at me and whispered, "Her name is Ryoko. She is the Sparkling Diamond." I could barely speak, "S...she's the Sparkling Diamond?"

"A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, but diamonds are a girl's best friend." Ryoko sang coming down of her swing.

"A kiss might be grand but it don't pay the rental on your humble flat or help you feed your aunt," she sang seductively running her fingers up and down a man's chest.

"Men grow cold as girls grow old. And we all lose our charms in the end. So cash in your pension. The rocks don't lose fashion! Diamonds are a girl's best friend."

Nobiyuki leaned over and whispered, "I have arranged a special meeting for you and Ryoko after her performance in the elephant room. Alone."

"Whaa?!" I yelled shocked, "Alone?!"

"Cause we are living in a material world and I am a material girl," Ryoko blew a kiss at one of the older bidders.

Little did Nobiyuki know that at that very moment sitting at the table next to us was Lord Kagato. And while we made our own plans to meet with Ryoko, Clay went to work with Kagato.

Clay leaned over to the amazed Kagato and said, "I have arranged a special meeting for you and Ryoko after her performance in the elephant room. Alone."

Kagato smiled evilly at Clay's words, "Good. I hope she's everything you say she is...for your sake Clay."

"Come and get me boys!" Ryoko yelled grabbing the money and diamonds that were waved in front of her.

"Talk to me Mister Clay! Tell me all about it!" Ryoko screamed as Clay got up on stage.

She walked over to him swaying her hips to the beat of her song, "There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer..."

"But diamonds are a girl's best friend," Clay joined in.

"There may come a time when a heartfelt employer thinks you're 'awful nice'," she jumped as Clay grabbed her bottom.

"But get that ice or else no dice," she finished.

And as the Diamonds Dogs began singing Clay whispered, "I have everything worked out for you and Lord Kagato."

"Where is he?" she asked looking around.

Clay looked over in our direction and found Nobiyuki trying to clean off a drink he spilled on Kagato. Nobiyuki was waving his handkerchief like crazy trying to clean him off.

"He's the one Nobiyuki is shaking a handkerchief at," Clay said then turned to look at the audience.

At the moment Ryoko looked over Nobiyuki came to me and pulled my handkerchief out of my jacket. Slowly her eyes widened when she saw me.

"Are you sure?" she asked Clay.

Clay looked back over and found Nobiyuki franticly trying to clean of Kagato. "Yes. Now you need to change."

Soon Kagato became tired of Nobiyuki's help and left to clean himself off.

As the song continued to play a curtain came up and hid Ryoko and Clay. Inside Ryoko let her hair down and began to change into a different costume.

"So?" she asked, "How should I act? Does he seem to prefer the gentle flower type of girl. Or perhaps the smoldering temptress?"

"I'd say the smoldering temptress," Clay smiled, "Remember if you give him what he wants, he'll give you what you want."

Ryoko smiled, "Then I can finally be a real actress."

Suddenly they popped up revealing Ryoko in a light pink costume and Clay in his boxer shorts.

"Cause that's when those blouses go back to the spouses!" Ryoko sang walking in our direction.

"Diamonds are a girl's best...friend."

When I looked up from the table I saw her body dancing in front of me. I couldn't believe how beautiful she was. Like a fallen angel. Her body was so perfectly shaped.

She smiled and said in a sultry tone, "I believe you were expecting me?"

Okay so that's the end of chapter one! How'd you like it? Please Review and let me know. I'd love to hear your comments. ^^

~Lil Ryoko