A PRINCESS LIFE FOR ME?...
Author: Daferge
Disclaimer: Tenchi Muyo! is copyright AIC/Pioneer Ltd.
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Chapter 02... Family is Good...
Watching the sun rise from the top of the stairs to the local Shinto shrine had always been an enjoyable time... No matter how many time he watched it, it never got old...
Katsuhito smiled...
'never got old', that was a good one...
He took another sip of tea as he looked down at the lake and the main house... The only two there at the moment were Washu and Nobuyuki... Katsuhito hope the two weren't in the onsen when the kids got home... Thou he'd give anything to be there if they did get caught... It seemed that Kagato wasn't responsible for ALL Ryoko's bad habits... Like mother, like daughter?...
Life had been anything BUT dull while the 'kids' were on their little engagement cruise... A sort of premarrage get-acquaintance trip from the Emperor and Queens...
After the events of the Imperial Ball and the wondrous return of Crown Prince Tenchi from the 'grave', Tenchi found himself engage to three of the most powerful and beautiful females in the universe... The dream of any red-blooded Terran male...
Cooler heads ( mothers, fathers, etc ) had stepped in to ensure Tenchi survived until the wedding ( it was a joint marriage, it would be a joint wedding )...
The girls had been taken aside and given a lecture ( by Washu and the Queens ) on the responsibilities of being a good wife ( or wives )... Not to mention how to help the Groom survive the honeymoon... In short, 'The care and feeding of a Husband - class 101'... Washu promised to supply vitamins to help Tenchi's energy ( she was sure he was going to need them with these three... )...
The Males ( Fathers and Grandfathers ) has taken Tenchi aside and given him a few words of advice on what he might expect from his future 'Wives' and what might be expected from him... After the Emperor had put his 2-cents in, it took several minutes to wake Tenchi up... The Emperor was impressed, Tenchi recovered quicker than he had when he'd gotten the same 2-cent from Misaki's father all those centuries ago... Ayeka had chosen well, he was proud of her...
The cruise would be a test of their resolve to be together, of their will power ( not to do anything, pre-marriage ), time for Washu's vitamins to work and most of all to see if they could survive having to share ( Tenchi )... And did it!!...
Near the end of the cruise, the liner had been attacked by pirates... Fearless pirates, unafraid of ether The First Princess of Jurai or The Space Demon Ryoko... But when Galaxy Police Detective Mihoshi Kuramitsu walked into the room, the pirates had fled in mass panic... To say that Ayaka and Ryoko were depressed ( THEY weren't the one impressing Tenchi ) was an understatement...
During an 'extended lay-over' at the next major planet, the Girls ( all three ) had gone on a 16 hour shopping spree... The Captain had informed the passengers that the 'lay-over' was due to the recent 'raid'... However a detachment of the Liner's crew-members volunteered to assist the girls with their purchases... Their 'loot' would be coming by a separate cargo ship... Tenchi reported they were 'shopped-out' for the next 10 years...
RIGHT...
Katsuhitu shook his head, there was still much for Tenchi to learn...
From what he'd been told, other than the raid, the trip had been rather peaceful ( Ayeka and Ryoko had argued some, but more letting off steam than fighting ) and the liner had survived the cruise intact... There'd been so many 'rich and famous' on board, that even after the raid no one had taken much note them...
That is until Sasami rendezvoused with the Liner and the passengers watched ( with open mouths ) as 'that quiet young man'( with his three attractive female companions) were being transferred to the Tsunami ( Flag-ship of the Jurai Fleet )... The Captain and most of the crew gladly helped the Crown Prince and his fiancees move their things... The Captain thanked Mihoshi for the hundredth time for saving the liner while Tenchi and the others watched... Thou they wouldn't say it, Tenchi knew the girls were proud of her...
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Galaxy Police Headquarters is a very busy place, people coming, people going...
But Grand Marshal Kuramitsu wasn't interested in that... He was looking at a picture on his wall... A picture of a small girl with long blond hair standing between two smiling males, also with blond hair... He'd been younger then, much younger...
He smiled and looked at the report of the recent pirate attack on The Jurai starliner Morning Star... His assistant had brought it in ( a smile on his face ) and placed it on the Marshal's desk... The Marshal hadn't been smiling, there hadn't been anything worth smiling about, until he read his grand-daughter's latest adventure... His assistant had confirmed the report with three separate sources...
He'd been worried for some time about her, after her partner and best friend had gone missing... Until she gotten involved with the Royals on Earth... Being around them had brought her back to life, especially being around the young boy who had became the Crown Prince...
Being around Tenchi had revived that little girl...
He couldn't be prouder of her...
He shook his head... Poor Tenchi... The first Princess, The Demon Pirate AND Mihoshi... Life wasn't going to be dull for him from now on...
Oh no, anything but Dull...
The Marshal's assistant was startled by the roar of laughter coming from the Marshal's office... He smiled, it didn't take much to guess it's cause...
( to be continued... )
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