Note: This chapter felt rather useless to me, but it's what spilled out of me and, other than typos, I see no reason to change anything botut his story just yet.

So yeah, might be pointless, but at least you get to see some of the other characters. Please review! I would love ot get some comments.

---Chapter 2-
A Touching Breakfast

The clanking of the metal crab on the door quickly drew her attention. Washu swiftly pulled her hands down from her hair; she had been pulling at it in obvious frustration.

Tenchi peeked his head through the door, a look of worry on his face as he spoke, "Breakfast is ready Washu." His voice shook slightly with tension. As usual he was expecting to be tied up and tested.

A familiar smirk ran across Washu's face, her usual self appearing as she glanced back at him, acting as if she were typing on the keyboard as she answered, "Yes, yes. I'll be there in a minute."

A look of surprise crossed his face. He watched her a moment, blinking a few times before timidly speaking again, "Um..You don't want me for anything then?"

Washu's smirk turned into a grin, keyboard disappearing as she flipped around to face him. In a flash the metal orb appeared, ready to let tentacles fly and capture him. "Missing the experiments that much? I have enough information right now, unless you really want to be tied up that badly."

"N-no, that's fine! I'll see you at breakfast!" He eyed the orb a moment before slamming the door shut behind him. She could easily imagine him dashing away from the door as fast as his legs would carry him, a thought that made a soft chuckle rise.

Washu was rather silent during breakfast, but not a one took notice. She usually was anyway, completely ignoring the feud that busted out between Aeka and Ryoko. Yosho and Mihoshi seemed to be the only others that took no notice.

Tenchi tried to intervene, but as usual it did no good. In moments the cylindrical pieces of wood appeared in the air as Ryoko charged a ball of energy between her hands.

She continued to daintily grab bundles of rice from her bowl, pressing them into her mouth and chewing calmly as Ryoko moved onto the table, kicking aside some well-prepared food to which Sasami quickly whined her disappointment.

The small whine opened up a small hole in Washu's defenses. Sasami was so young. She wondered if her own child had acted like that as he grew up. She wondered how often his other mother had comforted him during the night, as she should have done. Did he like to cook? Play sports? Had he gained her brains? If only she could know..

When she zoned back in she noticed the fatal mistake she had made. All through her crying she had been very careful with keeping her shield up, not allowing Ryoko any way into her mind. The close range and her forgetfulness, however, must have allowed her in, for Ryoko was staring at her with a confused expression. The ball of energy had disappeared from between her hands, giving Aeka just the chance she needed to capture the 'monster' as she had just recently called her.

Ryoko was quickly distracted by this, barely making a leap to dodge a force field Aeka had been forming about her, giving Washu the chance to put her shield back up.

"Well, this is entertaining and all, but a creative genius like myself can't be sitting around doing nothing all day," she said with feigned confidence. She moved a little out of character, taking a step over the table to escape the uncomfortable situation all the quicker.

She did take a small moment to stop and give Sasami a pat on the head, smiling down at her, beaming with motherly instinct, "It was a wonderful meal, Sasami-chan. Thank you."

Sasami unwillingly blushed at the attention, a wide smile seen, "Thank you, Washu-chan!"

With that Washu disappeared into her lab before anyone could ask any more questions.